Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1898-12 PAGES. ‘Nursing 3 Mothers, Nursing mothers must have 6trength. Upon the strength of the mother depends the future health of the child. It is of the greatest im- portance that the mother should ob- tain every atom of nourishment from her diet. This is insured if Johann Hoff's Malt Extract is taken with meals and beiore retiring. It not only assists the proper assimilation of food, but is also a food in itself. Good appe- tite and sound, restful sleep follow its use. Dr. Albert Fricke of Philadelphia writes: “I have tried Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract not only on myself, but also on a great number of my pa- tients with marked snecess in cases of convalescence, impaired digestion, for mothers while nursing and in general debility, and have found it to be an excellent remedy for build- ing up the system.” Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract gives strength. Avoid imitations. 3 REVOLT IN THE CAROLINES Natives Unite to Overthrow the Rule of Spain. The Group is Probably by This Time in the Hands of the In- surgents. from the New York Herald. Today SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, M Caroline group of islanés, which this coun- ntemplated seizing had war with prolenged, is probably by this e in the hands ef ratives of the group end the Spanish garrison wiped out The Ponape garrison, hard pressed. s try ¢ be te Guam, in the Ladrenes, for assistan’ but there found Americans in possession. ‘Two native chieftains had united, and 200 Spanish solliers were cornered in the Po- nape barracks Spain may never be able to recover the group, and her power in the South sea will be furthe »yroken. cruiser Charleston prolonged her as to take in the islands of the group the Spaniards would have the devii and the deep sea. ted Po- ine tween Amerivan bloejackets d made investigation of the would have foun in a state of slege ‘Sat the doors of the g with clubs for admission. nt to ¢ com had inte Ladrones news to this he American colony who after the war wi mes Wilder of F two month: their common en- with each advanta the fighters the rival attacked the they compelle 1 take shelter in the : sort Quiros was then dispatche for aid, but arriving thi san flag floating, and th ¥ at the port missing. The tI They we kings expected star | ssion of t sionaries sre probably with the nat ove misstonar stand we y may e Amer : sae = AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. the University—Man'n Broken—Briets. rm of 1898-99 of Georgetowr pen tomorrow, and alre large number of the scholars have returned. A majority of the newcomers are expected to arrive tonight. During the vacation time the place has been thoroughly renovated, and everything is now in excellent shape for the reception of the old and new scholars. ‘The exercises tomorrow will commence at 9 o'clock. There will be a solemn mass of the Holy Ghost, chanted tn the Dahigren Memorial Chapel, at which a sermon, ap- propriate to the occasion, will be delivered. After the religious services the students Will assembie in the Gaston Memorial Hall, where the class marks will be read out, and upon which the promotions from one class to another will be made. The balance of the day will be spent by the students in visiting their futuré school rooms, becom- ing acquainted with themselves and with the members of the faculty. This year the new rector, Rev. Father Whitney, will have charge. while in the faculty a number of changes were made, as heretofore published in The Star. John Masterson, colored, aged twenty- four. a laborer. while driving a wagon through Cleveland Park yesterday after- noon about 4:3) o'clock, was thrown from his vehicle, through the horse becoming frightened at some object and swerving swidenly. Masterson’s right arm was broken. He was taken to Connecticut avenue and placed on the Chevy Chase cars and carried to lth and U streets, where the patrol wagon of the eighth pre- cinct conveyed him to Freedmen’s Hospital. Later he was permitted to return to his home in Tenieytown. Mr. C. E. Hepburn, who for some time was employed by the District government to look after the old Georgetown pump house, has obtained a position under the Antietam Battlefield Association. Mr. Charies H. Miller left last evening for Charleston. S. C.. where he will enter business with Thomas Reedy, a former well-known business man of Washington. Mr. Edward R. Miller has returned to Allogheny City, Pa., to resume his position with the Kepp Gear Wheel Company Mr. Robert Lowe, formerly of this city, has just accepted an engagement of in- Gefintte length with the Cummings Stock Company at Toronto, Canada. Term Opens Arm ‘The t versity . | alme THE POLICE OF HAVANA Will Receive Attention From the Military Commission. MEMBERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY Comprehensive System of Espion- age. —_>-_——_. MURDER BAND BROKEN ee UP Written for The Evening Star. Havana's police system will be one of the first subjects to receive attention from the