Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 April 1899 — Page 2

[ntennent in Arlington^ Cemetery of Soldiers Who Died in Cuba and Porto Rico. 1EACH IN A FLAG-ENSHROUDED COFFIN.

fke Sat (on. in the Fenoa of Its Chief Execntive, the Csblaet, Military and Saral Officers, Many Soldiers and Fifteen Thousand People Do Honor to the Fallen. Washing-ton, April 7.—With full hour on- of war, upon the southern slope of Arlington cemetery, yesterday afternoon, the nation, represented by President McKinley, his cabinet arid other high dignitaries: of the government; -the commanding general of the army «ul other distinguished .officers; all the regular and militia organizations <o>f the district, and a vast concourse of 15,000 people, paid the last tender tribute of honor and respect to the' rein tains of 336 officers and men who gave their lives on distant battlefields for their country, during the Spanishr merican war, and were mustered into the silept army that sleep in the last bivouac of the brave. The Heroes Last Itestinxplace. The spot selected is in the new addition to the cemetery looking out upon the broad, sweeping Potomac, and across to where the glistening Washlag monument rears its dizzy shaft, - lnd beyond to the classic outlines of ;rJbi capitol and the burnished dome of ~t he new library building. To the right arise the ramparts of old Fort McPherson, to the left the countless graves <il! heroes of the civil war, sprinkled with imposing monuments to distinguished generals, and to the rear the suutely old Lee mansion rand Fort Ibyer. . ' / lli^uhrouded In Aiaerlcnn FInga. In this burial lot, which covers two -meres in extent, in parallel rows, the , ~Wt -oden boxes containing the caskets "Wire ranged, separated by great mounds of earth. Over each box an Ai icrican flag was draped. There was no particular order in the disposition ■of the remains, though an exception wa., made in the case of the officers. Th< boxes containing the remains of Caj t. Edgar Hubert, of the Eighth * United States infantry; Lieut. L. I. Bar lett, Ninth United States infantry; IJeut.. R. S. Turman, Sixth United ^States infantry, and Lieut. Francis 'Creighton, United States volunteer •igrnal corps, were placed at the head % -of the line of graves, immediately under the eye of the presidential party. Of the others fully 70 per cent, are identified. About 30 per cent, are ■who) ly unknown, or known only by <he regiment to which they belonged. ;■% 0 j Au Unnecessary Precaution. A platform had been erected, inoVcfeed with flagsjand draped in mourning, to accommodate the distinguished persqns present in case of inclement -weather; but the day was an ideal one, with the sun shining from a cloudless sky, and the platform was practically unoccupied. Kept Viiril Over tlie Dead. Before the arrival of the presidential party, and the military escort, detachments from the Fourth and Fifth ar- . tillery, kept vigil over .the dead. Long before the arrival of the military thousands of people had surwunded the inclosure where the dead Woldiers lay. Some sought vantage points in trees or on the ramparts of •old Fort McPherson.

Tlse Presidential Party Arrive*. About 2:30 the presidential party/ which had been caught *n a jam at Potomac bridge, from which it ®re- . quired a dozen mounted police to extricate them, reached the inclosure. They were followed by Gen. Miles and his staff; the military attaches of the British and German embassies, all •mounted, and the military escort. , Solemn Strain* of Music. T As they arrived the solemn strains -of the “Dead March in Said” silenced tfe vast assemblage, and with bared heads the crowds stood at the grave -aide while the presidential party advanced and the military dispositions r were made.- The military was under the command of Col. Francis L. <!uenther, and consisted of the district? national guard, a light buttery with ■two Hotchkiss guns, a battalion of naval militia and the regular troops from the arsenal and Fort Myer. The troops were formed upon three fiides of the rectangle and files of soldiers were marched into the ranks of the dead. Flanking the open space at the head of the graves were the redi rimmed artillerymen, who were to fire -the last salute, and on the left was stationed the Fourth artillery band. The President Bared His Head. The president, \ccompanied by Seeireinries Hay, Gage, Long, Hitchcock <»nd Wilson, Postmaster-General Smith, Assistant Secretary Taylor, Gen. Cor- * hin, Gen. John M, Wilson and Col. Bingham, came forward with uncovered head and took his place in the *oj>en space, facing the graves. He was followed by Gen. Miles and his staff, Hu full uniform, and by other distinguished guests, including some of the s representatives of foreign countries. Pathetic Incidents. Just as the president arrived a pathetic incident occurred, when aged 3lr. and Mrs. O’Dowd pressed through i;kfc lines, and placed a bunch of roses ■on the casket of their son, John dJ'Dowd, of the Seventh infantry. The ,jj)fctrents of Lieut. Wood also came forward and deposited a beautiful 'Wreath of flowers. The sword of that ^gallant officer was upon his casket. “Nearer, My God, to Thee.’* Immediately the band broke out in ■A

