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The times., 1901-06-02
CROWDS AT WEST POINT.
Many Persons Gather to Attend the
Cadets Examinations.

WEST POINT. N. Y, June 1.-The an
nua1 examinations of the corps of cadets
began this morning and will continue
from day to day until completed, which
will take all of next week.
The bright rays of the sun appeared
this morning for the first time in several
days and barring a slight chilIiness the
weather is all that could be desired. Not
withstanding the fact that there viii be
no graduation of exercises, the first class
having graduated four months ago, there
is an unusually large number of visitors
here. Among the older army officers who
have registered at headquarters are Gen.
Wesley Merritt, who was Superintendent
of the Military Academy from 1885 to
1889 Gen. Daniel Sickles, of New York,
and Gen. John w. Clous, of the Judge
Advocate Generals Department. General
Schofield arrived this afternoon and sa-
lutte was fired in his honor
The examinations are from 9 a. m, un-
til 4:30 p. m. allowing an intermission of
one hour and a half for dianer. Today
the second class was examined in drill
regulations. the third class in Spanish.
and the fourth class in mathematics.
The examinations are public.
Everything and everybody, officers. ca
uStSg SOluleTSs ana, III JdCl, all OF w est
Point, was in fun dress attire in honor of
the Board of Visitors, all of whom have
reported, except James P. Taliaferro. of
Jacksonville. Fla. There was grand re-
view of the cadet battalion for the board
at 4:30 O'Clock. This was followed by a
reception at Colonel Mills quarters.
The Board of Visitors organized today
by the selection of Lieut.. Gen. John NJ.
Schofield as President and Charles B.
Lands. of Indiana. Secretary. Major
General Daniel E. Sickles was chosen vice
president.
The cadets donned their white duck
trousers today for the first time this sea
son. The. crowd was somewhat augment Z
ed by the presence of about 5000 school
teachers. They arrived here this after
noon on three large steamers. One party
represented the Teachers Mutual Benefit
Association of New York City Another
was the Brooklyn Teachers Association
and the third was the Hudson County
Teachers Association of New Jersey.
Colonel Mills turned out the entire COM
pany of engineers and details of the army
service men and the artilIerymeu to
handle the vast crowd, which was the
largest seen here in many years. Tonight
there was a hop" in CuIlum Hail. Gen.
Fred d. Grant telegraphed this afternoon
that he would not reach here until Tues
day
The times., 1901-06-02
EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS.
The Annual Parliamentary Paper
shows n Slight Increase

LONDON, June 1.-The issue of a Par
liamentary paper yesterday containing
accounts of number of experiments per-
formed on animals in 1900 under licenses
has raised the usual outcry from those
who point to thousands of tortured in
nocent dumb brutes," etc, bu the re-
port of the inspector under the cruelty to
animals act shows that there is no ground
for this complaint. The totai number
Of licenses was 247, and 63 did not per-
form experiments. The licenses were
recommended by men of the highest sci
entific standing. The total experiments
were 10, ,S3g. an increase of 2,370 over 1898
The appearance of the bubonic plague is
responsible for part of this increase.
George D. Thane, the inspector under the
cruelty to animals act says,
1T is Of greatest Importance that this
disease should be recognized at the ear
Iiest possible moment. This can only be
done with certainty with the aid of in
nocuations into animals. Two new IL
censes which were granted in 1900 ex-
pressly allow necessary experiments in
localities where infection is apprehended
THE increase is also greatly due to in
incubation for the diagnosis for tubercu-
losis and the standardization of the diph-
liberia anti-toxine. There is, a difference
of opinion as to whether these are pain
full. but all have been included in the
category of experiments calculated to
give pain. Therefore the animals are
Killed under anesthetics as soon as the
main result of the experiments has been
attained"
The times., 1901-06-02
DECISION MAY BE CHANGED.
Later Cases, Thinks Attorney,
May Affect Insular Questions.

