Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1898, Page 10

10 5 peat THE EVENING STAR;> FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1898-12 PAGES. McKnew’s 933 Pa. Ave. We close datly at 5 p.m. Saturdays at 1 p.m. “SMART” new furnishings for up-to-date women. Whether "re going away or stay at bome. ‘your’ cbligations to society are the same—you must keep up with the styles. If you wateh our dally announcements you will recelve many valuable hints. See these start new rnishings tomorrow ; vew Chatelaines and Purses —are right ir the pink of fashion for biey- cling or touring—we have a brand new Ipe of them just opened. Look at It. Latest effects in white, black and tan belts in all sizes up to 38 at 26e., 38c. and Lovely New Waists. ee We have the Handsomest New White In- inen Waists, with tucked front 2 i soft tucked collar and cuffs, you at.. Nothing newer or more stylish than Black India Silk Watsts—here is a grand value—a jst with fine tucks front $2 95 ° back, and made to St all over, sizes 32 to 42, at. Shapely New Corset C. B. Corsets need no lauding. They are apeliest, mest graceful and most of all makes. We have them $l fn extra long, medium and short walste at.-..es-e-e- gc. Linen Handkerchiefs, 12$c. What a great rage for Initial Handker- chiefs. Here's a chance to ply your needs at little cost. Pure Linen Handker- chiefs, all initials (hand em- brotdered). Were 1c. Saturday 12i4c. only... a W. H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Av. ai2-cod A WOMAN IN CAMP. She Learns What the Soldiers Would Like From Home. From Leslie's Weekly. Last night I “messed” with Troop C of the tst Illinois Cavalry. I was not exactly invited, but tt was not my fault; I did all that I could to get an invitation, and then, failing, invited myself. | That stew was not bad. It was made of} the stuff furnished by Uncle Sam. There ‘@ bit of fresh beef two or three inches a nicely peeled new potato, and | It needed, to my taste, a little more but the “non-coms” said my “taste ; not military;” that if I continued on | in the habit of liking too much salt when 1} rrived in Cuba or where water ree salt would demoralize my thirst appetite; that I must cultivate a taste for low season- tead of high. The dust at Chicka is white, fine and penetrating. M -then was overpowering me, so} for the coffee cup, which could | The coffee was without cream: hot, sugared and refres red the coffee excellent. amination of the troop commissary department afterward I found they were getting real coffee, which they roast them- The bread was white and light, and treop gets into actual? toa selves, the meal, when this vice, will be remembered as equa! ss hotel one. man washed his own dishes and them off with left-over pieces of d some clean sand. Down bey ad : vas a water pipe coming from the creek or river, which furnished w: for cooking, washing and bathing. Here too, was a bath house, made of four pol and a length of canvas One of the boys had loaned me for the meal combination knife, fork and spoon that | as genuine running around. | « HILL IS DEFEATED! Groker is Boss of the Entire New York Democracy. DANFORTH AND M’LAUGHLIN Both Go Back on Their Former Master. REPUBLICANS ARE SOLID Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 12.—David Bennett Hill defeated, Richard Croker triumphant. Briefly, this expresses the situation in New York state democratic politics today. It has been a struggle between brain power and brute force and brute force has won. Whether Hill, with his brain power, will be abte in the long run and the end to snatch victory from defeat is another story, as Rudyard Kipling says. But just at present the cold, hard fact remains that the much- hated leader of Tammany Hall is supreme in New York state politics today. Just how it all came about is a long story and_an interesting one. Hill 1s acquainted with some of the facts concerning his downfall. Others, involving the aleged treachery of old-time friends and support- ers, have been carefully eoncealed from him and will be laid bare in this corre- spondence for the first time. First and foremost, there is the double- dealing of Elliot F. Danforth, chairman of the democratic state committee. Mr. van- forth has for years been recognized as Mr. Hill's man Friday. Hill has trusted Dan- forth implicitly. Controlling Mr. Danforth, the chairman of the state committee, Mr. Hill has naturally figured that he could contro] the state committee. For the defection of Danforth, Hill has only himself to blame, however. ‘As a gen- eral proposition, it may be taken for grant- ed that a man who will sell himseif once will sell himself again, provided the “price” is offered. After the famous Chicago con- vention Danforth came to the front as one of the few free silver leaders in New York state. T..e issue was a new one and Dan- forth's espousal of the cause was regarded and honest. Then came the Buffalo convention, when John Boyd Thacher, mayor of Albany and gold demo- crat, was nominated on a free silver plat- form. Hill was responsible for this nom nation, and he appeared before the state committee and pleaded for “harmony” be- tween gold democrats and free silver demo- xats. Then it was that Senator Grady and the Tammany Hall democrats quarreled with Hill at the time, Why Danforth Clang to Hill. But Danforth clung to Hill like a child to its mother. For Hill, at the Buffalo con- vention, offered him the chairmanship of the state committee, provided he would be- tray his free silver friends and help nomi- nate John Boyd Thacher. Danforth con- sented. The world knows the result. Thacher finally withdrew from the fight, the pres- sure from the free silverites being too strong for him to remain. The democratic hosts of New York were compelled to ‘swap horses while crossing a stream,” and naturally they went down to defeat. The candidate for lieutenant governor, an a nt to him in a home box. It| i iincen r ; i ve judge from the upper part of the foe ME Se se GES Ree substituted in ‘Thacher’s place mera a Par possession of it the | by the te committee, but the republicans of every man in the troop, and akko{ the regiment. At the table, as we were dis- ng the convenience of the combination | ife, fork and spoon and the con’ | home boxes, I asked them what, opinion, were the things most needed, aside from most wanted. Here is the iist as voiced by every one within speaking dis- tance: 1. Towels and soap. A “housewife” containing one pair of scissors, = dozen large safety pins, a dozen steel trouser buttons, a dozen bone buttors, six pairs black shoe laces « flannel pad for needles, six large needles, six medium-sized ones, a skein of heavy white cotton and one ef black linen or shoe thread, a tallor’s thimble, a small emery, court plaster and a comb. This “housewife” can be made of denim or drilling—a flat strip with flat pockets stitched on, and stitched off into compartments. Handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs are a sitive necessity for any degree of comfort in this dusty, sandy, perspiring climate. 