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The Washington times., 1901-10-19

subsidies occupy, in some respects,
very ridiculous position. Almost to a
man they favor tariff and navigation
laws which add to the expense of build
ing and running steamships under the
American flag: then they whimper DC
cause our merchant marine is not com
parable with that of Great Britain. ana
ask that millions of people in no way
connected with sea traffic shall help
build up the marine by paying ooun-
ties to few big steamship companies
The proposition is preposterous In It's
logic, but it is monstrous in principle.
Whether the bounties be graduated ac-
cording to speed or tonnage, it is clear
that nearly the whole of the dement's
will go to a few very wealthy com
panies. 1t costs all the way from half a
million TO two million dollars to bulid
a large ocean steamer. The avowed
purpose of the measure is to encourage
the building of high class, expensive
vessels, and IL goes without saying that
poor meE and men of moderate means
cannot do ii. Where the money is like
ly to go may easily be gathered from
the ihIueHCes lhal aic puShihS 'he
scheme. Nevertheless. the indications
now are that many who profess to have
been opposed to the former bill are get
ting ready to support new one, diff
fering from the old merely in unimpor-
tant details. The number may not be
sufficient TO enable the scheme to sue
ceed. 1t is to be hoped not, at all
events. But it certainly can only be de-
feated by a hard struggle, and the op-
ponents of the grab may well be on the
alert
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
MIR. Hnckett.

Coming events cast their shadows
beforev 1t was announced yesterday
that Assistant Secretary Hackett, of
the Navy Department, had decided to
resign, and that he would soon retire
from an office once held by the Presi-
dent himself, and upon which his in
cumbency has not reflected any great
lustre.
The first reports on the subject ap-
pear to have emanated from Mr.. Hack
EFT or his friends. They represented
that he had long yearned for a surcease
of the labor and sorrow connected with
his place, and that he would have been
out on the first of October if events had
not compelled him to withhold his cruel
hand. But, later. 1t was reported that
Hackett's dismissal was determined
upon as early as the twelfth Of Septem-
Der, and that he knew nothing about
the matter until yesterday.
But for the adventitious prominence
Mr.. Hackett has won by reason of his
connection with the Sampson scandal,
as Acting Secretary of the Navy, while
the cunning precept for the Court Of
Enquiry was cooking, his going or com
ing would not interest the public. His
retirement is chiefly edifying in that it
marks the beginning of the end of a
state of affairs in the Navy Depart
ment which has lasted far too long.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

In the Court of Enquiry yesterday Lieu
tenant Commander Nicholson. navigating
officer of the oregon during the West In
dian campaign, testified to the fact that
on the day of the battle off Santiago sig
nails directing the action of the fleet were
displayed from time to time on the Brook
Iyn and obeyed. Other officers who served
under Captain Clark and that popular
sailor himself are yet to be examined
When their evidence is in 1t will be rather
difficult for the Navigation Bureau ring
to persist in its denial that Commodore
SchIey was the commander-in-chief.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

A second disaster is reported to the
American troops in the island of Samar.
1t is less serious than the former one, in
which nearly an entire company was
butchered, but it is scarcely less agree
able because 1t was supposed that the
troops had the situation well in hand, and
that ample precautions would be taken to
guard against further surprises Of small
isolated detachments. This appears to
have been a surprise, although the de-
spatch does not so state. 1t is hardly to
be supposed that forty-six American sol
diers would be sent against five hundred
bolomen From this distance it is not
easy to understand the exact situation;
but 1t does seem that there should be
troops enough in Samar to prevent these
repeated disasters. 1t may be true that
the bolomen lost much more heavily than
the Americans did, but 1t is rather
bungling military management to scatter
troops around In such way that one
American soldier is compelled TO fight for
his life against ten natives. If the force
in Samar is not sufficient TO crush the
insurrection promptly it should be in
creased at once and to the fullest extent
necessary.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

In Vienna despatch yesterday 1t was
stated that Count Goluchowski, the Aus
trian Premier, prevented the President of
the Reichsrath from referring sympathet-
ically to the assassination of President
Mckinley when recently that body opened
its sessions. The reason assigned is that,
although it is according to precedent 20
speak of the deaths of sovereigns on such
occasions, the death of an elected chief
magistrate is too unimportant to justify
notice. If this be e true story Count
Goluchowski, in spite of his difficult and
even alarming name, will be carefully re-
membered in this country, and not pleas
antly
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
An Immediate Dufy.

