Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1898, Page 3

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NCTICE. i S LOAN OFFICE. 1218 Penna. m and after Wednesday, June 15, this office will be ! days at 8 p.m. OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR OF THE DISTRICT of Columbia, June 13, 1898.—Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners have caused to be Prepared blank schedules ef personal property Subject to taxation, as required by section 10 the act of Congress appreved March 3, 18;7. ing @ tax on personal property in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and that a copy of said sched- ule will be delivered to any citizen applying therefor at the office of the undersigned. The law les that said schedules chail be filled to and returned to the assessor within forty-five days after this notice. MATTHEW ae Assessor, District of Columbia. z-6t ng of the heat. Take harp’s fine “Berkeley Rye occasiouaily. It will do you all the good in the world. $12 F et. nw. OF SCXE given by the District of’ Colu to the proprietors of Hacks, Cabs, Omuibuses, and all other vehicles for the tran: ution Of passengers for hire; also Street Cars drawn by bourse power. Pro: prietors of the above described vehicles who de- ntinu business are required to promptly ves. By order of the Coumuiis- ers, D.C MAT Assessor, 3 Jeli-6t T HAVE WCLSTED WITH ME DR. 3. Smith at 3105 M st. nw.. where we will eon Unue the practice of dentistry in all its branches, aking a specialty of crown and bridge work. Dr. THOS. J. JON I have associated myself with Dr. Theos. J. Jones at 3105 M st. n.w., where I will be pleased to see my friends. Dr. E. 8. SMITH. Jev-6t OFFICE OF THE BOAKD OF EQUALIZATION view. Washington, D.C., June , 189.— wrdance with the provisions of sectioa 11 August 14. Is84. 4 list will be cou- JULY FLGSL, 189, of all real prope shall have become subj which is not now un the tax lis fixed thereua according tot c for assessing real estuie. This list will include all new structurey uu udditions to or improve- ments of old sirvctures of over §500 in value Which have wot been Leretofure assessed. This othce should be notibed as to removal or destruc Ue of avy structure siuce the last asszeament, im order tuit the same may be deducced frow the valuation as It now stands on tie tax list. Complaints us to said umsessiienas can ouly be hearu and determited between the FIRSI AND THIRD MONDAYS OF JULY, 1898. MATIIEW TiMBLE, Chairman. Jevtit to CREEK PARK COMMIS MENT OF BENEFIES. Cuy of D.C, Juve 8, 1803 —TO SLL Wom If MAY CONCEKN: ‘This is te give notice that the com- issiou to select the land for Rock Creek Park, acting by authority ci an act of Cougress, en: Uided, “An act authorizing the estublishinent ef 2 public park in the District of Columba,” ssid act approved September 1a), hake ascertained the cost of the land taxen fer and Bow coustitutiug the said Ke-k Creek Park, 1n- eluding the expences of acquicing sald land. Further, this wive notice that the said commission, acting under said authority, will, on THURSDAY, the twenty-third (23d) Cay of Jene, A.D. 1898, at twe (2) o'clock p.m, in Kom do. ou the Bfth Boor ef the Distr Duiluing, sometines called the : office, ih said city, bold an adjo for the purpose assessing Such portion of such cost and exp upon the lands, lets and being reat situated In the said of Columbia, ally benefited by re sen uf the loc it Reck Creek Park, as nearly as may be in portion of the beuetts resulting to sald ate. snd if the counmissi 9 he real esta said District directly Lenefiied by reasou of the location of said Rock Creek ark is not benetited said cost and expe each tract or parcel of as aforesaid in suld b Vewetits as the y te speclally beu the full extent of then they with assess A specially benefited District to the extent of f deew the said real by reason of the loca- tien and improvement of said Rock Creek Park. Ib making the suid asscesument the real estate Denchited us aforesaid will be assessed by the f which appeared on record :n ton the Sth day of January date of the first meeting of thi T the purpose of assessine All persous interested may be Leard at the time f the adjourned mecting for the said purpose, and the said person bereby notided to so appear if they or any of them desire to be heard In the premises. it is fhe varpuse of the commission to then aud there hear testimuny as to the extent of surrounding land affected beuetictally by the location und Impgovement of Rock Creek Park. . FILSON, Chief of Engineers, U.S. SING H! BEACH. 