davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times., 1901-06-14
Cruelty and DrutuIitx

To TIE EDITOR OF The TINES: The edi-
tOrial in The Morning Times of the 18th
Instant entitled Brute Instincts gives
expression TO ideas fast becoming popular.
although not many years ago the person
who expressed such opinions would have
been regarded as crank. When a man
does anything malignant or cruel he is
called a brute by people who do not un-
derstand how 10 use the English language
To speak Of cruelty as brutality is an in
suit to the brute creation. While some
animals are ferocious their cruelty is more
Q ban matched by that of men, whose in
diligence should make them better. The
animal that hunts and kills other animals
for food Is less cruel than the man who
hunts animals and shoots and mains them
for pleasure When our civilization comes
nearer to perfection the amateur butcher
of the rod and gun club will be eliminated
THOMAS w. GILMER.
The times., 1901-06-14
CONVICTED BY COURT MARTIAL
c"ptni" Ir"peg Isy Lose HIs Retire
mcnt ns Hear Admiral

Capt Robert = irauev ors Of en-, Sld-
est lin" officers of the navy and sf1tef for
honorable retirement as q rear admiral on
September ~ hss been convicted bv
court martial ~ san Francisco ~ the
charge of "scandslels conduct tending to
the prejudice of good raor7lz" The rec
ora oi the proceedings findings and SEN
t'nce Of the court martial was received
at the Navy Department yesterday and
is being reviewed by the Judicial of8eers
The maximum penalty for the offence OF
which OF Captain fupey was convicted is
dismissal but. in view Of his long ser
vice. the court gave him the lesser but
still severe sentence OF 81 Substantial re-
duqaiou in numbers
Captain Impeys trial grew out Of a dis
pute over a dentists bill Captain Impcy
is stationed at the Mare Island Navy
Yard, near San Francisco. A dentist who
had treated him professionally submitted
a bill for $50. Captain Impcy wrote to the
dentist that the Government paid bills OF
such sort. but the auditing officers would
not authorize the expenditure of so large
a sum for filing teeth and suggested that
the amount be reduced to a reasonable
figure. The dentist declined to reduce
and after waiting while without secur-
ing payment sent the bill and Captain I'M
peys letter to the Navy Department.
In response to the departments demand
for an explanation. Captain Impey ad-
mitted signing the letter, which had been
prepared by his direction, but claimed that
ne had done so through an oversight with
out realizing the serious offence which he
was committing in representing. appar-
emily for the purpose of obtaining a re-
duction of the dentists charges that the
Government paid the private bills of naval
officers. The department declined to ac-
cept this explanation, and ordered that
Captain Impey be tried by court-martial
The court met at the Mare Island Navy
Yard on Monday, June 3. 1t consisted of
Rear Admiral Merrill Miller. and Capts.
Henry Glass. William r. Whiting, James
NJ. Forsyth, George c. Reiter, William NJ
Mead, and Thomas Perry, with Comman-
der Alexander McCracken as judge advo-
cate.
The record of the court shows that Cap
tain Impey testified that he had been in
the dentists chair. for six hours He said
he regarded $50 as an exorbitant amount
fof such professional service, and his let
ter to the dentist was written when he
was provoked over what he regarded as
an attempt at Oyercharging. The report
of his testimony contained in the record
is not available for publication.
Captain Impey's application for retire
ment on September q, the day on which
he will complete forty years OF active ser
partment before the trial Whether that
action win now be revoked will rest with
the President and the Secretary of the
Navy Having served in the civil war
Captain Impey was entitled TO retirement
with the rank of the next higher grade
that of rear admiral. He was born in
Ohio, and appointed to the Naval Acade-
my from that State on September q, 1861.
The times., 1901-06-14
THE ADVANCE IN ST. PAUL
Union Pacific Said to Hold LnrEe
blocks of the stock

