Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. es PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t, by i X Compuny, The Brenng Saran ey Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. Te Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own a-count, at 10 cents Per week: or 44 conte per most | Coples at the gounter 2 cents eaci mail—any whe" b United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents menth, = Phew Quint weet Star, $1 per year, wit rei tage a (Emtered at the Post Gmice at Washington, D. C., end-« il matter.| “FAI mall subscriptions must be pald in advance. made fon. 7 all Rates of advertising known on applicat Part 2. Che Foening Siar. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. O., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other. paper. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Meeting ot Board of Trustees Held Last Evening. ——__+—_—_. SANITATION REPORT BY MRS. STOWELL Appointments, Promotions and Re- ductions of Teachers Ratified. —_—>—_—_ CHANGES IN HIGH SCHOOLS ——__-——— As her last official act as a member of the Soard of public school trustees, the term for which she was appointed having expired, Mrs. L. R. Stowell, for herself and Dr. D. H. Hazen, last evening submitted, at a meeting of the board, the following report: “A large amount of work has been un- dertaken by your cominittee on sanitation within the past two years. Not nearly so much has been complztsd, however, as has been set in motion. The interest taken hy the public in all questions of sanfiation in the schools proves this to bz Never before have the daily papers much space to the heaizh of children. eral of the more philanthropic, organiza- ticns of the city have ppointed commit- tees to visit the schools and to continue the agitation of this subject. Possibly the greatest advance is in the interest mani- fested by the physicians of the city in our schools. They have not enly had commit- tees visiting the schools, but they have also devoted entire evenings of their medi- cal associations to these questions of sani- tation and the healtn of school children. And why should this interest not exist? We have the lives and health of nearly 43,000 children In our keeplag. We are indeed of whatever help tae public can give us. “Among the more beneficial things ac- ccmplished by your committee is the aban- doning of basement rooms wherever they were used for school purposes. There were several hundred children housed during the entire school day in vasement rooms, three years ago. These rooms can never have the same sunshine, good ventilation and dry air that upstairs rooms have. “We have secured, so far a3 possible, an acequate supply of water, both for drink- ing purposes and for washing the hands, on h floor of every school building throughout the city. sum of $2,000 has een appropriated for the purchase of wa- ter filters, that the childrea may hav water to drink. ‘opri, nh schools are all supplied with filters. The Cloak Rooms. “A change has been brought about in the k rooms of the schools, and each child, fortunate enough to attend in the new ings. has his wraps separated from of his neighbors by a partition. We certainly hope that this separation of oaks and hats will be soon provided for in all the old buildings as well. xamination of nearly all the the city has been made. addition to visiting the school rooms investigation .into the sanitary con- an dition of all the basements, furnace rooms and closets has been made. As a result of these personal visits we recommend the following: 2 “1. That especial instruction be given all ers SO as to secure the best possible ealth among the children. “z. That attention be given to the regu- lation of light in the school rooms; to m: ing such arrangements that all of the I of the room comes from one direction; and guarding against direct sunlight. “3. That the negotiations now pending be completed and that a committee from the Medical Association of the District visit the schools ,and make such exami- nations of the children’s eyes as they may deem necessary, and that they also look after those children suffering from head- aches or sickness while in school, thus preventing, to a large degree, the epi- demies in the schools. “4. That all books now furnished as free text books be taken home by the children at the end of the year, as their own per- sonal property. This will add about one- third more to the expense of supplying the schools with books, but it will give to the family (the father, mother and older chil- dren), an opportunity for more education, be fostering a love for books. It will civiate, In a measure, the danger of con- tagion or disease being spread from one family to another. All school books should » thoroughly cleansed, repaired and fumi- ed during the vacation. . That pencils, slate pencils, pen hold- ers and all such helps for work should not be distributed to different children morning after merning. They should ve used only by one pupil and never ex- changed. “6. That greater care be~taken in the sweeping and dusting of the rooms, es- pecially the first grade rooms. That ail school doors should open, or swing, outward. That some of the closets used by the seventh and eighth grade girls in each building be supplied with doors. For Ample Play Grounds. “9. That the school groun¢ possible, of all the school ho an extent as to insure a reas hi on all sides of the as to give ample a: ‘se play grounds be provided y appliances for the st dangerous of the in any within the be prohibited We believe that today the publi of the schools of Washington are in a better a marks had M. number of complimentary re- n made in reference to it by jor George H. Harries, Mr. Job Ba i others, the report was placed on President Wheipley referred to the effi- cieneyyw.th which Mrs. Stowell had_per- formed her duties as 2 member of the board, and said he greatly regretted to know that she would no longer serve in that eapacity. Other members spoke in a The board confirmed the following recom- ndations by the several trustees: Sentral High School—Appoimt Burton R. Ross military spector at $650; Miss Mar- Garet Barnes, teacher, at $600. Business High School — Appoint Miss Geneva W. Gordon teacher of stenography and typewriting, at $75. Colored High School—Appoint Sarah W. Brown, teacher, at $650, from October 1, First Division. Promote the following teachers: Mary Macauley, from second.to third grade and from #475 to $0 per annum,~vice Mur- guerite Lasier, on leave; E. E.