Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1898, Page 9

ret Seotoeten ecole age = - meceitety Corner Hi full page announcements in ye Christmas presents—Dolls, Toys, ¢ kerchiefs, Toilet Articles, Perfumery. ete. s souvenirs of the “Opening,” will be here tomorrow, serving you as a guide, saving you time, thought Cutlery and Silver Ware, ete: id money. A List of Practical Presents is Given Below. Sneques. $2.19 5 of the Basement Fiver. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1898-14 PAGES. < Twentieth Annual Holiday “Opening.” ROYAL \OMORROW the second, Wed- r nesday the last day. Besides the complimentary prices of the occasion, we box articles selected for presentation and engrave, carve or stamp initials, free. On receipt of deposit goods will be laid aside, de- livered when and where you say. Bring the children tomorrow and enjoy their enjoyment in “Dotltown,” in the monster Christmas Tree and 10 s Post and Times told Stationery, Lea erday mes, Books Art Clock announcements, giving the co Th Santa Claus’ Corner in the base- ment. Lunch here:—Delicious cup of hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and Salted Wafers for only . Lamps and Tables, Pictures and Photo Frames, cen of 1,000,000 fancy articles for ther Goods, Fans, Jewelry, Hand- mplimentary prices quoted as Soadetongetnnfedonteodezertentedentetentetontetetiels POPOOLOOD ORO LLOCIED CPSP UOUD ODED DODO DOOEDD tomorrow for the 7 Kiderdown { tomorrow for the usual $12 Coats, 69c easing Sac Supertor —war- | $1 four styles; with high military and z to shed. AML sizes, iu pink, | turn-over collars. | Silk and satin lined. 3 4 . ras fk , tomorrow for $16.50. Coats. é Ppemnmenreg MY pee é a lerdown Saeques. $1.11 black caster, brown, tan, red, navy and $ & fs those with satlor collar. Seen tinea: % mee ae Daye i | 4 | tomorrow for the $15 Golt : $1.79 Sacqu ri 513.50 Capes of double-face clot in every respect | Earls stries, making them the acme of year | grace anu sty! | rrow for the $2.48 French nnel and Eiderdown foo the usual $12.50 So warm and comforting! S105, ed cloth. PI ae hood. finished with fein : the imported garments. 1Q ver cont atscount ale 6 ete : . Sacques marked $3.68, $3.98 and | 4 $4.98. Some, of French flannels, are made sor the usual $6.5) 4 up in French style, and will be very mu $4.69 kersey and beave s 3 admired. with hood; some strapped with cloth. Pieces. made to retail $1 6 tomorrow fer choice of various lots of prices from $12.60 to $50. Scarfs, : $3.50 Cloth Waists, the approved styles Collwettes and Sets, all the latest London styles. of the season. All sizes, but mostly Red, ¢ black, avy “nd gray are the colors, q ee eee Seal the usual $5 Electri ik Neck Scarfs, MOS ev eee eee Seal Muffs worth $1.75 $ » for those worth $2.25. Some are good value at $3. Wrappers. ons ments nsunlly lesale. $1.59 face with ribbons pers ...84.95 for Gowns. ...& Full 11-4 size AlL-pure-w desi but ly $5 pair Jacquard bord: larly = 31.89 for Fleeced and it in ilus 25c¢ Children s sizes tomorrow for the S8¥e Flannel All sizes. g 98 for t $9.59 ror the $10.98 ¢ 1 ribbon trim $4.50 California weig! © only 196 for temorrow for Petticouts What present $7.98 Petticoats. eppreciated 7 Yoke ek and front fel ph the for the de K all Size... $4.98 fo 1 with heavy brass rods and orna Hair Mattresses in all sizes Feather Pillows. DH vee cout veduetion on all lots of cur tains of which but two to four pairs of a sty am La du 6c i Black Hes and AM sizes, cn aes ease f Glove-fitting instead of | sit | 49¢ fr 8 % be only at the is Royal. these *‘Oneita’’ eunt on “Phyllis and for 10 -36.9% fo) ODE 12 te Ste Attwood Kui The Wors: $2.50 * Effects from 7: on All-silk Waists for street and ction, per cent dise from $5 to s ning wear, A maychless 1.69 tomorrow for Children's $2.50 Fld . down, Boucle and Noyeliy Cloth (fur trimmed, lined and interlined. Sixes hs lo 4 years. seafeeeeeoeentntnin See Seadontont best of $10 Stik the $8 could be better % sSeetogee the Palsis Royal sete ee Wrappers. The gnr- $ $1 cost at + - and give hetier ‘ a | Ualian Silk si! -89e Tor the $1 Suiine 3 se Skicts, flaonelette lined. & tomorrow for the $1.75 Donble- nnelette |W Sieh emeyn ses sSenteeteege bord White mel and Brass Beds, in remain, ‘These ants” of a bnsy season Real Irish Point vir; Brussels to $8 ilitre funey plaids, insteps, Sonceeseeton CHARLES W. COULDOCK DEAD. Neteran Actor Passes Away at His New York Home. < W. Couldock, th» actor, died last ter sldock was s home in New York city ness, from dropsy n November adigest:on, ard »psy. On November 21 his con- came critical, and since then, 2ven , death 1. His son, Couldeck, alesman, survives him. a Couldock was born April Acre, London. He mac w ng personas ce at Sadler W ater. hb he purchased £19 wort distribute among his [rie “Mr. Forts hi was applauded raptur- Re as a profes afier a got into a steck company at urrey. After four months he pe and went with Jackman's and played leading parts. Subse- the Shal arean Club, » performances at the St. Ja) d other London th: i. essayed Tago Herbert A © his Snylocic ‘alstaff, meeting with it 1544 he joined the any h Tt Company, the same Lester Wallack and William Da- ume m>mbers of the orvanization. 