Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 21, 1899, Page 3

i ‘ i promulgated, it struck deep to A STRINGENT at w. THE MASK OFF M’KINLEY THROWS OFF THE CLOAK FROM IMPERIALISM, And Announces the Intended Forcible Conquest of the Philippines—Clear Issue Now Laid Before the American People—“Choose Ye Whom Ye Will Serve”—The Partisan Imposition Prac- ‘ticed Under Cover of the Thirteenth Reception—The All-Absorbing Qceas- jon—Other Political Matters—Con- gressman Towne’s Return, and the De- mand for Him to Make the Race in the Sixth District—Governor Lind's Ring; ing Tribute to the Volunteer Soldier, Now Replaced by the Imperial Le- gions ofthe Regular Army—Note and Comment of the Week. Reform Press Bureau. Sr. Pau, Oct. 16, 1899. The mask is off, and as clearly as William McKinley has ever been known principle or policy, in the id evasive character for which his political life 1s conspicuous, he has declared his policy to be for the con- quest of the Philippines, with all that this implies. He is for imperialism, mentioned in set terms, and defended with its concomitants of army and ar- bitrary powers; for a colonial system, with its army of civil bloodsuckers, and its corrupt bureaus dispensing to the favored, with the imperial approval, the franchises and grabs. The money from these will be from the impover- ished subjects, while the latter share, with the people in America, the bur- dens of the extended and corrupt mih- tary establishment. Finally, conclud- ing an open defense of this policy, the president gave his assurance that our subjects when conquered should not be held serfs and slaves, but actually promises government of liberty ‘tregu- lated by law;” should have ‘taxation withe tyranny,” justice without e, ation without distinction,” 1d an actual protection in “‘life, and the pursuit of happiness”— the latter actually all that he was able to apply literally from our boasted Declaration. Thus does he overturn our American fundamentals of absolute liberty and equalily of government by the consent of the governed, of no taxa- tion without representation, of justice in life and property, of trial by jury, and of full political, religious and so- cial freedom. William McKinley, message, April 11, 1898: ‘I speak not of forcible an- nexation, for that cannot be thonght of. That, by our code of morality, would be criminal aggression.” Mr. McKinley, doubtless with Hanna’s advice, shrewdly secured a great hear- ing for his uncloaking, the greatest ever known in the Northwest, or probably that could have been obtained in any other part of the land. But it was an abuse of the occasion, such an abuse as underlay nearly all of the arrangements, in the basely partison use carried out to the letter, especially the Minneapolis management and committees. The latter we made almost exclusively Republican, and on the stand from which the President spoke, outside of Governor Lind and staff, and Mayor Gray, there was scarcely a solitary Democrat or partisan opponent to be seen, so careful was the management tohave the president surrounded by those who would applaud his unmask- ing. Had that management had less care n opportunity and more for eople, there would have been fewer blunders, such as the closing out of the marching column, at division points, the breaking of it up at several different points, and the disgraceful riding down of a portion of the G. A. R. columns by the ‘imperial” Lowry carriage containing the president, with its liveried outriders, **So werry Heng- lish, you know,” and atthe Exposition « stand which left more than 500 seats vacant, while the betters of the pin- headed committeemen struggled for places to stand on in the gaping and halt disgusted crowds. The ‘same is true of the shutting of the people out of the Exposition, where thousands might without inconvenience have wit- nessed the dinner to the soldiers and participated in the greetings. Besides, there was food for thousands, especially for the veterans, who, turned away, had stood or marched in line for four hours. And what a rebuke, that when, as elsewhere, Sampson was mentioned as the hero of Santiago, the people shouted “Schley,” “‘Schley,” for Democrat Schley ! . The credit (?) for most of the blunders is given to Chairman Phelps, with copious sections of advice from Con- gressman Fletcher, with both of whom the people will soon have opportunity for settlement, since Fletcher is after a third term, and Mr. Phelps is credited with the ambition of succeeding Jim Gray, who was snubbed by the install- ing of President Northrup as master of ceremonies, The boys who love Our Jim won’t doa thing to both of the gentlemen named, some time next year! But let no one be deceived. The re- ception was to the regiment, and