Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1897, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLI: HED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFYMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. : —— subscribers in the at 10 cents ypies at the her paid 30 cent ‘The Erening Star city by carriers, per week, or 44 per moni Saturday Quintuple Sheet $ «t oa, D.C, MOCRATS PLANS OF DE Preparing to Reorganize the Party in Baltimore. MORRISON PUT FORWARD AS LEADER Fight Between the Supporters of Gorman and Rasin. - FOR HARMONY - FORTS respordence of The Ex TSO7. who, a number of co the triumvirate of ocrat who ruled Baltimore Is coming to the front again, and a movement is on foot among politicians to reorganize the party with Mr. Morrisén as Mr years den Was one leaders city the city leader. For many years prior to ISSS the demecratic party in this city was under the absolute control of three me who were known as the “hig three,” name- ly, Dr. Robert Slater. who ruled the ea wards; Mr I. Freeman Rastr the southern and central J. Frank Morrison, who was the northwestern section of the town. After the primary fights of 1885, Mr. Mor- rison and Mr. Rasin combined their forces. quarreled with Dr. Slater, defeated him in the city convention, and destroyed his po- litical power and influen: then r moved all his followers who were in office and who would not desert thelr old leader, nd since that time Dr. Slater has cut no figure in democratic affairs in this city. Mr. Morrison and Mr. Rasin shared power between them for some years, was not harmony. Differences of a s¢- us character frequently arose and hreatened to disrupt the alliance, but tem- porary peace was usually brought about by the fear of defeat at the polis in case of division, from con ly increasin, power of the republicans their ind nent democrat . 188! een Mr. Rasin a llowers able, and in the which occurred at the Mr. Morrison was ig- ly defeated, ken no part what- i nd Mr. Rasin has as Supreme boss of the democratic rganization here, no one ever ven- will in anything that om until 1 when defeat at the polls, fe party went the but P nominiow: and st ever reign party turing to dis afte ted the organiza uffered his gr m the dem ¢ that time the a state of mm by in- week several conferenc between prominent demo- itielans, at which Mr. Mor- steps were under e pas: the to say, eight ip of considering yea aid in far- ement most ave taken part ces have bee is place » can to re democrats 1 with nator election to year? Some pol- orman himself is that he wires Gor- the re. Mr. € the whole scheme, that the prime mover i c political h. rison and $ foes ever sinc used to give the fo nt to leadership n out by the fir in fact. Mr. Mo d his downfall in patronage, which he se among his adher- four years, while the that Mr. Rasin ws on this sub- tion of Mr. in 184 the yorman and Mr. nuch strained. In 18 protests of ed on nomt- in the . for the a century in nan’s voice was in the contest; he ders here the je no effort to e city in and hun- fought the ticket, ‘on of Mr. Cowen, dreds of thus jeopardiz won by t of his teeth. Mr. Germ Mr. Rasin again Mr. Gorman desired the nomi- Thomas G. Hayes for gov- n opposed it, and n- n of Mr. John E. : nominated and suf- 1 defeat n last Year the senator and the city reed. Mr. Gorman was opposed convention taking any defi- the money question, in view nat _the democratic national probably pronounce in r. Mr. Rasin insiste! should come out d, and gained his point here e the vear before. orman Men Blame Rasin. € differences between Mr. Gorman ich have been inereas- for several years © not been heal- es apparent to any one who talks of the senator's foliow- ed t ome of thé adherents of Mr rman men, espeei those from the counties, well as those of he clty politicians. who follow his leadership, throw the biame for the present condition of the dem y entirely on Mr. Rasin and city ring. They assert that Mr. Rasin's management of city affairs so disgusted the people of the entire state as to le to the ‘astrous defeat of 1895. They Insist that had Mr. Gorman’s advice been taken and Mr. Hayes been nominated for governor the entire ticket would have been elected, but that Mr. Rasin’s inter- ference with the state convention, and his insistence on the nomination of Mr. Hurst, so disgusted the rank and file of the party that the support they gave the ticket was only lukewarm, when, !f Mr. Hayes had been nominated. the enthusiasm of the masses would have been so great that It would have pulled the entire ticket through. Mr. Rasin's friends are even more bitter in their denunciation of Mr. Gorman and his course than were the old independents of a few years ago. ‘This is especially so among the city politiclans, who have lost their jobs in and around the city hall, and in the other departments of the municipal government by the advent of the republi- cans to power. They openly and loudly sert that it was Scnator Gorman’s course at Washington, and especially his hostility to the administration of President Cleve- land, that brought about the downfall of the party in the election of 185, and con- firmed it last year. They point to the well-known fact that the democrats of this state, who voted the republican ticket