Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1897, Page 11

THE EVEN ING STAR. —— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peunsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St., by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Compuny, 8. H. RAUFFMANN, Pres't. Few York Office, 49 Potter Building. ubecribers in the The Evening Star is served to eity by airriers, on their own a:count, at 10 cents Coptes at the per week. o- 44 cects per month. counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the conts United States or Canada—postage prepaid 50 per menth. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreicn postage added, $3.C0. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as second-clt + mail matter.) 57 All mail xubseriptions must be pail In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. ~~ The Zoening Siar. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1897—-FOURTEEN PAGES. The regular permanent family, circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any, other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable “oar ee Patronize the Auction Sales at Jacobs Bros.’ if you want Xmas Diamonds, Watches, Jew- elry, Silverware, etc., at your own prices. The determination of Jacobs Bros.. Diainond Im; am Jewelers, to retire from business just at this season is a stroke of good f man -nd woman in affords er onusual portunity te pur- chase snyth heir magnificent stoc: of Dia . Jewelry. Watches, &e.. at practically sour own figures. This is 9 legitimate Retiring Sale —and every article in stock will be sold. rega: of worth or former Auction Sales Daily, 11 am., 3:30 and be Jacobs Bros., Jewelers, 1229 Pa. Ave. } ) ) } REDUCED IN FLESH AND MADE WELL AND MORE COMELY BY DR. EDISON'S BESITY PILLS AND SALT—READ WHAT MISS SADIE STEPLENS SAYS OF THIS TREATMENT DON'T BE FAT AND SICK IN HOT WEATHER. “Walpol>. Mass., 7sa. 21, 1807. Messrs. Loring & Co. Gentlemen: During the past month I have been t: Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt for reduction in weight, also for shortness of breath, and find that they have done all that 1s advertised. Sincing dees not fatigue me as it ised to before taking the Pills and Sait, and I 4nd the t reduction in weight Las improved my Uealth many Ways. My duties on the stage are euch that ap increase in weight would have preveited me from filling positions which now, thanks to the use of the Pills aud Salt, I can readily do without discomfort.” ‘Tbe followins ts from Mr. George G Shroeder, Oils and Gas,” Gas nces: Light, hi DLW. “Metsrs. Loring & Co. Gentlemen: I used sou: remedies known as Dr. Edison's Obesity treatnieat. consisting of Dr. Edisou's Pills and Salt and Dr. ‘on's Obesity Band, to reduce, if possible, iny surplus weight. In six weeks I lost from thelr use 40 Ibs. In weight ing down from 355 I consider it be, and ¥. my consent to make public use of this stater Obesity Salt. $1 a bottle: Obesity bottle. THESE GOODS ARE TAIL DRUG n guarantee to ‘Obesity Pills or cted without good resi MEDICAL DEPARTM M. ill KEPT IN STS. ICAL DEPARTMENT Obesity or any other disease. sure to writ ruptured. d treatment ever devis: ft cures. Send letters and er Loring & rs Generai Agents for the United States. To insu: prompt 1 mention department, and use onl: the nearest address. We seud free “How to Cue Obesity LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, NO. 42 WEST 22D ST., NEW YORK CITY. NO. 115 STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. my25-tu,this.tf Fae IE Fat Folks, Attention A COMPLETE LINE OF Obesity Preparations and medicines MERT: ‘At Least | Twice a Day —brush your teeth with LISTERS DEN FRICE and see how | soon they become beau- | i ice, prevents decay. Th: why it keeps the tee Hike pe ows: 70s 15th st. " W.D.Brace,30th& M Sts. 280 PHARMACIST. 25c. bottle. Thanksgiving “Wet” Goods! All_the liqu’d the Thantsgivin ds that you'll require for Toast. Read: Cacet | should # cae 40c. a ‘sor your Ml be a “dry"” af- B.sziving fair. Kalor line @ 0 6/4 14™ST-PHONE 998. Gifts - Brides =n Silver, Gold —and— Gems. SAII’L KIRK & SON CO., 106 Baltimore St. East, Baltimore, [id. BolS-th,s,tu,42,6t Orders are now being taken for our Delicious New Engiand Sausage —to arrive on Wednesday, the 24th instant. