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14 THE EVENING STAR, WEDN ESDAY,: OCTOBER 5, 1898-16 PAGES. The Way to a Man's Heart is Through His Stomach,” PHYSIOLOGY THROWS NEW LIGHT ON THE OLD SAYING. It is popularly held that what the Sun is to our solar system, the heart is to the human system—the center of life and energy. And so, coined im our common speech, are a mul- titude of sayings, which recognize in the heart the center of mental, moral and physical life. Thus we speak of the “desire of the heart,” of heart- ache and heart break. We say of a man he is a hearty man and that he is a hearty eater, so associating both tordiality and appetite with the heart. Perhaps it is but a nat- tural result of this view that the instent the hearf is af- fected, off we go to the doc- tor, no matter what the fee. We suffer all sorts of pains in the stomach. We en- dure much from the torpid liver. We put aside the thought of danger to the lungs, by saying: “Oh! it’s only a cough. It will go away after | a time.” But when the heart gives an mncommon pulsation, or when it beats too quickly, or seems to miss | an occasional beat, nothing will do but an immediate examination. | Yet physicians affirm that organic | disease of the heart is rare. Perhaps | only once in a hundred time where | there is derangement of the heart is} it found to be due to a disease of the ergan itself. In the other ninety- nine cases it is functional. Functional disease of the heart means that the functions of the heart are interfered with by an abnormal or diseased con- dition of some other organ, and this organ is generally the stomach. Through the sympathetic and pneumogastric system of nerves which are distributed to the heart and stomach in common, the heart at once sympathizes with any disturb- ance of the stomach. The great organs of the body are designed to occupy a certain space in the cavity of the trunk in which they are so nicely arranged. When the stomach over-dis- tended by eating, or when indige tion causes the gas from the fermen- tation of half digested food to in- flate that organ, the stomach extends tside its allotted bound, the heart encroached upon and crowded, and then follow shortness of breath and irregular, palpitating action of the heart. Now, in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred, supposed heart dis- ease is functional and curable, and in every such case no other medicine will so quickly effect a cure as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is an axiom that diseases which originate in the stomach must be cured through the stomach. It is in line with this axiom that the “Golden Medical Discoyery” works its logi- cal and legitimate cures. By strengthening the stomach, by pro- moting the flow of the digestive juices, the digestion is improved, the stomach restored to its normal con- dition of health, and the functional «listurbance of the heart thereby cor- rected. Thousands of people who believed they had heart disease have been radically cured by the “Golden is Medical Discovery.” It cures indi- gestion or dyspepsia, weakness of the stomach and all affections of the nutritive system, except cancer of the stomach. Among the commonest symptoms of these derangements and weak- nesses of the digestive and nutritive system are frequent attacks of bilious or sick headache, bitter taste in the mouth, tongue coated white or cov- ered with a brown fur, “backache” and tired feelings, lassitude and a sense of debility. There is generally depression of spirits and a decided tendency to be discouraged, and despondent; there is loss or irregu- larity of appetite, uneasiness or un- due fullness in region of the stomach after eating; sometimes sour stom- ach, “heart burn,” nausea and ‘“wa- ter brash,” flatulency, and acrid or sour eructations or “risings” soon after eating; the bowels become ir- regular, usually constipated, and oc- casionally subject to diarrhea, at- tended with colicky pains. Not often is there any pain experienced in the we region of the liver, but it is some- times accompanied -with “‘sideache.” The foregoing symptoms are not all likely to be present in any one case, nor are any two cases alike in every respect. “I never took any medicine that did me so much good as Dr. Pierce's,” writes Mrs. Sophronia Mc- Crea of Castleton, Hartford Co., Md. “When I wrote to you I was suffer- ing from such a pain between my shoulders I could not draw a long breath at times, and had a soreness across my shoulders and breast upon rising in the morning. I suffered off, and on for eight years, trying differ- ent physicians and asking different doctors what caused this, but with no satisfactory results. I took medi- cine, and at last I said I would not take any more. I couldn't even do light work with any ease, nor do much of anything that caused me to bend over; couldn't sleep at night, had terrible headaches and numbness in my arms and hands. I was taken with a pain around my heart while eating dinner one day, but thought it would pass awa it did not, however, so I felt compell- ed to call in the doctor. He said, ‘Why you have no heart trouble.” I said it must be—I could not lie down my heart beat so (as I called it) through my head. He left me medicine and it lulled the pain for about three weeks. The pain annoyed me at times for twenty-one nights; I had not slept nor did I want much to eat. All I seemed to want was rest. Some said I was too stout. I weighed 195 pounds, height § feet, forty-four years old, mother of four children. One day I was making the fire and I picked up a piece of paper out of one of your books and it described my case so closely I thought I would try Dr. Pierce’s medicine. I handed it to my husband and he said, ‘Well, you might try it, if it is not like all the rest.’ I sent to the drug store and got a bottle; I took two doses and slept good that night. I kept on taking it. I did not take quite six bottles of the ‘Golden Medical Dis- covery’ until I felt like a new wo- man. People were surprised, for my neighbors knew how I had suffered.” Such results as these are not ob- tained by stimulation. There is no alcohol in “Golden Medical Discov- ery,” and it contains no whisky or other stimulant. The secret of its healing power lies in its prompt and powerful action on the stomach, the organs of digestion and nutrition and the bloodmaking glands. Another specimen case is that which follows where years of suffer- ing could have been saved by a timely use of the “Discovery Six years ago my stomach and heart troubled me so much I had to do something, as the doctors could not help me,” writes Mrs. S. A. Knapp of San Jose, California (Box 392). “I went to San Francisco and had treatment and was better for some time, then it came back. I then used Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medi- cal Discovery and ‘Pleasant Pellets.’ These medicines cured my stomach. I do not have the pain and indiges- tion as I did. It is very hard for me to tell you what I suffered before I commenced taking your valuable medicine. I recommend it to all the sufferers whom I meet.” Although sweet to the taste, “Gol- den Medical Discovery” contains no sugar or syrup and does not favor fermentation, but tends to check it. Its soothing effects are promptly felt and acknowledged by the irritat- ed organs, good rich, red blood is produced, the nerves are nourished and become quiet, the body puts on muscular flesh, lurking poisons are cast out of the circulation and the entire system is established on a plane of sound health. For more than thirty years Dr. R. V. Pierce has been chief consulting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. He invites the sick to consult him by letter, absolutely free of charge. Write in the fullest confidence. Every letter is held as a private communi- cation and treated as sacredly con- fidential. Write without fee and without fear. Self interest prompts the dealer sometimes to offer a substitute as “just as good” as Dr. Pierce’s Gol- den Medical Discovery. If it is only “just as good” there’s no object in taking an untried medicine in place of one with a record of countless cures. There is nothing made by an even trade and no boot. The medi- cine should be better than “Golden Medical Discovery” to induce you to purchase it. The record shows that there is no better medicine for all diseases of the stomach -and nutri- tive system, or which have their origin in faulty digestion or mal-as- similation than the “Discovery.” So if the dealer offers “something bet- ter” you can be sure he ‘means bet- ter for himself and not for you, be- cause it pays a better profit. “Never look a gift horse in the mouth” is a saying which does not apply to Dr. Pierce’s generous gift of his great medical work—The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. This book invites the ex- amination which it fully repays by the fullness of the information crowded into its 1,008 pages. The richest information of the ripest minds, the harvests of the scientist, the gleanings of the specialist, are but features of this great book. It is to the body what the Scriptures are to the soul, and has been well called the “Bible of the Body.” This work is sent absolutely free on re- ceipt of stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the edition bound in pa- per, or thirty-one stamps for the cloth-bound edition. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. LAZY LIFE AT MANILA Experience ofa Washingtonian Who Went With General Merritt. Less Than Four Hours’ a Day Work— Climate Much Better Than Was Ex- pected—Health of Troops Good. A young Washingtonian who accompa- nied Gen. Merritt's expedition from San Francisco to the Phillppines has written an interesting letter to a friend in this city in regard to the condition of affairs in Manila. “Of course you know,” he says, “all about the surrender of Manila, so I won't waste time trying to write you ‘an account of it. I will say, however, that Guring the bom- bardment J was with Gen. Merritt on Ad- miral Dewey's dispatch boat Zafiiro, which took part in the battle—that is, Gen. Mer- ritt, with the aid of wig-wag signals, di- rected the movements of the land forces. We landed from the Belgium consul’s launch and with no escort walked up to the city, where the governor general was waiting for us. The place of meeting was in a large church, but the capitulation pa- pers were prepared and signed in the city hall. We entered the town about 3 o'clock, and at 5:45 the general's flag was floating over the city hall, and Old Giory on the fort supporting the big guns. In less than an hour after getting into the city hall the street in front was a perfect mass of Mauser and Remington rifles, as well as hundreds of horses. Weli, here 1 am going on about the events of August 13 In the Philippines. Inferring that the press cor- respondents down here have sent full re- ports home, I'll stop. Health of Troops Good. “The climate here is not one-tenth as bad as I expected to find it. Of course the sun is intense, but only foolish people will expose themselves to it. There is consid- erable moisture in the air, and I have to watch my clothes constantly to keep them from mildewing. The health of the troops is excellent. I am far from infatuated with the capital of the Philippines. To me the people appear to be living in the fifteenth century. There are no modern barber shops shampoo is unknown here, and so is a decent chair. The horse cars—tram cars look like to All the horses are mere ponies. There is . good electric light plant, and I am surprised that the the trolley or underground system is not in vogue. The Spaniards all seem glad that we have taken the city. ‘Phey were in dire need of every- thing, and it will be a long while before the city has sufficient supplies to meet the most meager demands. At present about the only thing that is cheap is labor. The Span- ish officers say they have been eking out an existence on dog meat, although the troops look the picture of’ health. ‘They are all clamoring to get back to Spain. The officers are seliing their household effects, horses, carriages, etc., for practically noth~ ing. Insurgents Well Organized. “The insurgents here are apparently well organized. As near as I can learn, they number about 15,000 with arms. do IN ANNUAL SESSION ae fi Meeting of the Bast Washington Citizens’ Association. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES Resolution Favoring Retention of Engineer Commissioner Beach. ELECTION OF OFFICERS a There was an important meeting of the East Washington Citizens’ Association last night at Baum’s Hall, and a number of the members were on hand to participate. It was the annual meeting and the principal business was the reading of reports from the sev2ral committees and the election of officers. During the session a resolution was offer- ed and passed urging the retention of Cap- tain Lansing H. Beach as Engineer Com- missioner. The association was very much in earnest in this matter, and when the resolution came to a vote it went through with a rush. The resolution recited the facts in the case, pointing out the circum- stances which elevated Captain Beach to the head of the engineer department, and expressing the earnest hope that he be re- tained in the position where he had accom- plished so much good. Upon motion a committee, consisting of Messrs. Thomas W. Smith, M. I. Weller, J. D. Croissant, Tracey L. Jeffords and J. W. Babson, was appointed to confer with the chief of engineers and the President, urging the retention of Captain Beach, Reports of Committees. Under the call of committees, the fol- lowing submitted reports: The executive committee, through Presi- dent Smith, submitted its annual report, as follows: “The prospect for better times financially and otherwise is very good. The general conditions are very much better this year than at the end of our last fiscal year. It is desirable that a greater number of streets be graded and graveled so that within the next four or five years all of the streets in Northeast and Southeast Washington to the AnacoStia river will be in first-class condition. “Ail citizens should be willing to bear a fair amount of taxation for local improve- ments, but a large number of Washington- ians who enjoy the benefits of our schools, our police, our fire departments, our street improvements and other conveniences that go to make up a great city do not pay $1 per year into the treasury of the District to support the form of government under which we live. Nearty all of the financial support given to our local government 1s derived from taxation of real estate. While there Was little or no complaint up to 1802 as to the rate, because of the pros: perity and the earning power of real e tate, there has been’a great unrest in the minds of taxpayers-thg past few years be- cause the amount of taxes on real estate is largely disproportionate to the amount of benefit accruing. A‘large number of ealthy resident citizeng and a large num- ber of business enterprises go free of ta ation In this and vet help to increa: the yearly cost of schools, fire departments, police, improvement; in. streets, extension of streets, etc.” 7 ’ Committee, on Railroads. J. D. Croissant, chatrman of the com- mittee on railroads, said: “Your committee has’earnestly espoused every movement that ‘has looked toward removing the obnoxious steam cars from our public streets “Arid reservations that are set aside for the. fe and- unrestricted use of our citizens, and,.we believe they should be sacrediy preserved for such a pur- pose. There is, perhaps; no city of this size in the country that permits such wholesale abandonment of the public do+ mains to the unrestricted and uncompen+ sated use of corporations. “In view of these facts we would respect- fully recommend: First, that such strin- gent precautions he adopted and strenuous- ly enforced as will effectually prevent the repetition of such fatal accidents as have so frequently occurred during the past year, and, second, that such legislation be not only enacted, but effectually enforced as will relieve our streets and reservations from all surface steam railroad tracks, either by elevating or depressing the same, 50 as to open to the general public their free and safe passa: Police and Health. 8. S. Yoder of the committee on police and health said: The disposal of garbage and improper sewer system are problems to be yet solved before we can have perfect sanitary condi- seems bent on getting into the city and,ttions. We have no hospital for contagious declaring himself governor general. He professes great friendship for us. The Span- jards are very much afraid of the ins gents and say if they ever get into the city they will murder right and left. ‘The insur- gents and Spaniards are certainly very bit- ter toward each other. “Gen. Merritt and his personal staff are quartered in the country palace of the gov- ernor general. It is situated on the Pasig river about two miles from town, and is a beautiful place. ‘Their office is in’the house formerly occupied by the secretary ef Au- gusti. It adjoins the grounds of the pal- ace. When one looks at these costly man- sions and public buildings, coupled with the numerous Spanish officers, it is easy to understand how necessary it has been to tax the people as they have been taxed. Taking Life Easy. “We have a good table, fine horses and carriages, and, in short, everything one could desire. It was a very monotonous trip across the Pacific, though the New- port made a remarkably quick trip. Down here we try to take life easy. Just think! we start to work about 8:30 and stop at noon. Then in the afternoon after tiffin I take a