Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1897-16 PAGES. 3 SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM —J. H. ALTEMUS & meeting THIS (Tuesday) EVENE OF APPLIC. of the Supreme Court of the | will be held on FRIDAY . Dee. 17 and 18, 189 ; SOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEETL of the stockholders of the West End Natio c the election of directors for the e ar will be held at its banking house on PAY, January 11, 1888. Polls open from 1pm. CHARLES P. WILLIAMS. Jas,10 Cashier. HAVE You FITTED SO PER fectly but what we could fit_you better! Let us prove this by making you a $4 Full Dress Suft. know precisely Just what length the coat be—and the correct breadth of the trous- ers. “Fit or no pay. J. 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Machines rented, $4 per month. lies for all typew-iters. 2016-1mo CFFICE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Co. OF DISTRICY OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, December 6, 1897. Polick holders are hereby notified that ‘all poli cies will expire om the last MONDAY in Decem- ber (27th instant), at 6 o’clock p.m. Renewal for the year 1898 will be a SPECIAL NOTICES. Why Famous for our Dress Suits? Have always made a special study of them! Every Xmas We huve a run on them! Fond ¢ parents present them to their budding sons. Solid citizens Present themselves with one as ap Xmas gift. You car buy a Dress Sult for as little as $25, but we pay more than that for the cloth alone. Nothing Is in as bad taste as a “cheap,” bagsy Dress Suit! Many orders are already in, and as we can only get out a Mmited number for Xmas day, We trust you will place your order at once. Turning out $50. G. Warfield Simpson, Expert Tailor, 1208 F St. “beauties” at DETECTIVES ON THE ALERT. Holiday Rush Suggests the Adoption of Precautionary Measures. Holiday shoppers are making an early start this season in order to avoid a rush later on, and the dealers are keeping open their stores later than usual in the even- ings to accommodate them. With in- creased number of shoppers comes the sug- gestion to the minds of the police that per- haps shoplifters may be looking for an op- portunity to operate. In view of this prob- ability. Inspector Mattingly has instructed his detectives the crowded ore: and keep them clear of people known to be dishonest. It is not only th trouble shoplifters who give t this season of the year, but also Thus far, however, the s been very little steal- ing done. aS not been one case of pocket picking reported. There is said to be ac le amount of petty stealing about which complaint is not made, nd in many ins the loss of the articles is not even known. Private detectives and floor walkers in some busi- ness establishments do police duty, anu fre- quently thefts are detected, but the persons committing them are not arrested. They are simply warned and ordered out of the Several cases are reported of the theft of goods from a display of articles on the sidewalks, and last week Detectives Muller and Baur made five arrests for offenses of this character. The detectives are devoting much of tneir time to the stores, and it is likely that some persons now under suspicion will be arrested before Christmas. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Meeting of the Executive Committee of Local Association. An important meeting of the executive committee of the local Civil Service Reform Association was held yesterday afternoon at the office of the secretary. Those pres- ent were Mess: John Joy Edson, Dr. Mackay-Smith, Charles Lyman, H. B. F. Maecfarland, A. L. Sturtevant, George Will- izm Hill, Charles W. Stetson, Adolph Wolf, H. H. Glassie and the secretary, F. L. Sid- dons. Mr. S. W. Woodward was elect- ed to membership in the association. Mr. John Joy Edson was elected as the repre- sentative of the local association on the general committee of the National Civil Service Reform League. Upon motion, the president appointed as delegates to the an- nual meeting of the league the members of the executive committee, consisting of the above named gentlemen and Mr. Theodore W. Noyes. A committee of three was also appointed to arrange for the annual meet- ing of the loca! association, which, it was decided, should be held upon the reassem- ling of Congress after the holidays. A ew membership committee was appointed. Plans to meet the expected attacks upon the civil service law and regulations were a sd, and it was the opinion of those present that while attempts to repeal or modify the law would be made in Con- gress during this session, there was no rea- son to apprehend that they would succeed; but it was determined to be prepared for any emergency, and to resist the annually recurring efforts to destroy the merit sys- tem. The meeting of the league at Cincinnati promises to be the largest ever held. Throughout the country the friends of the reform are arousing themselves on its be- half, and the league