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ft V . . 1 TIITES-VI 1 1 No. 8,969. RALEIQH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899. 25 CENTS A'JWWrrt BRIGHT FOR BREVFUS MORMON WORK COUNCIL CALLED A DOUBLIT MARRIAGE A GREAT OPENING AROUND AND ABOUT i WASHINGTON LETTER Marriage of Misses Fannie and Bessie Fortune Esterbazy's Treachery Officially Goldsboro Made Headquarters for N; C. Conference British Cabinet to Consider Transvaal Affair. H Boarders at A. & M. This Items of Interest . Gleaned by British War Regarded Irjprobable as Admitted Morning the Wayside THE SITOR ATTACK ON PICQUART Col. da Claa Admits thai Dreyfus Always Malataiaed He waa In occat Ma. Lautb Jeered by the Aodleace. Rennes, Sept 6. The first official ad mission of Esterhazy'a treachery Was made to-day, and created a startling sensation. M. Palologue, a government deputy and expert on cipher codes, sprang the surprise when be testified that "Count Minister, the German Am bassador t Paris, told Dek-aase, the Milliliter of Foreign Affairs, that Col. Schwaitxkoppea, while a German at tache, sen Esterhary a kirge number of petit bleu. y lreyfus smiled grimly at this evidence, am' 1m hori did not attempt to conceal bis gratification. A buzz of astonish ment rnn through the audience, which was greatly excited. After the examination of Cernuache in secret session, Trarieux finished his testimony, commented severely on Mnj-I-aiith, who cluimied that be acted hon estly throughout, end hud not the slightest, doubt of Picqnart's falsifica tion in the petit bleu order incriminating KKterhazy. Lauth accused Pioiuart o(, bringing into General Staff Mm. D., wife of a magistrate, nud mistress of Picquart. The latter protested loudly, und the au dience Jeered Lauth. Ijabori made General Zurlhiden admit that the ma gist rial inquiry showed pet.t 1.1..., ..... 1 - 1 !.L 1 "I- M uau UVl UTTTU lit IU IR'I CI WltU WUCD it arrived at the intelligence bureau, hence Pioqu&rt could not have been guil ty of disturbing the document. Palooiogue said Delcasse's statement that Minister told him Schwlarskoppcu had sent the petit -bleu to Esterhaxy, was contained in the diplomatic Dossier. It is understood that Cernuschi stuck to his evidence, but the defence showed that he whs a gambler with an evil re putation. Prosecution admits that Ea terhazy may be guilty, but is merely an accomplice of Dreyfus. -Col. Du Paty De Clam's deposition says that Dreyfus always maintained that he waa innocent Rome, Sept. 6. Government consents to an examination of Major Panizardi in Italy on what he knows of the Dreyfus ease. PLAGUE. Oporto, Sept. 5. Up to date sixty-four cases of the plague and twenty-six deaths are reported. DECLINE. Barcelona, Sept 5. Twelve thousand manufacturers will refuse to pay the new taxes and many laud owners de cide to do the same. LAST SURRENDERED. .li urines Now Master of Santo Domingo. Snwto Domingo, Sept. 6. J'iminez ar rived at Puerto Plata yesterday. Monte Christi, the last government city, baa surrendered. LANDANEB SUICIDES. Atlanta, Sept 6. Siginund Landaner, president of the Southern Agricultural Works, waa found dead on the banks of the Cbattaboochie this morning. A morphine bottle was by his side. ' Re carried $170,000 Mfe insurance. CARRIED TO DURHAM. Melvta Parker Will Stand Trial for His Life TMs Week. Sheriff Markham to-day carried Mei vln Parker and Andrew MaoAdams to Durham. They were the negroes brought here for safe keeping. Parker's trial will probably coma up Friday be fore Judge Brown. It looks like there is a clearcase against him. A BRlMCJiANT SUCCESS. The. young ladle of the auxiliary to Sit. Lake's Home for , Incurables who gave the lawn party tat night wish to thank the public for their patronage. A special vote of thanks was given to Oapt. Wright and his band for their delightful music, and the Raleigh Electric Com pany lor Kabul Mrs. R. M. Fin-man for tie laws; Seaboard Air Linevfor head hunts and W. H. Hughes for dishes and ail others who contributed refreshments and other assistance. Over 130.00 was realised. . i , . . LULA BREWER, Secretary, DOCTOR IN TROUBLE. --: New York, Sent, . Dr. Bamuel Jen kins, who says that be Is the head of a big sanitarium in Texas, la held!' under 1,000 bait oa the