Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1898, Page 11

ee THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penasylvania Avsza>, Cor. Lith 8h, by The Evening Star New: Company, §. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Few York Office. 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served tc subscribers 2 the uty by carriers, on their own account, at i0 cents per week. o- 44 certs per month. Copies at the jounter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in,the Gnited States or Canada—postaze prepald—50 cents per month. Saturday Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with Joreign postage added, $3.08. Entered at the Post’ Oifice at Washington, D. C., ts second-cla, s mail matter.) 57 AN mail subscriptions must be pall in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. Che Fpening Stave. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1898—FOURTEEN -PAGES. Advertising is not an expense, It is a business investment. If you _want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. ew permanent price. Suits to-order, hex | su periority | ==" " Apparent and Real. The suit is not vours until you PLPLALALAL-\| pronounce the fit o. k. Keep that voint always in mind. OUR MANIFEST DESTINY Some Suggestions That Follow the Taking of the Philippines. The Pacific, and Not the Atlantic, is Our Opportunity for Future Development. Knowledge and conscience are united in all the productions that leave our MODEL TAILORING Written for The Evening Star by I. Edwars Clarke. THE back. ene of our ( ( « this week. Sere-r——*K | Our great offering | this week. EMPORIUM—the result is entire satisfaction—nothing less. The best critics are surprised at our unmatchable values; it requires courage to make clothes to-order at prices as low as we do—our prices are anything but high—WE KNOW DYNAMO OF CONSTANT SUCCESS IS LOW PRICES. It is our purpose to serve you so well, you'll want to continue coming oe, OO. ee Me your Suppose you leave your order for a0) to-order Suits. The new price which we created Mertz and Mertz, Price-llakers, 906 F St. | J New permanent | | price. S| Suits to-order, *O, “LEST WE FORGET.” An English Ray of Light on the Cuban Horrors. From the London Mail. At a recent meeting of Spaniards in the city of London we have heard the some- what remarkable statement that the co mercial world in this co! i in favor of the Spanish Spanish people. Whether street or greater London is the more sur- prised at this grotesque expression of its view a question with which I have no c 2; but I should like to add a word of protest to the many already cailed forth by so monstrous a suggestion. In Sp: e the caus Threadneedie me our ha: ai greatness still the m of our national wealth, it may ami excited people to delude themseives with the i at the bourses of Europe c man! opinion of the civilized wortd. That Spain should turn with s ; to the ¢ enthusiasm of the mar- kets ¢ rise t it would equally a matter for wonder if the people choice this ¢ ry acquiesced silently in the of 2 a Mouthpiece or of such dele- of its sympathies. church, the navy, body of noncont purely intellect because S spoken: anc the moment another For s is the Spanish gentleman lighten u once of the to that ue wave Americ which ne , as many bell true gual of The great of th of no account the bears? worthy has sought to en- to blind the eyes true meaning of of sympathy for w upon Us, and car- 2 with reason, to- our national desti- h ne se to speak for any ers; least of all would I pre- to speak in the » of my brother is a danger that in too pecially the Spanish Witnessed in the city of the truth may be lost, and I would add my word as an echo of those is which have earned for America thi of h people, and will nduring in spite of y of the body of wo sum authot ly dealers. The sentiment of this war we wit- Bess may be false; the truth of it is imper- ishable. And, i venture to think, it is be- cause the English people, in spite of the r of argument 1 to the truth, that t erving in their fidelity across the Sea and to the cause for which those chil- dren fight. it mn in some quarters (per- commercial quarters) to hold fore us at this the pride erable ac- that n Spain, a: able to share id rather a so ple: vation which knows in war nor the delights of t and revolt- pon dumb beasts, lity of the inte t of SS Superstition of her peas- > things at home prepare us for ba, 4s time and truth will it. hat history vindication of Amer- mpathy We may argue as m the merits of this or that jon of the cri: The