Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 8

! W. B. Moses & Sons. | RECORD BREA —wWe claim the envied place. precedent for low matting prices this season. sight and big orders have put us in a po: unmatchable prices on Mattings and gives us a stock where variety is something terns in Japanese and Chinese Straw Mattings. Any W. B. Moses & Sons. MAT TINGS. KING PRICES We're establishing a Fore- sition to quote Lotedededutede etna to be proud of. 250 pat- Cheek and Plaid CI Matting—yard 8c. ”) yords Heavy id China Mct- gular 15¢. qual- 10c. — 1,000 yards vy Faney Cheek and Matting—regular - quality—yard "12i4c. China blue, brown and plaits — regular quality—yard.. Let 7-S15 yards E: Heavy Bungo Jointless Matting, neat checks pin stripes and aid, in blue, red, green, old gold and brown — reg ES “1734. quality—yard... .. Jap- Lot 81,000 yards anese Double-dyed In- laid Matting, pretty in- serted figures oa white Eat rie “| TI, quality—yard. 15c, Hhontontonteateese contonseaionsoete se ssossontonsmswsse ine eansonaetereeotaon ateon cence ate NCOtnOtP MOLSON I TEM AGNES PUM see egos F Street Corner 11th. Seetetetectetnee “end Use Eucalyptine! For the complexion. Sof: nd clears the skin. es cuts, lyrns, bruises, sunbarm and prickly ins no animal fat. 1 druggists’. Free [= If in doubt as to whether or not you should wear glasses call and let us make a scientific ex- amination. We'll advise you honestly. No charge. apS0-law-3m* | TA good pair of Eyeglasses or Spec- tacles as low as $1. McAllister & Feast, Opticians, ‘1311’? F St. Je2-28d EVER TRY A “Star” Ham? Perfection of eure and flavor. Mild and Call for AnMOUR’S Sliced “Star’ Ham and Bacon, put up in one-pound tins. Nothing finer odnced. Picigtar” brand Hama and Bacon made only by Armour & Company, Chicago. For sale by all first-class grocers. Armour Products ARE WORLD STAPLES. my3-tu,th&s.tf-20 You Will Have to Make Your Own Breezes This summer, for the weather seers proph- ess a very hot, sultry season. Buy elec- trie fans for your store, office or residence, and you'll be able to make breezes to order whenever you wish. We'll supply the elec- trie current. Drop postal and our represen- © tative will call. U.S. Electric Lighting Co., je3-204 213 14th st. ow. ‘Phone 18 Great Reduction In Hair. itches, 50, formerly ee fetishes, $8.00, formerly #¥0.00. Gri witches, $3. 08, ay formerly $6.30; Gray Switches, $4.50, First-class attendants io Shampooing, ete. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray bair Never fails. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. ‘The sweet. ap16-204 Gold-filled Glasses, $ f] -25 Serranted for io years, § 00 : with best lenses, $1.25. = Solid ¢ rimless mountings 00. my9im*-6 A. KAIIN, 935 F nw. Save Toney & Trouble, GET THE BEST, “The Concord Harness,” A ‘ é quantity at these prices. $ an é Lot 9-700 yords Cotton = Lot 11,000 yards Good 97 eA White China Matting— 7c. eee $ yard < riety of colers—regu mr 7 3 Ble. quality—yard...... nC. Lot 2-300 yi Faney | Plaid © tting— Tc i Lot 10—1.200 yards Ex- yard... ee ‘2? t Let 3—S00 yards Fancy W.B. MOSES & SONS, } Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases and Leather Goods. Lutz & Co., 427 PA. AVE. N.W. (Next National Hotel.) P. S.—Trunk Repairing by skilled hands, 14° Last Call On Window Screens, Only a few Itt of those John B. Espey, isrtvsre, splendid window sercens at 1010 Pa. a Se3-15d Ve. We'll et them I > ELERY AINE'S Cate. DOrLS We 2 LL The Robinson Oils, Bow. “they lubricate more and outlast other oils.” Wm. C. Robinson & Son, apli-set _ BALTIMORE, Md. Ministers, lawyers, teachers and others whose occupation ‘gives but little exercise should use Car. ter's Lite ‘Liver Pills for torpid liver and bilious- hess. One is a dose. Try them. Camp Black {s deserted. Volunteers now in utbern camps should use Dr. SIEGERT’S AN- GOSTURA BITTERS to offset the il! effects of ebange of water and climate. ‘Speak for yours <= In the year ending December, 1897, there were 19,304 immigrants who deciared their jatention of residing in Canada out of a jotal of 27,200 entering its ports. 