4. Dark blue “regulation” percaline or ateen shirts. The government furnishes el ones, but a couple of the lighter n ones—made exactly In the same way, old at department stores for about 75 cents piece—would be a godsend. Pajamas! It sounds a bit strained, but pajamas are having their day, as well as their right, in camp among those who can afford them. In coming in from drill, hot and dusty and tired, to slip into these com- fortable, lcose .arments is luxury. ‘These, too, made of aark biue sateen or French flannel, would be most serviceable In sending things it must alw: be in mind that a soldier must carry his pos- jons. The underclothing; shoes, stock- ngs and uniforms that the government 1s furnishing are of the best quality, and as the quartermasters are gradually learning heir duties volunteers are being excel- y In addition to these things, I would provide every soldier—and officer | for that matter—with a bottle of Ja- aica ginger, some liver pills and some three-grain quinine pills. Sick call is once a day—+ o'clock in the morning. There is a f time for pain between the attack and call It is another story and a long one, but our volunteer army does not know how to take care of itself individually. It will learn, but homes will be broken forever rning. sick awoke in the morning there of his clothing im th ad on his outing shirt ; Ris daughter had his and his stockings, and th: wi run away with his knicher- and his shoes.”"—Cleveland Plain triumphed and elected Black by a majority of nearly a quarter of a million. To this day the friends of Bryan in New York state hold that this interferance of Hill and this treachery of Danforth was the primary cause of Bryan's defeat. They are of the opinion that if Hill had “played feir,” or if he had kept “hands off” the stats committee, Bryan would have keon elected. They do rot claim that they could have carried New York state, but they do claim that if a rattling fight had been kept up all along th» line the battle ground of the campaign would have besn New York state instead of the middle west, and that the fight would have been transferred from the corn lands to the sea coast, with the result that Bryan would have carrizd man of the northern and western states which he afterward lost. While Hill has been growing smailer Dan- ferth has been growing bigger. Months ago he announced himself as a candidate for governor. Many fre? silver democrats who did not understand his connection vith tke “deal” at Buffalo regarded him as sin- cere. Then there were others who were disposed to sympathize with him because he had, as chairman of the state commit- tee, been “the leader of a forlorn hope in @ good cause.” Effect of Tammany’s Victory. Hill might have maintained his leader- stip in the state if it had not b2en for the overwhelming victory of Tammany Hull, resulting in the election of Mayor Van Wyck. Then Richard Croker, who was re- sponsible for Van Wyck’s selection, if n- his election, branched out and hlossome cut in all directions as a state and national’ Jzader. Croker announced that he recognized Senator Murphy as the leader of the demo- crats of New York state, not Senator Hill. Hill, who is nothing if not a fighter when fights are forced upon him, took up the glove thus thrown down. And he might have won but for two men. One of these was the Elliot Danforth, the man that he had created chairman of the state committee. Danforth’s ambition to be governor of the state of New York had grown with his own growth as 4 po- litical leader. Richard Crokar finally is- suec an ultimatum to Danforth. He told him that he wanted the state committee called to meet at Saratoga at noon of a certain date. Hill, who had heretofore re- garded this state committze as his own particular hunting ground, even preventing the free silver men from hunting the scalps of the gold democratic m=mbers of this committee, announced that he was in favor of a late meeting of this committee. The first direct test of strength between the two men was at hand. Th? hour had come. And with it the man. And the man net Barber & Ross, eae Teen eterno testo ttectontentectont __ llth and G Sts. Anybody Ca 3 : 3 z = r modern little freezers @ to do ts to follow dire th in ord, ast nk how ense but one-third w t you'd have to p of dollars be fore they wear out Freezers .$1.25 ¥ the coi That food can be cooked as dalptily and as thor fact, the cooking experts all over the world im an buy gas stoves from $1 up t actical purpos:s. It has two g d breathed against them by an: heard a er Best of Ice Cream there's uo t you save by 2 yet here's all they cost: 3-qt. Freezers. $1.35 | _ 4-qt. Freezers $1.65 The Best Cooks Have Demonstrated n Make the Kk about it. The receipt Is simple. and the best possible results In freez- it will cost ‘These freezers will save you hun- © to re making your own lce cream. nfectioner, oughly on a ga* stove as on a coal range—in variably use gas stoves in thelr public demon- ‘9 $100—but we have one at $1 whieh ts good cod burners, 1s nfecly nickeled, and we bave ¥ of our customers, although we have sold hun- dreds of them. gas they consume wilt cost less than the fuel a coal range consumes in the same given time Lawn Mowers, | Window Screens, Poultry Netting, 91.95. 12c. 100 ee See ee Adjestable up to 15-32. 