charge of passing worthless checks oa Georgs Bailey., The check waa oa the Metropolitan Bank -of Washington, where Jenkins chsma Us wife is a society woman. . PRESIDING ELDER HERE Says N. C. Is a Promising Field One of the Best Slates Presiding Elder Sweasoa Talks ol the Work. Presiding Elder Louis- Swenson, of Utah, has arrived here and is now ac tively in charge of the North Carolina Conference of the Latter Day Saints or Mormons. The North Carolina confer ence embraces 57 counties of this State, some of the extreme western counties being hi Tennessee conference ami. some southern comities in the conference of South Carolina. "You see," explained i he presiding elder, "we group these i-otmties u best suits the convenience f the work." Presidiug Elder Swenson talked imer stingly of the Mormon work this uioru- iug. He said: "The Southern States Mission embraces fourteen conferences. covering eleven States, wunicly, Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolinn, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou isiana, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, which has recently been ad- j ded. Chattanooga is the headquarters , Tor the Southern States Mission; there tur organ, the Southern Star, is pub .islieil. There are now about five hun dred elders at work in the Southern States Mission." The Presiding Elder says thait almtit I'orty-live elders are, or soon will lie, at work in the North Carolina conference. To this number add six or eight local workers ill the field. Elders Jims. P. Emery and It. A. Boliu are located in this county with headquarters in Ral eigh. The lueadquarters for the North Carolina Conference will lie in flolds iioro," said the Presiding Eider, "and I am going there to establish it now." "Why did you not select Raleigh V" the reporter asked. "Goldsboro is more convenient," he re plied. "You see we have elders at work in Wilmington, Wilson, Kinston, Eliza- j ueth City and other places in the east and I can best reach these fields from Goldsboro." Special attention is paid to the east in winter. Presiding Elder Swenson says that he regards North Carolina as one of the best Southern States for the propagation of tho Mormuu belief. Converts are being mode rapidly. The treatment the elders receive here is In marked contrast to the way they are mobbed in Georgia. The elders say that if the people do not agree with them here they generally treat them fair. In reply to a question, Presiding Elder Swenson said: "Yes, the elders go out by twos. This is the way it was done in apostolic times. The Latter Day Saints have made no changes in the gospel commands. 'Christ was the only perfect man that ever lived and he made no mistake in the organization he per feitid. We have no right to change the plan he established of sending out the workers in pairs. We do uot change a letter of Ohrist'B commaudM. "It is a great sacrifice to lie an elder. They receive no salary and are sent forth to labor. I was sent here to take ' charge of the work and I gave up a 75 position, left my wife and two child ren to -on,e to North Carolina to work for two years." Presidiug Elder Swenson says that the Latter Day Saints do not practice poly gamy now. They yield obedience to the law of the land. It was ai severe strain when the law was passed on those who had more than one wife. The Presid ing Elder's father had "two wives and he is the soisjof the second wife. His father went to Jail rather than renounce his wife and basterdize Us children. There are no poor houses in Utah, says tlie Presiding Elder, and the poor are well cared for. There are fast days on which those who have plenty fast and give their food to the poor instead of using it themselves. Of the two Elders here, EUder Emeiy is a native of Utah while Eider Bolin was raised in South Carolina and emi grated to Utoh when fourteen years of age. COTTON SEED RATES The Corporation Commission Makes Southera's Rate Operative oo Other Roads. The North ' Carolina Corporation to day decided tho cotton seed and hull rate, which was discussed. They issued circular No. 9 making the new cotton see.' rate established by the Southern Railway operative not -only on that road, but also on the various roads of the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast line. This rate is based per ton 2,000 pounds.' " V ; . Those who talk the loudest and there by constituted themselves leaders of the . recent mob, shotrid take to the woods until the grand Jury adjourns, or thsy may bs asked some questions that will be difficult ta.anwcr.