Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. see PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Averue, Cor. 1th St. by The Evening Stat Newspaper Company, 8. H. i AUFYMANN’ Pres't. New York Office, 49 Fotter Building. pee eee genre ‘The Evening Star is served tc subscribers In the elty by carriers, their own account, at 10 cents Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with <n tage added, $3 _ = Part2. Che Foening Siae. Pages 11-114, . (Entered at th> Fost Office as_secomt-elass mall matter.) = 7 All mail subscriptions mast be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Washingtoa, D. C., WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. QPrinfers’ Ink (tbe fittfe shook: master of adverf:sing), saps: Jt ts cfa'm:2d for fhe Washington Stor, and proSabfp fru‘Stuffp cfoim:d, {Bat no offer newspaper in fe countrp gozs info so fargzz a vercenfag> of aff f6: Bosses to:ffin @ radius of ftentp mifes from f§e offic: of pufification. DIFFER IN THEIR VIEWS Secretary Bliss and Mr. Wanamaker Dis- cuss the Political Situation. ax Is Hopefal, While the Ex- r. Bi Postmaster General Takes a Pessi- mistic View of Conditions. Tt would appear from recent Interviews retary Bliss of the Interior and ex- master General Wanamaker of Phila- delphia differ materially in their view to the economic conditions which prevail in the country at present and the metnods of dealing with the situation. In an interview with the New York Her- Secretary Bliss is quoted as Herald makes it appear that I, as Jent of the Tariff League, and also as member of the cabinet, agree with the h of Mr. mistic because yhia,- wherea: a emphatically dis- and other utter- anamaker. On the con pe with the speech of Sec- applaud nees of the Pr the dent Tarif? Bill Seemed to Deag. looked a few weeks though tariff bill were going to drag along all there was ample reason for | “tt the discouraged who believe that the is one of the most imvor- | tent questions involved in the business sit- tuation has changed. The fg taken up in rit which si riy age in a form. I should not be sur- © it pass by the out interpretati culars would lead it is very hopeful.” Wanamaker is Interview ne de Postmaster General Wanamaker has remained silent as to his own opinion Former of his rotable addres: but Saturday he and after cons’ thought ron his diff titude. Throughout his conve evident that, far from attem cise the ces of the chief magistrate, | he was s to defer to him upon all | matter » which have come under his tion a merchant | and he regarded himself 1 the article concerning the American Protec he said, “but I am | the documents issued the name of Se The membe ed my remarks | rse on May 14 last could | e burning torchlights of - Once for all I will say © could persuade me that Mr. three mor before and six after election not exacUy the n of His I will talk,” Mr. “on what gave ri hh. amaker con Spe Wan to m speech to s men. It was upon the occa- eit bling to d Tmine on course in pelitic I chose two to convince them that they 1d up and keep on working for good. First, because of their m promising speech: pt in good faith reeping paraly of the unemployed. said was addressed to Pennsyl- and much of it bore solely on polities that have grown steadily few years, as is well known. I love quietness and peace, it is mle for me te be indifferent or, present condition of affairs. pty Shells Without Kernels. these times campaign speeches are only empty shells without kernels. How ever well-meaning or whoever it is who thinks he does good by them, must be for- getting that a million of workmen and their children are hungry. The man who looks for bread in Such speeches will not have much to eat. The public heart ca: not be fired by eloquence just now, for the powder of patriotism is wet with the tears of the suffering unemployed. Give me hoid of somebody's hand who will do something, not talk abouteit month after month. “Ww vught to have a new, a better tariff, t if we cannot get it let us settle down id one and adjust ourselves to Far better that than vex- a Tarif Bill Riddlted. n House has been in sessian ember, and its riddled bill sses about at the other end of the If to be impatient is unpatriotic, delays are so protracted and unnecessary in adjusting these two great questions uppermost in the pub- lic mina, I must ask to be forgiven for miscoi sg the pulse of most of the I met. There are not a few e that since the war no such fell upon the country as that eded the election of November, pirit which moved the people alive. It will neither be ignored with. The tariff, money, econ- expenditures, must be arranged nd promptly if we are to find con- t or prosperity.” POST EXCHANGES. ol the of STATUS OF Not fable the Payment of Internal Revenue Taxes. The Treasury Department has decided that articles purchased for army exchanges wble to internal revenue taxes. * question arose with reference to some oleomargarine which was being sold at the post exchange at the Washington barracks without payment of the special tax. When the fact became known, tax was assessed and the officer in charge 4s notified to settle for correspondence Yar and Treasury De- nts on the subject, with the result as above stated. The judge advocate general of the army asked an abatement of the tax on the ground that the post exchange is an zgency or instrument of the United States, and, therefore, not taxable under the interna: ue laws. The Treasury Department t first that as the exchaage is a pri- | rangement for the personal comfort nefit of Individual soldiers, it was t to tax for furnishing manufac- | tobacco, cigars and malt lquors to isted men, but the judge advocite gen- ! contended that this form of exchange sed out of existence and was superseded by the present