4d a winter and summer season »mpany, and then joined Profes- 1s forces at Glasgow. in two and ne theater was burned, > position of leading man at the playing first Sir Giles Over- for ater, remained with the Royal and during that time y. Candenhoff, Kean, Ma mber 15, 1849, Mr. Couldock ar- ‘ew York city on the steamer « member of Charlotte Cushman’s d opened at the old Broadway He supported her throughout the all the prominent cities of this when Charlotte Cushman re- o Europe he became leading man turned s| at the Walnut St Since then he has be2n prominently other To th Palais Royal, Gand 11th Sts. oe NESS ALD Dee eee cele et Theater, Philadelphia. tified with the American stage, playing with Laura Keene, Jefferson, Sothern, and Mr. Couldock was best known as Dunstan Kirke in “Hazel Kirke,” which part he had play>d over 1,000 time: ——- -+e+--— Needs of the District. Editor of The Evening Star: Those persons who desire prosperity to return to the District of Columbia should exert themselves to obtain relief in certain directions. In the first place, there should to the federal Constitu- ta resident of the Dis- be an amendmen th tion providing trict of Columbia shali enjoy all the rights and privileges which a citizen of a state has. A resident of the District of Co- lumbia is not a citizen of a state, and has no right to sue a citizen of a state in a federal court, and it will probably be found when tested by the courts that many of the provisfons of the federal Constitution giving certain rights to citizens of the states have no force or application when invoked by the people of the District of Columbia for the constitutional reason that Jolumbia Is nota state. A jent of the District of Columbia is not citizen of the District of Columbia for the reason that the District of Columbia is no- where recognized by the Constitution as a political sovereignty, and a resident of the District of Columb merely a citizen of the United States restding on a government reservation. Can it be said that the citizen of a state, owning large interests in that state. will be satisfied to locate In the Dis- trict of Columbia under these clrcum- stances? rhe next thing te be done ts to obtain the eractment of a constitutional provision that Congress shall pay the same rate of taxes upon the property of the United States in the District of Columbia as is paid by private property owners, and that paid by Congress shall be a proportion to the District of re Seetentontenge Seeseeteeteesees which shall be the equal of any nion. The failure of Congress to prov & sultable code of laws for the Diseriee ce 4 shame upon the nation. Under the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the Unit. ed States our titles to real estate are left in a most dangerous and unmarketable condition. Under the laws of the Distriet or rather the lack of laws, an individual is privileged | to, go (his fellow-man more wrong and injury than in any juris- diction in the wortd. Pager If a system of laws for the Distric: been formulated by a select onus composed of rampant lunatics from the asylums, confidence men from the penite tlarles of the country and divers ‘persona hostile to the District, a code more inimical to the interest of the’ District of Columbia could not have been devised. ‘The rates of interest on real estate loans should be reduced, or else the city will be flooded with money from the outside at a lower rate of Interest and of dollars in in- terest money sent out of the city every year which ought to remain here, Rents should be reduced or there will be a large depopulation of the city by people who will go outside to live, while earning their living in this city. There are fully 10,000 daily commuiers to outside points. Allowing a wife, one child and a servant to each commuter, and we have 40,000 people who live cutside of the ctty on account of high rents, Allowing $250 per year for the support of each person, and we have $10,000,000 spent each year outside of the District of Co1umbia by