Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1897-14 PAGES. 9 BIG FALL IN Over One Hundred and Twenty- Five Must Be Sold. The Large and! Elegant Stock of the Metzerott Music Company to Be Dumped on the Market AT LESS THAN FACTORY COST Alterations to Be Mude in Metzerott Bufiding the Renson, and Con- tractors Must Have the Room by June 1. To those who may be interested in the purchase ‘Wt either 2 plano or an orgen, we have an extra- ordinary proposition to make; a proposition that We are sure has never been made to the people of thts community heretofore, and may never be made again. It is absolutely. necessary for us to remodel the entire front of our building, so that we may have ample room to show a large and well-selected stock. We are cramped and crowded ut present, our ware- rootn is too small, and the F street entrance to oar theater is too large, and we shall remodel the Whole front. Tt ts @ well-known fact that the gritty dust aris- ing from brick and mortar is the worst enemy to highly po'ished planes or furniture, and it is quite nee-ssary for us to either hire another room and remove this stock, which would be very expensive, or close it all out by June 1. We have decided on the latter. We concluded to inaugurate a sale, offering every piano and organ in the house at actual factory cost, and very many at about one- cost to produce them at the factory—and y payments, if desired This stock consists of the very best pianos and organs that money and brains ean produce, such as Kimball” piunos, which are standard the world over Hardman” pianos, and first cliss er and pianos; ‘Blastus, rington,”" “i itm c ade pianos. Beginning Monday, the 17th, continuing until no longer, we will offer every irstru- honse at actual factory cost, and the prices and terms will as- tonish on the cost of selling and the retail pre cted from articles of this acter it almest cuts the regular retail price two. ane and organ in the house be marked in plain factory cost figures. No Will be asked, no less pted, so that a child can purchase just as well as the shrewdest. We cannot prices on many of the instru- ments here, but as an example we offer brand with all” modern improvements, for $148, $163 to $178. These pianos are © at $275 to $350 in the regular re- We offer the highest grade of cabinet grand planos, full size and seale, for $207, $223 to $248, and all the rest at correspondingly low fig- ures. Little used upright pianos for $65, $85 to Ten dollars cash, $5 per month, buys them. re planes, in good condition, at slmost your and terms; $75 to $100 organs for $25, $36 to $63. The terms of this sale will be as fol- lows: New pianos, $25 cash down, and $7 to $10 per Month on the balance; will ship anywhere to re- sponsible parties on these terms. PIANQS|THE CAUSE OF CUBA Enthusiastic Mass Meeting in This City Yesterday. INSTRUCTIONS 70 OUR CONSULS Earnest and Eloquent Talks by Prominent Men. ON THE PLATFORM If there is any one who doubts the deep and earnest sympathy of the citizens of the national capital of this Union for the New ns, $6 cash, $3 to $5 per month on the balance. A five-year factory guarantee will be given with every new p or organ, and every Instrument must be satisfactory to the purchaser. Remember the place, No. 1110 F street, next door to Columbia Theater. Time, Monday, the Ath, to May the 28th, and no longer. ¥ Monday to seenre good cho Store gs duriug sale. Metzerott Music Com- It Drop a postal asking us to send for your lace them properly. The Yale Laundry, 518 1oth—phone rog2. ,) { curtains. We'll launder \ SNe Let us remove the spots, if you want it done per- fectly. By the way, ail your clothing ought to be cleaned —your spring and summer appar- el, when you get it out; your heavy- weight things betore they are put away. This plan saves tailor’s bills, for we make old clothes look like new. Suits, $2.50; overcoats, medium-weight, $2.00. No discolored linings or red but- tonholes. Thecolor can be changed by dyeing—any shade. Gloves and ties cleaned, too. We will call for the things. A F. BORNO FRENCH SCOURER AND DYER, 1103 G Street, N. W. ASTRONOMY FOR A LANDSMAN. How 2 Watch or Clock May Be Regu- Inted by Observing a Star. From the Marine Journal. When some crank makes the “discovery” that the points of the compass can be ap- tely determined by looking at the i using a watch to show the divis- he plane, it is apt to go the rounds as something very peculiar. If coverer were sufficiently conversant principles of navigation to note lic benefit that the running of a be regulated hy ob- y might confer some is is a very simple of great use in -curate time is not » a south window from which any point comparatively near and . such as a chimney, side of a build- » may be seer ‘0 the side of a fasten a piece of card having a ~ in it so that by looking through with one eye toward the edge of 4 object some fixed star may be atch the progress of the star, and ant it vanishes behind the fixed the observer must note the >xact Watch the same star point, time ‘it disappears. the Toll »wing night, and it will vanish be- tind t same object just three minutes and fifiy-six seconds sooner. If the tim piece marks 9 o’clock when the star disap- Pears one night, it should Indicate three Minutes and fifty-six seconds less than 9 the following «night. If several cloudy nights follow the first observation of the star, it is only necessary to multiply thr minu and fifty-six seconds by the num- ber of days that have elapsed since the ob- fervaiicn and deduct the product from clock tme to find the time the star will pass. Of course, the same star can only he ob- served during a few weeks, for as it gains nearly hour in a fortnight it will, in a short come to the meridian in broad day and become sible. To make observer is watching a star tn- a planet, he should