the sweet strains of “Nearer, My Go4 to Thee,** and Pc it Chaplain C. W, Freeland, of Fort Monroe, in the ca dcsiastical robes ijf his office, with Her. Father McGinn of St Patrick* church, followed by three purplegowned acolytes, advanced to the graves, and the fu. inral serv ices began They were simple, rat very impressive Kev. Freeland real the military coin mital service of th k Episcopal church beginning with “Man that is born oi woman,’* and concluding with tlu promise of Heaven contained in tin words: “I am the resurrection and tb« life.” “Dnl to Oust, CUrth to Einrtfe.” As he pronounce 1 the words, “Due* to dust, earth to ea;*th,” the soldiers at the side of each gr .ve crumbled a clod | of earth upon eae casket. The van! concourse bared tl eir heads to th« i solemn words am scene and thousands joined in the Lord’s Prayer. Rev. Father McGte then cc-nsecratec with the churchly power invested it him the earth into which the Catholii soldiers were placed. The Cannon*’ Mournful Boons. Meantime, from }< ort Myer, booming down the wind, ca ne the dull sound of a gun every hall! an hour, and tin national ensigns e:ji the staffi then and at the Lee man don were run down to half-mast. j. < The Bustle Sounded “Tap*.” As soon as the religious services hnc been concluding, da iking detachment! o? the Fourth artillery tired three ear smashing, soul-uplifting volleys, ate in the solemn hush salute the bugle s«ji The last religious to the dead heroes presidential party ai d military departed, leaving the ware of actual inter .inent to follow. A* each of the caskets weighs almost 500 pounds and require eight men t: handle it, it wil be two or three days before all tin bodies are in their graves. In order to permit all the government employes to attend the funeral services the departments and federal courts were closed by an executive or der of the president, and all the flag* in the city were half-masted. that followed tin mded “Taps.” V and military rites vere over and tht THE DISARMAMENT CONGRESS,

The Composition of the America* Delegation Announced hjr See* retarjr olt St* :e Day. Washington, April 7.--The secretarj Washington, April 6.-'-The secretarj ol state has announced the composition Of the United States delegation tc the disarmament congress, which will meet at The Hague in 'he latter pari of May. The delegaion consis s of Andrew D. White, United States iimbassador al Berlin; Mr. Newell, Uniti^d States minister to the Netherlands; President Seth-Low, of the Columbia university. New York; Capt. Crazier. ordnance department U. S. N., and Capt. A. T. Mahan, retired,'17. S. N Mjr. Frederick Holls, of New York, will be secre^ry of the delegation. A RESPITE IN HOSTILITIES. Gen- Otis Giving the Filipinos Tlmt to Digest the Commission’* Proelannto n. Manila, April 6, 6:30 p. m.—There has beeft a week’s respi t;e in the hostilities, chiefly in order to allow the Filipinos to digest the proclamation of the United States commission. The rebels remain remarkably quiet. The sharpshooters of Gen. ilLawton’s line have borrowed the Fi: pino tactics, and are harrassing the rebels at night, Malos is resuming its natural aspect, business is going on, preparations are being made to establish a permanent camp for the troops there, and > the soldiers are cleaning the city.

IT MAY MEAN MUCH WEALTH. 4 __ | Mr*. McKinley and Her- Sister* Art Heir* to OH and Mineral Klchti in JiUO Acre* of Land. Canton, O., April 7.—Mrs. McKinley wife of the president, her sisters, and own the oil and mineral rights in 260 the heirs of the late Gee *ge D. Saxton, acres of land in the > cinity of, the Seio oil fields. They d I not know il until informed by a me i who wanted a lease. In looking up.an abstract it | was found that the present ownet owns only the surface, James Saxton, father of Mrs. McKinley, when he solo it, over thirty years i .jo, having re* I served the mineral and under-the sue face rights. A contract aas been made I with -the Saxton heirs to sink a tesl l well, and if oil is found, to operate under royalties to the h< rs. BANE ROBBERS CHECKMATED. A Well-lManmed and Executed Plot Fall* to Realise Sreat Expectatldi is. Montgomery City,- Mo., April 7.— Wednesday night for:* men tried tc rob the bank at Well svilie, a small town nine miles west) of here. Conrad Mentz, the night n atch, was at the depot waiting for the train, when he was aecosted by a man claiming tc be a tramp, and who wanted to sleep in the calaboose. Mentz agreed to accommodate him, but when they reach the door of the coole:: three other men steppted out of th shadow, seized, bound and gagged the night watch and locked him in. ,\f ter leaving the calaboose the men proceeded up the street and met Sar Knipfell, whom they proceeded to beat into ityThe night watch says it was three o'clock when he he rd an explosion, which proved to be the report made when the mult door was blown open. After getting into t lie vault they wert unable to get into the safe, and se* cured nothing. No dew to robbers, - V* -f «l »*& sfej? ...

