Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1893, Page 18

THE EVENING STA oS R: WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1893- led to agree with the Postmaster-General that there is room for its further improve- ment. There are now connected to the Post- Office establishment 28,324 employes who he classified service. The head of mt gives conclusive evi- value of civil service reform after an experience that renders his judgment on the subject absolutely re- Mable, he expresses the opinion that with. out the benefit of this system it would be impossible to conduct the vast business intrusted to him. I desire to commend as especially worthy of prompt attention the s tions of the Pcstmaster-General relating to a more sensible and business-like organization and @ better distribution of responsibility in his Department. The Navy. The report of the Secretary of the Navy contains a history of the operations of his Departmgnt during the past year, and ex- hibits a most gratifying condition of the personnel of our Navy. He presents a satis- factory account of the progress which has been made in the construction of vessels, and makes a number of recommendations to which attention is especially invited. During the past six months the demands for cruising vessels have been many and urgent. There have been revolutions calling for vessels to protect American interests in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Hon- duras, Argentina, and Brazil, while the con- dition of affairs in Honolulu has required the constant presence of one or more ships. ‘With all these calis upon our Navy, it be- | came necessary, in order to make up a Sufficient fleet to patrol the Behring Sea under the modus vivend! agreed upon with Great Britain, to detail to that service one vessel from the Fish Commission and three from the Revenue Marine. Progress in the construction of new ves- sels has not been as rapid as was antici- pated. There have been delays in the com- pletion of unarmored vessels, but for the ™most part they have been such as are con- stantly occurring even in countries having the largest experience in naval ship-build- ing. The most serious delays, however, have been in the work upon armored ships. ‘The trouble has been the failure of con- tractors to deliver armor as agreed. The difficulties seem now, however, to have been all overcome, and armor is being delivered with satisfactory promptness. As a result of the experience acquired by ship builders and designers and material men, it is be- Meved that the dates when vessels will be completed can now be estimated with rea- sonable accuracy. Great guns, rapid-fire @uns, torpedoes, and powder are being promptly supplied. New Ships. The following vessels of the new Navy have been completed and are now ready for service: The double-turreted coast-defense monitor Miantonomoh, the double-turreted coast- defense monitor Monterey, the armored eruiser New York, the protected cruisers Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark, San Francisco, Charleston, Atlanta, and Boston, the cruiser Detroit, the gunboats ‘Yorktown, Concord, Bennington, Machias, (Castine, and Petrel, the dispatch vessel Dol- phin, the practice vessel Bancroft, and the dynamite gunboat Vesuvius. Of these the Bancroft, Machias, Detroit, and Castine have been placed in commission during the current calendar year. ‘The following vessels are in process of and Marblehead, and the coast-defense monitors Terror, Puritan, Amphitrite, and ‘Monadnock, all of which will be completed ‘with In one year; the harbor-defense ram ‘Katahdin and the protected cruisers Co- lumbia, Minneapolis, Olympia, Cincinnati, and Raleigh, all of which will be com- to July 1, 1895; the first-class Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts, be completed Feb- cruiser mmpleted by gf to ¥ service, was 459,155. ‘The number led to the rolls during the was 123,634, and the number dropped 83,600. The first payment on pensions during the year amounted to $33,- This includes arrears, or the ulation between the time from which allowance of pension dates and the time actually granting the certificate. Suspended Pension Payment. Although the law of 1890 _ _rmits pensions disabilities not related to military yet as a requisite to its benefits disability must exist incapacitating ap- its “from the performance of manual to such a degree as to render them ble to earn a support.” The execution, ‘his law in its early stages does not to have been in accord with its true tention; but toward the close of the last Bdministration an authorative construction {was given to the statute, and since that time this construction has been followed. Whis has had the effect of limiting the Operation of the law to its intended pur- pose. The discovery having been made that many names had been put upon the pension Boll by means of wholesale and gigantic frauds, the Commissicner suspended pay- ments upon a number of peasions which @eemed to be fraudulent or unauthorized Bending a complete examination, giving Rotice to the pensioners, in order that they might have an opportunity to establish, if Bossible, the justice of their claims not- Withstanding appearent invalidi This, I understand, is the practice which hhas for a long time prevailed in the Pen- gion Bureau; but after entering upon these Fecent invest Comnussicner Modified this rule so as not to allow, until after a complete ination, interference ‘With the p: pension apparently mot altogether void, but which merely had been fixed at a rate higher than that au- Bhorized by law. Fraudulent Pensions. I am unable io understand why fr: im the pension rolls and corrected with thoroughness aad vigor. Every rame fraudulently put upon the: Folis is @ wicked imposition upon the kindly Bk i gauons the uid not be ex; | sentiment {n which pensions have their jorigin; every fraudulent pensioner has be- | come a bad citizen; every false oath in sup- | port of a pension has made perjury