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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
INSTRUCTION FOR TROOPS.
General Miles Orders for the Cav
nIry and Artillery Schools.

Orders have just been issued by Lieu
tenant General Miles promulgating regu-
iations for the cavalry and field artillery
school for the present year. 1t is provided
that the school shall consist of such num-
Der of squadrons of cavalry. not exceed
ing three: such number of batteries of
field artillery. not exceeding five. and such
other officers and enlisted men, as may be
there assigned for instruction and the
troops of each arm shall constitute sub
school of practice.
The post and school shall at all times
be governed by the rules and discipline
prescribed for all military posts. and by
the regulations of the school, si.,- x mat
ters pertaining to the course of instruc-
tior shall be under the immediate control
of the commanding general of the army.
The Cavalry and Field Artillery School
shall be subject to inspection by the de-
partment commander, and In emergencies
the troops belonging to the school shall
also be subject to his orders.
The course of instruction shall be COM
pIete each year. commencing January 10
and ending December 20.
Preparatory to the work of instruction
in each year the school staff shall con-
slider and adopt full scheme for the
course OF instruction to De followed that
year for the sub-schools and for the
school OF both arms combined.
The sub-school of cavalry shall consist
of the cavalry troops present and the sub
school of artillery shall consist of the
artillery command and sub-post-
The object of this school is to train Of
ffcers and enlisted men in drill, and all
the duties of field service, and to develop
d school of gunuery for field artillery.
school of gunnery for the special
training of gunners for the field artil-
lery shall be established. and one or more
competent officers selected by the COM
mandant. not belonging to any battery
stationed at the post, shall be detailed
to conduct IL.
The course of field exercises and COM
bined maneuvres for the cavalry and field
artillery school. Fort Riley, Kan. is to
consist of cavalry patrols. to be sent out
on different roads under non-commission-
ed officers; cavalry reconnaissance. ad-
vance and rear guards, and outpost duty;
attack and defence. cavalry and artil-
lery to defend a position against attack
by cavalry and artillery, defence and pas
sage of defiles and streams: demolition of
hasty intreuchments: passage OF streams
and experimental and forced marches
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
THE VIRGINIA CMPAIGN.
svyanson's Forces Gain Decisive
Victory In Richmond,

RICHMOND, Va, May 4-Represcnta-
tive Claude A. Swanson. one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the nomination for
Governor, is elated over the victory of his
forces in the City Democratic Committee
last night. His plan provided for minority
representation in all the wards, while
that of Montague was to give the candi-
date receiving the highest number OF
votes the right to name the delegates in
each ward.
The four candidates for governorship-
Claude A. Swanson, Andrew ]. Montague.
r. C. Marshall. and Edward Echols-were
here today. All are making a fight to get
Richmond delegates. Swansons county
sends thirty-eight delegates. and 1t is
said that he will control their votes. He
is exceedingly popular in southside vir-
ginia.
Attorney General Montague is not at all
downcast over the result of the fight over
plan in the City Committee last night
Il am not at all surprised at the re-
suit" said he. II was prepared for 1t
and hardly hoped for anything else. II the
committees of the counties and cities all
throw me down by making plans favor
able to my opponents, shall still be a
candidate for Governor. l am not relying
cess as upon the votes of the people. The
Office of Governor belongs to the people,
and 1t is before them that / am making
my fight. / am not only not at all dis
couraged, but on the other hand / be-
lieve my prospects of success are bright
ening every day
The. gubernatorial convention will be
held in Norfolk, August II. Many of the
counties will have precinct meetings next
week to select delegates. The people of
Eastern Shore. Va-,-wan Marshall for
Governor, because he Is a resident of
Portsmouth: the people of southwest Vir-
giri8 want Echols, because he Is one of
the political leaders in that section, but
the two candidates who are thought to
stand the best chances of being elected
are Swanson and Montague. These two
political leaders are from the Black Belt
section of the State, and both are resi-
dents of Danville.
Representative John Lamb will have an
opponent in the next election. s. l..
firm of Kelley &c Edwards. will oppose
him.
Senator John W. Daniel has been quoted
as saying that he does not desire to pre-
side over the constitutional convention.
and will not be candidate for the honor.
The following gentlemen, however, are
mentioned for the place: Hon. Eugene
Withers, State Senator from Pittsyivania.
County: Hon. John Goode, of Bedford
City, and w. A. Anderson.
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson. Chairman of the
State Democratic Committee. is being en-
dorsed in many sections of the State for
reelection
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
HALT IN THE IRON MARKET.
Many Buyers Out of the Market. But
Mills Refuse Orders.

