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The Monticellonian., 1901-03-01
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The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Hussinn Hatred of Albion.

At the Hotel Normandie are Mr. and
Mrs. William Mitchell Bunker. of san
Francisco. They crossed Siberia in the
summer Of 1859. when the journey was at
tended with frontier discomforts and in
vofved 500 miles OF disagreeable riding on
the post road. as well as thousands of
miles Of travel by river and rail. Mr.
Bunker was honorary commissioner OF
foreign commerce for the san Francisco
Chamber Of Commerce. Of which instiJu-
tion he Is a trustee and also the Wash
iugtOn representative.
Il recall an incident OF my Siberian
trip" said he. that made an impression
which / snail not soon forget We had
reached khabarOysk. at the junction Of
the Amur and Ussuri Rivers. the head
quarters of Major General Grodekoff then,
as now. Governor OF Eastern Siberia. Eli
quette obliged me to present my letter OF
introduction from Counts Cassini at Q
O'Clock in the morning, The official recep-
tion hour. | douned my dress suit de
rigeuer In Russian official circles morn
ing as well as evening, and as President
of the American Revolp tiOuary Society of
California wore my badge OF office
great badge that with its gilt eagle
clutchiug a Maltese cross In white enamel.
backed by a wreath OF blue and gold and
in the centre small medallion head OF
Washington.
The general and his staff gave me
cordial greeting ana there was an eN-
change OF courtesies. Then an aide-de-
camp. who alone spoke English. said
he general has noticed your decora-
tlon and desires 10 know its name aud
origin. We are all curious about it
II told him / wore IL because one Of nv
ancestors distinguished himself on the
American side in the war with Great Brit
ain in lI76. We thrashed the English
then. 1 Said, and later IN 1SI2 You ought
to have seen the admiring. approving.
congratulatory glances and smiles from
every man present as my reply was trans
lated That was merely descendant OF
one who had fought Albion was enough.
The younger officers were particularly en-
thusiastic and the best in the house was
not good enough for me. Then and there
| learned the depth of Russian hatred of
England. Some day that feeling NAV lind
vent on The red field OF battle"
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Personal.
why General Msso withdrew.


The election THAI is scheduled to take
place in Cuba on the Slst OF the present
month ought to be deferred through the
intervention OF thes United States for a
month, in order that our people may have
fair chance to choose the men they
really wish to put IN power. said Mr. F.
@. Pierra. of Cubd last night at the
Arlington.
You have read pf the withdrawal of
General Maso from the Presidential race.
He is pre-eminently qualified for the
executive Office. and beyond all question
is preferred over Senor Estrada Palma
by the people OF Cuba. could the real
sentiment Of the voters be learned Maso
is the idol O. the working classes. the
common people Of the island aud at the
same time he IS just as greatly liked by
the conservatives and people OF the best
standing who have implicit confidence in
him.
Why did he withdraw from the field?
Simply because the whole election busi
ness Is a cut and dried thing. prearrangcd
in Palma's interest. through the help OF
the ofiiceholding element OF Cuba. The
central board OF scrutiny, at Havana.
which has almost absolute control Of
every detail of the election machinery, is
dominated by partisans of Palma. There
are five men on the board, and th"re Is
nothing they will not do to assure the
success OF their candidate.
In the province OF Santa Clara some
10000 fraudulent names have bean regis
tered, but that many votes will be
counted. There is no minority represen-
tntipn that IN auvfbfnw and
General Maso had no alternative but to
Withdraw"
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
TO ATTEND CORONATION.
Wen Who VIII Probably Compose
Congregational Delegation.

Senator Cullom. Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, will intro
duce n Joint resolution when Congress re-
convenes providing that delegation
from the present Congress be sent to
represent the United States at the coro-
nation of King Edward VII.
The resolution will provide that at
least six members of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee of both houses be ap-
pointed.
There is considerable sentiment in favor
of having Congress represented at the
pageant, and 1t is believed that such a
resolution viii be adopted without op-
position.
All the expenses will be paid from the
contingent funds of the respective houses,
and the delegation will leave the United
States about three weeks before the date
set for the royal event.
The statesmen who will probably be
selected on the committee are Senators
Cullom, Frye. Lodge. Foraker Spooner.
and Morgan. and Representatives Hit.
Adams, Beidler. Clark. Cousins. and Heat
Wolp
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
No Time for Pessimi~m.