system, which was intro- guced by the War Department on Febru- ary 1, S89. iH regued that the post exchange at pres- ent In existence, being admitted!y an institu- tion established and maintained for and in the interest of the government service, and onducted and carried on by officers of the United States in the performance of their uties as such officers, and under and pur- t to regulations duly adopted, must necessarily be a government instrumen- ity and therefore not taxable under the laws of the United States or by the states. In adopting this view the Treasury Depurt- ment has ordered the assessment for oleo- murgarine in this case abated. “Want” ads. in The Star because they bring answers. — THE DUNKERS Estimated That 50,000 Members Are As- sembled Near Frederick, Md. The Annual Conference — Arrange- ments for the Erection of a House of Worship in This City. 1 Correspondence of The Evening SERICK, Md., June 6, 15 rvative estimate that not less 000 persons were in attendance at today’s meeting of the annual gathering of the German Baptists, or Dunkers, of the United States, now being heid near this city. Although religious services have been held daily for nearly a week, the business sessions of general conference, which 4s composed of nearly 50) dclegates,’-each representing a church of the denomination, will not begin until Tuesday morning at o'clock. It is expected that the final ad- journment will take place Thursday even- ing. One of the most important matters to come before the conference will be the re- port of the mission beard, which has al- ready made preliminary arrangements for the erection of a church in Washington. ‘ound at ion ef North ¢ lina avenue treet southea: been pur- paid for at a cost of $6,000. The n of the building which is to be con- there has been adopted by the but work will not be begun until mated cost, 6,000, is in the nee is it is against the pofic hurch to go in debt. ted, however, that the actual m will be begun very soon, as to appea for linancial aid to the » recent ent out to the mem erally have already been r 1 the donations were quite as as were expected, The Washingt The Dunker: For this purpese a large lot of ¢ the n Membership. already have a small mem- bership in W. ston, which is in the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Holling: they have no regular meeting 1p their own, and it is felt by the mission board that the erection and dedication of a house for divine w« P would be followed with excellent result: Were it not for the aversion of the Dunk- es io all unnec ry or apparently w ful expenditure of mo: it is prob- able that the new church in Washington would be among the finest structures of the kind in the natienal capital Among other important subjects to come before iste the fer re: Election of min- ral plan of holding love communion to make incre efforts to ha » Sabbath day more si redly reg: that noth t the mere necessiti » sold or furnished on the con- ference that the post be ed on that day; that the sale of new: papers be also prohibit in going to the conference that the pe pe urged to hall not their arrangements so that they arrive thus removing any en- couragement on the church's part running of Sunday that the general jal minglings, excursion t the intent of the church it may be a quiet and splritu The cenference oppo: hi insurance, “because it : in that benefit to the real the church of tru savi cause it a childish xs 4 thus kills the ability to proper ke care of means; it is a lottery, and be- cause it ve to coveto: and mura) avestion will be discussed at the gathering here. e Reports. led to order by , the retiring Conferen The conference will be cz Rey. D. P. Price of Ilino! moderator, following which Rev. Galen B. | Royer, secretary and treasurer of the mis- N make his annual report, fol- sion board, w! which, in a condensed form, will be 4 low: Receipt world-wide, Ind Asia Mi phat another Le — United total, Expenc State Denmark, 364 Swe- den, $516. India, $1,000; A: Minor, $1,406.50; Asia Minor Orp shington city let, $6, ses and § i. Continuing, Secretary-treasurer Royer will say: “Through the endowment ex- pense, the assets of the committce were in- creased from $175,586.30 to $224,017.16. The earning power of the increascd assets will much more than cancel the expenses, hence of e doitar expended, 4 cents actual- ly did mission work, while 1.6 cents was used in expense of same. he receipts on account ef book and tract work amounted to $3,120.51, and the expenditures to $4,041.21. These expendi- tures cover the publishing and distributing of nearly 2,40),000 pages of tracts, besides beoks and Bibles. “Assistance was given to eight state dis- trcts, amounting to $1,7: loans were made on seven meeting houses, aggregating 31,250, and donations were made on nine meeting houses, amounting to $1,107.50. As- sistance to eighty-nine meeting houses has been rendered since the present plan was adopted. “Thé committee has under its care mis- sions in Washington, D. C.; Chicago, Ar- kansas, southern Missouri, Fiorida and Ala- bama, in the United States, and, in the fcreign fie in Dénmark, Swedea, Smyr- na and India. History of the Sect. “The Brethren, or Dunkers, incorporated as the German Baptist Brethren Church,” said Rev. D. L. Miller to the representative of The Star, “are a large body of Chris tians, whose faith and practice are not generally known outside of their imme- diate localities. “The statements that the Brethren are celibates; that they discourage marriage; that they do not marry outside of their own fraternity; that they keep the seventh Gay Sabbath; that they live in communi- ties, and other charges set forth in hooks written on the subject, always have been rwithout foundation. These