8. P. LANGLEY, €.; H.V. BOYNTON PERRY, Commission to select the Rock Creek Park. - >rinceton University. Examinations for sdmission will be held in Washington at the Civil Service Rooms on June 16 and 17, beginning at 10 a.m. om the 16th. In- quiries may be addressed to Mr. VICTOR KAUFMANN, Evening Star office. ¥. L. PATTON, Jet-10t + _ President. kON FENCES AND PORCHES, We afe now prepared to build Tron Fences and Porches. Best goods, best work and lowest Estimates furnished. Catalogue of Fences tf BARBER & ROSS, 11TH AND G ST. GsTEOPATHY. ). & Bairp. oi D. KIRKPATRICK. KIMBALL BLDG.. 1417 G 8T. N.W. ‘and examination free. MR. BERRY’S SPEECH A Democrat’s Reasons for Hawaiian Annexation. Progress of Education in the Islands. IMMORALITY AND DISEASE One of the notable speeches in favor of Hawaiian annexation delivered in the House was made today by Representative Berry of Kentucky, a member of the com- mittee on foreign affairs. Mr. Berry is a democrat. His speech was a long and efficient presentation of the arguments in favor of annexation. In the course of his remarks he gave some interesting informa- tion about the attitude of the svgar trust, explaining what is back of the opposition to annexation. The Sugar Trust's Reason. “The high grades of sugar, refined sugar, coming from Henolulu to the United States pay a duty,” said Mr. Berry. “Every par- ticle of sugar that grades abgve 97 per cent ccmes in with a duty. It is shipped directly to the United States. It is almost as white as refined sugar, and of a most delightful flavor. “That is the reason the sugar trust is against annexation, because if annexation cen b> defeated it’ is $3,600,000 a year in their pockets. Another reason is that the ycunger Spreckles cwns 40,000 acres of the best land of the Hawaiian Islands, a mag- nificent plantation, and it is cultivated by contract labor breught from China anil Japan. Spreckles krows that whenever the American flag goes up over Hawaii the jaws of the United States apply to it, and that contract labor must come to an end. Trat is one reason for the opposition to arnexation which is very easily explained. It does not take very many words. Education in Hawaii. “I listened with attention yesterday to a discussion of this question by my distin- guished friend from Georgia. Listening to his argument as well as that of my friend from Idiana (Mr. Johnson), one would suppose that the Hawailans are a lot of heathens. I want to say that educaston Is more universal in the Hawaiian Is! than it is in th of Georgia. ‘The not a child in those islands ten ye: age who cannot read and write. I que whether a single cotton state can boast of the same thing. In the Hawaiian Islands $14 a head is set apart for the education of children. The country is dotied cver with school houses. The city of Honolulu nas magnificent kinde and primary schools, and an lee with -aag- n ‘ent grounds, emir: acres— an edifice built of stone ald be a credit to any state eople there are honest. You Honolulu with ¢ doors wi: are not the es which to cut any person’s throat whe! get achance. If brought here for the pur- pose of representing that country they would not scare our Speaker, as my frie! from Missouri (Mr. Clark) se>ms to im- agine. They are not that type of people. “As to the military necessity of these islands, whose opinion are we to take? Are we going to take that of some of these young gentlemen who never heard the guns thunder in the last war?’ Mr. Clardy—“‘If the gentleman a moment ago referred to me, he wiil allow me to say that my remark had reference to the Chinese in that country—the contract labor of the country—constituting a very large majority of the people.” Mr. Berry—“I want to say lo the gentle- man that the Chinamen and the Japanese are not naturalized citizens of that coun- try and under its constitution cannot be, and when the flag of our country goes over Hawaii no Chinaman and no Japanese of that country can come to tie United If those islands United are an- Pn to the tates do not these people become citizens Mr. Berry—“No, they cannot become citi- zens under the laws of the United States.” Mr. Clardy—“Ther. the fourteenth am=nd- ment does not mean anything?” Mr. Kerry—"The Chinaman when he gets together a few hundred dollars will go back to die in the happy land of the sun from which he cam». There are not so many of them there as there are today in the city of San Francisco.” “On this question of military necessity I am glad to see that map displayed there, because I think it is the best argument that can be made on this floor. Why, sir, my friend from Arkansas (Mr. Dinsmore) has become a great navigator. In spite of the fact that there are hundreds of men, em- bracing some of th> brightest minds of this country, devoting themselves to the ex- ploration of the trackless ocean, and in spite of the fact that such men have been endeavoring for hundreds of years to find out th> best, the most expeditious, the safest lines of ocean travel, we have dis- covered an Arkansas congressman who, ahead of all these navigators, has found a new route better than any previous one, from America eastward to California. “We have heard about the tmmoral forms of amusement practiced in Honolulu. Why, sir, 1 was on2 of the visiting statesmen of whom the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Smith) talked. I saw hula-hula dance in the city of Honolulu; and I have no hesi- tation in saying that I can go to a theater in the city of Washington and see a much more iadecent performance than the hula- hula dance in Honolulu.” A member—“How do you know?” Mr. Berry—“Because I have been there and saw a woman plant herself on a trapeze and garment by garment undress herself, whil> congressmen sitting about were get- ting very nervous with apprehension.” (Laughter). Leprosy of Hawait. “Now another great bugeboo which I want to answer is the statement in regard