Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1898, Page 2

of business and trade have ceased to flow, even in sluggish streams. Nothing more remains in the town. It is rare now that a stranger comes to Matanzas. Rarer stil] are the occasions when any one climbs the hill to the Chapel of Our Lady of Monser- frat for a view of Yumuri valley and the ‘ bay and ocean. The monks no longer find it worth their while to stay to receive native offerings, and the chapel is closed. ‘A smail squad of soldiers is there, and vis- iters are so rare that half a dozen strang- ers would probabiy call them to arms to resist the supposed invasion. Bit, though nobody comes to Matanzas, nobody goes away. The inhabitants have not the means to leave, and, if they had, there is no place to which they could go. It Is among them that I have already heard the question since President McKinley’s ap- peal for food: What will be the next step in the intervention of the United States? Fruitless Military Operations. I am aware that military operations such as a sweeping series of victories for the Spanish troops all over the island might render it unnecessary to pursue the ques- tion. That would make the practical ap- plication of autonomy again a matter of current interest. And it must be said a ie troops in this province are active. In the ray, of the erin 1 saw a Spanish column, 600 strong, starting out. The mounted staff, a small detachment of cavalry, the pack train, the stretcher bearers, all looked like war. A smaller column was creeping across the country to affect a junction near the foothills. The insurgents were in the bills and evi- dently a dash was to be made for them. But this was several days ago, and as no important victory of the Spanish troops has been reported the columns may have returned to camp by this time, leaving the insurgents in their strongholds. This re- connoiter may not have had a leading part in General Blanco’s plans for the cam- paign, yet it was meant for something, and fruitless military operations of this kind cause the question to recur: What do they think of the prospects in the United States? e it was three weeks after his mes- ve Spain credit for ability to carry humanitarian policy that President McKinley appealed to the American people to answer the promptings of humanity and send food to Cuba. Events such as this m: be aiding to determine what is the onable time which was conceded to Spain for establishing peace and implant- ing autonomy. Perplexed executive, con- servative business men an@ timid congress- men might wish that intervention could end with sending succor to the Cuban people. Their wishes do not control. What is going en in CG warns them to be getting ready for something else. In the country, in some re: idea can be had of the probabilities than in Havana. There a pretense of activity can be kept up. which may deceive these who want to deceive themselves. In the, rura? districts this cannot be done. Here every- body knows that the zones of cultivatien have noi been extended, that the reconcen- tradoes have not been put back in their houses. A fortnight ago, after traversing a pertion of Havana province, I was urable to find a single new bohio that iad been put up, or er old one that had been thatch- ed and recccupied. After several days more in Havana province, and also in Matanzas, the same report has to be made. Possibly 0 reconcentradoes have gone to the sugar plantations to work. Back to their little farms in the country and to the cultivation of the soil, none. The towns and villages where the concentration settlements were still have to feed and bury the reconcen- tradoes. With their own means exhausted and with no signs of the remnant of the ccuntry people being able to provide for themselves in the future, they take litle cts, a better thought of the new politicak system. Whether it is ealled autonomy or som thing else is all the same to chem. The see no prospect of the soil being cultivated until the war ends. And they wonder when the war will end. That brings them back to the starting point. Since the Urited States has volunteered to nelp feed the Starving, they begin to wonder wi will not ther it something to volunteer to- the war. The utterance of it is more ha ing ike a timid inquiry. CHARLES M, PEPPER. Received by The Star. Evening Star Co..........2....-- $100.00 $308.00 MURDERED BY ROBBERS. John Doering, an and Respected Citizen, the Victim, ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 1.—John Doer- ing. aged seventy, a highiy respected and wealthy citizen of Belleville, Ind., was found dead im bed today, his head having been crushed in with some blunt instru- ment in the hands of robbers, who ran- sacked the house for valuables and who then ped without leaving a clue as to their identity. Mr. Doering lived alone in his home, and as he did not appear at the usual time this morning. neighbors notified his son, who in- and found his father dead. A idently been used by the rob- who crushed Mr. Deering’s face into an unr nizable ma It is not yet known whether they secured any great amount of money or not. John Doering was father of ex-City Treasurer Doering of Belleville, I., who committed suicide about one ‘year ago, when a shortage in his accounts was di covered ——— HARVEYIZED ARMOR PLATE. Reing Considered at the Navy Department. ained at the Navy Department ion of the patent office ex- s for Harveyized result in the withholding payments of rovalties on plate | by the large steel companies. The Questions ther the employ- above that of ential feature of patents, and the experts clusion that such heat is not feature of the device. Department armor-plate ex- re of the opinion that the highest temperature is not most satis ential to the obta ctory face-hardened nperature not quite “t by the Harv: herefore, is not regarded as an nt of th arvey patents. The is said to be subject to ations which are not really es- finished production. the officials of the Navy De- ng the advisability ings for the recovery that «| armor used on the battleships, matter has not yet