it was a magnificent one. All hail, noble sons of anoble state! Welcome home from duty nobly done. Now let us all give them the glad hand of encouragement in peace, as we have praised them for military valor. That was a magnificent tribute paid the volunteer by Governor Lind in his splendid address. Governor J.ind pre- ceded the president, and asif intuitively grasping what was about to be the governor’s heart, that in pro- posed imperialism, we arrive at a mo- ment of deep solemnity. ‘‘We have,” he said, “reached a stage in our national development which eliminates the vol- unteer soldier from the sphere of national activity and influence for the future.” “His mission under the constitution is to suppress insurrection and to repel invasion.” ‘‘For purposes of conquest he is unfit, for he carries conscience as well asa gun.” How these shafts must have struck home to McKinley! The return of Hon. Charles A. Towne to his home, after his foreign trip, was under circumstances alike of just pride to himself, and of pleasure to his per- sonal and political friends in all parts of the Sixth district and in the state at large. These honor Mr. Towne as one of the few great men Minnesota has prodaced. They love him for his noble qualities of heart and mind. They real- ize that he has now become a national character, and look fis*ward to the time ‘in the near future when he will be called to high station on account of his statesmanship and magnificent courage of convictions. ! The unanimons demand that Mr. Towne be again the candidate of the reform forces for congress was long since forecast in these letters. Of course, the leaders in the Sixth who thus declare are only presenting the sentiment of the people in the different parts of the district or they would not assume to forestall the popular action. But the people are for Mr. Towne’s re- nomination, without, so far as it is known, a dissenting voice. And it is now certain that the three conventions, Democratic, People’s Party and Silver Republican, will unanimously unite in the renomination. As to Mr. Towne’s probable action—well, all know his usual response to the plain call of duty! Charles A. Towne will be the next congressman from the Sixth district. Paste that in your headgear, Mr. Gop- pite. “Jerry J.”.is again dishing up Min- nesota politics from his Journal bureau in Washington—this time devoting ex- tensive space to showing the hopeless- ness of Republicans carrying Minnesota next year. This he makes clear from every point of view, first, that Repub- licans will not have money to corrupt the state with as formerly. Next, they have retired all their old-time leaders and managers. Next, all the noble horde of office-holders, who have whooped it up under the Bixbys and the Steeles, are fed at the public crib no more, and so are ‘out of politics.” Next, the Republicans will be everywhere on the defensive. They defeated the gross earnings law and turned down every recommenda- tion of Governor Lind for taxation r2- form. They stood solid in the board of equalization against Governor Lind in the successful fight for taxation of cor- porate franchises. “They have»no lead- ership and have the weakest state com- mittee they ever had. There is no party enthusiasm, They are without a cam- paign fund, and have no ‘way to get one. There is, in detail, the malodor- ous record of the last senate. The rail- road companies that have furnished transportation to Republican speakers and workers and contributed cash, have quit. Finally there is the splendid rec- ord Governor Lind has made in the of- fice, on which point ‘Jerry J,” rebuk- ing those who falsify, shouting, as they pass through the graveyard to keep up courage, says: “Lind’s record in the office of governor will be another strong campaign argu- ment. He is the shrewdest politician in lic life in the state. ‘the Republicans re continually . crying out about his m0 when they know, if they know anything, that trom the point of view of the people, he is giving as satis- factory an administration as the state has had for years. What is the use of deny- ing this fact. The people know it, and Republicans who protest too much that it is not true will do so at some sacrifice of reputation for sagacity and judgment. The people will not be fooled, and an at- tempt to Tpagnity for political effect the unwisdom of certain of the governor's acts will be abortive and may recoil with tremendous force. His attitude on the gross earnings bill is of itself a tower of strength. He has acted from the first day of histerm carefully, inteliigently, sanely, his eyeson the future, his ears catching every sound coming up from the common walks of life. He has made no mistakes thus far upon which a campaign can be