more \comman, and false and undeserving pen- | stoners rob the people not only of their money, but of the patriotic sentiment which | the survivors of a war, fought for the pres- jervation of the Unicn, ought to inspire. |Thousands of neighborhoods have thelr | well-known fraudulent pensioners, and re- |cent developments by the Bureau estab- lish appalling conspiracies to accomplish wrong done is to brave and deserving pen- sioners, who certainly ought not to be con- |demned to such association. Those who attempt in the line of duty | to rectify these wrorgs should not be ac- cused of enmity or indifference to the claims of honest veterans. The sum expended on account of pen- sions for the year ending June 30, 1893, was $156,740,467.14. The Commissioner estimates that $165,- 000,006 will be required to pay pensions during the year ending June 30, 1804. The Indians. The condition of the Indians and their ultimate fate are subjects which are re- lated to a sacred duty of the Government, Justice and the sympathy of our people. Our Indians number about 248,000, Most containing 36,116,551 acres of land. About 110,000 of these Indians have, to a large de- gree, adopted civilized customs. Lands in severalty have been alloted to many of them. Such allotments have been made to | 10,000 individuals during the last fiscal year, | show embracing about 1,000,000 acres. The num- ber of Indian Government schools open dur- ing the year was 195, an increase of over the preceding year. Of this total 1 were on reservations, of which 73 were | $26,000,000, of which Great Britain took con- boarding schools and 97 were day schools. | siderabl: Twenty boarding schools and 5 day schools supported by the Government were not lo- cated on reservations. The total number of Indian children enrolled during the year as attendants of all schools was 21,138, an in- crease of 1,231 over the enrollment for the previous year. I am sure that secular education and moral and religious teaching must be im- pertant factors in any effort to save the Indian and lead him to civilization. I be- lieve, too, that the relinquishment of tribal ality may, in favorable conditions, aid this consummation. It seems to me, however, that allotments of land in severalty ought to be made with great care and circum- spection. If hastily done, before the In- dian knows its meaning, while yet he has little or no idea of tilling a farm and no conception of thrift, therel is great danger that a reservation life in tribal relations may be exchanged for the pauperism of civilization, instead of its independence and elevation. The solution of the Indian problem de- pends very largely upon good administra- tion. The personal fitness of agents and their adaptability to the peculiar duty of caring for their wards, is of the utmost importance. “ The law providing that, except in especial cases, Army officers shall be detailed as In- dian agents, it is hoped will prove a suc- seccful experiment. There is danger of great abuses creeping into the prosecution of claims for Indian! depredations, and I recommend that every possible safeguard be provided against the enforcement of unjust and fictitious claims | of this description. The appropriations on account of the Ind- ian Bureau for the year ending June 30, 1804, amount to $7,054,962.99, a decrease as compared with the year preceding it of $387,131.95. The Pablic Land: The vast area of land which, but a short time ago, constituted the public domain is rapidly falling into private hands. It is certain that in the transfer the beneficent intention of the government to supply from its domain homes to the industrious and worthy home-seekers is often frustrated. Though the speculator, who stands with extortionate purpose between the land office and those who, with their families, are in- vited by the Government to settle on the public lands, is a despicable character who ought not to be tolerated, yet it is difficult to thwart his schemes. The recent opening to settlement of the lands in the Cherokee Outlet, embracing an area of 6,500,000 acres, notwithstanding the utmost care in framing the regulations governing the selection of locations and notwithstanding the presence of United State: troops, furnished an exhi- bition, though perhaps in a modified de- gree, of the mad scrambie, the violence, and the fraudulent occupation which have accompanied previous openings of public land. I concur with the Secretary in the belief that these outrageous incidents can not be entirely prevented without a change in the laws on the subject, and I hope his recom- mendations in that direction, will be favor- ably considered. 1 especially commend to the attention of the Congress the statements contained in the Secretary's report concerning forestry. The time has come when efficient measures should be taken for the preservation of our forests from indiscriminate and remediless destruction. The Department of Agriculture. The report of the Secretary of Agriculture will be found exceedingly interesting, es- pecially to that large part of our citizens intimately concerned in agricultural occu- pations. On the 7th day of March, 1893, there were upon its pay rolls 2,430 employes. This number has been reduced to 1,850 persons. In view of a depleted public Treasury and the imperative demand of the people for economy in the administration of their Government, the Secretary has entered upon the task of rationally reducing ex- penditures by the elimination from the pay rolls of all persons not needed for an effi- cient conduct of the affairs of the Depart- ment. During the first quarter of the present year the expenses of the Department aggre- gated $345,876.76, as against $102,012.42 for the corresponding period of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. The Secretary makes apparent his intention to continue this rate of reduction by submitting estimates for the Next fiscal year less by $004,280 than thos for the present year. Among the heads