meeting will be at- tended by representatives from not only the civil service reform associations of the country, but from civic organizations of all kirds, including boards of trade and other commercial bodies. The board of trade of this city has elected delegates who will at- tend, and a considerable delegation froi the Civil Service Reform Association will also be at the meeting. It is believed be- fore the session of Corgress is over evi- derces of an opposition to any interference ‘| with the law of a pronounced character will be communicated to the legislative and ex- ecutive authorities. The membership committee of the local association is planning to increase the num- bers cf those enlisted in the organization from those in sympathy with the principles it advocates, and is desirous of receiving applications for membership from all such persons. —— CONDENSED LOCALS. Judge Kimball today sent Samucil Ed- wards, colored, to jail for four months for kicking Mary Harris, also colored. The woman is quite small and a cripple, while her assailant is a big, strapping fellow, fully six feet tall. In sentencing Edward Judge Kimball gave him a severe repri- mand. William Harkins, colored, today forfeited $5 collateral before Judge Mills for atleged cruelty to a horse. The arrest was made by Humane Officer Rabbitt, who stated that he yesterday found Harkins driving a stiff-kneed horse attached to a cart loaded with coal, the gross weight of which was 4,45¢ pounds. Articles Incorporating “The Mount #ra- rat Colored Baptist Church” have been filed with the recorder of deeds. The trustees, to serve two years from December 10, are stated to be Charles Holman, Frank Powell and Dennis Staples. Complaints about the condition of both the roadway end the sidewalk on B street northwest between 7th and 12th streets are being renewed because of the wet weather. People who have to make pur- chases along the line of country dealers oa that thoroughfare find it troublesome to avoid the puddles. The Commissioners have granted a first- class steam engineer’s license to F. K. Steele, and a third-class I'cense to Benja- min Green. CASTORIA FOR Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SDIUILE SIGNATURE OF Chas. H: Fletcher . 18 ON THE WRAPPER CF EVERY BOTTLE OF PITCHER’S CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANE, 77 Murray ot., N.Y. SPANISH SUBTLETY {Senor Quesada Dissects the Plan for Cuban Autonomy. THE DECEITS IN SAGASTA'S DECREE ——— The Proposed Reforms Will Never Be Accepted by Cubans. SPAIN’S LAST CARD PLAYED Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, charge d’af- faires of the Cuban republic, was visited by a reporter for The Star this morning in his apartments at the Raleigh and asked for his views upon the effect of the plan for autonomy in Cuba recently promulgat- ed by Premier Sagasta. Senor Quesada was much disinclined to talk, but, after persuasion, consented, realizing that the matter was of great importance to repre- sentatives and senators, who might be brought to the consideration of the Cuban question at any time. “We have at last received the official text of the so-called home-rule reform which Spain has announced she has ex- tended to Cuba,” said Senor Gonzalo de Quesada. “It came in the mail last night and occupies the whole issue of the Im- parcial of November 27. Its perusal shows that all claims made regarding it by the Cubans are borne out. It is a mere trick to delay the inevitable action of the United States in recognizing the independence of Cuba, and to dupe, if possible, the Cubans now in arms. “The very preamble addressed to the queen gives away the Spanish case,” con- tinued Quesada, ‘‘for Sagasta in it, speaking about the powers that will remain to the Spanish government, ys that nothing which is essential to the sovereignty hax been forgotten. ‘In nothing is the central authority (Spain) diminished or lessened.’ In this same preamble Sagasta speaks about the right of Cuba to make its tariff, which has caused such a protest in Spain, and so sure is he that the Cuban chambers made up of men favorable to Spanish in- terests will arrange this tariff in conformi- ty with Spanish desires that he says: ‘If the ular government was already constituted and we could arrange a system of com- mercial relations with it there would be no eed to ‘give this question proportions which it has not, or to announce ruin or misfortune. The Spanish government to calm the alarms has anticipated events, and instead of leaving the determination of this question to the natural workings of the new constitution has fixed from now the basis of the future mercantile relations be- tween Spain and Cuba.’ “Further on,’ said Senor QueSada, “in article 40 of the laws of the reform, the differential duty in favor of Spanish prod- ucts {s put at the modest figure of 35 per cent. Another point touched in Sagasta’s Preamble is the most important one of the debt, and here we are told that it will be istributed with equity when ‘the termina- uon of the war will allow its final total to be determined.” Full of Subterfuge and Deceit. “As we shall see further on in discussing more fully the decree of the alleged reform, it is filled with subterfuges and decei In order to put these decrees into opera- tion a law extending the universal suffrage of Spain to Cuba has been promulgated. At first sight, this would seem to be a great concession, but when we consider that in Spain itself the government in pow- er always obtains control of the elections, determining beforehand the number and the names of the deputies who shall be re- turned to the cortes, the emptiness of the cffer can be readily seen. In order that I will not seem to be partial in this opinion,” he continued, “I will quote the words of the Spaniard, Pi Margall, who says, in regard to this and to the law of public order, which can be promulgated according to the decree whenever the governor general of Cuba sees fit: ‘We (the Spaniards) here and there take advantage of and defeat the intention of even the best laws. The Cu- bans cannot fail to fear that the general government of Spain will not only use to its own advantage the law of public order, but that it wil! thwart the will of the Cu- ban as the ministers constantly do in Spain, notwithstanding the many precautions taken to prevent it. The want of confi- dence that Spanish colontes have in Spain will not be the least obstacle to the success of the effort to get the Cuban rebels to give up their arms.’ The Cuban Parliament. Continuing his discussion of the decree, Senor Quesada said: “Coming to the section which provides for the composition of the upper Cuban chamber, called the council of administra- tion, It declares that eighteen members shall be elected and seventeen members ap- pointed by the governor general in the name of the king. Any impartial observer can see that this upper chamber will be always controlled by Spai: id, if we fur- ther consider the requisites for membership, no doubt can remain as to this. It is neces- sary to have an annual income cf $4,0X) for a men to be either elected or selected to the the council of administration, and from this it can be seen_ that wealth and not wisdom or ability is the prime requisite for such preferment. This income requirement would keep out the great majority of representative Cubans of the professional classes, such as lawyers, physicians, journalists and the other brainy men who are usuaily selected for such po- sitions, and would open the doors to many Spaniards, who have gained ill-gotten for- tunes by reason of the Cuban war. Amer- icans can judge from this if the decree does not seek legislation in favor of the privi- leged few, who will strive to maintain their monopoly of Cuban affairs at all hazards. “Article 7 of the decree,” he continued, “goes on to enumerate the different posi- tions which the councillors to be appointed by the governor general must have occu- fied in order to make them eligible. This again reduces the number of possible Cu- bans to such an extent that it can be safe- ly asserted that, even if the crown wanted to be liberal with the Cubans, not one-third of the council could be nominated from among them. Four years of residence in Cuba is the only requisite fer the appoint- ment of a councillor, and this, it can be seen, will not work to the detriment of Spanish appgintments. Conditions May Be Changed. “Article 9 shows in a more emphatic way the subtlety of the Spanish intention to ap- pear sincere when it provides that the con- ditions necessary for the appointment of councillors may be changed ‘by a law of the kingdom on the petitioa or request of the insular chambers,’ as if it would be so easy for the insular chambers to agree to deprive themselves of the sinecures they enjoy. Further, there is nothing in the whole decree to tell us whether, in case the chambers do petition for such changes or fer anything else, and Spain does not ac- cede to the request, what way will be left to force such desired changes or requests. Spain’s Subtle Intention: “It is provided that members of the Cu- ban house of representatives—a good name, by the way, for American consumption— shall be elected for five years. This con- clusively shows that Spain intends thet for at least the first five years it will have a Cuban legislature thoroughly under its con- trol ang ready to do its bidding in all di- rections, for there is no possible chance for the Cubans to secure even a respectable minority under the existing conditions. The Parliament Powerless. “But admitting for sake of argument that the Cubans would have all the members of the proposed legislature, let us see what they could do,” continued Senor Quesada. “It is the King of Spain who can con- voke, svsper.d or close its sessions, and can adjourn or dissolve separately or simultaneously either or both houses. It is true that the law provides that they must be convoked within three