hinged, and the publicans who are shouting loudest against him know this best. A campaign based upon his “mistakes,” and with nothing of import- ance to statid with it, will re-elect him, possibly by 40,000 majority.” But ‘Jerry J.” is simply wild in giv- ing currency to the report that railroads contributed to the Lind campaign fund last year. They neither gave $10,000 or any part thereof, and this is as gooda place as any to set at rest each and all such stories, with the following abso- lutely truthful explicit and emphatic denial: There was not one dollar of money contributed by a railroad’ corporation or any other corporation, received or used in the campaign of 1898, not one dollar of money, and not a pass or mile of free transportation furnished for the campaign of the allied reform forces. The Democratic organization will-be “tickled to death” at the big, fet figures “Jerry J” gives for its campaign fund for 1900. For the $75,000 ‘Jerry J” professes to see, is more than 10 times all the money that John Lind’s election cost. Yes, 10 percent of that sum di- vided in two is nearer last year’s fignre. And Jerry is wild as to Public Exam- iner Pope heading any organization at present raising campaign funds, And “Jerry J” threw a regular Lon- don fog, so thick you could cut it with a knife, over the prospective candidates, Van Sant, Collins, Clapp, et al. An- other Hennepin candidate is the only thing, says ‘‘Jerry,” forgetting the dreadful mess last year, when Henne- pin and Eustis hogged the nomination, und he further says that Bob Dunn is ruled out by the opposition of Repub- lican senators. _ Gsc THE BOERS AND THE GOLD MINES By Blowing Up the Pumping Works Kruger Could Cut Off the Supply “Blow up the gold mines? Why, it’s the simplest thing in the world.” © The engineer officer—one of the best- known men in that corps of the army, who has made explosives a_ special study—scratched a match and lighted his pipe, writes a Washington corre- spondent under date of Oct. 1. “It’s as easy as that,” he said, throw- ing away the match. “Of course, you know, it isn’t necessary for the Boers, if they carry out their threat, to in- terfere with the excavations. All they have to do is to attack the machinery, and it will only be requisite for them to blow up the pumping works, A few hundred pounds of dynamite will do the business.” “The pumping works, then, are the vulnerable point?” queried your cor- respondent, “Decidedly so. Once the pumping machinery is ruined, the mines are de- stroyed. The shafts will fill up with water, and to empty them after that has happened is practically out of the question. It would cost less to dig new shafts, “The wonderful gold-bearing depos- its of the Rand in the Transvaal form a single reef about thirty miles in length—a narrow strip only a few feet wide, but running down into the earth slantwise, for miles, apparently. On the very edge of this reef is situated the city of Johannesburg,’ and along it are scattered more than sixty mines, owned by different companies, repre- senting British capital chiefly. The peril to these ‘outlander’ investments, which run up into hundreds of mil- lions of dollars, is very great just now, in view of the menace offered by the Boers, “Necessarily, gigantic sums of money have been cunk in the digging of these great holes. Think for yourself what a loss would be occasioned if they should all be permitted to fill up with water—a disaster which, as I have said, would be to all intents and pur- | poses irremediable. The gold deposits would remain intact, of course, but, after the war is finished, all the work of getting at them would have to be done over again. It should be remem- bered, incidentally, that British invest- ments in the mines of the Rand do not represent the aggregated millions of capitalists merely, but the small savings of tens of thousands of Eng- lish people, who have put their little all into shares of stock, hitherto re- garded as admirable security. Wide- spread ruin, involving the widow and »the orphan, as well as the rich share- holders, would follow the destruction of the properties, “Naturally, the choicest locations for the mines are directly upon the out- cropping edge of the great reef. Other properties are located at short dis- tances from the reef’s edge, but in the direction of its slant, so that the ver- tical pits may strike the ore body fur- ther along, after passing through bar- ren strata. The reef goes down at a tilt, you see, like one side of the pent roof of a house. Some of the holes thus excavated in pursuit of yellow wealth are among the deepest ever dug in the crust of this good old planet, and one of them, the Victoria, has pen- etrated over half a mile into the bow- els of the