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Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
In south Africa,

A year ago Lord Roberts en-
tered Pretoria and officially
"ended" the war. Today the Brit
ish are just where they we're
physically-when the war"ended." I"
They are spending about St,aso,-
600 a day. Thev have a South
African army OF 100000 men.
They are in possession OF the rail.
way and the enemy is in possession
Of the rest Of the country and has
the freedom OF Northern Cape Col
ony. The British losses from bull
lets and disease continue to aver
age more than $500 a month.
Morally the British have retro
graded. The baffled and diseased
stricken army is despondent. The
loyal British at the Cape are dis
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
Suffrage for the District.

The movement inaugurated at
the Metropolitan Hotel last Thurs
day night, to secure suffrage for
the District, will not receive much
support from the daily papers.
There is no reason it should be
dropped on that account. 1t is
hardly to be expected that the
little coterie which manages to
manipulate appointments and
other patronage to its own profit
will willingly withdraw hands from
the public crib, or advocate any
scheme that threatens its lease of
power. Restoration OF suffrage
will mean much loss to the respect
able ringsters who now run things
10 suit themselves. 1t will mean
much gain, in more than sel'-re-
spect too, to the citizens Of the
District, who seem to have little
more than the privilege OF paying
taxes.
There was a time when a citizen
OF Washington was recognized IN
his own city by the appointing
power as we'll as by the tax collec-
tor. But that was long ago. With
exception OF the Fire Department
our adopted citizens seem to shun
that job---a Washingtonian in off
cial employ is conspicuous for his
absence, and now the street car
companies, following the example
Of our rulers, ramsack neighbor-
ing States for men and even import
them from England (though that
was losing venture) before they
will hire Washington man.
The reason is obvious. They
look to Washington for nothing
except revenues. For legislation
they look to Congress, and Con
gressmen have got into the habit
OF going to them in return. Give
US suffrage and Washingtonian
wiILseUn be able 10 raise his head
again. The movement tor suffrage
has more friends in Congress than
will be supposed. Keep it going
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
hop Raising and Beer IN Brszn.

AADR AN@AaAA6 &AA A@NDN III 1ANAtAt
John J Girimondi, United States
Consul at Santos, Brazil, writes to
the State Department:
The raising OF hops in the State
OF Sac Paulo has frequently been
discussed, but, SO far, only few
experiments in the cultivation OF
this valuable plant have been
made. The quantity oikops used
in the manufacture Of beer here is
unknown, but the yearly consump-
ton oil the Campanhia Antartica,
probably the largest brewery in
this district, approximates 900
Kilograms (26.4ss pounds) The
price varies from 1000 to IA, 900
reis (SI.76 to SL9z) per kilogram
(a.2 pound). In 1898, $1,000 kill
ograms (s9s24 pounds) OF hops
were Imported via Santos, and had
prices been lower the consumption
would have been much greater.
am informed that a coffee planter
in the western part oil the State has
imported some hop cuttings from
Europe. These plants have taken
root in the red earth, so productive
in coffee, and have yielded an
abundant Towering. 1t remains
to be seen whether the blossoms
arc of sufficient strength to be used
in brewing beer. From a chemi-
cal examination of a sample OF
hops grown in this section, how
ever. it is evident that the plant
will do well in Sac Paulo.
The custom tax at the present
time is 800 reis a 3 cents) per kill
ogram (a,a pounds) as DER cent Of
which has to be paid in gold.
l am convinced It would pay
anyone thoroughly conversant
with the cultivation oihops to start
the industry in this country. The
consumption OF beer in Brazil Is
increasing daily. Brazilians for
merly drank caninha, an extract OF
sugar cane similar to rum, but OF
a different color. There are in this
State several breweries, the major
itY OF which are managed by Ger
mans. Owing to the excessive i'm
port duty, the manufacture Of beer
has virtually become necessity. |
For the same reason, United States
beer, not entirely unknown in this
section, is prohibited. |
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
o.DtaaDers Meet a snag.