military commission. Captain General Blanco has maintained order by means of the regular troops, who formed a moral support to the local force. When the Spanish soldiers leave the island and the American troops occupy it the military garrison will be responsible for the main- tenance of order, and a provost guard will be established, but this will not suffice in itself for the policing of the city. Under the Spanish rule Havana has usually had half a dozen kinds of policemen. Of late years there have been the harbor police, the municipal police, the military police, the sanitary police, the governor's police and the order publicos, or regular polive. All these forces still exist nominally, but the failure of the authorities to pay them has caused great demoralization. The in- dividual policeman, of whatever class, has the weakness that is common to all Span- ish officers. It is always possible to cross bis palms with a gold coin. The order publicoes have been for the past two years Havana's real police force. They are part of the regular army of Spain and are the flower of It. Physically they are better than the mass of Spanish soi- diers and thelr intelligence $s much greater. ‘They are under military discipline, and as a whole they are a decidedly superior body of men. The present chief, Paglieri, is a. colonel in the army. He is said to have Italian blood in his veins. Col. Paglierl af- fects a certain flerceness of appearance, which has something of the dime novel in it, but he has proven an efficient chief. The order publicoes wear a distinctive army uniform. It is showy, but 1s neat, and its wearer seldom becomes ston The de- light of these guardians of peace is when during the winter season a breath of br: ing northern air chills the atmosphere suf- iciently to admit of wearing an extra gar- they wear an overcoat with and the red facing and bine flaps ma them what would De called in the stat, dandy policemer The order publico from head to heels. in Havana is armed The revolver and the club, which complete the outfit of the po- liceman in an American city, are with him but the beginning. He is so well equipped is usefulness for quick Part of the force is is a mounted ‘S$ must become time he is com- ale a statu who is violating some ‘bus driver, who > street, or » right of way Triage, a Icome events to him. They enable him to spur his horse and show that horse and rider are not of stone, to hold a wordy controversy with the offender and sometimes to escort him to the police station. This funct is per- formed with dignity end firmn s bet © most momentous incident, whic monotony of weeks. The orden publico is a winter, in many unfreque tiresome. pelled to remain as A saucy cab driver municipal re: tion on the wr man tru with most ef night s dangere occasion to ni ed_ these sections tive was as safe © Central Park. ¥ civil an’ cour- land the Cuban is would ne the thorcrghly ere. A strang < on the Prado or The members ar teous. W th have st servi its nat | not stand the clubbiye t be the inalienable fight ¢ all cou > in ire mobilized with the time of the army were more relied on by Capta eral Blanco than the regular i the mob, and for “I the palace. 4 s in a s in may 1 we erament for pcliti Years ago, when a with the Carlists, the agr that the parts « how w they » orden publi- precision turn to e Madrid was concluded cement was ma truce e abroad, In that wa 1 ame me bers of the orden publico in Havana. Th also a means of skutling out the Cu- bans from official employment. When the authorities got ndhand in pay- nt » maintain the ot in a spas- modic 2 orden public of the could not strike r. when its members go back to ; will be quite likely to demand For this re: and expe will pri nish troops ng part son order, \o ing | the barked. The Secret Police. et an institution mselves, They are a part government everywhere. They existed in Havana before the revolution broke out, though their labors were considerably ex- tended by it. The system is modeled after that of the French, and Havana has had several chiefs who were ambitious to rival in of Spanish sec police are the great Paris detectives. As a rule they 0! succeeded in being cheap imi- tators. Under the Spanish laws every tranger was subject to espionage. He Id not enter Cuba without a passport, and he could not leave it without having his passport vised. The hotels were re- quired to report their guests, though few of them complied literally with this re- quirement. But it was the boast of the se- cret police officials that in twenty-four hours they could possess themselves of every scrap of information about a visitor's identity, his business and his movements An officer on one of the vessels coming across from Key West bantered an Amert- can passenger who was going to Havana on confidential business that a report could be made on his return which would sur- prise him. “They won't tind out about my affairs,” was the confident rejoinder. But they did. On his return voyage he heard a full account of all of his own doings. “It's correct,” he