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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
PLAN FOR A CONSTITUTION.
A Project Privately Considered b,
the Cuban Convention.

HAVAN.- Jan THE project for
constitution as drawn up by commission
Of five delegates was read yesterday at a
private session of the convention. Tho
delegates are very reticsnt as to what
took place at the meeting. II ls UNDER
stood that the constitution submitted Is
very similar to the American Constitution.
The question Of the relations between Cuba
and the United States was also discussed.
Some doubt Is expressed as to the con-
stitution being ready In January, though
the Discussion" still maintains that 1t
Will be ready by the fifteenth. The dele
gates are considering what Is, be done
In the event OF the American Congress not
passing on the constitution at this session.
Senior Rivera says the convention has moth
ing to do with Congress. II is claimed
that an attempt will be made to estab-
fish Government three months after the
constitution is finished. general desire
is felt to have something definitely SET
tied
Nj. J. Dady has published letter. ad-
dressed to the citizens OF Havana saying
that 1t Is seven years since he first came
TO the city to study the conditions Of sew
- ms anu II 1889 NE ODiatned GER
tain right including the right of tanteo.
which he will demand the law to protect
he made his studies at large expense and
did not ask for any award. but only the
contract He employed no s;nfair means
He says that the two soHrses of opposi-
ton to him are the mayor and engineers
department. After two years constlera-
tion Colonel Black made an estimate OF The.
cost of the contract, which was Only n
guess, and which Colonel Black does rot
care to stand by. Mr. nady saws that
Colonel Black wants the work do1a by
the administration regardless OF .he cost
to the city. He will ask that his rights
be passed upon by the legal authorities.
A meeting Of the Republican part; has
been held TO protest agai5st the sentiment
in favor of an american p:otectorate over
the island. L was argued that those who
favored a protectorate cid not represent
the people. an immense majority OF whom
favored independence Ths meeting was
not a large one.
Members of the democratic party say
that the party will leave politics alone and
will try to organize the people who have
land interests in the country in order TO
send a commission to Washington to ask
for reduction In the duties on sugar and
tobacco. A meeting for that purpose will
be held this week. Other bodies besides
the democratic party premise to assist the
movement.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
LIGHT ON THE PHILIPPINES.
A Society Formed to Disseminate
Valuable Information

BOSTON, Jan. 1.-The Secretary of the
| new Philippine Information Society. L.
x. Fuller. says that the society is
| composed almost entirely of expansionists.
though that does not necessarily imply
that they are all imperlalists. or believe
that our Government should have a colo
NAL policy None of the members is
known to go as far in his views as the
! anti imperlalists. and nearly all Of the
members as far as known were Supporters
OF Mckinley at the late election. Since
the election, says Miss Fuller. and espe-
ciaily since the publication of General
MacArthurs report, there has been a feel
ing among these people that there was
more in the Philippine case than had
been put before the public; that perhaps
there was more to be said for the Filipinos
than was generally known and that there
could be no right action in the case until
the facts were learned. This convlction
led to the formation OF the society, as
has been announced by the regular press
dispatches.
1t is the purpose OF the society to re-
main absolutely impartial. to color its
publications on neither side Dut TO put
before the people the unquesttonab facts
az far as they can be learned from urigi-
correspondents in the Philippines who are
trying on the spot, to get information
inaccessible in the United States Mem
bers OF Congress are requested to So
informant ion. and President Mckinley
self has given his approval to the +
II is thus hoped to put the plai
before the people upon the vital
in our relations to the Filipinos.
From the personnel of the society it
evident that there is no connection be
tween the organization and the anti-in-
periaIists, though some of the matter
which the society has given the public is
the same that has been published by the
anti-imperialists. The only pamphlet yet
issued is entitled "Aguinaldo: A Selection
from His Official Documents. together
with the Authorized Accounts of the Al
legged Spanish Bride 4" This Is num-
bcred in the first series. No. l relates
to Jose Rial. the Filipino patriot. and
gives an account of the insurgent move
ment of 1896. Since it has not been pcssi-
BILE to get the desired information
promptly, the second number was issued
first and the first will come later
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
FOR MUNICIPAL WELFARE.
The Citizens of st. Louis Form n Per-
mnnent Organization.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 1.-The Non-Par-
tisan Public Welfare Commission. which
aims TO secure for St. Louis in the next
two years the general renovation and i'm
provement which the Worlds Fair of 1903
renders imperative has effected a perma-
nent organization by choosing o. L.
Whitelaw as president and H. L. Christie
as secretary. with an executive committee
representing all the city's civic and COM
mere. associations. The movement of
which this commission is the outcome was
started by the St. Louis Daily Newspa-
pers' Association about three weeks ago,
and was necessitated by n partial suspen-
sien of street cleaning, sewer extension.
and other urgent public works, through
the virtual exhaustion of the city's reve-
nues
This condition of things is chiefly trace
able to Missouri's State Constabulary law
(the partisan police act of 1889 which ap
plies to St Louis alone). By the opera
tion of this act the police force has been
increased, and the cost of the police de-
partment swelled from S953.000 in the
fiscal year 1899 before the new law went
into effect, to 81 $50, 900 this year. The
latter figure is a third of the annual reve-
nue. of st. Louis. AS the limit of taxa
ton under the present charter OF the city
and constitution Of the State has practi
cally been reached. the purpose of the
Public Welfare Commission is to secure
such changes of the charter as will give
immediate relief, and to get constitu-
tional convention to frame a new organic
law fer the State. The existing one was
adopted in 1875. A new constitution can
be gained quicker than the present enc
can be amended and. in view of the pro-
- - Eafr
and a third hence. the greatest possible
speed is imperative.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
The I~thmian Canal Question.

