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W. 720 7th aplé-20d “NUTCOA —a product of the nnt—ts rap- idly superseding stch substane-s as butte apounds of ani Always sweet and sid everywhere bj ALL GROCERS. “4 fe28-1m,16 1325 F St. N.W. Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea sold at 50 cents a pound. If you taste it you will want it more than you will the money it costs. ABOARD OF CONTROL Proposed Reform in the Charity of | the District. PROPER SUPERVISION RECOMMENDED Report of the Joint Congressional Committee. RESULT OF LONG INQUIRY eee The congressional joint select committee to investigate the charities and reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia met this morving and made a report of the in- vestigations it has made under the au- thority contained in the District of Co- lumbia appropriation acts approved June 1, 189€, and March 3, 1897. Under these acts the joint select commit- tee was given authority, in part, as fol- lows: “That a joint select committee is hereby authorized, to consist of three senators, to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, which select com- mittee shall make investigation of the charities and reformatory institutions of the District of Columbia, and especially of those for which appropriations’ are made by this act, as respects their relations to the government cf the District of Columbia and to the United States, whether by spe- cial charter or otherwise, their efficiency, theic management and resources, whether by appropriations, investments or othe wise, and also what portion, if any, of 21 propriations heretofore made to them have been used for the purpose of maintaining or aiding, by payment for services, ex- | penses, or otherwise, any church or re- ligious denomination, or any institution or scciety which is under sectarian or ec- clesiastical control; whether such chari- table or reformatory institutions are effec- tive and economical in their organization, methods and expenditure to provide for the poor and destitute in the District of Co- lumbia; whether it is practicable fer the “ommissioners or other authority in the District to make contracts or to otherwise Frovide for such care of the poor and des- titute with any of said institutions, and, if so, which of them and to what extent, within the limitations of the policy herein- before declared; and, if not, the probable expense of providing and maintaining pub- lic institutions for such purpose.” t select committee consisted of ing members: Senators McMillan, ulkner and Martin; Repri S Pitney, Northway and Dockery. oramittee organized February the follo cha: sen Bay Ww ton of charities in the District of Colum- via. No Organization of Charities. “At aning of its investigation, “the committee was con- fact that there has never the been any organization of District charitie: h instituticn has been founded to meet Asa fronted by need the 1 more or less pressing. institutic without ¢ nd were maintained for a lo cr shorter time by the contri nevolent citi rule, ations cf ons of the SOS er philanthropic an1t When the or when the constituenc 13 care fer aid, : private for, appoals were and th ap- nse that at the the same > of which is fertan supported. oO to the the irs ty of s seven a en impossi it prog charities of the in operation lack of co-operation themselves and the ans for sup- ed amount of work, it nd as a re. District are far beh in other communit state of a do! carr the 4 not institutions them- every instanc records of part idividu; to the cause of charity. Amount of Benevolence. ring the pecu' affecting the District of Columbia, ng a compara nee on the part of so many the large influx to the ¢ s who have no real nount of public olence which it s s in communi- wealth {fs greater and where of residence of the individuai citi- been much longer. fact that Washington as ii r attracting surpris: and a e from all parts States, and the active and interest many of these peop! in District prilanthropy, mz sume that the amount of mone ple for charity in the District of Co- will increase considerably with ev- provided enly some system can h indivi s can be rious charitable works, n be assured that ly and effectively success of almost evefy insti- on with which the committee has been Ned upon to deal can be traced to the de- of one or more members of its board ement, and it would be a mistake ngress to adopt any measures which 1 to make all of the charities of rict purely government institution ‘At the same time the District owes to cer- tain of its dependents a duty which it should not scek to transfer to merely vol- organizations supported by private committee, therefore, would ne between the duty owed spe- “ally to society In taking care of cer- tain classes of dependents and that charity which may best be exercised by churches and benevolent organizations toward the poor and the needy with whom such or- g:nizations are brought into Immediate con- problems presented in the District bia, while both numerous and by no means incapable of solu- Indeed, most of the difficulties that now pressing for settlement here are tially similar to those that elther are ing various states and cities, or that ay" have 1 met elsewhere. More- over, the history of legislation in the Dis- trict of Columbia since the present form of government