been settled, —_———__-e-_______ THOMAS JEFFERSO: 'S PAPERS. A Boxful In the course of the removal of the books and papers of the Congressional Library to the new buildirg, an unexpected find has been made in the shape of a large box of papers written by Thomas Jefferson. These were found stored away in a little room next the entrance of the library, which has nder lock and key for many years. ! they are entirely public Papers, a note among them stating that all private papers found with the lot had been returned to the writers or the contributors. ft is believed that these particular papers came to the Congressional Library through Jchn Randolph. The papers have been transferred to the State Department, where they will be examined and filed away with other state pepers by Librarian Allen, ———_-e-—____ To Visit the Springfleld Armory. Att request of Col. Alfred Mordecai, ordnance department, commandant of the Springtield armory, Secretary Alger has Promised to visit the armory as seon as he finds time, in order to personally satisfy himself as to the truth or falsity of the charges that defective arms are being is- sved to the service and that the affairs of the institution are being m! Pe- titions have been received at the War De- irtment asking for the detachment of Col. rdecai, and the latter has asked for an investigation. PRINCE BISMARCK Rumored in London That the Famous Ex-Chancellor is Dead. NEWS CREATES PROFOUND SENSATION Later Berlin Dispatch Rather Dis- credits the London News Story. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER LONDON, January 1—The Evening News prints a dispatch from its own correspond- ent at Berlin, saying: “The one remark on the lips of everybody is ‘Bismarck is dead.’ Although expected for months, the event has caused a great shock. It is the sole top¥e of conversation in the hotels, cafes and streets. Today be- ing a public holiday everybody is about the When streets, asking of the sad event. the news was first received in Berlin it was generally discredited, and when contirma- tion was rece‘yed from various sources there was the deepest grief everywhere. It is uncertain whether death was due to apoplexy or gout of the heart. Telephon- ing to Hamburg could not obtain a con- firmation; but here it is generally believed. The news is confirmed from several sources, but is discredited in some quar- ters. Discredited in Berlin. BERLIN, January 1.—6:47 p.m.—Owing to disquieting rumors, an official agency says: ‘Count Herbert and Count William Bis- marck and Dr. Schweninger are at present on a visit to Prince Bismarck. There has been no change in the prince’s condition during the last few days. He appears reg- ularly at meals.” Latest Previous Berlin Advices. The last report received by the Asso= ciated Press regarding the health of Prince Bismarck was contained in a dispatch from Berlin, dated December 29. It read as fol- lows: “It is asserted that, owing to his in- omnia, the medical attendants of Prince Bismarck have advised him to abstain from all work and excitement for some weeks to come. Dr. Schwenginger believes in the possibility of a cure, bue not a rapid one.” A dispatch from Berlin December 27 said: “The Hamburger Nacerichten denies that Prince Bismarck’s gout is better, and says he cannot walk or sleep and is unable to read or answer his friends’ letters. “The forn: chancellor is described as being very irate at the statement that iis health is satisfactory, and is quoted saying: ‘If the gentleman who wrote that were in my place he would be able to get an idea of what a satisfactory condition AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY. Officials Inclined to Doubt the curacy of the Report. At a late hour this afternoon it was stated at the German embassy that abso- lutely no news had been received there of the reported death of Prince Bismarck, and in the absence of confirmatory evidence the officials are inclined to deubt the accu- racy of the report received from London. Owing to the advanced age of the great statesman and the known fact that his health has been gradually failing for some time, there would be no especial surprise, however, if later advices should show that the report of his death was merely prema- ture. Ac- BISMARCK’S CAREER, Conception and Creation of the Ger- man Empire. Carl Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Schonhausen, prince of the German empire and fieid marshal general, statesman and diplomatist, was born at Schonhausen, in Brandenburg, Prussia, April 1, 1815. His father was a Prussian noble of an ancient family, though not very wealthy, and had some reputation in diplomacy and war. Bismarck’s mother was a daughter of Lud- wig Menken, one of Frederick the Great’s privy councillors. When he was six the boy was placed in a boarding school in Ber- lin. At the age of twelve he was sent to a gymnasium or preparatory school.’ His university course began with his entrance us a law student at Gottingen, in Hanover, at the age of seventeen. John Lothrop Motley of Boston was a fellow-student, and young Bismarck formed a life-long friend- ship with him. In 1833 Bismarck went to study jurisprudence at the University of Berlin. He was known as an athlete during these days, and furnished a fit illustration of the motto for a statesman, which hi tered first in 1862, “Blood and Iro; served as government clerk three years, and finally became a lieutenant in the Landwehr. In 1847 Bismarck married Johanna von Tutkanner. Herr von Bismarck had a seat in the local diet during his last year on his estate, but was little heard of outside of his own vicinage. In 1847, thirty-two years after Waterloo, Bismarck, coming from his family estate of Schonhausen, which had in that year been bequeathed to him from his father, appeared on the stage of na- tional politics as a member of the Prussian house of burgesses. This diet had been convoked by a royal edict in response to an increasing demand for a more representa- tive national assembly. It was a time of great agitation. He was the most ultra of royalists, at least as far as concerned his