Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1896, Page 9

pa AEE RPh QQ DOWN <> () vi 3) * PRESCRIPTIONS AND y4 AT PANIC Manicure Sets, Traveling Set: Toilet Sets, Odor Sets, Atomizers, TO Zeno thermometer in getting there this winter. OUR HOLIDAY TRADE Is now in the lead, but we don’t want it forgotten that we are ’ STILL-IN THE DRUG BUSINESS, AND CAN FURNISH ’ CHAMOIS GOODS STILL TO THE FRONT. y FINE LINE OF LADIES’ AND GENTS’ VESTS: * Dresden China and Bohemian Glass Ware. Cut Glass Bottles, . Perfumeries, Work Boxes, Our prices have beaten the PATENT MEDICINES~- PRICES. € ee Puff Boxes, Shaving Mugs, Velvet Brushes, Whisk Brooms. Williams’ Temple Drug Store. Open Alli Night. Falldress Suits toorder is a 5 ‘The chance sof a lifetime..... seeds Everyt! think many can. ed Rigersrisesserdeedondongendendondecdordoegegengengengengenengengendengeegongon ly moderate. For Ladies. ! ‘ttt SIO Ladies’ 14k7. Gold Hat Pins as low as Ladtes* Ervechy as $2.75 $2.50 $1.00} Gold low Lakt as Stick as. ees SOD S&1T-2 al hobby of ours. z $ As Abou Ben Hasson once remarked: ‘All slip= $ pery things are not pancakes.” Bargains such as 3 we append today come like angels’ visits= * and far between to let slip by umheeded. hing we enumerate are goods of fashion and all resplendent in the charms of youth. Some people can afford to let them go, but we hardly Beginning tomorrow morning we propose to clean out every piece of overcoating we have in the house--No matter what the price was form- erly, any overcoat to-order *14. Mertz and Piertz, New Era Tailors, ae eee ae eee a eee eee cee ees ees ce eee. @8ee6e6 soesaoroses HEAPER goods than ours are frequently ad- vertised, but comparison will show that they are invariably of the “cheaper” kind. We deal in nothing but the best grades in Gems, Gold and Silver, and, this considered, our prices are extreme- A FEW SUGEESTIONSs An inspection of our Diamond and Precious-stone Jewsiry is solicited. J. KARR’S SONS, JEWELERS, 945 Penn. Ave., Corner 10th St. SO SESSOS SE SOS SOSS0E Price... too few 906 F Street. sogessossoegengongeaeagontongongengongengongongontongontentonteagengoatvathatbathageatnashasrasracresnisoasos soothe seasenteneatoasesteatratestratresoateatondrasestoacestratennonceet For Gentlemen. Gentlemen's — 14kt. ited: SAL Gentlemcn’s — 14kt. tes SY Gentlemen’s — 14kt. Gold-mounted Fobs as low as... 14kt. Buttons $8.0 0) 4 $5.00 ) SOSSOHSOODS SOS OHO OHOGSOSGHHOHOI9HHOHSSHHOO THE DAY OF RECKONING. Unexpected Information About Her Hushand’s First Wife's Pies. From the Chicago Daily Trftmne. A little woman wearing a Jast year's got on a Wells street car the other “. andy as she paid her fare, she recognized the waman sitting next her. “T haven't seen you for an age,” she sald. “Th: “replied the other woman, “and it isn't my fault, elther. yeur house iast.” “So you we: Well, kept al home pretty close now. “he chi'dren, I gsess. That's what comes of marrying a widower.” “Oh, it isn't that. They're as good as gold, and they're in school most of the time, too. No, It's my husband; he ts so particular about the way the house is kept. Why, a speck of dust on a table or chair almost gives him a fit, and as for his food— . it's about impossible to please him. fou don't say. Got dyspepsia, I gu r “sso I was at the truth is, I'm just particular. I wouldn't so much mind, but he’s always talking aleut the way his first wife kept house. ems to me sometimes I wish she hadn't n such a good cook. It ain't wrong, I e. iis first wife was such a good cook!” “Yes, that’s what he always says when anything goes wrong. I'm on my way to the south side now to see my aunt. She al- Ways makes such good pumpkin pies, and I want her to tell me just how she does it against Thanksgiving. John nearly had a fit over the last ones I made, and yet most folks think my ples are good. But John says his wife's first pies— “Look here, Almira Johnson, did you ever know John’s first wife?” “No; I never saw her that I know of. She must have been a first-rate housekeep- er, judging by the way he. talks. Some- times I wonder how he ever came to marry me, after—" : 4 h, you didn’t know her! Well, I did; lived next door to ‘em on Webster avenue for two years; and if that woman ever’ made a pie—yes, or a bed, either, until it was time to get into it, I'm mistaken. And the way she did treat him—why, he