came into operation shows con vely that every one who has been tied upon to deal directly with the chari- of the District has recognized the prob- which have beset the committee, and urged the solution which the commit- tee now recommends. Information Vainly Sought. “The earliest reports of the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia make ap- peals to Congress for a central board of charities to co-ordinate the various insti- tutions, and to make suggestions for im- provement, so that Congress might act in- telligently in the matter of appropriations. “Congress iso bas repeatedly called upon the Commissicrers of the District for information which would enable that body to deal with District charities in a com- prehensive manner, but hitherto the ex- pected results have not been reached. In 1889 Congress did authorize the appoint- ment of a superintendent of charities, and charged him with the duty of investigation and report. Unfortunately, however, the task was beyond the powers of any one man. ‘The superintendent of charities, ha: ing behind him no board of intiuential cit- izens whom he could interest in the prob- lems which he found pressing for solution, and whose recommendations to Congress would carry weight, has often been com- pelled, seemingly, to antagonize the boards of trustees of the various charitable insti- tutions, each of which beards was. strug- gling to obtain for its particular “institu- tion the largest possible appropriation. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, whose advisory and executive officer in the Matter of charities the superintendent nominally is, have always found the mul- titude: of their duties so pressing that they have never at uny time been able to give the subject any consideration whatever be- yond urging Congress to place the whole mitter in competent hands and confessing their own inability to do justice to so grave a subject. It is in this way that the com- mittee accounts for the chaotic condition that at present exists in the District. Board of Charities Recommended. “The committee, therefore, recommends, 2s the first step toward the efficient reor- ganization of the District charities, tie appointment of a beard of charities, to be composed of five residents of the District of Columbia. This board should have the power to visit and inspect all institutions that receive appropriations from Congress and that are of a charitable, eleemosynary, correctional or reformatory character. This board should be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and no payment for the care, support and maintenance should be made to such char- itable, eleemosynary, correctional or re- formatory institutions for any inmate of such institutions who is not received and retained therein pursuant to the rules established by the board of charities. “The legislation herein proposed is that which has been incorporated in the new constitution of the state of New York, an instrument which undoubtedly represents the best thought of the day on such mat- ters. This board should have the power to elect its own officers, and to gppoint a secretary to take the'place of the present superintendent of charities; and also-to appoint such other officers, inspectors and clerks as may be deemed necessary and proper and to fix their compensation, such officers to hold office during the pleasure of the board. The members of the board should serve without salary, but should be entitled to the expenses incurred while in the actual performance of their duties. The records of the board and its proceed- ings, and copies of all papers and docu- ments in its possession and custody, when duly authenticated, should be recefved in evidence in the same manner and like effect as deeds regularly acknowledged and proven. The board should have power to issue subpoenas, which, when authenticated by its president and secretary, should be obeyed and enforced in the same manner as subpoenas are enforced by the order or mandate of a court of record. Duties of the Proposed Bonrd. “The duties of the board should be to aid in securing the humane and economical ad- ministration of all institutions subject to its supervision; to advise the officers of such institutions in the performance of their various duties; to aid in the securing and erection of suitable buildings for the accommodation of the inmates of such in- stitution, to approve or disapprove the or- ganization and incorporation of all institu- tions of a charitable, eleemosynary, correc- tional or reformatory character which are, or shall be, subject to the super jon and inspection of the board; to investigate the Management of all institutions made sub- ject to the supervision of the board, and the conduct and efficiency of the officers or persons charged with thelr management, and the care and relief of the inmates of such institutions therein or in transit: to aid in securing the best sanitary condition of the buildings and grounds of such insti- tutions, and advise measures for the pr ervation and Protection of the health act the inmat lishment trial, educ tutions having the care of children as are best suited to the needs of the inmates; to blish rules for the reception and reten- tion of the inmates of all institutions Ject to the supervision of the board to Igate the condition