An American newspaper CORE
spondent has transmitted to his
journal graphic account of the re-
cent massacre of United States
troops in Samar. After a painstak-
ing study of the Filipino he reaches
the pessimistic conclusion that, as "a
candidate for benevolent assimila-
tion, the Asiatic of this particular
type is indigestible. The statement
is boldly and badly made that the
foundation of his character is treach-
cry and the superstructure atrocity.
Measured by certain occurrences
alone. the situation in the archipel-
ago would appear hopeless. The lat
est reports concerning the proposed
extension of military rule seem to
strengthen the position of the
doubter. according TO American
rapid transit ideas, progress has been
very slow in the matter of regenera-
tion. The cost, too. has been heavy
and the wounds inflicted have left
ugly scars.
But we believe that the leading
tendency win continue to be the en-
couragement of faith in the efficacy
of American push and American
ideas supported by American arms.
lnfleNible pessimism has few. if
amy. victories TO its credit. Health
ful optimism. girded with a determi-
nation to do what is branded impos-
sible by the cynic, has achieved some
noteworthy triumphs in every field
of human effort
The pacifcation of the Philippines
IS not "A child's play problem; it can
not he solved by gratuitous criti-
cism Of the methods employed or by
theorizing in the comfortable atmos-
phere Of the library. Yet we are pa
triotic enough to believe that. what
ever mistakes of Judgment may be
made, American bravery, ingenuity,
and perseverance viii solvc it.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Higher Education in the south.

The people of Nashville and the entire
State Of Tennessee are very proud of
Vanderbilt University" said Prof Fred
erick W. Moore. who occupies the chair of
history in that institution. to a reporter
for The Times last night at the Ebbtt.
The university is now just over the
quarter-century mark. and we are grati-
fed by the record. II has an excec lingly
useful and able man for its chief fiicer
Chancellor James II. kirkland, whose ad-
ministration has been signally successful.
Vanderbilt is not poor exactly having the
interest on an Investment Of Sl.J0O.00O.
but when we read OF the donations of the
Rockefellers and Stanfords it makes our
revenues seem very inadequate
"All over the South there are signs Of
an aroused public interest in the cause OF
higher education. The number OF high
schools and schools that fit students for
college work is increasing steadily, and
the character of work done by them is
constantly improving. Vanderbilt mas ap-
prOximately 200 students. It has never
tried for enormous attendance. preferring
fewer numbers with higher standards for
admission to heavy enrolment. There is
a growing demand for college men as
teachers who expect 10 make teaching a
life work and not merely a temporary vo-
cation"
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Governor Hogg and His Watch.

''one morning last October | awoke in
my room AT the Waldorf to find that a
slick thief had entered my chamber and
possessed himself Of my yaluables." re-
marked ex-Gov. J. s Hcgg. OF Texas. as
he reclined in seat in the New Willard
lobby and slowly wound a magnificent
gold watch.
Yes; it was the loss OF this Identical
watch that bothered me for il was pres
ent. 1t was given me by the Texas Vol
unteer Guard. You see Its outside decora-
tions-hags. helmets, side arms. and can
non. On the dial. instead Of figures or
letters to note the hours. are the words
Governor Hogg.' which makes the exact
number necessary !or marking the time
when saw that a robber had secured
my timepiece, Oyercoat and purse. sent
for the house detective. and related my
loss. | told him | didn't at heart cherish
any bitterness toward my despoiler. He
would not have committed the theft. If
he hadn't been desperately hard up. II
the fellow could be found he would be in
no danger from me. He was in greater
danger by keeping the things of which
he had robbed me. They wOGld be of no
earthly use to him. and would only serve
TO get him into deeper trouble.
My oyercoat knew wouldn't fit him.
for thieves are usually of the lean and
hungry order OF build. and my proportions
are the reverse. The pOcketbook con-
tained a $500 paper bill, but it was on
defunct bank in Brazil. and the watch he
wouldn't dare to exhibit, for 1t was a sure
give-away, and besides he couldn't tell
the time by it anyway. The detective
laughed. and said took things pretty
easy.
An hour later got my coat. the rogue
found it, as | had supposed. six sizes
ahead OF him. and threw it away Ia a
corner Of the hotel.
THE second day succeeding the touch
/ took a train for home. and just before
getting to Washington the Pullman con-
ductor broke into my slumbers. at the
same time displaying a morning paper
that had an item regarding the arrest Of
a hotel sneak thief in Philadelphia. The
only part that interested me was tho con-
Gliding part which SPOKE Of his capture
by reason OF the fact that he flashed
watch which bore the name of Governor
Hogg, OF Texas. Well. that about ends
the story. OF course. the watch was re-
turned TO me, and the crook was idcnti-
fed as a Cuban who had done clever
work in the robbery Of several hotels in
Y ashington.
III there is any moral in the incident
It is that it is the worst sort OF folly.
even from the standpoint OF a criminal.
to steal things that can't help but get
rogue into trouble.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
MR.. EVANS NON-COMaITTAL,
Declines to ENprcss nm Opinion ON
the Pension Hoard Change.

