Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1893, Page 4

“4 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, MONDAY. December 15, 1893. CROSBY S. NOYES. «++-.+--Editor, THE EVENING STAR has a regular a: permanent circulation nearly d: the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a and Advertising Medium it has no com- petitor. c7Im order to avoid delays, on ac- it of perso: absence, letters to STAR should not be any individual connected with the of- Gece. but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. President Cleveland persistently declines to see things as they are in Hawaii. This @eliberate limitation of visual power is con- spiecuousiy apparent in the message which the President today sent to Congress. Touch- ing upon the task with which Minister ‘Willis was burdened, the chief executive Says that the minister was empowered “to advise the Queen and her supporters of my flestre to aid in the restoration of the status existing before the lawless landing of the United States forces at Honolulu on the 16th of January last, if such restoration ould be effected upon terms providing for clemency as well as justice to all parties concerned. The conditions suggested, as the instructions show, contemplate a general amnesty to those concerned in setting up the provisional government and a recogni- tion of all its bona fide acts and obliga- tions. In short, they require that the past should be buried, and that the restored Gov- ernment should reassume its authority as Mf {ts continuity had not been interrupted.” But the ex-queen would not be restored, or as the President puts it: “These conditions have not proved acceptable to the Queen, and though she has been informed that they will be insisted upon, and that, unless ac- ceded to, the efforts of the President to aid im the restoration of her Government will cease, I have not thus far learned that she is willing to yield them her acquiescence.” ‘What an extraordinary tableau is here pre- sented! The President of the world’s great- est republic using all the power at his com- mand to restore one of the most vicious of monarchs and at the same time pleading ‘with his female protege to spare the lives of those who were powerful enough to shorten her reign and to whom she has since appealed for protection. Was ever greater absurdity offered so seriously as is this assumption that Liliuokalani declines restoration because she has in her but little of “the quality of mercy?” Willing to be queen once more, but stubbornly refusing proffered assistance that makes terms in the interests of humanity! Anxious to grasp the scepter and control the treasury, but so} thirsty for blood that the voice of vengeance will not be hushed, this ex-ruler of the Sandwich Islands proudly disdains an ally ‘whose friendship is encumbered with peace! ‘How supremely ridiculous! Does not every- bedy know that fear for her own safety and not a consuming desire for the bicod of others restrains Liliuokalani from assent- ing to restoration without assurance that she will be retained and protected there against her unwilling subjects by the arm- ed forces of the United States or Great Britain? ——— + ee -—— Ordinarily there is nothing humorous in the proceedings of those who operate winter Face-meetings, but Philanthropist Engeman did a really funny thing on Saturday when he ordered or authorized the posting up of a notice in the Baltimore and Ohio station that because of the inclemency of the weather there would be no racing that day. To the uninitiated the cause for laughter may not at once be apparent but the man who knows how and why the pool-room Traces are run cannot help cackling mightily over the idea that ahy meteorological condi- tions would be permitted to interfere with even a single race. Rain may fall with vio- lence such as has not been known since Noah's experience with precipitation, snow descend until the air is a cloud impenctra- ble to the average pair of eyes, ice render the track dangerous to the safety of horses and riders, but the program is always car- Tied out in its fullness, the real spectators being not the shivering few at the race- track, but the pool-room gamblers in the The various cities of the country. The real rea- son why there wee no races at Ivy City on | }- Saturday did not have its origin in the very small quantity of rain that fell prior to the Posting of the notice, but in the knowledge of the fact (carelessly guarded) that a raid had been planned and would be executed. Engeman following that District Attorney Birney means business; that he will