Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PICTURES FROM CUBA Scenes in the Island Described by Correspondent Mannix. HIS JOURNEY 10 CUBITAS An Interesting Lecture Before the Geographic Society. FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM —___+—___ Mr. W. F. Mannix, the newspaper corre- spondent, gave an illustrated lecture upon Cuba before the Geographic Society at Metzerott Hall yesterday afternoon to a large and appreciative audience. His ref- erences to Cuban liberty and the interpo- sition of the United States in Cuba’s be- half were warmly applauded by the au- dience. “There are few subjects of more intense interest at the present moment than the geography of Cuba,” said Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, in introducing him, “not alone by reason of the variety and beauty of the Scenery of the famous Island, that is so closely connected by geographic position and by commerce with this continent, but because of the great human tragedy that is being carried on there, with the whole elvilized world as spectaiors. Several months ago we arranged, through the ed!- Wm. F. Mannix. tors of The Star, for a lecture by their cor- respondent, Mr. Mannix, upon his_return frcm the island—tf, indeed, he ever did re- turn—and in fulfiliment of that request he is here this afiernoon. letters have attracted attention, not only in this city and country, but in the capitals of Europe, and we belleve that his talk this afternoon on ‘Cuba, as Seen by a War Cor- respondent,” will interest and instruct this audience.’ “It gives me infinite pleasure to have the honor of addressing you this afternoon upon the timely topic of Cuba,” said Mr. Mannix. “That I am able to dogo, I must extend thanks to the officers and board of managers of your soc‘ety, and to his ex- cellency, General Weyler, the captain gen- eral of Cuba. ‘The latter gentleman con- tributed more, perhaps, to my presence in the United States just at this time than any other individual. He maintained that did I know as much copcerfing the geog- raphy of the Island of Cuba as I said 1 did, I should go home and tell about it.” Trip to the Interior. “My first excursion into the interior of Cuba was with the Spanish army under command of Gen. Campos, who has been succeeded by Gen. Weyler. The excursion was by rail to the city of Santa Clara in the province of the same name. The coun- try through which the road passed was of a rolling nature, at least for many miles out of Havana. Seyond that an almost impenetrable thicket coull be seen for miles and miles. This latter was the fa- Vorite resort of a large b that time, and many a going into the thicket, or even in the palm groves before reaching it, were caught in ambuscade and sorely defeated. The reb- els, hidden by trees or clumps of bushes, ‘would pour vclley after volley into the ad- vancing mn until the latter, demor- the unseen foe, would turn end leaving many dead and wounded. “There were hundreds of yellow fever pa- t'ents at Santa Clara, and a little beyond, @t Sancti Spiritus, were four thousand sol. diers down with the dreaded malady. Strange «s it may seem, but a fact, rever- theless, the interior and plateau portions of Cuba are the most unhealthy in the sum- Mer season. One would naturally believe the low-lying coast lines were.more the heme of fever and disease, but I found this not to be so. It was explained that in the interior the drainage was usually very poor as at Santa Clara and Sancti Spiritus--and that, owing to the peculiar formation of the soll, the water which fell in such abund- ance guring the summer did not quickly penetrate the earth, but remained in pools in the hollows of the land. On the surface of these pools a slime would form and dis- ease generate. Cuba is not naturally an unhealthy country, and I am sure if Ameri- can sanitary rules were enforced in all the towns and cities of the island yellow fever and smalipox would be gradually but en- tirely stamped out. Destroying the Railroads. “Refore I had been in Santa Clara long the rebels began to pay particular attention to the.railroads. They blew up train after train on the Santa Clara road, and finally blew the road up and carried a good deal of it away. It was a pretty lively section of the country just at that time of year, and with a liberal use of dynamite its geographic and topographic features were undergoing constant and rapid changes. “A certain man, named Maximo Gomez, Was the chief conspirator against the time. tables of the Santa Clara railroad, being assisted by Antonio Maceo and Julio San. guilly, as well as by, two other very daring fellow: “Despite the fact that these gentlemen have interfered very extensively with a ma- jority of the railroad lines in Cuba, it would appear as If they Intended to arrive in Ha- vana about on scheduled time some of these days—and especially since the American Congress has recently furnished them a lit- tle coal for their engine. “Now, if Mr. Cleveland will only throw a few shovelfuls into the fire box that Cuban engine will put on full steam, and you'll goon hear liberty’s whistle tooting to the Spaniards to get off the track and look out for the cars. At this point in the lecture some one in the audience called out to Mr. Man- nix to speak