Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 7%, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 1897 AND AFTER Cities That Hope to Entertain the Endeavorer Host. JAN FRANCISCO WORKING FOR NEXTYEAR Southern Cities Strong for the Con- vention of '98. — NSAS CITY'S ASPIRATIONS K One of the questions that will engage the artention of the trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor while the convention fs in s¥ ion this week will be the fixing of places for holding the an- nual gatherings next year and in 1808. It is generally understood that San Fran- cisco will secure the convention for "97; in has been promised to that city by t trustees, on condition that satisfactory railroad rates be secured. If the eity is i= to the trustees, when they tion to the question, satis- s that a liberal railroad ed delegates in the east, will be chosen for next year’s been after the conven- ral years. Agitation having »ject in view was begun prior to the York convention in ‘92, but at that s seeking for an earlier date than The claims of the Pacific coast 1 in New York, but another effort was 2 the suc gs year in Montreal, presented to the trustees graphic invitation of the governor fornia, the mayor of San Franelsco, iztion of the board of supervisors of neisco and the indorsement of pub- nd religious organizations, together the most earnest invitation of the with clergy of the city. Sun Francisco Hopeful. This showing was effectual. The trustees accepted the invitation and agreed to go to San Francisco in "9, in the event of securing sfactory railroad rates. But ble to comply with the stip- the convention was held in . Where the attendance reached the ralleled number of 56,00 delegates. trustees intimated at the Cleveland ion in "0 that the matter was still for California, when the conditions be complied with. Francisco Endeavorers hope to be to announce positively this week that e secured satisfactory rates from ads. They nave been untiring in efforts to bring about this desid- . and they have so much faith in iItimate success that subscriptions open coul been solicited necessary to cover the the conveation. ven thousand five hundred dollars have in bern Sa! guaranteed by the Endeavorers o and Alameda county, ubscribed by leading citi- corporations. It is the desire re a railroad rate whieh will enabie people to visit the Pacific coast than done so at any one time in the will disclose whether the rm Endeavorers have been success- Mr. Mr. Watt's Campaign Material. Rolla V. Watt of San Francisco ar- Fived in n the city terday, a3 was stated ‘The Star. He is chairman of the com- Mrs. Watt is with him and r husband boom things for Cali- 2. E. Keily, Donald Mc- and H. A. Johnson, all members of the committee of "97, are expected to ar- Five this afternoon. Mr. Watt comes as San Francisco's advance agent, and a live- ly one he is. Already he has begun the distribution of his dodgers and souvenir booklets calling attention to his city’s claims for the convention, and he has ar- Fangert ta have California's booth in the Washington Light imfantry Armory con- spicuously decorated. With him he has brought D00 yellow strips ot paper, on which is printed in large letters between a “C. E."" monogram on the one side and a grizzly bear on the other the legend “California, 97." On the vk of this strip the claims of San Fran- co are pointedly siated. First, as to the weather. A table is given snowing the mean summer temperature of San Francis- ‘s degrees, which is ten degrees cvoler 3oston’s, thirteen lower than Wash- ington’s record and eighteen more com- fortable than what St. Louis experiences. Intending visitors are cautioned to bring for their heavy clothing, but not to Prepare for rain, for such a meteorological condition has not prevailed during conven- tion week more than seven times in twenty- five years. The cosmopolitan character of the city is adverted to as presenting an op- portunity of practically illustrating Chris- tian Endeavor to representatives of every Kindre tribe and nation. Lastly, the Scenic attractions of the Pacific coast, the ns of the Yosemite and the gardens of n California are mentioned. Thousands of Booklets. the dodgers, Mr. Watt has aleng 60,060 souvenir booklets, briefly, yet a little more in detail than the other advertising matter, what to See, where to see and how to see in San Francisco, and giving additional reasons why the convention next year should ‘be held there. Mr. Watt has arranged to send to each church and state headquarters enough of these booklets so that every vis- tting delegate who registers may receive one with the official badge, map and pro- gram. Everybody who attends this con- vention will know- that San Francisco Wants the next one. In speaking to a Star reporter about rail- Toad rates Mr. Watt expressed the convie- tion that satisfactory conditions would be ebtained. He stated that when San Fran- exsco attempted to secure the republican national convention a railroad rate of $50 Jrom Chicago was offered, and ever since That time the Endeavorers of the Pacific goast have been holding on tight to that gure and intend to have it offered for the fhristian Endeavor convention. A rate of oe trom Chicago anQ return, added to a reund trip rate of $17.50 from this city to Chicago, would make the fare for delegates this far from the Pacific only $67.50, where- as the California delegates that attend this Year's convention pay a round trip rate Of 389.75. ies brought sta ‘The South im ‘98. So far as Is known at headquarters, there are two cities in the field for the conven- tien of ‘98, and both are in the south. Nashville and Louisville are the contest- ants. The award will be made during this convention, as it is the usual practice to give a convention city two years in which to make preparations. When the Tennessee delegation arrives Wednesid: it will immediately begin to create a sentiment in favor of Nashville, and the same may be said of Kentucky's party with regard to Louisville. It is not unusual for cities seeking the honor to distribute broadcast among the delegates cuous badges, dodgers, pasters, fans er devices with the intention of keep- ‘antly before the eyes and minds -mbled thousands the claims of the aspiring city. ules also dre already in the field convention of "J9, Pittsburg and City. It is hinted ‘that in 1900 the tion may be held in London. This, however, is mere conjecture. “Kansas City °99.7 The local unions of Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. have combined for: in the earnest effort to secure the onal annual Christian Endeavor three years hence. The cry is Three years ago, after eal convention, some of the Kan- tes suggested that Kansas City.