45c. sq. ft. Lewn M jest and inch windows. if full roll is taken, or $ a eee Se aie vecuens 3: See a G0e. 100 eq. feet if less in a takea. Screen Doors, ay Seeder 1 40 75¢ Regalation Garbage Can.50e. Ps ees aay = Enem-l Palnt—pint mplete wi spring | G ‘lodin patent nozzle . | Garden Trowel coupling soil extra. wine hinges—hook, eye and kneb. | gpcel Spades and fy ns e ip 6 sizes. Grars Sickh any desired == Gras Shears. eke je? Sereons made to order. | Ike Picks pairel, 25 Estinates scbmitted free. | ke Tong was Richard Croker. | Croker informed Danforth that if he did not obey orders that he would:get a state chairman who would. Danforth ran crying to Hill. Hill had counted noses on the committee and he knew that defeat was inevitable if he forced the matter to a vote of the state committee. It was a time for diplomacy, not for fight. But it is significant that David Bennett Hill had been beaten in the state committee matters political for the first time in many years. But what hurt Hill worst of all was not. the defeat in the state committee; it was the ‘sense of his own political loneliness, the fact that he saw that Danforth, the man he had made, the man ‘he had selected for state chairman, had deserted him and was. willing to take orders from Richard Croker rather than jecpardize his chances for governor, chances which Hill weil knows are molecular. McLaughlin Goes Back on Hill. The other man responsible for Mr. Hill's downfall is Hugh McLaughlin. McLaugh- lin, for many years the leader In Kings county politics, has been regarded as the personal friend of Mr. Hill; but Tim Camp- bell’s “What is the constitution between friends” may be paraphrased by the ex- pres ion, “Politicians have no friends where patronage is at stake.” McLaughlin de- termined to find out the reiative strength of Hill and Croker. Accordingly he sent a trusted agent through the state. This agent traveled from Sag Harbor to Sack- ett’s Harbor and from Prince's, bay to Alexandria bay. His investigation was complete and thorough. What McLaughlin wanted most of all to know was whether he, McLaughlin, held the “balance of power” in the state com- mittee and the state convention. Had he possessed the ‘balance of power” he would have taken his chances and quarreled with Murphy and Croker; but what was the good of quarreling if it would do no good? The agent returned last week with this report: “Mr. McLaughlin, leave New York city and Brookiyn out of this. In a stand-up- and-knock-down fight between Hill and Danforth on one side and Croker and Mur- phy on the other Croker and Murphy will win. With New York city delegates be- hind him Croker will be overpowering in that convention. Croker don't even know his own strength in the country districts. He is figuring on control of the cities; but I tell you that as between Croker and Hill the majority of the country people prefer Croker. They understand that he was out of the country when Pryan was defeated, but they cannot understand why Hill, who was at Wolfert’s Roost during the cam- paign, would do nothing to help Bryan.” That set lel it. M2Laughlin was not will- ing to make a useless sacrifice of himself to help Hill. He is an old man and a sick man. He knows that Barney York is anx- ious to become the leader in Kings count He did not want to crown half a century of political life with a “turn-down” by his organization because he ordered them to support Hill against Croker. And he knew that Barney Yerk and Tammany patronage would win his old friends away trom him if he took a stand in favor of Hill. For be it remembered Van Wyck is mayor of Breoklyn as well as mayor of New York, and Tammany Hall is rapidly extending i tentacles to the eastward of the East river, So, with a sigh, he bowed to the fates and recognized Croker as the master. The Republicans Solid. On the other side of the fence the repub- Keans are in solid front, and at this writ- there is no appearance of disturbance in the ranks. There is nothing definite as yet about can Chairman Odell, Gcvernor Black and “Teddy’’ Roosevelt are all talked of with more or less degrees of certainty and uncertainty. Roosevelt's beem promises to move up a peg before the end of this week, due to his expected arrival at Montauk Point. It is said thatvhis friends will take Coop- er Institute or some other large hall, and a popular movement wiil be started in be- half of the gallant colonel of the Rough Riders. Roosevelt headquarters are al- ready established. The campaign is ex- pected to begin with the organization of companies of “Rough Riders” throughout the state, uniformed in the typical garb of the cowboy regiment. Stump speakers, chesen from a large volunteer list, will tell the citizens of every county the merits of the man and his party. The managers for the colonel say they are positive he will accept the nomination, if regularly made. The republican state committee will meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on either Friday, August 26, or Saturday, August 27. Chair- man Odell will issue’ the call within a very few days. The indications are that the convention will be held in Saratoga about September 27. Senator Platt and Chairman Odell have decided that so far as possible nothing should be acted upon exeept arrongements for the convention. Colonel John Jacob Astor, it is stated, will be the republican candidate for Con- gress in the twelfth district, better known as the Tenderloin. Colonel George B. Mc- Ciellan now represents the district and will get a renomination from Tammany Hat. In 1806 McClellan had 12,800 votes to his credit against Charles A. Hess, the repub- lican candidate, who had 11,000. There were less than $00 scattering votes, as the Tenderloin district does not run much to either populistic or socialistic ideas. Mr. Hess was an unpopular candidate. It was charged against him that he really did not belong to the republican organization of this tity, and his fight altogether was not a fair one from a party standpoint. Colo- nel Astor, who, a year ago, would have been opposed as being an aristocrat with a long rent roll in his favor, could have got nothing more than the organization yote of his district. By his record on the field of battle, by his kindness to the sol- aiers under kim, Colonel Astor has mude a record which his friends believe will place him in the front ranks of the re- publican party. In any event he 1s said to have promised republican leaders that he will stand for the congressional nomi- nation from the twelfth district. —— CANARY ISLANDS’ DEFENS! THE They Are Small and Weak and Un- able to Repel Attack. From the Pall Mall Grzette. ‘The Spaniards recognize that when the American ships come on their aggressive expedition to European waters they will attend to the Canary Islands first, and ac- cordingly they are busy looking to their defenses there. At the present time the means of repelling attack or preventing a landing are of the most miserably inade- quate description. Las Palmas is the most important point, and the main defenses are there. They consist of a battery of mixed S. B. and R. M. L. guns, placed on the heights overlooking the harbor, six ub- solete