months, but there is nothing to prevent their immediate dis- solution again or to prevent the use of the guvernment machinery to elect new houses in harmony with Spanish aims or de- sires whenever they may be needed. Fur- ther, the governor general, Spain's crea- ture, of course, is empowered to initiate and impose colonial laws. A majority in the chambers constitutes a quorum, and any law passed by a plurality of votes is !egal; so that, if the Cubans ia withdraw -on any contingency, the’ aj ited Spaniards could always legislate as they pleased. The Inviolability of the representatives is not pe to = one who —— be an author of articles, books or pay which will invoke or invite mnitany aklition attack the governor general Ts national sover- eignty. From this welset)that Cuba is condemned forever to be an autonomous colony and we will be worse off than be- fore. According to the decisions of the supreme court of Spain, it’ not against the law to advocate sepérdtist ideas as icng as force was not used, but this decree Prevents any possible attempt on the part of Cubans in the future_to obtain indenen- dence by evolution. Thgt is»why the Cu- — are determined to gain it by revolu- ion. > “The law further provides tfiat the Cuban chambers can only address themselves to the crown through the-governor general, and in all cases where the latter considers national interesis injured er prejudiced by the action of the chambers, he can refer the case to Spain and postpone any further discussion of it until the Spanish govern- ment shall decide upon it. The chambers can only legislate by sufferance of Spain and then only on matters of no vital im- portance and which do not involve large appropriations of money or affairs of state, war, navy, the Cuban debt, police, the ad- ministration of justice or the church. The President Misied. “It is not true, as’ President McKinley has been made to believe, according to his statement in his message, that the cham- bers have ‘unlimited power,’ except as to these following matters, which are found in title 6 of the decree. It is herein provided, not that it can ‘organize courts of justice with native judges from members of the local bar,’ as the President says, but article 34 says that it can ‘propose measures to the central government,’ which is very differ- ent from organizing. Further on the gov- ernor general is given the power to name all the functionaries of the courts which the minister of the colories does today. It is only a change from a Spanish tweedle- dum to a Spanish tweedledee. Neither {s it true, as President McKinley say: ‘without limitations of any kind, it (the Cuban parliament) can frame the budget as to expenditures and revenues,’ for the national cortes of Spain will be the author- ity which will determine the amount which Cuba will pay, leaving Cuba to look for the means of payment. Moreover, neither of the two chambers can pass upon the local budget without having voted finally upon the Cuban share of the expenses of the Spanish sovereignty. In article 36 is limi- tation enough, as it says: ‘To the Spanish ccrtes belongs the determination of what shall be ered by their nature neces- sary expenses of the sovereignty and the Spanish cortes will determine years its amount a to cover it, always reserving to itself to alier this provision.’ “There is an attempt to hoodwink the Cubans on the question of commercial treaties by providing that the central gov- ernment will be aided by special delegates authorized by the colonial government to draft such treaties with other ¢ountries, but these treaties must always be referred to the Spanish cortes for final approval, and in every case Spanish products must have the advantage of a differential duty. It will be readily seen how little chance Cubans will have to open their markets to the United States, which is the natural outlet for Cuban products. The Governor General's Power. “The whole gist of Spatn’s intentions re- garding Cuba can be seen in the authority which still remains in the governor gen- eral,” said Senor Quesada, “‘and embraces the subordination of all the authorities of the island; give him the right to suspend all guarantees; to apply the law of public order, which is only another name for martial Ja’ and the exercise of the vetu, for it is he who must sanction and publish all the decrees of the insular parliament; and, as the governor general will always be a Spaniard, it can be well seen how much Spain means by her boasted reform. Will Never Be Accepted. “Nothing has been said yet in regard to the army which Spain is to-Keep in Cuba, or of the disarming of the Spanish volun- teers, or the creation of native militia, as in other autonomous; colonies. “It is idle to, digqugs, these reforms which are sti! born, Not one Cuban leader has accepted them, nd pone, will,” declared Quesada. “The cables from,,Cyhe ¢onfirm our assertion that only with independence can peace be obtained in the island, all the hopes