Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1895, Page 9

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WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. —- Printers’ Inf, che fittfe scBook: master of advertising), saps: If is claimed for fhe Washinsfon: Stor, and proBabfp frufSfulle Cfaimed, wat no offer netospaper in t6e countrp goes info so farze a percenfage of aff fhe Bouses- within a radius of twenfp mifes- from Be office of pufificafion. THE NATIONAL GUARD A Novelty Introduced in Gallery Rifle Practice Here, -- HP IS THE: POOL-SHOCHNG SYSTEH es The Teams That Willi Take Part in the Memphis Contest. NOTES OF INTEREST ————— Pool-shooting is the latest thing in gal- lery rifle practice in the District National rd. It has been common cnough on mifle ranges fer a long while, but there has up to this time been none of it in this Ferticular organization, The proposition to €stablich a pool-shooting system has sev- eral times been ‘discussed at meetings of the cepartment of rifle practice, but not until the meeting held last Wednesday evening was it concluded to try here an experiment that has worked weil else- where. Tickets have been printed, and other provisions made for doing the thing properly, and last night the first string of pool tickets was sold. Experienced riflemen know just how the! pool ket business is conducted, but to m.any members of the guard the plan is a Boveity. On each string are ten pool tick- ets, the string costing ents. Each ticket is a permit to fire ore shot at a pool -arget, which, in the gallery, means a@ target from which the aiming bull's eye has been removed. For every bull's eye made by a pool-shooter there will be &iven to the man making the hit a bull's eye Ucket. At the end of each week the money received from the sale of pool tick- ets is counted up, and the largest possible percentage of the total amount is divided pro rata among the holders of bull's eye arrangement makes it possible for 0 shoot a good deal and who shoot well to get practice free of One of the things from which gal- ‘actice kas suffered a good deal fairly charge. itive features which were com- in seasons past. Pcol-shcoting will non provide a stimulus and will no doubt be- ccme immed.ately popular, for it promises financial profit for the man who patronizes that form of amusement persistently. The Memphis Drill. Concerning the Memphis interstate drill, nothing new has developed locally, beyond the placing cf the teams of the National Fene‘blcs and the Morton Cadets. As se- lected, the personnel of the men who will do battle for the champions is as follows: First lieutenant, W. E. Crist; second lieu- tenant, H. A. Dunn; first sergeant, R. Rice: second sergeant, C. E. Sessfor third sergeant. J. P. Cromwell; fourth. ser- geant, S. C. Redman, and fifth sergeant, W. K. Nottingham. First set of four Front rank, W. E. Thornton, H. EB, Kon- ldington and Gavin; rear rank, . Lewd, Luckett and Gatchell. Second set of fours—Front rank, Swigart, Birckhead. Beard gnd Butler; rear rank, Healy, McBeth, Duval and Lewis. Third set of fours--Front rank, Andrews, Moore, Plant and Newman; rear rank, Kelly,Moon, . J. Thornton. Fourth set ‘ont rank, Fugitt, Stelle, Baily m ns; rear rank, Padgett, Stott, Wardwell and_ Carruthers. Substitutes, Graff, Wynne, Tribby and Blair. Capt, Shilling has selected the following team for the Morton Cadets: First lieuten- ant, G. E. Tralles; second lieutenant, C. M. . ir.; first sergeant, A. B. Claxto second sergeant, A. W. Shilling; third ser- H. R. Sisson; fourth sergeant, M. ‘onnell, and fifth sergeant, P. Brant. ‘st set of fours—Front rank, J. Murray, heetz, F. Molkow and Corpl. T. Apple; rank, J. F. Sheets, C. Lyman, C. and G. Bevchert. Second set of ont rank, J. Houchen, D. Chis- . H. Smith and Corpl. S. Hughes; rear A. Specht, H. Ball, J. Kelly and J. y. Third set of fours—Front rank, F. Albert, J. W. Babson, E. Taylor and Corpl. H. Brown; rear rank, G. Johnson,J. Brewer, and G. Thomas. Fourth set of ront rank, C. McCurdy, J. Nichols, B -e and Corpl._G. Harris; rear rank, J. Shorr, P. Lacey, F.C. Mattingly and G. wuter, Substitutes, W. Claybaugh, Will- m Bickley, J. B. Hoge and J. Miller. The Sealy Rifies of Galveston, Tex., have formally entered the Memphis drill. The famous Chicago Zouaves and the equally noted Indianapolis Light Artillery will com- pete in the St. Lous drill, ard are not go- ing to Memphis. The services of the Du- ue Drum Corps, considered a superior ization, have been engaged for the 1 period at Memphis. The music for the nt will be supplied by the Iowa State nd, a United States army band, the Du- buque Drum Corps and a bagpipe or so for the Cleveland Scots. omery Park, where the drill proper > held, will be turned over to the ittee on Monday, and work will at gin toward placing the inclosure in f a hundred men are to be employed in cleaning up the park and preparing for the er of tents. Lumber for flooring will be delivered without delay, and the white camp city is expected to be well advanced in construction by the close of next week. It Is the expressed intention of the parties in charge to look after the comfort of the visiting military so perfectly as will make every man pleased with his quarters while in Memphis, and recognize in the treat- ment received the hospitality for which the south is noted. The Fencibles’ Sponsor. The sponsor for the National Fencibles, Miss Imogene Snowden, has announced Mrs. R. B. Snowden as her chaperon and Miss Annie Bogardus Tracy of New York and Miss Suzanne Duke of Mississippi as maids of honor. In a personal letter Miss Snowden says: “Be assured that I feel complimented that the champion military company ef the United States is pleased with its sponsor. I will do everything in my power for the pleasure of the Fencibles, to prove my appreciation of the high honor that has been bestowed upon me.” At a recent meeting of the military ad- visory committee of the drill that part of rule 1f which provices that meal tickets shall be purchased by the captain of each ecmpany for the entire term of the en. npment was changed to read as follow: “On entering the camp companies that have arranged for mess accommodations ill be required to pay one day in advance fér board at this rate, and tickets will be furnished for each meal for the number of men, and for such extra meals as the commanding officer may desire.” To Swallow a Black Draught. There has been a good deal of peppery comment by citizens and soldiers upon the conduct of those members of the ambulance ny, who, after their return from ‘ails Church last Sunday afterncon, dis- turbed people and things