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F St. CHANGES IN RULES Amending the Practice of the Patent Office. NEW REGULATIONS FOR INVENTORS They Will Go Into Effect Jan- uary 1. IMPORTANT ALTERATIONS Acting Commissioner Greeley of the pat- ent office has prepared amencments of rules governing the practice of the office from january Ist, in accerdarce with an act on that subject passed at the Inst ses- sion of Congress. These rutes will apply t all cases filed after Janvary all case: subject to the contain a number of impor- tant changes in the practice of the offic and have been awaited by patent attorneys with the greatest inte the publication of an inven- t interfered with the right of the for a patet proviced he could prove priority for hi device. The new S Frovide that no application is patent- able if it has been described two or more years before ihe filing of the application. Heretofore if a foreign patent has been taken cut before an American patient, th term of the iatter limited to the ex- piration of the fcreign patent, which often results in the cal less of many valu- able patents by giving them a very short life. The new rules-do not place this iimi- but if the period between is more than seven months t will be granted. in acting on a pat- tions deemed of This preference was cd of importance to the tation of time navy. Now ca ‘Ds when the as interested is pers ally represented before the patent offi asking for such preference. This method, it is believed, wiil cause cases to be ma‘ exceptional enly in mest impertant cas The amendments to be promulgated fol- low: Who May Obtain a Patent. 24. (First paragraph.) A patent may be obtained by any person who has invenied or discovered any new and useful art, ma- chine, manufacture, or composition of mat- ter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in this country, before his invention or dis- covery thereof and not patented or de- scribed in any printed publication in this n- er discovery thereof, or more than prior to his application, and not use or. on sale in the United Stztes for more than two years prior to his application, un'ess the same is proved to h: been abandoned, upon payment of the fees required by law and other due pro- ceedings had ; 20. The receipt ef letters patent from a foreign government will not prevent thc inventor from obtainirg a pat in th s. unless the appl foreign patent was granted w ‘e than seven montis prior to thi filing of the application in this country, in which case no patent shall be granted in this country. 31. ¢ or any foreign country, before his inv tion paragraph.) The application must be completed and prepared for ex- amination within one year after the filing of the petition; and in default thereof. or upon failure of the applicant to. prosecute ter any action thereon (Rule vhich notice shall have been duly mailed to him or his agent, the application will be regarded as aban: dened, unless it shall be shown to the satis- ion of the commissioner that such de- «Section 1.) The following order of ‘angement should be observed in framing the specification: ay Preamble stating the name and resi- re of the applicant and the title of the ntion. ‘The applicant, if the inventor, must make oath or affirmation that he does ver- ily believe himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, ma- chine, manufacture, composition, or im- provement for which he solicits a patent, that he does not know and does not be- lieve that the same was ever before known or used, and shall state of ‘what’ country he is a citizen and where he resides. In every original application the applicant’ must distinctly state under oath that the invention has not n patented to him- self ur to others wii his knowledge or conseat in this or any foreign country for more than two years prior to his applica- tion and that no application for a patent has been filed in any foreign country by himself or his legal representatives or as- signs more than seven months prior to his application. If any application for patent has been filed in any foreign country’ by the applicant in this country or Ly his le- gal representatives or assigns, prior to his application in this country, he shall state the country or countries in’ which such ap- Plication hi been filed, giving the date of such application, and shall also state that no application has been filed in any other ccuntry or countries than those mention- ed; that to the best of his knowledge and belief the invention has not been in pub- lic vse or on sale in the United States nor described in any printed publication or Patent in this or any foreign country for mere than two years prior to his applica- tion in this country. This oath must be Subscribed to by the affiant. Making Cases Special. 63. (Second paragraph.) The following new applications have preference over all ether new cases at every period of their examination in the order enumerated: () Applications wherein the inventions are deemed of peculiar importance to some branch of the public service, and when for that reason the head of some department of the government requests Immediate ac- tion and the commissioner so orders, but in such case it shall be the duty of such head of a department to be represented before the commissioner in order to pre- vent the improper issue of a patent. @) Applications for reissues. (3) Applications which appear to inter- fere with other applications Previously considered and found to be allowable, or which it is demanded shall be placed in interference with an unexpired patent or patents. 