| ave the h and pleasure of en- jon, but at that time ble to make satisfac- Since then matters so shaped ‘themselves that it is pos- i probable, so enthusiastic people he sunflower state say, that Kansas ¥ can have the convention in "99. The Endeavorers there are pushing the matter, and hope to make an earnest canvass with Both im speech and ring song they are urging their claims. A Kan- will doubtless be heard in Washington's streets before many days have passed. Seattle and San Franeisee. Among the western delegates who heve come on to the convention there arrived from Buffalo this morning one who has come om alone over the Great Northern railway and by steamer on the lakes as the “solid delegation” from the state of Washington, it being Miss Alice Munday, president of the Seattle local unton. While Miss Munday Is the only delegate who came through direct to the conven- tion, there are quite a number of others from Washington state who have come on at various times during the last month, taking advantage of other excursions, and are just now rounding to for the conven- tion in Washington. The delegation is being entertained at the Gunton Temple Memorial Church, on 14th street. Readers of The Star will remember the hard fight made last year at the Boston convention by a number of Washington state delegates, headed by Mr. William H: Lewis of Seattle, formerly of this city. Failing in this, they immedietely fell.in Hne for San Francisco, but with a cordial invitation to all eastern delegates to take in Seattle on their trip. Miss Mundy, when interviewed by a Star reporter, made the following statements in answer to a question as to the position of Seattle with reference to next year’s con- vention: “Seattle will do everything it can to make the San Francisco convention a success. We are working as hard as we can to get the trans-continental railroads to give the rate the San Francisco committee is ask- ing, and are assured by prominent railroad men that such a rate will be given. How- ever, if it should happen that San Fran- cisco cannot get the rate she wants on ac- count of being controlled by one railroad, Seattle wiil again be in the field for the conventior. ee “No, we are not opposing San Francisco in any way. It would be useles to do so; but if San Francisco should find it im- possible at any time to get a sufficiently low rate and should drop out of the fight, then Seattle is ready to step in and take the convention and entertain it handsome- ly. We think that with the four direct roads that we have connecting Seattle and Tacoma with the east, that is to say, the Canadian Pacitic, Great Northern, North- ern Pacific and Union Pacific, we are in a better position to take the convention If it comes to a question of rates, than any othr city on the coast. But the trustees decided, and decided wisely, we are forced to admit, in favor of San Francisco; and until San Francisco.is out of the race, we shall make no attempt of any kind to se- cure the convention. To Entertain Endenavorers. “But we do count on entertaining a large portion of the delegates who come to San Franciseo. We do not think that any dele- Sates will want to come to Sen Francisco and return without seeing the rest of the coast, so we are preparing to entertain the Endeavorers in Seattle on the Saturday and Sunday following the San Francisco convention. We shall make spectal prepa- rations for this and shall arrange for serv- ices such as Salt Lake City is preparing for the delegates for the Sunday before the convention, and we shall ask the trustees and efficers of tie United Society of Chris- tian Endeavor to arrange the program for these services as a part of the convention trip. “We count that one of the greatest ad- vantages of the convention coming to San Francisco is that the thousands upon thou- sands of delegates will come directly in touch with the missionary work of our country. Northern California is quite thickly settled and resembles portions of the popuious eastern states; customs, hab- its and public sentiment being much set- tled and hard to change. In the state of Washington it is quite different. Ours is @ new and rapidly developing community, and each year brings thousands of new settlers into our state. The missionary so- cieties of all the denominations realize the importance of the field, and are pushing their work at every point. On this ac- count, we feel that it would be a tremen- dous advantage if the thousands of earn- est Christian Endeavorers from the east could be held over amoung us for a day or two. Th influence among us would be very great, and would tell more than in any old and well settled community. “Seattle Endeavorers, as well as those in Tacoma and all over our state are thor- oughly aroused and are working heartily to give the Christian Endeavor delegates to San Francisco as an enthusiastic re- ception and as attractive a program at Seattle as they will receive anywhere on the road.” —_—.