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Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17
Ten Miles in seuen Minutes

Frank Kane of Wilmington, an engi-
neer on the Delaware railroad, made a
remarkable speed record several days ago
from Middletown to Greenspring. En-
gineer Kane had charge of the work
train and while at Middletown with his
train he received an order from head
quarters to go to Greenspring station as
quickly as possible. The distance is ten
miles and the trip was made in exactly
seven minutes, which is considered a
remarkable record as the engine, No. 10.
is one of the small pattern and has been
on the road for some time.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17
1Itja ja |||ll,, BALTIMORE 8 Ono
RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect May I9. 1901.
AZ AZ Iralns Illuminated with Pintsch light,
Trains leave Wilmington, Delaware Avenue
| 1,r,,r Station, for
NEW YORK, week days, Is OIL, 9.3e. tlO5l
r. m tlzis y N Nt2s5 ts59 IS (Royal Limited
LIS Al m t2.S5, Is 90, 1913 (Roya Limited
sP5dafiL5AsDELIPHIA ! 4 + i IPHIA, week days, Is OIL, $780,
tsS6 2.5 is59, t5is tRoyaI III iilnited, n % as
5oH y, T. ~, HOSP p. m, Sundays IS o. 7.T
S 1Roy1a AL Imifsdf 10Gs fiSS a. y nj t 24 1918
Chester, week days $50 tS So So 10 Sj"1 ts oo 70 20
IlO.52' lO52 a. m; 2.45, t5g5, 6.a5, IL %. tt059
m sundays ~ 20, $50, 1853 1888, tiI35a. m;
z.49, $50, t7.42 S.56, ITO 81 D. M -
Atlantic City, week days, is 5a. m, tI2le
100 and t5-lS p. m. Sundays, 72O a. m; I5 Is
70 cape May; Ocean titg, week days, ts5O am;
sea Isle City, week days, t650 a. M; t2.S5
;. Rsltimore 3s and Washington, week days,
t4a7, t62O (Koyal Limitedj 1904 fiO Is ). E M
sundays, "a. 8, 1904, sos. a. M n 70 no
l45Sa lS0 GRoyal Limitedl ,6.55 iS04 TO I6 N
paitln0re and way stations, 6.55 q. M; 10
Sunday only. -
Newark week days. t4ls, 8.55, IS o.. tl1u a.
p. m. SOS' S'--' t-S'+V
Plttsburg week days, IS IA. M; 4.57, ito I6
p PchicaSo n; Sandasys T. oa a. m t57 flOl6 p. m.
Cincinnati end St Louis. Ia ia. M. tI2 "a
and ti0,16 p. m daily. '' '--'O9
singerly ger accommodation, week days 655 a
m; s-l9. 6.lO p. m. Sundays, sos Z M; S.
S42 p. m. ~
Landenberg accommodation, week days,
$50 p. m. sundays, 6.55 u. m.
FAVE MARKET: ST. STATION FOR
Baltimore, week days, 2.45 D. M
Landsnberg. week days, $40 a. M; As, $50
p. m. Sundays, $40 a. M; 6.55 r. m.
LEAVE EPHILADELPHi1 for v lining ton.
week days, 1885, $50, 1870, flO26, lI.OO a. m;
fI5.O. tI.S7. 2i5, f307, tl.2O, $50 t5.r0, t5.4S
lhoyal Limited, 800. 6.25, f7.30, 1910 Ills p.
m: m SUNDAYS, ts.s5. 1870, go and HOO a. M;
fl2:0. If, l.45, t42O. t5.4S (KoyaL Linited),
e'15, f.i,ss fa.sO, I, TO !; e, Q, I0.sog. m;
Rates TO Western points lower than win any
other line. H. A. MILLER,
Passenger Agent, Wilm ingtoA, Del.
" 3. MARTIN, Manager of Passenger Traffic.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

In its advanced and chronic form a
cold in the head is known as Nasal
Catarrh and is the recognized source of
other diseases. Having stood the test
of continued successful use, Ely's Cream
Balm is recognized as specific for men,
branal diseases in the nasal passages, and
you should resort to this treatment in
your own case. 1t is not drying, does
not produce sneezing. Price so cents at
druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, So
Warren Street, New York. Give up
prejudice and try it.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17
Excursiouists Robbed

Pickpockets mingled with the crowd
of excursionists who went to Augustine
Pier on the steamer Twilight Thursday,
and as result three Philadelphia women
had purses stolen, the amounts ranging
from So to Sc respectively. The crowd Of
exeursionists was large, and the purses
were stolen while the passengers were
leaving the boat.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.

