The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-05-09
In the Philippines Now in Sight
and Washington Ofncials
are Delighted.
Plans Of Our Warships Will Now
be Kept Secret t--Transport Ser
vice With Cuba and Porto
Rico Abandoned--venzu-
ella Troubles Settled.
WASHINGTON. NAV 3. 1901


with the news from Gen. Macarthur
The Filipino leaders are almost fall
ing over each other in their anxiety
to surrender and to recognize the SOW
ereignty to the United States. And
he is equally well pleased with the
manner in which Gen. Macarthur is
pushing the trial of the officers charg-
ed with irregularities in the commits
sary department at Manila. Other
officials share Secretary Roots pleas
ure in this news, but as the matters
are under the branch of this govern
ment, of which he has direct charge,
he naturally takes a greater personal
interest than do other officials.
Official dispatches from Venzuela
show that if the little republic ever
had any idea of defying Uncle Sam it
has changed its mind. The United
States consular agent, who was ar
rested and made to pay heavy fine by
the government of Venzuela, has been
given satisfaction and had his money
returned to him, and regret for the
occurrence has been formally ex-
pressed to this government. The as.
phalt troubles are to be settled by
the courts of Venzuela.
Mr.. J. A. Woolson, business man
whose home is in Cambridge, Mass.
said to Washington friend: "There
is vast deal of nonsense about this
opposition to granting the degree
of L. L. D. by Harvard to President
Mckinley. The sentiment at Cam
bridge and elsewhere among the
alumni of the university is all one
way. The opposition comes mainly
from small group of men, who have
been given to opposition and to howl
ing for many years. We are only
afraid they will raise such noise
that President Mckinley may refuse
to attend the commencement in June
and will not accept the degree"
DR.. E. G. Stirling Director in the
Museum of South Australia, and pro-
fessor in the Adelaide Medical School,
has reached Washington in the course
of tour of scientific investigation.
Speaking of his observations he said :
What has impressed me very forcibly
here in America is the great liberali-
ty of your government and your rich
men. We have not reached that
stage yet in Australia to any notable
extent, and our people, bent on money
making, are less apt to appreciate
the value of museums or the import
ance of scientific research. Australia
has wide field for investigation; in
many respects it is strange lant
and offers clews to many secrets that
the world of science is seeking. But
we do not have comparatively as many
millionaires in Australia as you have
in the United States, and with oul
government 1t is far easier to gel
money for a bridge OF. a road than II
is for some scientific undertaking
But in education Australia is at thu
front, for our public school SYSTEM
compare favorably with those O.
America. We also have several goot
colleges, where men and women arr
admitted on exactly an even footing
My medical classes at Adelaide ar,
open to both sexes"
President McKinly would have beeI
the orator of the day at the Memoria
Day ceremonies at Arlington thi
year rifarrangements If for his Californi;
trip had not prevented. He some tim
ago expressed a desire to address hi
old comrades at the National Gene
terry during his term as President, ant
arrangements will be made for him t.
do SO next year. A committee of thu
Department of the Potomic, G. A. R.
are now arranging programme fo
this years Memorial Day.
Secretary Root says the probable
time of the withdrawal of our troop
from Cuba did not enter into his decis
ion to abandon the army transport
between the United States, Port
Rico and Cuba and have the worl
done by the private steamship lines
1t was simply question of econom.
and the change would have been mad
more than year ago If the privat
steamship lines had not charged NOR
for the work than it was costing OF
the transports. This time they offer
ed to do it cheaper, and their offer
going to be accepted. This is all Their
is to it.
Whether so intended or not, the ad
mission of Mr.. Frederick Degetau
resident Porto Rican Com missioner
to practice before the United State
Supreme Court, is regarded by man,
as declaration BY that court tha
Porto Ricans are citizens of the Unit
ed States, as there is a rule of tn
court which allows citizens only t
become members of its bar. Solicito
General Richards, upon whose motto
Mr.. Degatau was admitted to prae
tice, says there is no signifcanc
whatever in it, and that he doesn'
consider that it has any bearing OF
the insular cases, now being consider
ed by the Supreme Court.
For some years the United State
has been the only nation that allow
Ne ,pians of -its Xarships Publist
"a. Naval off1cers have long crit