Germany. When, in 1849, at the Frankfort parliament a scheme for a German empire was proposed, including the offer to the King of Prussia of the imperial crown, Bis- ™marck was largely influential in its final failure. In the Natio: Arena. Bismarck found himself in the national arena in 1851. He had been sent to repre- sent Prussit in the Germanic dict of sev- enteen diplomatic delegates at Frankfort. It had become plain to him that there must be a German empire for safety. He deter- mined that his king who reigned by direct right from God Almighty should write himself kaiser. Whereupon this young lieutenant of militia took this for his task, not counting in the least the objections of any duke, king or nation, not even the ob- Jections of his own countrymen. Only King Frederick William IV stood by him, hoid- ing the same principles of absolutism and the same desire for German unity. He bided his time for more than fifteen years, waiting the time when Austria should be remanded to a sudordinate place. In 185) he was appointed Prussian ambassador to St. Petersburg, where he became a marked favorite. He was a new kind of diplomat, performing exploits in deer and bear which delighted the czar. His mod- est and lovable wife helped him by charm- ing the whcle court. The king died Pe iS Al I i A Ann ener ta DSSS SER BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. ‘A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation Sworn to is a bona fide one. It s easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to Swell its legitimate circulation enor mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by resclts, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulatioi of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Cireulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, December 26, 1897 MONDAY, December 27, 1997. TUESDAY, December 28, 1997. WEDNESDAY, December 29, 1897, THURSDAY, December 30, 1897. FRIDAY, December 31, 1897..... Total. Daily average..... I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, December 31, 1897—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of January, A. D. 1898. JAY B. SMITH, Notary Public, D. C. of 1862, but was suddenly recalled in the autumn to help his master in serious trou- ble. Bismarck was summoned home and made minister of foreign affairs and invest. ed with the high office of president of the cabinet, next to the throne in administra- tive power. He saw the danger of war, ultimately arising with Austria on the Schleswig-Holstein question. In any event hé was fixed in his design of humbiing the ancient Austrian pride and power and com- bining Germany in imperialism under Prus- Bismarck in the name of the king dissolved the chambers in October, 14+ Four successive chambers were dissolved and preparations for war continued. Mean- while Prussia seemed nearing the verge of bloody revolution. Schleswig-Holstein, Bismarck at this point showed himself a ciplomat. The King of Denmark died in November, 1863, reopening the old qucs- tion as to the rightful ruler over the partly Danish, partly German province of Schles- wig and over the German province of Hol- stein. Bismarck persuaded Austria to join with Prussia in asserting the German claim and an Austro-Prussiar army marched into the province in 1864 and wrested them from Denmark. Bismarck intrigued so that Austria adopted a resolution to proceed against Prussia as a public enemy June 14, 1866. Count von Moltke’s three great armies were instantly on the move, converging toward the enemy. The main Austrian army was met with at Sadowa Konigeratz and utterly crushed. The whole war was ended in seven weeks. The first point in Bismarck’s great plan was achieved. Austria was humbled, Pris- sia held the héadship of Germany and tcok its place in the first rank of military nations. Its territory was increased by one-fourth of its former area, and its population by 4,500,000. Bismarck’s long and secret preparations were revealed in a blaze of glory. The king made him a count in the preced- ing year; now the nation added honors and rewards. A sum amounting to nearly $300,000 was granted to him, which he used in buying the estate of Varzin. The great victory was followed in 1867 by the ruling out of Austria of the Ger- man states and by the forming of the North German confederation, with the Prussian king as its civil and military head, under a liberal constitution granted by Bis- marck, who was made chancellor. William Prociaimed Emperor. The war with France was declared by that nation July 19, 1870, on a mere pre- text. Paris was invested by nearly half a million German soidiers September 19, and after a siege of more than four months capitulated, according to terms which, with those of the treaty of peace, were dictated by Bismarck, who had accompanied his sovereign to the field. January 18, 1871, in the concourse of princes and generals in the splendid palace of the Freneh kings, at Versailles, sing William I of Prussia was formally proclaimed by Bismarck German emperor, pursuant to a vote of the North German confederation. Bismarck’s task which he d set him- self twenty years before was finished. He yas created a prince of the empire and as also made chancellor, with the powers almost of a dictator. As chancellor of the empire he made it his task to consolidate it with authoritative and stable institutions within, while forming alliances and _politi- cal combinations which would secure it against attack from without. War With the Vatican. Fearing the influence of the church of Rome, as rivaling the power of the state, with its doctrine of papal Infallibility, he was led into the long and bitter struggle with the Vatican. Under his head the May laws were passed by parliament, be- ginning in 1873. By this many hundred Jesuits were ished and several Roman Catholic bishops were imprisoned for re- fusal of obedience. In December, 1893, the anti-Jesuit decree af July, 1873, was for- maily stricken from the statute books. In 1886 the pope conferred on the chancellor the decoration of the Order of Christ. One of