__. THE FEARLESSNESS OF IGNORANCE. mn trated by a Tourist Who Insisted Upon Going Inte a Crater. From the Youth's Companion. Capt. Basil Hall tells one of those stories which are always coming up to prove that the man who knows nothing about a dan- ger is the one to fear it feast, and to neg- lect a salutary obedience toward those who have trodden a path before. The incident was narrated by an old guide at Vesuvius. “A few years ago,” said Salvatore, “I came up the mountain with a party of gentlemen, one of whom insisted on going not only around the cone, as we are doing now, but actually into the crater, though 1 told him that such an adventure was at- tended with more danger than the thing Was worth. ““Pooh! Pooh! Danger?’ sald .the pig- headed gentleman. ‘What do I care for danger? Am I not a soldier? Why, man, I have faced the foe before now! Lead the way, FIl follow.” “I merely said that to face a human en- emy and to face an active voleano were two very different things. “ ‘Are you afraid to go?” he asked. , “I don’t much admire it,’ I answered; ‘but as I think I know how to evade the danger when it comes—having been at the work for nearly half a century—I'll go in- to the crater if you are determined upon the adverture. Only I warn you again; the danger to an inexperienced person is very great.” “Well! Well? he called, impatiently. “Come along!’ And away we went, he ftour- ishing his stick like a sword, while I only shrugged my shoulders. “ ‘Now, sir,’ I said to him, ‘the only plan by which we can hope to accomplish this expedition in safety is to be perfectly steady, and if a shower of stones comes about our ears to stand as cool and col- lected as if nothing were happening. I hope we may not have any while we are in this awkward place, but if we should be so un- fortunate, mind, yeur only chance fs to stand fest and look forward. It requires good nerves, so brace them up!’ “Oh, nerves!’ said he, skepttcally. ‘Is that all? You shall see.’ “So away we went, climbed the Iip of the cup, descended into the fearful abyss, and though half choked with the fumes, saw all we wished to see. We were on our re- turn when the mountain roared Hke thun- der, the ground shook, a furious eruption took place, and myriads of stones were shot a thousand fect Into the air. “Now, signor, mio,’ called, ‘stand your ground and make good use of your nerves! Look! Be steady, and you may yet escape.’ “But the man who had faced mortal foes quailed before the powers of nature. He looked up, as he was bidden; but when he Saw a cataract of fire falling on his head, the courage of which he had boasted for- sook him, and incontinently he fled. “For my part. I was too much afraid to fly. I never saw such a shower of stones, and I wonder we were not both demolished. As it was, my companion had not run far before he was struck down by these mis- siles. “One of them broke his leg and another stunned him, and I had erough to do to get him out of the cone on my shoulders. Much work we had to take him to Naples, where the hotel keepers and the Italian doctors between them had the plucking of this pre- cious pigeon for the next six months.” ae Why Good Paper is Wanting. George Haven Putnam propounds a curi- ous explanation for the poor quality of the paper used in recent European books. He says it is due to the decline of Moslem fanaticism on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. Myriads of pilgrims used to cross those dreary deserts on thetr way to Mecca. every one clothed in fine linen. Thousands died by the wayside, and it was @ profitable business to strip the bodies of their linea for the use of European paper mills. Now the Moslem is losing his faith and the publishers are losing their supply of the best grade of paper. _—— ——<—<—<—<—— She Was So Lucky. From the Detroit Free Press “I found a good bargain in men’s shoes teday,” said Jorkins, after he had picked everything on the supper table to pieces. “You have had better luck than I ever had,” retcrted his wife. VISITORS ON WHEELS Plans Made for the Pleasure of Bioyelera. RUNS MAPPED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE Ampte Provision Made for Caring for the Wheels. SIGHT-SEEING POSSIBILITIES The large bicycle population of the Dis- trict will be augmented considerably with- in the next day or so, the increase being due to the large influx of visitors of the Christian Endeavor Society who wilt bring their wheels with them. Indeed, from the present outlook, nearly one-fourth, if not more, of the Endeavorers who will come to the city to attend the fifteenth interna- ticnal convention will be wheel riders, and nearly all of them who come and who have wheels will bring their machines with them. Those who can ride and who have no wheels of their own will find sufficient inducement to hire machines for their own pleasure during their short stay in the city. The jooth and wide streets of this city will offer a rare invitation to wheel riders. The fame of the thoroughfares of the Dis- trict extends all over the land. Then, again; it is well known that the wheel is the most rapid means of locomotion possi- ble for sight seeing. Even under the new police regulations, which go into effect to- morrow, limiting the speed to six miles an hour at street crossings and eight miles between squares. Sight Seeing om Wheels. According to the information leaftets is- sued by the committee in charge of the bicycle end of the convention, there is probably no city in the Union in which the bicycle can be used to such advantage as in the national capital, its many miles of asphalt streets making it the wheelman's paradise. This fact has induced the com- mittee to give more attention to cycling than has been given during previous Chris- tian Endeavor conventions. Four official runs have been mapped out by the com- mittee in charge, the selections having in view not only the objective points, but the best roads and the most beautiful scenery. Though the hours set apart for these runs may not meet with the approval of all, they in nowise conflict with the convention meetings. Then, again, taking into con- sideration the time of the year it will be found that an early morning run will be both delightful and exhilirating. The bicycle end of the convention {s in charge of Mr. John G. Muir, who will cap- tain all