Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1898, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1898-12 PAGES. Mc K mew ’s'SHAMFIGHT PLANNED 933 Pa. Ave. We close daily at 5 p.m. Fs. 1 p.m Remnants Of High Quality Merchandise Reduced, to Close! Only requires one day per week to clean np on: remanant. for we name sach ridic~ alousiy low prices Let of Children’s Bine. Black, Brown and Tan Socks to 42c. Fridzy Steckings. Were 25c. Tc. Fancy Rib- ry 49e. iit, Siiver and Ga- 25g, 0 f PRIC Silk String Ties now 3 for Be. to Ste 25e. adtes” Tie, Sieg Ribbed 51/ Vests, medium size. Friday...... 5i4c. ies Lot of $8 White Pique Suits. Size: . 40 and 42. Friday $5 Ladies" $15.50, $13.50, $19 and $7.50 Pique. Crash, Linen ond Canvas Salts.” Sizes 6 and 38. $23 RO Friday Ze Ee . Ladies’ §6.50 Mohair Bathing $4 Suits, with corset waist. ons Ladies’ $2.25 Fine Pink and Blue Chambray Walsts. Sizes 36§ 9] 75 and $8. Friday...........-...-.-Die and_ $1.50 Ladies’ broken Hnes of $1 Colored Shirt Waists, In all sizes. ROC, Friday oe E Ladies’ 50e. to $1 Semmer Cor- DSc, sets. Friday. Soe 2 Ladies” W. B., R. & G. B. Summer Corsets. Sizes 18, 19, 20, 21 26 and 27. Were $1. Friday 79. 25, W.H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Av. aulS-60d THE CAROLINE ISLANDS The Other Spanish Archipelago in the Pacific. Efforts of American Missionaries Ad- vanced the People, but the Dons Have Destroyed All the Results. From the New York Mail and Express. The Caroline Islands, over which the stars and stripes may soon wave, form a large archipelago 300 miles wide at the widest part and 1,800 miles long. They are also known as the Ladrones or Thieves Islands. They were discovered by Magellan in 1 and were occupied by Spain in 1662. At the present time the term Caroline fs applied to the group running east and west and Ladrones to a smaller group running roughly north and south. Some of the isl- ands are of volcanic origin, the leading rock being basalt, Scientists are of the opinion that many, not most, of the coral isles are the summits ef volcanic formations of rock. Under Spanish rule the natives were practically and the islands went from bad to the rest being coral. if mally grew so poor that both the church and sta yhdrew their organiz: and left the inhabitants to them- Yet the land is marvelously fertule and under a wise and thoughtful adminis- tration could be made rich and happy. At the time of their discovery the native popu- lation was large, but what with crue:ty, mny and their long train of conse- nees, thelr numbers are scarcely a tenth of what they used to be. As early as 1852 American mi! tried to civilize and C tianize these and They established settlements Pon and ‘Kusaie. Their efforts were ver: essful. The natives learned a lit- tle s wailt better houses, wore more suita’ and became thriftier and more than they had been under the ancient regime. schools and churches under the direc- tion of American missionaries. The last ilable report shows that ten years ago were no less than forty-seven hes in the archipelago, with 4,500 warded the r there in oldiers and, odd and took actual po: . They arrested the an clergyman, who had been y years: they destroyed the . confiscated the land ceded ions and deported the mission- sent a man-of-w: marines, te, convict: f the % to re sion 1800 the natives, unable to stifle any longer their indignation, rose up and slew many of the soldiers and convicts. In Sep- tember of that year the Spaniards sent a gunboat and 500 soldiers from Manila, which put an end to all missionary work a large number of Chi © same time. tive churches kept up a quasi- ation, but they are lable to be sup- { ahy moment by the Spanish au- s and their preache deacons, teachers and leading members arrested, fined, imprisoned or shot. In the past eight years Spain has done nothing to improve or the condition of the people. rted what le property it could from the poor inhabitants and through its soldiers has introduced much immorality and vice. The natives are Polynesian—nearer to the Malay than to the Hawaiian type. They are brown and dark brown tn color, well built, muscular and vigorous. Some of the young men are quite handsome and many of the young women graceful, at- ive and even pretty. They are very kindly and affectionate, and under proper auspices make model citizens in every respec! The seat of government is at Agana, sit- uated on a narrow arm of the sea or river istian natives called Apra. Here there is a governor's house, a military hospital, an arsenal bar- racks, prison, court house and other admin- istrative edifices. There is also a college for boys and a girls’ school. In the ven largest towns the Spanish state and church together maintain four be schools, five girls’ schools and nine mixed schools, under the direction of twenty male and six female teachers. The entire number of students is nominally 300, and actually about eighty, few of the teach- ers having been paid their salaries and no exertion being made to secure attendance by the little ones. How the islands are used for political purposes by Spain can be seen in the Span- ish Plue Pook. For the East Carolines there is a lieutenant colonel, with a full Staff, and for the West Carolines there is another Heutenant colonel, with a full Staff; then for the Ladrones there is a third Hevienant colonel and staff. ‘Phere is a provisional administrator at each place, a judge, a commissioner and ten or fifteen smaller officials. The Span- ish record gives some curious reading in‘ rd to thi ary ¢ islanders. During the first of Spanish rule the natives, ac- to the chroniclers, became | pos- a devil of insubordination and persisted in carrying weapons, al‘hough they were severely flogged and afterward shot for the offense. vomen refused to marry, and na- 's threw their children into the er, says the Castilian historian, to diminish the poll tax, and also to se- cure happiness in the heathen hereafter. These disorders displeased heaven, because, after they had lasted a long time and baf- fied the government, Providence sent a great pestilence, which killed off nearly all of the riotous spirit in the island. During one hundred years the Spanish government was never able to collect any direct taxes, and not even today, with all the ingerlous modes of indirect taxation, have the re- ceipts been equal to one-half the expendi- tures. The other half is defrayed from the taxes levied in the Philippines. ——___—_<«-___ Known by Hin Walk. From the St. Louls Star A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges who limped tn his walk was some years ago acecsted by a well-known politician, who asked him if he was not the chaplain of the college at such a time, naming the year. The doctor said he was. The inter- rogstor observed: “I knew you by your limp.” “Well,” said the doctor, “it seemed my lmping made a deeper impression than my preaching.” “Ah, doctor,” was the re- ply, with ready wit, “it is the highest com- pliment we can pay a minister to say that he is known by his walk rather than by his conversation.” Augusti Had Suggested How Manila Could Be Taken. NO LIVES 10 HAVE BEEN LOST At the Last Moment a Genuine Battle Was Determined Upon. THE JOINT ATTACK en The Manila correspondent of the London Times telegraphs, under date of August 13, 5 p.m., the following, published in London this morning: “The capture of the town today was not without certain melodramatic elements. Notwithstanding the fact that the Spanish made a serious resistance against the ad- vance of the right wing of the American force, it could not have been difficult to foresee that a surrender would follow a display by the land forces to satisfy Span- ish honor, nor has it been a well-kept se- cret that the captain general practically suggested the manner in which the Ameri- can troops should advance to prevent loss of life on both sides. At first it was not intended to attack the trenches, but quietly to advance after the bombardment had ceased. “At the last moment, however, the pro- gram was changed, and orders were issued tor the land battery to open fire simultane- ously with the fleet and for an advance to be made as soon as it was considered prac- ticable to assault the Spanish trenches. The reason for this change of plan is not yet apparent, but considerable loss of life resulted. General Anderson placed. his diviston ac- cording to directions from General Merritt. There were eight battalions of the Ist B gade, under General McArthur, in the figiat- ing line on the right, with three battalions in reserve, while seven battalions of the su Brigade, under General Green, were in the trenches across the Calle road .o the sea- shore, three others forming a reserve. The troops ieft the camp at 6:30 o'clock in a heavy “thunder storm. They carried 300 rounds of ammuniuion per man, and two days’ cooked rations. Olympia Led the War. “Shortly after 8:45 o'clock the fleet got un- der way, with flags at masthead. At 9 o'clock the Olympia led the way, attended by the Raleigh and the Petrel, while the Callao, under Lieute it Tappan, and the launch Rarcolo crept close inshore in the heavy breakers. “Pertect quiet prevailed in the lines on both sides as the great vhips cleared for acuon, silently advanced, sometimes hidden by rain The Monterey, with the Baltimore, a sudden hite against the stormy sky, com- hic ine Olympi a sheil screamed across two miles of turbulent water and burst near the Spanish fort at Malate San Then the Petrel and Kuleigh and the active little Callao opened a rapid fire directed toward the shore end of tne intrenchments. In the heavy rain it was difficult to judge tne range, and the shots at first fell short, but the fire soon became accurate, and the shells rendered the for ntenabie, while the four guns of the Utah battery made excellent pr on the earthworks and swamp to the of the fort. The Spaniards replied feebly with a few shel “Less than f an hour after the bom- ided that , although the signa se firing were disregarded by the fe peing probably invisibic on av count of eupon six companies ef the Coiwrado regiment leaped over their breastworks, dashed into the swamp and opened volley fring from the partial shel- ter of low hedges within 300 yards of the Spanish lines. A mom=nts later the remaining six compani>s mo the seashore, somewhat covered ridge, tormed by an inlet wu works of the fort, and at 11 cupied this formidable stronghold w less. McCoy hauled down the 5: and raised the stars and stripes amid wild che2rs along the line. ‘The Treops' Advance. “Meanwhile the fleet, observing the move- ment of the troops aiong the beach, with- held its fire. The bombardment had las exactly an hour and a half. An hour Jat Gen. Greene and his staff proceeded along the beach, still under a hot infantry fire from the right, where the i8th Regulars and the 3d Regular Artillery were engaging the enemy, and directed th: movements lor advasce into Malate. The vicinity of e fort Was uncomfortable on account of nutabers of sharpshooters in the buildings on both sides 200 yards distant. The to Ward movement was, therevore, hast:ned, and in a few minutes the out Ss of th suburb were well occupied, and the sharp- olers were driven away. “As the Californians under Col. Smith m: up the beach their band played the raticnal air, accompanied vy the whistling of Mauser buliets, and during the sharp- shooting continued to encourage the men with inspiring music. Each regiment c ried its colors into ction. There was co: siderable street fighting in the suburbs of Malat> and Ermita, but the battalion of Californians pushed into the Luneta, a pepular promenade, within 2) yards of the meat of the citadel. Then the white flag Was hoisted at the southwest corner of the walled town. Gen. Green:, with a few members of his staff, galloped along the Luneta under a sharp scattering fire from the houses near the beach, and parleyed with an officer, who di d him along to the gate, further eu: “At this moment the Spanish forces, ret treating from Santa Ana, came into view, fully 2,000 strong, followed by insurgents who had eluded Gen. McAzthur's troops, and now opened fire for & bri2f period. ‘The situation was awkward, if not critical, both sides being slightly suspicious of treacher: ‘The Spanish troops lining the parts, observing the trsurgenis’ auction, opened fir> on the Californians, Kélling ene apd wounding three. The confusion, how- «ver, soon ceased by the advance of the re- treating Spaniards to the espiaaade, when Gen. Gre2ne ordered them io enter the cita- del. sh r- The White Flag Shown. “Soon a letter was brought from the cap- tain general requesting the commander of the troops to meet him for consultation. + “General Greene immediately entered with Adjutant General Bates. Meanwhile, according to arrangement, the morsent the white flag was shown, General Merritt, who occupied the steamer Zafiro as tempo- rary corps