of divisions in this de- partment the changes have been exceedingly few. Three vacancies occurring from death and resignations have been filled by the promotion of assistants in the same divisions, These promotions of experienced and faithful assistants have not only been in the interest of efficient work, but have Suggested to those in the department who look for retention and promotion that merit and devotion to duty are their best reliance. The amount appropriated for the bureau of animal industry for the current fiscal year is $850,000; the estimate for the ensu- ing year is $700,000. The regulations of 1892 concerning Texas fever have been enforced during the last year, and the large stock yards of the coun- try have been kept free from infection. | Occasional local outbreaks have been large- ly such as could have been effectually guarded against by the owners of the af- fected cattle. While contagious pleuro-pneumonia in cattle has been eradicated, animal tubercu- |losis, a disease widespread and more dan- serous to human life than pleuro-pneumo- nia, is still prevalent. Investigations have been made during the past year as to the means of its communication and the meth- od of its correct diagnosis. Much progress , has been made in this direction by the stu- dies of the division of animal pathology, but the work ought to be extended, in co- | operation with local authorities, until the jdanger to human life arising from this cause is reduced to a minimum. | The number of animals arriving from Canada during the year and inspected by UM iseases w A among imported animals. pension frauds. By no means the least | and which strongly apeal to the sense of | of them are located on 161 reservations, | relations and the holding of land in sever- | | | The total number of inspections of cat- tle for export during the past fiscal year was 11,542. The exports show a falling off of about 25 per cent from the preceding year, the decrease occurring entirely in the last half of the year. This suggests that tne falling off may have been largely due to an increase in the price of American ex- port cattle, During the year endigg June 30, 1893, exports of inspected pork aggregated 20,- 677,410 pounds as against 38,152,874 pounds for the preceding year. The falling off in this export was not confined, however, to inspected pork, total quantity exported for 1892 being 190,616 pounds, while in 1893 it was only 695 pounds. I join the Secretary in recommending that hereafter each applicant for the position of inspector or assistant inspector in the bu- reau of animal industry be required, as a condition precedent to his appointment, to exhibit to the United States civil service commission his diploma from an established regular and reputable veterinary, college, and that this be supplemented by such an examination in veterinary science as the commission may prescribe. The exports of agricultural products from the United States for the fiscal year ending June 3, 1802, attained the enormous figure of $800,000,000, in round numbers, being 78.7 per cent of our total exports. In the last fiscal year this aggregate was greatly reduced, but, nevertheless, reached 615 mill- fons, being 75.1 per cent of all American commodities exported. Agricultural Exports, A review of our agricultural exports with Special reference to their destination will that in almost every line the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ab- sorbs by far the largest proportion. Of the cattle the total exports aggregated in value for the fiscal year ending June 30, 10%, ly over $25,000,000, Of beef products of all kinds our total exports were $2s, 000, = 000, of which Great Britain took $24,000,000, Of pork products the total exports were $84,000,000, of which Great Britain took $55,000,000. In bread-stufts, cotton, and mi- nor products like proportions sent to the same destination are shown. The work of the Statistical Division of the Department of Agriculture deals with all that relates to the economics of tarm- ing. The main purpose of its monthly reports is to keep the farmers informed as fully as Possible of all matters having any influence upon the world’s markets, in which their products find sale. Its publications relate especially to the commercial side of farm- ing. It is therefore of profound importance and vital concern to the fermers of the United States, who represent nearly one- half of our population, and also of direct interest to the whole country, that the work of this division be efliciently pertorm- ed and that the information it has gath- ered be promptly diffused. It is a matter for congratulation to know that the Secretary will not spare any effort to make this part of his work thoroughly useful. in the year 1839 the Congress appropri- ated $1,000, to be taken from the Patent Of- fice funds, for the purpose of collecting and distributing rare and improved varieties of seeds, and for prosecuting agricultural in- vestigations and procuring agricultural sta- tstics. From this small beginning the Seed Division of the Department of Agriculture has grown to its present unwieldy and un- justifiably extravagant proportions. During the last fiscal year the cost of seeds purchased was $06,548.61. The re- mainder of an appropriation of $135,000 was expended in putting them up and distribut- ing them. It surely never could have en- tered the minds of those who first sanction- ed appropriations of public money for the purchase of new and improved varieties of seeds for gratuitous distribution that from this would grow large appropriations for the purehase and distribution by members of Congress of ordinary seeds, bulbs, and cut- tings which are common in all the States and Territories and everywhere easily ob- tainable at low Experiment Stations. In each State and Territory an agricul- tural experiment station has been establish- ed. These stations, by their very character and rame, are the proper agencies to ex- periment with and test