Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1898, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1898—12 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ‘WEDNESDAY February 2, 1898. itor. CROSBY 8s. = THE EVENING STAR a regular and anent Family Circulntior other Washington fies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has ne competitor. w7Im order to avoid delnys, on nc- count of perso: basen THE STAR sho not be a te any individual connect-d with the office, it simply to THE STAR, or to or Business Depart- = Our Visit. from Cartagena brings this “Prior to the sailing of the first-class armored cruiser Vizcaya for the United States. the admiral made speech to the crew, in which he sai ou are charged with a mission of peace. Why, of course. But why charge a Span- ish warship with any mission at all to the United States at this time? There is rothing here calling for any such demon- stration. Everything is secure and serene in American ports. No fear of Spain any- where exists. No pacific assurances of any kind are necessary. As well have started a warship across to tell us the time of day by Spanish clocks. This diplomatic talk disguises nothing. The Vizcaya comes here because the Maine has gone to Havana. Spain did not desire the presence of an American warship at Havana. ¢ really resented the decision of this government which dispatched the Maine to Havana. And so, in effect, she now says to the United States: “Following your example of visiting without invita- tion I am coming to see you.” But there is all the difference in the world between the visit of the one ship and that of tne other. The mission of the Maine at Havana is truly one of peace. She has gone there to help command the Peace. which is threatened by a discon- tented and turbulent Spanish population. American lives and property are imperilled, und American protection is due them. The is widely known. But in no m port is the peace threatened. are able to command it everywhere thout outside assistance. Slowly but surely the Cuban question is superior to all merely diplomatic © ntionalities. The United States seeks no 4 rel with Spain. Her three years’ toleration of a condition of affairs at her dvors which has shocked all mankind is proof itself of her patience and friendii- ness toward Spain. No other power would in such circumstances have shown a simi- lar forbearance. But there must be an early end either to this forbearance or to the Cuban war. If Spain cannot put an end to the war she must put an end to her efforts to do so. Matters are reaching that point where both self-interest and human- ity, not to mention a genuine sympathy for people struggling for freedom and self- government, will imperatively require the Urited States to declare for peace in Cuba, and im terms not to be misunderstood. ——- 70 al ac Legislation. Representative Shafroth of Colorado un- dertook yesterday in the House to legislate for the District by the application of an almanac. He wanted to reduce the number ef policemen on the local force and brought forward certain alleged statistics from a opaedia of police matters, 1. to prove that this communi- ty is I Ny overrun with patrolmen, watchmen and guards of all kinds, and that im proportion to the population the istrict of Columbia has the largest police force in this count Mr. Shafroth made the mistake of seeking to apply old and perhaps unreliable statistics to modern con- ditions and alse of omitting from his com- putations the very important item of the area to be patrolled. There is a persistent dency on the part of some legislators to consider the capital as coniined solely to ty limits, forgetting or deliberately garding the great and populous space nd to the District line, that must be pa- trolled and that is rapidly assuming city Especially in the matter of or is it necessary that the pan area should be policed carefully. This requires a larger force than though the same number of people were crowded together within a comparatively restricted area. as is the case in some of the cities that were mentioned by Mr. Shafroth yes- terday in the course of his unsuccessful at- tempt to cut down the police force. It is unjust to include among the peace pre- servers of the capital, as did Mr. ~..afroth, the force of watchmen and policemen strictly under the control of the govern- ment. There is a large amount of prop- erty in this city that requires special pro- tection. The