Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1898, Page 11

110) Pears ‘ivzta Av> The Evening Star Newspa «tr Company, s. H. KAUFFMAN Few York Ofce. 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers io the city by carriers, on thelr own a-count, at 10 cents 44 cects per monts. Copies st the it By mail—anywhere ip the tates or Canada—pestago prepati—60 conte each. per month. . Satdrday Qrintuptle Sheer Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.08. (Entered at the Post Office at Wasbingtoe, D. O.. ax second-cln + mali matter.) £7 All mall sudecriptions mnat be paid in advance Rates of advertising made Known on application. © no28-75d | TIFFANY | FAV and Lap Robes Ever seen Agi “CONCORD Harness.” ning N«tlonal Ho |B Im) Ws U fe in Mouth Hi EDY CO. 1683 M ILL. ‘or procts Worst cases ov BOOK FREE MAS = PUBLISHED vAaity AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, seteeeendnteteteeeebeetetntes Gredi Grogan’s 817-819-821-823 7th St. N.W. SAMO OME EESESSESEPEPPPALES ASS: An Artistic and Interesting Present. GLASS utz & Co. g the largest and most lete Hine of | lorse Blankets Buses Pos ‘ore Throat BACKED SUNDAY my. or titi 3h. by , Pres’t. 5 ae aa ae a es a se ee RR We sell on credit to give you help. We offer a stock of housefurnishings at the lowest prices of cash stores and allow you to pay as youre able—a little each week or each Credit is free here, without signing a note or paying in- mammoth month. terest. Carpets--Stoves. Come here for Carpets, Stoves, Parlor Suites, Draperies or anything needed to make home comfortable for the winter. We'll show you the la ines in the city at prices no All Carpets made, lined and laid free. can undersell. Between IH and I Streets. | Great Reduct RILE | | 720 Seven ore in this city. 497 1. PA. AVE. | A nn | IE () Ni | NEW No noStud S140 Pimples, Copper. Aches, Old Ser Write Couk REQ! “they lubricate m=: apli-sr o lerms t ° suit you. 'S. HELL 89 ‘The Robinson Part2. Che ay ening Siar. Pages I Mammoth redit House, io in Hair Goods. YORK. nd out BALTIMORE ER’S, a St. N. W. Seetondodiorlocconteeiocontoate o Glassware, ates and Bric-a-Brac. Broadway & 21st Street Oils, t other ofls Wm. C. Robinson & Son, Ma N, D. ©. TUESDAY, NOVEM BER 29, Take a simple pre- caution in time. By come here They may be as per- fect as nature can make, and again that slight aching or sore- ness you haye lately felt when reading or work ing may be a DA} SeeherdentetSeokentertortonteeteet ; <3 —— GER SIGNAL. Any + )-—— way, it will cost you Sie -—— nothing to find out. $) If you are seriously z) ~ —— troubled and have con- = sulted opticians with- + —— out benefit do not vet % DESPAIR. Our expert = POUR iO) RON HOPES.” | Opticians, 7th & D. |About the Photos — i You Want for Xmas. a alee, 1107 FS LE PHOTC PSII if vou ¢ We to us imp. (Ww. > PHARMA THOMPSO ELERY 4 OMPOUND | We guarantee the fit of all garments we make. Five Days’ Special Sale. Three Items of Great Interest. We are noted for always doing the right thing , at the right time, and, commencing tomorrow morn- ing, we are going to bring to you three great values— such values as will strongly intrench us in your » good graces. You know when we bring you any= thing special it is not an ordinary every-day value— and biue chevy wool cheviot @ teen dollars for a suit—we will place this che eo ao ><> — until the MBO OO price a limited “viot on sale at = ll 97 for a Sack Suit. Our special sales have alway. the demand is greater than Item 2. greatly under Likewise we antity of black sure stec pure worsted lar wz -well worth cigh- price will be Satin sleeve lining, Silk bac Velveteen pockets, last day of the sale. Re cember 5th. MERTZ and MERTZ, and face velvet collar, bought some 44% member, black and blue patent beaver which had we bought in a regu- y and wanted to make the regular profit would cost you at least twenty-two dollars. Our } incladed. S$ met with universal approval. the supply, so we suggest you do not delay the sale-closes Monday, De- 906 F Street. it is something that will surprise and delight you, so we're sure if you will read below and calf in and see these values you will marvel at the astonishing worth. item 3. From our regular stock we have taken a limited quantity of trouserings, goods that ought to bring seven dollars, we would think them fine value at five dol- lars, but during this sale we'll let you have them for $ , 97 Pure worsted (not cotion vacks), all desirable stylish stripes, suit- able for semi-dress wear. Usually >PDVODWDODBBSBDOODS DPD PFS 99TH OB9N99N959 SD ‘ — examiner has an ep perience of nearly 13,000 cases, and * makes a specialty of a « You're Sure to Get the Genuine ( 7 ° ° , Lucca Olive Oil t all this ft 2 vil direct from Lucea, Waly, and bo ? here—co there's no possibility of getti but the purest, finest olive oil in the > world. ? C7 Put np in fol) pint and quart bottles only 50. am R. Harris & Co.," Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ss CERVERA WARNED SPAIN Told His Country 1 Was Reshing on to Certain Defeat. Declared Before the Ware That the American Navy Was Mote Power- fal and That Cuba Was Lost. 4 The Navy Department:tgday published, through the office of naval Intelligence, the “views of Admiral Cervera regarding the Spanish navy in the late war.” The views were expressed by Cervera: in protest against Spain rushing into war in the face of certain defeat. i! Cervera writes: “I ask ‘myself if it is right for me to keep silent, and thereby make myself an accomplice in adventures which will surely cause the total ruin of Spain. And for what purpose? To defend an island which was ours, but belongs to us no more, because even,if we should not lose it by right in the war, we have lost it in fact, and with it all wealth and an enor- mous number of young men, victims of the chmate and bullets, in the defense of what now no more than a romantic ideal. rthermore, I believe that this opinion of mine should be known to the queen, and y the whole council of ministers. I have pmed it my duty to express my opinions t» the proper authorities clearly and with out beating about the bush. Now let orders I will carry them out with jon; Lam ready for the energy and dec werst.” Taking up som f the vessels in detail in a letter written in Janua he shows how the Viz carried defective guns; how the Carlos V was a failure because of lack of powder, and how the Cataluna, begun more than eight years before, was still incomplete. And then he predicts that a conflict would be d a letter written in February the admiral speaks of the Colon having no guns, of other yessels being defective, of the imabil- set to coal at Cadiz, of their dQ to go out with half rations, ‘astrous to Spain. In anc their having no charts of the American He says that the eight principal vessels on the Havana station are worn out, and that taking things as they are the Spanish naval foree, compared with that of the United States, is in the proportion of one to three. In such condi- tions a camp: he writes, would be dis- rou not an offensive one, and all that could be done in n offen ve way would be to m aids with a few vessels. points to the fu- ility cf attempting to blockade the United tes ports, sks how the Spanish wou n sh they win at victory, without — res : “It would be foolish wh we may reasonably ex which be glorious, but all the same defeat which would cause us to lose the is- land in the worst pc ble manner. * * Only in case we could count on some pow- ‘ul ally could we to obtain a satis- tory result.” rhe admiral refers to the Spanish Paci S not fford even a shadow » Ametican naval force. as at las the incomplete state But, after all, he end is coming and y. He is on record ing against the idea of sending 2 torpedo boat flotilla to Cuba, pointing out that a naval defeat for Spain would precipitate the loss of Cuba. He speaks of the surpri: nd astonishment ex- perie all of the officers of his squad- ron iving orders from Spain to sail from Cape V for Cuba, inasmuch*as they had unit jointing out th tion of the ys the admira an easy co i go to the sacrifice but I cannot understand that decision of the navy general officers against my opin- ions.” ‘The last letter in the series is one from Admiral Villaamil of Cervera’s squad- ron, addressed directly to Saga point- ing out that the ce of the Spanish naval forces will be as certain as it will be usele and fruitless for the termination of HE BALTIMORE'S BOTTOM. A Lime-Like, Coraline Substa Which Reduces the Cruiser's Speed. Admiral Dewey has made a report ex- plaining the peculiar effect to the bottom of the cruiser Baltimore by. her stay in Ma- nila bay. This ship was docked at Hong Kong in April, a short time before war Was declared, and returned there and was docked a second time in September. When