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8 W. AND » MOSES sss F st.. cor. 11th. 1 Storage, 22¢ end M. Cold Storage. Marvelous Matting Prices. There's no question about the low- ness of our matting prices. We're in position, with our buying facilities, to sell at prices smaller dealers pay at wholesale. We just made a big importation of 2,000 rolls of Matting and brought them into the country before the new tariff ratés went into effect. We can sell these Mattings for less than their duplicates can ever be bought again. And here they are: Lot 1--250 rolls of Heavy Checked aad Plaid Matting, 40-yd_ rolls, at..... 2.2.2.0) 7h. yd. Lot 2-500 rolls of White China Mattings, heavy qual- w ity, 40-yd. rolls, at........ ge. yd. Lot 3-350 rolls of Fancy Jointiess China Matting, : very heavy, 40-yd. roils, at. 12C. yd. Let 4-250 rolls Fancy Jointicss Japanese Matting, 2 extra quality, 40-y4. roils, at 15C. yd. Lot 5-200 rolls Faney Jointices Japanese Matting, double thick, rolls, 17}c. yd. Lot 6-150 rolik Damask Matting, carpet patterns, 40- = ya. rolls, at.. 22}c. yd. Lot 7100 rolls Sapeifine Cotton-warped Damask Mat- tings, 40-yd. rolls, at...... 22}c. yd. Lot 8—100 rells Inlaid Art d. Matting, 40-yd. rolls, at... 25. yd. MATTING RUGS. 500 Matting Rugs at...... 25c. each 100 Matting Bugs, 36 by 72 in., at... Soc. each W. B. MOSES & SONS. DOOPSEPOOOO OOS HSCOOOOOOOOOD at Carpets, Rogs, Blankets end Draperics. just as they do winter clothing. They'll play havoe with things in your stor- kinds—bat age room ff you don't use Won't Injure fabrics. 10, 15, 25 and 50c. can. of all Ww. ry) 3 Ss. PHARMACIST, 15th Thompson, 7° SOSLSSOFSSSSOSPOLSEIOCE SONS NOT SO FAT. DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND SALT REDUCED MADALAINE PRICE, THE POPrU- LAR ACTRESS, 58 POUNDS. IF FAT, WRITE LORING & CO.'S NEW YOR! CHICAGO MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS 1 TURE CURED—BEST ‘TRUSS EVER on Mson"s PA, Ga., April I cannot speak in too high terms of Dr. Edison's Obesity Pilis and Obesity Salt :nd Compound. When I began taking Dr. Kdlson's ‘Obesity Treatment my weight was 198. I had al- ready used another much advertised treatment, atl as soon xs I stopped it bad fleshened up again, and Xe left my stoumtch im a very weak condition. I took Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt, and was reduced from 198 to 140 without any bad ef- fects upon my system. ‘These remedies goon cured the condition of my” stomach, caused as above stated. Since taking your remedies I look better and feel better than for years, and have no ten- dcecy, to again get fat. My professional frlends should use Dr. Edlison’s remedies if inclined to get ani all of them who have used them on my recommendation have been greatly benefited by them. My hasband, Mr. Edwin Southers, Joins ine in thanking you ‘for what your treatment’ has done for me. I will reply to inquiries about this treatment that may be vent to me in care of the “New York Clipper.’” Yours sincerely, MADALAINE PRICE. 1897. Obesity Salt. $1 a bottle: Obesity Pills, $1.50 a bittle. THESE GOODS ARE KEPT IN STOCK BY LEADING RETAIL DRUGGISTS. Written guerantee to refund the price if Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills or Obesity Salt are taken a8 directed without good resuits. Write to our NEW YORK MEDICAL DEPARTMENT or our CHICAGO NT for advice about your > 3 teed 4t cures. Send letters and orders to Loring & Co., Gcneral Agents for the United Coes insure Prompt r.ply mention department ag eg i “How use Obesity.” LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, NO. 42 WEST 22D 8T., NEW YORK CITY. 115 STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. my25-tu,th&s.tt ALL OF EDISON'S OBESITY well 38 all of Loring’ G. G. C. SIMMS, by 3 my22-tf Cor. 14th st. ard N. Y. avenue. Bann Sanna nmennnnannnennmnn Traveling headquarters are here, ass} ber. All styles, for all uses. Equipments for ‘Lutz & Co.,, sabised we onl, to care REMEDIES, AS 6 Flesh-producers. for sale Steamer for $3.50—Steamer Trunks— splendid ones as low as $2.50. Then we have Travelers’ Bags —Dressing Cases, &c.—in a most generous variety. CONCORD HARNESS— 7 All the es- European sentials for Tourists, grer Rugs (Imposted Scotch Rugs) 1804. 