headquarters, sent Jeneral Whittier, with Flag Lieutenant Brumby, ashore to meet the captain general and dis- cuss first a plan of capitulation. General Whittier found the officizis much startled by the news that the attack was still vig- continuing along the whole ‘ine, the American troops even threatening the citadel. ‘All available Spanish troops were im- Aiately massed in the victrity of the awaiting the succession of everis, ring which a certain degre of anx- was evident. ‘General Merritt entered with his staff at 3 o'clock. ‘Th situation was then better urwdlerstood, amd 4 ccaference witn Gene. «1 vevdenes was Lcld, The terms agreed on may be outlined as follows: “An agreement ter the the Philippines. “A provision for disarming the men who remain organized under the command of their officers, no pzrole being exacted. ‘Necessary szpplies to be furnished from the captured treasury funds, any possible deficiency being made good b; the Ameri- ns ‘The safety of life and property of the Spanish soidiers and cittzens to be guaran- teed as far es posstb'e. “The question of transporting the troaps to Spain to be referred to the decision of the Washington governmen::, end that of returning their arms to the soldiers to be left to the discretion of General Mer- ritt. “Banks and similar institutions to con- tinue operations under existing regula- tions, unless these are changed by the United States authorities. Perfect order prevails tonight on both capitulation of sides the Pasig, the armed and on duty.” Dewey's Demand. A dispatch from Hong Kong, dated yes- terday, states: ‘The American collier Zafiro, from Manila, which arrived here yesterday, is anchored in Junk bay. She left Manila on-the 14th. A typhoon is raging, and it is impossible to land the mails with further details of the battle at Manila. It is learned, however, from an American naval officer, that when Admiral Dewey, on August 6, demanded th2 surrender of Ma- nila within forty-eight hours, the Spanish comenander replied that, the insurgents be- ing outside the walls, he had no safe place for the women and children who w2re in the city, an] asked for twenty-four aours* delay. This Admiral Dewey granted. At the expiration of the specified time Ad- miral Dewey and Gen>ral Merritt consulted and decided to postpone the attack. On August 13 the American squadron formed in line off Manila. The Olympia fired the first shot at the Malate fort. ‘The shots of the Americans f2ll short, and some time was occupied in finding the range. Then the Callao, one of the gunboats cap- tured by Admiral Dewey from the Span- iards, got under the fort and sent in a hot fire. Great destruction was done with tbe rapid-fire guns. The fort failed to reply, but fired on the American troops that were storming the Spanish trenches. The large American ships were ord2red fo cease fiting after an hour’s work, owing to the failure of the fort to respond. The fighting in the trenches was most fierce. Fifteen minutes after the Spaniards were driven to the second line of defenses they were forced to retreat to the walled city, where, seeing the uselessness of re- sistance, they surr:ndered, and soon after- ward a white flag was hoisted over Manila. Agreed to Surrender. The Belgian consul at Manila, M. Andre, boarded the Olympia and returned with an American lieutenant to the Spanish mili- tary governor, who agreed to surrender. Gen, Merritt proceeded to the palace at :o0 o'clock, and there found the Spaniards formed in line. The troops surrendered their arms, but the officers were permitted to retain their swords. The Ameri civil guard remaining | an loss is repored to be six or and forty wounded. The Span- as considerable, but the exact numbers are not obtainable. The trenches Were filled with badly wounded Spaniards. Manila is now winder martia! law, with Gen. Merritt as military governor. ‘The Californi Society ren- the sick and wounded. ailed in Manila on the 3. As the Americans were placed around the s of all foreigners in order to prevent their beiag looted. were not allowed to take part in the attack upon the city, but were kept in the rear of the Americans. In order to prevent bloodshed they were for- bidden to enter the city after the surrender unless they were unarmed. Before the surrender the Spaniards burn- ed the transport Cebu, in the Pasig river. It is supposed that Admiral Dewey was wu: aware of the departure of Gen. Augusti. The Zafiro's officers first heard the news of the governor general's flight on their ar- rival here. Gen. Augusti’s escape is con- sidered to have been prearranged, as he brought with him his family and suite. ES SON TO SAVE HIM. SCHLEY Young Doctor Successfully Operates Upon Correspondent Marshall. From the New York Journal, Today. A delicate and successful surgical opera- tion was performed upon Edward Mar- shall, the Journal correspondent, by House Surgeon Winfield Scott Schley, jr., son of Admiral Schley, at St. Luke's Hospital, yesterday afternoon. The bullet which struck Mr. Marshall as he was rushing in the van up the heights of La Guasima, Cuba, passed from the groin, the point of entrance, through the body and shattered the base of the spine. The result of the injury to the spine was to cause a pressure upon the spinal cord, an interruption of the action of the nerves controlling the movements of the lower part of the body and partial paralysis. It became evident during the past week from the symptoms and increased inflam- mation that the bones were not healing naturally, and there was grave danger of blood poisoning setting in from the dccay of some of the fragments of bone. In sim- ilar cases the X-ray has been used several times with success in locating the source of inflammation, and it would have been vsed in Mr. Marshall's case if a small ab- scess had not appeared, indicating that na- ture was making an cffort to throw off the dangerous foreign body. Mr. Marshall was carefully examined by the consulting surgeons of St. Luke's Hos- pital Tuesday, and it was decided as the Gnly chance of cure or relief, as well as to avoid a constantly increasing danger of a fatal termination, to perform a surgt- cal operation, having for its object the ex- pleration of the lower section of the hack, and the removal of such bones as were found to be doing the damage. The ordinary precautions were taken with Mr. Marshall prior to operations to prepare the system for shock. Then} was taken to the well-lighted operating teom on the