NEW YORK, June 13-St Paul stock
was active and strong today on a revival
of rumors that Union Pacific interests had
acquired large holdings Of St Paul stock
he price of Union Pacific rose from
1914 to 1l3lz, and the price Of St Paul
common rose from 1GG4 to I709s. The fol-
lowing bulletin was issued by a Wall
Street news agency:
we are informed that two of the origi-
nal inside interests in the St Paul road
who have been represented in the direc-
tory for over thirty years have recently
concluded the sale Of their stock amount
ing to $25,0o0,000 par value. and that this
stock is now vested in two unknown
names. 1t is further asserted though not
on official authority. that this block will
60. in October next under the Union Pa
cific collateral trust mortgage"
Members of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb e
Co. the fiscal agents of the Union Pacific
Railroad, declined to confirm or contradict
the foregoing statement 1t was init
mated that there was nothing in the afH
fairs of the Union Pacific Railroad at
present to warrant any public statement.
Asked for an explanation of the sudden
and rapid rise in the price of Union Pa
cifc shares. one Of the representatives of
Kuhn, Loeb &c Co. replied that conditions
in Union Pacific territory were favorable.
and that the earnings of that road had
been very good.
At the main office of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St Paul Railroad no con-
firmation of the alleged purchase of St
Paul stock by Union Pacific interests or
any other interests could be obtained. It
Is matter of official record, however.
that only one shareholder has more than
1000 shares of St. Paul stock credited to
him on the company's books There are
less than half a dozen individual share
holders who hold between $500 and 1O.0o1
shares each, so far as the stock books
show
James Henry Smith is one Of the largest
holders of st. Paul stock. and the current
rumors in Wall Street intimate that his
holdings constitute one of the two original
inside interests which are said to have
been sold recently No authoritative
statement on this point could be obtained.
The times., 1901-06-14
THE CANAL DELAY SCORED.
southern Delegates i'm FnvoF of the
Isfhmiou wnterwRy
PHI, "A DEF pIITA Trpa II Delay I'm

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-Delay in
building the Nicaragua Canal was dis
cussed at the meeting of the delegates TO
the Southern Industrial Convention today
ana from the statements of the men who
addressed the meeting there is no doubt
of the attitude of the South in favor of
constructing the great waterway, not
withstanding the provisions of the Clay
ton-Buiwer Treaty or any obstructive
tactics which, it was said, are being put
IN the way of the project by Great Britain.
rivers and harbors and the necessity
for improving them came in for a gem
erous share Of attention and the produc-
ton of iron in the South was discussed in
a paper by Charles Gibson, of Birming-
ham, Ala. Mr.. Gibson said the real de
yelopment of the industry began in 1871,
and now there are in jefferson County,
in which birmingham is situated, twenty
seven steel furnaces with daily capaci-
ty of 175 tons. In the northern rart of
the State there are thirteen furnaces.
During the depression OF 1895 to 1898
many of these went out of blast because
no market could be found for the output
or the 2S6 7S5 tons of iron that was eX-
ported by the United States in 1900 Ala
bama furnished 25S.6l5 tons. Mr.. Gibson
said that in 1870 the population of Birm-
insham was 1900 while in 1899 it had
reached 1000. There are in and around
Birmingham 250 manufacturing plants
When the Nicaragua Canal is built
he said, Alabama coal will supply the
steamships of the world. her iron the
steel, her labor will build them, and the
products of her diversified industries will
load them"
sewen 5. Cobb. in discussing the causes
Of delay in building the isthmian canal.
attacked Great Britain and charged that
members of Congress have NIso received
money for delaying the passage of the
bill providing fer the construction Of the
canal by the national Government. He
said there were 500 10000 people who
are waiting for the opening of the ocean
highway in order to trade with the United
states. He said Great Britain had secured
the passage Of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
by the expenditure of not more than $500
for champagne, and that the instrument
had been the means of returning to her
si.0O0O00 for every 81 expended in its pro-
curement. 1t was only pretext for de-
lay.
At the evening session Gen. W. w. H.
Davis, Of DoylestOwn, Pa, presented to
the Charleston IS. c. delegation Con-
federate naval flag captured in 1864 At
that time General Davis was in command
of the Federal forces on Morris Island.
and the flag was taken from locker of
the Confederate ram ChiCora by Lieut..
William r. Elliott. of his command. IT
was received on behalf of Charleston by
DR.. Charles w. Kollock, of that city.
The times., 1901-06-14

standard" by procuring the enactment
of a measure which. besides greatly en-
larging the privileges and profits of the
national banks, in effect reduces the
silver dollar to the grade of green
back by making it redeemahle in gold
1t is this faithful performance Of a
solemn pledge by which MI Mckinley
was twice elected President that Mr.
Chandler refers to with stinging irony
in the closing paragraph OF his letter,
This. be it remembered, is not a Dem
ocratic onslaught. The charge OF bad
faith comes from an ironclad RepubH-
can, who was almost one of the fOun-
ders of the party; a man who was fight
ing its battles when the most of its lat
ter day champions were either in their
cradles or not yet born. When such a
man publicly declares that the fraudu
lent use of six words has twice in sue
cession elected Mr.. Mckinley President
of the United States 1t presents start
ling fact for the consideration of the
American people-a fact that cannot
and should not be blinked by the for
tuitous return of a prosperity with
which the Republican party had no
more to do than it has with the ebbing
and flowing of the tides.
The times., 1901-06-14
A TALK ON GOOD ROADS.
Industrial Commission Hears About
North Carolina Highways.

