Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 23 _ These stopped using soap, long ago. it gave him too much work to do. That’s \ and there’s a good deal of dirt to be Slee she had economical. No rubbing to speak of, no kind of washing and cleaning. 492 i) This one stopped because—well, we'll have to guess why, Perhaps, because what everybody thinks, for that matter, when there's nothing but soap at hand, removed from anything. But this one stopped found something better than soap—Pearline. Something easier, quicker, simpler, more wear—easy work and money saved, whether it's washing clothes, cleaning house, or any ‘o S é- MELEE PCOMMINE PUBLICAT Mr. Eaton hés wide ac- matters, and his inley from such a than the usual + share of atte When the cul n y bef Private y George M the Cincinnati : as be: OF OF sonal friend of The pres Zo- in the Unl- ie deg The Open rtraits Is in b s IN THE THOUGHT WORLD, OR PRAC- . MIND Feary “Wood, author imaxe i Mau," - aver lends a} ime, which was | the head of the ted, will ATION, OR THE CAp- The by i F. Flint, e of the me ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Fotw SION OF TH TE OF NE Ps J. A Second Series of Barlow. New y on e Co. Pils See SEAS PLATFORM And Other Christ- ose who knew jie Cary. Boston: Arena <ifier to read jolly i aeates OF HUMANE A Novel. By > volume will have rice Smith, a: Arena” Pul of fri 3 i with him the y L. T. Meade. a An Outline of the By ©. BE. Russell. cad C. Gore » ous. W = r is in receipt of a number of an- published by various pap ut the country, all of them of general Interest and some special value. issues a valu- able hi 3 to almost every subject of statistical information, and con- of matter on local and general almanac and political reg!s- ago Daily News is unusually ;| rich in elec and among its ion of the silver figures. The s an almanac ation about the Ae ong With a map of that ee ae The Trine almanac ng Pust. New the in his preface ny one to be : tere $ steries who is not int The Balti- fat s where they < is, as usual, full of ex- Re Galle utter, and the facts and figuri to Was bor are of s_ represented e by three a he Ti edger lig ao ike cord, res The Providence vies he has long been recognized as an as- authority, and this lends an i interest to its annual almanac, s this year well filled, as usual, with e}z nz 1 —_—__. Uncle Sam's Soliloquy. DG Ree, Se ated to “Grover."") ion in this pr Lord Salisbur-ee, accurate in- ae The rottin’ now of the bes of soc y Lord Salisbur-ee, ys he, of the . ef yer a-mind, Div ; antr-ee. a look ‘round Lundy's Lane, ions and great erns such a work as this is . = Aged Wives of Youthful Husbands. From the Ph 3} a Th Ore of th» surprising things to American women ia England is the number of En- glish twent: The a in tok lett is by no rreans of English x the roman ‘omen who marry men from five to years younger than themselves. ion of the Bereness, Burdett-Coutts so young a husband as Mr. Bart- urecommon in ali grades and is a bit of a shock to -minded American, who pre- in point cf years at leas ost a little gasp of horror a sentimental little American was told of the first meeting between Mrs, Ritchie, Thackeray's daughter, and her present husband. His mother was a dear friend of Miss Anne Thackeray, who one day, when about twenty years old, dropping into the Ritchie home, received the interesting in- formation of a brand-new arrival in the household. + Proud Mrs. Ritchie herself placed the wee Richard in Miss Thack- eray's arms, as that young lady remarked, wita a laugh: “So it is another pink“little boy come to make the Ritchie family hap- It was the same Richard Ritchie who in after years made Miss Anne Thackeray his wife. —_—_— + e+ —___ Their Checks Not Large. From the Hotel Mail. The hotel gossips say that the average European-plan boarder has a delicate ap- Petite. SILENT SECRETARY As the Present Head of the War Department is Known. ABOUT THE MAN AND HIS METHODS Democratic Politicians Call on Him When in This City. BUT HE NEVER TELLS R. DANIEL 8. Lamont, Secretary of War, is a shining ex- ample of the possibil- itles of American cit- comparatively hum- ble origin, he has, un- assisted, attained his present high station in life. With cach = progressive step in nis =" upward career he has, nual merit alone, gained in the es- teem and admiration of his fellow citizens. His unswerving integrity and his unflinch- ing devotion to duty ere his predominant characteristics. After years spent in the seething vortex of politics, with all that the same implies, he stands out clear and prom- inent, without a breata of scandal upon his tame or fame. Best known as an astute politician, his rvices to his native state and to the coun- iry at large are apt to be overlooked. His life hes been one of constant struggle and une activity. Educated at McGra ville Academy and the Union College of New nbly. 1 arkably succe: y short