siesta. About 5 I have my horse saddled and go for a ride, returning in time to take a shower bath and dress for dinner. It all sounds yery lovely, but I would be better satisfied at home, and 1 can’t get there any too soon,” pales eee GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII. It Will Be Much Like That of Other United States Territories. A recent dispatch from Honolulu gays: The Hawalian Star has published an out- line of the form of government decided upon for Hawali by the congr@ssional committee. The Star says it is to be called the Terri- tory of Hawaii and will be allowed one rep- resentative in Congress. The governor, to be appointed by the President, will be paid a salary of $5,000 or $6,000 a year. The committee will make no recommenda- tion as to the appointment of the governor. Hawaii will have a legislature and will make its own laws subject to the approval of Congress. There will be no change in the present form of the legislature. The prop- erty qualification of $1,500 in real or $3,000 in personal effects to make an elector eligi- ble to vote for the senate is done away with, To vote for a senator in the territory of Hawaii an elector must possess an annual ineome of $600. In everything else his fran- chise is free and unrestricted by any quali- fication, educational or otherwise. The judiciary system will remain undis- turbed. The Supreme Court will probably be given jurisdiction in United States cases, and the judges will be appointed for four years instead of life. It is understood that the question of citizenship will be referred to the State Department at Washington for final decision. 00 Between Russia. PARIS, October 5.—The Loudon corre- spondent of the Journal des Debats an- nounces that Great Britain and Russia are about to sign an agreement giving the for- mer preponderance in the Yang-Tse Valley and the latter preponderance in Manchuria. SES It matters little What it is that you want— whether a situation or a servant—a ‘want’ ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need, Paros Agreement England and liseases. “All these insanttary conditions sink into insignificance when compared to the 1 of disease, the pestilential, death- ng, sewer-polluted Anacostia _ flats, which are a stench in the nostrils of all the inhabitants of this section cf our city and a menace to the health of all citizens ot the capital of our nation. Malarial fever, chills and pernicious fevers are the result of the proximity of this vast area of sewer discharges and stench agitated by the flow and ebb of the tide and the broiling sun. “When we consider all that has been said by officials, experts and eminent sanitary authorities, disinterested government ex- perts, medical societies and the superinten- dent of our public asylum as to this intol- erable nuisance, and When we consider the ease and ever-profitable investment. that would result in the reclamation of this val- uable land or conversion into a beautiful park for the use of the public at so small pense, it becomes simply incredible that such a disease-breeding deathtrap should be allowed to exist in the most beautiful city in the world. and in sight of the dome of the Capitol of the nation.” Appropriations Considered. M. I. Weller of the committee on assess- ments and apportionment of appropriations, said: ‘Imposing taxation for ‘improvements upon unoccupied dwellings is inequitable, and the only fair solution would be to tax the revenues derived from rentals, “The imposition of a personal tax in lieu of license upon stocks owned by mercantile traders is unequally collected and opens the door to evasion of just taxes by the dishon- est taxpayer, and to dorrect that evil it would be advantagdo' to inaugurate a properly graded licénsé.isystem applicable to the ricnly rewarged professions as well as to dealers in merchandise, sox that the highly remunerated; in-the absence of an income tax, should -als6’ contribute a fair Proportion to our cipal expenses. “As an encourageifieht,fo the acquirement of homes it would Re arwise policy to ex- empt all improvemests,of moderate value on the workingman’s home from taxation, when occupied by tWe*owners.”" Officers Ke-Blected. After the reading 'f tpports the associa- tion proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, With ‘the result that all the old officers weré rezglected, ae follows: President, Thomas 'W. '®mith; vice presi- dent, Tracy L. Jeffords: secretary, A. F. Sperry, and treasurér, B! W. Clark. The meeting then, adjourned. Hereafter the association will meet the first Tuesday in each month. —_——___— Rich Pearl Fields Discovered. New pearl fields of great richness lave been discovered cff the coust of New Cale- donta, on the west side, according to United States Consul Wolf at Noumea. He says that one shell contained the fabulous num- ber of 256 pearls, and one little boat of one and a half tons furnished last year twenty- two pounds of pearls. Up to this time the water has not been sounded to a greater depth than six feet seven inches, but tho fisheries are to be further exploited by French and Austrian syndicates. Mr. Wolf says that the quality of the pearl shells is remarkably fine, and he urges that Amer- icans profit -by the discovery, although haste is necessary on eccount of the enter- prise of fore‘gn firms, CUBA MUST BE INDEPENDENT ‘Manifesto to President McKinley Signed by Members of Junta. ‘The Decument Declares Against a Military Occupation by the United States. A speciai to the New York Herald from Matanzas says: The Matanzas reconcentrados are having their hunger satisfied with the American provisions from the Comal. The thanks of the peopie find vent in outbursts of “Viva Americanos!” whenever Maj. Whiskern and Capt. Niles appear on the street, and in repeated expressions that the United States has an altar in every Cuban heart, and that a Cuban-American brotherhood will hold the