Qrom the Louisville Courier-Journal.)
1t seems almost certain that the Ding
ley tariff is to be attacked In Congress by
Republicans, and though it is not prob
able that it will be materially changed at
the next session, 1t is quite probable that
differences among the members of the
dominant party may be sharply accentuat-
ed But. however it may be effected, the
reduction of the revenue is an immediate
duty, being alike in the interest OF the
business of the country and of economy
In aXnrnditnres
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
The Usual Trust Method.

(From the Boston Transcript)
The reported cutting of the price of
sugar by Eastern refiners in the Missouri
River centres, where beet sugar is fac
tor in the market, calls attention to one
of the most characteristic and familiar
of the methods Frequently when a con-
Germ which does the greater part OF the
the competition of an independent COM
pany that bids fair to make inroads on its
control of the situation resort is made to
this form of fighting the rival. Is this
of trade warfare which should be extir-
Dated If possible?
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
If Chandler Were Secretary.

From the Chicago Chronicle.)
How he would dig around the deadwood
of the Department nd throw away the
decayed fragments which he would ex-
hume! How the scandalous inefficlency
of various bureaus in the Department
would be exposed What an end would
be brought to the intrigues. the effete Of
ficialism. the clique rule, the favoritism.
the conspiracies the general jaundiced
condition of navy management There
would be beneticent revolution in one of
the great administrative departments.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Determined by Nausea.

(FTOm the New York Iimes)
1t seems that much political signifi-
canoe" is attributed in Washington to
the appointment by the President OF one
of the conspicuous opponents of Addicks
TO the vacant postmastership at Whining
ton, Del. We should say that the signifi-
canoe was not so much political as per-
sonai. Addicks is man who particularly
raises the gorge of all decent American
citizens. And We have no doubt that the
Presidents action has been largely deter
mined by mere nausea.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Afraid of Publicity.
From the New York World J

(From the New York Worid-)
Senator Frye confesses that he has
worked out a new subsidy bill.' but he
refuses to make public its provisions.
saying II am unwilling that its features
should become the shuttlecock of journal
istic comment" Does Senator Frye i'm
agine that President Roosevelt will sign
a subsidy bill that will not stand the test
of full publicity and discussion?
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
The RennhIicnn outIook.
nFrom iho vo,, ~, world,

(From the New York World)
on the other hand the Democrats are
without a trusted national leader and are
not united upon any distinctive and dom
mating national issue. Ii is possible that
new lines of division may be marked by
the action of Congress or the course OF
the Administration. but at present and
for the pending elections the Republicans
have things their own way.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Reciprocity.
Hrom the Chicago Journal J

CFrom the Chicago Journal)
The results from reciprocity with the
Hawaiian Islands and with Cuba and
Porto Rico, under the provision of the
Mckinley law are also an illustration of
the benefcent effects on the trade be-
tween the countries. Through reciprocity
lies the road to increased prosperity and
the markets of the world.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
The Price of Power.

(From the New York World)
Since the beginning of the war that
carried US into world politics. less than
four years ago the annual cost of our
naval establishment has been multiplied
by three "Sea-power" is Indispensable
to a hand in the game of world politics."
And we cannot play the game without
having for the candle.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Minus a Lobby.

From the Philadelphia Ledger)
There are no indications of a lobby in
the Bankers Congress. Perhaps that is
why il can get through so much business
in so short a time.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Through other Methods.

(From the Nashville Ameriean)
IL Republican party is to be built up
in the South II must be done through 9th
er methods than the dispensing ~of offices
to Democrats.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
Another Infant.

