Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1891, Page 14

NATIONA PRESIDENT DIAZ. A Taik With the Chief Executive of Mexico. HI8 ROMANTIO CAREER. L A Man of the Peopte, Stateaman in Hi Jona Capital tn the Devoiopment of Mexico’s Resources Hields for Investment. Bpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. Mexico Crry, July, HAVE JUST HAD A LONG INTE with President Diaz on American and Mexico matters. The audience was arranged for me the secretary of foreign affairs, Mr. Mariscal, and {t took place in the great national palace, which stands on the site where Montezuma held his court when Cortez came to see him, and it was upon this same spot that Cortez hved after the death of the Aztec king. It was in this structure that many of the Spanish viceroys reigned, and here Maximilian held his court. ‘The building is several hundred years old and ite architecture is of the old Spanish order. Imagine a low, gray, two-story building cover- ing many acres. Let itswalls be of gray stucco and let it have many courts within it. roofed only by the blue skyand paved with great blocks of stone. Some of these courts are so large that a regiment of cavalry could go through their evolutions within them, and the entrance to the palace is by great doors or gateways, faced with massive columns, against which soldiers in uniform stand and scrutinize carefully all those who go in or passout. There are more soldiers as you gointo the courtsand at every corner you meeta guard. It was through these gates that the carriage of the American minister with its liveried coachmen took myself and Mr. Butler, the secretary of our legation, soldiers, refused to do so. He protected him while on board and smuggled him ashore as a coal heaver, from whence he soon got to hia native state and to his army. Diaz has proved himself neral and no one can doubt his courage. He 1s now sixty years old, but he joes not look to be over forty, and his black sare as bright and his step as firm as when « Mexico. If legislation for all con- | tingencies, the peace and order now reigning | throughout the country, the efforts of the gov- | ernment in that direction, and more especially the convictions of the people that it is to their interest not to let anybody break that peace, are guarantees of safety for that capital, I can assure you that it is and must be for an indefi- nite time perfectly safe.” ‘What rights have Mexicans over Americans in business and property holding?” “They have none,” replied President Diaz. “The Americans have in this country an equal chance with the Mexicans for all kinds of busi- ness. In fact, I believe they have a better one from their superior enterprise and the greater facility with which they can get capital from | abroad. The same can be said as to the acqui- tion of property, except that there are cer- tain limitations in the acquiring of real estate im our border. atates, according. to an old law which is still in force. These limitations are, however, easily removed through application to the government, which has authority to re- move them and which never refuses to do #0 uniess there is some particular reason for the action.” DIAZ ON MEXICAN INVESTMENTS. “Will you please give me some of the best fields for the investment of capital in Mexico, | Mr. President?” said I. |” President Diaz replied: “The country and its | resources are so large and the fields for profite- | ble investment so many that it is almost im- he did his first fighting in the Mexican war. | possible to itemize them. I would say, how- He impressed me by his ease and manner | ever that the following schedule is worthy of and by bis gentlemanly bearing. He is, I amy; told, retined and cultured, and he understands how to put bis ors at their ease. He hi much of the personal magnetism of James G. and Iheard it said in Mexico that if had the backbone of Diaz his adminis- tration at the State Department would be the greatest of any Secretary of State in the world. President Diaz ha much like Mrs. Cleveland does in the United | States. She is a beauty of the brunette type, finely educated aud very charming in her | manners. She is simple ‘and unostentatious and ik always doin: jShe is the daughter of the Hon. Rabio, and she presides with much grace over the president's palace in Mexico City and over Chapultepec is the Mexican white house. It isthe famed hill where Montezuma had his vammer house and it is one of the wonderful aves of the world. Located at the end of the Paseo, the fashionable drive of Mexico. a park yesterday afternoon, and it was in one of the largest of the courts that the carriage stopped and let us out at the marble stairs which lead up to the ofticesof thesecretary of state and also | to the audience roomsof the pre The secret are fur- | after the French style, with bright- colored carpets, many pictures and some stat- | wary. The ante-room to the president's office is right next to the parlors of Maximullian, and here we writed for a moment amid a crowd of ice seekers much like these who hang about the White House at the beginning of the con- Kressional session while we gave our cards to the gorgeous aid-de-camp in charge. The fact that we came from the United States legation passed us at once into a secon i waiting room devoted only to the favored few, a: later the word came from President Diaz that | he would see us at once. Among those waiting for an eudience in this m were half a dozen noted generals, one or two Senators, Mr. Ver- er, & partner of the late Senator Hearst in his firge, Mexican investments, and the Fresident Jaurez. The room was well nisked. Paper of red satin covered th The chairs and sofas were finely uph and «velvet rug was spread upon the floor. | We had scarcely seated ourselves before the door opened and the aid-de-camp motioned for Us to enter. We stepped across the threshold and found ourselves ina large, well-lighted and plainly furnished room in which two men were stand any One of these recognized as Senor | Ignacio Mariscal, the secretary of state, and | the other was a straight, dignified man of me dium height dresed in citizens’ clothes. Thi was President Diaz. He looks more like a practical business man than the averaze Mexi- ean, but his face and figure are striking, Without ostentation or » [f-assimpticn, he im- Presses