earth. “The mines of the Witwatersrand, to give the district its full title, employ today somewhat more than 60,000 la- borers, I understand,all of whom would be thrown out of employment for an indefinite period by the destruction of the works. Enormous sums of money have been expended in the purchase and installation of costly machinery, which includes about 6,000 stamps for crushing the ore, or ‘banket,’ as it is called. Banket is the Dutch word for nutcake, and the ore is thus termed even richness throughout, no matter from what part of the reef it is taken, and every ton may be counted on to give up $14 worth of gold. About 10,- 009,000 tons were crushed in 1898. “There is much gold in various parts of the Transvaal, but it has never pos- seesed ‘any interest for the Boers, On the contrary, they were inclined to re- gard the finding of it as a misfortune, and not without reason, as subsequent events have demonstrated. Inclined to a peaceful agricultural existence, they established their little republic in the Transvaal because they thought that nobody else wanted the country, and so they would be let alone. When, in 1864, the first discovery of the yellow metal Was made, they viewed the matter with alarm, expecting that it would at- Bridges, necessarily. are the most vul- nerable points in a line of railway com- munication, and it is a simple matter to render them impassable by the use of a few pounds of a high explosive. It is something of an art té6 know just where to put the dynamite, and army engineers are especially instructed in it. Prohibits the Use of Arsenic or Alum in All Articles of Diet. The law enacted by the Missouri leg- islature. a copy of which was recently published in our columns, and which prehibits the manufacture or sale of any article intended for food or to be used in the pereparation of food, whieh contains alum, arsenic, ammonia, ete., places that state in the lead in the matter of sanitary legislation. Laws restricting the use of alum in bread have been in force in England, “The question of destroying a bridge *Germany and France for many years. is often a delicate one in military oper- erations, You remember, perhaps, the story told about the famous Gen. Blu- cher, when he had it in mind to blow up the magnificent structure spanning the river at Jena. A dinner organized by the duke of Wellington dissuaded him from this project. « ‘I must and will blow it up,’ growled old Vorwarts over his bisque soup. ‘I shall have to blow it up,’ he said as he finished his ragout. But when he got to his cof- fee and his third glass of champagne, he convulsively seized the duke’s hand and cried, ‘Mein Gott! Never was such a dinner before. I will not blow up the bridge of Jena.’ ’’—Rene Bache. NATIVES AT WORK IN A QUARTZ AT JOHANNESBURG. tract greedy uitlanderg, and they lost no time in publishing a decree forbid- ding prospecting and declaring that heavy punishment would be inflicted upon any one, be he Boer or stranger, who violated the ordinance. “The decree was revoked later, how- ever, and great excitement was caused by the finding of a number of large nuggets, some weighing as much a3 fourteen pounds, in the bed of a river. A good deal of gold was obtained in odd spots, but it was not until 1890 that the reef of the Witwatersrand was discovered. Since that date about $500,000,000 has been taken out of this wonderful ore body, and it is said that $4,000,000,000 more is in sight. It is expected that the production for 1899 will not fall short .of 4,280,000 ounces, worth $100,000,000—almost equaling the entire world’s yield of the precious metal ($118,850,000) for 1890. It is ob- vious that, in case of war between England and the Transvaal, the most important source of the world’s sup- ply of gold wil! be cut. off for a time, and, if the Boers destroy the mines, for an indefinite period. “Another project which the Boers are eaid to have in mind is the blowing up of the principal buildings in Pre- toria and Johannesburg in case the British troops enter those prosperous towns. It is hard to see what mili- tary purpose could be served by such a measure, but, of course, there would be no difficulty in carrying it out. The buildings could be mined in advance, and destroyed, all of them in the same second of time, by touching a button connected with a system of wires, “We are discussing wholly novel uses of explosives for war purposes, and in this connection it is appropri- ate to speak of the fact that one of the items of information said to have been communicated in. the famous ‘bor- THE EARL CENTRAL GOLD MINE HOUSE, JOHANNESBURG. because of its resemblance to that fa- vorite product of the Boer housewife’s kitchen. Geologists call it a ‘conglom- erate,’ which signifies that