Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1898, Page 1

c— THE EVENT AR. I = z PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEET SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. tith St., by The Evening: Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFs MANN, Pres’t. - New York Oifer, 49 Potter Brilding, at Washington, D. C., er) mist be paid tn advance. hewn on appliaation. NEW BISHOP NAMED Se Junius M. Horner Chosen for Asheville HOARD OF MANAGERS ELECTED Designation of Trustees of Cler- ical Relief Fund. Appointment of the Committee on Ecclesiastical Relations. eee a, DR. M’KIM SCORES VICTORY The house of bishops today bore out the prediction exclusively in The Star yester- day by nominating Rev. Junius Moore Horner as missionary bishop of Asheville, . and election by the house uties will follow as a matter of course. Rev. Mr. Horner was proposed t Cheshire of North Carolin Bishop Watson of East Carolina. He s born at Oxford, in 1899. Hi father was James Horner, one of the most eminent educa in the and the founder of the Horner School at Oxford. state, Rev. C. W. Leffingwell, D.D. He was educated at tie University of Vir- 4 d graduated from Johns Hopkins Baltimore, when he recetved the B. A. degree. He attended the General Theological Sem- inary in New York city and has done a great deal of work in the missionary field and as an officer of various dioc2san asso- ciations. He is now associate principal and instructor in the Horner School, and a clerical delegate to the present convention. Rev. Mr. Horner 1s very popular in his e, and his nomination was received with warm approval by his fellow delegates. He has a wife and two children and will soon be consecrated for his new post. Board of Managers Elected. The bishops, with the concurrence of the deputies, have elected the following board of manage Rt. Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D., LL. D.; Rev. W. C. Doane, D.D. LL.D.; Rt. O. W. Whitaker, D.D.; Rt. Rev. W. Niles, D.D.; Rt. Rev. T. U. Dudley, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.; Rt. Rev. Jchn Scarbore D.D.; Rt. Rev. W. E. Me D.D.. D.C.L.; Rt. Rev. George ston, S.T.D., LL D.; Rt. Rev.H y ¥. Satterlee, D-D.; Rt. Rev. W. H. Mc Vickar, D. D.; Rt. Rev. Thomas F Gailor. D.D.; Rt. Rey. C. B. Brewster, D.D. H. Dyer, D. D.; Rev. E. A. Hoffma: LL. D., D. ¢ Rev. J. H. Ec ton, D. D.; Rev W. Smith, S. T us Applegate, D. wn, D. D.; Rev Rev. W. H. Vib- ©. A. L. Richards, D.D. D. Rev. Jacob S. Shipman, S. T. D., D. ¢ : Rev. Henry Austice, D. D.; Rev. Geo. M. Christian, D. D.; Rev. John 8. Lindsay, D. D.; B e F. Alsop, D. D.; Rev. James DeW. Perry, D. D.: Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. William G. Low, Mr. John A. King, Mr. Julian T. Da- vies, Mr. Alfred Mills, Mr. W. Bayard Cut- ting, Mr. Bache McE. Whitlock, Mr. Elinu Chauncey, Mr. John Nicholas Brown, Mr. Selden E. Marvin, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. Arthur Ryerson, Mr. Geo. Bliss, Mr. Jas. J. Goodwin, Mr. Henry E. Peilew. | The trustees of the clergy relief have becn elected as follows: The bishop of Pennsylvania, bishop coadjutor of C necticut, Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, Rev. Reese fund F. Alsop, Mr. Wm. A. Smith, Mr. Elihu Chauncey, Mr. George Thomas. The Washington members of the great missionary council are: Rev. John H Eliiott, Rev. A. Mackay-Smith, Rev. R. H. McKim, D.D.; Mr. Henry £. Pellew, Mr. W. D. Baldwin. The bishops elected to serve on the com- mission cn ecclesiastical relations are: ‘The bishop of Long Island, the bishop of Cen- tral New York, the bishop of Springfld, the bishop of Delaware, the bishop of Fond du Lac, the bishop of Michigan, the bishop of California, the bishop coadjutor of Springfield and the bishop of Washing- ton. Article IX Received. The bishops received Article IX, as pass- ed by the deputies yesterday, and referred it to their committee on constitution. They asked for a committee of conference on WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1898—TWENTY- SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS ry Lishops to repert only to the presiding bishop, he to refer the papers to the house of lashops. : shop Doane will make the principal ad- at the peace cri exercises tomor- rew. It is stated that the President will be present, attended by six bishops. The Secret Sexsions. Effort by Bishop Potter late yesterday to get the hous» of bishops to abandon secret sittings failed, but the vote he secured in favor of his proposition was the largest cf the many taken by the bishops upon the same subject in past conventions. cp Potter is an advocate of publicity, at many conventions, it is said, has introduced resolutions and motions to have open sessions except for council or exesu- tive siftings. He Fas argued tiat seercey excites suspicion, and that much of the hestility and antagcnism among the depu- ties toward legisletion propssed by the tishops is due to the fact that the me: Mr. Robert Treat Paine. ures grew out of star chamber proceedings, * arguments in opp jon were not the deputies for their information, publicly deciared that every one of n triennials he has attended broke up in an atmosphere of suspicion, with th Geputies protesting against “star chamber” proceeding: against * passed in the dark.” He has insisted that open sessions and joint meetings would be productive of har- monious and effective legislation, and has earnestiy