THE United States Government de-
clines to get excited over the latest
peanut revolution in Central America,
Notwithstanding the hysteria of certain
gentlemen who have business interests
over there. We have treaty with Col
ombla by which the neutrality of the
Panama railroad is guaranteed, and if
Colombia cannot enforce that treaty,
this government will do SO with its naval
forces, as it has done before. The gun
boat Machias has been ordered to pro-
ceed to Colon, the eastern terminus of the
Panama railroad, and it is believed that
no stronger force will be needed to pro-
tect American interests on the Isthmus.
but as precautionary measure, the
cruiser Ranger now on the Pacific coast,
has been ordered gotten in readiness so
she can be sent to the Pacific side of the
lsthmus should it be thought necessary.
This government has nothing to do with
the war between Colombia and Yenezula,
which seems to have grown out Of the
revolution against the government of
Colombia, and will not interfere in any
way unless it becomes necessary for the
protection of American interests. That
is the whole story in nutshell, which
has started all of the yellow journals to
yawping and predicting that we are
about to become involved in an European
war on account of the little rumpus on
-he Isthmus.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17
ton which should be used in such case

as this.
Upon the whole matter: If people
would observe the obvious occasions of
silence, if they would subdue the inclina-
ton to tale-bearing, and that eager desire
to engage attention, which is an original
disease in some minds, they would be in
little danger of offending with their ton
que; and would, in moral and religious
sense, have due government over it.
l will conclude with some precepts and
reflections of the Son of Sirach upon this
subject. Be swift to hear; and, if thou
hast understand ding, answer thy neighbor
if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
Honor and shame is in talk.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

Hon. William Z. ChandIer's protest to
the Navy Department against the per-
sonal attack made upon him and his ad-
ministration of the Navy Department by
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, in his
recently published book, resulted in the
writing and publication of letter of CEN
sure to Evans by Acting Secretary Hack
EFT. Evans was doubtless glad to get out
of the scrape SO easily, but it is under
stood that all Mr.. Chandler wished was
to have the Navy Department placed on
record as opposing the right of any naval
officer to publicly criticize the official
acts of the Secretary of the Navy, either
while he is in office or afterwards. This
he has DONE
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

The Insular Division of the War De-
partment was not, when established, in
tended to be bureau for the promotion
of matrimony, but glance over its cor
respondence files shows that it has been
indirectly the cause of many marriages,
and Colonel Edwards, its capable and
courteous chief, is in doubt as to whether
he deserves praise or condemnation for
the unprecedented results. The epide-
mic of marriage was brought about by
the regulations adopted by the division
for the transportation of teachers for the
public schools in the Philippines, which
provided that the person directly depen-
dent upon the teacher might, if practical,
be furnished free transportation upon
government transport. That was enough
of hint for a number of bright young
fellows who had been appointed teach
ers, and the division was at once over
whelmed with applications for transpor-
tation for brides, as "the person directly
dependent upon the teacher" Inasmuch
as the teachers alone were severe tax
upon the transportation facilities of the
government, this was decidedly embar-
RAISING, but Colonel Edwards, who is a
man, was equal to the oc-
casion, and no bride was left behind. All
records for the carrying of brides were .
broken by the transport which carried
the brides to the Philippines, and Uncle
sam doesn't regret his bridal present of
free passages, whatever some of the brides
may do later. By the way, it is officially
that all appointments of teach
ers will hereafter be made by Mr.. Fred
W. Atkinson, Superintendent of Public
Instruction in the Philippines, whose
address is Manila. The announcement was
made ostop applications being sent to the
Var Department. There will be very
ew more appointments, anyway, except
o fill vacancies.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

Under decision of the Comptroller of
the Treasury, Secretary Wilson can use
in his discretion, an appropriation Of
$4,000 in the Agricultural bill for the
current fiscal year, to pay what will III
effect be an export bounty on American
fruits, in his efforts to build up foreign
market for our fruits. The money will
be carefully spent ON plan that is yet to
be perfected, and will, it is believed,
demonstrate that large and profitable
export trade in American fruits can be
built up with a little intelligent effort.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

A late Census bulletin shows that Mich
igan has 1,24S,905 males, 1,172,o77 fe-
males, and 540,653 foreign born residents;
Minnesota, 932, 400 males, s1S, ,9O4 females,
and sos, ,3lS foreign born; Mississippi,
7Sl, ,451 males, 769,S19 females, and T.
S9l foreign born. In the first two states
the colored population is less than one
per cent; in Mississippi it is just little
less than fifty-nine per cent.
Middletown transcript., 1901-08-17