-DwriieiB Herald. ULTIMATUM TO FOLLOW The Boers Must Now Either Back Down or Fight The Climax Inevit able This Week. London, Sept 6. Lord Salisbury cams to London to meet Chamberlain to-day. Immediately after a conference an ur gent message was sent and it summoned all minister to a Cubiuet Council Fri day. Ueenrul opinion leads to the belief that the Cabinet Council called will re sult in an ultimatum to the Transvaal Republic followed by an immediate back down of the Boers or the commencement of hostilities by Great Britain. This feeling, however, is founded on the trend of recent negotiations and it is often forgotten that in these Ixird Ch.au iHTlnlain had practically a free hand ami was hindered by the cautions of i oikservaitism, which will undoubtedly characterize the deliberations of a full cabinet council. The Pall Mall Gazette says "It is feared that during the next twenty-four hours the probability of war has become appreciably greater." Advices from various sources indicate an acute tension in all parts of South Africa, but unless the Boers take the iniatifltive, which at present is improb able, it is pretty certuiu that the issue nf peace or war lies solely in the result nf Friday's council. GEN. WOLSEY'S ADVICE. Ijondou, Sept. 6. Generals Wolsey, Sir Evelyn Wood and Sir Redvers Bul ler conferred today at the war office over the Transvaal crisis. Wood advo cated immediate occupation by a strong force of New Castle aud Laingsneek. A Johannesburg dispatch states that Col. Sckie, a Boer commandant there, has writen the newspapers advising ciiluiness. He said, "The public may be sure that the Transvaal government will take no step contrary to civilized international laws and customs." j King Williams Town, Cape Colony, Sept. 5. Thirty mounted policemen are urdA-ed to Mafykiug on the Transvaal iMjrder. j Capetown, Sept. 0.-14 is reported that Hcrr Hofmeyer, an Africander leader, has telegraphed Kroger that he can ex iled no help from the Oape In case of war. INCREASED BUSINESS Scales for Cotton Seed for Rah ljh Mill Ce eg Pat Injn O'hir Towns, Cotton seed is already being received at the cotton seed oil mill in this city and the mill will start up by the middle of this month. A large volume of husi ms is expected and the supply of cot ton seed will lie greater than usual. 1 he mill will have feeders in various towns of the State. Where these buyers are located scales are now being placed. Mr. Anderson Betts, of the cotton seed oil mill, went to Henderson to-day to put Inrge scales for weighing the seed bought there. Scales has been put in at Chtipel Hill recently and arrangements have bin made to locate scales at the end of Mr. John Mills' railroad to bring the seed sold then to the Raleigh mill. These new "feeders" in addition to the scales located at other place will do much for Raleigh. FAIR WEATHER. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair to night and Thursday. The weather is extremely warm throughout the central valley, eastern and southern states. The maximum tem perature yesterday at St. Louis waa 102 degrees. An area of high pressure ex ists north of the Lake region With cool er, weather in that vicinity. The baro meter is lowest on the upper Rocky Mountain slope with warm southerly winds in the Mississippi valley and west. The cooler weather in the Lake region may slightly moderate the weather iu this vicinity Thursday night. CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. Services every morning at 6 o'clock, aud in the evening at 1:45, with increas ing interest. The services will continue during the week if no longer. There have been a considerable number con verted, reclaimed and quickened, aud upon the whole we say that the meeting'' Lhas already been grand success; but we are trusting and praying for great er display of divine power. Brother Glenni our beloved pastor, has done all the preaching thus far, with great ac ceptability, considering hat feebk