Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 July 1898 — Page 6

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THE SPOILS OF WAR.

TAKING STOCK OF OUR PROSPECTIVE POSSESSIONS.

Hot Kaeh of Pyrotechnic Display In Washington on the Fourth—Old Glory Now Waves Over the White Hoose, the

War and Suty IepartmenU on Simday.

[Special Correspondence.]

WASHINGTON, July 4.—There have been many things the past five months to make the latest anniversary of onr independence most memorable. The great events that have swept past us, like clond shadows o'er a field, have gone toward the shaping of onr future and will be fixed indelibly in the national policy of this country. Already it is quite evident there may be a new alignment of parties, an expansion of territorial domain, a readjustment of diplomatic relations, of which the statesmen of even a year ago never dreamed.

Six months ago who would have thought we should drive on to victory with the warcry, "Remember the Maine?"

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SENATOR JOHN L. MITCHELL.

canes of the Caribbean may be arrested for the season or diverted from their customary course.

The national capital does not set the pace for Fourth of July celebrations by any means, and those sojourning here awhile for the purpose of seeing the rockets go off and the pinwheels go round are grievously disappointed, for aside from those who go away for the rammer there are not many rich and patriotio oitizens here who put their hands deep down in their pockets and fetch up the wherewithal for a vast display. A few sot pieces on the "white lot," some rocketa let off from Arlington and private stocks of firecrackers and torpedoes sent up in smoke by the multitudinous small boy oomprise the sum and substance of our exhibitions.

Bat we are intensely patriotio all the same. Most of us have good cause to be grateful to this country, for the bulk of our citizens depend upon its charity for a living. The officeholders may object to the term charity, however, and so I will modify it by calling it something else—the reward of virtue, for example. The man who has "held down" a stool in a government office for 10, 20 or 80 years somehow gets the idea into his head that he is the government, the people are the servants, and the only argument that will prevail against him is an ejootment, which the civil service rales make it difficult to apply.

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they can perform since the call was issuod for the new 8 per cent bonds. And, by the way, if there are any who haven't sent in their applications I may be doing them a favor to remind such that the timo limit expires on July 14, oven if the bonds havo not already been subscribed for several times over. I venture tho prediction that they will not bo long in going to a premium, judging by tho great demand already made upon the treasury for tho small numbers. I wont into tho treasury a day or two ago, thinking to see long lines of applicants waiting for blanks, but to my surprise found everything moving along as smoothly as usual. One could hardly believe that a loan for $200,000, 000 was being floated by our honored secretary of the treasury, that over 4,000,000 documents explanatory of the call had boon sent out and that orders •were coining in for more probably than Uncle Sam will have any means of providing or necessity for issuing.

It is not yet four months since the Maine was blown up, it is just two months since General Lee was recalled from Havana, ten weeks since war was declared, nine since Admiral Dewey sailed from Hongkong, and yet we have placed 160,000 men in the field, have firmly grasped Manila and Santiago and floated a loan of $300,000,000 without appealing to any outside power for help, either financial, naval or military. The giant is a long while awaking, perhaps, or at least ac it teems to the impatient stay at homes, but when he has fairly stretched his limbs and rolled over and really gathered himself together there will be a rattling of dry bones that can be bv-ard all over the world.

The war is on, and for all the time now, Sundays as well as weekdays, as we were reminded by the raising of the flag over the White House, war and navy department# last Sabbath morning. Until this took place Old Glory has waved over our public buildings on six day* of the wesk only, but from now on it will float until the war has been brought to an end. The wiseacres have been trying to recall a precedent

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the fortunes of war might deal out to us such rich possessions as the Philippines, Porto Rico and the Pearl of the Antilles? Add co these the Canaries and a right to sit in the counsels of Europe, a right which shall have been acquired by sheer valor and weight of metal to cast our sword into the balance of nations, and we may well be pardoned if we shall feel a little astonished at our own performances.