new varieties of seeds; and yet this indiscriminate and wasteful distribution by legislation and legislators, answering no purpose unless it be to remind constituents that their repre- sentatives are willing to remember them with gratuities at public cost. Under the sarction of existing legislation there was sent out from the Agricultural Department during the last fiscal year enough of cabbage seed to plant 19,000 acres of land, a sufficient quantity of beans to plant 4,000 acres, beet seed enough to plant 2,500 acres, sweet corn enough to plant 800 acres, sufficient cucumber seed to cover 2,025 acres with vines, and enough muskmelon and watermelon seeds to plant 2,675 acres. The total quantity of flower and vegetable seeds thus distributed was contained in more than nine million pack- ages, and they were sufficient, if planted, to cover 89,596 acres of land. In view of these facts this enormous ex- penditure without legitimate returns of benefit ought to be abolished. Anticipating a consummation so manifestly in the inter- est of good administration, more than $100,- 000 has been stricken from the estimate made to cover this object for the year end- ing June 30, 1895; and the Secretary recom- mends that the remaining $35,000 of the estimate be confined strictly to the purchase of new and improved varieties of seeds, and that these be distributed through experi- ment stations. Thus the seed will be tested, and after the test has been completed by the experi- ment station the propagation of the useful varieties and the rejection of the valueless may safely be left to the common sense of the people. the Civil Service Law. The continued intelligent execution of the civil-service law and the increasing ap- proval by the people of its operation are! most gratifying. The recent extension of its limitations and regulations to the em- Ployes at free-delivery post-offices, which | has been honestly and promptly accom- | plished by the Commission, with the hearty co-operation of the Postmaster-General, is an immensely importaat advance in the usefulness of the system. I am, if possible, more than ever con- vinced of che incalculable benefits conferred by the civil-service law, not only in its ef- fect upon the public service, but also, what is even more important, in its effect, in ele- vating the tone of political life generally. The course of civil-service reform in this country instructively and interestingly {l- lustrates how strong a hold a movement gains upon our people which has und lying it a sentiment of justice and rigat, and which at the same time promises bet- ter administration of their Government. The law embodying this reform found its way to our statute book more from fear of the popular sentiment existing in its favor than from any love for the reform itself on the part of legislators; and it has lived and grown and flourished in spite of the covert as well as open hostility of spoilmen and notwithstanding the queru- lous impraticability of many self-consti- tuted guardians. Beneath all the vagaries and sublimated theories which are attracted to it there underlies this reform a sturdy common-sense principle not only suited to this mundane sphere, but whose appication our people are more and more recognizing to be absolutely essential to the most suc- cessful operation of their Government, if not to its perpetuity. It seems to me to be entirely inconsist- ent with the character of this reform, as well as with its best enforcement, to oblige the Commission to rely for clerical assist- ance upon clerks detailed from other De- partments. There ought not to be such a condition in any Department that clerks hired to do work there can be spared to habitually work at another place; and it does not accord with a sensible view of civil-service reform that persons should be employed on the theory that their labor is necessary in one Department when in point of fact their services are devoted to entirely different work in another Depart- ment. I earnestly urge that the clerks necessary to carry on the work of the commission be regularly put upon its roster, and that the system of obliging the commissioners to rely upon the services of clerks belonging to other departments be discontinued. This ought not to increase the expapse to the government, while it would certainly be more consistent and add greatly to the effl- ciency of the commission. Extravagance in Appropriations. Economy in public expenditure is a duty that caanot innocently be neglected by those intrusced with the control of money drawn from the people for public uses. It must be confessed that our apparently end- less resources, the familiarity of our people with immense accumulations of wealth, the growing sentiment among them that the expenditure of public money should in some manner be to their immediate and personal adavantage, the indirect and almost stealthy manner in which a large part of our taxes are exacted, and a degenerate sense of officiai accountability have led to growing extravagance in governmental ap- prcpriations. At this time, when a depleted public treas- ury confronts us, when many of our people are engaged in a hard struggle for the necessaries of life, and when enforced econ- omy is pressing upon the great mass of our countrymen, I desire to urge with all the earnestness at my command that con- sressional legislation be so limited by strict economy as to exhibit an appreciation of the condition of the treasury and a sympathy with the straitened circumstances of our feilow-citizens. The duty of public economy is also of im- mense importance in its intimate and neces- sary relation to the task now in hand of providing revenue to meet government ex- penditures, and yet reducing the people's burden of federal taxation. Tarif! Reforms. After a hard struggle tariff reform is di- rectly before us. Nothing so important claims our attention and nothing so clearly presents itself as both an opportunity and a duty—an opportunity to