condi tion, and may ; the Lord eonttaaa his blessings upon pastor and people. - OOM. The nolitleal not in the north la besin- inlng to boilT but the Sooth la going right alone; bvHding cotton factories and railroads, opening up mines and attend ; ing strictly to her own business. And this Is what brings prosperity. Durham Herald. " , , , Mr. ho. 4 did Not Expect to Lose Both Dang Wc, , Until the Second Bride groom Arrived. A double liuuriage and a surpr.se mar riage, all combined, was solemnized at noon to-day at the residence of Mr. J. B. Fortune, clerk of the United States District Court, on Newbern. avenue. Invtitatious had been issued to the marriage of Miss Fuunie Kortuue to Mr. James Edgar Bailey, of Marshville, N. C, to take place at noon to-day. This looming about an hour before the cer mouy was performed, Mr. Fortune re ceived a telegram from Mr. 11. E. Ilam lick stating that he would arrive hre at eleven o'clock, and asking him to be at the station. Mr. Fortune met him and they went immediately to the court house, w here a ticeiise was procured for lie marriage of Miss Bessie Fortune to Mr. B. E. Hamrick. It seems that the young Htple had arranged their plans but they were uot made known until the arrival of the groom. Their marriage at this time was etwiiely unexpected. Hence instead of the marriage which had Ueu arranged for, u double mar riage took place. Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Skinner performed the double ceremony at noon in the drawing room. It was a home wedding and only a few invited guests were present. The Misses For tune have not lived in Raleigh two years but have made many friends. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bailey left for Marshville, their future home, this afternoon. Sir. Builey is a prominent business uuin of that town. Mr. and Mrs. llauirkk will not leave before to-morrow. Mr. Hamrick is a sou of ex-Sheriff Hamrick of Cleveland county. For some time, however, Mr. Hamrick has been traveling in the west and he would have reached here sooner, but was delayed by a railroad accident iu West Virginia. The Times-Visitor unites with the numerous friends iu extending congratu lations. FATAL WRECKS Four killed la a Pennsylvania Wreck and Seven in West Virginia, Cambridge Springs, Pa., Sept. (J. On account of an open switch the vewti buled limited, No. 5, on the Erie from Chicago, crashed into the rear of a freight at Miller's station this morning, telescoping the engine, two baggage and an express car. Conductor Shafer, Engineer Arnold Fireman Scholtz and John Kersith, of Buffalo, killed. Fireman Plumb's leg is broken. Dingess, W. Vs., Sept. . A freight train on the Norfolk aud Western part ed in Dingess tunnel at midnight into sections and came together. Twenty three cars were wrecked. The killed are brakemen Archer and Booth, extra fire man Clmffin and four tramps. Conduc tor Mercel was tseriously hurt, but will recover. FOUR KILLED. Jamestown, X. Y., Sept. G. A report has just been received that the Erie Limited was wiecked this morning near Hill's village, Pa. Four nre known to have been killed and many injured. CIRCUS COMING. Wallace's Great Show will be in Raleigh Sept. 25th. Raleigh will have a circus this year, and a good oue at that. The G.vat Wallace Shows will be here Monday, September 25th. The show will appear in Richmond, Norfolk and Raleigh. This is what the San Francisco Exam iner says of this big show, coming to Ruleigh ou Monday, September 2oth: "We have been reading lately many complimentary comments ou the greatly increased size and unquestionable merit of the ncwiy equipped Great Wallace Shows now touring the West, but were agreeably surprised to-day, first by the magnitude of the show as a whole. a it came iu sections on its elcgai.tly con structed . trains, and again by its stu pendous, clean and novel par i le. A show never presented a more gorgeous, pageant. We visited the grounds later on a buxiuesjs erraud and ngiln met a surprise. The show is absolutely new throughout, aud covers not ouiy the en tire show lots, but all the streets cur rounding them. The tents at the after noon performance were packed with vis itors, and the circus program for no velty, great features, comedy und real reniieinem. excel uuyiuiug oi :ui- , Cisco has seen in many years. Ibe Examiner endorses The Great Wa.laee . DUVnv w vuv WW1U IU Bru7tai feci most meritorious they may posslb'y e er see, a real fashion plate show if ever there waa one. , COTTON. :,.v.. : New York, Sept. 6. September, . 