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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
The Waters Recedina.

Philadelphia, Dec 16.-Reports from
the flooded districts in the state and in
New Jersey are to the effect that the
water is receding somewhat. Telegraph
and telephone wires are still down In
many localities and the freezing wealth.
er is interfering with the work Of re-
storing the service. All railroads re-
port trains very much delayed.
Flood Damage in New York.
New York, Dec. 16.-Reports from
thruout the flooded districts of the state
indicate the damage will reach a much
higher figure than previous estima tes.
Utica reports the loss in the valley
about Oneida creek will reach half a
million. Four railroad bridges were de-
stroyed and several paper mills were
wrecked. At Ithaca business was
practically suspended and all steam and
street railway lines were tied up. There
we're thirty-four washouts on the Adj
londack division Of the New York Cen
trail. The financial loss In all districts
surrounding Malone is very heavy.
Onondaga creek at Syracuse has re-
ceded, but in the lowest portion OF the
city the damage will reach $4,000. Buff
falo reports all trains from the east
three to twenty hours late. The Mo-
hawk river did $4,000 worth Of damage
to Rome There were six washouts on
the Central between that city and Utica.
The first train since midnight Saturday
passed thru Utica at 10 o'clock this
morning
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Circulation statemenL


\ London despatch today quotes
Lord Pauncefote. who is home on his
vacation. as expressing confidence that
when he returns 10 the United States
re1t autumn he will carry with him
the drauEhJ Of q. Nicaragua treaty
which viii be satisfactory TO President
Mckinley and also sure of ratification
by the Senate Negotiations, he says
are progressing slowly but safely and.
the Ambassador thinks that the Cen
trail American friction Will be easily
removed before the end of the next
session of Congress
If the British Ambassador is right in
his predictions. II Is fair TO presume
that the next attempt to come 10 an
understanding with this country on the
subject OF the Nicaragua Canal viii
not include d new effort TO dig up the
corpse Of the dead and gone Clayton
Bulwer Convention and galvaniZe 1t
into life again. Lord Pauncefote IS
thoroughly aware of the bitter feeling
among the American people concerning
that old abomination. and the course
pursued by Great Britain in connection
with it in 1852 We must admit the
possibility that Senators may have
been worked upon during recess until
a sufficient number have been placated
TO assure the ratification Of a conven-
tion little less openly obnoxious than
the Hay-PauncefOJe Treaty. other
wise great change in character and
terms would have TO be made before
any canal agreement could stand a
chance Of acceptance.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
HINTS ON EAST INDIAN TRADE.
y Tendency to Do Business With the
NnfIvn ImnOrferN.

Under the caption Hints on East IN
dian Trade Oliver J. D. Hughes, the
United States Consul at CoDurg, Ger
many. writes to the State Department as
follows:
4 learn from reliable sources that
among American and European firms ca
toring for the East Indian trade there
has been noticeable Of late a tendency to
do business direct with the native i'm
porters While this setting aside of the
established commission houses at the sea
ports promises on the one hand an advan-
tage. in so far as a large business may
be expected by direct dealing with the ma
tives, it has, on the other hand. very seri-
Gus drawbacks owing to the fact that in
the East Indies TO Law exists for the reg
istration OF firms. and it is often impos-
sibie to ascertain by what persons . con
Germ is owned Information regarding the
standing Of a native concern is of little
value, as if fraud be intended, the owner
of the concern can say that he is only the
agent for some other person
American export houses should be
careful in opening mp business relations
with native firms. especially up country;
and should rather conhne themselves to
the profitable markets at the seaport
towns The bazaar at Bombay. it is re-
ported. is open for good many articles.
but careful study of the goods wanted is
required, drst-cIass products are not so
much in demand as cheap and snowy
ones II our people want 0 capture these
markets they should send shrewd and re-
liable persons to study the local wants
and then pack the goods IS desired by
the natives German export houses do
this very successfully
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