runs. Mr, Harry G. Kimball has been designated as first lieutenant and John Stewart as second lieutenant. In ad- dition to these officers, there is a staff, con- sisting of Miss Jennie R. Furnace, Miss J. F. Rugg, Messrs. Arnold V, Graves, Sam- uel G. Wise, Frank S. Browne, C. G. Har- rison, George J. Davis, jr., George L. Beeler and Dr. F. A. St. Clair. These offl- cers will be assisted by a number of local cyclists who belong to the Christian En- deavor Society, and who will be designated as aides. They will be assigned in charge of various sections of the line and help Keep up the formation. The rendezvous for all the runs will be on Pennsylvania ave- nue, in front of the Executive Mansion, and all the cyclists who will participate are expected to be in line fifteen minutes before starting time, in order to facilitate the formation of the line. Caring for Bieycles. Arrangements dave been made all around for the care of the bicycles of the visiting Endeavorers. All of the churches which will be used as headquarters will have special provisions for the bicycling contin- gent of the society. Special accommoda- tions will be made for the storing of wheels when the bicycilsts attend divine service. At the First Congregational Church, which will be the headquarters of the Massachu- setts delegation, arrangements have been made in the basement for the storage of fully a hundred wheels, and the other churches will follow suit. A feature of the convention which has just been introduced is the storage of wheels at the monument grounds. A tent Ras been erected convenient to the three large service tents, so that those destring can ride to the meetings held on the White Lot and feel no unecsiness regarding the safety of their wheel. The committee was influenced to do this by the fact that the street cars are likely to be crowded to in- conventence. The bicycle tent is located practically on the monument grounds, south of Tent Washington, with Mr. P. E. Med- ford in charge. Friday Morning Rup. ‘The committee In charge deserves much credit for the selection of the four routes as mapped out on the program. The first run to Soldiers’ Home and Brightwood will start at 6 o’clock sharp Friday morning. The column will proceed up 1lith street, pessing the Chinese legation, across Whit- ney avenue, to the Soldiers’ Home, riding four miles through the park, past the Cath- olic University, over the Harewood road to the Rock Creek Church road, passing the National cemetery, containing Logan’s tomb, and Rock Creek cemetery; thence over the Shepherd's road to Brightwood and to Fort Stevens. The smail stone church marking the sight of the approach of Gen. Early’s advance guard of the confederate army in 1864, the nearest point to the city ever reached by the corfederate army, will be a point of interest visited. The monu- ment, some distance north, to the right of the road, marking the resting place of those wko fell in repelling the advance guard, will also be visited. The return trip to the city will be made over the 14th street road. The total distance of the run is given as sixteen miles. Saturday Afternoon. ‘The second run will begin Saturday after- noon, and ts divided into two sections, the first visiting Woodley and the surround- ing country and the second going as far as Arlington and Fort Myer. The first part of the run will start at 2 o'clock, sharp, and will go up Connecticut avenue, passing many fine residences on the way, crossing Rock creek over the high iron bridge of the Chevy Chase rallroad, and up Connecticut avenue extended to Woodley Lane road, passing the country home of President Cleveland, and coming out on the Tenley- town road, thence*north to the Lough- borough road, to the Ridge road, passing the site of the American University, now im course of construction, to the New Cut road, to 35th street, south, the riders obtain- ing a glimpse of Georgetown University; eastward to Prospect avenue, to 34th street, south to M street, and thence to the Aque- duct bridge. Promptly at 3:15 o’clock the second sec- tion of the run will start from this point, crossing the Potomac river, through Ross- lyn and Fort Myer Heights to Fort Myer, and over the National road to Arlington cemetery. A short time will be spent in visiting the cavalry post, and in going through the cemetery. The return will be made over the sanre route. The distance of the second section of the run is 8 miles, and the total distance for both sections is 16 miles. Monday Morning. ‘The third run will start Monday morning at 6 o'clock, sharp, with the Soldiers’ Home as the objective point, embracing a ride through the grounds and a visit to the various buildings of the place. The route will be up Vermont avenue to Rhode Island avenue, to R street, to Ist street, thence north to the eastern bounds of the grounds. ‘The return trip will be made via 7th street, across Whitney avenue, and down 14th street. The tetal distance will be ten miles. Tuesday Morning. The fourth run of the convention is the longest of any, and, as the committee says, is for good riders only. The start will be made Tuesday morning at 5:45 o'clock. The run will be up the Conduit road to Glen Echo and Cabin John Bridge. The riders will go up Pemnsylvania avenue to 28th street, north to N, west to 25th, north to New Cut road, thence to the Conduit road, past Glen Echo, with its picturesque build. ings, to Cabin John Bridge. The return trip will be made down the Conduit to the Conal road to M street. The total distance of the run is placed at 19 miles, and a time limit of two hours is placed on the trip. ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND. —— They Are More;Rrutal and More Ex- pensive Than Our Own. Henry Cabot Lodge in Harper’s Weekly. The practice of pelting a candidate and the ladies who acéompany him, according to the English custom, is apparently a com- mon diversion in the English elections. Sir ‘Willtam and Lady Harcourt were pelted at Derby, and I saw many allusions to similar instances. There is no need, however, of multiplying examples. Mr. Benn, who was running in one of the London divisions, was attacked by his op- Ponents because his insane brother had, in a fit of madness, Killed their father. Even in the polities of “our violent people” a charge of this sort for political purposes would, I think, be, considered cruel. As to the point of illegal practices at the registrations and elections, I found that they were not unknown in England. In Durham, where thé seat was won by one vote, it appeared that the name of a man who was in jail at the time had been voted upon, and it was freely charged that the tiames of men who were dead were used for the same purpose. This election, I be- lieve, was to be contested. I saw it stated in the Times that a man was charged with Personating at Birkenhead, and from a sin- gle issue of the same newspaper I take the following. cases: At Hartlepool, where the question of pre- senting a petition against the return of the untonist candidate was considered, the alle- gations referred to the distribution of free drinks and other illegal practices. In the Litchfield division of Staffordshire it was decided to present a petition against the return of Mr. Fulford, and counsel were of the opinion that there was ample evi- dence of corrupt and illegal practices. In the Falkirk Burghs a petition was de- cided upon against the return of Mr. John Wilson on the ground of alleged bribery by the unionist agent. The corrupt-practices act in England fixes the maximum amount which each candidate can spend in each division of the united kingdom. The candidates are re- quired by law to make a return of all their expenses, and these returns are published officially. In 1892 the official returns show that there were 670 seats and 1,807 candi- dates. Fifty-six seats were uncontested, and the expenses, therefore, in those cases were little or nothing. The official returns include all the seats, although, of course, if these fifty-six seats were deducted it would increase the average expenditure for the others. The 1,307 candidates in 1802 spent, in round numbers, $4,792,600, including the returning officers’ charges, and $3,805,200, exclusive of the returning officers’ charges: that is, for purely political purposes. The total number of votes polled was 4,605,442, and amount of money spent per vote was 4 shillings 1 penny, or just about $1 a head. On that basis we were entitled, if we fol- lowed the English example of moderation in election expenditures, to have spent in the last presidential campaign $12,154,542. As a matter of fact, there has never been a campaign in which the national commit- tees of the two great American parties have spent between them 33,000,000. Allow- ing, however, $3,000,00) to the two national committees, and $2,000,000 more to cover all that is spent, in addition, outside the two great committees, we have $5,000,000 for the expenditures of a American presi- dential election. This is an excessive esti- Tate, for most of the money of the nation- al committees is sent to the poorer states and congressional districts, in very few of which. indeed, candidates are to be found who can afford anything like the average expenditure of an English division. Tak- irg, then, $5,000,000 as the expenditure of the presidential election, we find that it’ is just about the amount actually spent at a general election In England, and only half what we should be entitled to spend if we teok the scale of the English official re- ules per vote as our standard of expendi- vres. oe A NEW ECONOMY. What a Traveling Man Discovered ata Kansans Hotel. From the Kansas City Times. The traveling man who always “Sun- days” in Kansas.City when in the vicinity because his best girl lives here, was in a cheerful frame pf mind and told all the stories he knew. One of them is, perhaps, worthy of recor “Last Wednesday,” said he, “I was in a little town down In Kansas. I took lunch at the only restaurant in the town. I or- dered a dish of strawberries, and the waiter brought me a heaping plate of them. Fine berries they were, too. I was surprised at the Hberal quantity served, and said se. ‘Cheapest thing we've got,’ said the waiter. “When I got ready to eat them I looked around for the powdered sugar. The wait- er came to me and said: ‘Want powdered sugar?’ I said I did, and he went away and came back with a little powder gun, such as they fire insect powder out of, from which he squirted sugar over and into the berries. “ “Powdered sugar’s mighty high,’ said he, ‘an’ berries be mighty cheap. We gen- erally sugar the berries ourselves when they ask for sugar.’ “That's a new one on me,’ says IL. ‘Well, the boss is mighty close,’ says the waiter, ‘an’ has got to cut corners to make a livin’. Some hogs used to come in here and put spoonsful of sugar on a plate of berries, an’ so he thinks up this scheme.’ ” The powder gun has its advantages when one powders on the economical Kansan’s method, because it squirts the sugar into the crevices and puts some sugar on the top berry instead of all the sugar on the top berries. —— Webster's One Chance. From the New York Herald. Daniel Webster, incomparable as orator and defender of the Constitution, never had but one really good chance to become Pres- ident, and that he put aside, for the very good reason that it was unworthy of him and his great reputation. The Mexican war had brovght General Zachary Taylor into the foreground as a candidate for the presidency, and some of the whig managers proposed to nominate Mr. Webster as Vice President. Had Mr. Webster accepted second place on this ticket he would have become Presi- dent of the United States on Taylor's death. Mr. Webster indignantly refused to ac- cept the second place on the ticket, but Mr. Clay’s defeat in 1844 had made many whigs afraid t@ take him again as a candi- date. Mr. Webster, on the other hand, was thought to be entirely too independent. On President Taylor's death, July 9, 1850, Mr. Webster