The subject of good roads was discussed
yesterday before the Industrial Commits
sion by d. 2. Hutchinson, of Charlotte,
y c. His statement, which was rather
long. dealt entirely with the roads in that
State. The movement for road improve
ment he said. did not begin in the cOun-
try, hut in the towns. where its strongest
advocates and supporters were to be
found The building of the first macada-
mized road in Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, was made possible by the citi-
zeus of Charlotte submitting to a road
tax. in addition to their town taxes.
The roads. Mr.. Hutchinson said were
worked by convicts one effect of i'm
proved country roads, he said was TO in
crease the value of suburban property
Farming lands on macadam roads within
two to ten miles of town, he said have
Increased from 30 to 100 per cent in value
in the last ten years In the opinion of
the witness Eond country roads were most
desirable and the money invested came
back To the people by way of increased
land values.
The times., 1901-06-14
AT THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION.
Distinguished Visitors view the
Pan-Amerfcun wonders.


BUFFALO, June I3.-Gen. NelsonA. Miles
and Mrs Miles joined the distinguished
visitors at the exposition today. They
are the guests of Trueman G. Avery. Mr.
and Mrs. Miles met Secretary Hay, Mrs
Hay, and Miss Hay at the grounds To-Day
and an Informal reception was held in
the Government Building.
Great disappointment is felt at the an
nouncement that General Miles had
brought none of his military clothes with
him. The general was asked dozen
times today if he dig not intend to wear
his gold sword at the Flag Day ceremon-
les Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Even that sight is to be de-
MED the visitors. The sword is exhibit
ed at the Tiffany pavilion.
Word was received that Admiral Dewey
cannot arrive toy the Flag Day exercises.
but viii come next week. Secretary Root
and party went East at I o'clock today.
The directors Of the exposition gave
dinner tonight at Statlers Hotel for !, 900
editors. Mr. Buchanan presided 1t is
expected that the directors VIII take
heart at the withdrawal of the suit to
stop Sunday opening, and will allow
little greater liberty on that day.
ROCHESTER,. n. Y, June 13-The APP
pellate division today filed a memorandum
dismissing the proceedings brought for
the removal Of the Buffalo Police Commits
sioners for failure to close the Pan
American Exposition on Sunday
The decision was given out prematurely.
for it had been understood that it would
be filed next Wednesday. although Oscar
W Chaplin. the petitioner, notified the pO-
lice commissioners several days ago that
he wanted to drop his suit. The stipu-
lation indicates that Mr.. Chaplin has ex-
perienced a change of heart.
There now remains no bar to Sunday
opening
The times., 1901-06-14
A NAVY DEPARTMENT TIFF.
Mr.. HacI<ett the subject of ADMIRAL
CrowninshfeId's Ire.


Secretary Long has before him for ad
justment and settlement controversy
which exists between Assistant Secretary
Hackett and Rear Admiral CrOwninshield.
the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
III feeling over a matter Of preference and
standing exists between these two high
officials of the Government. AS the As
sistant Secretary came off victorious on
the point in dispute, and his right Ad-
miral Crowninshieid's superior was recOg-
nized. the latter has taken his injured
feelings to the Secretary of the Navy for
solace, and also with The evident desire to
have Mr.. Hackett rebuked. If possible.
The matter at issue. according to gossip
in the Navy Department. is that Admiral
Crowninshield was invited by Commander
Wainwright to deliver the diplomas TO the
graduating class al Annapolis He want
ed that honor and distinction and readily
accepted the invitation. In fact, it is
said that he intimated to Commander
Wainwright that he would be pleased to
confer the diplomas and was accordingly
asked to do so. 1t was thought then that
the Assistant Secretary would not be able
to be present. Later, however, ne decid-
ed to attend the exercises. and by virtue
of his Office he was asked to award the
diplomas and the invitation to Admiral
CrOwninshield was Withdrawn.
Commander Wainwright did this in a
most graceful manner and expressed his
regret and sought to make ar explanation.
admiral CrOwninshieid was not appeas sed,
however. and considered that he had been
done an injustice by MIR. Hackett and in
fact, that he had been snubbeG. He has
accordingly filed a writtel report with
Secretary Long and is seeking redress for
his grievances
The times., 1901-06-14
A PAY PROBLEM DECIDED.
Action Upon Naval Constructor
WOodward's Appeal From a Ruling.