I hope we shall bear the honors we may win meekly, and let us pray while we are winning them that the hum-

for thiw Sunday flying of the flag, hut no one, wen the oldest inhabitant, can remember whether or not this was the custom during the civil war. It doesn't matter, thongh, for there is probably a good reason for it Battles may be fought on Sunday—have been already in this war—and war news will persist in arriving, whether the flag floats or not, and it is a good thing to be able to look up as we pass the White House and see the starry emblem blazoned above the roof of our, commander in chief.

Over in the pension building not long ago. and about the time Commissioner Evans sent adrift 100 superfluous clerks, the Maine was remembered by the unveiling of a beautiful model of our lost battleship, built by Mr. Barnes, the superintendent* of the building. This model is an exact reproduction of the original, being seven feet long, on a scale of a quarter inch to the foot, or one-forty-eighth the length of the ship. So far as one can tell who has never seen the Maine, it is perfect in every detail, even to the mounting of the guns, while a star on the bows marks the fatal spot where the external explosion caused its destruction.

The rotunda of the pension building, by the way, is a cool place to pass an hour or so these hot days, and there are other objects of interest on exhibition besides the relics—and relicts—of the war.

The perfect June days have gone, with their birds and brides and roses, for despite the specter of war in the distance the birds have sung as usual, the roses have bloomed and the brides have led willing victims to the altar. We had hoped to have congress with us in our bereavement, but even this consolation is to be denied us. When all else fails, we turn to the capitol, for there we can find a continuous performance. But the final splurge on Hawaii laid out su«h of the senators and representatives as had not gone home to do a little "fence mending. The legislators are entitled to our respect of course, and especially as they have so nobly sustained the president's hands in the successive emergencies of the past six months. But they say funny things sometimes and are frequently amusing. Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin in his remarks against the annexation of Hawaii said among other things, "Hawaii is farther from anywhere else than any other spot on earth, but it seems that it is distance that lends enchantment to the view.'' And he said it spitefully, too, for he was very much in earnest, but the other senators laughed.

Mr. Mitchell is an old soldier, having served in several engagements and battles and today his erect, soldierly figure may be seen about the capitol and on the avenue more frequently perhaps than any other. He owns a fine stone house very near the capitol, so he can run in and out at any time he pleases. He very much resembles another senator who served through the war, but on the other side—Mr. Caffery of Louisiana, sugar planter and southern gentleman. Both are somewhat under medium height, inclined to corpulency, well dressed, active, industrious, always apparently busy and seemingly inclined to be peppery. And both have gray hair, cropped close, and most luxuriant whiskers, although Mr. Caffery's are not so bushy and rampantly flamboyant as Mr. Mitchell's.

As I was lying in wait for some one to interview yesterday at the senate entrance to the c§pitol I saw Mr. Linney of North Carolina approaching, who not only very kindly allowed me to "take his picture," but related an incident of the war later on when I met Mm by appointment in a oommittee room. Mr. Linney was on the Confederate side, but is now a Republican in politics. The night before the battle of Chancellorsville, he said, about the time or immediately after Stonewall Jackson was shot, the brigade to which he belonged was directed to file directly to the right with its left on a plank road and to stack arms for a little rest. The Federals were then reported at their rear and about 15 minuteB after they had assumed position a Union soldier came up from that direction and sat down near the colors. Upon discovering that they were Confederate, he rose and remarked, "Why, this isn't my flag!" "No, sir," answered the cap-

THK WHOLX BRIGADE TURNED LOOSE. tain of Company A, Seventh North Carolina regulars, "your place is back there with the prisoners, and I command yon tb go there at once." "I guess not," said the brave FederaL "It isn't fair," with which he stepped briskly to the front and discharged his rifle right in the face of the column. The whole brigade turned loose, of course, and he was torn to pieces. "Next morning at gray dawn," said Mr. Linney," the column marched forward, 780 strong. Two hours later not 80 of us were left unhurt. My colonel and lieutenant colonel were killed within ten feet of each other, and I received* wound which I feel to this day."

F. A. OBKIL.

The Vtnt XMmppotetweBt. Millie—Wha does this motto on the ring mean?

Willie—Faithful to the last. Millie—The idea! I thought I was, the first.—Indianapolis Journal.