became President Fillmore’s Secretary of State. An earnest attempt was made by his friends to secure his nom- ination for the presidency in 1852, but on the first ballot in the convention he re- ceived only 29 votes, while there were 131 for General Scott and 133 for Mr. Fillmore. The result was a great disappointment to Mr. Webster, who refused to support the nomination and tcok no part in the cam- paign. His death followed soon after, on October 24, 1952. A Fast Run. From the Ratlway Gazette. On Saturday afternoon last engine No. 1027 took the 4 o’élock train from Camden to Atlantic City it fifty-seven minutes, and the total weight of the train, exclusive of engine and tender, was 701,450 pounds. There were eleyery cars, a considerably heavier train than any of those shown in the fcrmer recorg- There was one combi- nation car, 53,800, pounds; seven passenger cars, 53,950 pounds egch, and three parlor cars, 90,000 pounds each. The engine and tender weighed 226,00) pounds, making the total weight of the frain 927,450 pounds. The distance being 55% miles, the rate of speed was 58.42 miles an hour. The weight cn the driving wheels of this engine !s 400 pounds; diameter of drivers, $41 inches; cylinders, 13 inches and 22x26 inches; heating surface, 1835.1 square feet. On June 2, 1891, the Chicago limited of the New York Central made a fast run with a train abouf the weight of this one, or, to be exact, 717,00) pounds, exclusive of engine and terder,and the speed of that run, exclusive of the stops to change engines, was 51.31 miles an hour. The only other Tun with a train about this weight was the experimental trip last January over the New York division of the Pennsylvania. In that case the weight of the cars was 663,827 pounds, and of the engine and ten- der (class L, No. 1651), 204,800 pounds. The speed from Jersey City to Philade phiz, 90 miles, was 53.88 miles an hour, and for 40.8 miles, west of Princeton junction, it was 60.48 miles per hour. HAWAII’S TIDAL WAVE Japan Sends a Destructive Visitor Eastward. REPEAL OF THE THUMB-MARK LAW The Interdiction of Japan’s Deadly Sake. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, June 20, 1896. ‘The western coast of the Island of Ha- wall has just been visited by tidal waves of considerably destructive force. They seem to haye come from the northwest. Small half-hour ebbs and flows occurred in Honolulu harbor at the same time, last- ing seven hours, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. of June 15. The tide gauge recorded fourteen half-hour tidal waves, averaging about one foot in height. At the head of the harbor, where it narrows up to the estuary of a stream, the strange ebbing and flowing was so deep and high as to create considerable alarm, the ebbs leaving fishes stranded on the mud flats. It is difficult to understand why such heavy tidal waves as struck western Ha- wail an hour later should have been so light at Honolulu, and have been unnoticed on other parts of Oahu. ‘The first wave struck Kawathae at about 8:15 a.m. This port is in the bight of a sort of broad bay. The wharf was completely demolished. Kailua, thirty miles south, was struck at 8:30. The third wave, an hour later, was the highest. The first phenome- non was a sudden ebb, laying bare the rocks at the bottom of the harbor, suc- ceeded by a towering wave, rushing up over the shores, and carrying away sheds and lumber piles. The lower story of Miss Paris’ Hotel was flooded, and her es- tablshment temporarily broken up. This is where Miss Kate Field lodged a few days before her death. It is a large two- story stone mansion, erected on a massive stone platform at the shore in 1840 by the famous Gov. Adams, or Kuakinl. It was afterward used by King Kalakaua as a rural palace. Thirty-Five Feet High. At Keauhou, six miles south in a small bay, the water reached points thirty-five feet higher than the sea. Nine houses were demolished, five of them wooden, among them the dwelling of the principal native resident. Fish were left entangled in the thorny branches of the lantana_ bushes. Happily, no lives were lost. At Kealakea- kua, or Cook’s bay, six miles farther south, the wave struck at 9 am., reaching thirty feet at the village of Napoopoo, where three houses were destroyed, and M. F. Scott’s Jumber piles scattered all over the bay. On the opposite side of the bay, where Cook's monument stands, the water reached thirty feet, and must have washed the base of the monument. The wharf and Moses Barret’s house were destroyed. Much damage was done to goods in the ware- heuse. Hookena was reached about 9:20 am., destroying the wharf and the Chinese Stores. The wave rounded the south point of the island, and struck the Kau landings about 0:40. They had been warned by tele- phone from Kona. The steamer W. G. Hall, lying at Honuapo, called in her boais and steamed out to sea, until the danger was over. At Punalun where in 1863 a local earthquake wave had destroyed the village and drowned over forty people, the inhabitants forsook their homes for twenty- four hours. Considerable damage was done at Kaalualu and Honuapo, but none at Punalun. At Kaalualu the wharf and four houses were washed away, the sea rising twelve feet. - At Hilo the waves were lighter, begin- ning about 10 a.m., and reaching a height of eight feet. Some damage was done to boats, etc. It was evident that the waves came from the westward, leaving Hilo pro- tected by the island mass. There is no re- port of damage from tidal waves else- where, except at the southwest point of Maui, where some ancient fish ponds were destroyed, and on the southeast side of Kauai, 100 miles northwest of Honolulu, where the tidal waves seriously molested a steamer and her boats. Other Destructive Waves. About 1840 and 1874, twice, has Hilo bay been visited by very destructive tidal waves, Kahuleu bay, opening eastward on Mauni, suffering at the same time. The later waves were known to have crossed the ocean from the western coast of South America, where