answer 3. wer of the civil war of the last Years, when 100,000 Cubans wer sword lest the pride of the Spaniard should be hurt. The grace and dignity of Spain have so deait with one of the most fertile ands of the west that not one- tenth of its area ts cultivated. A colony of rare in the midst of free colonies, it h a barren desert, where lie the bones of hundreds of thousands who have perished that Spain may demonstrate before the world the qualities which earned years ago, but today, as her must earn her glory. "Nearly pe of Cuba, as the rec- bloody rebellion valiant, admitted put s written i upon the ban ain, for ud children were his victims, and ” rejoiced when starva- ed to e people, has witnessed is island, has sent her ead, has exhorted her sons to ce. Where we, faithful to the tra- which have ‘built up our ctapire, ve Waited and have watched for Ss waited and has watched to her, has been a Sou- Soudan, As the death British people to all patriotism can cali he Maine moved sacrifice for God and clers have battled im- the forces of commercial- Were on their side. thelr velces, but Seeking nothing, ries the troth for - on Our Bide, are iF rget that the spirit which animates her is the same spirit which has butit Engiand her empire, and has lighted the lamp of civilization in the dark places of the world. Cuba, re than ism and o' The “marke there were 5 fearing 1 |-OF-WAR BELLS. Largest One Aboard 2 New York. From tke Beston Post. : Uncle Sam’s big cruiser New York has a bell on beard weighing 6%) pounds, which is in all protability the Iai bell ever put abcard a ship for use at si The ship's beil is the mariner’s clock. The nautical day begins and ends at noon, when eight bells are struck. The bell is struck haif-hovrly, day and night, one stroke being added for each half hour un- til cight is reached, when the count be- gins at one bell. ip is on the In the United States navy the ship's ly under the forecastle, of the foremast. The captain’s orderly keeps the time and re- ports to the in eticer of the deck the hour terms of “bells.” The officer of the k then bids the messenger of the watch the beil. There is somewhat more y at eight bells than at other for then the hour is reported to the in and the bell not struck until he Make it so.” Here is the rou- tine on board of a man-of-war at § o'clock in the mornirg: The orderly says to the officer of the ¢ “Eight bells, sir.” The officer of the “Report to the captain chronometer wound.” tain and says: neters wound, s strike fermat times, he captain repli “Very well, 1 t so." The orderly goes to the officer of the deck and ‘Make it so, sir.” The off to of the watch: “Strike nd if everybody has been 2 messenger strikes eight bells ly 8 a.m. watter of fact, the the report “eight wound” is intended 1 the navigating officer. To chronometers are confid th chronometers and ¢ on each man-of-war. The hack aply a portable chronometer that may » taken ashore if need be. The others, affixed to their place in the navigat- s room or their chart room, are never removed. The navigator knows his chro- nometer even better than he knows his nd chronom check shipmates. ‘The error and the rate of the chronom 4s compared with Green- wich mean time are accurately known, Ss out of or- Be- are ship to local time. and it is pretty sure {f one g der the others may be dep the chronometers which are kept up Some of the ship's clo re now made to strike the bells, but the old routine is retained, except that the clock does the messenger. Whether or not ic of the 5 would stop should the captain ck withhold his “make it so” is yet to be determined. do things rather differently in the vy. On the English men-of-war ious deviation from the method of indicating the e the British naval mutintes the bells were struck on board men-of-war just as they were and board the ships of other nations. one of those mutinies the signal upon by mutineers was the stroke bell: p.m. When that signal mutineers rose to slay their offi- cers. In the fight that followed the officers upon one ship at least were driven over the starboard side, and the mutineers for a time were in possession ot the ship. When order was restorec throughout the navy, the stroke of five bells at 6:30 p.m., in the second “dog watch,” was dropped from its place in sequence, though five bells are retained at 6:30 a.m. The stroke at 6:30 p.m. in the British ne vy is one bell, at 7 two bells, at 7:20 three bells, but at 8 it is eight bells. From that hour to 6:30 p.m, the sequence of strokes is the same as in the United States