X lille the news from the Philippines
might be more agreeable than it IS. we
at least have some small measure of
consolation in the fact that the Navy
Department has partially exone-atei
Admiral Schley from the charge If mis-
conduct at Santiago. although il Is still
insisted that the glory Of the victory
belongs 10 the man who was not there
Now We are informed that Schley did
not give the order for the loop made
by the Brooklyn during the pursuit Of
Cervera's flying cruisers, but that the
order actually was given by Captain
Cook. the ships commander.
The inference Is that whoever gave
the order the making Of the loop was
d tactical error at least. Therefore, if
there was anything wrong about it, and
Captain Cook gave the order, we must
conclude that the captain deserved cen
sure It so happens. however. that in
stead Of being censuTed the captain
was honored and advanced-which
leaves the Navy Department IN a rath-
er peculiar position with reference to
that incident
The concession. such as il is. on be
half Of Schley. IS very grUdgingIy
made The Secretary while ''exonerat-
ing" the Admiral who won the vic
tory. intimates that his conduct prior
to the battle was open To criticism
What criticism. then, may not with
propriety be leveled at the ranking
officer Of the feet Tor Withdrawing from
the bIockading line one Of the best and
fastest ships for an expedition to
Guantanamo, which could as well have
been made N a despatch boat? But it
is idle to argue this matter The sim
pie facts are that the battle was fought
and won in the absence Of Admiral
Sampson. and without the aid of his
flagship, while Admiral Schley was in
The thickesr Of the fight his flagship
both inaicung and receiving more
damage than any other vessel Of the
American feet Il there is any man SO
purbIined as not TO see and appreciate
the significance Of these facts it IS
useless TO waste any argument upon
him.
But saith the Bureaucraus Of the
Navy Department it is not a question
/ Of argument at aII-merely one Of now
To pervert the facts and faIsify7 his
/ tory in the interest Of the man who.
! for some mysterious reason, has been
made the especial pet Of the Admins
/ tratior To this end il appears that
MacIay's History Of the United
| States Navy has been made stand
/ ard textbook at the Annapolis Naval
/ Academy This book criticises Admiral
/ Schley with most Incorporate severity
the language being Of such character
/ that even Secretary Long il reported
/ as admitting its unntness for use in the
/ Academy.
/ If the book had been written under
the personal supervision of the clique
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
FOR EUROPEAN COLLECTORS.
A Baltimore Company Buys Cancelled
Pnn-American stamps

BALTIMORE. July ia local stamp
collecting company is buying used Pan
American stamps. The manager Of the
company says that these stamps are be-
ing bought especially for European trade.
There is. he said. quite demand IN
Europe for full sets Of these stamps
we are paying cant each Cor 4. 5 5 and
Decent stamps and 10 cents per hundred
for ones and cents per hundred for twos
One Of the features of these Pan
American stamps is that two sheets went
through the press upside down on one
impression one sheet there are 100 in
each Sheet was ones and the other sheet
was twos- There may have been errors in
more sheets, but these two sheets got in
to circulation-one of them in a small
town on the New York ard New Haven
Railroad and the other sheet vas put into
circulation in Brooklyn. As soon as the
errors were discovered there was a great
rush for the stamps. ana each stamp of
these TWO sheets is now selling at so.
Errors of this kind are not 50 are. but
they are generally discovered before the
stamps are put in circulation
We have about ten Internal revenue
stamps that We're printed upside down
They sell for % cents apiece These er-
TOrs are due to the fact that there Is more
than one color on these stamps Each
color must be printed separately and Sc
II Is easy TO understand how mistake
can be made
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
MAY USE OIL AS FUEL.
A south Carolina Company Likely
to Abandon COHI.

BALTIMORE July IS--The Charleston
Consolidated Railway Gas and Electric
(-oDapanv. which owns the street railway,
gas and electric light franchises OF Char
lesion. 5. c. viii. it is stated. probably
use Texas petroleum for fuel in its new
light and power plant instead Of coal
The Consolidated Company has recently
made q large addition to its street rail-
way power plant at q cost OF about $780,
90. aud al Of its electricity for railway.
light. and power purposes IS generated
under one roof The company is having
installed a new 756-horsepower Bail &
Wood engine to meet the increased de
maud for light and power for the expo
sition-
Francis X Carey. Of Baltimore. who is
president Of the Consolidated Company
said yesterday that his company had the
matter IF the use of petroleum for fuel
under serious consideration and that II
satisfactory arrangements could be made
for the delivery Of the oil IN Charleston
at a reasonable freight rate and at regu-
lar intervals tha company would undoubt-
edly abandon coal for petroleum IF, for
instance. the oil could be purchased at 30
cents per barrel and delivered IN Char
lesion at , cents per barrel, the cost Of
barrel Of oil to the company would be
- cents II is estimated that four bar
TeIs Of oil nave the same fuel value as a
ton Of coal. and at these figures the com
pany would save between 81 and $3.50 on
every ton Of coal which is now used. or
between SIS. 0ge and 500 a year
The Gae harbor of Charleston. which
viii admit a vessel drawing thirty feet Of
water makes an admirable approach for
oil tank steamers, and it is not unlikely
that If the Consolidated Company de
cides 20 use oil Charleston may become
an important distribution point for petro-
Ieum.
MI Carey left for Charleston yesterday
to confer with p. H. Gadsden, the vice
president and 5 II. Wilson. the man
/ aging director Of the company, in regard
10 this and other matters and VIII spend
q few days in Charleston going over the
( conpany's affairs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