the most prominent points Bismarck’s policy was that Germany shouid keep its place at the head of Europe as a military power. For this purpose he made constant and unyielding demands for increase of the army on the peace estab- lishment. His theory was, “as we shall attack nobody, we shall have peace if we show ourselves so strong that nobody wiil attack us.” In 1888 he delivered in the reichstag his memorable speech in support of the measure for adding 700,000 to the war strength of the empire. Annoyance at the balking of his plans at certain points assisted with his herculean labors and vast responsibilities and with the burden of advancing years served to reduce his strength, though he had retained a vigor scarcely ‘impaired until be had passed his seventieth year. The emperor William I died March 8, 1888, at the age of ninety-one years. Three months later his son and successor, Frederick William died, leaving the throne June 15, 1888, to his son, William IJ, twenty-nine years of age. The prince chancellor at the age of seventy-three found hisfiself cenfrorjied with a new obstaele. Prince Bismarck’s son, Count Herbert von Bismarck Schonhausen, was born in Berlin, December 28, 1849. He is a major in the German army and has served the empire in various diplomatic offices. He was secretary of the embassy at Lon- don and minister at The Hague. He was appointed head of the foreign office in 1886 and retired with his father in 1890. ee Personal Mention. Prof. Simon Newcomb, who was lately elected honcrary member of the mathe- matical section of the Imperial Geographic Society, Russia, has been in New York this week presiding at the winter meeting ot Ge Aneeiee tapas es eae Oras went on in time to attend annual ner of the Political Economy Civb at the Savoy. e ——__-e—.. Steamship Arrival. At New York—Prussia, from Hamburg. . ee Ee ee EE EER in AFFAIRS tb ALEXANDRIA The Observghos' g? Weck of Prayer in City ey aio Charies Heacmer Injure@d by an Ex- ploston—felebyation of New Year's Advent > General News. . we coy Bel TelesMrone. No. 168, : ‘el me, No. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 1, 1838. The annual observance of the week of Prayer will commence in the churches Monday next.’-The topics will be those given out by. “The Evangelical Alliance of the United States.” Injdred by an Explosio Shortly after, midnight last night Mr. Charles Kramer was quite seriously hurt by an explosion while he was firing a sa- lute in_honor of the incoming of the new year. From what can be learned of the af- fair it appears that-he was using an old “gas pipe” cannon, and it exploded and struck bim in the leg, breaking tae bone in three places and making a hole in his limb about an inch Geep and an inch in diameter. He was picked up and taken into his house by Mr. John C. Eberhart and put to bed. Dr. H. P. Howard was hastily summoned and found his injuries of a serious nature. Today he was reported as resting easily. New Year Ushered : Never before in the history of the city was the follification over the birth of a new year as great as that last night. Kvery bell was rung, every steam whistle was blown and firecrackers and cannons were fired in profusion. In many of the churches “watch night” services were held and the Columbia Fire Company celebrated the event with an elaborate banquet. ew Year day has been observed in this city as a partial holiday. The gov- ernment offices and banks were closed all day and some few of the stores were closed after noon. Transferred to Alexandria. Col. Briscoe B. Bouldin, revenue agent, who with his staff of ten special deputies had headquarters in Lynchburg, has moved his office to this city and those of that number who have been retained on duty are ordered to report here on Monday next. Back to the Gaitg. R. H. Davis and Wiliam, alias Buck, Taylor, were this morning, at their own request, returned to the chain gang for work. They have been confined at police headquarters for forty-eight hours on a diet of bread and water, which consisted of half a ‘loaf of bread end all the water wanted every twenty-four hours. Charter Granted. A charter has been granted by Judge Norton of the corporation court to the National Intelligencer Publishing Company. ‘The purpose of the new concern is to con- duct a pusishing and printing business. The capital stock Is placed at $25,6%), the principal oftice will be in this city. G. P. Keeney of San Francisco is president, A. J. Wedderburn secretary, and Charles Bendheim is the, local attorney. 4: @Brevities. Forty-one-deeds were recorded and thirty- one marridge licenses tssued by the clerk of the corporatiop court during the month of December. 1. Miss Retw Agnew entertained a number of her friends lagt night, in honor o. Miss Louise Wimsatt. of Washington. High mass wag celebrated at St. Mary's Church this morping at 9 o'clock. There were no cases of importance before r Simpson,.in the morning. -, ; The Father Mathew Total Abstinence So- ciety will bald a meeting in St. Mary's Hall tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. es DIARIES ‘AND RESOLUTIONS. police court this They Bein Todhy—statisticn Needed to Show Their Lasting Qualities. Among the numerous things for which the 1st of Januery is significant are the faithful commencement on the part of yeung persons to keep diaries and the equally faithful swearing off of habits, evil and otherw!'e, by individuals of all ages, classes, colors and conditions. If sta- tistics could be secured of the figures in the past it would doubtless be proven be- yend question that about the same percen- tage of diaries were kept as there was of good resolutions, and that in both cases the average was exceedingly small. A New Year diary usually begins to show attacks of intermittent forgetfulness about the middle of February, and incurs chronic trouble of this sort by the latter part of March. Good resolutions may linger a lit- tle longer, but May 30 finds the majority of them flattened out like pancakes and with as little resemblance :to their original selves as pancakes are after a Shrove Tues- day appetite