said. ‘Now, shall I pitch you overboard or go back and punch the ribs of your friend, the chief of spies?” The purser elected to have the ribs of the chief of police punched. Band of Marderers Broken Up. A real service was done by the secret police force some years ago in breaking up the society of Nanigoes. This was an organization for murder, reverge, assault, theft and robbery. For a long time the existence of such a criminal organization was doubted, though there were many evi- dences that the criminals of the city were in some way bandeg together. Finally it was conclusively shown that a society did exist, which had branches in the different “barrios” or wards of the city. Originally, its membership was limited to black crimi- nals, but later mulattoes and whites were admitted. It embraced the wetst product of the tropics, which is that of mixed blood. No one could be admitted without having stabbed or otherwise assaulted his man. While robbery was the basts of the organi- zation, in time ft came to be known that persons joined it whose motive was re- venge, a common inettement to crime in warm countries. The conditions became so bad that no one was safe on the most fre- quented streets of the city at night. The assassin seemed to He tn wait at every cor- ner. Ultimately by rigorous measures the police were able to break up the society and banish its members to the penal set- tlements. Some of the stories told about the Nant- goes had seemed to me apocryphal, but they were vouched for by persons of good repute who knew the circumstances. In the demoralization which came over Ha- vana last spring, it was said that some of the Nanigoes managed to return to the city. An official told me he recognized several of them. If this was true they were evidently on their good behavior, for there were no crimes of the peculiar kind which the Nanigoes were in the habit of com- mitting. For two years the secret police of Havana were mainly concerned in ferreting out what the authorities called “‘political crimes.” That is, they were spying on Cu- bans and other persons supposed to be in sympathy with the insurgents. Much of the testimony was suborned, and many Cu- bans were sent into exil2 or imprisoned in the fortresses cn manufactured evidence. The Cubans submitted to these methods be- cause they were used to them. Besides, there was no remedy for them, and, on the whole, they managed to bold an even score with the secret police. Americans, how- 2ver, objected vigorously to this kind of es- pionage. When Mr. W. J. Calhoun went to Cuba as the special representative of Pres- ident McKinley he could not take a cab from his hotel to the consulate without his shadow flitting along. When he went on a railroad journey there was the same “shad- ow.” Mr. Calhoun gave the Spanish au- thorities a stinging rebuke. Dr. Congosto, who represented the Madrid government in th inquiry into the death of Dr, Ruiz, did not understand his indignation. He assured Mr. Calhoun that his own movements were followed by the police, and that it was the common practice. Last winter when Sen- ator Proctor traveled over the island h2 had a traveling companion who was fur- nished him without his knowledge. Other Americans who sought to go about were treated in the same way. When Lispenard Stewart of Nsw York gave a private dinner to Consul General Lee it was said that all the waiters were members of the secret po- lice. The Americans who remained in th> city any length of time got to know most of the sleuths, as they were called, and managed to extract a good deal of amuse- ment from thes» individuals, who were al- Ways sheepish when they knew thelr iden- tity had been discovered. Shadows Watching One Another. At times the police were augmented by the presence of detectives from an Ameri- can agency, sent down by Minister Dupuy de Lome. Their efforts to conceal their trade were the source of endless merri- mnt. Sometimes there would be a series of complications due to the failure of De Lome to communicate with the authorities the identity of his agents. The secret po- lice would watch them and they would watch the secret police. The snarl would finally be straightened out by Secretary General Congosto, who when consul at Philadelphia had charge of the detective branch of the Spanish diplomatic service. Some of these American detectives owed more to the forbearance of their country- men than they knew. They were usually persistent in trying to find the under- ground channels by means of which news was got from the insurgents. All sorts of reasons would be invented in order to visit the insurgent camps. One Hawkshaw, who was especially offensive and persistent, did have arrangements perfected for a Visit, and he made part of the journey. If he had ever got among the Cubans in the bushes he would have had an interesting time of it, as they knew his real character. Because of the possible consequences the rendezvous which had been arranged was not kept, and the detective returned to Havana on money lent him by one of the Americans he thought he was