20c. ya Lot 11-900 yards Double Extra Imperial Joint- a less China Matting, Ks ds aid checks, 10 2 eThs to select from $ quality- 2214c $ Lot 121,000 yards Cot- $ ton Warp Japanese Art . Inserted Matting, pretty + inserted figures on white & ground, 10 patterns to select | from — regular eA and Six qualities 25c. ard... Lot 13—1,200 yards Royal = Extra ‘Thick Chinese ‘. Jointless Matting— oy these are gems—10 pat- % ferns to select fro $ Tegular 40c. quality— . yard... 25c. & eet Japanese Matting Mats.20c. each c3 Japanese Matting Rugs, + BRA NCehoan 2 nee 1 g5C. each $ Japanese Matting Rugs, z ZxG leet. oe 50c. each é Delf Blue Fiber Rugs, KA 3x6 feet... -$1.00 each ¥ z | Storage, 22d and M. + Seentetecetetectnteteeteteeotne AKOUT OYSTERS. Lpglishmen Prefer Their Little Cop- pery Bivalves to Our Product. From the Trade. Not long ago, while in London, I went early one morning to Billingsgate to sec the great fish market with all its reputa- jon for epithets. It was disappointing to find unguage as clean as its fish, but ther vas «nough interest in the fish to take up for the loss of profanity. I was fcrtunate in meeting a dealer who sold mcre oysters than any man in London, hi: average being about 20,000,000 a ye: oysters there being sold by the count. The evening before, at a club, the Englishmen rallied the Americans on their food pro- ducts, but we retorted that the good old Toast beef of England and the good old roast mutton of England both came from the United States, and then we went fur- ther and said that American oysters wer. the finest in the world, at which they laughed uproariousiy and said that while they might admit the beef and the mutts everybody knew that American oysters were not worth eating, being flabby and tasteless and altogether unequal to the English variety. When I told the oyster dealer about this, he said it was a fact that so far the English people had not Leen educated up to the American oyster, but that he managed to sell more of them every year on accotnt of their cheapness. Then the surprise of all occurred. Wh: select American oysters brought only 25 to 40 cents a dozen, the little coppery things from the continent sold for 50 and 69 cents, and the English “natives” were Tare at $1 a dozen. But, of course, there is io accounting for tastes. Europe has gone *hrough what this coun- try is facing. Over there they destroy their oyster beds by excessive dredging, and now nearly every oyster eaten is a product of cultivation. Fer three months it is not permissible to sell the English “natives,” but the oyster transplanted from the contirent or from America may be sold at any time. At Whitstable, a small bay near the mouth of the Thames, one company supplies over 20,000,000 oys- ters annually to the London market. It is so well systematized that if you are giving a dinner in London you may have your oysters only a few hours from the water. In France and Belgium the same desirab'e condition prevails. The productiveness of this oyster cultivation is illustrated by the fact that a crop of oysters worth over $8,000,000 was raised on a French farm of less than 400 acres I was told that cultivation had changed the European oyster in several ways. The flavor was moderated and the solid and nutritious quantities were increased. We are finding out the same in this country. The real blue points were large oysters from a famous bed, which has been ex- hausted for fully thirty years. The new blue points are the smaller oysters of vari- ous varieties. The sound oysters, on which New York feeds, were largely transplanted from Maryland, after. the native beds had been exhausted, ard very often the culti- vators of Long Island sound are able to produce a better product than we get from the Chesapeake bay. There is nothing in the world that responds more quickly to attention than the oyster, but once its beds are depleted, patience is necessary to supply them again. At one time Massa- chusetts had a magnificent oyster supply, but the people took up everything in the vain expectation that nature would repro- duce her crops without having any seed to start them with. There are splendid oys- ter possibilities In North and South Caro- Una, and there is a sentiment for their protection. Along the Gulf .of Mexico dredgers and catchers have been busily at work, to the great detriment of the supply; but the government is now investigating the subject, and it is hoped that the depre- dations will be checked in time. Numer- ous car loads of oysters were taken from Baltimore to San Francisco with success, and there is no reason why the Pacific coast should not become a great oyster- producing region. Just what the disregard of a protective policy means {s illustrated enly too sadly in the Chesapeake bay, where the total catch has fallen off 50 per cent in twelve years. Instead of the 8,000,- 009 or 10,000,000 bushels, which is a too liberal estimate, and which Is being con- stantly decreased, Prof. Brooks, who has centributed more to the knowledge of the oyster than any man in the world, calcu= Jates that the 600,000 acres of oyster lands in the Chesapeake bay are capable of yield- ing over 500,000,000 bushels annually, pro- ducing a revenue of $60,000,000. These fig- ures seem large, but !t must be remember- ed that the lady oyster lays several mil- lion eggs every year. — Australia’s Curiosities. Frem the Savannah News. There are some curious things in Central Australia. According to Prof. Baldwin Spencer, Lake Amadeus, in the dry season, is merely a sheet of