78; October, 08; November, 003; December, 8; January, 18. ' . THE MILITARY INSTRUCTOR Will Probably be John Howard or Ceburn Harris The Attendance has Greatly Surpassed all Previous Records. The greatest opening in the history of the college. This is the record today at the North Carolina College of Agriculture aud Me chanic Arts. The college does not open until tomorrow, but registration began this morning and it looks as if all the ilorniatories will be filled. The students who are arriving now are mostly fresh men, the old students wailing until the last of the week. The students register with Secretary Phin ltowi'u. Before noon today 192 hoarders had registered and the nuni Ih i- of students who will uot board at the college is at least 4U; numbers of others arrived thi afternoon. This is a magniliceut showing, sim the registra tion on the same day last year was 140. There are fllnMit 120 freshmen at the .ollcge. There are four dormitories and the in dications are that they will be tilled. A I ready three lioys are occupying some of tlie rooms. Numbers of former students will arrive by the tud of the week aud the enrollment then will reach 300 or more. President Winston has cause for congratulation. Mr. Bradley Wooten has officially tendered his resignation as military in structor to accept his appointment in llfp army. There is much dbeussioii of his successor, but a choice will hardly lie made before Friday or Saturday. Some of the executive committee are anxious to get a retired army officer, but it is uot pohable that this can lie done aaid it is said that either Mr. John How ard of Tarboro or Mr. Ceburn Harris, of Ruleigh, will be chosen. The boys are already talking athletics. W. M. Person, captain of the football team, is back, so is tlie manager, F. D. ItnsK. In fuel nil the old team wili re turn except two. Dr. Winston is inter- I ested iu athletic sports and he will as sist the Iwys in securing a first-class coach for the football team. OFFICIALS ARRIVE Stockholders of Seaboard Air Line Meet This Afternoon. President J. Skelton Williams, Vice President E. St. John, Secretary John M. Sherwood and Mr. Middledorf arriv ed this afternoon iu their private car to attend a meeting of the stockholders of the various systems of the S. A. L. lo ratify the new charter perfecting con solidation into one system. The stock holders meet at 4 o'clock. THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR COURSE. The many subscribers to the People's Popular Entertaiuim'Ut Course will be glad to know that they will have the pleasure of seeing, during the coming season, the five standard attractions for which they subscribed. Asthe course of fered a high class of refined attractions at an uiiprcciidentodly low price (one dol lar for all five), the Raleigh public ea gerly availed themselves of the rare op portunity offered. The tickets will lie delivered and paid for October first. A few season tickets can still be supplied if parties make uh plicntiou to Mr. Wildes at once. MY OLD WOMAN AND I. W have crossed the bridge o'er the middle of life, My old woman and 1, Taking our share in t!he calm Itnd strife, With the travelers passing by; And though on our pathway the shad ows are rife, There's a light iu the western sky. Some losses and crosses , of course, we've had, My old woman and I; But, bless you! we never found time to be sad, Aud a very good reason why. We were busy as bees and we waren't so mad As to Btop in our work to cry. On our changeable road as we journey ed along My old woman and I, The kind companions we met iu tlie throng M...1,. ...... i;.... lib n. ' , . .u . u , i And, therefore, the few, that Imagined j wron - k . '. . , . , . Scarcely cost us a single sigh. The weak and the weary we've striven . to cheer, My old woman and I; For each of ns thought that our duty while here Was to do as we'd be done by, In the bone to exhibit a balance clear - When the reckoning day Is night New York Weskly. SHORT STATEMENTS