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MILFOM), PIKE COUNTY,. PA., "FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1808.
Wi 47.
BRIEF MENTION.
Tbe Sussex Record says C. T. Ott,
who whs formerly connected with
tlmt paper, Is now with his regi
ment, tho 12th N. Y., nt Lexington,
Ky. It states also tlmt he hits reg
ulni'ly written, but has made no
complaint from Chicnmau ex
cept as to tho tardiness of the pay
master. Ho is a son of Charles
Ott. of Delaware.
If your wntch needs any rnpiirs
go to Rudolph, the jeweler, Milford,
Pa. tf
The forty lights for tho Borough
have been located nt tho intersec
tions of the streets, with one nt
Struble's mill, and one on Mott and
four on Water street. They will he
put in immediately, and then it may
bo determined whether we are a
righteous people and lovo light bet
ter than darkness.
P. B. Clark, Esq., and Chns. W.
Cortright, of Porter, attended the
snle of lands Tuesday, and enriched
themselves by buying county lands.
Romiiine Whittnker, Snpt. of tho
Forest Park Association id Lehman,
was a purchaser at the land sale.
Tuesday.
Mrs. GabeRaser while visiting her
friend Mrs. Irving Clifford on the
Dingmau road a few days ago acci
dentally fell off (ho nigh porch in
rear of tho house and had her ancle
badly sprained.
Swinton & Co., of Port Jervis,
took six first premiums on their new
Imperial Quick Time Ranges, al !he
Orange Co. fair last week. Tuere
were several competitors. Winter
is just coming on and hero is a point
er where to buy tho best stove.
At a partition salo of the Dela
ware II mso in Port Jorvis, Goo. Lea
became tho purchaser for tho sum
of $4,200.
Cuba was discovered by Colum
bus October 28, 1492. Ho named it
Juana.
Samuel D. Emery last Saturday,
without informing the engineer,
cbmbed under an engine in the
Port Jervis yrd to do noma work
The engineer started up the ma
chine, but Mr. Emery was enabled
to cling to something until he made
known his situation, and the engine
was stopped.
Jos. Anderegg, of Greeley, piled
tip wealth by purchasing lands at
the sales Tuesday.
The land purchased by the State
nt the sales Tuesday will make a
difference in the County assessment
of $5,217, and in the County taxes
of $67.82. This must be made up by
the rest of the county, and is a di
rect additional tax on all land own
ers. W. W. Wood, of Honosdalo, and
H. C. Norton, of Clinton, were nom
inated by the Republicans of Wayne
for Representatives. John G. Reifer
of Dy berry for County Treasurer
and Dr. C.E. Foster for Coroner.
Candidate for Congress J. J. Hart
left Milford Tuesday for Mauch
Chunk, taking with him B. E.
Brown, G..A. Sweponizer and J. C.
Wostbrook, Jr., as conferees.
Goorge. E. Stauffer, of East
Stroudsburg, has been nominated
as the Prohibition candidate for
Congress from this District, and
James S. Kressly, of Weatherly, for
State Senator.
If your watch needs a main spring
Rudolph, the jeweler at Milford will
put one in. tf.
A dense smoko and fog has been
hanging over the upper lakes, great
ly interfering with navigation. Tho
cause is unknown, as no forest fires
are reported, and if it arises from
this source it must come several
hundred miles. The same condi
tions prevailed here this week to
some extent.
If your watch needs cleaning take
it to John Rudolph, the jeweler,
Milford Pa. tf .
Tho Long Pond Hotel in Monroe
Co. was with its contents destroyed
by Are a few days ago. An over
heated flue was the cause.
Romey B. Van Etten the Centre
Square tailor, has taken an agency
for custom made clothing and will
be preparod to dress you in faultless
taste with good goods at very low
prices. Take a look at his samples
of cloth.
The Smith house ou Broad St. is
b'ing moved back some sixteen foet.
Carpenters Seeley and Canue are
supervising the work. The struc
ture is old fashioned and heavy, but
the moving has been successfully
done without even taking down the
chimneys.