75. When an original or reissue applica- tion is rejected on reference to an expired or unexpired domestic patent which sub- stantially shows or describes but does not claim the rejected invention, or on refer- ence to a foreign patent or to a printed Publication, and the applicant shall make cath to facts showing a completion of the invention in this country before the filing of the application on which the domestic patent issued, or before the date of the foreign paient, or before the date of the printed publication, and shall also make cath that he does not know and does not believe that the invention has been in pub- lic use or on sale in this country, ented or described in a printed tion in this or any foreign country for more than two years prior to his applica- tion, and that he has never abandoned the invention, then the patent or publication cited will not bur the grant of a patent to the applicant, unless the date of such Pat- ent or printed publication is more than two years prior to the date on which applica- tion was filed in this country. Lapse of an Application. Ti. (First and second paragraphs). If an pplicant neglects to prosecute his applica- tion for one year after the date when the last official notice of any action by the office was maiied to him, the application will be held to be abandoned, as set forth in rule 171. Whenever action upon an application is tuspended upon request of an applicant, and whenever an applicant has been called upon to put his application in condition for interference, the period of one year run- ning against such application shall be con- sidered as beginning at the date of the last official action preceding such actions. 94. (The following is added to rule 94.). 9.) An interference will not be declared between an original application filed subse- quently to December 31, 1897, and a patent issued more than two years prior to the date of filing of such application, or an ap- plication for a reissue of such patent. 166. Whenever the commiss‘oner shalt di- et the withdrawal of an application from ‘ue on request of an applicant, for rea- sons not prohibited by rule 165, such with- drawal shall not operate to stay the period » year running agqinst the applica- tion, which begins to attach from the date of the notice of allowance. Duration of Patent. 168. Every patent will contain a short title of the invention or discovery, indicat- ing its nature and object, and a grant to the patentee, his heirs and assigns, for the term of seventeen years, of the exclusive right to make, use and vend the invention cr discovery throughout the United States and the territories thereof. The duration of a desizn patent may be for the term of 1a half, seven, or fourteen years, provided in rule 80. A copy of the speci+ ations and drawings will be annexed to the patent and form part thereof. 171. (First paragraph.) An abandoned ap- plication is one which has not been com- pleted and prepared for examination within one year after the filing of the petition, or which the applicant has failed to prosecute within one year after any action therein of hich notice has been duly given (see rules “1 and 77), or which the applicant has ex- Pressly abandoned by filing in the office a written declaration of abandonment, signed by himself, and assignee, if any, identify- ing his application by title of invention, serial number and date of filing. (See rule 60.) 198. An assignment, grant, or conveyance of a patent will be void as against any sub- sequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valu- able consideration without notice unless recorded in the patent office within three months from the date thereof. If any such assignment, grant, or conveyance of any patent shall be acknowledged before any public of the several states or ter- or the District of Columbia, or any issioner of the United States circuit court, or before any secretary of legation or consular officer authorized to administer caths or perform notarial acts under sec- tion 1750 of the Revised Statutes, the certi- ficate of such acknowledgment, under the hand and official seal of such notary or ether officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the execution of such assignment, grant, or conveyance. LITY © ANCELLATION. Reform Well Under Way Among the Postmasters, The efforts made by the Post Office De- partment to reform the careless practice existing in a large number of post offices in the cancellation of mail matter is expected to bring about most