enforce the law without fear or favor; that he will not try his cases after the fashion suggested by those whom he so properly proposes to raid and prosecute, and that every decent eitizen will support to the utmost every effort made by Mr. Birney to rid the Dis- trict of Columbia of the winter-racing army which has invaded it. —_—_+eo—____ personal and frequent intimacy with the essential Mquid, but if municipal authori- ties strive to make cleanliness more ex- pensive they will surely undo much good and give encouragement to the diseases that have their origin in filth. At no time since its foundation has this city been cleaner than it now is, nor is there present possibility of epidemic, but with anything like a notabie extension of the water-meter system would come changes that could not but operate to the disadvantage of Wash- ington’s reputation. This city’s water sup- ply should be more than sufficient in vol- ume to afford each household even an ex- travagant quantity and at the least pos- sible cost. Pure water for household uses ought not, in the public interest, to cost more than fresh air. Large consumers, es- pecially those who make business use of the Potomac water, may well be held in check by water meters, but anything like @ general extension of the system should Not be, and doubtless is not contemplated. ——+ +s —____ It is evident that President Cleveland, Placing implicit confidence in the Biount report, believed that the so-called provision- al government had no life or strength except what was derived from the supposition that this republic was behind the revolutionary movement. He thought that when announce- ment was made that the support of the United States was withdrawn from the pro- visional government, the queen, backed by tne people of Hawall, would at once resume the throne, and every one concerned in the provisional government would at once throw up his hands and piead for mercy. He therefore announced to the ex-queen that he was going to restore her on condition that she would not cut the throats of the revo- lutionists. But the ex-queen knows the Ha- Wallan conditions better than Mr. Cleveland. She learns that maintenance of her on her throne after restoration by the United States is unnecessary in view of the Ha- wailan situation as Mr. Cleveland under- Stands it, and ts not contemplated by him. She declines to be restored. Mr. Cleveland thinks that the refusal is due to her un- willingness to promise that she will not cut the throats of the revolutionists. Other people will think that she recognizes the superior power of the de facto provisional government from which she has obtained protection in answer to her personal appeal, and that it is her own safety which concerns her. In either case the United States should not interfere—neither to promote the de- struction of the members of the provisional government nor of Lilluokalani. The éx- queen's behavior, so inconststent with what Mr. Cleveland assumes to be the facts of the situation, ought to have put him on his guard against implicit confidence in the existence of these facts; but it has not. ——__ e+ _____ | Mr. Cleveland has consented to hang some information on the Congressional Christmas tree. ————~ 2 It is now Mr. John L. Stevens’ turn to contribute to the Cleveland-Stevens joint debate. The lot of a New York policeman is in- deed “not a happy one.” —— +02 —___ SHOOTING STARS, People never know what “embarrassment of riches” means until they are examining the purchases which they made while under the mysterious influence of the auctioneer at the dead letter sale. Human Nature. “Man wants but little here below” Is soothing as to sound, But doesn’t count, most people know, ‘When pay-day comes around. A Christmas Gift. “Are you going to give Herbert a Christ- mas present?” asked her confidante. “I thought that your engagement was broken.” “It is. I'm going to send him all his let- ters."