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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898-14 PAGES. PECIAL NOTICES. & ST. N.W., SPIRITUALISM. MR. KE! $ MONDAY. WEDNESDAY FRIDAY NIGHTS. ’ msultat! on all subje: sity pendent slate writings. a ORDANCE W the Real Estate Trust Bonds. of Febrnary. ad Trust Com: vues will Team given ompany three tion of the MAY. 1898. terest on a . President. We INvs, feL.S.15_ WE THAT Mit. ith ue, Harry nk w y 13t A. ENG omer. To WHoM TT MAY CONCERN 1 will Feapureibte. for e tgae ‘bg Mirw. WM Tu rer this — W. M. TUNSTALL PRENTISS, “any debts of any ‘Tunstall of Pearle LiaM ©. has removed his office in the mew Wyatt bu = re TY POOR RESULTS THE WAY TO ETTY POOR RESUL’ in pelating te to falta. deren print ‘igure on it. You bave a good tall stick to him you have a good Petronize him. You don’t ves on yeur clothes or hs Printing? Goo It ia a product of tho brains sand) experienc ther sort no higher pr to secure good printing. Gos loth st. Tel. 1679. get ve are needed MAN T. FLLIOTT fel-Tad Some of Keen's coats last eight to ten winters. Cheapest Inthe of ood YORK BE APPLES S_TOMATOES—AND BLUE BERRIES gallon cans—at packers’ prices. <0 CONSUMERS SUPPLIED. B. B. FAR? . Wholesale Grocers, 1105-9 11th and 1000-2 M st. s.e. ath Andirons lend a quaint, old-time charm to elm they are placed—and since room wher ve inangurated our reduction sale ‘tis my to purchase them v.20 per off to induce your purchasing—and a assortment to plek from. “$222 15th at. nw. SOUTHERN JURISDICTIC lates. There & regula Lodge of by ir meetin: 1, at the nw. 09 Cathedral of the Rite, > TUESDAY Ps February ‘1, Work, 4th and 5th RICHARD B. Venerahle Mast: HARRY OLCOTT, 82d degree, 5 fairly and squarely and buy you cam secure the best qualities ¢ est. Buy the Lamber and Woeedwork here. n able to well se i i i THOS. W. SMITH, Ist & lud. ave. “ ‘Phone 217. and Wharves, foot of 4th st. se. "Phone 551 Fancy Waste Baskets, 65c. ‘ome to us for Waste Baskets. All sizes ESE TARLETS Ericed very low EY DAVIS: AUTOMATIC IN to be in every office. They don't cost un EF We're headgnarters for Stationery Office Supplies. Easton & Rupp, 4 POLULAR-PRICE ey ruled 1 sizes VELLS onght b Never erry, one Disappoint.”’ BYRON S. ADAMS, “T’ ja31-14d ALL Juzo-6t" THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLD- ers of the Eastern Building acd Loan Association for the election of a board of directors and for other purposes will be held at Herrell's Hal 6 Pa. s.e., on WEDNESDAY. February 1808, at 7:30 p.m. The 4th and Sth series stock WHIT be redeemed at this meeting, and all interested are requested to atiend. By’ 01 the board of directors. J. W. WHELPLEY, Attest: HENRY K. stupso: Oid Family Bib les —Dictionaries—Prayer Books—cte.. can be made to last forever by rebinding. Low prices. pert work. HoL oth eS a “Beats red lead all hollow’’ —for ste: |. Water or gas joints. That's what every expert sare of CALLAHAN'S STEAM JOINT € T. We are sole D. Rag E HARDWs SPEYs wi J © hn B. 1010 Pa. ave. 7 TRA order to latred -LERY. our new Carbonetts aud { mounts, we have reduced the price for mited number tings. Carbonetts, cabinet size. with one colored, $3.00 per dozen. $1.00 per dozen up. AN work taste. Sample work in studio. TAYLOR'S, 15th and G sis. SHIP HERETOFORE EXISTI en J.T. Campbell & Son ig THIS DAY. bs nel consent, dissolved. The business will be continued at the old stands by J. Frank Camp- hell, who assumes all debte of the old nrm and Mect all bills due the same. JOHN T. CAMPREI J. FRANK CAMPE! The delicieus fisver of THARP’S PURE BERK js what recom mends it to so mony. Of all whis- Taste kies, Jt has the most delicate flavor, * the mest delightful aroma. JAS. THARP, 8: jaz6-1od of the Was! m Railway ¢ Jock p.m. at the prinelp . Alexandria and Mt. wil rs of the Arlington istrict of Columbia company's vffice, No. ington. D. C., "on o'clock m., for the cl frectors. Polls open from lock p.m JONE! NDC. meeting ‘of ~ Light election of directors, will be bel ef the company. 415 uth st n.w.. MONDAY, February 7. 1898 The polls will be open from rk hoon to 1 o'clock p.t. WILLIAM B. ORME, Secretary. R. McMASTER'S V SARY HOSPITAL, 1305-7 G vt. n.w.