was afraid to call nis soul his own!” ‘The meek-looking little woman gasped. “You don’t mean to say that—that she wasn't a good housekeeper?” : “Not if | know what a good housekeeper ‘And she didn’t make first-class, pies?” “Didn't make any at all. Bought ‘em at the baker’s! What you going todo?” . “Do? I'm going to get out and go home, that’s what I'm going to do.. I guess after | what I know now I can make John’s Thanksgiving pies without any teaching from my aunt.” “Well, I should think so,” sald the other | woman, she added, “you might just mention, while he’s eating them, that I've | been telling you about old times when we used to Hive next door on Webster avenue!” From the Detrolt Free Press. Angry Father—“What do you mean by beigg engaged to half-a-dozen men at o1 She—“Nothing.” Jexeess of joy, “They're oft’ THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1896—14 PAGES. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Usual Course. —— LAW AND ORDER WERE TRICKED Justice Birch and His Methods Once More. MANY LOCAL NOTES Sea As stated in The Star of yesterday, Jus- tice Supplee of Alexandria county, with Special Deputies G. W. Yates, A. 8. Doni- Phan, A. D. Holmes and Sheriff Palmer, raided the gambling house of John Lully at Rosslyn at an early hour yesterday morning, but the birds had flown ere an entrance could be effected. A large quan- tity of gambling apparatus, in the shape of faro, keno, crap and roulette layouts, was secured, and this was carted to the residence of Sheriff Palmer, to be used 28 evidence. | Yesterday afternoon John Lully, Thurs- ton Johnson, Frank Forster, John Ciark and John Gambler were arrested, or, rather, Mit ts said, gave themselves up, as being con- nected with the estaBlishment. Justice Sup- plee, who was in Washington at the time, |} was advised of the arrest of Lully, and fixed the hour of his trial at 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon at Supplee’s residence, Del Ray. When Justice Supplee arrived from Washington, at about 4:30 o'clock, he was greatly surprised to find that these men had been taken before Justice Birch for trial, and all of them let toose on a bond ot $100 each for their appearance before Jus- tice Birch on the 21st instant. y Justice Supplee was indignant when he heard of the procedure, and said that Sheriff Palmer krew that he had set the trial of the men at 5 o'clock, and thought that they should have been held for him. And this, of course, should have been don>, if for no other reason than courtesy to the justice issuing the warrant. While it is true these warrants read to be returned to the justice issuing them, “or to any other justice of the peace,” still, at the same time, it is always customary for war- rants to be returned to the issuing justice. Ii is said that the men who were tried had a consultation with Justice Birch in the mcrning, and then gave themselves up to Sheriff Palmer in the afternoon, and were immediately taken before Justice Birch and released on a bond of $100 each. ‘The Citizens’ League of Alexandria county has been blocked in its every effort to suppress gambling and other lawlessness in the county. There is always a screw lcose somewhere, and it seems impossible to get the county officials, who claim to de- sire reform, to work with them in their work of extermination. A prominent mem- ber of the Citizens’ League said to a Star reporter last night: “‘We have lots of set- backs, but we won't get discouraged. We are determined to bag them yet, and will leave no stone untirned. Probably we will at once proceed against Sheriff Palmer for matfeasance in office in allowing John Chandler to walk the streets while sup- pcsed to be serving a term in the Alex- andria jail for running a gambling house in Alexandria county. Palmer knew Justice Supplee was going to try the cases yester- aay at 5 o'clock, and yet took the men be- fore Justice Birch and allowed them to be released at 3 o'clock.” Natio: Union Officers, The following officers were elected at the meeting of Alexandria Council, National Union, last night: President, M. F. Hobson: vice president, M. R. Norris; speaker, Jo- seph H. Bevins; secretary, W. R. Henshaw: financial secretary, 8. P. Jackson; treas- urer, James McCuen, chaplain, Edgar Lyles: usher, J. R. Picken: sergeant-at- arms, Charles A. Howard; doorkeeper, C. S. Mills, and