on 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue by driving the ambu- I. e team up and down those thorough- fares and at an excessive rate of speed, the extra rapid movements being punctu- ated by a liberal use of the ambulance gong. Up to this time the disgraceful mis- behavior of the thoughtless or otherwise afflic’ boys has not been reported to headquarters by any official, but the com- ments of private citizens have traveled thither, and {t ts one of the eastest pos- sibilities that some of the disorderly young- ers, who so inexcusably disgraced them- selves and the National Guard, will read their names on the list of those who, dur- ing the current quarter, will suffer the ig- nominy of dishonorable discharge. Some Transfer William H. Gibson, Company Sergt. C, third battalion, has been transferred to the non-commissioned staff of the third battalion as quartermaster sergeant. Sergt. Arthur C. Eno, company B, same bat- talion, has been transferred to the non- commissioned staff as color sergeant, and Sergt. H. L. Marks, company A, same bat- talion, 1s soon to’ be appointed sergeant major. Sergt. Ralph M. Hendricks and Private W. W. Keefer have been transfer- red from company D, third battalion, to company A, second’ battalion. Private Thomas Luckett, jr., has been transferred from company A, third battalion, to com- pany C, second’ battalion, and’ Privates Jchn F. Nichols and Paul’ J. Brant, com- pany D, fourth battalion, have applied for transfers to company A, third battalion. Notes. The read march of company B, third bat- talicn, last Saturday and Sunday, was as successful as expected. The company march from the armory to a point about a mile beyond Falls Church, Va., was made in less than three hours. The men ccoked their rations and performed all the duties of a troop in the field. Sunday morning an extended order drill was held. Capt. Mattingly intends to march his com- mand to Baltimore May 29. The annual inspection and mguster of the third battalion has been changed from Sat- urday, May 11, to Saturday, May 4, and that of the ergineer corps and corps of field music from Saturday, May 4, to Sat- urday, May 11. The change was made in order to permit company A, third batialion, to report in Memphis May 11. 5 The annual inspection and muster, to- gether with preparations for the coming brigade camp, are the chief matters of in- terest at present in National Guard circles. As regards camp, company A, second ba talion, is devoting its entire time every drill night to practice in guard duty. The third battalion has been ordered out for inspection this evening, preliminary to the official inspection, which occurs Satur- day. May 4. At the conclusion of the cere- mony this evening the members of the bat- talion will entertain their friends at an in- formal dance in Convention Hall. It is understood that Capt. Clarence B. Story of the second separate company, whose organization is to be disbanded, as heretofore announced in The Star, will con- tinue in the National Guard as an addi- tional member of the staff of the fifth bat- talion. It is the general opinion that the con- templated trin, of the first battalion to Brooklyn, May 30, will be declared off, be- cause of the inability to get the required number of men, and also by reason of the proximity of the date of the brigade camp of the National Guard. From now until the end of May the bri- gade rifle gallery will be open for volurtary practice Thursday and Friday evenings, and it is quite probable that one target will be set aside for pool shooting even when commands are in the gallery for official practice. The pool shooting idea has become instantly attractive, and the indi- cations now are that until the range sea- soni opens the gallery will be a very popu- lar resort. THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY. Officers’ Associntion of Second Regi- ment Has a Dinner. The Officers’ Association of the Second Regiment, District of Columbia National Guard, with a number of prominent invited guesis, met Thursday evening at Freund’s to celebrate the first anniversary of the birth of the organization. Half a hundred guardsmen, in uniform, discussed an elab- orate repast, and-later talked of or listen- ed to their neighbors’ discourse on things military. ‘fhe soldiers formed in line in the reception room, and then, under command ef Col. Cecil Clay, marched to the dining hall and took seats at the table, which was tastefully decorated with flowers. At each plate was a handsome menu card printed in colors and tied with a bow of the ra- tional colors. After prayer by Capt. J. B. Perry, chaplain of the regiment, the war- riors made an onslaught upon the viands set before them. When the good things had been laid away, Col. Clay arose and read a Fetter of regret from Gen. Albert Ordway and another from Capt. Oscar H. Long, United States army. The colonel then re- sponded to the toast, “Where Are We At? Col. Clay made many complimentary al- lusions to the association, and then intro- duced Gen. Joseph B. Doe, assistant secre- tary of war, who talked about the “‘Nation- al Guard.” Gen. Doe dwelt on the essen- tials for a National.Guardsman, and re- ferred to the excellent organization of the District Guard. The adjutant of the sec- ond regiment, Capt. W. H. Moyer, had “The Second Regiment” as his theme, and he spoke well. Capt. John W. Parsons eulogized the “Citizen Soldier,” Lieut. John R. Neely, surgeon of the fifth battalion, de- fended “The Professional Man in the Sery- ice,” while Licut. F. S. Hodgson described “All Arms of the Service.” “Our Invited Guests” was cared for by Capt. W. E. Horton, and then the set toasts of the evening were concluded by Maj. George H. Harries, inspector general of rifle practice, who told in an amusing manner “How to Miss the Bull's Eye.” The speaking did not end here, however, for Col. Clay called on Gen., George D. Ruggles, adjutant general United States army; Maj. EB. R. Campbell, Capt. C. B. Story, Capt. D. L. M. Peixotto, Capt. J. B. Perry, Capt. James E. Bell and Maj. Otto L. Suess, each of whom interested the gath- ering for a few moments. The concluding toast was “The Stars and Stripes,” and when it had been drunk all joined in the singing of “Auld.Lang Syne,” and the celebration of the first birthday of the Of- ficers’ Association of the Second Regiment had reached an end. The banquet was arranged by Capt. H. A. Parmenter, Maj. E. R. Campbell and Lieut. John R. Neely. Early in the evening a brief business meeting of the association was held, when Maj. E. R. Campbell was elected president of the association for the ensuing year, Capt. John