sought to prevail upon’ the bish- ops to make an experiment at least. But the bishops have always remained true to the time-honored tradition that im- secrecy upon their proceedings, al- h it is a law more honored in th breach than in the observance. The ma- jority claira, however, that’ the bishops, sustaining such close fraternal and official relations, could not speak with the freedom ntial to their work in the presence of » press er public. Publicity would have the effect, also, they insist, of destroying the reserve that should hedge their station in the church and induce a famillarity by the chamber and the world that would be prejudicial to the best interests of the epts- copacy in America. An Instance Cited. An instance of the sensitiveness of the deputies toward the bishop occurred early in the convention. At the very moment the lower house rejected a certain proposed article of the new constitution a message came from the house of bishops announc- ing that they had unanimously passed it. The coincidence greatly amused the depu- but when the bishops learned what done they quickly sent another € he deputies, stat ing that in view of the technical difficultie: red they bad resolved to postpone the revision of the constitu- nbers of the lower house at once the bishops were trying to bluff them and openly intimated that they would take advantage of a law that re- quires the bishops to approve or reject leg- islation sent them from the deputies within three days, or the matter became laws by default. As a matter of fact, however, there has been less friction at this than ai any other convention. Against Secret Sessions. Bishop Potter stirred up the old issue yesterday and a long and warm discussion followed. Bishop McLaren of Chicago sup- ported Bishop Potter's arguments, and said that the pri ceeed in the end in ob- ning the facts, and if only to prevent mistakes in statements the sessions should be open. Bishop Paret of Maryland spoke in op- tion and bitterly inveighed against e who would let the sacred chamber of the bishops be invaded by the curious pub- Rev. Jno. J. Faude. itive reporters. Bishop Doane, chairman, said if the tin were to he would never accept another as chairman. He id publicity » the corruption and ion of the council of bishops Upon motion the matier was referred to a special committee, who reported that they the deg- deemed it inexpedient to sit with open doors. More speeches followed. Bishop Law- rence of Massachusetts and Bishop Mc- Vickar of Rhode Island joining the Potter party, and Bishops Randolph and Sessums supporting the Doane argument. A vote was taken, resulting in 44 to 23 in favor of sitting in secrecy. An Interesting Story. An interesting story is contained in the filling of the vacant missionary bishopric of Asheville, N. C., today. When George Var.derbilt erected his mag- nificent mansion, Biltmore, at Asheville, the Episcopal Church authorities believed that the vicinity would quickly be populated to such an extent as to make it impossible for the bishop of North Carolina, in whose dio- cese it was, to give it proper attention. A missionary diocese wus established for Asheville, but the appointment of a bishop was delayed because the expected people did not flock to Biltmore and Asheville. The jurisdiction was looked after by Bish- «p Cheshire, but at the beginning of the pres-nt convention the advisability of retro- ceding the jurisdiction to the diocese of North Carolina was discussed, and pro’ ion in the constitution was made so that it could be done if determined upon finally. The matter was referred to a committze and it reported in favor of filling the va- cancy. Bishop Cheshire’s Report. In his report to the board of missions concerning Asheville, Bishop Cheshire maaee he work in the missionary jurisdietion of Asheville during the year ending Au- gust 31, 1898, presents no features of very extraordinary interest, but has progressed with steadiness and healthy promise. Dur- ing the past year the diocese of North Carolina has conveyed to the proper trus- tees for the jurisdiction all the property held for local ‘church purposes in the coun ties composing the jurisdiction, and Articles HI and V. They considered a proposition for a canon to permit mission- the very valuable property “(Continued on Eighth Page. LOOKS VERY WARLIKE British Admiralty Issues Emergency Orders to the Navy. OFFICERS ON LEAVE NOTIFIED Public Opinion in France Has As- sumed a Defiant Tone. Aes A WARNING FROM RUSSIA a LONDON, October 22.—Tne British ad- miralty has ordered every sea-going war- ship to have its crew made up to the full complement as ordered in case of mobilf- zation. The order of the British admiralty prac- tically means the complete telling off pros- pectively of every ship's company in detail. Four torpedo boat destroyers which were about to be fitted with new water tube boilers, have had their orders countermand- ed and have been instructed to redraw their stores. Officers on leave of absence or unem- ployed have been rotified to hold them- selves in readiness to commission the re- serve ships if required. Cabinet Mecting Called. The British cabinet has been summoned to meet early next week for the purpose of discussing the Fashoda question, It is understood that the government proposes to take the steps necessary to insist upon an early and definite statement on the sub- ject from France. The gravity of the situation was reflected in the depressed tone of the stock and fina al exchanges this morning. The excitement over the Fashoda ques- tion led an Irishman this morning to smash with an umbrella a window of the office of Punch, on Fleet street, where was display- ed a cartoon depicting John Bull threaten- ing a French organ grinder who does not depart when ordered to do so. The Irish- man shouted “Vive la France’ as he broke the window and was arrested. When asked if he Ss a Frenchman, the prisoner said: . I'm an Irishman. Had I been a Frenchman I would have blown down the place.” French Public Deflant. PARIS, October 22.