l. P Mitchell. Assistant Comptroller of
the Treasury Department, in answer to
an appeal from the action of the Auditor
for the Navy Department by Joseph j.
Woodward, Naval Constructor, United
States Navy, adjusting his claim for diff
ferences Of pay and communication of quar-
ters while on duty aboard. decided yester-
day that a naval constructor detailed for
shore duty beyond seas is entitled to the
pay and allowances of an army officer of
corresponding rank detailed for duty in a
similar place. Temporary stops in a ma Tal
officers journey made pursuant TO orders.
although they may not be directly con
nected with the travel do not generally
amount to an assignment to duty Al the
places where the delays are authorized
and unless there is manifest intention
to assign the officer TO duty at the places
where such delays occur. he is not en-
titled to communication of quarters While
there
The times., 1901-06-14
Democrnfic Cbnnces in loo1

4 New York newspaper of the Mug
wump persuasion has arrived at the
conclusion that the Democratic party
contains no Presidential timber worthy
OF respectful consideration Mr.. Car
Isle and Mr. Whitney are not popular
Mr- Hill and Mr.. German are mere pol
iticians. and Mr. OIney is too old. Mr.
Bryan alone remains, and he is as a
leopard. who cannot change his spots.
1t Is an unpleasant prospect truly. but
as the newspaper in question. the New
York Evening Post" will undoubtedly
support the Republican nominee when
the time comes, its present grief is COM
paratively negligible. Debased as the
party Of Jefferson, Jackson, and Til
The times., 1901-06-14
SHELLS FOR COAST DEFENCEs.
a Contract for Five Hundred Armor-
Piercing ProjectiIes Made.

READING, Pa. June 13-The Carpenter
Steel Works today received a United
States contract for 500 lO-inch armor-
piercing projectiles for use at the various
seacOast defences.
The firm viii begin work on this order
at once. in addition to the 1000 shells for
the Navy Department. which work was be
gun a short time ago. That part of the
plant is running overtime on Government
work
The times., 1901-06-14
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The monitor Amphitrite has arrived at
New Bedford, the gunboat AIyarado at
Annapolis, the gunboat Scorpion at
Creenevillc. Miss. the training ship Es-
sex. and tender Potomac at Boston. and
the gunboat Hist at Newport. The train
ing ship Dixie has sailed from Rio de ia
neiro for Santa Lucia. the collier Caesar
from Lambcrt's Point for Manila, the
collier Nero from Lambert's Point for
Baltimore. and the gurboat Gardoquin
from OlOngapo for CaVite.
The times., 1901-06-14

den has become in the eyes of its chron-
ic critics. il yet numbers six million
three hundred thousand voters.
No one can predict in 1901 what Will
happen il the Democratic Convention Of
1904, beyond the fact that a platform
viii be adopted which VIII challenge the
Republican organization to defend its
performances during the Mckinley
regime. All the old issues will Of neces-
sity give place to tie overshadowing
question involved in the Republican at
tempt TO subvert the Constitution in the
interest of the commercial trusts. The
platform once decided upon. the candi-
date viii not be hard to find. lie must
be man Of honesty and ability. and he
must have supported the national ticket
in 1900. These details being settled,
neither his geographical location nor
his views on the silver question, now
dead and gone, need be considered.
The times., 1901-06-14
The Negroes Future.
nErom Ia PhilalcInhia Timesl }

EINI07-T
The negro except III d few instances, VIII not
be literary man. lie viii not often choose
profession. The education he requires viii
come from a good manual training school. He
needs education which viii make him On
intelligent farm hand a Skillful mechanic.
He must be taught how 10 be industrious rather
than idle, and independent rather than de-
pendent When he shall have learned how 70
help himself he will be I Of strength 10
the Southern states and a vitalizing element in
the blood OF the nation.
The times., 1901-06-14

Lord Pauncefote has great hopes of
the ultimate passage" Of a new Hay
Pauncefote treaty. So have Lord Sails
bury and Mr.. Hay but it is far from
certain that any considerable portion Of
the American people share in such hopes
There is no occasion for new treaty.
The thing to do is to abrogate the Clay
tOn-Bulwer Treaty and build the canal.
There is nothing like having an official
thermometer II you wish to keep cool
these days. 1t is warranted never TO
come within five degrees Of the real tenn
nerature.
The times., 1901-06-14
Gone Forever.
CFrom the Albany Arsus.)