Once more the Treasurer of the United
States has denied one of the periodical
stories, usually originating abroad and
used to defraud those who can be duped
into believing them, alleging that the
United States Treasury held large sum
in trust for the heirs of man who de-
posted it there. This time, the mans
name was given as Dembitzky, a Pole,
who was said to have deposited the
money there just previous to being killed
while fighting in the Union army during
the civil war. 1t is needless to say to
those who are acquainted with the prin-
ciples under which our government is
run, that the United States Treasury is
not and cannot act as trustee for pri-
vate individuals; consequently it holds
no private funds in trust, but the ignor-
ant and even some intelligent persons in
our own country do not know this, as
often as it has been stated in connection
With this sort of thing, and naturally
story Of his sort is readily accepted by
'he credulous in othergcountries, often to
heir cost.
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HARE'S "REMINISCENCES.
stories of Tennyson and Rhoaa
BrOughtOn--Aa SpirftuaIIst Seance.

Stories of Tennyson and RhOda
BrOuEhtOn--Ae SpfrftuaIIst Seance.
The fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of
Mr. August j. C. Hare's STORY OF Ny
Life" have been published in London.
Mr.. Hare disliked Carlyle, and Swinburne
fares bdt little better. He gives an
account of visit to Tennyson, which,
too. is not pleasant in tone:
"On the whole, the hayward poet
leaves a favora bic impression. He could
scarcely be less egotistic with all the flat
terry he has, and 1 am glad to have seen
him so quietly. For the poets bearish
n1anners. the Tennyson family are te
blame in making him think himself
den1igod., One evening" on arriving at
Mrs. Greyille's, he said at once, Give
me az'pipe; l. want, to smoke She at
once went off by herself down the VIII
lage-st shop, and; returning with two
PIPES, offered them 10 him with all be-
coming subservience. He never looked at
her or thenlzed her. but, as he took them.
growled out, Where are the matches?
suppose now, you've forgotten the
matcheS'iI'
Miss Rhoda l3roug'hton, the author Of
"Conseth Up Like Flower is the hero
of this .anecdote, ammo 1874:
81 Went to luncheon at Lady Castle
towns; she had not come from church,
but l went up into the drawing room
A good-Jooking, very smart young lady
was sitting there, with her back to the
window, evidently waiting also. After
pause 1 made some stupid remark to her
about heat or cold, etc. She looked st
me and said, That is very common
place remark I'll make a remark. If
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-03
STATUS OE PORTO RICO
INVOLVED IN TWO CASES BEFORE
UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT
Td&l .
4st.t
BRIEFS FILED YESTERDAY
,IEFs FILED YESTERDAY
HjW
Congress of This Nation Has Only
the Powers Conferred Upon
1t by tIre, 3Consti-
tuifOAI

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The first
briefs to be filed in the cases involving
the relation of the United States to
their insular possessions, which are to be
argued in the United States supreme
court next week, were submitted today
There are eight of the cases, and briefs
were filed in two of them, viz: the cases
of Carlos Armstrong and of Samuel q.
Downs. In. both cases the briefs repres-
ent the parties opposing the contentious
of the governments The: Armstrong
case comes from. the court of claims.
Armstrong is a British subject doing
business in Ponce, Porto Rico. and he
sues to recover tariff duties collected on
goods imported into Porto Rico from
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The court. of claims decided against him,
and he appeals from that decision The
brief in this case was filed by John G.
CLANCY on behalf Of Armstrong.
The plea Is made id the brief that the
collection of duties was a Niolat ton OF tie
constitution of the, United States, as by
the terms of the Paris treaty, the island
of Porto Rico became a. portion of the
United States. The, brief lays down the
following propositions as the basis Of the
appellants contentious: THE constitu-
ton of the United States reaches over
every portion of the national domain
whether in the form of states or terri
tories, or districts, because this conStitu-
ton provides for territories as well as
states The cession made by Spain in
the treaty of Paris produced an absolute
80 r
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ehahgs. Of titls ahd .sg4SF9giigntS..!in P0rto