misstatements, which are to be found in nearly all the standard works, show a lack of care in ob- taining correct information which is far from commendable. “Ever since the decline of primitive Christianity tm the early age of the church, Ged has had a people who protested against the departures from the usages of the apostolic faith. The Brethren come in this line of succession, and the movement which resulted in their closer organization grew out of the great religious awakening which occurred in Germany during the closing years of the seventeenth century, when large numbers, becoming dissatisfied with the lack of spirituality in the state cburch, withdrew from its communion and met together for the worship of God. “These were called separatis! and they were bitterly persecuted by the adherents of the state church. Finally a few of the separatists met Logettier and_ mutually agreed to lay aside all existing creeds, con- fessions of faith and catechisms, and search for the truth of God's book, and, havi, found it, to follow in wherever it might lead them. They were led to adopt the New Testament as their creed, and to declare in favor of a literal observafice of all the commandments of the Son of God. “The Brethren claim to follow on! Christ, and, as they accept His word their rule of faith and practice, the claim is well founded. ‘The Nucleus Formed. “In 1719 they commenced emigrating to America, and in less than ten years the en- tire church found itself quietly settled down in the vicinity of Germantown and . IN SESSION | j trict_ conference, Philade!phia. From this nucleus the church spread southward and. westward, and flourishing congregations are now found in most of the states. They are, however, most numerous in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ne- bra and Kansas. At the annual confer- ence, held in Ottawa, Kan., last year, twenty-three states and four foreign coun- tries, Denmark, Sweden, Asia Minor and India, were represented.. “The Brethren are in every respect evan- gelical in their faith. They believe in the ‘Trinity, in the divinity ‘of Christ and of the Holy Spirit, and punishments. Faith, repentance and baptism are held to be con- ditions of salvation, and upon them rests the promise of the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Ghost. “The Brethren have a republican form of church government. Each congregation is independent in the management of its local affairs, such as the election of dea- cons, ministers, elders or bishops, and in matters of local church discipline, but is subject to the entire brotherhood, through district and general conferences. A num- ber of congregations, usually in the same state, conveniently located, are formed into a district, and these hold annual ccnfer- ences, to which each congregation sends two celegates, either lay members, deacons or ministers. Questions, local to the dis- trict, are discussed and settled by the dis- but those of a general ent to general conference. character are General Conference Rules. “The decisions of the general conference are to be adhered to by all the members of the church. The tendency of the confer- ence and the annual reunions is to unify the Brethren in all their church work, and it is a fact that there is rarely found so large a body ef religious people so close- ly united on the doctrines and principles to which they hold. ‘ minist and deacons are clect- ‘ch from among its members, » chosen are such as are deemed qualified for the important werk to which they are ae ach member, with- ook: properly supported. claim to be and are in a peculiar people. Plain is taught and required and general formity is observed, but is regarded as a means to an end. believe that the New Testament teach i in attire, and t of habit, ma church from the world. respect many ressing: ‘kKed enough to w “The members are not allowed to go to own number, askin law with any of their with others without first sel of the church, and it a brother to be engaged in a law Amorg themselves differences are adjusted personally or by the church, in sccordani with the Christian law of trespass given by ster. ‘0 brother can become a member of any ner g the coun- inde secret 0 roath-bound society, the Brethren g that the gospel of Jesus Christ is ufficient for all the wants of h All the converts who are identi- fied with such orders are requtred to their relations with them before they be adopted into the family of the brothe! hood. Divorces and Remarriages. “The Brethren hold that the marriage bond can only be dissolved by death. Di- vorce and remarriage are practicaily un- known among the membership. “The church keeps its own poor, each congregation looking after its own who may became needy. If a singie congrega- tion becomes burdened, it may call for a: sistance? upon its sister congregation in this way the needed help is ob As members of one common family all held by the fraternit brethren and ters entitied to support, both moral physical, in time of need. “On the question of temperance and pro- hibition the Brethren have for more than a century given no uncertain testimony They form one of the oldest temperance organizations in the United States. More than 100 year ago a decision was p dy forbidding any of the members to eng: in the manufacture or sale of intoxicants, They forbid the use of all alcoholic or mal Mquors as a beverage in public or private. They discourage the use of tobacco, and the rule is that no brother can be installed in office who tobacco without making a promise to quit it. “The fraternity is largely engaged in agricultural pursuits, but men and women in other departments of human endeavor may be found enrolled among its members. Colleges and Schools. even schools or colleges are in success- ful