louder. “Certainly,” he replied, quickly; “you see, I have been in a country where I was not allowed to open my mouth.” A Trip to Cubitas. “Now, if you will recall the name of Cubitas as you saw It on the map, we will take a little trip there to see Salvador Cis- heros, president of the Cuban republic. = “I had no trouble in finding the guide who ‘was to take me out to Cuban headquarters. ‘The start was to be made on the following morning, end we should meet in the Iglesia Mayor, or cathedral, at 6 o'clock mass. “It was but a walk of about three-quarters of a mile from the cathedral to a bridge that crosses the Juno river at the outskirts of the city. Here a couple of Spanish sol- diers were stationed. They inquired our business, but a small silvez piece dropped gently into the hand of one adjourned in- vestigation. “We proceeded thence for two miles by the main road, passing little thatched cottages shere and there. There were several sugar plantations, but they were poorly kept, and ‘the guide informed me that the sugar in- dustry in the province was not an exten- Bive one. “Later, securing horses on a ranch about three miles from town, we crossed the rolling, “hilly country; going northwest. “Coming out of the thicket through which we had been riding, ani in which we had met several Cuban scouts or sentinels, my guide pointed ahead across a puzzle of rocks and ridges to a flat-topped mountain that rose abruptly from its surroundings. He uttered the one word, “Cubitas.” I con- fess that the scene before me had the ef- fect of somewhat withering my spirits, but in my heart there leaped a silent joy at witnessing the stronghold that God himself had made for the protection of a gallant band of men engaged in the holy battle of freedom! The Cuban President. “I did not meet a bandit when I met the President of Cuba. Rather, indeed, did I meet a man who would be ar crnament to any home, any profession or any land. A man of education, and of great naturai ability, a marc of experience, a patriot, an American citizen, a Christian. “The headquarters buildings at Cubitas are plain and substantial, at least far from im- posing. They will not be repaired or re- Placed, for, as you know, there are several very excellent edifices in Havana that will arswer all the purposes of the Cuban re- public. “Now let us take a little trip into the prov- ince of Matanzas, bordering on that of Havana to the eastward. Matanzas is the &reat sugar-produc'ng section of the island. it has a rich soil and in places the scenery 1s very beautiful, especially in the famous valley of the Yumuri. This river, having its rise in the center of the province, runs northward, between high bluffs, to the ccean, formtng enchanting landscape. Tour- ists visiting the great caves of Bellmar drive for miles along the banks of this beautiful river. The volante, the typical Cuban vehicle, is in use for passengers from Matanzas and Limonar to tiie caves. “I was not in quest of scenery when I visited the province. Gen. Campos was at Colon with a big army, and the rebels under Gomez and Maceo were crossing the border into the province coming from Santa Ciara. The Battle of Colon. “At Colon a glorious Cuban victory was achieved, and the Spanish army was hurled back upon the city of Matanzas. Campos had determined to stop the advancing reb- els at this point and he hoped for a decisive battle. A3z it appeared later the rebel lead- ers had the same desire in mind, for they threw their several divisions upon Colon. Campos fell back with his army, making stands at Jovellanos, Koque Perico and Limonar. But they were all futile, and the victorious rebels swept the country before them. In every direction the country was on fire, and it is estimated that during that Week 5,000,000 tons of cane went up in smoke. “The story of Colon has not been written, but it is worthy of a place among the heroic battles of history. I can still see before me the Spanish lines of infantry, covered by a half-dozen batteries of light artillery, wait- ing for the assault of the foe. I can see the Cubans coming over the country in well- ordered lines, slowly at first, then faster as they nearer came, and finally breaking into a wild charge, machetes shining in the sun- light, hats thrown to the ground and fierce cheers as they threw themselves against the Spanish bayonets. Nor can I forget how sullenly brave that charge was met. The boys from the vineyards of Spain did not falter at the first onslaught, but they had net the thoughts of rizht nor the hopes of liberty to give them strength against the madly patriotic enemy. Physically weaker, mentally discouraged, their hearts’ valor Save way, and tke rout of the best force Spain has been able to concentrate ouside of Havana began. I was among the routed. I oe I reached Matanzas as soon as any- bedy. “Campos hurriedly fortified the city of Matanzas, while the rebels marched on- ward through the great canoefields of the province and into Havana province, where for two weeks small ensagements were of almost daily occurrence. “Some of the fights oceurred in the cane- flelds and others about the residences or buildings of plantation owners.. In some cases the rebels made breastworks of sugar or molasses barrels, and wrought havoc with the troops