of the Spanish to the contrary not- withstanding. The papers yesterday morning contain a dispatch from Havana, saying: ‘The business concerns of the city are much discouraged by the actua] situa- tion. They do not now look forward to a speedy end of the revolution, All say that they have ndoned the hope that the insurgents will surrender or accept the con- ditions of autonon:y.” “The ‘near future’ of which President McKinle eaks In his message is already at hand,” said Senor Quesada in conclu- sion, “and Spain, with Carlist agitation at home, the threats of Gen. Weyler, her THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at bars, or lines of-equal air pressure, drawn for each Hell WEATHER MAP. site er celllles ay ty i eliunan yd al untill Nua Nall 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Soild lines are iso tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “Tigh” and “ Smail arrows fly with the wind. high and low barometer. ”* show location of areas of TONIGHT. RAIN tcnight; Wednesday showers, followed by fair weather; easterly winds, shifting to southerly. . Fer Virginia, showers tonight; Wednes- day clearing weather; easterly winds, slifting to westerly; cooler in southeast portion. Showers Tomorrow, Followed by Fair Weather. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia and Maryland, rain Weather conditions and general forecas Rain has prevailed in the lake regions and thence southward to Tennessee and Florida, and eastward to New York. Snow is r ported from the upper Mississippi valley and the northern portions of the upper lake region. The weather is fair this morning in the southwest and cloudy in New Eng- land. The temperature has risen east of the Mississippi and in central Rocky mountain districts, and it is colder in the lower Mis- sissippi valley and Texas. The barometer has ris: and the southwest and middle Atlantic states, the and over the central Rocky mountain dis- tricts. The pressure increased rapidly dur- ing the night north of Montana, with a de- cided fall in temperature. The area of low pressure in the central valleys is now cen- tral over Ilinois, and a second disturb- ance covers Montana and the northern plateau regions. The barometer is highest northeast of New England. The indications are that rain or snow will prevail from New England westward over the lake regions. Rain or snow, followed by clearing weather, will prevail in the Ohio valley. Generally fair weather will prevail in the southern states Wednesday. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported During the past twenty-four hours—Ta- 3 Roseburg, 1.10; Jacksonville, + Tampa, 1.50; Montgomery, 1.28; Hel- ena, 1.10. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 43; condi- tion, 3; receiving reservoir, temperature, 45; condition at north connection, 1; condi- tion at south connection, 4; distributing reservoir, temperature, 43; condition at in- fluent gate house, 4; effluent gate house, 4. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, high tide, 11:08 a.m. 3 Tomorrow—Low 6 a.m. p.m.; high tide, 11:56 a.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun ris 211 a.m.; sun sets, 4:39 9:49 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun ris The © Gas lamps all light guishing begun at begun one hour before the Are lamps lighted at 5: guished at 6:35 a.m. 212 a.m. y Lights. p.m.; extin- ‘The lighting is ime named. 2 p.m.; extin- Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: December 4 p.m., 42; 8 p-m., 4 ber 14, 4 a.m., 43; 8 2 pm., 50. Maximum, at 2 pm., De- cember 14; minimum, 41, at 3 a.m., Decem- ber 14. ‘The following are the reading of the bar- oneter at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: December 13, 4 p.m., 30, 20.15; 8 p.m., 30.15; midmgnt, 4 8 TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS Petition of Receiver Schoepf in Matter of Belt Line Railway. Expenses in Excess of Receipts and e Men Without Pay—Order to the Trustees. In connection with the sale of the Belt Line Railway, ordered yesterday, Judge Cox this afternoon in Equity Court No. 1 signed an order requiring the Amer: can Security and Trust Company, as trus- tee, to show cause tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock why a petition of W. Kesley Schoepf, receiver, filed today, asking au- thority to suspend the operation of the Belt railway and to sell the horses owned by it should not be granted. In his petition presented by Attorney John Ridout, Mr. Schoepf stated that the duily cash receipts of the Belt Railway Company*are about $160, and average daily expenses for feed and care of the horses, which number about $100, and for pay of wages, $ ‘Thus Receiver Schoepf pointed out the daily expenses exceed the daily income by about $75. Arrears of Wages. The wages of the men employed in op- treasury' and her credit both exhausted, | |. ts : ¢ with nothing but a skeleton of an army in| ¢T@ting the road will be one month in ar. Cuba, having played