The Commissioner OF Pensions. Mr..
Henry Clay Evans. yesterday declined to
express an opinion regarding the bill in
troduced in the House OF Representatives
which proposes the abolition OF the Board
OF Pension Appeals and the establishment
OF Court OF Pension Appeals"
The bill. which is the work Of Repre-
sentative Boreing. of Kentucky. provides
for court which shall be modelled some
what after the Court Of Claims. 1t pro-
vides for seven Judges. not more than
five OF whom shall belong to the same
party. who shall be appointed by the
President and hold Office during good be-
havior
Lhe compensation is to be the same as
that Of the judges OF the Court Of Claims
The hearing and adjudication OF cases
which arise under the present pension
laws or those which may be enacted here
after. will come under the Jurisdiction Of
the proposed court
The bill defines the duty OF the court to
determine all claims for pensions. In
creases. restorations to the pension roll.
and arrears OF pensions arising under the
laws OF the United States. which may be
appealed to Il from the decision OF the
commissioner. together with all applica-
tions Tor pensions and arrears OF pensions
which do not come within pension law and
carnot be adjudicated and allowed by the
Commissioner.
The decisions of the court are to be
final. except when in the Judgment Of the
court the claimant has an equitable right
to relief. but for which the law makes no
provision.
In such cases the court Is to have the
right to recommend to Congress that the
claim be allowed
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Nr. EoIs's Providence.

The Ladies' Home Journal pious-
ly gives thanks that there is not such
thing as black snow. The irrever-
cnt might suggest that there is-in
Iittsburg, for example-but this
would spoil the argument. and is un-
kind. II is explained that whereas
white snow is cold by the very nature
of it, blacll red, and yellow are "the
warm colors," and If we had black
snow it would radiate heat instead OF
cold and be almost unbearable.
This starts train of reflection so
involved that the incautious thinker
Is liable TO get snarled up in ii and
have 10 cali for Il theologinn to I'M
ravei him. In the first place, it seems
as if warm snow would really be
rather a blessing than otherwise, in
The winter, when everything is cold
and drcary, and one is inclined TO
wonder why the Providence of Mr..
BOX should be thanked for arranging
thai snow should be white and chilly.
II reminds us of the Irishmaus en-
quiry why the sun did not shine in
the night, when Il was needed. II
NE are 10 have white, cold snow. II
seems as il 1t would he better 10 have
il IN the summer and reduce the ice
bill; while the black snow could be
spread over the earth in winter and
save burning so much coal Thus
would two trusts DE smashed by the
simple and beneficent workings of
nature; but unfortunately, nature
does not work that way.
A. for red or yellow snow, thai
would hardly be pleasant. The com
Tuuniiy Is painted red at rare inter
walls, and ;hat is about as much as
IL can stand; and anybody who has
had the janndice knows that il is not
comfortable to be yellow. From an
ssiheiic point of view. white snow is
Innch better for the nerves than red.
Jrilowsor black. II is more cheerful
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
FOR LAWYERS WHO WEEP
Russian Comment on Practice of the
Pleading Counsel


