Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1900, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1900-14 PAGES, : That in all leading Hotels, Clubs, and Restaurants, in select Dining- circles everywhere, and in leading Hospitals — ONGONACTTY UMA WVarey [Is found to be the popular Water for Table or Medicinal use. Absolutely pure and Undefiled. STILL or CARBONATED, as desired. At all Hotels and Clube MUNYOR'S | DOCTORS ARE FREE. edlessly spent for doctors Ww s ond lands, we would be a mi Ir of hom MUNYON Feel need a cal advice do vet care to spend morey for medical adv! which may e essary. Prof. Munson sete Canctiv hin omens His staff of skilled weges ix at Norbing is the mest medicines h thaps the may prevent a threatened ably serious physical aflment matter what Tint disease Js. or how many doctora have failed qo cure voc. etcmuke Mtangon'a yixyaictans | a celd. his Dyspep ple. try his Kidn moat every dis store. 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Le HARPER & CO. nt DSS Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Do- mb10-6t* eine sn _ Cleaning Tailor-Made Suits. ‘Dou't risk the cleaning of a valu- able tailor-made suit 1 inexperienced other lead! $2 ce. Bands. W. rts in cleaning. WHEATLEY'S, .068 Jefferson ave.” Georgetown. mbS-3m-18 THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Present, the chief justice, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice Shep- rd. Wilson et al. agt. Hartford Fire In- ¢ Company; continued. ‘atent appeal No. 130—In re application of Laura H. Beswick; submitted on briefs by Mr. Edw. E. Clement for appellant and by Mr. W. A. Megrath for commissioner of patents. Patent appeal No. 137—Jackson agt. Knapp, and 138, Jackson agt. Getz et al.; argued by Mr. J. S. Barker for appel- lants. and continued by Mr. Jno. G. Elliott for appellee in No. 137. No appearance for appellee in No. 1 Patent appeal ward; continued. Patent appeal No. 142—In re application of Ludwig Mond; argument commenced by Mr. Geo. W. Rea for appellant; continued y Mr. W. A. Megrath for commissioner of ts, and concluded by Mr. Geo. W. Rea appellant. . 143—Newton agt. Wood- Willige; passed until 5 . the United States; passed until Friday, March 16. 3—McCormick agt. Colbert et al.; mo- on to vacate order docketing and dis- sing appeal overruled. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Hagner. Pilling agt. Walsh; John E. Green ap- pointed guardian ad litem. Barker agt. Mutual Fire Insurance Company; com- plainant allowed to take proof and cause set for hearing. Ruby agt. Hartman; hear- ing of rule postponed till March 20. Lo- sano agt. Losano et al.; cause remanded for additional testimony. Bankruptcy Court—Justice Hagner. In re Jas. Lockhead & Co.; reference to E. S. McCalmont. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Barnard. Gschwilm agt. Gschwilm; order allowing defendant to amend his answer. Douglass et al. agt. Marshall et al.; order confirm- ing sale nisi. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland agt. Daggett et al.; restraining order and rule to show cause returnable areh14 granted. Paul agt. Paul etal.; order tifying auditor's renort. Randall agt. Buscher et al.; order directing receiver to sell. Cummings agt. National Metropolitan Bank et al.; pro confesso agt. John T. Arms and Samuel D. Kauffman granted. Circuit Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bingham. Mfg. Natl. Bank agt. Amer. Electric and Mfg. Co.; flat on s. ¢. i. and a. Rothert agt. Owen et al.; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Justice Clabaugh. U. S. agt. Lee Clements, assault to kill: motion for new trial filed. 8. agt. Tal- madge Walker, murder; on trial. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Cole. S. agt. Leonard A. Ehrmantraut and Edw. J. Mulligan, petit larceny; order of discharge from jail. Edmonston agt. Mc- 3 Verdict for defendant. U. 8. agt. Carter, housebreaking: verdict, not guilty. U. S. agt. John Goings, house- breaking; on trial. Probate Court—Justice Cole. Estate of Louis Mueller; petition for let- s of administration filed. Estate of El- inventory filed. Estate of yhand; summons issued. Es- ire; inventory filed. i petition for probate Estate of ugene Fugitt; or- Estate of Thos. Buckley; sum- Estate of Es- Lemon; order appointing ms guardian ad litem of will filed. gainst M. Ryan. sued Elizabeth