Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY,-MAY SPECIAL NOTICES. -MR. KEELER, WELL KN be seen daily at 005 Hi st. = MONDAY WE ESDAT my24-1w* ROBERT DE SEIRETUALISY: for sl Regular FRIDAY IGHUTS. * TE C\THEDRAL, H.— The stuted meeting will be jay, 3807, at 7:30 LLECTOR OF Washington, May ease take notice that Will be the last day for OFFICE OF THD Pope triet of Colum! ae ayment xes me in May. without penalty, Monday, . deine a legal holiday. By order of shesioners of the District of Columb! test: E FICE OF THE 1118 2uth st. Ma: 1897. ee the stockholde of this company Se a ecvent directors will he held at a of.ce MONDAY, June 7, 1807... Polls open i -m.; lose 1 p.m. FRANK PAUL LEETCH, Secretary and Treasurer. my22-14t NS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.— All officers and members of the District a jocal unions ‘are requested to assemble in, the Sunday school room of the Vermont Avenue Chri tian Chureh on TUESDAY, it 7:40 p.m, t articipate im the thirty- anniversary ¢ National Temperance So: Seats re- 4 in auditorium, Mrs, EMSA F. SHEL- Sec’ my22-2t' GOING BUILD A “RO' GOING TO Ae Muses? We'll be able to save you Dig money if we supply all your Lum- ber and Wood Wor needs! Get our estimate—then get that of othere—we're sure to profit. by the comparison. No order too small—none too large. THOS. W. SMITH, Ist and Ind. ave. "Phone 217. M! wl rves, foot ath st. s.e. "Phone 551. )WES IT AS A DUTY TO HIMSELF well dressed a circumstances will per- a! ell-tatlored perfect-fitting Suit out- rents two ready-made Kind. Let ux make sour new Suit. “Fit or no pay."’ Suits to onder o up. |. ERED GATCHEL & CO., 604 18th st. apl3-3m,8 T OCKHOLDERS | OF THE Finsr 0O- tive Building “Aseociation of Georgetown, Dc The ‘aunaal’ meeting for the election of off- cers will be held et the geeoctation bullding, 1325 n.w.. on TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897, AT st. n. ‘CLOCK P.M. Sabscription books to the” 16th suc of stock now open. BD, Wo KING. YS. BARTON MILLER, reas. Secy. my21-10t DISTRIBUTION POLICIES, ENDOWMENTS AND TONTINES BOUGHT FoR INVESTMENT. To all whom it may concern: Notlce ts hereby given that tax sale certificates, one against part of sublot 4, square 26, and one against part of sublot 4, beth for taxes for year end- have been lost, stolen or de- made to square 99, 30, 1882, my21-3t® DR. CHARLES DIEDI DENTIST, HAS RE- moved bis office frum 525 lith st." to 731 11th st. n.w.. just above the Palais Koval, and two blocks abeve old location. my4-1m THERE IS Hi TH In a home at Cleveland Park. ‘REET. “QUALITY CTT a ea ae THERE IS PLEASUR: ERE 15 PRorrr apz- F OST WHERE What a Customer says Of Our $3.50 Boot tried a you are selling a pair of boots t inspection fs invited. HOOVER & SNYDER, 1201 F St., caress Mantels--un-| 4 seperate hibit of the best ef- usualfor beauty) tts ot ctever san CEY| fel destencrs, and yet mot high putango tarcu priced! eee 240d is and trousers need not be tolded. They have a sweet. piney Gor that leaves garntents £fter a few moments exposure to the sir. orn atsolutely moth-proof. In four sizes, 25, 40, 50 and Ge. Easton & Rupp, 421 1 1thSt. PORT L AR-PRICED STATIONERS. m; nd Programs for River Excursions, Mieni-s and If we print other summer amuse ie acl. 1 tabs int ‘ ments the work will be the Tickets dene in tne neatest a We are equi rs Say Tinh at. “= —- — A Drop or Two of Whisky that feeling of inerti: ml lassitude so mon nowadays. See that it's Tharp's tkeley"’ Whisky—though—if you want the purest and best. $1 at. only by us, Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. my ls-10d CALL AT KEEN'S AND SEE THE LATEST STYLES OF GOODS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN IN ANY OTHER ES- TABLISHMENT IN WASH- INGTON. KEEN, MERCHANT TAILOR, epS-3m,21 1310 F ST. We CONDENSED LOCALS No. 1 engine company was called out about § o'clock Saturday nignt for a fire bicycle repair shop at No. 174 Penn- ania avenue northwest. A lighted h ccming in contact with some » caused the biaze, whica resulted in wg the place to the extent of one Jcseph Ball, twelve years old, was struck on the head with a base bali ba‘, about 7:30 o'clock Saturday, while engaged game near East Capitol and 1ith ts. He was so painfully injured that vollce took him to Providence Hospital atment. tive Michael B. Gorman does not spond with all of his relatives, and onsequence is that Maj. Moore has asked by one of them to locate tRe officer of the corps. A letter of from a cousin who lives in Jersey as received yesterday. With the was @ picture of the officer, taken in a memento of the past, which Gor- man's wife was glad to get. The lock of the fire plug at Dumbarton avenue and 2th street, Georgetown, is out of order, and it is impossible to lock it. This gives the boys an opportunity to fun with the heavy stream of wa- ter, but as Lieut. Swindells has called the attention of the water department to the condition of the plug, the break will be repaired without delay. A blaze coming from the chimney of house 78 Myrtle street northeast, about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, re- sulted in the calling out of No. 6 engine cempany. The services of the firemen were not needed, however. No damage was done. Mrs. Annie C. Brown, whose residence the police did not learn, was found sitting on the steps in front of 315 H street north- west Saturday afternoon. The woman was sick, and Policeman Stange had her taken to Providence Hospital in the patrol Wagcn, —.