examined in the basin her hull was found to be complete pred with a substance, lime lke and coralline in hardness and ap- pea Little difficulty was experienced, how ‘aping it off, and the steel on plates bottom were found to be but little much to the surprise of the cruiser’s officers. No paint came off in the scraping, but the incrustation was sponsible for the reduction of the cruis by one-half. It is said fn naval cir- cles that it will be necessary for the United States to build dry docks in the Philip- pine: that our shi will not have to come all the way to this country for the fre- quent docking, which will be rendered nec- essary on account of the rapid accumula- tion on the bottoms of this deposit. —+ e+ DISCRIMINATION ADMITTED. Charges Agninst the C, and 0. Heard by the Interstate Commission. The interstate commerce commission yes- n an important hearing of d on behalf of C. G. Blake, 2 Cincinnati coal operator, and others, alleg- ing discrimination in freight rates by the Chesapeake and Ohio R, R. Co. from mines in the Nev Rive d Kanawha coal dis- triets to Cin ati, and also discrimination in transportation facilities in favor of the Chesapeake atid Ohio Fuel Company. Mr. Blake alleged that the railroad company had failed to live up to its contract to give him inside rates, ard in August announced that ¢ al shigments would be advanced 10 cents per ton, c. P. Simrall, J. W. St. Clair and H. T. Wickham represented the railroad com- bany, and W. W. Ramsey of Cincinnati the complainant. Counsel for the company ad- mitted there was discrintination: In rates, but justified such action on the ground that it was necessary for business purposes. G. W. Benjamin, general coal freight agent of the Chesapeake and Ottio, was ex- amined at length, ———————+ + ___ SUIT TO RECOVER DAMAGES, Action Growing Out of Proposed Sale of Stock. Suit at law to recoyer damages in the sum cf $10,000 for an alleged breach of con- tract has been instituted against Julian Hite Miller by Henry Bradley. Davidson It is alleged that the plaintiff last August made an agreement to gelk and deliver 627 skares of the stock “of the Geergetown and Tenleytown Railway Company, at $25 a share, $2,000 to"be paid at theexpiration of thirty days, and the remainder at periods of sixty days and six menths. Tne further allegation is made by the plaintiff that by the terms of the agreement the stock, upon the payment of the $2,000!referted to, would be deposited with a sf company and there retained until paiéifor in full, when it would be turned over:to! Mr. Miller It is contended by the: plaintiff that Mr Miller has since refuse@ to take and pay for the stock, and has paid no part of the purchase money. ~ ——— >< = It you want work readithe went columns of The Star, ™ 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES, 1-14. ont ernoon paper Washington that receives the dinpatebes o1 the Asso- ciated ress. Ut is there- fore the oniy one in which the reader can dnd the complete news of the world, directly tranamit- ted by telegraph, ap to the moment of Press. HONORS TO MAJOR URELL Union Veteran Legion Gives Him a Com- plimentary Reception. Story of District Regiment at the Front Retold — Tribute to ‘ork of Women. Union Veteran Legion Hall, 910 Pennsyl vania avenue, was crowded to its fulle: extent last evening, upon the occasion of ¢ complimentary reception extended by En- camprrent No. 69 of the legion to Major M Emmet Urell, late of the Ist Regiment, Dis trict of Columbia Volunteers. Comrade Wm. W. Brown, senior vice national com- mander, U. V. L., presided and quite a long program of music and addresses was pro- vided. Major Urell, who was received in a most enthusiastic manner, delivered a short address in response to a very compliment- ary introduction by Commander Brown, and upon the conclusion of the program all pres- ent took him by the hand and wished hin, all happine: After returning his thanks for the kind r. ception given him, Major Urell told of the work of the Di 1 regiment from the t it entered the service of the United States until it was mustered out. Fully the regiment was sick while in Cuba, aid, and no matter what others might the truth is that they from yellow fever. He had him: ty-eight pounds in four d: nor more intelli : r » service of the government dur- ing the war with Spain, he remarked, and no grumbling or fault-finding was observed by