Middletown transcript., 1901-05-25
WASHINGTON LETTER,

f - Mrs. Pierce, left Washington Monday
/ morning with the remains of Mrs. Gage.
r winch VIII be inferred at Rose Hill Gene
terry, Chicago. There was a brief funeral
/ service at Secretary Gage residence, con-
Quoted by DR.. N. A. Hills, pastor of Ply-
e mouth Church, Brooklyn, formerly of
the Central Church, Chicago, an old per-
sonal friend of the family. The pail
bearers, with the exception of Col. Bing-
nam, OF the army, who represented
President Mckinley, were officials of the
treasury Observation-Disclosures Secre-
taries spaulding, Taylor, and Allies, Treas
urer Roberts, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, 1erkes, Director of the Mint,
Roberts, and Chief Wilkes, of the Secret
Service. Sorrow for the death of Mrs.
cage Is by no means confined to official
circles. During her residence in Wash
lngton she endeared herself to many bv
her rare qualities both of heart and mind.
Many kilograms Of coincidence were re-
celyed by Secretary Gage before he left
Washington, including one from the
President and Mrs. Mckinley and one
from each member of the President
tlal party in San Francisco.
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The turn for the better, which every
one hopes will be permanent in Mrs. Nc
hnley's condition, slightly relieved the
gloom in Washington, caused by Mrs.
Cages death. For several days Mrs.
Mcklnley's death was feared, but, al
though it was known that Mrs Gage had
been unwell since the 4th of March,
when she contracted a base of grip, by
getting wet during the Inauguration
ceremonies at the Capitol, her death was
unexpected by the public and even by
her family until few hours before it
occurred.
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Captain R. L. Howe, of the Sixth
United States Cavalry, who was Colonel
OF the 34th Volunteers, recently mustered
out, and who is to be given Commission
as Brigadier General of Volunteers, be-
cause of his splendid record in the Phil
ippines, is in Washington. Besides rescu-
ing Lieutenant Gilmore, and his men,
his regiment rescued over $500 Spanish
soldiers and officers held as prisoners by
the Filipinos. Speaking of them, Colonel
Howe said: ''The Spanish prisoners very
apparently did not try seriously to es-
cape from their insurgent captors. They
were largely responsible for the ideas
that the insurgents entertained regarding
Americans They made the Filipinos
believe that we were the very incarna-
ton of cruelty; that their women would
not be safe if the American soldiers
pervailed. The insurgents marched the
Spanish prisoners about with them. On
arriving at town, the prisoners would
be turned over to the Presidente, or
Mayor, and he in turn, would quarter
them among the residents within his
jurisdiction. The householder, who was
given twenty of the prisoners, for exam
pie, to care for, was held responsible for
their return to the Presidente, and to
the insurgent commander. The insur-
gents were martinets in those matters
and did not hesitate to shoot down the
Filipinos who allowed prisoners to escape.
When we rescued those Spaniards they
were a sorry looking set. Many of them
had almost no clothing and some were
in rags; others wore the ipsurgent uni
form. We had great difficulty in keep
ing them from looting and destroying
the Filipinos.'
w
Senator Foraker her closed his Wash.
ington house and gone with his family
to Ohio. Before leaving Washington,
the Senator said he expected to take his
usual active part in the Ohio guberna-
torial campaign, and that there was no
reason to doubt the reelection of the
entire Republican ticket. 1t is under
stood that the Republican State Conven-
ton will declare for Senator Foraker's
reelection, but he asked to be excused
from discussing matter so personal.
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Official figures fatty contradict the
pessimistic theory that men are growing
more dishonest. Certainly the men who
handle money belonging to the United
States government are not growing more
dishonest. The total defalcations OF
United States government officials from
the foundation of the government amount
to $16,000,000, not large sum when
compared with the enormous amount
handled during that period. The defal'
cations for the ten years from 1860 to
1870 were greater than for any similar
period owing to the Generalization con-
sequent upon the Civil War, but since
then the percentage of losses by the
government through dishonesty, has
grown less and less.
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Ex-senator German is playing for a
bigger stake than his old seat in the
Senate, in trying to re-establish his hold
on the State of Maryland. He wants
the senatorship, of course, if he can get
it, which Maryland Republicans do not
believe, but it is to be only stepping
stone to the Democratic nomination for
President. According to Senator, who
presumably knows all about it, Mr.. Cor
man has the promise of number of
influential Democrats that if he can get
himself back into the Senate and Mary.
land back into the Democratic column,
they will support him as a candidate fer
the Democratic Presidential nomination.
This, however, is only interesting as
gossip, as the eff which must be sur.
mounted to get this promised support
is little too big for Mr.. German to get
over.
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