field guns on the north mole, a s' gun battery in the artillery barracks in the town and a small saluting battery. With their modern long-range guns the Americans would quickly wreck these bat- teries without themselves coming within some distance of the zone of the Spanish fire.. The Spaniards boast that they e 11,000 infantry on the island, but tt fs im- probable that they could muster more than 5,000 bayonets. The soldiers rill inces- santly, while large fatigue parties are en- gaged daily throwing up earthworks and trenching the heights. They are armed with a new issue of long-range rifle. Several standing camps are to be seen from the harbor, but no person not connected with the service is allowed to approach them. A .very small incident is sutlictent to throw the soldiers and townstol« into a state of excitement, and every vessel is closely inspected. As an instance of the watchfulness maintained, a coup'e of weeks ago the Garth Castle dropped anchcr off Las Palmas harbor at 10:30 p.m. Notw:th- standing the display of lights on her decks and sides the Spaniards believed she was an American warship, and the trdops were alarmed and turned ‘out to repel attack. In addition, a torpedo beat was cent trem the harbor, and from a cable's length Gis- tance reconnoitered the liner, returning to the shore with the intelligence that the stranger was nothing more dangerous than a Donald Currie boat. Such incidents ure quite common, 3 Statements of insults offered to English people on the island should be received with reserve. All English people are treat- ed with the respect and courtesy they have always received on the island. Same time ago a native print contained a paragraph saying that when the Americaas attacked the signal would be given to kill all Engifsh residents, with whose bodies a barricade would be.maie, and it is only falr to the authorities to say that the issue was stop- ped and-nex: day the paper wes suppressed, ———+e+ “John,” said a Topeka wife to her ans- band, “I will quit driniing tea and save he ar tax if you will do the same with re “Woman,” resfonded John, with cold su- verity, “do you think it is the part of pa- triotism to abandon your councry in its time of peril?”—Kansas City Journal, FEELING IN ENGLAND i ee Friendliness to the United States Not Unanimous. MANY ABSENT FROM THE LOVE FEAST Aristocrats and the Financiers Are . Hostile. BULK OF PEOPLE WITA US —_>+—__—_. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONDON, July 27. 1898. Recent American reports would make it appear that public sentiment in the United tates is on an ebb from the first flush of appreciation awakened by England's exhi- bition of friendship in checkmating the at- tempted Evropean ccalition in favor of Spain. A private letter from a weil-in- formed Washington newspaper correspon- dent says: “The Britishers are overplaying the al- lance hand, and our folks are thought here to be altogether too much given to finding hostility to America in the nations of continental Europe.” What of the British “overplaying the al- {ence hand?” There has been poured out, of course, a very high froth of well-mean- ing gush over the stratum of genuine friendship and good will which underties today’s relations of the two Engtish-speak- irg peoples. In London there haye been Anglu-American dinners whereat “my lords and gentlemen” declaimed effvsively concerning “kin beyond the sea,"" and cam- mon language and common aims, and “two great nations marching onward together for the regeneration of the world,” and official Americans have responded tn terms which would have subjected to impeachment five years ago. Flags are to be seen eniwined on festive occasions, Anglo-American buttons are worn, streci musicians attire themselves in the stars and stripes, cornet-yoiced soubrettes war- bie to music hall audiences how the lion and the “With flags unfuried against all the world Will fight and die together.” ‘the morning papers tell of ican whist tournanents, cricket, Anglo-Americ: S. Is being organized an Anglo-American committee of exceedingly eminent names— Anglo-Amer- political, milita literary, retigious—and with exceedingly nebulous functions. A rew word has come into the British vo- cabulary. The St. James Gazette, referring te the Bourgogne wreck, says that things vould have been done differently on a ship manned by Anglo-Saxoi Three months ago the St. James would ave selected, as a matter of course, the word British as the hall mark for manti- ress, In Lord Salisbury's organ, the Standar3, as ponderous and tradition-fettered as its oracle, we read that the Philippines shou’ be brought under the domination of Anglo- Saxon order. And the Daily Mail contains an interview with Sir Walter B bating the accusation that the id nation, i sant com- United enild ing school: even more English than those raised in the kingdom. As chapter after chapter of American enterprise and valor have added the names of Dewey, Hobson, Roosevelt and Schley to history, and the correspon- dents of English papers have out-udjec- tived their American colleagues in de- scribing the American army and navy, Englishmen have! grown eager to claim a share of credit for their achievements. Now it is “Anglo-Saxon this” and “Anglo- Saxon that,” until Anglo-Saxon has crowded “British” right out from the lan- guage,while with the “Yankee.” so recently a term of contempt, his cousins are anx- fous to claim relationship. Aloof From the Love Feast. Nevertheless, Americans should not be deluded into the belief that English par- ticipation in this mHlennium is unanimous. There are many dissenters holding them- selves coldly aloof from the love feast in unmistakable and perfectly definable fac- ticns. Most conspicuous of these groups and perhaps the least influential of them is the circle of fashionable soctety, noc those brainy men, titled and untitled, who realize ard labor to sustain the résponsibilittes which position imposes, but the Eugiish “four hundred,” the idle rich, that gilded, empty-headed coterie known as the Prince of Wales’ set. In public the members of this set are friendly to the United States because to be otherwise would be to court urpopularity, and the British aristucracy krows full well that its popularity among the masses is the bulwark of its perpetua- tion. But among themselves, in their clubs and drawing rooms, on op of their four-in- hands bowling along Rotten Row, they flout the Yankees, for are we not a’ nation of trade, our estates were not founded on the loot and