to leprosy. Why, gentlemen, you admit into this country all the Swedes who wa to come here, and they make some of our best citizens. ‘They ar> workers in fron, good mechanics, etc. You admit them free- ly, yet there fs five times as much leprosy in Sweden as there is in Hawaii. “It has be2n stated here—and the staz ment shows how little some gentlemen know about this matter—that an island has een devoted to the treatment of leprosy. What is the fact? They have simply cut off a little patch of land, about 2,000 acres, with mountains just behind it and a wall running down each side, making it like a penitentiary with the broad Pacific ocean around it. And there the leprosy patients are sequester2d. They are fed by the gov- ernment; they are attended by good physi- cians, and there is a good moral outlook for them In every particular. “Leprosy is gradually dying out. Why, when Capt. Cook discovered those islands there were supposed to be 300,000 natives on them. And yet in the last few years they have dwindled down at the rate of 3 or 4 per cent a year. The race is gradu- ally dying out. Now, what do you people want? Feeling of the Natives. “You say there ought to be a vote. Why, gentlemen, there is not a Kanaka that I talked with on the island who had anything but a sentiment about this old monarchy. They thought or seemed to think that if Mrs. Dominis could be put upon the throne again they would all have their happy-go- lucky time, as they had before, and they thought sh had sort of a right to come back. What has the republic done for Mrs. Dominis? They agreed to pay her $10,000 as long as she remained qutet, and they did pay it to her for three or four months, but FINGTING BOB, EVANS USES “Fortress Monroe, Va., April 12. Dear #ir—En- send closed find money order for $1. ihip lows, Key West, Fis’ Ales x to Naval ¢ jowa, x Get’ Prank Teylor Evans, battle ap, Maserchy setts, Hampton Vi when she started in to overthrow the gov- ernment they said, ‘Not another dollar goes from our treasury to pay a woman who wants to overturn a republican form of government.’ But they have been pay- ing little Kaiulani, who is the heir appar- ent to the throne, $2,500 a year from the treasury of the r2public, and a few weeks ago they increased it to $3,000 in a spirit of magnanimity.” © 2 Mr. Wheeler (Ky.)—Have we got to do that if we take the island?” Mr. Berry—“‘No, I do not think we have got to do it, but I think it-wouid be a good thing to do." Mr. Wheeler (Ky.)—“Ar2’ they going to steal all these people’s property and give them nothing in return?” Mr. Berry—“Oh, the gentleman will find plenty there. Ther2 is rot an acre of land in Kentucky that will produce one-half what the land in those islands will pro- duce. I have seen fourteen tons of sugar produced from one acre of land in the Ha- walian Islands, and that sugar was worth $# 2 ton. You cannot equal such’a product as that on th> land in Kentucky or any other state. Standing there as it does upon the line of the tropics, bathing one foot in the waters of the tropics and the other in the waters of the temperate zon2, it is tke most beautiful and lovable spot upon which I have ever scen the sun shine. It beats everything that I have evar seen. You may stand at the base of the mountain with every variety of tropical verdure about you and look up to the peaks crowned with per- petual snow. “You can have any climate you please without going more than four or five miles. Now I haye a document here containing some information which I have obtained from the coast and geodetic survey, and I should like to call the attention of my friend from Arkansas (Mr. Dinsmore) to it, but I understand that some democrats say that all these departmeuts here are on the side of this scheme, as though every man connected with the government was tying to do a wrong, and that noching can be believed that comes from any part of ft.” The Cannibals and the Speaker. In the course of Mr. Berry's remarks, in referring to an utterance made by another member, Mr. Berry said: “Now that sounds very much like the argument of my friend, the gentleman from Missourl (Mr. Clark), walking about a Cannibal islander as a representative upon this floor, with gleaming teeth and savage -who, he said, would look upon the aker as good to eat.” “Do you think it would alarm the people very much,” interrapted Mr. Clark, “if the cannibals did get Mr. Reed? “Well, that is a question you and Mr. Reed can settle for yourselves,” replied Mr. Berry. “You and Mr. Reed being to- gether upon this proposition, I suppose you can determine that question better than 1 can. Mr. Berry said he bell, of ten democrats in th: annexation of Hawail, Pose to be bound by iast nignt’s caucus He said he was not asaamed to de a thing which he thought to be right simply be- cause the republican party s for it. The Aleutian Islands Route. “Up in the r2gion of which the gentleman from Arkansas spoke," said Mr. Berry, later in his speech, “in the extension of the Aleutian Islands toward the Asiatic shore, there are heavy currents. Ther2 1s the great ocean tide that sweeps from Japan toward the Bering sea, which, striking ihe lower temperature of that r2gion, makes it so densely foggy that navigation in that