497 Pennsylvania Avenue. = Electric F-A-N-S will reduce the temperature of your office or house from 15 to 20 degrees. Get your fans at cace, We'll supply the motive power. U. S. Electric Lighting Co., Tt. 218 14th st. nw. "Phone my 29-200 Burt’s 33° Sete ie Sa SaaS als For Ladies and Gentlemen. 3.0. BURT’S SHOE STORE. BO Burt & Co, New York. - . Arthur Burt, 14qir F St All Mail Orders receive The Basy ‘Corner, earworm S E prompt attentton, 8th and Market Space. | S. KANN, SONS & GO. Our 2d Grand Rebuilding Sale. Our House Is Noted For Its Silk Values. We discover more actual bargains through our agents than any other concern in the Union. We have just closed a deal with Arnold, Constable & Co. OF NEW YORK FOR ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PIBCES OF THE FINEST, PRIN WARP INDIAN AND FRENCH FOULARDS, WHICH WE Silks JUALITIES OF ‘CONSID! BEST FIXD AND NO SUCH PRICES EVER Of QUOTED. at 39c. WORTH 69c. A YARD. 96 pieces of 24-inch Printed Warp Indias, the most com- plete line of colorings and designs one could wish to see—navy blue ground with all sorts of zig zag, scrolls and polka spots—olive green with white—2 shades of cadet gray with fancy figures, new blue with white—8 pretty white designs on black and many other colorings so much in demand that it is impossible to descibe each piece separate. Silk at 49c¢ teen WORTH 79. A YARD. French Foulards and 27-inch Printed Indias, which we consider the most perfect Silks ever loomed in France. The fine even twill gives this cloth the touch of velvet, the exquisite patterns appear as though they were hand painted designs, and you can imagine how exquisite the as- sortmeat must be by the description of a few pieces selected at random. White ground with rose pink designs, two width satin stripes— white ground with golden brown and satin stripes—white ground with olive colored figures and satin stripes — white and heliotrope novelty Dresdens on white and cream ground—teardrop designs on navy and white—black and white—black and torquise—and every other color and style which Dame Fashion introduced for spring and summer of ’97 will be seen in this unexcelled aggregation. Silks at 39c bce WORTH 69. A YARD. — 20-inch All-silk Black Glace Taffeta for waists, skirts or lining. This cloth will not split, as it has a soft finish. Silks at 58c ie WORTH Te. A YARD. Plain Changeable Two-tone Taffetas, a kaliedescope of colors, such as can only be seen here._ These goods are sold everywhere for 75c. a yard. Silks at 38c WORTH 50c. A YARD. . 27-inch Superior Quality of White India. The very thing for com- mencement dresses, and bought especially for this occasion. ON SALE MONDAY BY 8 O'CLOCK. Washable Dress Goods. FIRST FLOOR. . 20 pieces Linen Suiting, T2}C.e ee ee ee cece ee eeee eee eeeeees TAG, ON SALE MONDAY BY 8 O'CLOCK. 40 pieces yard-wide Dress Linen, cither heavy or fine, 18c....]2¢, 1,000 pieces extra Fine Lawns and American Organdies (only this season’s styles), in all the new Monotone effects, in Lavender, Blue, Pink, Green, Red, Black—colors guaranteed fast—styles unequaled. Also complete line of plain colors—including fast black............-]] Ie. 2,000 pieces Celebrated Boston Lace Lappets and Satin Stripe Lawns, in choice, neat styles, which are so scarce; also scroll and floral effects. 12}c. value... -TAc. 100 pieces Plain Lawn, 31 inches wide, Black, Navy Blue, Light Blue, Lavender, Pink, Red, Nile Green. 12}c. value.........-- 834c. ++ 17. 40 pieces Stylish French Organdies, new styles, 24c.. . Domestics & Wash Goods. 3D FLOOR. 5,000 PATTERNS OF FAST COLORED DIMITY — DARK AND won FI8C STYLES—SCROLL AND SEL FIGURES—LARGE AND SMALL DESIGNS—8e = ° 2,500 YARDS COTTON COVERT—THE POPULAR FABRIC THIS sessonES Cc FOR OUTING AND BICYCLE COSTUMES; 8 SHADFS—12Y%e......... se eeeeeee ° 10,000 YARDS TISSUB BRODE AND IMPORTED LAPPETS — AND ae NOVELTIES IN WASH FABRICS—18 TO 2c........0e.eeeeeee Sie Keaeeccees’ Cc. Berkley White Cambric (made by Lonsdale Co.) yar Cc wide .. 3 Mohawk 9-4 Bleached Sheeting......................... 12%e. 81x90 Hemstitched Bleached Sheets...............2..2..-- BOC. I case new styles Sea Island Yard-wide Percales. 