M. Williams, Lieut. W. P. Vale and Lieut. John R. Neely vice presidents, Lieut. James L. Mock secretary, Lieut. S. H. Jacobson assistant secretary, and Lieut. Charles E. Swigart treasurer. ‘The invited guests at the banquet were Gen. Joseph B. Doe, Gen. George D. Rug- gles, Col. Theodore Mosher, Col. Oscar F. Long, Maj. George H. Harries, Maj. Otto L. Suess, Capt. J. M. Walsh, Mr. John L. Steele, Capt. Josiah B. Perry, Capt. D. L. M. Peixotto, Lieut. W. H. Mellach end Capt. Clarence B. Story. The members of the association present Included Col. Cecil Clay, Capts. William H. Moyer, James E. Bell, Harry Walsh, John Parsons, H. H. Parmenter, John M. Williams, R. E. Wilscn, R. A. Pyles, Georze Phebus, Guy E. Jenkins, William-E. Hor- ton and B. H. Streeks, Lieuts. Samuel H. Jacobson, Charles E. Swigart, Daniel W. Neligan, George W. Shaw, W. H. Myers, Daniel V. Chisholm, John R. Neely, W. P. Vale, D. L. Richmond, Anton Stephen, James L. Mock, T. V. Walker, James M. Fairly, Silas H. Kingsley, Sydney R. Jacobs, Charles H. Danforth, Frederick S. Hodz- son and Otto G. Simpson, and Majs. Ed- ward R. Campbell, George Henderson end M. V. Tierney. From the New York Press. I once called on Andrew Carnegie for an interview, the subject being one with which he was familiar and I was not—the iron in- dustry of the United States. I addressed him as “Mr. Carn-egy,” and gained his ill will immediately. It was a ‘“‘toucheous” point with him, the pronunciation of his name. With much dignity he corrected me. “If you want me to sit down and talk with you, quit calling me Carn-egy. Where did you learn it, anyway? It is decidedly unpleasant. My name is Car-nay-gie, ac- cent on the nay—that and nothing else. It is very simple, very easy. I don’t see why any one should call me anything else. It is very tiresome!" The interview was a success, but gained with much wrangling and disputation, REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Property Holders and the Proposed - Street Extension Plan. - THE (MPORTANCE OF PROME? ACTION An Encouraging Degree of Activity Noted in the Market. SOME IMPROVEMENTS ———— D Property owners in general, but especially these whose holdings are beyond Florida avenue, were gratified by the announce- ment that the Commissioners had approved the first section of the map containing the plan of street extension. This action may be considered as closing the main portion of the preliminary work in carying into execution the law of 1893. It is known, of ccurse, that before this plan can have legal existence it must be approved by the com- mission provided by the law, consisting of the Secretaries of War and Interior and the chief of the army engineers. It may be presumed, however, that it will not be necessary for the commission to en- ter into the consideration of the numerous and perplexing detcils which have occupied the attention of the engineer department of the District government for so many months. It is probable that the considera- tion which the commission may give to the matter will be confined to the points of de- parture which have been made from the plan of the city. In this particular the Commissioners have, as authorized by law, exercised their discretion, and it is probable that the su- pervision of the commission will be directed toward determining whether the Commis- sicners have exercised wisely the rather Generous discretionary power which was ecnferred upon them. The Individual vs. the Public. No doubt the property owners whose in- terests are affected by this map have al- ready formed decided opinions on this question. It may be taken for granted that no map will meet the variety of conflicting views which exist on this subject. It is ratural that each owner of property should Gesire that the streets be extended with as little damage to his particular holding, and with as great advantage as is possible. ‘It would seem that this is a case where the individual interests are expected to give way®to what is concluded to be the inter- ests of the public. It is evident from the new map, the cut of which has appeared in The Star, that the system of streets and avenues through- cut this new area, as it may be termed, does not have the uniformity which is a feature of the plan in the city. It is evi- dent that the Commissioners have, to a certain extent, devised the plan on a basis of compromise and have endeavored to ap- ply the ity plan, to the existing streets and avenues beyond the old bounds of the city. he City’s Plan. No doubt considerations of economy have lergely influenced the Commissioners in this matter, or perhaps it might be more correct to say that they endeavored to bring the cost of the proposed extension within the bounds of a reasonable, and perhaps it might not be too strong a term to use, possible public expenditure. How- ever that inay be, it will no doubt be dis- apvointing to some to note in the proposed plan the divergence from the plan of the city and the introduction of streets and avenues that deviate from the straight line. The main reason in the opinion of those who favor a strict application of the plan of the city to the country lying beyond the old urban bounds is based on the belief that this system of streets and avenues fs the most effective in point of beauty and the mcst conducive to public health and con- venience that has ever been devised. There seems to be no question but that this fea- ture of the nation’s capital is generally ad- mired and commended, and it is, therefore, not surprising that there should be an earnest desire on the part of many that the greater Washington should enjoy the same advantage which the founders of this city have given to their descendants. An Encouraging Activity. The growing activity in the real estate market continues to be one of the en- couraging indications of the present season. There is quite a good deal of building going on,‘and plans are being projected which, if carried out, will add materially to the cur- rent volume of business. At the same time there is a demand for unimproved property, and while the sales are not numerous they are sufficient in number to show that the investor is looking about. There is quite a good deal going on in suburban property. A number of transactions have been closed, ard, although the amount represented by each, whether in land or in money, is not such as would have attracted attention two or three years ago, still what is being Gone shows evidences of a healthy condi- tion and gives promise of a more active future. ‘ Two Hotel Enterprises. Reference was made in The Star some weeks ago to an enterprise which is being