change Of title and s91sfeigntyf4in Porto.
Rico, -
: ''The president Of The United. states.
has no right to exercise legislative func-
tons The imposition by legislative or
ders of customs duties on commerce be-.
tween the island of Porto Rico and other
parts of the United States after the
treaty f-peace and the. exchange of ratl-
fications is unauthorized and void, and
$tlics collection of::@=Stteh duties: is without
warrants Of, law
: =, IA government Il Without limitations
was never fatendeie by the founders of
the nation They sSought to establish
and did establish ID Cons titutforal republic
which furnishes a written guarantee OF
protection to. all It's inhabitants. The
idea that iii one portion of the country
the executive and assgisfative authority
Is subject to- restPss3hNs and limitations
and that in,-enotif eEaRRAtien 1t is without
any restriction err etion-that in one
part a Repablfea4S sDvernment exists
and in another .alsssNplimited despotisn
is repugGant. to- t1sk theory upon which
the government w5ssSf0nnded. Every in
habitant is entitled he protection af-
forded by the bill .lf rights.
A large portion SSsssetsiaie brief is devoted
to 1.-The refutation sBf SS5She5 doctrine laid
down by the attorney general in the
Goethe case .recentIyss argued by him in
the supreme rcOtTI TO TIE ehecl IHtiI Inc
government OF the United States should
have an unlimited hand in the control of
territory outside of the states.
Replying to- this, declaration Mr..
CLANCY says: SSH.
Mr.. Mckinley is. the president of the
United States-the president of its ter
ritory and its people, He is not the pres
ident of any others territory or people
and he is the -despot of no people and no
territory. He was, never elected or com
rnissioned the despot OF anybody or any
thing. 4s''
THE congress Isl the congress of the
United States-the congress of the ter
litory and the people of the United States
1t Is not the congress of any other terri
tory or people. tits omnipotent nowhere
OH the face of the earth. 1t was created
by the people OF the United States under
constitution specifically pointing out its
powers and duties. It exists by virtue
of that constitution, as does also the
presidential office. -
lit is omnpoteat nowhere. The only
omnipotent thing this side of heaven is
the constitution formulated by the
fathers out of times. which proved the
necessity of providing against despotism
in the presidential'o office and against The
omntpotence of men representing the peo-
pie of the United States.
s"One would think Ito hear the argu-
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SUIT IS THROWN OUT.
Petition for Receiver for National
Linseed Oil Denied.

Linseed Oil Denied.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-The United States
circuit court of appeals today handed
down a decision sustaining the decision
of the lower court, denying a petition
for a receiver for the National Lin eed
Oil company.
The suit was brought in 1898 by James
Clark, land Others owners of 1900
shares out of a total of 10000 shares of
stock of the so-called trust. The petit
ton for a receivership alleged negligence
and bad management on the part of tie
directors and officers of the company by
which, it was alleged the assets of The
company, consisting of over forty mills
in various parts of the country and val
ued at $7,000,G00 were dissipated Judge
Grosscup in rendering the decision, af-
firmed the action Of the lower court said
it was apparently the plain purpose of
those bringing suit to get control
through receivership of the companys
right of action against the directors so
that suit could be presented in the name
of the company and at its expense. No
certain proof. according to Judge Gross
cup was shown of bad management or
judgment on the part of the officials of
the company nor was it shown with GER
tainty that the directors and officials had
Speculated
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ments advanced by the government that
there are no restrictions or limitations
Of any sort upon congress, or the presi-
dent, so far as the territories are con-
eerned. They may give to Alaska an
absolute monarchy; that they may give
to the Hawaiian isalnds; a republic; that
they may give to Porto Rico such a gov
eminent as Weyler would supply They
may give to the Philippines form of
government after the plan of Turkey
and China; they may establish a republic
IN one part and a monarchy in another
they may deny to the unfortunate in
habitants of these islands all the recog-
nized rights and privileges which char
acteriZe the codes of civilized nations
In short, they may restore all the relics
of barbarism, and there is not power on
earth to stop or control them. 1t is no
answer to this to say that the congress
Is too enlightened, and the president too
merciful to commit such acts of tyranny
and oppression. That does not change
the question. We contend that no such
right exists; that congress in it's govern
nent of the territories is itself subject to
constitutional limitations and that the
people of these territories or colonies are
protected by these limitations, and that
they may themselves appeal to that in-
strunaent for protection"
The brief in the Downes case was flet:
by F. II. Coudcrt Ir. In this case excep-
ton is taken to the imposition Of duties
on goods imported into the United States
from Porto Rico
In his brief Mr.. Ccudert, quoting the
decision of the supreme court in the
Cherokee nation case, asks:
''If the Paris treaty did not make Porto
Rico a part of the United States, how
could tile congress of the United States
be vested with the right to legislate for it
and to determine the civil rights and po-
litical status of it's native inhabitants?''
Replying to his own question, Mr. Ccu-
dert says:
1.-The congress of the United States is
not invested by the constitution. and can
rot therefore be invested by treaty with
the power to legislate for foreign coun-
~"
Mr. Coudert also suggests the possibif-
fty of an amendment to the constitution,
saving:
''Nor need there be any concern with
reference to the question of expediency.
If the people of the United States deem
it expedient that the additional powers
exercised by their temporary agents
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should be approved and should .:be con-.
tihued toAtheif successors, the people. can:
so ordain. The constitution has provided.
an easy method for their so ordaining..
1t has not established the supreme court
for that purpose. A constitutional
amendment, If demanded by the people.
can be presented III congress and rattle
by the legislatures in less time than it
will take this court to unravel and de-
terniine the momentous questions in
Yolved in this case. If a revolution in our
method of government and in the prin-
ciples for which this government stands
is to be made. it should be made by the
power which is at the base of all gov
ernment-the people-for whose benefit
the government is made. 1t certainly
should not be done by court intended
to be conservator CT all our institu-
tons and not the voice of the people to
cnange the form and character of those
Institutions
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Hndn.t the Heart to Explain.
Cleveland Plaindealer.