T. Armstrong and Co., have put
in a machine which pflmps oil from
the cellar and. at the same time
measures out tho quantity by means
of an indicator.
Armstrong and Co,, have a few
20 gul. stone jars left which they
are selling nt a reduced price. They
are good fur Saner Kraut or pickles.
The Secretary ot the Navy has
ordered a court martial for tho trial
of Chaplain Mclntyre, of tho Oro
gon, who is accused of imbliely de
nouncing his brother officers who
engaged in tho battle of July 3.
The court will meet in Denver on
September 2(5, and will consist of
seven members, headed by Commo
dore McCann, retired, with Cnptain
Lnuehimer as Julge-ndvoente-gen-
oral.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
List Friday about two o'clock p.
m. a runaway team of horses inflict
ed serious injury on several people.
Mrs. Albert Williams, of Branchvillo
N. J., with her daughter (trace, a
son John and two nieces Misses
Lucy and S-'allio Williams, came over
to Milford with a team belonging to
the Price brothers, to visit Mrs.
Mary Gibbons and her daughter
Carrio Pel ton who resido in this
Borough. The party went up
to tho Hawkill Falls in the wagon
md Miss Pel ton on her wheel. Mrs.
Gibbons andthotwo nieces went in
to look nt the falls, the other four re
maining with the wagon, into which
Miss Pelton got with the others.
In some way tho bridle came off one
of the horses, and they started and
ran down the hill. The boy jump
ed out and escaped and Miss Grace
Williams also jumped out but was
s ruck by thohind wheel of the wngi n
and had her jaw broken and was
otherwise bruised. Mrs. Williams
was thrown out an I had her nose
broken, Miss Polt.m romaiuod in the
wagon until it struck a tree in front
of tho residence of Mr. Steele on up
per Harford street when she was
thrown out and in some way her
hair became entangled in tho whiffle
tmannil til,Q mug itrnO'O'ert it - C.OUIO-
erable distance rocoiving a bad scalp
wound and an injury to the chest.
The horsos finally broke from the
wagon and ran on, one was caught
in front of Mitchells store and the
other at tho lower end of town.
Neither was much hurt but the
wagon was a total wreck.
A NARROW E CAPE,
Last Friday night about 10.20
Chas. Thornton with a team of Jno.
Findlay and a closed conch in which
was Hon. E. Pinchot, approached
the Erie crossing in Port Jorvis. on
tho way to Milford. The gnte was
down but tho gateman raised it to
allow the team to pass. Just as
they reached the track.it was struck
bv an enirino going west. One horse
was run over and so injured that it
had to be killed, the other was not
hurt. Thornton was thrown out
but both he and Judge Pinchot es
caped injury.
THE NEW BRIDGE ACCEPTED,
Chief Resident Engineer Haight,
of the M. & M. R. R., ncoompnniod
by Consulting Engineer Sweezy,
went over and surveyed the now
railrotd bridge Tuesday, in company
with Mr. Achy, representing the
Pennsylvania Steel Co., who sup
plied the material, and Win. Tench,
of the firm of Terry and Touch, who
built the structure. After a careful
survey the engineers on the part of
the new railroad company, decided
to accept the structure. Port Jervis
Union.
WICKHAM MOLLINEAUX.
J. E. Wickham, well known ns tho
former proprietor of the Fowler
House in Port Jervis, was on Thurs
day, Sept. 15th, united in marriage
with Miss Flora Mollineaux. The
ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. B. S. Lass iter in the presence
of the immediate relatives of the
bride, toak place at the residence of
the bride's father Jas. Mollineaux on
Broad St. The bridal trip was to
Mt. Clemens, Mich., whero tho hap
py couple will spend several weeks.
A SOLDIER'S RETURN.
Mrs. Geo. Jennings went to N. Y.
last Saturday to meet her husliand
who has been a quartermaster in
the 11th N. Y. Regiment. He ha
obtained his discharge and returned
home with his wife this week.
The fumily has been several
times sorely disappointed because
f his delay in returning but the joy
of this meeting has been augmented
by the fact that he is now released
from the perils of tho service.
PERSONA I,
C O. Westergnnrd, formerly n
resident of Dingmnns, rov employ
ed in a lint factory in Yonkem, N.
