Hi
Kngliwtil and tic TrniiAYiinl
The n lntlon of Kuglniiit to the TrniiB
vnnl Is i1iiii1v explained by linnes
Ciistinns Wliliclv In tli cunciit iiuin
tr of Tin Im iun The llilllsli gov
rnimitit sjivs Mr Wlilloly tlilnkn
tlic ullliiiuliiH ought to linve iiiori
rights nnil llticrtlcs Tlic South Afrl
cnii ltiiiitilc Im of tlic opinion Unit they
have nliemly dm much of these as Is
cooil for tliciii or for llic i cpuhllo Tim
Imgllsli sec a iiiiinlicr of their fellow
tonntrMucn In n Nlimigo Innil coin
pellet to submit to lie rule of a com
ui rati vely suiiill iniuilier of Uoeis
whose Ideas of government are coiihIiI
eretl somewhat primitive These nil
landers enii olilaln full citizenship In
l In1 Transvaal only after 1 1 or 15 yeafH
residence and after having eoinpllcd
with a number of leinilrenientH which
render the full franchise almost Inac
cesslhlc There are many Hiimllor an
noyances In connection with the high
tariff the dynamite monopoly and the
language employed In the schools tlic
eoiirts and the legislature All thcHo
things hiivo been arranged liy the
Hoers ami they do not suit the uttland
eitt
The Hoers however look at the
matter from itilte a different point of
view Ir more than half a century
they have heen trying to get away
from Miitlsh rule They are an agri
cultural and a pastoral people whose
chief wish Is to he left to manage their
own affairs and who for n generation
have been retpiesllng the Itrltlsh gov
crnment to stand out of their Htiullglit
The International relations of tircat
Hrltaln and the Transvaal are deter
mined principally by the convention of
London This convention was not an
iigrceinent between ciiuals It was
unilateral The word suzerainty was
not used but article which gives
treat Britain a right of veto In regard
to treaties clearly places the Trans
Vaal in the position of a state which Is
at least something less than absolutely
ttoverelgn The Transvaal Is then a
KumlHovurolpn state Hut this may
mean anything from almost absolute
sovereignty to almost absolute depend
ence
From Mr WhltelyH statement It
would seem that by the convention of
Loudon the high contracting parties
Intended to make thu Transvaal u send
sovereign state limited in Its power of
making treaties but free from Inter
vention In Its domestic affairs Thus
it does not appear that Hnglantl has a
right to demand any change in the law
of the franchise or In any other meas
ure of domestic policy In the Trans
vaal
It Is estimated that something over
a million dollars was spent by private
Individuals and llrniHi In Now York In
decorations for thu Dewey receptoii In
that city aside from what was expend
ed liy the municipal government for
the same purpose While some portion
of this In accordance with New Yorks
frugal policy of always getting Its
money back was expended for self
glorillcatlou and advertising purposes
particularly that expended by some of
the newspapers no doubt a large por
tion of the expenditure was prompted
by patriotic artistic and uncommercial
motives At all events It was not whol
ly an unwise expenditure though there
was no element of pemmuency In it
Some of the New York uowspnnertj In
sulf laudation and the great business
bouses In advertising will doubtless
get their money back but aside from
this much benellt accrued to the bunt
ing maker and the decorator and such
a profuse display of the natloual colors
110 doubt Incited patriotic emotions In
the Impressionable spectator of this
blaze of glory
Iu a paper on municipal ownership of
public utilities which was read by
lrofessor K V Hemls of the Now Col
lege of Kcouoiulc Research at the con
vent Ion of thu League of American
Municipalities special stress was placed
upon the necessity for nonpolltleal civil
service iu the successful operation of
Hiich utilities by municipal govern
incuts Professor Hemls point Is well
taken and cannot be too strongly em
phasized It Is true that some
who urge municipal ownership and
operation are rather more anxious for
the spoils than they are for the proper
regulation of public utilities and no
doubt many persons who desire the
best possible public service are In
clined to withhold their support of mu
nicipal ownership through fear that
the general adoption of the system
would entail political evils
Almost colucldcntally with Goldwiu
Smiths remark that Admiral Deweys
destruction of a few old Spanish tubs
In Manila bay wasnt much of an
achievement comes the announcement
of the conviction at Madrid of Admiral
Montljo of the crime of cowardice iu
that he failed to smash the American
commanders licet Instead of permit
ting Dewey to smash his licet Hither
the Canadian professor or the Spanish
authorities must be In error
As It Is said that Admiral Dewey
loves a tight he may have been Interest
ed In the various scraps over prece
dence and other thluge among the
New York cpmiulttveiuen who had In
Jiarge the celebration In his honor