notice that twinkle, whereas planets give a light because reflected, and if he further assurance, he may observe MN fixed stars appear to maintain the tative positions with regard to each most noticeable with the different Stars in the constellations, whereas a plan- et cl s its place with regard to the other stars. This method of verifying time is easi-r and more reliable than the shadow on a sun dial. In the famous observatory at wich, England, from which longi- tude is counted, the clock by which chro- pomete:s are set is regulated in just about this manner, but over 200 of the fixed stars are observed. The observations are taken with a telescope, across the center of which is the line of a spider's web to mark the meridian. wishes that If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. devoted patriots of Cuba and the cause they are fighting for, or questions their hot indignation over the barbarous warfare that Spain is waging in the island a glance at the gathering in the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon would have been suf- ficient to wholly eradicate such ideas. The occasion was a mass meeting called to ex- press the sentiment of the people of the cepital city at the outrages being perpe- trated almost within cannon sound of the United States, and to voice the national de- mand for national interference with the barbarism on the broad ground of common humanity. The crowd which came in an- swer to this noble summons was a repre- sentative one in every particular. Sena- tors of the United States and distinguished Givines were on the stage and the 3,000 persons who occupied every seat on the floor and in the galleries and stood scores deep behind the chairs in all three places comprised hundreds of the best known and most substantial citizens of Washington. ‘The day was bright and beautiful—just such a one to invite all to enjoy their Sab- bath rest in the open air, but the incentive at the Columbia was too great and came too near to the hearts of the people to be overcome by any other consideration, and so the throngs came until those who were tardy could find no standing place and turned away disappointed. ‘The enthusiasm of the audience was as noticeable as its size was suggestive. Every American sentiment that was ut- tered was cheered and applauded to the echo; every arraignment of the Spanish monsters which is devouring the helpless and the innocent, and every keen criticism of the officials of this country who have permitted and aided in the continuance and increase of the inhuman orgies of Weyler and his Heutenants, was accompanied by a sibilant chorus of hisses from a thousand mouths. And every observer present knew that the scene before him would have been repeated in every community of the entire country were the opportunity presented, and heartily wished that it would be. It was an impressive meeting—tremendously so. A glance over the concourse from thé stage discovered no mobile face; no coun- tenance that was not lighted with the fire of feeling, no eye that did not flash re- sponsive to the thoughts the speakers in- spired. From the address of Senator Gal- linger to the closing remarks of Rev. How- ard Wilbur Ennis there was instantaneous response to every telling period. The plain yet intense oratory of Senator Allen was interrupted by constant salvos of cheers, and his sturdy Americanism roused the en- tire gathering to enthusiasm unrestrained. ‘The eloquent indignation of Rev. Alexan- der Kent was greeted no less approvingly. sentence in the resolutions pre- enator Butler of South Car- ved with cheers, and when the question was put upon them by a ris- ing vote not a seat retained an occupant. The accurate picture of conditions in Cuba drawn by Correspondent Karl Decker and his equally accurate description of the racter of the Spanish were eagerly ned to and warmly appreciated. ially significant was the indignation Mr. Ronner read a letter from a United States consul in Cuba, revealing the of the State Department during ‘leveiand’s administration in in- the reports of the consuls ibing how Assistant Secreta Rockhill had instructed consuls not to make reports favorable to the insurgents, and to mark their communicatio: “confidential,” in order that they might be withheld from the Senate should that body call for papers relating to the condl- tion in Cuba. The Scene in the Theater. The theater presented a very attractive appearance. The toxes were draped in American and Cuban flags and the stage was vrofusely decorated with foliage plants. ‘The gathering contained a large proportion of ladies, whose bright toilets added great- ly to the picturesque effect. Seated on the stage were Gen. William Henry Browne, president of the Cuban League, under whose auspices the meeting was held; Sen- ator Gallinger, Senator Allen, ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina, ex-District Com- missioner L. G. Hine, Mr. Frank Hume, treasurer of the Cuban League; Chapiain Cowden of the House of Representatives, ex-Representative Livingston, Admiral Crosby, General Titus, Rev. Dr. Chalmers Easton, Rev. Alexander Kent, Rev. How- ard Wilbur Ennis, Rev. Dr. Hugh Johnston, Dr. Lincoln, Dr. Allen, Mrs. Clara Bell Brown, Mrs. M. D. Lincoln, Miss Clayton, Miss Alice Lee Moque, Mrs. Isabelle W. Ball and Mrs. J. Ellen Fester. Among the well-known people in the audience were the wives of Secretary Sherman, Senators Gal- linger, Burrows and Frye and their par- ties, Richard Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. R. Le Grand Johnston, Senor Castellanos. The object of the meeting was stated by General Browne, who, after Rev. Dr. John- ston hed pronounced an eloquent invoca- tion, and the singing of “America,” under the direction of Choirmaster Arthur Rose of Hamline Church, introduced Senator Gal- Unger as