PHILADELPHIA, May 4---The iron and
steel trade throughout the country has
fallen Off still more this week, because of
over-supplied conditions. Buyers appear
to have suddenly come to realize that they
are in danger of OVERRIDING. Rumors are
rife concerning alleged concessions to Sc
cure autumn business but there are no
grounds for them except as to Southern
Dig iron The feeling of alarm over pos
sibIe reaction has locked up no small
amount of business. Buyers will hold off
until they see how the market stands 1t.
The suspicion that crude iron VIII weaken
in sympathy with ore seems not without
probability. The furnaces and mills are
everywhere oversold as far as owners care
to commit themselves. Two exceptions to
the general situation are sheets ard mer-
chant steel and pipe orders, for these are
abundant. Skelp mills also report large
orders within two lays. Plate and stIuc-
tural material cannot be shaded. as Is
proven by turning down of large orders
this week at concessions. the mills being
too far oversold to make additional bust
ness any object. Line pipe orders exceed
all capacity, and an advance - imminent
on urgent buyers
Steel rail makers in some instances are
practically out OF the market. and yet eN-
tensive requirements are still uncovered
Bilets are SPACES at mill. and hard to
get Bessemer pig SIG and output short
Steel bars .1.40 minimum. Boiler plate
very active Coke capacity is TO be ex-
banded in the Connellsvfile region and at
other points to meet an unprecedented de-
mand All haste is being made TO put
new coal mines into position to ship coal
by August Urgent enquiries for light
rails and girder rails this week have been
hung up. There are pressing orders for
equipment in shape of stationary steam
and gas engines. electrical machinery.
machine tools. cranes, presses. screw ma
chinery betting, mining equipment, saw
mill machinery, and heavy foundry work.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
AN EXPLANATION BY CANADA.
Defence of the Dominion Authoritie.
In the Ajax Affair,

The Canadian Government through the
British Embassy. has explained to the
State Department that the American tug
Ajax was seized by the Canadian authori-
ties because the vessel was engaged In
wreckius operations In waters not con-
tignous to the United States.
An agreement between the United States
and Canada, proclaimed in 1898. provided
that vessels of the ua..es. States might
engage In salvage operations In Canadian
waters contiguous to the United States
and that Canadian vessels should have
the same privilege in contiguous Ameri-
can waters
1t is believed that the State Depart
ment is prepared to admit the Canadian
contention that Rayner Bay. where the
seizure was made. is not within the def
milton of waters contiguous to the United
States. it being more than a hundred
miles from the international boundary
In considering the matter the depart
ment has had in mind the insistence that
Rayner Bay being contiguous to United
States territory would permit Canadian
vessels to engage in unrestricted salvage
operations on the coast Of Washington
Before sending the Ajax to Rayter Bay
the Moran Bros. made enquiries of the
Treasury Department as to their right
to salve In Canadian waters, and were
led to believe that they would not be vio-
lating any law on account of the agree
ment proclaimed In 1893 In view of this
understanding, 1t Is likely that the Ca
madam Government will not confscate
the Ajax or impose fine. IL Is said that
the Morans can be prosecuted on the adj
tract labor into Canadian territory, the
crew of the Ajax being American citizens
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05