12}c..... 834c. NEW RIBBONS, ALL HIGH-CLASS f Ribbons. F PREITY WHITE, BROWN, ELIOTROPE, PINK, MILES OF NAVY, BLACK, IN PLAIN AND CHANGEABLE, LOOP AND CHECK EDGES—ALI, TOLD PIECES. WEVE MADE UP OUR MINDS TO BECOME RIBBON KINGS OF WASHINGTON, WE SRB GETTING THERE. THIS ONE SYRCIAL LINE WB , SHALL D : 19c. a yd. WHICH YOU GAN’T DUPLICATE ANYWHERE AT TWICE THE PRICB. ON SALE MONDAY BY 8 O'CLOOK. eae? GOWNS, MADE OF GOOD QUALITY BLEACHED, les (C MUSLIN, CAMBRIO RUFFLE AROUND ik AND SLEEVES; FULL LENGTH AND V.IDTE é LL ALL SIZES. MONDAY ONLY... 69c. IN AND GREEN, ABOUT 1,506 TAFFETAS, 5 INCHES WIDE, LAVENDER, OLIVE MUSLIN AND CAMBRIC_GOWNS—HMPIRE, VE AND SQUARE NECK, EMBROIDERED YOK: K AND SLEEVES EXTRA ALL SIZES. MONDAY ONLY. . 2,000 Fine Untrimmed Hats, every imaginable shade and shape, Hats which sold from 50c. to $2.00. They make the first appearance in our stock today and will go on sale Monday. We cleaned up a manufacturer’s en- tire assortment. Shapes to suit every face and complexion. Two prices, 25c. and 49c. ON SALE MONDAY—8 O'OLOCK. Ladies’ $1 0 Sesame WIDTH AND FULL LENGTH. Linings. iAP SHOT, WHICH WOULD BREAK THR FINEST CAMERA IN THE WORLD If THE INSTRUMENT WAS CENTERED DIRECTLY ON THE PRICES: 32-inch Silk-finished Organdy Lining Lawn, in blue, lavender, pink, yellow, nile green, black, red and cream. Worth I2}c. a yard. ce. any fe. 734c. every yard guar- Co in black, gray, tan, A regular 12}c. quality Soft-finish Percaline, 36 inches, in YOU FOQUINE 2. 2. cewualcsemicew one ssae 5 Our 15¢c. grade of Fast Black Nubian Percaline, anteed, at... Piawisie Seine =< screw Our 18c. Extra Heavy Alllinen Stiff Canvas, Pegi ath WRite once a cicg ge on ace 36-inch Moire Rustle Lining, in fast black, grays, brown, cream, tan and white................... Cc. Light-weight Figured Black Back Percaline, for summer waist in- ing. Worth 2oc. yard. Reduced to.... tees ete eeweseeesee MOG, Extra Fine Batiste Lawn, equally suited for dresses or linings, 4o inches WIE tw sso or steer ap nnicdsivine scepasnecepsccathetead. ues am SPECIAL SALE OF UPHOLSTWRY ITEMS WILL BE FOUND IN TOMORROW MORN- S. KANH, SONS & 60 STH & MARKET SPACE, Prices lower than any other house. inthe United States, - THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1897-28 PAGES. ‘ K'Ready for Business again. | JUEUS LANSBURCH Furnitpire & Carpet Co., Wade. F St..N-W., Wishes to-inform their many pat- rons and “Bees that they are again prepated' fo furnish them whatever they may_need’in furnishing their homes. ““ “Everything new. Our terms as formerly PRICES—CASH OR CREDIT. Here are a few illustrations of the many bargains we will offer for to- morrow, “Monday and Tuesday: 10 Massive Solid Oak CHAM- BER SUITES. Worth $50. Our price for three days, 250 Wood Chairs,’in Delph, 35c. 500 Wood Chairs, oak finish, 5Ce .100 Large High-back ROCK- ERS, close cane seat and back. Worth $2.50. $138 days’ price, 6 Parlor Suites, mahogany finish frames, upholstered in silk tapestry. For three days, ; 8.65. ° LANSBURGH’S Furniture & Carpet Co., : 1226 F St. N.W. SZ (Clipped trom, American Journal of Health for May.) « “CERES * Flour —is always uniform, and its re- sults may be always depended upon. . It makes the whitest and lightest of bread and biscuits, and has no trace of sourness, which renders it especially grati- fying té those with impaired digestive functions." Why not try this “health” flour? All grocers sell “Ceres’’ Flour—we only whole- sale it. Wm. .M. Galt & Co., Wholesalers, 1st and Ind. Ave. rt RAS AR nn eee it T can en at a glance that our printing Ss the,p ‘Of the skilled use of the very best mafrria}s.')-We exercise the same care with ever} onict—great or amali—ond always assure absoluté sgtisfaction."Phene 1532 for estimates. McGII. & WALLACE, Printers, 1107 E st. apl4-3m;i_Papsswork for the Trade. Now is this thirst-pro- voking,; weather made? agreeable with my Zin- fandel:: $2.25 dozen qts. "a 4-yr.-old Claret. 7c. gallon. o ‘N. H. DUVALL, 1923 PA. AVE. age H ee Houses made Fiy, proof for 60c.! I sell a surprisingly good Wire Sercen Door for 60c.and - @ really Splendid Wire Win- dow Screen for 20c.! This reptesents bedrock prices—no one can beat ‘em. L. H. Hopkins, 610 9th St. N.W. SWELL SAILORS.” All straws—all colors—all the “swell” shapes—al" sizes, G7 Atierican, French and English Pat- tern Hats and Bonnets. Biggest display of Untrimmed Hats and ‘Trimmings in town. prices. Mirs.C.Stiebel’s, 1113G St. -IMPORTER OF FINE MILLINERY. Jel-t,th, NN Great Reduction in Hair. Switches, fornierly, 00 Switches, formerly’ $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.60. Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly First-class attendants in Hairdressing, ing, ete. Newer falles Tey cot sCaniste” tee eee eae: ‘S. HELLER’S, 720-7th Street N.W. api6é-204 re It’s Cool Cooking <with a “Florence’* Oll-gns Stove. It's the same as cooking with gas—yet you Pay no gas bill. A’ patent device with which it is supplied converts common oll into gas. No wicks are necessary. Costs only 30c. week to cook three meals a day," Come and let us show ‘ou this "97 “wonder” of a Cook Stove. i ut $6 and $7. rey jC. Barker, 1210 Fst. = RRR AANA 50, 00, NOT ONE IN TWENTY ARE FREE from some Uittle ailmen. caused uy inaction of the liver. Use Garter's Little Liver Pills. The result will be a pleasant surprise. They give positive relief. No well-rej ited hcusehold should be without a bottle of sRgostona BITTERS, the world-re- Rowned appetizer and invigorator. courterfeit: Ask for the genuine artici factured by Dr. J. G. B. Slegert & =——— THE,LADIES WERE DEFEATED, cache | Boe aso Contest for the is Medals Decided. College nual oratoricg} contest for the Davis prizes, two handsome gold medals, was held. Prof. were Brother Fabrician, president of St. the Washington College for Young Ladies; Prot, Sidwell)iprincipal of the Friends’ Se- State Univesity of Missouri, and Prof. The ers and Miss Anan . Broadus, “Ti Robinson, “Alexander Hamilton.” The orations were, in! and instrumental Frances Beware of Beforg,p large audience in the Columbian PEnapes yesterday evening the an- A. P. Montague presided, and the judges John’s Geliege; Prof. Menefce, president of lect School; Dr. Wilkinson, formerly of the Preston, principal of the University School. their subjects were: ‘Cs Kelton, ‘What is Freedom?’ Miss Grace - nom “The Werld’s Great Yesterday and Todsy,” and Mr. Charles \terapersed with vocal Belections, rendered by Miss M. JUBILEE THE _ TOPIC) THE SPANISH TROOPS|THE CIVIL SERVICE Everything in London Now Center- ing Around -That Event. COMPLICATIONS OVER MR. RED Special Ambassador and His Suite Must Occupy Same Quarters. GREAT BALL IN PROSPECT LONDON, June 5.—It is impossible to es- cape the jubilee echoes. Already every- thing is turning upon dress, decoration and entertainments connected with that cele- bration, while there is a shrieking chorus frem the press, warning everybody against all imaginable disasters which, it is claim- ed, are likely to ensue. It is even pointed out that the proposed bonfires are likely to set the whole country in a blaze, while oth- er correspondents are so impressed with the importance of the jubilee that they are not satisfied with the name of England or Britain, and want Engiand to be rechris- tened Wisetand, the first four letters being the initials of Wales, Ireland, Scotiand and Ergland. This is capped by another cor- respondent who wants the empire to be called Enwiscolia, so as to bring in the col- onies of England, and that all subjects of the queen be called Enwiscolians. Jubilee seat swindling ts rampant. Sharp- ers are meeting the incoming steamers at Port Said, Brindisi and Queenstown, and are selling to unsuspicious passengers un- existing seats to view the jubilee proces- sicn. Many Americans have been victim- ized in this manner at Queenstown, Complications Regarding Mr. Reid. Complications in regard to the special embassy of Mr. Whitelaw Reld, proprietor of the New York Tribune, are already on the horizon. The queen will receive Mr. Reid alone, following the same precedent with the other special embassies. The for- eign office is prepared to provide quarters for Mr. Reid and his suite, embracing in the latter Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A. and Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, U. 8. N. Mr. Reid, however, proposes to do credit to the United States, and Mr. Ogden Mills, his brother-intaw, is already here seeking @ large house for the accommodation of the special embassy. The foreign oftice officiuls are glad to have Mr. Reid do this, but they say they cannot separate Gen. Miles and Admiral Miller from