DUTY OF DEMOCRATS Tkt Pm»1( Mmat B* Redeemed tmi g (ke Pawikrtken •< Wall Stmt

Day by day It is becoming evident that the rank and file of the republican party are prepared, complacently and blindly, to follow their leaders in the support of trusts. Here is one of their recent utterances: '"Those who oppose trusts are simply getting in the way of "the car of progress.* Trusts are the natural outgrowth of our advanced civilization. They lessen the cost of production and put the necessities of life within reach af the poor. The trusts are big, but this is the era of big things. The day of small things has passed. The men who are whining because they are about to be driven out of business by the trusts will make more money and have an easier time working for these trusts than ever before.” When men drift into the condition of mind to voiee such sentiments or to approve of them they are ripe for serff dom. They already have passed the prerequisite of pusillanimous servility and , there only remains to be branded on t^eir backs the ownership mark of some trust to make them full-fledged and contented serfs. The claims made by the republicans in favor of trusts are brazenly false. It i ts hardly possible to name a single ar- | tide that has fallen under trust control j the price of which has not been “marked ! up” from 25 to 200 percent. That, some of the trusts will be forced I temporarily to advance wages as part of the general scheme to crush out competition is almost inevitable. When competition shall have been effectually strangled, and the trusts have full control of the industries, the prediction that they will pay “generous wages” to their employes is supremely absurd. Thetrustsare alwaysready to spend I money lavishly in crushing out competition. It may be set down as certain that they not do this with the desire and intention of enjoying a monopoly of paying “generous wages,” of of selling merchandise to the poor at low prices. When the trust system is more fully established and the compact between the trusts shall be in good working order, there need be no hope of high rates , of-wages. On the contrary, it can be predicted with a fair degree of certainty j that the rate of wages generally paid I will very nearly represent the very lcwest amount, scientifically ascertained, upon which a man can keep alive and . work from 12 to 15 hours a day. With McKinley’s protective tariff shutting put foreign competition, and I the trusts cutting off domestic compe- ' tition, the question is not whether the people will have to pray for mercy. The only open question is: What can the people do to save themselves? The republican party promised the people “big things,” and they have given fhfem in the shape of trusts. After taking a good look at these “big things” the chances are the people will turn to the democratic party and ask for some old-fashioned “Jeffersonian simplicity.” Leaders of democracy, get together and redeem the nation from the pawnbrokers of Wall street.—Chicago Democrat. TRUSTS AND THE G. 0. P. Even Republican Organs Are Degln- | nlng to Take a Grand Tumble. The Syracuse Post-Standard is an- ! other republican paper that has taken t alarm at the rapid growth of the trust 1 system, that system which other republican papers have frankly charged to the republican protective tariff policy. The Post-Standard declares that this subject of the trusts invites attention, and it wants to know what the republican party is going to do about it. That the g. o. p. will do something about it that paper is confident. The j fact that some of the combines claim to have reduced prices does not affect the situation, as the Post-Standard sees it. That paper says: “It Is not enough that a trust shall not be convicted of raising the prices of its products? Does it not dawn on the most casual students mind s that an unorganized | public is just now poorly protected against the frightful influence of combinations of capital in our legislatures and elsewhere? It is not entirely a matter of the price of sugar or kerosene, and we be- ‘ lieves that the party of Lincoln and Grant, which can never afford to be less than fearless, is coming to realize this fact. “The multiplying trusts are a present menace if not a present grave danger to business, arid even to government. In this threatened danger, as in other past dangers that have threatened equally, the reliance of the people is in the republican party. “The old party has served them before; it is not likely to fail them now.” It is apparent, on the admission of leading republican papers, that “the old party has served them” with trusts, and a lot of them, and it may fairly be doubled that it will move against those combinations of capital. It has already made a pretense of attacking them. In congress and in the state legislatures it has passed anti-trust laws that are found to be unserviceable; laws with which aiding them, states’ attorneys have laughed out of court. Perhaps that party is worthy of “the reliance of the people,” and it is not unlikely that it will ask them to rely on it. It ought not to surprise anybody if the g. «o. p. suddenly comes forth in the character of defender of the people against the trusts; but, all the same the trusts will foot its campaign bills.—Binghamton (N. Y.) Leader.