The manner in which the Russians view
the shedding OF tears by lawyers in Amer
lean courts when pleading a case in behalf
OF client VINO has the bars Of prison
staring him in the face can be Judged
from the editorial comment made upon
the ruling of Tennessee Judge which ap-
peared- in the columns of the "Novoe
Fremya," Of st. Petersburg
The article as it appeared was trans
lated from the Russian by Mr. Lindsay S.
Perkins, clerk in the Eastern division Of
the Pension Office, and is as follows:
Some time ago a court in the State OF
Tennessee considered the following ques-
tion:
should an attorney for the defence, in
addressing a jury in behalf of his client.
be permitted to weep and to shed real
tears? Do not such tears exert an iilegit-
innate influence upon the jury?
1T appears that in America many law
yers exercise their greatest influence
upon the court and succeed in proving The
innocence of their clients not through the
eloquence of their oratory. but by merely
weeping. The jury at once aequils the
most hardened euIprit after such an exhi-
bition. That is not all: they themselves
break down and sob at seeing the lawyer
cry.
The court decided that tears ere weap-
ous Of defence and that an attorney
might weep himself into Mysteries in be-
half of his client II he so desired So that
American lawyers will hereafter cry
whenever and however they please
1t.
lawyers has been known to shed any but
crocodile tears They might weep in ear
nest, ho%ever, over the loss OF a good fat
fee"
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
A Desire for Pence.

Lord Roscbery's Chesterfield speech
is still ringing through Grent Britain.
Its echoes may not cease until q
Ministry has been overthrown and
another built The explanation of
the furore caused by the uttcrances
of the ex-Prime Minister is simple;
his bold declaration on the Boer
problem with its financial and ply
steal drain upon the nation. touched
a responsive chord in the hearts of
large part of unofficial England
Despite the home and colonial pa
triotism. So frequently and spectac-
ularly displayed. Englishmen are
weary of the war, now in its third
year. They are weary of it notwith-
standing the fact that Kitchener has
practically reduced ii to disorganized
fighting. They are heartily sick of
the drain on the purse and the blood
price of the conflict. And at heart
they are willing to be generous with
out waving any of the great prin-
ciples which they haze neen taught
TO believe preclude i,t considera-
tion of proposition that might
seem 10 bear the color of a fat com
promise.
The people of England realize that
the fire of European hate. which can
not be hidden by the Interchange of
roya1 courtesies. has found much fuel
in The South African situation,
whether it be Just or unjust. The
Inference that strong Ministry
might have had peace long ago APP
pears 10 have been vividly drawn by
Rosebery. The second inference, that
new and more liberal Ministry
might reach an agreement honorable
to England without surrendering
any of the coveted rights believed
to have been won, seems to have been
enthusiastically accepted largely out
side of the ultra conservative atmos-
phere.
Rosebery's speech is to all appear
ances working like magic leaven on
British opinion: and, if it does not
in the near days enable John Bull to
break the bread of peace with Paul
Kruger. the unexpected viii once
more come TO pass.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
CLAIM TO BE DELAwAREs.
PennsyIvanians Who Can Trace An.
cestry to Famous Indian Tribe.

The Office OF Indian Affairs has received
Delaware Indians. living in and near
Philadelphia, in which they ask for rec
| ognition of their claim against the Gov
! ernment for share of the lands and an
nuities granted to the Turtle tribe in 1903
as compensation for the relinquishment
of their tribal lands. No action has as
yet been taken in the matter by the In
dian Office
The Society OF the Descendants OF
Delaware Indians" has been formed with
a membership of 1888, who can trace their
lineage to the aboriginal owners OF the
land. and the chairman Of the society's
advisory committee claims tn be a great
great grandson of the Turtle chieftain
Nedowaway. who was a signer of the
treaty OF Ills. by which the tribe became
dispossessed of much of its land.
This grandson of NedOwaway. however
is now known as Franklin H. T. Jones.
and has in his possession many documents
which bear the signature of William Penn
By the terms Of the Treaty of the Long
Walk" as il is called. the Indians agreed
to cede. for a consideration, as much OF
their land as could be traversed by man
on foot in two days. and the surveyors
who measured the land covered Sc miles
in that time.
In 1905. the Government gave 500 OF the
Indians tracts on the Missouri River. and
certain annuitles. but only 700 Of them
went West the remaining members of the
tribe staying in Pennsylvania.
The 100 who remained were afterward
ousted and left 20 shift for themselves.
some Of them becoming wanderers. and 4
few lingering about the vicinity Of their
old home. and from this latter body the
society claims descent.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
PHILIPPINES AMERICAN SOIL.
Navy Department Holds That statute
of Limitations Applies.