—___ District Lodge Pays a Visit. District Lodge, No. 3, 1.0.G.T., paid an official visitation to Little Falls Lodge, No. 10, at Little Falls Friday night. This lodge is @ new organization, tut promises to be one of the most active and prospeyous in the jurisdiction. In order to increase the funds in their treasury Little Falls Lodge has arrangec for a grand strawberry festi- al, io be held on June 9 at the residence of Chief Templar Sherier. Entertaining and fustructive remarks for the benefit of the Rew lodge were made last night by District Chief Templar John C. Daley, District Counsellor J. 8. Blackford, District Secre- py eee C. Moore, D. M. Ci D. _G. Shanks, District ‘Vice Templar Mamie Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Mullen of Goodwill Lodge and others. Rescue, Goodwill and Oriéntal lodges were also represented. ——. “Want” ads. in The they bring answers. Star pay because NO LAW ALLOWS IT The Attorney General on the Pro- posed West Point Chapel. SECRETARY OF WAR IS RESTRICTED No Right to Authorize the Erection of a Sectarian Building. CONGRESS HAS JURISDICTION The following is the text of the opinion recently rendered by Attorney General McKenna to Secretary of War Alger in re- gard to the proposed erection of a secta- rian chapel on the government reservation at West Point, N. Y.: You state that the Rev. C. G. O'Keefe petitioned Col. O. H. Ernst, superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West point, for permission to erect a Ro- man Catholic chapel there for the use of the Roman Catholic cadets, etc. The peti- tion you inclose. You further state that on the 3d of March of this year Secretary of War La- mont issued to the Right Rev. M. A. Cor- rigan, Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of New York, a revocable i cense to erect and maintain a chapel on the militazy reservation at West Point, and that said licerse was on the 2d of April revoked by you and a new license granted in its place. This license you inclose. A question being raised as to the legality of this action, you ask “whether granting oom of this character is or is not le- gal? I reply as follows: West Point is government property, and hence conveyances of it or uses of it can only be authorized by Congress. Has Con- gress so authorized? The only direct pro- visions as to it is section 1331, which reads as follows: “Phe supervision ed charge of the acad- emy shall be in the War Department, un- der such officer or officers as the Secretary of War may assign to that duty.” This section has a special and partial Purpose, and gives no authority to dispose Of the use of property.” There are other provisions more general, and in a report made to Congress by the Secretary of War there is an enumeration of cases In which there were granted licenses for the occupation (of more or less duration) of parts of other military reser- vations. Some of these cases were of trifling moment, but others were important. Hotels were authorized and the erection of church edifices for particular denomina- tions. Of the latter one was to the Episco- palians at Governor's Island, N. Y.; one to the Catholics at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and one also at Fortress Monroe to the same denomination. The Law on the Subject. The privileges were denominated revoca- ble licenses, and came to be based on sec- tions 161 and 217 of the Revised Statutes. ‘The sections are as follows: Sec. 161. “The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not iconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its offi- cers and clerks, the distribution and per- formance of its business, and the custody, use and preservation of the records, pa~ Pers and property appertaining to it.” Sec. “The Secretary of War shall have the custody and charge of all the beoks, records, papers, furniture, fixtures | d other property appertaining to the de- partment.” It is manifest that they do not authorize the practice exercised. On July 5, 1884, Congress passed an act of which section 6 is as follows: “The Secretary of War shall have the authority, in his