The news from Manila to the effect
that revolution has again broken out
on a considerable scale in the Philip
pines does not make pleasant reading
Il Is stated that the situation is SO Sc
rious that it has been decided TO sUs-
pend civil government IN Bahamas,
Cebu. Samar. and BohoJ. and to turn
those provinces over to General Chaffee
for the severest kind Of warfare
The American public has had large
experience with conflicting and disap-
pointing reports as TO the military stu
alton in the Philippines. but no amount
of experience has had the effect Of max
ing them calmly philosophical In the
matter This news is especially dis
comforting During the Otis regime
nobody thought of giving much ere
dence to the reports which came every
few days regularly that the insured
ton was either crushed or was just
going to be But latterly. and espe-
cially since the capture of Aguinaido.
and the esta bIishment of the Taft
civil government there has been a dis
position to believe that peace had been
substantially restored Therefore the
news that hostilities have broken out
afresh- and upon what appears to be
a very considerable scale. is far more
disquieting than such news would have
been some months or year ago.
Naturally il suggests enquiry as to the
cause
Granting the difficulties Of the mill
tary situation, there stiH seems little
room for doubt that the persistent con
unuance OF native hostility is owing,
in large measure. to the Adminfstra-
/ tons injudfcious course with reference
/ TO the liking of the Islands legal status.
/ Doubtless there are some FHipinos who
( would not be satisfied under any cir
! cumstances-who. IN fact. would be en-
/ gagged in predatory warfare even with
( a native government in full control
I But il is manifest that the more gen
erous the policy we pursue toward the
I islands the fever VIII be the malc0n-
tents, and the less the danger Of these
constantly recurring outbreaks.
Hence. il was the acme Of political
/ unwisdom for the Administration 10
( take the position that the Fiipinos are
not citizens but merely subjects, There
! is nothing humiliaUnE to 4 high-spiT-
tied man in making him a citizen Of
. the greatest Republic and the greatest
/ nation tn earth. but it is decidedly
humiTatins and irritating u put him
+ into the position Of a political vassal
with no rights whatever. and subject
to the arbitrary caprice Of the Presi-
dent-for that is practically the way
! the matter now stands Ire highest
+ considerations Of political expediency
! required that every cause for dissat ats
/ faction should be removed, and the
! FiiIpinos be made TO feel that the stars
and Stripes waving over them in soy
! eTeignry represented constitutional
/ liberty and not merely such privileges
as the President, through the Taft
/ government, chose TO dole out TO them
( Human nature Is much the same the
world over and there is 10 reason to
doubt that a policy which speedily
made the people Of Louisiana. Florida,
and California loyal American citi-
! zens. would have had a similar effect
. upon the FiIipiuos.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

HtcaI effects OF the Homestead strike,
and his immediate friends aTe too
heavily interested in trust enterprises
to contemplate any serious disturb
ance of business conditions without
alarm. So, it may be predicted mat
strong pressure VIII be brought to bear
upon the Morgan party to induce them
to consider compromises OF concesSio rs
which would at least avert protract-
ed strik. and a fierce struggle over the
employment Of non-uniOn labor until
after the State election in Ohio. How
far the Ad1ninistrat ton sau may be able
To waE the Morgan-R Rockefeller dog Is
something which the public is unable
to guess At present. But it IS ke=-ond
question that practically a White
House effort of some kind will be made
10 bring about an accommodation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
ONLY STATE ISSUES INVOLVED.
\ VirGinian Discusses the Ohio and
Old Dominion Campaigns