fooling. The chief of the secret police is, or was til recently, Senor Tru He is a nary Islander. Senor Trujillo is in ap- pe nee the ideal he such a force. He tall and dark, wi searching black eyes and Dundreary whiskers. He wears a flowing mantle and affects an air of mys- tery befitting his position. He is al around on d nights. He is not a bad kind of a fellow, and he enjoys a fair de- » of popularity. He was liked by the a because they succeeded in fooling him so easily. One afternoon in the cafe of the Inglaterra Hotel I saw an em: fresh from the camp of Gomez. He ha ought Important advices from the ins commander-in-chief to the H junta. His presence in the city was sus- pected, and the secret police were on the lookout ‘This insurgent emissary for him. ally around the cafe, tives were located, at the table with refresco, or mild ated there two or > over to the chief. Incidents common. The future, becaus ice of Havana is one of tk tutions that will give way to police methods CHARLES M. PEPPER. noted ing himseif nor Trujillo, ordered While he w of the de ves » and talked with the this kind w quite will not be common in the the secret pe Spanish in American SPAIN H LUZON. The Insurgents ake Towns of Manila and Cavite. All but the A cable dispatch from Manila last night The Spaniards assert that Germany will take a coaling station here and that Spain will retain the remainder of the fslands. The last Spanish garrisons at Iocos an Laguna urrendered, and the whol Island of Luzon is in the hands of the in- surgents, except at M. and Cavite. guinaldo went to Leiollos on Friday. He has announ an assembly of the Filipinos on Ser 15, In order to decide upon the policy adopted by the insurgents. The correspondent here of the Asso! have 1 his intention of convening ember to be Press has had a terview with Ag: do, who said 67,000 insurgents armed with rifle: » added he could 100,009 men. Indeed, the insurgent leade: pointed out, the population of the Philippine Islands was willing to fight for their independence. uing, Aguinaldo said he had 9,000 00 including in vicinity of Manila, besides civil prisoner: Later Aguinaldo sald the rovisional gov- ernment” was now perating twenty-eight provinces. He asserted that on Augu they elected delegates in numbers pr tionate to the population. Aguinaldo in Mute. As to the Americans, Aguinaldo remark- ed that he considered them as_ brother: and that “the two sovereign republics were allied against a common enemy.” When questioned us to whether the fu- ture Filipiro policy would be absolute in- cependence, Aguinaldo excused himself from replying, and asked what America irtends to do. The correspondent being unable to answer this question, Aguinaldo ecntinued: “We have been fighting for independence for a long time. The natives who profess to favor annexation are insincere. It {3 merely a ruse to ascertain American views. = Asked if the Filipinos would object to the retention of Manila, Aguinaldo declined to answer. “Would the Filipinos object to Americans retaining a coaling station, if recognizing the independerce of the islands, or estab- lishing a temporary protectorate over them?” Aguinaldo again refused to an- swer. Pending the conclusion of the as- sembly, Aguinaldo said he was confident there would be no trouble between Amer- ica and the Filipinos. The insurgent leader denied having re- ceived a request from Gen. Otis and Rear Admiral Dewey to withdraw his troops to a@ prescrived distance from Manila and Ca- vite, and he declined to discuss the effect of such a request. Aguinaldo further asserted that be had never conferred with the American author- ities since the capitulation of Manila, and that he had never authorized the tnsur- gents to search or disarm Americans cross- ing the lines. What He Expects. The correspondent closely questioned him about last Saturday's incident when the Pennsylvania troops proceeded to establish’ a new outpost. The Filipinos objected and nearly precipitated hostilities, ordering the Americans to withdraw in twenty minutes. They issued ammunition and intercepted the American reinforcements. Finally, Gen. Hale ordered all the Pennsylvanians to advance, and the rebels withdrew. The local governor has explained that the incident was a complete mistake, and has repudiated his subordinates’ action. Agui- naldo declared to this correspondent that the Filipino who made the trouble mercly pretended to be an officer, and ts entirely unconnected with the insurgent army. Aguinaldo complained that the Spantards were “disseminating false reports for the purpose of fomenting antagonism between the Filipinos and the Americans.” The whole interview conveyed the im- pression that Aguinaldo desires absolute independence, regards the mission of the Americans here as accomplished, and ex- pects their withdrawal, just as the French with Lafayette withdrew after helping the Americans in the war of independence, a war of humanity.” Just now Aguinaldo maintains the role of extreme friendship. rgains again for six months as in Hoeke'’s Clearing Sale.