peo- plo who ought to spend that money here, Is {t any wonder that merchants complain of duil times? The title and trust companies have crush- ed out three-fourth of the lawyers and brokers of the city. The large magazine stores have crushed out three-fourths of the small merchants. Something must be done to keep the population here and those which may come. The population of the city cannot be supported by the money which the government pays out here, and state in the the property which tt owns in the District of Columbia. ‘There is an act of Congress which pro- vides that Congress shall pay a certain proportion of the expenses of the District, but the law Is liable te be repealed at any time, The next thing to be done is the enact- ment of a code of laws for the District the people who come here. The future of the city must be found along the lines of trade, commerce and manufacture like other American cities. JOHN 8S. BLANKMAN. November 25, 1898. z ——__ If you want work read the want columns of The Star. PUBLIC SECURITIES Work of ds Tren of Engraving CHIEF JOHNSON'S RECOMMENDATIONS Large Increase, in the Number of Sheets Delivered. Poame MORE BUILDINGS NEEDED The annual report of the operations of the bureau of engraving and printing has been made by Claude M. Johnson, director. The report says: The number of sheets delivered during the year was 92,979,478, an increase of 6,804,712 sheets. This increase is nearly 8 per cent. The expenditures for this year were $1,570,- 598.46, while the expenditures for last year were $1,450,611.86, showing an increase in expenditures of about the same per cent as the increase in deliveries; but when we deduct from the expenditures $12,599.68 in- crease of stock on hand, $30,000 paid for machinery, which is a part of the perma- nent plant of the bureau, and $6,416.30 paid to employes detailed outside of the bureau in excess of the amount paid during the fiscal year 1897, making in all $46,006.09, we find that the increase in expenditures which is properly chargeable to the actual production of the bureau ts but 4.9 per cent over the preceding year, whereas, as above stated, the increase in the work is nearly 8 per cent. The average cost per 1,000 sheets during the year 1897, figured on gross expenditures, was $16.83. The average cost during this year, 1898, figured en gross expenditures, is $16.89, on its face showing an increase of cost of 6 cents per 1,000 sheets; but when we deduct the above named items not applicable to the actual cost of the work from the gross expenditures, we find the average cost per 1,000 sheets to be $16.36 per 1,000 sheets, or a reduction of 47 cents per 1,000 sheets, which is equivalent to a reduction in the cost of the whole delivery of $43,700.35. Increane of Work. It is gratifying to find that the increase in compensation to the laborers and the lowest grade of skilled helpers in this bu- reau, which was made as an act of justice to deserving men, has been more than off- set by the reduction in the expenditures for other purposes. The highest average number of sheets per’ employe ever handled in the bureat: was 55,01 sheets during the year 1S06 whereas, during tae present year the aver- age number handled per employe has been 2) sheets, showing an increased useful- during this year over the mos nes cessful previous year in this respect of 2. per cent. Going back "Still further, a com- parison with the year 189% as to usefulnes of employes shows that the average num- ber of sheets handled, per employe that year was 36,650, ygainst 57,200 during the nt fiscal year, an fncreased usefulness per cent. 38 War Revendé Stamps. During the c vil War, When Congress pa ed an act imposing,a tax to be collected by the use of adhesive stamps and providing for the issue 0° bords, the capacity of nea: ly every bank note contpany In the country was taxed to the itmdpt limits to produce the instruments necessary” to enforc> it. When, upon tke Ith day of June last, an act similar nature,,was approved. the inspression seemed to prevail that this bu- rean wouid de unallé 1¢ furnish the nece: sary adhesive stamps to enforce said law upon the Ist cay July following, and it thac cdhtracis should be iside bank note companies to bursau In’thatiwork, You will r call the controversy that occurred at that time and my plédge™to supply a sufficient ntity of stamps in the a time to enabl= nmissioner of internal revenue to reach lectors of internal revenue far and near by the Ist day of July. hough tkeré weré but sev in which to execute this work, mentioned chis bureau had ‘el commissioner of internal revenn y the date adhesive