in those years, were the alled “Cleveland democrats.” who have n noted for their hostility to Mr. s ay that the first step in the disruption of the party was iaken by Mr. Gorman in 1892, when he used all his power and influence to defeat the nomination of Mr. Cleveland. In contrast to this they recall Mr. Rasin’s action in that regard. The city leader worked for Mr. Cleveland's nomination, both before the convention and at Chicago, while Mr. Gorman shirked the vote in the convention and :lid all he could to prevent the Maryland delegates from voting for Mr. Cleveland, and sveceeded in getting 94 of the 16 votes from this state to vote for himself, while Mr. Rasin and his friends, six votes in all, worked and voted for Mr. Cleveland. These facts, with Mr. Gorman’s subsequent career of hostility to the President, in addition to the other facts related above, they assert, really brought about the present state of disruption and disorganization in the party. No Benefit to Gorman. It {s,therefore,clearly evident that the pres- ent plan to reorganize the city democracy under Mr. Morrison, with Mr. Rasin in the background aiding the scheme, will not re- sult in any benefit to Mr. Gorman in his contest for re-election. In fact, nearly all those who know anything about the mat- ter, are convinced that the new organiza- tion will in every respect be the reverse of friendly to the senator, and that he wil! have to depend on his friends from the counties to elect him next winter, should the democrats control the general assem- bly. Mr. Gorman has many friends in the city, It is true, but they are not now in any position to be of much service to him in bringing order out of the chaos which reigns in the ranks of his party here. While most of the county politicians are friendly to him, those of the city are either hostile or in no position to do him any good, and the men who have for years contributed the largest amounts to the city campaign funds are open in their ex- pressions of opposition to Bis serving any longer than his present term in the Sen- ate. The free silver democrats in town distrust bim and say that he is “a gold bug in disguise.” while the gold standard democrats look upon him as a traitor to their cause on account of his action in supporting Mr. Bryan last year. Counties Friendly to Gorman. In the counties the sentiment among democrats is in direct contrast to what it is in the clty. There, to all appearances, Mr. Gorman is more popular than ever, and within the last week I have talked with a large number of democrats from out of who for years I have known to be to the senior senator, and they without exception, told me that he been “gaining in streugth for some time,” and that friends will be ab! without any difficulty whatever, to nom- irate all the candidates for members of the g®eneral assembly in their respective sec- tions, and that so far as the count! concerned the democrats are prac- united in favor of his re-electio: These statements are corroborated by reading of the democratic county papers, every one of which, with two or three ptions, is op: and boldly advocating rman’s re-clection. In fact, the ‘atic county press of Maryland has never een so thoroughly united in fa- vor of any ene thing as it is now in advo- sating the cause of Mr. Gorman. Even on he eastern shore, where it would be sup- posed that the democratic papers would be claiming that the next senator should come from their section of the state, the contrary Is the ca: and the press across tne bay is, if possible, more enthusiastic than is the press of southern and western Maryland. In fact, the anti-Gorman senti- ment among democrats in the counties seems to have aimost died out, and many of by strongest supporters at the present time in the sections of the state outside the city are men who have for years been noted for their hostility to him. Th people say that this change of sen- nent is due to the fact that the county democrats are stronger party men than those uf the city, and that they are de- termined to win back the state from the republicans, and that they belfeve Mr. Gorman's leadership is necessary to bring this about. Democratic Committee Chairmanship. ‘The democratic state committee will meet early next month, and at that time it is probable that the position of Mr. Gorman in the next year's campaign will be definite- ly determined. Some of the strongest mem- bers of the committee from the counties say they will favor a vote in the committee on the subject, and that they will support a resolution asking Mr. Gorman to become a candidate for re-election and to take active charge of the campaign for that pur- They say that it is no more than right that Mr. Gorman should be chair- nian of the state committee, and manage his fight in person. They point to the fact that his republican colleague in the Senate, Mr. Wellington, 1s chairman of the repub- lican committee, and will lead in the fight fer that party. With Mr. Gorman as chair- man of the state committee, and his candi- dacy for the Senate as the issue on which the fight for“the election of members cf the general assembly will be carried on, they say they can win in a considerable ma- jority of the counties of the state, and not only elect a majority of the