him. Indeed, he saw nothing unul he returned to the United $ it was not among the boys of th regiment. Denies § Major Urell ies of sta tenths of he empha tion and neel them, so far as the District regim! concerned, “the vellowest of yellow j fabi ions.” In this connect b scribed what was furnished in Cuba and at Montauk, when they left the latter behind enough food of tne a brigad the the men deciaring place the st kind t Only for a few days in Cuba did t boys want for food. 2 tribute > work of women war giving Miss rton an high compli Di: un ment. The Prog The folowing is the pro; Over ram proy are, “Medley of Patric the Carroll Institute Oreh troduction” of Comrade by Je vice ; addr M. William Ww. al, commander, U. V. 1. by Emmet Comra Brown, natic lice,’ > mu the Institute replying to introduc! Carroil Orcne: tra; addr Comrade M. Emmet) Urell: solo, “Welcome to Urell,” (w rade Irvine Dungan), Mr Robert! rcompanie Mis: tin; add y Comrade Wi al commander, U. V. L.; music, , “Just as the Sun Went Down,” Thomas L. Jone ‘arroll Institute Orchestra; Capt. Henry A. Castle, auditor fo Office Department; 1 solo, F compa ad- dress by Rev ke, D. D., a union veteran; sic, baritone solo, by Mr. Charles EB. Myers; address N. Couden, chaplain-in Seen music, vocal, “Break the News to Mother, by the Metropoli len, Topley, Benner poem, “Our Boys Bradford, by union veter Mon- arch of the Woods,” b} Dela accompanied by ‘Only the Old Flag, Clifford Howard, mpanied by Mrs. A. C. Her- sey by Comrade John T. Booth, surgeon general, U. V. L.; music, by the Carrol Institute Orchestra; address by Major Burton R. Ross of the Ist Battalion, District of Columbia National Gu music, ‘Auld Lang Syne,” by the audience and the Carroll Institute Orchest sha eget Cabmen at the Pennsylvania Station. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: In your issue of Saturday last, the mention is made of the abandonment of prosecution of certain drivers of public vehicles who were recently arrested fo alleged violation of police regulation, in volving the rights of cabmen at the Penn- sylvania station. It appears from the statement that the attorney for the cab- men announced his purpose to appeal thc case and attack the constitutionality of the act under which the regulation was made, and the prosecuting attorney aban- doned the case because he feared the reg- ulation would not stand a legal test. Wit- ness the situation! Here is a regulation, one of many by which the freedom of the citizen is restricted, which is of doubtful Not this alone, but a whole body ulations is brought into «nestion. Regard for the law and for the rights of man demands that no unlawful and uncen- stitutional restrictions be imposed vpon private rights, yet to perpetuate the rule of the Commissioners regardless of law the determinution of the question of right is ded. Undoubtedly it is proper and ‘Yy that the rights of the communi shou'd be maintained under the law against en croachment by individuals, whete the pub- lic welfare is of greater moment than pri- vate gain, but there can be justification for the exercise of the powet of the gov- ernment in restricting the freedom of the citizen unlawfully. The Commissioners of the District hav- ing authority to make police regulations within limits, and having the aid of Jaw officers to define their powers, act un- worthily of their high office when they de- scend to a persecution wh'ch they cannot maintain if confronted with the decisions of the courts. Being themseives the source of the law within their powers, they should know that they are in the right before they act, so that the citizen, to mainta'n his rights, must jave recourse to the courts, a recourse often unavailable, be- cause the citizen may not have the means or the time to prosecute a suit, or the op- portunities which the Commissioners pos- sess to inform himself of his rights under the law, or the costs of suit may exceed the loss entailed by submission to injus- tice. The Commissioners should welcome any opportunity to submit the'r regulations to the test of the courts. Regulations which stand untested and unrepealed, if they be unlawful and unjust, inflict injury espe- cially upon that part of the community which should look most to governmental authority for right and justice, namely, upon the poor, the weak and the ignorant, not learned in the law and not competent to maintain