The talk about the silver wing Of the
Ohio Democracy boiling the ticket nomi-
mated at Columbus because TIE majority
Of the Democrats in that convention did
not deem 1t wise OF prudent 70 reanirm
the Kansas CI-y platform. said Capt
s. Miller. of Virginia this morning is
idle. I was with d party Of Ohio Demo
Gratis last evening, Democrats who are
friends OF Bryan and they told me that
the platform adopted at Columbus con
tanned nothing not sanctioned by Democ-
racy- Is was true that some Democrats
felt SORE because no reference was made to
the Kansas City platform. but the feeling
was not bitter nor widespread enough To
cause anything ike a bolt OF course the
Republicans would like 10 see the Ohio
Democrats split and no doubt Hanna
would be willing to pay the campaign ex-
penses of d boiling ticket There can be
no question but that this time the two
wings Of the Ohio Democracy viii be to-
sether-
The Virginia Democrats" continued
Captain Miller will / am satisfied. make
no reference to the Kansas City platform
or to Alr. Bryan in their State convention
next mor-h Way should they? National
issues have no place in a State campaign.
II Is not necessary for man to be con
tinuaIly proclaiming his religious belief
inst to satisfy some doubling Thomas
The campaign of 1900 is a thing Of the
past We must look 10 the future and be
prepared to meet new issues as they arise.
/ believe any Democratic State cOnEen-
ton to be held this year. ard next year
too, for that matter viii conflne itself
to local issues and will say nothing about
the Kansas CITY platform
If We ever expect to win we must get
together and not thrash over the old
straw which divided us in 1856 and 1900
And we are getting together every day
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Gave 1t Up.


\ mother recently was reading to her young
son the story of a little fellow whose father
was taken III and died after which he set
himself diligently work To assist III sup
porting himself and his mother When she
had finished the story she said:
WOW. Tommy, il pa TO die wouIdn't
Won work 10 keep mamma.
why no. said the ljrJle chap not relishins
the idea Of work. What tor. Amt we got i
good house 90 live IN p
..oh. yez my dear" said the mother, but
We can't eat the house you know
We'll, amt we got plenty OF things in the
pantry continued the boy.
Certainly. dear, replied the mother but
they would not last long. and what theng'
We'll. ma" said the boy. after thinking a
moment, amt there enough to last till you
get another husbaud.''
Ma gavc u Nd
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
THE INDIANA's PASSENGERS.
Many Soldiers Return From Manila
the Transport

on the transport
The following list of military passen-
gers who arrived yesterday at San Fran
cisco on the transport Indiana has been
sent to the War Department by Major
General Young:
Majors Dodds. judge advocate. Howell,
Paymaster1 Robinson. Tweaty-seventh,
and Wise Forty-sevcnth Infantry. Cap
tai1s GiIem, quartermaster; Street. com
misssry; Andrews and Randolph, Artii-
Iery Corps; Malone and Williams. Tween
ty-seventh Infantry, KinIinson and
Payne. Twenty-nInth Infantry. Parker
TweHty-eighth Infantry; Perry, Eleventh
Cavalry, and Mcdonald, Third Cavalry
First LeUtenants Abernathy. Buckley.
and KimneI, Artillery Corps; second lieu
tenants LAMA, McManus. and Young
berg. Artillery Corps; Bartsch and Hast
ings, Signal Corps; , contract surgeons.
13 privates Hospital Corps. contract
nurses, civilian clerks. 80 discharged
enlisted men. y on furloush. retired .
deported and ! casual and 1SS general
prisoners. rs enlisted men of the Tween
ty-niuth, Thirtieth. Thirty-second. Thir-
ty-third batteries, Coast Artillery
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Opened His Eyes


IFTUHl T1E
On d recent trip III France. Jean de Rt-szae
WAS forced 70 wait DIT a little railroad junction
town fof hi, tram. lie was not in the best Of
bJlrqor and was therefore not particularly pleased
when the old station master recognized him as
the great artist and opened up a conversation
Good evening MT. de ReszkC - he began in
rauHdrntiaf tone. = recognized YOU from The
pictures iu thcpapers.
Indeed grJubisd the singer.
Yes. continued The old man. and ! thought
/ would ask Won il il true that you earned
such piles Of money. Perhaps You earn twice Is
e.Hoge much do YOU earn2'' asked de Reszkc
Eighteen franc. a week, ali the year round -
replied the old uIasH
De Reszke sgyelled out his chest and sang DO
re mi IA. SOL Ia, 81 do. letting out the high
{, wien the tls1Ggi yigor. Then. turning To the
agent who h., been listening intantIy. he said.
There. my IA End, your whole years wages
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Rev nTded.