of the poor se to adminis support proper! lect ng instl- king vise measures for their relief; er laws providing for the care, nd removal of the poor who are dependents of other states; to col- utistieal information with respect to receipts and expenditures of all insti- tutions, societic associations subject to its supervisio ndition of the inmates thereof, poor receiving public rellef, “The board should further be empowered to take proofs and hear testimony rel to any matter before it, or before member of the board upon an t of in- spection, The members of the board should have full access to the grounds, buildings, books and papers of all Institutions subject to the care of the board, and should have the power to require from the officers and persons in charge thereof any information that may be deemed necessary in the dis- of its duties; also the board should prepare regulations according to which, and provide blank forms upon which, such information shall be furnished in a clear, uniform and prompt manner for the nse of the board. “Provision should be made tas the punishment of any officer or empl d and th and the of an institution who shall unlawfully ye fuse to admit any member, officer or in- spector of the board for the purpose of vis- itation and inspection, or who shall refuse or neglect to furnish the information re- quired by the board or any of its members, officers or inspectors. “The members aud officers of the board should be prohibited from being interested, directly or indirectly, in the furnishing of materials, labor or supplies for the use of any District charitable institution. The board should make to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia an annual re- port covering its work for the year, and also suggestions for the improvement of the work of charitable and reformatory in- stitutions, which report should be submit- ted to Congress with such recommendations as the Commissioners might suggest. An Aid to Congress. “In advocating the creation of a general board of supervision the committee has had in view, as one object, the gathering and presenting of such information as will en- able the committees of Congress to have an intelligent survey of the whole field. This result Congress has often striven for in the past, but has never attained. As a conse- quence the appropriation committees have been compelled annually to organize them- selves into committees on charities, and to hear presented the claims of each individual organization. Without knowledge of local conditions and needs, with a membership changing from time to time, and without having given to the subject that study of systems and methods absolutely essential to obtain the best results, the appropriation committees have given or withheld aid as moved by temporary considerations. The result has been often to stifle private benev- olence by {ll directed appropriations; often to lead gnstitutions to place upon their boards pérsons whose influence in Congress, rather than their knowledge of or interest in charities, was the first consideration in the selection. Defect In the Present System. “The present organization of the office of superintendent of charities does not satisfy this need. The superintendent may be a thoroughly trained and efficient officer; or, on the other hand, he may be a man ap- pointed primarily for political considera- tions. He may have an adequate system, or, again, he may be the advocate of some system that has been a fallure elsewhere. SUll, again,he may prefer to draw his salary. and let matters run along as they have been going,knowing that any attempt on his part to make a change would result in mak- ing enemies for himself. In any event, he has to take his place before the deanna: tion committees, and in the hurry and bus- tle of the consideration of appropriation bills to present, in the fraction of an hour, principles and their applications on which he has spent months of study: and such presentation must often be made in seem- ing antagonism to the boards of the par- ticular institugon with which he is deal- ing. Such have been the disadvantages un- der which the office of the superintendent of charities has been laboring ever since it was created, and such, in part, are the rea- sons why it has proved inadequate to its duties. “Another reason for the ineffectiveness of the present office of superintendent of char- ities Is the fact that the superintendent has no power to enforce proper miethods in the conduct of institutions and in the admis- sion of inmates, Such a power is too great to*intrust to any one man, but it might as properly be intrusted to a board as the Power to regulate the admission to the public schools is intrusted to a board. More Home Rule for the District, “Moreover, the committee belleves that the District of Columbia fs entitled fo the largest amount of self-government con- sistent with the supervision of Congress over all the concerns of the capital city. In the case of charities, where the ap- Propriations already amount to nearly half a million dollars a year, it is quite as proper to have a hoard of charities as it is to have a board of school inspectors. The people of the District are keenly alive to the importance of such a centralizing agency to promote efficiency and to correct the present abuses. Before