their rights by their own ac- tion. B. PICKMAN MANN. November 28, 1898, a Cross Bill Filed. In the proceedings for divorce instituted by William Blagley against Susie Blagley, the defendant, through her attorneys, Messrs. W. J. Lambert and C. Orton Brown, has filed a cross-bill. Mrs. Blagley alleges desertion on the part of her husband. In the original bill in the case Mr. Blagley accused his wife of infidelity. ——_-—_ Thousands of situations*have been ob- guinee- through the want columns of The tar. RM SEE LESS 0 ARERR AON HE | “Nee Will Trust You!” F SOE 8 SR x x Ey & x & x a Table, Neo furniture firm in Wa offered any kind of a Dressing of 2% less than $8. Y seen one advertised for lems, Yet here ts “a fore sold for cash or credit for iess than $S or $10, ° = » Special for Wednesday: Beautiful go Dressing new bigh arms One « ydsomest Parlor Re odkers we ever maw at iny (0 x price. Mahoze oak finish > Sigh areie-astinticaliycarsea CD) ° : choie The Ea LIFE-SAVING Abstract of the Rep Superinten The following is an abs ° of the general superintendent saving servic At the close of the la al the hment estab) embraced Zon the Atlantic, e lakes, 3 on the Pacific and 1 at the falls of the Ohio, at Louisville, Ky. The number of disasters to documented vessels within the field of the operations of the service dur- ing the year was 402, There were on board 112 persons, of whom 1 The estimated value of the olved was $7,168, Of this amount ) was saved $757,860 lost. Six hundred and sixty-thr shipwrecked persons received succor at the stations. were In addition to the foregoing there during the r 365 casualties to small craft, ete, on board of which th wer S74 persons, of whom 10 were 1 of the property involved, $199, $177.82 her per who had fallen from wharve most of whom would have but for the aid of the lif curing the their cary tance els { minor importane distress, beside the signals of the in r by warning patrolmen vessels. The number of disasters within (i of the service was much larg seop: of any previous year. The los: . however, oniy 22 as against 5% in the pre ceding year, when the number of ais ters was much smaller, and was less in proportion to the ever livretofore The cost of the maintenance vice during number of wrecks than the year was which sum, however, includes $5¢ ox pended during J and July from a specia! appropriation of ance of 70,000 for the mainte 39 stations as coast. The foliowing is a general sumn the statistics of the service from the intro- duction of the pr stem of I8T1 to the close of the ar ending June 30, 1898 number of disast total value of vessels, $113,34¢ total value of 9,149; total value of property $161,185, total erty saved, $125,630,162 property lost, alue of prop- total value of total number of 5; total number of s lost, 845; total number of persons , 13,878. The Work of the Year. Six new stations were completed during the year, located respectively at Damaris- cove Island, Me.; Salsbury Beach, Mass. Old Harbor, near Chatham Beach, Mas: Isle of Wight, north of Ocean City, Md. Lake View Beach, near Port Huron, Mic! and Peterson’s Point, Gray’s Harbor, Wash, With the exception of that at Peters son’s Point all have been equipped and manned, and the latter will be shortly put in commission. Contracts were also made for the con- struction of a station at Great Boar's Head, in the town of Hampshire, coast of New Hampshire, and one at Sandy Point, the north end of Block Island, R. L, both of which ae now nearly completed. The present demands of the service and the unfitness for further occupancy by rea- son of age of the stations at Mantoloking Island, Beach, Ship Bottom, Little Egg, Brigantine, Peck’s Beach, Corson Inlet and Holly Beach, N. J., have made new build- ings necessary at those points, and proper structures are now in process of erection. A new station is also being constructed in place of the antiquated and unsuitable one on Hog Island (Broadwater), coast of Vir- ginia. See AEE Mrs. La Tourette Laid to Rest. The late Mrs. Kate M. La Tourette of this city was buried Sunday afternoon from the residence of her nephew, William R. Whitehead of 218 Greenwood avenue, Tren- ton, N. J. The services were conducted by Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D., pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Mr. Jordan, an Bpiscopal’ divine of Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Interment