of the enemy. “The Spaniards appeared powerless at this juncture, and Gen. Antonio Maceo broke through their several strategic Military lines, or trochas, and entered the province of Pinar del Rio, the western province of the island. Fighting in Matanzas. “For several weeks the fighting between the forces in the province was exceedingly fierce Engagements were numerous, and in the thicket of the hilly region forces of government and Cuban troops often meet by surprise. Sometimes it would be firing between the riflemen on either side, but more often a hand-to-hand encounter, where the saber and machete were wielded with deadly effect. In the eastern part of the province, where palms were especially numerous and soldiers scarce, the fighting would be, perhaps, from the tree-tops. “At Las Taironas Gen. Maceo won a splen- did victory over the government forces. A Spanish transport train of about one hun- dred and fifty mules, laden with arms, ammunition and provisions, had just crossed the Las Taironas bridge when Maceo’s force appeared before them. Ma. ceo at once ordered a machete charge, and 1,2” horsemen slashed into the transport train and the Spanish ‘infantry that had hastily been brought with double lines at either flank. It was a brilliant dash, and the prize captured proved to be a very val- uable oné for the Cuban forces. “Our last trip in Cuba, which we wil de- scribe very briefly, is to the great swamps, called the Cienaga de Tapata, or swamp of the shoe, to translate the name. “I made the start from a little village called El Caimito. A party of Cubans, called a “‘commisssion,”’ arrived from the swamp hospitals early in the day. They were to take many wounded back with them, for yo. know that in the Clenaga are the great hospitals of the revolutionary army. “The road was very much in the nature of @ narrow canal. On either side the banks rose from one to three feet above the level of the mud. Thick bushes grew lux- uriantly, and long tropical grasses matted the shady regions in all directions. “On went the little train. Some were far abead and others far behind, and most of them hidden by the shrubs and grasses that followed the winding way. Thank goodness, there were no snakes. It was such a relief to be told that such reptiles were few and far between in the Cienaga, and that none of them were poisonous. “The wounded were a patient lot of fel- lows. To be sure, they swore occasionally at the men carrying, but that was only by way of making them do their duty, so that the untortunate fellow who had been se- verely mangled in the field might not be allowed to go, hammock, pole and all, into the mire below. The Swamp of Cienaga. “A distance of about ten miles had been traveled before the alligator section of the Cienaga was reached. All the party were now up to their waists in the mire and the prospect ahead was far from being exhilarating to a novice. The sun shone brightly and the immense swamp was like unto a steaming cauldron under its rays. Everywhere the watery vegetation was luxuriant, so much so that in almost any direction the underbrush was clouded in semi-darkress. “But where are the alligators? I asked. It was an idle question, for soon the water, bubbling in various places, pointed them out. No one seemed to pay any atten- tion to them, even though now and then one of the huge monsters, stepped upon by the men ahead, would make a swift move- ment to one side or the other. Some of the party laughed at my discomfiture. “The journey was horrible. Never again, for fame or for fortune, would the mis- guided scribe seek the hospitals of the Clenaga. To turn back at this point would be cowardly. To continue would be fearful. To have even thought of xoing was ihe height of insanity. At ahout 5 o'clock San Lorenzo lake was reached. Within a half mile of this body of water a road led up to higher ground, and here we found a@ camping party cooking a pig for dinner. “Lake Lorenzo !s crossed on a raft, svd in the island beyond are the rebel hos- pitals. You will think it a singular place for a hospital, but the doctors there in- formed me that it was one of the health- lest portions of Cuba. “Returning to Havana I was informed by the Spanish authorities that my presence in Cuba was no longer required, ard to stand not upon ihe order of my going, but go. “I was not sorry to get free from the rule of Spain, but I was happy in the thought that I was to return to the United States and relate what I had seen. Some day I shall return to Cuba, to again feast my eyes upon her lovely scenery. But it will then be an.island free and glorious under the lone star of Cuba, or under the stars and stripes of my own beloved land.” ETERNAL: - GULLIBLE A Genins Who Discovers Weakness in Human Nature. THE BRAIN AND THE PALM What the Lines in the Hand Are Supposed to Indicate. OCCULTISM AND FILTHY LUCRE HAVE BEEN TO see Cheiro. I have learned something of palmistry, and a great deal more have I learned of hew readily five dollars and a fool part com- pany. Of course, you know Cheiro, that Is, you think you do. At all events, you have heard that he stands in the same relation to palmistry that the late Mme. Blavatsky did to theosopliy. He is a missionary to the Occident, reviving for the good of suf- fering