pillage of brigandly niediaeval warriors, nor granted through intercession of a king’s mistress, the real crests cf our first families would be the rampant fig, or the honest ax of the pioneer. An American diplomat recently lady of this section of the aristoc! reason of.their partiality toward Spain. “Ah, you know,” was ner reply, “the Spaniards are the only nation of gentlemen left in the world.” And spoken probably without suspicion that the qualities which make the Span- jards the only gentlemen from this par- ticular point of view are the same which have brought them among the dying na- ticns. Opposition of the Moneyed Class. Standing beside the Marlborough House set in disapproval of America’s war against Spain is another community, comparatively strall, but not to be omitted from a cata- logue of the forces which mold publie cpin- ion. They are the financiers, the element included in those words of hideous import te populists—Lombard street. Spain has heavy bond issues zfloat among ihe bourses of Burope; Lombard street hungers for {ts biennial interest, which may not be forth- coming next December if Uncle Sam pushes the dying nation too far into its grave, therefore the sympathles of Lombard street respond to the only conscience it knows, the pound sterling. Another clear-cut cleavage which no truthful summary of English feeling could ignore is that along church lines. Certainly if the church papers are to be taken as an index of opinion—for they are arrayed without a dissenting voice on the Spanish side—the letter which Cardinal Vaughan wrote to his brother, speaking of the “un- just war” which America was waging against Spain, voices the sentiment of the Catholic Church in; England. In addition there are a great many Englishmen who have not yet leatned to forget the sudden- ness with which: President Cleveland ar- rived at the ultithatnin stage in the Vene- zuelan affair and'the humiliation they were forced to pocket, Théy dislike the United States because they’ believe the United States dislikes them" &nd that our present friendship is mérely“a transient stroke of policy, resulting from the same motives which made the deyil.a saint when he was sick. : : Majority of Englishmen Friendly. Over against these factions stands a sub- stantial majority, of, Englishmen who are outspoken in friendship tv the United States. If a poll of the saunterers along the aristocratic drives; of Hy% Park would yield a large majority for S\Xin, the vote of the acres where the plain people assem- ble would be equally friendly to the United States. Against Spanish Loribard street stand the houses of parliament outspokenly American, and the id'e earls are vastly outweighed by the wcrking ar.siocrats, who really control the empire-the Balfours, Chamberlains, Roseborrvs and Harcourts— whose voices have ben heard with no un- a verdict. To some A gericans at home it scomed that John Bull was merely balt- ing crafty old granger’s signature to a con- tract to pull colonial chestauts out of the fire for this land-hungering empire. To Americans in England, however, it has ap- peared that the Spanish war has rather furnished the influential section of the En- giish people with the opportunity to make known their sentiments toward the United States. One of the first’ persons whose opinion was entitled to respect with whom I discussed the inevitable topic American asked a acy the nele Samuel, scheming to get the 4 RP the Lambeth conference last “year. His ‘comment placed the matter in a new light. He exclaimed: ‘What a pity it is that you Americans hate England, when we would so gladly be friends with you.” The observations of a year gained from contact with many Englishmen in many different walks of life—partiamentarians, writers, soldiers, business men, the cab driver, the waiter, the barber, whose views are all worth consideration as representing each a class--have compelled the belief that he voiced the prevailing British opinion: but most of’ them have held that the atti- tude of America toward Easiand has been so bitter and often insulting that England could not-make advances without pocket- ing her self-respect. A member of parlia- ment said: Tail-Twisting in the Senate. “I visited Washington two years ago, and every time I put my head into the Senate there was some gray-haired states- man pcunding his desk and denouncing England. There was really no reason why they shculd revile us; we were perfectly inpocent of designs upon the United States, and, Indeed, had every reason of self in- terest to ‘play fair.” But it seemed to me that when your senators could find no living provocation to assail us they went back to ancient history or threatened what they would do in case England should mo- lest them.” The past provocations for American hos- tility have filled a much larger space in American eyes than they have in Engtish, perhaps because England has been almost the only foreign nation with which the United States came into intimate contact, while American questions had only one page in a big ledger ef Engiand’s foreign accounts. Then Americans, in their na- ticral isolation, have deemed it hardly werth while to practice the far-sighted diplomacy of Russia, which goes out of its way to cultivate friendship merely because friends are a good asset for a nation to hold against an hour of need. In their de- termination to stand straight upright on their own feet and assert their independ- ence of “any foreign powers and poten- tates whatsoever,” as the Boy Orator was wont to say, they have occasionally treated these powers and potentates with scant courtesy. % England Not Pushing Alliance. But they may spare themselves anxiety lest England overplay the alliance hand. America ccntrols the game. She may pick up the cards England throws down or leave them on the table. No responsible Eng- liskman has yet spoken the word alliance. Several of the leaders, notably Lord Rose- berry, have distinctly branded it an “iri- descent dream.” But they do desire Amer- icans to irrevocably forswear the pastime of tail twisting and hope that with the ending of the war America’s memory of how John Bull stood in the breach against a European concert to deal with Cuba will not vanish. They feel that they have a right to expect a return of the favor should opportunity arise. They wish America’s friendship and will advance as far in the direction of a definite understanding as the United States will accompany them. ‘To imagine that the desire is inspired more than incidentally