TERRJS TT AXJTE SATU KDAY EYJSi^D^Jtf^TLjj^LY^Jj^

ISLANDS OF BEAUTY.

THE LADRONES AS A SPHERE TOR AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. I

Their Importance to the United States as a Coaling Station and fraee of BefOge. Fertility of the "Soil and Healthfalness of the Climate.

[Special Correspondence.]

HONGKONG, June 6.—Since Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor the war between the United States land Spain has engaged a large share of the public attention in this city. And this is not only the case so far as the English speaking residents are concerned, bnt the subject is also regarded as one of great interest by the majority of the reading public of the

A BTKEET IN THE LADBONES.

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complex congeries of peoples collected here. Regarding the final outcome of the war in Cuba, with the exception of the Americans and Spanish residing in Hongkong, the rest appear to be indifferent, but when it comes to th&Philippines, the Ladrones and other possessions owned by Spain in this quarter of the world the case is entirely different The British merchants and officials here are generally in favor of the appearance of the United States in the eastern hemisphere as a territorial power not altogether for selfish reasons, I presume, though they imagine that such a contingency would result in counteracting German and French influence in the east.

So far as the Philippine islands are concerned, we have for some time past regarded them as irretrievably lost to Spain, and the only doubt entertained was as to how they would be finally disposed of—whether as a native republic under the protection of the United States or as a colonial possession of that country. Though it was the most natural thing in the world for us to suppose that the Ladrone and Caroline islands would not be allowed to remain under Spanish sovereignty, our thoughts were not' attracted in that direotion until quite recently when it was hinted abroad among Americans in the city that those island groups—at least the Ladrones—would be also taken possession of by the Americans..

Commercially the Ladrone, or Mariana, islands are of no great importance, but as a coaling station they would be invaluable should the American government decide to extend its sphere of influence in the east. The area of the whole group, comprising 20 small islands, is about 417 square miles. The chief islands are Guahan, Rota, Aguijan, Sypan and Tinian. The capital, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants, is in the island ol Guahan.

As usual, the rule of Spain proved fatal to the natives, and but few of the inhabitants of the islands are pure descendants of the aboriginea Those remaining area gentle, docile race, fond of amusement, and when not Christians are believers in a species of Shin to ism, or ancestor worship. They live in rude, wooden, thatohed houses and heed not trouble themselves much about the matter of subsistence, as nature provides them with their simple articles of food without much labor. Anciently they were accused of having loose views as to personal rights in property, which is alleged as the reason that the islands were named by Magellan's sailors "Islas de los Ladrones," or the islands of the thieves. When the Jesuitsestablished a mission there in 1667, they named the group "Las Marianas" in honor of Maria Anna of Austria, the widow of Philip IV, king of Spain. But somehow the name of evil repute has remained attached to the islands in preference to the other. "J

The Ladrone islands' are all of volcanic origin, and the majority of them are densely wooded. The soil is remarkably fertile, and rice, corn, sugar, tobacco, cotton and indigo are produced. Breadfruit, banana and cocoanut are a.ian grown to perfection. The climate is salubrious, and the great heat is tempered by the trade winds. Horses and other domestic animals introduced by the Spaniards run wild in some of tho

Though well within the torrid zone, being included between the thirteenth and twenty-first degrees of north latitude, the islands would not be unsuited for colonization by Americans. White people soon become acclimatized there, and the charm and beauty of those tropical verdant isles soon grow on them.

Guahan, the largest of the Ladrones, lies north of the Carolines and more directly in the line of traffic between the United States and the Philippines, this city and Japan. It is about 3,500 miles from Honolulu, not quite 1,500 from Manila, 1,300 Cram Yokohama and 1,600 from Hongkong. The value of such a place to the American government as a coaling station and port of call, refuge and repair it would be difficult to overestimate.

The Ladrones have not proved a source of revenue for the Spaniards. It is needle» to state that the administration of public affairs is corrupt and that nothing flourishes but excessive taxation, which in the case of these islands has diminished the revenue it was intended to increase. WIUBUK ASSES.

Spanish Barbarity.