the rest of his suite, and they must provide their own quarters. Upward of 35,000 signatures have already been obtained for the Scottish national memorial to the queen, praying that in state documents the words “Great. Britain” and “British” should always be substituted for “England” and “English.” Among the signers of the memorial are the Duke of Sutherland, many peers, many members of Pariiament, and more than 800 provosts and other members of the municipal cor- porations of Scotland. Mr. John Erskine, a merchant of Belfast, Treland, has offered the lords of the treas- ury, for the queen’s acceptance, a magnifi- cent freehold overlooking Belfast Lough, as the site of a royal residence in Ireland. The latter country, it is clatmed in some quarters, has always fretted over the fact that the queen does not visit that portion of her dominions, and it has been agserted that her failure to do so is the result of the refusal of Dublin, in the ’60’s, to grant a site in Phoenix Park for a monument to the late prince consort. Duchess of Devonshire’s Ban. The Duchess of DeVonshire’s historical costume ball on July 2 promises to be a magnificent affair. It-is understood that the Duchess of Marlborough (formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt) will appear in the character of Columbia, and the Duke of Marlborough has ordered a Louis XVI cos- tume_ with wonderful jeweled embroideries. The Prince of Wales will represent one of his ancestors. The young Duchess of Marl- borough took a prominent part at the Duchess of Albany’s bazaar at the Im- periai Institute on Tuesday and Wednes- day, at which the Prince and Princess of Wales and many other members of the royal family were present. The Duchess of Marlborough wore a very French frock of white embroidered muslin, over pale green, with a big black picture hat. She did a roaring trade in the various knick-knacks displayed at her stall. In spite of the cordiality which the United States monetary commission has been receiving cn all sides in France, it is not believed anything practical is likely to be accomplished there. Much has been made of the utterances of M. Meline, the French premier, at last week’s banquet, but_he carefully pointed out that he spoke in his own name and not in behalf of the government of France. It is also known that he has declared France would not take the initiative unless certain that Great Britain would take part in the movement. Unfortunately for their usefulness in France, at least two out of the three American commissioners do not speak a word of French, and neither does the offi- cial secretary of the commission. The awk- wardness of this was shown at the ban- quet, when the American envoys could not respond to the toasts. Mr. J. Gubbins, the owner of Galtee More, the Irish colt which won the Derby on Wednesday last, was a poor man working in America when he inherited a great for- tune from his uncle, Mr. Wyse, the Irish distiller, and immefiately returned to Ire- land. Galtee More is probably one of the most valuable horses in the long list of winners. Several weeks before the race Mr. Gubbins refused £25,000 ($125,000) for the colt. Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell. Mrs. Charles Stewart Paruell, widow of the late Irish leader, is about to take up her residence at Trematon Castle, near Plymouth. Trematon Castle was formerly one of the great houses of Cornwall. Only the ruins of the thirteenth century castle remain, the present house being of quite Moderna construction. —— POSTPONED UNTIL FALL. The Prosecutions of @leomargarine Canes Necessarily Deferred. it was the intention of Assistant District Attorney Taggart, who was placed by Dis- trict Attorney Davis in full control of the cases, to have tried the two score or more indicted oleomargarine Yealers before the adjournment of the Criminal Court for the summer. Mr. Taggart was ready to preceed with the trials last month, but the serious illness of Assistant Revenue Collector Bowen, an indispensable witness for the government, prevented his appear- ance in court, and the trials went over until this month. - Mr. Bowen is still quite ill of typhoid fever at his home in Cincinnati, and will be unable to testify for some weeks at least, certainly not