chairman of the meeting. Senator Gallinger’s Remarks. Senator Gallinger was greeted with cheers. He said it was an inspiration for him to stand before such a magnificent audience to say a word in behalf of a suf- fering, sorrowing people, whose only sin is that taey aspire to the God-given right of human liberty. He knew that the warm and sympathetic heart of the American people weuld respond to the sentiments expressed there. He did not intend to make a speech, but desired to say a word in reference to the question of the right and duty of the government to extend to ce Cukan patriots the rights of belliger- ents. Some Telling Points. “Those,” he continued, “who oppose the extension of this right to the Cuban pa- triots have, after ransacking the musty tombs of interhational law, discovered one authority, who says that a nation has no right to extend belligerency to a rebellious people, unless the rebels have a seaport which they control absolutely. Well, if that be so, I want to ask you how the peo- ple of Switzerland, whatever their bravery may be, could ever rise successfully against those who oppress them? (Applause). But the weight of authority is against such a position, such a doctrine; and I shall de- tain you but a moment while I quote what writers on international law have said on the subject. ‘Manning, the great English authority on national law, says: he concession of belligerent rights may, at a certain epoch in the strife, be claimed both in the interests of humanity and of neutral states.’ “There I plant my contention today. “I would ask you to read also Stephen Bonsal's article in the Review of Reviews, and also his article that appears this morn- ing in the New York Herald. Read also our consular reports, and tell me then upon that authentic information If it be not time for the United States to take cognizance of the inhumanity that is practiced on that is- land, where Cubans are driven into cities and starved to death for the barbarous pur- pose of exterminating a loyal and devoted people.” (Applause), Senator Gallinger here read extracts from a little book writ- ten by a woman who visited the island and described the situation around San Sereno, Matanzas and Cabanas. The writer, after giving conditions in detail, asks how long they would be permitted ' to last. “Now, fellow citizens,” continued Mr. Gallinger, “a single word more and I am done. “The people of the Island of Cuba are fighting for precisely the same principles that Washington, and Lafayette and Starke fought for in the revolutionary period (ap- Plause), the principles of human rights, self government and liberty against the doctrine of taxation without representa- tion. The echoes of the strife 120 years ago at Bunker Hill and Concord and Lexington, Bennington, Princeton and- Yorktown are now being heard in the once beautiful and now desolate Island of Cuba. Out of our strife came the grandest and greatest republic the world has ever known (ap- plause), and I will read the signs of the times to mean, ladies and gentlemen, that out of the strife that is going on, in yonder beautiful isle, will come sooner or later another free republic, resplendent in beauty and glory, to take its place among the na- tions of the earth.” Senator Gallinger then read a number of telegrams and letters from Senator Frye, Gen. Colby, Commander Clarkson of the G. A. R., Representative Amos J. Cum- mings of New York and Senator Chandler of New Hampshire. Chandler Arouses Enth The reading of the words of Senator Chandler created great enthusiasm. In the course of the letter he wrote as follows: “Although unable to attend the meeting tonight, I send a few words of sympathy and of hope for the relief and independence of Cuba. “As I wish to see the United States de- clare and maintain the independence of the island, as France did that of the Amer- ican colonies and made the United States a nation, of course I shall, as a practical friend, vote for every minor measure tend- ing to the same beneficent end. I hope and believe that Congress and the President will soon formally recognize a state of war and Cuban belligerency. This step, fol- lowed, as it will be, by all the other inde- pendent nations of the western hemisphere, cannot fall to insure the Cuban indepen- dence which is sought for. “Moreover, without delay, we ought to send a fieet to enter the harbor, and an army to land upon the soil of Cuba—first, to protect tne lives and property of Amer- ican citizens, and, secondly, to stop the atrocious and uncivilized methods of war- fare adopted by the Spanish generals. “In advocating all these measures, I am conscious of no passionate hostility to Spain. In 1861 she recognized the southern confederacy within less than three months after its military struggle began; and surely, if she cannot hold Cuba without making it one vast desert and graveyard by driving the inhabitants into the cities to starve, and by hanging, shooting or gar- roting Cuban officers and soldiers for re- bellion and incendiarism, she ought to lose the island. If between 1861 and 1865 one confederate general had been thus put to death, all the powers of Europe, with one accord, would have sent their fleets and armies 3,000 miles across the ocean to end such barbarous warfare and to establish and maintain the southern confederacy. Yet Gen. Robert E. Lee and all of his gen- erals were as truly gullty of rebellion and incendiarism as was Theodore Menendez Gonzales, who was shot for that effense at — Fortress in Havana on Monday asi England's Countercharge. “We blame England for abandoning the harmless and peaceful Armenian Chris- tians to massacre by the Moslems, and for submitting the lberty-loving Greeks to slaughter by the Turkish despot. England retorts that we dare not stop the methods of uncivilized warfare applied at our very doors in the American Crete—the fair isiand of Cuba; and both charge and coun- tercharge are justly made. “In helping ‘to make Cuba independent we are observing a traditional and unt sal American policy—the duty to promote at the first good opportunity the severance of Cuba from Spain. In 1806, also, the democrats pledged themselves to do this by their declaration of sympathy ‘for the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independence,’ and the republi- cans by their promise that the United States should endeavor to ‘restore peace and give independence to the island.’ President McKinley and the Platform. “There need be little fear that these pledges will be violated. President McKin- ley willingly recognizes the binding force of the platform upon which he was elected, and will soon do his part toward making Cuba free and independent. He may pro- ceed with what will seem to impatient spir- its to be undue caution, with the eries and groans ringing in his ears of unarmed men, women and children, enduring inhuman cruelty and dastardly murder, but he will not fail to be faithful to his ‘pledges, and he will before long register the decree which went forth in his triumphant elec- tion that Cuba shall be taken from the control of Spain and made peaceful and in- depenaent. In this faith in a great party and its President let ‘us rest e nd 1 patiently and Karl Decker’s Talk. When the applause had ided Senator Gallinger introduced Mr. @arl Decker, the correspondent of the New York Journal, who has recently returned from Cuba. He Was cordially greeted. He began by de. claring that the Cubans were as sure of winning thelr independence as anything could be regarded as a surety, ond tyne feared if the United States did not take carly action it would lose all future eppor. tunity of commercial sympathy with the island. Gen. Gomez, he said, understcod the true difficulty. He knew the American people sympathized with the Cubans, but had expressed to the speaker his contempt sympathy which did not ma- If this spirit were not changed Cuba, when free, would necessarily have a feel. ing of animosity to the people of the United States, and our great opportunities for commerce would be lost by the Cubans making with other people their treaties. When Gomez is president—as he shall be (applause)—the Cubans will treat us as coldly as we have treated them. Mr. Decker said he would not recom- mend sending food to the island. He would recommend that this government should force Weyler to allow the people ow penned up in the cities and towns to go back to their farms, where food was plentiful. Mr. Decker described a warehouse in which were 200 of these poor peasants. Fifty of them, he sald, were dying, not from disease, but from lack of nourish- ment. Five died on the day was al- lowed only to look in, one of them being a boy who had the misfortune of being a relative of some one in the insurgent army. and was therefore under sentence of star- vation to death. Weyler thus proposed to crush out the rebellion by crushing out the breed. Similar conditions, he said, existed in Matanzas, Cardenas and Havana. In the latter city deaths by starvation are classi- fied as death by some disease, So, he said, the proposition to send food to Americans was utterly nonsensical. It would be easy to scare the Spaniards into doing what he recommended. Weyler was a blufter. He was a coward and a type of the Spaniard. What was needed most was that the United States should take quick and decided action. In proof of the cow- ardice of the Spaniards, Mr. Decker related the rising of the people at Sul Grande on the passage of the Cameron resolution and their demonstration against Consul Barker, which was allayed when they found that the consul at his house was getting ready to fight with his Winchester. “You don’t have to whip the Spaniards; you only have to hit them. The United States should consider the Spaniard for what he ts. All you've got to do is to let Spain know that you are in earnest and the war will be speedily stopped.” Mr. Decker continued at some length and was again and again applauded. The Cleveland Policy Mlustrated. Then came a memorable development. Mr. Bonner was introduced to read ex- tracts from official letters written by As- sistant Secretary Rockhill to a consul in Cuba. The extracts created an angry sen- sation. Mr. Bonner read as follows: “Extract from an official letter of in- structions written by Assistant Secretary of State Rockhill to an American consul in Cuba: “This letter is now on file in the con- sular office referred to, and a copy of it is doubtless also on file in the State Depart- ment, in thts city. This letter was read by a gentleman now in this city, who has just returned from Cuba, and can be fully substantiated upon demand by the proper authorities. In his instructions to the American consul, Mr. Rockhill says: “I advise you to make your reports less favorable to the insurgents hereafter, as the administration wishes to avoid all pos- sible friction with the Spanish government.” “Again, in a later communication to the same consul, Mr. Rockhill says: “Hereafter, when you have matters of this kind to report (referring to certain Spanish outrages reported in the consul’s previous letter to the State Department), mark your communications ‘Confidential,’ so that in case of inquiries from the Sen- ate for consular reports from Cuba your need not be given to the Sen: ‘he hisses inspired by these recitals con- tinued for two minutes. Senator Allen’s Eloquence, The proceedings thus far had placed the meeting in a peculiarly receptive mood to greet the strong and vigorops sentences of Senator Allen of Nebraska, who was next introduced by Senator—Gallinger. He was compelled to raise his hand.to still the ap- plause. He said he waal’giad to join in the