A proI3inent attorney, who has had
much experience in arguing before the
Supreme Court questions Of constitutional
law, is inclined to think that the recent
decisions of the Supreme Court have not
completely settled the status of our isl
and possession. He believes that the en-
tire case can be reopened.
THE reason the attorneys in the
Downes case. did not ask leave TO file a
motion for rehearing." he said. lis be-
cause the Philippine diamond rings case
and the case which claims a rebate on ar
ticIes upon which an alleged unjust tax
was paid when they were imported from
the United States into Porto Rico have
gone over until the October term. The
Philippine case involves points precisely
the same as those involved in the Porto
Rican case, supposed to be settled-the
one in which the court declared that il
was unlawful to levy taxes on articles i'm
ported from Porto Rico into the United
States when the former had been ceded
to the latter, but had not had its status
declared by action of Congress.
THE Philippines ceased to - foreign
territory the moment they were ceded by
Spain to the United States Their status
has never been declared. Hence the situa-
tionS are exactly the same. When the
court hands down its decision on the
cases a motion for rehearing can be
filed and If granted it will reopen the
entire question.
The times., 1901-06-02


of the year, during which compare
lively high wages are paid, and ex-
penses are small In every village,
town, and district are several of these
teachers, receiving salaries which, while
small, are higher than the same girls
would be able to earn in anv other
business where they are. Probably
half or two-thirds of the teachers in
clu6ed in these statistics are women
who have little more than a grammar
school education and who, if they lived
in the city, would be in shops or Of
fees
The teacher in the public schools Of a
city gets from fifty dollars to one hun
dred dollars a month--five hundred to
one thousand dollars a year. If she
worked in an office she would receive
anywhere from six dollars to fifteen
dollars a week-three hundred to eight
hundred dollars year. In the schools
the hours are from nine to three, five
days in the week; in the office they are
from nine to six, or thereabouts, six,
and occasionally seven, days in the
two TO three months of leave in sum-
mer, all bank holidays, and from four
to eight weeks holiday during the
working year The clerk. stenographer.
or other business woman gets usually
a fortnights leave. This matter of
leave is an important one. for three
months of leisure time can be spent in
some place where living is inexpensive.
and where the matter of dress is of no
consequence. The woman in. Office has
no time for dressmaking. and she must
be always well dressed. In the mat
ter of certainty of work, the two cases
are about equal. The teacher may lose
her place through favoritism; the clerk
is subject to the vicissitudes of her
employers fortune 1 Id the fluctuations
of business. AS to the work itself, the
teacher may be certain that all general
culture viii help her in her work; the
clerk must know the details of her
business; the things which naturally
interest her are not connected with
these. On the whole, a good deal OF
the sympathy wasted on teachers might
better be spent on other working girls.
Below the stenographers. with their
good salaries and office work, come the
great army OF saleswomen, working ten
hours a day, often for three dollars a
week; of factory girls; of servants. If
the teacher would confine her work to
that which is necessary. avoid worry,
and take all the rest she can. she would
find that her work is not so much
harder than that of any other business
woman
The times., 1901-06-02
TIE KEARsARGE AT NEWPORT
Everything i'm Readiness for Open
ing the Naval War College.

NEWPORT, r. l., June 1.-The battle
ship Kearsarge arrived here this after
noon and dropped anchor back of the tor
pedo station. The vessel arrived off New
port this morning and stayed off shore for
a couple of hours while the crew cleaned
ship.
Admiral Francis ]. Higginson Is on
board and the ship comes to be present
at the opening of the Naval War College
on Monday. Today the officers that viii
compose the class at the college for the
summer reported to Capt. French E.
Chadwick, President of the college.
On Monday the opening address will be
made by Frank Hackett. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, who will come to New
port on the despatch boat Dolphin. Fol-
lowing the address there will be recep-
tion in honor of the Assistant Secretary.
On Tuesday the class officers will be ad-
dressed by Captain Chadwick and Lieu
tenant Commander Rush. who will give
an outline of the course. The remainder
of the week viii be devoted to the organi-
zation of committees, war games, and
committee work, and on Thursday and
Friday there will be lectures on ''Strat-
cgy'' ~ Captain Mahan.
The officers who will compose the class
arc among the DeSt huoNH III 'iiS nav az
ser,ice. They are Rear Admiral p. NJ
Shepard, Capts. p. H. Cooper. ]. B. Cogh-
Ian. c. NJ Chester, T. P. Jewell, G. F.
f. Wilde. r. NJ. Berry, and S. w. Very;
Commanders c. II. West, w. Goodwin.
II. c. o. Colby, L. c. Logan. d. Ken
nedy. A v Wadhams, A. B. Speyers, G.
p. Colvocoresses, and j. FL. A. Nickels;
Lieutenant Commanders c. E. Fox. A. NJ.
Knight, E. B. Underwood, c. Laird, and
Dewitt Coffman.
Admiral Dewey has called meeting of
the Naval General Board for the latter
part of the month. when the maneuvres
of the North Atlantic Squadron will be
discussed.
The times., 1901-06-02
The Question of American Machinery