by any other motive than If interest would be to imagine that the millennium had come wit! the political economy of Ruskin and Bellamy. And on the ether hand they hold no delusion that America will be impelled by less practical forces. They realize that the only prob- lem confronting the United States is the plain business proposition how far her own intere will lead her toward meeting England's advances. ROBERT M. COLLINS. > 'S NAVAL LOss. Thirty-Five of Her Vessels Destroyed or Captured. From the Philadelphia Press, The navy of Spain has been practically cut down one-half by the war with the United States. Half of her eight second- class battle ships and armored cruisers have been sunk, with three of her five un- armored cruisers of over 3,00) tons and four of her eight unarmored cruisers of 1,009 to 3,000 tons. Of the twenty-five large vessels that constituted, on paper and with some stretching of the imagination, the fighting ships of Spain's navy, eleven were Gemolished by the terrific fire of Dewey's and Sampson's fleets. The total tonnage of her supposed avaii- abie cruisers and battle ships at the be- ginning of the war was 111,980. ‘The total tonnage left to her at this time is 69,950, which is contained, im large part, in obso- lete vessels or small cruisers of little value. The vessels lost to Spain since the war began number thirty-five, with a total ton- nage of 48,065, as follows: CRUISERS. Infanta Marla Teresa Vizeasa - Almirante Oquendo. Cristobal Cobon, SPA Lon Antonio de Uilow. Don Juan de Austria de Cubs la de Luzon. Jorge Juan. TORPEDO. BOAT D! eSTROYERS, Furor Vinton Eleano Gelicla General Lezo. Marquis del Duero. Fanando el Catolieo. Vizarro .... Cuba Espanola. Cellao Centinela Delguds Parejo. Guardion Estrella. Golundrina Baracoa. Yumurt Guangiiaine- Mayari. Dependiente- There are now left in the Spanish navy only these vessels, outside of small gun- boats and auxiliary cruisers: BATTLESHIPS. Pelayo (frst class) Priness des ‘Asturias’ (eccond clase} Cardenal (second Cataluna (second COAST DE! Tons. 9,900 T00 Numaneia, Vitoria. ARMORED CRUISER. 2 rador Carlos V. _ UNARMORED CRU (Over 3,000 tons.) Alfonso XIIT cera AEMORED CHUTSERS, (1,000 to 3,000 tons.) Conde de Venadito Infante Isabel Tons. 1,130 L130 Isabel TE. 1,130 Velasco 1150 ‘Marquis Deena 1030 0 EXPENSIVE OIL, Blackfish and Porpoise Furnish the Watchmaker’s Lubricant. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The general impression is that oil is cheap stuff. But do you know that a tiny half-ounce vial of the lubricant which the DYSPEPSIA “For efx years I was a victim of d: o> its worst form. I could eat not! t retain'and digest even that Lact Maret 1 t even began taking CASCARETS and since thenI aus seen: wed, until I am as well as I was in my He.” gies = Davip H. MurPHY, Newark, O. ‘watchmaker or repairer applies to the deli- cate mechanism of a pocket timepiece is worth a quarter of a dolfar? “True, a gal- jon of kerosene can be bought for ten cents; on the other hand, this finer oil, which must remain unchanged in character amid ali the changes of temperature, has a market valué of $80 a gallon. : The engineer sitting in the cab of his locomotive, ever glancing at the dial of his ‘watch, knowing that it never makes mis- takes, is confident of the safety of his train. For this he and his passengers should give thanks to the blackfish and the porpoise that once swam in the sea off the coast of New England. These marine animals furnish what is known as “head” oil, a product which in very small quantities is extracted solely from the under jaw and the peculiar fatty growth on the rostrum of the skull in front of the blowhole. Blackfish “head” ofl has almost tripled in value, in the crude state, at Province- town, down on Cape Cod, where the bulk of it is landed, within the short period of seven years. That brought in whaling ves- sels in 18% was sold to refiners for $3.50 a gallon and in 1897 the price had advanced to $10 a gallon. No single trip arrived with more than twelve gallons on board as the result of a season’s work, although, of course, there were other trophies of the voyages to be disposed of for cash. The present scarcity of blackfish admits of but one explanation, to-wit—the almost complete extermination of the species, the result of terrific slaughter along the coast in the past. ——-- +e AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Todas. Trustecs’ sele of improved lots in Douglas, D. C., on Friday, August 12, at 4 p.m. Marion Duck- ett and Elbert Dent, troste+ C. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. nw.— ‘Trestees’ eale of real estate in “Chichester,” D. C., on Friday, August 12, af 4:30 pm. J. Taylor Ellycon nd Ashley M. Gould, trustees. ‘Tomorrow. €.+G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. nw.— Sale of household furriture, &c., on Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m.; also, at 12 m., borse, ve- hicles, harness, &c. Jemes W. Ratcliffe, Auct. 920 Pa. ave. n.w.— Sale of furniture, carpets, &c., on Saturday, ~ gust 13, at 10 a.m. S. Bensinger, Auct., $40 La. ave. n.w.—Scle of 35 bead of horses, on Saturday, August 13, at 10 am. Magrath & Kennelly, Aucts., 205 11th st. n.w.— Sale of horses, on Ssturday, August 13, at 20 o'clock a.m. Walter B. Williams & Co., Ancts., 10th and D sts. n.w.—Sale of horsehold furniture. &c., on Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m.; also, at 12 m., horsca, yebicles, bicycles, & AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. BLE _1MPROVED D.C, LOTS IN S By virtue of a power of sale contained in 2 deed of trust dated June 10, 1897, and_recoi 15, 1897, In Liber 2228, folio 75, 4 records of the District of Columbia, defauit having Wen made in the payment of the indcbted- ness secuied therein, and at the request of the beneficiary therein named, the subscribers, trus- tees in said trust named, ‘will sell at public ai tion, on the premises, on FRIDAY, AUGUST TWELFTH, 1898, AT FOUR G’CLOCK P.M. all it certein piece or parcel of land described ip J decd of trust and known as lots numbered five (5), six (6) and one hundred and sixty-two (162), of a subdivision called Douglas, as per plat recorded in Liber 1845, folly 438° tn the oitice of the recorder of deeds of said District, and more fully described by metes and bounds, Courses and distances In said about 25 feet x by a dwelling of 6 rocms, nearl; s stable and all other necessary outbuildings, two of them being corner lots and fronting the Biadeus- burg and Anacostia road. Terms of sale: One-third cash, of which one hundred dollars must be paid down at the tine of sale, one-third in six and one-third in twelve mouths frem day of sale, or all cash, at the option ef the buyer. “Conveyancing at the cost of the buyer. Balance of cash installment must be paid withia ten days from day of sale, or property will be resold at the cost and risk of the defsult- ing purchaser. A small first trust to the same beneticlary on said lots 6 and 162 will be arranged with the buyer or sold subject thereto on the day of sale. MARION DUCKETT, ELBERT DENT, ‘Trustees. 