Y., has been visiting acquaintances
in Milford this week.
J. C. Grnstnuk and family, who
have spent the summer at their
plensant cottage on Harford street,
returned to their city home last
Monday.
W. K. Ridgway, of Matnmorns,
ex-Sheriff and ex-Prothentarv of
Pike, and a present Director of the
M., M. & N Y. R. R., was in Mil
ford Monday.
P. Q. Deyo, of New York, spent
Inst Sunday at tho Centre Squaro
Hotel with his family.
Mrs. Alice M. Mott and daughters
Gertrude and Virginia, Miss Susan
Nichols, Miss Huldah. Bull. Miss
Bertha Williamson nnd Mrs. J. C.
Bull nro speeding a couple of weeks
nt Asbnry Park, nnd will nttend the
C. E. Convention.
Mrs. J. H. Worden, formerly Miss
Emma McCarty, of Monrelair, has
been . visiting relatives in Sussex
nnd Pike for several day.
Mr. C. Kenworthey nnd wifo, of
Philadelphia, visited his nephew
Dr. W. B. Kenworthey, on Harford
street, this week.
Henry Snyder, one of Lehman's
oldest citizens, was at Milford Tues
day. Ho bears the burden of years
with ease, and appears to be well
and sprightly.
G. W. Pierson, of Blooming
Grove, wns a visitor in - town Tues
day. H. H. Sanderson, formerly of
Delaware, now living at Wnlpolo,
Mass :, visited town Tuesday.
Clyde Kipp spent last week taking
in the sights at N. Y.
Harry Reed nnd John Van Etten
were sight seeing in New York Wort.
nosday.
Paul N. Bourniqne and wife, and
Harry Rvman are camping this
week nt Brink's Pond.
hotter known ns "Doctor," wns a
Milford visitor last Tuesday. Father
Time has been kind to him and ho
does not seem like a man crowding
four score.
Miss Sallio Mains entertained a
few of her friends nt her homo on
lower Catherine street Tuesday
evening.
Miss Ruth umblo, of N. Y. City,
visited her brothers this week.
Mrs. Kate Reed, formerly West-
brook, of Port Jervis, some yenrs
ngoa popular teacher in our schools
has been visiting this week with
the family of Hon. Jacob Kher.
Mrs. W. B. Parker, of Hawloy,
Pa., who is with her sister, Mrs.
Albert Helms, on Harford St , does
not improve in health and hor con
dition is serious.
Dr. H. B. Reed is making good
progress with his now house and
when that is completed he expects
to renovate tho old one.
C. Agnow part owner of the Pond
Ert ly Blue Stone property with a
fri. nd was in town Thursday.
Thoodore B. Willis, of Brooklyn,
owner of what is known as the
Brade farm in Delaware was hero
looking over his place this week.
Ho was accompanied by Frank Suy-
dam a real estate dealer of Now
York.
THEY DISAGREE.
Tho faction of Democrnts known
as the biiuii unssiuy wing, wua
which our County is supposed to I
affiliate, met at Mauch Chunk Wed
nesday to name a candidate for
Congress in tho Eighth. Tho North
aniDton and Esser pnrty did not
join them, for tho alleged reason
that under the rules tho last county
to name conferees has the naming
of tho time and placo, nnd North
ampton enjoyed that prnilego. She
first named Wednesday but subse
quently changed it to Thursday and
this the Shull-crowd claim is
irregular. Monroe and Pike there
fore met and organized and adjourn
ed until Thursday evening at 7
ocloek and sent word to Northamp
ton to nppenr.
PROHIBITION CONVENTION,
A Prohibition mass convention, for
Pike County, is hereby called to
meet at Brown's Hall, in Milford,
Monday, Sept. 26, '98, at 2, p. in.
All friends of honest government,
who support the nomination of Dr.
S. C. Swallow for Governor, are in
vited to participate. By order of
C. It. Jonks,
State Chairman
NEWS NOTES:
Miss Winnie D vis, daughter of
the late Jefferson Davis, former
President of the1 Confederate States
of America, died at the Hotel Hock-
inghnm, Narrnghnsett Pier,Siwiday,
Sept. 18, after' n illness of nearly
two months. She wns known
throughout the South ns tho"Daugh-
ter of the Confederacy."