discretion, to permit the nsion of state, county and territorial across military reservations, to per- mit the landing of ferries, the erection of bridges thereon, and permit cattle, sheep, other stock animals to be driven across ch reservation whenever, in his judg- ment, the same can be done without injury to the reservation or inconvenience to the military forces stationed thereon.” This section is special and needs no com- ment except that at least part of it was un- necessary if the practice of the War De- pertment was legal. To permit the tem- porary trespass of passing cattle was sure- ly within a power which could grant a license to build a church or hotel. It therefore may be regarded as certain that it was the view of Congress that an ex- plicit authority was necessary for even a transient occupation of a military reserva. tion for other than its special purpose: and it was natural when more durable in ts were authorized by the act of July 22, 1sy2, they were precisely guarded and limited. The act of July 22 fs as follows: “That authority be, and is hereby, given to the Secretary of War. when in his dis- cretion it will be for the public good, io lease, for a perfod not exceeding five years, and revocable at any time, such property of the United States under his control as tay not for the time be required for public use and for the leasing of which there is no authority under existing law, and such leases shall be reported annuallly to Congres: Provided, That nothing in which act centained shall be held to apply to mineral or phosphate lands.” (Approved July 22, 180 It is not r acter of estate ‘ssary to determine the char- hich can be created under this section, whether one Strictly at will and revocable by both parties or whether in the nature of an estate upon condition. It seems certain that permanence of right is forbidden by it, and hence it would seem that an cceupation which contemplates per- manency or contemplates duration longer than five years is forbidden by it. A church edifice would seem to contemplate h oceupation. In the instance case the aracter of structure-which is desired to be erected certainly does. As a structure— integrity preserved—it cannot be re- moved upon revocation or at the end of the term. The Proposed Donation. It is proposed that the church shall be the property of the government. The rey- erend gentleman who makes the offer says: “If this permission be granted I propose to build a neat stone chapel, to cost about $20,009, the money to be provided by me, and the plans of the building to be sub- mitted to the superintendent of the Military Academy for his approval or modification. On its completion the chapel will be hand- ed over to the United States government for use in perpetuity of the Roman Cath- olics who may reside at West Point.” This ‘condition cannot be complied with. It is very clear that the Secretary of War has no power to accept a donation of prop- erty for the government—certainly not to accept it with the limitation proposed—its use in perpetuity to Roman Catholics. The action of Mr. Secretary Lamont did not respond to the offer—may be excludes it. Nevertheless, there are serious objec- tions to it. It gives not a lease having a specified duration, but a Hcense without limitation of time. It Is provided by the license that “The chapel will be erected and maintained at the cost of the licensee and his successors and used for the religious worship of the Roman Catholics at West Point. During construction and thereafter the chapel shall be in the local custody of Rev. G. O'Keefe, rector, and his successors, under the general military control and super- vision of the superintendent of the United States Military Academy. The site for the chapel and its dimensions will be desig- nated by the superintendent, and hefcre any work of building construction is com- menced the plans and specifications of the structure will be submitted to and receive his approval, id he will also assure him- self that funds adequate to the completion of the chapel are available. In case of revocation of this Mcense the building will be removed within sixty days, and any sum which may have’ to be expended in putting any premises or property hereby sutkor- ized to be occupied or used in as good con- dition for use by the United States as it is at this date shall be repaid by. the eaid Rt. Rev. M. A. Corrigan or his successors, archbishops of the arch-diocese of New York, on demand.” The Latest License. By order of April 2, 1897, the license was revoked and another granted by you which has the same general provisions, hut spe- cifically requires the chapel to be of stone and of dimensions indicated upon a blue print plan attached to the THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. - i Hy yo i