salt. Ayers Rock, about five miles round, rises abruptly from the desert. Formerly vast rivers flowed here, and the diprotodoton, a wombat-like creature, worthy of its name, and four times as large as a kangaroo, flourished on the plains. Now there are hardly any ant- mals to be seen. The fish live in water holes of the hills until the floods wash them down to the valleys. At the end of the wet season the water frogs fill themselves with water, roll themselves in the mud, and lie low tll the next rains, which may not come for two years. Meanwhile, the provident frog, like the “mouste” of Robert Burns, may have the misfortune to furnish a drink to a thirsty black. The natives also get water from the roots of trees. They are in the “totem” stage, and revere certain plants or animals which protect them. Men of one group can onl: marry wom from another single group. = THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1898-24 PAGES. SEARCHING FOR CERVERA Story of the Guard Kept by Sigsbee at Santiago. ‘aptured a British Vessel With Coal for the Spanish Flect Within Runge of the Forts. The story of the recent experience of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, commanded by Capt. Sigsbee, who has returned to the city to report to the Navy Department, is full of interest. According to a letter writ- ten by an officer on board the St. Paul to the Philadelphia Press, the vessel left Key West for Cape Haitien Wednesday, May 18, at 5 p.m., in obedience to orders from Washington. Before leaving Capt. Sigsbee went on board Admiral Santpson’s flagship, doubtless to commupicate his orders. <At that time everybody was wondering where the vanishing Spanish fleet was. It had been reported at Willemstad, Curacao, off the coast of Venezuela, Sunday, May 15, where it had ccaled. Sunday evening it departed. Since then rothing had been heard of it. It was believed that the fleet would make for Santiago or Cienfuegos, and the Navy Department took steps to cover those points. Commodore Schley left Key West, going west through the Yuca- tan passage, and remained In front of Cien- fvegos until he was satisfied the Spanis1 ficet_was not inside. Capt. Sigsbee, on the Si. Paul, went east to stand guard at Sar- tiego. Meanwhile the Windward passage and other outlets from the Caribbean were guarded. Capt. Sigsbee ran down the fame. The officer who tells the story says: “Our course lay through the Windward channel, and during Friday night we reco; nized the lights of several vessels of t! Patrol ficet stationed there. Friday after- ncon we met the St. Louis steaming to- ward us from the westward. When within hailing distance we announced our dcstina- tion, and_ Capt. Goodrich replied that he had left Santiago on Wednesday, and had scen no signs of the Spanish fleet. He and the armed tug Wampatuck had engaged the forts, silencing two batteries, and had cut one cable and pcssibly destroyed an- other. This was the firing reported by the papers as occurring at Santiago on the Sth. We reached Cape Haitien on Friday merning and found the Yale already an- chored there. We were immediately hand- ed a dispatch directing us to proceed to Santiago de ba without delay, the Span- ish fleet having gone in there on May 19. Not having yet anchored, we turned about and made for our new destination. Cf Santiago. “Saturday morning, May 21, found us off the harbor of Santiago. It is a difficult place to find. The shore of this part of the island is skirted by a low range of hills, ) feet high. The range continues to the tward mile after mile; then a narrow k occurs, hardly noticeable. The range and some distance further to the west merges with a loftier one. The nar- row break is the entrance to Santiago har- bor. It is half a mile wide, but the channel is only a hundred yards.’ The channel is shaped somewhat like a sickle with its han- dle toward the entrance and the curve to the westward. ‘Ali y Saturday we lay off the harbor. When evening fell our usefulness was end- ed for the time, and it became our duty to withdraw some distance from the land to avoid the Spanish torpedo boats. These pesky objects are harmless to a watchful ship in the daytime, but at night they are almost invisible, and, like the tarantula, are recognized only after they have stung, and the sting of a torpedo is death! ‘Sunday, the 2: ale appeared and remained with us during the day. On Monday the Harvard and the cruiser Min- neapolis arrived. We had thus for awhile four vessels on the station. The Minne- apolis soon left for ports unknown, and on Tuesday the Harvard went to Key West for coal. Coal Supply Captured. “The next day, Wednesday, the 25th, our good fortune came. At daybreak the look- out spied a steamer, close in shore, making all speed for Santiago harbor. We headed her off right under the guns