has run counter to the cook. There was a man once who swore off regularly every New Year day from all forms of liquor, but along in the fall when the frost was beginning to get in its work on floral nature the native hue of his an- nual resolution would become sicklied o'er with the pale cast of booze and he would sing a favorite ditty which contained, among other entertaining verses, the foi- lowing: “Leaves hev their times to fall, an’ so hey I— ‘Th’ reason thet we falls 1s cos we both gits dry; ‘Th’ on’y difrunce twix th’ leaves an’ me Is I fails hader, an’ mo” frequentice!” ‘This year the man has taken a new tack cn the matter of swearing off. This morn- ing he met a Stan reporter, who asked him if he nad followed his annual custom. For reply he handed the reporter the following: “As sure as New Year's day has come since 1883 I have sworn off on drinking rum solemn, reli- glously. But just as soon as gentle May From April's grasp would pall Td tind myself in my own way— Td get so awful full So Ive cluded in this year of 1898 I will noigive up wine ur beer or apy distillate, But to the custom of today My but I'll gladly doff, And celebrate the same old way, And swear off swearing off!” WATER MAINS ON B STREET. Another Reason Urged Why It Should Not Be Laid With Tracks. Edward W. Byrn of 31 B street north- west has written Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committce on the District of Columbia, calling attention to the water mains that would be crossed by the Capt- tal company’s tracks if that company is al- lowed to extend its road westward on B street north frdin Ist street. He says there ‘is a 20-inch in on B street, a 30-inch main on Wew*Jersey avenue crossing B street into the Capitol grounds, and an- other 20-i ain entering the Capitol grqunds ovf¢r which the tracks would pass. ‘These maips, Be says, supply the whole of Capitol Hill and are only three feet be- low the surface,of the street, and are op- erated by elevén’ valves. He says the greatest difficufiy would be encountered iw running the“tracks over these mains, making it necessary to stop the water sup- ply of Cagjtol ueill for a long time and in- volving great expenSe. Mr. Byrn regards the pres these water mains as an insuperabi¢ b: ler against the proposed extension ,of the Capital Traction Com- pany’s lind up'B street. Reciprogity With Germany. Some surprise is expressed in German offi- cial circles at the repeated reports in the German press that reciprocity negotiations with this country are progressing steadily toward a consummation. The National Zeitung of Berlin. made this statement re- — AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOW People Appreve Railrond Extension— Sales of Real Estate—Brevities. The proposed extension of the Great Falls electric railroad to the American Univer- sity, located on the Loughborough road, opposite the junction of the Tunlaw road, will be met, it is claimed, with the appro- val of the suburban residents who live cn the line of the proposed extension. Ac- cording to the original plans of the rail- read company, the branch road was to run out the Ridge road to the Loughborough, ard thence to the university. These plans are subject to change, however, and if another route can be selected which would lessen the cost of the extension, such wculd be adopted. In the meantime, the work is not expected to be commenced un- Ul the uziversity buildings are practically completed, and the electric railroad has a dcuble line of track all along its present read. Joseph E. Hurst has sold io Marion Duckett lots 23 and 24, in block 3 of the subdivision of Whitehaven, the considera- tion being placed at $00. The same party also purchased, of Mary B. Hyde and oth- ers, lots 10 and 11, in block 8 of the same suldivision. In the latter sale the ccnsid- eration is not named. Mrs. Charlies T. Eldridge of 1317 31st Street is in Philadelphia on a visit, and will not return for some days. The Misses Goodwin of 2 Cooke place, have as their guests Miss Mary Aylett Buckner of Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Ed- ward Cary of New York. In police circles New Year day passed off iat quietly, and very few arrests were made. SS eS UNION MEETING HELD. Conference of Representatives Severn] Citizens’ Associations, An informal meeting was held Wednes- day afternoon at the office of M. A. Bal- linger, 607 14th street northwest, at which were present representatives from five or six of the citizens’ associations of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Mr. C. C. Lancaster ad- dressed the meeting at length. A resolu- tion was passed to the effect that each of the citizens’ associations of the District be requested to send™three delegates to an- other meeting to be held at the same place January 12, for the purpose of organizing a central committee for the promotion of matters of general interest common to the several citizens’ associations of the Dis- trict. The subject of proposed legislation amendatory of the highway extension law was informally discussed, the preponder- ance of opinions expressed appearing to be in favor of certain amendments to the bill which it ts understood will be recommended to Congress by the District Commissioners and the board of trade. eee HAPPY NEW YEAR. Ladies of Many Organizations Dis- pense Hospitality. The fair room of the Tenth Street Bap- tist Church, colored, corner of 10th and R Streets, was used by the ladies of the church for their New Year reception. Dur- ing the day a number of friends cailed to pay their respects. During the afternoon the pastor of the church, Rev. S. Geriai Lamkins, was in attendance to wish the members of his congregation a happy new year. “Yn spite of the fact that the new building of the Y. M. C. A. is yet in the future, a reception was held today, and there w: a large number of visitors. The committee in charge had prettily decorated the down stairs east side of the building for the oc- sion, and the parlot presented a pretty ene. Large flags co ed the ceiling, and were festooned gracefully over the walls. Green siuff