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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
Prof. Peel, On Inning.

Mr.. Harry Thurston Peck. in the Feb
ruary "Bookman," announces that he is
going to deal with The hazing question as
it really is, because nobody else has got
down to the real common sense of the
whole matter and set it forth Invested
alike Of cant ana humbug and friyolity"
This is interesting. 1t is also interesting
to find that he divides all newspaper ut
terances on the subject into two classes,
ore demanding that all hazing be done
away with as brutal and inhuman, the
other as inclined TO dwell on the ludi-
crous features OF the subject TO the ex-
clusion of all others. II might be sug-
gested TO Mr.. Peek that nobody, so far as
heard from. has made any objection TO
harmless practical Jokes. or even some
Enthusiastically boyish horse play; the
only contention has been that cadets
ought not 10 be tortured into commissions
or made to fight trained athletes to a Hn-
ish, contrary to the laws OF the State of
New York. But thai would probably not
enligh;en him. His view OF the case is
this:
''ln Gie first place, the i0,gth-ycar class that
il 10 say the entering class-at the West Point
hcadefny j. always. when taken as 4 whole. COM
posed u the most unlikely and unpromising
material Imaginable To borrow an expressive
word from the yernacllar. such n ciass IS made
up entirely oi utter .yaps II is the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
MINERS DEMANDS MADE.
The Anthracite Delegates TO Ask
Increased Wages.


INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2s.-The conven-
tion of the United Mine Workers of Amer
| lea considered the report OF the Scale
Committee in executive session again to-
day and made such progress that it was
completed and nothing is now left to oc-
cupy attention except the proposed amend
| ments to the constitution.
The report OF the committee demands
| that the run of mine system be contended
| for in the entire competitive district.
| which comprises Indiana, Ohio. Illinois
and Pennsylvania and that the differential
OF seren cents between pick and machine
mining be insisted on. An advance of Is
| per cent on mining block coal was recon-
| menGed and adopted and of 20 per cent in
the wages of inside laborers. The ques-
| ton of the wages of outside laborers was
| left to be settled by the joint conference.
| which meets in Columbus. Ohio.
The anthracite delegates demand that
the operators meet the representatives OF
| the United Mine Workers in joint con-
ference before the expiration OF the pres
ent agreements with their employees. on
| April /. The leading demands, made at
the beginning of the anthracite strike, are
| incorporated in this demand-a reduction
| in the price of powder. the 2,400 pound
ton. the abolition of the scrip system,
etc.
| The miners say there will likely be a
| lively discussion in the joint conference at
| Columbus over the several propositions
presented by the miners delegates. The
run OF the mine system and the differential
| between pick and machine mining will
have precedence over all other matters
submitted.
election of members of the Executive
Board was submitted. showing that all the
old members except Henry Stephenson, of
West Virginia, were elected.
Resolutions in favor OF universal label
! and in opposition to compulsory arbitra-
ton were also adopted. and this city was
selected as the place Of meeting for the
next annual convention.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2S.-There is
distinct feeling of uneasiness caused by
the apprehension that last falls coal
strike will be repeated in the spring on
an even larger scale. This distrust is
now being felt by the coal producing
companies the railroads affected both as
carriers and consumers. and the great
manufacturing establishments from one
end of the city to the other. which suf
fered severely during the recent strike.
and which will suffer more severely yet
in the event of the tieing up Of not only
the anthracite district, but the bituminOus
regions as well
The present uneasiness has been caused
by the report of the Wage Scale Commit
tee OF the United Mine Workers presented
today at Indianapolis. This report en-
bodies in its preamble a resolution re-
quiring national officers to present at
once to the operators of the anthracite
district an invitation to meet the repre-
sentatives of the three districts in scale
conference in March.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