—Advt. THE PHILIPPINES Ex-Minister Denby Thinks We Should Keep Them. es rat CERTAINLY THE ISLAND OF LUZON America's Relatron to the Com- merce of the Par East. PARTITION OF CHINA Mr. Charles Denby, ex-minister to China, in which country he represented the United States for thirteen years, is in Washington on a brief visit. Mr. Denby is recognized as one well informed upon the eastern question, and his views upon that subject are entitled to consideration. In an inter- view Mr. Denby discussed the affairs of the Philippines and the orient in an interesting manner. “The only question before the American peace commissioners should be whether this government should hold only the Is- land of Luzon or take the whole group of the Philippines,” said Mr. Denby. “My own view is that we should keep the whole group of the Philippines. But I may be mistaken about the wisdom of such a course. It is simply the judgment “of one man, 2nd he may be prejudiced by long residence in the far east, where he has ac- quired exaggerated views of the itport- ance of that part of the world in its /uture development. But I cannot conceive of any statesmanship in keeping less than the Is- land of Luzon. Unless the United States does that the sending of troops to the Philippines was a great mistake. I might say one of the most stupendous blunders. “Tf we are to surrender these Islands back to Spain and keep only a coaling sta\ion, Ad- miral Dewey made a great mistake in re- maining in Manila bay after he had de- stroyed the Spanish fleet, and our govern- ment added another great mistake in send- ing troops to take and occupy Manila. 1 do not see how there can be any question about holding the Island of Luzon, and I think we ought to hold the whole of the Vhilippines. I do not see how there can be any other question before the American peace commissioners than this, as to whether we shall keep only the principal island or the whole group.” Why a Mistake to Take Manila. “Why would you call it a mistake for Admiral Dewey to take Manila unless we intended to retain the Island of Luzon?” “Because by his marvelous victory, which excited the admiration of the whole world, he opened to us a great possibility, which ceused all nations to seriously consider America as a future power in the far east. s not even a dream before Dewey but after that it was not only a ty, but more than a_ probability, and the nations now striving for the great- est influence in China accepted it as a ality when Dewey remained there and the President sent 20,000 troops to Mani to take po: ion. If we withdraw now we throw away this great opportunity which has been opened and accepted as the manifest destiny of this nation. We clos the door, and close it-so that it will never open to us again. We shut out the far e: from our influence, and do it deliberatel We can never reconsider such a step. “It would have been far better for eur trade and our influence, commercial and religious, if Admiral Dewey ad never I gone near the Philippin We are con- fronted with this great opportunity at a Uime when the far cast has become recog- nized as the country of the gre com- mercial developrent. and when China 1s threatened with partition by the Eur powers The Partition of China. “I do not believe that China will be par- titioned because I do not believe that Rvs sia cares for more than she has secured— the realization of Poter the Great’ am a port open the year round and a sat'sfac- n tory terminus for the great Sibe road. Ri pursuing a s looking to the interests of Russia far east, ard that alone. With her railroad and Port Arthur she has what sh has aimed at and worked for all thes: . and she is satisfied. But the other s of Europe may compel Russia to assist In the partition of China; and if they do, the influence of America in th ar east is at an end. But with the Philip- pines in our possession, and America terprise and energy there, there w partition of China, and American influence, already important in the far east, will be- come so mach greater that there will be no question about this country having a share in the commerce, wh greatest of the world. It is all very to talk about manifest destin tions to other people, humanity and sive policies, but. statesmanship is, after all, the wisdom of looking after the great- est advantages for the people of a govern- me ch promises to be the Ww No Obligations to the Filipinos. “I do not consider tha so-called obliga- tions to the Filipinos, for I do not know that we have any obligations. But I do consider the future of this country and the part it is to have in the trade with the far 2ast, and to me it seems impossible that our peace commissioners can for a moment consider the relinquishment of the Island of Luzon. If they are to do that, why did we annex Hawali? The Sandwich Islands are of little importance to us in them- selves. But they are of immense advan- tage to us as a station in the Pacific, and a stepping stone to the great development in the far east. If we are to follow the old policy of exclusiveness we should hava stopped before we annexed Hawaii and pre- vented Dewey from going to Manila. To call him back now means to say to the great powers of Europe: “Do as you please with China, for we have no interests there, nor do we hope to have.’ And they will take us at our word.” “Could we hold the Philippines with the army we now have th2re?” Can Hold the Philippines. “I have no doubt of it. We can hold the Island of Luzon with a much smaller army than we already have in Manila. The in- telligent and progressive people among the natives and those from every other country who live in Manila desire that the islands should remain under American control. How are we to hold a coaling station with- out the island? We could zet coal there without a station, and if we are to*hold any part of the island we will have friction and clashing with the people, which will require as much of an army as to hold the whole land. More than that,;we will be con- nted with a grave question in offering to surrender the islaads.,,When we do this there will be the impossibility of Spain re- gaining control, andthe necessity for some other power stepping;|in to secure a stable government. 7, “And if Germany, pr France, or Russia undertakes to do thig, there will be a gen- eral war. Great tain’ will go to war with any other power that seeks to take control of the Philippines, The islands are on the route to Indla and Australia, and England_will not allow another European power to step in an& possess such an ad- vantage. She is satisfied to have the United States there and so js Japan. Russia does not object to our being there, and our hold- ing the Islands will keep the situation as it is and keep the peace/of the world, prevent- ing a general European wai “Do you consider the Philippines as im- portant in themselves?” Importance of the Philippines. “Yes, but that is comparatively insig- nificant as to their importance as a hold- ing which gives us a voice in the questions of the far east and enables us to extend our commerce and our influence in China. There is to be the greatest development in the near future. It Las already in, China recognizes that she cannot coi t the influence of modern civilization. She has no army end no navy. She is a nation of peace, not one of war. The Chinese were greatly amazed at Dewey’s victory and the other victories of our navy, for they looked upon the Americans as a nation of peace- ful commercial people like themselves. They had not thought of us as a aS People, and they were amazed when ey went into Ma- nila kay and demolisted the Spanish fleet. They looked upon America as a nation of Warriors as well asa nation of merchants lana money-makers. And they were pleased to have America for a near neighbor, for whatever may have been said, the Chinese have the gréatest friendship for America. Progress in China. “China is opening her ports and welcom- ing the commerce of other nations. She is granting concessions for railroads and Americans have secured a concession for what will be one of the greatest railroads in China, from Canton to Han Kow. This road will connect two of the greatest trade centers in China and connect with the Pe- king branch of the great Siberian railroad. It will run through a very populous district and will be one of the most important rafl- roads in China. The Chinese are patroniz- ing the railroads that are built and they are paying immense dividends, because un- like in this country, where the railroad is the pioneer of civilization, there it is built through the oldest and most populous part = the world, and the people are waiting ‘or it. , “The Chinese are buying American lovo- motives, American cars and Amcrican ratl- road iron. They are beginning to recognize the importance of American manufactures, and with our tariffs we are able to sell cheaply in China as at home. With the Chinese ports open—there are thirty-five treaty ports now and mors are being open- ed every year—and with the railroads be- ginning to open the interior China is soon to be the great theater for commercial en- terprise. If we surrender the Philippines We deliberately turn away from this great opportunity and say to the European powers that we have no desire to take any part in the development in the far east. To me it seems suicidal.” Commerce in the Pacific. “Do you look for the Pacific to become the great highway of commerce in the future?” “That is a question of mere speculation. We need not look so far ahead to see our advantages. China is opening her ports to the trade of the world, and the railroads will soon extend this trade into the in- terior. The Chinese are ready to trade with the world, and America is nearer than any other manufacturing and commercial nation except Japan. It ts less than half a century since Commodore Perry opened the ports of Japan, and when I was tn Tokio recently It was the exception to meet a man in the native Japanese dress. They were all dressed in European dress, and it was like a European or American city. In less than fifty years has come this change. If every Chinaman