—Ope ight. Special: ties—Lameness and € to soundness for intending purchasers. DAVID McMASTER, D., Veterinat.an. Prop. ‘Phone 135. del5-Stt CONDENSED LOCAL For the larcery of a lap robe from Wil- tiam A. Heinemann, John Lewis, colored, was fined $10 today by Judge Scott. He did not pay and went down for thirty days. muel Banks and Charles Banks were ed yesterday afternoon in Criminal » 1, before Chief Justice Bingham, under an indictment charging larceny from the person. They were remanded to jail to await sentence. Hattic Queen was today sent to jail by Judge Scott for thirty days in default of - for the larceny of $10 from Mrs. Ahern. » Commissioners have ordered th: he fire-alarm box located at the corner of 22d and L streets be removed, and that one be placed at Sth and Savannah streets, Pet- werth, as soen as funds are available. The pupils of St. Rose's Industrial School will render the pretty operetta “Gene- vieve,” at the Columbia Theater, on Wed- nesday afternoon of next week. The ar- rangements are in the hands of a number of young society ladies, and the patron- esses will be some of the musi prominent ladies tn society. SS Lord William Nevili was committed for trial at the Old Bailey by a Bow street po- lice justice yesterday on the charge of de- frauding Samuel Lewis, the London money "| SMALL «AMOUNT OF [SUGAR FROM HAWAll Se ‘| Without Effect on the Domestic Beet | Product. IMPORTATION Absurd Claims of the Anti-Annexa- tionists. (INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS —> Mr. Henry Oxnard, the brother of Robert Oxnard, who is the sugar trust manager for its Pacific coast business, is franticaily erting that Hawaiian annexation will he the ruin of the beet sugar business, not- withstanding the fact that over 75 per cent of the sugar cons:mption of the country is imported from countries other than Hawaii, jeaving a leeway of 1,500,000 tons as a market to which the sugar beet business will have to expand before it will come into competition with Hawaiian sugar. Mr. Oxnard Is unable to indicate how the small amount of sugar from Hawali can affect the American market under these condi- tions, or why the Hawaiian planters should desire to sell their sugar below the general market price, which is @ world price, but hopes evidently to enforce his claim by reiteration and a liberal use of printer's ink. The following letter to a prominent ad- cate of arnexation from Mr. James T. or of Peccs, New Mexico, a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, chief engineer of the Pecos Irrigation Improvement Company, on whose es- tate the Pecos beet sugar factory is located, gives an independent opinion. showing the groundlessless of Mr. Oxnard’s preposter- ous claim. Mr. Oxnard will have to ring up the sugar trust and ask them for a better rea- son for opposing annexation than that it will be injurious to beet sugar. Mr. Taylor's Letter. _ M ylor says im his letter: From personal observation of the beet ar industry both in California and New Mexico, extending over a period of several years, I do not believe that annexation will ny injurious <ffect upon the beet sugar industry of the United States; and in at view © the following ts as they exist tod I know from pers knowledge the climatic conditions of the Hawaiian Islands und the general nature of their soil and product ere is approximately only $0,000 acres of cane land under cultivation, which, under the most favorable circu stances, preduce, say, an average of a little ov M) tons of sugar annually. The present is practically the limit of area naturally lable for the successful The entire annual approximately 10 per cent of the an- pount of ‘sugar consumed in the United States, which amount is mainly im- ported from foreign countries, and has for the past few years averaged more than two million tens of sugar annum; con- sequently the prie> of Hawaiian sugar can- not affect the price of beet ar of the United States, as the market price of such s is fixed ai the great commercial of the werld, namely, London and Consumption of Sugar. “The consumption of sugar in the United States is rapidly increasing with the set- tlement and development of our country, so that in the near future the Hawatia sugar crop will be a still smaller percent- age of the annual output of the world. “Of the total amount of sugar consumed arnually in the United States only approxi- mately 16 per cent was produced on Ameri- can soil for the year 1807, making S4 per cent the approximate amount of importa- tiers. coming principally from Europe and the East, West and British Indies. “To