though he evidently would have hud ua
desire to participate In them
Knllroni CouiiiilflfdonrrN Aroused
The New York slate railroad com
missioners have been aroused by the
multiplication of trolley car accidents
so called to the necessity of additional
safely appliances The particular tie
llclency to which they are directing
their tit t fit t Ion Is the lack of a brake
possessing siilllclent power tiud adapta
bility to enable uiolormen to slop
their cars tpilckly iu case of emergen
cy and they are arranging a series of
experiments for the purpose of de-
tcriululug which of n dozen different
patterns claiming superiority Is most
elllclelit iu operation The New York
commissioners are considering not only
the subject of safety appliances but
the iptestlon of the Illness of trolley
road oniplotccH for their work The
latter branch of their Inquiry In by no
means the least Important It Is al
leged that some companies Instead of
raising the standard of quallllcutlnnH
for their service are deliberately low
ring It are putting boys In the place
of men and substituting Ignorance and
Incompetence for experience and elll
rlcucy because the latter qualities cost
more than the former Wherever and
In whatever degree such a change Is
going on It Is an outrage a menace to
tlie public safely and a gross Injustice
to the experienced and competent men
who were superseded by the cheaper
employees The standard of skill and
elllelency oir trolley lines cannot be too
high It Is beyond question that heav
ily loaded trolley cars running swiftly
through crowded streets over cheaply
and Insecurely constructed tracks as
compared to the road beds of steam
railroads need for their safe opera
tion at least as large a possession of
Intelligence Judgment dexterity and
care by those who control them iih do
the trains on steam roads running for
the most part on well protected tracks
through the country No one we think
will attempt to say that the average
uiotormau can be compared In point
of skill experience and intelligence to
the steam locomotive engineer The
activity evinced by the New York
state railroad commissioners In the
direction of protecting the public from
such disasters as are of frequent oc
currence may well be followed by thu
railroad commissioners of other com
monwealths
The Hon lohn Coughlln a Chicago
statesman known more widely to fame
as Hathhouse John who recently
took Saratogas swell society by storm
with his green dress spit has thrown
another llutter Into the camp of fashion
by announcing that pink shirts are not
suitable for evening dress After Mr
Coughllns pronuuclatuento any one
appearing at an evening function In a
claw hammer coat and a pink shirt
will have only himself to blame If lie
loses social prestige thereby Tills Chi
cago sartorial director should now give
the waiting world of fashion a ruling
on the propriety of wearing tan shoes
and a red necktie with full evening
togs There Is an Impression In some
quarters that such a combination would
not be In good form It only needs the
dictum of lathhouse John to settle
the matter
A protlt sharing scheme has been
Inaugurated at Pittsburg It Is In con
nection with an extensive laundry en
terprise Hach driver on entering Its
employ has stock to the value of
1000 placed to bis credit At the end
of ten years he becomes the proprietor
of this In the meantime thu pro Its
arc placed iu an Insurance fund for Ills
bcrjefit The girls are Included In the
scheme being cared for when sick
glvpn u dowry if they marry or burled
If they die
The guardians of a London work
house have adopted a commendable
plan for thu classification of paupers
About four years ago thu Inmates wuru
subdivided with reference to their
moral character their behavior and
their previous habits Now a further
fctep has been taken by providing two
comfortable ami well furnished wards
for those above K who have become
charges on the statu through thu In
capacity of old age
As in the case of a considerable num
ber of gentlemen who had ships to sell
when the government needed ships at
the opening of the war with Spain
there aru now somu gentlemen with
ships to offer for transporting troops
to the Philippines who are not allow
ing their patriotism to get the better
of their reputations as men of busi
ness
A preacher In Minneapolis Sunday
told the cougregatlou that not more
than 7 out of 100 church members
were real Christians It made no trou
ble Hvery man who heard him felt
that he was one of the seven
If some progressive school would
drop from Its curriculum dead lan
guages ami take up the live golf lan
guage it might extend the sphere of Its
usefulness The urgent need of the
hour Is more knowledge of the golf
language
Thors seems to be considerable delay
In London iu arranging for the brass
band ami pyrotechnics to welcome Mr
W W Astor
A 50 mfle dash on snowshoes would
be a good way for John Hull and Uu
cle Sam to nettle the Aluskuu boundary