time he became ng editor and one of the propri- 2 Albany . It was during period of his career that he won the ex 4 ip, confidence and este Ma timacy With the President. offictal as Mr. Cley © of New York and Mr land was Lamont itary secretary. Since heen inseparable in offic for the then the two h: life, and it spb: judgment amont constan Cleveland a: dent in M ve ‘h, Lamont in the White retary, and when he ume the duties of arch, 1803, he gave ont a cabinet place as the head of ary establishment of the govern- While he was performing the delicate du- s appertaining to the office of private se ary io the Pre nt, Mr. Lam i sonal regard of Mr. Whitney, then ry of the Navy, and at the close of mocratie administration he accepted Mr. nev's iny tion to assist him, in the management of the affairs of the Met- ropolitan Traction Company of New York. Mr. Lamont hecame the secretary and trea vrer of that immense corporation and ren- dered valuable ico as president and di- rector of several of the roads forming part m. His duties were both re- end remur and several gus investments im a compara- Conscientious to a superla- he surrendered his lucrative connection with these great corporations in crder to contribute his entire energies to the success of the administration of his friend It was a great finan- sacrifice, but was made without the htest hesitation or a single twinge of and quondam patron. cial A Great Worker. Cleveland made no mistake in f tment is demonstrated by the tement of those who know that the af- fairs of the War Department were never in sneh excellent condition or under better con- trol {han they are at the present time. Mr. Lamont may he a politician, but above and beyond that he is a man of business. H's capacity for the consideration and dispatch of business 1s marvelous, and has heen equaled hv no eahinet officer of late years, even incInding Mr. Chandler, who gnined a great reputation in that respect while Seg- of the Navy. under President Arthur. Lamont is thoroughly methodi- eal in his habits, and he never wastes a minute of the day. Tdleness knows him not, and he rests only to renew the labors of the morrow. Contenting himself with a few rs’ sleep, he arises about 6 o'clock and an hour or tio to the perusal of the morning new Fie 1s an omniverous reader of newspapers, and can digest their contents quicker than the average exchange editor, who makes that his business. This ing Informed of the progress of events and the spirit of the times. Nothing of po- litical sf. fieance eseapes his © and everything of value ts stored away in the chambers of his memory for use as occasion He wonderful memor: ever forgets what he has read or heard. * He knows the individual work of nearly all the newspaper correspondents, and is able to recall at will statements that have ap- peared In their correspondence long after the authors had supposed them forgotten and buried in oblivion, He usually takes his breakfast ahout 8 o'clock, and always with his family, if pos- sible. ‘He is thoroughly domestic in his habits, and loves the society of his wife and children above all earthly pleasures. After the morning meal he spends an hour with his private secretary, Mr. John Seager, in the consideration of his personal mall, which is always of large proportions. A great many who have business with the dent hi write to Secretary Lamont to good offices. The Secretary is very kind-hearted, and he does the best he can for everybody who requests his assist- 2 Disposing of the mail at his house, Sec- retary Lamont goes to the War Departmdht. He usually gets there by, 9:30 o'clock, but sometimes {t is as late a's 10 o'clock. Re- gardless of the time of arrival, he has a score of peaple waiting to see him. He is extremely democratic in his ways, and will see anybody on legitimate business, no mat- ter how humbie his station in life. - In the Department. The hours from 10 to 12 o’clo’k are de- voted entirely to the general public, after which the Secretary restricts himself until 2 o'clock to the necessary routine business of the department. During this time his door is generally closed to all save officials of the department having business requir- ing his personal consideration. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the Secretary is usually at home, taking luncheon with his family. Re- turning to the department at 3 o'clock, he invariably remains there until 6 o’clock, and frequently later, in. consultation with the bureau officers on matters requiring more than ordinary attention. He has made it a rule never to delay public business, and the officers of the department are always sure t cement- | of an audience when it ismecessary for them to sed him. He places great reliance on his assistants, and scarceiy“ever overrules their decisions, and not then until he has first con- vinced them of the wifdom of the change. He invariably approves the action of the bureau officers on routine matters, and in disposing of the daily Official mail the only thing necessary to secuxe his signature Is a brief statement of the case by the chief clerk, with the remark that the letter is ap- proved by the head of the bureau to which It relates. He has a great deal of work to do, and it keeps him at his desk in the depart- ment until late at night. It is a subject of- remark among those sompetent to speak that he does more work at night, perhaps, than any other officer of-the government. Outside of his official duties he has lots of business to transact. Every politician who visits the capital, and:‘almost everybody who has business with any of the depart- ments of the government, thinks it of prime importance to secure the personal influence of Secretary Lamont. This explains why his reception room at the War Department is always thronged with visitors during the working hours of the day. It is a safe as- sertion that no democratic politician has visited Washington during the present ad- ministration who has not called at the War Department to pay his “respects” to Sec- retary Lamont, at the same time improving the opportunity to impart confidentially all the latest campaign secrets in his posses- izenship. His career | sion. i has been one of con-| In this way partly Secretary Lamont is sistent progress. of | able to be a veritable encyclopedia of the inside poiitical history of the country, and it also accounts for the fact that he is such an infallible judge of men and affairs, He kvows more of the inside history of the present administration and says less about it than probably any member of the Presi- dent's oflicial family. The “Silent Secretary, He absorbs everything and never tells anything. This trait has caused*him to be variously known as the “Silent Secretary” and the “political sphynx.’ All his visitors contribute to his knowledge, but none of them learns from him anything but what he thinks it proper to impart. He has a great knack of pleasiiig his visitors. They usually leave him uder the frpression that he wished them to linger, but that they could not do so without infringing vpon his multifarious duties. As has been said, he is never idle. When not occupied in consultation, he is either reading or writing. Magazines and newspapers are his favorite literature. He writes a great deal and seldom resorts to dictation, although he has several expert stenographers availa- bie. He composes easily an] writes rapidly, and finds that he can do more work and with greater personal satisfaction in that way than by trusting to the mechanical assistance of others. His annual reports and all his official and most of his private correspondence are usually written by. him- self while sitting alone in his office at night, when most- of his assistants are resting from the labors of the day. He is remarkably abstemious in his habits. He does not smoke, drink nor chew toh: and he has no time for card playing or any games of skill or chance. His only pastime Is fishing, and he indulges it to the full on his summer vacatic Those who know say he {3 expert with the rod, although they admit that most of his best work in this direction has been done in the salty waters of the ocean and its tributaries. His unbroken gool nature and his quiet wit and philosophy have made him a great favorite in society, and the entertainments at his house are among the most attractive at the national capital. Naturally modest, he avoids everything approaching notoriety, and function where his pres he endeavors to make spicuous a. sible. about his he ha spec himself as incon- Qne strange fact eer as a public official ig that never been known to make a set either at a banquet, a_ political h gathering or at any sort of public cere- Inony. It is popularly believed that he pur- nimself trom the ceremo- of the Chi ise of his d on tu making a pul x-otligio in ts for that occ: was ine on, present would naturally’ on to take a prominent pa :. His peculiarity in vuted om iF to diff chronic di: Ste to everyt! display or ostentation. H ehlid, and pect is at- and to a 5 approaching npered men In the worid. No y him how the least signs of ten it is aid of him that he never used a harsh or ind ter how have been. As the Secretary of War. Secretary Lamont’s administration ; War Department has Many important r w ‘d to any hum t the provo being, no mat- ation to do so mark and in, rms ments. Among them may be briefly stated the abandonment of the small oullying tary posts and the tration of the t railr on th on the northern and souther nd the reduction of the term of from five to three rs. He se- cured the repeal of the obnoxious statute making ten years the maximum period of service of enlisie® men, the effect of waich bstitute raw recruits for expe I-trained soldiers. He was. in- ntal in securing the adoption of the W magazine