-Foster and S. B. Holland, from $475 to $500 per an- hum; Alice Pollok, A. G. Getty, H. T. Draper, Mamie Smith, G. L. Altschu and F. M. Thomson, from’ $460 to $475 per an- num; E. G. Swann, from $125 to $450; B. E. Morrison, from $400 to $125. Assign M. E. Darlington, teacher, to first grade, at $400 ber a:tfnum. Second Division. Promote the following teachers: M. L. Murphy from second to third grade and from $475 to $50 per‘annum, vice B. C. Laramore, resigned; S. P. Cameron, from $400 to $550; Sarah Lamborne, from $4) to $475; G. L. Stone, F. E. Muir, Thusnelda Breuninger, from $425 to $450; H. R. Evans, A. B. Murphy, Sarah Greer, M. M. Stock- bridge, Nellie Richards, from $400 to $425. Appoint Henry H. Burroughs teacher of seventh grade at $825 per annum, vice J. C. Donovan, on leave. Assign Gertrude A. Davis to first grade at $400 per annum, vice M. A. Kelton, on leave. Third Division. Promote the following: M. E. Yount, Sara West, F. W. Potter, from $475 to $500 per annum; D. E. Pumphrey and Mary Holmes, from $450 to $475; M. T. Brady, I. B. Lees- nitzer, S. E. Beamer, Lily Buehler, M. L. Vaughn, S. C_ Goodman, from $425 to $45 Alice Crowley, R. R. Ricrdan, M. D. Swin- gle, H. F. Dunlap, Maud Burbank, Louise Randali, L. F. Busey, H. N. Diver, Maud Hall, from $400 to $425. Fourth Division. Promote the following teachers; Minnie Harper, from third to fourth grade and from $550 to $650 per annum, vice C. Ran- Q transferred to secend division; J. A. E sler, from second to third grade and from $500 to $550 per annum, vice Minnie Harper; M. E. Rose, from first to second rade, vice J. A. Bicksler; M. A. Carraher, ‘rom $450 to $475 per annum; J. D. Appler, R. R. Hessler, S. Hughes, E. L. Sillers. from $400 to $425. Grant leave of absence for three months from September 1, 1897, to Katharine Cornwell. Appoint Vienna Detwiler temporary teacher of second grade at $400 per annum, vice Katharine Corn- well, on leave. Appoint L. M. Tweedale teacher at $450 per annum, vice Marguerite Barnes, transferred to Central High School. Appoint J. L. Pearson teacher at $400 per annum, vice 8. A. Nourse, transferred to fifth division. Appoint Elsie Vansant teach- er at $400 per annum. Fifth Division. Promote the following teachers: E. A. Nerton, frem sixth to seventh grade, and from $775 to $825 per annum, vice Kate Robertson, resigned; H. G. Watt, from fifth to sixth grade, and from $700 to $775 per annum, vice E. A. Norton; M. A. Connelly, from fourth to fifth grade, and from $650 to $700 per annum, vice H. G. Watt; F. A. Robertson, from third to fourth grade, and from BS ) to $650 per annum, ‘vice M. A. Connelly; H. H. Gibbs, from second to third grade, and from $0 to $550 per annum, vice F. A. Robertson. Transfer F. A. Nourse, teacher, at'$400 per annum, from fourth division and assign to second grade, vice H. H. Gibbs. Premote B. H. ,Thomp- son, from $475 to 500; Maria Tavenner, N. Huntington, C. L. Jones, from $450 to $475; H. S. Stetson, E. E. Patterson, F. McKee, B. H. Bell, from $425 to $150; F. H. King, L. B. Lanman, A. J. Lynch, M. E. Mulligan, M. L. Trumwell, from $400 to $425. Assign Emeline W. Clift to first grade at $400. Sixth Division. Promote D. C. Alwine, L R. Garrett, P. B. Holmes, M. G. Mahr, L. A. Ritter, Alice Butler, I. M. Bennett, M. C. Bresnahan, from $450 to $f E. G. Given, L. L. Me- ie, Marian Carter, Carlotta Brockett 2 E. Luttrell, Agne Muntz, 25 to ;_S. J. Borland, S. Gerry, M. S. Howell, Isabelle Jordan, T. Prince, M. L. Hughes, from $400 to . B. Graham, from second Transfer L. Ebert, from eighth, and assign to first grade, vice G. V. Guard, ignation accepted. Appoint Agnes M. Brower, teacher of second grad ai $400 per annum, vice E. B. Graham. Seventh Division. Promote the following: M. E. Oliver, from $550 to $600; M. R. Goines, A. B. Cole- man, jr., L. J. Moss, Eleanor Robinson, S. F. Robinson, from $475 to $300; C. H. Pim- per, C. E. Scott, from $150 to $ % Bogan, M. E. Compton, D. I. Ren $42 to $ . Cubberd, A. B. Dillon, A. M. Fletcher, F. W. Jackson, M. C. Me- Kelden, from $400 to $125; G.’M} Walsh, frem $400 to $450; appoint Ella M. Ford teacher of first grade, at $400, vice E. M. Dawes, transferred to second division. All the above charges to take effect Sep- tember 1, 1897. Grant leave of absence to M. F. Harmon, teacher, for three months, from October 1, 1897; promote K. H. Berard from sixth to seventh grade and from $775 to $825 per an- num, vice M. F. Harow; H. I. Walsh, fro: fifth to sixth grade and from $700 to $775 per annum, vice K. H. Berard; I. L. Lock- hart, from fourth to fifth grade and from $650 to $700; S. R. Craighill, from third to fourth grade, vice I. L. Lockhart; appoint Grace Cauldwell temporary teacher of third grade, vice S. R. Craighili. The above to take effect October 1, 189% Eighth Division. Premote E. E. Troutman frem fifth to sixth grade and priacipalship of Good Hope School, and from $700 tc $775, vice M. E. McCormick, transferred to Anacostia, vice B. E. Seaver, resigned; J. M. Walling from third to fifth grade, and from $50 to $700, vice E. E. Troutman; E. L. Erb from second to third grade and from $500 to $530 per annum, vice J. M. Walling; E. G. Brewer from second to third grade and from $475 to $550, vice S. B. Holland, trans- ‘L. A. Robinson from third to fouth grade and from $550 to 50; vice G. K. Simpson, transferred to Nor- hool of ninth, tenth and eleventh divisions; M. C. Burks from second to fourth and