trustees, J. T. Rafferty, M. R. Norris and James McCuen. The meeting was largely attended and very interesting. Complimentary Entertainment. The complimentary entertainment, under the auspices of Alexandria Tent, Order of Macabees, at the Opera House last night, was a great success. There was a large and enthuslastic crowd present. Addresses were made by N. 8. Boyton, D. P. Mackey end 8S. S. Foutz, supreme officers, and oth- ers. The elegant program of music and Mterary numbers was well rendered and much enjoyed. Advent Services. The last of the series of Advent meetings under the auspices of Grace Chapter, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, was held at Grace Church last night and was largely attended. Rev. Charles E. Buck, D. D., of St. John’s Church, Georgetown, delivered ao interesting address, which was much enjoyed. Mechanics Lodge, K. P. Mechanics Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Pythias, will hold an interesting meeting tonight and a pleasant evening is expected. Grand Master-at-Arms M. L. Walton of Woodstock, Va., will pay the lodge an offi- cial visit. Mechanics Lodge is the second oldest lodge in this “grand domain. George Mason Council, R. Two candidates were initiated and four application papers acted upon at the semi- monthly meeting of George Mason Council, No. 1718, Royal Arcanum, last night. Other business of an important nature, was trans- acted. Notes. ‘The old Hydraulion engine house, which was owned by Mr. C. G. Lennon, has been sold to Mr. Jos. Rogers for $1,000. The annual meeting of the Virginia Mid- land Railroad Company, which was to have been held yesterday, was postponed till Tuesday next. ‘The police commissioners at their meet- ing last night transacted routine business. The clerk of the Alexandria county court has submitted his annual report to the board of supervisors. Aggregate expenses Were $15,478.48. | In the corporation court yesterday the suit of G. A. Lumpkins against Ralph Singleton was quashed. Col. Louis C. Bailey has returned from New York. Mr. M. B. Corse, formerly of this city, and Miss Elsie V. Semmes were married in Lexington, Va., yesterday. Jackson Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, held a regular meet- ing last night Several trains 3 schedule of the electric rallwarurt (0 the ——__ At the Track. From the New York Herald. “They're off!” The race course was crowded, and but a few short moments ago the horses had thundered down the home stretch with a finish so close as to cause the judges to wrangle among themselvese. Of course there were other horses that finished at thelr leture, The crowd was silent—all except Jilkins. After elbowing his way to the judges’ stand and back again Jilkins continued to howl frantically, “They're o He had the whole thin, the crowd looked pityingly at bia” The Face was over, but still he bellowed forth. eg Gvew he's nutty,” said the frst citi: n. “Lost all of his money and out o head,” murmured the second citizen. © 8 “I saw him put his wad on Stringhal: and the horse wasn't in it for a minute,” ventured the third citizen. 3 And still Jilkins shrieked forth “They're ‘What the thunder are you yell ‘They're off!’ for?” queried the fourth ind me Pec om ow answei ins, ** by ig yelling because they're off.” oe dikins threw up his-hat an Jilkins jw up ‘hat and then ki it across the grass before rep! =: Sah “The bets, my friend; the bets are off. Judges can’t agree, and I had a big stake om eae and he wasn’t even a good And tearing it over himself Some sod and throwing remarked, in ‘his merce Commizsion. Glesing Down on the Jaint. Traffic As- the Law—Paggés and Scalpers. a A zed : ‘The annual resort,pf the interstate com- merce commission,owhich was laid before Congress today, ae some particulars the most interestirg that has ever been pre- pared by the pill Pa ‘That which is likely to attract the great- est attention on the part of. the public ts the authoritative ‘ahnouncement that the commission has determined to thoroughly inyestigate the orggntzation of the Joint Traffic Association. Referring to this the commission mentions ‘the Southern States Freight ‘Association, the Western Freight Association, the Southwestern Traffic Asso- ciation, the Western Passenger Association, the Central Freight Association and the Joint Traffic Association as