next house of delegates, but also a majority of the other county officers to be voted for. On this issue they say the democratic ticket will gain more votes from the republicans than it will lose from the defection of the anti- Garman democrats, and that it is the only chance to secure the services of a skillful and able leader who can gulde the party to victory. ———— Co Martial Sentences. Private Wm. E. Barney, Battery A, 4th Artillery, having been convicted by court- martial at Washington barracks of being absent from retreat, has been sentenced to twenty-five days’ imprisonment at hard la- bor and to forfeit $8.23 of his pay. Private N. J. Pankey, Battery E, 3d Artillery, hay- ing been found guilty of desertion by a court-martial at Washington barracks, has been sentenced to dishonorable discharge and to confinement at hard labor for six months. The sentence in the latter case will be executed at Fort Columbus, N. Y. ——_-o-_____ Last Night's House Session. The night session of the House last night was devcted to set speeches. There were only two features of the session that caus- ed attention. Mr. Kerr (Ohio) severely criticised the reciprocity features of the bill, which he predicted would wholly fail to secure valuable concessions for the sure plus products of agriculture. “We should adopt the McKinley plan of reciprocity,” said he, “the plan born in the brain ot James G. Blaine.” He characterized this the fatal defect of the bill. The other feature was the statement of Mr. Castle (Cal) that if “Rome had her Cataline, America has her Hanna.” The speakers last night were Messrs. Livingston (Ga.), Belford ( ¥.), Brundage (Ark.), Brom- well (Ohio), Castle (Cal.), Brown (Ohio), Kerr (Ohio) and Omstead (Pa.). At 1 o'clock the House adjourned. ———_-e-______ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because th bring answers, o A GOOD BARGAIN Hawaii's Finances Commend the Idea of Annexation, HER DEB? 18 NOT A LARGE ONE The Islands Would Yield $300,000 Net Income. PITYING QUEEN LIL Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, March 4, 1897 A valuable report from the Hawaiian minister of finance has lately appeared for the year ending December 31, 1896. I wiil give a few of the principal facts stated therein: The receipts of revenue for the year 1993 were $1,975,321.88, while expenditures were $1,004,190.92. This was a total increase in receipts over 1895 of $235,256.69, and of ex- penditures a dccrease of $104,923. year 1895 was an expensive one, owing to the cost of suppressing the insurrection of January, and ot stamping out the cholera in September. Both those incidents also damaged business and diminished public income. Last year, or the other hand, was exceptionally prosperous, owing to good crops of sugar and better prices. ‘The above figures are entire'y independent of thoze expenditures for public works which were paic from a special loan fund, ard amounted to $185,044.46. The chief sources of increase of revenue : Customs (159 S47, 1806) $656,895. increa: slug 8. Taxes (1S HOL.92; (L896) $700 increase, : . City Water works (1895), $43, 5 (SUG) $6 i ercase, $16,225.60. The increase of customs receipts was di to the merease of imports, which in 1 amounted to $7,164,561.40, 76 per cent of which came from the United States. The irerease of taxes resulted in part from a considerable increase of property, jut more from careful assessment, and especially a mere equitable valuation of large sugar corporations, which had hitherio evaded just assessments. Much improvement stiil remains to be made in this matter. The increased income from the Honolulu water works is due to the xrowth of the city, and to a better supply of water, pumping works having been erected to utilize the immense artesian supply. Total exports from Hawaii in 1896 were 35, of which sugar amounted to 314.3 rice to $195,317.16, and ba- Nanas to $125,080.30. Of all exports, 99.64 per cent went to our nearest neighbor, the United States. A table is given of foreign vessels enter- Ing and clearing at island pgrts: In 15% there were 386 such vessels uf 477,907 tons. Of these, 51 per cent were American. No other port foreign to America has any cor- siderable percentage of American vessels. I think that only two other foreign ports on the globe see as many American ships as Honolulu does. The postal bureau of Hawail chows for 1806 a revenue of $77,488.4, which is an increase of $16,770.10 over 1835, The ex- penses have been $¢ 41. ‘Total letters and prints received were 602,079. Money orders issued were 82,509, amounting to $930,821 most of them being domestic orders. If We Took Hawaii's Debt. A page of much importance !s devoted by the minister to the subject of the assump tion by the United States of the nationa debt of Huwaii, in the event of annexation, showing how the former country would get vastly the best of the bargain. Such sumption of our debt would be necess ry, because half of our public revenue would then pi over to the United States, name- ly, that from customs und that from the pest office. Our debt is a little over $4,000,- (cv, on which we are paying about 6 per cent, or, in 1806, $236,459.50. ‘The United States would pay not over 3 per cent interest, or $120,000, In return they would enjoy the present