expressions of the prevygiling-sentiment re- garding the struggle fi be. “This is no new zeal with me,” he exclaimed. I had the honor of introducing the first resolution looking toward the libaratian of Cuba in the Senate. And how enthusiastic we were about it last year! A distimguished mem- ber of the Senate, who is now a cabinet officer, then uttered words Which brought tears to the eyes of his hearers. Now his tongue is bridled. What is the cause of this? It is the cold commercialism of a few cities on the Atlagtic coast. I thank God that I come from-a state where pa- triotism counts more than money. If the American people rise up in their might and demand prompt recognition for the Cubans no administration could withstand the de- mand. How shameful last year when Grover Cleveland held the hands of Cuba, when he might have assisted her in gaining her liberty. Human life sacrificed to com- mercialism. I am not making a populist speech, but I want to tell you that we are not divided on this subject. The old parties may have their division on the subject, but there is no division in the populist party. They are all for free Cuba. Something Practical Needed. “We must do something practical,” he continued, “it is useless to talk, and talk, and talk. Do something tangible. If the President would send a fleet of gunboats into the harbor of Havana, the war would cease in thirty days. Send them with the message that war must be conducted ina civilized way, and that butchering of babes and women and sick men in the hospitals must cease, and Weyler’s occupation would be gone. I have been and will be for the independence of Cuba. I want to see it as free as the United States, of which it is rightfully a part. I would like to see the time when both the Spanish monarchy and the Ottomon empire are wiped from the face of the earth. The Senate will come to itself soon, and do something to aid the Cubans, and I will do my part. I'm an American citizen, I can’t help it, I was born that way. I am American through and through, but at times I feel almost ashamed of our nation on account of its foreign policy. Wherever an English flag waves an Englishman is protected, and an American citizen can be thrown in prison for years and no protest is made. I feel confident that we ought to drop all issues and join in demanding at the hands of the government a just recognition of this little island. God will bless the American citi- E their part.” - 2 x Gunater Gallinger took occasion to gen:ly rebuke Senator Allen for his arraignment of New England commercialism when he introduced Mrs. Clara Belle Brown. She is the general director of the Woman's Na- tional Cuban League, and she said the league had but one platform, one aim and one end, and that end was the establish- ment of the republic of Cuba. Remarks were also made by Rev. Dr. Kent and Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, and Mrs. Lin- coin, vice director of the Woman's League, read a poem. The Resolutions. Ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina read a series of resolutions which had be2n pre- pared, and they were unanimously adopt- ed. They earnestly protested against the “barbarous and inhuman methods” of Spain in conducting the war in Cuba; de- clared that this government should recog- nize the insurgents as belligerenis and that Cuba had demonstrated that it was her manifest destiny, like Mexico, she should be free and independent without the pay- ment to Spain of any indemnity. ‘The resolutions were unanimously adopt- ed by a rising vote. During the meeting a bevy of pretty young ladies passed around hats through the audience for contributions, and there were very liberal responses. Matthew Pleasants, a colored man. who said he was a tagged mechanic, announged from the front of the top gallery that he had but sixty-six cents in the world, Wut would give fifty cents of it for Cuba. Qne little boy named Buckner donate@ all he had, a car ticket. > ——$_——_-—.,, WANT THE ORDER MODIFIED. Hucksters Obj “té ‘Regulation Against the Crying of Wares. A delegation of hucksters-whe trade from Wagons throughout the» city: appeared’ be- fore the Commissioners this morning to dis- cuss the regulation which several of them have been recently convieted of violating. It relates to loud cries in advertising the! wares. Recently a number of these men were ar- rested for being unnecessarily noisy, -and the Association of “‘Hucksters and Produce Dealers Trading at Large” appointed a committee consisting of Wm. H. Green and Heury Brockheimer to confer with the Commissioners and find out exactly what could be done in the matter. This commit- tee was augmented by several commission merchants, who also complained of the regulation and the hardship its literal en- forcement entailed. Mr. J. F. Saum, after referring to the in- justice of any order that would prevent these men from making a living, said there were abcut 400 such dealers in the city, and they each paid $25 a year license. So they have some rights. The majority of them are poor men and have families to support. Their entire capital does not exceed $10 per day. If the Commissioners took away their right to make a living they deprived their wives and children of the necessaries of life. It was a most industrious class, work- ing from 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning un- Ul late in the night. It is necessary, he said, for them to cry their wares. Berries and vegetables at this season of the year are very perishable and must be disposed of immediately. He was opposed himself to unnecessary noise, but did not think it should be stopped alto- gether. People who objected to the cry of the huckster might as well object to the toot of the garbage horn, the noise of the street cars or the noise made by the work- men in building a