among the ex- isting traffic associations, and says that in these and other. skilifully drawn traffic agreements recently entered into the words “so far as it can legally be done” follow provisions for maintenance of rates and’ the apportionment or ‘division of competitive traffic, and apparently these words were deemed necessary fo validate such agree- ments. Finally, attention is called to 3 statement of 9 M. Cooley, while chairman of the commission, regarding con- trivances by many railroad officials to evade the law. “Their ingenuity In this r gard may also be prcnounced marvelou: the old mischiefs (before the law was en: acted) were represented under new. guises just so far as plausible excuses could be in- vented for the» purpose.” ‘To ascertain whether such agreements will receive the sanction of the courts ig the object sought in the proceedings begun against the Joint ‘Traffic Association. Free Transportation of Passengers. Under this head the practice of giving Passes or reduced passenger rates to ship- Pers or their employes, and of issuing “complimentary passes" to persons on ac+ count of the profession in which they are engaged or the public duties they perform; is strongly condemned. No reason is sug- gested why the penal provisions of the statute should not be made to apply to those who, not coming within the classes specially excepted in the statute, obtain or receive free passes or reduced’ passenger rates, as well as to those who by any de- vice solicit, obtain of receive concessions from established rates of freight. While such amendment would have deterring in- fluence upon many who are now willing, if not eager, to travel free under a pass un- lawfully issued by a railway official, it seems doubtful whether that provision alone would operate te completely suppress this demoralizing transportation. practic and the subject is submitted to Congres: with the general recommendation that suit able prohibitory legislation be enucted. Safety Appliances on Railways. In April last, says the report, the com- mission requested the carriers to show how fer, up to April 1, their equipment had been made to conform to the requirements cf sections 1 and 2 of the safety appliance act, relating {o couplers‘ané@train-brakes, which become effective January 1, 1898. Replies were received fromi.6§ compatiies. | $0.53 per cent of the 35,898 Weomotives ment: ed in these repiiés Uhave driving-wheet brakes. Of the 33,028 passenger cars re- ported in use, 97.02 per éent have automatic coupiers and 98.91 percent are fitted with train-brakes; 1,217,664 freight cars are re- ported, of which 2\$8;per cent have train- brakes, and 37.41 per cent are equipped with automatic couplers.’ It is noted, however; that many couplersonl¥ work automatical- ly with those of the:same type. The rate of progress toward opmpliance with the coupler feature of the law, which obtained prior to April 1, must he greatly increased if the equipment of the roads is to be brought into conformity with the statute on January ‘1, 1808. ‘The requirements of this Jaw for a standartt Height of draw-bars on freight cars appedes, from inspection made at differént 'pomts during the year, to be fairly well observed: Ticket brokerage, the report says, has be- come a positive scandal: . The ‘commission recommends that it be made a penal of- fense for any person to engage in thé busi- ness of selling interstate passenger tickets unlesa he is an authorized agent of the carrier, duly constituted such by written appeintment. Quite a number of amendments asked for are intended, the report ays, simply. to make the substance-of the law mean what it was supposed’ to mean at the'time of its passage. e+ Hin Improvised Uncle. From Tid-Bits. This stcry 1s told by a German army of- ficer: i It is strictly against the rules of the| military academy for a cadet to enter any of the beer gardens in Berlin unaccompan+ fed by a relative. A friend of mine, how- ever, hoping to be undetected, ventured one night unattended. A gentleman came and, sat at a smali table near him and began chatting pleasently, when suddenly one of the chiefs of the academy passed. them. “Sir,” whispered the lad, ‘will you be my uncle?” hs “Certainly,” said the gentleman, smiling. Next morning at parade the unfortunate youth, who had hoped to escape, was called by name from the