rifle and carbine of red caliber for the army, and he has been an earnest and consistent advocate of a gen- eral improvement of the s under approved projects, 1 velopment of disappearing He has also shown a ¢ tests of smokcle. plosiv, of battletields as gun carriages. ep interest in the and high ex- d the acquisition ational par He has brought about a reduction in the number of military pos from about ninety: seventy-five, resuiting in ti of troops in la and by so do- ing, improving the morale, discipline and education of the army. One of his great réforms was the aboli- tion of recruiting depots and improving the system of recruiting, causing an addition of at least 1,500 men to the eifective strength of the army, and making avail- able for occupancy, by regularly organized companies, batteries and troops, three very desirable posts, and at the same time avoiding the necessity of building other posts at a cost of scveral thousand dollar: An annual saving of $250,600 was by this arrangement. The number of ofti- cers on recruiting service was reduced from @ne hundred to about thirty, leaving sev: enty officers available for duty with troops nected with the military service. of the change in the item of r ng has been an cle- vation in the character of the recruits. Bn- listments are now confined to citizens of the United States, or aliens who have de- elared their intention to become citizens. All recruits are required to speak, read aud write the English language. To Secretary mont is due the repeal of the law for the retention of a part of the monthly pay of soldiers in the first year of “heir enlistment. The repeal of this iaw has been attended, it is said, with bene- ficial results. Secretary Lamont was in- strumertal in having the care and custody of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth transferred to the Department of Justice, a change which has enabled the government to curry out more economically the proje for the care of military prisoners, and saved men and money to the army. He has accomplished a much-needed revision of thi army regulations, eliminating ali unimp tant matters and embodying the same in manuzls to be issued by the several bureaus. Interest in This City. He inaugurated an improved system of business methods in all branches of the de- partment, and reorganized the entire de- partment on madern business principles, Without friction ‘and without interference with the current work, All the changes made, it is said, were in the intcrests of economy, simplicity and greater efficiency, He has shown a great interest in local affairs, especially in connection with an extension of the water supply of the city of Washington; the erection of a hall of records; the beautifying of the city by the erection of statues to the country’s distin- guished dead; the improvement of park: the extension of streets and the improv. ment of transportation facilities between the seat of sovernment,and Virginia by the Scores of a memorial bridge to Ariington, ete. The directing hand of the present head of-the War Department is evident in every phase of business coming within his ad- ministrative scrutiny. All has been much improved, and where labor, material or money has been employed the maximum effectiveness has been derived. Efficiency, attention to duty and general fitness are the considerations which prompt him to ap- point, promote and detail officers and en- listed men, and the clerks and employes of the civil establishment. He is a comparatively young man, being now but forty-five years of age, and is looked upon as destined for additional if not greater honors than have yet marked his career. There are no factions in the democratic party so far as he is concerned, and it is freely predicted by his friends that he will be the democratic nominee for President in 1901 or 1905. and important details ec One ; Most every large city THREE-CENT FARES A Movement in Favor of Cheaper Street Railroad Rates. SITUATION IN A NUMBER OF CITIES Mileage in the Principal Cities and the Capital Represented. SSS MUNICIPAL CONTROL —_——__>+—_—_—_ Te E MOVEMENT for lower strect rail- road fares is becom- ing national. A com- mittee of the New York assembly is ex- pected to report in the near future on the possibility of legisla- tion to force a reduc- tion of rates on lines in that state. Phila- delphians are agitat- ing a proposition for % the purchase of the local transportation lines by the city, and for leasing them to companies which will charge reasonable rates. Chicago has a nt Association,” which is show- ing unusual activity. The fountain head of all this activity and agitation is to be found in Detroit, where Mayor Pingree has suc- ceeded in establishing a rate of “eight tickets for a quarter” during the daylight hours. The three-cent fare in Detroit is not a three-cent fare literally. It is a fare of 3 1-8 cents to those who buy