enormous earthquake Weves destroyed a large seaport and car- ried a United States war steamer two miles inlard. The velocity of propagation of these tidal undulations was about 500 miles an hour. At sea they are wholly im- perceptible, but on reaching a bay opening toward their approach they develop a heavy wave or bore. The bottom is first laid bare by the outdraft of the approach- ing tide, which then drives in like a wall, sweeping high up on the shore. Our next mail from San Francisco may tring us word of some distant locality on the Pacific, possibly Japan, where a con- vulsion has occurred which sent us these tidal waves. Or the convulsion may have been somewhere in midocean, not soon to be heard from. It should be added that no, tidal waves have invaded any western coast of these islands before, since their discovery. Authority for Refunding. Our legislature adjourned sine die on the Sth, after 100 working days of the ses- sion, ten having been added to the regu- lation ninety by special grant of the pres- ident, in order to enable an act to be pass- ed to refund the public debt at 4 per cent. This was done; also a 5 per cent loan au- thorized for public improvements to the amount of $2,000,000. This is to be borrow- ed from time to time as required to meet specially authorized expenditures. For the present biennial period the expenditure of 000 is thus specially authorized. Among these public works are $105,500 for roads in Hilo, $90,000 for roads in Kona, $40,000 for Nunanu Pali rcad and $10,000 for road in Kohala; also $50,000 for wharf and break- water at Hilo. Besides these special expenditures there are authorized considerable expenditures for public works out of current funds, in- eluded im the regular appropriation bill for the two years. This amounts to $1,904,839, or over 300,000 a year, this being exclusive of the $855,000 loan appropriations named above. As I have heretofore pointed out, a large part of the latter are of so pro- ductive a character that the taxes from values of property so increased will more than pay interest on the whole expendi- tures. These evidences of the great ma- terial prosperity and high financial credit of the republic of Hawaii more than jus- tify all the very favorable expressions attributed to Minister A. S. Willis while in Washington. In view of Mr. Willis’ originally hostile attitude to this govern- ment, such highly commendatory state- ments from him now deserve to carry great weight with the American public. ‘Thamb-Mark Law Repealed. Two somewhat remarkable pieces. of leg- islation during the last days of the scssion are to be noticed. One was the repeal of the registration act, passed two or three months earlier. I know of no similar case on rezord, of the speedy repeal of a law in the same session, and by the same men who passed it, and in surrender to a mece popular clamor. This act was substantial- ly the same as one passed in 1892 with gen- eral approbation, but lost on its way to the queen by some unknown means. ‘The act formed a prominent plank in the platform on which the Oahu members of this legis- latur2 were elected. It passed by a large majority without encountering any public objections. The only material change was tif addition of the thumb mark on tie cer- tificate of registration, to which no public objection was made. ‘The act went into effect in April, and large numbers of men of all classes’ were registered and made their thumb marks, President Dole being among the earliest. Scon, however, there began to arise an out- ery that the thumb mark was an indigaiiy, fit only for criminals, and that compulsory registration was a measure fit only for a despotic government. The act which had been intended as a protection to the white mechanic snd laborer against Asiatics, by enabling the government to identify Asiatic immigrants under bonds to confine them- selves to agricultural labor, was nounced as a scheme of the planters facilitate contract Iabor. The Portuguese were pited with this talk and made hostile to registration. Still more, the natives, a large proportion of whom are still hostle to the republic, were told that the regist-a- tion was a scheme to compel them to com- mit themselves to the support of the re- Public, amd became much excited. Alto- gether the clamor and outcry became 30 strong that the executive and legislature deemed it best to yield, and the obnoxious law was repealed. Temperance Legtialatio: The other notable piece of legislation took Place in the very last hours of the session, and was the passage of the sake duty bill over the president's veto by a practically unanimous vote of both houses. Sake (sukky) is a vile rice wine from Japan, containing a large proportion of poisonous methytic alcohol. It had been coming in under a very trifling duty, enjoying also an export bounty in Japan, and was sold here extremely cheap, so that it tended to exclude the less unwholesome California wines. It was found to be especially in- jurious to the native Hawaiians, on whom it had a markedly poiscnous effect. There had been warm protest against this sake competition from the California Wine dealers, on account of which an act bad just been passed to admit such grape wines free of duty. Now a new act had also just been passed imposing a duty of © certs a gallon on all wines not made from the grape and of 14 per cent and urder of alcoholic strength, and of $1 a gallon if between 14 and 21 per cent. This was intended to reach sake wine, although rot specifying it. Quite unexpectedly President Dole, on the last day of the ses- sicn, sent in his veto of the bill. The only reason assigned by him was his sense of “the very serious hardship” which it would be to Japanese of small means to “in- cresse the cost of their accustomed stim- ulant.” His real reason was believed by the legislators to be a concession to a vigorous Japanese opposition. They at once, by common consent of the members of both houses, passed the bill over Mr. Dole’s veto, thereby refusing to join him in yielding to Japanese pressure. There was only a single dissenting vote, that of the speaker of the lower house, a Hawaiian, Lima Naone, who declared himself afraid to frustrate the wise caution of Mr. Dole in_not offending Japan. It was know that Mr. Dole had received a strong protest against the bill from a body of Japanese merchants and others. Minister Cooper of foreign affairs, upon that fact being spoken of, declared that Mr. Dole had already resolved upon the veto before that protest had been received. 