The War Department will ap-
preciate the respite from abuse OBJ
tanned with the assistance OF the
local w. c. T. T., whose presi-
dent, Mrs Clinton Smith, reeentl"
wrote the Maj or OF Police IN re-
gard 10 disorder following the
closing Of the canteen at the Ar-
senal in this city, An acknowl-
edgment that such disorders en-
sued anywhere has hitherto been
followed by abuse Of army officers
and the press--the former for in
citing the latter to publish what
was always by ProhibitionlSts de
clared to be garbled and false
statements.
In this case the Major oi Police
turned Mrs. Smiths request for in
formation over to Lieut.. Holm
berger, in charge of the Fourth
Precinct, where the Arsenal is sit
uated. The reply is based on police
reports, and for once Prohtbitonists
will lose the opportunity OF abus-
ing a "venal War Department
and a Subsidized press" Lieut..
Hollinberger reports that Shortly
after the canteen vas abolished at
that post the Eleventh Infantry,
which was stationed therein at the
time, created considerable disorder
at the saloous in the immediate
vicinity. At one place" the Lieu
tenant said, "a crowd OF soldiers
went into barroom and threat
ened to clean out the place, stating
that they were going to smash up
all saloons, as they were the cause
Of the doing away with the army
canteen."
The report was hardly what the
local w. c. T. u. expected, and
we don't look for its reproduction
in the NezV Voice. All the same
it's the truth, and even il quiet has
since been in a measure restored by
the removal Of the Eleventh or the
transierence OF the disorders to
other localities, canteen closing
furnished the provocation for the
original outbreaks and is response
BILE for their continuance here and
elsewhere.
1t is to be hoped that our Police
Department will not lose the con-
hdence OF the w. c. I. u. as have
the War Department and the press.
The Post Of Thursday says; Last
Wednesday was pay day Tor the
militant servants of Uncle Sam al
Fort Myer, and as a result several
OF them became too jubilant and
had trouble with the police. Police
station No. 7 entertained Eve oi
them last night, and No. 3 had one
as its guest, the charge in each
case being drunk and disorderlY."
We are not used to such things
in Washington.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
The PIatu Amendment, { i,

The features fthe Platt amend
ment which are now part OF the
CUBAN Constitution are:
I. That Cuba shall never enter
into any treaty or other compact
with any foreign power which
tends to impair the independence
OF Cuba, nor permit any foreign
power to obtain for colonization,
military or naval purposes control
OF any portion of the island.
z. That Cuba will not assume or
contract any public debt that the
ordinary revenues OF the island are
unable to liquidate.
3. That the United States shall
have the right 20 intervene for the
preservation oi Cuban independ.
ence, the maintenance Of govern
ment adequate for the protection Of
life, property and individual liberty
and for discharging the obligations
with respect to Cuba imposed by
the treaty oi Paris on the United
States.
4. That acts OF the United States
in Cuba during its military occu-
pancy thereof, are ratified and
validated and all lawful rights ac-
quired hereunder shall he main
tanned and protected.
S. That Cuba shall continue
and extend plans for the sanitation
OF the cities of the island TO pre-.
vent epidemic and infectious dis
eases.
6. That the Isle Of Pines shall
be omitted from the cons itutioual
boundaries OF Cuba, the title
thereto being lett to future adjust.
ment by treaty.
7. That to enable the United
States to maintain the independ-
ence Of Cuba, as well as for its
own defense, the Government OF
Cuba will sell or lease 10 the
United States lands necessary for
coaling or naval nations at certain
specified points to be agreed on.
The Radicals in the convention
objected especially to clauses 3,
8, and 7 and the way in which
other clauses were drawn.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08

gusted. The taxpayers at home
are angrily watching the rising tide
OF debt. And It is everyW here
recopnized that the armies OF the
republics are in better condition
and are fighting along better lines
than they were a year ago.
In his famous "Life Of Franklin"
Parton saws:
Englishmen have made sublime sac
rifices TO principle. But they appear
slow to believe that any other people
can.
They have not yet learned the
great lesson oil this Boer war. But
fate is still pounding away at their
reluctant brains with undiscour.
aged resolution.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
Tours TO Boston.