The deadly work at Manila was generally performed in the cool of the morning. That these events were fully appreciated was shown by the presence on the Lunetta of thousands of people. Hundreds of fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen "graced" the occasion with their presence. For the most part these fashionables came in their equipages. These ladies would stand in their vehicles, determined not to miss any part of the ghastly show. The signal from tho commanding lieutenant that the victims were dead was the signal for these delighted lady spectators to wave their handkerchiefs or parasols as evidence of their satisfaction.

As a general thing these were frightfully grew some affairs. There was a firing squad of five for each unfortunate. This squad of executioners would be stationed about ten paces immediately to the rear of their human target. In most instances the soldiers constituting the firing squad were natives. They were secretly in favor of the rebellion, and no member of the squad cared to fire the fatal shot Consequently each man would aim for the arm or leg. This of course only added to the horror of the affair.

There was one occasion when 18 leading members of the secret revolutionary society, the Catapunan, were executed. There was not a single instance at this execution where the unfortunate was killed by the first volley. In a majority of cases three or four volleys were required, and in one instance five volleys were fired before the surgeon declared the man dead. The announcement that all were dead was the signal for music by the band—gay, triumphal music.—Review of Reviews.

The Needle and the Splinter

In discoursing to a woman's club recently a physician, dwelling upon how to treat children's bruises, told of a simple method to sterilize a needle that was to be used to pick out a splinter or other foreign substance often jabbed into small boys' hands or knees through their reckless falling? If the needle is passed through an alcohol flame or boiling water and used without touching the point with the fingers, it is safe. The average mother thinks if she uses a needle instead of a pin she has conceded all that is required of her, but the surgeon, keen to the dangers of germ contamination, knows that a step further is necessary.

The lecturer also spoke of the value in the mother's medicine chest of a little gutta percha tissue such as every one who has had a tooth filled will recognize. This will be found to be of great service in covering any,moist dressing of wounds, as it protects the olothing from the wet and also retains the moisture which it is needed to preserve in the dressing.—New York Post.

An Old View of the Spaniard.

Let us see what that acute observer and profound thinker Francois de la Mothe le Vayer said about the Spaniards of the eighteenth century: "They are melancholy, treacherous, inhospitable, miserly, superstitious, importunate in their courtesy, but constant, determined, taciturn, admirable foot soldiers, enduring hunger, thirst, all the fatigues of war, accomplishing by the head rather than the hand and gaining more by ruses and stratagems than by open force. The Spaniard is courteous at the start, contenting himself with remarking quietly all that which is of value in a place, but his leave taking is terrible, because it is then that he strikes, pillaging and laying waste without mercy. "—Boston Journal.

Too Maeh' For the Barrister.

Counsel for the defense had pleaded with such earnest and pathetic eloquence on behalf of his client, who stood charged with pocket picking, that the audience WHS moved to tears, and the prisoner himself was rubbing his eyes with a silk handkerchief. At that moment the barrister, happening to glance to his direction, suddenly stopped in his speech ahd exclaimed, "Why, the rascal is using my handkerchief 1'!—London Tit-Bits.

A SEA OP FLAME.

On the evening of Novembert a8th, 1878, afire broke out in the British ship Melanie, loaded with soo barrels of petroleum. An awful mass of flames shot up from the main hatch and the vessel quivered from stem to stern with explosion of the barrels. Her seams opened and the blazing petroleum poured out into the river, spreading a belt of fire around her. The master and seamen jumped overboard. Captain Sharp, whose vessel was lying close-by, propelled a small boat through the blazing river and after a severe scorching and imminent peril, saved the seamen from a horrible death.

All over civilisation there are thousands of men in more imminent danger than wens those seamen. They are threatened with consumption or are already in the clutch of se. If they only knew it,

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Then she was attacked with heart failure and for a year was unable to attend to the ordinary duties of the home. In describmg her own experience Mrs. Lord says: "I had heart failure so bad I was often thought to be dead.

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with this I had neuralgia of the stomach so bad it was necessary to give me morphine to dead^i the pain.

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Sometimes the doctors gave me temporary relief, but in the end it seemed as if my suffering was multiplied.

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