disposed about the room ded to the pretty effect, and made the place a fit one for the exchange of New Year greei- ings. . and everybody There was no formality, was to feel perfect! ladies weleomed every newcomer heartily, and the guests were shown were freshmenis were of coffee, chocolate, lemonade, cake and fruit. There was p) and no one was permitied to y Sy ave without partaking of the cheer provided by the as- sociation. Signs of a humorous character had ‘been furnished for the occasion, which weve jaced about the rooms. One of these near the coat and hat stand bore the in- scription: “No checkee, no w * An- other over the refreshment st: in- tended as a comical warning, zz in- scribed, “No repeaters,” in bold, black The reception began at 3 o'clock apd will continue until 8. A large number of persons had called soon after the hour set for the beginning of the reception, and it was expected that several hundred would be in before the close. At 8 o'clock excel- lent entertainment will be provided, as pub- lished in yesterday's Star. ant The Central Club gave a reception, which was largely attended, at 1206 P street, be- ginning this afternoon at 3 o'clock, to con- tinue until The parlors of the hi were beautifully decorated for the occ by the young ladies receiving.” They were: yn Castell, Bertha Brown, e Macauley, Kate Tindall, Alice Vaugnn and Gertrude Ward. Refreshments were served in the back and the jolly faces of the young with theiraffable manners, oc one of the most enjoy which the visitors were ever entertained. The ladies of the Unity Club will encer- tain their friends most hospitably at the residence of Mr. Hosea B. Moulton, 1524 th street. from 5 to 11 o'clock this evening. Refreshments will be served in the p tily decorated parlors, and some of V ington’s best talent is pected to enter those present. The Unity Club is a lierary organization, and its New Year reception is intended to be one of the features of its existence. Ma callers paid the compliments of the season this afternoon to the ladies who represented the Legion of Loyal Women and received at 419 loth street northwest. ere Mrs. Lizzie V Rose, Mrs. An- L. Smith, Mrs. Mrs. In the receiving party ¥ Calver, Mrs. Henrietta } nie M. Baden, Miss Mary Ada H. Weiss, Mrs. Emma E. Myer: Anrie C. M. Shinn, Mrs. Annie Faunce, Mrs G. Blasland, Mrs. Ellen 8. Mu: Fannie Pomerey, Mrs. Rose ¥ Mrs. Albertine Odell, Mrs. Nellie C. Royce, Miss Helen B. Mathews and Miss Cora C. Cerry. The ladies of the Epworth League and of the Ladies’ Association of the Metropoli- tan Church are receiving this afternoon in the Sunauy school, and members of the congregation and others nave called in large numbers. The reception will last un- ii 9 o'clock tonight. The receiving party embraces Miss Bertha Adams, Airs. Geo. Armstrong, Miss Jennie Booth, Mrs. 2ock- haven, Miss Sallie Burroughs, Mrs. C lius Burlow, Miss Juliet Burroughs, Miss Laura Caurch, Miss Ella Church, Miss Ella Cuibertson, Miss Mary Cage, Mrs. Wibur FP. Dales, Mrs. Wiltiam S. Dewhirst, Mrs, Fan- nie Kennedy Ellisel, Mrs. W. Eldredge, M:3. Samuel C. Ford, Mrs. Chas. M. For- rest, Miss Hattie Fague, Miss Esthor Gor- den, Mrs. R. J. Gillespie, Mrs, W. F. Gapen, Miss Mattie Gray, Mrs. J. M. Holmes, Miss Fannie K. Holmes, Miss Mary Holmes, Miss Mattie Haines, Miss Clara Haines, Mrs, E. A. Haines, Mrs, E. L. Harvey, Mrs. Heward, Miss Inez Howard, Miss Edith Ir- vine, Mrs, N. N. Johnson, Miss Johnson, Miss Margaret Kline, Mrs. Sarah D. La Fetra, Mrs. B. F. Leighton, Mrs. A. E. Miley, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. M. M. Moffett, Mrs. McKean, Mrs. Sallie McIntosh, Mrs. W. G. McDowell, Mre. J. B. Nichols, Mrs. W. H. Pinkerton, Miss Mida C. Peabody, Miss Rachael Richardson, Miss Mary Rec- tor, Mrs. Scott, Miss Bessie Sweet, Miss Stickell, Mrs. Emma C. Swan, Mrs. M. W. ‘Twitchell, Mrs, M. Tullock, Mrs. George F, Timms, Mrs. B. Unhifelder, Mrs. W. E. Wright, Mrs. Emma McF. Whartoa, Mrs. Helen M. Wood, Mrs. W. E. Waring and Miss Lou Wilson. ‘ President Robert I. Fleming cf the Con- federate Veterans’ Association received the members at the hall, 431 11th street north- west, from 11 to 1 o'clock today, and from 3 to 5 this afternoon is entertaiaing them at his residence, No. 1812 12th street. ——o-——_ * ‘TREASURER’S ACCOUNT SHORT. . Gotwald, Mrs. Mary Tryon, Miss Ruth Mrs. BORN WITH THE YEAR| Advent of Greater New York Her- alded With Great Glee. NO DIRGE FOR THE DEPARTING CITY Opportunity of the Enlarged Mu- nicipality for Good or Evil. NEEDS OF NEW BOROUGHS ee Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 1, 1993. The chimes of Old Trinity seemed to take on a more mellow tone, a more important Pitch last night, as they Tang out to the midnight hour; to the birth of a munict- pality of more than three million souls; to the second city in the universe, and to one of the most mementous occasions in the history of the new world. No dirge was sung to the death of the old city; there was a festival of joyousness and music on every hand to the birth of the new. A great city was swallowed up, a greater arose, and the people held a carnival of rejoicing. Gathered around the central point of celebraticn was a solid mass of humanity, packed so closely that it seem- ed almost impossible at first glance to extrica each individual. Everywhere Was music and din; order and disorder; but everywhere was a spirit manifested to extract as much glorification out of the occasion as possible. Strains of beautiful ntelody would be lost in the biare of tin horns or the sharp whirr of rattles; the marchers of the processional line would be joined by the marching spectators— pandemonium taking the place of harmony and a scrambie the place of organized et- fort. The usual voluntary New Year cve outpouring of the people had something besides Trinity’s chimes to enthuse over, and their effort was above reproach. How many of the howling, shouting thoy- sands realized the exact significance the passing and coming of the two cities? How many realized that while they were tearing up the atmosphere with demon- strations of