from $500 to $630, vice F. B. 8. reduced to third de; E. . EX Hite, M. L. Williams troin M. ilas, E. G. Crook, A. n, H. M. Alder, ) to $475; J. H. »; J. C. Bruce fro kman, C. H. Bu HOO to $4 roughs, J. G. Graham, S. C. Guerdrum, M. C. Thompson, from » to $425. Appoint Emma Smita teacher Hoo. A ign E. A. Zeigler and M. E. McKee to first grade, at #400 per annum. The above changes io take effect Septem ber 1, 18 Reduce, at her own request, C. A. B. Lucbkert from fifth grade to fourth grado reduce grad r 0, from and from $700 to $650 per annum, to take effect October 11. Promote C. I. Mathis frem fourth to fifth grade and from $650 to $700, vice C. A. B. Luebkert; promote I. L. Zimmerman from fourth to fifth grade and ba effect October 12, 1897. Ninth Division, Transfer F. L. Cardozo, teacher, to the” principalship of the Briggs school building; aiso K. U. Alexander to the principalship, of the Garrison school building. . Tenth Division. _ Promote the following: S. C. Lewis, teach- er, from seventh to eighth grade and from $825 to $1,000; K. C. Lewis, from. seventh to eighth grade, at $8 from sixth to seventh grade and from $775 to $825, vice S. C. Lewis; C. H. Thomas, from fifth to sixth grade, at $775, vice D. N. Coleman; F. M, Costin and M. W. Lew- is, from fifth to sixth grade, at $700 each; H. H. Beason of fifth grade, from $650 to $740, vice L. S. Chase; K. H. Slade,.M. Lig- sons and M. L. Tancil, from fourth fo fifth grade, at $650 each; M. A. Madre of fourth grade, from $575 to $650, vice H. H. Bea- son; E: G. Lewis, from third to fourth grade and from §550 to $575, vice M. A. Madre; J. Ashton and L. G. Arnold, from third to fourth grade, at $550; L. Coleman, $505 I. M. Hawkins, from first to A. Green from third to fourth grade, to from second to third Zrade, and from to $550; E. third grade, and from $50 to $525; M. O. H. Williamson, from first te-third grade and from $475 to $525. Appoint Bessie L. Fletcher teacher at $500; Ophelia Johnson at salary of $475, vice M. O'H. Williamson; Isabella Sidney. teacher at $450. These to take effect October 11, 1897. Transfer A. E. Bush, at $475, to the elev- enth division, to take effect Oetober 1, 1897. Promote the following: E. E. Contee, from $425 to $475, and A. R. Jackson, from $400 to $500, both to take effect September 1, isa. Appoint E. F. G. Mexritt Siroiee of primary work at a salary of $1,; a bats gh Manat ———- = , to ———. ae — ant director ot mary work, at to take effect October 11, 1897. Eleventh Division. Transfer 8. C. Johnson, teaches, at sal- sry of $500, to tenth division, October 1, ; D. N. Coleman, | WHITE PASS BLOCKED Miles of Mud Through Which Gold Hunters Flounder. DEATH OF HUNDREDS OF HORSES Indignation at Commissioner Smith at Skaguay. HIS REMOVAL DEMANDED pee Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. SKAGUAY, Alaska, September 13, 1897. The White Pass through the mountains to the headwaters of the Yukon, is blocked, and is daily becoming more impassable, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. On our way from Sitka and since we have been here we have been approached by a number of men who declared that much werk had been done on the pass, the roads ecrduroyed and all the difficulties over- come. But these men are the emissaries of the gamblers, the saloon keepers and the storekeepers, sent out to lure other unwary victims to join the thousands of poor devils already here, and strung out between here and the summit. The exploitation of Skaguay and the White Pass has been al- mcst criminal, resulting, as it has, in im- mense loss of money, time and provisions, the death of hundreds of horses and a con- siderable loss of life and health among the Prespectors; none of which has happened on the other trails. The history of this place and of the White Pass is curious, and goes to show how men will belleve any story, however :mpossible or impracticable, and follow any will-o’- the-wisp, however faint, when it holds out the least hope of leading them on to for- tune. There has been a steady, though small, travel through the Chilkoot Pass and over the Dalton trail to the Yukon country for a number of years, and abuut six years ago a man by the name of Ben Moore, fore- seeing, to a certain extent, the present rush, located a trading post of 160 acres at the mouth of the Skaguay river and built a small house there. It was for some time called Moore's Store, the summit beyond the headwaters of the Skaguay river was marked on a Canadian map Moore's Pass, hut finally the place came to be called Skaguay. Moore seems to have done all that the law required to make good his title to the land as a trading post, end for a long time endeavored to arouse the in- of capitalists in his future town and Finally, last spring, he persuaded ia parties to send out a party of en- ers to examine into the possibility and Mlity of buildiag a railroad from Ska- gvay along the course of the river and over the summit to ake Bennett. The engi- neers went through to the lake, blazed a trail, and returned the same way, reporting in favor of the proj On the Ist cf August there were Skagiay three houses, one the residence of’ Moore and two belonging to the Alaska and Northw ern Trading Company. From Skaguay to the lake there was nothing but a mere path blazed out threugh the lofty woods and al- most impenetrable underbrush. Attracted to the White Pass. The news of the report of the engineers who crossed the White Pass leaked out in Victoria, and a party of about a dozen or more was made up to go over this route to the Klondike. On the steamer which picked up this party at Victoria were sev- eral hundred prospectors bound for Dyea. The. news of the White Pass, exaggerated with each repetition, spread among them, and by the time the steamer turned her head into Lynn canal the majority of the prospectors went to the captain and asked him to land them at Skaguay instead of at Dyea. This the captain consented to do. When Skaguay was reached the prospect of