-If it be true that the Sherman anti-trust law is not sufficient to meet the ends sought, then it should be amended. There is no hope of amend: ing it, however, under republican control of congress. Mr. McKinley's law officer has demonstrated in ftis lame exj cuses for his department’s indifference toward this growing menace to Amer- | lean industry and freedom the neces- ! sity of democratic control of national i affairs.—Houston Post.

AGENT OF FAMINES Falla* Prctesaltu of (k* Hea4 iMi omacafcr of tke Rcpak* Una Party.

The adorers of the “advance ageot* scout the suggestion that the ixnprcnre* mc nt in industrial and trade condi tio n* which we have been experiencing can be due to anything but the triumph of the republican party and the effects of republican policy under the all but c ;Jnniscient and omnipotent McKinley. To McKinley and the party which is inspired by his superhuman spirit they give all the praise for big crops end high prices and the busy factories and loaded railroad trams that follow after big crops and high prices. But there are some things of which they have very little to say, because, while logically they are as much due to McKinley and the party as is our present boom, ; they are not altogether subjects of rejoicing. At least we have not advanced so far in our imperial contempt for “inferior peoples” as to regard them as subjects of rejoicing. ^ One of these things was the recent famine in India. By reason of the drouth India, so far from producing a surplus of wheat for export, became a consumer of the surplus foodstuffs of other countries. A natural result was an advance in the price of wheat. If then we must give McKinley and the party all the praise for prosperity we must logically give them the glory for the famine in India and incidentally for the bubonic plague. Another of these things is the famine in Russia. In a cable dispatch Henry .Norman sayy ‘‘The Russian famine is on a scale which Europe is only just beginning to realize. All the provinces of the middle Volga district, thousands of square miles in extent and in the center of the empire, are on the verge of starvation.” He adds that in some localities the seed wheat supplied by the government has been used for food and Jfeat by the admission of the Russian Ked Cross society 23 per cent, of the destitute have no prospect of any official assistance and must either be supported by private charity or die. This state of things in Russia, which, after the United States, is the chief source of cereal supply for those European countries which depend more or less upon importations, would naturally account for the maintenance of prices in face of the increased product of this country. It would naturally account for the fact that our exports of breadstuffs continue to be so extraordinary. It follows that if McKinley and his party are to be credited with ohr prosperity they must also be held responsible for the famine in Russia. It will occur to people who take sober views of such things that a political party in the United Statescannotpely implicitly upon famines in other jfands to produce prosperity for its honor, glory and profit just at the times when it stands in special need of these things for electioneering purposes. » Normal conditions are pretty sure to be restored in Russia and India and to continue for a considerable number of years* Indeed, it is more than possible that the Siberian railroad will open up new and fertile regions of great extent, capable of producing a-Iarge surplus of small grains and of making Russia a more formidable competitor than ever in the grain market of the world. Even if we have nothing more than a restoration of normal conditions there will be an end of famine prices for foodstuffs and a relapse to something like the prices which prevailed in the years of world-wide plenty not long ago. Then it will not be so easy for the republican party to make people believe in the prosperity-producing magic either of the tariff or of a policyrof imperial dominion. Indeed, it is not impossible that a revulsion and a fallback into the dumps will diselose to* the perceptions of even the dullest citizen the falsity of the pretense tlia&the republican party runs the greatest prosperity show on earth and that McKinley is either its advanee agent orits Barnum.—Chicago Chronicle.

POINTS AND OPINION. -It is a historical fact thatmostof the boasted accomplishments of the present administration hare been the subjects of official inquiry.—Omaha World-Herald. -It is hinted that Mr. Hanna is looking for some one to go on Hie ticket with President McKinley in 1900. ; Sealed proposals should be invited.— Cincinnati Enquirer. --The republicans are enjoying the ! spectacle of squabbles among the democrats. But they will learn that this means a live party with something to accomplish. The dead never fight.—Washington Times. -With wars, rumors of wars and Algorism turning their hair gray, President McKinley appears to be still hunting trouble. He has announced to his cabinet that he will soon issue a civil service older placing 6,500 offices at the disposal of republican spoilsmen.—Philadelphia Times. -The president is quoted as saying that the newspaper criticisms of Secretary Alger applied to him as much as they did to the secretary. This is true as gospel. For haven’t we Mark Hanna’s word for it that Alger made no move without first consulting the president?—Wheeling Register. -Mr. McKinley is discovering that he now feels that it is best for Cuba and best for the United States that the island should become a partof this nation. A great many of.ns discovered that the president felt that way a long time ago, but as he appears to be having a good time in the thought that the little game being worked by the Hannacrats was not plain to the people very little was said about it. The only ones deceived are the Cubans, who accepted the professions of the schemers at Washington.—Omaha World-Her- «** ' • _ / ■ :

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