en iy EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are t#o- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are teotherms, or Mpes of eqaal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours, The words “High” and “Low” show location of arean of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. license and made CLOUDY TONIGHT. Fair and Cooler Weather Indicated for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, partly cloudy weather tonight; Tuesday fair; cooler; southwesterly winds, becoming northwesterly. For Virginia and North Carolina, partly cloudy weather tonight, posstbly showers near the coast; Tuesday fair; cooler to- night; southerly winds, becoming westerly. Weather conditions and general forecast— The pressure is high over the gulf of St. Lawrence and a second area of high pres- sure covers the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. The storm, central Sunday morning over Lake Superior, has moved eastward to the St. Lawrence valley, diminishing in energy. The pressure is also low in the Rocky mountain districts. The barometer has fallen near the Atlantic coast and on the northern Rocky mountain plateau; it has risen decidedly In the lake regions and gen- erally throughout the central valleys and the Rocky mountain slope. The temperature is lower in the lake re- gions, the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and warmer on the Rocky moun- tain plateau. For the 24 hours ending Sunday morning showers were reported throughout the iake regions, the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys, with occasional thunder storms. During the past 24 hours showers occurred in the lake regions, the Ohio valley, New England and the middle Atlantic states. Threatening weather, with showers, is indicated for New England and the lower lake region tonight, followed by clea-ing weather Tuesday. "The weather will be generally fair tonight and Tuesday in the Ohio valley, the middle Atlantic and cast gulf states and occasional showers will oc- cur in the west gulf states. The temperature will be lower in New England and the lower lake region, and light frosts may occur in the lower leke region tonight. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past 24 hours—Washington city, 1.00; Mansfield, La., 1.52; Houston, Tex., 3.50. ‘ Rivers—The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: The river at New Orleans is 2.9 above the danger-line and has fallen 0.1. At Vicks- burg it is 6.2 above and has fallen 0.4. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8:59 a.m. and 8:59 p.m.; high tide, 2:16 a.m. and 2:38 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:56 a.m. and 9:48 p.m.; high tide, 3:07 a.m. and 8:33 p.m. The Sun and Moon. a.m.; sun sets, 7:13 Moon rises 1:17 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:40 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:22 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 3:48 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 8:07 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:03 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 67; condi- tion, 5. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 70; condition at north connection 7; condi- tion at south connection, 6. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 69; conditign at in- fluent gate house, 9; effluent gate house, 7. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: May Pp.m., 80; 8 p.m., 74; midnight, May 244 am., 61; 8 a.m., 64; 12 m., 67, and 2 p.m., 74. Maximum, 81, at 4 p.m., May 23; mini- mum, 61, at 3 a.m., May 24. INDEX TG ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS... Page 13 Page 10 ATTORNEYS . Page 12 AUCTION Page 14 FOR RENT (Misce! FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stores). FOR RENT (Stab FOR FOR FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellaneou: HORSES AND VEHICLES. LOCAL MENTION... LOST AND FOUND. MEDICAL. GCBAN TRAVEL. PERSONAL : PIA POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS. RAILRCADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET C DERTAKERS. WANTED (Hoard). a@ part of it. By this the dimensions of the chapel will be 37 feet wide in its nar- rowest part; 58 feet at its widest part, with a length of over 75 feet. It is to be re- moved within six months after nowce of revocation. That these licenses transcend the statute is plain. The statute provides for a definite term, with a power of even revoking that. ‘The'licenses provide for no term and really commit the government to a practical per- petuity. It would be idle to deny this— idle to deny that you do not expect to exer- clse nor {s it expected that you will exer- cise the power of revocation except in emergency. Indeed, a contention not with- out some authority