* ms A Misanthrope’s Opportunity. I cherish for my fellow man a hatred most sincere. Had I the might I'd doom him without sym- pathy or fear; re’s but one way for me to show just what my feelings are— go and be the motorman upon a trolley car. Business-Like. “So you*ve caught the infection,” he re- Marked to a man who had a blue ribbon spicuously displayed on his coat lapel. we = talking about this badge?” “On, 1 took ten dollars’ worth of them.” “Isn't that going in on a rather large Seale?" “Purely a matter of business. You see, when The Evening Star Santa Claus Club was first organized, my sympathies joined the movement right off, and I thought Rapid as is steamship communication with |! Mieht as well pay the ten dollars in ad- Europe today it is far trom probable that | V@uce to keep my sympathies from being the Mmit of speed has been reached, al- though several naval constructors have expressed themselves as of the opinion that posted for dues.” Johnny's Woe. greater speed would be possible only to | Curly headed Johnny had a tear-drop in his larger ships fitted with more powerful ma- chinery, and these cannot be until the en- trances to the principal harbors are con- @:derably deepened. The latest rational ef- fort to revolutionize vessel propalsion is eye; Curly headed Johnny couldn't speak with- out a sigh. And the Christmas preparations that were ‘round him everywhere that of a resident of Williamsport, Pa., Mr, |Had not the least effect upon his melan- Richard B. Painton. Describing his revolu- tionary propositions, Mr. Painton says that choly air, he would fit each vessel with a number of | Ob What's the use of hanging up my stock- Propellers, operated on shafts that run through the vessel from side to side, the first pair being pretty well forward, the ing,” he would say, “There's nothing to look forward to, for me, on Christmas day; others located under water line at equal | Hel! scratch us of his program when he intervals of about one hundred feet, so that @ vessel 600 feet long would have five sets of propeliors. The claim is made that a vessel so equipped could make the voyage to Europe in three days. If the claim be t™made good then the individual who makes hitches up his team, For Santy needs a fireplace, and they heat our flat by steam.” A Conspiracy. “Say,” said the man with the gaudy shirt- two Dlades of grass to grow where but one} collar and the big diamond pin, “I under- grew before will be but a minor benefactor | stan’ dat dey’s quit de winter racin’.” when compared with Mr. Painton. : President Cleveland in his desire to bury the past in Honolulu possibly did not take into consideration the extreme liveliness that was likely to attend the wake. The President has, as yet, neglected to report the case of Liliuokalant for the con- sideration of The Evening Star Santa Claus Clam By desirirg to be a mere governor, Buffalo Bill will sink very much in the estimation | of the average small boy. ———_ ee ‘France is kept very busy with its efforts to take care of a conspicuous overproduc- tlom in the bomb crop. qj —2e—___ In its movement toward an extension of the water-meter system the District gov- ermment should be careful not to adopt measures that will interfere with the gen- eral welfare. There are many objections to the introduction of water meters in this or any other municipality. Cne of the primary necessities in every city (and In many re- spects the most important) is an abundant supply of pure water, and one of the things upon which the apostle of hygiene insists is a liberal use—externally and internally— of that same health-giving aad health-pre- serving fluid. After many years of mis- sionary effort the laws of cleanliness are now fairly well understood by a reasonably large proportion of this country’s popula- tion and a gratifying amount of obedience is rendered these statutes, but if the water- meter idea is to prevail generally, enforced economy will diminish cleanliness and the result will be a relapse into conditions from Which millions have been rescued by ap- plied science. As things now are many reople of small means do not use as much water as they should and teachers who are anxious only to do good are continually in- Giating on ihe benelits to be derived trom | “Sure.”” “Whut d’ye reckon’s de reason?” “A felly what knows, says it was troo a put-up job dat dey discovered jes’ in time ter pervent some rank outsiders comin’ in an’ swipin’ all de stakes.” “You don’t say so!" “Y-a-a-s!” “How was dey gointer do it?” “You know de snow plows dat de street car company’s use?” “Cert'n’y: “Dey wus goin’ ter buy de horses dat pulls ‘em an’ enter "em in de races. You see poe had practice in de ‘beautiful snow’ steps, till dey could swipe anyt’ing else on from the Chicago Herald. A South Dakota cowboy named De France, out of work, rode into Chadron, Neb., and in order to get food held up and robbed a mail carrier. He got just 1 cent. Judge Bundy, at Omaha, sentenced the poor fellow, on his plea of guilty, to imprison- ment for life. The same judge, some time ago, sentenced Mosher, the Capitol National Bank robber of Lincoln, who had stolen nearly $1,000,000, to the penitentiary for five years. If the old adage be true: “It is a sin to steal a pin, it is a greater to