top floor of the hospital. An incision was made at the side of the spine, along the line of the channel made by the abs with the greatest care, in crder to avoid se = as few nerve branches and arteries as possible. ‘This Was delicate work, indeed, and after the exploratory fucisions were developed the surgeon found the splinters of bones which were causing ail the trovble. There were a large number of these, and they were removed from the tissue with small for- ceps. All the fragments of bone that could be seen were removed. A further explora- tion would have been made, perhaps, if it bad not been that the patient had’ been under the influence of an anaesthetic for over an hour, and in his weakened condi- tien it would have been dangerous to have gone on. Mr. Marshall rallied from the shock, and the report from the hospital last evening that he was doing well, and was in better condition than before the operation. —-—_+0+- FAITH POTTER DIES. Mother's Prayers and Doctor's Medi- cines Availed Nothing. From the New York Journal, ‘Today, Neither prayer nor science availed. to save Faith Potter. Prayer had been em- ployed exclusively for many weeks, how- ever; science for a few days only, when the patient's life was nearly spent. The child died yesterday morning, in the small hours, and all the village of Orient, L. L, blames Mrs. W. H. Potter, who imagined that faith was more potent than medicine as an antagonist for typhoid fever. But Mrs. Potter is undismayed. The re- preaches of her neighbors, their expres- sions of indignation and looks of aversion do not hurt her feelings or weaken her belief. She grieves sincerely for the death of her child, but refuses to believe the doctors when they assure her that if she had summoned medical aid when Faith first fell ill her life would probably have been spared. And to those who point out that her weeks of fervent prayer went for naught, as one answer: “It is the will of God,” she says. “His purpose we may not see, but He certainly had a purpose in taking Faith away from me. Perhaps He wished to test my faith. By His grace, it has borne the test. His will be done. Mrs. Potter's neighbors were in hopes that there might be some way of calling her to account, legally, for the dcath of her daughter, but the coroner says she can- not be punished, inasmuch as she did tar- dily call in a physician when threatened with prosecution in the event of the girl's death. And as Dr. Manaton attended Faith up to the last moment, the law has noth- ing further to say. Dr. Manaton began his ministrations last Friday, but the disease had progressed so far that only by a miracle of science could the little patient have recovered. On Tues- day afternoon Faith became unconscious, and the doctor ssw it was the beginning of the end. He told Mrs. Potter that her child was dying, but the woman's faith in the efficacy of her prayers was unshaken, and she remained upon her knees, offering fervent supplications for the girl’s re- covery. As the night wore on, and the patient remained unconscious, her life ebbing away, other members of the family gath- ered about the bedside and joined in the mother’s prayers. About 1 o'clock, when these vociferous appeals were at their height, Faith Potter died, without so mucn as the flutter of an eyelid. +. _____ Nothing but bargains at Hoeke’ jeari: sale.—Advt. cee es me |ARE FOND OF COFFEE We Drink Over Half, the World’s Product. — Ss a AVERAGE ELEVEN ANT HALF POUNDS Spend Eight Times as Much as We Did Fifty Years Ago. IN OUR NEW POSSESSIONS The fact that coffee {s readily grown in all the*islands now coming under control of the United States lends interest to some figures of the treasury bureau of statis- tics, which show that coffee last year was the greatest item in our imports, and that tho year’s importations of that article were the greatest in our history. Puerto Rico and Hawail have for years grown a fine grade of coffee, Cuba formerly produced it in large quantities end the Philippine Islands have for years had a reputation of producing a grade of coffee equaling that of Java and even comparing favor- ably with Arabia's world-famed Mocha. The United States has been for years the largest coffee using country in the world, our purchases since 18%) having averaged $90,000,000 per annum in value, but it was reserved for the fiscal year 1898 to show the largest imports, of coffee in our history, bringing the average per capita consump- tion among our population up to the high- est point ever known. The coffee im- portations for the fiscal year 1898, just ended, were 870,514,215 pounds, which is nearly 20 per cent greater than in 1897, 50 per cent greater than in 1893, practically double that of 1880 and more than three times that of 1874. Deducting the expor- tations, “which amounted to 18,822,869 pounds, the consumption of the fiscal year 1898 would stand at eleven and five-tenths pounds per capita against nine and nine- tenths in 1807, eight and two-tenths in 1898, seven and eight-tenths in 1800, six and nine-tenths in 1877, five and one one- hundreth in 1867, four and nine-tenths in 1866, three and ‘seven-tenths in 1864 and two and two-tenths in 1863. ‘The war period of 1861-6 showed the low- est per capita consumption of coffee in our history, despite the large use of this arti- cle in the army, while the brief war period of 1898 caused no diminution in the im- ports, the total for April, May and June being 245,000,000 pounds against 193,000,000 in the corresponding months of the pre- ceding year. Unusually Low Price. The large importation of coffee during the year just ended was probably due in some degree to its phenomenally low price, the average value of the year’s imports be- ing seven and four-tenths cents per pound, against an average of eleven cents last yéer, fourteen and six-tenths in 1806 and sixteen and four-tenths in 1895. The quo- tations to the bureau of statistics report the wholesale price of Rib No. 7, a stand- ard grade for quotations, from five and one-half to seven ané oné-half cents in the New York markets in the fiscal year 1898, against nine and one-half cents per pound in 1897, eleven and ope-half in 1806, fifteen and one-half in 1805, seyenteen and one- half in ISM and eighteen and one-half in 1893. It may be added, however, that while prices have greatly fallen in recent years, the introduction of machinery, the cheap- ening of freight rates and the general im- proved facilities for production