could be raised that you could not. (Veghte vs. Rantan, 19 N. J., 1 Williamson, etc., R.R. vs. Battle, 68 N. C., 546). At any rate the government would find itself embarrassed either to en- dure a perpetuity of right in the licensee or exercise an invidious power. The license should, therefore, be revoked and the petitioner remitted to Congress. Very respectfully, JOSEPH McKENNA, Attorney General. —_+__. BETTER TIMES, Auction Sales of Heal Estate as an Indication, “It is a false idea that seems to prevail to some extent,” said Mr. James W. Ratcliffe of the firm of Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., auc- tloneers, to a Star reporter, “that the prop- erty now being offered for sale at auction is being bought in by the holders of the trusts. The fact is the sales are well at- tended and competition is lively, and in a large number of cases the property is bought by outsiders. It is very evident to me that a great change is taking place. I find a different kind of audience attending the sales than was the case some months ago. People who have money to invest and who are looking for good things in the real estate line are attending the sales, and the result is’an active competition among bidders.” Saturday Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co. sold at public sale eight two-story brick dwellings, Nos. 311 to 325 D street southwest, to John D. Buckley, for $1,575 each; also four two- story and attic frame dwellings, Nos, 212 to 318 C street southwest, to W. D. Hoover, for $1,455 each. Charles G. Sloan & Co., auctioneers, sold Saturday at public sale the foll lots ir block 27, in section 2, in t evy Chase subdivision, to Frank jadeira: Lot 3 and lot 4 for 12 cents per square foot, lot 5 for 14 cents and lot 7 for 17 cents; also lot 6 to H. C. Birge for 11% cents. ee Expenses of the District. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury today is- sued a warrant for $516,192.39 in favor of the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbla to meet the current expenses of the District government for the month of May. It_is the firet warrant drawn in favor of: the presen’ ‘Wight and Black. DECORATION DAY | Programs Prepared for Exercises in Honor of the Union Dead, Appropriate Services at Arlington, Congressional Cemetery and Other Sacred Spots. Arrangements for the celebration of Deco- ration day next Monday by the Grand Army of the Republic are being rapidly completed. The annual procession of the brave old survivors of the soldiers wno served the country, and. the exercises, touching and impressive, to be held ‘at Arlington,Congressional cemetéry and other sacred spots where the Union dead lie buried will strengthen and renew in the minds of the ycunger generation the same aspirations that inspired the men in whose honor May 30 has been made so moment- ous ai anniversary. ‘The program is now being prepared, and by the middle of the week will be printed and ready for distribution. This import- ant matter is in charge of Adjutant Ar- thur Hendricks of the Department of the Potomac. The details of the parade will be finally completed Wednesday. The chief celebration of the day will be at Arlington. Rev. W. H. Black, department chaplain, Will offer prayer. There will be orations by Representative Dolliver of Towa and As- sistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis. Dr. Thomas Calver will read an original poem. The Marine Band will ren- der the instrumental music and there will be vocal selections by the G, A. R. Musical Union. Department Commander Thomas 8S. Hopkins will have charge of the cere- monies. There will be special seryices at the grave of Admiral Porter under direction of Gniet Clerk Michael of the State Department and the tomb will be appropriately decorated, There will be impressive “ceremonies at Congressional cemetery, Rev. E. O. El- dridge will pronounce the invocation, and orations will be made by Senator Cannon of Utah and Jacob A. Frear of Hudson, Wis. Capt. W. Kretzanger of Texas will read Lincoln's memorable address at Gettysburg, and an original poem, * orabilia,” will be read by Dewitt C. Sprague of this city. Music will be nendered by the 4th Artillery Band and the Farragut Octet. The ceremonies will be Preceded by a pa- rade, starting at 10 o'clock from Pennsyl- vanla avenue and 3d _street southeast, a feature of which will” be School children carrying United States flags. Services in memory of the Union dead buried in Mount Olivet, Graceland, St. Mary's, Prospect Hill and Glenwood ceme- teries will be held by George H. Thomas Post, No. 15, at Northeast Temple, corner H and 12th streets northeast, at 10:30 o'clock. A. procession will form at 10 o'clock at 8th and H streets northeast and proceed to the temple. It will be composed of the 5th Battalion, 