country. is not safe at all. Consequently it is very rarely used. That accounts for the whole milk in the cocoanut. Yet the gen- tleman brings in hore a sort of triangle, to demonstrate that to go from San Franc!sco up to the Aleutian Islands and down teward the Asiatic coast woul dbe better than any other route. I think he had bet- ter communicate that to the department in the treasury which has charge of these matters of the surveying of the waters and things like that. It might become very 1 ful to the government and to our seafaring interests. in ed that nine out country fivor the nd he did not p: Ready for Germany. “Th2 guns that opened in Manila bay the other day meant something to this country. Suppose that we had be2n fighting a stronger power than Spain and that our vessels had been weakened in that fight and had been compelled to return to the United Stat2s for protection or repair. How gladly would they have welcomed the little Hawaiian Islands, with the flag of the United States above them, as a harbor to which they could go in their distress. And it is not impossible that that may come yet. “I understand that Germany is standing there at Manila with a petition from her citizens there that she bring her fleet into line; and now that we have got our fighting clothes on, I do not know that there is any better time to settle with the Emperor of Germany than right at this time. We have got 158 ships in commission, and if she wants to interfere with the legitimate rights of this governmeat, whether by arms or by treaty, then I say w2 are as ready now with seventy-five millions of people to meet her or anybody else as we ever shall be in the history of this councry.” (Ap- plause.) “Now I want to say that when we look at the map ard see the journey of 13,000 miles that the Oregon made, and remember that the dispatches were announcing every day that perhaps the enemy would meet her and destroy her, the necessity for the Nicaragua canal becomes plainly apparent. It must be built; it will be built. The in- telligence of the American people will build that canal. With the Island of Cuba lying in the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Windward passage on one side, with the Island of Parto Rico lying a little fur- ther down, with the Mona passage lying WILL MARK:.:AN ERA Action of the House on the Hawaiian Question. v0 WILLIAM A. SMITH: FOR ANNEXATION Shortsighted Opposition to Ter- titorial Acquisition, THE DUTY TO POSTERITY ———-__ Mr. William Alden Smith of Michigan, member of the committee on foreign affairs, who spoke in the House on the Newlands resolution today, advocated an- nexation. He said in part: “Our action today will mark a new era in national affairs. God grant that it may be wisely performed, and that the century new closing may lose none of its luster thereby and the proud and honorable achievements of pur country may be made more secure and enduring by our Iegisla- tion of today. “Not a determined navigator upon un- known seas, not a faithful explorer in darkness and gloom, not a struggling gen- upon one side, and one other passage upon the other side, those islands become indis- pensable, either 48 a part of our country or in the hands of a people who are friendly to the future of this country. And with the Nicaragua canal built, the Ha~- waiian Islands, lying in the track of com- merce with Asia, whether from our own country or from Europe, destined to be- come the greatest commerce of the world, I cannot for the life of me see how any man can oppose the annexation of the Ha- waiian Islands. Benton said many years ago that with the railways crossing this continent that commerce would be the greatest we ever had, and we shall at an early day find a trade of miliions and mil- lions of dollars with Asia, pouring into our coffers untold wealth, making our people rich and prosperous. ‘Believing that to be true, I believe in the Nicaragua canal. “I believe in the annexation of the Ha- walian Islands, as a resting place in the journey acrors to Asia, and I believe that with these things accomplished the futur of this country is bright beyond pictur (Applause.) ee INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. ATTORNEYS. CHIROPODISTS. CIty ITEMS COMMISSION! COUNTRY HOARD... 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Page -Page Page were etanteaMausonaebasseoneenenesseasobanameians ius whose mind, clogged with cumbersome detail, finally bursts into practical inven- ticn, not a sturdy pioneer in the march of Progress, who has not builded better than he knew. : “Perhaps, sir—who can say nay?