(From the indianapolis News.)
Asphalt deposits have been found I'm
Cuba. Does the fact call for "A tariff to
protect infant industries?
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

The suddenness with which the Russian
serfs were transformed into free men on
March 2, 1861, is indicated by the story
told Of Russian nobleman who happen
ed to be travelling, and having forgotten
the date was awakened at midnight by
his servants, who said they would then
take their leave of him. as they were
free. The gentleman found that he was
left in the middle of forest on a dark
night. The servants CONSIDERABLY, before
they left him. pointed out the direction in
which his route lay. The coachman warn
ed him to he careful Of the horses, as
they did not like being driven in the
forest in the dark. Then. bidding adieu
to his Excellency, his late serfs disap-
peared in the forest. 1t is interesting to
recall that Lincoln was inaugurated Pres
ident ef the United States the day fol-
lowing the emancipation of the serfs of
Russia. SAD s
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

There is a little village in Wales where
the women support the families and where
the men stay at home to do the cooking
and care for the children.
Far from the tumultuous and bewilder-
ing strife OF great cities and vast CEN
tres in a secluded corner of South Penn
brok eshire, unheeded by the world as 1t
is unheedingsof 1t, oyster-breeding, petit
coat-governed Langum lies.
IL is a race apart in its population, in
its laws. In its exclusion of the stranger
and its utter disregard of the world lying
beyond its limits.
When you talk you talk only of its
oysters and OF its womankind. AS the
predominant partner in this sequestered
village man does not exist; has never eX-
isted. From time immemorable this has
been so, and no sign appears to demon
strate that one day the masculine element
will prevail in lieu of the eternal, the all
conquering feminine. Rebellion has never
waved it's red flag here, nor has discon-
tent ever disturbed its universal concord.
1t is the same tale wherever you wan
der, the same tale of woman's supremacy
and of the mans grateful vassalage.
Down on the pebble strewn, rocky
shore flooded at high tide by the tidal
river, it is the women who direct the out
going or incoming boats, the women who
often man" them and go forth to beg
their living Of the sea.
Ascend the hiliy street, with its white
washed cottages and narrow strips OF
gardens illustrative of their owners cul-
tiyatior or neglect of the beautiful and
il Is the woman who regulates the house
hold, assigns to her helpmeet his domestic
tasks and sets MIN Alright in the way he
should go.
Stt awhile in the wayside inns, hear the
local gossip, enquire to whom the house
belongs. who Is the man breaking the
ap th.a III
stands drinking his ''sleever' of old ale
al the bar and you will be told IL is
Anne Palmer's man or Sarah Morgan's
or Rebecca Pruscott's. And prsjudiced
as you may be in your masculine infalli
bIIiiy. you VIII have to admit, however
reluctantly, that the system works well.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

The Sultan of Turkey is extremely fond
of animals. He has large menagerie and
many tame animals in his park. One of
his fayorite sports is ram fighting. He
sometimes permits his love for animals
to interfere with affairs Of state. In 1882
Mr.. Gladstone, then Premier OF Great
Britain, made an important communica-
ton to the Turkish Ambassador at Lon
don on the subject OF Egypt. This was
Immediately Transmitted to CONSTANT
nople, as IL demanded a prompt reply.
The Ambassador waited nervously for
three days without hearing from the Sui
tan. During the night OF the fourth day,
however. he received a cipher message.
Feeling greatly relieved he hastened to
translate it, expecting to find 1t the answer
for which he had waited SO anXiously.
However. II proved to be an order for
some wild sheep which the Sultan wanted
for his park.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

A Russian officer, writing to a military
publication of that country, tells some of
the woes of the service. He says: For
captain to walk about in public is dis
tressing; he has always to be looking
about him. A general is easily noticed,
and there are but few of them, but col
onels and lieutenant colonels are plenti-
full. A captain rests on a seat, but he has
to get up every few minutes to salute
some senior officer. He goes into a res
taurant and sits down to eat, but i'm
mediately he has to lay down his knife
and fork and rise to salute young lieu
tenant colonel who enters If the lieu
tenant colonel sits at a table close to the
captain the latter has to leave his table
and get permission Of the lieutenant col
onel to continue his meal. A colonel en-
ters and the unfortunate captain has
again TO leave his table to ask permission
to continue eating. Junior officers are
also ordered to salute retired staff Off
GERS, who are not always noted for the
correctness of their dress II sometimes
happens that junior officer has 10 salute
gentleman in nankeen trousers, an un-
buttoned coat showing a naked uncov-
cred neck, and who holds in his hand
such an entirely unwarike article as q
basket from which peeps the end of leg
of veal or some vegetables"
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