ing to track him. When the jamestown
Colony was fairly established it spread
over the Southern States; when the
English and Dutch settlements grew
large, they sent couriers to the west
ward: New England outgrew Its re-
sources so fast that there are more
or less remote descendants of Plymouth
colonists scattered over every Western
State and almost every county, city.
and town in every State. In thus colo
nizing an immense and almost unin-
habited territory, the American was
a constant and alert fighter. He had
to be his own general, and on the
goodness of his generalship depended
the safety of his scalp, and generally
the lives of his wife and children
Hence. not only did the survivors of
cided, and resourceful men, familiar
with nature in all her phases. but those
who did not come up to the mark were
summarily killed off.
1t was not always the Indian or the
outlaw whom the pioneer had to fear
Sometimes it was savage animals.
Even after he had secured himself
against marauders in human or brute
form there still remained the fearful
vitality of nature. He had the blizzard
to guard against, the sandstone, the
drought, the insect plaques. the ter
rors of loneliness. and homesickness,
and the fear of failure. All these
Ell r
full. and gave him, in time, strange
comradeship with the nature which
was his enemy. He knew her moods.
His feeling and knowledge have in
some measure been inherited by his
descendants, and in about nine out of
ten cases the American of today. who
has been on the soil for three genera
tions, likes to get into the woods. He
has the Instinct of the tracker. If he
does not shoot or fish, or trap animals,
he Is a naturalist, and botanizes, or
studies biology and bacteriology and
ornithology-any sort of thing that will
lead him out of doors, on the hunt for
new things. If he does none of these
things he takes to the camera. He
does not know why. but it is in him
to pursue hidden foe. or hidden prey,
through strange country. The instinct
is as strong as that of a Gagged monkey,
born in captivity, which shrinks chat
tering and shrieking from a pretzel on
the floor of its cage. because the thing
looks like that coiled up snake which
the monkey has never seen. A kitten
still unsteady on its legs will arch its
back and express its baby opinion of
a dog. So the American, though born
in the city. takes to the woods with
an avidity which has put that phrase
into our dictionary of national slang.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
Isthmian Canal specuratIons.

Perhaps it is not unnatural that
spectators should buy up property at
advantageous points along the line of
the proposed Nicaragua Canal. The in
stinct of acquisitiveness has made peo-
pie do that sort of thing from the
time that Noah found dry land. 1t does
not follow. however, that the American
Government and people should be made
to suffer by reason of the speculation.
If there is any serious purpose enter
tanned by the Administration TO change
front and adopt the Nicaragua route, of
course we can understand the necessity
of Sending In its next friends to pick
up what there is in posse, in the way
of stations. townsites, and so on. But,
If the investment in such probable
points Of vantage is made by rank out
sieers. every instinct of patriotism and
OF Business admonishes us to defeat so
obRexious a design.
This can easily be done by the Gov
eminent taking a lease of whatever
strip of territory may be necessary for
canal purposes. leaving to the States Of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica the task
OF settling with the Spectators As
above hinted- it is likely that if the
Hanna combination really expects to
adopt the Nicaragua route, and is only
deluding the public in coquetting with
the Panama corporation, the townsite
investors ultimately will be found to
represent the exploiting syndicate, In
which case they viii have to be paid
royalty for their provision. We have
seen such things before.
AS far as we can judge, there is no
room for doubt that President McKin-
ley's purpose is, if possible, TO make his
second term memorable for the accom-
plishment OF great things for his coun-
try. He could not better promote such
q design than TO join with the Amer
jean people in their aspiration to have
an exclusively American canal to con-
meet their Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Before his return to Washington Mr.
Mckinley Will know how thoroughly
the masses of this country resent the
stupid and inexcusable interference of
England in our canal policy. II he
wishes TO pass into history as one of
the greatest of American Presidents
he has a great opportunity before him
All he needs TO do is to take the side
of the people against the Panama Canal
job and use his potent influence with
Congress to secure for the country an
American Nicaragua Canal. Is it prob
able that he will take that course?
Hardly The Panama interest, we fear,
Is stronger than the President
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
SUGARS DIETETIc VALUE.
The Interesting Results of Expert
ments by an English Physician.