government buildings need heavy forces of guards, and this fact, pecu- liar to the community and not to be evaded in any event. necessarily tends to swell the apparent amount of police protection in Proportion to the population. A fairer basis of estimate and comparison would ve t value of the property that is to be guarded. as qualified by the area to be covered -h thes@ elements taken fully into consideration it is plain that the House acted properly yesterday when it refused to heed Mr. Shafroth’s plea for a smaller force. On the other hand, the force should be materially increased. Far more sub- stantial reasons for such a course are at hand than for the least reduction. ———_+ +e —____ There is a strong temptation for the con- gressman who desires to impress his con- stituents with the idea that he is an econ- omist ond financier to arise and try td make an example of the District of Colum- bia. nv ———__ +++ ___ It begins to look as if all Mr. Leiter has to do is to hold on to his wheat until he gets Ured of making money. ——_-_~s0e Chaos im Boston. If the citizens of Boston do not imme- diately lake steps to secure the burial of all electric wires of every description with- in the limits of that municipality they will prove themselves utterly blind to the plain- est warning that could be given to intelli- gent human beings. The storm that has just visited that city brought with it far more (damage than that caused by the snow, the wind and the cold. Those ele- ments were bad in their direct effects, but if Boston had possessed, as every modern city should possess, a com- plete conduit system for the conduction of electricity, there would have been no se- rious inconvenience from the atmospheric disturbance. It is well for the residents of other communities that have not fully learned the lesson of wire burial to note briefly the facts in the Boston case. Practically every rapid transit car line in the city was disabled by reason of fail- ing currents and failing poles and wires. ‘These lines are supplied by overhead elec- tric currents, and where they were not ab- solutely shut off from their power their tracks were blockaded. Horses were killed by scores by electric shocks from falling and falien wires, and herse car service was impossible. Thus the city was for many hours without means of transporta- tion, and at a time when transportation ‘Was at a premium of necessity. ‘The wires that fell cut off the city’s light. ‘The mayor ordered the turning off of every current except in the mile square in the center of the city that is equipped with conduits. Boston in darkness, with the wtreets blocka¢ed end with other facilities interrupted, was a wilderness, full of dan- ger and at the mercy of thieves, incendia- ries and rioters. The fire alarm service was crippled and two large conflagrations were practically unchecked owing to the lack of means of getting engines to work. Not only was it almost impossible to send the alarms, but the wire and current barriered streets pre- vented quick access. The city was isolated from all means of communication with the outside world. The falling of telephone and telegraph wires prevented the dispatching of any news of the situation for many hours. The train service was for a long time utterly worthless, owing to the fact that not only were the tracks frequently blockaded by poles and wires across them, but because it was unsafe to dispatch trains without ample signaling facilities. Human life was lost. Millions of dollars in property values vanished. The street railroad corporation places its loss at halt a million. One of the two fires destroyed $100,000 worth of property. There is no possible estimate to be made of the losses to commerce from the lack of transporta- tion and communication during the hours of Boston's paralysis. Probably one-fourth of the total sacrifice to the storm would pay for a complete conduit instaliation that would forever prevent any repetition of this experience. Washington needs such an equipment. The interests involved here are peculiarly important. If such a disaster as that which has just been. suffered by Boston should occur locally while Congress was sitting—as would be most likely—not’ only would this community suffer beyond de- scription, but the country would be shut off for many hours and perhaps for days from all knowledge of what Congress was doing. There should be no delay in pro- viding for such an equipment that