and preparations, the United States will
have only fleet of eighteen battleshtps
and ten armored cruisers. This will be
only half the strength of the German navy
two years later.
The question is asked in more than one
capital: To what is this sudden move
ment Of German naval expansion due? The
opinion in some quarters is that it has
special reference to the growing CONNER
cial competition and the military power OF
this country. 1t is not less true that the
Berlin Government is or the most friend
ly terms with us. and that there is no ap-
parent reason for any suspicion that Off
cial enmity toward the United States turks
behind the Kaiser's naval ambition. Yet
it would be foolish to ignore the fact tdat
the Agrarian element in the Empire ana
the German manufacturers are bitterly
hostile to America for strictly economic
reasons Should the pressure of our com
modities upon the Teutonic markets in
crease In the course of the next decade,
and loss or distress be the consequence IN
Germany, 1t is entirely conceivable that
other sort of war no matter how much
the intelligence of both countries might
deplore such an eventuality.
The bald proposition is that with our
surplus products. and the ability the pro-
hibitive tariff gives to the trusts to sell in
foreign markets at a lower price than they
sell in this country. We are increasingly
taking the bread out of the mouth Of Eu-
rope Great Britain and other States feel
the pinch of advancing American compe-
tition. and European economists are
sounding cries of warning against us. all
over the Continent. Naturally this country
is inclined to peace; but both history and
experience teach US that it is no more
likely to escape occasional war than have
been other aggressive trading nations.
We should do everything honorable to
maintain good relations with our neigh
with navy strong enough to inspire great
respect.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
COIL POOL" DECLARED A FACT.
seamen Join in n Statement Assert
ing Tint 1t Exists.


NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 2S.-The story re-
Gently told of an oil lake in the Gulf OF
the Louisiana and Texas coast, where the
oil came to the surface from a submarine
oil gusher. having been received with
skepticism by a number OF newspapers,
C. H. Burch. harbormaster OF Sabine
Pass; Fred B. Plummer, master of the
Viola; A. Olsen, master of the Amanda
Morne: F. W Taylor, master of the Ceres;
Frank II. Murphy. master OF the Arbutus;
C. H. Kelly master OF the A. T. Stonewall,
and A. D. Gunderscn, mastsr of the Olga,
join in the following statement:
I'VE have resided in this port for many
years; that We are personally acquainted
with every natural feature pertaining to
the Gulf beach in it's entire length to Gal
weston Bay. From time immemorial there
has existed directly off and along 1.-The
Gulf beach of this section an immense oil
pool. about one and one-half miles in
width and four miles in length. This oil
pool up to the date OF the storm of 1856
was always known, as far as our knowl-
edge extends. to have been located on a
line directly south ard opposite the point
on the Gulf beach known as Shell Ridge
"Since the storm of 1886 this oil pool Is
known to have shifted some distance east
ward along the Cuffs edge toward Sabine
Pass. the result Of the flling up of the
supposed proper point Of exit for the Ills
deposit. causing it to seek another sur
face through which to percolate and reap
pear on the waters.
We have always made this oil pool
place Of safety which we sought without
sea going vessels in time OF peril from
severe gales or storms. for when we an
chored in this oil sea we were safe, and
everything was calm"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
THE PROPOSED ST. PAUL DEAL.
j. PrSfpont Morgan Confers with the
Rond's Executive Committee.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-J. Pierpont Nor
gan called at the Offices of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad today
and had a short conference with members
OF the executive committee OF that COM
pany. He met Chairman Roswell Miller,
William Rockefeller Peter Geddes, Sam
uel Spencer and j. Henry Smith News
Of this conference spread through Wall
street rapidly and gave fresh activity to
the rumors of negotiations for a change
in the control Of the St Paul road
Mr. Morgan had nothing to make public
and the members of the committee were
almost as reucent There is good reason
to believe however. that Mr.. Morgan sub
mitted a tentative proposition to the com
mittee looking to a change in the control
and present status of the st. Paul system
and that counter proposition has been
made. or viii be made by the official rep
resentatiyes Of this road. The directors
meet on Thursday.
Interests controlling the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads are
avowedly DESTROYS of making a combina-
ton that shall include the st. Paul sys-
tenn. should this combination take the
form of a direct lease of the st. RAUL to
the Northern Pacific, obstacles OF aAleGis-
Iotiva character would have to betreck-
oned with and the negotiations conse-
ouently demand great care.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
The Naval Question.

