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Editor and Proprietor.
Governor-General Wood, of Cuba,
declares that mosquitoes spread yellow
fever, their stings carrying the
scourge. The mosquito has already
been convicted of spreading the germs
of malaria. This new indictment calls
for some effective method to destroy
the whole mosquito family.
The coining of an expressive and
ingenious catch phrase is an art that
American advertisers soetn disposed to
appropriate to themselves. Our Eng
lisb cousins, however, are genius
the race, and one which is likely to
become popular is being used by a
tilasgow advertiser. The word is
"slumberwear," which seems an irn*
provement on "night wear."
A Southern journal thinks the time
has arrived when the newspaper editors
of the country should assemble in
convention and decide upon whom the
title of -Honorable" shall be bestowed.
For Itself, it would wige it
to Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Cabinet
officers, Governors of States, members
of Congress. Federal Judges and
Judges of the Supreme Courts of
States, and bar it to members of
County Courts. Grand Jurors and
DeDUtv Coroners.
Apropos or some of the English
Judges discarding their wigs in court
rinrinp the hot weather of the past
summer, and of the English soldier
discarding his theoretical for practical
methods of warfare, the Canadian
Law Jonrnal says: "But anything is
possible when British soldiers are allowed
to go into battle, not shoulder
to shoulder, as of yore, and as a great
red target for the enemy, but as individual
sharpshooters, clothed in dustcolored
khaki, with the privilege of
exercising such commen sense as has
not been drilled out of them. We
have, therefore, every reason to hope,
if the hot weather and the war last
long enough, that it may dawn upon
the average Englishman that he does
not know everything, and that it is
possible and desirable for him to
learn something from other people."
Worried into what a Frenchman has
declared to be a new disease peculiar
to American women, and which he
calls "servantgalism," the mothers of
a number of families at Portage, Wisconsin,
have established a system ot,
co-operative dining. The women first
formed a club and rented a vacant
building near the business part of the
town, to the furnishing of which each
member contributed a share. Then
a manager was engaged to Hire the
help, do all tlie buying and see that
the plans of the club were carried out.
The families of the members take all
their meals at the club, plain food being
served. The meals cost an average
of ten cents each for each person?sixty
cents being about the cost
of food for a family of half a dozen
persons. The members assert that
they are wholly pleased with the enterprise.
Thirty years ago an attempt was
made to introduce petroleum as a fuel,
especially iu iron and steel mills; but
there was ditticulty iu getting the
proper furnace. Now it is announced
that the Russians have abandoned the
effort to atomize the oil by a steam
jet, having produced a perfect eotubustive
system iu which the oil is
vaporized by hot water under pressure.
As a consequence of this improvement
the use of liquid fuel in Russia has
enormously increased, over seven
million tons of petroleum products
having been used last year to generate
power. Steamship companies iu Asiatic
waters have equipped their ships
for the consumption of liquid fuel, and
have established supply stations between
Suez and Yokohama to which
the oil is carried by freighters with
a capacity of 3000 gallons each. Sev>
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eral European naval vessels have been
fitted with furnaces for od, which
juany regard as the fuel of the futuie
PRESIDENT M'K
He Addresses The Unior
Philade
FIRST SPEECH SINCE ELECTION
The False Doctrine of Class Legislation
Has No Place in This Country?
What the Result Signifies.
Philadelphia, Special.-President McKinley
was Saturday night the guest
of honor at the "Founders' Day" banquet
of the Union League, one of the
oldest and most influential Republican
organizations in the country. In addition
to Mr. McKinley there was present
Theodore Roosevelt, the members
of the cabinet, with the exception of
Secretary of War Root, who is in
Cuba, and Senator's Lodge -and Wolcott.
Raw. cloudy weather greeted
the President on his arrival, but these
inclement conditions did not dampen
the ardor of a patriotic public, which
turned cut in force to greet the re- 1
ejected chief executive.