navy. —_—__+ e+ —____ New Theory of Sunstroke. From the Los Angeles Tines. Dr. Sambon adopts what to many wiil be a startling theory to explain the action of sonstroke. He regards this affection as not due to excessive heat or exposure to the sun, but to an Infectious disease caused by a epecifie organism. He attests the fact that stokers, oven cleaners, miners and iron workers are exposed to temperatures higher than those of any known climate without. ever contracting the malady, and that the Assam tea planters and the close- ly shaven Chinese,-although constantly working In the hottest sun, are equally ex- empt. Dr. Sambon, discussing the geo- graphical distribution of the disease, goes on to prove that the areas in which {t 1s epidemic are strictly defined. While un- known in Europe, it is common in the low- lying regions of the eastern United States between the Appalachians and the Atlantic. it extends along the Nile sea, the Red sea and Persian gulf. It prevails in the Indo- Gangetic alluvial piain, but not on the ad- jacent Indian highlands. In support of his infection theory Dr. Sambon refers to the eceurrence of epidemics which bave fre- quently decimated hospital wards and not affected men exposed to greater heat and sun. The demonstration of the organic origin of the malady rests on its distribu- tion, etlology, morbid anatomy and epidem- ie character. The ic organism has not been detected, but . Sambon's investiga- tions incline him to the belief that it lives in the superficial layers @f the soll, and is conveyed to the lungs or ailmentary canal by dust. Pee ‘4 are on But in reed of five came the ‘The echo of Commodore Dewey's victo- rious guns hed hardly c2ased to reverberate along the shores of Manila harbor before the newspaper directors of the destinies of rations were discussing the entirely aca- demic question as to whether w2 should hand over the passive inhabitants of the Philippines to the sovereignty of Great Brit- ein or Japan! Consid2r how many assumptions underlie these propositions. Have the millions of natives no voice in the disposal of their country? Have the foreign business popu- lation no interests worthy of consideration? Or, assuming that Spain was the rightful ewrer of land and people and that th> United States by virtue of conquest inherits all the property rights and ruling powers of the conquered nation, wherein exists the immediat2 necessity of giving up these dear-bought rights of rule and property to some third power? Let us consider for a moment the present situation in the light of the immediate past and the threatening conting2ncies of the near future. Whether the people of the United States realize it-or not, it Is very clear to careful observ2rs that since the ending of the war of the rebellion this country has filled a far larger place in the werld’s consideration than ever before. It is also true that the country fills a far larger place in the estimation of all its children than before those historic years of sorrow, sacrifice and struggle, wherein the unselfishness, the patriotic devotion, the self-sacrifice, as well as the courag>, the re- sources, the energy and the endurance of all the combatants on either side were test- ed and proved as never before. Out of that furnace trial of civil war came forth the pure gold of a nation. For the first time men realized that this great people were u people of equals—equal in their willingness to subordinate self to a great patriotic cause. The lessons taught on a hundred hotly contested battlefields, that American nen, from whatever part of the land they come—from north, south, east or west—were equal in courage and devotion, can never be forgotten. Mutual respect for 2ach other's manliness makes a sure foundation for con- tinuing confidence. The magnanimity of Grant, the manliness of Lee, at the closing event of the struggle, well illustrat? and emphasize this truth. Inevitably, decade by decade, ‘this coun- try has, step by step, advanced from its small dcmain, comprising a narrow fringe of scattered colonies on th> western shore of the Atlantic, to its present continental empire, sweeping from ocean to ocean and from the lukes to the gulf, while the thre> millions of a century ago have grown into nigh eighty millions of Americans today. Karly in the century our statesmen saw that our true interests were to b> found on this side the Atlantic, and most wisely the lessons of non-interference in European complications were sedulously inculcated, with th> essential corollary that European interference in this