From tha Indianapolis sun
NY friend, said old Gotrox To the Trishuasn
who had stopped z runaway horse and probably
saved the old mans life Il do not wish 10
offer You money for this. and vet / wish 70
show you j mark Of T1y appreciation Of rour
braveryC- How would you ike 10 spend the
summer at Long Branch -
BE bog, sir" answered the hero, -.'tvould be
f5ine-
Very we'll continued Gotrox. 1t shall be
done. ! have 4 friend that Is in business ~
there and | VIII write him Immediately and
have him give You a job for this summer on
one Of his dump carts Here Is my card Be
Ut my Office in about three DAYS
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
The Mexican Kennedy.

CFr5H the Galveston Ncvs.}
Down iU Mexico the monoPolists, OF trusts
- re would call them in this country. have
cOrneged the corn, and the people are sui
fsriug fog il The Government thaTs. how
ever. Is able 10 grspPle with tbs situation.
u promises unless the octopus release, it,
hold To- take fhe duty of American corn In
other words. the Mexican Government has a
remedy for the evils Of which We constantly
complain in this country, and that Is to TAX
down barriers 10 competition. OF course oar
Republic Is Jhe greatest under The sun, and we
are. beyond all doubt. the greatest people on
earth, set might learn some things 10 our
advantage by going 10 the Supplemented Aztecs
now and then.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

fFrom the Atlanta Constitution
The woman was standing in the doorway,
shading her ewes with her hand She called
across the garden
You. Innocence Williams, Come IN honey.
ollten that hot sun. You'll burn yer little
checks brown q a berry Come II. Innocence
one would have expected to see 4 fa5ry-Iike
creature rise. as from the heart OF 4 flower
and dr5fi ,lreamiIy the violet beds BUT
instead tall. SauHt figure, with face Drowned
and houHcted. shambl2d toward the house, drag
giug a dead ratticsuake by its rat5ieS.
II WIS Innocence Williams. Thar. nanny
She exclaimed tossing the snake over the paIing
that makes ten I've killed since the fISt o.
June
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

fFyom London Spare Moments)
Z clergyman. taking occasional duty for a
friend in OF the moorlaud churches OF "a re
mote part Of England. greatly ScaudsIized
Observing the old verger. who had been col
lecting the ofertory. quietly abstract d half
crown before presenting the plate AZ the altar
rails.
After service he called the old man into the
vestry. and told him. with emotion. that his
crime had been discovered.
The veIger looked puzzled Then a sudden light
dawncd on him.
.'Why.-sir you dosu't mean that ould half
crown Of IniHc. Why. owe led or with he
this last fifteen ycar!''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

tFrom the Chicago PoSt)
y think We ought to get rid OF that man, -
said the political leader
--Whvg'' asked the lieutenant.
We'll, he's had the job long enough to be
come reasonably familiar with the work and 50
We. ought 10 put IN new man There's always
the danger that a man may become SO proficient
that the public wilI be led 10 expect too much
Of others. and We must guard against II.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Is the sBIue Coat" to BE Abolished.

{From the London Chronicle
It Is ruInored that the ancient costume of the
Christ's Hospital boys l. 10 b. changed fer a
more modern garb- One would think that the
uprooting OF the old school in Newgste Street
was enough Jud that the costume would be
more than eve valued the visible symbol Of
thr schools continuous history London and
Horsllam Although the blue was the ordi-
usrv livery Of serving IL the sixteenth cen
turv time and DO hood have given to IL prestig.
and q place ~ English hearts from which 1t
ought not to he baHished without grsvest con-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
The Difference.
CFrom the PhiIs5ielphia Pre-.

(From the Philadelphia PresS)
Hes quite 4 prominent politician here Is he
not enquired the visiting Briton
oh. no: he's statesman. replied he na-
tive
We'll what's the difference
a statesman, my dear sir. Is one who is in
politics because be has money 4 politician i
one who has money because re IS in politics