stamps, and every collect rnal revenue d been supplied with stamps for the coilection of th At the same time orders had been given fer the engraving of plates to print the bond sue authorized in the same 2° tor ational bank rge extent; notes had_ incre il the regular internal r erue stamps were imprinted wita the d of the recaat act and made available use under il; the demand for United Stat notes, silver certificates and treasury was up to the full limit, and the < of such notes was kept at th point. In addition te this, the Department kad ordered the p ries of postage Stamps, kn¢ ns-Mississippi stamps, and w. ng large i of them, while for the ‘y stamps i d to a considerable extent. ions had never before existed during the of this. bureau, nor could the demands upon it have been anticipated and provided for, and yet it proved itself equal to the most extreme emergency. Working Overtime. sf the most difficult problems to be solved with reference to the future opera- tions of this burcau fs to perform the work nece under unusual demands tn the working hours from 8 until 4 o'clock each day and during the working days.of the year. Working overtime in this bureau has its advantages. To start op- erations ir the morning and to make the balances in the afternoon require a full hour's time. Whether the day be limited to eight hours or extended to ten or twelve, as the case may be, there is no additional time lost fn the opening and_ balancing. Therefore the actual hours of labor are proportionately greater in twelve than in eight hours; but this advantage, in my opinion, is offset by the fact that it Is im- possible to prevent entirely the abuse of overtime privileges. In other words, it is impossible to limit the number of employes retained and paid for overtime to the actual requirements of the serv An- other disadvantage is the liability to raise, without legal basis, the question of a vio- lation of the eight-hour law. The solution of this problem is to increase the capacity of the bureau, so far as its machinery is concerned, to an extent that will mcet eny emergency within the regular hours of the a One regular The conditions now existing are such that it will be Impossible to print the number of sheets estimated for during the present fiseal year, or thesfiscal year 1900, without continuing the gpgrations of several branches of the service beyond 4 o'clock, particularly the ig division. Every available foot of Spaé®in the bureau for hand plate-printiig?'pfésses is now occu- pled, and still we tmsamable in the regular hours to keep up with the average number of sheets to be preduced dally. We have ordered twenty additiowal perforating ma- chines, two addittonatiigumming machines and. two additionatiguréace presses, an ad- ditional steam bolfermind three washing machines. Ten additional power plate- printing presses wouldumake the capacity of this bureau equakte the demand as to plate printing. The;bugeau would then be able to execute ajljefvits work, within an eight-hour day. 18° Power PlatePrinting Presses. - No question sh6lild*arise between the plate printers an@/ tle Treasury Depart- ment as to the use‘of these presses in its service, for tne reason ‘that the act passed by the present Congress regulating the use of power presses will remain a continuing provision of law. It allows the use of these presses in the printing of internal revenue and postage stamps, and the use of the ad- ditional presses would, of course, be limited so as to conform that law, Not only is it important tg have,these presses for the purpose of ii ing the printing capacity of the bureau, but an inspection of the ex- penditures ofthis. hureau will suggest the necessity for the use af any improved ma- chinery which will reduce the cost as the volume of work aSes. The expenditures ‘during the year under consideration weré $1,570,598.46, with a pro- duction of 92,799,47& sheets. The estimated number -of -sheets ‘to be produced during the fiscal year 1899.8 101,693,376. ‘The esti- mated number of sheets to be produced dur- ing the fiscal year'2900 ‘is 218,054,737, ‘which i, | hala Siag| Ta hob cag We're out-talked often—-out-done never. Christmas and This Store. everything that you will ask for—and much of novelt where else—exclusive. an inspiration. We are striving to be of as much service to you as p¢ Loatestonteatentneetioniotiostetiontot) e's appreciation. So we are r c y and value that you haven't seen—won't see any- If you've difficulty in completing your list of gifts—come to our counters for ible—with complete varicties—wide facilities —teliable quali ies—prices just right—prompt