—we are building better than we know for the future grandeur and greatness of Amer- ica.” Mr. Smith then reviewed the efforts for arnexation, and adéed: “Mr. Speaker, there is not a nation in the world that does not recognize the im- portance of the Hawaiian Is!ands to :he United States. Are we blind to our inter- ests when the disinterested vision of others 1s so clear? Will we longer neglect this plain duty, now so near consummation? For one, let me say, that no obstacle is teo great to be overcome in the definite and distinct purpose of this hour, and the weak and foolish prejudices of men have no terror whatever for me in the perform- ance of plain public duty. “Long before the independence of Amer- ica from England the question of island ownership was one of the utmost impor:- ance among European nations. With an eye to the extension of her trade and com- merce, every island in the Atlantic ocean, the Caribbean sea and the gulf, which they could trade for or easily conquer, has been brought under the English flag. It is not my purpose to criticise this upon her part, for I believe it to have been wise, far-sighted and sagacious and worthy of emulation. “Is it not essential that we should le vigilant as to@our true interests at this point? Would it not be wise to seize the cpportunity presented to us by Providence and the logic of our national fate?” Mr. Smith then argued at considerable length the constitutional power to annex new territory. The Constitutional Question. “Annexation is not new to us,” said Mr. Smith. “In my humble opinion the whole North American continent and every island in the gulf and the Caribbean sea, and such islands in the Pacific as may be deemed desirable, are worthy of our ambition. Not that we are earth hungry, but, as a meas- ure of national protection and advantage; it is the duty of the American people to lay Peaceful conquest wherever opportunity may be offzred. “It has been argued that our Constitu- tion makes no provision ‘for a colonial sys- tem, but if Fresident Monroe had been merely a lawyer, if he had contented him- self by looking for precedznt which he was unable to find, if hehad consulted the juris- prudence of his time and planned his action along academic lines, the greatest doctrine ever announced to th3 civilized world, which now bears his name, though in un- written law, but fn the Inspiration, the hope, the security of every American heart, would have found no voice potent enough and courageous snough to have encircled the western hemisphere with his peaceful edict. “Precedent, sir, may do for a rule of law upon which a fixed and definite superstruc- ture must be built, but it is the duty of Statesmanship to cease looking at great public questfons with a microscope, and Sweep the world’s horizon with a telescope from a commanding height.” Mr. Smith said Jefferson has no precedent for the Loulsiana purchase. He also spcke of the trend of events in the acquisition of territory by foreign countries. As to an al- Mance with England, he said: Alliance With America. “South America and the orlent are the natural trade allies of the United State: Their relation to us must grow more im- portant and desirable in the years to come. Then why talk of an Anglo-American alli- ance? Who is so short-sighted to wish us to assume any reeponsibility, however re- mote, for the faithful performance of the multitude of agr2ements, treaties and proto- cols of England? To be sure, they are our natural kin, and we are proud of our an- cestry, but our friendship will be more en- during and our burdens easier to bear if we refrain from entangling alliances with any power across the sea. Such territory in the ocean or in the gulf as naturally be- lcngs to cur government we can make our own in due season, and wisdom would seem to prompt us to leave no natural or willing ally, weak and defenseless as it may be, to become the mere toy of an aggressive em- pire, imperilling our peace and good order. “The Pacific ocean, unfettered by Euro- Pean subjugation, can be made indeed pa- cific, if we are wise enough to garner the harvest now so ripe for our sickls. The Opposition. “Who opposes this wise policy that has received the sanction of many Presidents? The same halting, hesttating conservatism that admonished Washington against tak- ing on the northwest territory, and prompt- ed Benjamin Franklin to favor its relin- quishment; the same doubting conservatism that deprived us of Capada in the war of 1812, and defeated by 4 tie vote in the Sen- ate the treaty for the annexation of San Domingo. “Had President Grant's fervent wish been granted, our flag would today wave over the island, and from the folds of its stars and stripes, dedicated to liberty and union, would float out over the gulf and sea a spirit of patriotism tempering the entire archipelago. Should it have been accepted when tendered? Then, ig.it not our duty to accept the Hawajjan, Islands, situated with reference to our own country as ad- vantageously in the “Pacific 2s Santo Do- mingo is at the gulf?®The faintest encour- agement would” have been sufficient for scme countries to haye encircled these is- lands. And this generation will be unfaith- ful to these that toltew if we do not lessen the possibilities of war by taking into the national Union such davai outposts in both occans as are naturalq a part of our covntry.” a vod After arguing the,commercial and stra- tegic importance of the islands, Mr. Smith concluded, saying: 10 “A hundred years -agavtt was predicted of our naticn thatedt»swould some day stretch its arms upon itwo oceans and dhect the vessels fremivene to the other by an artificial route through Lake Nic- aragua, that would change the course of by commercial world and the fate of em- pires. ol “Let us rise to the occasion today, meet this importaht exigency in our national affeirs with courage anf