35 F st. n.w., Wasbington, D.C. an2tol2in ©. G. SLOAN & O0.. AUCTS., 1407 G ST. SALE OF VALUARLE REAL ES- ‘ATE, LOCATED IN “CHICHESTER,” D.C. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated the {th day of August,” 1807, and duly recorded in Liber £249, at follo’244 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the 1¢- quest of the parties seerred thereby, we will sell, at public auction, in ficnt of the premises, cb FRIDAY, AUGUST TWELFTH, 1898, AT HALF- PAST FOUR P.M., the following described Jand and premises, situste in the District of Columbia and desiguated as kts thirty-four (34) and thirty: six (36) in Williamson's subdivision of part of a tract of lund known as “Chichester,” as said sub- division is recorded in county subdivisicn book Gcvernor Shepherd, page 33, of the surveyer’s of- fie of said District. Terms: On2-hird cash. balance in one (1) and two (2) years, with interes: at 6 per cent per an- num, payable’ semi-annnelly, and secared by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at option of purchaser. A depost of $100 will be required at time of sule. Terms to be complied with in 15 deys from day of sele, ctherwise the trustees re- erve the right to resell at risk and cost of de- faulting purchaser, after due notice published in scme Washington “neweptper. All conveyanciag and recording at cost of purchaser. J. TAYLOR ELLYSON, Trustee, ASHLEY M. GOULD, Trustee, 507 E st.’ n.w. FUTURGS DAYS, THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. TRUS SALE+OF IMPROV PROPERTY ON 1 STREET SOUTHEAST. By virtue of 2 certain deed of trust duly re- corded in Libe records of the 5x30-d&ds 1209, follo 197, om the land District of Columbii a at the ¥ secured therch; : oe-fourth 3, and the , in square 950, improved frame’ dwelling, being premises ms cosh. time of sale. purchaser, A depesit of $100 required at Conveyancing, ete., at cost of JOHN S. SWORMSTEDT, Trustee. EDWARD B. HUGHES, Trastee. aul2-d&ds THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. ALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED rATE THE EAST SIDE OF BRIGHTWOOD 4 By virtue of a deed of trust to us, duly recorded among the Ind records of the District of Columbia, in Liber 2240, folio 184 et seq., we will, at «he request of the holder of the note secured ‘thereb sell at public auction, in front of the premises, T FOUR O'CLOCK P.M ON THURS. IGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. the following deseribed real estate, sitnate in the county of Washington. District of Columbia, to wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land and premises known and distinguished as aud be- ing part of a tract of land called “Girl's Portion, being part of the farm of the late Abner C. Shoemaker, und beginning for the same at a stone on the east side of Brigltwood avenue, sald stone being the southwest corner of said farni, aud being also the southwest corner of the piece of land hereby described, and running thence along the east side of Brightwood avenue north 4 degrees 5249 minutes, east 164.94 feet to the intersection of said avenue With the center of Aspen street proposed; thence along the center of sald proposed street feet to Its intersection with the center street proposed; thence along the center of said Eighth street proposed 696.05 feet to the south boundary of the farm of the said Abner C, VP. Shoemaker, being also the south boundary of Clara A. Newman's portion of said estate; thence ; with said ‘south boundary north 61 degrees 53s minutes west 1,127.53 feet to the point of begin- Ding, together with the improvements and appur- teuaiices thereunto belonging. ‘Terms of sale: Oue-third cosh, balanee in one and two years, represented by notes of the pur- chaser, bearing interest at six per cent per annum, payable sem{-annually, secured by a deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at option of purchaser. A deposit of $250 required at time of sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost of purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten days from date of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resale in’ some Rewspaper published In the elty of Washington, . Cy ALBERT A. WILSON, JOHN B. LARNER, 1335 F st. aul2,18,25&dts Trustees. THOS. J. OWEN, Auct., 913 F st. nw. CHANCERY SALE OF A LOT, IMPROVED BY 4 FRAME HOUSE, KNOWN’ AS NO. 18 KEAT- iG AVENUE NORTHEAST, TWO SQUARFS NORTH OF R STREET, ‘NEAR LINCOLN Under nd by vittue uf a decree of the Supreme au by vi a Court of the Duerict of Columbia, pageed the at ober, ina sul Equity, num- beled 8280, Gr et al. vs, Luckett et al, the te auetion, bered 18279, G1 AUCTION SALES. "‘Tomonnow. JAMES W. RATCIAFFE, AUCTIONEER. (Successors to Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co.) REGULAR SALE OF FURNITURE, CARPETS, Bo CARRIAGES, HARNESS | fc. at ON SATURD: c Z AY AUGUST THIR: THENTH, AT TEN O'CLOCK. at 3% HEAD OF Horses Horses aT PUBLIC AUCTION, WITHIN S BENSINGER’S BAZAAR, XO. 940 LA. AVE. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING, AUGUST MIRIEENTH. AT TEN OMAK Stock any business. Werkers ani Grivers—to be sold for want of use. : Several Pall Turnouts. 1 New Canopy-top Survey. 1 New Princess Trap? 2 New Top Buggies. 1 New Dayton Wagon. several Second-hand Vehicles of different And Kinds; Harness, etc. Sale peremptory. _S. BENSINGER, Auctioneer. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00., AUCTIC REGULAR SATURDAY Sal. On SATURDAY, AUGUST “TITleT een shall sell a general a: ment of fee at our sales room, corner Joth ALSO, AT TWELY HORSES, CARKIAGES. i Terms cash, qt WALTER B. WILLIAMS ‘KM. , LLARNESS,&e, TOMOREIW (SATURDAY: TEN O'CLOCK, AT OUR AUCTION STAELES, 205 11TH ST. Harry McHenry of Frederick, Md., will sell a car lead of good workers ond drivers; Pacer, 2.20; several fine drivers. 