deserve the grat- itude of our fellow-citizens and a duty im- posed upon us by our oft-repeated profes- sions and by the emphatic mandate of the people. After full discussion our country- men have spoken in favor of this reform, and they have confided the work of its ac- complishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledged to it. . If there is anything in the theory of a representation in public places of the people and their desires, if public officers are really the servants of the people, and if political promises and professions have any binding force, our failure to give the relief so long awaited will be sheer recreancy. Nothing should intervene to distract our attention or diturb our eort until this reform {s accom- plished by wise and careful legislation. While we should staunchly adhere to the principle that only the necessity of revenue justifies the imposition of tariff duties and other Federal taxation, and that they should be limited by strict economy, we can not close our eyes to the fact that conditions have grown up among us which in justice and fairness call for discriminating care in the distribution of such duties and taxation as the emergencies of our Government ac- tually demand, Manifestly, if we are to aid the people directly through tariff reform, one of its most obvious features should be a reduction in present tariff charges upon the necessities of life. The benefits of such a reduction would be palpable and substantial, seen and felt by thousands who would be better fed and better clothed and better sheitered. These gifts should be the willing benefac- tions of a Government whose highest func- tion is the promotion of the welfare of the people. Raw Materials, Not less closely related to our people's prosperity and well-being is the removal of restrictions upon the importation of t raw materials necessary to our manufac- tures. The world should be open to our national ingenuity and enterprise. T: can not be while Federal legislation, through the imposition of high tariff, forbids to American manufacturers as cheap materials as those used by their competitors. It is quite obvious thet the enhancement of the price of our manufactured products result- ing from this policy not only confines the market for these products within our own borders, to the direct disadvantage of our manufactures, but also increases their cost to our citizens. The interests of labor are certainly, though indirectly, involved in this feature of our tariff system. The sharp competi- tion and active struggle among our manu- facturers to supply the limited demand for their goods, soon fill the narrow market to which they are confined. Then follows a suspension of work in milis and factories, a descharge of employes, and distress in the homes of our workingmen. Even if the often disproved assertion could be made good that a lower rate of wages would result from free raw materials and low tariff duties, the intelligence of our workingmen leads them quickly to discovee that their steady employment, permiited by free raw materials, is the most important factor in their relation to tariff legislation. A measure has been prepared by the ap- propriate Congressional committee bodying tariff reform on the lines herein suggested, which will be promptly submit-| ted for legislative action. It is the result} of much patriotic and unselfish work, and} 1 believe it deals with its subject consist- ently and as thoroughly as existing condi- tions permit. The Proposed Legislation. I am satisfied that the reduced tariff du- ties provided for in the proposed legisla- tion, added to existing internal-revenue taxation, will, in the near future, .nvugh) perhaps not immediately, produce sufficient revenue to meet the needs of the Govern- ment. The committee, after full consideration, and to provide against a temporary de- ficiency which may exist before the busi ness of the country adjusts itself to the new tariff schedules, have wisely embraced in their plan a few additional internal- revenue taxes, including a smail tax upon incomes derived from certain corporate in- vestments. These new assessments are not only ab- solutely just and easily borne, but they have the further merit of being such as ean be remitted without unfavorable busi- ness disturbance whenever the necessity of their imposition no longer exists. In my great desire for the success of this measure I can not restrain the suggestion that its success can only be attained by means of unselfish counsel on the part of the friends of tariff reform and as a result of their willingness to subordinate per- sonal desires and ambitions to the general good. The local interests affected by the proposed reform are so numerous and so varied that if all are insited upon the legis- lation embodying the reform must inevita- bly fail. In conclusion, my intense feeling of re- | Sponsibility impels me to invoke for the manifold interests of a generous and con- fiding people the most scrupulous care and to pledge my willing support to every legis- lative effort for the adVancement of the greatness and prosperity of our beloved country. GROVER CLEVELAN. Executive Mansion, Washington, December 4, 1893. repre Snatched a Purse: A colored boy named Edward Bolden was tried in the Police Court Saturday on a charge of larceny from the person. It was | charged that he snatched a pocket look from some person unknown, The proof was that he snatched the pocket book and threw it away when pursued. He was held in $500 real estate security for the action of the grand jury. ——— A special dispatch to the London Standard from Paris says it is believed that an Anglo-French commission will be nominated to proceed to Siam for the purpose of ex- amining into and deciding upon a neutral ne between the French and British pos- sessions, | | THE NEW CONGRESS. Where Senators and Representatives Can Be Found. Vice President. Stevenson, A. E., Ill., Ebbitt. Senators. Aldrich, Nelson