and trans- portation still leave to producers, it is said, a comfortable margin of profit, especially in better grades of coffee. The into the total value of the coffee United States in despite the low pric y Bl, against HK T,.630 tn 1888; $: 914,605 in 1878; S451 An 1868; $18,360,410 in 1858, and $8,249,997 in! 1848. " ‘Thus the money sent abroad for coffee in the year just ended is eight times that of a half century ago, and nearly three times that of 1868. The cost of the coffee imported into the United Siat during the past ten years has been $875.4! these figures being the prices paid in the foreign marke! at the port of expcrtation. . Thus, it ap- pears in the decade just ended there h: gone out of the country an average? of $87, 500,000 per annum for an article which maj b successfully grown in all the Islands now coming under the jurisdiction of the United States. Drink Half the World’s Production. Practically one-half of the coffee grown in the world nuw comes to the Unit. States. The latest estimates put the cof- fee production of the World at 1,600,000,000 pounds per annum, while, as shown the imports into the United States year were more than half that amount. Of the total coffee production of world where the pout two-thirds is grown in Brazil, an export duty of IL per cent is placed on every pound of coffee exported. ‘The other third of the world’s production, which is grown outside of Brazil, is scat- tered around the world in the belt extend- ing to the 30th degree on eacn side of the equator, the most successful locations being wel! watered mountain slopes from 1,000 to 4,000 feet above the level. The requisites fur coffee pro on are found in all of the islands now likely Umited Stat fact that Brazil, the great of the world, places an expor: duty 1 coffee exported, operates to the ad- vantage of those Cesiring to enter upon the production of this article, either for heme consumption or for competition markets of the world. Coftee Importation. ‘The following table shows the quantity and value of coffee imported into the Unit- ed States since 1860: is urder control of the th in Year. Pounds. 1890 499,159. sgl 51Y, 1sh2 G40, 189 563,469,068. 1894 550,934, 1895 652.208, 1896. 580,507 768 1898. $70,514,215. 2 65,067,561 *Overvalued by reason of depreciation of Bra- zillan paper imilrels. Production in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has for years produced con- siderable coffee, this being her most im- portant export, and amounting to from twenty-five to thirty million pounds per annum, Mr. F. B. ‘Thurber, a well-known authority on this subject, says in his book, “Coffee, From Plantation to Cu Puerto Rico furnishes a coffee that is in great tavor in Spain and im Italy and also on the Island of Cuba. The, cultivation is carried on largely in the provinces of Mayaguez, Ponce, Guayanilla, Aguadilla, Arecibo and St. John’s. * * * In flavor this ranks as a mild coffee.” a Coffee ‘in Cuba. The coffee producing cipabilities in Cuba are said to be very great. Mr. Thomas R. Dawley, jr., says in the 1897 volume of the “American Annual Cyclopaedia’: “Coffee Was at one time Bs Principal source of Cuba's wealth. In fhe garly part of the present century ninety-one million pounds of coffee were produced in Cuba in a single year, representing a mosey value of $2 co0,u00, * * * It was estimated that in 1888 there were six goffeg 2states to one of sugar; one plantation ts mentioned es hay- ing a’ million trees, 2 the writer has found an authentic account of a plantation containing 750,000 trees and 450 slaves in a part of the island where at present there is neither a vestige cf a coffee plantation or a negro population.” In the Hawatian Islands. Coffee ts now being produced in consia- erable quantities in the Hawaiian Istands, Consul General Haywood expresses the opinion that the amount may be greatly increased with profit to those un¢ertaking it. The number of coffee plantations is now between 200 and-300. The sum re- quired to successiully enter upon coffee production is from $5,000 to $20,000, and the Hawaiian foreign office estimates that the money so invested will be repaid to the investors, with more than 109 per cent in- terest. at the end of seven years from the establishment of the plantation.” ~ In the Philippines. The Philippines have for years produced ®@ grade of coffee of which Mr. Thurber Tomorrow Only At Hahn’s 3 Stores. Here's a partial list of Ladies’ $2.50, $3 and $4 Shoes, Sizes 1 to 3, 1 to 3 only. Ladies’ Best Quality White Linen Duck pers, small sizcs, tomorrow Sic. these every Friday, by marking them down to prices which often are next to giving the Shoes away. Fine Hand-sewed Turn and Welt-scle Black Kid Boots, mostly wide toes. All Tomorrow Broken Shoe Sizes Almost Given Away +r Broken sizes and odd pairs of otherwise closed- out Shoe lines cannot remain on our shelves for any length of time. We make short work of err Pine SRSA RR be ha Rtas Shoes to be found on the Odds and Ends Tables for tomorrow only: Another Chance for Ladies With Small Feet. 50e. and Black Kid Oxford Ties and Slip- at 50¢. 50c. Tomorrow only. Children’s, Misses’ and Boys? Chocolate “Viet Kid Taced and Button Boots, with durable soles. Sizes 8 to 13. Reduced from $1 and $1.25. Wim. Hahn & Co.’s , 87c. Tomorrow only. Boys’ and Youths’ Tan Russia-finish er Fell-weicht Le: Heeled and Spring Heel Laced, Broken sizes. Reduced from $1.25, $1.50 & $2. Reliable hoe Houses, Says in his volume quoted above: “The Philippine Islands are said to be peculiarly adapted to the raising of coffee, producing with proper cultivation and preperation a berry which is equal, if not superior, in flavor and aroma to the Java berry.” esas HE WALKS FOR 850,000. Must Be Back by June 1, 1900. From the New York Herald. Some men walk for a cake, others for a hayrick which shall serve as a lodging house for the great American unchatteled tourist, but not many men walk for exer- cise and a $50,000 wager on the side. When you strike such a man who is capable of turning lusty leg power into a president's annual salary, he deserves mention. Monsieur Henri Gilbert {s the man who places such implicit trust in his own eturdy lower limbs. M. Gilbert is a writer, a jour- nalist of France. His post office address is believed to be Walkerville. He has come to the conclusion that the leg is mightier than the pen, at least in the pecuniary results attending its judi@ious use. M. Gilbert car- ries no cyclometer. But