worked up for the erection in this city of a large hotel. The details of the plan have only been decided upon in general, but the purpose is to erect in a convenient locality In this city a hotel structure, oc- cupying an entire block, which ts to be in every sense of the word a @rst-class modern hote:t. Those interested in this’ scheme have not as yet reached the point to begin active operations, but the pros- pects are favorable that the money will be secured and that this enterprise, which involves the expenditure of a couple of million dollars, will be carried out. ‘There is another enterprise of a some- what similar character which a number of capitalists have under consideration. In addition to the use of the buildings for hotel purposes, it is proposed to provide space for a theater and also for stores. ‘A large sum of money will be required to carry out the plans as now proposed, and as soon as the funds are assured they will be carried out. The Building Record. The record of the building inspector's office for the week ending yesterday shows a total of thirty-one permits issued for erection of new dwellings at an estimated aggregate cost of $102,400, divided among the several sections of the city as fol- lows: Northwest, fourteen permits, $55,600; southwest, one permit, $1,500; northeast, seven permits, southeast, one per- mit, $8,500; county, eight permits, $19,350. Some Improvements, A three-story store and dwelling is to be erected by Charles F. Hale on 14th street, a short distance south of New York avenue, from plans made by W. Bruce Gray, architect. Plans for three houses to be built on Holmead avenue have been designed by Joseph C. Johnson, architect, for Frank W. Troth. They are to be three stories in height, 17x50 feet, and will have fronts of* press brick and brown stone. ‘M. Hunter Jones, architect, has prepared plans for a building to he erected at the corner of 14th and H streets northeast for W. E. Ganz. It is to be three stories in height and 20x81 feet. On the first floor will be two stores, on the second floor a. hall, and the third floor will be arranged for the use of societies. J. D. Gibbs has had plans prepared by N. n T. Haller, architect, for a dwelling to be built at Maryland avenue and 13th street northeast. It is to be two stories in height, 20x80 feet, and with a front of press brick and brown stone. The same architect has prepared plans for two dwellings to be built on D street between New Jersey avenue and lst street, for J. A. Wynkoop. They are to be three stories in height, each 20x80 feet, with fronts of brown stone and press brick. S. J. Owens is building two two-story frame dwellings on Fort street, Brookland. A two-story and cellar brick dwellin being erected on 18th street between Ly- decker and Whitney avenues, for John Mitchel, jr. Edward Wolz is the architect and G. W. Acom the builder. George Scharr is building a three-story and cellar brick dwelling at 613 Penns: vania avenue southeast. W. F. Beers the architect and Peter Fersinger builder. Ground has been broken for the erection of a three-story brick dwelling and store at the southwest corner of 2d and G streets northeast. J. J. Farreil is the owner. At 607 North Carolina avenue Arthur Copeland is building a three-story brick dwelling from plans prepared by A. P. Clark, jr. The house will be of brick and stone and have a frontage of eighteen feet. It_will have all modern improvements. Jones is building from plans drawn by W. J. Palmer a two-story and cellar brick dwelling at 816 H street northeast. J. B. Williamson, the builder, is erecting from plans prepared by T. F. ‘Schneider a three-story and cellar brick dwelling for H. W. Clossen at 1363 Columbia avenue northwest. The house will be built of brick and stone, heated throughout by steam. It will have a frontage of twenty-five feet by a depth of seventy-five feet. Patrick Shugrue is building a row of five two-story and cellar brick dwellings, from 1410 to 1418 V street northwest. Rich- ard E. Crump is the architect. A row of three small two-story and base- ment dwellings and one store is now in the course of erection on D street northeast, lot 1, square 962. S. Carr is the owner. and dwellings, from lyania avenue _north- west, from plans prepared by W. J. Palmer. = ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY. Hew Abe's Premises Were Fixed Up in His Absence and the Results. “I never had the pleasure,” remarked Secretary Morton to a representative of The Star the other day, “of any near or particular acquaintance with Abraham Lin- con, I have had him described to me often, however, by men close to him, and who knew him well. As everybody is aware, Lincoln was a man of humor rather than wit; fond of a good story and a good laugh. Lincon was not an orderly man, and paid no vast heed to.things about him. If he had owned a lawn {t would probably have struggled through life unmown; and a gate on one hinge struck Lincoln as being just as good a gate as If it owned two. In good truth unless men, have romanced be- yond reason, Lincoln was a bit shiftless. His fences were apt -to/pe down, and many a matter needed doing about the home of Lincoln. I recall a story of the great Presi- dent which Kichardsgn, once a member of the national house frem Mlinois and a great friend of Lincoln, told me. “We, Lincoln and‘, had been away on the circuit together,’ gald.- Richardson. “The judges and lawyers traveled from county to county in those days, the former to hold court, and the latter to try what cases they had, and pick up others, Lincoln and I had been away some weeks, and one afternoon toward the close of an early summer's day we rode into Springfield, , where Lincoln lived. His yard andthe scene about the house had been, when he left, a bit dis- reputabie. The fence needed mending; the yard lacked cleaning up; the house wanted a coat of paint; some of the windows ex- hibited a broken pane; while odd and irri- tating bunches of brambles and clumps of locust shoots cried for the seythe and bush hcok. This was the condition when Lincoln left. But during his absence, Mrs, Lincoln had instituted a campaign of her own. As we drove up to the place we found the fence repaired;.the yard mown and clean; every pane of glass was in, and the house glistened and shone in a coat of white paint. Mrs. Lincoln herself, stood in the front door to enjoy the effect of all this order and restoration on her husband. But on this occasion he held the middle of the read and looked coldly on the house and his wife, as one who did not recognize either. He made as if he wanted to go by. Just opposite the gate, however, he pulled up his horse, and, with a face grave enough, bar a twinkle of the eye, bowed with great politeness to Mrs. Lincoln and said: “I beg your pardon, madam, but can you tell me who lives here?” “*“Send your horses to the barn and you and Mr. Richardson come in. I'll show you who lives here,” responded Mrs. Lincoln with just a trace of nettle in her tone. And Honest Old Abe went in.’ —_—-—— A QUEER CROW. —_—* With Straw and Chocolate-Colored Feathers. From the Hartford Times. The peculiarly-colored crow that has been seen about Lyme for the past two years, of which mention was made in Tuesday's Times, w2s captured there.’ For the past | two weeks every hunter there and every boy who could borrow a gun has pursued that bird, but without success. Recently Melville Bill of Sterling City district (Ham- burg) saw che much-coveted bird flying about near his home. Finally it settled down-a short distance away and began an attack on a hen’s nest, containing at least a half dozen eggs. Mr. Bili got his gun and before the bird fully realized its danger he had it “bagged.” The bird is a trifle larger than an ordinary crow, with heavy feath- ers, which grow with almost regular alter- nation between straw and light chocolate colors. John Sage of Portland, one of the best-informed ornitholc s in New Eng- land, has never seen such colors of feath- ers, although crows not entirely black have been seen. When the article, descriptive of the bird, appeared in the Times Tuesda: Middletown scribes pronounced it a “fake, but when the bird was shown, Thursday evening, they were obliged to ‘eat crow.” ——— ++ —__—_. PRICE OF TEA MAY GO UP. The Whole of the Formosa Crop May Be Lost. From the Boston Herald. No class of persons is taking a greater In- terest in the war between Chima and Japan, and the possibility of peace at an early date, than the tea merchants of New York city. There has been noticed a stiffening of prices for Oolong tea revently—that is, for the real Formosa Oolong—and various rea- sons for it have been assigned. A member of one of the largest importing houses in New York city said recently, in explanation of the situation: “The point of the matter is just this: The best Oolong tea comes from the island of Formosa, and from a very small strip of land in the center of that island. ‘This market always takes the whole of the crop. x “At present Japan is at the south end of the island and China, with 15,000 or 16,000 soldiers (not 90,000 as’ has been erroneously stated), with a few inferior forts, occupies the northern end. “The laborers to pick the crop go to the island every season from the mainland, a distance of about ninety miles. This sea- son, on acount of the disturbances, they wen't cross, and there is fear that the bulk of the crop will be lost. It is time for the picking to be begun now. The longer peace is delayed the greater will be the loss on the crop. “If the entire crop is lost Oolong tea may increase from 10 to 30, or even 50 cents or more a pound, while the inferior or com- mon gradés of Oolong, which sells as low as 10 cents a pound, may go up to 16 cents @ pound. “This market usually receives every year about 430,000 packages of Formosa tea, or akout 16,000,000 pounds, which is the entire crop.” AFRAID OF JAPAN Hawaii May Have to Seek the Pro- tection of Great Britain IF UNCLE SAM REFUSES 10 ANNEX White Citizens Fear the Establish- ment of an Asiatic Slavery. HONOLULU HAPPENINGS a Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, April 13, 15 My last letter spoke strongly of the in- creasing uneaSiness felt here about the probable attitude of Japan toward Hawali after finishing the Chinese war. The belief was expressed that Japan would seriously contemplate taking possession of Hawail. It was pointed out that the very large Japanese element in our population ccnsti- tuted a great danger, being a restless, scheming people, ready for a quarrel, un- like the more quiet and plodding Chinese, who are only half their numbers in this country. It was noticed that with such a disposition, and impelled by the aggressive tendencies of the Jupanese at home, they were liable to attempt to assert themselves as a power in public affairs here, and that they might even intrigue with the royalist native element to secure power. It was also suggested how greatly any tendency of Japan to seize these islands was en- couraged by the attitude of the Wash- ington administration and its supporters in disowning all interest in Hawaii and treat- ing it as a country in which America had little concern. It is quite I'kely that manwof your read- ers may have thought that this suggestion of danger from Japan is far-fetched and unworthy of consideration. Some may have tancied it an attempt to raise a groundless alarm for the purpose of stirring up annexation sentiment in America. But s a genuine ground of fear. It is a anger. More than that, it is a very ent danger. I hold that just as soon an is through with her present war with China, in which she has thus far been uniformly victorious, she will revert to her previous plans about us, and will be pared to swallow little Hawaii at a gulp, unless much more active measures taken to forestall her than now seem ly. Japan has the prospect of ending this war with great glory. Her people will be immensely elated, as they already are, and will think the whole Pacific is at their feet, and Japan to be the imperial mistress of this hemisphere, who has only to reach out and take possession, as she will. How- ever enlightened her leading statesmen may possibly be, and endowed with pru- dence and moderation, the pressure upon them from the radical and jingo messes will be irresistible. They will be impelled promptly to reach out and assert their power. Hawaii will naturally be their first victim. We are only ten days’ steaming from them, and by reason of our large population of Japanese subjects, they have become intimate with us, and have learned to think of us as already partially their property. Japanese Sentiment. In order to illustrate ‘the force and activity of this as a prevailing sentiment in Japan toward Hawaii, I am so fortunate as to obtain extracts from private letters from Americans in Japan to old friends in Honolulu, which verify the fact above alleged. .One reads as follows: “Last Sabbath Mr. Ebina’s text was, “Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth.’ He showed how the nation was increasing in population. The strongest nations had most children. All young men should marry quickly and have as many children as possible. Other natiois begin to fear Japan. England is afraid lest we take Australia. America is afraid lest the Sandwich Islands-go to Japan, and they be attacked on the Pacific coast. The Japanese navy is stronger and bigger than the American. America is also afraid of England on the Atlantic side. Now that we are a Christian nation, other nations fear us.” ‘The Rey. Mr. Ebina, who thus preached, is one of the toremost Japanese Christian preachers. He is a man of brilliant pow- ers and of great philosophic culture. He is thoroughly acquainted with the public sentiment prevailing in Japan. He and his associates are discarding the influence of the American missionaries, and are setting up an independent Japanese Chris- tianity. To make this popular they ap- peal to the jingo patriotism of the people, at the same time claiming that Japan has practically adopted Christianity. It is the full belief of Japanese scholars, if not cf their statesmen, that they are greatly the intellectual superiors of Europeans and Americans. They believe it their destiny to become the ruling nation of the globe. They are. in the sophomore stage of their introduction to civilization and wiser than their teachers. Their victories in China have vastly inflated their already inordi- nate conceit. A letter from another person confirms the first account of Ebina’s discourse: “Mr. Ebina, in his sermon on Sunday a week or two ago, said that America was afraid of Japan, because she was going to take Hawaii. We get considerable of this kind of talk, and from the papers. I do hope you will have no trouble. They say here that as there are more Japanese there than of any other nationality, your islands really belong to Japan. “A Tokyo man told me that they expect- ed trouble with England after this war with China was over, and that they were getting ready for it. Some of the papers are bold enough to say that Australia will be theirs if they can get it. And there seem to be few doubts in their minds about the ability.” Japan’s Naval Strength. The immense naval strength of Japan has suddenly brought her to the front as the great naval power of the Pacific. No other great power can afford to send to such a distance any force that can possibly compete with her. Two or three powers by combining their forces might get the better of Japan—but such alliances are difficult to arrange. As things now stand, Japan has an excellent show for working her will in the Pacific ocean; and that will is not likely to be guided by moderation. It is impossible not to entertain the gravest fears that she will embrace the earliest op- portunity to seize this great strategic cen- ter of the North Pacific, and to fortify it impregrably. Once in possession of Hono- lulu and Pearl harbor, Japan would be in a most commanding position for delivering naval attacks on San Francisco and other Pacific ports. America would be without any adequate naval force on the Pacific coast to resist such attacks. If it be alleged that no cause of quarrel 1s likely to arise between Japan and the United States to render the former a prob- able enemy, it can be answered that race feeling 1s such probable cause. As Japa- nese immigration increases on the Pacific coast these pushing, restless, small people, with their cheap labor, will be felt even more obnoxious than the Chinese have been. Seyere collisions will arise, in which the Japs will suffer. But Japan is proud and will keenly resent any disparagement of her people by Americans. If she pos- sesses Hawail, she will be able to attack the coast from an easy coaling distance with her ample navy, and with twice as many ships as the United States can pos- sibly bring to resist her. It is easy to see that the menace from having these islands in the possession of a great naval power like Japan residing in the neighborhood is vastly greater than it would be from their occupation by Great Britain, who must keep the bulk of her warships in the Atlantic and Mediterran- ean, and who might, therefore, be much more easily met by an equal force defend- ing your Pacific coast. Even with the Nicaragua canal to facilitate the transfer of your aaval forces from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it would require more than double your present navy to keep ships enough in reach of San Francisco and gainst nayal powe? like Japan, holding a naval station in these islands. With the help of the canal, and yourselves occupying these islands, a quite moderate navy will con- ample for the defense of your Pacific coast. Whatever naval power holds Ha- wail has a tremendous leverage for at- tack or defense in the North Pacific. No power is more wide awake to this than Japan. with her alert statesmen and ac- complished admirals. The United States need not flatter them- selves that In her present ageressive en- thusiasm Japan will lose any time in seiz- ing this great point of vantage, while such an opportunity as the present seems to exist in the apparent Washington policy of neglect of the Hawatian Islands. It is highly improbable that Japan would attempt to seize Hawaii any more than England would in the face of a distinct as- sertion by the United States of its propri- etary relation to this country. It is the absence of such assertion that creates the danger, and gives Japan the tempting op- portunity to do what would make her gov- ernment very popular with the people. Whateyer Japan does will probably be done very soon; our government is in a critical position, and liable to be speedily called to confront a_ terrific emergency, and the prospect of being enslaved by an Asiatic power. May Look to England. In the absence of that interposition from the United States which this noble Ameri- can colony has a sacred right to expect, there is only one other resource, and it is one which could be depended on, beyond a doubt. That is, to invoke the protection of Great Britain. To surrender ourselves to British control would be a bitter alterna- tive. But there is not a white man in these islands, and probably not a Hawaiian, who would not raise both hands for becoming a British possession in order to escape the threatened Asiatic slavery. Unless there is a decided change in the attitude now ex- isting toward us at Washington, it is not in the least improbable that within the next six months the government of this republic may find itself forced by Japanese aggres- sion to adopt the alternative of surrender- ing itself into the hands of Great Britain, and hoisting the British flag over these is- lands. Under the conditions supposed of Japan- ese aggression and American inertness, no one will suppose that England would wait to be asked twice to raise her flag over Honolulu. She never