surplus in- ecme from: Customs... Postal bureau. -$414,942 44 $429,935 87 Deduct $120,000 interest on our debt, and the United States would thus gain $310,000 @ yeer by the transaction, while our local finances might become seriously embar- rassed by the loss of revenue. But your tariff being so much higher than ours, the receipts from Hawaiian customs would greatly exceed the present ones. It is evi- dent that Hzwali would at once prove a very paying possession to America. You are being offered a very wealthy and pros- perous little partner to enter the great Unior. But what is of more real conse- quence to you, it is a country already thor- oughly Americanized by nearly eighty years of very active American missionary and commercial work. his report is brief and compact, of only hirty pages, giving prominent facts in a most accessible form. It is especially in- tended as an available document for our annexation campaign, as embodying some of the most useful information upon Hawailan matters. Senators and representatives in Congress will doubtless receive copies there- of. It appears that a little appropriation of $100,000 had some prospect of being made by Congress to open the bar at Pearl Har- bor. Senator Frye, who proposed it, is one of Hawaii's best friends and has his eyes more opened to Pacific needs than most of his colleagues. But even he seems to need more light on the subject. For the good senator’s benefit, and to help him push Pearl Harbor matters rather faster, I will mention that the owners of property in that vicinity have grown tired after thirteen years’ waiting for the Unitéd States to open the harbor and make their property valuable. They have begun to perceive the worth of the old maxim, “If you want anything done, do it yourself.” There are several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of lands adjacent to the locks of Pearl Har- bor and between them, whose value will be immensely enhanced whenever such a noble seaport is opened in their midst. An im- portant movement is rapidly taking shape among those property owners to form a stock company and open the bar them- selves, as well as to make other needed im- proverents. It {s only strange that they have not moved sooner—due perhaps to tropical sluggishness. ere have lately been some heavy cor- porations launched into most successful operation in that section, which no doubt have served to open the eyes of the gen- tlemen alluded to. There is the Oahu Rali- way and Land Company, the first eighteen miles of whose track mostly skirts the shores of the great harbor. They have a capital of $2,000,000. Then there’ is the Ewa plantation, at the northwest angle of the harbor, with a capital of $1,000,000, which patd $200,000 in dividends last year. And now the Oahu plantation is organized and has begun operations, with a capital of $1,800,000. This concern occupies the whole north side of the harbor, and is preparing to drive scores of millions of gallons of artesian water daily up to a height of 200 to 50) feet to irrigate 10,000 acres of cane fields. Such large and perous combinations very naturally tae suggested the practicability of a much smaller one to hasten the prospective prof- its for which the hopeful land owners eae been these thirteen years awaiting the ac- tion of Uncle Sam, who needs better spec- tacles to see these islands at all. Hawaiian Enterprise. They are now getting wide awake and mean business. If your government can be Gepended upon to proceed promptly with the work you can have the job—otherwise it is going to be done without you. And a good deal larger appropriation will be wiser than that paltry $100,000, although the actual dredging may possibly not ex- ceed that cost—probably it will be more. The difference it will make to the United States is likely to be In what you will have to pay for the land required for your naval station. You will be obliged to pur- chase some tract for that purpose of a considerable acreage, say, 300 acres. Some Such tracts could probably be secured now at a moderate ‘price. But the day that ocean steamers begin to slip up the harbor up prices will go, and your government may have to buy at many times the pres- ent figures. There are two tracts espe- cially eligible for-your purposes. One is on Ford's Island, say, 250 acres, a coral flat, averaging twelve feet above sea level, with deep water along shore at several points. This is three or four miles from the harbor. mouth. A mile nearer the mouth is the lower part of a peninsula of 500 acres, the end of which commands the whole lower channel. This is the tract most preferred by naval men. There is deep water anchorage on both sides of this peninsula up to four miles from the entrance. The bar is a mile farther out, so that an enemy cannot approach nearer than four or five miles to the proposed an- chorages. Low batteries could be placed to command the bar one‘mile distant. Either of these desirable tracts is now worta about $100 an aere, to be reclaimed for cultivation by artesian water pined from inland, or by wells, upon the island, Where some rice is now janted. Whenever the harbor becomes frequented by ships both these tracts, espedially the island, must immensely Increase $n value. Indeed, vanced. I belleve