An ordinance in San Francisco making
1t unlawful for any person to have in his
possession any lottery ticket has been
held by the Supreme Court of California,
in ex parte McClain (66 Pac. Rem. 50, to
be valid as reasonable police regulation.
Against the validity of the ordinance IL
was urged that 1t is unreasonable to
make the mere possession of the lottery
ticket an offence, without reference to
any ultimate intent of the possessor. But
the court said that the answer to the OBJ
lection was that in constituting the ordi-
nance the courts would recognize the rule
that general terms should be so limited
in their application as not to lead to in
justice or oppression Ut an absurd con-
sequence.
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

The almost insane desire to get rich
quickly that has during the last few
years seized on the Japanese people is
sometimes productive of strange conse-
quences. as the following paragraph from
Japanese paper goes to show: "A pierre
ing cry for help in a feminine voice was
heard In the lonely place OF Yanagi-
machi, Koishikana, on Sunday evening
about o'clock. A policeman in a box
thereabout at once ran to the spot, where
he found a man dragging woman by
the hair and beating her mercilessly with
a big stick-conduct which the officer i'm
medately cut short On examination the
woman was found TO be an usurer and
the man a jindikisha man, both living
in the same neighborhood. The usurer
had pressed the man for some repayment
while he was taking some Eefreshment in
the shape of drink. Being greatly Of
Tended at this unwelcome intrusion on
his pleasure. the man committed the vio-
lent assault above mentioned"
The Washington times., 1901-10-19
FOREIGN TOPICS.

IL the light Cure for lupus has not had
a good trial in, London it has not been
.he tauit Of Prof, Niels Finsen, its inven-
'or' or OF the London Hospital, or of
queen Alexandra. Six month"; ago it was
reported that the effort was TO be made
III LONDON to put a limit to the ravages of
tiie "oihsh disease. Doctors diagnosed
IL as sort OF; consumption. which fastens
on the face instead of the lungs, destroy
ing the parts affected. Patients thus af-
ilcted heard with hope and longing the
rumors of a remedy.
A Danish professor began to be named
and Queen Alexandra seized the oppor-
tunity by which her native land confer
req rsd a beneht on the land of her adoption.
The professor was summoned and the
London Hospital was chosen as the place
Tor reducing theory to practice and put
uhs TO test In England the treat
ment already pronounced a success In
Denmark In an outbuilding, with wood
en- walls and skylight. are the chambers
which begoggled patients enter to expose
,he injured part to a battery of artificial
ngns; The Queen herself has visited the
hospltai, and the results of the treatment.
10 Which individual favorable testimony is
already given, will be duly placed before
the medical world in official form.
One of the special correspondents OF
the London Times" who was in China
during the recent disturbances, writes to
that journal to defend the East Indian
troops against the charges of inefticiency
and misconduct made IN Germany and
elsewhere. He declares that, with one
or two exceptions, which were severely
punished, they were absolutely innocent
of the outrages and cruelties which
brought so much discredit upon Western
Christianity. Their personal kindness to-
ward the defenceless Chinese. especially
the women and children, contributed
greatly, he says, to the restoration of
confidence among the natives throughout
the British area of occupation. The only
other troops to which similar praise could
De awarded were the Americans and the
japanese He then adds: ''If the self
restraint OF the Indian troops ever showed
Signs OF giving way, It was not in their
dealings with Chinese. but with some of
their European comrades in arms, whose
arrogance and insulting behavior toward
them was only too well calculated to goad
them into deplorable reprisals. But their
discipline stood even that Sc yere test sue
cessfully, and General Gaselee paid but
a well-merited tribute to them when he
stated that they came out OF a trying sit
uation very well. and behaved extremely
well under circumstances of considerable
provocation.'
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

The word ''riotous" as used in an ordI-
nance providing that every person who
snail act In a noisy. riotous. or disorderiy
manner shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor. Is held by the Supreme Court Of
Washington. in the case OF State VS.. Ken
nan ts6 Pac. Rep, 620), TO be employed in
its popular meaning as wanton and bois-
ferrous. and has no allusion TO the tech
nical crime of riot
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