he is getting there just the same, and the gentlemen who have | taken the other end of the bet have no diffi- M. Gilbert in Paris in Paris right June 1, 1900, he'll be a rich man, his fellow journal reckon rich $50,000, or its equivalent in francs, ing for him, locked up tight in the stron; box of a Paris banker. But if the Frenc man fails to get to the capital within the | appointed time, there’ll be a sadder and a wiser, even if a more experienced, globe trotter somewhere on the way to the home base. M. Gilbert himself expresses the greatest confidence in his ability to girdl2 the earth, and that before his time expires. He’s no seven days’ Madison Square Garden hero, this five-foot-six gentleman with the keen | eyes, the Peffer beard and the bicycle legs. He's a long distance, thirty-third degr pedal expert, who does his thousand mil in record time and refers to it you and I might refer to our coi in the park. He has spent three years of his newspaper life in footing it through all! kinds of countries, meeting all kinds ef peo- ple and having all kinds of adventur He vy in Ballaret, Australia, a short time ago, looking as well kept and as sportsmanlike as a gentleman fisherman on his Hudson river estate. At this time M., Gilbert had crossed 23,631! miles off his list. Think of that, you who grumble if you have to walk three blocks to reach elevated station. Here’s a man who Ss put all these miles to the right side of his ledger, and is looking forward to canceling WSt~ more before he takes a rest. He has had rather good countries, as to climate, to traverse so far, but he’s going to get a taste of King Cold before he's many months older. Siberia is a problem that would strike most men as a hard proposition. But Gilbert says he'll walk through it like a soubrette through the dol- lar side of Broadway on a Saturday after- in the silly season. “or Gilbert wears a kharki sult, with a proad-rimmed pith hat, carries a staff and } sports on his left arm the colors of his country. He has been in perit of lis life once. That was when a regiment of in- qguisitive and gore-secking Turks took ex- ception to his traveling through Syria and expressed their intention of concluding nis career as a pedestrian. M. Gilbert’s ex- planation that he was a Frenchman carried weight and he was-allowed to go on. Tie | can’t speak the language of all the coun- tries he passes through, but he can make | signs. At a careful esti:nate he can get away with 600 deaf and dumb alphabets. And so he makes himself understood. soe A Lucky Man. From the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. It is not aiways the man who suffers for his country who reaps reward. At the same time it isn’t always somebody's tault that men who merit reward are not re- warded. The present governor of the La- drone Islands did nothing to merit speciat recognition, but he happened to be at the place when an American was needed, and being the only American or the ground he was given the ful! hei the cir- cumstance. Francisco Po: merly a resident of San & that time was employed for about a y as elevator man in the Chronicie building. That was in 1892. Four years ago, on the indorsement and recommendation of Jus tice of the Peace Barry, he attempied to secure the appointmert as janitor in the new city hall at San Francisco, but did not land the position. Me then departed for the Ladrones. When the United States took possession of that group oi ssiands on June 21 last Portzu: was the only resi- dent American citizen, and was accordingly put in charge of affdics after the Spanish governor and garrso.i had surrendered and had removed to the transports in which they were taken on to Cavite. Governor Portusach is a native of the Island cf Guam of the Ladrone group, and ‘s about thirty years of age. He became an Ameri- can citizen during his residence in Catifor- nia, His father is a full-blsoded Spaniard, but his mother is a nativ2 istander, Governor Portusach is very muck in luck, ——-+e+______ A Champion Sneezer. From the Louisville Pcst. “Did ycu ever know a man who could sneeze loud encugh to break up a camp neeting, to stop the taking of testimony in court, and cause a bellowing cow to stop in Gisgust and wonder what the noise was that was drowning its thunderous voice?” said an old fisherman. - On being {rformed that his sneeser was entitled to the cake and all the accessories necessary to conduct an up-to-date bakery, the gentleman consented to tell more of his sneezing friend. He said: “While fishing in a mountain town in eastern Kentucky last fall 1 went to the village near by one rainy morning to at- tend circuit court. The judge was deliver- ing an impressive charge to the grand jury, and every ear was listening to catch each word, when the stillness of the court s broken by an unearthly ker-chew, ker-chew, ker-chew, ete. The judge was thunderstruck, and instantly every eye s turned toward the rear of the room, where a little unobtrusive looking old farmer sat sneezing as if his head were coming off. The judge ordered the sheriff to bring the intruder before the bench. The offender came forward, and the judge had a fine entered against the innocent cause of the disturbance. “Two of the sneezer's friends were called, who testified to the man’s good character and high standing, but said they could hear him sneeze three miles any day in the year. One said that the sneezer once broke up a camp meeting with a sneezing spell, and that he saw an enraged bovine stop a thunderous bellowing fit to look in wender at the human who could make mere noise than a mad bull. But the old yellow couldn't help it, and the fine was remitted.” The Laminous Sea Crab. From the Louis Republic. One cf the marine curiosities recently fished from the bottom of the Indian ocean by a dredging vessel In the employ of the Calcutta Society of Natural His ory was a mammoth sea crab which con- tinually emitted a bright white light sim- ilar to that seen in the spasmodic flashes of phosphorescent luminosity kindled by our common fireflies. ‘The cddity was cap- tured in daytime and placed in a large tark, nothing peculiar except its immense size being noticeable in the broad glare of the tropical sun. At night, however, when all was in pitchy darkness, the crab sur- prised the naturalists by lighting up the tank so that all the other sea creatures, great and small, occupying the same tank could be plainly seen. When the luminous crustacean prodded with a pole, he emitted flashes of light which enabled the experimenters to read small print, even though otherwise they were in total darkness. Se AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Today. Thomas J. Owen, Avi 913 F st. nw. Chancery sale of No. 18 Keating ave. n.e., on Thursdey, August 18, at 4:30 p.m. Andrew Wil- sen and Noel W. Barksdale, trustees. James W. Ratcliffe, Auct., 920 Pa, aye. now.