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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
NOT AN IMMORAL CITY.
General MacArtkar Throws Light on
Conditions in MANILA,

General Macarthur in a letter to the
Adjutant General of the Army Just made
public, replies to a communication re-
ceived by him through the War Depart
ment from Mrs. A. w. Ingalsbe, Presi-
dent, and Miss Marcia Anderson, Secre-
tary, of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, of Columbus. Wis, and a
letter from J. w. Carlisle, of Media, Pa,
in regard to the liquor traffic and the
social evil in the Philippines. General
Macarthur says that the writer's of these
letters have been misIed as to the facts
and have also failed to take into proper
consideration the disturbed conditions in
the islands.
He declares that not only is the social
evil property regulated, but persons of
doubtful character have been deported
from the Islands and regulations have
been adopted prohibiting the landing of
those from other countries. Commenting
upon the conditions in Manila, he says:
Il am convinced that the city of Manila
ray today challenge a comparison as to
its moral and orderly condition with any
city of the United States He recon-
mends that the writer's of the letters or
their representatives be given free trans
portation to Manila. where they will be
afforded every opportunity to see things
as they are. He explains that every pre-
caution has been taken by the military
authorities to prevent the spread of dis
ease. and adds: THE care of the soldiers
health is almost the first duty of the Of
fcers, and, far from pandering to his
vices. and encouraging him in dissipation
every effort is made to maintain a true
standard Of manhood in the young soldier
and return him to his country - his
service is over a citizen who WIFI be a
credit TO the hard school from which he
has graduated.
Should committee be sent to Manila
as recommended, they should also visit
other ports on the Asiatic coast for pur-
pose of comparison. Having done this. [
am certain that they will, on concluding
their work here. take home to their
friends a very different idea of the con-
ditfons of the American army both as an
army and as civilizing agent. than they
appear to have obtained, nor do | doubt
that they viii concur with the wisdom
of the temporary expedients resorted to
to meet the conditions presented"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
NEW SIGHTS AT BUFFALO.
The Cascades Turned on, Catching
Workmen Unaware

BUFFALO, n. Y, May THE 25, 600
gallons a minute stream which flows from
the electric tower, breaking into cascades
when it reaches the great basin, was
turned ON today.
There was an error in starting 1t prema-
turely and a dozen workmen in the basin
were caught in the deluge. The fountains
added greatly to the beauty of the ilIumI-
nation tonight.
The carnival of sports celebrating the
completion of the stadium will take place
On May Is. and all the workmen and their
families Will be admitted free that day.
The great event will be a race in which
an elephant. a camel, automobile. Indian
on pony. bicycle, and man afoot will be
the contestants.
An elaborate programme for opening
day was announced today Among the
speakers will be Vice President Roosevelt,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Lieuten-
ant Governor Woodruff. Fireworks, bal
looms, and kites will be plentiful
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08

the reason that people will not be able
to read such books through in week,
and thus the expense of service will be
diminished
There is money enough for book-buy-
ing among the American people; there
is no question of that; and for art, too.
one need only go into the average
country house and see the expensive
subscription books, and the illustrated
editions of the poets, which have been
bought at one time or another, to I'M
derstand that such a family has spent
enough money on books in ten years
10 purchase a respectable collection of
good literature. The magazines have
done much in this line of popular edu-
cation, and so far as country villages
are concerned, it looks as if the travel
ing library. by making it possible for
the public to secure the new and good
books regardless of expense, would
carry on the work which the magazines
began fifty years ago.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
"Our Brand of Imperialism.r