—A remarkable change has come over French opinion on the Fashoda question during the last forty- eight hour: The attitud> of the public is more inflamed and more defiant. This is partly due to the tone of the British press, but more to the threatening speech of the British chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Reach, which the Autorite calls ‘‘a provocation that is almost a threat of war.” The municipal council of Paris is abused on all sides for exhorting the government to avert war. In government cireles the position seems to be to resist the Brit- ish demands. It is reported that the policy of France as definitely stated to Great Britain, in- cludes the retention of Fashoda. Rumors that the Russian foreign minister, Count Muravieff, has assured M. Delcasse, the French foreign minister, of Russia's -sup- port in the controversy tend to stiffen the backs of the higher officials, although thes> continue to maintain a conciliatery tone and declare that France is prepared to car- ry amiability to the utmost limits consist- ent with her rights and dignity. The Temps publishes a dispatch from Nantez, saying that the 4th battalions of the infantry regiments, comprising the 2lst Division, with headquarters at Nantez, have completed their war equipment. Each man, it is added, has received 120 rounds of am- munition and his camp outfit, and the offi- cers of all .he four regiments of that di- vision have been suppiled with revolver cartridges. The division is now in readiness to march when ordered, and it ts believed these troops are intended for coast defense. The defense of St. Nazaire is also being or- ganized. ST. PETERSBURG, October 22.—Com- menting upon the recent specch of the Brit- ish chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Novoe Vremya charges the chancellor with making a violent at- tack upon the French government and says he failed to bear in mind that France has, in Russia, “an ally resolved to support her in the Fashoda question, in view of the full solidarity of their interests.” ee CELEBRATION AT OLD NASSAU. Princeton is One Hundred and Fifty- Two Years Old Today. PRINCETON, N. J., October 22.—Prince- ten University celebrated its 15zd anniver- sery today with appropriate ceremonies. An imposing academy procession, in which appeared ex-President Grover Cleveland, Mr. Taylor Pyne, William Milligan Sloane, and othor men of national reputation, pass- ed from the library to Alexander Hall, where the exercises were held. The cers- rronies were very simple, and after a briet view of the events which afford the oc- ion and a reference to the proposed hool, President Patton intro- duced as the guest of honor President Gil- man of Johns Hopkins University. He ad- dressed the assemblage on the theme, “Boks and Politics.” After the address, honorary degrees of dector of laws were conf2rred upon Abra- ham Kuyper, D.D., of Holland, and Albert V. Dicey, B. C. L., of England. Dr. Kuy- ber is a professor of the Free University of Amsterdam, is a member of the states gen- eral, and is the r2cognized leader of the anti-revolutionary party. Dr. Dicey is pro- fessor of English law at Oxford University. ee ae KAISER HOBNOBS WITH SULTAN Farewell Banquet Tendered German Emperor Last Night. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 22.—At the grand farewell banquet here last night the sultan sat between the Emperor and Em- press of Germany, At about 10 o'clock their imperial German majesties withdrew to the Morassin Kiosk and the emperor afterward returned the farewell visits of the diplomatic corps. In the meantime, the sultan and his son, Prince Mehemmed- Sclim-Effendi coaducted the empress, the wife of the German ambassador, and the maids of honor to the harem, where they conversed with the Valideh ‘Sultana, the princesses and other ladies, Artin Pasha’s daughter acting as interpreter. Emperor William presented a gold snuft box to the Turkish minister of foreign af- fairs, Tewfilk Pasha. pase Set Watching for Anarchists. BEYROOT, Syria, October 22.