Upon one proposition at least all think
ing Americans OF wha5 lever party are prac-
tiealiy united. We must have a large
navy. and its construction up to certain
point should not be delayed for = moment.
The plea Of economy should not necessa-
rily stand IN the way. II Congress is pa
trioiic let some Of the waste and steal
come out of the River and HaEbor bill.
That would leave all the money necessary
for the liberal naval appropriations that
al the cir umstaI es ami conditions OF The
world warn us should be made at cnce
1t is Significant that Germany's naval
programme, which was 10 be completed in
1916. has feea shortened ten years There
fore. in 1916. he Kaiser will have at his
disposal in addition to his present fleet.
thirty-foN bastleships, twenty large
cruisers. and forty-eight small cruisers.
This viii give total on forty battleships
alone. In 1868, according TO present plans
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

function of the West Point Academy % take
this uneouth mob and in four YEATS 10 make 1t
over into body of highly trained, ehcint, pro
fsssional soldiers. possessed not only 81 eNas'
scientific attachments. but Of the external polish
the sayoir faire and the high standards Of honor
that befit an officer and gentleman. q
This sort of moral miracle actually does take
place.
Mr.. Peck then goes on to explain that 1t
is only unpopular men who are subjected
to the severest of this treatment, and mat
when man is so unpopular as to be
killed by it. or driven out of the Academy
he ought not to be an officer in the army
None of this is particularly new, except
the frank statement that the fourth-ciass
man is zap" and therefore needs to be
tormented to convince him that he Is OF
no particular account. According to this,
Grant Lee Jackson, Sherman, wheeler
and other officers of our army were once
"yaps;" in fact. that that is the mate
rial chosen for the Military Academy.
It may occur to the unprecedented observer
that there would be an advantage in Sc
lecting boys who are not ''yaps" for APP
pointIhent. if possible. and 80 save the
self-sacrincing upper class men the trou-
BILE of working miracles with pugilism and
tabasco sauce. But the answering of this
objection is Mr.. Peck's business, not ours.
Possibly if that gentleman could be given
over to the mercies of the fourth-class
men for a little while. and caused to re-
peat the opinion which he has expressed.
he might himself experience a moral
miracle and discover what hazing real
ly is.
AS for the second argument, it may be
remembered that the sons of the finest
officers in the army have generally been
the men selected for severe discipline. so
that the theory of hazing as punishment
for unpopularity does not exactly hold wa
ter. Finally it may be enquired whether
the fourth class man at West Point is any
more of "yap" than the fourth class man
! anywhere else-at college. for example
and If he is not why West Point cannot
train boys to be gentlemen as well as
soldiers without the Intervention of I'M
| official and clandestine persecution. The
| colleges contrive to get along without
such aid. and even the average man, with
out any of the refining influence of West
Point sophomore. is sometimes a gentle
man, with high sense of honor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29


No decade in American history has
given us more new sects than the last
one. and still they come. Every belief
OF any considerable body of persons in The
past is represented today in this country.
Several OF the newer ssets, spiri ualism
being an illustration. are founded IN ideas
as old as humanity and in thlt ms ance
as widespread. Theosophy also takes US
back TO one OF The most print i've of re-
ligious beliefs, in its doctrine of reincar-
nation. Other seCts are simply express
sions of the individualistic spirit which is
so powerful in every phase of our Amer-
can life. We are not content with what
others believe or with what tradition has
brought to us from the past. We insist
on the right to think for ourselves, to
create our OWE doctrines out of our own
heads. and to devise whatever ritual MAJ
best suit our individual notions, There
fore it is that a General Booth or Mrs.
Eddy or a Rev. John Alexander Dowie
sets up his own opinions. begins to preach
them, and the very novelty of it brings
others about him. and he has a sect OF
his own.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