Pers0nally Conducted. .4H E-rbeSSe5
LYch4ded. Baltimore 81 Ono Railroad,
lime IS and nv 70 I00I.-On Tuesdays,
June as and July I6, the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad will run Personally Con-
Quoted Tours to Boston from Washing
ton and Baltimore at the very low rate
of S28 for the round trip, which includes
all necessary expenses and permits OF
stop over of one half dav ~ Philadelphia
and one whole day in New YORK on
going trip. Tickets will be good to
return FIVE 50 days, exclusive Of going
date,
Trains will leave New Jersey Avenue
and { Street Station, Washingl on, at
8 80 m; Baltimore. Camden Station,
o I9 a m; Mt. Royal Station, 9.24 a m.
For detailed information and Illus
trated itinerary call on S B. Hege,
General Agent Passenger Department,
Washington; B. F. Bond, Division
Passenger Agent, Baltimore, or Arthur
G. Lewis. Southern Passenger Agent,
Norfolk Va.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
theatrical.

The Lafayette Square Stock Company
will be seen next week in the most
ambitious undertaking of the entire
season, "Secret Service" the great war
play by VIM Gillette, 1t seems rather
odd that another Gillette play should
follow this weeks delightful offering.
The two plays. however, differ widely,
yet there is in each the element OF
perfect uatUralness so CHARACTERISTIC OF
all OF Gillett's plays, Although this is
a war play, there is no display of the
horrors Of the battlefield or the noise OF
conflict. With the exception of two
pistol shots fred on the stage, there IS
nothing of the stress and strife except
suggestions of what is happening in the
distance. These suggestions, however,
are skillfully handled aud realistically
produced. The story deals with the
venture ofa Northern spy into Richmond
IN order to obtain secret Information for
use in a sortie by the Federal troops.
This information, and the power to
transmit it over the telegraph line, he
obtains though the love and confidence
he wins from a beautiful Southern girl
Ike time comes, in the great scene in
the telegraph Office, when he must either
send this dispatch over the wires, losing
her love and respect, or else decide that
it is not honorable to take advantage OF
a woman His manly instincts prevail,
and he does not send the dispatch,
lackily for his personal safety This
refusal saves his life, since he is about to
die when it is discovered that he, who
might have turned Richmond over to
the Federals, did not utilize his oppor-
fnnIfu
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
Mr.. Babcock, OF Wisconsin,

who introduced bill to pat on
the free list articles manufactured
by the Billion Dollar Trust, and
who, backed by many other Re
publican members from the West,
has advanced the argument that
industries which have been fos-
tered by our protective system 20
the point that the tariff is now used
for the oppression of consumers at
home, should be compelled TO
stand upon their own bottoms, has
thereby drawn upon himself the
enmity Of the American Protective
League. A determined fight is to
be made to oust him from his DO
sition on the Ways and Means
Committee and also as chairman
ol the Republican National Com
mittee.
Mr.. Babcock and his friends are
on the right track. Congress o YES
duty FIRST Of all to our own peo-
pie. And that duty requires that
the cost OF living should be made
as cheap as possible to home con-
sumers rather than to foreigners at
our expense. When the tariff
makes it possible for manufactur-
, ers to discriminate against the
former to the advantage Of the lat
ter, it is time the bars were low
cred.
Mr.. Babcock's proposition is
not an extreme one. He would
only place on the Tree list articles
notoriously able to take care Of
themselves. Industries that need
prote ;tion, from a Republican
standpoint, are not to be touched.
Unless the interests Of the trusts
are to be placed above the needs
of the workingman il is difficult to
see upon what grounds Republi-
cans will oppose him, AS a mat
ter Of fact, il is we'll known that he
will be opposed, and it is feared
opposition will be po weriul enough
to defeat his plans. The people
will be able to draw their own con-
clusions as TO the causes.
Defeat, however, will only be
temporary. Mr.. Mckinley him
self is reported as faYoring tariff
reductions wherever reciprocal
trade concessions can be obtained.
The difference, then, between Mr..
MeKiuley and Mr.. Babcock is
very slight, and it will take but a
small awakening to open the eyes
Of hide-bound protectionists to the
knowledge that change is due,
The National Protective League
may howl, but the hope Of future
victories for the Republican party !
will be found ultim atelY to lie in
the adoption OF Mr.. Babcock's
views.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
Brewers at Buffalo.