two nations together forever. Yet the very men who are loudest in their protestations of gratitude are busy preparing to send to President McKinley the manifesto of the Matanzas section of the Cuban national party, a decumert which goes further in its demanés for ab- solute independence as opposed to annexa- tion than any other that has yet appeared. In some ways the manifesto ts a remark- able one. The men who drafted it assert that they will have more than 4,000 signa- tures of citizens of Matanzas province, al- though all the work of obtaining them has been done secretly, as the Cuban national party is not recognized by the Spanish au- therities, and consequently has no official existence. At the head of the list of signa- tures are the officers of the Cuban junta here, the president of whom, Dr. Julio Or- tiz, 1s the same man who was recom- mended to the Washington authorities to consult with the American officers of the Comal. Want Our Policy Defined. The manifesto fs addressed to “Honorable William McKinley, President of the Unite States.” and says in part: Now is the moment to define the situa- tion in Cuba in regard to its future gov- ernment. The honest policy of the Amer- ican government is a firm guarantee to the Cubans of their perfect right to be free and to establish the institutions which they consider most convenient. The Cuban peo- ple have never had as they have now & fixed and well-defined ideal—that of inde- pendence—for the acquisition of which they have shed their blood in the ten years’ war and in the one ended lately. The undersigned aspire to harmony with the ideal that Cuba should form an inde- pendent state, ruled by republican inst! tions. and in accordance with the consti- tution proclaimed as the fundamenta! law of the patriotic junta of Matanzas terri- tory Independence Their Desire. And the residents who subscribe to this document believe that it is our duty to make the following declaration to the gov- ernment of the United States: “That Cuba ought to be and form an in- dependent nation, ruled by republican in- stitutions, because the efforts of its chil- dren give the right to liberty and they have the moral and intellectual conditions to govern themselves, which have been so rec- ognized by the American Congress. “That Cuba trusts in the sincerity of the American government, as the joint resolu- tion passed by Congress on April 19, 1898, has perfectly gemonstrated. “That notwfthstanding that the actual government of the republic of Cuba has been elected by the armed elements of war, we declare now that the present circum: stances allow the inhabitants of the island to express their will. Against American Occupation. “That we recognize said government or any other that legitimately may succeed it as our real representative, and believe it is the one called upon to accomplish the r toration of order and especially to go the country as soon as possible, believing as natural that in this manner the United States would avoid the expenses and sac- rifices inherent to military occupation of the Island of Cuba.” These last lines are particularly signifi- cant as constituting the first public deciara- tion of opposition on the part of the Cu- bans to the military occupation of the isl- and by the United States. Its delicate con- ideration for the American expense and sacrifices is really a polite notice to the United States that the Cubans will object to the landing of American troops on the island. William Davis, the American commission's interpreter, who brought messages to Ma- jor Wiskern, was standing the other night in front of the Hotel Louvre talking with a friend about annexation, of which Mr. Davis is a strong advocate. “A party of Cubans overheard the conversation and one of them advanced to Mr. Davis and said in a loud, threatening tone, “I want you to understand that we infinitely prefer to be governed b: Spain than by the detestable Yanke Davis’ friend stepped in front of the angr: Cuban and the incident ended, but thi shows the growing intensity of anti-Amer- ican sentiment. Free Kitchens Established. A number of shelterless reconcentrados in the city are too ill and weak to prepare the food given them by the Americans. For these a system of free kitchens has been arranged, where two meals a day will be served. The first free kitchen will be open- ed today. By a special order from General Blanco 162 Cuban prisoners were released from San Severino fortress this afternoon. Several had been confined there more than a year. The most distinguished was Captain Cer- vantes, whose father is a prominent phy- ian of Havana. Cervantes was AAptured six months ago while carrying messages from the insurgents of Havana province to Matanzas. = Situation in Santiago Province. From the Herald's Special Correspondent at Santi- ago de Cuba, Tuesday. General Garcia today received a letter from the Cuban junta in Havana an- nouncing his electioi as delegate from there for the Cuban conventicn to be held at Santa Cruz*on October 10. In reference thereto Gen. Garcia said to me today: “I will decline the nomination, on the grounds explained in my interview in the Herald. Ido not recognize the legality of the authority calling the convention. The method of procedure is unconstitutional, as the delegates will not be representatives of the Cuban people. To term it angelection 1s a farce. It is merely a nomination of men, the majority of whom are probably figure- heads, to carry out the wishes of the so- called provisional government.” Col. Torriente of the staff of Gen. Garcia, will leave tomorrow on the steamer Jose- fita on a mission to Gen. Rodriguez, com- manding the eastern province; Gen. Pedro Betancourt, at Matanzas, and Gen. Meno- cal, at Havana. Gen. Garcia’s Advice. He carries letters from Gen. Garcia ex- plaining his position regarding the present situation and advising them of his entire belief in the good