1t is extremely gratifying and en-
couraging to have President Mckinley
declare that eve know no Imperialism
in the United States except the i'm
perialisnn of sovereign people the
phrase is smooth, satisfying, and di-
gestible, but does it quite cover the
facts?
Porto Rico is part of the United
States. The Supreme Court seems to
have decided that point quite definite
ly in admitting a Porto Riean attor-
ney to practice at its bar, for no per
son not a citizen of the United States
is eligible to admission, or ever has
been admitted, as we are informed
That part of the sovereign people in
habiting our West Indian territory IS
legally entitled to all the benefits and
immunities of the American Constitu-
ton, equally with the citizens of the
other States and Territories. Far from
being allowed to enjoy them, they have
been subjected to a kind of oppression
very unlike our only brand of I'M
perialism" as described by Mr.. Mckin-
lev. In order to deprive them of their
right of free domestic commerce, the
Constitution was violated and tarln
imposed upon them at the demand and
in the interests of the trusts.
The President might have changed
his words slightly and uttered them as
referring TO a condition to obtain at
some future time not mentioned, and
then we might be able TO agree with
him. The Supreme Court is liable to
endorse the famous dicta of glorious
JOHN Marshall. and TO decide the con
stitutlonal cases now before it agree
ably to the language and plain mean
ing of the Constitution. Such a de-
cision would cover Porto Rico, the
Philippines, and Alaska, quite as fully
as the famous opinion in the Lough-
borough case covered the District of
Columbia In such an event. but not
before. it would be entirely proper to
say with cur Chief Magistrate: I'VE
know no Imperialism in the United
States except the Imperialism of a SOW
ereign people"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
MORE PORTO RIcANs WANTED.
The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Pleas
ed With Those Imported.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1T looks as
though the labor problem that has per-
picked the Hawaiian sugar planters and
caused depression in sugar stocks is in
fair way to be settled. A letter from
a prominent planter, received today, says
that the Porto Ricans, who were at first
condemned, have proved better workmen
than the Japanese, and they will be I'M
ported in large numbers as soon as pos
sible. Re says they work faster. more
carefully. and intelngently than the jap
anese, and are much less difficult to man
age.
Mariana Ahrll. editor of paper at Car
guas, Porto Rico, is just back from a
careful investigation of the Hawaiian ISL
ands as place of emigration for his peo-
pie. Abril said: "The trouble in future
will be not TO get Iaborers to leave Porto
Rico, but whom to take, as we shall have
to select from thousands that will be
anxious to go there. The fact is, Porto
Ricans in Hawaii are thoroughly salts
fed with their condition, notwithstanding
all reports to the contrary. The people
are well treated They are well housed
and are receiving all the way from 81 to
$50 month.
1T costs a family 121s cents a day to
live, for they are supplied with rations at
cost price. The womer who want to
WORK have light labor, and children. when
not attending school, can also get work.
There are 6.090 Porto Ricans in Hawaii
and there is room for 80 go more. 1t looks
as though this demand could be filed
easily in the next few months"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
SOUTHERN RAILROAD RATES
The Testimony of p. }. McGevern he.
fore the Industrial Commit rsfon.

II
| p. J. McGovern, of Atlanta, Ca. Chair
man of the Southern Transportation Com
\ mittee. testified before the Industrial
| Commission yesterday concerning railroad
| rates and conditions In the South Mr.
| NcCiovern said that the organization OF
/ the Southern Classification Committee
! was due to the desire OF the rail and
water carriers to establish a uniform
| freight classification, to secure the pub
| LEGATION of these established rates, and to
| aid in fulfilling laws of the United States
! affecting commerce. The committee. he
stated. was composed of forty-two rail-
way and steamship tines in the Southern
classification district. which Is embraced
| In the territory south of the Ohio and Po-
toraae rivers and east of the Mississippi
River
| Before the organization of the commit
tee conflicting ratings were prevalent in
| the Southern territory. and in the list of
freight rates published by the various
lines incongrufties and Inconsistencies
were common. TIE revision of freight
rates for the Southern territory by repre-
sentatsves from the forty-two railway and
steamship lines composing the committee
resulted in the simpIifcation OF the
method of establishing ratings and also
gave the desired uniformity of rating
throughout the territory.
Mr.. Phillips. Chairman of the Commits
sion. said that complaints had been re-
ceiyed by the Commission from SINNERS
stating that since the organization of the
Classification Committee rates in the
Southern territory had been greatly in
creased Mr.. McGovern. in answer to an
enquiry whether this was true. said that
while theoreticaIlv tbera had haan an a,
craasa In raa1,,- ~, t,.- - -.
' ~ ie"ey t"e shipPef' were but
httie auected Under the old system the
shipper could ask for and get a common
Iav- receint for HE sbinr,a,t t,,stoa5 - -
-. ~, -, -, ~ .i.9 80 VI '''1
CO uiai oiii Vi ieuihs- ne was thus pro-
tected by the common law at the regular
rate though II was true Mr. McGovern
said. that not one simmer In ona hundred
a,r,itad hir,,a,e - -, -
a'eu niinSeii VI the pfiEiese- since the
revision OF rates, to secure the same priv
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
ASKING FOR CIVIL RULE.
Petitions Sent to the Philippine
Commission by the Natives.

MANILA. May IA delegation of rep
resentatlve inhabitants of the province of
Manila has petitioned the Philippine Coma
mission to amalgamate that province
with the province of Moronga. the in
habitants of which are seeking the privi-
leges that will come with civil govern
ment. The petition declares that all the
insurgent leaders in the province of
Manila have surrendered. The Commits
sion has promised that conventions will
be held in both provinces at an early date
at Pasig.
A delegation from Laguna province has
also requested the establishment of civil
government The delegation asserted
that 10000 inhabitants of twenty-nine
puebos were willing to undertake the
subsection of the Ladrones remaining In
the province, and that they were capable
of carrying out the undertaking. The
Commission promised this delegation that
a convention would be held at Santa Cruz.
These are examples of the numerous
cvertures made by the natives in behalf
Of peace.
Lieut.. John D. Hartman and sixty-three
men of the First Cavalry have had three
encounters with go insurgents in the
Batangas Peninsula. The insurgents were
severely punished. The Americans suf-
fered no casualties.
The Cebu newspapers. through a Manila
contemporary, protest in a sensational
Spanish way against the military censor
ship which they claim is being enforced
there. They mention the officers name,
which. for obvious reasons, could not be
cabled.
They claim that the conditions there
have not been bettered since the estab-
lishment of civil government by the
Philippine Commission. The editors say
that before that time they were permitted
to indicate where censored articles were
omitted by blank columns. Now they are
prohibited from doing even that.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
A NAVY DEPARTMENT MYSTERY
Strange Disappearance of the Plans
for the st. Louis.