With the reassembling of Congress it is
| evident that the canal question will be-
| come burning issue. The Panama lobby
! has not been idle during the Christmas
holidays. 1t has fully realized the adgan-
tage of having great financial resources TO
| draw upon, in opposing rival project the
chances of which depend entirely upon
patriotic sentiment, and the obvious su-
| periority of the Nicaragua route. especially
as it would be under American ownership
and control, to the old de Lesseps ditch
in which four hundred million dollars has
| already been sunk.
The President of the Panama Canal
Company, NJ Eutin. is back in Wash
| ington. His presence here is no doubt So
casioned by his proper desire to save the
interest OF the French shareholders in the
corporation from destruction. But it may
! be suspected that he is also acting as a
screen for the London and New York COM
| binatioH which is jockeying with the Pan
ANA proposition in order to effect a
| great stoek-jobbing deal. Mr.. Hutin
| affects indifference as to whether the Uni
| ted States lifts the de Lesseps load from
| the shoulders of that promoters victims
| or not He claims TO be satisfied that. in
case America undertakes the construc-
| tion of an American Nicaragua Canal. the
Governments of England, Germany, and
France Will promptly step into the breach
or rather, the dtch-and guarantee the
money necessary to complete the Panama
waterway.
II is barely possible that NJ. Hutin is
right in this belief, but we do not see
any reason in it to forego the demand of
the country for an exclusive American
canal. When the Governments al
luded TO come to examine into the prac-
| teal features of the Panama problem, we
do lot fancy that its solution will strike
them as a profitable undertaking Grant
that the de Lesseps ditch could be finished
for one hundred million dollars That sum,
added 10 what already has been squandered.
would saddle the canal with a fixed charge
OF five hundred millions, which if suscep-
db!e of capitalization at all. would hardly
be so at less than five per cent, allowing
for liberal sinking fund which investors
would be certain to insist upon in the pre-
carious circumstances. But. for the sake
Of argument, let it be supposed that the
enterprise, when ready for business. could
be financed at four per cent. As between
the Nicaragua Canal. the fixed charges OF
which could be carried by the United States
Government al two per cent, there would
be difference in the amount of revenue
annually devoted to interest which would
handicap the French concern seriously. and
very likely fatally. We want the Ameri-
can Nicaragua Canal, and we shall have it,
barring treachery and corruption. II other
powers or peoples want the other project,
and are willing to take the risk of its
collapse on the occurrence OF the first trop-
zeal storm in its vicinity. there does not
appear to be any just reason why they
should not have it, and be blest to them,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
GUARDING THE TELEGRAPH.
General Pinto's Scheme to Prevent
Indians From TanperinS.