hemisphere was never to be increased. A study of the map of North and South America is an object lesson of ‘manifest destiny.” One people are to occupy the great body of this continent, because the mighty rivers the natural highways run from the northern lakes to the gulf; and no people who lived at the sources of great vigable streams were ever willing that a foreign nation should control their outlet to the sea. From the settlement of this continent t today the development of history has stead? ily progressed toward the unification of its inhabitants. Some day, in the near or re- mote future, the United States will stretch from Canada to the isthmus, and inciude al the islands adjacent. So the map and so the making of the Nic- 1 proclaims. ope, whose countries are well has seized upon Africa, and di- ided up the unknown continent into ‘spheres of control”’—America can have lit- tle share in the trade of Europe or Afric: while in Asia England holds India by cen~ tury right of conquest and rule. To our fast-growing millions the trade across the Atlantic offers little—we are forced to look to that other ocean on which our coast infringes for hundreds of mites. ‘The Pacific {s our Mediterranean sea. That Hawaii should be ours has long been ad- mitted by the world generally. Could Grant's foresight have prevailed Samoa had been ours without interference of Bu- ropean powers. Now, suddenly, events, which wait the convenience of neither men nor nations, have thrown into our hands an island em- pire in the far east at the very turn of time when the commercial nations of Europe are haggling over their proposed dismember- ment of the enormous empire of China— seeking each to secure for itself the trade of those teeming millions. Be sure that neither Russia, Eygland, nor German whatever they may prate of “free ports, will favor the trade needs of the United States in the slightest. If America is not to sink into the commercial insignificance of a China in world commerce America must seize and hold her vantage ground in the Pacific. Short-sighted party policies gave to England 54.40 degrees north lati- tude; and so, today, the Klondike threat- ens complications. ‘Timid statesmen hest- tate to accept Hawall. The same policy which disappointed Grant of Samana bay, San Domingo, lost us Samoa. We are now forced to face the problem whether or no we will now assume our legitimate position of a world power—to say whether the three hundred millions of Americans two centuries hence shall fill their place in their world as we fill ours today, or whether they shall fall into the useless ranks of the timid peace nations like China, and be the spoil of stronger peoples. The Pacific holds our destinies and not the Atlantic. These suggestions are offered in the hope that the question of the disposi- tion of the Philippine Islands will not be thoughtlessly or hastily decided. aS SUGGEST CHANGES. prophesie: Amendments Proposed in the Bright- wood Railway Bill. The District Commissioners, in a report to Chairman Babcock of the House Dis- trict committee on House bill 10280, re- quiring the Brightwood Railroad Company to abandon its overhead trolley on Kenyon street, Columbia Heights, haye suggested certain amendments to the measure. The House bill proposes to give the company the right to install the underground system on Kenyon street at any time within three years. ‘That limitation the Commissioners con- sider too long, especially in view of the fact that the Metropolitan or some other rail- way company may be compelled to extend tracks over part of the territory in ques- tion. The Commissioners therefore recom- mend that the time be fixed at one year. ‘The Commissioners recommend an amend- ment correcting the name of the company, and that after the proviso on page 2 of the House bill there should be a penalty clause added, in order to make enf le the re- quirement as to the removal of the tracks and pol jes. With these amendments the THE MAINE EXPLOSION. Sketches of Result From Actual Measurements. From the Pall Mall Gazette. To the editor of the Pill Mall Gazette: Sir: I herewith send you three sketches relating to the Maine explosion. These sketches are from actual measurements made on the spot. Figure 1 shows the po- sition of the bow of the ship as relates to the mud before the explosion; figure 2 shows the forward part of the ship after the explosion and before the ship sunk; Fg F aaroae erecosiow figure 3 is a transverse section showing the manner in which the side plating was blown inward. It will be observed that