an easy landing and a low pass ahead of them was so alluring that everybody final- ly landed there, and immediately there sprang up a village of several hundred tents. ‘The news rapidly spread that a new pass had been discovered, which was 1,200 or 1,500 feet lower than the Chilkoot Pass, and over which pack animals could be used all the way to the lakes, and immediately there was a wholesale desertion from Dyea, word was sent to Seattle and Victoria to send up horses and other pack animals, and the newspaper men on the ground, not waiting to verify the statements concern- ing the pass, sent out the stories broad- cast. The place was so widely and thor- oughly advertised that every steamer com- ing up brought hundreds, horses began to pour in, stores and restaurants were open- ed and by the middle of August at least 2,000 persons had landed at Skaguay. It did not take the prospectors long to dis- cover that there was no trail at all, and that the path lay over a series of sharp boulders 4 soft marshes, which became more imparsal 'e after each traveler's pass- ing. The friends of Moore claim that he is not to blame for the “condition of affairs, but that i! is due to a series of circumstances and to the ‘widely published stories of the newspaper correspondents. Yet Moore and other people here continue to send out sto- ries to the effect that the pass is open, and ‘that much work has been done and is be- ing done on the trial. But I have talked eral reputable men who, unimped- baggage, went over the trail in order to satisfy themselves as to what it really is, and their stories put a different light on the mattér. The trail follows the course of the Ska- guay river for a number of miles. There is one frail bridge built across the river, and the timber and underbrush has been Cleared away to the width of a wagon road. The whole valley is a marsh, interspersed with boulders and sharp rocks. There are ,four hills to cross before the highest summit is reached. These hills are as boggy and marshy as the lower lands. For a distance of twenty miles from Skaguay the trail has been worked," by the hundreds who have traversed it, into a soft mud, from three to ‘six feet deep, in which, at many places, the men sink to their hips and the horses to their bellies. The horses flounder about aga sometimes extricate themsélves, but more frequently they become exhausted and either die or are shot, At other places, there are huge bdulders to cross, and many horses have slipped from these, broken thelr legs and been shot. My informant counted the putrid carcasses of nearly 300 poor horses between Skaguay and the sum- mit. He says that the trail is of the-same description all the way. It is a long forty- five miles in length, and strikes the lakes only a short distance from the end of the Dyea_ tra. The thousands who have left Skagiay since the 1st of August are still on the trial, only a mere handful having reached the lakes, and these in an exhaust- ‘ed condition. On the other hand, at least are abandoning or selling out! outfits ‘preparatory to returning to the states on the next steamer. the Skaguay of August 15. The tents have given place to about a hundred and seventy-five frame buildings, some mere huts, others very pretentious two-story buildings. There are some tents still left. The streets are laid out with some at- tempt at regularity, amd the place begins to present the appearance of a real town. ‘There is a populaticn ef about 1,500. Of these about 200 are merchants. There are a dozen regular saloons and a number of whisky peddlers. Nearly all the saloons have gambling annexes, which run all night, and at the faro layouts many thou- sands of dollars change hands in a few hours. There is a _ three-shell game in operation just this side of the bridge. The manipulator is said te be the “slickest” man in the business, and is said to have run his game all over the world. He has a crowd of what are known as “cap- pers.” These cappers are men among the packers and teamsters, who, when passing by, stop and bet on the game. They are allowed to win, and their success lures many a victim to his ruin. It is said that this man has fleeced hundreds of pros- pectors, and has cleaned up between $20 000 and $30,000. The authorities—consist- ing here of the commissioner and deputy marshal—have taken no steps to break up the gamblers or saloons, though all are operating openly and in flagrant violation of law. There is very little drunkenness, and except for a few fights, disposed of by the commissioner as assault and hat- tery, and the gambling, there is little vio- lation of law. Thieving or other serious crimes would doubtiess be punished by the prospectors themeelves, An instance of how they would take matters in their own hands fs furnished by their action in the case of the drown- ing of the young man in the Skaguay river; mentioned in a previous letter. When the body was recovered a teamster put it into his wagon and hauled it to town. For this service he attempted to charge and collect $10, which so outraged the community’s sense of decency that a hurried meting was held which resulted in the teamster's immediate departure from town under threat of hanging. But the selling of liquor and gambling they look on as many Peeple look on smuggling, merely the vio- lation of the lex prohibita wherein the only crime consists of being caught. The town lot craze here has gone to an extreme that has never been equaled out- side of Oklahoma. Every one who has come here has located a lot, either here in town or back in the wéods, and has Paid no attention to the protests of Mr. AMERICAAT BRUSSELS Striking Features of Our Exhibit at the Exposition, MARVEL AT YANKEE INGENUITY The Evening Star Receives a Di- ploma for Pre-eminent Excellence, OUR MACHINERY WINS Correspondence of The Evening Star. BRUSSELS, September 28, 1897. As soon as one arrives in Brussels it be- comes apparent that something unusual is geing on. If the visitor sees the