The opinion ,t the Judge Advocate Gen
eral that the Philippine Islands are Unit
cd States territory in so far as the
statute OF limitations applies to naval Of
fences has been approved by the secre-
tary of the Navy.
The case which called forth the decision
was that Of a sailor who deserted two
years ago in the Philippines and enlisted
IN the army. The naval authorities took
steps to have him tried on a charge Of
desertion. and the court martial pro-
ceediugs were approved.
When the matter came before him the
Judge Advocate General decided that Of.
ienee was barred by the statute of limi-
tations. as it had been committed on Unit
ed states territory and over two years
ago. and the proceedings against the de-
serter have been stopped.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
ONCE OWNED BY WASHINGTON.
Priceless Volume Presented to See
retary Hay by Oscar Straus.

Oscar Straus of New York. formerly
Minister to Turkey, called on Secretary
Hay yesterday. and left Christmas pres
ent with which Mr.. Hay was delighted
1t was 4 copy OF oliver Goldsmlth's Life
Of Shakespeare" an early and rare edi-
tiou, hut il had a greater value than its
literary rarity in having come from the
library OF George Washington.
Washlngtons personal bookplate. the
familiar arms OF his family on which the
American Gag was modelled. adorns the
inside of the cover and the signature OF
the first President appears on the title
page. as clearly as II it had been written
yesterday instead Of more than a hun
dred years ago. The print is excellent
and the binding handsome.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
TEXANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Two Prominnet Politicians From
Lone star state Call.

Ex-Governor Hogg Of Texas. who now
finds more profit in oil wells than he did
in presiding over the destnies Of the Lone
Star State. called at the White House yes
terday. He was accompanied by Repre-
sentative DE Grafenreid Of Texas.
Representative De Graffenreid has a hot
fight for reelection on his hands He has
recently been redistricted. with the ef-
feet Of weakening his CONSTITUENCIES vote.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
PRESENTED TO Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
\ Biography of Andrew Johnson
Left at White House.

Representative Brownlow of Tennes-
see yesterday presented the President
with handsomely bound copy of a biog-
raphy Of President Andrew Johnson, writ
ten by the Rev. J. S Jones' OF Tennessee.
The book was given to the President
through Representative Brownlow by An
drew johnson Patterson
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
ANOTHER CARNEGIE GIFT.
DnnVilic. ILL.,. Gets Library for
Christmas Present.

DANVILLE. ILL.,. Dee. 23.-The city OF
Danyllle received a Christmas present to
day from Andrew Carnegie in the shape
of a Gift OF $4,000 for a public library
building.
Mr.. Carnegie makes the gift with the
usual conditiOns-that the city OF Dan
willie furnish site for the library and
guarantee an income Of at least $1,000
annually.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
The spani.h-,mcriran Claims.

Philadelphia Record The situation has
some supremely humorous phases; but in
view Of the facts hat the claims already
fled exceed in amount $50 600 coo. and that
the SBanish authorities may not exert
themsclres to supply the evidence needed
to defeat fictitious or exorbilani claims.
the affair is no joking matter
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Chance for American Composers.

Signor Sonsosno offers a prize OF SIC. 900
for the best one-act opera in any Ian
guage, and will bring il out at his own
expense nt the Milan international cx-
position in 1904. He offered n similar
prize 10 Italians in 1890 and the entirely
satisfactory result was 'Cayalleria Rus
iicana," by Mascagni.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24

If the little Roosevelts really want
to know what Santa Claus is going to
bring them. ali they have to do is to
read the cream-colored papers, and
they will know just as much about it
as they did before.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24
Flooded with Applications.

Secretary Root and the Assistant seore-
tary OF War are besieged by applicants
for appointment to positions in the War
Department. This increased activity in
place hunting is the result OF rumor to
the effect -. many appointments are
about TO be made on the temporary roll.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24

Ii is instructive to study the En-
glish pardon system as contrasted
with our own. Here the prisoner
presses the button and the executive
does the rest; but there. getting
4 pardon is a good deal like pulling
oneself up bN the bootstraps.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24

II is said ihat the famous whisper
ing gallery at the Capitol has been
injured by some of the recent re-
pairs. If this is so it will have gone
out of commission at about the same
time as the whispering gallery at the
White House.
The Washington times., 1901-12-24

\ Washington magistrate has ruled
that ten drinks make load; and
there are some citizens who will now
be trying TO get as much fun as pos
sible into nine drinks without gong
any further.