the heavy and strong keel of the ship has been blown upward and inward, so that it is thirty-four feet above its normal position; that some of the bottom plating has actually been blown upward through the decks, and that a large hole seven feet in depth and fifteen feet in diameter has been blown ia the mud be- heath the sitp and qirectly opposite the broken keel. f With these drawings ‘before one, is it pos- sible to draw any other conclusion than that the ship was blown up by a large tor- pedo containing high explosives, and placed between the bottom of the ship and the mud? The fact that no fish were killed and that very little or no water was blown into the air would point most conclusively to the fact that the torpedo was in direct contact with the bottom of the ship at the instant of explosion, und thai the gases found vent at that point where there was the least resistance, namely, through the bottom of the ship, it being remembered that the inertia of the mass counts for much more with these high explosives than the strength of the materials. In such a case the gases would escane directly through the bottom of the ship, blowing the bottom upward without producing a very severe jar upon the surrounding water. The next question whith arises is, Could any evil-minded person in Havana obtain at least 500 pounds of high explosives? Could they have placed them in a suitable tor- pedo with suitable exploders, wires and so forth, and placed it under the bottom of LOUD LINE Boe sober. Mii le the shin? I think not. It appeats to me that the ship must have been blown up by a government torpedo in the hands of ex- perienced engineers. To pretend that the ship was destroyed by au internal explosion, to pretend that the side plates could have been drawn in- ward by“ sych an explosion, and that the keel could -have been sucked upward thir- ty-four feet by such an explosion is ridic- ous and foolish in the extreme. The po- sitions of the parts can only be account- for on the hypothesis that the explo- on was from the outside. This is fully and conscientiously believed by every American, and it is for this crime that Spain has to answer; it is for this that she has to face what is, perhaps, potentially the strongest nation on the face of the earth. I inclose my card. I am, sir, yours respectfully, A CIVIL ENGINEER AND AN EXPERT IN EXPLOSIVES. April 29, 1898, ++ - TROOPS FOR THE PHILIPPINES. The War Department Likely to Adopt General Merrit(s Suggestions. There are indications that the War De- partment has been brought to see the wis- dom of the suggestions thrown out by Ma- jor General Merritt that his expedition to the Philippines should consist of not less than 15,000 men, and that at least a third of them should be seasoned troops from the regular army, capable of meeting on even terms the veteran Spanish soldiers who garrison Manila. The endeavor to over- come the Spanish force with less than half their number of troops would seem*to be a senseless proceeding in view of the fact that there is no necessity for such a course, Gen. Merritt took occaston to deny very emphatically the accuracy of certain news- paper interviews pubUshed yesterday morn- ing, which placed him in the position of re- fusing to obey an order to proceed to thi Philippines because his force was iysufti- cient. The officials at the department upon scelng these publications did not hesitate to express ut once their belief that Gen. Merritt was too good a soldier to refuse to obey a lawful order, although they admitted that he might haye suggested the propri- ety of an increase in the number and a bet- terment in the quality of the soldiers to be assigned to his command. General Merritt telegraphed the Secre- tary of War aa follows: I desire you to know that the inter- views published in the New York papers yesterday morning are in every way in- correct and unauthorized. I had intended to take no notice of them, but I understand he articles are takén seriously in Washing- + HYATTSVILLE OFFICIALS. The Board of Commiksioners Makes Its Selections. Special Correspondence of The Eveaing Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 18, 1898. An important meeting of the board of town commissioners wag held last evening, Messrs. L. K. Miller, Joseph Aman, Charles Acker, Clarence Wilson and Howard Mark- Ward being present, Reports were received from the road and juditins’ committees. President Miller appointed the followirig committees; On roads—Massrs, Jos. Aman, Charles Acker and Howard Markward; on health—Howard Markward and Charles Acker; on street lighting—Clarence Wilson and Charles Agker; on buildings--Charles Acker and Cla@énce Wilson. Balloting was then had for the election of the town assessors, thé.nominees being Messrs. Joseph W. Aman, L. Q) Wissman and George N. Walker. Messrs. Aman and ieee ee elected on the mangers street | 5 awarded to NO POLITICS IN VIRGINIA Pending War Sole Topic of Conversation, Says Governor Tyler. Prompt Response to Call for Vo! teers—Gen Fitzhugh Lee a Cavalry Leader. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 17, 1898. “For the first time in a long period,” said Governor Tyler of Virginia to a special ecrrespondent for The Star, “there is no politics in Virginia. All the talk is about the war. “In response to the call for volunteers the young men throughout the state have been even more prompt in answering than was anticipated, and the executive depart- ment of Virginia is overwhelmed with busi- ness growing out of these responses. “As a matter of fact, companies of volun- teers arrive in Richmond faster than those having the responsibility in the matter can provide for them, and even while we are talking, late <hough it is in the even- ing, some of the latest arrivals at Camp Lee have not yet had their supper. “There have been some repetitions from among those offering their services to fight against Spain, but not more than three or four per cent, 1 think. In reply to questions, Governor Tyler said he could see no reason for the earnest and even vehement demands on the part of Some newspapers that President McKinley shall order an invasion of Cuba by our armies at once. “Those critics to whom reference has been made,” continued Governor Tyler, “fail to take Inte consideration that it is no easy matter to put a force of 125,000 men in the field ready for active operations. “They forget, or at least they do not seem to be aware, that it takes time to make tents and uniforms and to provide the many other things absolutely necessary for the use of the commissiary department, and without which the invading force can- rot hope to be successful.”” Asked if he believed the rumor, as print- ed in an afternoon paper in Richmond yes- terday, that the President was about to igsue a call for 100, additional troops, Governor Tyler said he did not. He cer- tainly had no information of that kind as yet. A prominent citizen of Richmond and 2 former officer in the confederate army, in talking with The Star correspondent about the war, said he was glad to see that there was such a willingness on the part of those who fought in the confederate army to take up arms for the government in the present war between the United States and Spain. He further remarked that he was delighted to observe that many of the young ladies, not only in Richmond but in other parts of Virginia, are wearing hats trimmed with red, white and blue ribbon a ornantented with small United States lags. Former Deeds of Valor. Talking along a similar line, Rev. Dr. J. William Jones, the well-known historian of Virginia, who served four years under General Robert E. Lee, said: “I have nothing to say to lessen the zea! of those who rally around our common flag, but I would not allow the memory of 18¢ 65 to perish on account of this or any other war. “We are too prone to exaggerate the things that are nearest us. I wouldn't de- preciate the victory achieved by that gal- lant sailor, Commodore Dewey. It was a superb victory, and t when we speak of it as the greatest victory ever achieved by American seamen we draw it a little too strong. When we study the war of 1812, and realize the difference in the ships, the caliber of the guns and the circumstances that surrounded the fighting in those days, we will, I think, find a parallel. “I was at Norfoik a few days ago and saw those magnificent battle ships lying at rest in Hampton Roads, and I was struck with one fact in connection with They were all modeled, not after Eri monitor, but after Brooke's Virgini modern fighting machines are not the re- sult of evolution from the Swede’s idea, but are designed aftér the idea of Commo- dore Maury’s able assistant. “Therefore it was John M. Prooke who revolutionized modern naval warfare, and when I saw those massive ships floating so quietly in Hampton Roads my heart leaped with pride when I though of the fact that it was through the genius of a Virginian that these things were brought about. “I have nothing to say to detract from the zeal manifested by the young men now gathered at Camp Lee. The boys there as- sembled will do their duty, but