President McKinley's reception was
most enthusiastic and much importance
was attached to his address, as it
was his firet public utterance since
his recent victory. The President's
time was fully occupied from his arrival
until his departure, late at night.
After driving through several of the '
principal streets in the centre of the !
city he was entertained at the resi- |
dence of E. T. Statesbury, a prominent :
financier of this city. Following this
Mr. McKinley was escorted to the i
Union League, where he held an in- '
formal reception and sat at the ban- j
queting board. At the conclusion of
the dinner the President held a reception,
when the members of the Union
League individually paid their respects
to him. At midnight the President
left for Washington. Numerous
speeches were made during the even- ;
onil tVinco c.o/?rwnH in imnnrtanre to I
that of the President were delivered I
by Governor Roosevelt and Senators
Lodge and Wolcott. President McKinley
said:
"Gentlemen of the Union League:
An after-dinner speech is to me always
a difficult performance: an after-election
speech after a dinner is still a
more difficult task, and I shall do little
more than make acknowledgment
to this association for its unceasing
loyalty to the government; for the
earnest support it has given to the
present adml.istration during the try- i
ing year? throogh which it has passed
and express my sincere thanks for the
great honor this meeting and demonstration
bring to me. which should be
shared by my distinguished associate
on the national ticket the Vice Presldent-elect
as well as by those connected
with me in the conduct of pub- <
lie affairs.
"We are always in danger of exag- j
geration on an occasion of exultation '
over a political victory, and while the
result is mainly due to the efforts of
our splendid party, there is sometimes
a tendency to give too little credit to
other forces which, silent though they
have been, are none the le?s potential.
We must not withhold generous acknowledgment
from that great body
of our citizens who, belonging to an
other party, powerfully assisted in the
achievement of the result which you
celebrate to-night; nor from that oth.
er large body, former members of oui
own party who, with honesty of purpose,
separated from us a few years
ago on financial issues, have now returned
and are home again to stay.
Nor is any accounting for the victory
either just or accurate which leaves
out the almost unbroken column of labor
engagd in mechanics and agriculture
which rejected the false doctrine
of class distinction as having no
pluce in this republic and which reAccused
of Bribery.
Jackson. Miss., Special ?A man
claiming to be J. E. Gibson, a building
contractor from Logansport. Ind., has '
been taken into custody here on a
A Prti'Artl AT T /\n c
warrant swum uut u.? ^u.n
ino. to the effect that Gibson had attempted.
bv bribery, to secure his
influence to receive the contracts for
the new million dollar State house,
which will be let December 10.
Germany May Get Curacoa.
Washington. D. C., Special.?Officials
familiar with South American affairs
state that attention is again be- i
ing given in Venezuela to the project ;
of the transfer of the island of Curacoa,
belonging to Dutch Guiana, and
lying off the coast of Venezuela to
Germany. The island came into no- j;
tice during the Spanish-American war i
as it was the point chosen by Admiral i
Cervera for making a stop when his (
squadron was en route to Santiago. It
is understood that the acquisition has
been discussed from time to time in ]
Germany, meeting with considerable
favor, it being considered a transfer , 1
which could be made by cession from : ]
one European government to another. .
INLEY SPEAKS
1 League In The City of!
:lphia. ;
i
buked those teachings which would ,
destroy the faitV of American manhood
in American character and
American institutions. The business 1
men in every part of the country, typified
by this great organization, were i
a mighty factor in the recent contest.
And may we not also ascribe much 1:0 ,
the influence of the home with its ,
affi'iations? In any previous election
was it greater, or did the counsels of
the fireside determine more largely the
\o:e of the electors?
"Nothing in government can be 1
more impressive than a national elec- ,
tion where the people delegate their
power and invest their constitutional
agents with authority to execute their
behests. The very character of the
transaction clothes it with solemnity.
It is serious business. Its issues are
aiways momentous* What a lesson in
self-government it teaches?sixteen
million voters on the same day,
throughout every section of the United
States, depositing their mandate and
recording their will. Done by the people
in their communities in the very
precincts of the home, under the supervision
of their own fellow-citizens
and choien officials, and, to insure its
freedom and independence, the ballot
a secret one. God forbid that any citizen
selected for that sacred trust
should ever attempt to divert the will
of the sovereign people or tamper
with the sanctity of their ballots.