—In view of the approaching visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to this place, the po- lice are preventing all tke Italian. workmen from landing, and Greeks and Armenians are closely Watched. An Italian, who is believed to be an anarchist, is repozced to have landed at a port on the Syrian coast. a ages Commodore E. E. Potter M1. BELVIDERE, Ill, October 22—Commo- dore Edward E. Potter, a well-known re- tired naval officer, is dangerously ill at home here. He suffered a paralytic stroke several days ago. He formerly lived at Vhiladelphia and was at one time command- ant at the League Island navy yard. PROSPECTS ARE. BRIGHTER Noticeable Revival of Confidence at Repub- lican Congressional Headquarters, Encouraging Reports Received From Districts Heretofore Consider- ed to Be Doubtful. There is a noticeable revival of confidence at republican congressional headquarters over the outlook for republican success in the coming elections. Chairman Babcock of the congressional committee has received some encouraging reports within the past few days from districts which have here- tofore not only been clouded in doubt, but which really seemed to look more favorable to the democrats than to the republicans. Indiana, Hlinois and Ohio, three states with big congressional delegations, are sending encouraging republican reports. There are said to be indications of stiffen- ing of republicans in sections where they have been wabbling, together with a marked increase of interest which the vot- ers are taking in the campaign. Effect of the President's Visit. In Indiana the effect of the President's visit is already apparent, it is reported, in the aroused enthusiasm of the republicens. His speeches have nad the effect of rub- bing out the wrinkles which existed in some districts, and dissipating irritation among the factions, tending to uniting the republicans in a common cause. The reports from Ohio are to the effect that the democrats will not make the gains they expected earlier in the campaign. This is said also to be true in Illinois. where the President's: speeches have done much to stem the tide of democratic head- wey, which seemed so strong a few weeks “Seansas and Nebraska are sending good reports, and there is prospect of republican gains in both states in the congresstonal elections. : The information at hard relative to the progress of the legislative campaigns in states where the republicans have counted upon gaining seats in the United State Senate continue to be favorable. Democratic Claims in Indiana. Information from democratic sources rep- resents the situation in Indiana as very fa- vorable to the democrats; in the present congressionai election. ‘“Démocrats in the state claim that they are gbing to make a gain of three or four menfbers of the House, and are in a fair way to Win'the legislature, which will elect Senator Tugpie’s successor. Republicans Gaining: in California. Reports from Californi@ imicate ihat the republicans are getting the Best of the cam- paign in that state. It isesdtd that the in- dications now are that Maguire, the dem- ocratic candidate for goepmor, will be de- feated, and that the republicans will carry the legislature and make se or two gains in the House. Uncertainty jn New York. Both parties recognize that there are many elements of uncertajmty in the New York political situation. It is believed by many that Rogsevelt has lost’some strength since the first outburst of enthusiam over his nominatior,and the democrats have been steadily grewing more hopeful of being able to defeat him. The betting in New York city has been indicative of this tendency, but it is not a thing to be relied on in cal- culating the prospects of ihe canvass. The little flurry of democratic wind which for a week or mcre has been kept up in New York city has struck a counter current, and it is sald that the prospects of that party have beea materially injured on account of the resentment by the Bar Association of Croker's alieged attempt to boss the judi- ciary. isx-Representative Apsley of Massachu- setts, former vice chairman of the republi- can congressional committee, arrived in Washington today and visited headquar- ters. He reported the conditions in New England to be improving. Transportation Certificates. The committee will not attempt to cap- ture the two men who tried to obtain transportation certificates under false pre- tanses yesterday. They presented a forged letter from the firm of Barber & Rose, at- testing to their trustworthiness. Mr. Bass, the transportation agent, suspected them, and instituted inquiries, which developed the fact that they were not as represented, but they fled from the room before they cculd be apprehend2d. The transportation agency is watching ctosely all applications for certificates to prevent. the half-rate tickets from falling into the hands of scalpers. SILVER CANDIDATES BARRED. chi ago Platform Candidates Cannot Go on New York Ballot. ALBANY, N. Y., October 22.—Supreme Court Justice Chester today, after a two hours’ hearing on the question, refuse@ to issue an order directing the Secretary ot state to file the Ulster county petition of the Chicago platform democracy, which was presented to him yesterday, on the ground that the secretary of state had no power under the election law to accept and file a certificate after the regular date for filing had expired, which was the 1:th ot this month. 5) As there is no appellate division sitting in this district at this time, Justice Che: ter's decision cannot be reviewed, and the secretary of state is directed by law to make up the official ballot on Monday next, the nominces of the Chicago platform cem ccracy will not get a place on the ballot. —_—-—__—_ TO LEAVE THE SERVICE. The 14th and 15th Pesnsyfvania Regi- ments to Be Munteréd Out. Secretary Alger has just! ordered that the 14th and 15th Regifments of Pennsy!- vania Volunteers be musteré@ out instead of the 2d and 3d regiments from that state. The 14th and 16th are‘now at Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., white the 2d and the 3d are in PhiladelpBfa.