after the victory is won (1 take it that will be the result of the fight) they wiil not be able to show achievements superior to, or even equal to, those of the fair-haired mothers’ darlings of 1861 who became veterans after four years’ arduous service. Those boys made a history which is unequaled.” Rushing Work on Battle Ships. Information has been received here that the contractors for building the Kearsarge and Kentucky are anticipating orders from the government to hurry those vessels to ¢ompletion with the utmost possible dis- patch. Under ordinary circum: the two battle ships would not be read. into commission for more than a year. officer of the company said-today that by working on them night and day they cow be completed in six months. In order to accomplish this, would be necessary for the enter into a new contra building company, making provision for a heavy increase in the cost of the sli The great activity in American ship y has created a great demand for skillec workmen, and to provide a night and day force to work on the battle ships would en- tail, it is said, a large additional expen: in wages. It goes without saying that everynody here is talking about Fitzhugh Lee, and last evening one who knows him well said: “If the boys want to fight; want te be right in the thick of it: want to shew the Spaniards that there is something in them above the mercenary; want to let the Dons see that the spirit of 76 and '62 burns as brightly and as fiercely as ever, all they have to do is to follow the gallant Fitzhugh Lee, and he'll never send a man where he ‘won't lead. “There is so much to tell of Fitzhugh Lee, but briefly the history of the cavalry of the confederacy is the war history of the man. He is inseparably and heroically con- nected with it. To leave him out of a cay- alry charge is to leave a vacancy indeed. Hie was at the first Manassas battle and went to the front, as he did ever after. From captain he rose through the various grades to major general, which place he oc- cupies again, and will again distinguish. “Lee was desperate, daring, bold and cour- ageous, but never reckless. I, have seen Lee and Stuart go into battle Singing, and their men joined in the chorus. They sang as they charged; sang with bullets flying about them; sang even as they ducked to dodge a vicious saber cut. In camp he had a band, known as Fitzhugh Lee’s Minstrels, and many were the entertainments they gave. : A War Incident. “At the second Manassas he captured some of his old West Point comrades, and they put in a night of fun and jollity. He told them he had a message to. send it wernment to ct with the ship- however, |through the Unign lines,.then paroled them and sent them off on their horses, and one Or bis old -coseraidet tna Sea tiee oy fire of his own men. He had given his. rd and kept it. whe had e wu Lieutenant Louis Mar- tin’ the raid at Catlett's ‘at second f "made by. "Seb" Blur aa Piece officer’s tent two — officers digap- $16.50, $15 and $13.50 Men’s SUITS, OOK a trip to New York for your bene- fit a few days ago. Found clothing manuiac- turers anxious to sell. Bought 350 elegantly tailor- ed high-grade English Wor- sted Suits and Superfine Serge Suits, which sell regularly at $16.50, $15 and $13.50. We have filled ofr window with samples of them and offer these suits at the extraordinarily low price of iO -° Outfitter, 1 Foe ee D. J. KAUFMAN, pro Thanks. W B thank you men for making last Saturday the biggest Satur- day's business we have had si we opened, and for making last Monday the second best. You will admit there must be g00d reasons for this constantly- increasing business. So there re. ‘The biggest money's worth ef the finest hing in America and as upright and honorable treat- ment as mortal man can give. We buy b anything we sell that does vot prove perfectly sat- isfactory to you. 007 Pa. Ave. Willard’s Hotel, in Washington, and over- heard two men talking about war incident “Yes, sir,’ said one, ‘I have always regret- ted those two toddies. We were just in the act of raising them to our lips when the sounds of strife outside caused us to set them down and go out the back way, just as several Johnny Rebs came in the tent. “Lee looked close at the speaker. “Cousin Louis,’ said he, ‘don’t be alarmed. Those toddies were not wasted. I was just in time to see you set them down. I knew you hadn't time to poison them, and as the flap of the tent hid you from of them to my lips—my other—and I declare to you,” Lee added to the astonished gentlemen, “that never be- fore nor since has a whisky toddy tasted so good to me as that one did on that frosty morning.” “Fitzhugh Lee’s name is inseparably linked with that of the confederat and the history of Virginia, and the boys do themselves honor when they fall in behind him. He will lead them where honor lies or the soldier's grave.” ———— “ Leading Events at Hyattsville. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 17, 1898, A very creditable entertainment was giv- en last evening at the Masonic Hall for the benefit of Pinkney Memorial Church. “A Pretty Piece of Business,” comic drama was rendered by the following cast: tain Felix Merryweather, N. W. Dorsey Lancelot Shee, James B. Burnside Mrs. Fanny Grantley, Miss Alice C. Gwens; Miss Charlotte Shee, Mrs. Louis F, Holden; Dobson, Mrs. Joseph R. “A Wager for a Widow,” with Mrs. L. F Holden as Mrs. Chillingtone and Mr. as Sir Edward Ardent, also presented. oR fresients were served af the Gloss of the entertainment. One of the most charming social events of the season was the musicale given Sat- urday evening by Mr. and Mrs. August R. Holden at their home, “Bonnie Br in this village. The grounds were bed fully decorated with Chinese lantert American flags. ‘An attractive program was rendered, as follows: Barytone solo, Mr. A. R. Holden; 3 und soprano solo, Mi: en; piano Mr. Harvey Murry; soprano solo, Mrs. n; violin and piano duet, Mr. and 3 Theodore Van Doren; Dodge; bass soio, Mr. Walter Mrs. Dodge and Mis Mc accom- panists, Mr. Olmstead, Mrs Iter_and Mrs. A. R. Holden. Before the close of the evening refreshments were served. The guests, in addition to those taking part in the program, were: Mr. and Mrs. Pickering Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Harve: Mr..and Mrs. Ralph Baldwin, Mr. ‘s or, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Q. Smith, Mr. and D. Edelin, vocal duet, Mrs. H. M. Smith, Mr. the Misses Freyhold. Nina McEwen, Harriet Buckley, Dr. Bryan, Mr. F. H. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. William Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ande son Bennett, Mrs. John Baker, Mr. Mrs..Jackson H. Ralston, Mr. and Mr: i. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Amon, Rev. S. W Righter, Misses Baukhages, Owens, C: wright, Schoepf, Moran and Mr. Job den. The Hyattsville Orchestra attendance and rendered seme choice selec- tions, pe see Fffie—“Uncle John,are you upon the language of flower ; Uncie Jchn—“What do you mean—the language emptoyed by the woman who receives them or by the poor devil who has an autho CASTELBERG, the reliable jews | eler, now at 1103 Pa. Ave., will ree move to 935 Pa. Ave. May 23d. Uns til then a discount of 20 per cent is allowed on all Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry Marvelous Rapidity in Preparing fow Offensive or Defensive Action. From Chambers’ Journe?, It can no longer be said Eritain is unprotected. were never more complete or efficient. Right around our shores stretch these many de- fenses, not Isolated, and therefore of little account, but forming a Inked protection, with the telegraph or telephone at hand to respond at naval headquarters in London to the slightest warning, aud from White- hall there branch off private wires to the great arsenals of Porsmouth, Devonport, Chatham and Sheerness. A few words from any point on the coast, be it an isolated coastguard station or a lonely guardship, may in an hour or two hav? led to orders of national import being flashed over sleeping towns and villages to the naval commander-in-chi=f at the coast, and before the outside world knows of ime pending danger all the machinery of dee fense will be in readiness for an emergency, That this is no exaggeration those may judge who remember the hasty commission- ing of the particular service squadron in wary, 183, when the German emperor's ill-judged telegram to President Krueg3r set England ablaze with anger Before even the Times annouzced the de- cision of the government to form squadron, “to do anything where,” as Mr. € graph’ instruments Vigorously ticking, and, unknow public, the admirals at Chatl mouth and Devonport had had the s awak« that Great The coast defenses prep- arations for commissicning the ships had commenced, and in a few days uadron of powerful modern vessels Ww ted out ny t Whe nec: sity ari no less promptly will ma- chinery of def2nse be again put to the test, pessibiy on a more extensive sc presets Chickamauga. kK. and ready for From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat. 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