Dr. John. Hall, n eminent Pres
byterian Divino, and for many years
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Church,
died last Saturday near Belfast,
Ireland. He was a great minister,
nnd peculiarly forceful in presenting
the Gospel in the simplest and yet
most impressive manner.
Maj. General James H. Wilson,
who commanded a corps in the
Porto Ricnn campaign, nnd who is
now at his Delaware house on fur.
lough, said when asked for his views
on the war: "I have nothing to
complain of. I am very much like
the grave digger who, when asked
while digging a grave, who had died
and what wns wrong, renlied :
There nint nothing gone wrong ;
everybody 's satisfied' "
Pos'master General Smith, who
will deliver an address at the Oma
ha Exposition on Pennsylvania day,
has accepted invitations to deliver
political speeches at Topeka, and
Wichita, Kansas, on the 7th and 8th
of October, and has under consider
ation invitations to make other
speeches in Nebraska nnd Ohio. He
will accept ns many of the invita
tions as he can.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Margaret Parr.
Mrs. Margaret Parr, aged nbont
eighty-six yenrs, widow ot Rev.
Tohn Pnrr, died nt her homo in
Blooming Grove early last Monday
Morning. She came with her hus
band to that township in 1800 and
has resided there ever since. She
is survived by two children, Mrs.
Goorge Andorson nnd Abraham
Parr, both residents of the same
teivnaliin ,.Tlin fnnnraj tvlr
Tuesday afternoon.
A CHILEAN PAPER.
We are in receipt of the "Chilean
Times" presumably through the
courtesy of our friend Julio M. Fos
ter, whom we thank. Tbe paper is
well printed in English and the sup
plement contains several very excel
lent cuts, among them being one of
Uncle Samuol who is closely inspect
ing a map on .which is the Philip
pine islands and remarking to him
self "Guess I'll keep them."
UNCLE TOtt'3 CABIN.
Darling's great show of Uncle
Tom's Cabin will exhibit at Milford
Saturday evening, Sept. 24th. There
will bo a streot parade at eleven
o'clock in tlie morning.
The troupe of performers is large,
embracing thirty people, with all the
accessories of dogs, horsos, fine scen
ery and a gopuine log cabin.
The mammoth tent will seat 2000
porsons and will be erected on Har
ford streot nnar J. C. Bock's hotel.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Forest Lake Associa
tion for the election of a Board of
Directors, and the transaction of
any business which may lawfully
oomo before them, will be hold at
the Club House of the Association,
in Lackawaxen Township, Pike Co.,
Pa., on Tuesday, October 11th, 1898,
at 10 o'clock A. M.
Wm. C. Davidson,
Dated Sept. 21, '98. Clerk.
A marriage license was issued
last week to David Shields and Katy
Haas, both of Shohola, and they
were married on Thursday by Rev.
Father Tries.
To Let, on Harford St., fur
nished house with largo grounds.
Inquire at. Press Office.
i
$100 Reward $100.
The renders of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there isat least one dreaded
disease that science hits been able to euro
la nil ItH stages, aut that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Curt) Is Hi ouiy positive
cure Known to tno meuicai irateruny
Catarrh belug A constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's
I alarm mra IS Ulhcu iuwriii,iijr, ncilug
directly uiou the blood aud mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, aud giving
tlie patient strength by building up tlie
constitution aud assisting im.uro in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
fiuh In Its curative powvs, that they offer
One Hundred Doilurs Reward for any case
that It fulls to cure, Keud for list of testi
monials. Address,
K. J. CHKNKY & CO., Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists, 75o.
Hull's Family fills are the best.
To Cars Cfoaitlpstloa Forsvsr.
Take Ciisi-mets Csuov Culliurlio. lueortta.
U C 0. C Isil lo tuio, urussisu tvluua iuvuv.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Sarah E. Walter and husband to
V. F. Stoddnrd nnd Alexander Stod
dard, dated April 8, 1897, land in
Lehman, 11 acres j consideration
$110.19. .