operation, over which the church has a supervising control. The schools are lo- cated at Huntingdon, Pa.; Mt. Morris, Ill; Pridgewater, Va.; McPherson, Kan.; Lords- burg, Cal.; North Manchester, Ind., and Fruitdale, Ala. The church has a well or- ganized missionary and tract society. and “The brethren are well known as a quiet, peaceable and unassuming people. Habits of strict economy prevail among them, and by their adherence to plainness in dress and living they are, as a rule, well-to-do and are able to meet their obligations. They enjoy an enviable reputation for honesty in the communities in which they live. They manifest a strong devotion to the Lible, and are constantly laboring to live out the principles and the spirit of the Man of Sorrows. “The church in general has not, as yet, felt the withering influence of worldliness within its borders. Caste distinctions and differences, born of human pride, have not ertered its doors. Rich and poor, high and low, meet alike as one common family in Christ, and the fraternal sentiment is largely developed in its membership.” a ee COMMISSIONER EVANS’ Uncertain Whether He Can Accom- pany the President to Nashville. Commissioner of Pensions Evans nas not decided whether he will be able to ac- company the presidential party to the Ten- nessee centennial. He may be able to be at Chattanooga te receive the party and to escort them to the top of Lookout moun- tain, and to interesting points on the battle- fields that are located in that vicinity. If he is not, jhe will make provision so that they will have every facility for taking these trips. Mr. Evans will shortly visit Tennessee, however, in order to escort his wife from their home taere to a seaside resort in New Jersey, where his daughters are stopping. In the fall he will probably take a house here fcr his permanent residence during his administration as commissioner of pea- stons. - PLANS. —____- e+ —____ STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. The Brice Claim for Making Gold Not Yet Acted On. The patent office has not yet taken final action on the Brice process for making gold. The report of Treasury Departm:nt officials on this process having been in ef- fect that the process completely failed to cenvert baser metals into gold, the com- missioner of patents still has the matter under consideration, in view of the protest against the action of the treasury officials, ea by W. H. Singleton, attorney for Mr. ice. —_-e—______ Bids for Gunpowder. Bids"have been opened at the War De- partment for supplying about 200,000 pounds of gunpowder for saluting purposes for the seacoast and field and slege artillery, with the following results: Bernard Peyton of California, for powder delivered at Be- nicia arsenal, 9 cents per pound; Leflin & Rand, delivered at Benicia, Cal., 9 9-10 cents"per pound, at Rock Island and Dover, Island and Dover, 885. * = ——_-e-—______. If you want anything, i star: It Bnybody’ has Sahat coal tes will get an answer. ut by a general | JAPAN IS FRIENDLY Amiable Deportment of Its Represen- tatives at Honolulu. THE PRESENCE OF THE PHILADELPHIA Sugar Trust Believed to Be Sus- | taining Liliuokalani. ——— HAWAIIANS AND SPORTS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, Hawall, May 22, 1897. The presence of the Philadeiphia in this port has exercised a remarkably wholesome effect upon the attitude of Japan toward Hawali.: The announcement that the Phil- adelphia} had been sent here aroused such an effervescence of anger in the Japanese papers that the present most quiet and amicable behavior of the Naniwa’s people is very suggestive. It is eighteen days since the big Japanese cruiser arrived, but the Commissioner Akiyama, whom she brought, and Minister Shimamura have made none but the most courteous and friendly expressions to this government. planation ha been quietly asked of the peremptory course taken in sending back the Japanese immigrants, which is claimed to be in violation of treaty stipula- ticns. Some intimation has also been made that a ciaim for damages may subsequently be pr nied. But all has been done in the most courteous and friendly tone. This amiable deportment of the Japanese representatives has been so marked, in contr with the preceding intemperate f r in the leading Jap. ify the impre that the uitude of the United State: is fully real- ized. Meantime, the reply of our executive is being carefully prepared. It ide! stood that it will fully maintain the pro- pricty of the action taken in sending back the immigrants, as being in no w latign of the treaty with Japan. 2 po tion taken will be firmly and carefully ae- fended. It is not to be expected that the Japar diplomats will not controvert it. The controversy may be’a long one, but will probably continue friendly in ‘ton The conclusion arrived at must depen upon the weight of argument upon either side. Meanwhile, some very pleasant courtesies have been exchanged between the visiting Japanese and the residents ef Honolulu Four representatives of leading Japan Jcurnals came on the Nantwa in order to report to their papers the condition of af- Doubtless their statements will be of much interest to us as telling how Ha- jes wail and the condition of their people her look through Japanese eyes. The op; tunity was taken by members of the Hono- lulu press to give these visiting gentiemen a banquet. Twenty of the Honolulu men were including Chinese, Portugue and Hawaiian, fm all of which S papers are published. kiyama was one of st cordiality and , and hear! Councillor the @omfany. The good feeling pr. y compliments were ex- changed between Japan and Hawaii. Soon after, an evening entertainment on board the Naniwa was given to some 20) vi The talent for decoration richly display The affair