The reply OF Lord George Hamilton,
Secretary of State for India, TO the
criticisms in the House of Commons of
Sir Alfred Hickman. on the course of
the Indian Government in allowing
American locomotives and bridges to be
Introduced in India, is of considerable
commercial interest. Lord George
plainly told Sir Alfred Hickman, who
is one Of Englands greatest steel mag
mates. that he and his associates must
wake UP to the fact that chemical re-
search, the concentration of capital,
thorough technical education. and i'm
proved industrial organization" in the
United States have left England far
behind in the wake as far as progress
in the production Of structural goods
and machinery is concerned.
Lord George Hamilton tells his coun-
trymen that they are far behind in the
race: that Indian railways have been
compelled to go 20 Philadelphia for their
engines. because British shops could
not supply their needs as cheaply or
as quickly; and that. in the matter of
an important railway bridge in Bur
NAH. British bidders were unable to
compete with their American rivals in
quality, price, or time.
There is a vast amount of grumbling
among the manufacturers of the United
Kingdom because their sacred colonial
markets have been invaded by the
Yankee Peril. But 1t is foolish and
useless 1t would be nonsense TO think
that the railway administrations of the
Empire would buy American rails, loco
motives, or bridges if they could buy
the same things, of equal quality and
delivery, as cheaply in London. The
truth is that English manufacturing
plants are obsolete. and, with charac-
teristic conservatism, their proprietors
resent the idea that they should sac
rifice a large original investment and
replace them. In America. the first
sign that there is something better than
the thing in use results in its devotion
10 the junk pile and q new and i'm
proved tool. Thus, while England dod-
ders along, turning out the machinery
which was the best in the world a gen
Grafton ago, and maintaining plants
which, according to the American
not two decades, the manufacturers of
this country are utilizing the inventive
genius, skill, and possibilities Of or
ganization peculiar to America to lay
rails on English railways. to furnish
whole equipments for Indian railways.
and 10 span rivers in Egypt, India, and
Burmah with American bridges.
This is not the sort Of competition
which can be met by growing through
the columns of the London Times or
by questions in Parliament Perhaps
It might be reduced by resort TO a
Dingley tariff on American productions
Of all kinds; but that would simply in
crease the br-1lens Of colonial govern
ment, and tl,e British governing class
has too much good business sense TO
advocate such a policy. The one thing
open TO John Bull IS to initiate US as
once We were glad tc initiate him. and
by resort to means and methods which.
in the United States, are known as ''up
to date" TO catch up with US America
is ir the producing line to stay, and Will
not be readily handicapped
The times., 1901-06-02
The Business of school Teaching

AT about this time Of year teachers
IN schools and colleges in every part Of
the country are in the midst Of the
grand annual cataclysm known as
commencement" examination" or
graduation day according to the in
stitution. After il is all over they will,
one and all, HE them home or TO some
pleasant mountain or seashore resort to
rest for two OF three months before be-
ginning school again in the autumn.
They viii meet other teachers and con-
dole with each other, and be condoled
with by their families. and have a
lovely time generally.
No one should wish to undervalue the
labors Of the faithful teacher. for they
are great. and considerably greater
than they might be if old time tradi-
ti0Rs were sloughed off and new fads
barred out, and the course of every
school confined strictly to those things
which viii be OF actual use to the pupil
in future life. The routine work en-
tailed by some public school systems is
more than the teacher can possibly do
without exhaustion, and overtaxed
nerve centres need rest. 1t is a ques-
tior, however. whether, taken all to-
gether. the work Of the teacher is quite
as burdensome as one would suppose
from the grievance meetings that are
held.
The teachers Of the country would be
better fitted for their work if they were
less clannish IN association. Nine out
Of ten talk shop to each other and
everyone else. The habit of beng the
mentor Of half hundred children often
begets a disregard for the opinions of
other people and conviction that ones
own standards are the only ones, which
was suceinctly characterized by one
latter day novelist as --teachery." Now,
as matter Of fact, the life of the
teacher is not exceptionally arduous
or i'll paid, as work goes. It las been
computed that the average salary Of
such worker in this country is three
hundred and twenty-five dollars a year.
But it must be remembered that this
computation is made from statistics in
Guiding vast number of young girls
IL country districts or small towns. who
are not better educated than the ay-
erage stenographer or clerk in a city
store; and that, in such towns. the
school terms include only small part
The times., 1901-06-02
THE GOVERNMENT DEBT.
A Decrease of Over Ten Million Dol
lars During May.

