Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 9

HE Palais Royal's program for Monday includes the entire sample line and sufplus of America’s leading maker of Under- wear; best “Glove-fitting” Ribbed Garments for spring and summer. The maker has already commenced on winter weights—we get balance of the “light weights” at prices en- abling bargains that cannot be re- peated until the season’s end. Ladies’ Union Suits. 25c for the Ribbed Balbriggan and Lisle Thread Garments made to retail at 68c, 75c and 98c. All styles; high neck, low neck; iong, short and no sleeves. White and ecru. Smallest to largest sizes. ADIES’ Silk, Lisle and Rib- bed — Cotton Vests. High and low necks. Short and no __ sleeves. White, black, pink, blue, ecru. Some trimmed with silk ribbons. 25 18€¢ for 25¢ values. 13e¢ for 18c values. 1Qc for 13c values. eS cr ne ce MPORTER'S odd dozens and half dozens of Hosiery, all this season’s spring styles of 50c, 35c and 25c qualities, divided into two grand lots at 1&¢ and 25¢ a pair for choice. At 25c. At 18c. Ladies’ Lisle Thread Ladies’, Men’s, Boys’ and Maco Yarn and Girls’ Stockings Stoc - Ss ees as usually retail at 25¢ Soe ane ir. Black and tans Some silk embroid- pene J and principally, but attrac- tive boot patterns are also here in the lot for ladies. ered, others of plaids and stripes, sume all black, ordinary and opera lengths. 67c for $1 Summer Undergarments. 66 PENING?” the new season’s stock with prices for Monday that are purely complimentary. 67¢ for choice of four new styles of $t Cambric Night Dresses, with square, round and Ve yokes; two styles of $1 Umbrella Skirts, with deep cambric flounce; four styles $1 Drawers of muslin, lawn and cambric; six styles $1 Lawn and Nainsook Chemises and Corset Covers. All artistically trimmed with superior laces and embroider- ies. Best of $1 Undergarments at only 67c¢ for choice. For other complimentary prices of the new stocks “Opening” see page 7 of to- morrow’s Sunday “Post” and look for an- nouncement of the Palais Royal. bb bt ebb P PEPE ebb bbe beret bbb bbb be THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898-24 PAGES. E 3 : : 1D LAST VEAR S OFFER made by the Palais Royal to thie: book buyers of this city and vicinity was unprecedented in in. Washington, or, in fact, inéthis country. how the publishers of the great ~ ENCYCLOPEDIC In Washington, sition for us to cepted the offer, and-- INALITTLE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS THE 600 SETS WERE SOL the history of book selling You remember DICTIONARY Desired to quickly introduce their superb STANDARD DICTIONARY And ENCYCLOPAEDIA Of All The World’s Knowledge and how they came to the Palais Royal with the propo- sell the limited number of 600 sets of their great combi- nation work at the actual cost of manufacture. The Palais Royal ac- The Paiais Royal sold the 600-sets bound in half-Rus- Sia at $25 per set. The publishers then made, and have ever since been mak= ing, a successful canvass of the city at the selling price of $52 per set for the half-Russia PEELE RAPE EE EEE et Pett het! : 9 EADQUARTERS for Silks—the news H has been traveling from home to home, until silk needs and the Palais Royal are now twin thoughts. This reputation has not been built on lowest prices. The rock foundation is undeviating reliability, the always perfect variety, the ever absent trash. Prices may not be lowest, but they are least in Wash- ington for the best Silks. A cash business often brings bargains to us and you—as on Monday. ° 69c for 85c to $1 Silks. OMBINATION lot—the order of a retail merchant that was about to be filled when news .ame that the promise of pay- ment was apt to be all the importer would get. The goods were not delivered. The Palais Royal's prompt payment, with 25 per cent discount allowed, was accepted later. O9C Bri Ss Tancs | 4907 anese Silks, Newly artistic designs and signs, suitable for waists and g00d weight of sil J value at 68e yd. O69 $264 for 36-inch Plain White and Black | 29¢ yard for the figured India Silks in bine Japanese Silk worth from SSe to $1 a and white effects for summer dresses. yard. Only’a few pleces of ench. | We know of these retailing at 300 yart. 69c¢ yard for S3e Taffeta Silks in small, me- | es dium and large checks. White and new | 75c¢ yard for the well-known $1 quality a quality White Figured Jap. blues, greens, browns, grays, old rose, ete. ‘Twilled Foulard Silks. Scrolls, figures, (Continued above.) om light and dark grounds, 15c yard for 25c Imported Dimities. NOTHER 250 » ette., pieces have been secured, guaranteed 25 quality, of genuine Imported Diml- tes. Ana 50 pieces of Imported Madras will be here Monday morning at Ie instead of 2 yard. And genuine French Organdies at only 25¢ yard. The prices of the American “At 12i4¢, At 7c. At 5c. 500 pieces Ameriean-mado 200 pieces 40-Inch Fig- 100 pieces Dimities, n Organdies. Sheer cloth, de- ured Lawn: : b retail at Se yard. Th signs and colors as in the designs and are as sheer as the imported. 