attention—and a host of those little sparks of enterprises that separately are trifles—but collectively are important. he claim of this Toy Dept. is that it’s not a side line wedged in for Christmas—with no past and no future—and no planning and no responsibility. But is a year around Toy Store—a permanent, live fea- ture of this store—and the climax of the Christmas display is a twelve-month’s work. Every sort, size, style and de- scription of a Doll—from twelve for a penny to the French Dollis at $25 is here. Boys’ Tool Chests. ‘Toy Plu i Sleds, high ones for the girls and low one for the boys. Drums and Bugles and Horns. Children’s Desks, with blackboard tops. Steel Wagons and Wooden Wagons, Xelocipedes for the boys. ‘Tricycles for the girls, Steam Engines that wind op and ran Steam Engines that go by their own steam. Hot-alr Engines. Milk Wagons, with real hair-covered horses and real tin cans, Loaded Trucks. with boxes and bars Warehouses. Hooks and Ladders. Fire Reels. Shoofiles for the baby. Horses that rock and gall Wheelbarrows. Iron Steam Engines Iron Passenger Trains Iron Freight Trains. Magte Lanterus. Musical Tops. Noah's Arks. Parlor Games by the hundred ‘Trains that run on (racks Building Blocks. Magic Boxes. Roller Skates. Patrol Wagons. Music Boxes, big and little. And a full and plete Library of Pic- ture Books in Linen and Paper—the old favorites and the new ones that soon will be friends. Flannels. These prices usually come with a thaw—seldom with a freeze—but importers and manufacturers get very uneasy when seasons are tardy and op- portunities grow out of their discontent. 285 yards of Cream Shaker nel—the 37%e. quality—for 29. a yard. —that’s a bargain. ae Segre oleae ee Oe: a yard. so’s that. 60 yards Cream Double-warp surinkable French Flannel—the kind—for. 2 ODC, : a yard. nother bargain. ‘reain ‘Twilled Flannel, Hity—for..... 2c. a yard. All four big value: Western Se Second Floc ion | You should give it attention. | choice values nearer to you than they" decided to do some sacrificing now instead of later. There are four lots—embracing many styles—which are all exclusive ones Five different patterns in All-wool Black Figured Mohair, 44 toehes wido. Each style is a new, fashionable effect this season. Not a rd - worth less than SOc. Your Cc (DAG Pies cook Speke ee > ayd. | All-wool, 50-inch Cheviots, in Black 1 1 Colored effec embracing the latest co Dinations, to strictly new de- siges. Every yard in this lot ts exceptionally good value at TSe.—but you shall have cC. 1 the choice for aya. | Western Section—Ist Floor. ! Experience has taught us that what is worthy never fails of the pec »p! confident of the success of our efforts for the holidays. We are sure that the different stocks hold Ti The Dress Goods Sale. It brings really fine qualities and ve been this season—for we've 45-inch Black and Colored Heuri fault of worth or effect (hat we must pr them; « little too vy purchasing 2 ya = SOc, You can't buy equal value a ya. under SOc. anywhere. Spe in this sale xt 48-inch Whipcords, in al wale; emt all tbe lead popular goods. 59c. ing colors; pepuler and while others them sesteateatestoatvatnatnatontysteetoatoate ie sing Sic., we week at... s standing. them all in together for. | astern Section—ist Floor street and dress we 1,000 pairs of Ladies’ Shoes | go on sale tomorrow morning that come from a maker of the first A combination of trade conditions thew them into our hands—every pair is worth considerably more than we shall lump The choice is of Black Vice Kid Button Cait Shoes: some with patent leather; Ups. They're wade on the latest lasts for and are actually $3.50, $4, $4.50 and $5 values nad Ls hers with kid or Shoex and Box ft $2.45 oo ing at special prices. prices from these four: Ladies’ and Misses in Blue. corners; hall Wool Beaver Jackets, Black, Tan and Green, eut round with” revers an $5.95 Lining. Should sell for Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Coais, in Black and Blue, with strap seas, and lined throughout with” silk rhadame. They are Front and Box Coats—we $11.50, for... wih $8.45 | Eastern Section Second Floor. Wool Kersey Ladies’ and Misses’ Jackets. If your winter Jacket isn't bought yet count yourself fortunate —-we've closed out the reserve stock ; which gives us eight regular lots—that went on sale this morn- You can catch the drift of the values and the Srtatnetetatetete of one of “our” makers- dies’ aud Misses’ Fine Imported Kersey ts, lined all through with good quality of silk; cut tn latest style; made with ly PML ALO OO ° Fine Wide Wal Round eix large buttons, taney seams; tm at; all iery Co.'s and others. 