christendom the forgotten wisdom of the Brahmins. One might fancy Cteiro practices palm- istry to make money. This fs a mistake. He works under a vow made to the Yogi of India, who taught him the science, to carry the truths of palmistry over the world wherever the shadow of modern cly- flization obscures the minds and destiny of struggling human kind. If, incidentally, he is filling his pockets w! our American dol- lars at the rate of $5 per twenty minutes of palmistry administered, how can Cheiro help that? Everybody knows our vulgar American way of throwing money to the winds, and {f an opportunity to impoverish ourselves be British—a duke who marries our daughters, a writer who lectures on his unpleasant impressions of us, or a mission- ary bent on resciing our souls—not ali the unalloyed altruism of even the last can prevent him getiing rich at our ex- pense. A Past Master. Cheiro is British. The general impression is that he is an Englishman. The fact that he speaks the native tongue of the West End, with a slight Irish accent, might lead ene to fancy he ts also somewhat of an Irishman. But, I can tell you, Cheiro is— a mystery. To me he is more of a mystery than his palmistry, quite as much of a science; and as for art, he is master of the “etefnal gullible” in human nature. Minc you, I don’t mean in the least to Hand of a Murderer. discredit the geruinencss of Cheiro’s science of palmistry. He manipulates the “eternal gullible’ in human nature not as acomman cheriatan. This is well attested, in that such persons as Gladstone, Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Frederick Leigh- ton, the lord chief justice of England, Sarak Bernhardt, Joseph Jefferson, William T. Stead, not to mention Ella Wheeler Wil- cox ard John Philip Sousa, have given out autograph statements of their faith in Cheiro, which establishes the purity of his science as certainly as that of any malt or soap proved to us by the celebrities who reccmmend it. Nevertheless, since to gull a human be- ing is merely to gratify his desires, without any regard for his necessities, Cheiro fm- Fresses me as having reduced gulling toa” fine art. It's truly beautiful the way he does it, and underlying this art is a pro- found knowledge of human nature-a knowledge of both the tendencies and des- tiny of human nature—which makes Chel- ro’s palmistry a jest at which men wonder, the gods weep and the devil sulks with envy. Cheiro’s Hand and Its Uses. Cheiro’s hand, you may notice, has a lerg little finger. By the light of his own science, this is the hand that twists others to its present uses. It is the hand of skill- ed and successful diplomacy. In Cheiro’s plan, this hand unavoidably puts money ir Lis pockets, but with him money, and the personal influence he wields, are merely tributary to his phenomenal genius for gull- irg, which genius he exercises as the bird sings in simple obedience to destiny. In manipulating the “eternal gullible” in man, Cheiro has based his operations on that weakness of human nature from which all others spring—egotism. The clearest manifestations of egotism are self- love and love of display. As human nature advances in intelligence and civilization, Hand of a Suicide. self-love and love of display attain most subtile and pleasurable satisfaction in self- analysis and self-knowledge—not the knowl- edge of self which constitutes truth and highest perfection, but such xnowledge as pervades egotism in the form of a system of thought and masquerades its purpose as commendable study of the truth in obedi- ence to the ancient precept, “Know thy- self.” 2 A Trick of Ostentation. Another characteristic of mentally de- veloped egotism is to trick ostentation in a white robe of altruistic pretensions. Now, this whole substance of the “eternal gullible” Cheiro has marvelously introduced into his scheme of palmistry. He has not failed to satisfy even that enduring, aborig- inal love of display which causes civilized man to delight/in surroundings that be- token wealth. Cheiro has been with us in America since September, 1893. His first quarters were on 5th avenue, in New York, where the luxury and sensuousness of the orient characterized his abode. In Chicago, more recently, he occupied a superb suite in that triumph of intensely Chicagoesque art, the. Auditorium, and was host as often as the guest of all the elite of Porkopolis. Here, in Washington, he is established in the spacious parlors of what was formerly Tom Palmer's hpme, and during Harrison's administration #idence of Secretary Elkins. He is af! by a secretary and the one, the daughter r, the other, a man, formerly attac! the American legation in China. He is in from the curious public, not along bythe figure of his con- sultation fee, bui geremony and red tape. He receives only.by appointment, and a pre- vious deposit of Ralf ghe price. A list of his appointments fof .a day. was conspicuous for the number af. es .of diplomats and. army and navy pei * I waited my- tuyp, the wife of one of the cabinet officials,gent.a messenger inviting Cheiro to her house. that evening. But all this would be and commonplace as @ means of infl ‘human nature with- out the master tquch, which he gives to his environment—m§stery. “Is that a picture jof, Mr. Cheiro,” ques- tioned a gushi et fore a photogr¢ph*'pf a man who sug- gested rather than; resembled Oscar Wilde. “Not Mr. Cheiro,” replied the secretary; “4t_1s Cheiro.” “I suppose he was not from Cheiro?” I ventured. “What was his original name?" “Ah,” replied the manager, with a smile that scintillated with the interior illumina- tion of a high-caste fakir, “Chelro’s name is known only to himself and three others in the world.” . “Is this mystery or mysticism?’ I further ventured, whereupon the manager explained that if was mystery, and told me the story of Cheiro’s life. » Following His Destiny. He was born in England, and has entered Oxford to study for the church. When he Was a child an old nurse had Interested his young ming in the subject of palmistry, Which he surreptiously continued to study along with theology while in Oxford. At the age of eighteen his father died, and Cheiro seized the opportunity thus offered to follow the destiny which his little fin- ger and the line of ocultism written on his palm indicated. He ran away from home and went to India, where he remained studying palm'stry with Brahmanistic seers, who eventually bound him by a vow, as I have said, to go redeem falien chris- tendom. Meanwhile, during his residence in India, by the death of certain members of his family, he came into possession of a fortune and a title, both of which, for rea- sons of his own, he declines to bother with. But when the time does arrive in the mark- ings cf his destiny for him to disclose his identity and possess his inherited great- ness, there will be surprise over the length and breadth of the earth—so saith the manager. Cheiro began his missionary work in London by opening a place on Bond street, and by virtue of an old law prevailing in Great Britain classing palmistry with witchcraft and making It a penal offense: Cheiro was immediately pounced upon by the originals of Sherlock Holmes, and suf- fered various persecutions highly unpleas- ant, but not altcgether unprofitable, as advertising goes. In the course of time, however, he was rescued by the royal fam- {ly from the clutches of the unenlightened jaw, and after one evening submitting to @ severe test imposed by aristocratic and learned men, Sir George Lewis, a famous London lawyer, espoused the cause of Cheiro, with the result that an act of parliament, or something of the sort, gives Cheiro exclusive right to practice palmis- try in the British empire legally, it having been decided by competent judges that his palmistry is not superstition, but a science. In the Mystical Presence. When I was ushered into Cheiro’s pres- ence I found a young man (he is twenty- eight years old) whcse manner was to me impersonal, impassive and soulless to an irritating degree. ,Jf he were so absolutely nothing as his manner {mplied, it was a ridiculous contradiction for him to seem to be at ail, and when he was good—well, when he turned up the whites of his eyes to heaven and toid me himself that he is practicing palmistry as a missionary, there Was just one word in the American lan- guage that seemed proper to the occasion —rats! He smiles infrequently, and with a pain- ful effort that disturbs only his upper lip. The rest’ of*his face is Nirvanic in the depth and perpetuity of its calm. It is 40 elegant face for poker. With nothing but a pair of deuces behind his bluff he would be as incomprehensible and certain to win as with three aces Ta his“fand and one up his slecve. He is a great man, but his mag- netism fs all negative and concealed. On What Palmistry in Founded. Before I spreathoytimy pe to learn my past, present ang future, abd whether the brunette lady whom I hate will absorb the affections of the blonde gentleman whom I adore, I asked Chelro to explain to me what foundation in fact palmistry has. “The fact of the phenomena with which the sciencé deals,” said he, *is ‘established in that more nerves proceed £rom the brain ‘to the hands than to any other member of the body.#Moreover, recet® physiological inquiry has shown that there jg in the brain ‘an advance growtH determining the thought and character of the individual at birth. This is registered in the lines and forma- tion of the left hand, while the right hand is marked by the developments of the brain which are the modifications of char- acter and destiny secured by combined operation’ of the will of an individual and his environment. Superficial judgment urges that the lines on the palm are made by the constant folding of the hand. If this were true, however, you would find the hand of the seamstress more lined than that of the woman of leisure, which ex- perience proves is not the case, but that parallel tendencies in human nature cre- ate corresponding lines in the hand with- out reference to occupation or the use to which the hand is put. Furthermore, that these lines are inscribed by the nerves is again shown in the case of paralysis of the arm and hand, when all lines disappear from the palm. Historically, the science is older than astrology. It is taught in India from father to son, and it is recorded that many of the old Greek philosophers were careful students of the science, one recommending it to Alexander the Great as a study worthy the serious attention of a learned and refined mind.” “But .what practical purpose does It serve?” I asked. The Wenkness of the Science. “This, that knowing the tendencies which will shape a life, education may be directed to overcoming the evil, and prudence, forewarned, may be able to avert disas- ter.” This is such a plausible statement of the benefits palmistry and kindred studies con- fer upon mankind that I want to point out right here wherein its weakness is. Give a person knowledge of the tendencies of his nature that portend ruin, the ruin is not thus avoided, unless you can at the same time give him something that will fortify his will to resist, and this palmistry, nor kindred science, does not do. It spreads before his vision a panorama of himself, and plain as two and two make four de- fines that here and here preceding causes sum up certain doom, but leaves the quak- ing egotist with no hint of any power out- side itself to which his deficient will may apply for assistance. Knowledge of this all-important factor of regeneration Chel- ro’s missionary schémie fails utterly to ex- tend. He teaches a;,doctrine of fatalism, ha ties phrases of redemp- decked with pall tion that drop off. so-many worthless rags if you try to hang’any sort of hope on them. ah ene Temperament and Fatalism. “I believe our festipy is beyond the con- trol of anything byli:temperament,” said Cheiro. a2 “And what is temperament?” I asked. “It is what heredity and prenatal in- fluence make us,” h¢ replied. “And what is fatalism?” I asked. “Fatalism leaves the will of the individ- ual no part in déteriiining his life.” “And what part dqjyou leave it? “Well, really, 1very: little, and in many cases none at all. Now, see the hand of this suicide. You notice how the line of the head is depresséd. I’ hold a person with tendencies to sticide, so marked as this hand displays, {8 absolutely irresponsible for her act. The hand of this murderer, too, you see hare how the head line at the beginning of his life grinds up and destroys the heart—all his better nature. Taken asa baby and placed under noble influences, there is a bare chance his nature might have been overcome, but with an environ- ment of ignorance and sin, the man had no choice but to murder.” ~ When I spread my paims out, before Cheiro’s knowing eye, he proceeded fo read me as readily us a printed paye—that is, so far as a strictly materialistic mind can grasp the significance of human nature. He put particular stres&’ on all that referred to health, money and ambition. But, bar- ring the awful warning I have to avoid everything that tends to indigestion, palm- istry .contained no interesting revelations for me. Still, as Chetro went on reading facts of me‘and of my relatives in the world as if they were written in black-and white on my palm, it was interesting, if horrible, ‘oye it contained. ‘While | ag SSSE SSS TS The best argument for our $10 suit—it’s as good as $15 buys elsewhere—*’ The best argument for our $13—it’s as good as $18 buys elsewhere— The best argument for our $15—it’s as good as $22 buys elsewhere. HSS ESE SSE Ye e; sy et o ¥ People give us credit for revolutionizing the tailoring business People give us credit-for revolutionizing the tailoring business Anybody who has used his eyes and ears during the past two years knows the tide of the tailoring business has been coming usward. This is as it should be — neighbor talks to neighbor—friend to friend—telling the story of our superior made-to-order clothes. There can be only one result—our prices are for the people who want the worth of their money—we sell no inferior clothes—we sell no dear clothes. Whatever you buy from us there is no second profit—no middleman profit—it’s di- fect from the mill owner—through us to you—and without a question our stock of this . year excels anything we have ever offered in quality and reasonable price— Mertz «« Mertz, eee ae R: 4d Ww Fa ESE 4 ya a % YW New “ERA” Tailors, a 906 F Street N. W. to reflect on what this and other things are tending to. What in Threatened. With the Roentgen rays resolving our very flesh ard blood into their nothingness before our very eyes, which we must real- ize by auulogy are nothing also, though they see; with an advance of occult sci- ences fro.n the ortent, likewise dispelling the shadow of our carefully preserved re- spectability and making general the ability to read one of arother the theft, the lust, the suicide, the murder there is omnipo- tently written in each life to do—ugh! along with the new woman and the new devil and the new sciences, there is soon to be a new hades—a new and fearful torment born of knowledge of the unseen, attained by physicai powers of human beings not spiritually fitted to endure a revelation of the awful wonders of In:finitude. Of course this carnot be proved, but it is perfectly clear to the prophetic vision of PAULINE PRY. ee CHILLY FOR THE SENATORS. The Syracuse Team Surprised Capt. Joyce's Nine. It did not snow yesterday afternoon any- Where except at National Park, and the Senators received about all that fell. The Syracuse Stars, an aggregation that the Phillies have twice defeated and several amateur clubs beaten, came down to Wash- irgton and proceeded to give the capital city nine an idea or two how to play ball Perhaps the Senators played a little