John C.Wallace and wife to Frank
Crissman, dated Sept. 8, lot in Mil
ford Borough ; con. $107.
Leon F. Blanchard and wife to
Amanda Howland, dated June 10,
401 acres in Milford Township ; con
sideration $1.
Peter Yoost to John G. Hilliard,
dated Jan. 5, 1898, Shohola Falls
property, undivided two-thirds ;
con. $28,000.
Peter Yoost to Peter Q. Deyo,
Shoholn Falls property, undivided
; consideration $14,000.
J. G. Hilliard ct nx. to Wm. 8.
Banta, Shohola Falls property, un
divided j consideration $14,000.
Vnn C. Peters and wife to Edwin
F. Peters and Henry Peters, dated
Juno 17 1898, Lehman and Middle
Smithfleld equal undivided in
Peters' ltnds ; consideration $7000.
Faul Emile Virille dit Bille, Sr.,
and wifo to Paul Emile Virille dit
Bille, Jr., dated Sept. 12, 1898,
Greene, 5 acres ; consideration $800
Chns. J. Boileau and wifo to Mario
Boilenn, dated April 11, Dingman,
undivided interest, 231 ncros ;
consideration $1500.
Marie Boileau nnd husband to Jo
seph, F. N- nnd Leon P. Roilen-n,
dated Aug. 2d, eoual undivided i
interest, 231 acres; consideration
$1000.
GAME IS PLENTY.
J. W. Grecning.of DingmnnTwp. ,
states that gamo is plenty up in the
vicinity of Rattlesnake. He saw
two deer in his meadow one day
last week, and there are many
pheasants, and woodcock in that
section. This has also boon a good
year apparently for honey, and bee
trees are quite numerous. They
are found by hunters who have the
skill and wood oraft, going to tho
aiid stones Tfiea1;erd","upo'n' tlie.se sYifVfs
a small quantity of beeswax is
plnced, which melts and attracts
the bees, aftor loading up they rise
circle round and thon make a boo
line 'or their homes. The hunter
follows and by careful lining the
direction finally finds, the tree or
perhaps the hive in some persons
door yard. There is an unwritten
law nmong boo hunters that a tree
which is marked is the proporty of
the person marking it, but Jerry
says in his neighborhood this evi
dence of ownership is totally disre
gnrded, and the trees are "taken
up" that is the honey is abstracted
whether there are marks or not.
FOREST RESERVATION.
At the County sales of land Sept.
20 the prices realized were generally
low, many tracts selling for $1. The
State bought 3,478 acres all in Por
ter, obtaining the following tracts :
John Abbott, No. 85, 298 acres f
Lowis Alburtis, No. 97, 415 ncres
John Jayne, No. 179,
400
ncres ;
ncres ;
ncres :
acres ;
acres ;
Ezekiel King, No. 105,
Robert Monde, No. 96,
415
380
John Miller, No. 192,
402
Sarah Ogdon, No. 195,
358
Rich. Thoinpson.No. 184, 402 acres;
and the John Taylor, No. 191, 402
acres. The total purchnso price is
$499.64.
ANOTHER CHEAP NIAGARA
FALLS AND TORONTO EX
CURSION. The Erie has decided to give the
people of Milford and vicinity an
other opportunity to visit Niagara
Falls at the very low rate of $3.00
and Toronto, Out, at $4.00 for the
round trip on Saturday, Sept. 24th,
leaving Port Jervis at 7.30 P. M.
and arriving at the Falls 6.50 A. M.
Sunday, Sept. 25th. Tho Niagara
Falls tickets will be good for return
on the special train leaving the
Falls at 5.00 P. M. Sunday, Sept. 25,
or on any regular train Monday,
date, Saturday, Sept. 24, and the
low rate of faro, as no one can af
ford to miss this gran d opportunity
Sept. 26, and the Toronto tickets
will be good for stop both going and
returning at Buffalo or Niagara and
will be good for rturn up to Thurs
day. Sept. 29th. Muke a note of the
date. Saturday, Sept. 24, and the
low rate of fare, as no oue can af
ford to miss this grand opportunity.