was id to be unequaled on any similar occasion on any war vessel previously in this port ‘ Friendliness is evidently the role adopted, itors are doing their best in t Our Japanese neighbors do not 1: ity, and are too shrewd to push any ile demonstrations toward Hawaii which might tend to increase alarm a hurry annexation to the United State They have taken the cue, and now we only hear that they have never enter: a thought of getting po sion of Hawaii. The quiet exhibition of the Philadelphia at Horolulu has acted like magi It has un- mistakably proclaimed the intention of the United States to be paramount on this side of the Pacific. Sugar Trust Behind the Queen. We are coming to think ourselves quite dull in not having perceived the true solu- tion of a problem which has puzzied us. How came Liliuokalani so sudilenly to visit America, and to make.such a protracted campaign in Washington? And, morc curiously, how could é find the mea for the great expense she has been incur ring? Her private estate is smail. She is well known to have bean in straiiened cir- cumstances; it is quite certain that she has not recently raised «ny funds by mert- gage of property. Y2t she is leading an expensive mode of iife in Washington, in- cluding the support of her secretary end henchman, Palmer. It may be doubted whether he has Seca dona-ing all his Gili- gent and active labors for nothing, out of pure love to the cause of the fallen mon- arch, throne-worshiper though he be. Some facts have recenily transpired lead- ing to the belief that Liliuckalani and Palmer are campaigning at Washingcon at the expense of the sugar trust. This, if true, affords an easy and. natural solution of the problem stated avove, and it is u wonder that it has not been guessed sooner. This wealthy trust is the chief enemy of the annexation of Hawaii. Its members know that we shall then refine our own sugars at our mills at small expense,and compete with their profitable business in an unpleasant manner. Hawaii, when annexed, will Le- come a thorn in the side of the great monopoly. What, then, is more natural or appropriate’ than for this powerful combi- nation, among other methods, to expend something to enable the cx-queen to pose in state near your government and Con- gress, so ‘as to promo.e prejudice against the “usurping Dole government?” This is a very interesting game—worked by the mammoth monopoly in behalf of royalty and its own profits. Meantime the sugar trust. keeps itself somewhat in the background In this Ha- walian controversy, in whieh ‘itis so _keen- ly interested. It pusies to the front Henry Oxnard and Claus Spreckels ‘to raise a patriotic outcry against Huwali in pehalf of the beet sugar interest, Those gentle- men want that great home:industry to be developed and prosper, but the free im- portation of Hawaiian sugar’ is killing it, in spite of high tariff protection. So they are clamoring, and induziag%@) multitude of beet producers to clamor witir them. But all that outcry is transparently absurd. Nothing is clearer than the fact that the present importation of Hawdiian sugar free of duty can have no possible effect in lowering the price of any of your pro- tected home-grown sugars. It can never begin to reduce that price, pot ‘one cent a ton, until the combined product of sugars in Hawaii and the United Statés comes to exceed the entire consumption of sugar in the United States. That evént is evidently in the distant future. It is the baldest ab- surdity to talk of beet sug: our reciprocity treaty, or by annexation. The outcry is a fraudulent one, really made in the interest of the sugar trust. Sport of Wave Sliding. . An added attraction has been created for visitors at our lovely Waikiki Beach. A number of expert native’, n have been organized into a company for tae pur- pose of treating the visitdré to the sport of wave sliding, which is ‘midway between surf riding and snow-hill coasting. A light canoe and an the exact point on the front of the combing wave, where it will be impelled forward at highest speed. A swift rush of a fourth mile te the beach y thus be made in a few moments with the tossing comb of the wave overhanging the stern. The charge for this sport is $1 an hour, time cnough for several repetitions of the ride. Ve rarely mizht one get upset by a carele stroke of the paddle. But the Kanakas are like fish in the water, and never let any The canoes are hollowed from beautifully mode with a light outrigger. smoothed, sport is becomirg very popular. The practice of surf riding has beco:ae nearly obsolete in these islands. The na- tives cume to prefer horses to surf boards, and now are taking to bicycles. Up to fifty years ago, before horses became cheap, one could find no beach with ourer surf near a village where at any time many might not be seen at this play, of both sexes and all ages. With the long. thin board of rounded ends under the arm y breasted the waves to the outer surf, diving momently under each great brea: as It smote down upon them, and so evad- ing its crushing blow. When outside, watching for a wave at the first moment of its combing, the rider mounts his board lying face downward on the froni ef the billow, and with a few sharp thrusts of hands and feet gets in motion on the mighty comber, which shoots him forward to the shore. It was a very lively, and to a stranger an excitin: spectacle to see the riders thus come flying in on the higi green fronts cf the great combers, with the wa- ter spurting aside from the fronts of their boards as from the stem of a swift ship. After the first start, which had to be made in a recumbent posture, so as to ply hand and foot in the water, it was usual for all practiced operators to rise into at jeast a crouching posture on han¢ knees on