this contingency would be rendered impossible. ———»r+>—___ Hammering Down Telephone Rates. ‘The House yesterday did what it has done several times in the past with regard to local telephone rates. It decreed that here- after the highest rate charged for the an- nuai use of a telephone in the District shall be $50, with lower rates when more than one instrument is on the same wire. The Senate has regularly maintained the high rates now in operation here by refusing to legislate upon this subject. It is thus to be expected that there will be another clash between the two houses on this subject. Though an appropriation bill is not the most appropriate place for such legislation it is clear that it is the surest method of securing results on this long-neglected sub- ject. That the local rates for telephone use are high is a well-established fact. That there is a general demand for lower rates is evident. That the Congress has the right to lower them is certain. The telephone company has done practically nothing to popularize the ‘phone and to extend its use to the houses of the citizens to the full pos- sible extent. It has created a so-called measured service and has provided a num- ber of slot instruments, but from these de- vices it receives a large return and the en- terpfise does not tend in the desired direc- ton of giving tht people freer access to this convenient and almost necessary aid to modern existence. The Star took occasion recently to call at- tention to the injudicious action of the tele- phone company in ratsing an issue between itself and the proprietor of a local hotel whom it sought to prevent from permitting his guests to use the house telephone. An echo of that matter was heard in the course of the debate in the House yesterday, when Representative Berry, who led the fight for cheaper "phones, complained that he was forced to drop a dime in a siot whenever he wished to use the telephone at the hotel where he is I:ving. Incidentally it is curious to observe such a well-informed man as Mr. Dockery making the astounding statement in the debate that the telephone rates in force in the District are fixed by the Com- missioners. The ‘phone rates, like the gas rates and the street car fares, it may be well to observe for the information of Mr. Dockery and others in both houses who are not acquainted with the facts, are all sub- ject only to the regulation of Congress. If the Commissioners had control of the mat- ter it is safe to assert that the telephone rates would long ago have been cut down to a reasonable figure. Six Weeks of Winter. Six weeks of bad weather are promised by the appearance of the sun today. The rays that shone on this city are supposed by the folk-lore meteorologists to have giv- en the ground hog warning of the cold days to come, and he is believed by tradition to have scampered back to his place of hi- bernation. Inasmuch as the winter has only just begun, it is not altogether discour- againg to find that the disagreeable season, according to this often accredited authority, will last only six weeks. —_—_++e____ A Representative has hinted in Congress that some sections of Washington are dis- criminated against in the matter of im- provements. Even this is not so objection- able as the disposition to discriminate against the entire city which sometimes manifests itself. —-— + + Eurepe sometimes reflects with severity upon the lynchings which occur in this ccuntry. It may be observed that few or these cases have given rise te much more doubt and suspicion than have resulted from the trial of Captain Dreyfus. ———_~+ += —___ ‘The blizzard was less severe in Washing- ton than .n other cities. The impression may have gone abroad that a town which contains Congress has trouble enough. ————2+e—___. Mr. Reed is human and is Hable to err. But it must be admitted that he does not stoop to many subterfuges for avoiding re- sponsibility. —__ + ++____ It would be more than Spain’s usual for- bearance to let the death of Ruiz go with a single avenging if further opportunities arise. ——_—__-_ + ++ ____. The coal trust can now look at the ther-” meometer and joyously reflect that every- thing comes to him who waits. ———_+ e+ —___ Civil Service Object Lessons. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt yesterday testi- fied before the senatorial civil service in- vestigatirg committee that under the spoils regime in the navy yards furniture designed for certain ships of war cost ten times as much as it should. A bureau for a mcnitor was billed to the department |} as costing $400. The outfit for that ship cost $6,000. The explanation was that the men who made these articles had been engaged during a political campaign and had to be kept at work somehow, and so they were turned in on furniture, regard- less of their qualifications for cabinet making. This instance serves as a type of the whole spoils system. Clerks that are appointed solely because of their poilti- cal influence are likely to prove as costly to the government in the end as mechanics hired simply because they have votes. There is no line safely to be drawn be- tween the men who make bureaus that cost $400 and the men who,make cterical mis- takes that cost thousands. But the civil service system not only tends to prevent the engagement of grossly incompetent mistake-making helpers. It serves to in- crease the absolute efficiency of the clerical force. Mr. Roosevelt instanced the case of a navy yard where after the installa- tion of civil service rules certain clerical work was accomplished by five men that had occupied ten previously. These cases are of record. Many more are available to illustrate the positive gain to the gov- errment by the pursuit of civil service methods. But the civil service law is not in need of object lessons for defense. Most of the opponents of the law do not deny the facts alleged in its behalf. They admit them and declaré that they are the very reasons for the repeal of the statute. If the civil service law prevents the hiring of useless mechanics in navy yards just prior to elections, and the consequent man- ufacture of $400 bureaus, then the civil service law is a bad thing and should be abclished. If that law enables the naval authorities or any other government of- ficials to do their clerical work with less force than formerly then the law is in- cendiary and descrves immediate repeal. > 6 —___—_ The news of discoveries in the Klondike is less hopeful than formerly. It is inti- mated that the losses of fingers by frost mcre than balance the recent finds of gold. ——— + o> —__-_ “Pop” Anson will not wait to be vindi- cated by the records when he asserts that this is one of the coldest winters Chicago ever experienced. SHOOTING STARS. What More is Needed? “I don’t see,” said one of a group of con- gressmen from far away, “why Washing- ton should want any money.” “Well, you k._.¥,"” ventured the resident, “dt has a reputation to sustain as a great and beautiful city.” “I know that. But aren’t we here?” A Street Railway Conversion. He talks no more of Klondike, Where gold and icebergs are Since he rode out in the blizzard On the platform of the car. “I dunno,” remarked Piute Pete. “I'm Leginnin’ to feel kind o’ doubtful about that case.” “Ye mean about that hoss thief we jes’ "tended to.” “Yes.” “But he confessed.”” “I know ft. An’ it wasn’t tell he con- fessed that I had doubts. circumstances whatsomever under which I'd take his word fur anything.” There ain't no Obliging. “How dare you approach me with a re- quest for money, when there is so much to be earned by shoveling snow?” “Do you object to bein’ approached?" in- quired Meandering Mike. “I do, most emphatically.” “Well, I’m anxious to please. long as you don’t call the deal clear off, if you'll gimme yer name, I'll get off at a distance an’ call you up by telephone.” An’ as The Objectio: “Give me the man who sings at his work!’ exclaimed the cheery citizen. “He is the person whose temperament has my sympathy and approval, every time.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Blitters, “I don’t ob- ject to the man who sings at his work, so long as he confines himself to that. What annoys me is to have him come in and in- sist on singing at my work.” Passive. I'm not worryin’ any; Ain't expected to. That's what politic'ans Is gittin’ paid to do. I'm patient, though I’m yieldin” To discontentment some; I'm sittin’ an’ a-waitin’ Fur prosperity to come. Hosses in the stable; Wagon in the shed. Pigs is all a-squealin’ Fur the want o’ bein’ fed. Haven't been to market, Stayin’ right to hum; Sittin’ an’ a-waitin’ Fur prosperity to come. —-_+ += —__ Changing the Date of Inauguration, From the Chicago Record. March 4 is probably the very worst time of year in Washington for inauguration ceremonies. Then, if ever, is the weather likely to be disagreeable for outdoor ex- ercises. Not only is the pleasure