When the electric telegraph was first in
troduced into Chill strategem was re-
sorted to in order to guard the posts and
wires against damage on the part of the
natives, and to maintain the connection
between the strongholds ON the frontier.
There were at the time between forty and
fifty captive Indians in the Gillian camp,
General PintO-in command of the opera
ticns-called them together, and, pointing
to the telegraph wires. said:
do you see those wires?'
Yes general"
II want you to remember not to go near
or touch them, for if you do your hands
will b. held and you will be unable to get
away"
The Indians smiled incredulously. Then
the ger eral made them each in succession
take hold Of the wire at both ends Of an
electric battery in full operation. after
which he exclaimed
Il can't; my hands are benumbed,'
cried each Indian.
The battery was then stopped. Not
long after the general restored them to
liberty, giving them strict Instructions to
keep the secret This had the desired eff
feet. for. as might be expected. the expe-
rience was related in the strictest conf
dence TO every man in the tribe. and the
telegraph has ever since remained I'M
rnolostcG.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
ROOSEVELT AND TIE BENCH.
His statemen: Regarding His Recent
Judiciary appointments.

ALBANY. jar. while waiting for the
beginning OF the inaugurati.c ceremonies.
Governor Roosevelt received the news
paper men today for the last OF what he
has termed the walks in the academy"
He refused to say anything concerning his
career in Albany except that he had had
bully good tina" during the last two
years, and that he would leave Albany
feeling like bull moose" When pressed
10 say something OF his term as Govern
or he referred to a complimentary speech
made by Chief Justice Parker at a ban
quet last night, in which Justice Parker
said that Roosevelt had striyen to Keep
the standard of the bench at its highest
during his term as Governor. Il consulted
Justice Parker more than any other man in
reference to any judiciary appointments"
tie Governor added LAS for my career
in the executive chamber. | prefer to say
nothing. 1t speaks for itself"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

If it be really true that the President
extended hearty handshake to each one
of the citizens in the pump line yester-
day. that hearty hand ought to resemble
boiled Westphalia ham more than any
thing else this morning. 1t is a ri1ieu-
lous custom and a cruel one to the chief
victim; and it ought to be abolished.
George Washington was in the habit CT
evading such infections by holding his
hat in one hand and resting the other on
his sword hilt In this way neither was
available for the pumping process which
assuredly would have brought water from
the great mans eyes, and words of blank
ness from his lips.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

Has John BuEyan's family died out2 ( CORE
spondent sends Us 4 cutting from Lincolnshire
paper. advertising a sale today by the direction
Of the late Robert Bunyans trustees Of certain
Lincolnshire properties. Our correspondent, who
has cut out This advertisement, says: perhaps
YOU may think Il worth 4 note as marking the
disappearance al great name The Robert
Bunyan unIcr whose will the sale takes place
vas | think. the last descendant OF John Bunyan
To bear his name. and think the sale takes place
on account Of his daughters dclth-a Mrs T. II.
EeyWorth-wlo died lately at Lincoln. aged
about ninct"-cight"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
Dealing With the Peopie.


We think It may be safely assumed that the
Administration docs not take the people into con-
siGfr4tion ~ To any OF It's policies, colonial or
otherwise Having personally precipitIted the
troubles with the Filipinos, without the advice or
consent % tic representatives OF the people
which il to say, Congress-it is evidently Mr.
Mckinley purpose 10 conduct the affair ac-
ccrdiI,g to HE own personal views. Dealing hon
osty with the people is one Of the least of tae
Presidents intentions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

One of the most satisfactory evidences
possible that the rich men of the coun-
try are thoroughly bent upon crushing cut
our most recent infant industry is seen
in the alacrity with which they are swell
ing the Cudahy reward fund in Omaha.
At the present rate it Will amount to one
hundred thousand dollars in day or two.
And then how detective and reportorial
mouths will water. Ali thoughts of holt
day turkey will be forgotten in the mad
desire for Grove
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