important results. Al- ready the movement has borne fruit and where, according to the officials of the de- artment, at the beginning of the adminis- tration 30 per cent of the whole number of postmarks on mail matter was prac- ticaily illegible the ratio has now been brought down to less than 10 per cent. Mr. Heath, the first assistant postmaster gen- eral, is vigorously prosecuting the reform, and whenever complaints come in about careless marking, they are referred to the delinquent post office for report. The mat- ter has attracted general interest and has brought out suggestions and comments from business houses and individuals throughout the country. So far during this administration about forty thousand hand stamps have been sent out to postmasters. The committee appointed by the Postmaster General to ex- amine new designs or improvements in can- celing stamps will receive for inspection up to January 1 working models of any in- vention designed to take the place of the hand stamps now in use at the various post office. This call for new designs or improvements applies only to hand stamps and not to cancellation machines, which are used in the heavy work of the service. The present movement is intended primari- ly to improve the class of postmarking stamps now supplied to the smaller post offices, as well as those used in an aux- iliary way in the larger ones, and the prin- al points considered will be simplicity, durability and cost. Despite the general impression shown in the correspondence, it is not necessary that the device be patented. = Sao = SUSPENSION OF SEAUING. The United States Will Make a Con- cession to Canada. One of the most important features of the Bering sea negotiations not heretofore disclosed is that, in the event that Great Britain and Canada consent to a suspen- sion of pelagic sealing for one year, the United States at the same time will agree to a suspension of all killing of seals for one year on the Pribylof Islands, consti- tuting the American seal possessions in Bering sea. During the recent negotia- tions the Canadians took the ground that,, if any suspension was to occur, it would be inequitable to ask them to suspend sealing in the outer waters, while at the same time the United States persisted in sealing in the inner waters and on land. The contention of the United States was primarily for the suspension of pelagic sealing. but under the exigency of the case it was felt that, if a suspension of pelagic sealing could be secured, it would be rea- sonable to concede a similar suspension within our own territory. It was in this form that the final proposition took shape. —__-e—. NEARLY 500 DEATHS. Report of the Surgeon General on the Yellow Fever. The surgeon general of the marine hos- pital service reports that during the yellow fever epidemic in the southern states there were 4,389 cases, of which 446 resulted fa- tally. Of the total number of cases 1,817 were reported from Louisiana, 1,625 from Mississippi, 740 from Alabama, 52 from Tennessee, 16 from Texas, 4 from Illinois, 3 from Georgia, and 1 each from Florida ard Kentucky. Ocean Springs, Miss., where the epidemic originated, furnished twenty- six cases and six deaths. The cases in Ken- tucky, Illinois and Georgia were confined to refugees. A computation shows that about 10% per cent of the cases proved fatal. In Mississippi the death rate was less than 6 per cent of the total number of cases. At New Orleans 141-3 per cent of the patients died, and at Mobile less than 13 per cent. ——____-e+_____ KAISER WOULD CRUSH NORWAY. Emperor William’s Latest Bluster About His Neighbor's Affairs. A dispatch to the London Daily Chronicle from Christiania, with reference to the pclitica! conflict between Norway and Swe- den as to the relative rights of the two Farts of the composite monarchy, says: “A prominent Swedish politician attrib- utes tutes to Emperor Wiiliam the follow- ing stetement: ‘ Z = “If the Norwegians seek to accomplish thelr ends I will crush Norway ag I -have already crushed Greece,’ BE ececuenese QSSSSDSSHSSSSHSSS SOS SOSOSSSHS OSC O@ HHHHS OSOOVOD OOSSSSSESSODSOS fF OSSOSSSSS OOO SS OOOO GS DOGOO ium colorings ‘Our Great Sale Continues This Week. si es “Made-to-measure SUITS. Single or Double-breasted Styles—evéry suiting worth $17 —vast display of various weaves—fancy effects, dark hues, med- We always try to meet the fullest expectations of our customers and give them all that we promise in our advertisements. success of the four days that this sale was carried on last week led us to believe that many buyers were disappointed, because we had to close our establishment last Friday and Saturday. We've made special efforts to see that buyers this week will not regret being forced to defer the placing of their orders—and in