The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

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Under Brisf Review \ /
Gen. Frank D. Baldwin is the latest
,proinihent military man to get Into trouble
by the. too free Use Of his tongue. The 5re5
port comes from washington that he will
be called Upon TO furnish an xplanation
OF some remarks he recently made Ia
Denver, which remarks got In the news.
papers as Usual. He Is quoted as saying
that one Of his reasons for liking the Fili4
pino rs d soldier was the same that gave A
him n preference FOR the negro In the
Same apacity--that I'm q fight am not
worrying about his safety, as 1t does not
make any difference whether he gets
that Gen. Baldwin added. '~1'here IL r,oth-
ing moro to til II a person owned thor-
ottE hired or full blooded dog and also
ctr, Is It but natural that he would prefer
to have tho cur killed before the other %
81 Gen. baldwin did some very fine work
IN Mindhnao during the Moros outbreak
there and thus attracted the favorable
him from Colonel to tho rank OF Bryce
dior-G General md rocentlyhe was assi gned
to the command Of tho depat tmor1t OF
Colorado. He had scarcely rcnched his
post ut Denver when no was alleged to
have uttered tho words quoted above.
words that will surely g1ve him trouble 4
from the present administrati ton, Il. 4; n NJ
Nd Stock spectators and others interested
In great railway schemes were not SUR
pT1sod last week to learn that the merging
OF the st. Louis and Ban Francisco rail-
road into the Rock Island system, which
was projected Home time ago Ind been
abandoned. This Ia reputed to i BIO duo
to the decision. in the Northern securities
case, and sd oh maybe tho case, though II H
Is to DO observed that that decision relates
to the combination OF parallel or CONE
peting roads, while tho St Louis ana San
Francisco stands In no such relation with
tho Rock Island. However the abandon
ment OF tho schome to form this combt
nation goes to show that the recent de.a
cisIon Is regarded BY railway magnates
as boing even more far-reachlng than at
first supposed and also that they are at
sea as to what may happen in this work
of trust bursting. Ii X y Il
Some very interesting statistics pub.
lished In the news columns Of one OF the
New York papers Of the past week show
that there are employed IN the city OF
New York In musical plays OF ono kind
and another. good bad and Indifferent,
between 1900 and 1900 women in the
chorus. The salaries rnnge all the way
from a few as high ns $50 down to $40
per week Tai king, g. mean average OF $20 4
a week for the chorus girl 1t will be soen Il
that no less than $4,000 is paid out every
week In ohorus-g girl salaries alone In q
season OF 30 weeks the expenditures In
salaries for chorus girls would amount to
no less than s720.000 This Is merely an
es tmnte for some ten companies playing
In New York, but when It is remembered 4
that at prtIent Chicago has prota bly,
half that number OF musical plays on view
and that scattered throughout tho country
there are iirnumerable companies playing
musical pieces. each and every OF which
must have It's chorus, It may readily bs
inferred that the expenditure for this sort
OF material is something enormous.
To-day the people OF Hartford. Conn.
Will hold Memorial services to Dr.. Horace
Wells, whom, 1t is claimed by them was
the disooyerer OF sulphuric ether as m
anaesthetic, Il Tho announcement Just a
week ago has revived IN New England the
that discovery. The Springfield Republi-
can comes to tho rescue OF q former citi-3l
zen OF Its town and declares that one sDr,
jackson got all the glory in this country
and In Europe for the discovery. This S
statement brings out the Boston Herald 4
which says: Dr.. ia ckson didn' { get the
glory in this country and Europe. and he y
didn't deseryesit It belongs to DR.. w. 7.
a. Morton, " and the best authorities on \
both continents say so. }EyS sa
Our Information on tho subject gives the X
glory to DR.. Wells and many a poor suf-
forer has praised him for these many
years. $ VI $E
"A full review OF the first eleven months 4
OF self government In Cuba has been pub
lshed in tho New York Sun. II Is by ono
OF Its best OF the Suns observers ana
writors and can be relied upon. According
to this review nearly year has passed
ana all the testimony shows permanent
and peaceful self government for the
once unhappy island OF Cuba. sY551 It fully 4
corroborates in detail tho statements from
other sources that In the words Of ono,
the people "scem to have developed O &
real genius for self goyernmen t. Pres y
zidcnt Palma's admiLstratio Is dlgntfied
and respected, There has been no dts y
turbance. and the SUMS correspondent de- Il
clares that any armed revolution Is quite x
s improbable az 1t Is In any State OF tho &
American Union" The financial results
are even better than those OF American
occupation. General Woods administra-
tlon reduced the surplus 81 100 600. Pres
idcnt Palmn's In much less time has IN II
CT eased 1t over 81, 500, 900.
Tho present state OF Cuba Is one result 4,
OF the Spanish American war which tho
United States can view with unalloyed
satisfaction. 4 81
We do not attach a great amount OF
value to predictions as a general rule but
Mr.. John w. Bookwa.lter, mn Ohio millions &
aire and an earnest student Of our tons
al development has written an article thatS5
makes such pleasing prophecies ana one
that is SO much in accord with our own
opinion that we are constrained to at least
offer q prayer that It may provo true, lie
SAYS that the next few years VIII reveal