before the courts ad- Journ for the summer. Being unable to proceed without Mr. Bowen, Mr. Taggart stated to a Star re- porter today that the cases must, there- fore, go over until the October term of the courts, when he will Insist upon an imme- diate disposition of them. The illness of Mr. Bowen has also neces- sitated the postponement until fall by the United States court in Philadelphia of the trial of Joseph Wi his e1 cha: garine laws there several months ago. . ——— Law Students in a Debate. — ‘The oratorical contest between represen- tatives of the Georgetown University Taw School and the Law Department of the University of New York will take place tonight in New York.. The debaters for a . and H. Magruder, A. B. “The contest is shaving been defeated hese ‘Hester ‘night F (Continued from First Page.) carcasses to skeletons, and the vultures still hover over the putrid masses of horse- flesh. A Train Accident. An accident to the train gives an oppor- tunity to form a better acquaintance with some of the soldiers. This accident is likely to appear later in the official reports as a dastardly attempt at dynamiting by the i surgents, or in the insurgent accounts as a successful attack on the Spanish troops. Actually it is neither. A Nghtly ballasted car has slipped its truck in rounding a curve and torm up the track for some dis- tance. The rest of the cars have not left the rails, and the passengers thank their stars for the lucky escape. The junction is only a mile, and by walking there we may catch the other train. The greater part of the walk is in the rain. It is as if the im- mense sheet which had seemed stretched across the horizon had been deftly slipped out and the clouds have come down in a mass. The private soldier trudging by my side says it is “not bad.” The roadbed ts fair and the ties give a relatively dry foot- ing. It is much better than off in the fields, where he had been camped, and where he had marched in the red mud up to his ankles. Hard marching it was since the rains began, he told me, and the troops could not de much of it. The officers are less philosophical, but in the Intervals when the skies clear they make light of the in- convenience. They are civil, but taciturn, in talking about the war. The rainy season will be very bad en the troops, and they deplore the lack of hospital accommoda- tions in the field. We make the other train and the journey 1s continued without incident through a ccuntry fairly under cultivation. At San Antonio, Ceiba and the other little stations are the same groups of soldiers bearing the aarks of hard service and fever sickness. ‘The everlasting fortinas stretch from nill- top to hilltop in unbroken line, and the ap- proaches to the railway depots are fortified and barricaded. A carload of fresh sane may be taken as proof that the grinding of what remains of the crop is going gn, that is, if one carload of cane feeds an ingenio or sugar mill. The pacificos are not con- centreted in camps along the railway cs they are in going to Matanzas, and we are grateful to be spared that nightmare. At Guanajay we leave the railroad and take a vehicle to see the trocha, which lies along the highway to Mariel. Not caring for an escort, we had not asked for a mili- tary pass at headquarters. The officer in charge, when our identity is established, waives that formality, and we jog along at @ pace which enables us, to form a good im- Pression of the trocha. As a piece of mili- tary engineering or a strategic work, It dees not particularly impress our civilian eyes. We see three rows of posts running parallel through the fields and parallel to the road. They are four feet high, and the three lines of barbed wire which are stretched along appear to be about six feet apart. As the whole country is open, the approach to this triple line of barbed wire is easily commanded from the earthworks which have been thrown up along the woodside. Inside the earthworks runs the ditch which we had always supposed was the chief feature of the trocha. It is about 150 feet back from the wire fences. The earthwork line at short distances is hollow- ed out and lined with stones. It is exactly as if rough bowls of stones had been set dcwn in them.” At greater distances are the square