19¢ value at marvelously wa dress goods of last Bee yard. Persiv2 imported gvods. | ye OUNDATIONS for the above in ““Nearsilk” at 25¢ yard, and “Percasilk’’ at the yard Feca are fancy names for a silk-like material that is just the thing for organdy and other sheer Cress materials. ty shades and black are here 8c yard for Perealine Lining, guarante 6c Lawns, for Ife to Ie Light-weight cS ws a 40 12e quality. 12%%e for Y pair guaranteed Inches wide. Black and forty shades. %¢ for m Bish Rinding. Ise fe Roman Stripe Skirt Lining. Ibe for 2ve Black Velveteen Binding. 3 quality Linen Canvas, ‘ka Hooks and 95° ebb bbb bbe heehee bbb deed defend bebe ib obese Palais Royal Offers Today 100 Sets of the identical great work we sold twelve months since in half-Russia binding at cost of manufacture, which was $25.00 Per Set, Now for $15.00 Per Set. (Discount From Cost of Manufacture, 40%.) 100 sets all we can get. ee Our great opportunity we make your great opportunity. Act Quickly or Your Set Will Be Gone. is all you have to pay ‘down, the balance payable in the small monthly payments.-of. $5.00. supplied on same term3' :You will have no notes to sign. Simply give us your name and address. PALAIS a iy ot binding. 100 sets all we can sell. QOut-of-town customers ROYAL (G and Eleventh Sts. Books at. Eleventh St. Entrance.) P) EEEEEELE ELLE EE EEE EE EEE EEE EERE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEL ETEEEEE EEE PEE EEEEE EEE EP EEE ED yard for Point de Paris per dozen yards yard fo DC rot mecha tae sages] POC becee eee te wer Bl and insertions, 1 to 4 inches twelve different inches wid wide, some worth 1c yard. Some worth yard for 314 to Valencienne: 10c all of esigns, prices because some widths are lack- ing in each style. 14c 9 inches wide, 25c to Sve value # cen ARGAIN spots among the Laces — in our importer’s “broken” sets. Neatly half yard for Applique Laces Lik also as beautiful Point Li the picture; 3 to je yard. Laces, silk, “a 48 ‘inch ide pure for waists and resses. $1 to $2 Sik Chiffon, White and Best Ribbons Cheap. ; E Palais Royal's stock of Ribbons is ss to thousands of Wasbington ladiea, who have learned thai every desirable style and color is bere, and that least prices are ae codicil malities. The announcement of greatly re- attract respectful attention and enthusiastic approval. 13c *T, for choice of the I9¢ Ribbons DC nich regular patrons know ure equal to most retailed at 25e yard. | | | yard for the 25e Ribbons, in every | latest effect and color for neckwear, | 19¢ Belated bar Shy Sulebrities.” $1.08" tor holce of $2.50 to $10 dress and bat trimming. a - 3O¢ for He to Waist Sets; fit- DSc yard for the 48e Ribbons. Bee those © for Ascot and Four-tu-had Ties. We'll show you how to make them. J EEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EEE EEL | sterling silver, ename The importer, about to return to Europe for fresh supplies, has leit us his sample pieces. $2 68 for $3.98 to $5 Belts of silver and - gold set with monster gems, fin- ished in French enamel. ~ for French Broc $1.98 fi Pret, Bs mesale, ete. b Pins of sterling te, Jewels, ivory with teen styles d. Rolled gold, Jewel effects, Palais Royal - A. Lisner. LEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE EEE EEE EEEEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE FEEEEEEEEEEE EE EEE EEE EE EEE EERE EE EE EEE EEE EE EE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE i po + + ~ + EERE EE EEE EE EEE EE EEE EEEEEEEEEE EEE EEE EEELER EEL EE EEE EEEE ERECT EEE CEEEEEEERE RET EE EEE ET EEE SRDELIS 17 EEG TEEELETEY FEEEEEEEEE ent In Key W were t knew that the great bat- aming away from before y newspaper man a eames I ome the story, but not a line, not a word, would : the censor permit to pass. He is a Necessity, but a Terror to Querica Ween Feneen, From a hundred papers in the north Correspondents. came the query “Has the fleet started?” se, Even the answer “Yes” to this inquiry was not permitted to go. Some of the corres- pondents had arranged a cipher code with their home offices, but the code was use- less. Everything that had the appearanc ofac —everything that was not abso- —_—__+— THE TRIALS OF NEWSPAPER MEN Se ge Cable Facilities at Key West Are Rather Limited. One correspondent worked out a plan which he thought would give the desired informa- tion to his paper, but he failed. Early in the morning he filed a dispatch, the first line reading as follows: “The newspaper —— ee fleet sailed this morning toward Porto , | Rico.” An hour later he went to file a per- RUSH TO FILE COPY nal message to his editor reading: anggorrection—Omit second word in last sie o spatch. ¥ When he handed in the last dispatch, the (Copyright, 1898. by Associated Press.) censor met him at the receiving desk, and h a kindly smile handed back the first " St orrespondent ot ssociated ess. i — ee ee atch with these words written across it: KEY WEST, Fla., May 11, 1893. a = 25 The cabl> office in Key West, since the| |, All Fleets Look coe : vorld ame interested in war talk, has ‘All flects lock alike to me. t © most interesting spot on the island. | But the censor has had some very amus- The most interesting, the most Important, |!98 €xperiences with others than the news- Paper men. Repeatedly he has been se- verely rebuked for holding up private mes- sages, which he believed to be cipher dis- patches for newspaper use. The proprietor of one of the gambling rooms cabled north the other day for a new roulette wheel. He gave full description of the kind and size of board he wanted and requested an immediate answer. After waiting twenty- all odds here is the e2nsor. One y comes to associate the two to- The cable office is a small brick ling, two stories high, with a large co- ccanut palm growing on either side. It is only a few yards from the door of the cable office to the government dock. In t, it is only a few yards from any point he island to the wa and when the | four hours without receiving any reply, he ae a ae the highest point the sea sets | WERt to the cable office to see if his mes- ide is at th cng | 2222 had been sent. He found that the Beck, through mcst) of the “streets: and} censor had ‘held it up uelfeving tito Dave white fringe of salt along the gut- | cipher message to a newspaper. The cen- w nm the tide out and the salt- ters soaked carth dries. g sor apologized and let the message go through. nm answer came back within a few hours, and the proprietor had a bright Race of the Correspondents. Piwithinv ances Up through the narrow streets which lead sor, however, 1s greatly Iked by from the cable office to the wharf some ne suapeey en and spends most of int aca have in chatting with them on the very g and exciting races have pet ee n pel eis ‘ 2 zs tel. take > during the past few weeks. y Ho! He is an officer of the regular army, and simply lischarges faithfully and well the duties to him from Washington. Such of atch boats come ys land as near When the newspaper ¢ in from the gulf they jutely plain and explainable—was stopped. ! the correspendents cs have attempted to send nothing but verified and undisguised facts nave fered the best at his hands. to the cable office as possible, and when correnspondents land at the same time the ble office is more interesting . after a long cruise, go and reeling on their sea ‘legs nken men. Others are weak from sea sickness, and still others are limping bruises received from being pitched gh sea. But sickness and bruises © forgotten when land is reached and »rt put forth to be the first to If it be late at night five sec- ained in the race from the dock to cable office may mean Pee cori Mr. Charles C. Lancaster, president; Dr. ory for one of the great les in the | Jobn W. Ch: i, tres th. Cable transmission is necessarily | p istalaer kate nee eee wer than sending overiand wires, and | P- ae of the executive 00 words at | Committee, submitted their annual reports, no other paper | showing that the association has a mem. able to get ai s for its morning bership of ninety taxpayers, and that ef- n from Key W at night. fective work had been carried on before Work of the Censor. the District Commissioners and the com- after the copy has been filed the cor-| mittees of Congress to secure a fire depart- t’s trouble is not at an end. Ev-| ment for this section, and an increased ap- of it must be read and passed | propriation for lighting and improving the malaga weltble Bare sha public roads. ‘The: reports also showed that time, hardship or expense it has required | SUMS forts had been made oS sees to get the story, if in the judgment of the | the filing and recording of plat No. 3. ensor it ought not to be printed it cannot | A resolution was unanknously adopted, t. If it gives any information as to! setting forth that the filing of this plat ments of the fleet or the army it | would confiscate private property without cannot go. compensation, cast a clo There are something like one hundred and | png seriously prevent ieee “ fity newspaper correspondents in Key! A committee, consisting of Charlies C. West, and while most of them appreciate | Lancaster, Louis P- Shoemaker, Rey. Jos. the wisdom of the government censorship| C. Mallon, Horace Jones and Aihert Shon, of news matter, some of them have grown| maker, was appointed to confer with the impatient in their eagerness to tell the in- | District Commissioners and Honue conn, teresting stories that are to be told, and] tee on appropriations, to secure