ranks. Trembling, he oveyed the call and came forward. “You were in the beer garden last night?” gruffiy said his captain. “Yes, sir, but I was with my uncle.” “Your ‘uncle’ happened ta be the crown prince, who wrote this morning to ask me to let you off punishment. Never let it happen again.”" The crown prince of this incident was the Jate Emperor Frederick. * puma rors A Gold Cannon. From the London Spectator. A cannon made of ‘sdltd gold, mounted upon a carriagé of rosewood, inlaid with costly gems, is the unique bauble of Wai fare that has come Into the possession of the imperial army of Berlin. As a value- ble acquisition “to the armament of the kaiser’s’ own soldiery this, unique fleld piece is. more interesting than terrible. - No other army in the world can boast of a fteld'can- non ‘so beautiful and ‘so costly. This sin- gular gun was’ presented to ihe Berlin army by the managera of the Hamburg museum, in whose keeping it has been for two centuries. Guns of this yort are not produced today, and war is made with ca: non that is more effective in its destruc- tive powers than pleasing to the esthetic taste. The outwart appeatance of this monster jewel ‘Ip #ost, delicate in work- manship. It ig yafjed, at $25,000, though, as a matter of i¢fcould not pe pur- chased for twice ini of inoney. 8 The lveltest interegt in {bis marvelous mill- tary engine hax bédn €finced by Emperor William, and he ‘ord guard to be plac Non, which for tw view to curious within the German ca) in the week is on § and the strarigers ‘al’s gates. Qt A Moth a Fept Wide. From the Boston Evening ‘Trapscript. For the second tite ‘tH Denton collection af butterfies and mbthd ts on exhibition at the ‘American “art fallefles ‘nNew York. Last year this colle¢tion°attracted much at- tention, and this year it teturns nearly dou- bled in sige, and including lepidoptera from all parts of the wdfid.'dn order to obtain acme of these spécimens, the collectors braved the” dangers “of exploration in islands infected by: cannibals and threaded the jungles of, India. One of the notable new specimens ts the owl moth of Brazil, which méasurés more than a foot from wing tip to wing tip. Unlike the collections of lest year, this cofection fs not for sale piecemeal. If it is not sold during the exhi- bition, which wilt last three weeks, Mr. Haters htm i blr and exhibit exélusive of Guplicatce: Spsgmens STIMULATING | AND NUTRITIOUS REGULATING RAILWAYRATES|SAI) TQ BE ALIVE Cuban Leader, Reported to Have Escaped Death. INSURGENT CHIEFS IN MATANZAS MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED ——— Passengers arriving at Key West, Fla. last night from Havana reported that An- tonio Maceo was alive and well in the Province of Matanzas. These passengers Say that all of the festivities that were go- ing on in Havana to celebrate his death had been ordered stopped since it had become known that he was alive. In contradiction of this report another statement has been given out at Havani, purporting to deserfbe the circumstances surrounding Maceo’s death. It is an old story, more carefully edited than the first report was. The incongruities are explain- ed and a piausible narrative is the result. It is to the effect that after Maceo had crossed the trocha into Havana province, and was waiting for Gen. Sanchez’s forces to join him, Spanish forces led by Major Cirujeda appeared. They were on a recon- noitering expedition and were ignorant of Maceo's presence. Mistaking the local guerrillas who formed the advance, and whose dress was similar to that of the Cubans, for the expected forces of Sanchez, Maceo and his staff and a few supporters went forward, when the guerrillas received them with a rifle volley. Maceo fell at the first fire, his men, temporarily disconcerted with the surprise, retiring by the flanks. Young Gomez, though he had been pre- viously wounded at the trocha and stili had his arm in a sling, assisted, as the engage- ment became general. in dragging his chief to a place of temporary safety on the grass, and remained by his side until, realizing that they had been abandoned, Gomez wrote the note to his parents, which has been printed in The Star, and then com- mitted suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. After the fight the Spanish scout, Santa Ana, accompanied by a bugler. while going over the field