patriotism, and, inspired by the glorious achievements of the past; prepare for greater victories in the years to come, and’ thus prove ourselves worthy the proud legacy fortune gave us by inheritance. Wave proudly and grandly, flag of our country! From each of folds let some inspiration go out to melt away Drejulice and ayotd friction; in each star let ev! lic find its hope and every empire see its duty!” NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Favorable Action of the Senate Yes- terday. : tions: a ‘To be major general—J. Warren Keifer To be brigadier generals—Charles F. Roe of New York, Thomas L. Rosser of Vir- ginia and John P. 8. Gobin of Pennsyl- vania. First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers: To be lieutenant eolonel—Capt. Harry F. Hodges. Fourth Regiment, United States Volun- teer Infantry: To be captains—Cnaries P. Newberry of Maryland, John D. Treadwell of Virginia and George C. Broome of the District of Columbia. To be first Heutenant ase sore D. Barbour of the District of Co- jumbia. Sixth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry: To be assistant surgeons, with the rank of first lteutenant—John W. Cox of Tennessee and Zachary D. Massey of Tennessee. Eighth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry: To be lisutenant colonel—Arche- laus M. Hughes of Tennessee. To be cap- tain—Henry L. Jenkinson of New Jersey. To be first lieutenant—James R. Gillespie, post quartermaster sergeant, United States army. Seventh Regiment, United States Volun- teer Infantry: To be major—David Frank Powell of Wisconsin. To be second Meu- tenant—Reon Barnes, jr., of New York. Fifth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry: To be lieutenant colonel—Ariosto A. Wiley of Alabama. To be first lieuten- ant—James C. Hixson of Alabama, Fourth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry: To be second lieutenants—Richard T. Elis of Ohio and Kent Brewning of Ohio. Second Regiment, United States Volun- teer Infantry: To be assistant quartermas- ter, with the rank of capizin—Second Lieut. Jacques De L. Lafitte. Second Regiment, United States Volun- teer Engineers: To be capiain—Fred J. H. Rickon of California. . Third Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers: To be second leutenants—William 8. Whitehead, jr., of New Jersey; Alfred Hampton of Texas. To be comm! s H. Simms of A E B. Stuart of Virginia, Carrell Mercer of Maryland. ied = ast Seine of subs stence, will e rank of major—Capt. George W. H. Stouch. 2 = aa ‘So be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain—Albert Gilbert of New York, Laurence C. Baker of New York. To be chief quartermaster, with the rank of major—David Hemphill of South Caroli- na. To be assistant quartermaster, wita the rank of captain—Jonathan N. Patten of CS Promotions: Cavalry _arm—Lieutenant Colonel Henry Erastus Noyes, 2d Cavalry, to be colonel; Major William Augustus Rafferty, 2d Cavalry, to be lieutenant col- onel; Capt. Argalus Garey Hennisee, 8th Cavalry, to be major; First Lieutenant Jo- seph Theodore Dickman, 34 Cavairy, to be captain; First Lieutenant John Fulton Reynolds Landis, ist Cavalry, to be cap- tain; Second Lieutenant, William Thomas Johnston, 10th Cavalry, to be first lieuten- ant; Becond Lieutenant William Headley Osborne, Ist Cavalry, to be first Heutenant. Artillery arm—First Lieutenant John R. Williams, 34 Artillery, to be captain; First Lieutenant George Lucius Anderson, 4th Artillery, to be captain. Officers transferred—Second Lieutenant Robert McCleave, from the artillery arm to the infantry arm; Second Lieutenant Con- rad Stanton Babcock, irom the infantry arm to the artillery arm. Civil—Charles 8. Johnson of Alaska, Unit- ed States district judge for the district of Alaska; William R. Compton, marshal for the northern district of New York; Fred A. Field, marshal for the district of Vermont; Daniel T. Cole, coiner of the mint at San Francisco, Cal.; Frederick A. Washington, assayer, in charge of the as- say office at Seattle; James Raynor Whit- ing of New York, assistant surgeon in the navy. Postmasters—Alabama, Mary M. Force, at Selma; Massachusetts, Charles F. Max- well, at North Brookfield; New York, War- ren F. Clock, at Islip; Robert Murray, at Warrensburg; New Jersey, Bernard Roddy, at South Amboy; Virginia, Alexander Me: Cormick, at Berryville; Rhode Island, Ar- thur W. Stedman, at Wakefield; Ohio, Charles T, Raymer, at Collinwood; Illinois, Robert C. Boehm, at White Hall; Gus Michaelis, at Mound City; Charles S. Neeld, at Normal; William Stickler, at Lex- ington; Cassius M. C. Weedman, at Farm- er City, Kansas, Richard Waring, at Abi- lene; Kentucky, James A. Tomlinson, at Harrodsburg; Texas, William B. Brush, at Austin; 8. H. Flanagan, at Longview. South Carolina, George I. ‘Cunningham, at Charleston; Delaware, John W. Jolls, at Middletown; New Hampshire, George N. Julian, at ‘Exeter; Mississippi, John M. Frazier at Oxford. | Wing of* FINANCIAL. STORAGE $1 clean, accessible at American Security and Trust Co, Lowest rates for best service. Safe Deposit for silver and valuables. Cold Storage for furs ar fabrics. Safe Storage for furniture and household goods. Art: Objects Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. stored, packed, anon moved or shipped. = = China C. T. Havenner, Packers, ROOMS 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker. Packers of furniture, pianos, etc. Rooms, Safe, times. MOVING. Furniture and household ef- fects moved in padded vans by experts. Large double load furniture, $1.50 load. | Merchants’ ‘Parcel Delivery Co., 929-931 D St. N. W. "Phone 659. to $10 month. all Is all that’s needed to become a full fledged depositor here. Our hours of doing business are convenient for every man or woman working on salary. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, COTTOR, Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Careful atte. tion given to FRACTIONAL LOTS Correspondent, F. L. LORING, 10 Wall st.. New. York. 214 Estimates on request. Storage Dept.. Am. Security and Trust Co., 1140 15th St. MONEY TO LOAR Albert M. Read, Gen’l Manager. it — — Being the Washington repreren es of four of MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, the largest Savings Bauks of Haltimore, Md.. to- \ York. June 14. 1898, | getber with our private clientage, we are prepared At a meting of the Board of Directors held this day a regolar quarte:ly dividend of two and a half per cent and an extra dividend of two and a_balf per cent were dee'azed. payable JUNE. 30, to the stockholders of ricord on Saturdey. 8. 1888, at 1 m, The transfer book: on Saturday, June 18, 189%, at 1 o'clock p nd reapen on Fri- day, July 1. 1898, at 10 0’ to entertain loans on city real estate at a ual cost to the borrower. Wescott, Wilcox & Heiston, mb¢-4m_ 1907 Penn. ave. n.w, W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Pe ercccccccscccs Washington Nat’: Building & Loan : :Association 6, 12 & Joseph D. Taylor. Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & CO., e6-16d New York. CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F st., Glover ) ... President. ¢ + Geo. F. Huff. ...Vice President. 3 3 Wm. H. Taylor......Treasurer. J. C. Stoddard ...Secretary. . . . New York cits, "1 Mer. ° Dealers in Government Bonds, - H. Anderson, Seu) Mer aa 5 Deposita. Exchange. Loans. ereoee Railroad stocks and bends and all securities listed Se eccccccccccces® MONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS FROM $1,000 UPWARD, AT LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST, 2 REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton and Baltimore bought and sold, A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict bonds ‘ani all local Raliroad, Gas, Insurance. and Telephone Stock dealt in. Americar Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. Je31-164 jal-tt e+ DECREASE IN DEATHS. Report Made by Health Officer for the Past Week. ‘The deaths in the District during the last week numbered 80, as compared with 94 in the week before. The annual death rate for the whole population was 14.54 per thousand inhabitants, the rate for the whites being 10.32 and for the colored 24.60. Of the decedents 38 were white and 42 col- ored. Compared with the immediately pre- ceding r2ports, there was a decline in mor- tality from lung diseases and an increase from those of the digestive organs. From 27 deaths from lung affections in the week beicre last they fell to 18 last week, while these from lesions involving the stomach and digestive organs increased from 4 to 18. of which 7 were cases of infantile diar- rhoea. Of the zymotic class there were 4 fatal cases of typhoid fever and 1 of diph- theria, in addition to the above 7 diarrhoeal cases. At the close of the last report the cases of diphtheria in quarantine numbered 46. Dering the week 14 new cases developed and 18 were discharged by reason of recov- ery, leaving 42 cases in isolation in i9 zemises. Of scarlet fever there were 40 cases under treatment at the close of the last repcrt. Eight new cases were reported during the week and 13 were relieved from quarantine, leaving 35 cases placarded in 22 premises. The prevailing conditions of the weather during the week were a mean barometric pressure of the air ef 29.97, mean tempera- ture cf 73 cogs) and mean relative ku- midity of 73. There were 5 clear days, with @ range of the thermometer of 33 degrees, rising from 55 degrees on the 6th to $8 de- ees on the 10th, and rainfall of .11 of an ch. CONDENSED LOCALS. Mr. R. H. Spates, carpenter and builder, who resides at 340 P street, was overcom> ‘by heat yesterday afternoon while at work en U street, at Mount Pleasant. He was conveyed to his home in Georgetown. r. J. F. R. Appl2by was called in and ren- dered assistance. His condition this morn- ing was considerably improved, and no se- rious results are anticipated. Justice Cox has given James Fitzpatrick until June 20 to show cause why he should not be committed to jail for contempt of court in failing to pay alimony to his wife. Clarence Boesser, twelve years old, liv- ing at 215 H street northeast, was caught between a garbage cart and his back gate yesterday and was slightly injured. The affair was purely an accident, for which the driver of the cart was not responsible. es Marriage Licenses. ‘Marriage licenses have been issued as follows: White—Geo. D. Daly and Elizabeth T. Corridon, both of this city; John M. Walsh and Helen Bifield, both