ane appro- ————— RECEIVES REPORTs. Business Meeting of Northwest Subur- ban Citizens’ Association. The annual meeting of the Citizens’ Northwest Suburban Association was held last evening in the town hall at Tenley- tewn and was largely attended. ale c the correspondent who file yt have tried all manner of ingenious schemes priation to purchase a rect | for getting matters past the censor. Usu- butlding for the fire mlagtors =e ba ally, however, all plans have been detected The following officers were elected for by the censor, and the apparently innocent | @r stupid dispatch has been returned to the Writer with “No” written in red ink across it. | The most trying period for the corre- gpondents was on the day the fleet started on its erulse eastward. Every correspond- the ensuing year: Charles C, president Robert I. Fleming, first president; Albert E. Shoemaker, vice president; Dr. John W. mal, , chairman of the vice see- Louis executive commit- SOUTH'S PRODUCTS| Opportunity for Building Up Trade in Far East, ASIA’S MILLIONS IN NEED OF COTTON Argument for Nicaraguan Canal and Hawaiian Annexation. IMPORTANT STATISTICS -———_—+__ The following paper, bearing upon the opportunities presented by the conditions in the far east for building up a trade in products of the southern states of the American Union, was furnished The Star by Mr. John Barrett, the United States minister to Siam. It is an elaborate presentation of a theme important to com- mercial circles: “Does the south appreciate her opportuni- ty in the far east? Does she realize that the mighty markets of Asia’s millions await her best efforts at exploitation? If not, she should. The far east is not re- served for our Pacific coast alone, not for the manufacturing cities of our Atlantic seaboard only, not for the exclusive control of Europe; no, not by any means, but for the south of the United States as well— provided the opportunity is seized before it is too late, “Some parts of the south and some south- erners, more enterprising than their com- petitors, are already at work, and, if they are reading what I write, can doubtless foretell my proposition. The average southerner, however, will be skeptical in accepting my suggestion that his particu- lar portion of the United Staics has any particular interest in the far east. “To get to my point: King Cotton can tell the story! “The far east wants the south’s cotton; it wantc a lot of it! It wants it now and it wants a, lot of it! It wants it now and years it will want twenty times what it de- mands now. “I am not indulging in hair-brained fan- tasies nor writing for effect, as if perched on some lofty pinnacle of erudition, where I may look down and pity those who do not know as much as I, as it were, but am drawing conclusions from several years of the closest personal observation and study of trans-Pacific lands, peoples and markets, and from frequent discussions with the best authorities on the resources and pos- sibilities thereof. Though born and raisca a Yankee, and now a devoted resident of the Pacific coast, I have always taken a deep and sincere interest in the progress and development of Dixie, confirmed® by extended travel in her favored states and by a course of study at one of her great institutions, Vanderbilt University, Nash- ville, while absent from my own college in the north for a temporary sojourn in the heart of the south, seeking information on her resources and possibilities. “Figures might be quoted, statistics given and argument upon argument of cold dry facts advanced, but I will forbear introduc- ing them here, because I am not stre that any one will 2ven read what I am writing, and I do not wish to destroy my very object of awakening interest among all by too technical review of the situation. “Do not think I am ‘cock-sure’—do not think that I think I am. Rather than weaken my contentions by ing that im- nm I will admit that I may be alto- gether mistaken, but permit me to advance @ few facts Im an effort to show that I am not mistaken. Asin’s Millions Want Cotton. . Bhoe- | Washed by the Pacific and ar3 directly across the seas from our western coast. “Second. ‘The demands of these millions, = though small individually,sare vast in the aggregate, and are, increasing with great rapidity—ev2n more rapidly, than tne chief exports in commefte and trade have dared prophesy in their wildest moments of hy- pothetical reasoning —and still China is hardly awake yet. When she does move, look out for her. It will be like an ava lanche. “Third. Of this half billion population, 350,000,000 wear almost nothing but cotton clothing and use nothing but cotton m: terials for the hurdred and one cther uses that cloth is put to. The average Asiatic wears more clothing the more he progre: or comes into contact with foreieners. I do not know as that