searching the slain, ran upon the body of Maceo, who was still alive. How Maceo Died. As the bugler pulled the ring from the finger Maceo asked in an agonized tone if they were Spaniards or Cubans. “Span- iards,"” said the bugler, and he raised his machete as the dying chief sa! “I die for Cuba and independence.” As the knife came down, almost severing the victim’s head from his body. the scout, interposing, remarked, “That man resem- bles Maceo.”” “Impossible,"" responded “Maceo is in Pinar del Rio.” The scout insisted that at least it was a chief of some importance, and tying the body by the feet to his horse’s tail, he pro- ceeded. Meanwhile the insurgents, learning that their chief's body was in Spanish hands, and being evidently reinforced, ral- lied and made a new attack, drove off the Spanish and succeeded in recovering the body. The Spanish officers, unaware of its importance, cut it loosegas an unnecessary impediment. Thus Maj. Cirujeda did not know that his forces had encountered and killed Maceo till after reaching Guatao at nightfall and reading the documents, etc. This story is at wide variance with the one originally sent out by the Spanish au- thorities, in which it was sald that less than 400 Spaniards drove from behind a stone wall 4,000 Cubans. According to Havana advices the full statements of Dr. Zertucha have not been allowed to be telegraphed, even to Madrid. Says He Saw Maceo. The Havana correspendent of York Herald says: A well-known Cuban, just in from Pinar del Rio, assures me that he saw anil talked with Maceo on Decembe! and that Perico Diaz has not !eft the province. The man killed 2nd taken for Maceo is believed to be Antonio Mena Mcntes de Ova, also a mulatto, and greatly resembling Maceo. It is alleged also that Baldonero Acosta met Maceo when he crcssed the trocha at Ca- pote. All admit, however, that the report may not be true. Insurgents Satisfied With Their Prog- the | bugler. the New ress. The following letter, dated in October; at La Campana, in Sancti Spiritus, province of Santa Clara, Cuba, was written to a prominent Senator by Gen. Francisco Car- rillo of the Cuban army. After some per- sonal allusions, the letter says: “The general condition of the revolution cannot be more satisfactory to us. We are more powerful every day, while at every step and moment the absolute incapacity of Spain to vanquish us {is put in evidence. Our forces cover all the island, moving freely from one end to the other, conduct- ing offensive tacfies everywhere, and re- peatedly striking good blows to the enemy's forces and towns, as much as the special character of this war allows and the man- ner in which the Spaniards carry on the campaign. “We can say that the country belongs to us. In the greater part of the island it is ours absolutely; as it happens in the east, Camaguey, Remedios, Sanati Spiritus, Trin- idad and Pinar del Rio. In these zones the Spaniards live completely shut up, almost besieged, in the seaports and towns of im- portance, and in the rest of the island they do not command any more territory than the one they tread upon when they are op- erating. “In the first-mentioned regions the enc- my’s operations are limited to carrying convoys every four or five months. The enemy goes out in large columns of in- fantry, cavalry and artillery, avoid all bat- tle and march rapidly to their objective points, and they do so after trying by all means to outwit our forces, so that we will not know when they go out and how they march, 80 that it can be said that the nu- merous soldiers of the enemy constitute a true army of occupation only. The Winter Campaign. ‘or this, the winter campaign, as they call it, they will attempt to do something more, and for this purpese-have brought some reinforcements, and they announce more yet, but they will not be sufficient/I can assure you, for them to obtain any ad- vantage. “In the meantime, we are also preparing for this winter campaign, and we are pre- paring ourselves well, for now we ate not in need of war implements; and, moreover, we believe that the Spaniaris, with what they are able to muster, will attempt: to make a last and supreme effort to conquer us. “Our effective army consists of thirty thousand men fully armed, and more than double this number are ready to receive weapons under the command of the