of the fort. They did not fire on us. Perhaps the sol- diers were not awake yet! Two shots across her bow finally brought the stranger to, but twenty minutes more and he would have made the harbor and we would have lost the most important prize of the war. The result showed the wisdom of Captain Sigsbee in alv making land at day- break. The vessel proved to be the Eng- lish steamer Restormel, from Cardiff, load- ed with coal for the Spanish fleet. “Her captain's story made it plain to us that the Spanish admiral was short of coal. We had just captured 3,000 tons that he needed, and he was a prisoner in Santia- go without the means of escape. The Brit- ish captain had done his best, but when he left us for Key West he shouted from the bridge: ‘Look out for the other two colliers, bound for the same place.’ We came to the conclusion he did not want to be the only man to go back to Cardiff who had been captured hy the Americans. We kept a diligent lookout for the other two colliers, but they never appeared. Doubtless they had been warned and gone elsewhere. The Flying Squadron Arrives, “During all these days we had been anx- fously awaiting the arrival of the flying squadron. Finally, on Thursday afternoon, the Minneapolis again mysteriously appear- ed from the unknown and signaled us that Commodore Schley would appear shortly. At the same tim2 the: Yale reappeared upon the scene. Within an hour the squadron Was seen approaching. Friday morning nothing was done. Finally, in the after- noon, the flagship signaled us to remain at our station, while they steamed slowly ‘to the westward. We: felt it was but a tem- porary departure and suspected it was done in order to coal up the Texas, which was short of fuel, from the collier, and this eur- mise proved subsequently to be correct. After tha flect had departed we spent Fri- day afternoon and Saturday mainly in chas- ing newspaper boats. The correspondents are everywhere. “Sunday morning at daybreak found us again approaching the harbor after our night's offing. At the same time we dis- cover2d the smoke of several vessels which we believed were Schley’s fieet returned. As we neared the flagship a strange thing hap- pened. Two large vassels and two much smaller appeared at the mouth of the har- bor, which all the week had seemed desert- ed. The two large vess2ls were recognized at once from our ships as the Cristobal Co- jon and Santa Maria Teresa of the Spanish fleet, and the two smaller as two torpedo boats. We drew near to the flagship to communicate this discovery to th: commo- dore, when he informed us that he also had seon and identified the same vessels. “So the Spanish flect ware really there and our watch had not been in vain. The Spanish fleet was almost impregnably en- trenched in the harbor. “In a few minutes the flagship sent us some dispatch2s for the department with instructions to take them at once to Mole St. Nicholas (west coast of Haiti), 140 mil away. We arrived there in seven hours, a rate of twenty miles an hour.” ——_+e+—_____ TO ENLARGE CAMP THOMAS, Present Accommodations Not Enough for 75,000 Men. The military authorities at the Chicka- mauga battlefields have reported that .the accommodations at that place are not ade- quate for the 75,000 men which, according to the present plans of the War Depart- ment, are to be ordered there. The park accommodates easily 45,000 men, when only the wooded portions are used for camping purposes, leaving the open fields for drills and other military maneuvers. To accommodate the 25,000 additional men who are expected, arrangements have al- ready been made for the use of a large tract of land eiseinlhg ce park, The Chickamauga Park commission is putting into practical shape a thorough system for the supply of water for the troops and the animals at the park, and in addition the quartermaster’s department of the army is constructiig a number of warehouses within the confines of the res- ervation. All of these improvements, most of which are of a permanent character, seem to indicate that the government in_ tends to make a ae 4 pean oaie If you want anything, try an ad. in Th Star. It anybody has what you wish, you ANAC Rev. Hugh Ty Stevénsoil, "ate: Pastor of Baptist Church, Ibeaves for New York. News Received rom the Anacostia Volunteer Soldicrs—Base Ball— Boy's Arm Broken. Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, late the pastor of the Anacostia Paptist Church, left this taorning fer his future home, in Hamilton, N. Y., where, according to his present plans, he will enjoy a rest until November and then enter the divinity school of Col- gate University. Mr. Stevenson expects to do some work in assisting other pastors during his vacation, however. When ac- cepting his resignation his congregation voted to tender him a month’s vacation with salary, the offer being accepted. Mr. Stevenson reiterated last evening the statement that his resignation was wholly voluntary, and was for the sole purpose of enabling him to prepare himself more thoroughly in theology. Mr. Stevenson has served as pastor of the Anacostia Baptist Church nearly five years, a longer term, it is said, than that of any of his prede- cessors. While in Anacostia he has been a student of Columbian University, where he took the degrees of A. B. and A. M. a year or so ago. Before coming to Anacostia he Was assistant pastor of the Englewood Baptist Church, outside of Chicago. Rev. Mr. Bliss, one of the assistants at Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, who has been called to the Anacostia Baptist Ckurch for a probationary period of three menths, will not, it is stated, take charge before July 1. In the meantime services will be under the direction of Rev. George Bewman, former pastor. Major R. A. Pyles, regimental surgeon of the 1st District of Columbia Volunteers, has been heard from by letter, as have all the other Anacostians with the volunteer army. When last heard from all were ex- pecting to leave for Tampa, Fla., and they expressed themselves as being heartily glad of the prospect of early active service. Elliott Hoopes, an Anacostia boy, has been premoted to the ambulance corps, with the rank of sergeant. Congress Heights Team Wins, On the diamond at St. Elizabeth Thurs- day evening a game of base ball was played between the St. Ejizabeth team and a team of Anacostia and Congress Heights players, resulting in an easy vic- tory for the latter, by a score of 26 to 3. The winning team, which will play regu- lar games hereafter, is composed of the following young men: F. Wahler, first base; J. Wahler, second base; B. Duvall, third base; G. Pumphrey, short stop; Penning- ton, center field; C. Wahler, left fieid; Leonard, right field; U. Wahler, pitcher; J. Pumphrey, ‘catcher. Right Arm Broken. William Allen ard Roy Nelson, both col- ored, and each nine years of age, indulged {n a wrestling match in the Bethlehem Baptist Church last evening, and Nelson was thrown and had his right arm broken at the clbow. The injured boy was taken in the patrol wagon of the fifth precinct to the Washington-Asylum for treatment. Personal Mention. Night Stationkesper J. W. Middleton of the Anacostia station left today on a leave of ten days, which’ he will spend visiting relatives in Bowie, Springfield and Balti- more, Md. Mr. John F. Anderson, jr., of Philadel- phia has been visiting his uncle, Mr. W. T. Anderson. 1 Funeral of John B. Brook, jr. The funeral of John B. Brook, jr., som of Judge John Brook, of the circuit court of Upper Marlboro’, Prince Gecrge’s county, Md., was held this morning. The deceased was thirty-four years of age and unmar- ried. He had been in feeble healih for over a year as the result of a fall from a second-story window, this being eveutually responsible for his death, which occurred Thursday evening. The funeral services were held at the Church of the Holy Fam- ily, near his late residence, Woodmoor. The interment was in Mount Carmel cem- etery, Upper Marlboro’, id. STREET RAILWAY SERVICE. Two Complaints Made in Commuhica- cations to The Star. A young lady writes of an annoyanca as follows: “I ruined my new spring dress on those horrid East Capitol car tracks. One side of the skirt was just streaked with black grease. Now, I know that the tracks have to be oiled, but I cannot see why there have to be such streams of it. This could be remedied. There are some kind of little bexes that would catch the grease; I do not know the name of them, but I heard my father talking about them, so I know it is all right. We girls are not the only ones to ruin our clothes. A friend of mine who is very fond of the bicycle was riding home a few days ago and that horrid grease spattered all over the back of his little light overeoat. Of course he was perfectly furious, and I do not blame him one bit—I was, too. “A Regular Rider” complains of the poor schedule of the cars on the avenue line. He says: “You can wait on the corner any day in the week three or four minutes in the hot sun for a car, and when it arrives*you are compelled to crowd in an already loaded car. If you wish to smoke you are com- pelled to wall’ back nearly half a square, as the cars they use now are two old cable trailers, and are entirely too long for one conductor to work in safety. In rainy weather they are absolutely dangerous, as the old curtains are let down in front and the conductor is compelled to go up and down the‘side board and watch the people, causing him to get soaking wet in a few Minutes. As the Metropolitan Company run their cars two minutes apart and give splendid’ service, why can’t the Capital Traction Company do the same? They are coining money now.” ———— CRYING OF THE INFANTS, A Foundling Hospital Disturbing to Neighboring Residents. Commissioner Ross recently received from Miss A. M. Bradley, 1722 15th street, a com- plaint to tho effect that “as the weather grows warmer, and our windows are open, we find the crying of the infants at the Foundling Hospital very distressing.” Miss Bradley's letter was referred to the District superintendent of charitlss, who submitted a report to the Commissioners in the mat- ter, a copy of which,hag,been forwarded to the complainant. 