could be called progress, however, at least in the tropics, because I have always found that the less clothing I wore the happier I was @nd the more work I could do—but that fs not to my point. It is noticeable that th> demand for cétton goods of all kinds has increased during the last few years far more rapidly than the population, and that sales are on an as- cending scale, which means a brilliant fu- ture for the trade in cotton goods and raw cotton. Condition of Cotton Supply. “Fourth. The supply of raw cotton in China is so small compared to the total consumption of cotton goods that it could never meet the demand if supplies from other lands, like India, Egypt and America, were cut off. It is true that China even exports cotton, but that goes ouly to Japun and simply for manufacture, to be shipped back as cotton yarn or piece goods. Then, again, cotton-growing is not a science in ina, while the soif ama sun do not seem to sult it Hke our own favored Dixie's warmth and fertility. The product of one acre of good cotton land in thes United States will equal that of five to ten in China. The time may come when China’s millions will learn how to grow all their cotton in China’s numberless acres, but that day is so far distant as not to dis- courage the planters and manufacturers of the south in exploiting these Asiatic mar- kets. And mind, please, I have only spoken of China. Japan can never supply her own mills with the raw product, now over one hundred in number and being added_ to every year. Eastern Siberia, Corea, For- mosa, Cochin-China, Siam, Straits Settle- ments, Java, Borneo and the Philippines are great purchasers of cotton goods, and even if mills should be started in their cit- fes, the raw product must still be importe2. Will the South Meet the Pcmandt “'witth. The tendency now or the far east, illustrated by the development of cotton menufacturing in Japau with headquarters at Osaka, and by the working and con- struction of numereas mills at Shanghai and other points ir, China—is to. supply the market on the spot with the finished pro- dvet Instead <i deperdingentirely on Eu- Tepe and america. Sttha demand for raw cotton ‘a Japan and China has suddenly Jumped ahead into considerable propor- tion; and now comed thé question: Can an4 will the south nisiet this demand and 84 provide herself with a wast new market, eventually free her ;,from absolute re- Uance on those of Eyrope and home, and making her great ‘Staplé an increased source of wealth to e¥ery‘dotton-producing aon and hence colléetivEly to the entire oe south? India, China and Egypt. “Sixth. The field isnot ,one to be con- trelled without co: ition. Far from it. The cotton merehdhtsof India, China. ané Egypt are nffiking a vigo ply the far eastern démayd. Egypt counts on her néar route by the Suez canal and her cteap labor to eventually rule the market, while India and China,contend that they heve even a greater advantage in both these respects; but there are certain condi- tions favorable to American cotton which, if fellowed up properly, will more -then ccunterbalance the nearness and cheapn2ss of Indian, Both the Japanese and Chinese manufac- turers distinctly prefer it. It is manufac- tured more easily and seems to make more and Curl Here en when plazed en the market, uyers x both the yarn and cloth made fromit . = Freight Rates Chiet Embargo. “Seventh. The only serious difficulty the way of American fotton is the which is made high solely by Rave visited every cotton i the and * De from the south to i of any importance in these two countries, and wherever I found them using Indian ian cotton the manage they would buy Ame iean cotton exclusively if the combined rail and steamer char, prohibitive. The A ic now shipped to the far e is consumed by ills which have a spe ket, but represent a small preportion of the total. In short, were freight rates favora- ble and did the southern exporters push the market American cotton would monop- olize the supply for the mills of transpacitic lands. What then remzins to be dene? Nicaragua Canal the Key. “Eighth. The supreme advantage to be gained, which will, with ‘one feil stroke,’ accomplish the end desired, is the early construction and operation of the Nicara- gua canal. Unless that waterway is dug I cannot see how the south can ever win per- manently even a fair e of this mighty Pacific trade, and that is the opinion of dearly all experts in the far east whom I have consulted. A transisthmian canal is the key to the transpacifie. The long rail haul from the south to the Pacific will always keep the delivered c of American cotton just beyond the point of general and successful competition. Dig. the canal and a large fleet of steamers will carry cotton in bulk from all southern ports to the far east for the s that is now charged from San to