The Navy Department is trying To solve
the mystery of the disappearance of plans
of the protected cruiser st. Louis. one of
the five vessels for which contracts were
recently awarded The Philadelphia ship
building firm of Neafie & Levy was the
successful competitor for the st. Louis
and complete plans were forwarded to II
by the Naval Bureau of Construction,
through the naval constructor assigned
to the FIRMS works. A receipt for the
plans signed by the constructor. and an
other receipt signed by the president of
the firm were received by the Construc-
ton Bureau.
Chief Naval Constructor BowIes and his
associates were much astounded when
Neaiie e. Levy informed them that the
plans had not been received. 1t was adj
mitted that the receipt had been given,
but it was explained that this had been
prepared in advance and signed in;rc-
vertentIy. The constructor at the Neafie
e Levy works says that he received the
plans and turned them over to the firm.
No trace of the plans can be found. In
vestfgations are being made in Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
Plans of warshlps are guarded carefully
by the Navy Department, as foreign ma
tionS are always on the alert to secure
them. The United States Navy Depart
ment has never discovered that any
plans of American warships had been
sold to foreign governments by its own
employees, or employees of shipbuilding
firms. and nobody here rs willing to say
that there has been any dishonesty in the
present instance. The plans of the St
Louis are similar to the sister ships the
new Charleston and the Milwaukee. so
that the entire workings and arrange
ments of three American protected cruis-
ers of the highest type would be known
to any shipbuilding expert or nation that
possessed those of the St. Louis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08

The collier Hannibal has arrived at
Boston and the supply ship Zafiro at
Hongkong. The battleship Iowa sailed
from Bremerton for San Francisco. the
training ship Dixie from New York for
Santa Lucia, the tender Osceoia from
New York for Key West, the torpedo boat
Rodgers from New York for Norfolk, the
armored cruiser New York (fagshIp) from
Colombo for Singapore. the training ship
Lancaster from Port Royal for Hampton
xVasbin1ton for Tompkinsville. and the
t4uder Powhatan from Philadelphia fOE
Sew York. The training ship Adamas
will be placed out of commission at Mare
- ,,I2csd in commission as a training
shin at that place on the same date. The
PennsyIvania State nautical training ship
Saratoga has arrived at Philadelphia from
ronean cruise about June 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08

Yesterday the coal miners Of the United
Kingdom were undecided whether to go
on strike or not. The meeting of their
executive beard adjourned until today
without action. Although the feeling over
the imposition OF the export tax is intense
among the coal workers, they are not
united on the strike question. The inland
miners do not want to go out, and then
there are those who claim that the col
liery proprietors have deserted them af-
ter urging them to strike. The prospects
for a general tie-up. therefore. apparently
are much diminished. The adjourned
meeting today probably will tell the tale.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
ENTERPRISE IN TEXAS.
Ex-Governor HogG Mt the Head of n
Big COrporatiOn.

AUSTIN, Tex. May 7.-Ex-Governor
Hogg is promoting the organization of an
oil and iron company which is to have
a capital stock Of $10.000,0O0 to S20,eO0.0Oo
He left yesterday for New York City.
where several capitalists who are mem
beers of the company will sign the charter
of the corporation.
The company intends to establish large
iron furnaces in the new Birmingham
iron fields of Texas, and will operate oil
pipe lines from the Beaumont oil field
to New Birmingham, distance of prob
ably 200 miles 1t is asserted that a prac-
teal method of using oil for smelling
the iron ore Will be placed in operation.
The charter of fifteen new oil companies
with capital stock aggregating over 49,.
00l. 900 was filed in the Secretary of
States office yesterday
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
MR.. coNGER's SUCCESSOR.
Not Believed That He VIII Return rs
Minister to China.