"?ome disappointments follow all
elections: but all men rejoice whinan
election is so decisive els to admit of
neither dispute nor contest. The value
of a national victory can only be
rightly measured and appreciated by
what it averts as well as by what it
accomplishes. It is fortunate for the
party in power if it understands the
true meaning of the result. Those
charged by the people with adminlsration
and legislation are required to
interpret as well as to execute the
public will and its rightful interpretation
is essential to its faithful execution.
We cannot overestimate the
great importance and the far-reaching
consequences of the electoral contest
which ended on the 6th of November,
it has to me no personal phase, it is
not the triumph of an individual, nor
altogether of a party, but an emphatic
declaration of the people of what they
believe and would have maintained in
government. A great variety of subjects
was presented and discussed in
the progress of the campaign. We
may differ as to "he extent of the influence
of several issues involved, but
we are all agreed as to certain things
which it settled. It records the un*
* a ' - m ? ? ? * *1* a rrs\]A
questioned enaorseinuui 01 mc bu>u
standard, industrial importance,
broader markets, commercial expansion.
reciprocal trade, the open door
in China, the inviolability ot public
faith, the independence and authority
of the judiciary and beneficent government
under American sovereignty (
in the Philippines. American credit
remains unimpaired, the American
name unimpeached. the honor of
American arms unsullied, and the obligations
of a righteous war and
treaty of peace unrepudiated.
'The Republican party has placed
upon it tremendous responsibilities.
No party could ask for. a higher expression
of confidence. It is a great
thing to have this confidence; it will
be a greater thing to deserve and hold
it. To this party are committed new ,
and grave problems. They are too j
exalted for partisanship. The task ol
settlement is for the whole American
people. Who will say they are unequal
to it?
"Liberty has not lost but gained in
strength. The structure cf the fath
ers stands secure upon tne foundations
on which they raised it and is
to-day as it has been in the years
past and as it will be in the years to
come the government of the people, by
the people, and for the people. Be not
disturbed; there is no danger from
empire; there is no fear for the republic."
The Pel Ho Frozen Over.
Tien Tsin, (via Shanghai.) By Cable.
?Transportation by boat to Pekin
ceased Sunday owing to ice in the 1
river, and in future, until the -aiiroad 1
shall have been comp'eted, the only '
method of transportation will be by I
wagon train which occupies three days
in making me journey, n 13 annoum:eu j
that the railway will be ready for ,
operation by Christmas.
Killed By a Trolley Car.
Chester, Pa.. Special.?Dorothy, the
four-year-old daughter of Charles .
Wescotte of Rutledge, was run over >
and killed by a trolley car on the
Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore 1
trolley line Saturday night. Tte child 1
and her little brother were crossing J
the tracks at Linden avenue, near .
their home. The motorman saved ]
the lad's life by the most heroic effort., j
With the car running, he reached out 1
and pulled the boy from the track. 1
The children had holu of each other's J
hands, but released their hold as the ,
motorman caught hold of the boy. The f
girl was horribly mangled f
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CIGARETTE LECISION.^
St/preme Court of United States Su4?
tains Tennessee Law.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Thi
United States supreme court has reniered
an opinion in the case of Wm. B.
Huston vs. the State of Tennessee, inrolvingvthe
question as to the recognition
to which cigarettes are entitled
inder the law. The case originated in
the State of Tennessee, and it called
Luiu question tue Yauuuy ul iuc ownr*;
law regulating the sfcle of this article
of commerce, on the ground that it was
an infringement of the right of Congress
to regulate interstate commerce.