W., R. L., Arlington. Allen, William V., Neb., 246 Delaware ave. Allison, William B., Iowa, Jiz4 Vt. ave. Bate, William G., Tenn., Ebbitt House. Berry, James H., Ark., Metropolitan. Blackburn, Joseph C. 8., Ky., Ebbitt. Brice, Calvin S., Ohio, 1611 H_ st. Butler, Matthew C., S. C., 1434 N st. Caffery, Donelson, La., Richmoad. Call, Wilkinson, Florida, 1903 N ‘Camden, Johnson N., W. Va. Cameron, James D, Pa. eee ‘arey, Joseph M., Wyo., - 4 Chandler, William E., N. H., iz I st. Golauitt, Alfred H. ek ae 8 tesa ‘oke, Richard, Texas, ith ss Cockrell, Francis M., Missoari, 1518 TR nw. Cullom, Shelby M., TIL, 1413 Mass. ave. Paniel, John W., Va., 1700 19th st. avis, i ner, » Willi inger, J. H., George, James C. Gibson, Charles Md., Shoreham. Gordon, John B., Ga., 1923 Vt. ave. Gorman, Arthur P., Md., The Portland. Gray, George, Del., 1121 K st. Hale, Eugene. Me., 1001 16th st Hansbrongh, Henry C., N. D., Cochran. Harris, Isham G., Tennessee, 13 Ist st. 1.e Hawley, Joseph R., Conn., 2097 T st. Hiegins, Anthony, Del., 1524 18th street. Hil, David B., Y., Normandie. Hoar, George F., Mass., 919 I st. Hunton. Eppa, Irby, J. L. M., 8. Jones Jas. K., Ar Johes, John Kyle. James H. J. W. Va.. » Maine, 1421 N. H. ‘hs . D., Varnum, N. Lodge, Henry Cabot, Mass., 1721 R. I ave. Lindsey, William, Ky., Cochran. 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Vest, Geo. G!, Miscouri, 1294 P now. Vilas, William F., Wis., Arno. Voorhees, Daniel W., Ind., 1323 N. H. ave. Walthall, Edward C., Miss.. 1714 R. T. ave. Washburn, Willlam D., Minn., Arlington. White, Pdward D., La.) Richmond. White, Stephen M., Cal., Ebitt. Wolcott, Edward 6.. Col.. 1221 Conn. ave. Representatives. Tex., Metropolitan. . Ky., 306 C st. John D., W. Alderson, Aldrich, ‘J. Frank, 1 Allen, John M., Miss.. Allen, William Alexander, S. B. Apsley, L. D, hamperli 6 Det. Arnold, Avery, Jno. Babcock, J. Bailes N.Y., Arlinsto: . Texas. 507 sth C., Cel, 1213 Q nw. Beltzhoover. F. E. Penn., Nattonal. Berry, Albert 8. Kentuck Bingham, H. H. Rlatr, Henry W. Rianchar: Blac! R. PL, M Roatner, I Boen, #1. Breckinri¢ nw Boutelle, C. A Rowers, WoW. Rrawley, W. H. Franch, Wm. A. be} . Metropolitan, 12st T nw. Brown, Jason B.. indiana, Bryan, W.-J.. Neb. 51 B Burrows, J. G., Mich Bunn, B. H., N.C. . Daniel D., itt Wm. D., Indian Riggs. Slsmere. . ave. ne, J., Arlington. a 7 Campbell. z Caruth, A. G., Il. S29 N. ¥. ave. i 23 Mass. ave. now, 1722 » 722 n. w, Hamilton, 8. ara Risgs. man Hi, 4B %, Ouse, eX. 1834 11th nuwp, Coffeen, H. A., Wyo., 33) Ist'a.e Cogswell, William, Mass., 134 Ln, w Conn, Chas. G., Ind., Willard’s. Gcombs. William A N.Y. Hamutton, | Cooper, 8. B., Tex., 597 6th "nw Covert. J. W. Congressional, | . Tenn. 15381 now. Norm Davey, R. C.. La., Metropc Davis, John, Kan., 714 A n ir, M Dinsmore, Hugh A., Ark lex ander M. tay Pm. Io Tamiltoa. Lonoven, D, 1., Ohio, Metropolitan, Doolittle W. H.. Wash. st, Draper, William Mass., 1601 K n.w, Durhorow, Ail TU, 527 18th now. N.'Y., Arlington, 29 A s.e, th st. Penn., Hotel Randal, Kpes, J. F, Va. 20'A st. se. Everett, Wm., Mass., Albany, Fletcher, Loren, Minn., Arlington, Forman, W. 1d G st. Fellow N. Y., Shoreham, Fielder, G. BN. J.,” Normandie. ch, A. P.. N. ¥., Arlington. Fithian, George W., Ilinots, Winara’s, Flinn, Dennis, Okl.’Ter., National Funk, Benj. F., Illinois.’ Elsmere, Funston, BE, H., Kan., 98 K Fyan, R. W nw. . Mo., 207 E. Capitol. Gear, John H., Iowa, Portland Geary, Thos. J., Cal.; Normandie. Giessenhainer, J. A.,"N. J., Arlington, Gillett, C. W.. N. Y., Hamilton, Gillett, FP. H.. Mass., Shoreham. Goldzier, Julius, Ti, Goodnight, Varnum, I. H., Kentucky, Cochran, . 8. Mich., 917 O hw. 220 E. Capitol, Texas, National. Grosvenor, C. H., Ohio, i219 G n.w. Grout, W.’ W., Vt, Arlington. Hicks, J. D. Hamilton. ull, J. A. a, Norman.le. Coch ri, 1193 8 n. we Ind, Willard’s. Hare, D. D., Ohio, Anderson Annex. Harmer, A. C., Pa, 1 > si . Pa. Wis., 3 Hayes, Walter 1., lowa, 5 Heard: Jonn Hotel Arno. Henderson, T. iil. aa Capitol. Herrmann, Hilborn, Gree! Hines, W. H. Hepburn, W: Hicks, J.D. C., Texas, Metropolitan. lar T's. . R., TL, 1907 Kaw. iman, W. S,, Indiana, Hamilton, Hooker, Warren B., N. Y., Elsmere Ikirt, Geo. P., Ohio, 114 Md. ave. me. Johnson. H. U,, Md., 1435 L st. Johnson, M. N., 121 C ne. Johnson. T. L., Ohio, 226 15th n.w. Jones, W. A., 'Va., Varnum. Joseph, A., N. Mexico, 710 10th n.w. Joy, C. F., Mo., Cochran. Keifer, A, ., lowa, Arno. | Ill, Metropolitan. pham, Oscar, R. I., Cochran. Latimer, A.C.) 8) ¢ podem F.C, wson, Thomas G.. Ga. Lester, R. E., Georgia, Cochran. LeFever, Jacob, N.Y. Lisle, M. TIL, 209 A st. se. Marshall, James, Virginia, M litan. Martin, Augustus N., Ind.,513 Fla.ave.n.w. Martin, Francis, N.Y., Hamilton. McAleer, Wm., Penn., Hotel Randall. McCall, S. W., Mass., Shoreham. McCleary, J. S.. Minn., Eckington. McCreary, Jas. B., Kentucky, McCulloch. P. D., Ark., 1527 I st. MeDannold, J. J., il. 1917 15th n.w. McDearmond, J. C.. Tenn., National. McDowell, A., Pennsylvania, Elsmere. McEttrick, Mass., 1309 H n.w. McGann, L. E., iL, Willard’s. McKeighan, W. A., Neb., 32 B st. ne McLaurin, J. L., S.C., 113 5th st. ne. McMillin, Benton, Tenn., Mercer, D. H., Nebraska, 12% G st. Meyer, Adolph, La., 1700 Q st. Milliken, S. L. 3 Money, H. D., Miss., 1433 L n.w. Montgomery, A. B., Ky., Metropolitan. Moon, John W., Mich., 1229 M st. Morgan, C. H., Texas, 2012 Hillyer place. Morse, Elijah A.. Mass., Shoreham. : 413 6th now. . L., Ga. G. W., S.C., 1924 1th nw. fatehler. Howard, Penn., Varnum. ‘eill. Robert, Arkansas. Metropolitan. Northway, S. A., Ohio, Elsmere. Oates, Wm. C., Alabama, 174 Q n.w. O’Ferrall, Chas. etropolitan. . T., Va., Mi O'Neill, Chas., Pa., 1226 N. Y. ave. O'Neill, Joseph H. Outhwaite. J. H., Ohio, 4 Dupont circle. Page. C. H., Rhode Island. 