the boards. The more t would rise to an erect posture, standing on the board the shot forward, guiding it unerrit by automatic muscular ac‘ion, like a practiced cyelist with nis arms i d. Thi hee nalu,” or wave sliding, was the favorite sport of royal princes as well as of the common people. In the en- trance of the Bishop Museum are two im- planks carefully shaped to. thin which were the favorite surf boards val chiefs at Lahaina sixty yea are made of the cork-like wili- mense lv) wood, very rarely ford of such a Their roval riders were men ature, like all the and women of. great chiefs, and averaging 300 pounds apiece. Shark Hunting. Very rarely sharks attacked the bold surf players. The natives had small fear of these wolves and tigers of the sea, being more than a match for them if on their guard. When bitten it was attrib- uted to having given offense to the shark god. The oath most feared was t sworn by the Mana, or shark, who never forgave the violator, but slew him the next time he entered the sea. Not long b fore the discovery of the islands a gay young prince on Maui had his hand bitten off while surf riding, and died of the wound. He was said to have broken hi cath. The common sharks are of moder- ate size, and easily killed by an active diver, who gets under them. There are, however, occasionally met a larger class of sharks, called Nuni, which were objects of superstitious fear, and became also ob- jects of the hunting prowess of famous chiefs, who baited tor them with human flesh. I lately talked with an educated native, a prominent official, who narrated at length his experience when a boy in trap- ping sharks outside of the reef at La- haina. His father was the chief operator He would go out in his canoe with his boy and another man. When over the regular sleeping place of the sharks he would put his ear to the water and Isten for their snoring. It seems that when asleep their gills emit the water with a strong vibra- tion, Having located the shark, the fisher- man dove with a strong cord. Very care- tully excavating the sand without disturb- ing the fish, he quietly passed the cord under the tail and noosed it. ‘Then rising to the surface, all hat.is pulled the un- happy shark to the canoe, stern first, and jispatehed him. Some of our white friends were at first a little incredulous, but sev- eral intelligent natives present emphati- cally corroborated the truth of the prac- uce des Every one knows that Polynesians are all expert swimmers, because, being tsland- , they live near the sea. Do you know why all quadrupeds swim without teach- ing, while all men naturally drown, unk previously taught how to float? The rea- son of the difference is a perfectly simple cne. The human being, finding himself in deep water, instinctively reaches up for help. He gets his hands above the water, and in consequence his head goes .under, because his specific gravity is so little above that of water that only the upper halt of his head can keep above the surface. If the hands are put out the head must go under. If the drowning man would reso- lutely keep everything below his nose un- der water his nose would float above, and he would be safe. But he instinciively reaches up, and therefore drowns. But why does not the beast do the same thing and also drown? Simply because he can't. The adjustment of the quadruped’s shoulders is such that he has no power to reach above his head. So he keeps his snout out of water by instinct, at the same time his feet naturally paddie and propel him forward. About the best way to learn to swim is to wear a light float or life pre- server into the water for a few days until you are familiar with the movements of propulsion, and also with the sustaining power of the water. To learn in this way is extremely easy, and swimming ought. for safety’s sake, to be made a part of every one’s education. How many not only drown themselves, hut also drag down those who try to rescue them! KAMEHAMEHA. ———— COMING FROM NEW YORK. Holland's New Submarine Boat to Be Shown on the Potomac. . It is reported from New York that In- venter Holland proposes to bring his sub- marine boat around to Washington this week in order to display her peculiar quali- ties to members of Congress and others interested In naval architecture. It is said that the singular craft will start from New Yerk Wednesday for Washington and that during the trip she will make a fifty-mile submarine test. No one will be aboard the beat but Mr. Holland and the crew. The inventor has refused to allow any naval engineer to make the journey. When Washington is reached an oppor- tunity will be afforded naval officers and congressmen to take a short journey and sq the mechanism of the craft in opera- tion. ——_-2+___ THE PRESIDENT’S RIDES. Gocs on Daily Trips With Capi Michler and Surgeon Wood. Captain Michler of General Miles’ staff and Surgeon Wood of the army medical department are usually among the Presi- dent’s companions on his horseback expedi- tions in the suburbs nearly every fair af- ternoon. They form a semi-military escort end were, personally chosen by the Pres!