produce the amount of stgar now Imported from foreign countries (other than Hawaii) would require at least 500 leet sugar factories having an average daily capacity of 500 tons of beets, each factory utilizing the product of 3,300 acres of sugar beets. The 50) factories would utilize the product of 1,650,000 acres of beets, based on an average of ten tons of sugar beets per acre, or 16,500,000 tons of Leets, valued at $58,000,000, as.the average price paid to the farmer for beets is $4 per ton. “The production and handling of this quantity of beets would directly ard in- directly give employment to more than a million of people. “The only conclusion that can be drawn is that danger from competition by reason of reduction in the price, or over-produc- tion of sugar by the Hawaii sugar planters cannot be considered a valid objection to annexation from the standpoint of a sugar Leet grower. ‘The Sugar Beet Farmer. sugar beet farmer of the stands on a very for the production of sugar, crop is planted and harvested during period of six to “The States basis the generally United favorable feven months. Good beet land with watér is obtained in the Pecos valley, New Mex- ico, at a rental of $2 per acre per annum. ‘The only other location where beets are grown by irrigation is at Lehi, Utah. “The Hawalian.sugar planter requires | sixteen to eighteen months to preduce a | cane crop, and then only by heavy irriga- tien. The climatic conditions and nature of the soil require the frequent applica- tion of water in generous quantities. The duty of water is very low, and the value correspondingly high, as the irrigation of cane requires at least one cubic foot per second, for fifty acres or less, this be- ing in excess of the requirements of the lands"of the arid west of America. “The Eddy sugar factory, constructed by the Pecos Valley Beet Sugar Company, is the first factory to be erected in the great southwest, and the sixth to be erected in the United States. The sugar contents of the beet root grown in the Pecos valley exceeds that of all other countries. ‘the factory has a rated capacity of 200 tons in twenty-four hours, and employs from 100 men during the campaign. The sults of the past two seasons clearly dem- onstrate that a first quality of sugar can be produced in the Pecos valley, and that the annexation of Hawaii cannot in any way affect the sugar industry of this coun- try.” 2 + Others Want Haw: To the Editor of The Evening Star: Having read recently, with great interest, several splendidly written articles in your journal in regard to Hawali, I have been encouraged to hope that you would -accord me the courtesy of a little space in your columns to express a few views, which, I assure you, are thoroughly in accord with yours. In the first place, a mere glance at the ; Map will convince any intelligent person of the immense importance of Hawaii to this country. Other powers appfeciate the pe- culiar position of this group of islands also, and hence their anxiety to possess them. Hesitancy on the part of the United States, then, is a great mistake, as it shows that We are in no great hurry to take possession of them, and hence, it is only too probable that, from a foreign standpoint, it might be argued that, if we are so slow to annex them, we would not consider them worth fighting for. It has been written that “delays are dangerous.” This saying applies with pe- culiar force in the present case. It should be borne in mind that the very things which render these islands so desirable to the United States are calculated to render them desirable to other lands. Congress should lose no time in a matter so im- portant. Any hesitancy on its part may lead to the gravest trouble. Japan hus cast longing eyes toward this group for some time; Germany would be delighted to have them for her own, and let it not be forgotten that Russia may have an eye on them also. When the Siberian railway is entirely a success she may enter the lists of Hawaiian competitors also. England, | lke Barkis, “is willin’.” Sie would like | to have some possession to the west of our dountry that would match the Bermudas on the east. These islands should be ours with as little delay as The {m- portance of promptitude car be exag- gerated, Every month's delay is danger- ous. Let us all hope that Congress will act with the mands. January 28, 1898, promptness the occasion