that by the treat, cession the United States: possess the Might of eminent domain, whereby to take pos- session of any land needed for the naval station. But they must pay for it at a duly assessed value. Such assessments will unquestionably be very much higher after the bar ts removed than before that event. It will therefore be greatly to the advan. tage of the United States’to conclude their Purchase of the needed lands before you cpen the bar, or we open it for you. Our People are not going to wait, and it will he Wise for Congress to make promptly all needed appropriations for buying the land before dredging hegins. No time is to be lost. We are getting well used her e eto heavy dredging, hy reason of the large amount of such work already accom- plished in the enlarge of our little harbor, as ening of the bar five y mits the largest steamers. Just now “ia hand is the nearly completed task of exca- yating a slip of area 450 by 120 feet, with 30 feet depth of water, adequate to ac. commodate two first-class “greyhounds.” Most of the material exeav ral vated is coral, soft enough to yield to th e 3 soft enough e cutters of the is intended t y second similar slip next to Bes tone oe ground has previousty been @ shoal un. covered at lowest tide. Many. acres of this will be filled up into good land by Gredgings, and will all be needed for coal piles. It 1s not improbable that by means of similar work on other shores of Hono, lulu harbor its present capacity for wharf. age can at least be doubled. But by a Speedy opening of Pearl Harbor, property owners there may hope for an early diver. sion from Honolulu of the fast increasing” steam traffic calling here, befere Honolula Wwharfage can be much increased. At Pearl Harbor natural wharves already exist Comment on Queen. Idl. Our latest mail brings Teports of the do- ings of Liliuokalani which mast seem de- plorable to any friend of hers of the small- est good sense. One hardly’ knows what to write about them. Perhap& the strongest feeling 1s a profound compassion for the Poor woman, that she should be so mis- guided as to entertain that despicable in- vention that her opponents here are trying to compass her death. We have not, per- haps, been as sorry as we ought to see her display some folly at Washington, so that it might be better understood what an im- possible person Mr. Cleveland had once tried to reinstate over us. Parhaps we have been uncharitably glad to have her illustrate the faitht ssness of her char- acter, which we so well know, by giving so transparent a pretext for repudiating her own unsolicited abdication. For this last display of bitter feeling, and revelation of her lower qualities, we cannot lack some sincere regret. It is a pity that she had no sensible friend to counsel concealment of ment and deepening well.as in the deep- earstago, whieh ad- such base suspicions, We recall our early hopes of Lydia's , notwithstanding her unfortunate nily descent. She was well and carefully trained in chitdhood by the excellent Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, in the royal school for. young chiefs, some fifty years ago, and later on profited by assocfation with her sister by adoption, the noble and pure Bernice Pauahi. But the evil parental in- fluence and heredity contributed to the for- mation of her character. Her life has been a struggle between the heathen and the Christian tendencies, the former too often prevailing. The old heathen element 1s strong within her. She ig not to be esti- mated nor brought to judgment like a per- fon of civilized antecedents gnd Christian heredity, however graceful af yencering of external culture she may wear. We here do not judge and condemn her in that way, but would strive to extenuaze her errors, as we have learned to do those of all these weak but gentle and kindly Hawatians. It is only painful to witness a public display of these unhappy tendencies. Uilluokalan! has some extremely agree- able qualities. The Polynesians always had much gentleness and sweetness of mann The old chiefs were also stately and court- ly, and were wont to carry themselves gra- ciously and becomingly. The later genera- tion, Lydia included, learned to add much choice exterr 1 manners, copied from oc- casional inte. ourse with British aristoc- racy and royalty. No manners can be more winning than those of European royalty, such as we sometimes see here in passing. Both Kalakaua and his sister became suc- cessful imitators. But beneath this exterior finish and winsomeness lie dark and heavy, as more or less in moat men, lower quail- ties which this unhappy lady has had the awkwardness to reveal in the glare of Washington. Aloha ino! Oh, the pity of it! KAMEHAMEHA.. Mr. Corbett's Claim. The legal brief in behalf of the claim of Henry W. Corbett of Oregon to a seat in the Senate was received yesterday by the commilttee on privileges and elections. Of the failure of the Oregon Jegisisture to efect a senator the brief saye: “Whatever equity there may: be in hold- ing the state responsible for fhe malfeas- ance or norfeasance of » regwarly organ- ized branch of the state government, we earnestly contend that tt weuld be” the grossest injustice to hold a state respons- ible for the nonfeasance ef individuals who had