rilsnute
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY OCTOBER 12 18i9
Deweys Welcome to New York
Ocorgc Dewey has a wny of smash
ing things quite peculiar to himself
and It Is altogether a way which quite
suits his fellow countrymen lie en
tered Manila bay and smashed that
Spanish Meet a couple of days before he
was expected to reach there and now
ke enters New York harbor two days
ahead of time captures the city and
hiiiiihIich some esccedlngly formal and
elaborate ceremonies at the harbor
irate which we may well Imagine the
modest admiral was willing enough to
rscape Possibly lie thought that by
pushing the nose of the Olympla Inside
Sandy Hook a couple of days before
he was expected he might forestall
those frequently somewhat tiresome
panegyrics that an usually II red at a
returning hero before he Is olllclally
recognized to be at home It Is known
that Admiral Dewey Is a modest and
retiring man except when there Is
lighting on hand and he doubtless
dreaded more the volley of rhetoric
which was In store for him than he
had feared the guns of thu Spaniards
The llagshlp Olympla with Admiral
Dewey and his men entered New York
bay and anchored Inside the Hook
early on Tuesday morning Sept J
though he was not expected to put In
an appearance until Thursday evening
when with much formality and many
rounded phrases lie was to have been
olllclally welcomed and presented with
the freedom of the city The llrst wel
come home however came In another
less formal and quite unique way and
we Imagine was not displeasing to the
admiral
While the city olllclals and distin
guished citizens designated to receive
Admiral Dewey were enjoying their
morning sleep the Highlands tiler San
dy Hook was on her way from Atlan
tic Highlands to the city and encoun
tered thu Olympla In the Horseshou
with Admiral Dewey on deck tlood
morning Admiral Dewey shouted the
captain of the Sandy Hook C ood
morning replied the admiral Mighty
glad to see you home said the cap
tain Mighty glad to get homo shout
ed brck the hero of Manila Hay Hv
ery body welcomes you back admiral
The city of New York and the wholo
country are yours continued the San
dy Hooks captain with as much cour
tesy If somewhat less formality as
though he had boon specially deputized
to present the keys of a city nnd the
thanks of a nation The gallant ad
miral to whom the plaudits of nations
aru quite common things doffed Ills
cap nnd said Thank you with as
pleased a smile and as gracious a man
ner as though receiving these trlbu os
from the most distinguished and dlgnl
llcd sources Thus simple but sincere
was the tirst word of welcome to the
returning hero at the nations great
eastern gateway and as it voiced the
sentiments of all the admirals proud
countrymen was perhaps quite in
keeping with his democratic and mod
est notions
Hut of course the formal reception
came later with such eloquent speech
es of welcome nnd encomium such
magnlllcent parades on laud and sea
such booming of cannon pyrotechnics
Illuminations decorations and general
gayety as have never before been seen
In this couu try
The annual message of President
Diaz to the Mexican congress seems to
Indicate that the country Is In a very
prosperous condition and making re
markable progress President Diaz
notes In this Interesting document that
there has beeti a large Increase in the
federal telegraph and postolllce serv
ices which Is Itself an evidence of In
creased Intelligence and business activ
ity that manufacturing Is growing rap
Idly and that the exports for the year
especially of mineral products were
phenomenally large As the revenues
have swelled to more than four times
the amount they reached In 1S72 S so
wealth is multiplying iu all lines of
trade and industry With a population
of llf000000 or KlOOOOOo a land of
marvelous resources growing Indus
tries a strong treasury a llrin and
skillful administration Mexico Is forg
ing to the front among nations
How much danger the French repub
lic ran of being overturned by the re
cent inonarchlal conspiracy may be Im
agined by considering the Instructions
sent by the pretender Due dOtienus
to his contldeutlal agent Iu France
limiting the expense of the attempt to
bring on a coup detat to 500000 The
dukes estimate of the value of thu
French crown Is not at nil excessive
hnrdly as much as the aggregate price
of three crack race horses or a pleasure
yacht As a matter of fact however
his chances of getting It were never
worth ilO cents
It Is Intimated that the Hollanders
In this country and elsewhere who are
protesting against the attitude of Great
Hrltalu toward thu Transvaal should
follow their resolutions etc in favor
of thu Hoers with a rider thanking
Huglnud for her guardianship over lit
tle Holland preventing certain powers
from gobbling her up long ago
One of the advantages which the girl
who lives In a small town has over her
cousin Iu the lurge city Is that the lat