de- JOHN M. DEPONAL as At His Own Request ‘Timothy Cleary, a middle-aged man, with two or three wecks’ growth of beard, | stopped Policeman Kraemer on the street last night and asked to be sent down. “I have no home,” “and sick.” he said, I'm Where are you * Judge Kimball | as ed him this mornir “Jersey City,” was his response. “And how road?” “About three months,” was his answer Cleary said he was feeling unwell cause of exposure, and the court gave him thirty days on the farm. > Will Filed for Probate. ‘The will of the late Caroline Rogier, dated June 5, 18M, was this afternoon filed for probate. The estate of the deceased is bequeathed to her two children, Charles G. and Louise Rogier. The former is named as executor. long have you been on the SS ens New Bailiff on Duty. Henry Johnson of -Anacostia, who ‘ecently appointed by Marshal Palmer to succeed Mr. D. K. Darr aa bailiff in the Upited States branch of the Polic2 Court, entered upon the discharge of his new du- ties today. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Darr retired from office yesterday, he was at the court tcday, and ext=nded his ald in assisting Mr. Johnson in getting fa- milar with his position. caer eeeen eS Anniversary Celebration. Monarch Temple, No. 2, L. G. E., ce brated its fifth anniversary at its hall, 425 12th street northwest, Friday evening last A very enjoyable program was rendered, a “potato walk” being a feature. A large crowd was in attendance. Refreshments were served by the ladies of the temple. ae es Decree of Divorce Granted. Judge Cox this afternoon granted Goldie May Darden a divorce from Frederick M. Darden. Mrs. Darden instituted the suit through Attorney E. K. French last April She accused her husband of habitual drunk enness. j THE INVESTIGATION| Sse ees Testimony ‘Given !* Befbre Senator Pritchard’s Committee Today. WORKING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW { Assistant Secretary’ Rodsevelt Gives the Result of His Experience. ee GAVE > EVIDENCE OTHERS The Senate committee on civil scrvice and retrerchment mei at the Maltby build= ing this morning and continued the inves- tigation into the methods in the civil serv- ice. Members of thé committze present were Senator Pritchard, chairman; Senator Lodge and Senator Harrts. - General” Superintendent James E. White of the railway mall service was placed on the stand. He testified-that his experience of the operation of the civil service law has been very satisfactory. “We find,” he said, “that under the civil service law we get a good class of men, and that they are quicker in picking up the krowledge- necessary ior their work than men secured by the old methods. They have better moral characters, ore physicelly stronger and have better powers of memory, whica is ‘a very important thing with us.” Mr. White showed the number of changes in the personnel of the railway mail serv- ice since 1885, and said that great numbers of changes operated to the detriment of the service. He said a carefal record is made of the number of mistakes in the handling of packages. When changes were made frequently one mistake was made in 3,000 packages handled. During the last few years under the cperation of the chil service law the number of mistakes hal de- creased 80 there is now only one :nistake in every 11,000 packages handled. Effect in the Navy Yard. Henry H. Brogden, chief clerk in the United States navy yard, testified regard- ing the effect of the civil service law on the character of navy yard employes. Mr. Brogden said the effect of:the law on nav: yard employes had been admirable. He thought it would be very injurfous to the navy yards if the law were repealed Mr. Brogden said under the system at the navy yard there is a semi-annual examina- tion and clerks who do not secure an aver- age rating of 70 are dropped. Mr. Procter asked if such a system in the departments generally would not do away with the fear of life tenure in public office. Mr. Brogden said he thought it would, as it separated clerks from. the service when they ceased to be efficient. So efficient, he said, were clerks received at the navy yard through the commission ‘that lately in one department it had been found possible to dispense with two clerks,-and thus save the government $1,200 annually. Mr. Procter on the Stand. Civil Service Commtssionér Procter went on the stand and conffnuelf his