— Trustees’ sale of lots on 12th st. bet. C and D sts. me., on Thursday, August 18, at 4:30 p.m. Chas, H. Parker and C. A. Riddle, trustees. ‘Tomorrow ‘Thomas Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n.w.— Sale of No. 006 G st. s.w., on Friday, Ang. 19, at 4 p.m. AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER. (Successor to Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co.) SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING \ TWELFTH STREET BETWEEN C AND D STREETS NORTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 2096, folio 17 et seq., one of the land rec- ords for the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby, the under- signed “rustees will offer for sale by public auction, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, EIGH- TEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1898, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O°CLOCK P.M. the following deseri ved real estate, situate in the city of Wash- ington, in the District of Columbia, to wit: All of origival lot numbered nine (¥) abd part of lot eight (8), in square one thousand and nine (1009), it being the north thirty-six feet and eight inches front of lot elght (8) by the depth thereof, and all of lot nine () by the depth thereof, containit fn all about twelve thousand and three bundred and forty feet (12,340), being the same land con- veyed by Richard J. Collins and bis wife Elizabeth to F. E. Baakbages and 8. M. Barkhages and wife, June 15, A.D. 1592, recorded June 18, A.D. 1892; together with all the improvements, rights, &e. Terms: One-third cash, the bulance in ‘one and two years, with interest’ from the of sale at six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or’ all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of §200 required upon acceptance of bid. If terms of’sale are not com- plied with in fifteen days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resale in some newspaper published in Washington, D. C. All coureyancing. stamps, &c., at the purchaser's cost. CHAS. H. PARKER, Cc. A. RIDDLE, FUTURE DAYS. | | dot of Counters aod Shelving. Of! Can AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. J. G. Sinclair, Auctioneer, €26 La. ave. We tuvite the atte SH FRIDAY, Avo! X : OGACK. We will se without reserve a lot of Groceries. 1 Large Coffee Mill, 1 Large lee Box, and Of, Showcases, Suowball Machine, Jot of Ne Horsebold Furnt | jor Organs, “ete. m Suites & ©, AUCTIONERKS,— €)2 E st. nw. VALUABLE IMPROVED | 996 G STREET SOUTHWEST. On PRIDAY. AUGUST NINETEE! FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, we will sell, tn ti | premises, lot 38, in Terms: One-third cash, balance in years, with interest, secured by deed of t | the property sold, or all cash, at the option } Purchaser. A deposit of $100 required ut t of wale. All conveyancing and recording purchaser. DUNCANSON BROS. AUCTION: CHANCERY SALE OF A LOT, IMPROVED RY A COMMODIOUS HISCK DWELLING, KNOWN AS NO. 1528 FIFTEENTH STREET SN Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of the District of ©: cause No. 1824, on the 1th day being suit of Mary C. Lemmon against 1 Rich et al., the undersigned receivers appointed in this cause will offer for sale lic auction, in front of the said TUESDAY, AUGUST THIRTIETIL Ist, A FIVE O'CLOCK PM, all of LOT numbered 36 the subdivision of SQUARE 194. made by vian Cellege, James Miller and Joseph Abbott recerded in Liber C,H. B., folio 101, of the rec- cords of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia. The said lot heving @ frontage of £3 feet 9 Inches on 15th street northwest and running of the eame width, 100 feet, and two-story brick dwelling, khown a: 52S 15th street northwest ‘The terms of sale to be: One-third of the etofere at pab inex, ¢ n T par. chase money in cush and the balance in two equal installments, at one and two years from day of by deed of trust on the property Bald, and bearing interest at € per cent per annum, of all cash, at the of the purchaser, $240 « pestt will be req at time of sale, cod all Tcuveruncing and revenue stamps to be at the tbe purenaser. If the terins of sale ane mplied with within ten days from day cf the receivers reserve the right t resell erty at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur- chaser. JAMES. H. TAYLOR, auls-d&de JOHN RIDOUT, Receive ©. G. SLOAN & ©O., At , 1407 G ST. N TRI STEN be 3 ale prep- WEST, WASHINGTO: By virtue of a ce: . dated the and duly recorded in seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, end at the request of the hold we will sell, at pren i FOURTH, 1898, AT HALF- P.M. the following de: in the city of Washiagtor lot G and the east ‘of the Lotes eecured thereby, io front of the AUGUST TWE PAST FOUR O'CLAK ried real estete, sit D. C., to wit? Ail n (7) feet nine (9) inet front by depth of Jot F, in William H. Dorsey's subdivision of lots in square numbered two Bun- dred and twenty-six (226), as sald subdivision reccrded in the office of the surveyor of the D triet of Columbia, in Book N. K.. pages 142 a1 er with 1 . consisting number- ap folie 370, for $13. five () years. half cash and the remainder at one and two years, bearing in- terest at 6 per cent, payable semi-annually. secured by deed of trust on the. pre deposit of $200 will be required at Terms to Le complied with in 15 deys from day of scle, otherwise truatees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after due Retice published in some, Washington newsjape NARD 3 aul2-d&ds THOMAS DOWLT 612 TRUSTEES SALE IMPRO’ PROPERTY. BE P CAPITOL STREET, LIBRARY BUILDING. By virtue of a deed of trust. dated Cctcber 9, 1894, and recorded in Lib 1949, folio 260 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, as surviving trustee f trust, T will sell, at public prewises, on MONDAY. THE Y OF Av. GUST, 1898. aT 1 © CLOCK P.M.. the following 4 ir the elty of W: r as the exst twenty-three (23) feet inches frc f lot numbered etzht West twenty-four (24) feet front of seven by the full dep mbered seven hundred end the numbered reserved uncer