it is a hard- ened mixture of sand and _ pebbles. They say that the reef was once a sea beach, millions of years ago, and the sand of the beach contained minute specks of gold, brought down from the land by streams. Today, solidified into rock, it still «olds the precious metal, though the ore is of such low grade that all the deposits of the Rand would not be worth a cent if it were not for the cyanide process, which makes it possible to extract the yellow stuff at |- a cost of only $6 per ton of ‘conglom- erate’ handled. But the available sup- ‘ly of banket is unlimited; it is of an dereau’ had reference to the points at which preparations had been made by the French-authorities for blowing up French railways in case of an invasion by the Germans, in order that the lat- ter might not be able to make use of those lines of travel. Systematic pre- cautions of this kind are rather new in military engineering, but they may be desirable where countries preserving an armed peace are such close neigh- bors. Railroads, however, may be ruined at a fairly rapid rate without establishing ‘emplacements’ for mines in advance. To destroy a rail requires from ten to twelve ounces of dynamite or guncotton, and two or three mniles of track per hour may be effectually wiped out by a detail of ‘eight men. MUST MARRY Before They Can Attend the Universities with the Men in Russia. If a girl in Russia wishes to study at any of the universities in that country etiquette does not allow her } UNRIV In this country, in Minnesota, Wiscon- sin,,.Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and sev- eral other states, direct legislation in reference to the sale of alum baking powders has also been effected. In- several of these states their sale is pro- hibited unless they are branded to show that they contain alum, and in the District of Columbia, under the laws of Congress, the sale of bread containing alum has been made illegal. Following are the names of some of the brands of baking powder sold in this vicinity which are shown by re- cent analysis to contain alum. House- keepers and grocers should cut this list out and keep it for reference: poking Powders Containing Alum: iso own on st cces, SOORtAM: ATE Manf. by Jacques Mfg. Co., Chicago. CALUMET... ...... ..Contains Aium. Manf. by Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago. PALACE.. ........ ..Contains Alum. Manf. by Palace Baking Powder Co., St. Paul. CAMEO........ ....Contains Alum. | Mant. by Cameo Baking Powder Co., Chi- cago. HOTEL “ BON BON| Manf. by Grant Chemical Co., Chicago. BENGAL.. .. .......Contains Alum. Manf. by Griggs, Cooper & Co., St. Paul. ATLAS.... .........,Contains Alum. Manf. by Reid, Murdock & Co., Chicago. CHAPMA | CHICAGO YEAST|...Contains Alum. Manf. by Chapman & Smith Co., Chicago. EDDY'S . -....,Contains Alum. Manf. by Eddy & Eddy, St. Louis. SUPERIOR... ........Contains Alum, Manf. by Superior Baking Powder Co., St. Paul. LED.. ......Contains Alum. Manf. prague, Warner & Co., Chicago. PUHL'S SWEET BISCUIT) Contain Alum. The housekeeper should bear in mind that alum makes a cheap baking pow- der. It costs but two cents a pound while cream of tartar costs thirty. The quality of the powder is therefore usually indiczted by the price. .Contains Alum. ROUTED BY SCOUTING PARTY. Three Americans Killed in an En- gagement—Filipinos Driven Out. Manila, Oct. 15. — Maj. Cheatham, to do so until she is married, so shg} with a scouting party, while proceed- goes through the civil ceremony of marriage with a man student, whom very probably she has never seen be- fore, and this marriage is quite legal, though perhaps they may never speak to each other again. On the other hand, if they like each other, and wish it, they are married for life; if they don’t the marriage is dissolved when their university course is finished, and they are free to marry some one else. The celebrated mathematician, Sonya Kovalevski, whose autobiography at- tracted considerable notice a few years ago, went through the marriage cere- mony with a student whom she then saw for the first time, and who after- ward became her husband. The edu- cation of women in Russia stands bet- ter than in most European countries, owing to the persistent efforts of the Russian women themselves. By 1886 they had managed to get four univers- ity colleges for women, with 1,412 stu- dents; one medical academy, with 500 students, and numerous intermediate schools. There are 700 women doctors in Russia, of whom nearly one-half are employed in the civil service, chiefly by the Zemstvos. Tragic Sequels to a Wedding. Baltimore Special New York Trib- une: A bride’s death by asphyxiation two days after marriage, and the acci- dental death of her husband on a steamship at sea, two