the committee came the secretary. of the Associated Charities (a most efficient organization, wholly supported by residents of the Dis- trict, that Is constantly providing for the poor), who strongiy advocated a board of charities, such @s is now in operation in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Minnesota and other stetes. Local Sentiment for the Board. “The charities committee of the Wash- ington board of trade also advocated the establishment of a board of charities, and presented the draft of a bill that is less comprehensive and less definite than that Proposed by this committee. A committee from the Washirgton Civic Center also ap- peared befor the committee to advocate the establishment of a board, citing in- stances of lack of care for real depend- ents. The Medical Association of the Dis- trict of Columbia, in a communication printed in connection with this report, urge the establishment of such a board to cor- Tect the serious abuses they point out in aoe administration .of medical charities. The board of children’s guardians discuss the same question in its relation to their work among the dependent children and present strong arguments to prove the ad- vantages of a general supervision of the instrumentalities for child-caring. Those Séekingg Aid. “The need of some system for dealing with the entire subject of District charities is made apparent by the size of the figures representing the dependent population of Washington. During 1896 no few than 26,600 persons were treated in District hospitals, supported wholly or in part from the public treasury, Adding the number treated in dispengaries and by the physi- cians to the poor, the total number of per- sens receiving medical treatment in public institutions was 58,180, or about 21 per cent of the population, To this number should be added 1,014 children in subsi- dized institutions, 1,342 women who were admitted to subsidized homes, and 6,5. men who were provided for at public ex- pense, making a total of 67,083 persons who received care in iistitutions wholly or partly supported from congressonal ap- propriations. The meuping of these figures is that during four years a number of per- sons at least equal to the entire population of the District of Columbia receives public aid. Nor do these figures include the blind, the deaf and dumb, or the insane. Even if no abuse existed in the admission of persons to the institutions, still ordinary humanity would suggest that where such large numbers of people are cared for by public institutions there should be some regulation of such agencies, with a view to making them most effective. “It will not be seriously questioned—in- deed, the authorities of the institutions ad- mit—that grave abuses exist in the matter of providing for those who are abundantly able to provide for themselves. The diffi- culty, however, is beyond the power of any ene institution to remedy; and so long as the size of congressional appropriations 1s based on the number of persons cared for, so long will each institution endeavor to at- tract to its doors as ‘many persons as pos- sible. It is manifestly a wrong to the com- munity thus to ercourage imposition and fraud; and it is also a wrorg to the tax- paycr of the District and to the treasury of the United States to allow so flagrant an abuse to continue.” The report then shows the operations of a system similar to the one the committee opeses for this city in New York. Some Existing Abuses. “The case of New York city,” the report says, “with its enormous influx of foreign- ers, Is paralleled by» that of Washington, with the great numbers of persons who an- nvally visit the seat of government to seek office, to prosecute claims or to enjoy the privilege of free care and treatment for which the city has become noted through- out the land. It has come within the ob- servation ef the committee that children are sent to Washington from states beyond the Mississippi to enjoy free asylum and hespital privileges; the statistics of the hospitals show that the ne!ghboring states take advantage of these privileges to a great degree, and the officers of institutions assert that In many instances patients are publicly assisted to come here. “It is stated that women have been knewn actually to spend three years in idleness in one public institution after an- other in the District, and the facilities for so doing are at hand. Under the present system a woman may come to Washington and with perfect. security from publicity may give birth to a child, and then herself receive years of support, while her child, without her intervention, can be passed through a chain of institutions that sup- port it for ecighteén years, largely at the cost of the District! ‘Such a system fs as bad for the individual as it is for the com- munity. While it may be impossible wholly to reform this abuse, yet it {s possible to minimize it by suitable rules regulating the admissions and discharges to public ineti- tutions. As the discussion of the situation proceeds, other arguments for the estab- lishment of a board of charities and the application of such a solution to existing problems will follow. The committee will new take up in some detail the questions submitted for its consideration in the act in accordance with which it was created. Sectarian