h, recorded in iiber W. B. and records of caid District the same being improved by dwelling No. 122 East Capitol deed to Benjamin Bur 1Z, follo 12. of the Terms of sale: One-third in one ard two years frem sole, deferre nts to be secured by deed of trust oa the yerty gold. oF all cash, at the cption of pur: sale are net complied w trustee reserves the rigat to sell the &: five Gays’ notice, at risk and cost purehaser. All conveyancing, ree nue stamps to be paid for by pureh: BR. WOODWARD, Survivi AMES W. KATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER, Guccessor to Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co.) TRUSTEES’ OF BRICK DWELLING HOUSES N AND 2 CAM. 038, 3040 BRIDGE STREET, INGTON, By virtue of tly spectively in Liber 2082 the land ~ecords for thi will sell at public auction, on TWENTY-SECOND Day OF AL commencing at FIVE (CLOCK | P.M parcels of ground in that part af the three city of Wusb- Ingten formerly known a= Georgetown, known &s lots numbered fifty-three (Si), afty-four (94) and Sfty-five (G5), tn Ashford & scidout, trustees’, sub- division of part cf square one lundred aud twelve 112), now ‘square wumbered twelve hundred and eighty-twe (1282), formerly called “Cooke Park,” as per plat recorded in Liber A. . folio 211, of the recoras of the surveyor's office for sald District. Lot 53, improved ‘by e No. 3088, will be. first offered; then lot 54, owed by house No. 3us0, ond then lot 55, impooved by house No. 3042. Terms of sale on erch Kt: One-third cash, bale ance in equal installments in one an » Fears, with interest from day of sak ‘sein!- aunually, aud secured ca the pro) , OF all casb, at’ option of purchaser. of $200 requir.d on each lot at time of Conve ing, stamps and recording at cost of purcl If terms of sale are not complied with in ten daj from day of sale the trustees reserve the right (0 resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. SAM. CROSS, Trustee JAM A) GORDON A TWO-STORY HOUSE, NO. 443 § STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of two deeds of trust, recorded” re- spectively in Liber No. 1690, fol 3, No. 1827 folio 57 et_seq.. of the land records for the of Columbfa, und at the request of the purty se- cured thereby. the undersigned surviving tee will offer for sale by public auction, mises. on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-FIFT! AY OF AUGUST. A.D. 1808, AT HALF-DasT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the following described real estate, situate ip the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to wit: Lot numbered eighteen (18), im W. 'H. Stewart's subdivision of lots two to eight. in square east of sqnare pum- bered four hundred and seventy-five (475), together with all the improvements, ts, & Terms: One-third cash, ‘the balance in one and two years, with Interest from the day of sule at six “? cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or’ all cash. at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 required upon acceptance of bid. If the terms of sule are not complied with within fifteen days from the day of sale the truetee reserves the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the default purchaser, after five days’ advertixement of sue! Tesale in’ some wewspaper publisbed In Washing ton, D. All conveyancing, stamps, &c., at 0 purchaer’s cost. JOHN WALTER, Jr., Surviving Trustee. aul3-d&ds C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. AND PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM A LOCAL STORAGE COMPANY AND MANY PRIVATE OWNERS, WITHIN OUR AUCTION ROO: 1407 G ST. N.W., ON SATURDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH, 1808, AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M, DSOME PARLOR SUITES, ED CHAIRS, FANCY TABLES, SS, &e.,” OAK, WALN' OTHER BED ROOM FURY 3 BEDS, ODD HANDSOME S, COUCHES, MIRRORS, KEFRIGEKATORS, CHINA CLOS- ETS, S(DEBOARDS, MAHOGANY BOOK CASE AND EXTENSION TABLE, ROLL AND FLAT-TOP DESKS, REED CHAIRS, 1 CASH REGISTER, 1 LARGE MARVIN SAFE, ROCK- COMPRISING” HAS ERS, PICTURES, MIRRORS, LACE CUR- TAINS, WINDOW SHADES, HAIR AND SUUCK MATTRESSES, DINING CHAIRS, CHOGKERY AND’ GLAISWAME, CAMPERS CROC! NI # v. Ci RUGS, MATTINGS, STOVES, KITCH! UTENSUS. SD. AT TWELVE M. HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, BICYCLEs, &e. Tes ASE G. SLOAN & CO., Auctioneers. TEOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. NW. ‘TRUSTEES’ SaLE OF VALUABLE UNINPROVED REAL ESTATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BRIGHTWOOD AVENUE. By virtue of a deed of trust to us, duly recorded anyng the land records of the District of lamba in Liber 2240, folio 134 et seq.. we will, at request of the holder of the note secured thereby, sell at public auction, in front of the premises, at HALF-PasT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. ON THURS. DAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 4D. 1898.’ the following described real estate, situate 4m the county of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Ali that certain piece or parcel of land and premises known aud distinguished ss and be- ing part of a tract of land cal % being part of the farm of the late Abner C. P. Shoemaker, and beginning for the same at a stone on the east side of ON I STREET SOUTHEAST. cannes t "5 By virtue of @ certain deed of trust duly re- | perms of sale: Ove third cash balance in one corded in Liber 1800, folio 107. one of the land | 20 iv cringe’ interest at ols per cont —f fecords at he Distelet of Golainhin, snd st™ebe | Chaser, Dear \nterest at ela per cen, De ana, Et pubule. auction, in front_of the ‘premises, “en | 208, the property said, or all cash, at option of ToESDAY AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD, 1906) AT: gg Gt. ES b~f4 nn HALE'PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. one-fourth | “irchacer. “Terms of ‘sale to be complied ite interest in the weat one-half of lot 3, and the | <ithin ten days from date of sale, miherwise the east one-balf of lot 4, in square 950, improved | Crustccs reserve the Tight to resell the at by a two-story frame dwelling, -being premises | che risk and cost of the Durebaser. after No. 910 I sizeet southeast: _ | ke dare’ advertisement of Tesale in some ‘erms depesil $100 required at | newspaper published city Vashington time of sale. ete., at cost of | D.C tie eee . A. WILSON, - JOHN-S. SWORMSTEDT, ‘Trustee. iN B. LARNER, EDWARD B. HUGHES, ‘Trustee. Pee Re eee,