steal a “tater,” Mosher should be live to be as old as Methuselah and serve that life’s sen- tence. If the sentence of both these men is strictly according to law, and a judge has no discretion in extraordinary cases, either of premeditated and deliberate crime or of | offenses of impulse as the result of desti- tution, then the law should be speedily changed. Abuses like these destroy all re- spect for law, and go far to explain, if not to excuse, the claim that so-called legal justice among men is a fraud. ——__ + +2 A Dire Prospect. From the New York World. It looks very much as if Boss McKane would be compelled to hire a thirty days’ ubstitute to look after his Sunday school work, 6.5.5.5 qs 5 *, Cash Caught Mr. S. J. O’Sullivan--re- ceiver of the corporation of Amasa Lyon & Co., makers of the finest Umbrellas and Canes =-and he delivered to us the entire stock--which includes Ladies’ Umbrellas, 5 Men’s Umbrellas, Gold-headed Canes Walking Sticks. They are on sale in our Furnishing Department- NOW--at 50c. & Dollar of their worth. The Umbrellas are all silk--mounted with the latest effects. The Canes are of Lyon’s special raising. They are all Lyon’s. Now’s your time--for yourselvyes--and to give to your friends. AKS AND COFMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. Pa. Av. and 7th St. $ ¢ arate ty Selling Out Below Cost To Retire From Business. Just see these sacrifice prices: Superb Upright Pianos that w 1 Good Square Piano, ‘only. Genuine Stewart Banjos. “Heruiar price $i2.-..98 1 Renowned “Bay State’ Mandolin. Regular price $20, 12. Famous “Bay State” Guitars. Teg. price Fi2...1$7 Rare old Violins, selected with great care by local a ie eyes in elegant cases Stylish D . going for.$2.75 Leatier Music. Tel were $1, going for c. Standard 50c. Song and Piano Folios, Standard Copyright Music, HALE PRICE. 5 Plate Glass Show Cases 1 nearly new SA\ for. rent, pee expert, ai3-20 S21 11th st. FINE FURS. MAGNIFICENT XMAS GIFTS. Fashionable Capes, Elegant Sealskin Garments, Butterfly Collarettes, Muffs and many cholce novelties. Fur Neck Boas are very dressy and made with tails. claws and oy stuffed — showing natu- ral-| eyes. ey come in all le Brook Mink, $2.45; Furs. Reduced prices are: Baltic Seal, $1.00; Black Marten, $1.50; Alaska, Hudson Bay and Russian Sables at moderate prices. Children’s Exquisite ‘ur Sets from $2.25 to td Desirable Slelgh and Carriage from. Gentlemen's Fur’ Mumters “and” Gloves, "Sealakbo Goods, Foot Cay from $2.50 to $20. Coachmen's warmers, &e. Furs altered and repaired “Aw the vest rates. ia L. KRAUSS, MANUFACTURER, 727 WEST BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE, MD. dots The World’s Best Extracts. The leading: Perfumers of both hemis- Pheres have yielded their best to us— Leubin’s, Rogers & Gallet’s, Pinaud, A fred Wright, Le Grande, Atkinson, Rick- secker—in bulk and in ‘a variety of at- tractive pottles, exquisitely boxed for gift giving. Sachet Pcwders, in packages and in bulk. Ornamental China, Metal and Cellu- Jold Soap and Toilet’ Bottles. Exquisite Tortoise Shell Dressing Combs. mbs. Gift Bottles of Cut Glass and Decor- ated China, filled with Violet and other Toilet Waters W. S. Thompson’s Pharmacy, 703 15th St. At Fussell’s, 1427 N. Y. AVE. New England Peanut Taff: 15 CENTS PER POUND. “Velvet’’ Molasses Taffy, : TX IUSClOUs LUMPS. 10 CENTS PER, por SN. MIXED CANDIES AND CHOCOLATES FROM uc. We. Black Fruit Cake, ELEVEN. MONTHS OLD—VERY FINE. Fussell’s Ice Cre“m z EVERY DAY IN 1427 N.Y. a18-6t produc - jon: SHOES- that usually ‘sell for $9. They'll re) this week at $3.80. All are hand-turaed, in all the poy ir styles. If you would wear the best SHOES get a pair of these In spite of special sales we're always ready with our special Shoe—our famous $3 “WEAR-WELL"—the best made Shoe, con- taining the best materials the money will Tandsome Assortment of MEN'S is here to give you fdeas on ap- ‘¢ Christmas presents. Lowest prices EDMONSTON aw 1334 FS: N, W. “You Don’t Like To Be Fooled, Do You?” Nobody, elee doce—and when son pret hard cash for butter you want “BUTTE,” and. not oleomargarine. Very. few of eur customers want oleomargarine, but they couldn't get it bere if, they did. Only: the Purest, Sweetest Cow Butter, at lowest prices.) Jas. F. Oyster, STORE HEADQUARTERS, OTH & PA. ys "PHONE 271, Ang Ake AND. CONTME, MARKETS as SQUARE” AND, STH & K STS. MARKET. GROCERIES. SPECIAL PRICES 1 WEEK. Only Six Days for Buying Before CHRISTMAS. JOHUSTOWS, 729 7th St|° SPECIALS: Lard ----------+-------8&, Pound. Mixed Nuts, 9 Pounds - = = = = = = = = = = = = $1.00 Lilly Best Pat. Flour - - - - - - $4.50 Barrel. Electric Light, Best Family- - $3.75 Barrei. Sugar-Cured Shoulders - - - - - 8c. Pound. Sugar-Cured Hams - - - - - - m1-2c. Pound. Currants, 6 pounds ------------ 25¢, Best Granulated Sugar, 21 pounds. . . $1.00 Star Soap, 7 cakes... .. dca mates -Choicest Citron, 18c., or 3 Ibs. for... . 