Familiar Faces From the Passing Throng Movements of People You know Snatches of Street dossipToday. Mrs. Bush has returned to the city. Miss Eliza Pool went to Oxford to day. Mr. Louis Brown is taking a ten-day holiday. Mrs. F. A. Woodard, of Wilson, re turned home this morning. Mr. J. R. Harris' little daughter, who has leeii ill, is improving. There were 230 students registered at Wake Forest yesterday morning. Mr. Charles Root aud the Misse Root left tins morning for Washington. Mr. Robert G. Strong went down to lillingtou to attend Harnett county otirt. Mrs. Rosenthal and son of Newbern, are at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. Rosenthal. Mr. Ovid Porter left this morning on a business trip for the J. D. Riggau es lablishment. The Raleigb Mule Academy opened well yesterday with an attendance of nearly eighty. Mr. John Linehan, who has been vis iting relatives, returned to Greystone this morning. Miss Lilian Echaw, of Roanoke, Va., arrived in the city this morning, and is the gjes of Vr. N. B. B oughton. Miss Kate Peursoll, niece of Dr. Mur phy, of Morguwton, passed through the city this morning enroute to New York. John Ballentine, col., was arraigned before Mayor Powell for being drunk. An open razor was found in his pocket and he was sent on to court. Mrs. M. T. Norris, Miss Ethel N orris and Misses Ruby and Willa Morris and Mrs. II. E. Norris, and Master H. B. Norris, Jr., are at Fuquay Springs. Mr. Alt. Marsh, business manager of the News and Observer, left this morn ing for New York in the interest of that paper. Mr. Marsh was accompanied by Mrs. Marsh. Messrs. Alt. A. aud George W. Thomp son returned from Pittslwro this morn ing, where they went to attend the funeral of their brother, Mr. James Thompson. Miss Blanche Ferguson and Miss Liz zie Perucher, of Baltimore, who have been visiting Mrs. Charles D. Arthur, left for Baltimore this morning accom panied by Mrs. Arthur. Mrs. George W. Mitchell, who has been spending a few weeks with her parents ou West Morgan street, and who has been quite sick, 'is miuch im proved. Mr. Jack Murphy fell from the street coir last night and was knocked uncon scious. He is better today. The storm this evening blew down several trees at St. Mary's School and did other damage. Thud King, while letting down a win dow, had his haud cut very badly. THE GREAT PANTHER KILLED. The great panther that has been trou bling the people around the neighborhood of Boylun Avenue, was killed this even ing by Nicholas West, Jr., son of our townsman. Mr. N. W. West, president of the Portese Gold Mine and Explora tion Company, and will be on exhibition this evening and tomorrow at the store of Boylan, Penrce & Oo. The panther was a large one. TO UNCLE PAUL K RUG BR. Keep your powder good aud dry, Oom Paul; Never close your weather eye, Oom Paul; Have your rifle clean and bright; Iook to fore and after sight, They are planning day and night You will need to watch them all, Oom Paul, Oom Paul. Shoet to kill 'em when you shoot, Oom Paul; They are coming for the loot, Oom , Paul. They'll be gathering you in, Just as sure as sin is sin, For they know yoo hTe the "tin" Yon must battle for ft all, Oom Paul, Oom Paul. ', I Then get out your little gun, Oom Paul; For yon don't know how to rnn, Oom Paul. ' I Don't discuss about ths right, - ; When a rattlesnake's in sight, . And (his pizen head shows fight. ; Don't yon do a thing at an, - , Not a thing to him at all, , t - Oom Pan! Ooro PaoJ, . ; James Jeffrey Roche, 'lit the Boston Pilot '- .'.. : v,,.... J . .' sj--; t cook. Bet MreY.JjR. WANTBD An experienced 1 erences reantod. Apply to Mrs.. Johnston, 16 West OabarrDja street. WISE STAND OF SEC'Y ROOT The Rough Riders Need Help The Ohio Campaign Cramps Shot Down Sampson's Retirement Troops Returning Washington. Sept. 5. (.Special.) It is believed in Washington that there will he no war between Fngland and ' th Transvaal Governiaeii t. It would mean a great sacrifice for both parties, and, at the present writing, the British seem to be backing down from their demands. Much sympathy is felt for the Boers, who are lighting for independence, though in official circles friendly support is given to the British. It seems odd that just after a peace eoiifjarence, when, so