faith of the American administration in the island. He points out tke absoute necessity for the disorganiza- tion of the Cuban army, and dwells on the fact that he goes to the United States shortly for the purpose of raising a loan to pay off the troops, concerning the suc- cess of which he has no doubt. He calls on them for the good of the ceuntry to do everything in their power to facilitate the American views. Garcia himself, commencing his new role for the Americans, goes tomorrow on his misston through the island to the Cuban camps. He will be accompanied by his staff and escort of sixty men. He goes first to Bayamo and will be absent ten or twelve days. On his return he will prob- ably go to the Untted States. His son, Col. Carlos Garcia, will not ac- company him, but may go to the United States on the steamer Obdam Thursday. Guantanamo advices today state that the reports of disturbances by the Cuban sol- diers in the vicinity there are not by any mea exaggerated. For some days there has béen a reign of terror on the sugar estates. The Cubans have robbed and plundered, threatening murder to all opposing them. The officers not only had no control themselves, but in many in- stances were helping in the work of the marauders. Hundreds Deserting. Hundreds deserting with their arms have gone to the hills and turned bandits. Gen. Perez, acting on the advice of Gen. Garcia, will march such remnant of his men as are still under his command into the town and surrender their arms. Gen. Perez states that the.sole trouble about dis- arming -his men has-been -their fear that the Camaguey government would look on their disarming as desertion, OLD DOMINION POLITICSIELEVENTH SESSION Little Interest in Gongressienal Oampaign-- Democrats Have Walkover. ‘arm Fight 1 Prospect Hetween Gen, Lee and Senater Martin for United States Senate, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 5.—The mo- notonous,stagnant condition of Virginia pol- itics so far as the congressional campaigns in the several districts this fall are con- cerned is counterbalanced by the steadily Srowing interest all over the state in the fcrthcoming senatcrial battle between two of Virginia's political giants. Not for years has there been 90 lukewarm @ public fe2ling in regard to the result of the congressional races. In many p) throughout Virginia where electioneering politicians have been accustomed to find large crowds of people repres2nting miles of territory and thousands of votes, when they appeared to plead for their favorite candtdates, there have been small audi- ences and a conspicuous lack of enthusi- asm. Short speeches, few and far between, have been the popular demand. With a few exceptions, the democrats bid fair to have everything their own way. A muddled and badly split condition of the republican ranks has left little for the democrats to get excited about, and to a ncn-partisan ‘observer, there can be no dcubt that the cause of free silver in nearly all of the districts in Virginia ts gradually on the wane. Lively Contest for Senator. While such a stale condition of affairs prevails in the congressional campaigns there is a decided contrast that grows more and more conspicuous as regards the sena- torial race. It bids fair at this time to be the greatest political battle in Virginia since the forces of McKinney rose up and crushed Billy Mahone and his followers forever in the old commonwealth. Since General Lee has been in charge of the 7th Army Corps he has added much to the strength he gained as consul general to Cuba. Already a large number of the members of the 2d Virginia Regiment, which was under his care, and which 1s now on a thirty days’ furlough, preliminary to being mustered out of service, have com- menced a systematic campaign in behalf of the general for senator. It is a well- known fact that General Lee was remark- ably faithful in his efforts in behalf of the men in his corps while stationed at Camp Cuba Libre, and much of his time was de- voted to the welfare and comfort of the Virginia boys. He made hundreds of friends among them. The 4th Virginia Regiment, which is also in General Lee’ command, and which, it is understood, will go to Cuba with him, will also prove a tower of strength to him in his fight for the senatorship. Already many members of that regiment have written strong let- ters in his behalf, and have wheeled into line to take part in the big political battle. Before the campaign is formally opened many members of both regiments will be hard at work with both thetr influence and their persoral cervices for the general's support. It is thought, too, that a certain bend of sympathy between men who have urdergone the discomforts of camp Jife wil! have © strong effect in bringing many of the members of the 8d Virginia Regiment into line for General Lee. These three regiments represent nearly every part of Virginia. Among the vartous companies are men of intelligence and broad influ- ence in their communiti mand the respect and cci constituency. eneral Lee will depend no little, too, vpen organization. He has realized the impcrtance of this political feature more of late than ever before. Already some of his strongest supporters are taking careful note of the political ccnditions prevailing in the various districts, and plans are being originated and developed accordingly. Gen- eral Lee will make a short but vigorous arrpaign. Whatever may be said about the advantage enjoyed by the man who is already in, the records of the two men will naturally be compared. That will be a strong feature of General Lee’s campaign. He has not only a good political record, but his diplomatic and military services both will doubtless appeal to one of the strongest elements in the state. Lee's Financial Views. It is stated by careful observers that Gen. Lee's position on the currency ques- tion will not damage his prospects in the race. He will