was at Emig cemetery. Mrs, La Tourette was the widow of John La Tourette, and resided in Trenton until about cighteen years ago, when she re- moved to Washington. She was a sister of Randolph I. Moore. Two sons and a daugh- ter survive Mrs. La Tourette. The daugh- ter 3 Elia La Tourette. The sons are John W. La Tourette of Washington and Clinton La Tourette of Oak Lane. || a tempor ait APFPAIRS IN GHORGETOW,. cal News Gatnered Creek. West of F The lunch High. School pestponem: tomorrow. ission The of quired more to complete tha - | anticipated. Everything is expected to b: in readiness for the inauguration of system tomorrow. The lunches for ¢t cholars are prepared by Mrs. Minnie My | ers, who resides close to the school. A of the cooking is done under the super | vision of Miss Jacobs, the teacher of cook . | ing the public schoo! the city | The Glen Echo electric railroad is ing preparations for traffic on th ; ing the next summer season switch off was made a short dis Idylwood, as published in The Star at th time, the tracks have been fixed up for ai extension clear to Cabin John bridge end Whe the switch off has been made from the Falls road a new t a deep ra ine. par- allel with the Conduit bridg the terminal being even w tf the riv 1. The west line n improved by m, and a } built leadi Conduit road fe convenienc patrons of the road It is understood the railroad will short b i a good o waiting r this point for the convente th sengers. In the ex sion tr } Was found that the ra tion of! he ground previously acquired | by the corporation. Only a foot or so of } land was involved in the matter, belonging | to Mr. Baltzley. A jury of condemnation | Was secured and the land condemned f j the use of the road, the jury returi verdict of $50 for Mr. Baltgley, which has | been figured out to be at the rate of per acri A horse which was pasturing on the low grounds bordering Rock creck, near Pennsylvania avenue bridge, walked over the bank yesterday about noon and became wedged in the mud on the bottom of the stream. A large number of people attracted by the strange sight stood on th bridge and viewed the anima! im its predic ament. No attempt was at first made to get the horse out, but later, by means of ropes, he was hauled ashore, none the worse for his cold-water bath. Mr. Louis Du Fief ts confined to his home on account of sickness. Despite the need of a new flooring on the Aqueduct bridge across the Potomac and the allotment of a suitable amount from the apprepriation for the purpose, the work is still delayed. Some drivers who use the birdge state it would not surprise them in the least to learn of the boards giving way and injuring a horse, so nearly worn through is the present floor. —_ PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE. Guests Engage in Game at Confeder- ate Vetera) A progressive euchre par: night at Confederate Veterans’ Hall. ‘The affair was under the management of Mrs. Robert N. Harper and Mrs. W, W. Sm whe will have charge of the “Booth of F tune” at the fair to be given for the benefit of the southern relief committee at Ma- sonic Temple, beginning December The proceeds of the euchre party will be de- voted to making the booth attractive. The fair will “continue for a week, an! will be open daily, no admission being charged, however, until after 6 o'clock in the evening. Lunch will be served by the > aga in charge from 12 to 3 o'clock each lay. prize, Mr. Leckie. Among those present were: Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Guss, Dr. Wel! Chinese minister, Mr. Wu; Mr. Breckin- ridge, Mr. Charles G. Woodward, Mr. Lord, Mr. Lewis Clephane, Mr. Louis Weaver, Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Capt. and Mrs. Q: T. Munce, Mr. and Mrs. Barr, Mr. and Mrs, Sanner, Mr. and Mrs..W. H. Coleman, Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith, Mrs. Clifford, Dr. R. E: L. Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. Wasserbach, T. W. Bullock, Jas. P. Keleher, A. S. Titus, R. P. Bayly, Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, Miss Frances Gibson, Mrs. R. L. Townshend, Miss Barnes, Mr. Sefton, Mrs. McBlair, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. W. W. Baker, Mrs. W. H. Daw, Miss Cluss, Miss Hagen, Miss Anna Hynson, Miss Marshall, Miss Gertrude Davis, Mr. end Mrs. W. W. Maj. George A. Armes, Judge and Mrs. James B. Sener.