50c. COCOA AND pert The Great Cocoa and Cocoa- theta Exposition conducted by H. O. Wilbur & Sons will still continue to serve their cups of delicious COCOA and COCOA= THETA FREE. Thousands of Packages are being sold. Candy. 12 Pounds Choice Mixed = = = = = = = = = == = $1.00 Moox'dl Nuts | Tixed Nuts = = = = = = = = = $1.00 9 Pounds Choice Doll ree To pounds Mixed Nuts. RAISINS. every purchaser of 12 pounds Candy or 9 TMetidd = <.<+. 25... JONNSTON'S, reat China and Japan Tea Co., 7129 7th St. N.W. TELEPHONE, 818, 1 |Wilmarth & Edmonston’s Ideal Gifts —————--__ The store is brimful of “ideal” gifts ———— and you are very much mistaken if you think you cam beat our prices. Lamps, “Banguet” snd ‘Princess Lamps in new effects, in Wrought iron, gold plate, brass, silver, tt &e. $3 to $15. ——— Elegant La: ony ne. imps, with combination * Lamps, $1.50 up. Sterling. aabrigs Sets. Handsome line of Decorated Dessert Sets, ome large plate or dish, with 12 smaller ones. These can be used as “dee cream sets." “salad sets” and for any —— ‘The finest ones, $6 to — aadeentacon a it Mine of Decornted ———— “Tamoges”” such as celery tra: ——— raed "bowls, “olive. dishes, to | Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crocrrry, &e.. 1205 Pa. Ave. as D—O—M—E-S—T-—I-—C IT’S EASIER To Sell s Trotting Horse Without a ‘Thans Sowing Machine ‘Without a Reputation. mae “Light-Running Domestic”? sas sors, OF Gatety-sve Pease stenting. It received THE HIGHEST AWaEDS At the World's Fair. It costs no more than the price asked for the cheap imitations ‘What better and more usefal hol- Stay. ponent do you want for your re! Terms, @3down and $3 per month. C. Auerbach, 7th&H ‘Telephone, 1260, General Agent D. C. D—O—M—E-S—T-—I-C LANSBURCH & BRO. A Silk Dress FOR A Christmas Present PRIZE WINKERS FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR, AeKaktZose Qerme ORB OS aHHahzog, aArAaneeZoy pene 20IN. ¥ 19-IN. covoRED SATIN. price. Sebo. xD. quality :T50. "98c. BLACK MOIRE, number ot it terns. Today's pi fancy va $1 x FIGURED “CHANGEABLE EPFROTS 1.25 Former price, $1.50. Today's price. 25 BLACK PEAU DE SOIR, 24. tn. fa. nen ee $1.50 x COLORED — pe CHESSE, $2 m3 1. 50 ane’ Gan ican" So op weave CORD mii ceamuckcaeaain ‘ fe Bers oe ee BP.O0 We have a splendid assortment of Nets and Gauzes which we will offer at 20 per cent off reg- ular price. VELVETS For Presentation. 19-Iscu Cororep Vusver. No. 1 quality at LANSBURGH BRO., G18 420, 422, 424, 426 TTH STREET. AUAANANASANAAAY KIMON Ni Nicolaides’ ? IN 3 SARATOGA JAPANESE EMPORIUM, aN i205 FN Ne Welcome.” iN oN | NYA Merry Xmas’? iN Wecan make you ““WELCOME™ and 0.) Seats, SESE CHRISTMAS” ONY zewer come to buy or look. 0. Please consider our emporium as & **public museum" of art and bric-a-brac free to everybody. are many O Srticles here worth seeing “bot the lect $e oe See 000 OW ‘Thous Shawia, Handkerchiefo, Chine ‘Plesse, Bric-a-br ie, etc. —everything marked in tain vais 300000000000000 0000000000000" NSNNRNWNNNHNNNS AELLLETE ean 66 "| italiane & Son, Hatters and Purriers, 1287 Pa. eve. Q&X8X8XSX SXEXEX KEK SERIO \ House & Evening PeshsC 8 be Spe oeSp<8) SAS Bd? 8 oXoXSXoXoX SX okokoksO Wise People Make Useful Gifts. We have nothing but useful, i Oe on Table Enives, our own tion—every one warranted, per est... ‘Half dosen Plated Nut Picks....... rg * $1.25 Pectreten Babs Outtons will eat e POE SN ean nts hPa ey ee $2.25 Barber & Ross, uth & G Sts. N. W. rf i | [pth Harding, Cor. 13th & F Sts. at KIRK'S Exhibit Of Silverware Of our own Manufacture in Quality, quantity avd style equal to the country. During the seventy-six we have been established, ayecimens of ski) in working silver may be foond tu every part of the World, aud weoare grati- fied to Gnd thie demand st home and abroad increasing. We leave ne effort untried t produce beautiful objects in silver, and from bt N You’re Well Supplied If ‘you're Zs iemous CANDLES tog CHRIST- amnot get Deteee CANDIES er lb an gate St oe sine pice, but but inferior you quality. | Orders CHRIS Fas’ ES. “big aid little, are lie in on us every day. Send yours, too. It will be filled when you waut it: ABDIES. 20h and F sis. DIES, 419 Se" FRE | SHEETZ ‘Seventh st. d18| @9-12t* Baltimore st., stand. SAMUEL KIRK & SON, 16 E, Baltimore «1 ay a Je Jay Gould’s, 4