you at once as aman of great str of ebaracter and of extraordinary abili’ not belie him. He is, by ali odds, the man in Mexico today, and his work tobe one of the greatest states eatest executives of the world. He | took Mexico ina state of revolution, and he! bas brought it into a state of peace. He Brasped the country when it was in anarchy, La | PRESIDENT DIAZ. and good govern- ment « He has started the ers ed manu-| facturing anc nt to such an t that Meni: ed on the rior of the of the brigancage soldiers. Et * now firmly ® He has made | puntry ag mafeas the in- ted States: bas abolish ed the banditti into ery step he takes is in the march the country is at present is the best ruler that Mexico He is very popular among the people, and both the property holders and the ermy love him. He knows Mexico like a book, Gud be is eminent fitted by birth and char- acter for his position, He is ason of the peo- ple. Ee the back of Onxse th when the war out between Mexico and th 1 States he entered the army and r his cou After the war remained in the army for ce. He then ed to the and from that ixed up in nearly every revoln- Mon up to the time of his election as president, | fm 1877. A LIVE OF Romax His whole life reads like & romance and he y Ove time he was obliged to flee to New Orleans and in com- | ing back he took passage under an assumed name end staye¢ in his room pretending he was sea sick. There wore s number of Mexican officers on board and be thought that they bad discovered bim. He knew that bis arrest meant death, and he jumped overboard and MADAM: DIAZ. tried to swim to the shore. which was about ten miles distant from the ship. Ho was seen and rescued. and the captain ht he was a lunati: He handed him over to the purser, and this man, though he knew could make $50,000 as a reward by turning him over to the lent of the re- | ° ofa thonsend acres surrounds it, and these thousand acres are filled with the most wonder- ‘ul of cypress trees, some of which are over a hundred feet high, and many of which are five ors mired yearsold. The tranks of those i zo aud their limbs are gnarl ¥ spread outward as they go up until they intertwine with other limbs at the top, and form a dense shade. They are clothed in perennial green and from them hang great beards of the beautiful, gray silver, Spanisi moss, which you see in the forests of Florida and Louisiana. A drive throuch this park is like going through the forests of fairyland, an in the moening and the evening, when the sun casts its beautiful shadows through the trees | and over the well-kept lawn, its«vlvan beauties are beyond description. Outof the center of A CHAPULTEPEC CYPRESS. this park rises a mighty rock, going straight up for at least 200 feet. ‘This ‘rock has a top of several acres and upon its surface is built the massive castle of Chapultepec. There is only one stairway and one road that le: to it, and the building is a wonder Spanish architecture. It is, it seems to me, bigger than any building in the | United States, ond it covers as much space as Capitol at Washington. It risesin terraces, ard these terraces are of white marble with brass balustrades along which you see lovely flower gardens which make you think of the hanging gardens of one of the Aztec emperors. The Mexican ruiers of the past have apent for- tunes in improving and furnishing this castle, And President Dinz has remodeled many of the rooms for his own use. The artists and builders are repairing the rooms today and the palace Will be finer than ever. One of the bed rooms | of the President is especially fine, and Mrs. Diaz's private reception parlor is in pink silk with hangings of brocade and plush. All of the rooms are beautifully frescoed, and the in- | terior of the castle corresponds in some degree | to the wonderful beauties of nature which sur- round it, ‘The view from this castle is one of the finest in “Mexico. The whole of the Valley of Mexico is spread out before you. ‘The cap: tal, with its many cathedral towers and enam- eled domes, lies at your feet. Silvery lukes sparkle like foods of diamonds amid the green in the distance. and upon all sides the great | mountains of Mexico shine out like hills of frosted silver, and away off under the sun you see the white heads of the two great volcanoes, Popocatapetl and the White Woman, which are ever clothed in perpetual snow. A TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT. Iwas introduced to President Diaz by Mr. Mariscal, and the president shook my hand and | motioned me toa seat beside him. The con- Yersation was carried on through the medium of Mr. Mariscal, who translated my English | into Spanish and the president's Spanish into lish. The president talks easily. He is | never at loss for a word and he knows just | what he wants to say and says it in the fewest | words. ‘The interview which follows has been carefully revised by him, and it is practically a | talk which he kindly gives to the American people through the medium of this newspaper. I first asked as to the feeling of Mexico to- wards the United States. President Diaz re- ph The Mexicans are almost unanimous in the friendly feeling which they hold toward the United States,” Suck feeling of mistrust which arose among the masses on account of the war of 1847 ty rapidly disappearing and the convic- tions of the most enlightened classes of our ople now is that the United States does not Petteve that it isin their interest to take more of the Mexican territory and that the mutual | benetit of both countries lies in the improve- | meut of their trade and industrial relations. | Frequently some of the church or reactionary pavers of this country assail the government because it encourages American enterprise in | Mexico. ‘These papers pretend to have grest fears of the United States, but their alarm is | fictitious and they make these expressions only for the sake of opposition to the government.” “How about American capital and i tion: Lasked. “Does Mexico desire “Certainly it does,” replied Mr. Diaz. “We bave an undeveloped country, where the aceu- mulation of wealth is as yet very limited, and where such wealth as we have ia seldom in the hands of people gifted with sufficient enter- prise to devote it to the development of our Tesources. We are glad to welcome American capital, and