Kobe and Shanghal. As this tement is read I can imagine a skeptical look on many faces and an insinuation that I am indulging in exaggeration. “Ninth. Let us see. In the first place, the rates charged by steamers crossing the Pa- cific are equal to or greater than those charged by steamers from the Mediterra- nean going a greater distance, and not much less than the through ‘rates from London, Liverpool, Hamburg, Bremen and Amsterdam, thus showing that there is yet a large margin on the Pacific route that can be taken off if necessary. lost Important Statements. “In the second place, I desire to lay be- fore the planters and exporters of the south two most important statements made to me, respectively, by leading stockhold- ers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Japan's great navigation company, and the Penin- | sula and Oriental Steamship Company, Engiand’s chief foreign line, which two companies combined control more steamers than any other three. barring one German and one French system, in the world. The representative of the former said to me that the moment the Nicaragua canal was opened his company would put on a fleet of at least ten large steamers to run from Ja- pan and China to the leading ports of the south, the principal object of which would be to carry cotton. In order to have out- ward cargoes they might touch en route at San Francisco, and then possibly on the Atlantic side go on to Baltimore, Philadel- phia, New York and Boston, but their were not often | Mation is nece Sues, but desiring to make my treatment of the question comprehensive, I would urge the south to. use its powerful influence in favor of two other projects whose consum- ry if the United States would control the commerce and trade of} the Pacific or become the great material | 4 moral power in its waters, the annex- ion of Hawaii and the construction of a Pacific cable. need Hawaii to properly protect our cotton, fiour and richly laden ships which, with the opening of the canal | ind the inevitable growth of our merchant | marine, will one day ply on the Pacific like the Spanish galleons of old; to provide them with a coaling station in mid-ocean under our flag; to prevent other nations from seizing and utilizing it as a point SS LADIES TO PRE DE. For Sweet Cha Among the Roscs in Core n Garden. The managers of the Woman's E: change and Decorative Art Society propos: té sive a lawn party Monday, May 16, from 3 till 7 o'clock, at the “Corcoran Gardens,” Con- necticut avenue and H stre The ladieq in charge of ta Mrs. Rich- ardson, tea table; H. M. Johns- ton, Mrs. Witmer, ice cream table; Mrs. Kerr, fancy table; Mrs. C. H. Camp- bell, flower table; Miss Emory, Jemonade, and Mrs. John Poor, candy, and Mrs. Geo. Fraser, jr., strawberries Among those from which to dispatch commerce lroy- ing squadrons, and, in short. to make our- selves actual and not the theoretic: ters of the Pacific seas. We require a Pacific eable under American control to telegraph cotton and other orders and fill or change them at the shortest notice nd without the cost, surveillance, uncertainty and | roundabout way of the present system | through Asia and Europe, on which we are | how absolutely dependent. | A Final Appeal. “In conclusioa, therefor2, I would appeal | to the south to look carefully to the far east, to prepare to supply its demands and vigorously meet competition; to send capa- ble and untiring agents to deal directly with Asiatic buyers; to sell at the low=st prices possible for the successful introduc- tion of cotton; to place samples @a exhibi- lion in the principal markets; to urge the j Construcuon of a Pacific cabie and the an- nexation of Ha to try in the mean- time to mak> railway and steamship com- | panies quote the lowest rates possible in order that she may keep what little hold she already has, and, finally, and above all other considerations, bend her en=rgies for the immediate. construction of the Nicar- agua canal. “The far east, with uncounted millions to clothe and feed, and with wealth to pay for such clothes and food, invites the United | States to supply her wants. The Pacific coast is awakening to the knowledge that she can supply the food in the form of flour; | will the south realize that sne can supply the clothes in the form of cotton? “The south’s great opportunit new markets for her chief slap! trans-Pacific lands. Will she seize the op- pertuniiy?” CAPT, SIMMS’ SUBSTITUTE. Clerk Assigned in His Stead at Dis- trict Building. E. E. Helm, a chainman in the District surface division, was teday transferred by the District Commissioners, temporarily, to be clerk in the division, at $3 a day, vice R. D. “Simms. The order is to take effect after Mr. Simms, who is captain of Com- chief destination would be the southern|Pany I, District Militia, is mustered into