enthusiasm, that the name o% their domicile was changed and the centers of population and area were moyed with- out motion or disturbance. With the ring- ing of the midnight hour the geographical center of New York was moved from Mel- rose station, in the borough of Bronx, eight miles south, to the crossing of Metro- politan and Grand streets, in the borough of Kings; the center of New York's popu- lation, formerly at 424 street and Park avenue, was moved to the intersection of Houston street and Avenue B. Held in Tammany’s Paws. And over this vast, new city the Tam- many tiger has today spread a soft, velvety paw. Of course there are long, sharp claws concealed in their velvet sheaths, and sooner or later the new city is expected to feel them in its vitals; but, today, they were carefully drawn in, and the beast, so far as formal, official ceremony was con- purred gently and soothingly in sat- ‘sfaction and assurance. For the official inauguration of Robert A. Van Wyck as irst mayor of Greater New York was most democratic in its simplicity; the in- auguration of Tammany, politically, was another thing, and we will speak of that later on. Whether for effect or from ural inclination Mayor Van Wyck would consent to nothing but the most informal of formal inaugurations, the total cost of Which was possibly $300—the amount ap- propriated by the board of aldermen for decorating the interior of the city jail. It Was the cusiom, years ago, for half of the city to visit the mayor's office on Ne vor shake the hand of the chief ex- But time began to make a change rs ago, when D. F. mann was mayor, and when William F. Strong took office the good old custom of New Year caliing was a thing of the past. Hugh J. Grant, when he took office, ISN, Ww greeted by about a hundred of his who paid tribute to him with bunche horseshoes of flowers, and the litth mony performed by them in his the last piece of formality in with the inauguration of a mayor. lay} there were a few words of surrence: on the part of Mayor Strong; a brief rep) by the | executive; the greetings of a. few | , and then began bu cording to the pronouncemen Croker and his mayor, this is purely a “business administration.” Six Mayors Furnished by Tammany. Of the ninety-two mayors of New York, Mayor Van Wyck is the sixth to be drawn from the Tammany. organ‘zation in the last forty years. This is not generally under- stood; in fact, an erroneous belief exists as to the frequency of Tammany’s power. The five tigers preceding Van Wyck were: John T. Hoffman, elected in 1865: A. Oakey Hail, | in 1868; W. H. Wickham, in 1874; Hugh J. | Grant, in 188s, and Thomas F. Gilroy, in isv2z. Others were eiected by Tamm: y votes, but they were outside of the Ta maby organization, as was the case with Daniel F. Tiemann, who was mayor in Isa, and who still lives, hale, arty and pic- turesque at the age of ninety-three, with recolections of the laying of the corne stone of the tiger's lair; Smith Ely, who Was nominated by the Deocratic Union and indorsed by Tammany, and Abram S. Hew- itt, who was nominated by Tammany, ai- though he was a member of the county Ge- moc! . Of the ninety-one mayors of the old city of New York, there are but ten liv- follows: Daniel F. Tiemann, 1S58- A. Oakey Hall, 186972; Smith Ely, Edward Cooper, 1879-'80; William Franklin Edson, ISs3-'84; S."Hewitt, 1887-'88; Hugh J. Grant, ;_Thomas F. Gilroy, 1893-94; Will! jain L. Strong, 1895-97. What the Ghange Portends. So much fer the official inauguration of g “The old crder changeth, yielding piace to new.” The republican reform adminis- tration of Mzyor Strong has been succeed- ei by the Tanmany Hall administration of Mayor Van Wyck. The springing into be- ing of the seccnd largest city in the world has atiracted general attention in all lands. January 1, 189s, will pass intu history as the greatest day in the history of the me- tropolis of the western hemisphere. Natur- ally people want to know ail about the masters of this metropolis. They are anx- ious to know what use these “public sery- ants” will make of the positions given them hat they will do with the talents turned over to their keeping. Since the bitterness of the recent election has died away, it is perhaps only fair to say that leading republicans from Chauncey M. De- pew down are disposed to give the ‘Tam- may Hall tiger a “fair show.” It is useless to disguise the fact, however, that among business men and students, men of thought and action, there is an undercurrent of ap- prehension. This undoubtedly grows out of the belief that the tiger cannot change its spots in a day. 2 That Tammany Hall is stronger today than ever befcre in its history even repub- licans admit, That it is stronger than it will ever be again even the. members of the wigwam admit. New Year day, 180s, witnesses the tiger at the height of its strength, and Richard Croker, the “boss” will to @ large extent control the destinies of the city. It is true that Senator Platt and the re- publican organization cannot prevent the steals which have ever and always ren- dered Tammany infamous; the revival in its worst forms of the days of Tweed and Croker. But in view of the fact that no important changes can be made in the charter of the city without the consent of Platt; in view of the fact that not even the much-disliked Raines liquor law can be altered without the consent of the repub- lican organization of the state of New York, it can easily be seen that the Platt forces still hold the balance of power in Greater New York matters. True, there is nothing to prevent Van Wyck and his subordinates from violating their oaths of office and neglecting or re- fusing to execute the Raines liquor law. But the odium of this refusal cannot fail to recoil upon the head of Mayor Van Wyck. All the forces of law and order, the pastors and members of the churches will confront him on the one hand with a copy of the law in their hands if he dis- criminates against Sunday closing. The same thing may be said of the enforcement of the other laws which have made the ad- ministration of Mayor Strong so