testimony of last week. Mr. Practer argued agai exceptions of classes of gevernment em- ployes and said he thought the law con- templated the exceptfon of specific cases rather than classes. ff tné"case of the e: ception of plate printdrs né said he knew that it had resulted ff one instance in the appointment of a méssenger as a plate printer, though he contfnued.to do the work of a messenger and té draw the high pay of a skilled plate printér, © Mr. Proeter continu¢d to’say that these excepted cases are usually filled not a cording to the wishes. ofthe appointing officer, but in response to, outside influ- ences, and he “claimed that appointing officers have more latitude in making se- lections, so far as*getting’the character of men they wish is concerned than they had under the spoils system. > ant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy arrived at the committee rooms about this time and Mr... Proeter's examination Was deferred in order that Mr. Roosevelt might give his testimony. ; Mr. Roosevelt's Testimony. Mr. Roosevelt was asked what difficulty the commission had when he was its presi- dent immediately upon the classification of a branch of the public service. Mr. Roose- velt said that invariably there were em- barrassments in getting full quotas to sup- ply such places. He sald there were al- ways hitches and troubles at first, but it frequently happened that in branches of the service in which the most trouble was experienced upon its classification would be found to work admirably after it had been under the commission for a short time. Mr. Roosevelt spoke of his experience with the civil service law, both as clvi) service commissioner for six years, as po- lice commissioner in New York for two years and as assistant secretary of the navy during the present administration. He said that civil service reform in the Navy Department had worked a great iniprov ment. and {it was now practically indis- pensible if really good work was to be s cured in that department. He sald that if the civil service reform law were to be abolished the Navy Department would have to establish it in relation to its own ~~ SSSSES AY MR EXPLANATORY NOTE: Otservations taken at 5 a or lines of equal alr pressure, diawn for each tenth equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Sh: during preceding twelve hours. The words “High: barometer. Small arrows tly with the wind. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER 75th meridian time. Solid lines are tsobars, of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of Jed args are regions where rain or snow has fallen “Low’’ show location of areas of high and low FAIR. Colder Weather Indicated for To- morrow Morning. Ferecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, fair tonight and Wednesé. celder Wednesday morn- ing; high northwesterly gales, diminishing. Weather ccnditions and general forecast— The storm yesterday morning over Lake Huron has moved rapidly to the New Eng- land coast, increasing in iniensity, a pres- sure of 28.08 inches being reported from Portland, Maine, and an east wind of forty- eight miles an hour from Halifax, and has caused violent north to northwest gales and heavy snow in New England and New York. The weather will clear this afternoon or tonight in New England and the northwest gales will increase this afternoon and di- minish on Wednesday, with colder weather Wednesday morning. Snow has fallen in the lake regions, the middle and north Atlantic states. It has grown much colder from the Mis- sissippi valley to the Atlantic coast, except in_New England, where it is warmer. The weather will clear in New England and be fair elsewhere from the lower lakes and the Ohio valley to the Atlantic coast aad in the southern states. Freezing weather will extend as far southward as Tampa, Fla.. and on the south Atlantic and northeast gulf coasis. The weather will continue cold on the mid- dle and north Atlantic coast for two or three day: The following heavy inches) was reported: Alban: fax, 1.40; Portland, Maine, 1.56. Rivers—The following changes in the riv- ers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: Risen, Memptis, 0.1; Vicksburg, 0.5; New Orieans, 0.3. F: vi Nashville, 5.2. the danger line and rising, Mem- | precipitation (in 1.36; Hali- | work as far as possible by departmental regulations if it to continue to do good