coveted the posses- sion of any country mcre eagerly than she now covets the Hawaltian Islands. She needs them to complete her chain of sta- tions between her Dominion of Canada and her Australasian possessions. She needs Hawaii to give her the dominion of the North Pacific. She wants it to give her the strategic command of the whole Pacific coast from Alaska to Panama, and to save British Columbia from being menaced by Hawali in the hands of any other power. As soon, tco, as the Nicaragua canal is opened Hawaii will be the resort of vast fleets of British steamers crossing the Pa- cific, who will wish to see the British flag over their great way station, and will be unhappy to see any other flag in that posi- tion, Every patriotic Britisher is sound on the subject of a future British possession of Hawaii. If America does not repel Jap- anese aggression here England will do it with fore2 and promptitude. It is most likely that all the above will be pooh-poched at by your Washington magnates as an effort to get up a Japanese and British scare in the interest of annexa- tion. Tw) years ago we had two Japanese cruisers in port, either of them more than a match for the U S. S. Boston. United States Minister John L. Stevens believed that they harbored designs against this country. He raised the American flag, cre- ating an American protectorate, and foiled them. Such was the reason he assigned. He was discredited and the stars and stripes were pulled down. -Cause for the same apprehension now recurs with greater force. Will the same prejudice discredit it again? All that can be done from here is to send you the warning. Pacific Mission. The missionary auxiliary steamer, the Morning Star, returned this week from her annual nine months’ cruise among the American missions in the island groups of Microresia, lying from 2,000 to 5,000 miles west of us. As you perhaps know, all of these islands have been appropriated by European powers. Great Britain has taken the Gilbert or Kingsmill Islands, which are mostly north of the equator, 2,000 miles west of us. These are quite sterile islets or atolls, covered with cocoanut and pan-, danus only, with 40,000 half-converted' savages, to whom British restraint is a great mercy. Germany has taken the larger group of the Marshall atolls, lying northwest of the Gilberts, with a rather larger number of inhabitants, who have more rain, cnd plenty of breadfruit. In both these groups our missionaries had labored successfully for twenty-five years, before European au- thcrity came, and was welcomed by them as supplying a much-needed governmental control and social order. The British have been altogether friendly. The Germans have been jealous, and thrown some ob- stacles in the way of the American mis- sionaries in the Marshalls. Of late, how- ever, they have been more friendly. Still larger and more important missions are in the Caroline Islands, to the west, which are higher and more fertile. The Carolines were assigned to the Spaniards scme ten years ago. They proceeded to cccupy the most important island, Po-na- pe, with soldiers, Capuchin priests and a governor. Their violence to the natives prevoked retaliation. Our missionaries were accused of fomenting this, a!though they had labored to the utmost as peace- makers. They were finally expelled, and their houses and property destroyed. As Spain had engaged to protect the American missionaries and leave them un- molested in their work, the present admin- istration have exacted and obtained pecun- jary damages from Spain. It was under- stood that the missionaries were also to be allowed to return and resume their work, as the natives are extremely anxious that they should do. But this is not per- mitted. On her late cruise the Morning Star was forbidden to hold any intercourse with the inhabitants of Po-na-pe. Only the master was-taken ashore to sce the Span- ish governor in the steam pinnace belong- ing to the latter. Prince Henry Nanpei, the native Protestant leader, went off and hovered around the ship in his canoe, but Was not allowed to communicate with her. Nanpei is a highly civilized and fine-look- ing man, who has visited the United States, and speaks and writes excellent English. He has unbounded influence with the na- tives, and is patd a good salary by the goverror. It was a severe trial to him to be thus forbidden intercourse with his teachers and friends. A thousand miles farther west are some scattered groups occupied by 30,000 sav. ages, now partly tamed by the mission- aries. The Spanish have so far deferred meddling with these people, probably wait- ing until the missionaries have made them more tractable. Being nearer Japan, a number of Japanese are tradirg at Ruk (rook) the principal group, as well as on islands farther west. Throughout Micro- nesia the chief export is copra, the dried kernel of the cocoanut. All the islands are small. There are some good harbors. All lie far scuth of the great transpacific route to China. Thus, so far as can now be seen, they are without strategic import- ance. > The Government's Lukewarm Sup- porters, After some delay the government has reported upon the status of its employes as to their loyalty. A number of native and haif-white employes holding subordl- nate positions were suspected after the insurrection of not having been cordial supporters of the republic. A very few of them had neglected to take the oath of allegiance. All such have been dismissed. A larger number failed to offer their serv- ices during the insurrection in active de- fense of the government. This was made ground of complaint against them by the white volunteers who so actively served in the war and many of whom are hustiing politicians, with a lively sense about the “ins” and the “outs.” The result of governmental inquiry inte these cases is that natives and half-whites generally had not been invited or encour- aged to join the volunteer companies and could not be blamed for failing to do so. The feeling of the executive heads is that it is desirable to be very lenient toward the natives and half-whites and not exact from them too much demonstrative zeal for the government. There is necessarily among the native race a general soreness at having to take the back seats in gov- ernment concerns, after having had leading places. It is, indeed, the effect of their own weakness and lack of capacity, result- ing in failure and misrule. But a kind and tolerant course toward them must be deemed wisest. They must be encouraged to trust, the government and learn to feel them their friends. Many of the natives, and especially of the half-whites, are men of