much waa talked about arbitration, that iu the first two disputes that arose, there should be a disinclination on the part of the contestants in both affairs to submit their claims to arbitration. The United States refused to arbitrate the Alaskan Boundary question, while the British take the same position rela tive to the dispute in the Transvaal. A number of the Rough Riders have, through the recommendation of Govern or Roosevelt, received commissions in the volunteer regiments now being form ed, but because William S. Murphy, one of the Rough Riders, wiais denied a com mission, probably on account of lack of places to go around, he brooded over his failure to such an extent that it has caused him to become insane, and he is now confined in the Washington Insane Asylum. Just what to do with the Rough Riders, many of whom hare no means of support, is a problem that has caused Governor Roosevelt many an anxious thought, and since he is their ieader, they naturally look to him for help. Roosvelt has done all that he could for them, but, of course, cannot create government positions "or the en tire regiment. Secretary Root has taken a wise stand in refusing to admit the reporters to the proving ground at Sandy Hook, New York, and says that there has been alto gether too much publicity in the past. As a direct result of the publicity, the ex periments of the United States hare be come known to the whole civilized world. The attaches of foreign embassies have been kept fully informed as to the ex periments of the United States. In the future, no one but officials will be ad mitted. Any one who has visited foreign oountries knows how difficult it is to get access to the arsenals, forts and for tifications, and yet we are so free as to allow the whole world to know exactly what we are doing in the matter of mak ing a proper defense in case of war. This thing should never have been per mitted at any time, and every one will approve Secretary Root's firm stand in this matter. The Havana press are considerably perplexed concerning the President's Census Proclamation, and comment upon the absence of the words "Cuba is by right and ought to be free and inde pendent," which were in the proclama tion of 1898. The census will, however, enable the Administration to determine about the qualifications of the voters, preparatory to an election to be held in Cuba, and is understood to be one of the first steps towards establishing an inde pendent stable government in Cuba. Although, on the surface, nobody seems to seriously oppose the renomiua tion of Mr. Bryan by the Democrats for the Presidency next year, signs are not wanting that1 shoul events turn out us they seem likely to do, Mr. Bryan will be laid upon the shelf. The critical States seem to be Nebraska and Ohio. In Ohio, Editor McLean has been nomi nated for Governor, and, should he be elected, he will step at once Into the po sition of the logical candidate for the Presidency. This will be the case even if iNebrasKa remains in we ropouai ranks, but should the fusionists fail to hold that State this fall, Mr. Bryan's hopes of a renominotion wili be in vain. As between Mr. Bryan who failed to hold his own state, and Mr. McLean who could carry Ohio, President Me Kinley's home State, f the Democratic party could hardly hesitate, strong though Mr. Bryan's hold on the affectioB) of his party may seem to he. True, the Ohio Democratic platform declares fie Bryan's renomi nation, but McLean thinks a bird in the hand la worth: two to the bush. If he is elected Governor of Ohio, the Presidential nominoltian will come to him without hi asking for M. The Administration If very much con cerned over the reported shut-down of the shops of th jDramp Ship Building Company in Philadelphia. The Cramps claim that it is because of the coming ot the veterane to Philadelphia, that they have closed down, as they desire to five the veterans every 'opportunity , to go through their hops. The workmen etaim that the" closing m of fl shop was to ; avoid a strike. The Government Is not ' so much concerned to th causes, aai in the fact that the stopping of all work aw 1m going to delay the eoesesetloa of (Continued oa 4th psga )
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