The Tennessee supreme court upheld
the law and the decision sustained
that verdict, though not without dl;ap
proval of some of the positions taken
and then upon a very narrow margin,
four out of nine members joining in a
dissenting opinion and another membei
of the court (Justice White) placing
his assent upon grounds different from
thoie announced by Justice Brown,
who handed down the opinion. The
case grew out of the importation oi
cigarettes into Tennessee from North
Carolina. They were taken into the
State in ordinary eized cigarette packages,
about two by four inches, and
these packages were loosely thrown
into baskets which were uncovered.
The claim was made that the.se cigarette
packages were what is known to
the law as original packages, but with
out clearly defining an original package,
the court held that it was clear
that such packages could not be so regarded.
Justice Brown, in passing upon
the case, said that the package?
were obviously made up with a v4ew oj
evading the law, and as he spoke he
held one of the little cigarette cases up
to the view of his auditors. On this
point the decision of the State court
to the efTect that the packages were
not original, was fully confirmed.
On another phase of the case, the
State court was not so fully endorsed.
The Tennessee court h3d held that cigarettes
are not an article of commerce
With this view Justice Brown took issue,
and he delivered quite a dissertation
upon the subject. Whatever is an
object of barter and sale is, he aaid, an
article of commerce, and must be gc
recognized. Tobacco had been such an
article for 400 years. It had been the
snbject of taxation and indeed had become
more widely scattered than anj
other vegetable. Probably, he added,
no other vegetable has contributed so
mtir.Vi fA flfA oAmf/vrt nnH coIapa t/> th*
human race. This being the case It wai
entirely beyond bounds to say that tobacco
was not an article commerce
He then took notice of the claim thai
cigarettes are an especially harmful
form of tobacco, and while he conceded
that this might be the case, he remarked
that this claim was of comparativelj
recent origin. Still he held that cigarettes
are as much a subject of Statt
regulation as Is liquor, and he furthei
held that while no State law could prohibit
importation in original packages
It was entirely competent for a legisla.
ture to regulate the sale, because of the
original belief in the deleterious effeel
of the article. There was a dissenting
opinion of Justice Shlras, in which thf
Chief Justice and Justices Brewer and
Peckham joined. They based their dissent
upon the theory that Congress hat
exclusive control of interstate commeree.
A Big Steal.
Cincinnati, Special.?"United State*
Bank Examiner Tucker recently took
possession of the German National
Bank, at Newport, Ky.t and posted 3
notice that the bank would remain
closed pending: an examination. Examiner
Tucker also announced, unofficially,
that Frank M. Brown, the individual
bookkeeper and assistant cashier,
was missing, and that a partial investigation
showed that Brown was short
about 1192,000. Brown had been with
the bank eighteen years, was one of the
most trusted men ever connected with
this old bank, and It is stated by the
experts mat nis operatiuus caucuucw
back as far as ten years. The capital
stock of the bank Is only $100,000.
Brown's shortage Is double that amaunt
and more than the reserve anJ
ill the assets including their real ' ?
Late.
To Tax American Flour.
Tacoma, Wash., Special.?The Russian
government will on January 1 put
on a duty of 80 cents a barrel on flour
for Siberia. The objec. is to monopolize
the rapidly growing trade foi the
Black Se\ millers. It will be a hard
blow to the Pacific coast millers, who
bave been building up a big trade
Lhrough Viadivostock with Siberia.
Cuban Civilization.
Santiago de Cuba, By Cable.?Secre:ary
Root, responding to a toast to his
lealth at a banquet here, said in part:
*1 am visiting Cuba as the represeniaJve
of President McKinley for the
?unpose of making a personal investigation
of the condition of its inhabi:ants,
'particularly with reference to
:heir ability to govern themselves,
sYom newspaper reports I had come to
jnagine that the Cubans were only
jartially civilized, and I am agreeably
?urprised to find an enlightened people.
I desire to renew assurances of
:he good faith of the United States
government, which will fulfill it$!
jromisee and I expect soon to see a
ree, self-governing republc in Cuba." I
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WANT LARGE ARMY.