- It is under- stcod that the change mide after con- sultation with the stat@ au@forities. The 2d and the 3d regiment#are*understood to be destined for Cuban giirrisen duty. RETURN OF GN MILES. Much Pleased With What He Saw in “the Welt General Miles returné@: t®& Washington last night, and was at his desk at army headquarters at an early hour today. The general looks very much benefited by his western trip, having apparently cast off the malaria from which he was suffering before his departure. He expressed him- self as very much pleased with what he saw in the west;, The Qmaha exposition surpassed his greatest expeetations, while the peace jubilée in Chigago was a most remarkable patriotic display in the opinion of General Miles. @fe expects to go to Philadelphia. next Wednesday, where he has been assigned a most important part in the peace jubilee cek on. Mean- while he ys fullest attention to the details of for garrisoning of Cuba. + 6 + -______ Secretary Alger'’s Return. Secretary Alger returned this morning from New York, where he accompanied Mrs. Alger Thursday evening. FORCE INADEQUATE General Dumont Criticises the Civil Service Commission. as TELAY CAUSED IN APPOINTMENTS The Steamboat Inspection Service Crippled. SCARCILY OF CANDIDATES a James A. Dumont, supervising inspector general of the steamboat inspecticn sery- ice, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, taiks in the plainest pos- sible manner of what he charges to be “the IM success of the civil service com- mission in connection with the steamboat irspection service.” The criticisms of the commission will probably create a mild sensation. Mr. Dumont explains that what he says is “without prejudice against the personality of the civil service commission, between whom and this office the most eor- dial relations have always existed.” Mr. Dumont refers to a bill which passed the Seaate and 1s before the House, amending section 4415 of the Revised Stat- utes, and says that it will “be a great im provement over the civil s:rvice methods.” Mr, Dumont then The steamboat ing been placed has vice hay- in the c subject to the rules a civil service comm dent's order, dated deemed proper to March report 1s! 3 it herein that its workings have not been altogether a suc- cess and to explain the reasons therefor from the standpoint of this offic p, Which are: Appointments Delayed. “First. The apparently inadequate force employed by the civil service commission, raking it impossible for it to keep up with its current correspondence, owing to r quests for lists of eligibles for this serv or for notification from the delays may be better conceived when it is explained that the local inspectors of hulls and the local inspectors of boilers, in the performance of their official duties, have to act as a ‘board,’ and that a vacaney in the office of either the inspector of hulls or the inspector of boilers practically stroys, while such a condit! official utility of the inspector remaining in office, who, under the law, as construed by the solicitor of the treasury, cannot legally perform any of the duties pertaining to his office. The only remedy for such condi is the performance of the duties of the d ficient board by the supervising inspector de- n exists, the of the district himself, or of assign- ing such duties to “an “adjoining board of local inspectors, distant in some cases hundreds of miles, thereby subjecting the government to the payment of a sal- ary to an officer performing no duty pend ing the delay in obtaining a list of eligible: besides having to pay the mileage of offi- cers detailed from the adjoining district during the continuance of the vacancy. "An illustration in point is that of a cancy in the position of hull inspector in the second -supervising inspection district caused by the death of the previous incum- bent. Application was made to the civil service commission for a lst of eligibles on the 20th of the month. On the 20th, no an- swer having been received, a special re- quest was made to the comm! n to take the matter up, which request resulted in receiving the information, five days later that the commission had no eligible list, and authorizing a temporary appointment to fill a vagancy that ought to, and would have been filled, under former conditions, within a very few days, whereas in the case referred to, the office was kept vacant a month lacking a few days, such delay oecurring during the busiest part of the year, when the services of an officer to fill the Vacancy were much needed. Aversion to Examinations. “Second. The ill success of the civil serv- ice commission in connection with the steamboat inspection service a: 's from a cause for which the commission itself is not in any way to blame, and that is an apparent aversion entertained by masters, mates, pilots and engineers to taking a competitive examination for positions in the service. This general aver. sion to taking the competitive civil service examination was shown last winter, when, after a thorough advertising of the fact that examinations would be held in the forty-two districts of the United States where there are boards of local inspectors candidates presented themselves in only fifteen of such districts, leaving twenty. seven districts unrepresented; whereas, pra vious to the inspection vice being placed under the rules of the civil sery ates the examination, though fully as rigid as that of the civil service. but ‘non-competi- tive,’ there was never any trouble in secur- ing a competent person to fill a vacane “That the selection of officers