20 bead fez a contractor. and Buggies. oue fast Also Wagons, Harmess FROM PRIVATE RE! DENCES AT “PUBLIC AUCTION; ALSO A Lot OF” PURN YE STORAGE CHanuEs POR SIX On SATURDAY, AUGUST THIRTE! at TEN A.M., within our rovms, 1407 G st. wo wil sell at ruct: without limit, for storage charges, a lot of desirable farnituce, ume of owner TH, 1898, bogany Circular Book Case, modern; Oak and Walnut Cham ber ‘Suites, Parlor Suites, Mox Couches, Bed Se Cherry Book Case, Squere Piano, ‘Large larvin Safe, Herring Safe, White Bureau and Washetand, Violin, Sideboards, ‘Dables, Dining Ci tures, "Muttresnes, Porch Furniture, Odd ‘Neg ss RK jas Gasoline Stoves, <1 Glass Kitchen Sree ee = ALSO, A’ " M., ‘or storage charges Cutter, Wagon, Buggle &c.; also Hotse and Vehicle and farness ©. G. SLOAN ‘Aue ani1-2t Pies FUTURE DAYs. ©. G. SLOAN & ©O., AUCTS.,_ ‘ NG PREN NNSYLVANLA AV ds cr the District of st of the holder of th will seil, at public auc re ises, Ww Retes secured there! in_ front AUGUSS TWENTY - T FOUR O'CLOCK . situate All of © Inches Dorsey's d two divin in the ety ot Washlagte te wit lot G ahd > feet nive in Wiliam 1H quare ni i). as ou ie he office of the surveyor of the Dis- ubia. in Bock N. K.. pages 142 and ¢ with the improv consisting Ming rooms above, number ed 1404 and 1406 Penveylvania avenme northwest, Terms: Sold eubjec © deed of trust, recorded in Liber 2219. 70, for $13,000, cf 5 per _cent interest, for five (5) years, from July 20, 1897. Balance ore-half cash and notes for ainder at cne and two years, bearing in- terest at 6 per cent, payable semi-annually, and Secured by deed of trest on the property sold. A deposit of $200 will be required at time of sale. ‘Terms to be complied with in 15 éeys from day sele. otherwise trustees reserve the right to at risk and cost of defaulting pure! netice published tn some Washingt BERNARD 4 JUNIUS J. aul2-d&ds JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER. (Successor to Rateliffe, Sutton & Co.) SALE) OF BRICK DWELLING NOS. 3038, 3040 AND 3042 CAM- STREET, WASHINGTON, D.C. By virtue of three ‘deeds vf trust, recorded re- spectively in Liber 2062, folios 479, 454 and 488, of the land -ecords for the District of Aumbia, we will gell at public anctio ‘, THE TWENTY-SECOND ‘ST, A.D., 1898, commencing et FIVE 0” mu PM, three parcels of ground in that part of the city of Wash- ngtcn formerly known as Georgetown, Known @6 lots numbered fifty-three (63), fifty-four (4) and fifty-five (95), in Ashford & Kidout, trustees’, sub- division of of square one hupired and tw (112), now &. numbered twelve hundred and eighty-two (1 formerly called “Cooke Park,” as per recorded in Lik R. S., folio 211 of the recoras of the sury office for sald District. Lot 53, improved ouse No, 3088, Will be first offered; then improved by house No. 3040, snd then improved by house No. 3042. Terms of sale on erch let: ance in equal installments in one and two pears, with interest from day of eule, payable ser: annually, and secured on the proper , OF cash, at option of purchaser. A deposit of §200 required on each lot at time of sale. Conveyanc- ing, stamps and recording at cost of purcheser. if terms cf sale are not complied with tn ten da: from day of sale the trustees reserve the right resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. SaM. CROSS, Trustee. aul0-u&ds WILLIAM A’ GORDON, Trustee. One-third cash, bal- TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FRAME HOUSB, NO. 410 A STREET SOUTHEAST. By virtue of two deeds of trust, recorded respec- tively in Libers 2134 and 2211, folios 49) and 26 et eq., one of the land records éf the District of Co- Jumbia, and at the request of the party secured therel we, the undersigned trustees, will offer » by” pu on, in frout WE SDAY, THE SEV 4 AUGUST. 1808. AT HALH-PAST FOU O'CLOCK P.M., the foliowing described real es- tate, trict of Columbia, to wit: tuate in the city of Washington, In the Dis- The west nineteen and 100 (19.82) feet of lot numbered two (2), Square numbered eight hundred and seventeen (S17), and all interest they, the said John Ruppel, Philip Ruppel, Joseph Rapp 1 Rogie Ruppel may have or either of them as devisees or heirs law of said Joseph Ruppel (senior) deceased, tn bi estate, together with ell the improvements, rights, ete Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with interest from’ day of sale at 6 per ceut Per aunum, secured by deed of trust on the prop- erty sold, Gr all cash at option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale. Terms of rule to be complied with in fifteen days from day of sale, or trustees reserve the right to resell the Property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser after five days’ advertisement of such re- sale in some newspaper published an Washington, D. C. All conveyancing, stamps, etc., at pure chaser’s cost. : ? SAMUEL H. WALKER, MICHAEL I. WELLER, ‘Trustees, auG-d&ds JAMES W. RATCLIFY! (Successor to Ratcliffe, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS ON TWELFTH STREET BETWEEN © AND D STREETS NORTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 2096, folio 17 et s2q., ome ot the land rec- ords for ths District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the purty secured thereby, signed <rustees Will offer for sale by pul in frovt uf the premises, on THURSDAY TEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. HALF-PAST POUR O'CLOCK P.M., the following descrived real estate, situate in the city of Wash- ‘ngton, iu the District of Columbia, to wit: All of origtoal kot numbered nine () and part of lot eight (8), im square ope thousand and nine (1009), it being the north thirty-six feet and eight inches front of lot eight (8) by the depth thereof, and all of lot nine (¥) by the depth thereof, oogrataing in all about twelve thousand ard three bundr am forty fect (12,340), being the same land con- yeyed by Richard J. Calling sd I his wife EUleabeth to F. E Baxkbages . MM rkhages wife, June 15, A.D. 3892, recorded June 15, A.D. Isu2, together with all the improvements, rights, &. Terms: One-third cagh, the balance tn one and two years, with interest from the of sale at six © cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or aM cush, at the option of the purchaser. A ‘Seposit of fo required upon acce) if terms of sale are not com- with in fifteen days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the rigbt to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resale some newspaper published in Washington, D. , AUCTION sutton & Co.) al ancing, stampé, é&.. st the purchaser's oot AS. H. PARK! GQ aA. au6-d&éds » Trustees. W. 4x