city for the first time at night he will be surprised by the multiplicity and variety of the lights along nearly every street; or if he comes by day his surprise wiil be none the less, for flags and bunting take the place of {llu- mination, while the colored globes that add so much to the light effects perform an ornamental function by day. The word “Exposition” and its Flemish equivalent, “Tentoonstelling,” conspicuously displayed soon suggest the cause of the extraordinary decoration. But still one would have cause to wonder why so many streets that are in no way thoroughfares to the exposition should be so highly favored. To under- stand this it is necessary to know some- thing about Belgian character, to know that no people exceed them in their fond- negs for competitions—from flying pigeons to the sale of city bonds bearing a chance resembling a lottery ticket. The exposition officials played upon this trait of character and assigned to each quarter of the city a certain sum of money for purposes of deco- Moore, thi ja i >. | ration, and then offered prizes for the most GENO HOEIeNI” Coe oo rn orto Hib) de=|| -incora talachemojlofmormamentation mots most artistic and the most striking. With Indignation Against Com. Smith. United States Commissioner John N. Smith, and a surveyor named Reid, who for scme time pesed as a government sur- veyor, have reaped a harvest on account of this location business. While Juneau is the proper reccrding place for this district Commissioner Smith has persuaded every- body that the lots should be surveyed by Mr. Reid and the locations recorded by himself in order to make the title valid. He and the surveyer, after locating lots for themselves, laid out streets, and the eur- veyor began to survey the lots fifty by one hundred feet, and the commissioner began to record. Each man charged a fee of $5 per lot, the surveyor for surveying, which, by the way, he did with a compass and a rope, and the commissioner for recording. it is said here that after the original sur- vey it was found that the lots claimed by the commissioner, the surveyor and a num- ber of their friends were not well located as to streets, so one night the stake, the initial point of the survey, was moved sev- eral feet. The next morning the surveyor, disclaiming all knowledge of the removal, declared that he must make a new survey, which he did, much to tie betterment of the lots of himself and friends. This new arrangement of streets left many people right in the middle of the street. Some moved, but many refused to be bulldozed, and as a consequence there are today tents and houses built in the streets. There haye been a great number of sales, so it ts easily seen how much this commissioner has cleared. In addition to all this he has been charging defendants and civil litigants extravagant costs. In cases where the legal cests average $3, he has charged from $25 to $100. For alll the recording cf lots no title here is respected except squaiter's right. The moment a man leaves his lot another man jumps it, and go-s through the fermality of having it surveyed and recorded. Should the orig- inal locator return he finds his certificate of survey and record net worth the paper it is written on. As I have intimated, the people here are law-abiding, but their patience has almost reached its limit in the matter of Commis- sioner Smith. There have been several teetirgs held at which his actions were the subject of discussion, and a petition has been circulated and signed by nearly everybody in town asking for his removal. I would not be surprised to hear at any moter that he has been ordered to leave own, Business here among the storekeepers and restaurant and saloon men is good. One can buy anything here, within reason, that could be bought at Seattle, and quite as cheaply. One of the stores is built en- tirely of the lumber of the abandoned boats, spoken of in a previous letter, While mary aré leaving here and many will win- ter on the trail, there will, no doubt, be a large settlement here all winter. J. S. R. THE CHARGES DOUBTED. the allotment to form the nucleus, the prize incentive increased the funds available, and the results were marvelous. The cutcome was truly wonderful, and even the wide boulevards presented no special obstacle, at least when the results are considered. Surely this general plan ought to be brought before the next inau- gurzl committce on street decoration. At no recent inauguration, when the decora- tions are expected to last more than a week, have the results even approximated those achieved at Brusseis, where the effect must be kept up for at st tive month: Of course this much could not have b done unless the entire city was loyal to the exposition. About five years ago King L to have an exposition. Two c the right to have it—Aniwerp and Brus- sels. The king decided upon the guaran- tee nec ry and proclaimed that which- ever city should raise the moncy tirst could have the exposition. Antwerp had the en- tire sum in hand in less than one day, and its exposition of 1894 was the result. The disappointment of the king that his capital city failed in its contest with Antwerp was so plain that before the Antwerp exposi- tion was fairly opened a company was formed to bring into existence an exposi- tion at Brusseis for 1897. This company raised the amount deemed essential and early in 1896 began upon the details. Fortunately, there were no architectural problems to solve—the stone front of a previous exposition could now serve again in a similar capacity, and the park was practically just what was wanted. The only thing to be done was to build a series of galleries of inexpensive construction in the rear of the rather imposing front al- ready referred to. This feature made the cost of building exceedingly light. After the cost of construction was known and the receipts from floor rent and con- cessions, it was an easy matter to deter- mine how much would be required from gate receipts to