her last card, must] rears tomorrow, according to Receiver soon give te’ the Cubans that for’ wnich| Schoepf, that debt amounting to about they have so gallantly fought for the last | $4,090. three years, unaided and alone, and for ie 4 as which they’ have deservedly conquered, | | Tt belug obviously impossible longer & Gicte ausclale aiaecenaeices” operate the road under the state of facts a set forth, in the expressed opinion of Re- Indian TeFritory Reorganizytion. Members of the Dawes Indian commis- sion are arriving in the city and expect to have a conference with the Secretary of the Interior tn the immediate future. Gen. Armstrong among the arrivals yesterday. In an interview he expressed the opinion that the time had come for Corgress, after ascertaining the exact con- dition of affairs, to take the management of affairs in the Indian territory into its own hands and legislate accordingly. Destruction of Disease Germs. From the New York ‘Iribune. A Russian bacteriologist, who has made a speciaity of studying the influence of cof- fee in destroying disease germs, is reported as having come to the conclusion that, though coffee is to some degree a disinfect- ant, the property in question really depends not upon the active principle of coffee, or caffein, which it contains, but upon the substances developed in the roasting of the berry. It was found that the various sub- stitutes for coffee are also germicides, and, like it, develop disinfectant properties dur- ing the roasting process. Thus, a watery infusion of either coffee or its substitutes was found to be capable of killing the germs of cholera within-a few hours, and of typhoid fever within a somewhat longer time. The conclusion should not, however, be drawn from these statements that either coffee or its substitutes are to be considered of value on account of their slight antisep- tic properties, as too long a time is required for the destruction of germs by them. ————se Truth Crushe From Good Stories. A worthy colored deacon, jwho had early impressed upon his onjy som and heir the moral of the George Washington cherry tree story, was fortunate enough to find a fat ‘possum recently. He bore it in triumph to his dwelling, and, assisted by his son, cooked it to a julcy brown. “Now,” said ke, de best way ter eat a *possum is col’, so we'll jest let him stay in de pentry, and when mawnin’ come he'll be mo’ juicier dan ever.” His son seemed sad pisanpointed. but 2 A to Death. ms he made the best of both retired for the right. 5 The old man .was yp earfy next morn- ing, but the boy slept on. On cpening the safe*the astonished pa- rent discovered nothing but bones in the dish that had contained the ‘possum. He brought the crowsy youngster to his feet with one vigorous jerk, and, dragging him to the scene of the wreck, he sald: “What does dat mean, eh?” The boy fell on his knees and cried: _ “Daddy, I can’t tell a lie; I got up in de night and eat it wid my little mouf.” The old man éaid sot a word, but, drag- ging the boy to tke front door, he held him by the collar while he jerked a piece ote weather-boarding from the side of the use. “Daddy!” cried the , “is you gwine ter lick me fer tellin’ tne truth?” “No, yor “headed ,,debbil, _ you," thundered "the Sie ee ee ‘rine 48 Py Ge hide off you for, eatin’.de "possum!"” . Sen a ceiver Schoepf, that official, in his peti- tion, therefore, asked that he be author- ized by the court to immediately suspend the operation of the Belt railroad, and to sell the horses forthwith at auction for cash, the proceeds of the sale to be applied to the payment of the actual expense of feed and care of the horses from this date until sold, and the balance to be disposed of in accordance with the further order of the court. aS Ran His Own Opposition. From Printers’ Ink. How is it that a man may make a profit in running an opposition to himself?. A canvassing man said he once visited an ad- vertiser in central New York who had a hair renewer and a cure for the whooping cough, for each of which he had some sale, and all the bottles, whether for hair re- newer or cough cure, were filled from the same tank. It was something not unlike crude petroleum, and really was rather ‘gcod for either complaint. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMEN’ ACCOUNTANTS ... ATTORNEYS .... AUCTION SALES. AMUSEMENTS BOARDING BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS...... COMMISS!ONERS’ OF DEATHS . DENTISRY ... EDUCATION EXCURSIONS . FINANCIAL .. os FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. FOR EXCHANGE. FOR LEASE. FOUR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Halls). FOR RENT (Houses).... FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Pianos)... FUR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALB (Houses) FOR SALE (Lots) GEORGETOWN ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) HOTELS. HORSES AND VEHICLES. LADIB;’ GOUDS. LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. MEDICAL. . MONEY W. NEW PUBLICATIONS.... OCEAN TRAVEL. OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL .... PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS... Ky 8 RAR h mem hee BRANES AAIASHES EAA i Hy 3 HHT AHERRARAHAASRANTRARSRORAH a F HAWAII A Conservative Estimate Puts It at $50,000,000. Forcigners Own Two-Thirds of This— Departure of the Native Delegation. Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, Hawaii, November 26, 1897. Four of the native delegation to oppose annexation sailed for Washington on the 20th, on the same ship with Senator Petti- grew and Mr. Dubois. A great company of native ladies crowded the wharf and the deck of the steamer, piling wreaths of flow- ers upen their shoulders, and covering tiem with kisses. The heads of Messrs. Petti- grew and Dubois also were nearly hidden by piles of wreaths. Washington will prob- ably see the delegates before this letter ar- rives, if no mishap befalls the tnexperi- enced travelers in a strange country and inclement climate. They found much diffi- culty in collecting funds for the journe; and are believed to have a scant supply. in white royalists with capital were applied to, but saw no use in investing in a delegation so composed. You can see for yourselves the style of men they are, good- natured, pleasant gentlemen. It is due to the native Hawalians to say that neither the two full-natives nor the two part- whites of the delegation rank among the higher grades of their fellows in ability or culture. Most of those so ranking are strongly in favor of annexation. Statistics recently obteined from the tax assessor's office are of interest, as indi- cating the high positior of Hawaii as a land of wealth and prosperity. The total property of Hawaii is assessed follows: Real estate. $22,183,433 Personal prop: + 17,491,068 $39,674,501 This averages $364 to each of the 100,020 inhabitants. Of the whole the full and part-Hawaiians own over one-fourth, being $8,101,701, averaging $205 apiece, while the 6,758 Americens, British and Germans own over two-thirds, or $26,701,908, being $3,951 per capita. One-third of this is probably owned by not more than fifty persons, al- though the number in easy circumstances is large. It is gratifying to believe that most of the wealthy men have acquired their property in ways that were honorable and beneficent to the public, often convert- ing deserts into gardens. In a new couniry, under good government, property is created with great facility by men of brains and enterprise. The assessed values stated above are, of course, much below the real values. Fifty per cent in addition, or sixty millions in all, is probably a conservative estimate of the present market value of property in the Hawaiian Islands. Thirty years ago there could not have been one-tenth as much. With annexation must come a rapid in- crease of white population and develop- ment of resources, and the growth of val- ues must be rapid and great. To the American people the point of im- mediate interest is that this large and growing wealth is practically American, being under the rule and direction of Amer- ieans, the islands being thoroughly Amer- lcanized. If they continue in nominal inde- pendence, without political union to Amer- ica, this wealth and prosperity will ce left in jeopardy, at the mercy of internal condi- tions which are unsettled and unstable, owing to diverse and conflicting elements of population, which, under annexation, would soon be outnumbered or assimilated. Still greater is our peril from external in- terferonce. It is for the United States to save their noble colony, and build it up into a powerful American state. By opponents of annexation, the Ameri- cans of Hawaii are slanderously described as adveaturers and filibusters. On the con- trary, they are generally men either born here, or long and permanently identified with the islands; quiet, enterprising and diligent, who have wholly created the wealth they own, and who were compelled to assume control of the government in order to save the country from the ignor- ance and caprice of a corrupt monarchy. Under their five years of administration, Hawaii has wonderfully prospered and de- veloped, and no class has more prospered than the native Hawaiians themselves. KAMEHAMEHA. ———-_-r-____ The Proper Thing. It was the beginning of their wedding trip. “Dear,” she inquired anxiously, “in the excitement of leaving, did you say good- bye to papa and mamma?” “No,” he replied; “I said ‘au revoir.’ ” +o. Duriag the Repast. Indolent Ivors—“She’s a kind-hearted old soul” Bibulous Bailey—She is 90, bless her! It’s a pity she don’t know dat mince pie had oughter have brandy put into it.” —> FINANCIAL, There’s only one way any matt or woman working for wages can ~ become “well off,” And it’s not through Klondike visiting—neither f@ i by Individual cleverness. “The solution ts only. attalned (hrough & savings account, fed by n spare dollar or two every pay day. It Ww Prisingls—provided you'll fonget 1 ember that it's something that every pay night. $1 sterts an ever 4 z coount with Ute Union Savings Bank, 1222 F st. dell-15d Heald, Crane & Co. FORMERLY OF HODGEN & CO., BROKERS AND DEALERS IN Stocks and Wheat BEST SERVICE. FRACTIONAL LOTS A SPECIALTY, OFFICES: ROOM 10, COoRCORA And 6065 SEVENTH STREET, Opposite patent office. Telephone 1248. MONEY TO LOAN ON Life Insurance Policies, Endowment policies bought. La: C Droved collateral ae togsl rates of intent, Reom 1, Riggs Ins. bidg., 2d floor, 70S 14th sty ve a C. T. Havenner, ROOMS 9 AND il, ATLANTIC BUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker, Direct Wires to New York and Cilcago, Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton,, Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN, Careful attention given to FRACTIONAL LoT Correspondent FL. LORING, 10 Wail st., New York. no2)-214 THE BEST-PAYID those homes at Cleviand Park. CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F lover building. n B Moore & Schley, 89 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Te Deposits. 5 Raileond stocks and bo listed on the exchanges of Boston and Baltimore bon =, * \ BUILDING, 0-108, G INVESTMENT—ONE OF n020-tf A specialty made of investme trict bonds and all local Rail and Telephone Stock dealt in. Am: n Bell Telephone Stock bought and Je31-16d . _ aes The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK aVE Chartered by special act of Congress, Jon., 186% and acts of Oct., 1840, and Feb., 1892, Capital: OneMillionDollarg SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. d Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum upward. Securities, Jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trunk or case taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward, and interest allowed on $5 and above, Loans mc2ey on real estate and collateral security. Sells first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $500 and upward. TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company is a legal depositors for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, exccutor, receiver, assignee and ° executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by @ competent attorney in daily attendance, OFFICERS: THOMAS R. JONES. E. FRANCIS RIGGS. W. RILEY DEEBLE. ALBERT L. STURT! GEOKGE HOWARD. CHARLES E. NYMAN. WOODBURY BLAIR. DIRECTORS: Andrew Walt Matthew G. Emery, Henry A. Willard, Thomas Hyde, John F. Rodgers, James M. Johnsiom, John G. Parke, Kobert O. Holtzman, John Cammack, H. Bradley Davidson, +. .President -First Vice President Second Vice Presidemt -Secretary, - Treasurer Assistant Secretary, E. Francis Riggs, Thomas R. Jones, W. ley Deeble, Wood»ury Blair, Albert L. Sturtevant, George H. Plant, Zenas C. Robbins, George T. Dunlop, Wm. E. Edmonston, Wm. A. Gordon, 0c W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BitOKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENEULG, THALMANN & ©O., 406-164 New York. & FEW GOOD 6 PER CENT LOANS FOR SALE, ‘at their face and accrued interest. E SUERMAN, JOHS ocl2-tf G10 14th ot Money at 5 PerCent to Loan On real estate in District of Columbia, No de Jay Jo ciosing torn. ap2i-tf EISKELL & McLERAN, 1008 F st _ Security of Electric Elevators, From the Engineering Magazine. The cost of electric elevator operation is lower than that of any other practical method. The power required per car mile in office buildings varies from 2 kilowatt hours (with the overbalanced worm gear) to 4 kilowatt hours (with the underbalance ed screw). Approximate costs on the cene tral service at 10 cents per h. p. hour for small, and 10 cents per kilowatt hour for large, consumers are’ $3 to $10 for reste dences, $10 to $20 for apartment houses, $15. to $40 for loft and small office buildings, and $40 to $90 for tall office buildings, per menth. In conclusion, and answer to the quese tion so often advanced, “Are electric ele= vators safe and reliable?” will not be un- fitting. Electric elevators are the safest vehicles to travel in known to humanity, None have ever fallen, nor have people been killed by them except through their own carelessness—a remarkable record, considering the novelty and number of machines installed. Like the motor of the trolley car, they run in positions appar- ently ruinous to fine machinery—such as buildings half completed and damp holes— without serious damage. They require but little attention, oiling and cleaning being necessary only once or twice a day, and are highly efficient. ae Good Cheap Roads. From the Charleston News and Courier. The interesting fact was reported by Abbeville that with road machines and cong vict labor the cost of improving the roads, even in that hilly and clayey county, was only from $ to $6 per mile. Darlington, which employs like machines and labor, re- Ported the cost of the convict force last year at 25 cents a day per convict, and only 15 cents this year. On the basis of “ .