ports like Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Tampa, Charleston, Savannah and Nor- folk. He said this plan had been carefully considered by the company, and, in express- ing surprise that the United States had not already dug the canal, added, with pride, ‘If Japan controllef the opportunity or con- cession the canal would have been complet- co and opened to the world’s traffic before this.’ the service of the United States. The Commissioners appointed Arthur B. Rider a chainman in the divisien, temporarily, at $2.25 a day, vice Helm, transferred. ese appointments were made in ac- cordanee with the terms of the Commis- sioners’ order of the 21st of last month regarding the status of District employes who may enter the military service of the “The representative of the Peninsula ana | United States during the war with Spain. Oriental informed me almost in a confi- dential way that his company had k considered th2 revolution of the trade o' the world that would be accomplished by the construction of the isthmian canal, and intended to put on a special line of large carriers to run practically around the worid via the southern ports of the United and through the canal to Asia, in order to carry the cotton of the south to Japan and China. From the latter they would take cargoes via Suez to Euro; these are practical sc! while show the importance of the south’s tunity in the 2 told ic. Both authorities told As heretofore explained in The Star, this order provides that such District employes shalt be reinstated upon their discharge from the army, provided appiication for reinstatement is made within three months from the day of their discharge, and pro- vided further they be mentally and physi- cally able to perform the duties of their per egg positions at the date of appli- mn. AE SIA Se Charles Graham Drops Dead. Charles Graham, a carpenter, forty-eight they | years old, dropped dead on F street north- West between 9 and 10 o’clock this morning. ™me that their steamers would carry cotton | It is thought that heart disease caused his from southern ports to Japan and at Competitive rates with other sources supply, and less than those now China } death. His body was removed to the coroner terested, some of whom will ass Mrs. G. W. Child Mrs. Barney Mackay Smith, Williams, Rodge Mrs. N. Wilson, Miss F purn, Mrs. Neff, the Misse of 88 Blanche Charlotte Hopkin: Cassels, the Misses Patten, Fioulke, Miss Gale, Miss Rivin Kerr, Miss Berry, Miss Myer, Miss nedy and Miss Johnson. In case should be rainy the party will boned till the first fine da The entrance to the garden is on Connecticut avenue. —_—— ALL BIDS REJECTED. Prices for Groceries and Drugs Re- warded as ©: : The District Commissioners today decid- ed to reject all of the proposais recently received and opened for furnishing gro ceries and drugs to the District during the year ending June 30, 1s The two classeq of supplies were class SA and class 10, and were rejected because, in the opinion of the Commissioners, the prices submitied om certain items are exi be divided into two classes, SA a former to contain all that the prese: ber contains, except spirituous liquors, and the latter class to embody only spirituous liquors. it will be recalled that the District Anti- Saioon League protested against the re- quirement of the Commissioners that bid« Gers for furnishing groceries should sub- mit bids on all the items, including liquors, the league asking that those dealers whe do not sell liquors should not be obliged ta submit bids for such supplies. Under the new proposals parties not dealing in liquors Will have an opportunity of omitting such supplies from their bids. Officer Herbert Asked to Explain. Policeman R. D. Herbert of the sixth precinct was tried today for an alleged vio- lation of the rules of the manual. The charge grew out of the officer's connection with a bicycle belonging to another man. it was shown that nearly five months ago @ report was received at police headquar- ters that Hugh Edwards had been assault- ed and robbed of his bicycle. Last Monday he located the wheel, which was subse- quently recovered by Detective Boardman. it then developed that the wheel had been found in front of Thos. A. Babbington’s saloon, on H street northeast, where Mr, Babbington says it was left by Mr. Kd- wards while the jatter was in an Intoxicat- ed condition. After holding the wheel for its owner for four weeks, Mr. Babbington turned it over to the officer and told him he might use it until Edwards called for it. Later the officer traded the wheel in at Dimmick’ bicycle store, when he bought a new on and the dealer sold the second-hand one. The charge against Herbert was brought by Captain Austin, acting chief of police, but the witnesses said they had no com- plaint to make against the officer.