The short paragraph bearing on
the Buffalo Brewers Convention,
which appeared in Thursday morn
ing's papers, spoke Of the Presi-
dent OF the association, Mr., Brand,
OF Chicago, commencing the adop-
ton ol the system OF stamp cancel
lation by perforation, which. he
said, he favored. All brewers
favor the change, and the action OF
Congress in authorizing 1t was in
response to the plainly expressed
wishes of the trade to have It.
The telegraph says, too, that the
Convention adopted the report OF
the Trustees condemning the war
tax on beer. We are not in re-
ceipt as yet of the official reports.
We are prepared to believe, how
ever, that the Convention went
further than condemnation OF the
war tax. II it limited its action to
mere disapproval it did not meet
the expectations Of its members,
Later news will no doubt show
that the report Of the Trustees de-
manded repeal-not reduction. 1t
is unlikely that a mildcr term was
used-Repeal is what brewers
want, and repeal is what they will
get if they fight tor it.
Another matter of which the
meager press reports speak refers
to the army cantesn, the abolition
oil which by Congress is strongly
condemned. Evidence has accu-
mulated, and is now in course OF
compilation for presentation to
Congress next winter, OF such a
character as to justify the belief
that the ca1teen will be restored
before New Years day, A bigger
error than this piece Of legislation
has rarely been made by our ma
tional lawmakers. They were de-
ceived by the representations Of
the ladies OF the w. c. 7. u, and
although efforts are being made
10 so arrange things that national
gathering Of another section Of
that organization-the Anti-S Sal
oon League-will convene in this
city, as did the N. w. c. T. u, to
influence the new Congress, it is
sale to say that sentiment and gal
lantry will plaV no part in the re-
peal of the canteen legislation.
Practical results will decide the
question, and the War Department
has a collection OF these that will
convince the most sceptical. In
view OF his experience during the
last few months, the soldier has
need for sympathy and will appre-
ciate that extended TO him by the
Brewers Convention. He will
appreciate more any help that can
be given TO secure the repeal OF
the odious law. Press dispatches
do not say so, but the SENTINEL
is assured that the help of the
United States Brewers Associa-
ton will be given towards this
laudable end.
The business session of the con-
vention was held on Thursday, too
late Tor notice in this issue of the
SENTINEL, which goes to press
early Friday morning. We shall
have to defer, therefore, comment
on the action of the convention
until our next number, when also
a synopsis of the business trans
acted will be given.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
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FIVE STATES In FIVE Hours. The
Royal Limited, beautiful, swift and sure,
leaving Washington B. q o. r. R.
Station, New Jersey Avenue and c
Street, daily. 3 p m, arriving New York
8 p m Exquisite dining and cafe car
service.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08
Our District Commissioners

will deserve and receive the thanks
OF hundreds Of property owners
tor any measures they may take
to expedite street extensions and
relieve real estate OF the burdens
and expense imposed by so much
vexatioCs delay. The situation is
simply intolerable.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08

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Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08

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ing on regular trains until June 4th inclu-
sive. Spend Decoration Day at the
Exposition.
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