60 dozen Ladies’ and Pants, full White fashioned. Cashmere Ve silk “Inish i { As good as the American Hosiery Comp can make—tut a drop of oi here, a tiny stain there, harmless to quality §2 and $2.50 grades—in all sizes cee es 8c. Wester Section Pitst Fleer Ladies’ Winter Underwear. Nearly half price—for several leading makes—Ameri Hos- ican re White quarter Ixfords, Vests and Pants. on Suits—all adses. but a rush with such a stock sacr c- Cut Glass and novelties in L You'd better get in tomor! ificed at s uch pric a-Brac. Why don’t you? row, sure. Wilmarth China and Cut Glass Sale. It isn't going to last much longer—the warning is indeed timely. price There was nothing finer in town than Wilmarth carried. So many folks have supplied some of their Christmas wants from this dainty China, Sparkling What's left of the Cut Glass goes at ONE-THIRD OFF Wilmarth’s prices. What's left of the open stock of Haviland and Carlsbad China Dinner Services—have been scaled way down below Wilmarth’s prices—which are still on the tickets. What else could be expected ill increase the expenditures from $1,570. 598.46 during the years to follow, we may say, enormously; and it is the duty of the officers of the Treasury Department having control of this work, as a matter of econ- y, to endeavor, by the use of improved chinery, to save as much of this great pdituy as possible. An Electric Plant Advised Another means of reducing the cost of the work by the use of machinery is the establishment of an electric plant, op- erated by the steam plant already estab- lished in the bureau. The present limited use of electricity for the direct operation of presses and for light, together with the amount of gas used for heating printing plates and for lighting, causes an annual ex- penditure of from $12,000 to $15,000, which can be reduced at least 50 per cent by the establishment of an electric plant in this bureau to produce all the power and light needed. For the purpose of showing the increase of work being done by the bureau, it may not be out of place to make refer- ence to the current fiscal year, four months of which have passed. The deliveries dur- ing these four months have exceeded an average of 10,000,000 sheets per month, or equivalent to an annual delivery of 120,000,- 00) sheets, which indicates an increase In the number of sheets to be produced over the year 1896, when the deliveries amount- €d to 85,000,000 sheets, or 40 per cent. The average number of emptoyes on the rolls of this bureau during the year 1896 was 1,519. ‘The number of regular employes on the rolls November 1, 1898, was 1,85 an increase of 22 per cent. Additions to the Building Needed. ‘There has been no addition to the build- ing since 1896. It is obvious, therefore, that the repeated recommendation for en appropriation to build store rooms, an ink mill, a laundry and stables is more essen- tial at this time than ever before. In fact, it is imperative. The condition of this building, crowded as it is with operative: is not in accordance with good business methods or proper sanitation. It is with great concern that I call attention to the immense amounts of combustible matter stored therein, which make the pessibil- ities of fire so great as to be alarming, in the hope that Congress may be moved to furnish the necessary relief by author'zi-g the consiruction of a proper storage bulid- ing separate from the man bu lding. Tris material includes millinets, olls, turpentine, benzine, colcrs, chemicals, — blanketing, paper, &c. In the use of ofls and rags in printing and waste about mechinery, fire by spontaneous combustion is quite pos- sible in this building. We are, therefore, dependent upon the vigilance of our em- ployes and watchmen to prevent damage to the building and the securities it contains in this way. When suitable outbui.dings are provided, much of the space now oc- cupied as storege rooms will be available for the expansion of some of the branches that are overcrowded, and much of the inflammable material in the main bu Iding will be removed from it to more suitable quarters. I cannot urge too strongly united effort on the part of the Treasury Depart- ment to help sscure an appropriation from Congress for the building so often request- ed in past reports. ceeded tenant BOUND FOR PORTO RICO. Archbishop Chapelle to Begin Work n Went Indies. Archbii of St. Church in this city, has returned from his extended visit to Europe and has come here to remain a few days. He has been appointed by the pope as Papal delegate in the West Indies, and will preceed from here to New Orleans, which is tn his