loose, but the visitors didn’t mind that, and won the game on the merits of their work by a score of 7 to 5. Mercer and McJames did the pitching for the Senators and Jordan and Whitehead for the Stars. Both teams are credited with two errors, and although Washington secured one more hit than thelr opponents they were not bunched. The Syracuse team is the best one in the Eastern League, and Jordan pitched a steady game throughout, holding the heavy hittera opposed to him down in good style. Reilly for the visitors put up the best game at the bat, while DeMontreville played short for all it was worth, taking twelve chances with one error. Notwithstanding the Weather Play ‘Was Continued on the Lin The second day's play of the Washington Golf Club's Easter tournament was car- |ried through yesterday, rotwithstanding the Inclement weather. There were sev- eral defaults. The drawings for the day resulted in Brice being paired with Wylie, F. May with Keith, Parsons with Mitchell, Buck with Carroll. Wylie and May won by default, Brice and Keith failing to appear at the links. The others then started, and Mitchell beat Par- sons, while Wylie defeated Buck. Then Mitchell was paired with Fred May, and won out. This left the finals for the silver cup between Mitchell and Wylie to be played off today. THE “RACING SEASON. It Will Open at Benning a Week From Today. The regular running race season in the east will begin April 18, a week from today, and end in the autumn. There will be only one intermission of ten days, be- tween October 3 and 13, being the interim between the closing of Gravesend and oe ning of Morris Park. The racing w! begin ‘on the Benning track, and the meet- ing there will close May 2. Then comes the Morris Park meeting, then Gravesend, Coney Island, Aqueduct, Brighton Beach, Coney Island (second meeting), Gravesend (second meeting) and Morris Park (second meeting). This will close the season. Society Wheeling Parade Postponed. The bicycle meet which was to have taken place today at Eclipse Bicycle Park, 17th and B streets, has been postponed un- til Monday, on eccount of the threatening weather. A final rehearsal will be held this afternoon, and vey ne = = im : events Mon- Seana teat the number of tlekels sold indicating that the affair will be a com- plete success. The Game to Be Rolled Over. A meeting of the District Amateur Bowl- ing League was held last evening at the Young Men’s Catholic Club to decide the question of the disputed game in the league seri: rolled on the alleys of the Carroll Institute, March 13, between the Carroll Institute and the Washington Ath- letic Club, ard which was decided in fa- {the C. I. bowlers. The game will be rolled over next Tuesday morning at the Carroll Institute and ‘should the Wash- ington Athletic Club win it will place the matter beyond all possibility of a dispute by giving that team the District chamption- ship. Should the Carrolls win, however, will again place the teams on a tiled foo! ing and a series of three games will have to be bowled in order to decide the cham- pionship. Leaving the digputed game out of the question the W. A. C. has won 28 and lost 19, with a percentage of .595. The Carrolls have won 27 and Jost 20, with a percentage of .578, Cocked Hat Tournament. The Columbia Athletic Club will hold its annual cocked hat bowling tournament this evening. The first series will be bowled tcnight and the managers of the tourna- ment feel confident that some high scores will be made. Those who will bowl this evening are Thomas Claas Denekas, Jules Demonet, Mark F. Finley, Joseph H. Hunter, William E. Myers, John W. Sims and Sydney Y. Smith, Goes To reciprocate. store affords you. Now it’s our turn We've had many and marked evidences of your confidence in us during this opening week. And we're going to show our appreciation of it all in the better values —the lower prices—the increased facilities—that the new of this famous artist. the eame originality of treatment. notice of it ster. An art treat.—By special arrangement with the owner of the Del: shall have on free exhibition at our store, in a few days, seven c You verhaps saw his “Blacksmith” —— these o The exhibition will open some day next week — But when you see the invitation, come. me collection, we es from the brush er pictures bear Parlor Suites. We've got on show now the finest collection of Parlor Fur- niture that has ever come into Washington city. You musn’t forget that every stick of the stock is new and of the latest » style. There are frame ard overstuffed effects of from three to seven pieces. And we've marked them at prices that are souvenirs of the open- ing. Sessessensessessontenendongontonfontoatontoetontodtnaiedsoeserterton forego, Bedroom Suites. One whole floor full of every conceivable style and type of fashionable cham- ber sets — Mahogany Curly Birch—Bird's-eye M ple— Black Walnut — White Enameled —and Oak — from the richest to the cheapest tha: will give satisfaction. 