ZION Id Indianapolis News.l


There is no possible way OF making a
country rich by taxing it. You can, in
this manner, divert men from one Industry
to another, and shift capital from one
class to another, but you cannot create a
new industry. For new industry is
something that supplies a human want
that was not met before it came into eX-
istence. This cannot be said OF any so
called industry that is brought into ex-
istence by the exercise of the taxing pow
err Fer the thing thus created merely
supplies a human need that was supplied
before at a less cost. 1t would be so in
the case of our shipping If it We're de-
pendent on a bounty voted to II out of
the national treasury. All our goods are
now being carried at n less cost than our
own shipmasters can afford TO carry them
that is. on the subsidy theory-and to
give those shipmasters a subsidy would
mean that we should have to pay them
Just so much more for service that We
now get without 1t.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

Before the time shall come-on May l.
to fix the wage scale in the anthracite re-
gion for the ensuing season or year it is
possible that another general strike will
occur over the continued determination of
the allied trust and outside operators not
to recognize the National Mine Workers
Union in any arrangements made with the
labor element at the mines The union,
on the other hand, feeling strong and be-
ing well organized is at present equally
bent on forcing recognition. 1t is under
stood that a Demand for 10 per cent adj
vance over the wages agreed upon last
autumn is about to be made by the an
thracite workers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
The Queens Physician.

(From the New York Tiibune)
Sir James Reid was the resident physician to
Queen Victoria for more than twenty years. He
is Scotchman, fifty years old. and comes from a
medical family lie was selected for the position
he held 80 long by the late Sir William Jenner
who was, until his death. physician extraordinary
TO the Queen. Sir James Reid. who was made a
knight three years ago, draws a salary Of s. 800
from the Crown, and in addition is furnished with
board and lodgings in whatever palace The Queen
may occupy. lie has also the Of horses anil
carriages. He WIS married two years ago to the
Hon Susan Barring, sister Of Lord Reyclrtokc and
Of Cecil Barring. who makes his home in this
city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
CoLoRED LABOR FOR HAWAII.
Two Carloads of Mea shipped by
Why of san Francisco.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. pa carload
Of colored men from Kentucky and Mis-
sissippi passed through here today for
San Francisco. where they viii sail for
Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations
of that country. They come from around
Hopkinsville and were secured by labor
agent for these Hawaiian planters who
believe that the negroes will make better
farm laborers than the Porto Ricans-
The emigration movement is being for
warded by a number of colored ministers,
who have formally and officially recon-
mended Hawaii as paradise for their
fellows. The emigrant agents decline to
take away city negroes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
MORE ARTICLES APPROVED.
The Cuban Convention Cancels the
Claims Providing for Expulsion.

HAVANA, Jan. 2S.-The constitutional
convention today approved articles IA TO
81 inclusive Of the third section OF the
constitutional project. Article % was
changed to give to the State the exclusive
right to grant degrees for the exercise of
public professions. Education will lie
free the State to meet the expenses when
the municipalities cannot do so. Article
20 was Cancelled No Cuban can be ex-
PEELED from the island or prevented +. ON
landing therein.
A number of bandits. said 70 be Span
iards, recently seized the manager of
sugar estate near Cienfuegos and held
him until a ransom OF 400 centennes was
paid.
The threatened strike of the cartmen
has not occurred. General Wood. at a
conference with the leaders of the move
ment. promised to look into their gricv-
ances.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
A FAST EXPRESS WRECKED.
Marrow Escape Of Passengers Nenr
Richmond, Va.

RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 2S.-A piece of
undergear Of a freight car caught in a
switch on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way three miles east of Richmond this
morning and broke off in the switch. The
fast mail. with sixty passengers, was par
TALLY wrecked. the engine and express
and baggage cars going into the ditch.
Although the train was running at top
speed. no one was killed. Engineer Thorn
as D. Hall stuck to his post and escaped
without scratch. His fireman was badly
hurt. as was also Conductor A. T. Bailey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

ttToU ne nv ! lTTs IiInts.I
Wherever capital punishment exists there is
taik about its ireFectiyene as 4 dsterr Mt from
crime and the consequent urpnrictr Of sbolisiIin:
il But in most, IL rot all. states and countries
where no death penalty is now inflicted therr il
quite as much ta!iz about the necessity q reviy-
ing it. The general tendency OF the tine. how
ever. is beyond question against the intiction Of
the death penalty. u has often hcen stated that
there would be less exposition TO this tendency il
4 sentence Of iu;urs0rineut Tor life did not 50
often fail 20 he carried Quit that Is, the pris-
oner condemned 10 perpetual confinement did not
have the hone. amounting TO 4 probability, Of
t,tti tartlnn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