There was some discussion at the State
Department yesterday as to the probable
successor of e. II. Conger as Minister to
China 1t is now understood that Mr. Con-
gers resignation will be accepted when
his sixty days leave of absence has ex-
pired.
At present no one has been slated for
the position, but there are said to be sew
eral candidates Among these are Special
Commissioner Rockhill and ex-Minister
DENLY, The latter, having served thirteen
years in Pekin, is considered well fitted
for the place Commissioner Rockhill is
known to be well posted on Chinese af-
fairs. and can speak the language flu
entity
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
MORE PAY FOR STEEL MEN.
Workers at the PennsyIyanin,s
steeHon Plants to Get IN Increase

HARRISBURG, Pa, May Notices
were posted today at the various depart
ments of the Pennsylvania Steel Works,
at Steelton. of the restoration of the 10
per cent reduction In wages made on jan
uary !, 1901. The restoration will take
effect on June / and almost 1000 employees
will be benefited by the same.
This notice brought much happiness to
the workmen, as an increase in wages
was not looked for at this time, an i'm
preston having been created that because
of the extensive improvements going on
at the steel works the men would not get
the increase.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
The German War Scare.


Germany wishes with US; we wish no
war with Germany. Then why should fight
Our Government understands that the exclusion
Of American food products from some parts OF
Germany is due to the agitation of agrarian
politicians. with whom the German Government
has no sympathy, and the German Government
doubtless understands that the apparent hos
tiIty to it in America is the work of sensa-
tional newspapers, for which the United States
Government Il not responsible. As for the
reported occupation of Venezuelan island by
Germany til. latest reports seem to show that
there Is nothing In it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
The Fly settled the Question.



AT a recent meeting of the chronological So
ciety in London the President, Mr.. c. ii. Verrali,
told an amusing story to prove that knowledge
of insects may even be useful in settling questions
OF literary history Commentators on the works
Of Robert Louis Stevenson were trying in vain
to discover whether the notes made by him in
certain book were written before or after he
took I'D his residence in Samoa. IL happened that
a fly had been squeezed between the pages. and
when Mr.. yerrall saw it, he instantly recognized
It as belonging to species peculiar to the Poly
nesian Islands. That settled the question.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
Theological students Graduate.

PRINCETON, n. j.. May THE exer-
cises of the eighty-ninth commencement
of the Princeton Theological Seminary
were held in Miller Chapel this morning.
The graduating class contained forty-sev-
en- members, nearly thirty less than the
number that received diplomas last year
The degree of Bachelor of Divinity was
conferred upon twelve students.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
Changes in Mexico.


(f'rom the Mexican Heraid)
Nothing moves fast here in Mexico, but any
discerning person can that things are chang
ing. The old Spanish idea o. compact city
to the better notion of a dispersed population,
residentialiy speaking. with a concentration Of
business houses in the region Of banks and
warehouses
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
A Hint to the Gar.


(trom the brooklyn EaBieD
Russia hopes to float part of her new loan in
this country. We have money TO spare. and we
do not want Russia to feel that she can disagree
with us unceremoniously. Financial relations are
always the strongest kind, and we shall expect
Russia to be circumspect when she falls into the
habit OF borrowing money from US.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
A LOCOMOTIVE TRUST.
The Principal Companies, Except
the baldwin, to Combine.

NEW YORK. May 1T was reported
today that a consolidation of all the prin-
cipal locomotive builders in the country,
with the exception of the Baldwin Com
pany, of Philadelphia, was impending.
The International Power Company is
among the firms that will be taken over
bv the new company
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08

From the Chicago Reeord-Herald.)
s.Do YOU find it difficult Senator" she asked,
.ito keep in touch with your constituentsg'
II beg your pardon, ma am" he replied, with
A scared look, but really | must ask you not to
nse that expression with reference to my affairs.
Toueh is a word that | can't stand since the
papers used it in explaining why | voted for
mat street railroad bill four years ago."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
Want to BE Their own Doctors.


Ut IVHI tIIC w" Ut IthII1 IN'rJ 1e'I
The people are growing away from the physi-
clans. People claim the right TO physie them
selves and to sanitate themselves, and it is only
where they become actually alarmed that they go
tc the doctor to undo all the evil they have
brought upon themselves.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
The Temptation of General Hampton

(From the BUHaI0 ENpressJ
Senator MeIAurin,s efforts to build up a new
party out of Federal patronage In South Carolina
meets an obstacle in Gen Wade Hampton, who
declines to be tempted into the movement, even
by the offer OF the Columbia postmassershipl
There are few such patriots.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
The Third Term Possibility.

(FrOm the BaItlmotc Ameflcan.1
As things now stand, President Mckinley knows
the inextnguishable honor that will be his when
lie quits his high office He is too shrewd in
politics to sacrifice that for ignominious de-
iert which would to him should he agaia
stand for the Presidency.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-08
The Cnhan Tariff.
fF,om lhe Chicago Chronicle,

fFrom the Chicago ChronicIe)
Senator C,,,iom wishes TO have it understood
that he would not have too high tariff against
Cuba. nor yet too low tariff What he wants
Is something that will be about right. Probably
the Sugar and Tobacco trusts know what the
old gentleman mer--