4. ; ‘The superintendent of charities states that the complaint ts sitfilar to others here- tofore made by pérsors residing in the neighborhood of thehospital. “I think,” ha reports, “there is no doubt that the suffering of the infants kept at that institution and. ir distressing cries are very real sou! of, annoyance to per- Scns living in the igam, te neighborhood. “I receive,” continues she superintendent, “regular reports. from ;{h3 institution, and have inspected it twice during the past year with the greatest eare, and am unable to suggest any changes in its management which will be accegitabls to its managers and at the same time remove the cause of complaint. The chidréti receive about as good care as can bé given in such an insti- tution. I have never seen a more carefully conducted foundling: as¥fum, yet seven out of every ten children received depart through the door of death. The really geri- ous question seems to be as to whether the work Is such as can properly be done at public expense, or should not rather be su; ported by those who are convinced of the wisdom of attempting it and are willing to peas responsible to tha community for : ———— Lieut. Col. Cowles Injured. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., yesterday says: Lieut. Col. Andrew D. Cowles of North. Carolina, while riding into this city from Camp Dan Russell, received injuries that will probably cause his retirement from activa service. His horse took fright at the trolley cars and dashed across the track. When the horse struck the car Lieut. Col. Cowles’ right ankle was from the 2a late to- OSTIAHAPPENINGS GENERAL L. W. COLB 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. The Recently Appointed Brigadier General Well Known Here. He Has a Splendid Military and Civil Record—Raised Troops for W Gen. L. W. Colby of Nebraska, who has just been appointed brigadier general, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in the regular classical course and in the school. engineering department and law He is considered one of the ables neys in the west: has served two terms in the Nebraska state senate. and was assist- ant attorney general of the United States Gen. L. W. Colby. under President Harrison. During his serv- ice here he had charge of the Indian claims, and was uni popular and admired, Although an, he was estigation of the ther bureau Morton early in th: tio: C bellion; had command of a compan Indian war of 186s; w pany at Madi i battalion in ti He was colonel in co ka tr and six c jars during the formidable ha, in 18 y Indian camp. und of the com) er gener: y regiments, Sioux w ing the past or- ganized the Ame: r Le n in the inter and tendered ng—to President M ia the war with S; in all the practical Irill a company, s visit twice dv r, and osted on n Havana and the estern d. He has been urged by the entire ska delegation for appointment as br or major gen- eral, and indorsed by tors Shoup of Idaho, Warren ot Wyoming, Pettigrew of South Dakota, Hansbrough of > kota and Spooner of Wisconsin. The pointment of Gen. Colby as general of v« unteers will meet with general approval, and he will doubtless be given command of a division cf transmississippi troops. SoS See UNEASY OVER OUR ATTITUDE. Cuban Insurgents Not Favorable to an Unrestricted Franchise, A dispatch from New York yesterday says: The visit of Dr. Capote, vice pri of the Cuban republic, to the United Sta‘ is said to be for the purpose of conferring with Mr. Palma and other members of the junta concerning the future of their govern- ment. The failure of Congress to recognize its independence and the policy of President McKinley to carry on the war without reference to the insurgents caused alarm among the leaders of the movement in Cuba, and it was considered best for Mr. Capote, who is recognized as the ablest lawyer among them, to come personally to Washington and reach an understanding with President McKinley regarding the present status and the prospects of the insurgents. It will be remembered that Mr. Rubens, the attorney of the junta in New York, when the matter was pending in Con- gress, declared that the insurgents would fight the Unfted States if we attempted to interfere without recognizing their inde- pendence. This, at the