been chosen to represent certain dis- tricts in the legislature, but who had not qualified as legislators, and were a minor- ity of those entitled to sit in the house in any event.” ———_-o-—_____ The Bermuda Has Cleared. The treasury officials have recelved word that the Burmuda has cleared from Fer- nandina, Fla., for San Domingo. The greatest precautions have been taken to Prevent the Bermuda from taking off a cargo of arms. Collectors of customs all along the South Atlantic and gulf coasts have been 1 to ate United States attorneys Mr thelr aesged districts in all matters ‘Dértaining to the suppression of filibust, expeditions to : pape s pre SEABOARD AIR LINE| Extensions Proposed by That Company North and South. NEW ORLEANS AND WASHINGTON fees ee The Two Terminals According to Present Plans. A BIG WORK INTENDED ‘The Seaboard Air Line Company has, it is understood, practicaliy concluded ar- rangements for a linc of {is own into Wash ington on the north and New Orleans on the south, thereby creating, when opened, an additional great highway between the north and the south. The initial step in the movement was consummated a few days ago, when the city of Petersburg, Va., decided to trans- fer to Mr. De Witt Smith and his assoctates its interest in the Virginia and Carolina raifroad, conditional upon the completion of the latter. A well-posted railroad man, in speaking to a Star reporter on the subject, said: “The completion of the Virginia and Caro- lina road, which is now nothing more nor less than a charter for the construction of a line between Richmond, Va., and Ridg- way, N. C., is the fnitial step in the plans of that company for directly reaching on the north Washington city and on the south New Orleans. “The Seaboard Air Line has virtually been shut out of through car service be- tween New York and New Orleans, but it proposes to extend its road so that there will be three southern paraliel lines instead of two between the northern and southern capitals, and to accomplish that end Presi- dent Hoffman and the directors of that company have been quietly at work for several months. “The Seaboard Air Line extends from Portsmouth, Va., to Atlanta. One of its main points is Weldon, N. C., and from that city, by reason of a traffic arrange- ment with the Atlantic Coast Line, its trains to Washington are sent over the latter's tracks. The proposed northern ex- tension is to be built from Ridgway to Richmond, a distance of 124 miles, and the charter of the old Virginia and Carolina road, which saw service before the war, 1s to be used to complete that part of the system of extension. now decided upon by the Seaboard Air Line. “A construction company which was re- cently formed in New York, and of the personnel of which Gen. James S. Negley of Pennsylvania is one and DeWitt Smith of New York, who secured the city of Petersburg interest in the Virginia and Carolina charter, another; will begin the work of buliding the proposed line within the next thirty days, and, upon its com- pletion, it will be leased in perpetuity to the Seaboard Air Line. Authority to that end has already been given by the direct- ors of the railroad company to its man- agers, and it is expected that the line will be ready for operation within six months. after it has been started. “From Weldon, N. C., to Richmond the road will parallel the Atlantic Coast Line, and at the latter point the James river will have to be bridged and terminals se- cured. The Atlantic Coast Line owns the bridge it uses over the James river, and t connects with the Richmond, Fred- ericksburg and Potomac railroad, which runs northward for eighty miles, to Quan- tico. The Seaboard Air Line recently se- cured options on properties at Manchester and these will be converted freight yard facilities. line into Rich- mond, the Seaboard Air Line will experi- ence little or no trouble in effecting a traf- fic alliance with the Richmond, Fredericks- burg and Potomac Company for the haul of its trains to Quantico. The state of Vir- ginja has a controlling vote in all ques- tions concerning that property, and there is little likelihood that, as that company now hauls Seaboard trains over its line. it will decline to accede to demands for fur- ther facilities in the event of increased business. “Atlanta being its extreme southern ter- minus, the Seaboard proposes to overcome its inability to get its cars into New Or- leans over the Atlanta and West Point road by building extensions enough to en- able it to reach Montgomery. To this end a line about fifty miles long will be built from Atlanta to Carrollton, Ga., where con- nection is to be made’ with the Chatta- nooga, Rome and Columbus. “An extension of this line, which is un- der the control of the Seaboard, will be made to Columbus, seventy-five miles be- yond, and at that point the Alabama Mid- land will take the cars into Montgomery, where the Louisville and Nashville, now an ally, will furnish the remainiag haul into New Orleans. At New Orleans the Southern Pacific, with its diverging and California lines, will aid in placing the Sea- board on an equal footing with its north- ern competitors. “Persons who are interested in the Sea- board Air Line say the proposed exten- sion will be carried through, and no