work. Mr. Legge asked the assistant secretary what the effect would be on the time of heads ef departments if navy yards and the departments generally were depriy of civil service regulations. Mr. Roosevelt—‘It would mean that a great majority of the time of every officer Who ought to be engaged in the transac- tion of public business would be taken up in trying to reconcile conflicting claims to appointments. Under the old system of employing laborers in navy yards, which was in vorue when the new navy w its curly stages of building (and I wish it understood that I reflect any Secretary, because the syst about the same way under ail S great difficulty was experienced. were great abuses in the employment of 1a borers in the navy yards just before ele: tfon times, and the law prohibiting su employment except in cases of emergenc was found to be practically inoperati us an emergency was olways pretended. An Example of Both Systems. Mr. Roosevelt here produced figures to show the number of men taken on just be- fore the election of 1888 in the Brooklyn navy yard, and the condition of the force during the same period in relation to the election of 1892. In 1888, when the spoils system prevailed, there was an in the force of the Brooklyn ‘nay: just before the election in November amounting to 1,000 men. When the elec- tion of 1892 came off there was shown to be an actual reduction in the force just at that time, when politics could have no influence in making appointments. Mr. Roosevelt here related an experience had upon becoming assistant secretary of the navy, which was ploying so large an extra force shortly be- fore the election in official 's Mr. Roosevelt was called upon to perfs was the approval of expenses ineurred wit’ providing the monitor ‘Terror with furniture. He said tae bill was about ten years old and the cost of the furniture was shown to be preposterous, in fact ten times as raveh as it could have been pur- chased for. A bureau made at the Brook- lyn navy yard, he said, cost $400. In all the furniture for the Terror cost $6,000, instead of about $600, wnich would have been more nearly its value. When he in- quired into the reason for this excessive charge he fourd that 1,000 additional men had beo1 empioyed in the navy yard before the election of 1888. The great problem their employment entalled was to find a pretext for keeping them busy. They could not be employed on work which might in- volve the safety of a vessel, so that great numbers of them were set to work in the furniture department, it being argued that if the furniture should break down it would not make mvch difference. The result was that bureaus cost $400 apiece and other Xxorbitant prices. Saving of Money Now. Mr. Roosevelt continued to say that he had personally investigated the employ- ment of labor in all of the big navy yards on the Atlantic coast with the exception of cne, which he had investigated by proxy. He had spoken to various officers, chiefs of construction and men in charge of iaborers end they had uniformly said that the force had been greatly improved after being taken out of politics. They said that the work was done quicker and better th formerly. The commandant of the New Ycrk navy yerd had said that he estimated a saving of 25 per cent in the cost of labor | FOR RENT (Flats a direct result of em- | 1888. One of the first! rticles of furniture amounted to similar } Une, and falling, Cairo, ‘Tide Table. . and 10:29 p.m. p.m, Low tide, 10:17 a.m. and 11:17 p-m.; high tide, 4:01 a.m. and The Sun and Moo: a.m.; sun sets Moon seis, 4:24 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7 06 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6:29 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 6:14 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lixhted at 6:14 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:20 a.m. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and cendition of w a.m.: Great Falls. temperature, tion, 6; iving reservoir, ter at 8 32; condi- temperature, 36; condition at north connection, 10; con- at south connection, tu dition distributing 24; condition at in- fluent gaie house, ir, temp fluent gate hovre, Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following are the readings of the thermomet the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 3 o'clock y. ‘afternoon: January 31— 4 p.m. midnight, 26. Febru- . 