Dust Tobseco Siit is4 Smul losr Life Awsr.
To oult tobacco easily and forsver. be mag
netic, full of lile, nerve aud visor, tuke No-To-
iiue. the wonder-worker, tbst makes weak men
strong. Ail drusKisvs. See or SI. Cureg'iaran-
teed. Bouklet aud sample free. Address
Sterling iteiuedy (o, Ctucago or New Voik,
SPAIN3 DcCADEWCH-
Oti his accession to the Spanish
throne Philip II. fonnrt himself rul
er of the greatest empire tho world
had seen since Rome was at the
zenith of its power. Its na vies were
famous for their greatness and they
ruled the ocean, its armies were
famous for their prowess, she sway
ed the destinies of Europe, had pos
sessions in all the continents, nnd
may bo said to have owned the
Americas, north and south. Sam
uel Johnson, writing as recently as
1740, when complaining of poor peo
ples hardships, said :
"Are there no regions yet unclaim
ed by Spain?
Quick, let tis rise, those happy lands
explore,
And benr oppressions insolence no
more."
The Spni.ish empire wns the re
sult of marriages, conquest and dis
coveries ; its decline nnd fall mny be
ascribed to the ruthless chnracter of
the Spanish peoplo. Tho Inquisition
and bull fighting were evolutionp
from this character ; Torquomnda
and the mntndor were no more
cruel than the nature of the people
required.- Cardinals were frequent
ly prime ministers, and Tamerlane
never treated Central Asians more
mercilessly than Spain treated the
Indians of North America When
Columbus discovered St. Domingo
it had a population of 2,000,000; in
1530 this population had dwindled
to 350,000. Cortez in Mexico nnd
Piznrro in Peru were ideal Spanish
conquerors.
In the latter part of Philip's reign
Spain lost nil, or nenrly all, of her
dependencies in North Africa, and
early in the next reign Burgundy,
Niplos, Sicily nnd Milanese.
1009 The Netherlands.
1628 Malacca, Ceylon, Java nnd
other islands.
1610 Portugal.
1048 Spain renouueed all clnim
to Holland.
1G49 Maastricht, Hertogenbosch,
Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, nnd many
ttfleSV ''iff Ttiwycnr ft'iso Tsne frtemy
surrendered supremacy on the seas
to Northern Europe.
1759 Rousillon and Cardague.
Those places were coded to France,
thus mnking the Pyrenoes the boun
dary between tbe two countries.
1008 Other sections of Flanders.
1672 Many towns nnd cities in
Flanders.
1704 Gibraltar.
1704 Majorca, Minorca and Ivizza
1791 Tho Nootka Sound settle
ments. 1794 St. Domingo
1800 Louisiana.
1802 Trinidad.
1819 Florida.
In the heydoy of Morosco accen-
dancy Spain had a population of
20,000,000, in the time of Ferdinand
and Isabella 12,000,000, and in the
beginning of the 18th century only
6,000,000 The present population
l about 18,000,000.
It may be said in oonclusio n that
education in Spain is limited to com
patatively few. Thirty or forty
years ngo it was no disgrace lor a
Spanish grandee not to be able to
write his name.
1819 Florida.
1810-21 Mexico, Venezuela, Col
ombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chil
Argentina, Uruguay. Paraguay,
Patagona, Gutemala, Honduras,
Nicarnnga, San Salvador, Hnyti,
San Domingo, besides numerous
islands retaining not afoot of ground
in America.
During nil these years while other
nations were discovering new regiocs
or enpturing those discovered or
conquered by Spnin, tho land ot
Cid Campendor was going steadily
down tho hill. The only time she
stood still for a moment was in 1860
when Marshal O'Donuoll took Te
tuan and Ceuta from the Moors.
Frank W. Leach, who was a
strong supporter of John Wann
maker in hifl fight for the Senutor
ship two years ago, is now a sup
porter of Quay and is out in a letter
giving his reasons.
Nat Detrick is spending a few days
with Milford friends. He has been
employed in Southern Hotel during
the Summer.