Institutions. “One question asked in the act fs as fol- lews: “What portion, if any, of appropriations heretofore made to them (inetitutions) has been used for the purpose of maintaining or aiding, by payment for services, ex-" penses or otherwise, any church or relig- lous denomination, or any institution or g0- ciety which 1s under sectarian or ecclesias- came Providen pital 1 by “The Providence Hos: Is own 1 the Sisters of Charity of Bmmetsburg, Ace ard is conducted by them, The institution is not primarily a charfteble institution. Persons seeking hospital care are admitted at a charge for board and lodging varying according to the accommodations furnished, and, in addition, they pay for medical at- tendance such sums as may be agreed up- on between the physicians and the patients. Any physician hr good standing may send a@ patient to the and there treat him. The hospital algo recelves an income from medical students who attend clinics. “The United States has a contract with the hospital, by which the institution agrees to care for an average of ninety-five pa- tients sent by the eurgeon general of the army. and for thia service receives the sum of $19,000 anrually, «making the average daly cost to the government 54.9 cents per day per patient. District Patients. “It appears from the report of the san- J itary officer of the District of Columbia that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, 901 persons were admitted to the Prov- idence Hospital at the instance of the Dis- trict authoritics, and that the whole num- ber of patier.ts treated in the hospital dur- ing the year ending October 31, 1806, was 2,219. The hospital conducts an emergency service, admitting those persons who are brougat to the hospital by the police am- bulance or who make application for treat- rent. According to the testimony of Sur- geon General Sternberg, the hospital fur- nishes him a list monthly, showing the names of the patients and the date of their admission and discharge. “After the hospital has treatel ninety- five charity patients it is entitled to the ful proportion of one-twelfth of the an- nual apprerriation of $19.000. The average during 1896 was from 112 to 115 charity patients treated each day, but no greater sum than $19,000 per annum was paid. ‘The list furnished to the surgeon general morthly gives the names of the patients, their nativity and occupation, the disease from which they suffer, and the date of admission and date of discharge. Some cases remain for several days or several months; in other cases the patient is treat- ed and sent away on the same day. No Supervision. “Theoretically, all patients are admitted on the onier of the surgeon general tically, case® are admitted by the sist charge, who simply makes a repert to the surgeon géneral. There appears to be no acequate examination into the question as to whether the persons need treatment or whether they are sble to pay for treat- ment. The surgeon genera! exercises no real supervision over the admissiens, and the sanitary officer, without investigation, ply exercises his judgment as to send- g to the hospitat persons maxinz appiica tion at his office for free treatmeat. Ther: fore, while theoretically there ‘s a contract with the hospital providing for a certain nvmber of patients, and while the hospital a-doubtedly receives and cares for a num- of patients at least equal to the num- required, no measures are :aken to protect the government ag: imposition on the part of persons who se eo treat- ment when they are able to pay for ho: pital services. The annual contract, there- fore, is little more than a survival of the proper system as applied to hospital ad- missions. “As has been said, and operated by the Sisters chapel is maintained in ihe h ing, and there is a res probable that the pat dence Hospital do so with a full knowledge of the facts in the case so as religious connections of the h p concerned: and the reputaticn of the § of Char- ity for devotion in hesp' less draws many patients thither. “From the reports it would appear that all receipts of the large and incre: stitution. day by the on the other i covers the actua the hospital is top £ Charity. A al build- dered, and especially is this the c: view of the fact that the government appropriated 000 to pay in part for buildings. Other Sectarinn Institutions. “St. Ann's Infant Asylum.—This institu- tion receives $5,400 from congressional ap- propriation: s about cent of the total cost of maintenance. The insti- tution has from the date of Ms establi ment in 1863 materially aided the police department of the District in receiving and caring for abandoned infants. It is con- trolied by the Roman Catholic Church. “The St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum receives male children from St. Ann's In- fant Asylum, and has a_ population of about 100. It receives an annual appropri- ation of $1,800, the total cost of maint rance being, for 1896, $6,115 It is un- der the control of the Roman Catholic Chure : “St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum.— stitution was established about 18 vas incorporated by the act of February 25, 1 It receives no support from the government. Only on one occ: received an appropriation, and a gift of lands of the supposed stance ; value of $10,000 was made to it. 5t. Vin- cents receives the female children who come from the St. Ann’s. It is under the control of the Roman ( P Chureh- “St. Ros 1 School.