excellent abilities. With proper training they will develop superior qualities. Under the old regime everything went by favor, while any prominent office holder was fia- ble to early ruin of purse and character by intimacy with the corruption and de- bauchery of the royal court. Few of the abler half-whites long survived this de- structive influence. Mr. Thurston’s Arrival. Minister Thurston has arrived. Neither he nor the government here knows of any- thing whatever of any disturbance of his official relations with Secretary Gresham. He has come, he says, partly on account of his private affairs, and partly to renew in- tercourse with the government, having been away for nearly a year. A Story Denied. I have just read a dispatch in the New York Evening Post of March 28, from ite special correspondent, Julius A. Palmer, dated March 20. It contains a gross mis- statement, intended to damage the. financial credit of this government. I desire to nail this falsehood. He says that the financial statement of the Hawaiian treasury ex- hibits a “nominal balance of about $300,- 000," but that “the minister omits to say that the larger part of the available funds reported are the depcsits of planters and bankers, for which certificates are issued redeemable in silver coin at the pleasure of the holders, so that the balance is an aug- mentation of the indebtedness.” The truth is that a special deposit of silver coin is kept sacredly apart for the redemption of outstanding silver certifi- cates. This deposit has nothing to do with the cash surplus reported. The silver cer- tificates are issued merely for the public ecrvenience, to save handling the heavy coin which is always ready to redeem them, dollar for dollar. Mr. Palmer ought to have known this fact. By the weekly treasury statement of March 0, 1895, which, or that of the follow- ing week, Capt. Palmer may have had before him when he made his injurious misstatement, it ts shown that the “cur- rent account balance” is $249,uS0.58;_he- sides this are in the treasury: Balance loan fund account (for public works), $41,383 read board funds, $4,511 finds, $6,176.60; total, $33' The current account balance is surplus cash on hand, against which no special claim exists. You will also see noted a separate body of cash “to redecm all outstanding certifi- cates” of $312,000. What is the motive of the Eveniag Post in employing a correspondent thus to fal- sify the financial reports of this guvern- ment? KAMEHAMEBA, —— A SUICIDAL FAILURE. Why the Mortal Coil Wouldn't Shuffle on. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. “Talking about suicides,” remarked a well-known railroad man the other day, “reminds me of the experience which hap- pened to a young friend of mine, who, at one time,had more money than horse sense. About a year ago he got on a terrific spree in New York, and, while in a condition of alcoholic recklessness, concluded that it would be quite the thing to take a trip abread. Without giving any one the slight- est inkling of his intentions, he boarded a Cunarder, and by the time she got to Liver- pool I'll bet he had her rigging festooned with empty bottles. Arriving in London he continued his debauch, and threw his money away in a manner which made even the habitues of ‘St. Jimmy's’ and the ‘Supper Clubs’ tremble. In the course of time he got flat broke. The rest of the story might best be related in his own words: “When I realized the predicament I was in, I can assure you, old man, my feelings were anything but comfortable. I recol- lected that I had everdrawn my account at the bank, and the thought that I had acted in such a foolish manner made me wretch- ed and desperate. I felt a delicacy about asking assistance from any one I had met over there, and finally concluded the only way out of it would be to commit suicide. During my stay in London I had made the acquaintance of a prominent young phy- sician, and one day while in his office I no- ticed on the mantel a large colored bottle, filled to the cork, and upon which w: pasted a poison label, showing the custom- ary skull and crossbones. With the craf! ness of desperation, I succeeded in making away with the bottle without being detect- ed, and hurried it to my room. “I took about half a dozen stiff brandies and soda to nerve me up to the point. I wrote a long, incoherent letter ‘to ever: bedy,’ telling how I had been misconstrue unappreciated, etc., ete., lay down on the bed and drank about a pint of the liquid— waited five minutes and didn’t die—waited ten minutes and didn’t die. Got up and looked at the bottle, drank some more, and again reclined on the bed—thought surely I must die. Waited about twenty minutes lerger,* and, if anything, felt better. Thought there was something mighty strange, and took the bottle with its re- maining contents to a chemist for analysis. He told me it was distilled water.” “The young man’s feelings could then be beter imagined than expressed in words, and upon receipt of a cablegram from him, his parents quickly sent sufficient funds to cover his passage back to America. He doesn’t say much about his first trip across the briny, except to a few of his intimate friends.” —__+0+____ The Unknown Land of Arowstook. From the Boston Transcript. A Maine editor, commenting on the yast resources of Aroostook county, says It mvst be remembered that it is larger than all Massachusetts, and that the two-thous- and carloads of lumber which the Ban- gor and Aroostook nauled this winter off cne division on its line was but a basket of chips compared with the timber that awaits cutting. The Bangor and Aroostook, the youngest railroad system in New Eng- land, is contemplating building a branch fifty-seven miles long from Oakfield to Ash- lang, which will yield a good profit on haul- ing 500,000 bushels of potatoes in an ordi- nury season. In all the vast county there are but 55,0 people, living in scattered Famlets in clearings of the forest and in cne or two towns. Not one-tenth of the acreag? of Aroostook has been cleared, and there are miles of forest where possibly no white man’s foot has ever trod. The rail- road is developing business rapidly, but at the present rate it must be many years ere even on the outskirts of Aroostook lose the character of a wild land, to which only the hardiest of pioneer .populations has made its way. coe A Just Rebuke. From Life. Young Tutter (drawing closer)—I hope, Miss Clara, that your father, in the next room, can’t hear what I am saying. Miss Pinkerly (with dignity)—I hope, Mr. Tutter, that you will say nothing to me that you would not be willing, if necessary, to say to papa.