of this city; Chas. Brown and Lola McKenney, both of this city; John R. Cooper and Lizzie M. Law- less, both of Philadelphia, Pa.; Quince E. Sanderson and Ivy Jennings, both of this city; Wm. A. Little, Jr., of Fredericksburg, Va., and Jessié 8. Dougherty of Steuben- ville, Ohio; Frank D. Payne and Mae Pearl Barnes, both of Fairfax county, Va.; Chas. F. Rabbitt_and Mary A. Gainey, both of this city; Reginald W. Pollock and Lydia C. Brawner, both of this city; Arthur Virts and Teco T. Hughlett, both of Anacostia, DC. Colored—James C. Morris and Emma Wil- son, both of this city; Wm. Dean and Emily Beverly, both of this city; John Ruffin and Dessie E. Parker, both of this city. BE eS University of Virginia. Dr. McKtm spoke on “The University of Virginia and the State of Virginia” —- FAIR AND COOLER. Thomas P. Morgan, Life Insurance and Annui- Fresh Northerly or Northeasterly Winds Indicated. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- ties. land, fair tonight and Thursday; cooler to- | agsers OF COMPANY OVER #252,000,000. night; fresh northerly or northeasterly Geene. see Ee winds. fe16-4m.14 Telephone 1126. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK, Washington, D. C. Issues Letters of Credit for Travelers, Available in All Parts of the World. Sell Foreign Exchange. Make Cable Transfers. Charles C. Glover, President. Thomas Hyde, Vice President. James M. Johnston, 2d V. Pres’t. Arthur T. Brice, Cashier. Wn. J. Flather, Ass’t Cashier, ap27-s2tt Washington ; Loan & Trust Co., For Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight; fresh northerly winds, be- coming easterly. Weather conditions and general forecast— The pressure is low over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and generally in the northern Rocky mountain districts. A strong area of high pressure covers the lake regions, and the pressure is generally high through- uot the east gulf states. ‘The barometer has risen throughout the lake regions, New England, and the Ohio valley; it has fallen on the northern Rocky mountain slope. The temperature is lower in the lake regions, the Ohio and Saint Lawrence val- leys and higher in the upper Missouri yal- ley. Occasional showers have occurred in New England, the Atlantic and gulf states and on the middle Rocky mountain slope. Fair_and cool weather is indicated for New England, the middie Atlantic states and the lower lake region tonight and Thursday. Showers will occur in the lower Mississippi valley and the west gulf states. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours— Vicksburg, 1.72; Boonville, Mo., 1.74; Mexi- co, Mo., 1.80. Condition of the Water. OFFICE COR. 9TH AND F BTS. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. am.: Great Falls, temperature, 81; condi-|——— Loans in amount made ou approved tion, 5; receiving reservoir, temperasure, 83; condition at north connection, 14; condition at south connection, 36; distributing reser- voir, temperature, 81; condition at influent gate house, 39; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:30 am. and 11:31 P.m.; high tide, 4:42 a.m. and 5:21 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:17 p.m; high tide, 5:29 a.m. and 6.07 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 4:34 a.m.; sun sets, 7:27 m2. P Moon rises, 2:18 a.m. tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:34 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:35 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 3:42 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named} Are lamps lighted at 8:20 p.m.; extin- guished at 3:57 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hou: The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at-4 p.m. yesterday: June 14—4 p.m., 91; 8 p.m., 84; 12 mid- night, 78. June 15—4 am, 78; 8 a.m., 78; 12 noon, 81; 2 p.m., 82. Maximum, 91, at 4 p.m. June 14; mini- mum, 73, at 4 a.m., June ‘The following were the readings of the ee barometer at the weather bureau for the Se at ee past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. ee ee, eer: yesterday: June 14-4 p.m., 29.90; 8 p.m., 20.92; 12 midnight, 29.96. June 15—4 a.m., 29.98; 8 a.m., 30.07; noon, 20.11; 2 p.m., 30.11. paid upon deposits on daily bal- ances subject to check. This company acts as executor, adminis- trator, trustee, agent, treasurer. registrar and in all other iduciary capacities. Boxes for rent in burglar and fire Yaulte for safe deposit and storage val- ANDREW PARKER. JOHN L. WEAVER. Savings and Trust - Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVR. Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan., and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892. Capital One Million Dollars. SAFE DEPOS:T DEPARTMENT. Rents aafcs inside burglar-proof veults at ee Se SS security. Arthur Douglass Wanted. To cikabs naaagheay Dx Rigi apitinehy ib teal A message was sent out from police head- and trust funds, and acts as administrator, quarters last night notifying the officers tn exscutot, receiver, assignee, and executes the different precincts to look out for Ar- trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by a com thur Douglass, alias Blue, colored.- Peter one: who is janitor of the third fi i i I | an H iif A : is re