re- nowned, indefatigable general-in-chief, Maximo Gomez. ‘The Revolutionary Government. “The supreme power of the revolution, as you will have seen from our constitution, voted September 18, 1895, by the representa- tives of the Cuban people in arms in meet- ing assembled, ts vested in a government council, consisting of a president and four secretaries of foreign affairs, war, treas- ury_and interior. Sen “The island is divided into the following states: Oriente, Camaguey, Las Vilas, Ha- bana and Occidente, each of which is di- vided into as many districts as there were’ under the Spanish division. The treasury is in charge of a secretary, who has under him a superintendent of finance. in, each state, and under this a delegate of the‘ treasury in each district, and under this, the necessary subdelegate. The commis- sary department, the workshops, the cit-, izens’ police are under the secretary of the interior, who has a civil governor in each state. ‘Immediately under the governor there is a Heutenant governor of each dis- frict, and this one has under him the in- of. workshops, coasts and-commu-' tions and the prefects, subprefects and h = of the district, employing the foreman and the workmen of the | D: for the best service, as well as the employer of the prefectures and subpref ted “matt fs ‘is’ ‘the mown! carriers, completed with the herd of horses and. cat-, clothes. cleaned your wheel. cleaning and washing anything that water won't hurt. Wheelmen and wheelwomen for Pearline. Unequalled as a lubricant for the chains. HMUMIONS“#PCU MME tle held in reserve, and the cultivated zones | that we have also established Preparing for a Long War. “You will see that we are constantly | fighting and preparing ourselves for a Jong | resistance, if necessary, and we are laying | the foundations of the new organization | for the country, so that the day of our in- dependence will find us ready manage the public affairs. “It is useless for me to tell you that there is not a single person in our ranks wha | thinks of or will accept aught else but the | absolute independence of Cuba, and we will } soon obtain it. All our labors are directed | to place Spain In such a condition that sie | cannot keep up the struggle, while we are able to carry on the fight with mare strength and advantages every day. “Oh, if the United States would recognize | our belligerency, our triumph would be an immediate one: “This war will not terminate until we | have obtatned our Independence, and the | longer It lasts the greater will be the loss and damage that American commerce will suffer, and also the property of American owners. The Spaniards will continue to | commit deeds of violence and atrocities against Cuba.” to properly | PRESIDENT HERE. PITCAIRN The Chief Exec Republic Visi From the San Francts ‘The captain and the crew of the mission- ary brig Pitcairn were received at the Sev- enth Day Adventist colony in Oakland last night. The Pitcairn has just returned from her fifth annual cruise among the islands in the South sea, Capt. J. E. Graham and his crew sailed out of Oakland harbor on Muy 19. He has made the rounds of te mission stations and has explored new fields. The brig has gone into winter quar- ters, An interesting official came up on the Pit- cairn in the person of J. R. McCoy, presi- dent of Pitcairn Island. He is the ruler of that little colony away down south, and hi word is law. President McCoy has 1:0 sub- jects under him, who are ruled by a par- lament of seven men. These men are ected every year, and they select the pres- ent. Resides being president, Mr. McCoy is chief of the department of justice, and | passes on all cases where there is a con- | troversy. AH his Subjects are Adventi Everything on the island is carried on the co-operative plan. The president was | born on the island, and has been chosen ruler for several years. When the mission- ary brig landed at Pitcairn, President Mc- ‘Coy, who is engaged in missionary work, left affairs of state in charge of the vice president and made the tour of the islands with Capt. Graham. It was his intention | fa South Sen a to land at the New Hebrides or the Santa | — Cryz Islands and establish a mission there among the natives, and then work his way back to his old home. It was learned, how ever, that the wild men of the South s still consider white people