14; 12 m., 17, and p.m, Janua’ ary 1-4 2 p.m. 17. Maxim 1; minimum, 14, at 8 a.m. February 1. The foll are the reacings of the baromete © weather bureau for the past twe hours, beginning ; fternoon: Janua midnight TISTRY. 2. ATIONAL RSIONS REIGN ¥ AL. SERVIC FOR FOR ror For RENT (ails) RENT (Houses) RENT (Miscellancous) RE\T (Ofices). FOR \T (Planos} Fer ‘T (Rooms). FOR For FOR SA FOR FOR PIANCS AN ANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROFESSION AL. . PROPORA’ RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAG si WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANIED (Booms)... WANTED (Situations). WINTER RESORTS. assassinated by Thomas Jefferson, two sail he was assassinated by Jefferson Davis, one that he was assassinated by Garfield, three that he was assassinated by Guiteau and one that he was assassinted by Bal- lington Booth. Other oquaily ludicrous re- plies to questions were giver Speaking of changes that recommend in the scope of the < law, Mr. Roosevelt said that while he had advocated the <lnssification of deputy in- ternal revenue colleciors, ne now believed that it would be an aivantage if they were for the present taken out of the classified service, because of peculiar circumstances attending such jplaces. Mr. Roosevelt parl a high compliment to Mr. Procter. the civil service commissioner. He said that he aud Mr. Procter had al- ways been in rd cwith regard to civil service maticrs, although they were dia- metrically opposed in politics. Mr. Baker Asks Some Questions. Ex-Representative Bak2r, representing the National Republican Anti-Civil Service League, requested to put scme questions to Mr. Roosevelt, but befcre h2 did so Mr. Ledge asked Mr. Beker a number of ques- tions regarding the league he represented. ie would service to the government in the conduct of that yard alone. Previously Mr. Roosevelt said when a man went on a spree for several days or slept a rumber of hours in a bolicr when he was supposed to be at work his ‘harge was soon followed by his rein- | statement, the result of political influence, but now the men know that such action will cause their permanent separation from government employ, and the effect has been excellent. The paymaster in the Brook- lyn navy yard formerly had ten clerks, ap- pointed for political reasons. He had de- clared his belief that if he could have five When ask-d what the membership and ex- tent of the league was, Mr. Baker said he could not state definitely. Finally he sald the membership in the District of Colum- bia was about 100, and that branches ywere being formed elsewhere. Senator Lodge read a report of the first meeting of the league, in which whereases and reso- lutions were adopted declarirg that wh2re- as the members of the league were de- barred from appoint , ete, they pro- Posed to antagonize th? civil service law. Mr. Baker said he didn’t know anything clerks selected under a rigid merit system | About that, as he was not at the first mect- his work could be well done whereas it | "S- Mr. Baker was not was performed in an unsatisfactory way. The change had come, he now has five in- stead of ten clerks and his work is well to show the ontire membership of the National Re- publican Anti-Civil Servic> League. Mr. Baker then asked Mr. Roosevelt a one. Mr. Roosevelt said that when Sec- | 2Umber of questions, which were promptly retary Herbert came in the clerks in the navy yards had been turned out and new ones put in their places, as had been the case | °2"t to fcrmerly upon a change of administration, and a great “eerie” gentlemen came in, too, said Mr. Roosevelt. He said that a good many of these “eerie” gentlemen were being weeded out and the force was great- jy_improved. Mr. Roosevelt remarked that when a man = cuereet a an — —. al- lege tha ‘or political or religious rea- sons. He_ instanced one case in which three men ‘were discharged, one a Catholic, another a Protestant and a third a Hebrew. answered. A reference was made to the memoranda Mr. Roosevelt by Chief Clerk Bailey of the chief examiner's division of the civil service commission, and Mr. Roosevelt was asked if he had furnished a copy of that memoranda to any one. He replie® promptly that he had not done so. Th2 committee remained in session until nearly 1 o'clock, when it adjourned to meet at 10 o’cluck Thursday morning. —_—_—_——_—-2—___—_. Blamed