9% G n.w. Paschal, P. M. Texas, 1742 P n.w. Patterson, Josiah. Tenn., Metropolitan. Payne, S. F., N. Y.. Normandie. Paynter, Thomas H.. Kentucky, Varnum. WOULDN'T LOOK HAPPY. A Lion That Objected to Having His Photograph Taken by Flashlight. From the San Francisco Chronicle. There was a sensation in a Market street Photograph gallery yesterday afternoon, a sensation and a lion, There had been many lions there before, but they were ordinary Social lions. This was a four-legged fellow, @ big, tawny beast with a cavernous mouth and a voice like a fog horn. It was Commo- dore, an eight-year-old lion from the west coast of Africa. Though he is a member of a theatrical troupe, yet, wonderful to relate, he does not like to have his picture taken. The big brute was carried into the fallery in a box closed in on all sides. a ring had been screwed into the floor to which he could be tied. A Sroup of hait dozen curious people crowded into the Gallery to see the fun. Then they all tried to get out at once. His majesty didn’t like the way he had been jostled in going Up a flight of stairs, and when his box was open he came out with a jump. His voice expressed savage dissatisfaction as well as his manner. He was soon nasty snarl, allowed to the ring. Just then a He came to itself to be fastened Chinese entered the gallery. See the lion. He only wanted The lion leaped toward him toward "The attitude. The grand head in its Pearson. Albert J., Ohio, 514 E. Cavitol. ie of e, the Pence, Tate. Colorado, 1903 G st. n.w. lithe body so suggestive of latent power, Pendieton, Geo. C., Texas, Randall. with a Picture, in spite of the Pendleton, J. 0., W.Va., 1 A st. ne A fanich he was incum! Perkins, Sie ae Hamilton. 4 .. the trainer him Phillips, T. ‘oe, a am. again posture. He julet= Pickler, J. A.,'S. Dakota, 10 Grant place. |1¥ enough while the war te tt, "J._P., Conn., Varnum. and a half dozen pictures were Post, P. 'S., TH, Hamilton. j taken. A big flashlight was Powers, H. H., Vt., Elsmere. | then si The powder was “4 Price. Andrew, La., Cochran. | the little pans of the frame work. 4 Randall, C. S.. Mass., Shoreham. j¢ach pan was a flame of gas. It was Rawlings. J. L., Utah, Cochran. thought best to move this frame of lights Rayncr. Teador, Md., 918 14th st. to the other side of the camera. Reed, Thomas 'B., Maine, Shi An attendant picked it up. The lion had Reilly, James B., Pa., National. e 50. quiet that the Pan Richardson, G. F., Mich., 6 Iowa circle. | him. He started with his frame of Sa J. ~ ana. or between the lion and the aene ae Richards, Jan. A. 0 oot back was toward saoatae - Ritchie, B. F., Oh! G. Ala., Arno Hotel. h ne. inois, 918 14th street. . M. A.. Ariz.. Cochran. ‘mith, Smith. Sperry, Lewis, Conn.. Riggs. Springer, Wm. M.. TH, 4 me. Stallings, 7 F., Als.. Hotel Randall, vens. M. T.. Mass.. Arlington. ephenson, SM. Mich, Ebbitt. Stockdele, T. R.. Miss. 20 Ist ne. Stone, W.A., Penn.. Arlington. Stone, C. °V.. Pa., 4 R ne. Stone, WoT. Ky.. 18 1th now. Strait, T. F.. 8. C., 111. R se. Strong. as Elemere. wanson. . Va., Metropolitan, Sweet, Willis. Tdaho, 19 Lith now. Tate, F.C. Ga.. 114 M4. ave. ne. Talbert. W. ¥., & C., National. Tarsney, TC.) Mo. Wilard's. Tawney, J. A. Minn. Fekineton. Tavior. A. FF. ‘Tenn. 419 6th nw. Tavior. OF. Md. 39 Fast Canitol at, Tracey. Charles, New York, Arlington, Terry, W_L.. Ark. Met-opatitan, Thomas, HF. Mich. National, Tucker, H. St. G.. Va. 25 A st. se Turner, Ga., 29 A st. we. Turpin. 1. W” Als., Metropolitan. Upderraff. Thomas. Iowa, 122 C ne. Van Voorhis. H_ C.. Ohio, Ebbitt. Van Voorhis. John. N.Y. Arlington. Walker, J. H., Mass.. Shoreham. Waneer, I. P.. Pa.. 28 N. J. ave. se Warner, J. DeW.. N.Y. Loan & Trust Co. Washineton, J. F., Tenn., 28 Hillyer pl . E..Mich, jerland. . ‘erm! 1005, .. Willard’s. Cheeler. J. Alx.. Varnum. White, W. J., Ohio, Shoreham. Whiting, Justin RL. Michiean. Cochran. Williems, J. R.. Il... 52 Del. ave. ne. Wilttms, John S., Miss., 188 East Cap. iv" . Geo. W., Ohio. H» milton. F. A.. N.C. x in, Pa. Woomer, E. M.. P: Wright. H.R. Mass.. 3 Vright, M. B.. Pa.. 1119 P st. Wauzh, Dantei. Ind., 47 North Cap. see! WHEN THE FARTH IS DEAD. The Ultimate Extinction of at Life and Movw It Will Come About. Froia the Chicago Times. y that life will become ex- tinct on carth in the remote future appears to be a fascinating theme of study with many speculative scientists. Recently a re- markable little volume was published in London. In that book its writer, T. Mullet Ellis, drew a forcible picture of the con- Gition of the earth when its atmosphere and life shall pass away and the bare ruin | of this world shall go circling through the | heavens as barren, as Hfeless and as air-| less as the moon is today More recently a writer has been endeav- | cring to estimate the time when life shail | th. Solar physicists and as-| nomers are in tolerable azreement in ng the period when the sun will begin ally set at from 25,000,000 to 330,000,000 years hence. But earthly vitality is likely to have a still more limited existence, and science, we are told by the writer in ques-| tion, can even prognosticate the causes of its decay. When the spots that now fleck the equatorial zone of the sun have become | sutficiently large to cause serious interfer- ence of light and heat higher life will be- come impossible. There is also a cause within “the earth which might anticipate this crisis. Grad- ually, but surely, the erosion of coast line | by the sea and the fittening of moun-/ tains by torrents and glaciers are reduc- ing dry land to the level of the ocean. | When the leveling fs complete the earth will beome one vast swamp, unsuitable for human life. Four or five million years is the period given to the earth by geolo-| gists wherein to reach this stage. But these speculative theorists do not seem to take into consideration the impor- | tant physical fact that nothing is wasted! on earth. If rocks and mountains are! eroded or depressed in one part the detri-| tis takes part in the work of construction | at another, for the destructive and con- structive elements of nature are always uniformly petent. Matter destroyed mereiy undergoes con- version, and whatever force there may be in the ‘supposition that the