balance the account. More than that was not demanded. The men who had subscribed to the guarartee did not wish to make a penny. ‘hey were willing to lose the use of their money and to give their time to promote an enterprise so dear to their sovereign. The company then offered gate receipts for the entire period for the amount needed to square accounts and soon found a purchaser, who is now daily rejoicing in his good bargain, as the amount puid nas already been real- ized. Success Assured. The executive committee have had all the details in hand, and being relieved of the anxiety as to whether the receipts will bear a comfortable ratio to the expendi- tures, they are ever ready to contribute to the ease with which the foreign commis- stoners discharge their duties. This be- comes a task when the number of foreign sections is twenty-seven, but the task is not undertaken os though it were a burden. The results of the labors of this commit- tee and the foreign commissioners are such as to satisfy all who are interested, unless it be the fakizs, who importune every pasesr-by to purchase some trifle for an exorbitant price. All bona fide exhibits heve been gazed upon by an inexpected multitude, and many large orders have been*placed for goods exhibited in sam- ples. The French section is especially fine. The articles chosen for exhibition are those in whose making the French excel, and the-arrangement of these articles and the general decorative effets make this section pre-eminently attractive. It looks as though they were here setting the pace for the coming Paris exposition and sug- gesting to other nations what is expected of them on this occasion. The French pecple are fully appreiative of the value of their trade with Belzium and gladly expended $350,000 in further emphasizing the value of their goods to Belgian consumers. Many other nations are bidding ter this trade, and rightly judging that the cheapest and most effec- tive wey to make such a bid is by partle- ipating in a Belgian. exposition: It is Wrong to say that the smallness of Bel- gium does not warrant any great expendi- ure of time and money for the capture-of its trade. But it must be remembered that this Country, because of its central posi- tion, the magnificent harbor facilities at Antwerp, the favorable tariff regulations and the complete system of railroads lead- ing from the piers to all parts of the land and to every important distributing péint in the adjacent courtries, tong ago be- came the entrepot of central Europe, and its wholesale-merchants are still supplying and*even creating the demands of millions of consumers of other lands. This fact is 80 completely recognized in Europe that merchants come here, individually and in delegations, frém the kan districts, Russia, Hungary, Austria and even Persia. One of the most striking features ex- hibited is a complete paper-making plant, Secretary Bliss Says That Mr. Smith Was Highly Recommended. Complaints of irregularities in the con- duct of United States Commissioner Smith, in exceeding his authority by acting in land matters and in charging excessive fees have reached here through publica- tions in the Alaskan Mining Record, issued at Sitka, Alaska. The charges were cailcé to the attention of Secretary Bliss of the Department of the Interior by a Star reporter. Mr. Bilss said that formerly United States commissioners were authorized to act as lard agents, but while Mr. Smith was on his way to Alaska, Congress provided for the appointment of a register and receiver of the general land office, so’ that the United States commis- sioner, no longer had authority to attend: to land office business, after tne arrival of these officers. Mr. Smith had been notified of this fact. The department, he said, had no detailed information regarding the charges against Mr. Smith, but he did not think the facts would disctose anything de- trimental to the United States csmmis- sioner, as he had been highly recommended by the senators from Oregon and rumercus other promineiit people of the northwest. CHILKOOT PASS RAILWAY, Contract for an Eight-Mile Line Has Been Made. A dispatch from Tacoma, Wash., says: The Chilkoot Railroad and TranSportation Company of Tacoma have contracted with the Trenton (N. J.) iron works for the con- struction of an eight-mile tramway over Chilkoot pass, Alaska, the same to be com- pleted by January 1. The Bleichert tram- way system will be used, over fifty of then being in successful operation in this coun- try. The same company has started work on a broad gauge railroad, eight miles long, running from Dyea, on salt water, to the mouth of the Dyea canon, where the tram- way will begin, The capacity of the tramway, will be 126 tons daily. Beginning in January, the com- pany says it will aminers and their compared with the presext expmane of oot compa: the present ex, of get- ting freight over. : is engraving plates. The entire work of making matrices and casting plates pro- ceeds in order, and in an incredibly short time the cylinder fol¢ing press is printing “Le Petit Bleu” on paper which the visitor has seen made from plates cast before his eyes, that were cylindrical reproductions of the types he had seen set by a It migat be said that even before was completely dry and cool its making the printed paper was being sold throughout the grounds and buildings by the uniformed newsboys. One can weil say that this was the most instructive ex- hikit at Brussels, and the crowds about it were frequently so persistent in watch- ing the printing features that the pro- prietor stopped the machinery ostensibly to make repairs, but in reality to cause the oniookers to move away so that others might enjoy the rare spectacle of seeing a bewspaper made literally from the stump. The United States exhibit was neces- sarially small, because of the very meager appropriation our Congress saw fit to make, but still we had, because of the classifica- tion in force, more exhibits than were