The public debt statement issued yes
terday by the Treasury Department
shows that in the month of May the debt
of the United States decreased So ,26S, 761.
Ths interest bearing debt decreased 3d.
S25. 900: the debt on which interest has
ceased decreased s101. 40; the debt bear
ing no interest decreased S9s5,SSl, while
the cash in the. Treasury increased So
S44 ,26O.
The debt on May 81 stood: Interest
bearing debt, 1892 O24, ,lSO; the debt on
which interest had ceased. 81, ,456. .120; bear
ing no interest, 1881, ,Ss4 1858; total of 81,
37LS14 963
The receipts of the Government in May
exceeded the expenditures by $40. .SI9,
and the surplus in the Treasury for the
first eleven months of the current fiscal
year reached $751; .134 From the pres
enu rate of increase, the Treasury Of
ficiais believe that the surplus will reach
the S65. 600 600 mark by the end of the fis-
cal year
The receipts last month were So 629,-
40 and the expenditures $i2.1s6.56l. The
receipts were from the following sources:
Customs 81 ,02l .429; internal revenue, 2i,-
COS, T02. and miscellaneous, $3.629. 40
The times., 1901-06-02
MRS. t. P. o,coNNoR's PLAY.
"a Lady From Texas'' Well Written
and Acted.

LONDON, June 1.-The American heir
ess who marries a title has been dram
atized in clever fashion by Mrs I. P.
O'Connor in "a Lady From Texas, "
which was produced for the first time
tonight at Penley's Theatre.
This is Mrs. O'Connors first serious
venture as a playwright. and the keen
cynicisms of the story easily won popular
appreciation. The play was we'll acted,
and especially by Kitty Cheatham, in the
principal role.
The author, in response to persistent
calls. made a clever little speech, which
was enthusiastically received.
The times., 1901-06-02
Negro Emigration.
(From the New Bedford standar,

from the New Bedford Standard)
Now MFR. Helper wants the negro deported from
this country and writes at some length in favor
of that proposition. His scheme. or the scheme
of ANYBODY else looking to that end, Is hope
less even if it were wise, of which We think
there is good deal OF doubt. Whatever we
may saw or think OF the wisdom the lack
OF wisdom shown by our forefathers in bringing
the negro here, there is no doubt that, being
here here he must stay. Mr.. Helper and the
people who argue as he argues might as well
urge the deportation OF the Rocky Mountains.
The times., 1901-06-02
TO SHARE A CLAIM FOR CASH.
An Advertisement I'm an English
Paper Causes Suspicion.

LONDON, June 1.-Some men are
martyrs to injustice, others are merely
mad, and others still would faia sell a
gold brick. a daring speculator may dis
cover which of these three is the man
who is now advertising in England
through firm of solicitors that he has
claim of $4,000 on New York mil
lionaire. which has been pronounced good
by leading American lawyers. Participa-
tion in the claim may be secured by pro-
yiding from $500 to s2.5O0
The times., 1901-06-02
The Deadly Flat Rock Dam.

(FfOm the FhlIadeIpnIa Ledger.J
The Flat Rock dam catastrophe raises the queS-
tion whether the hiring OF boats in dangerous
waters should not be subject to official inspec-
tion and regulation. 1t is not always possible
for the person in charge of the boats to de
eide on the competency OF those who wish to
engage his craft, but when they display visible
incompetency as is said to have been the case
with one or of the young men who let
their boat go over the dam on Thursday they
ON the water
The times., 1901-06-02
The Best Policy for the Negro.
From fine Chicago TribuneS

(FrOm the ChicdgO Tribune)
II is better for the colored man TO 90 quietly
about his task OF self-improvement, performing
with care and industry such work as may fall TO
his lot in the world and not keeping alive the
old hostility OF the whites by trying to claim
l.is political rights As for the ''forcibly if
to gain real or imaginary rights by that method
do not succeed in the United States. A policy
of quiet and patient industry is the only practical
and wise one for the colored people 10 adopt
in the South.
The times., 1901-06-02