2a Regiment, D.' C. N. G.; Post 15, G. A. R.; Sons of Veterans; Corps 11, U. R. C.; the Ladies’ Aid to Sons of Veterans and the Sunday schools of Northeast Washington, headed by the 24 Regiment. National Guard Band. The ser- vices at the temple will be as follows: Reading memorial orders by Adjt. W. W. Delse; words of welcome, B, P. Entrikin; by Commander song, by choir; memorial sermon; music, by 2d Regiment. National Guard Band; memorial of flowers, by forty-six little girls; guarding the flag, by forty-five little boys; reading of Lincoin’s Gettysburg speech; poem, ‘“Forget-Me- Not,” by Commander E. J,, paakings; solo, by a Bessie Beadle; oration, by Charles - song, ‘Old Glo: little Jo- sephus Faulkner; recitatl y Master E. M. Webster; song, by chdir; "address, by Col. J. 8. Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture; song, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” by the choir and ‘assembly, and benediction, by Rev. John’L. Walsh. Services will also be held: at St. Eliza- beth’s cemetery, Anacostla.>‘There will be orations by Rev. W. G. Daxenport and Rev. Charles O. Isaac, and Lineoln’s: address at Gettysburg will be read. several cemeteries and isolated graves in and around Washington, The memorial committee of the G. A. R., at a meeting held Saturday night, made an appropriation to be used “fn purc! a foral offering to be placed on the tom of n. U. 8. Grant, at Riverside, by the Brooklyn Post of the G. A. R. Regulars to Participate. 24, 1897-14 PAGES. PICKING UP FACTS (Continued from First Page.) {n Havana, it would be said that ail parties The majority of its members but that is because the citizens are native born. built the trocha, is a tesy, and no constraint was shown by them or by their hosts, In the intervals members of the club were presented by Vice Consul Springer. Inevitably the talk drifted to the present troubles. Apologies were made because the club was dull now. Many members were away. Some were in Europe, some in the States and a few, significantly, “in the country.” Some of those who talked said they were in the ten years’ war and had had enough. One man had been a friend of James G. Blaine, and had discussed the Cuban policy with that statesman during the pan-American congress. Others were interested in knowing the outlook for tariff legislation in Washington, because after that they had heard something might be done about Cuba. They smiled at the sug- gestion that Cuba would be pacified before the tariff law was passed. What might be called confidential news ‘was given Mr. Calhoun. It was statements which helped him form a judgment whether the revolutioa is in the hands of negroes, bandits and savages generally. One club member named off six relatives who were in the field. Others told like family secrets. One man, ‘whose name wouid be recognized in banking circles in a certain American city, told me how his nephew came to join the insurgents. “For good reasons,” he said, “I am safe from molestation. It is not so with my relatives. One day I received word from a friend in the palace to send my nephew to the states, quick. My sister's son shall never run away. We took a little railroad jcurney into the country. I came back alone. The day after the police came to my sister's house with orders to arrest her son. They did not find him. My nephew is now a lieutenant in the insurgent army. That is better than to be with the convicts in Africa, is it not?” It seemed to me so. At a Cuban Seaside Resort. The playa, or shore of Marianao, was once a favorite resort to escape from the heat of Havana. The yacht club had its club house there. Many business men would spend the night and come into the city in the morning. Their families occu- pied cottages convenient, though many lived in the suburb Marianao, a mile back on the uplands, and came down to the beach for bathing. Sunday an invitation was -accepted to visit Marianao shore. After tossing in the naphtha launch an hour on the boisterous sea the casy chairs of the club house balcony were a welcome invitation. The marine panorama which unfolded was a glorious sight. Blue and crimson and green and red were mirrored under the sky of the tropics as far as the eye could reach. No yachts were moored in the bay. Only a few fishermen’s boats were drifting. Once, it was explained, the yachts had been moored there, but now no one owned a yacht. The club had had nearly two hundred members; now thirty or forty “survivors” -were keeping it alive. The others were scattered all over the world, some in Europe, some in the states and some “‘in the country." A former com- modore now bore a landsman’s title as cap- 1ain—captain of a company of insurgents. From the club house baicony Mr. Calhoun had pointed out to him the huts where ruin had been wrought