secure the support of many wool-dyed, unreconstrucied, free silver ad- vocates upon the ground of his record as a soldier, diplomat and confederate veteran. His position on the currency question has never been sufficiently pronounced to ap- peal to the more conservative Chicagoists, while the sound money wing of the party and hundreds who supported Mr. McKin- ley upon purely a business basis, will use their influence for Gen. Lee. His personal popularity is being depended upon as one and they com- fidence of a broad of his strongest appeals for support. That he will make the contest exceedingly in- teresting for Senator Martin ts already cer- tain. Such is the political aspect as seen through the field glasses of Gen. Lee's strongest supporters. Their opponents while professing to believe that Senator Martin Will win the race have commenced the cam- Paign already in a quiet way. Senator Martin has the advantage of a powerful or- nization. His ferces are probably better stematized than have been any political phalanxes for years past. The field is so far practically open to these two great political warriors for a fight to the finish. The talk about Con- gressman William A. Jones coming in as a k horse has proved to be merely idle ecssip. It is understood that Mr. Jones will be only an interested spectator from the grand stand. Some rumors to the effect that ex-Gov- ernor O’Ferrall would again enter the po- liteal @rena and allow his name to be us2d as an aspirant to the position have been promptly brushed aside by those who are in 4 position to understand the interior work- ings of politics in this state. That Gov- ernor Tyler will enter the race ts not at all likely. And so Senator Martin and Gen. Lee will fight it out upon two entirely separat> and distinct lines. It is @ matter of com- n.ent that when Gen. Lee appears in Rich- mcnd Senator Martin registers at the hotel a few hours afterward. This has “just happened’ so three times of late. Senator Martin's friends claim that there is no po- litical significance in this. Element of Martin's Strength. One of the strongest features of Mr. Mar- tin’s campaign will be the support he draws frcm those who hold high positions in the state Gemocratic organizetion. State Chair- man J. Taylor Ellyson has never openly announced whom he favored eas United States senator, and y2t it would be hard to persuade those who participate in party polities that he is not a supporter of Mr. Martin. Secretary Joseph Button of the state democratic committee, and who, by virtue of his position as clerk of the sen- ate, in which he is very popular, wields a strong influence in that body, is known to be a strong supporter of Senator Martin. Sccretary of the Commonwealth Joseph T. Lawless, who knows +verybody in tide- water Virginia, and who has a multitude of fcliowers in that section of the state, is another influental addition to the Martin ranks, while such men es James Hay, who is a high priest in seventh district politics, sticks to the s2nator closer than a brother. Senator Martin's canvass of late in vartous parts of the state for the demoeratic con- gvessional candidates has helped him in his own race. He has gained strength in some quarters where the grovad seemed a trifle shakey, and this fact hax given his friends fresh cenfidence. Senator Martin has, through his friends and supporters, made a strong resolve to contest every inch of ground on the field. Like Gen. Lee, he has had little to say-so far for publication. His policy will be free silver and territorial expansion in the case of Cuba when the island is ripe for admission on a basis of citizenship. This stand will probably strengthen his cause in several portions of the state, especially tidewater Virginia. It is not known what position Gen. Lee will take as to territorial expansion, though there is an impression that he will advo- cate the annexation of Cuba when it be- comes populated with Americans who have property interests there. ~ mustered in from various senatorial in the state for the big fight, and all eyes will soon be on the two strong candidates and their campaign, Annual Meeting of Grand Cemp of Confederate Veterans. JODGE CHRISTIAN’ S DEFENSE OF SOUTH Proud of the Cause and of Its De fenders. Se ne WINNIE DAVIS’ SUCCESSOR Special from a Staff Correspondent CULPEPER, Va., October 5.—The eleve enth annual meeting of the Grand Camp of Virginia, confederate states army, began yesterday afternoon in this city, Grand Commander J. J. Williams of Winchester presiding. Delegates represent- Ing seventy-five of the ninety-one camps of the state were present. Only matters of a routine nature were transacted up to the time of tiling this dis- patch, but tt ts practically settled that the Grand Camp will today place itself on record as opposed to perpetuating the name of “Daughter of Confederacy,” as applicd to @ successor to the late Winnie Davis. The Grand Camp will also, it is understood, condemn some histories of the United States, published by northern houses, in which the name of ‘Stonewall Jackson is ignored, and but few pages are devoted to Lee and other leading confederate xenerals. In an informal manner a large number of the leading members present indorsed the following views of former Senator Ingails of Kansas, expressed to The star cor- respondent by the latter on the successor- ship to the “Daughter of the Confederacy.” Mr. Ingalls said he had no personal quaintance with Miss Davis, but from those who knew her well he heard nothing but eulogy. He thought the position taken by General Gordon was entirely correct, as the daughter of the only president of’ the confederacy, born while the war was going on, at the confederate capital, ber claim to the title of the “Daughter of the Con- federacy” was unique, and could be shared by no one. While others might be equally meritorious, none could possess the claims that she had to