should wear a shirt only it would develop a wonderful trad and if the same Influence is felt in t same way as in Japan there is no way of calculating the trade that will be de- veioped with the outside world. The Chi- nese are poor, and trade there will not de- velop as rapidly as it did in Japan, but there is bound to be a wonderful deyelop- ment in China, and our Pacific coast is ten or twelve days nearer to China than any of the European countries. There is n> reason why we should not have an im- portant share in this trade unless we de- liberately turn away from it. We have Hawaii as a half-way station, and we have the Philippines as a foothold, and by all the laws of progress and development, and by all the rules of statesmanship which looks after the best interests of our own people, we should hold that foothold. The people of the west see this, and there is not a man, woman or child in the Pacific slope, I am told, who does not insist on our Keeping the Philippine: st | ‘What fs the significance of the dismissal | of Li Hung Chang?” Li Hung Chang’s Dismissal. “He has been unpopular since the war | with Japan. He had led the government and the people to think that the army and the navy were both invincible, and he v held responsible for the disaster. He has also been long suspected of being too friend- ly to Russia and completely under the in- fluence of Russia. He is an old man and has lost his great intluence You do not believe there will be a par- tition of China?” “No, I do not believe that this will come about, for I do not believe that Ru: sires it and England will oppose America retains the hold she has the far east things will rema China will continue one great nation and through contact with modern civilization will develop into a great and powerful na- tion. But China loves peace and not wi and the conquests In China are to be th of commerce and peaceful relations. China is most friendly to the United States and is ready to do anything to help us, know! that by our policy of non-interference can do nothing to help her in return. Our r aries are doing a good work in ex- tending American influence without regard to their religious are carry jing the American influenc ull parts of China and are our pione: for where the | American mi. 2 China, there will sooner or later follow American com- merce and the influence of American civil- ization. And while other missionaries have been murdered, there has not been an Amer- ican missionary harmed since & went to China, twelve years ago. Must Not Surrender the Islands. “It seems to me that every ambition we have in America, be it moral, intellectual or commercial, warns us against surren- dering the Phillppincs, because there 1s our foothold in the far east, and, however un- foreseen or unpremeditated Was the pos- session of this fcothold, the American flag is there and we carnot turn back without deliberately abandoning the ambition we have had and the advantage we had sought in other ways. Admiral Dewey's victory and the subsequent landing of troops at Manila gave us a standing among the pow- ers in the far east, and there we must re- main or confine our influence, commercial and otherwise, to the western continent.” Minister Denby expects to remain in Washington for a few days and will then go to his old home, at Evansville, Ind.. which he has not yet visited. He hurried through from the Pacific coast to report to President McKinley and settle up his acccunts with the State Department. ————_o+_____ WELCOME TO COLORED HEROES. it. now in as they ar in we Survivors of Cuban Campaign to Be Tendered a Reception. The St2wards’ Aid Association of Mt. Zion M. E. Church fs arranging to give a grand welcome tomorrow evening to the colored troops in the city who served in the Cuban campaign. Many of the 9th and 10th United States Cavalry and the 25th | United States Infantry will be prasent, and a Mth Kit OUR NEW FALL . Stock is looming up like the fiowe: Ts in spring—and no matter which way you look it shows evidence of our grand preparations. Our Lace Curtain Dept Is one among the many of our establishment which is making the time-honored richly deserves-with the season in its infancy it hai seasons ago were considered Passed Into oblivion with these new values of today progress It se is already done wonders. Sales which several big, and the stock and prices which were considered marvelous, have 500 pairs New Nottingham Lace Curtains, 33 yards long, Go inches wide. Regular price, $1.50. Special Price, 98c. Pair. 300 pairs extra quality Nottingham Lace Curtains and effects, in White and of $2.25. 34 yards Worth all Special Price, $1.49 Pair. New Nottingham and Fish Net Lace Curtains, all 34 yards long, new and effective patterns. Easily worth $2.75. Special Price, $1.98 Pair. Nottingham Lace Curtains, 34 yards long, in Brussels and Irish Point effects; the very newest patterns. Bought to sell for $3. 