- dent because of their congeniality and ex- pert horsemanship. Although not ordered out for the protection of the President, they would be expected to do so to the full extent of their abtiity in case it should become necessary. On his daily equestrian trips President McKinley rides a dark Ian saddles of the approved “army patters jan are used by the officers,-but the President sits on a flat English saddle with short stirrups. He wears the regulation boots and spurs and carries a crop. —__—~-e. Death of Mrs. D. J. Partello, News has been received of the death of Mrs. Agnes M. Partello, wife of Mr. Dwight J. Partello, United State consul at Son- Germany. Mrs. Parteilo poeas this ity, which was Aategtaesy for many years before she went abroad, THE EMPEROR WAS HOOTED German Populace Manifests Its Displeasure at Tempelhof Fa:ade. Police Brutally Assault AML Who fend Them—William Has Another Row Wit Prince Henry. A recent Berlin dispatch unusual features accompanied the great spring parade on the Tempelhof grounds last Tuesday. By the rigorous police rules barring ali traffic from the streets leading to the Tempelhof, the public was virtuaily «Xeluded from thi: ight, which for man years has been a popular diversion. The orders were brutally carried cut by the po- Several lice, many persons being kicked and in- jured on the field. The number of car- riages was much smaller than usual. The emperor and empress, while gclug to and coming from the field, were not once cheered by the populace, which was in a very ugly mood, as the police policy was attributed to the emperor's orders. Several persons in the de: crowd hooted the emperor, which instautly nswered b police forcibly dispersing the throng and arresting a score of peopl. The empress was pale was nd © affected by all this that sh from a violent he nervous, suf- >, and insisted to the ¢ The empe topped the parade before it was In the jostie on leaving the Tempelhof the empre badly seared, denky appeared at her horse’s head, au Women of the lower classes su: with a thre men threw empress. tening gesture one of the wo- a petition in the face of the In the turmoil which ensued her y lost a unigue decoration, confer upon her by Queen Victoria, and compo: » queen’s enameled portrait, set with ig diamond: Riding Habit of the Ei FEN. The empress was present at the parade on horseback in white riding habit of the pattern of the uniform of » Queen's Own Pomeranian Culrassiers, and wearing a triple peak white cockade hat of the old Bayreuth Dragoons. Across her breast she wore the broad orange band of the Order of the Zagle. The new police measures adopted in excluding the people from such occasions, and contrast them with the course under Emperors Wil- liam [ and Frederick ILL. Among the invited spectators at the pa- rade were Uniied States Ambassador Uhi and family and Mr. John W. Foster, the United States seal commissioner. Mrs. Foster. Mr. Foster, while on his to ‘sia, Stopped four days in this ci and given a reception by Mr. Uhl, which Was attended by a number of dipiom: formerly stationed at Washington. Another serious difference, almost amounting to a quarrel, has arisen be- tween Emperor William and his brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, said to be due to the attitude of his majesty toward Great Britain and Queen Victoria, Prince Henry favoring a more conciliatory policy. In a recent letter the emperor has peremptorily forbidden his brother to in any way inter- tere in the politics of the empiri The dominant party at court is frankly aad bitterly anti-Britain. The chief of the naval cabinet, Admiral Baron von Serden-Bibran, and the chief of the military cabinet, the Aid-de-Camp Gencral, Gen. von Hannke, are the heads of the movement. cee ECONOMY IN TH pers all condemn the severe ri NAVY. Seeretary Long Decides Against Ex- tensive Fleet Maneuvers. Secretary Long is authority for the state- ment that there will be no extensive fleet maneuvers this season, and that the move- ments of the home squadron will be re- stricted to individual ship exercises while on the way from port to port in execution of general orders. It is said that the S retary has determined upon the exerci: ef rigid economy in the administratioa of the naval service, and that the expenses are to be reduced to a minimum. Fleet evolutions are very expensive and conse- quently will be avoided during the present seasoi The naval exchequer ts running low and there are no funds available for experiments of any kind, Nearly three million dollars has been expended during the fiscal year now drawing to a close in the repair of ships and in fitting them eut for active sea service in anticipation of possible trouble. One good result of this heavy expenditure, however, is that the navy is today in a better state of readi- ness for acticn than it has been at any time since the civil war. ————_-+e— Army Orders. First Lieutenant J. F. Reynolds, Ist Cav- alry, has been detached from duty at head- quarters, department of California, and or- dered to his regiment at Fort Riley, Kan. } A board of officers, headed by Major Chas. Hobart, I5ta Infantry, has been ordered to meet at Fort Grant, Ariz., for the examina-! tion for promotion’ of Sécond Lieutenants Thomas M. Corcoran, ith Cavalry; R. J. Fleming, 7th Cavalry; E. W. Winans, 5th Cavalry; H. J. Hirsh, 15th Infantry, and R. L. Bush, 15th Infantry. First Lieutenant G. T. Langhorne, ist Cavalry, has been re- eved from duty at headquarters, depart- ment of the Colorado. A Drafisman Wanted. An examination to establish a register of eligibles for the position of draftsman, with a knowledge of photography and typewriting, will be held on June 26 by the United States civil service commission. The examination is to fill a vacancy in the United States engineer's office at West Point, N. ¥., the salary of which is $1,000 per annum. ———_~e-_______ Personal Mention. Ex-Assistant Secretary McAdoo, who has been in Washington since the change of administration, went to New York city Sat- urday and expects to spend the summer months in that vicinity. Secretary Long and party returned here yesterday on the dispatch boat Dolphin from a visit to the Naval Academy at An- napolis. ° Presidential Nominations Confirmed. The Senate Saturday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: Thornton S. Howard, to be register land office, Des Moines, Iowa; Miguel A. Otero, to be governor of New Mexico; Geo. H. Wallace, to be secretary of New Mexico; Wm. M. Jenkins, to be of Oklahoma; C. H. Akers, to be sepa of Arizona Territory; Robert N. Foster, to be postmaster at Gilman, Ill; = Saaeewer) Serums ‘Troops for Nashvilel. It is probable that four troops of Infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky., will be ordered to Nashville next week to assist in the recep- tion of President McKinley and on the occasion of their visit to the nessee centennfal exposition. Appointed a Watchman, Acting Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department has appointed Louis ,Koerth a watchman at the War a to fill E'yacaney Caused by the death of ———————-—2-____ If you want ad. in Star. It anybody has what you wish yos will get an answer. . 