stone forts. The other side of the road 4s lined with earthworks and for- tifications in the same way. The Trocha Today. This is the arpearance the trocha pre- sents today between Guanajay and Mariel. We were told it conforms to the topog- raphy of the country where it extends through the marshes and swamps to the sea. While it might be little obstacle to a regular bedy of troops with light ar- tillery, it is not hard to see that the bar- rier must be serious to a few thousand half-armed insurgents. When the trocha was guarded by thousands of soldiers, who swarmed in the bowl-shaped fortinas, the larger forts and behind the breastworks, we can understand that Maceo could only lead a few hundred of his followers through it in the swampy country by stealth. No general assault could prevail. ‘The trocha is still well guarded, but many of the troops have been sent to Santa Clara and other places in the western part ‘return d ‘New York) a debate, of the island. In addition to the volun- teers, 2,000 regular soldiers are stationed at Guarajay, a large force to hold a small section of a pacified country. The insur- gents are still plentiful in the hills. Though Col. Cirujeda, whose troops un- krowingly killed Maceo, is in Spain receiv- ing the homage of a popular hero, the in- surgents do not respect the trocha. We hear of a brush they had only three nights ago with the troops. They came up from the south within the lines of the trocha at night, made a “rodillo” or round-up of a herd of cattle, and drove the whole herd off in triumph. There was plenty of firing, but the invaders left no dead or wounded on the field. Reckless devils, these insur- gents. Beef is very scarce. Rarely do the Spanish soldiers taste it. Perhaps they are envying the insurgents in the hills. Life of the Soldiers. The drive back from Mariel to Guanajay is improved to note the life of the soldiers in the barracks along the trocha. It can- not be a pleasant one. They sleep in ham- mocks, swung over the bare earth, which at this season is a quagmire. After the rains the malaria steams up from it. Judg- ing from the number of soldiers we see shivering in their blankets, the fever must be widespread. Some of the men on picket duty and in the watch towers of the for- tinas must also be suffering, for they have the blankets drawn tightly over their heads, and their teeth are chattering. A Tew are possibly convalescents, for are mounted, and, with a comrade on either side, are making a brave march for the railway station. And all this sickness i & Guanajay gives us a pleasing impression of a Cuban village, but I have not space here to tell of it. Down the stret is march- Fy if $ & il i | I i & % g i [ ; i iF Continuation of the Senate Oommit- tee's Inquiry. EFFSCT ON THE INDIAN SCHDOLS~ The Examination for the Govern- ment Printing Office. OTHER MATTERS ‘The Serate committee on civil service and retrenchment resumed its hearings today. Capt. Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle | Indian School, was again examined. He said that after his long service and prac- tical experience he would be unable today to pass the civil service cxamination for that place. He sald that the civil gervice does not sive the government the executive ability necessary. The examination, he said, is not practical in its nature. Speaking of the loyalty of the employes put in through civil service he said the general disposition among these people is to take their griev- ances over his head to Washington, which was subversive of discipline. Captain Pratt read to the committee sv- eral letters from superintendents of In- dian schools at other places bearing out is criticisms upon civil service. Captain Pratt was asked if there anything in the civil service law to pre- vent the power cf removal for cause. He ~ replied there was nothing, and that it . was exercised freely. He said there were @s many removals and as disastrous re- movals as under the old system. Another Side of the Story. Mr. W. N. Hailman, superintendent of Indian schools of the Indian bureau, was then sworn. He said he had been a teach- er for forty-one years. He said the civil service law had been a benefit by prevent- ing the removal of employes for political reasons, and the appointment of {ueflicient persons. The law had created a feeiing of confidence among the employes in their tenure of office. Mr. Hailman presented tables offsetting the statistics furnished by Captain Pratt last Saturday. He showed by a comparison, Pratt had failed to give, that under the civil service the tenure of office of em- . ployes was larger than in the same period when there was no civil service. This was the case in all of the schools, except Capt Pratt's school at Carlisle and the school at lem. He also showed that in the various schools more employes had disappeared from the Mst in the unclassified than in the classified service, going to show, he said, that the civil service law made the Indian service more stable. Mr. Hailman said he had never inquired into the political or religious principles of any employes certified to him by the civil service. He had never in any way tried to circumvent the civil service law in any way. He was not appointed upon partisan or denominational grounds, and he has lived up to the spirit of his appointment Mr. Hailman said that some of the let- ters cited by Capt. Pratt today had refer- ence to men who were relieved from duty for sufficient cause. He said the character of the examinations of employes had been changed so as to include more practical questicrs. Mr. Haflman’s Statem Mr. Hailman submitted the following statement upon Capt. Pratt's testimony: “The follow:rg facts will show the un- reliabliity of Capt. Pratt's tables in several important particulars: “First. The Seger Colony school was or- ganized in July, 1891, with three employes - whose salaries exceeded $0 per annum. The superintendent was still in charge of the school in 186, when the number of em- ployes had been increased to twenty. At the time of its organization none of the em- ~ ployes were in the classified service. “Second. The Seminole school, Florida, quoted by Capt. Pratt, is not a school, but a pioneer station to att the Indians to civilization, whose employes are paid fro: the school fund. It is true that in 18% there were at this place ten employes, as stated by Capt. Pratt, but today there are only three, and two of these were in the service in 1892. “Third—The Santa Fe Training School, New Mexico, quoted by Captain Pratt, was practically abandoned in 1893, which ac- counts for the disappearance of the names of the employes from the list. The fact that it was reorganized in 1894 does not detract from the evident impropriety of his using this school for the purpose of illus- tration. “Fourth—The abandonment of the Kiowa Boarding School, Oklahoma, had been de- termined upon in 1895, and the employes then in the service were gradually trans- ferred to other schools. Of the ten em- ployes receiving $400 or more, listed in “4, all but two are in the service now in other schools. ° “Fifth—The Pipestone School was in process of erection in "92 under the super- vision of Supt. Crandall, who its still in the * service as superintendent of the #ima School. The matron, listed in "82, never en- tered the service, and the farmer, the third and last of cpio egress ~~ . in sy as separated from une, "2. “Sixth—In a number of the schools named by Captain Pratt, he gives higher numbers of employes ‘than the facts warrant. The schools at Sisseton and at the Navajo agencies are typical of this error. Captain Pratt counts at Sisseton 49 employes. Of these 3 were superintendents, 3 were ma- trons, 2 industrial teachers, 2 cooks and 2 night watchmen, each serving only for @ fraction of a year. There were at this school only 12 positions ying $400 or more, instead of 19, as Captain Pratt states, and of these only 5 were in the classified serv- ice. “Similarly, at Navajo there were only 12 positions paying $400 or more, not 20, as Captain Pratt’s statement would lead one to infer, and of these only 5 were in the classified service during the latter part of the fiscal year.” Mr. Hailman said that the superinten- dents of Indian schools approve of the civil service, and he specifically dented the truth of Capt. Pratt's assertion te the con- . Which Capt. colored maa, seed E ie } ne cir i i i is i i i ‘ é a ti i z se i 3 i g Hi i Hl ie i 4 ei Fitete 2 rear i f | i i iF iy | | | HE i i i 3 I Et if i t i : E ii i : i r : i ; i