for the in- spection service is no better conducted un- der the civil service rules than it was dur- ing several years preceding the pla under the civil service is illustrated by fact that, in an examination by the ci service commission, February and 16, 1888, of sixty-five officers who came into the scrvice previous to the requirements of written examinations, forty-six of them successfully passed above 70, the minimum required for eligibility under the civil serv- ice rules, their general average being above 88 per cent; four others reached with one and a fraction points of the minimum mark; one fell 5% and another 41 points short, and two failed to complete the ex- amination on the date mentioned, one on account of sickness, the other being obliged to attend to official duties; but both have since passed successful examinations, one getting an average of 93.15, the other 86.56. Of the eleven remaining, three resigned, two on account of illness and one to take @ more lucrative position, and the other eight were unable to attend the examina- tion for reasons satisfactorily explained to the department. Of these eight, seven have since passed successful examinations, mak- ing a general average of 91.76. “The remaining one will be examined in the near future, the delay being caused by the exigencies of the service, which will not permit him the time necessary to take the examination until the business of thé season becomes less exacting. “Another evidence of the care exerciced by the nominating officers (supervising in- spectors) of the inspection service in their election of candidates to fill vacancies in the service is the fact that while the civil service commission, since this service was placed under its rule, has been called upon to supply twenty-two vacancies in the office of local and assistant inspectors, i> has been able to comply in only five cases, the remaining seventeen having been filed by temporary appointments selectee by the supervising inspectors in the various 3:s- tricts where the vacancies occurred, all, except one, of these passing successfully the civil service examination afterwar. “In the five cases where eligibles were furnished by the civil service commission a second call had to be made in two ot them on account of the fact that one eli- gible was found to have made false rep: sentation as to his experience as a muster of steam vessels, and the other was con: victed. by his own admission, of having tried to bribe the nominating officer to de- cide in his favor by the promise to give him commission that they have no eligible list and author- izing temporary appointments, being fre- | s quently delayed frem ten to thirty days after such requests have been sent to the commission. The serious result of such one-third ($666.66) of the first year's salary from the office. Keeps the Service in Uncertainty. “The necessity for temporary app: Tents twice out of three times, when cancles occur in the inspection service, for reasons heretofore stated, keeps the ser- vice in a cons state of unrest and un- certainty, itatin it pintments manent appo “This. in the case of loc have to Five bonds, cre a great ship, particularly when appointed rerily for a term of three mon much thereof as to enable the to furnish a list of eligibles “Another evil incident to making porary appointments for three the difficult them, becaus t- nec distinet ap} sure of a p as tem- months is of getting good men to ta e of the uncertainty of the being made permanent, even though the successful in passing the civil service uon afterward, for the rea, sont such examinations are competitive, and should the incumbent have three compctit- ors, eack passing but a fraction of a mark higher chan he, his nam commission, under the rules of ould not be certified. though three months’ experience gained by him in office would practically be worth more to the inspection service than would th itional marks of his com titors. pminating officer may 1 knowledge that the t's character for jud; retion (qualities impo: ain, though the have absolute p temporary incum): of consideration in a written examina sup ion) ior to that of either of his competit- vet he, urder the methods of the civil ymmission, is deprived of the ¢ of this knowledge and of the diser on conferred upon him by the President's commission which he holds. The importance of those require tlat can only be determined by -p mt y be inferred trom that it is within the power of an ind officer in the stsamboat-i to cause untold annoyance boat to the s » without t to the governme nterests of the sponding bene the general publi Delay in Rating Candidates. n conclusion of this branch of the s ject, attention is called to the civil servi ecmmission’s published statement p. 8, Manual of 1898) that they are unable to rate examinations held by them in than from two to four months. This, in the case of examinations for the positions of local inspectors of steam vess=is, officers whose duties are wholly statutory, and which cannot be postponed without injury to both public and private interests, seems of itseif sufficient evidence of the n-cessi of a change of method in filling vacancies in the inspection service, if its present nding is to be maintained. A case in point is that ref2rred to in copy of letter preceding. On February end 16, 1898, several candidates were ex amined to fill the vacancy referred to ther Five days later, namely, on Fet