Cleveland Plaindealer
She had never seen q football game
lie is an enthusiast. That is why she
listened with an Interested face as ne
read aloud the detailed account of the
big game.
81 should think she said in her pref
ty way that in such rough game out
Steers would know better than to intrude
upon Inc field
He looked ruzled.
What dc you mean?' he asked
why she answered. didn't you lust
read to me that some inquisitive person
Ilame6 A. Goal was twice kicked from
the field?''
And for the life of him hn conidn,t SUM
mon up the necessary hardihood to ex-
plain Lee misrepresentation.
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TO HUNT BIG GAME.
Col. w. F. Cody Talks of New
SpoPtsmen Organization.

SpOFtSmen Organization.
New York Spe. Baltimore American.
Col. w. F. Cody Buffalo BID, fresh
from a successful hunting trip in the
Rockies, has arrived at the Wdldorf-As-
toria with his wife to spend the holidays
here with a daughter who is attending
a private school. 't
I'VE are, going to have the greatest
,spcrtsmen's organization in the world in
Wyoming" said Col. Cody. 1T is the
Cody club, organized only three weeks
ago, but with membership already OF
hfty-ive, and applications enough to fill
the limit of 100 George T.. Beck, son
of former Senator Beck, of Kentucky, is
presiGent..s Our hist of members Includes
the names of the best known huntsmen
in America. The hunting season in the
West lasts from September to December.
Elk, antelope, mountain. sheep and bear
are plentiful, but the buffalo is practi-
cally extinct.
The club members will gather on my
ranch, in the heart of the Big Horn
basin, every year on Sept. l. With camp
equipments, guides and servants. we will
go into the mountains for a two weeks
hunt, members of the party forming into
squads, hunting in different sections by
DAY and returning to camp at night The
CLUB Will offer q handsome prize to the
member making the best record during
the hunt.
ITO illustrate: A fine specimen OF
mountain sheep will credit 100 points to
the shot bringing it down. while poor
specimen will only entitle the hunter to
90 points There will be a graduated
scale of points for bear, elk and deer.
Col. Cody's ranch embraces /. 500 900
acres. A town named in honor of the ia
nous scout and huntsman has been laid
out, to which railroad is being built
It's going to be the grea test place In
and joked with Col Thomas p. OchiItree
and other friends.
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BRUTALITY AT BELLEVUE.
That Edward Hughes Had
seven Ribs Broken.

NEW YORK, Jan. MRS. Edward
Hughes of this city, but formerly of
Pfttsburg, Pa, made a statement to the
Evening, World today to the effect that
her husband, who died in St Luke's hos
pital about a year ago lost his life be-
cause of injuries received in Bellevue
hospital. Mrs. Hughes charges that
her husband was taken to Bellevue in
June, 1895. She says she saw him in a
straitiaclEet and made to trot up and
down corridor in the Bellevue insane
pavilion, while an attendant logged him
with long strap tipped with metal
Later the man was taken to the Manhat-
tan State hospital. where it was found
that seven of his ribs had been frac-
tured. He was in bad health Mrs. Hughes
says, from that time until his death a
year and half later.