an excellent ar- ticle of diet, so President McCoy postponed his stay one year. President McCoy found thai the king still reigns on Palmerston Island, and all subjects are members of the royal family. In explaining his discovery on this island Mr. MeCoy tells an interesting story. The isiand is a long distance from any group and is very lonely. The Pitcairn dropped anchor and a party was sent ashore to ex- plore the island. They had been on land | but a short time when President McCoy met the king, who announced that he was the ruler of the island. He Is a full-blocdea white man, and, what was more astonish- | ing to the explorers, they found that ever: body on the tsland could speak the English language. The king was found to be a hale and hearty, jolly, good fellow, and his subjects were all prosperous. They tilled the svil and are a self-sustaining people. There were forty-five men, women and | children on the roll as subjects of the king and this included everybody on the island. Strange to say, every subject is related to the rvler. “The story of how this old fellow came to rule on this island is a queer one,” said Presidert McCoy today. “I have the story from his own lips. Many years ago he left | his home in England and knocked about the world as a sailor. Finally he deserted | his ship and took refuge on one of the islands where there were a few natives. Re learned the language and became a great favorite with the people. One day he selected two native women for his wives, | and with them he located on Palmerston | Island. They were the first inhabitants of the island, so far as | know. The old sailor | went to ri ing cocoanuts. His sens grew up and they wanted wives. Their father | fitted up a small vessel, and away these sons went to the nearest isiand and got | themselves wives. The population of the | island commenced to increase very rapidl: until now of the forty-five inhabitan every one is related to the sailor king. “Down in Pitcairn, where I preside as president and thief of the department of | justice, everything goes along smoothly. It | is the ideal way for people to live. for it is | a case of everybody for his neighbor. Our | parliament of seven make the laws and eleet a president. There is no salaried office on the island. In fact, we do not deal in money and there is no circulating medium ; Gladness Comes wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before pope forts—gentle efforts—pleasante! family lanadk Syrup of Fi moves. Th itis the only so high! health. Its < cial ee ee one remedy w! promotes internal cleanliness without debiliteting the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get 1ts bene- ) ficial effects, to note pak Take along some Pearline. Keep a little in your 7%. worth $3.25 15 tails, worth $25.00 Geuntne Mink Boar. ... 7, worth $5.00 All Ladies’ Jackets greatly reducad. * Furs altered at a moderate price. b4 MARTIN WOLF, 4 de16 323 11TH 2 O99 006: feed and most em! a G and the Bicycle tool-bag. It cleans dirty and greasy hands quicker and better than any soap can. Takes grease and mud stains out of your You need it to clean yourself with, after you've Pearline and water is the best for have a hundred good uses on the island. One man does all the trad- ing, and then a division is made. No one on the tsland is allowed to get ahead of hix neighbor. While we fly the English flag stt! we receive no instructions of any kind from the English government “I sterted ont to make a missionary trip and went to Tahiti Island Palmerston, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji brides, Banks and Santa Cruz i intended to establish a mi: brides or Santa Cruz, but 4 feund the peo- ple there too wild. “There are only two white men on th whole group of Santa Cruz islands. A Mr Forest started a mission, but he has given it up ard has gone inte business. He has an assistant, and both of them have had many narrow escapes from being killed by the natives. I shail visit in Oakland until our vessel leaves again, and then I will re- turn to my old home and resume my duties on the island.” ———-— eee — -- A New “Possum Story. From the Atlanta Constitution ‘There ar. “possum stories and “possum stories, but the following has at least the merit of being new: A Georgia negro caught two a trap. 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