The other day newlyappointed warden was
taken by the prison chaplain into the ehanel
where the prisoners assembled in nod,
1hn Chaplain presented him to the company with
the remark thar he would say n few words The
vsrtlca was, a hashfui man and unaccus- omod to
spcoch-'EIlipg. He stnnmeroG suffered blush
81 and faitorcd: Ladies and-er-no-no-gen
tlc-t..at =. End ie.low-p risoneTs-er-I can't
make a speech. don't know how to make
speech. In :act, all-er-all I can say
is-or-that I'm very glad INDEED to see so many
Of YOU hercr'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
War LeaisIation.
lrEor the rhilade!phla Reeeeao

FTom the PhiIadc.phla KctcfI.l
Elaborate plans Tor militia reorganization and
tho formation of an adequate Ea-oi reserve have
been formulated by the military anu rIvul
thoritics and will be pressed upon the atten-
ton OF Congress after the holiday recess. There
is hut scant probability that either tho liIi Of
the National Guard Association or the Naval Re-
serve hill viii be seriously considered this win
ter But the measures will be introduced ard
placed on the calendar, and the nest Congress
will be mquestionabiy called upon TO sanction
this desired legislation. Not only is war 90 be
prepared for in time OF peace, but The ertiro
nation is TO be made to feel what means
under the pressure OF a permanent military syS-
TEN. The strenuous cspansionists have their iu-
ming. and it is likely to prove long one.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
A Chance TO Achieve Fame.


It will be interesting TO see whether Mr. Hanna
who is impatient OF the restrictions imposed
by the rules Of the Senate will have the temcrity
when Congress reassembles to propose cloturt
with tire demolition of senatorial courtesy
which it will involve. 1t will be more interest
ing to see whether he can carry his point i
he does propose it. If he can break down thu
traditions of the Scnate-traditions which are
mostly obstructive and annoying-he will, in
deed be bigger man than most people take
him TO be. 1t may be added that if he sue
cectis in his effort he viii do a public service
which Wall Offset good many of his political
sins.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
The Mamma Policy.


(FrOm the Chicago Tribune.)
They cannot fight, but they can beat Euro
peans or Americans in the art Of procrastina-
ton From this time forth they will be on ia
millar ground. The Chinese policy is to pretend
to favor a reform but never TO get around to it.
The Manchu dynasty has never granted single
concession of any kind to foreigners except under
stress of military force. So long as this is alb
sent the Chinaman is more than match for
Europeans by virtue Of his smooth diplomatic
methods Of dela..
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

II 'T7TI w 1'.'7I711T77 '-7111-J
In their reviews of the past year and past
century the English editors find nothing TO praise
while their anticipatons for the twentieth cen
tury are blue as indigo. Everything is going
wrong The South African is bUngle. China
Is being lost TO British traders, the army needs
ogerhaling the navy is too weak. banks fail
ing, tho Government borrows money at an OK
ccssiyc rate, taxes are higher. Germans and Amer
icans arc getting away with British markets,
Briti.h Industry is declining. mechanical inycn-
tion Is torpid. the Queen is getting older-noth-
iEg Is satiaiactory.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

ttFoul ue National MaSaZine.l
n the Bchrilg Straits Russia and America
shake hands. Big Diofuede Island and Little Do
mede stand side by side, the former Russias out
most the other our own. \ little strip Of
narrow sea lies between the two. and so Gear
is the air on = fair day that it seems as IL
from one island yo;! could csily reach across
hand to the other North across Kotzehuc Sound
Is Pont hope, II barren sand spit, extending far
into the Arctic SEA It is the homo Of tribe
of E=kimos. who sc TO the mission school
and church ard learn 20 sing HYMNS, to speak a
lit5.c Enslish and TO soap.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
Miles and AIger.