iime, expressed the spirit of Gen. Gomez and other insurgent lcaders, who insisted that the destiny of Cuba should be intrusted to their hands. President McKinley’s plan of organfzing a republican form of government in Cuba that shall represent all classes and factions, the rich and poor, the sugar planters, the tobacco manufacturers, the merchants, the professional men and all concerned, with a legislature elected by the people to make the laws, and a judiciary and executive chosen in the same manner to enforce them, is not approved by all of the insurgents. Gomez, Masso and other leaders are said to dissent very emphatically from such a Proposition, and insist that every man in Cuba, who has been loyal to the Spanish government during the revolution, or has not shown active sympathy for the insur- gents shall be permanently disfranchised and forever prohibited from holding office under the new government. They declare that all the friends of Cuba Libre are known and can be easily identified when they come into their kingdom. They have suffered for their love of liberty; they have fought to drive the Spanish flag from the West indies, and are entitled to the fruits of their victory. = “Haven't we been fighting and suffering in order to drive out the Spaniards, and are we not entitled to run the government when they go? Are the men who have as- sisted Weyler and Blanco to defeat us to sLare in the honors and emoluments? Not much, They can go back to Spain with the army, or we will make them very un- happy.” Thus spoke one of the most prom- incnt and influential of the junta after com- ing directly from a conference with Capote. —— ee MOVING A CHURCH. ap- London Edifice to Be Taken Down Stone by Stone. From the London Telegraph. An .etraordinary feat in church removal will soon be witnessed in London, Hidden away in the quiet recess of Great Ormond street, Bloomsbury, is an unpretentious building externally, which in reality is one of the most beautiful Roman Catholic churches in the metropolis. It was built by the late Sir George Bowyer, once a well- known member of parliament and a cham- berlain .of the pope, as a temple for the Order of Malta Knights of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, whom the baro- net was the means of reintroducing into England; but it was also associated with the Hospital of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, oe founded by Cardinal Wiseman in ’ ‘The extension of the Hospital for Sick Children, close by, papers the authori- ties of the smaller institution in a scheme ot enlargement th a a a a es ies Vesey eEererer errr errr er sr rer rr sr. Yard-wide pl linen crash—and also homespun striped Mnen crash sulting, ich we have just purchased, of extra heavy quality—will be offered at the re- markably low price of 9 cents a yard. There rds in the purchase—all of the most destrable sort—regular prices, 123% to 18 cents a yard. Organdies, 64c. indie Francaise, full 32 inches wide, blue and Higt:t grounds, and in the choicest o in very fine quality. seegeegeendententensense ng eaSosntoateoutoagorgeten eazeceetentetins 3 3 Fa 53 z viously. eegeet reseeseaseegeogege oateesees Tho ly oso fe highest 15 cents, yard instea nsesteogongeege % SoeSoesoasens % oS a talk. Ten thousand row Valenci oSeagendongongeasenseegerte a dozn y day, pe resets lees China matt! superior quality go at Geese White will go Monday fe @ yard—made to sell at patterns—of exceptionally Gy cents, 24 cents, Organdies, 15c. The genuire Koechlin gauze stripe or- gendies, in an immen. Hest colorings imaginable—the most ex- quisite effects—will go Monday at 15 cents: a yard—former price, 3714 cents, ‘ariety of the love- beg. “The Dependable Store.” Monday’s special values in wash goods are strong ones —and cannot be duplicated anywhere else in town, we are quite sure. We have just finished some clever buying- you in possession of these money-saving offering: touch with high-grade wash stuffs at the minimum price—less per- haps than you have ever paid before. buying public enjoys many superior advantages. quantities of wash stuffs sold compels greatest buying—which in turn commands lowest prices—and makes possible prices to you that others cannot meet. Linen Crash, 9c. 