effort will be spared to make that property a great highway between the north and south.” A telegram received- in this city in ref- erence to the above matter says: “The Seaboard’s plans for building a line from Ridgway, N. C., to Richmond, +» SC as to get a close connection with the Rich- mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, and thence by way of the Pennsylvania run its trains into Washington, are calculated to further disturb the southern situation. It has been expected for some time that the Seaboard would endeavor to get the cid Virginia and Carolina charter, and thus secure a right of way for an important ex- tension. That this line will be built there is little doubt, so long as President Hoff- man is in control of the property. The transcending value of Richmond is very evident, for it could do much at that point to increase its business. But it is not like- ly that the Atlantic Coast Line wiil con- tinue to remain seemingly passive in the face of the competition that is planned to environ it. That company may do a little building of its own. “The Coast Line has a line out of Norfolk and they own a track to a point in North Carolina, known as Spring Hope. Inside of thirty days that company could extend its line from Spring Hope to Raleigh, and that would enable it to compete advan- tageously with the Seaboard between that city and the sea. “The coast line could also extend its Cheraw and Darlington line from Wades- boro’ north and become a very formidable competitor should the Sea! “1 succeed in getting the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road. The Coast Line holds several strong points which, if necessary, could be made to tell against Seaboard competition. As to the Southern railway, it is much better off than the Coast Line at the present time, but if necessary it could do some ccnstruc- tion work which would prove detrimental to the Seaboard’s plans. S “The Seaboard Air Line management will leave nothing undone that will secure the consummation of its plans. It has not yet secured an entrance into Florida or New Orleans, but it will make a great effort in that direction with the vrospects of success. The Louisville and Nashville is said to be deeply interested in the Sea- board Air Line, and to be solicitous for its success. It wants it to enter Mon! _ and if it gets into Richmond it is believed be emcee oars the Pennsylvania will want ay ft” ; ———__ It matters little what it is that you want cwhether a situation or a servant—a “waut” ad. tn The Star. will reach ” the Derecn who can fill your need, and into depot “After securing its own REGULARS IN PARADE. ited States Troops to Be in Line Grant Monument Day, April 27. There will be about 4,000 regulars in the Grant monument parade in New York April 27, about the same number that were in the inauguration day parade. Grand Marshal G. M. Dodge estimates that she infantry will parade 1,650 men, the artillery 1,14, the cavalry 500, the engineering battalions 400 and the West Point cadets 350. Gen- eral Dedge has written to Secretary of the Interior Bliss requesting him to send as many of the Carlisle Indians as possible to take part In the parade First Lieut. Hugo Osterhaas, represent- ing Admiral Bunce of the North Atlantic squadron, had a conference with General Dodge relative to the naval representation in the marine and land parades. The squat ron will return to New York harbor for the spring rendezvous April 2) and Lieut. Os- terhaus said that the marines and biue jackets of the squadron would come ashore cn the morning of April 27 and take their allotted places in the tine. The squadron will anchor in the Hudson opposite Granvs tomb and fire a salute. In addition to this the sailors and marines from the navy rd will be in the parade. ‘Capt. B. L. Zalinski. U.S. A., will be in command of the school division, which will include the public schcol boys from New York and Brooklyn and boys from the parochial and private schoo! It is thought that there will be between 5,00 and 7,000 boys in line. Following is a list of the regular troops that will be in line: Companies B, D, F and G, 2d Artillery, Col, A. C. M. Pennington, from Fort Adams, Newport, R. 1.; Compa- nies C, E, F and G, 3d Cavalry, Maj. L. T. Morris, from Fort Ethan Allen, Essex Junc- tion, Vermont; Companies A, E, nd H, 6th Cavairy. Col. 8. S. Sumner, from Fort Myer, Va.; Company E, Ist Artillery, and Companies A, G, I and M, 4th Artillery, Col. F. Guenther, from Washington bar- racks, Washington; Companies A, D, H and I, Sth Artillery, Col. W. M. Graham, from Fort Hamilton, New York harbor; Companies C, D and L, 4th Artillery, Maj. G. B. Rodney, from Fort McHenry, Baiti- rrore: Companies F and I, Ist Infaniry; Company I, 2d Infantry: Company B, Infantry; Companies BE, H and K, 4th In- fantry, and Company G, 5th Artillery, Col. R. T. Frank, from Fort Monroe, Va.; 9th Infantry, Col. W. J. Lyster, from Madison barracks, Suckctt Harbor, N. Y.; Companies ©, E and H, 13th Infantry, Col. A. T. Smith, from Fort Niagara, Youngstown, N Infantry Col. H. Jewett, from Plattsburg barrac Piattsburg, N.Y.; West Point cadets and engineering battalion, Col. O. H. Ernst, Companies K and L, 2d Artillery, Capt. J. G. Ramsay, from Fort Schusler, Westchestei Y.; Companies