LONDON. May Am important paper
on the dietetic value of sugar appears in
the British Medical Journal" by DR..
wilfoughby Gardiner. He says that the
worlds consumption of sugar has dou-
bled. while that of Great Britain has
trebled per head in the last forty years
The English and Americans head the list
as sugar eating people.
DIR. Gardiner establishes the fact that
sugar is a potent creator of energy and
maintainer of stamina This. ne contends
is not only proved by laboratory expert
merits. but by the date-eating Arabs. the
fine health of the experimenting ne
groes, and the results achieved by Alpine
climbers, Arctic explorers. athletes. and
German soldiers. who were fed on this
special diet
DR. GARDENERS general conclusion is
that the increased height and weight and
the improved health of the English peo-
pie in the last half century has been
largely due to the increased consumption
of sugar. IL
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
COAL PROPERTY PURCHASED.
The MOnongabeia Buys Out the yir-
ginia and Alabama Company.

RICHMOND. Va, May THE property
Of the Virginia and Alabama Coal Com
pany, near Birmingham. Ala, comprising
700 acres of coal land, buildings. and
mining machinery, has been sold by the
owners here TO the Monongahela Coal
Company. of Pittsburg, for $i50.0O0
The largest owner was formerly J. b.
Pace. of Richmond, but his holdings re-
Gently passed to the Virginia Trust Com
pany here, whose representatives will go
to Pittsburg on Monday TO turn over the
property to the Monongahela Company.
This is said to be only a small part Of
the recent purchases made by the Monon-
gahela, and il is alleged that a movement
to control all the available coal deposits
is on foot by that company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
TO SELL THE MINNESOTA.
The Famous Frfgafe to Go to the
Highest Bidder.

The famous steam frigate Minnesota.
the last of the noted Tennessee class. Is
to be condemned and offered for sale by
the Navy Department. board consist
ing of Capt G. III. Wadleigh, Commander
G. II. Kearney. and Naval Constructor G.
w. Baxter has been appointed to appraise
the vessel and she will be sold TO the
highest bidder.
The Minnesota has been tied up at a
wharf at Boston and used as a barracks
by the Massachusetts naval miiitiamen-
Recently the naval militia organization
informed the Navy Department that 1t
did not want the vessel any longer. 1t
was then determined to tow her to Nor
folk for use as a receiving ship for lands
men, but a board of officers reported that
she was unseaworthy and could not be
put in seagoing condition at 20 per cent
of her original cost, the limit of expendi-
ture for repairs authorized by law on old
ships. So there was nothing else to do
but to appoint a board to condemn and
appraise the vessel.
The Minnesota was built at Washing
ton. D. c. in 1855. She participated In the
engagement between the Merrfmac and
the Union squadron at Hampton Roads
and was saved by the timely arrival OF
the Monitor after she had been badly
damaged. She participated also in the
attack on the Shimonoseki forts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
TALLEsT MAN IN THE ARMY.
Private McGifen. of the Manila Po-
lice, Claims the Honor.

Who is the tallest officer or man in the
United States Army? Private letters re-
ceiyed here from the Philippines say that
there has been considerable discussion of
the question out there. The honor is
claimed for a soldier named McGiffen.
who was transferred from the Sixteenth
Infantry to the Manila police force. The
friends of another man of the Sixteenth
Infantry, name not given. maintain that
his feet inches top McGiffen's height
Naval officers say that the tallest mem
Der of their service. commissioned and
enlisted force included Is Surgeon James
E. Gardner who was recently ordered
frcm duty at Boston to duty at Manila
Nobody here remembers his exact height.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
Juvenile Street Merchants.

(FrOm the Chicago Iribune.)
Small children hawking gum, or flowers or
papers in public places late at night constitute
one of the most indefeSsible sights 10 be found
in great city. Sometimes the sight means that
parents are i'll or Involuntary out of work.
sometimes that they needlessly exploiting
their children; sometimes that the child has no
home. In any event, however, their trade should
not be encouraged by patronage. Such patronage
betrays the same sort Of cheap and unthinking
sentipentalism which leads one to buy a paper
oi the smallest baby who can ''holler' it on
the corner, rather than from a man or from a
boy of proper age for handling papers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
hopes to effect the same result with