tickets, and car tickets are uncertain property, easily lost or destroyed, and often not presented for re- demption. For those who ride at night on tickeis the fare is 4 1-6 cents, and for those who pay cash at any hour of the day it is five cents straight—just what the fare is in all the cities of the United States today. As a matter of fact, about one-fifth of the peo- ple who ride in Detroit pay cash, and the average received by the company 3 1-8 cents a passen’ But the num cash fares is decreasing, as the public be- comes better acquainted with the ticket system, There are two sides to the three. question, as there are to every other @ tion. There is very littie doubt that in al- if the railw many capitalists ready the princips ain conditions, under a would require a thr cent fare, It is equally true that many lines now in existence could afford to reduce the rate of fare charged to three cents and pay a fair rate of interest on the invest If the origtn now operated in the still managed Its affat to haul passengers pos: three cents. Th » they could a hiy for less e original owners are eiving now a guaranteed G0 per cent than their investment, while th ton the indebtedness whi on ay count of constre ments i paid by the les: has pa This road {l finally Ss of the road. from one to another, u the Union Traction Compa trols all but a few of the 300 m flroads in the city of Philadel; operator. The Experim nt in This City. The 5-cent fare is universal now. There have been roads which charged less for a fact, there are a few of these operation now, one being a con- g link between two big lines near y York city. Washington had 1 than ears ago a 2-cent car, which ran from Ivania avenue and 11th street to the 1 u of e ving and pri: ter of a mile away, and a covered the mile and the service now comparativ States having a 4 1-6-cent rate of far for a quarter. And on its he hington has a strais a necessary , Which House out of fev 1 was made of the rapid transit lines of tramw The wisdom of the reduc the herdic fares to annual meeting of t pany recently, when it was reported that the business of the company had increased by a million passengers in a year as a ge- sult of the reduciion® In Toronto there is a 2-cent fare, and the eet railways of that city are in the ands of a monopoly. The people who are howling for 3-cent fares indiscriminately do not take the vary- ing conditions into account. In one cor- munity the street railways pay a heavy tax to the city; in angther they pay noth- ing. In one city the railway compani keep the streets they use paved; in an other the city does the paving. In ‘one city the haul is short and the expenses com- paratively small; in another you can ri eight or nine miles for 5 cents. In one c! there are no transfers; in the city of Louis you can transier from one road to another until you have had a ride of tw miles for 5 cents, In one city there is a monopoly; in another there is competition, One argument which is urged with some effect by the people who oppose the reduc- tion of fares is the greater comparative cest of old street railroads and particularly those which were among the pioneers in the adoption of the electric system. When elec- tricity was introduced there wag little petition between the owners of succes systems and a road constructed now competiti ed lines Herdic Co; in with any of the older establish- ‘ould have the advantage of con- struction at one-half or two-thirds the cost of the older road. Monopolies and Low Fares, Franchise monopolies encourage low fares, but the public does not get the same acccmmodations. In Toronto, for example, the street railway company has the ex- clusive right to use the streets for pas- singer traffic. Instead of gridironing the city with tracks, and making it possible for every householder to get a car within one cr two squares of his residence at -most, this company constructs no more lines than are demanded by the business to be done, and a great many of the householders have a_very long distance to go to reach the line of cars. This company has very little to do but to run its cars up and down and maintain its tracks and cars. The Philadeiphia street railway lines, on the other hand, had to agree to give in ex change for an electric franchise not long ago fresh paving for all the streets on which the tracks lic; the cost of this, the companies claim, w $50,600 a mile. The enormousness of this contract (if these fig- ures are correct) can be an beside the statement thai th: italization of the street United States outside the list of th trolied by the great Philadelphia syndicate is about $50,000 a mile. The capitalization of the Philadeiphia syndicate’s roads is nearly $250,000 a mile. Here is the street railway mileage of the principal cities of the United States: Phil- adalpht! miles elevated), # ing suburban lin. 30 miles: (Gneluding: miles elevated), ago (including 66 mile: 3 St. Leuis, 2 mil Washington, 1 cisco, 231 miles; Pittsbur: se con- 400 miles; New York (including 100 Boston (includ- Brooklyn cinnati, 261 miles; Cleveland, Detroit, 166 miles; Le Mr. Higgins, the New York expert, esti- mates the whole sireet railway mileage of the United States as near 15,000. It was 13,588 last July and this was divided into electric, ™,263 miles; horse, 1,914 miles; cable, 682 miles; miscellaneous, 679. These lings were owned by YS6 compani with a capital stock of $748,000,000, or- $5 000 per mile. The funded debt was & 000,000, or $40,600 a mile. The capital la- [LLIPS:2 1§@OCOQ: THE O WITH RICH CHOCOLATE FLAVOR. - NLY GOCOA bilities were $1,300,000,000, or $25,000 per mile. Estimates of Managers. Thet isan enormous amount cf money for the nickels of the general public to pay interest on. Street railway managers estimate the operating expenses of the roads at about 60 per cent of the gross in- come, Taking that 60 per cent out of the gross five-cent fare, you have left two cents with waich to pay intercst on the capital indebted: 3 and calculating an average of 6 per cent ° the gross cajital linbuities it would require a bus:ness of 29,000,000,000 passengers at five cents each to bring a fair return on the investment. As a matter of fact, the New York elevated reads, with only 100 miles of track, carry 200,000,000 passengers in a year at each. Their milea age of the count tion Compa ried 111,500,000. p street rai abou 100,009 passenisers, To base an estimate of necessary earn- ings on the capitai Labilities of the rail- Ways of the United States is to admit that they represent the bona fide cost of thé roads. But the fact is that the stock of most of the big roads is watercd. Much of the stock of the Philadelphia roads is only half paid; and in all the larger cities w e the stock is “full paid” it has bi part by a system of juggling w stock manipulators. For examp of the New York elevated roads is be “fuii paid” when those r to be earning 6 p on a fictitious ez ital The elevated ratiroad stock is pro ably as weli watered as the stock of the Philadelphia roads. But the opp ts of the three fare if GO per cent of the gross receipts ents the cost of operating the aver- agé road, if you take away 40 per cent uf the fare, you leave enough income”to pay the running expenses and no more. T. e will be nothing out of which to pay the in- terest on the funded debt, to say nothing of dividends on the stock. Of course, the natural reply to this is that with the re- duction of fares the business would in- crease very largely. This would be true of most citi Effect of Competition. It would not be true in New York, pos- sibly, because in that city the street ra‘l- ways are carrying now in the bu: of the day ail the cars hold, and ev: the less busy hours the seating car the on the principal 1 If there wa sibility of inc adding to the m tle doubt the elev York, the o pected to go into be stead of reducing the roads th it. and mac a urface roads tey. But siness of the hauls for in stree ate or city will have to go a n way, with Jeration for ioc: nia it is n law of y to buy the street for 7 y compan paving to do except wh street, and where it ireet, the ci But at t uniecipal hat the rate of fare s that the three-cez xtend all ever the cou HAM BAIN. “Net Guilty From the Philadel When Joshu: received ck ob colored man who by the A is trial rece: was or was n fowls, he ided manner not guilty looked at the court and answe ob gettin’ "leben, kase y nine in de bunch.” + coe Abreast of the Times. medicine of appen ” 20+ Preparation s. 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Delicious, di For EATING or DRINKING. RAMBLER| | $100—RICYCLES—s100 GORKULLY & ThiTERY HE aN NW choce stible. Some of for the to whi h the moar ent to shox hiv censiste ng tos the publ rrent for 4 to the aad all our stat an end to a lar ndals which now fi nd he BEANS AND VAGRANCY. A Decixion W ermines » Man's Standing in Boston, From the Resim Daily Glob A School t lawyer tells the follc chara tic of the late J vty: Among the cases before h s one in which a Milled for w tha in substance, iround for al ew, he had no visi’ ore the court, noddin f the man in the d hed him, your honor, Tr, promaptiy ‘id you find any mor hed wh relied the about his per: he officer looked onfusedt you buy a plate of beans for tet, cents?’ The officer, thinking his honor was about to crack a joke, hingly resp led: nd the judge spoke sever from me that a man who has to buy a plate of beans ig not a vagrant. Understand fur sir, that as long as I am a justice of this court I rever again want you bring a man before on a charge of vagrancy who has ten cents in his pocket. Mr. Cle charge the prisoner.” — The New Baby. From Truth. Mr. Kidby—“Well, Bobby, what do you think of your little brother Bobby—“I wonder where he cut; it’s a reg-lar fightin’ cli ot his hair