by Major Armes. Major George A. Armes, U. 8. A., retired, In each of these cases letters were sent to |has again sprung into notoriety through the department uileging that tne discharge | his efforts to have Lieut. W. P. Duvall, 5th was for religious reasons. Mr. Roosevelt created considerable amuse- ment in telling of his experience with civil tried by court-martial, and his service reform while a police commissioner | Gen. J. M. Schofield, retired, for the action Of New York city. It was to ilustrate the alleged to have been taken by them in the PI of a general cducational test cn | matter of Major its for positicns as pollvemea. Ap- | brevet rank of lieutenant colonel for meri- iprlicants for Pastis ‘a. brief tate. trou sor ese Ageia tee eee It is ment of the life of that Abraham Lincoln wes president of | his failure to receive the long-coveted the southern confederacy, one said he Armes’ FINANCIAL. SMALL INVESIMENT-FULL Pat Stock peer | 6 per cent interest tm $100 denenitna secu by improved real extate STATES BUILI st. nw PUT AWAY A. PART OF YOUR Wages * Bank And be sure of havin thi ™ fei Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. 27-15 NG AND LOAN Ass ved up ¥- BARROS. ROSS, 1225 WM. GURLEY. i. GURLEY & BAR BROKFRS. York. Correspond ER, COOPER & CO. Members of y YORK STOCK ENCULAN Stocks, Bonds and Local Securities Bought and Sold—Cash o en oo to New York. Marg! phone 200. hn hb own may be required, and at varying from 3 to 6 per cent location and secarits. No delns person or by Lette B. H. WARNER & ©0., Ja25-1m we F Apply by Mutua! Commission Co. New York Stocks. Mining Securities a Specialty. OFFICE: HOTEL LAWRENCE. 3026-6r* 3. W. PUMPHREY, Mgr, Mon PMS FROM § AT LOWEST RATS OF INTERES REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0. HOLTZMAN, _Sat-tt ©OR. 10TH AND’ F STS. N.W. WOWEY TO LOAN Being the Washing‘on representatives of fon® of the largest saving banks of Baltimore, Md.,| together with our priate elientage, we are pared to entertain all iret-class lonns at « mum cost to the borrow or. Wescott, Wilvox & Hieston,: ae Se ee =. Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers (ESTABLISHED 1858), 1315 F STREET N. W., SUN BVILDING, * FOR! AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. BONDS AND STOCKS. CABLE TRANSFERS. LETTER: OF CREDIT. _jal4tm Perpetual Building Association. In Operation Sixteen Years. Assets - = = = $1,750,811.32. Liabilities - - 1,609,224.89. Surplus = = = = = 141,586.43 Doing mor: business than ever before. sloney taken at all times, No back dues. ing 5 per cunt per annum. CHARLES ©. DUNCANSON, President. JOHN COOK, Secretary, 506 11ih st. now, jul3-1m . Pose C. T. 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No de- lay in closing loans. p2i-tt HEISKELL & McIERAN, 1008 F st. ei oss Money Mrs. Mary Davis, 940 Florida avenue, has made report of a theft comri house yesterday. She informed the that $11 disappeared fvom one of th in the house, and that an umbrella was taken from the hall. on es jend Took His Wheel. Cornelius A. Berkeley, who } 2416 15th sirest northwest, hi police to recover his bicycle for him. Ac-{ cording to his statement, he met with an} aécident near 13th strect and Massachu- setts avenue, aad was rendered uncon | scious. H» was removed to the Emergency Hospital, and his wheel was turned over to a man who claimed he was a friend of his. The man did not send the wheel to its owner. at No, s asked the —— Mrs. Lanc’s Condition Improved. Mrs. Thomas P. Lane, the daughter of Senator Blackburn, whose relapse after nearly recovering from the effects of her accidental wound made her condition aiarming, passed a comparativ: quiet night last night, and this morning Senator Blackburn stated that he felt much en: couraged over her improvement. It is be: lieved that the critical period in her itIness, whtch has been caused by the formation of an abscess in the neighborhood of the wound, has now passed by. —____- e-_____ The United States district attorney at San Francisco has begun a suit against the “World Powder Pool” as a combina-, tion in restraint of trade. CASTORIA Infants and Children. SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILB SIGNATURE OF . Chas. H. Fletcher _1S ON THE WRAPPER CP EVERY BOTTLE oF PITCHERS CASTORIA TUR CENTAUR COMPANE. 17 Mermay ot, 3. %4 mr .

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