ter bus few chances of being the queen
of a carnival
A Nebraska preacher lias como to
grief he permitted a member of
his coiigrcjiition to treat him In a fa
loin He 1 li1 resourcefulness and
discretion lie should have contrived to
have himself coaxed behind thulium by
the own r of a gallon jug
IIiiIikiih lorti 111- mlrr
Nrw YoitK Oct i Judge H Henry
Lucotnbo of the United Slates circuit
court yesterday granted the application
for a writ of habeas corpus made by
counsel In behalf of former Captain
Oherlin M Carter convicted by court
martial of conspiring to defraud the
government out of about 1700000
while in charge of harbor improvement
work at Hsmnnah Cla
Curt r rut CiiMlit Wllllnm
Niw YoitK Oct i Hx Captain
Oherlin M Carter who is confined in a
cell in Castle William Governors isl
and will probably bo taken to prison ut
Fort Leavenworth Kan tomorrow
Oeneral Merritt has been notified that
thu ofllcial papers will reach him from
Washington by mail today As soon
as possible thereafter Captain Carter
will bo removed from CJovurnors island
Murker Ioch In Norfolk
Wahiiinuton Oct Captain Albert
S Barker has been assigned to com
mand tho Norfolk navy yard relieving
Admiral Furquhur who takes command
of tho North Atlantic station Captain
Uarlcer will become a full rear admiral
within a month At present ho is on
waiting orders Captain Barker com
manded the battleship Oregon on its
memorable cruise
It Is reported that u contract for 500
000000 feet of yellow pine has been
made In the United States by the
British government If there existed
here an elllclent forestry system this
transaction might be regarded as a
very good thing but tho loss of so
many trees with no prospect of their
ever being replaced Is not a matter
for congratulation In somu suctions
there has been a commendable start
in the direction of protecting the for
ests and providing for future gener
tlous It should become general
It Crnil H Dunn
When a girls engagement to an out
of town man Is reported It is tlrst
said that she is to marry a king As
time progresses the girls mother con
fesses that the young man Is a prince
It leaks out later that he works on a
salary and has to work Saturday
nights and later just before tho wed
ding no one Is surprised at learning
that he Is a clerk and gives dancing
lessons on the sldu to make a living
Atchison Globe
Illrlhuiiirk In the
Jesse Leu of Atlanta has the letters
of thu alphabet clearly Imprinted on
the Iris of his eyes Ho Inherits this
strange phenomenon from his father
A F Lee who had the same markings
nn his eyeballs The grandmother of
Jesse Lee Is said to have pored Inces
santly over the Bible previous to tho
birth of her son and it is supposed
that the birthmark Is due to her con
stant application to the letters of the
alphabet
Iltli Trade
Whenever a young wife proposes to
bake her own bread In order to save Ji
rents a week the man who has put or
the market an Infallible cure for dys
pepsia smiles like a cat that has just
ruten the canary Nauvoo Bustler
The Aueldent of Hntter
It Is said Arabs first made butter
They were carrying milk In skins on
the backs of camels and the steady
Jogging churned the fluid Into butter
The figures of the United States
treasury report 011 the output of iron
ore and the manufacture and export
of Iron and steel products for the pilst
fiscal year tell a marvelous fBtbry of
the triumphs of the American work
shop The total exports of Iron and
steel and manufactures thereof In the
fiscal year ending June 30 1800 were
93715051 against 70400885 in 1808
57 J7t87 in 1897 and -11100877 In
1800 From these comparisons It will
be seen that the exports In 1890 were
more than double those of 1890 If
Iron Is king In the industrial world
the ultimate supremacy of America In
manufacturing Is clearly foreshadow
ed In these figures
Dr Km lie Lnnrcnts a noted Frencn
savant has discovered that lovesick
ness may be cured by hypnotism This
will doubtless fill a long felt void by
those who fall In love and want to fall
out of It again but most people atlliet
ed this way seem to rather like It and
dont want to be cured especially If it
Is their first attack of this bitter sweet
malady Think for Instnuce of Juliet
wanting to be hypuotized out of hur
love for Borneo The remedy appears
to be of the slmllln siiullibus curantur
type It having been proved by pathol
ogists that love is no more nor less
than hypnotic influence
It must have been rather startling
to the prehistoric man to have been
suddenly confronted by one of those
prehistoric reptiles 120 feet long whose
bones have Just been unearthed In
Wyomlug
Word comes from Persia that the
ehah has gone crazy because he has 800
wives The shah should have given
the American divorce system u trial
As an exponent of plain and varie
gated bucking the automobile Is mak
ing for Itself a record equal to that of
the broncho
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