1t is not reversible error FOR !; court
to refuse to permit a party to- Introduce
evidence of the general good character
of mis- own witnesses, who are Chinese,
where there has been no attempt to i'm
peach their character, holds the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, in the
Fed. Rep, SSS). The court said that "a
court is not at liberty to arbitrarily and
without reason reject or discredit the tes-
timony OF witness upon the ground that
he is Chinaman, an Indian a negro or
a white man. All people without regard
to their race, color. creed. or country,
whether rich or poor, stand equal before
the law
The Washington times., 1901-10-19

If an attorney deals with his client or
with a person opposed to such client IN
respect to the subject platter OF the at
torneys employment, and such attorney
conduct in so dealing is called IN cues.
tion by his employer. the supreme 1ouIt
of Wisconsin IN lhe case II NauasSee vs.
Reid Isl n. ~. Rep, l,2l, holds that the
burden is on such attorney TO SHOW tfat
the transaction was In no way TO the ,os-
advantage of his client, that MS conugct
was onen-snd honest. that he fC.ly in
formed his client of all the facts nateri-
al for him to know. and that he LETT hoth-
ing undone which lie coulj reasnhaoly
tNs,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-02

high blooded rose grows it blooms, and
it's profusion of bloom is in direct ratio
with the rapidity and luxuriance of its
growth. So that this well prepared bed
was itself a guarantee of good roses be-
fore so much as a single rose root had
been planted in it.
The mistres of the garden chose for
her hedge upright growing Hybrid Per-
petuals and Hybrid Teas. These have
stiff, straight growing canes, and are
the only roses suitable for hedges. Tea
roses are too weak stemmed. and Bour-
bon and China Roses too dwarf grow
ing to be available Moreover the Hybrid
Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas are hardy
with slight protection, while the others
are not. A hedge once made of hardy
kinds is good for lifetime, and improves
year by year, If steadily well cared for.
These Hybrid Roses have the largest
and most grandly perfect blooms of any
OF the rose family. Their blossoms have
great substance also, and are particularly
rich in deep rose crimson and blackish-
maroon shades. Their one fault Is that
many of the varieties are perpetual In
name only, blooming but once In the sea-
son. The two dozen rose plants that
went to the making up of this hedge
were carefully chosen one by one from
those sorts that do bloom freely through
out the SGdSOfl-dDu itdhy - nv
lack Of such varieties, particularly among
the new roses. This hedge list embraced
twenty sorts OF roses, one of Kind and
two each Of that Royal White rose.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and OF those
three rich red beauties, General JAG
ouemlnot. Madame Charles Wood and
American Beauty. The fun list embraced
beside these, the following: Margaret
Dickson and Ball Of Snow both pure
white and OF the most perfect shape;
ReIle selbrecht. La France. Mrs. John
I.asnv. Madame ScbvFaller, MADAME
Testout. Paul Neyron, Queen OF Queens
and Madame Mason. each remark
ablv fine flower and each shade OF
due clear pink. Souvenir dc Wotton.
Dinsmore and Meteor, all Of which are
~ dark glowing red shades, incontesta-
blv tbe richest colors found IN roses; IN
addition were Viscountess Folkstone,
g,ossv satiny flesh. Qlolre Lyonaise,
eh.mois-yellow white. unlike any other
rose; Prince Camille de hohan, velvety
rurnllsh-black These odd-colored va
r,nfiea are not al perpetual bloomefH,
but their fars gifts 81 color made "a
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-02

linden Of Neustadt is a remarkable exam
pie. The little village which possesses
this colossal specimen OF vegetation is
situated In the kingdom OF Wurten burg
IN Germany. This linden measures 1873
yards IN circumference, and It's branches
are supported by 106 stone columns. In
the middle OF the sixteenth century. the
Duke OF Wurtemburg had his coat of
arms painted on two Of these pillars. Al
the summit this tree was divided into
two large branches, one OF which was
broken by a storm IA 1915; the one re-
naming to-day measures IS yards In
length.
The most ancient linden trunk perhaps
NJ all Europe a. az Doundorf near Bay
rcuth. iD Bavaria. On a map dated 1880
n Is mentioned AZ q very old linden. "a
yards IA circumference. Some authors
give its age as more than twelve cen-
turiss. To-day there remains Of II but
the bare srunk
June ~. mo there -9s paAntsd 81 Eri-