sun will part with its heat in the course of time there seems no good ground for the theory that the extinction of life may be anticipated by the conversion of dry land into a deso- late swamp through any natural process of geologic evolution. —— The Camel ts a Soldier. From the Evening Wisconsin. The camel is a good soldier. It may be stupidity and it may be brav- ery, but a camel is as steady under fire as a tower. The Persians mounted small can- nons on the backs of their camels, and called them zambwahs or “little wasps.” This fashion was adopted in India, and after the battle of Sobraon 2.000 of this artillery came!s were captured. In the In- dian mutiny the British had a camel corps of 150 beasts, and on the back of each camel sat a Scotch Highlander in his kilt. In 1845 Sir Charles Napier had a camel corps in Sindh, and in one day he marched seventy-five miles, defeated a brigand chief and marched home again. In 1878 the Brii- the @id not see the lion nee had le together. If he gg he would not have The Mor leaped to th short cra oo e ant ot his end quick, but deep; Pe a tled. ‘fhe man with the flash Was not startled, fails to indicate his sensation. He was scar Scared badly, too. ‘The jump he made put out all the lights on the and would have insured him lace acrobat with any circus in the lana. ee After the flash I taken the lion was Koceaciure had Deen to a bit, but he went ———+o2+-—______ STRUCK THE WRONG MAN. He Was on Average Farmer, oi the Other Fellow Was Mistaken. From the Detroit Free Press, We were talking about human nature in general, and the human nature of farmers in particular, when the man who was travel- ing for a button factory sagely observed: “Yes, the average farmer is a queer man. They talk about his confiding disposition, but he hasn't got it. On the contrary, he suspects everybody of intent to defraud him in some way.” “Well, I dunno about that,” said one of the crowd. “I think T can prove ft to you in ten min- utes,” replied the button man. “Now, then, look at this watch and estimate its value.” He handed out watch and chain and they were passed from hand to hand. The watch was a fine one and the chain was solid gold, and the lowest estimate was $300. “I paid $100 in good money for the outfit,” said the man. “One of you come along Into the smoking car and we'll find a farmer. I'll ofer him. watch and chain for 350, and he'll just think I am trying to beat him. If I lose I pay for six dinners. If I win somebody pays for mine.” He started out in company with the man who had expressed his doubts, and about the first man they came to in the smoking car was a middle-aged farmer who had been to Cleveland and had two new ax heives in the seat beside him. The button man held out the watch and said: “My friend, 1 am hard up and want to sell this stuff. Look at it.” “Don't want it,” replied the farmer. “But I must have money. Watch and chain cost me $400. How much will you give me?” ‘Don't want to buy.” “But take them in your hand and ex- amine them. Even a child could estimate their value. I ought to get at least halt cost, but as I want $0) awfully bad right away this minute 1’ make that the price. You may take me for a traveling sharper, but I assure you that—" “You needn't assure me "tall,” interrupt- ed the farmer. “I think I know an honest man when I see one.” “Thanks, Then you are not suspicious of me?” Not a miti es ‘And you'll take the watch and chain at —" “I will,” replied the farmer, as he slipped them into his pocket and felt for his calf- skin. “Just got paid fur my wool today, and here's your cash. 1 see you've got @ diamord pin on your tie. I can’t tell 3 diamond from a rhinestone, but I'm willing to chance $25 on it. Mas the other feller got anything for sale cheap?” It had to be explained to the farmer that it all came about on a wager, but he was pig-headed about it, and the button man had to hand him a $10 bill before he would call the bargain off. “You contended that the farmer hadn’t a confidin’ disposition, did you?” queried the toiler as he pocketed the greenbacks. “Wall, I guess you know more about buttons than you do about farmers. You jest come down my way and offer me a windmill fur $25, a_pianer fur $0 or a mower and reaper fur $75, and T'll confide in you so durned quick that you can’t keep your heels on the airth ———_+0e —_____. A Rich*Arab’s Attire, From Harper's Magazine. A rich man among the Arabs dresses richly. His shirt is fine linen. His inside vest is buttoned, the outside one worn ‘loose. A long paletot often takes the place of the latter. It is cut part way down from the neck and the loose armholes allow the arms to be held in or outside. ‘The wide trousers are bound about the waist by a rich scarf. Over all is frequently worn the long loose tunic, cut V shape at the neck, and with short sleeves low down. The hands are frequently kept inside—in winter for warmth—and an Arab reaches out from the V at the neck for anything he wants handed to him with a peculiarly limited motion which at first you fail to comprehend. The burnoose is an out-of- doors garment, and the fez may or may not have the turban cloth. The swell wears European socks, and his slippers, usually | trodden down at the heel by the common | or careless, are handscmely embroidered oF of fine morocco, red or yellow. The calf is naked. Parts of his dress are dropped at intervals, according to the | weather or habit. There are few persons | more really magnificent than a well dressed | Arab sheik or a man of wealth. In our jdays of business suits, which cloak the ish used camels vgainst the Afghans and the government paid for 50,000 camels that died in those campaigns. Many of these were driven to death by their owners, in order that they might claim the govern- ment bounty. godly and ungodly alike, the dress is un- commonly attractive—on an Arab. That It | would suit our habits one will scarcely al- |lege. But the trousers have one manifest ) advantage. do not, cannot bag at the knee.