CFrom the Albany Argus)
Surveyors are relocating the Mason and Dixon
line between Pennsylvania and Delaware. In
places, the old line has almost entirely dsap-
:eared-but not completely has the Mason
and Dixon line in its other sense, as a mark
OF sectional hatred and division
The times., 1901-06-14
The Trensnry statement.

The receipts of the Government yester-
day. according to the Treasury statement,
reached the sum Of s.. 535 5000, and con
sisted of customs. sos. 81 So; internal rev
cnue $3.50 S35. IS: miscellaneous. 36S1. .Gl 33
The expenses amounted to S1.500. 001. leav-
ing "A balance Of receipts over diSburSc-
ments amounting to $50, 5000.
The times., 1901-06-14
OmcinI Report of n Trial Trim.

Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Presi-
dent Of the naval trial board. has rem
dored to the. department his report of the
record breaking trial run of the battle
ship Illinois lie says: Illinois trial
successful. Speed, l7.Sl knots. with tidal
corrections" The illinois is now on her
way to Newport News.
The times., 1901-06-14
New Light ON The Tnrin.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.)
Mr. Mckinley disposed to DC a Moses
10 his party. Having led it into the pro-
tective wilderness far enough to see the error
Of his ways, he now seeks 10 lead it out. But
there zeaIots who want to stay in the
wilderness indefinitely
The times., 1901-06-14
The Deer Tnx.

(From the Indianapolis News.)
The best evidence HAT beer can stand the
tax inflicted ON il al present is the fact that it
has stood it without appreciablc suffering.
There is no disposition TO increase the tax
and drive the brewer put OF existence but it
is only Just that beer should contrSute most
Literally 80 the Government.
The times., 1901-06-14
A Trooper Drowned in Cuba.

General Wood yesterday reported to the
War Department the death at Roweu
Barracks, Cuba, OF Private John Nc
Caffery. Troop Z. Second Cavalry. which
occurred on June T. Death was due to
accidental drowning.
The times., 1901-06-14
Mr.. Cnrnegie's Degree.
lFrom thc chicnrn ChronicIel }

tfrOm tHc thltdGp NHunltic)
OF course Andrew Carnegie will be dubbed
IL d. \ Scotch university viii do the dub
hn2 ANY kind of degree that IS purchasable
ought to be purchased with SlOOOO,OOO But the
initials should be LIT. D., doctor Of tariff
The times., 1901-06-14
EngIand,s Comme=s:ai Standing.
Frnm the s. Lanis Globe-pemoerat.l

tFTOm the 81 Louis IIObe-DemocTat.l
England is no longer first in the extent Of
its industries IL is second, however As the
United States is the only country that leads
it. England ought to cheer up. The Gibhon
who will have chance 10 write Great Britains
decline and fall has not yet been born.
The times., 1901-06-14
Europe and America.
Philadelphia Ledger)

Neither Pan-American nor Il Pan-European
alliance is very probable hut the od,is are
slightly in favor Of the former.
The times., 1901-06-14

The army frauds at San Francisco nat
uralIy do not disturb Shafter. He went
through the Alger war
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-17
VANDERBILT PROPERTIES
No Securities Company for Them Yet
Awhile.

No Securities Company for Them Yet
Awhile.
Special to The Journal.
New York. Dec. 1.-THE recent rise in
New York Central stock was due to talk
that the plan for a Vanderbilt Securities
company would be brought out without
awaiting a decision in the Northern Sc
curitles case. These reports were proba
bly, incorrect. The Vanderbilt interests
have always been thoughtful of public
opinion and careful not to pursue
course calculated to arouse antagonism.
1t would be a reversal of this policy to
bring out a securities company intended
to produce another large railway trust at
a time when the west is stirred up on
the question and when the difficulties in
the way of such an enterprise are SO
great.
If there is to be a Vanderbilt Securities
corporation it is not likely to be launched
until the courts have had their say re-
garding the Northern Securities. If that
corporation stands, others will be sure to
come. II it does not stand, it will be
necessary for the Vanderbilt properties to
be left as they are or be combined on a
plan other than that adopted in the
northwest