as made for a list of el Nearly two weeks thereafter, namel on March 4, the commission authorized a temporary appointment, the exami papers not having be2n rated, and it was nearly three weeks after the exami: nd 16 before the civil se sion began the work of rating > 2xamination papers, though such rating weuld not occupy more than three days’ time of a competent person familiar with the duty if the work had been promptly given out,*as it should have been, in a case of such urgency. One of th> persons who was known to have taken the exami nation was duly appointed, but declined taking such an appointment, with the re- suit that another appointee had to be sought, “The temporary appointment was not completed until March 20, a period of one month and eight days having elapsed from the time of the call for eligibles till the temporary appointment was made; this notwithstanding the fact that at no time during the year could a vacancy in the ce referred to be so inopportune, as the viest work of the season was in prog- Vessels Inspected, Lives Lost. The total number of vessels inspected and passed during the fiscal year was 8,448, of which number 316 were foreign. The total number of accidents was 31 and the total number of lives lost, 28%, an in- crease over the previous year of 100. OF the number of lives lost as above re- ported, $4 Were passengers and 199 be- longed to the crews of the ve: Several of the cases of accidentul arown- ing were known to be suicidal and others are suspected of being so. The estimated number of passengers car- ried on vessels inspected by this during the year is 650,000,000, Placed in Charge of the Naval Station at San Juan. By an order issued by the Navy Depart- ment today Commander A. S. Snow will take charge of the naval station at San Juan de Porto Rico. Admiral Schley was selected originally to take temporary com- mand of this station, but his return to the United States with the report of the Amer- ican evacuation comm: jon made it neces sary to chenge the original order. Com- mander Snow is at present on waiting or- ders and he will proceed to San Juan on the hospital ship Solace, leaving Norfolk on the 24th instant. ‘TROOPS’ DEPARTURE POSTPONED. 1 Not Be Needed in Cuba Before the Ist of December. Reports received at the War Department from the Americyn military commissioners in Havana indicate that the season had not yet sufficiently advanced in Cuba to make it even reasonably safe to take any large number of American troops to the island just now. General Wade, president of the American commission, thinks it w ably be until December 1 before additional troops will be required in Cuba. It is felt that there is no actual loss of time upon this score, for the delay not only affords opportunity to better arrange and sift out the troops in the United States now being prepared for garrison duty, but meantime the Hecker board, now in Cuba selecting camp sites, will be enabled to have alm every detail of the camps arranged so that all will be in readiness when the troops arrive to insure them comfortable quar- ters. w + o+_____ Naval Orders. Lieut. Commander W. W. Kimball bas been detached from command of the tor- pedo boat flotilla, organized just before the outbreak of the Spanish war, and crdered te command the collier Caesar, relieving Lieut. Commerder A. P. Speyers, who has been ord2red to duty at the New York navy yard. Commander A. S. Snow has been ordered to prcceed on the hospital ship Solace from Norfolk, on the 24th instant, to San Juan, P. R., in order to assume command of the naval station established at that place. Capt. B. H. McCa!la, who has been de- tached from command of the cruiser Mar- Mehead and ordered to duty at Norfolk as tain of the navy yard, has been author- ized to delay reporting until the 29h in- stent. Capt. J. Schculer has been assigned to Guty as a member of the naval examining bozrd at Washington, D.C. Lieut. H. N. Richards ard Ensign R. J. Baird have been honorably discharged. . SSS Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of ‘nterest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Sitvaticns are inserted in The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fifteen words. the Help” and “Wanted Situations” are in- Advertisements — under classification “Wanted serted in The Si r at a charge of one cent per word per inser- tion, the minimum charge being 15 cents. AMERICANS IN CUBA Those Who Were Old Residents and the New Comers. CAUTION AND BUOYANCY SHOWN Resumption of Sugar and Tobac- co Raising Waiting. SOME TYPICAL CASES — — (Copyright, 1898, by Charles M.D. Special From a Staff Correspondent HAVANA, October In the coming of 1 1, States to Cuba one class looked. This is America 5 here before. They enjoy the ’ and the ignorance of the newc jorming a kind of old settlers ° their own. They hold reunions, but it isn’: for the purpose of telling yarns a pioneer days. These American old in Cuba talk of the instead of the past to the fresh arrival present r These and the not are with the cheery word that there is r for more, and full information is 1 them of the most promising fields that may be opened up throughout the island. Thi is always done with a wa agains looking for immedi, contidence is the le comer ution is th. has had experience thr dence. ugh previous res ersonal fortunes of many of the ans Who formerly had property and ess in Cuba is, by their own showing at a low ebb. I am ready