(Fron the Philadelphia North American)
General Miles has untarnished military record
covering nearly forty years. He never was ac-
cusod OF leaving his post without permission on
the eve Of battle; his superior officers rec
commended that he be dismissed for coWardice; he
never pretended n be hurt TO avoid danger on
The field and he never has been charged with
using his official power to enable his friends
and family TO make money at the expense of the
health and lives OF American soldiers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

over, there is no particularly valuable
discipline in being obliged to eat large
bowl of pork and molasses. \ man is net
better Indian fighter for having under
gone that and similar ordeals. If anybody
contends that he is 1t would be interest
ing TO hear the reasons
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

Nr0ui thc PmIadeIphla LehgeT-)
II Is altogether probable that the little mos
quito Acct which has Just sailed for the Philip
pines, By way OF the Suez Canal will make
the voyage in safety. The vessels are small only
5y comparison with the monsters of today The
old nayigatOrs who first sailed around the world
ard fought their enemies in all the seven seas
would have thought themselves extremely well
equipped with ships like these.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

II there is substantial truth in the story
that whole bed of diamonds has been
found in the volcanic hills of Otero
County. New Mexico. it may be possible
that somebody in this country is destined
to blossom into a Cecil Rhodes and try to
steal the Territory.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

Atnoon yesterday the redoubtable Roose-
Welt ceased to be Governor of New York.
He is now a private person and out on
parole preparing for the silent shelf upon
which he is to be offered up on the Fourth
of March. He will spend the time Of his
short respite in shooting mountain lions,
if he can find any, and in according inter-
views to reporters-whom he can always
find
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
A New Year Compliment

To the Editor OF The Times:
May ;oIr worst day in the coming century ia
sr n than Your beet day in the past century,
JAMES SELDOM CoWE0N.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02
Ready to Compromise.
(Fron. the Chicago Times. Heraldl

(From the Chicago Times. HeTald)
She--papa. have just met such a lovely duke.
The Old Man-Uml Go and ask him ii he
thinks his creditors win settle for 60 cents on
the dollar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

(Fron; the ID,

Proiessor-They say tina
than men. hut I do not be,
New Woman (hotly)-Tha;
yom men. You never want u
lead in anything.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

The individual unions engaged in the
building trades are now making their own
agreements with the contractors and are
resum;ng work. The withdrawal last week
from the Building Trades Council of the
Hod Carriers Union, numbering about
1000 men, marks the end of the strike.
Not one Of the questions for which the
strike was precipitated has been settled
by the council
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-02

Fifty-eight thousand workingmen at
an average wage OF 50 per day,
twenty days work per month for
fifteen months. ...................... So, u
Loss to contractors in PROFITS. 800
Loss to real estate. merchants. etc. 5O.OC
The value of the amount of building
operations suspended during the
year 1900 is placed at..-........... 1919
The amount Of building in progress at
the present time is valued at.... $40
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
PARDON FOR RANEY MILLS.
Remarkable Case of an Afro.Ame ic III
q Woman Whose Busabnd Was Lynched.

Remarkable Case of an Afro.Ame ic RI
Il Woman Whose Busabnd Was Lynched.
Raleigh, N c., May Gov Aycock
today pardoned Raney Mills, a young
woman of Rutherford county, who has
a baby eight months old. Her hus-
band, Avery Mills, killed white man
named Flack last year and was quickly
1ynched. The woman narrowly es-
capped iynching also.
Judge Robinson urged her pardon.
He says in a letter to the governor that
after her husband had been shot and
while he was being beaten on the head
quest, a pistol with which he killed
Flack, who, the judge says, was the
aggressor. She and her husband were
on their way to Jail when he was
lynched. She was a witness before the
grand jury against the lynchers, but
the grand jury ignored the bill as to
the lynchers and found bill against
her for murder in the first degree
Judge Shaw thereupon issued bench
warrants against the men whom she
identified as the lynchers Some of
them fled, and the warrants are yet UNI
executed, although at this term of court
the solicitor sent in another bill against
them, which the grand jury again ig-
nored. Judge Shaw removed the case
against her to Cleveland county, where
Judge Robinson tried it. The jury
found her guilty of murder in the sec
sond degree. Judge Robinson said he
would set the verdict aside, but he de
cided to sentence her for the minimum
term and then, for the first time while
he was judge, ask for a pardon.