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. ’ which places puts you in “The Dependable Store's” The immense sDretestoatontoateatoatogtnatnatoatostoatoatoatetontestngtosto sto stnstostonteatestoatestostoatpatedoetoatoatoeteatoetotontotody Mozambique, 334c | A bundred | may ne most flit will sold is a yard, yard 7Ac. ored lawns, of fine sheer qualt- pink, red and green—which ars worth a great deal more, Will go Monday at 71; cents a yard. ed swiss, 19c. tes Lot of extra heavy seam- An very sume grades which sell at 18 cents and a yard at all other stores, will 1114 cents. | Seedadeteenetneneededeteeeeneneedetedeteee 20 pin dots, Switzerland, the 1 Lower prices for white goods. An unprecedented array of white goods values day—come pick at will. more popular than this season—a: Nothing is mi pleteness—every face you Mon-- These dairty white fabrics were never nd -we never sold so many pre- sing from our stock to mar its perfect com- I newest fad of fashion is represented. ing at prices like these is saving a generous lump of the Import Boe 228 & Peal aD DB ADA BRB RL PRM AMAR AREA AALS And buy- cost. English pique, 19c. welt English pique French organdies, 69c. Ten py ted ololad stad atta al Palak lB? 2. Indian linon, 8%4c, Sheer English India linon, the a 12%4-cent iity, will be made a special of at Sig couts a yard Monday. Extraordinary lace values, Monday’s offerings in laces and embroidery est values of the season—will easil fore. The prices tell the story—inc chon, | which ese mattings. choi 2 ts. An Insidious Foe ef Ships. From the > w York World, An insidious ally to Spain is the barnacle. The United States warships now busy In Cuban waters, which are particularly favor- | ference. In th able to the growth of shellfish, are sure to have their bottoms fouled by rank sea growth, and probably the first use to which they will put the fine dry dock at Havana will be to clean them off. The barnacle loves a ship's bottom. It attaches itself by means of a peduncle end- ing in the barnacle proper, which consists of five shelly valves inside a general pro- tective shell. It makes no effort to improve on its first selection of a home, because im- mediately it has made its selection and be- comes firmly attached nature robs it of its eyesight. Swinging backward and forward, it absorbs its food caught in several tenta- cles looking like fine feathers protruding from the head. It spends the days pleas- antly in foreign travel till the dry dock is reached, when it is unceremoniously scraped off and sent to the manure heap. A tramp freighter engaged in the south- ern trade had eleven tons of barnacles re- moved froin her sides at one time, exclusive of grass and other growths, This was in de Paris, Normandic and Piatt Valencienn and all-siik ( a yard, “LiKe. The matting sale —which has been in progress during the past week has crowded the matting department every da traordinary that the attention of every tracted. Again Monday we start with more fresh values. Lot of cotton-warp Japan- + | of the a 1 d mark the grand- Iv eclipse any that have gone be- ore eloquently than a column of All-cver Swiss emb: r- With rows of fine Ia: i ntilly ing—now used for sold up to 25 fronts—which ts worth will go Mon- 0 $2.50 a yard go Monday at | “$1.30. The values have been so ex- saving person has been at- in a splendid ton warp matting rags, wel most attrac- | P Ung rags, well made—and whieh usually sell at double, will go for a for | Ss. 25 cents. Sededededecneenenenenanenenenenenate the very rhich others POEPSIOG IED LOLA LAL LLL ALAM ALAR RRA PARAL She had ] | been in the water about one year. | Grass will only grow-on the sides of the the big dry dock on West street. not beneath. | ship, | The Shelifish grow all over. ers a ship is sailing in make a dif- Bermuda trade ships quickly a great deal of grass and other plants, four and five inches long, | ng loss of two to three knots per hour. | The use of various anti-fouling composi: | tions to avoid these growths has had uncer. tain success. Coasters that have occasion to enter fresh water lakes or rivers foul | Very slowly. The fresh water seems to kill off the shellfish and marine growths. In the absence of dry docks to dock our ship¢ in the south it might be a good idea to send them for a day or two into the mouth of @ near-by river. To call a man a barnacle on board ship {a anything but complimentary. Away baci in 1597 the barnacle was supposed to be th¢ embryo of a bird, and there is a bird, the barnacle or bernicle goose. SS a Cuba is known in history under several names. The first was Antilla; then Juana, after a Spanish prince; Fernandina cama third, followed by Santiago and the Isle of Ave Maria. The original Indian name, Cu- banacan, signifying “where gold is found,” was finally adopted, and usage shortened | gather | marine | cau it to the first two syllables. xk * _** xe * * ok * ek * xe eee «ek +e He HH eH OH ee eH HH HH Tl eR i SR: eH) —a ladies’ colored shirt waist or a man’s colored shirt free for every one faded in this laundry. You ask how we can afford to do it. Simply because we have discovered a new process of washing all colored wear- ing apparel without diturbing the colors in the least. Let us have your colored shirts and shirt waists as well as collars and cuffs Monday. Drop postal and our wagon will call. RAZEE’S -2tt,y LAUNDRY, Plant, 1214-16 D St. ’Phone 592.