4 Respect for Japa It is now known, however, that the Jap- arese consul had seen the president, as it is believed, to protest against the bill as discriminating against Japan. This cannot be shown to be true, because the act makes no mention either of sake or of Japan, and is general in its terms. In view of all the circumstances there can be no doubt that the legislators were justiied in believing the president to have been governed in his action by a fear of giving offense to our great and dangerous neighbor across the Pacific. The reason actually assigned by him no dcubt also indicates one phase of the ques- tion as he views it. He is, not without cause, apprehensive of the effect upon onr restless Japanese population of raising the cost of their favorite beverage. It would not be strarge if they should become irritated by the effect of this law. It is quite possible that it will dangerously in- crease a liability, always existing, of polit- ical trouble from this large class of our Population. How long is Hawail to be un- der this perpetual menace from Japan and this Japanese population? Annexation is our only remedy KAMEHAM —-—_____ HIS RING, She Did Not Know It, but Wanted to Make Its Acquaintance. From¢the New York Sun. At 9 o'clock last Sunday evening Al- &ernon stood at the front door of the house of the girl he loved, but to whom he dared not say a word. For a long time he had been sparring for points, but to the bashful these things do not appear in a clear light, even though they clearly exist. He had rung the bell ence, twice, thrice, but there had been no answ Nervously he stretched forth his hand to ring again, when the door was opened by the one being In the world who made his life worth living. “Why, Algernon,” she exclaimed, “if I had thought tt was you I wouldn't have kept you standing out in the cold so long.” He thought of how long he had been standing out in the cold and wondered when the courage would come to him to g0 in out of it “You know,” she continued, as she drew him inside and closed the door, “that the servants are out tonight, and some of the family have to answer the front door bell.” He thought he saw a chance to make a start in the right direction without alarm- ing her. That had been the trouble all the time with Algernon; he was in mortal terror of frightening the girl by some emotional precipitancy or other, and thus destroying his hopes forever. “Why, Miss Dora,” he said, in tender, in- sinuating tones, “don’t you know my ring yet?” She looked down at her empty fingers, where no jeweled setting shone, and then looked up into Algernon’s face. “No, Algernon,” she said, blushing, “I do not. But don’t you think it is almost time that I dia?” soe A LONG SLIDE. Passengers Are Shot Down a Fifty- Mile Toboggan in California. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. A system of rapid transit transportation Is in use in California which for cheapness of operating expense is probably the lowest in the country, despite the fact that the cost of construction was very high. A lumber company in Fresno county, Cal, has built a lumber flume fifty-two miles long, which in places has a grade of twenty-three per cent, and which crosses the King river on @ suspension bridge 451 feet long. This bridge is built of Roebling cables, some- thing on the plan of the great suspension bridges across the Niagara gorge. The flume is V-shaped, and, strange to say, in addition to carrying lumber, is utilized for the transportation of passengers—one way— for, like the road to ruin in old temperance teoks, the line only runs one way, and that down. The boat fn which the passengers travel, or perhaps it would be better to say shoot, is a V-shaped box about sixteen feet long, and which is roughly knocked to- gether with boards, since it is “good for one trip cnly.” The front end of the strange craft is left off, as the velocity of the water is so great, despite the speed of the boat, it does not run back into it. Pre- paratory to the trip a plank is placed along the bottom on which the passenger rests his feet while sitting single file on cross seats. When all is ready the spikes by which the boat is held while loading is pulled out, and away it goes on its fifty- two-mile journey, in some cases attaining the terrific velocity of seventy miles per hour. ———— eee All Right in Theory. From the Chfeago Post. “Have you read that book on the training of children?” he asked. “I have,” she replied. “I have read it through carefully, as you requested.” “And you will be guided by it?” ‘That is for you to say,” she answered. “For me!” he exclaimed. “I am not the one who looks after the children. “But you are the one who furnishes what is necessary in the nursery to carry out your theories in regard to bringing up chil- dren.” He looked a little dubious, but he finally asked what It was necessary to have in or- der to carry out all the provisions of the latest book of instructions for mothers. “A maid or nurse fer each child,” she re- plied. “Great mackerel!” he cried. “Three servants for the children’ “It would be impossible to live up to the rules laid down by this book with any less,” she answered, “‘and, in addition to that, we must have a governess and a dancing mas- ter.” “Throw it away,” he said, gloomily. “It's like all the rest of them, written to tell peo- ple who don’t have to take care of their children how it should be done. 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