to credit all thes Three years of guerrilla warfare, dur ing which Cuban insurgents and Spanish troops were engaged chiefly in destroying property, could not have left them oth wise. But I have not met a single on these Americans who has lost heart. Though they have not the means of re- building at once, they are not discourag +4. Most of them have “expectancies” from the claims they have filed with the State Department. While the amount of these claims is presumably exaggerated, and while some may be fraudulent, the expecta- tion of reaiizing something from this source with which to redevelop their holdings is net an unjusc one. A Sample Condition. One of the Ameri plantation in a ns who owns a sugar ‘orner of Matanzas province gave me an account of his financial condi- ticn, As it is typical of others, I repeat the substance of his statements: “I'm going out to visit my place,” he said. “Haven't been there for nearly two Saw the cane burning then. Pleasant fvel- ing to se> your plantation burning. Was pretty lucky. Nobody ever bh talking against the insurgents, and Were pretty decent. The machinery was not destroyed, and that’s the main thing in raising sugar. Cost ms something, mostly in promises, but they protected me. I's had word and the machinery is in good shape.” “Shall you grind ahy cane this year “Grind cane this year! Good Lord, my friend, you don't know much about sug production. If I can get $200,000 rij away, two years from this coming Decem- they ber I'll b> able to grind a big crop of cane and pay the money back. But it'll take two years to realize anything from the plantation.” “You won't have any trouble in making the loan, I suppose?” “You suppose, do you? Then if you know anybody who wants to lend $200,000 on a plantation that’s worth a million, just bring him around. I've been hustling a month U get that $200,000, and haven't a dollar of yet, though a plantation worth a million ought to be good security.” Value of Sugar. By way of digression it may be said that there ure no sugar plantations in Cuba werth less than $1,000,000, At least I never heard of one. This valuation seems to be one of the effects of the tropical climate Whoever has a sugar mill and cane fields speaks of them with a deprecating wave « the hand, as though they were of no mv account than un ordinary corn patch ir Iowa, or a wheat field in th akotas, But when inquiry is made as to their value, it is always “a million or s¢ While th Matanzas planter may have added a few p of his ger loan hundred thousand to t and while he may be s: than is needed to red: « does net deceive himself on one point. This is the length of time that will be needed to put his plantation again on a paying basis. As for the rest, he will keep hustling ull he S together $25,000 or $30,000 and witl start in without waiting for the balance of the $20,000 which he thinks he wan Tobacco Raising. Tobecco ing $s not call for the amount of capital that is required in sugar production. The crop can be planted, har- vested and turned into cash in a mt shorter time. Americans who were gaged in the tobacco business, while suffered during the revolution, were by means so badly off as those whose mo’ was invested in sugar estates, Now th id and the new orde: in Cuba, they are noi ut Spanish rule i to be establishe der the necessity of borrow! money Their complaint is that they cannot tind immediate use for all their capital. Some of it has been idle for three years, aud th fret at the circumstances which interfere with greater activit The situation was explained by an American buyer, with whom mes past I had journeyed in the tebacco regions of Pinar del Rio, the Vuelta Abajo dis- trict. He said: “We had dull times for two years, and after the protoce! was signed I came right down, hoping to make up some of the losses our firm has suffered I have been disappointed. It’s too bad that the United States could not have taken possession at once. The tobacco farmers in the Vuelta Abajo are having a hard time of it. “The Spanish troops have been taking what cattle they have. Many of them have driven their oxen to the car e in surgents, who have promised to p1 animals until the Span leav only one of a good many troubles. The tobacco farmers need a little money badly, but no business man can afford to give them the loans they want. I have made a few advances, but it was more charity than business. They have been able to put in only a small crop this season and they won't receive much from the harvest in December.” “How long will. this condition last—two years?” “Oh, no. Tobacco isn’t like sugar. In six months I hope to be using all the ce tal that I have invested in the busin Get the Spaniards out and settle the tari and we'll be able to help the farmers make money for ourselves. I hope in ting the tariff rates the authorities fit- in Washington will remember the producer as well as the manufacturer. The Spanish government kept adding to the export tax until it reacheg seven and eight cents That is too heavy for the small tobacco raiser. It ought to be lowered for his benefit.” The number of Americans in Cuba who were engaged in actual commerce was never large. The retail and wholesale trade was in the hands of Spanish and foreign houses, who were customers of American firms. ‘There were exceptional cases of mercantile business carried on by citizens of the United States. I saw one of these yesterday. The years are not many since