last year, and where “pacificos” had been shot for getting out of the lines. Hymeneta, which has been raided by the insurgents, was only two miles away. They are said to be lurking there again. The railroad, a hundred yards beyond the club house, marks the present line. Soldiers patrol it, and sentinels sta- tioned in towers give warning of the ap- proach of the enemy. The shore of Maria- nao is just seven miles from Havana by the railroad. The bath houres had no tenants. A few villagers, fishermen’s wives and children strolling along the beach, and half a dozen of the men themselves were the only human beings to be seen. I thought it would be a good idea to learn what the fishermen of Marianao thought of the war and of paci- cation, The one addressed listened civilly to my question, pointed to the pickets pac- ing up and down, and placed his forefinger to his lips. Clearly, time and place were not good for learning what the fishermen of Marianao thought of the war, and I gave it up. Silent Evidence of War. The country around Havana bears silent witness to the existence of war. The tes- timony it gives is an expression of public opinion that General Weyler himself can- Got suppress. Mr. Calhoun probably felt its force during a two hours’ drive. Leav- ing the railroad station at Marianao a car- riage was taken and the road followed, which gave a fine view of the handsome villas of wealthy citizens of Havana. Only a few minutes were required to reach the edge of the village. A couple of pickets were stationed there. Paseo? one of them asked. Yes, the American gentlemen were going for a pleasure drive, and they were allowed to pass without a military permit. Further on another picket insisted on hav- ing an umbrella handed out for his inspec- tion. He was suspicious that it might be munitions of war. Every phase of ruin was seen along that road, from the blackened ashes that yet smoldered to the roofless walls of once stately homes. Glancing down the avenues of royal palms and in the groves of man- goes and Indian laurels, we would see these ruined houses. In some the work of de- struction was only half done. The doors and windows would be gaping wide open, without a sign of life about the places. Commonly, though, the houses would be unroofed, and the pillars and columns would be a-crumbled mass. Sometimes a single wall would be standing. The palm- thatched huts along the wayside had been spared, and this made the route contrast with the desolation back from the high- way, among the palms and mangoes, more striking. On some of the estates the trees and hedges had been cut. Mr. Calhoun and his companions were puzzled. They saw no gain to either the FINANCIAL. American Security and Trust Co., 1405 G St. Burglar-Proof VAULTS. 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Others were of solid construction and added to the beauty of the landscape. ‘These have been built by the property own- ers at their own expense on the “sugges- tion” of the military authorities. The red and yellow banner of Castille and Arragon fluttering from the watch towers is a pretty sight. The property owners who put up these block houses expect one day to eee another banner floating from the watch towers. All the little forts have double tiers of loopholes, from which the Spanish soldiers are said to shoot with great ef- fectiveness whenever the insurgents are obliging enough to line up within range for the purpose of being shot. This method of warfare General Fitzhugh Lee does not seem to think so good as a light brigade would be, but as he is in official position 1 forebear to repeat his comment. A Limit of Safety. The road out from Maranao is a good one, hard and smooth. It runs {ato the country forty or fifty miles. We do not follow it so far. There is a limit beyond which gentie- men out for a pleasure drive do not go. The Spanish pickets tell us that. An ex- cursion beyond might prove all right; yet there are reports of bands of marauders, who do about as they please regardless of the troops. General Lee, with a sense of official responsibility for the party, says it is time to go back, and the heads of the horses are turned to Havana. The limit of protection on the part of the troops and of toleration on the part of the insurgents appears to be thirteen miles from Morro Castle. Beyond that noe guarantee from either side. An Armored Car. On the return drive Mr. Calhoun and his companions caught a fleeting glimpse of the “reconcentrodos,” the poor people who have been driven in from the country by General Weyler’s order. They were mostly women and children. Misery was in their faces. At the railway station a freight train was just pulling out. The box car next the tender was full of soldiers. 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