com- ing today you will find all lines of cloths intact — all seasonablé weaves and an immense array of effects to please every taste, as you'll see by a mere glance at our big Window Display. This sale means for you a bona fide clear saving of $6 on each and every Suit that you may select. The general valuation of the cloths is $17 per suiting, and you'll get just as splendid tailoring, just as perfect fit, and just as good finishing as if you paid that amount. You might as well save $6 and get one of these $11 Suits—and after you have Secured one, we are sure you'll be proud of the investment. -Mertz and Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, esesces TRUCE WITH INSURGENTS Sensational Statement by Young Quesada, Lately Liberated Prisoner. He Claims Spanish Generals Entered Into Sort of Armistice With the Cuban. Patriots. The steamer Saratoga, from Havana, having on board the released members of the Competitor filibustering expedition, ar- rived at New York yesterday. The men are Capt. Alfredo Laborde, Wil- Nam Gildea, Ona Melton, William Leavitt and Charles Barnett, an Englishman, They were in fi ly good health and excellent spirits, but Capt. Laborde .guffers .some- what from paralysis, which he contracted during his long confirement in the Cabanas fortres! Joseph A. Springer, the United- States vice consul at Havana, was also a passen- ger on the Saratoga. A happy passenger on the Saratoga was Julio Arteago y Que- sada, the young Cuban insurgent, who was ordered to be shot by Weyler, but was par- doned. ‘The six men who had eseaped the fate of the Virginius captives were greeted upon thetr arrival in New York by an enthusias- tic crowd, who gave them a;hearty wel- come. The poor wretches were too weak to respond to the cheers which had been given in their honor. Capt. Laborde’s brother was one of those who assembled on the dock. The mceting between the broth- ers was a touching one. The friends of the others cried with joy as they grasped the hands of the released prisoners, ‘whose eyes were sunken and faces pallid. This is the story which Young Quesada told concerning his release: “ “Last March I wandered about half a mile away from our hospital tent in search ot some herbs of which I desired to make medicine, when a detachment of Spanish infantry captured me. The noise made by my struggle to free myself aroused my” twelve companions, and they rushed to my assistance. During the fight that followed my friends were beaten and one of them was killed. “After the conflict was over I was bound end thrown on the ground and beaten un- mercifully. I was told if I weuld confess where my comrades had their dynamite stered they would stcp beating me. This I declined to do, and, seeing that théy could not force a confession from me, they sent ‘me to Artemisa prison, where I was tried and sentenced to be shot. b “Two prominent Spanish generals, one of them Gen. Arolas, concerned th ves in my release. They feared me because they knew I had discicsures to make which would ruin them. They thought that if 1 had to die I would tell what I knew. “They were in ccnstant communication with the insurgent generals, having written letters to them which I saw while in the Pinar del Rio district, in which they stated that they wanted to make arrangements by which Span‘sh soldiers would not be at- tacked in the districts controlled by, them. In return the insurgents were to haye free access to the trocha and be permitted to pass et will. This proposition was ac- cepted, and in this way we were able to keep in constant communication with Go- mez, Maceo and Garcia.” |, The friends of young Quesada w prised to learn that he had secured lease by giving away a trayed the allies of the f Spanish army. It was this fi not Gen. Blanco’s friendship; for the late Prof. Quesada that secured his pardgn. Probably the most wretehed of tre Com- petitor’s crew is Ona Iton,. the :mews- paper correspondent, whose intention on going to Cuba was not to.partic’pate in the war, but to-represent the true eituation in that country. a In describing his capture ami. subsequent treatment, Melton said that when the first shot was fired by the base gunboat he and twc companions lowe: and tried to escape. They were, pursued and captured a short distance from the shore. On board the gunboat they were cruelly bound with ropes and were. prodded with sharp-pointed sticks, which punctured thelr flesh. They were a! thrown into a cell and fed but on: After the respite, Méltén his companions were Ds ecntaining forty other iltical and criminal, in the 4 tress. When arrested ron. hundred and sixty-five pound: one not pat Sonne seal dred is. He will remain in for about a week, and will then return to his home. . Capt. Laborde, ‘speaking of his life, said: “The stories of eruelties risons are utterly, un: we. 1 Ee ead z oe sur- heve been. there long jJailers were as kind ae 5 is Sseid SR URES See ROMER RUE emisNele CUARIEU AN 28 co oe AB 3 and Matteo Fernandez, the warden of Ca- banas, was especially kind and considerate, so much so that we called him ‘father.’ “Why, we knew more about what was going on than you did. How did we learn? Well, I can’t tell you that, as it might hurt those 1 have left behind. Yes, American gold went a great way. I got a little money from time to time, and the guards, who did not receive any pay while I was there, were always gratified for anything I gave them, and amply paid for what they mot.” Two members of the Competitor crew— Dr. E. Berdia and Telgado Masso—both Spaniards, are still in prison in Cuba. Their release has, it is said, been promised. REGRET OF THE GOVERNMENT. Insult to the Chinese Minister in New York Deplored. The Secretary of State has written a let- ter to Mr. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese min- ister, expressing the official regret of this government at the insult offered him in New York last summer on the occasion of his visit to that city to receive the Chinese ambassador to Queen Victoria’s jubilee. Ac€ording to the statements filed at the State Department, a mob followed the car- riages of the minister and his suite and threw eggs and other missiles at them, to the great insult to their dignity and the injury of their apparel. The police came to their aid, but made no arrests. Upon re- ceipt of a report from Gov. Black of New York in regard to the case, the Secretary of State addressed the Chinese minister, ex- pressing the regret of this government at the unfortunate occurrence, and requesting him to inform the department hereafter whenever he goes to New York in order that suitable police arrangements may be made to protect him from possible insult or molestatio: —_—____-e+_____+ CLAYTON'S MURDERER FOUND. He is Serving a Sentence in the Geor- gia Penitentiary. A recent dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says: The murderer of John M. Clayton of Arkansas is now serving-a term in the Georgia penitentiary. He is a white man, and his term will soon expire. Mr. Clayton was a brother of Powell Clayton, and a republican ‘leader. He was murdered in November, 1888, and while the state of Arkansas was quivering with excitement the assassin escaped to the mountains of north Georgia. He remained there under an assumed name until the perchant for crime mastered him, and he worked his way into convict stripes. In a moment. when his secret preyed too heavily ete mind he imparted it to a fellow convict, ‘who was ignorant of the prominence of the murdered man and of the notoriety attached to the crime, and kept the secret until he was recently trans- ferred to another camp. This convict then gave his information to a guard, but made an error in the name. He said the mur- dered man was “John M. Slayton,” but otherwise described the incidents attend- ing the assassination of John M. Clayton. ‘The guard refetred to is Luther Akin of the Pitts (Ga.) convict camp. derer of Clayton is serving under an a: sumed name, and is not credited to Arkan- sas as his native state. I saw Akin, who claims to hold the key to the mystery, yesterday. He is holding his information for reward, and declines to disclose the convict’s name at this time. The murderer is not in the camp at Pitts, bate is in some other convict camp in the state. Governor Jones of Arkansas has re- opened the case, and now authorizes a re- ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of Clayton’s murderer. ———_-e--__ A New Counterfeit Silver Certificate. The secret service announces the discov- ery of a new counterfeit $10 silver certifi- cate of the series of 1891, Tillman register, The note is produced has with blue ink and is well done. It has no silk thread or imitation of it. The back of the note is brown instead of green. India’s Jute Crop. Consul General Patterson, at Calcutta, in @ report says. it is estimated that the jute crop of India this year will be 6,800,000 bales of 400 pounds each, of which about 3,600,000 bales will be available for export. He says manufacturers may look for low price’ for raw material. ‘ ‘Work at Gibraltar. .. In a recent report, Consul Sprague, at Gibraltar, incidentally -refers to work in Progress at that place that is not generally 86090966 INDIAN STUDENTS’ INFLUENCE. It Has Often Been Productive of Ex- cellent Results, Some interesting data as to the educa- tional aspect of the Indian problem is given in the annual report of Dr. W. N. Hail- mann, superintendent of Indian schools, which has just been made public. In this the subject of “returned students,” going back to their tribes after school life, is taken up, and