American emigrants are also wel- come. "As to emigration, however, we don't ex- pect a great deal of it from your country, f you still have a great deal of territory which is capable of accommodating an immense number of emigrants from Europe, and, as far as I can see, you have not as yet reached that excess of population which impels its masses to move to other fields. a wife who stands in Mexico | { ate of Coahuila g kind things for the peopie. | Romero | his grands rooms in the Castle of Chapultepec. | THE MEXICAN WHITE ate of Chiatas—Mines and agriculture. “State of Oaxaca—Mines, coal and agri- culture. | “State of San Louis Potosi—Agriculture, mines and trade. __ “State of Chibuahua—Cattle raising and min- ing. tate of Michoacan—Agriculture. State of Vera Crnz—Agriculture, Agriculture, cotton, &c. ral, however,” continued Mr. Diaz, as he looked over this list, ‘“it may be said that these ficids are practically unlimited. Chiatas is an entirely new field of enterprise and its mineral resources are said to be abundant, while it is well known that itssoil is very fertile and capable of producing a great variety of HOUSE. staples, especially tobacco, corn, ber, cocoa and coffee in the lowlands in the upper lands. It is at the southwestern end of the country, adjoining Guatemala, and it will soon bave ‘a near railroad eonnection with the remainder of Mexico by the line which is being built from Mexico City to Tehuantepec. ‘This road will go right through the state of Oaxaca and this state is wondertul in its. re- sources. It contains a vast area of best soil for coffee culture and in some parts of it tobacco of good quality is produced. Tie climate in healthy and agreeable. Recently a great many deposits of coal have been discovered and two companies are now engaged in developing coal mines there. ‘There are rich iron mines near these coul deposits and we may have a great manufacturing district in this state. As yet the state has not been prospected. It will be opened up by this railroad and it isone of the best ficlds of enterprice of today. The iron horse will in two or three years at least reach the capital of the state an fortunes and fortune making in it are, it seers President Diaz Went on, “is also a mining country, but its principal wealth will in time Le derived from its adinirable situation as a center of trade for the interior ef the country. ‘The railroads whieh now center at its capital will make it a great distributing point, and the Tampico har- bor will add greatly to its advantages. Chihua- hua, which lies beiow Texas in the north ceniral part of Mexico, has a vast extent of soil suited tocattle raising, and a great deal of British capital is being invested there at the preseat jime.”” RAILROADS IN MEXICO. “How about the railroad development of Mexico? Will it continue’ was the reply. “Since the year 1885 ystem of this country has been so extended that there are few cities of import- | ance that are not now connected with the cen- ter of the country or Mexico City. It is a sig- nificant fact, too, that railways in Mexico have been paying enterprises since their b ginningy 0 much so that trunk lines, such as the Mexican Central and the Mexican National, have given dividends to their suurcholders almost since the first year they were in opera- tion. Remember that such results were ob- tained when the country was at the beginning of its development and when little or no for- eign capital had been invested in mines or agriculture in Mexico, and you will see that it may be safely said that this progress will in- crease now that new elements of prosperity are being constantly brought from abroad. You ask as to subsidies. When Mexico was anx- ious for the construction of railways, it lav- ished subsidies on all the roads. ‘The outlay was very large in comparison with its preseat and npw that the system is about to becompleted the government has decided not to pay any subsidies for a new line.” A RECIPROCITY TREATY. As to reciprocity treaties President Dinz said: “We can makea reciprocity treaty the United States, as we already made oue some Years ago which never was in force, but which met with a very bad fortune in your country. Trefer to the Grant-Romero treaty, and any new treaty that we could make would not differ substan from this. Any extension of our free list of American goods would more or less diminish our federal receipts, and in some cases very detrimentally so. We cannot afford a great loss norcau we substituteanother kind of taxation for this source of revenue. As to the land tax of which you ask, it is already levied by the states on a small scale und the in- creasing of it requires a great deal of tact not to burt influential and transcendent interests. Among the other objects of the government in favoring railroad building was to increase the roductiveness of landed property, as when it omes more remunerative it cau be taxed more heavily.” MANUFACTURING IN MEXICO. “How about Mexican manufacturers?” I asked. “Manufacturing in Mexico,” said the presi- dent, “is constantly increasing. Every year new paper, wool and cotton manufactories are established and the old ones are being continu- ally enlarged. There is a great manufacturing growth going on ‘in the states of Puebla, Ja- lisco and Oaxaca and in the federal district. A number of new factories for the making of r, spirits and wine have been started, and I ve that in manfactures of all kinds there great field for American capital and Ameri- can enterprise.” ‘The conversation here turned to education, and President Diaz told me that there was now & compulsory primary education throughgut Mexico, and that the Mexican congress and fe government were doing all they could to im- prove their educational methods. He stid ho thought that the Indians could be greatly im- proved by the Mexican school systein and that CHILI'S REBELLION. Injustice Done the Government by Newspaper Misrepresentation. A SISTER REPUBLICS TRIAL Atrocities Committed by the Rebele—Bal- maceda Maintaining the Dignity of the Legal and Authorized Government—Execu- tion of Naval Deserters a Just Punishment. From The Stal Traveling Commissioner. Saxtiaco px Carte, 1891. HE 80TH OF MAY—“DECORATION DAY” at home, when the graves of honored soldiers are being canopied with flowers—was a verysad one in Santiago, for