unpopular with the more liberal portion of the com- munity. Mayor Van Wyck's Oppo: y If the tiger changes its spots, the laws will be enforced without fear or favor. Then Mayor Van Wyck will be simply fol- lowing in the footsteps of Mayor Strong and twe new mayor cannot be expected to become more popular with the liberal ele- ment than the ex-mayor. On the other hand, if the tiger does not change his spots —the most reasonable hypothesis—then there will be a revival of the “good olf times of Tammany,” when there was a saloon on nearly every corner and a brothel in the center. For it will be remembered that the Lexow investigations at the close of the Croker-Gilroy regime showed that it was the saloon keepers who violated the laws who were blackmailed; not those who complied with the laws in letter as well as in spirit. There is no doubt that Mayor Van Wyck has an opportunity seldom afforded any ycung man in this country. Had he the nerve—the sublime audacity to “break away” from the baser elements of Tam- many Hall, as Cleveland “broke away” f:om the politicians of Buffalo, he might Possibly to some extent duplicate Cleve- lend’s wonderful political success in the early days of his career. But nominted as he was by the worst elements of Tammany Hall—elected »y the swing of the pendu- lum democraticward—to most of the peop of Greater New York Van Wyck comes an unknown quantity, And as propinquity counts for something as any man is to a greater cr less degree influenced by his euvironment, business men and conserva- tive interests generally argue t the stream cannot rise higher than its source— that the Van Wyck administration will be precisely what the men who nominated and elected Van Wyck, decree. That this is likely to be the case is found in the fact that it was Croker who was respensible for the nomination of Van Wyck. The New York World, it will be remembered, before the campaign offered a hundred dollars reward for the man or woman who could guess Croker's choice for mayor. Of all the guesses made by the millions of the greater city anxious to win this prize not one picked out Van Wyck. Nothing could possibly demonstrate the camparative obscurity of this judge of one y. of the city courts more than this. a strange combination of cireumstan . by combination of influences. he is d to a position second only to the lenry of the United States or the lord yoraity of London, and all through the Il of one man—Richard Croker. If Judge Van Wyck turns his back on Croker he is cpen to the charge of ingratitude t by le for his offi 1 being. Yet, hange of he administration in G vill eventually drift “on the Crol the Real Leader. Dvring the campaign no man thou f ccntulting Judge Van Wyck, the demo- cratic nominee, either conc -rning the course of the campaign or the division of the spoils in the light of a probable victory. all went to Croker for their Wyck refused to make his he clin to even make a *¢ campaign over, Croker held . though ne man what right he di appointment the pew administration. been/a game of pure ni ers call “bluff: pr has been playing ent si e. in the words wriers and the would-be Bow- ery fumerisis, he has made the peopie pe- lievelhe is “de whole push.” In nothing is this more manifest than is his announce- nent that the Democratic Club and not the Manbattan Club is to be the official demo- cratit club of New York city. Bréckiyn and Tammany Hall politicians have been tumbling head over heels ever sirce to get into the Democratic Club. Al- ready there is talk of remodeling the building, adding on new stories and taking out 2 genuine liquor license. er has branded the Manhattan Club as a “gang of mvswumps.” Inasmuch as ex-Governor Flower, the des fender of trusts and monopolies, is at the head of the Democratic Club; inasmuch as the Democratic Club, in the last iden- tial pampa-gn, expelled all of the free sil- ver Men and friends of Bryan, it is diffi to tell which is the more democratic battan or the Democratic Club. of the Chicago platform to expel from that organization. But the decree of Croker that the Manhattan Club is tinctured with mug- wuntpery and the belief that the members of the Democratic Club will have the “ chatpe” at the offices of the g has }aused a stampede in the d the pet club house of the “boss. ally fhe head men of the powerful tan fare offended, and they hav , in spite of the exclusive air » that Judge Van Wyck, w er, “drops in” -there every da: ick’s presence or absence coun’ Alxo Interested in Base Ball. in the matter of clubs, so in other Croker controls the New York base Sunday ball games are profi base Van has not a word to say about this. the representatives of the rder leagues will have something to ater, But this will count for little or ng with Croker if he caa hi Mayor Van Wyck. hind the throne in the any, and Tammany office office holders in the greater cl their bonds from this particular True, this differs from the old some feudal state in the letter : seen bat it does not greatly ulffer in eee is a “good time coming” even the gamblers have discovered. It would be unfair to assume that the courts are to play into the hands of Tammany Hall end its satellites. Courts are, however only . and consciously or unconsciously, the judges accommodate thi 8 to the spirit of the times and the cities in which they hold sway. And it is significant that Judge Smythe has just made a ruling from of the Supreme Court that is Secbsnd ts be of the utmost importance. He halds that policemen have no right to in vade premises here they believe that gambling is being carried on to awalt a Vibiation of the law. While there is nothing : this Interpretation of the law, fe win have a far-reaching effect. It will increase the difficulties of the polive in kteping gambling houses closed. | Opportanity to Make Money. Aimost Hmitless opportunities are af fgrded to the political organization In pow) for amassing riches for political or per- use, and Tammany has never hithy neglected opportunities of this kind of the salaries of officials are let! the charter to be fixed by heads of 4 board of estima,