diocese. In a week or two thereafter he will undertake his new work in Porto Rico. All the relations between the church in Spain and that in the two islands now be- longing to the United States have ceased, and for the present the priests and laity there come directly under the supervision of the church at Rome. “J left New Orleans for my European tri the 16th of July last,” sald he. “and went to Rome on business connected with my diocese. I reached Rome on the 4th of August, and remained there until the 22d, after which I traveled in various parts of Europe. On the 7th of October I received the appointment as apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, and then went to Paris to get data for my new work. On the 16th of November I ieft Paris on Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse. “Iam going home now for a few days, but will enter in a week or two upon my work In Porto Rico. I shall be principally at Ponce, but will, of course, travel through the island. Later on I expect to go to San- tlago and then to Havana. Both the islands are at present under the spiritual guidance of the archbishop of Sanuiago, who has two suffragans, one at Havana and the other at San Juan, Porto Rico. “My mission {s one of a priest and of an American citizen as well. While striving to watch over the religious interests of the Catholic Church, and helping the bishops in the work of reorganization, I shall use my utmost influence to help the govern- ment of the United States to succeed in the work of political and social reconstruc- tion. I am indeed profoundly convinced that upon that will depend in large meas- ure the social, political and economic wel- fare of the inhabitants of these islands. I retain my positiog as archbishop of New Orleans, but I am not going to Porto Rico in that capacity. The islands have not been placed under the jurisdiction of an American diocese. What changes may come and what may be done are all problems of the distant future, and I cannot discuss them new. “I do feel, and I do trust that my hope will prove true, that as this war was be- gun in the name of humanity, so, in the name of humanity, we will treat the people who have been put in our care in a hu- mane spirit. “There is a difference of opinion as to the advisabitity of expansion or no ex- pansion, but at any rate, if we do acquire rew soll, ak, in fact, we have acquired Porto Rico already, let us give the people thus put under our care the best govern- ment and the best of care in every way.” He stated that the people of beth islands are practically Roman Catholics, and- are Chapelie. former pastor } the | Saks and Company, Penna. Avenue and Seventh Street. eletoet ene oe Sesto happy in their belief a that of violent or fanatic: tury or on sent to these islands they will plisi ho good further than to stir up ¢ atent and distrust in their parish clergy. Ene land controls colonies, but does not attempt to change the belief of the people. Le referred also to the fact that the powerful an emp're was the marvel of all the in its toleran e of the religion of al ations. It would be rash and purpo: remarked, “to aim at violent tion of the character of the people. You nnot change a Porto Rican planter into Yankee farmer in a few weeks, but th: character of the people must be adapted tb ew conditions and new surroundings. Archbishop Chapelle had an interview with Secretary Hay at the State Depart- ment today in regard to his mission The archbishop is a guest at the Ebbitt House, ee Penalty of Shooting Crap. A small white boy, named Fred. Metz was before Judge Scott this morning f disorderly conduct. When answered “not guilty.” “He was on a lot near Brightwool ey nue yeste: hooting crap,” was Police man Foiey’s report, “and he was the smati- est boy in the party.” arraigned} “Did you see t boy handling the bones?” the officer was asked. “Yes, sir.” he responded. “I wate) them through the fence for five mi fore they were aware of my presen “ "Deed, judge,” pleaded the little boy, “t wasn't shooting crap. I don’t know how to shoot it.” The officer told the judge that he coul! not be mistaken, and the boy was fined $5. with fifteen days on the farm as the equiy- lent. “Ihave been using CASCARETS for Insomnia, with which [ have been afflicted for over twenty years, and I can say thut Cuscaret= have given me more re lief than any other reme- @y I have ever tried. Ishali certainly recom- mend them to my friends as being all they are represented.” THOS. GILLARD, Eigin, Ill be CANDY CATHARTIC Good: Never Sicxen. Weaken of Gries ue Se ee +. GURE CONSTIPATION. ... WO-TO-BAG Z20%3% oo Haul”