on that morning were executed the deserting officers and sailors of the torpedo Ganeda. Everybody knew— in these dark days when hydra-headed rebel- lion is tightening his slimy coils about the capital and the whole country is euffering so bitterly because of the strife fomented by a few—that the men must die. That would have been @ foregone conclusion in any other country, even had our own proverbially soft-hearted Lincoln been at the helm; for when a government vessel deliberately turns traitor in time of war and goes over to the enemy, the deserters. if captured, expect nothing less than the dealth penalty. "But it was sad, nevertheloss, as executions always are, however much the condemned may deserve their doom, and in this instance it was particu- larly harrowing because not one trembling wretch, but many, were sent into oternity by their own countrymen. Some of the prisoners had families living in the city. Most of them were personally known to many people both in Santiago and Valparaiso, and it was whispered that among the sharpshooters who were de- tailed to fire the fatal volley were more than one brother, cousin and intimate friend of men to be killed. THEY WERE NoT FLOGGED. The deserters had been kept some time in the Santiago prison, but the stories that rebel sympathizers have circulated in the north, to the effect that they were flogged, starved and tortured, are entirely false. ‘This I can vouch for, on the authority of relatives of the con- demned men, who visited them often during their incarceration. The prisons of Chili at best are horrible places and the keepers of them, like others of their class the world over, are not the most refined and tender-hearted individuals. Indeed, I believe that in all coun- tries jailers, as a rule, are not selected with a view to those virtues, since prisons are es- pecially designed as places of punishment for Persons presumably meriting the same, At daybreak on the morning of the 30th the deserters were led out into the plaza, where troops were already formed in a hollow square; those about to die were ranged in line with their faces toward the brightening east, pray- ers were said, and each man kissed the crucifix; then, while their hands were being tied, a com- pany of infantry stepped quickly to the front— presently the word of command rang out sharp and clear, a quick rate of muskeiry was heard and all was over. A JUST PUNISHMENT. Of course the insurgents characterize this awful but necessary proceeding as “infam- ous butchery” on the part of Balmaceda; but it is precisely what would have happened, under sintilar circumstances, in couutries far more civilized than this, and it is nothing to what may be expected should the rebel horde succeed in their mad design of capturing the capital, overturning the federal government and carrying out their oft-repeated threats of hanging the president, his cabinet and the most prominent of the loyal citizens to the lamp posts of Santiago. Should that dics irae srrive,may none of my countrymen or coun- trywomen be here to see! BRUTALITY OF THE 1NSUROENTS. Within © week bombs have been thrown at mid-day in the crowded strects of this once gay capital, with the design of murdering the cabinct ministers as they were leaving the hall of congress. Another bomb was hurled ata window of the Moneda where the presidenggre- sides; and others have been exploded in the public promenades, regardless of how many in- nocent people may be killed, if only rebel hate may be gratified by the injury of anybody be- longing to the federal government.” Infernal machines without number have been sent in various guises to the president, and also to the gentleman who has been named as his succes- sor; and poison hus been introduced into both their houses, in fruit, flour and even in canned 10 that every article of food to be con- iby themselves and their families must be curefully anaiyzed before it goes to their tables. ‘Think of it—you who are peacefully dwelling in “God's country!” What do you suppose the President of the United states would do were such things happenizg at Wash- ington? Would he be likely to allow deserting naval officers, bomb-throwers and. other trait- ors go free and unpunished? BALMACEDA NOT A MONSTER OF CRUELTY. No means are too unscrupulous for the d perate insurgents to use in gaining their point, because they have now gone so far that defeat means destruction or perpetual exile for the leaders; and should they win, even to the ex- tent of holding possession of the capital for one day, the scenes in Paris during the commune could not hold candle to the atrocities that would be perpetrated—as then in the sacred but often abused name of liberty. With all these horrors enyironing him and the friends who yet remain faithful, it is no wonder that Balninceda is sick at heart. He is by no means the “monster of cruelty” which certain ignorant newspapers of the United States have repre- sented him in big type and glowing head lines to be. On the contrary, he 18 an exceedingly mild-mannered, ~ well- educated and peace-loving gentleman who has lived all his life among these people (he is now in the neighborhood of forty years old), and has never before been accused of more arrogance or cruelty than is the natural heritage of the native Chilian—whose dollars, even, bear the characteristic motto, “por razon de fuerza.” The present struggle is not of his seeking, for certainly nothing could be more detrimental to his personal interests; and so far from prosecuting honest citizens, as has been alleged, it is eminently his policy to make no new enemies. But this gigantic rebel- lion he must put down if possible, though such ghastly scenes as $hat enacted in’ the piaza on the last day of MaPoccur again and again. ‘VICIOUS CHILIAN FIGHTING. It should be'remembered that Chilians donot fight like northern soldiers. They are a venge- fullot,and cruel asgrim Weath when oncearoused by a taste of blood; and the fact of being on one side or the other of this unholy conflict has not changed their natures. The govern- ment troops, so far, have committed fewer atrocities than those of the rebels, principally, no doubt, from lack of opportunity, but the history of all past wars in which Chili has fig- ured victoriously is an appalling one—of butchery worthy of Sepoys, cutting