PRICES AT MILFORD.
Flour..
. . . .$5.75. per bbl.
Butter 23
Eggs 23
Feed 9C
Oats 35
Corn 50
lb.
doz.
cwt.
bu.
Pillsbury's Vitos at Mitchell's.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washinhtoh, D. C, Sept. 19, '83.
Now flint the pence Commission
ers nre well on their wny to Paris,
Presidont McKinloy will complete
the Commission to investigate the
conduct of the war nnd will get it to
work nt the earliest possiblo mo
ment. He thinks the Commission
enn do nil of its work in Washing
ton, calling such witnesses as were
in positions which enabled them to
possess useful information ; and he
told one of the Commissioners that
every communication sent or receiv.
ed by the War Department would
be made accessible to the Comiuss.
sion, nnd that the wholo power of
the government would be used to
assist the Commissioners in getting
everything they desired to know.
The only desire thnt President Mo-
Kinley hns in the matter is to show
the peoplo of the country just how
the war was conducted, nnd to nt
tho same time discovor tho things
in our present system thnt should bo
changed in order to get tho best re
sults. Ho wishes nobody to be
shielded nnd nobody to be perse
cuted. The gentlemen who have consent
ed to servo on the Commission, nre
so well known that no one would
question the report when it Is made.
Tho -words of such men ns these nl-
ways carries conviction to the pub
lic : Charles Gilmnn, of Johns Hop
kins University ; Hon. Charles Den
by, for more thnn thirty yenrs U.
S. Minister to China ; Col. James A.
Soxton, tho newly-elected Commnn-dor-in
Chief of the G. A. R. ; Gon.
Granville Dodge, who gained mili
tary fame in the Civil War ; Dr. W.
W. Keen, whose achievements hnve
placed him in the front ranks of the
medical profession, not only of the
U. S., but of the world, and Capt.
Evan P. Howell, formerly editor of
the Atlanta Constitution. The lack
of legal authority to compel wit-
serious draw-back to tho Com
mission. Few witnesses called are
likely to decline to testify, when the
President wishes thorn to tell every
thing they know.
The sessions of the Peace Com
mission to meet at Paris, October 1,
nre to be held in the famous "Salle
dos Ambnssadonrs," the French
Government having tendered the
uso of that apartment, in which
have been enacted numeious inter
national diplomatio dramas, when
tlie meeting place of the Peace Com
mission was first announced. Just
previous to the departure of the
Amoricnn Commissioners from
Washington, non. Win. R. Day,
who heads tho Commission, tender
ed ha resignation as Secretary of
State, which was accepted by tho
President, who then officially an
nounced the appointment of Col.
John Hay, recently Ambassador to
Great Britain, to be Secretary of
State. At the same time Hon. Bas
set t Moore, who accompanies the
Commissioners ns Adviser, tendered
his resignation as First Assistant
Secretary of State, and it was ac
cepted. Secretary Hay, who will
be in Washington in a few day, will
choose Mr. Moore's successor. The
instructions given our representa
tive s on'the Ponce Commission have
been a well-kept secret. Surmises
have been plentiful, but there are
no facts before the public. Presi
dent McKinlcy says the policy of
this government in the negotiations
of the treaty of pence with Spain
will be recognized ns thoroughly
American when it becomes known,
nnd that it will bo endorsed by our
people as a whole. More than that
he does not deem it prudent to say
at this time.
Tho sensation mongers hardly gotK
a chance to spread their imagination
ou tho stories of such a serious situ
ation at Manila that more American
troops were needed, before the sen
sation was punctured by an official
report from Gen. Otis, who js in
command of our troops over there
during the aLsence of Gen. Merritt,
who is on his way to Paris to place
the information in his possession
before the American Peace Com
missioners, saying that no more
troojis were needed, anil that the
situation was satisfactory from an
American point of view.
There is already evidence that tho
Democrats, in their anxiety to make
political capital, have overdone the
criticism of the War Dejiartinent by
spreading stories so ridiculously
false as to carry their own refuta
tion. It will not be the first time
time that Democratic campaign
stories have turned out to be boomerangs.