The outbreak in the Indian Territory
does not seem to have been quelled by the
capture of Crazy Snake. its leader This
makes us apprehensive that not much
good would be accomplished by the Gag
ing OF the chief female lunatic in
Kansas. Crazy Snakes and Crazy Nations
are often only symptomatic freaks of cpl
denies bound to develop in any case.
Their presence or absence does not much
matter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
P. D. ARMOUR LEFT $4,000, 900.
Letters Testamentary In His Estate
Filed in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2S.-Letters testament
tary in the estate of P. D. Armour were
fled in the Probate Court today, showing
the estate to be valued at SIS. OO0. 900.
The only legatees named are members
OF the family. The widow. Mrs. Melvina
V. Armour. is appointed execdtrix and ].
Ogden Armour, executor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
The New Mormon sc,,tor.
CFrom the Buffalo Ezpress.)

tfrom the Buffalo ESprcss)
Tic charge Of Senator Rawlns Of Utah that
the election Of the new Senator in his State was
accomplished under deal between the national
Republican leaders and the heads Of the Mormon
Church, by which the Mormons were promised
immunity for the practice of polvgamy, should
not be left unanswered. The party which re-
fused tc adIuit the polygamist Roberts to Con
grcss cannot afford to rest under such an impu
tation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
The Beer Tax.


tffOm tue chicago ITihune-)
Dcubtlcss the Revenue Reduction hill when II
goes 90 the President viii hc compromise
measure fixed up in conference committee. So
great. however, is the influence 0f the brewers
that they viii not suffer through any eOmtro-
misc that may be made. Some irritating and
superiluous stamp taxes will he retained in order
ihai they may Be taxed more lightly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29
NEGROES ASK FOR PROTECTION
Protesting Against Being Driven
From Spencer County. Ind.

From Spencer County. Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 2S.-The grand
jury of Spencer County. sitting at Rock
port. where two negroes were recently
lynched, has returned 139 indictments
against-colored voters on charges Of SELL
ing their votes at the recent election. The
negroes assert that the wholesale ind.et-
menting is a Dirt of a conspiracy to drive
them from the county. and that the
charges are without foundation, in a great
majority of cases.
They say that the whites have driven
many of the colored people away. and The
grand jury is now being used to compel
them to fee the county. A petition has
been circulated among, them setting cut
their grievances and asking Governor
Durbin for protection.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

Hrom fhe LOUISVILLE Jourier JournaI)
Massachusetts staiisticians have discovered that
elite, which feed tramps upon nothing hut crack
ers have four times many tramps as cities
which feed them we'll. but exact labor cquiva-
lent. The tramp had rather s'afYe than work.
and the best way to reduce his number is to
compel him TO toll.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

The last of the accused in the Jennie
Bosschieter case at Paterson has been
arraigned. and has pleaded mon vult
contendere" to the charge of assault. AS
the State has accepted the plea Kerr will
degree. He is liable to maximum SEN
tence of fifteen years at hard labor. and
to pay fine of one thousand dollars. AS
a trial will be avoided in this case, 1t is
probable that the whole miscreant four
will be shaved and beginning their terms
at Trenton within the next week.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

Bishop Potter declares that I'VE have
trampled upon everything the Chinese
deem most sacred" We presume the
learned prelate includes the Chinese idea
OF sacred right to assault our legation and
massacre its inmates without interior
encei We certainly have trampled on
that. It causes exquisite pain to make
the confession; but We really have.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-29

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