hopes to effect the same result with
cancer
1t has been known for some time that
predisposition to cancer is hereditary.
and, like most other discoveries relating
to heredity, this one resulted in a con-
viction in the minds of many unfor-
tunate people that they were fore
doomed to die of cancer; that nothing
could save them, because they We're
destined for that awful fate from their
very birth. IT is needless to say that
nothing of the kind is true. OF course,
when one inherits the tendency to a
disease he is likely also to inherit the
temperament which favors the condi-
lions of its development. For exam
pie, here is a man whose ancestors died
of apoplexy: this man inherits. along
with the possibility of similar fate,
the physique and temperamental bias
which will, If he allows himself to
yield to his uncontrolled impulses.
bring about precisely the state of
health in which he will go to his fathers
by the road they pointed out to him.
Again, here is another man whose an
cestors suffered tortures from govt due
to high living. That man might escape
govt if he made up his mind to it, per-
haps, If he lived carefully and avoided
excess; but the very things which are
bad for him happen to be the things
which he ardently desires, and his inn
munity from the curse of his ancestors
depends on whether he has self-con-
troll enough to resist his inclinations
and keep within bounds. If he has not,
his descendants may have to suffer
whether they do right or wrong. the
physique being SO strongly marked that
no care can avert evil developments.
and then there will. be a real family
curse to consider. But cases in which
the hereditary tendency has been de-
veloped thus far are rare
Cancer. then, is feared most by those
in whose families it is inherited, and
as the mixture of blood in this coun-
try is general, there being no caste
lines which can wholly prevent 1t. it
concerns the whole people when dis
ease so terrible and so difficult to cure
Der of families. If DR.. Gaylord. or
anyone else. can reduce the ravages of
this malady, the world Will be in his
debt.
This is only one of the many discov-
cries made during the last hundred
years. which tend to prove that dis
ease is not. as our fathers thought it,
a necessary and normal evil. but one
developed by unnatural and unhealthy
conditions. and to be combated by nat
ural means. There is more and more a
disposition to rely upon healthful con-
ditions of life and common-sense treat
ment of disease. rather than upon
drugs or surgical operations; but the
trouble is. in the former case, to get
people to take the medicine. II is
the old story of Naaman over again.
The patient is used to ALBANIA and phar-
phar-drugs and lancets-and he Won
ders why they are not good enough.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05

As the new week begins President Nc
Kinley is resting day at Ell Paso, where
he will attend divine service and help
his fellow-eitizens there 10 pray for the
poor people of Jacksonville. Presidential
progresses in the past have not always
proved successful or conducive to this
fame of the chief passenger on the train
That cannot be said of this one. In his
brief colloquia1 talks with the audiences
which have greeted him along the line
he has been remarkably clever and felici-
tous in HIS utterances, all Of which do
him the greatest credit. Although of an
other household OF political faith, We do
not in the smallest degree grudge hin the
applause and personal popularity he is
gaining. We can only express the hope
that he will use the power public conf
dence will give him for the good of the
country.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
The American Hunting Instinct.

As might have been expected, at
tempts have recently been made TO
compare the American and British
armies in the details of their admins
trstion. The war with Spain and the
war in South Africa have afforded the
world an opportunity to see something
OF the way In which the two behave
In the field and to compare their or
ganization in its workings on compare
lively unfamiliar ground. War in In
dia. like Indian wars on Western
plains. has been going on more or less
for twenty-five years. but in fighting
the Boer and the Spaniard the Amer
lean regular and the British Tommy"
have each been brought into environ
ments to a certain extent unfamiliar
TO them and TO their officers.
The resemblance between the two
wars is. OF course, slight and super
fetal. but it establishes enc fact at
least: The American Army is. where
scouting is concerned, the superior of
the British. and as scouting is an i'm
portant part Of the work OF an army,
especially one of invasion. this is rather
gratifying. A little reflection will show
why this is so. The American has two
centuries and half of scouting in his
blood. The Englishman. unless he be a
colonial or descended from one of those
families who have given to the world
mighty hunters and adventurous SOL
diers from time immemorial, has moth
ing OF the kind; and even the colonial
Englishman is possessed only of an
eestors who were pioneers a century
ago at the most.
From the time the jamestown and
plymouth Colonies were established the
American pioneer has been tracking
somebody or something which was try