75- Special Price, $2.89 Pair. Nottingham Lace Curtains, 34 and Cluny effects; goods actually worth $5.50 pair. yards long, 52 inches wide, antique Special Price, $4.29 Pair. Pretty Petticoats MADE OF SILK, MOREEN AND DIFFERENT DS OF WASH FABRIC Ladies’ Silk Skirts, new Roman stripes, made with umbrella corded ruffle, finished with velvet binding. make the price special at. . We $3.98 Ladies’ Silk Skirts, new Roman stripes, novelty plaids and plain two ruffles and others are trimmed worth from $2.00 to $3.00 more apiece. Spe Taffeta Colorings and Combinations in Moreen Skirts, long, all the newest designs shades, umbrella style, with extra dust ruffle: some have in velvet ity = $4.08 ial price. . umbrella style with three ruffles and deep velvet binding. The shades are Chame- Black. These goods were bought Tomorrow .... bands, in all the newest shadings Our special price Italian Cloths and Sateens. Prices 75c. New Fall Wrap THE PRICES WE'VE MADE FoR GOODS ABS THEY ARE TO Us. Ladies’ Fine Flannelette Shirt For tomorrow instead of 89c¢ Ladies’ Fine these would cost you 12$c. a yard you the wrapper tomorrow comple Black, Red, N back, entirely new. New fall colorings and quite a city. We make a special price on them at. >» FLOOR. Yard-wide worth Sve. Fine all-wool White Flannel, worth 33 which will allow us to sell them $2 under the regular price. Ladies’ All-wool Cloth-finished F avy and Green, full yoke fronts and plaited A special bargain at.... lined Wrappers, of which we have the entire control of this leon Green, Melon Pink, New Reds, Quaker Gray and in large quantities, Silk Moreen Skirts, in plain colcrs and stripes, corded umbrella ruf- fle and finished with deep velvet binding and French to be worn this season. $4.98 We also have all the newest things in Fall Skirts, such as Mohairs, ranging from 98c., $1.48, $1.98 and $2.48. 2D FLOOR, UNDERWEAR DE pers and Ladies’ Waists. TOMORROW'S S THEY ARE SPECIAL FOR ONE DAY, LANG ARE AS FO Waists, entirely new. 4Q ° nnelette Wrappers, made with braided yokes, separ- ate waist linings, extra full width skir such goods as in the piece, but we sell fe FOF os annel. W 69c. O8c. lety of patterns of those Corset- DSc. in this new lot and offer SUIT L Flannels. Bristol Shaker White Flannel, 78 ogy ibe Sree ee TiZzc. Cashmere Shaker Flannel New Outing, twenty styles... S. KANN, SONS & GU,, 8th and Market Space. scme will be called upon to make short ad- | dresses relating their experiences. Speeches wili also be delivered by P. H. Carson, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, Coleman Horner of Virginia, and others. The musical por- tion of the program will be under the direction of Professor Parrott. The com- mittee on arrangements consists of Mrs. Lucy Dorsey, pr2sident; Mrs. Jennie Locke, vice president; Mrs. Hollice Butler, record- ing secretary; Miss Emma Ferguson, finan- cial secretary; Mrs. Louis Brown, treas- urer; Mrs. M. Smith, Mrs. H. Jackson, Mrs. L. Fisher, Miss 8. Dover, Mr. G. T. Beason, Mr. James L. Turner, Mr. Daniel Richard- son, and the pastor, Rev. E. . 8. Peck, D. D. —_—. -— THE COURTS, Equity Court No. 1—Justice Cox. In re Annie Wood, Chas. J. Johnson, Marion Hobbs, Wm. Brown, Jordan Jones and Marian Libsky; inquisitions in lunacy confirmed. In re Luanna T. McGill; expen- diture behalf lunatic authorized. Nickens agt. Nickens; alimony and counsel fees awarded and testimony before Margaret Mu , examiner, ordered taken. Buck agt. Brainard; Herbert M. Locke aypvinted | guardian ad litem. Crump agt. Crump. j Commission ordered to issue. Thalheime | agt. Dill; bill ordered dismissed, unless se- | curity for costs be given. National Capital Brewing Company agt. Fortun iro con- fesso against Defendant Daniel Murphy { granted, and J. Miller Kenyon appointed guardian ad litem. Wilson agt. Wilson; | rule on complaint returnable September 19 granted. Reinberg agt. Reinberg: do. Brown agt. Brown; appearance of absent defendant ordered Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cox. Nelms agt. Peake; judgment by default. Probate Court—Justice Cox. Estate of Elizabeth W. Maynadier; will dated April 8, 1897, filed. alia Permission has been granted by the Dis- trict Commissioners to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone ‘Company to string eight additional wires on their existing pole line on Binney street from 15th to 12th streets northwest for the purpose of making house connections. Wonder what Me: will say today? eee; Buyer or Sightseer, You will catch the spirit of this new and bigger business, This is a glorious time, glorious-: ly inaugurated. Every eye is: on us, every lip speaks of our betterments. The broad portals of our enterprise and zeal are flung wide open, : Wonder wnat Merits ‘will say today? This Week, Opening of Advance Fall Styles. Tailoring Headquarters, 906 F Street. Mertz and Mertz. Se en a ee te Ds Oe a as ie ei es ee Tuesday, September 13, 1898. Wonder what Merts will say today? Fail Not to Come-=== You'll note the largeness of our stock of woolens. You'll note the fineness of the fabrics— in extent and quality we'll show you an assortment of Suit- ings, Trouserings, Overcoatings, Coatings and Fancy Vestings not to be equaled in this city.