occupy the position, which rested solely upon sentiment and the devo- tion of its adherents to the tradition and the romance of the “lost cause.” Judge Christian's Addrens, The principal event of the first day’s pro- ceedings was the address of Judge George L. Christian of Richmond, Va., who dis- cussed, from a different standpoint than any public speaker heretofore, “The Cons federate Cause and Its Defenders.” In part, Judge Christian said: “The question of the justice of the south- ern cause in the great conflict which con- vulsed this country from ‘61 to "65 Is one which must command the attention of con- federate soldiers and their descendants for all time to come. During that contest, and for many years after {ts close, there was no doubt in the minds of the southern pec ple on the subject, and this is the case with nearly all our mature and thinking people today. I am fearful, however, that some of our children may have some mis- givings on this all-important question, ow- ing to the fact that they have been misled by the false teachings of some of the his- tories which have been permitted in some of our schools. “As Carthage had no historian, the Roman accounts of the wars between those great peoples had to be accepted. All the blame was, as a matter of course, thrown on Carthage, and thus Punica Fides be- came a sneering by-word to all posterity And so, until recently, with the south. For many years after the war our people were so poor and so busily engaged in keeping the ‘wolf from their doors’ that they lost sight of everything else “I do not intend in this addres the confederate cause from the standpoint of a southerner at all. What I propose to call attention to is (1) what the people of the north said and did to establish the justice of our cause, both during and since the war, and (2) what distinguished for- eigners have said about that cause and the way the war was conducted on both sides.” After quoting many writers to prove that a large number of prominent persons in the north and in Europe thought the south was right, Judge Christian said: Northern Comment. “But I must pass on to what a distin- guished northern writer had to say of the people of the south and their cause twenty- one years after the close of the war. The writer was Mr. Benjamin J. Williams of Lowell, Mass., and the occasion which brought forth his paper was the demon- stration to President Davis when he went to assist In the dedication of a confederate to discuss monument at Montgomery, Ala. He saya of Mr. Davis: ‘Everywhere he receives from the people the most overwhelming manifes- tation of heartfelt devotion and reverence, exceeding even any of which he was the recipient in the time of his power; such manifestations as no existing ruler in the world can obtain from his people, and such as probably were never given before to @ public man, old, out of office, with no favors to dispense, and disfranchised. Such homage ts significant; it is startling. It is given, as Mr. Davis himself has recognized, not to him aloae, but to the cause whose chief representative he is.’ “Mr. Henry Cabot Lodg: ent senators from Ma: life of Webster, s: “When the Constitu- tion was adopted by the votes of the states at Philadelphia and accepted by the states in popular convention, it is safe to say there was not a man in the country, from Washington and Hamilton on the one side to George Clinton and George Mason on the other, who regarded the new s nas anything but an experiment entered upon by the states, from which each and every state had the right peaceably to withdraw —a right which was very likely to be exer- cised.”” one of the pres- chusetts, in his Right of Secession. Quoting Mr. James C. Carter, a native of New England, to the same end, Judge Christian added: “These are clear and candid admissions on the part of these distinguished northe erners that the southern states had the right to secede as they did, and were, there- fore, right in regard to the real issue ine volved in the war between the states. “I would fain hope that what I have sali will be pondered by the young people “| the south, and if there be more than one young southerner who has said, as 1 heard that one did not long ago of his old con- federate father, “The old man actually thinks he was right in the war,’ that the facts will make any such not only feel and know that the cause of the south was right, and that the people of the south, almost to a untt, espoused and loved that cause, but that they love {: still, and that theip children ought to feel alike proud of that cause and those who defended it with their lives, their blood and their fortunes. ‘Appomattox was not a judicial forum, but a@ battlefield, a simple test of physioat power, where the Army of Virginia, * out with victory’ and almost starving, | down {ts arms to overwhelming numbers and resources. “We need not fear to submit our cause or the way it was conducted by us to the mus@ of history and await her verdict with ‘calm confidence.’ —$——— Work on Spanish Cruisers. A special to the New York Herald from Plsya del Este, Cuba, Tuesday, says: Diverg have completed a wooden patch under the forward turret of the Infanta Marta Teresa, After that section has been pumped out it will be cemented to make it tight. The Teresa's steering engine has been repaired, but it was found to be impossible to repair the dynamo. Ninety machinists are now overhauling the main engines and bojlers. The auxili- ary vessels Newark, Hist, Leonidas, Poto- mac and Glacier send men every to work on the Teresa. Including the Cubans, there are now nearly three hundred bands at work on her. The ds one-third ecmpleted. Naval Constructor Hobson is busy get- ting off the Almirante Ogaen‘o'’s guns. Lember for the camp near the Colon wreck was shépped today. The Newark sails this afternoon for Port Antonio. It is hoped that the Teresa cay start north within two wecks.