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Wednesday evening a parish reception was given by the Naomi Guild of the Church of the Advent, at the residence of Capt. and Mrs. Gross, 3)7 Maple avenue, Le Droit Park. An entertaining program was rendered, consisting of musical selec- tions and recitations, also an original poem, dediccted to the guild, was read by its author, Mr. Charles Davies. The rooms were prettily decorated with roses and Easter lilies, and the table carried out in effect the colors of the guild, green and white, which were worn also by the young lady members: Misses Margaret and Edith Birnzy, Miss Bertha Dyer, Miss Maude Manning, Misses Maidee and Pauline Ewer, Miss Marian White, Miss Dana May, Misses Lucia and Camille Hendrickson, Miss Ethel Prince and Miss Nellie Entler. The E. G. D. Club tendered their presi- dent, Miss Clara G. Miller, a surprise party at her residence, 1737 Florida avenue. After numerous games and a social time the guests enjoyed a bountiful collation. Among those present were the Misses Clara, Flora and Emma Miller, S. Louise and Martha Bowdler, Ethel A. Holmes, Bessie and Ida Doyle, Sarah Smith, Mae Ryder, Eva and Nora Hayes, Loretta Ennis and Grace Weast and the Messrs. Willis Walker, Ollie Beveridge, Lawrence, Paul and Leo. Dorr, Arlie Bisnette, Wendell and Willie Holmes, Shirley Downing, Tom Griffith, Thomas Ashton and Francis Doyle. A delightful surprise party was given Mrs. Winnie MacDonald (nee Bridaham) at her residence, 1337 V street, Thursday evening by the ledies of Lafayette Corps and several members of the post, the oc casion being the presentation to Mrs. Mac- Donald of a beautiful parlor lamp and stand by the corps as a bridal present. The presentation was made by Mrs. Van Fleet, president of the corps, in a neat speech, which was responded to by the bride in her usual happy manner. Songs and games were the feature of the even- ing. A bountiful repast was served by the ladies of the corps, and a pleasant evening was spent. Mrs. John Thornton Wood, 318 East Capitol street, has her sister, Mrs. Gerrit Hubert Van Wagenen, and son, Mr. Hubert Pierrepont Van Wagenen, of New York, her guests at present. Mrs. Wood will be at poo informally Monday next, from 4 to Invitations are out for the marriage of Mies Margaret Seager to Mr. Isaac Pearson, Wednesday, the 15th instant, at 12 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Wilhelmina Seager, 1815 13th street. Miss Seager is a sister of Mrs. J. Wesley Bovee and Mr. John Seager, Frivate secretary to the Secretary of War, and is a lineal descendant of Gen. Anthony Wayne of revolutionary fame. Mr. Pear- son, @ grandson of the late Chief Justice ‘Wileon of Illinois, is a member of. the bar of South Dakote, and owner of the State Democrat, a leading democratic newspaper of that state. He is at present filling an efficial positicn in Washington. Mr. Ea- ward A. Bowers, assistant controller of the treasury, will be the best man, and the ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. Edwin S. Wallace, United States consul to Jerusalem, a close friend of the groom. Mrs. Ramsay, wife of Paymaster Martin MacMahon Ramsay, is visiting her sisters, the Misses Merrick, on S street. Mrs. Ram- say will return to Fort Monroe, where her ne ship is stationed, Wednesday next. Senator and Mrs. Burrows are enjoying a visit from their daughter, Mrs. Mc: ir, of Yonkers, N. Y., and her little son. ae SEG JOHN A. COCKERILL DEAD. He Filled a High Place in the Newa« paper Profession. A special cablegram from says that Col. John A. Cockerill, the w known newspaper correspondent, died last night of apeplexy in Shepheard’s Hetel in that city. John A. Cockerill was born at Dayton, Ohio, in 1845. His father was a man of means, und intended to give his son a col- lege educatgon, but the war broke out and the lad entered the army 2s a drummer boy in his father's command. After the war had ended young Cockerill became a printer, and did his first work cn the Scion of Temperance. Afterward he was appoini- ed a clerk of the Ohio senate. He next be- came a partner of Clement C. Vallanding- ham in the publication of the Dayton Em- pire, at that time the organ of the Mont- gomery county democracy. Later he was a reporter on a paper in Hamilton, where he attracted the attention of J. B, McCulia editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who of. fered him a position on that paper. He af- terward became managing editor. He af- terward went to St. Louis. He suise- quently edited the Washington Post, Balt more Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World and New York Morning Advertiser. He went to Japan a year azo as the New York Herald's correspondent. —e Robberies Reported. William Love of 419 12th street has asked the police to find three batteau boats which were stolen from the Long bridge Thurs- day n‘ght. a oak rocking chair was stolen last night f v. ’ hay ir el aes of J. W. Harris’ sfore, C. J. Morrison and C. C. King complained to the police this morning that their over- coats were stolen last night from the sembly Church, at 5th and I streets north- west. —_——__ Incendiarism at Savannah. Incendiary attempts were made Wednes- day night to burn the Savannah post office and also the large four-story brick building cccupied by the Hoyle Grocery Company and Ludden & Bates’ Music House. The buildings are in different parts of the bus- iness section of the city. It is the general impression that the fire of Wednesday morning, which destroyed $200,000 worth of Property, was due to incendiarism.