the throats of the wounded, torturing prisoners, dishonor- ing women, burning and sacking cities and wantonly murdering the helpless and un- offending. In this latest struggle it prob- ably wants only the opportunity of victory in any engagement to prove that one side can be as barbarously cruol as the other. Civilized soldiers would stand small chance in a battle with Chilians, and will do well to re- main at a respectful distance from the terrible curvos or crooked knives—made to fit a haman throat and sharpened on the inner side—which every Chilian soldier carries. South Ameri- cans must indulge in their little divertisements though the work would be slow, that they would eventually make good and intelligent Gitizens. He spoke highly of the progress of Mexico in an educational way,and characterized the Indian population asa people possessed of font natural abilities and infinite possibilities. then referred to the world’s fair, saying: MEXICO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. “Mexico has cordially accepted the invita- tion to the world’s fair at Chicago. Her ex- hibits will be the best calculated to promote trade and business relations between the two countries. The plan of the exhibition pill ditt somewhat from that ted by us at the New Orleans exposition and the intention is to give ® practical exhibition of what can be exchanged or a upon in our relations with the United States rather than to make an interest- ing but less imy it show of the differ products of our rudimental industries.” In closing, President Diaz spoke of the young men of Mexico, 5] ing of them in high terms and saying that they, seemed to be more desir- ous of making good citizens and preserving social order than did the young men of the past. “In them,” ald be “4a largely the ho} come great Mexico of the future.” He said that the of Mexico would, he believed, go stead- \y on, and he paid ment in saying that AMERICAN CAPITAL SAFR IX MEXICO. “American capital,” President Diaz went on fm reply to a question, “is certainly safe in Bay more worthy of bei ng called ‘tin in = of revolution now and then. It is “born in the blood and bred in the bone,” and as Chili has not had a war in several years some pretext ‘must soon have served for getting up one, if not that seized upon by the disaffected con- gressmen. OR088 MISREPRESENTATION BY NEWSPAPERS. By the way, the information (?) concerning these affairs which is being industriously dis- seminated in the United States by rebel emis- sarics is a standing joke among the American and English residents of Val; and San- fhenever @ northern mail comes down bringing newspapers they collect in club room: and private parlors to read the alleged news— generally with many a hearty laugh and some- times with not a little indignation. It is well known that a number of Chilian rebels have gone to the United States—some as authorized agents to neck assistance for the insurgent cause, and others who are simply their doings here having made absence isp SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. reliable and unbiased accounts from get arly ‘the rebels themselves, or from the emissaries who have been dispatched to sue for northern help and sympathy. The federal government has sent no spokesman to represent its cause; and therefore bnt one side of the story, and that a garbled and distorted one, is being promulgated any extent in the United States. REBEL ORUELTIES AT IQUIQUE. Today I read a column account ina promi- nent New York journal, which mixes things up in a most surprising manner and contains more misstatements than aro often allowed to a} unchallenged in a reputable newepaper. Yor exam ‘attributed the bombardment of Iquique to Balmaceda's forces, when it is well known that in those earlier days of the war Foor Balmaceda had not a single’ war vessel to less himself with, the Chilian navy having been among the first to espouse the rebel cause. It was the insurgents who bombarded Iquique and succeeded in capturing it, after enormo: loss of lifeand pruperty, the shrewd leaders having bent all their powers at the beginning of the conflict toward arcuring that particular port, as it gave them control of the valuable nitrate deposits, which fgrnish them with funds to carry on the war. The same Mise article goes on to state that Balmaceda “instigated and is perpetuating” the contest, when all the world is aware—or ought to be— that this war, which means ruin to Balmaceda whatever may be its outcome, was instigated by ® political faction in congress, who finally en- tered into armed rebellion againstthe constitu- tional government and are keeping it up, partly in hope of being able to serve their own ambitious ends, and also because to let goat this juncture would be as disastrous to them- selves as to the man who is attempting to throttle a lion. Personal safety now lice in re- taining their grip. Such gross ignorance or deliberate misstatement in those who claim to inform the public of the true state of affairs would border upon the ludicrous did not one reflect that the injustice toward a sis- ter republic in her hourof need is really no joke at all. e AMERICANS BETTER KREP OUT OF CRILIAN POLI- TICs. It would be funny also, were not the situation #0 grave, to observe how the handful of mal- contents have gone ahead with the puny gov- ernment which they are playing at in the northern provinces—aschildren pretend “keep house” with dolls and broken dishes—even to the extent of sending ministera to foreign countries! Of course the claims of these latter gentlemen will hardiy be recognized by any re- spectable power until they are founded upon ing more substantial than the “bascless ” of personal ambitions and vituperation of the government they have wronged. ‘The end is not yet. but apparently farthor away than ever. "Noman can tell what the result will be;. but one thing is certain, viz, that Americans have no sort of business with Chili's political muddles and would better keep out of them ultogether. Fannie B. Wann. a The Gentle Way. From the New York World. She was a middle-aged, well-dressed lady and she had the next stool on my right alongeide a dry goods counter in 14th street. I wasn't watching her at all, but happened to see her place her shopping bag on the counter and deftly pick up and conceal a pair of