Military Committee Will RecoomeoQ
Enlisting 100,000 Mea
FOR SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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Chairman Hull Calls a Meeting of the
House Committee on Military Af?
fairs to Consider the Army E11J.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Chairman
Hull, of the house committee on
military affairs,, called a meeting of
the committee for next Tuesday. Ho
hopes that a quorum will be present
and that the committee can go to
work immediately on the outlines of a
new army bill.
"It will be in the direction of econ-"*
omy to pass the army bill without
delay," said Mr. Hu?l. "The army
now in the Philippines will have to
be brought home in the summer, that '
is those of the men who do not care
to reenlist. The transports which go
out for tliem should depart laden with
the troope who are to replace them,
else the ships will make one voyage
empty."
Mr. Hull was in conference with the
President, and with officials of the
War Department, upon the character
of legislation dec.ired by the administration.
He said the President would
communicate to Congress very fully
his recommendations about the army
and he did not assume to speak the
President's mind in advance. He
thought, however, that the administration
would not be content with any
makeshift legislation, no proposition
to continue the present law for two
years more. His impression was that
the President wanted authority to
raise a regular army sufficient for the
needs of the country, 100,000 men If
necessary, the number to be reduced ^
when there was no longer need for J
them.
Mr. Hull said the Taft commission*
had reported that 1%000 VIMmm
could be enlisted immediately in thS
army for the Philippines and thafl
they would make good soldiers undefl
American officers. There was no feftH
of a repetition of Great Britain's exfl
perience with the Sepoys, for the Fill?
pi Dos, Mr. Hull said, Have no nationa
feeling, like the natives of Indiafl
Moreover, added Mr. Hull, the experlfl
ment of enlisting native troops had!
proven successful, and there arena?
more loyal or efficient' soldiers MpS!
the natives enlisted in the BrtuHjg
army in India. ^
To Remove Stamp Taxes. H
Washington, D. C., Special.?ChMl|
man Payne and Representatives I^ESf
zell and Hopkins, acting aA a s?||
committee, spent a portion of the dH|
drafting the bill to amend the v^Ha
revenue law. The general provislc^M
of the bill have been agreed upon.
Ko moHo trill hp In
IXUUbUVUO IU uv wouv .? ...
taxes, ae heretofore indicated. H|
member of the committee said that a^H
though there was some discussion coB|
cerning reductions upon beer and alJffi
on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco^B
there did not seem to be any incllnaH
tion to reduce the present tax on tha^J
articles as long as there remain
Stamp taxes, which he said were oHH
noxious to every one using (hem. 'iJH
though it La generally understood thafl
there is. a complete understanding!
among the members of the committee!
as to what Congress shall do, It Is un-1
derstood that no iron-clad agreement I
has been reached and any part of the '
hill can be taken ut> and changed*!?
found desirable. But the members of
the committee do not expect manychanges,
for, it is said, the full Republican
membership will not likely
meet again until next Friday, one day
before the full committee is to be
called together. The committee expects
to preeent the bill to the house
on the first or second day of the seer
ion.
60 Boers Killed and Wounded.
London, By Cable?A special dispatch
from Middleburg, Transvaal Colony,
says that in the surprise of the
outpost of the "Buffs" (TTiird Infantry)
southwest of Balmoral, November
10. the Boers lost 60 killed and
wounded. The burgers, the dispatch
adds, simultaneously a tacked a garrison
of fusiliers on Wilge river, but
were beaten off with the loss of 12(k.
men, killed and wounded.
Heavy Defalcation.
Cincinnati, SptcTal.?The expert*
who have been working with Receiver
Tucker on the books of the GeraiAlk
National Bank, at Newport, Ky., jrface
the shortage of Frank M. Brownf the
missing assistant cashier and Individ*
ual book-keeper at $191,500. Aocordioc ?
to reports from those who were with
Brown when he left last Tuesday night
he had Less than $500 with him.
Brown's ealary was only $1,500 per '
year. Cases are now cited were he
?j>ent more than that amount in one
day. Hie bond was for $10,000, and it
is good as far as it goes.
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