of this great event marred in consequence, but eolds and serious sickness are the price which many must pay for seeing the Presi- dent of the United States tnducted into of- fice. A month later the air of Washington is balmy and pleasant. ‘The sensible thing to @o under such cir- cumstances {s to change the date of inau- guration. The only difficulty is that this necessitates the adoption of a consuitutional amendment, which it is by no means easy to secure. Senator Hoar, however, has in- troduced a resolution for a constitutional amendment extending the time of President McKinley's administration and of the next Congress from March 4 to April 30, which thereafter would bring the te of inaugu- cation upon April 30. ‘This amendment should be adopted. If it 1s not, the only rcason will be, as demonstrated on prev- icus occasions, that our machinery for amending the federal constitution is too cumbersome for use. It is well to have this attempt made again to see whether an amendment to which there is absolutely no objection can be carried into effect. In order to become a part of the constitution the amendment proposed by Senator Hoar must be approved by two-thirds of cach house of Congress and ratified by the legis- latures of three-fourths of the states. ——_+ + A Question of Handwriting. From the New York Post. It is clear that the Dreyfus case turns very largely on a question of handwriting, and the chances for deception in this are notoriously great. It must be said that seme of the inferences of the French tri- bunal on this subject were uncommonly lke the reasoning in the famous trial in “Alice ir. Wonderland.” It will be remem- bered that there, too, a letter, containing a set of verses, was the chief thing: “Are they in the prisoner’s handwriting?” ed another of the jurymen. No, they’re not,” said the White Rabbit, “and that’s the queerest thing about it.” (The jury all looked puzzled.) “He must have imitated somebody else’a hand,” said the king. ened up again.) “Please your majesty,” said the Knave, “I didn’t write it, and they can’t prove I dtd; there’s no name signed at the end.”” “If you didn’t sign it,” said the king, “that only makes the matter worse. You must have meant some mischief, or else you'd have signed your name like an hon- est ma: There was a general clapping of hands at this; it was the first really clever thing the king had said that day. “That proves his guilt,” said the queen. ———++e—___ (The jury all bright- One of Virgini: From the Kansas City Star. ‘The anti-flirting bill in Virginia was not exactly in tre line of sumptuary legislation, but as it interfered with a privilege even more sacrej than the right of free eating and drinking it was properly turned down in the senate by the decisive vote of 24 to 9%. This result was required by all of the traditions regarding the loveliness of Vir- ginia’s women and the chivalry of its men. Sacred Rights. —_++e—___ Left-Handed Patriotism. From the Providence Journal. What is patriotism in comparison with business? The thrifty manufacturers of , it ts now discovered, have been shipping rifies to the Afridis by way of the Persian gulf, to be used in c 2 ing the progress of the British troops. -_ Bait-Digging. From the Boston Transcript. ‘There would be a great-many more rich not hay antipathy ‘Wrong Weapons. A car in Pennsylvania é with png in eae ee w. gredt mndred. Ameri == D> r that Only $: B her 20 r Ww ° ° * coceees felt, 4 notice is possi! = of i 1 come quick Pa Ae a ne Jikenessee—novel poses—and the +e postal for HOT heck: the best tary sl waren Satay Sah Samual ea Mata t tar } eee ee eee & Chatelaines : The Rage! hatelaines are the fashional'te opened a love and Chatelaine Ornaments. Extreme- ly low prices bave been marked on these Dew goods, For instance: $3 50 te a fad amor oat! We've just ly link of Chatelaines Silver Chate- . for 5S ornaments. Handsome Sterling Silver Chatelaine Ornements, T5c., $1 and $1.50. laines, Only §$R. Harris &Co., SCor. 7th and D Sts. JER IEALEA ROD YO, TO RON TE ROTO HE ER i ©7Finest quality—lowest prices. Wax Candles- Fancy Shades styles—newest designs—shades and match the decorations of boudoirs. inty tints to low, here, for them. PBERRIES—put up in the pnre juice of the frait—extra fine berrles—very * toothsome. In quart glass jare. Magruder, Cor. Conn. Ave. and M St. fel-m,w,f-28tt Perera a if Your Glasses Pinch Your Nose —or if you have trouble with their falling off, call and we'll