3 or AID TO SUFFERING GREECE Eloquent Crators Discussed the Theme Yes- terday Aftcrnoon, Greck Read Cross Mass at Meeting aid for suffering « . was that inspired many eloquent and as at the Greek Red Cross mass meeting held yesterday afternoon at the tong Che trenda wh whe presid . Mr ifubbare ther ing to order, r au- dience discovered scores of well-known and representative fac every one of which bor istakuble marks of sympathy with the object of the assembia Catholic University students ushers, and there were on t Clara Barton, America’s Florence ingale; Rev. Dr. bert, Rev Quinn, professor at the of « University; Senat . Baker offs singing of “A A Mr. Hubbard view of the history < which showed careful a p research and pro- found judgment unted in glowing terms the gio won by Gr on many martial fi enewn of Plataea, the heroism of the F feat at M showed eff of Christianity on the Greeks, and pain © achievements of her people in art and literature in bright colors. They had im: his the world with ¢ the zling events, and now they f new civilization of freedom asking for It had ty me of Christi ealed for im . Dr. G ‘ | in the samv ‘ | pay the debt which every . | Greece, for it was to her we owed nj of the civilization now aid acknowledze, in some degree, these obl ns by aldin® the suf | fering children of those ben jhe pleaded in the name of ¢ of liberty and of humanity should include Greece applause. It and a holy cau together. It was to feed th the naked; m Co a caus representi best bone at na sinew of st in every hu- very ditt Do we not to know aid el we know e old heroes, and the sword is drawn, the war ruction, want and misery re grinding € M has come to us for help, for le only of our abund ome food for the hu nourishment for the weak and ill, dressing for the w , or the money with which to procur This is ail, 1 think, that Greece has or that has been asked for her. The from their gracious queen to the Ame I need not repeat it; read it on every circular for the la that she did not want persons; she one to leave their home, to share bh vation, hardships or dangers. She do all this herself. But could gr and abundant America help to sustain while she did it? This was all she as! all that Greece asks of us, and simply a; to see how far we can comy re- quest is what has called us her No stated sum is named, but somet you have it to spare a’ We are not required to its or demcrits of the situation, the causes or results; how it all came about, or when it will end.” Mi: s Barton said Queen Olga of Grecce had made the appeal for aid, and she read a circular from the international head of the Red Cross at Geneva, containing a re- quest for necessaries for the Greek wound- ed and sick. Mrs. Foster's Appe Mrs. J. Ellen Foster paid a bh’ to the hh uribute untess di Brazza, who has been doing inestimable work in behalf of Greek sufferers, and made an address which was given close attention. Her closing words were full of fervor She s: “In these twentieth ce: which is greatest? Is does not ever, which is love, that is greatest. ; and the werk of this afternoon is the cultivation of this grace of charity in the b: national philanthropy. of human progress are thus mi Wher these lines have compassed the whule earth, and spread a network of charity everywhere, then war shall have ceased and the greatest cause of suftering been removed. Witn sorrow and shame we have to concede that it is not yet so. The past and the present are filled with the sound of cannon shot and shell, and of atrocit urder the cover of war which are beyond the power of expression or of realization by us. . “Is this nation, are we this afternoon, able to say charity never faileth? Are we able to forget the cause of the suffering we seek to relieve, and only to remember that men in Greece are suffering, that wo- men are dying, that children guilty only of the crime of having been born in Greece are perishing? ‘Let us say this afternoon without arro- ance. but with a voice heard in the islands of the Mediterranean and Adriatic, Ameri- ca never faileth. ° Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web- ster Davis was expected to deliver an ad- dress, but was unavoidably absent. Sena- tor Thurston very kindly took his place and spoke in his usual eloquent and inter- esting manner. He called Miss Barton the “Queen of Humanity,” a compliment the audience heartily approved. Coming to the question before the meeting, he said there Were two wars, one of which continued. The European nations should have never permitted the one, and this republic should put an end to the other. This reference to Cuba caused a demonstration. Senator Denounces Cowardice. Continuing, Senator Thurston said he had no words of adequate force with which to characterize that natupal cowardice on either side of the Atlantic ccean which ments written and yal rot heart respond, chari it > luminous, 4lic University students the bas- cation was pronounced by Dr. Corey, amd the benediction by Dr. Baker.