kid gloves within its capacious maw. One hates to meddle in such cases, but such things are wrong, and as the store detective was only twenty feet away I went over and told him what Thad seen. Isaw him look at the girl clerk, and she gave him a nod to signify that she had also caught on. It was shoplifting, pure and simple, and I waited with considerable anxiety to see the outcome. “Bei cr ‘ited on, ma'am?” asked the detec- i) with a bland smile, as he sat down beside er. “Oh, yes, yes!” she replied. “Pleatant-day?” “Very pleasant. “These gloves,” he continued, as he picked upa pair, “are 'a wonderful bargain at the rico You were wise to make an investment. don't belicve they will sell again at the price this summer. See that the lady is promptly waited on, Julia.” Julia” ‘sold her two or three bits of Ince, included 90 conta for the gloves on her slip, and the bill was paid without a word, although the stolen goods were not even mentioned and could not, of course, be wrapped up with the other things. It was only when the lady arose to go, after receiving her change, that she be- trayed any emotion. Then she flushed up, grew pale about the mouth, and as ehe passed ine she gave me a finsh of hereves which seemed to promise vengeance in the future. “Do you always work it as slick as that?” I asked of the detective as she swept out. Not always. She was an old hand at the business and a sharp woman. They always make the best of it when caught. One with less wit would have bluffed and stormed and I should have had to take her back to the office and prove her a thief.” ‘X Conscientious Copper. From Life. The Other Man’s Claim. ‘From the Boston News. “Two whiskies,” he said, throwing his money on the barat Young's, and the white-jacketed dispenser of libations filled the order. The ‘man emptied one glass after the other and be- AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. A UCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Dads. FUTURE DAYS. WL TER 8. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioncers, VALUA’ ‘Ty AT ANACOSTIA. BPC HPCE COPTAGE HOMES AT ACC TION. of deeds of trust duly, in ii ‘artae 10h, ‘chien ‘chasers. BANAL OG, CALLAGHAX,} Trastecs. sel0-dbas 1 MONDAY, SULY BLStHe ene hourand pecs. ea0dkas "by order of the trastens. SALE 18 POSTPONED UNTIL SkTURDAY CLE ELEVENTH. enue hour nad Place. Uy7-d&ds) “By order of the trustees. FUTURE DAYS. RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO., Auctioneers, SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY SALE OF TWENTY NEW SLATE MANTELS, On THURSDAY MORNING, JULY SIXTEENTH. at TEN O'CLOCK, we wil sell ‘without reserve within our 20 Pennsylvania ave. mwee ct Hoo partine i sear ti of sucl ‘iecailed. SLIFFE, DARE & COs Sy i0sate ‘Auctioneers. AICLIFFE, DARE & C0.,, Aucnioncers, R iss 220 Foun ove. aw DESIRARLE UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE ON NINTH STREET BETWEES LAND K STREETS SOUTHEAST BY AUCTION. On FIRDAY AF JULY SEVEN- TEENTH, 1801, AT 8 OK, we will sell by Public auction, fn front of the premser, THE SOUTH 32 FEET 6 LN OF ORIGINAL 1 T On the west side of Streets southeast. of cars running to th want opportunity ior ‘Terms made ined at tine of {teen days from eal of detatt.ttng purchaser ts reserved. Allconveyanclag and recording at purchaser's cost 3y10-deeds R. Rte DARK & CO., Aucis. TRUSTEE'S SALE UNDER DECREE OF COURT OF DESIRABLE PROPERTY TOWN, BEING CEL MARKED SPACI STREET AND SN SIUREE the Wil sous at, ises, on T at FIVE OC Varne'l, deceased, viz? land in the city of Georgetown, in said. District, cone tained within the folowing nietes and bounds: Be- inning for the Sauwe on the west side of Merkot space at the end of 113 ‘eet srom the corner of Bridie And said space aud running thence with the Market space sous 31 feet. 1n0r6 oF less, to the gastcomsr@t a Urick hose owned atid occu A. D. Ind by Robert Merb rson: then west au allel “with Bridge street 70 fost O Avision lines. of hal plan of “Georgstown: thence with - said division line north 31 feet, suore oF vss, tog point 1a said line which will be intersected bya Iie drawn West and parallel with of becinmny Par imcues to the lots 40 and 41. im the origi. dthen by thi the same property. mry te said Georce A. S.. No. 24, folio nid records of the District of Co- certain other pave ad in ition to said Georzetown, bein in said addit 4 lost the lai th with with Bride screct 5 ‘eouts: 20 fect until ft inter- sects the south Jine of said lot the same Property describe in deed from Lewis E. Thos and. Wife to said Georce W. Varnell, recorded in Liber N. C. E.. No. 35, rolio 118, et seq., of the iand records of te District of Covumt ron Teet on West street and running back with that width 90 feet to an aiiey. ‘Terms: One-third cas twelve months, to° w! beer-ng interest tr n retained m of the porch Barcel at tune of sale wil: be required o! All conveyancin at cost of purchaser J.T. VARNELL. Trustes, ‘Nos. 10 and i1 Wholesale Row, jy10-dkds Center Market. JRATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioncers, TRUSTEES’ SAL¥ OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ON ELEY! TRECT BETWLEN M AND N STREETS SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a ceed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 1487. toto 283 et seq., ome uf the land Tecords for the District of Columbia, and st the Fequest uf the ry sectired thereby, We wii sel at pubic auction in front of the premises on WEDNESDAY, TWEN(1- SECOND DAY OF JULY, A ASL, at SIX, he goulcwing des-ribed teal eta Situateim the city of Washiuxton, Lisitict of Col bia, to wit: Alor Lot mumvered eight (S) in square ghé thousand (1000), toxetler wit: the muproven ‘Terms: One-third cash, the balance tn one an two years at 6 per cent per anivuis, paysble semi-anuually, Secured by deed of trust on the property sold, OF & “eh. at tho option of the: purcliaser. Ad $00 required at the time of aie. 1 the are not complied with im Afteen days fren Fist Fenerved to resell the proper.) at and cost of the defauitng purchaser Advertiveigent of such resaly in some hewspmper jul and the balance at six and purcuaser, the mutes oi toe lished in ee be as conveyancily and re- the cost of Uwe pur tiaser. alae SME Br weR,) SAMUEL Chose, § jyl0Akds RATCLIFFE, DAR C JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioncers, ‘9th and D sts. now. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A VALUABLE SEAL BLACK (STOCKBRIDGE) HORSE. dof trust, duly recorded tn Liber Det Sei, one of the land Pecords ct of Columbia, wad ai the request of the ‘We Will sell at puboue muctiony 5 oomne gr Dancanton Tiros. wc? Honeess, corner oti a streets NOR West, on TUESDAY, JULY FOURLEENTH, 1991.2 LN ELVE QICLOCK i. che) valuable seal-tiack (Stockiridee) jorse. Teriis cash. ‘OSCAR M. BRYANT, 3y10-3t. WM. MAYSE, Trustees, RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO., Auctioneers Trustees, Aucts, 20 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN—10 PAY STORAGE AND CHARGES On TUESDAY MORNING, JULY FOURTEENTH, BVI. at TEN O'CLOCK, 7 will sell, at the au-tion Foonis ‘of Katclifle, ‘Darr & 'Co.. {50 Pennsy, vais Avenue ‘northwest,’ the following guods, left with ise forstorace: Heute stored January 1, 1865, in mame of Mss. Morthiver. 1 Trunk. "stored July 2, 1800, in name of airs 5 Boxes, stored March 19, 1869, in name of Mrs. John Hearst. Swor. and Model of R. R. Track, stored August 12, 2S TTO. in maine ut Cag. Alperser ae take notice. GrORGt WATTS, B14 Tih street northwest. 3y10-dte ATIMER & SLOAN, Auctioneers, 1400 G st., near'U.S. Treasury. TWO NEW PRESS-BEICK FRONT TWO-STORY DWELLINGS, | BEIN Nos. 424 AND 425 EIGHT STREET SOUTHWES1, AT PUBLIC UCLION. On UESDAY, JULY FOURTEENT! ‘1891, at HALF-VAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, in of the ——— a — = public ane Rr. im are 475, lnprovs wo Dew tw ‘Aweilinss, containing seven rooms and bath, With all other necessary iuiprovements. The lot is O41 feet Geep with rear side alley and resents a rare opportunity to secure ® mew and com- Fert enay' and will Us arawuaced at time of sale. ane ee LATIMER & SLOAN, jy7akan ‘Auctioncers, LATIMER & SLOAN, Auttionsey on ae CHARMING GLEN MAR, ADJOINING PICTUR- ESQUE GLEN ECHO; TWOHUNDRED ANDONE LOTS AT PUBLIC SALE IN THIS MOST DE- SIRABLE SECTION OF THE NORTHWEST. On WEDNESDAY, JULY FIFTEENTH, 1801, AT TWO O'CLOCK, on the premises we will ‘sell to the highest bidder tlese 201 .ots, within (40) thirty min- utesot the ‘lreasury Department, direct commuica- tion by electric cars with the city. The railroad track rans right through the ground. Titles ruaranteed. x One-third cash, balance in one and two years, deed of trust’ om the land, or all case at sha: Deposit of (650) fr lol.ars re- SOpunticd with in Rttoem days or right reserved toe i in fteen days oF ri re sell tt risk and cost o. defauiting purchaser after five days’ advertisewent in some newspaper published in Syme a D.C. Ail conveyancing recording ate wir hassr. ‘Call for plat. To attend the sale take Gin Echo elec- tric cars and alicht on the. d.' Investors will make no wwistake in purchasing (he lots, a» advance is sure and profit can revdily be made. 7 ATCLIFes, DAB & CU., Auctioneers, THREE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK Ut 4 a AND 7 URTH : REET SOUTHEAST, WITR ‘LL MODERN MONDA\ ETERNOON, JULY qeENTi aes Kc O'ULOGK we will Ofer for sale ta UB wage 40 AND 41, Each 16 feet sale presents Beamnmresnecte eee Deh ere “Teruis: Over and above an tncursberance of $2,000 aah a of €200 on the RATSUPFE, DARE & CO. Auctioneers, We Pa ave now TRUSTRES' SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN “AVA. LON oh BEING ON HARKINON Tanguishe terra oBice 0: INNESOTA AVENUE, ANA AUCTIC Olle 31, oe of the jan records 18. the. wurtey or oltice of the District of Columeia, tovetier with. tue inprovenenta, way, enta, lierm tame abpartenchoes to the samme telousting Pertaining. Fears. bearme interest from the day of sale st the Tr Of S per cent per annum, oF all cash. at the purchaser's Af the tern from the day of resell the property at the risk atu cost of tue devat user aiter Sve days advertseuen: im soiue he w Paper published in Wasi pure | | ‘Termsof sale: One-thirdessh. balance tn one and two | { | ancing and syl-dkds LATIMER E BDOAN 1408 _— VALUABLE IMP’ RTY WITHIN ONE. POST OFFIC TH SIX O'CLOC Ok converted into a factory heavy Dusituess were apace om mre rum fepomt of $10) required at the time of ee oigale are not coupited witha Df a the trustees reserve the rucit to D.« sir > w DEST Tok AUCTIC QLkPES Tat a SUBLOT 8B, 2 tuclies om “C foot 3 inches on B street gear Twelfth street morta ‘west. and running throwsh from strect northwest ‘Onio trace: ise Dost office site, anes Luis prop- desirable hoidinge in tus rapidly ven equal yearly a eecured bys, deed of “icash. All, recording sd purchaser. “A depos of 80 ine of sale, LATI MEM & SLOAN, Auctioneers. ([HOMAS DOWLING & BON, Auctioneers, VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, xos. NOS. 305 AND 307 TWELFTH 81REET SOUTHWESI, a tree. TH rt By order of the Colonial Beach Improvement Com: shall sell to the highest bidder at Colonial pany house, T hi trust on property, cash, at option ‘of pure atract of Columbia Tite 1 DAY, JULY TH at HALF-PAST FIVE Sses, we will sell lots Now improved by two two-story” Iinicx brick fronts and b 8 DOWLING & SON, Aucte. jy9-déle DOWLING & SON, Auctionsers, SALE OF LOTS AT COLONIAL BEACH, JULY TON. TWENTIETH, 181, CLOCK, in front of the prem” and 40), in square ¥. Fee thousand dollars trust amumed on ent With interest at Gp ser. Cort ance DAVIDSON psu 8 F st. w. 15. 1891. Beach, Va., on WEDNESDAY, JULY FIFTEENTH, 1891, at TWO O'CLUCK P.¥. Limited number 6 the company's lots, The lots average im size 50x15) feet. ‘Terms of sale: #25 cash on each lot and the bal- | ance in two monthly instal ments, for which notes | Of the purchaser, bearing iuterest at 6 per cent per at num, wi paidca any one lotan addiitions be issued. ered upon rece:st of be perty sold, THO N,B.—Prospect ling's, reul estate. 612 atYalm. Sve. round trip. taken, secured by a deed o! trust om cue | rash, at the option 0. the pur or the Wi TOF every) a sar. tomal $1 wil ‘The share or shares of steck way be deliv- F vane therect. MAS DOWLING & SON, Auctionsers, Mist of lots, &e., at Marry Dow- st.u.w. Take'steamer Yosriry yest (THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auctioneers TRUSTE! aT T By vurtie of « Iss E'S. d recorded in ber No. ORs fo SALE OF TNPROVE SOUT HES ALE! OF eed of trust dated 7th November, 8 the trustee F de: faltinn 2 ah HOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auctioneers, went. VALUABLE UNIMEROVED ! ROP Qf the iand records’ of This beinz conmand the attention of any one Au electric rosd has boon this land trom Wastuinyton to Marlboro’. Terms made _se27-dbas Prin id Very desirabie piece o. property should ASE an iuvest- rveyed througin Ou Gey ot wale, THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Atctionects, WALTER 5. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctiousers, TRUSTEES" STLE AVENUE AND Noi H 8S BYT HR LOT, 23351, WEEN PENN TRE: STORY BRICK HOUSE. SALE OF WEST BE By virtue of a deed of trust dated June 10, A. D. 1800, and duly recorded in uber No, 1304. folio N¥et ‘one of the iand records ‘the District of Colum seg. bia, aud at thereguest o: tue party sectired thereby, we on W. wets at public auction 4 EVNESDAY, JULY I IPiE at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK ? Gescrited real estate in Washiuston « trict, to wits idth the depth of 5! feet ot lot No.8 division ui jot one isi. «the foliow.nz y. said Dis tom said Furs street uy | ‘care 315, to- The frout 25 1) am square N gether with the improvements thereon—a sulstantial Harwe-stor brick dwelt ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, of whi be paid at time of sile and the balance wents in one and two years, with iuterest a ver cent Perannum, payable seui-ahaualy to be secured by | purctaser’s notes and a deed o: trust on property sola. Terns &t sa ine and recording ut purchaser's cost ito be complied with in ten days alter Sale, else trustees reserve right to resell at risk abd cost of purchaser in de:ault. dy2-ate WM. F. HOLTZMAN, ASL Ft, ARTHUR A. BiLN. 2 458 La ave. } arom VOM MISSIONEE ESTATE IN By viriue of a decree of the efreuit SALE OF VALUABLE REAL FAIKFAX COUNTS, VA. ourt of Alexan- dria county, Va., entered in the chancery cause of 8. S. Burdett,” B. sicned special TWELVE TWENTIE: H, 1801, in frout'of the ou Tederick Weiker et als. the under- commissiouers Will sell at public auction ‘O'CLOCK NOON, on MONDAY. JUL rt hoaee, at Fairiax Court House, Va.. the Solowins property, to wit, al! that tract of land in Fairta: taining one hundred and thirty acres on furkey Co vounded by the Back Lick road aud the iand: rount of F- Beattie, Ennis Jackson and Williuin Ford, and dee Scrited by wees and bounds in the deed {roma Emme Site Chtover 4, ines and revortied tn Liber to (ictuber 4, are SOA, records for Pauriax S64, one ‘Terme of sale: One-third of the purchase money cash and the rendue in three equal instalisents at ‘Landon Carter to Wel 1, No.8. ‘County, ‘of the land Six, twelve aud eighteen monius iro: day of sale, the pure! to give their notes for the deferred pay BOS, AucooDeens, Vea and Dee now. CED REALESTATE, An LING, No! NORTHWEST hh INTH AND TENTH of Colman, a ‘oral thereby, we wh oe one Terns of sae teeive mont Trustess pemerve the 6 ad cost af de SEPH R. EDSON CUALLES B. BaiLky 3¥8,11,15, TRAD ICHMOND AND DANVIT ule ty ota 2 ie Be ATL tee Vania Passo AD ©. man Sleeper to M Dan ry ¥ AND SONTS. DA Magn @ using wna Olmar vat vo nt and Lue Tabor Mace fe wu We Banhs, for Moras loksturg vie Pursue vathern ry Bales ess for an Bu Sleeper, New York to Knoxville vis Lynchbure, 1 We, Salisbury and Wenern North : Sleeper, Washincton to New Orleans emlacanery’ and WASHINGT: od, Calais D ate Washing’ Sande TARLONY MHESAPEAKE AND OIC Behadnle in off: Leave Cuion Dpor. wt 20-57 a.1n, for Newport news, « Norio, » BALLWAL. May 20, R01 bn eietam am Pee teers bange toCi Donate car to” Cuafton Feceive pasmensere at Pin Otho, O15 wud 44) Hei.) Ivania avenue, e H.W Ft Lite, my Genetal Passcuser Agent (THE cea TO TEE AGNIFICLNT QU iP al in effet ayectapiegea TRAINS LEAVE “Was ikufud PROM 8 Nii GEMAND B STR AS BOLLORE Oe For Pretstoary ated the west, awe Lente! Pape Lown, Chicago Martistuirg tot s Esoaemm a 4 RALLvAD, and Niagara Palla, daily, excey ta * For brie) Causudas-ts abd er {alo and Niagara dally, except Satur Car Wesiimeton toh ate ban, 140 with Bleepug ‘Car Pom, SEW. ORK AND THE RAST, day For Sew York on! . Limited Expres with Dining from Bait 4 : was pre. 4-00 pean. daily ADTLEIN ONLY week daywauus-4p.m. daily x ua. daly. 24 4 pum. desig. out Chane, 8:25 p. to Pu ferriage across New York city For Athutic Oty, 1215 p.m., week Gaya, 21:35 p.m. E ey . CO. F40, 10 Lapa fork Laine, 7208.2. am did p.m. daily, ) and 9:00 w.10., 11-50 and 4:20 except Sunday. susidays, 200 oun ma. WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAILWAY. IN EFFECT JUNE 7, Ist For Alerandrin, 4.81, Oi, 745, ‘. b. 216, 10205 aud |. 945, 20 nd v. 10 p.m, “Ons: day st 4200, 745. 9:45, 10:47 ean., 1-00, 6:15, 802 and 10505 pan: Secyatodation ior geen, Thm ae ‘or the south, and 057 am aay. 5:07 p.m. week days. us leave Alekandris tor Washington 6.05, 00, w 117, 1i$4.4-m. 00, 3:90, 5:46, 6. To “9 WW, 926 and 105 luents, which are to bear interest trom the day of sue it. All conveyancing at the cost of pur- Chased and titie to bo retained Uni the winie of the purchase money ts paid. ‘3. a. JOHNSON, WM DOUUCAS, | Comslaiones tat petit aARMSTHOS, For full particulars see WW. DOUGLAS, _iyS-whs,4t Atlantic building, Washington, D. ©. USTEE’S SALF OF VALUABLE REAL ESIATE ole ON THE GIESBORG WOAD. virtue of a deed of trust to the un lersiemed.dated November lo, 1800, and recorded in ilber 1600, tone 430, of the land DUNCANSON BROS., records of the District of Colum) TIMER AN. “ OU se as near. & Treasury. tk jistkets and taformation atthe office, north Ber of 13th atreet and Pouney!s aun. Station. wire orders cam vv weft for the che Dawwase to dest tiation fou litels ais! Powder CHASE. PUGH, 7h Woo General Manager. (Gell) Genera: Passouser BA“ tone & onto RarLRe | bebe fect M. Leave Wastungt pres craton 113, ea ay ata. pe of (imctinatl, St. “Louie and indiahanolia, Vout fect Lasvated 390, ma. ‘Yor Yitesbune and tires ally, @.p.. and 8:4 p.m. ‘or Lexinx:or. anf Staunton 10:40. ‘or Winchester and way Stations, 12.50 p.m. For Luray. "3:30. "8-40 pa = Kivaioke, knoxviie, Chattanooga and Memphis 10:00 p.m. daily. Sieepinz car through to. Mes ce linliimore, week aga, 4:05. 00, 6230 oe 704 1000. 45 tai Lin, i} ¢ yk wegen Di NEW vOkk axD ELPHIA. en’ Y VALUABLE BUSINESS St PROT EETY ox THE Ls: BELWEES SINTEENTE. END SevENTEENTH STREETS on MoxDaY N, JULY THIR- , COMMENCING AT SIX O'CLOCK, ‘trains, 7 ilman Buffet Sleep. Lon without Vending ” passengers