correct the fault. All our frames are fitted to give the greatest com- fort. |M°Allistere Feast Opticians,*131 1” Fst. MTT nr aie anni ona EVERYTHING FINE FOR THE TABLE. Not only choice, native Beef, Lamb and Veal, Fresh Vegetables and Fruits and Products—but all kinds of Staple len and Table Delicacies as well. Everything fresh and good — here. prices are always very reasonable. a G7 Orders called for and delivered—free. M. G. Jerman & Son. Home! tarket ¥,2253.! S.E. cor. 11th and I sts. nw. fe2-m,w,t.3m SVD O OO 99999395 DS Creams Molded ? In All Sorts of. § | é Dairy Grocert Novel Shapes. We have a variet: of pleasi molds in which te form aS i Ices for Teas, Receptions, Dinners, ete. When you entertain let us send these ree individual Creams. $1 dozen. $8 nndred. EF Fuscell’s Cigars’ are famous for their purity—and<rich? delicious flavor. can Creams—only $1.20 gallon. Fussell’s,\% N. Y. Ave. fe2-w.T,m,28 occCoCOeco OO OO DOOD] Irresistible’ Butter. Prices. Little won: that “MATCHL CREAMERY” BUTTER Ix making #0 many friends when prices are x0 low. ly $1.40 for 5-Ib, boxes of this de- Helous butter—and ‘in mfdwinter, too. ut, then, prices are always lowest Q Q ; Q B-1b. boxes, $1.40. re. PF Orders by mail and telephone de- livered promptly. D. Wm. OYSTER, 340 CENTER MARKET—75 WESTERN MARKET. e2-w weeeee REMOVAL SALE: BARGAINS! Going to dispose of just as mnch stock 8 possille prinr to our moving six doors abore. 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Delicious Home-= Made Bread. Woodward “oa Lothrop, Toth, r1th and F Sts. N. W. _Until further notice, store closes at 5:30. Special Sale of S We shall place on sale tomorrow easonable Silks. several lots of rich silks, at prices considerably below those usually asked for same grades. These silks are especially desirable because of their excellent wearing qualities, and are suitable for house dresses, skirts, waists and wrap linings. 216 yards extra hea foned Brocades, very rich floral desigus. — == Regular Price, $2.00 a Yd. Special Price, $1.00. 143 yards SMk-and-woot Small-fgured Bengaline, navy with red. violet with green and brown with green. egular Price, $1.50 a Yd. Special Price, $1.00. : Also. 195 Yards $3 yards Warp-printed Brocades, dark ground colow with beautiful floral designs. Regular Price, $2.00 a Yd. Special Price, $1.00. 89 yards Figured Armure Brocade, black with heliotrope, green and blue; leaf design. Regular Price, $1.50 a Yd. Special Price, $1.00. Jasper Surah, . Black and white, giving a beautiful silver-gray effect. Especially de- sirable on account of its softness and excellent wearing qualities, for house dresses and wrappers. Imported to Sell for $1.00 a Yard. Special Price, 69c. a Yard. First floor. Hand-Embroidered Handkerchiefs. We have purchased and shall offer tomorrow four lots of Laundered and Unlaundered All-linen Hand- embroidered Handkerchiefs that are particularly attractive. They are em- broidered by hand on superior grades of linen by Irish peasants and are extraordinarily good values: Women’s Unlaundered All-linen Hand- kercbiefs, hand embroidered and bem- atitehed. | Each........ Women’s Unlaundered kesehlefs, da! ttle. En | T2$c, ‘Aildinen | Hand- Women’s Laandered and Unlauodered All-linen Hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs, _ hemstitched, some plain, some lace trimmed: % rahe. and 1inch bema. 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Each. oiseee : 75¢- Muslin Gowns, empire style, lapels of all-over embroidery, embroidery and: insertion across front rafile of embroidery on neck and 8gec Regular price, $1.00. Kac . Second Moor, Special Sale of Turkish Rugs. In order to get room for the spring stock of Rugs, we have decided to sell our present line of Turkish Rugs at very decided reductions from former prices. These Rugs are the genuine Turkish, the designs and colorings are such as are seen only in fine goods. Turkish Rugs last a lifetime. 25 Daghestan and Art Gendji- Bugs (no two alike), in a varlety of sizes and in ebolce culor- lugs and destgns. $12.00. Were $15.00 to $18.00. 50 Daghestan Rugs, heavy quality, exquisite de- signs and soft colorings. $10.00. Were $13.50 and $15.00. 40 Carabangh Rugs, fm an extensive range of typically Turkish designs and colorings. $7.80. Were $9.00 and $10.00. Upholstery Dept.—Seeond floor. Valentines. Dainty bits, sentimental and aglow with the very spirit ofthe day. 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