new house. The Commissioners suggested the advis- ability of the Association of Hucksters con- sidering the matter and furnishing them with a draft of a modified order which would answer the purpcse by permitting the hucksters to cry their wares and at the same time cause no annoyance to the householders. Death of John A. Scott. John A. Scott died at his residence, No. 228 13th street northeast, Friday morning, May 14, i807. He was first sergeant of Company C, 22d U.S. C. T., during the late war, and is said to have been a brave soldier and a good citizen. From every bat- tle in which the regiment took part he came out unhurt. For more than twenty years he was an employe in the pension office, but was discharged under the last administration. The remains ate to -be buried at Arlington Monday. eee Electric Cars at Dusseldorf. The city of Dusseldorf, Germany, being about to change the motive power of the street railways from horse to electricity, United States Consul Stepha_ at Annaberg has reported the fact tg;the.,State Depart- ment. For the benefit of,American electric supply companies he also,sugmits a full set of plans and specificatigne, and for further details refers to the United States consul at Dusseldorf. Gia —_——~e- Ls —_. Leasing Brazilian Railways. ‘The Brazilian legation thas been officially informed by cable thdt the time within which proposals will be" réeeived for the leasing of the railways ofiithe Brazilian government has been extended from the 15th of this rfonth to ptember 9 next. ‘There are about a dozen!pf 2! railroads, the principal trunk lings of "Brazil, which are owned and control that govern- ment, end they make up'an igsregate mile- age of about 14,000 miles. South German Products Received. Frank Mason, United States consul at Frankfort, submits some statistics to the State Department, from which it appears that from South Germsny the exports to the United States during the first quarter of this year were $1,054,242 in. excess of the ex] during the corresponding period of {ido amounting this pene te wassbel. The consul also shows, that the maximum ex- eS from South Germany, to the United tates was reached in the sh quarter of 1893, under the tariff act of 1890, and the Gt the very next your, ieemediately pre ceding the tariff act of 1894, j “Want” ads. in ‘The Star because UNDER ADVISEMENT Three Propositions of Importance to the Civil Service. GIVEN THOUGHT BY THE PRESIDENT His Power to Change Existing Clas- sifications. LAW ON THE SUBJECT Se The President has under consideration three propositions of great importance to the civil service of the government. These propositions follow: @) The abolition of the rule allowing reinstatement of government employes without examination only within one year from the time cf their removal from the service. @) The exception from examination of all chiefs of divisions, superintendents and foremen, and all officials whose duties are of an executive character. @) The issuing of a general order re- scinding all extensions of the classified service made since President Harrison's administration. During the last six weeks these matters have been discussed with the President by a large number of prominent republicans, and during the last week the President has given much attention to the law affecting his power to act in the matter. Even the friends of civil service reform acknowledge AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THR EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the seme that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of on every wrapper. Leda This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which hes been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years.. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of on the per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. Cbnut Than DPD Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he does not know. that the President has power to annul the one year limit rule, and to except from ex- amination all officials whose duties are of an exccutive character. The most ar- dent of the civil service reformers, how- ever, declare that the President has not power to rescind all extensions of the clas- sified service made during President Cleve- land’s second administration. They claim that while the President has power to except from examination any place that in his judgment should not ba included in such service, a sweeping order annulling all extensions of the classified service would be an illegal act. The President’s power to change existing classifications is said to be embodied in the following sec- tions of the civil service law: The Law. at from time to time said Secretary, the Postmaster General, and each of the heads of departments mentioned in the 158th section of the Revised Statutes, and each head of an office, shall, on the direc- tion of the President, and for facilitating the execution of this act, respectively re- vise any then existing classification or ar- rangement of those in their respective de- partments and offices, and shall, for the purposes of the examination herein provid- ed for, include in one or more of such classes, 30 far as practicable, subordinate places, clerks and officers in the public service pertaining to their respective de- partments not before classified for exami- nation. “That after the expiration of six months from the passage of this act no officer or tk shall be appointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or be promoted int either of the said classes now existing, ‘or that may be arranged hereunder pursu- vant to said rules, until he has passed an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted from such examination in con- formity herewith. But nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to take from those