B, D and F, 13th Infantry, Lieut. Col. W. 8. Worth from Fort Columbus, New York harbo: Companies E. K and L, 5th Artillery, Lieu. Col. W. L. Sinclair, from Fort Wadsworth, New York harbor; Companies B, C and M. Sth Artillery, Maj. Tully McCrea, from Fort Slocum, David's Island; Companies A, B, C and D, Maj. J. D. G. Knight, from Willets Point engineering battalion. BOTTLE + SPIRITS IN BOND. Delay That Will Be Ca cuting the Act. According to present indications, the act of the last Congress authorizing the bot- tling of distilled spirits in pond, cannot be put into full force and effect for at least a menth to come, notwithstanding the act was intended to take effect on the date of its approval, viz., March 3, 1807. The execution uf the provisions of this law entails a, prodigious amount of labor én the part of the officers of the internal revenue service, and it is said at the Treas- ury Department that it will take at least @ month to make the necessary prépara- tions. The main cause of deizy is in the teaking of the special engraved stamps for the cases and bottles. This work is to be done at the bureau of engraving and print- ing. The chief of the bureau, when in- formed by the commissioner of internal revenue what was needed in that dir tion, said it would be necessary for him get an eniire new set of machinery t print the stamps and to engrave special plates for each series. The designs of the Stamps will be prepared in the bureau of internal revenue, but that Is a compara- tively small matter, and will not consume much time. The manufacture and setting up of special machines and the engraving of the plates are the chlef causes of de- lay at present, and until those important matters are settled the treasury officials charged with the execution of the law can do nothing. The extent of the opera- tions under this law may be estimated, When it is known that the commissioner of internal revenue has made a requisition on the bureau of engraving and printing for one million case stamps and for a proportionate supply of the adhesive strip stamps to be passed over the mouths of the bottles. It is said at the Treasury De- partment that the bill is in no wise a rey- enue measure, and that the expense of its execution will probably equal the revenue derived from the sale of the tax stamps. I: is also stated that the regulations for the enforcement of the law will not be is- sued until the department is advised that the bureau is ready to supply the neces- sary stamps, ————— Congress to Regulate Divorce. Representative Howe of New York has introduced a resolution in the House pro- viding that the Constitution be so amended that Congress shall have exclusive power to regulate marriage and divorce. Marriage and DELINQUENT TAX LIST. _ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE TAX TAXES LEVIED AND iN ARREARS JULY 1, 1896. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. WASHINGTON, March 16, 1! Notice is hereby given that in’ conformity to law the pamphlet containing a list of taxes in arrears on real property in the District of Columbia on the first day of July, 1896, has been printed, a cop; thereof will ‘be delivered to any taxpayer apply- ing therefor, and if the tax due, together with the penalties and costs thst may have accrued thereon, shall not be paid prior to the day named for sale, namely, the seventh day of Apri’, 1897, the property involved will be sold, under our di- rection, at public auction, the offiee of the Collector of Taxes of the’ District of Columbia, ccmmencing on sald seventh day of April, 1407, and continuing on each following day between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, Sundays and legal holi- gars excepted, until all’ such delinguent “property deo. the ELL, W. M. BLACK, Commissioners of the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON CITy. Taxes levied and in arrears July 1, 1996. A Acker, William J., and others. Et Actary, Chevis. 3 Adams, Geo SE Ses PPh ttt BER55 Ailes, Mary E. Albert P: ai bpvreprnneiee PRrTEETUE POE master of advertising, saps: Jf is farmed for the Washington Star, and profablp trufStuffp cfoimed, 1Bat no offer newspaper in f6e counfre goes info 60 farge & percentage of aff f6e Gouses within a radius of fwenfp mifes from {$e office of pufification, DELIXNQU ENT TAX LIST. ——— wards Bri Allen, Samuel E Alling, George J Allison, Willian Allison, Allison, Allison, , Allmen, Allman, Allman) Allman, Allman, Allman, Allman, Allman, Allman, Allma: Alma) Amali. Ambros America, J Amos, Josepl Amon, Josey “a u i" ’ William James Taner. oo James... Janes Tames. - Anthony, Alice Antis, John. Archer, M Armstrong, Armstrot Arnett, vine Amn, and others eine! BRehE he ranels AL Ienbella W leadelia W.. Inabelia WV others others. Aukam, Kertlia Aukam, Bert iia Aukam, Frederi Aukam, Preder: Aukam, F Aukam, Frederi: Aukam) Frederi Aukam, Fj Aukam, Robert Robert . trust. Rallauf, Wil Ballenger, Ballens Ballinger, Sarah. Ranes, Ran Baukhinges, Fredc Banks, David. Bauks, Essex cones Baptist Home, “D.C. Raptist Baptist Baptist Baptist Baptist Barber, Lottie E Barbe EL Trellst Isabell nr, Ja 5 Barbour, James 1. Berbour James 1. Barker, James W Barker, Jamex W Barker, James W Barker, Barker, Rarker, Barker, Barker, barker, Barker,