in- cluded in what was styled the United States section. There are eight sections larger than ours, while there are eighteen that are smaller. In one group, tools and tool- making machinery, we received two grand prizes, while the rest of the world obtained only two in all. Out of three grand prizes given for bicycles we obiained one. In the science section we were conceded by all to occupy the first place, while our large dis- play of furniture secured many orders, and the jury declared that one American sew- ing machine was so well known for its su- perior qualities, and had received so many awards that an additional one could not add to its glory. The Star's Award. But the award that pleased me especially was the diploma of honor to our exhibit of twelve of our leading dailies. In order that The Star may rejoice with me, it must be said the gold medal is the highest award, while the diploma of honor is for pre-emi- nent excellence. It is also gratifying to know that no other newspapers received an equal award. Our press exhibit was a source of great wonder and surprise to the foreign visitors, and of joy to our own peo- ple, as giving them the very latest news from home. The Star contributed by its regular appearance to the completeness of this exhibit, and in a few weeks it will receive the ‘tangible evidence of appreci: tion in the way of a handsome diploma. The Congo exhibit was especially interest- ing. Special commissioners had worked for the past two years in the Congo basin col- lecting specimens of the natural resources of the country, complete lines of manu- factured products, and, above all. about 200 natives of the most typical tribes. These occupied a village built of material brought from home, and here lived and carried on sueh vocations as they would have done if they had not been carried across the seas to entertain and instruct their white victo! It was a most complete ethnological ex- hibit, with living figures and natural sur- roundings. The lake which théir village skirted was the scene of mimic battles and friendly boat races. The trained Congo sol- dier and the school of native children showed what civilizing agencies were ac- complishing, and the great display of natural resources and articles of import told the men of commerce what they could hope for from Congo as a field for their operations. To all it was instructive and did much toward reconciling the many whe have disapproved of the loss of life which the opening up of this great basin has cost. However rich the Congo may become, it cannot be made to yield up its thousands of victims, but it is sure to fut nish wealth to many of their now sorrow ing children. Oar Champagne. Another cause for surprise was the ex- hibit of American champagne. All French- men thought no country but France could produce.champagne, and the majority of Europeans indorsed that opinion. It was, therefore, amusing at our dinner to see them smack their lips over our American champagne, call for more, and finally ask for a label, that they might convince skep- tics and know what to order!when they visit our country. The revised list of awards has not been announced, but the commissioner of awards let me understand that we would receive the highest percentage of high awards of any nation exhibiting. With this result and the assurance that our relations with all officials have been the most pleasant, add- ed to the fact that in our intercourse with the American representatives at Erussels— Col. Roosevelt, our efficient consul, and Bellamy Storer, our minister, who in his few short weeks’ stay in that city has won the respect, esteem and admiration of all— we feel that our sojourn in, Brussels has not been in vain and our labors for the American exhibitors has not been fruitless. J.H G. —_——__. CURE FOR YELLOW FEVER. Dr. Sanarclli Says He Has Found an Anti-Toxie Serum. The New York Herald's correspondent in Montevideo, Uruguay, says: Dr. Sanarelli, who a few months ago an- nounced his discovery of the yellow fever germ, now announces the discovery of a se rum which will, he declares, make yeliow fever harmless. He will publish a pamph- let explaining his latest discovery. The de- tails will be withhéid until Dr. Sanarelli officially notifies the Medical Sociciy of Uruguay what he has accomplished. Dr. Sanarelli made experiments on many animals, including horses and oxen, which had been incculated with the fever virus. After a year’s work he finally succecded in producting a serum which he found wouid immune inoculated animals. After a conference with leading physi- cians of the Medical Society of Uruguay, Dr. Sanarelli will go to Kio Janeiro, where he will test his serum on a fever patient. He expresses himself as absolutely conti- dent of the curative powers of the fluid. Dr. Sanarelli is a noted bacteriologist of Italy. In his work there on the fever prob- lem he met with considerable success; then he came to Uruguay as a director of the Experimental Hygiene Institute, to con- tinue his studfés and conduct experiments. He attracted great attention in the medical world some time ago when he announced his discovery of the yellow fever micrabe. Since then he has given all his time to finding a curative serum, and now believes he has succeeded. It is expected that Dr. Sanarelli’s pamph- let explaining his latest discovery will be published this week. In the meantime he has sent letters to Paris and Rome an- nouncing the success of his experiments. ——_+ e + ____ TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY. Sweeps Across the State, Scattering Wreckage in Ite Path. A tornado struck New Jersey yesterday, traveling from the litde village of Far Hills, near Summit, to Elizabeth. At Eliz- abeth it wrecked a building and killed a man who had sought shelter there. The storm appeared in the form of a black cloud, which increased in size and rapidity |-as it approached the village. Its path was about 400 feet wide. A barn belonging to David Dumont was