We are happy to learn that American
subjects will no longer be compelled to
roam the world without evidence that
they are entitled to the protection of the
United States. The two Filipinos who
were refused passports by Ambassa-
dor Choate in London the other day will
be accorded -ceduIas" A cedula is an
instrument which defines ones residence
within American jurisdiction, but makes
it plain that he is not a citizen. Under
the Constitution as reconstructed by
Brown, only citizens of States are citi-
zens Of the United States. Residents of
the District intending to visit foreign
countries should lose no time in visiting
the State Department and securing their
cedulas.
The times., 1901-06-02
Choate and the FiIipinos.
(From the Philadelphia Record. }

Ambassador Choate is a gentleman OF high
legal reputation and quick wit but he was
manifestly embarrassed when asked 10 furnish
passport for Filipino traveller who desired to
make European tour. Since the abandonment
OF the Philippine Islands the inhabitants appear
to be neither citizens OF the United States nor
Of any other country The decision Of the
Supreme Court seems to indicate that the learned
justices quite much at sea upon the
question Of citizenship is Ambassador Choate
The times., 1901-06-02
Not Like Mrs. Nation.
(From the Chicago News }

IIIOIH LIIt NHIIdEU NtW5.J
Mrs. Wu, the wife of the Chinese Minister, was
in Chicago for a few hours yesterday but she
refrained from visiting the women's clubs for
the purpose Of telling them how the universe
should be There is evidently difference
between Mrs. Wa and her Celestial husband
The times., 1901-06-02
Bououet, TO senator TiIIman,

From the Philadelphia North American)
Whatever Tilman's faults, he is true as steel
TO any cause in which he enlists. He is never
found in the vicinity OF the enemys camp.
Neutrality is as bad as treason in the eyes of
the radical Democracy OF South Carolina To
partisans of so extreme a type a Mckinley
Democrat is more detestable than outright
Republican,
The times., 1901-06-02
Rodenberg the Candidate.
From the Louisville CONFECTIONERY

(From the Louisville COurier-JOurnal)
Ex-Representative and present Civil Service
Commissioner Rodenberg, it is believed, will be-
come the Republican candidate for Congress in the
East st. Louis district in 1902 1t is not known
whether he will run the anti-ciyil service re-
form record he made in Congress the pro-
civil service reform record he has promised TO
make the Commission.
The times., 1901-06-02

Quite as we expected. it is developed
that the explanatory clauses added to the
Platt terms by the Cuban Constitutional
Convention were not officially communi-
Gated to the visiting committee of that
body by Secretary Root. He only gave
his personal construction for the benefit
of his auditors. Their bad taste in in
cooperating the Secretary's confidential
remarks TO them in the report to the con-
vention entities him 10 the resentment
which their course generally has excited
in this country.
The times., 1901-06-02
Concerning Lynchings.

IFFOin
The only time when there is excuse for pri-
vate citizens taking the law into their own hands
is when the legal authorities are unable TO en-
force the law This not the case at Bar
tow 1t has not been the in any OF the
recent horrible lynchings which recall.
Private vengeance with its great liability to
err as to the real culprit is form of homicide
which is not much better than murder.
The times., 1901-06-02

The Cologne Gazette" denounces as a
canard the report started in New York
that Germany was about to acquire the
Juan Griego harbor on Margarita Island
near the coast of Venezuela. It is all
right 10 deny these stories, but the Ger
man press and people by this time ought
to know that they are not worth deny
ing. Some great influence seems to be at
work to stir UP discord between the
United States and Germany and the best
way to meet the effort is to ignore it.
The times., 1901-06-02
ROyaI Speeches.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat)
Emperor William ought to observe that his
uncle Edward VII never has any trouble with
the reporters in regard TO his speeches The
British King has never uttered word that
Jared iu any address while the Kaiser is always
in hot water over his oratorical efforts.
The times., 1901-06-02
Census Reports.
From the Bufalo Express.

sTIUIII lIIt I1IIII7IIV I-AIIItaasI
The decision OF the Dominion Government TO
order an enquiry of the last returns.
which seer to have been changed to show
larger population than really exists. is
mendable. Census reports of little value if
they not accurate as it is possible to make
them.
The times., 1901-06-02
All American.

(From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
AS the President said we want an all.American
cable between the United States and the T.lip-
pines, and want, too. ail-American canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.