— tution rv ‘ives from St. V incent’s han Asylum. The title to the land is in Clara Maloney). It has re- congressicnal appropriations for buildings and other improvements amount- ing to $20,000 and private gifts of la or money expended for lands to the amount Tt provides for between 60 and 70 girls, who learn dr From Congress it eee an annual approp tion of $4,000. F entire sup- port of the institution comes from Col gress, the private donations for the school in 1896 amounting to ». It is under the control of the Roman Catholi “The Church Orphanage of St. : parish owns property to the amount of about $40,000, about $10,000 ef which came from congressional appropriations. It has an endowment of $22,000, It receives from Congress an annua! appropriation of $1,500, and private gifts to the amount of about m0, the total cost of maintenance being 34/454 in 1806. ‘The institution is conducted under the auspices of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, the rector ef St. John’s Church being’ the warden of the board of trustees. Ihe trustees (except the treas- urer) must be laymen communicants of that church. s ‘The House of the Good Shepherd was organized in 18S1, and occupies property valued at about $70,000, of Ww! came from congressional approgtiations. Tt received in 1806 an income from congres- sional appropriations of $2, ganus received from the board of chil- dren’s guardians, the total income for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, being 36, 809.23. Inasmuch as the income from the of the inmates was $2,770.05, and a wor! a legacy of $1,000 was received, while the total cost of maintenance was 59.08, it would appear that the institution is sup- ported practically by the District. It is under the contro! of the Roman Catholic Church. “Tne Associaticn of Works of Mercy, under the control of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, receives an annual appro- priation of $1,800, the cost of maintenance of the institution beirg about $3,000 a year. The value of the property occupied is about $35,000, of which arrount $8,200 came from congressional appropriations. The amount received from private gifts during 1506 was $823.82. It would appear that ahout two- thirds of the annual income comes from the District funds. the Home for the Aged, conducted un- der the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church, occupies property valued at $260,- 000, of which amount $05,000 was appro- priated by Congress. It receives no appro- priaticn from Congress.” Recommendations as to Approprin= tions. _ The report reviews the question of an- nual appropriations for the relief of the poor, and says the committee recommend: “First. That a specific sum be appro- riated for physicians to the poor, and a further specific sum for medicines and printing prescriptions for physicians to the or. PerSecond. That no discretion be given to the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia to grant moneys to any institution in the District of Columbia, but that ali such grants be in accordance with specific appropriations for such purposes. “Third. That no appropriation be made for outdoor relief. “The committee suggest to the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia the ad- visability of the appointment of a smaller number of physicians to the poor, and the payment of salaries more in accordance with the duties they should perform; also that calls for physicians be left at the po- lice stations, under regulaticns prescribed by th the health office, in order to have some ~~ @ontinued on Twenty-second Page.) Alone Can linery and Wraps, ing entrancing bargains, and fresh, stylish goods, Some Skirt Specials. $3 Figured Brilliantine Skirts, $1.48. 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Mity = 23, Satin Waists, made, lined me pleate d_ patterns at *$3.98 UNTRIMMED HATS. aSesdossoasescessessententesengontententententonte Le i fo 3 = Rough Straw Sait ors, 9c. =. ’ . aol = ae : s than thiee times this ice neers. Ay = = Hats worth up to $2 for = = 98c. 2 ‘This is an imperter’s sample line—there “8 are nearly ten dozen, and ne tw alike ra —there are blacks and colors. Th est | sud most pleasing effects in fancy straw “¢ ound silk braids. AN mad ? wire frames. Your cho at RS z $ $1 Fine Chip Hats, 68c. = 100 dozen fne quality Chip Hate, in Mack an including all the latest includ- ing the Shep choice sour 68c, Specials in Flowers. American Beauty Roses,7c Splendid) qu: Sf Beauty Roses, wit ber stems—pinks. 