demolished. The roof ot a house which stood near by was strip- ped of its shingles and shutters. Other [THRIFTY BLUE COATS Tonsorial and Sartorial Artists in the Amny and Navy. —— EARN PLENTY OF EXTRA MONEY Sometimes They Are Detailed by Their Commanding Officers. HOW THE SYSTE M WORKS Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. While the government only p: a private soldier in the United States army $13 a month, the army regulations do not re- strain him from earning all the extra money he can. so long as he does not per- mit his work to interfere with the per- formance of his military duties. In the old days it used to be a common sarrison remark that every bandsman in the United States army was a cobbler. For the most part, the bandsmen were men with families, and, to amplify their some- what niggardly incomes from Unc a very great many of them the work of patching the soldiers’ boots and shoes during their rather scarce leisure hours. They made small charges, and each of them contrived to pick up a few dollars every month by this means. In time, how- ever, the daily practice hours for bands- men prescribed by new regulations took up nearly all the time the musicians had hitherto devoted to cobbling, and at the headquarters of the regiments their patron- age of this sort fell into the hands of the Privates. At the small posts, more or less deft privates always captured the work of mending their comrades’ footgear. Non- commissioned officers in the army are not permitted by their superiors to cngage in this or any other sort of money-getting work cf a similar character, with the diers for patrons, the view tal that in doing a job of work for an inferior in rank for lucre the non-com. dignity would be deteriorated and his control of the men relaxed. This unwritten recule- tion has caused many a prospering private, doing well at cobbling or talioring, to strongly resent his promotion to the stripes and chevrons. The private who hustles for extra coin by laboring with his hands Is often such a first-rate soldier that hi company commander regards it as lutely necessary that he be made a non- commissioned officer. In many cases the chagrin and disgust cf a “by private who is making money hand over fist is too ep for ssion. He ts, of course, pelled io accept his promotion. But he not be compellel to hold his chevrons a good Geal, and, by the commissio:r™of y minor offenses, none of them s ciertly serious to get him into actual tr ble, he w to get him- self “buste nks again, so that sans stripes and chevrors. the practice of his mo Of late years, however, offic ing on to this little scheme days, when one of disposed non-commissioned officers is “broke to the ranks” for cause, he is often not permitted to resume his former labors for cash, so that nowa- these accumulatively Am Army Tailor. A company tailor in the army is detailed for the work by his company commande r, always on account of his fitness for the job. He must be a man who has thor- oughly learned the tailoring trade before entering the service. It is now q mon for young tailors who do a themselves prosperous :n civil life to make investigations in recruiting offic army companies, troops or batte lack tailors. Hitting upon such a less outfit, the vielder of the shears doesn’t have much trouble in enlisting for the company that is deficient in a uniform maker, provided he can pass the phy examination. Nor is fi_by bad move on his part. An army com tailor makes a good deal of money—at the very lowest figure three times as much as he a the average journeyman tailor. side from the pay he draws from govern- ment. He is required to do really skillful work, for soldiers of the United States army are exceedingly finical as to and finish of their uniforms. the altering of “government straight forms, as the ready-made uniforms called by the men. These uniforms are dished out to the men when they firs the service. They invariably fit badly, so that when a recruit draws his first month’s pay he takes his uniforms, fatigue and mustering, to the com any tailor to have them altered to fit his shape. The job eats up about all his initial pay . but the _ recruit. weary of serving as a’ barrack- room laughing-stock, considers it money well spent. After a few months, the ques- tion of a new tailor-made uniform begins to agitate the recruit who wishes to enter ‘the lists to “buck” for commanding offi- cer's orderlv at guard mount. So he draws the cloth trom the first sergeant’s stores, turns it over to the company tailor, and gets himself measured for a uniform that is to fit him like a mold, and knock ether month's pay kite-high. La he feeis he can't sleep o’ nights unless he discards his government straight over- coat and cape, and gets tailor-made gar- ments instead. Thus the company tailor prospers. He is required to perform hard- ly any military duty—perhaps nothing more than a rare guard tour—and, as often as not, doesn’t even have to stand monthly muster. He grins in the teeth of the fel- lows who have to hop out of their warm bunks at reveille in the gray dawn. Barbering a Regiment. The amount of money the company bar- ber makes depends in large measure upon the degree of his popularity with the m so that’ it behooves him to stand in with them. In a regimental post there is gen- erally a barber for each company, but it is generally the case that, of all the out- fits, one or two of the barbers get the great bulk of the trade on account cf Sreater geniality, skill cr diplomacy—the latter a trait never to be despised by any soldier who is looking to the pockets of his comrades- for che amplification of his The company barber usually sets up shack” in an unused store room close Some of them are quite luxurious. The company barber himself is very rarely a man w! has learned the trade 6f barbering. je has just “picked it up" from observation, gen- of the work of other company bar- bers, but a great majority of them become in time quite as ee at the work as the E