days later, are the tragic sequels of a wedding on Aug. 14. Adolph Pohlmann, an electrician on the North German Lloyd steamer Willehad, was married to a young woman of this city. The second morn- ing after his marriage Pohlmann rose early, bade his bride farewell and joined his steamer, which sailed that day for Bremen, The wife, after he started, returned to bed. That was the last seen of her alive. She was found dead, suffocated by gas. It is supposed that in turning off the gas after her husband’s departure the sleeve of her night dress touched several bits of bric-a-brac hanging on the gas _ fix- tures, moving them over the stopcock and opening it again. Two days later, according to letters received today, her husband fell down a hatchway of the steamer in a heavy storm and was killed., He was buried at sea, Queer British War Vessels. The most singular vessel in the world is the Polyphemus of the Brit- ish navy. It is simply a long steel tube, deeply buried in the water, the deck rising only four feet above the sea. It carries no masts or sails and is used as a ram and torpedo-boat, Uriginated with Indians, It has been asserted that our brown bread was invented at Boston about 150 years ago, but the writer conjec- tures that it originated at Plymouth socn after the Pilgrims landed, and that baked beans were early adopted by them from the Indians. Her Mistake. She—And to think you have forgot- ten that this is our anniversary day. He—Why, you must be mistaken. We were married on the 20th. She—Oh, [| No. Cause 1s assigned. beg pardon! 1 was thinking of my first marriage——Detroit Free Press, ing along the west shore of the lake Thursday, encountered a force of reb- els strongly intrenched at Mantinilupa. Maj. Cheatham, reports that he drove the rebels from their position and that in the engagement three Americans were killed and two were wounded. Rumors are in circulation in Manila that Maj. Cheatham discovered three American prisoners who had been bound, gagged and shot by the insur- gents. These rumors, however, are not confirmed. : At Sandago a lieutenant of the na- tive police has been arrested and lodged in fail, a subordinate having re- ported to the authorities that he was enceavoring to enlist them in a plot to turn the police against the Americans in the event of an uprising. Reports having reached the provost marshal that arms were concealed at the headquarters of the Dominican a detachment of soldiers made ‘ch of the building. They found a small stock of Mausers, revolvers and ammunition, which was confis- cated despite the protests of the friars that the arms were not intended for unlawful use. Gen. Schwan, with the infantry, has reached Bacoor. The troops are great- ly exhausted, having had one of the hardest marches of the campaign. From Malabon to Perez das Marinas they marched through roadless rice fields. The fourth infantry from Imus joined Gen. Schwan at Perez das Ma-' rinas. The Filipinos had deserted the town upon learning of the approach of the Americans, leaving only the wo- men and chiklren behind. Two strong shocks of earthquake, lasting several seconds were felt in Manila at 10 o’clock last evening. Fa Lovers’ Quarrel. Fort Scott, Kan., Oct. 15. — James Bish, a popular young man of this city yesterday shot his affiance, Miss Clara Staeinbrook, and as she fell Bish sent a bullet into his own brain. Bish is dead but the young woman will re- cover. They had quarreled over the date of their wedding, the young wo- man having insisted that she could not be ready as soon as Bish demand- ed. This Is Prosperity. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 15. — Man- agers of the large mines in the Des Moines district say they want 500 miners as soon as possible and are un- able to secure them. ‘They have beea compelled in most cases to discontinue shipping coal gn orders of country cus- tomers because the railroad contracts ure taking all they can get out. Guilty of Manslaughter. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 15.—John Dono- van Dean was found guilty of man- slaughter in the 1ecorder’s court and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprison- ment in the state prison at Jackson. April 28 he killed his wife during a quarrel with a flatiron. The couple had not been living together for some time. ‘ Trouble in Madrid. Madrid, Oct. 15. — The merchants threaten to close their shops as a pro- test against excessive taxation. If the threat is carried out martial law wilt be proclaimed as serious disturbances would ensue. Suicide at Mason City. Mason City, lowa, Oct. 15.—William F. Hisele, a jeweler of this city, com- mitted suicide by taking laudanum. He came here eighteen months ago from Sterling, mL a as ru earererv ere ; | i {