Superintendent Hailmann says he is still collecting data bearing on this phase of the problem, but the in- formation already obtained justifies the statement that the severe criticisms made of both the Indians and schools on this score, if at all justifiable, are so in a very limited degree. Wherever on reservations there has been marked progress in civiliza- tion it is traceable largely to the returned students’ influence, most of whom are measurably successful in the efforts to turn away from tribal evils and- drawbacks, though many obstacles confront them, not only in the stubborn conservatism of older Indians, but also in excessive tutelage on the part of the government. “Honor and grateful admiration,” he sa. “are due to the young heroes and heroines who annually go forth from our Indian schools, pitting their lives against adamantine walls of unreasoning tradition and superstition, wresting victory from what seems utterly hopeless.” As to the manual training movement in the Indian schools, Dr. Hailmann says a few schools are doing creditable work in this direction, but in the majority of them, even where manual training teachers are employed, the results are meager. This is’ due partly to tne lack of facilities for sys- tematic work and to lack of civil service eligibles for this important branch of the Indian school work. The former obstacle is being overcome as fast as the Indian office means will permit; the other can be overcome only by making the position more lucrative. The opinion is given that in the study of agriculture an excessive acreage of land is a hindrance rather than a help from an educational standpoint. The discovery of many children of very little, if any, Indian blood in the boarding schools leads to the recommendation that, inasmuch as there seems to be no remedy under existing laws, it is imperative in the interest of justice to both races that Congress should early indicate by statute what degree of blood shall constitute an Indian and to what ex- tent adopted Indians shall be entitled to governmental support in matters of edu- cation. SS It. matters little what it is that you want hether a situation~or a servant—a ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. 906 F Street Northwest. 58000008089 CONT BS O92009906 S0C030 Y GoGo The rousing | BOOCSOSORCSHSSODEEGOO OOOO LE HOO9OGOSOOCOCE MASSO ELECTED PRESIDENT. Revolution Pledged to Independence. A special dispatch to the New York Her- ald from Key West, Fla., says: Advices re- ceived from the Herald correspondent op- erating with the insurgents in the Cama- suey district give details of the Cuban 2ssembly recently held. The dispatch, which has been en route since November 1, states that the assembly convened on September 2, but owing to the absence of several delegates from western provinces, it was continued from day to day, until all the members were present. Senor Mendez Capote presided over the deliberations, which fact gave rise to pre- mature reports sent abroad that he had been elected president. Twenty-two of the twenty-four delegaies presented credentials from the various districts throughout the island. Drs. Fermin Valdez Dominguez and Euscbio Hernandez, for some unexplained reason, resigned their seats as delegates. After reviewing and amending the consti- tution and approving the acts of the retir- ing government these officers were elected: President—Gen. Bartolome Masso. Vice president—Mendez Capote. Secretary of war—Brig. Aleman. Secretary of state—Fonte Sterling. Secretary of foreign affairs—Moreno Dela- torre. wxsgauea of the interior—Dr. Manuel R. Silva. Commander-in-chief of the army—Max- imo Gomez. Inspector general—Carlos Roloff. The dispatch states that the election of General Masso was due to the personal in- finence of General Gomez. General Masso is known to have been unalterably oppose to any settlement of the Cuban question not based on absolute independence. —— es Foreign Railway Constraction, Consul Stephan, at Annaberg, has made a report regarding proposed railway con- struction in foreign countries. The Rus- sians, he says, intend to make their entire system double-track, work to begin at once, and to be pushed until completed. It is also reported that the Russian government has begun negotiations with the Shah of Persia for the construction of a railroad to connect the Caspian sea with the Per- sian gulf, Other Russian projects are the building of a line between Kalisch, on the German border, and Warsaw, and a line 672 miles long to connect Moscow directly with the port of Windau, on the Baltic. He reports the construction of a number of lines under consideration in Bulgaria, eight or more having already been decided upon and four more being in contemplation. 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