honorably discharged from the mili- tary or naval service any preference con- ferred by the 1754ih section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the 1753d section of said statute: n executive branch of the governme rson merely employed as a workman, be required to be classified-here- under; nor, unless by direction of the Sen- ate, shall any person who has been nomi- nated for confirmation by the Senate be re- quired to be classified or to pass an exami- nation.” The President's Own Belief. On the other hand, it is stated that the President is satisfied, and has so expressed himself to prominent republicans who have discussed the matter with him, that he has full power to annul any extension of the service, or any order that has been made by a President under authority of the civil service law. The general propo- sition is held by a large number of lawyers that Congress cannot by an act empower a President to do anything upon his own option without at the same time giving him the power to undo it. It is held by these lawyers that Congress always re- tains power to annul or modify a law it has made, and that when it gives the President optional power to extend the classified service, or to do anything else, that power carries with it the same au- thority to annul or modify his acts as Con- gress itself has in reference to laws en- acted by it. Those who oppose this view of the case say that when the President once signs a bill it becomes a law, but that is not re- garded as a parallel case by others, for the reason that, except when the limita- tion of ten days after the passage of an act expires, the President's signature is not necessary to give legality to an act of Congress, and that his act is solely for the purpose of giving him power to nullify a law. The Attorney General's Position. It is stated that the Attorney General, while having given no written opinion on the above propositions, has intimated to his friends that he believes the President has power to nullify the acts of his prede- cessors in regard to extensions of the civil service. Many eminent lawyers have ad- vised the President that he has this power. ‘The pressure that has been brought upon Mr. McKinley to annul extensions of the civil service made since President Harri- son came into office has become extremely great. Republican after republican has called upon him and pressed upon him his power to take the action desired, and has used every argument to persuade him that he should not hesitate to do so, Fenr of Friends of Reform. If thé rule limiting the power of the ad- ministration to make reinstatements with- out examinations to one year should be abolished many civil service reformers fear that it will injure civil service reform to an enormous degree, because the sae f republicans who have been in Oifice, and who are now oUt of the service, would make it possible to turn out thou- sands of democrats, and, indeed, would make it necessary to do so in order to re- instate republicans. They claim that the difficulty that has been found in reinstat- ing ex-Union soldiers would be emphasized should an attempt be made to reinstate ex-government employes in large numbers. They say that many of these men have ar- rived at such an age as to make them unfit for valuable service, and that the character of the service would be greatly lowered by their reinstatement. It is said also that while undoubtedly there have been cases in which men have been dismissed from the service by democratic administrations merely because of their political opinions, many others have been removed because of drunkenness, gross neglect of duty or in- efficiency, and in no department has any thorough record been kept of the reasons for removal. All of those dismissed, it is said, would claim that they lost their pinces: because of political reasons, and y men unfit for the service would se- cure reinstatement. Pledged to Civil Service Reform. ‘Those who seek to prevent the President from taking any steps that will open the doors of the public service to political in- fluence claim that the republican party, in declaring {ts intention at the last national convention to take no backward step in elvil service reform, is pledged against such a course. The last im; it _exten- seth suey 6. “ead tha bef the auiporised a moni ‘ore convention met, and it is ‘that the civil service platform of that con- ‘The Government Printing Office. ‘The President is also still considering the advisability of taking the government printing office from the protection of the “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF o eo Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You’ ‘THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TY MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK c:TY. civil service law for reasons previously stated In The Star, and chiefly based on the public printing act, passed after the office had been placed in the classified ser- vice, which authorized the public printer to pass upon the qualifications of his em- ployes. Those who are urging the President to take action in these matters expect that he will do something within a few weeks, but the fact that the Cuban question and the tariff, together with the patronage which he has to dispose of, are taking so much of his time, has prevented him from reach- ing a conclusion on the demands that are being made upon him in regard to civil service reform. Nearly every day, how- ever, some one urges him to prorhpt action, and there is no doubt that a very large majority of republicans, in both the Senate and House of Representatives, desire that he should make important modifications of the civil service rules as embodied in the propositions which he is considereing. The Piano of the Future. From the New York Journal. No more hammers