1 and reds, 3 + erdess shape ef a norted Vio- with sprays of Bluets, le with beds and $3 ; Black Ostri ch Plumes, 12¢ lity Black Ize. Three-quarter a in “e wine impor 812-814 7th St. ee eases FAVOR ANGLO-SAXON UNION. Such an Allinnce Approved by AN Classes in Great Britain A dispatch from London says: The re- markable unanimity of the approval of both classes and masses of the suggestion of an Anglo-American alliance compels belief in the sincerity of the desire of the British public for an understanding with the United States. The fact that most of the cable dispatch- es from America have stated that the sug- gestion has been seriously discussed is heartily welcomed here and is regarded as extremely important and gratifying, as showing a friendly spirit. “These dis- patches,” as a diplomatist put it, “are in- ng hope that the differences of the past will be buried and that Anglo-Saxons in the near future will be found issuing identical nctes te all opposed to ther com- ‘on interests. wait is not any stretch of imagination to say that such a union has been longed for by the best men in Great Britain for many years, not only because of the gen- uine wish for closer bonds of fricmlship, but because it a known fact that all the statesmen Europe realize that a elose alliance between America an antee of the peace of the world eer eies afferd proof that the reign of jaw and in- dividual liberty is to be extended for the benefit of mankind, in spite of the efforts to extinguish it made by reactionary rulers and governments.” ie War an Evil and a Crime. George F. Edmunds, former senator from Vermont, and who is now at St. Augustine, Fla., sends the following to the New York Herald in answer to a question: “I cannot answer your question intelli- gently, because I do not know with pre- cision the exact points of strain in the dip- lomatic intercourse Letween the two coun- tries. “We cannot with a clear conscience kill or maim one or two hundred thousand of our own citizens in order to relieve from their dreadful condition the Spanish subjects in Cuba. We must, of course, defend our country at every hazard, but we must o member that war is one of the greatest of evils, and is usually the greatest of crimes.” The famous _The famous stovt—King’s Palace—The famous store. Palace—The famous store. Some Famous Prices,: Famous Prices, Such as King’s Palace Never have we been in a better position 6r more strongly in- clined to offer unapproachable prices than now. but in all our such as you will search for in vain el where. Another thing—you are always safe i no matter how low the price is. KING’S PALACE, Lode dooctntecetectested Offer You. Not only in Mil- ‘w departments, we are offer- in getting good quality Remnant Sale of Em- broidery and Laggs. We have mad> a gizantic purchase of manvfacturers’ remnants of Embroidery and Laces, which we have placed on six differs “S. and gunrantee them to le the h Ie. Worth 25e. Worth 306. Worth 38e. 20 itt - Worth Soc. 15 and Ie. iar * 10c. yd. Sateen Skirts. . 59°. Ladies’ Black Skirts at... sarees. $1.25 Ladies’ Black Sateen Skirts. tn ten different styles, braid trim. apg is m, 98c. 50c. Shirt Waists. Just received 100 deen of Ladi cale Laundered Shirt Waists, atterns, ali colors, lutest styles a fects. which we will put on counters for one day ouly Men’s Furnishing Dept. Se. Men's Madras Soft-bosom Shirts, able cuffs, in twenty 45c. different and up-to-date patterns 50c. Men's White Unlaundered Shirts, for the best money 39c. 1oc. Men'a ‘Black, Tan and Mixed Gray Half mn 4c. pair. 15e. Men's Cl: all silk, 1 Qe, at Muslin Underwear. 19. Ladies’ Corset Covers, high and Jom, “neck, embroldery trim- 12% c. Ladies’ Night uuserting aud and all sizes, ever made $1.25. Ladlew “e tri-am-d Skirts, Gowns, ¢ Drawers at Ladies’ Unibrelia Skirts, +mbroides trimmed, y and four tucks, - 50c. y We rappers. les’ Indigo Blue and Light le ae rug- argue i Corsets. See -bone Corsets, lace- trimmed bust, with drawn rib- 4a, bons i " 49¢, AN our R. & Lady and Ne aud black, Granite Iron Ware Reg. price, ite Iron Farina 490. & at ranite Tron Se Iy first quality. > a 715 Market Space. Seiten Soedeeeeteecseeep BARKER HAS NOT THE REPORT, Offic al Denial of a “Rumor Current at Gay, ays: £ inquiry, to Rear Admiral Sicard, will cout its work through the coming week, as it is not realty to make @ rejort on the Maine dis- The statement that Capt. Albert S. Bare ker is carrying the report to Washington is officially denied. Tho chject of his tying visit to Key West wes not learned outside of official circles until tod: 1 be suthoritatively statcd that Capi. Barker had nothing to do with the court of ine quiry, y from Tampa on a vestigate the harbor out some lines suzgest~ f of eng TS and in latter's recent inspection of fortifications. Capt. Barker's plan, when he left here last night, was to confer with Commander MeCalla ‘of the Marblehead, who is now at Ta:np: It is di or not any ccurt up to say definitely whether of the findings of the ate has been sent to Wash- ington. The opinion prevails here that this has been done, but no official e nation of it is obtainable. That the final report bas been sent to Washington can be defle nitely denied, The court Is expected to reconvene to merrow on the lowa. > Fear War at Home. A special to the New York Herald from Havana yesterday says: In an editorial yesterday El Comercio seemed to hold the belief that the only thing which keeps the United States from war just now is the fear of internal ais- order. The editorial concludes thu: “President McKinley knows that should he be forced to war he would be confronted by serious domestic problems. It is known the world over that the western and south- rn states are waiting the firs! opportunity to dissolve the Union and separate them- selves from the east. “If McKinley fails to check the warlike demonstration that has appeared during the last few days he may find that the United States have neither strength nor and are attached to one anothey most flimsy mgnner.” to