in pianos. The old- fashioned method of pounding music out of wires by the aid of a wonderfully com- plicated perfection for the production of that sort of tone has been branded as a back num- ber. Dr. Richard Zisemann of Berlin, for years a pupil of Prof. Von Helmholiz, has patented a system which does away with the levers entirely. He culls this new ap- pliance the eleciro-phonic piano, its dis- tinctive principle consisting-in the fact that the vibrations of the chords are not produced by hammers, but by an eleetne current, and by means of microphenes act- ting as in’ ters of cur All the dei ¢e and compiex mechanism of the old piano is ae away with. The little electric devices are arranged on the crosspiece extending over the strings. Upon this electriz magnets are placed so as to be only a hair's b-eadth from the strings. Pressing down the key sends the electric current into the corresponding electro-mag- net. This attracts the metallic string below, but the microphone interrupts ihe curvent and therewith the attraction. The string returns to former place, and this con- tinued att ion and interruption of the current 4s 2 on, the number of vi- brations the string. The high sounds produced by this method have a decided harp tone, and the lower and middie regis: suggest the ‘cello or the organ. In reality, the installation of this new system creates a new instrument, so different are the qualities of sound pro- duced by the new method and the old. ane eee Sharks Made Him Rich. From the Arsonaut. Old Mme. Oliveros, who has just died in Paris, used to dress like a beggar, and at the same time drive in a very sumptuous carriage. Her husband had for many years almost the monopoly of the shark trade, and used to be fond of expatiating, at his famous dinner parties, on the usefulness of this fish. The liver of the shark contains an oil possessing medicinal qualities equal to those of the cod. The skin, after being dried, takes the hardness and polish of mother-of-pearl, and, being marbled and resembling fossil coral, is largely used by jewelers for the manufacture of fancy ob- jects, by binders for making shagrean, and by cabinet makers for polishing woods. "The glue from the fins is used by brewers, English silk manufacturers, &¢. Mme. Ol- iveros left $2,000,000—all made out of sharks. cart being regulated by the pitch of stem of levers and keys which | all the world thought to be the ultimate | — —— — = A MINE OF BLUBBER. Many Hundreds of Whales on the Bench at Low Ti From the London Times Toward the end of September an enor- mous school of the specie of whale called the Caaing whale, ran ashore in Teal in- let in the Straits of Magellan. Teal inlet 4s a small creek one and one-half miles long, opening into Port Salvador, which in turn opens into the South Atlantic by a very narrow opening. It was my good for- tune, writes George Hewlett, surgeon of the royal navy, to see some hundreds of these whales on the beach at the time of my visit. One morning a whirlwind ap- peared to be approaching over the water in the Bay of San Salvador, and soon this Was made out to be an enormous school of whales, so thick that they seemed to be tranded Jestling each other—nothing but fins and tails, and the water in a foam all aroun This was on a flowing tide, and they in the inlet, describing a sort of cycloidal curve, until the inshore part of the squ ron took on a kelp reef, and then a sudden panic seemed to seize them all, and the unfortunate animals came up the inlet full speed, with the sea boiling in front of them and a wave coming after them, and d- they piled up in hundreds on the bea Then, as there was a rising tide, they got off again, but to charge the opposite beach, and so on till the falling tide and loss of strength left them high and dry all round the dreary bay. . Very few, old or young, lived more than a quarter of an hour after their stranding. By evening, after that tide had ebbed, there were only five whales afloat out of more than 50) that had been afloat that morning, and by the next morning only three were to be seen, and they swam around and around for a while, and then, as if disdaining to live when all their com- panfons were dead, they made straight for the beach, and in a few moments they also passed forever out of existence. Circumstances made it impossible to use the blubber. Some of the bodies have been burned; they burn like a great oil shed. The spring tides fortunately floated others up and down and dispersed them. One cannot help regretting that a ship load of the savages from Terra del Fuego, over the way, could not have been let loose at them. They, of course, would have lived beside the bodies and eaten their way steadily on till the banquet was finished. ——— — - eee A Wise Tailor. From the St. Louls Repablie. One of the bright boys of Cabanne, who has come in first in more than one bike race, has this winter been falling victim to Cupid’s wiles with the result that one of the sweetest and fairest daughters of this aristocratic place now wears a pledge of their troth. It chances that one side of his best suit began to show an uncommon amount of wear and had grown shiny near the shoulder. The suit was accordingly takeu down to the tailor's to see if any explanation could be given for such a con- dition. The merchant tailor could think of no reason and finally called in his fore- man, who looked at it long and thoughtful- ly. Finally he brightened up: ‘Say, young man, are you engaged?” Reluctantly the young man admitted tt. “Well, does she sit this side of you?” ‘The young man thought a minute. Yes.” ‘The tailor laughed knowingly, and a new side has been put in, but the young man has paid a good price for it in cigars. ANHEUSER-Busch BREWING ASSN, THE LEADING BREWERY IN THE WORLD. 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