R. W. Blague; order of sale. tate of John JW ar s In re Wm. E. count of guardian passed. e of Laura Benet; will admitted to ‘obate and letters testamentary granted to James W. Benet; bond, $100. Estate of Elizabeth Queen; order of publication. Es- of Frank T. Hyman; order referring to an examiner. Estate of Braxton n; order appointing Percival M. Brown guardian ad litem. Estate of John F. Atzel; summons returned not to be found. In re Florence C. Chapman; oath of sureties filed. Estate of Margaret’ Sher- man; summons against co-executor issued. In re C A. Ford et al. (minors); release of guardian by wards filed. Estate of Israel W. Sibley; order of sale. Estate of John dmitted to probate. Estate of Howard; receipts filed. In re Frank ard (minor); release of guardian . Estate of C4 Beall; summons against next of kin issued. —_—>__. KILLED AND WOUNDED. Y: final notice Daniel (minor); RECENTLY Latest List of Casualties Sent by Gen. Otis, General Otis transmits the following lat- of casualties in the Philippines, naming eight killed and nineteen wounded: Killed—Luzon, 16th Regiment, U. 8. In- February 28, Calamaniugan, Com- pany C, Patrick W. Enright, corporal; March 2, Linao, Company B, Fred Daniel; 30th Regiment, U. S. Volunteer Infantry, January 1 Lipa, Company I, David G. Goldman Sth Regiment, U. 8. Volunteer Infantry, February 20, Calabanga, Com- pany G, Wilson Bellis; 47th Regiment, U. 8. Volunteer Infantry, February 21, Don- sol, Company A, John K. Morrison, musi- clan; Panay, 26th Regiment, U. S. Volun- teer Infant. February 23, lloilo, Com- pany F, Wiillam Dugan, Denis L. Hayes, Michael Tracy. Wounded—Luzon, March 6, Penaranda, Acting Assistant Surgeon Walter C. deser, wounded in back. erious; 30th Regi- ment, U. S. Volunteer Infantry, January 6, Binan, Anthony Westrate, scalp, slight, Company F; January 19, San Pablo, Com. pany D, Ernest F. Trepte, corporal, cheek, moderate; Jacob Lucas, lung, severe; Jan- uary 28, Tabayas, Company D, Lieutenant Guy A. Boyle, leg, moderate; Charles A. Hackworth, wounded in arm, moderate: February 4, Sampaloc, Company F, James L. Jones, abdomen, severe: Company H, Fred Cliff, wounded in thigh, moderate: 36th Regiment, U. S. Volunteer Infantry, March 6, Dasol, Company A, First Lieu: tenant Frank T. McNarney, wounded in thigh. slight; 37th Regiment, U. 8. Volun- teer Infantry. March 7, Santa Cruz, Com- pany L, David P. Kennedy, hip, slight; 40th Regiment, U. 8. Volunteer Infantry, Febru- ary 20, Libmanan, First Lieutenant, Adju- tant, John B. Gallaher, abdomen, ‘severe: Company A, Albert A. Widdick, corporal, wounded in chest, slight; John F_ Landinge, corporal, side. slight; Company B, Alois C. J. Sick.’ corporal, wounded in head, se. rious; Robert D. Stewart, finger, slight; Company C, Earl R. Hutchinson. sergeant, wounded in thigh, serious; William E. Biggs, wounded in thigh, slight: Edgar H. Garrett, wounded in shoulder, slight; Guy M. Ingersoll, breast, slight. —_—_+o+_____ Appointments in the M: ine Corps. Commissions have been issued to Colonel W. S. Muse and to First Lieutenant Geo. Van Orden of the marine corps. ‘The following named have been appointed second lieutenants in the marine corps: Yendell Foote, C. T. Westcott, jr., Douglass ©. McDougal, Presley M. Rixley, Sidney W- Brewster, Paul E. Chamberlin, Albert N. Brangell and Edward T. Bateetrom. nd Stops the Cough and Works Of the Cold. Laxati Bromo-Quinine in one day. "No cure, be pay. Prices 286 ful Ssbeen LONDON WENT WILD How the News of Cronje’s Surrender Was Received. ENGLAND'S FAULTY ARMY SYSTEM Impossible Now to Get the Right Sort of Officers. OTHER TIMELY MATTERS espondence of The Evening Star. LONDON, February 27, 1900. “Cronje has surrendered.” The news flashed over London this morning quicker than ever telegraph spoke. The war office issued Lord Roberts’ message at 9:45, and an hour later staid old London was in hys- terics. I had not belleved it possible that Englishmen could display such emotion. Everywhere men were shaking hands with utter strangers, cheering Lord Roberts, and also speaking enthusiastically of the mag- nificent defense Cronje had maintained for nine days. I came into town today in a third-class» smoking carriage to hear the expression of the laboring men. ‘Poor old Cronje,"" said one. “It was the best thing he could do.” “Yes,” sald another; ‘he's a brave man, though.” Others joined in, and the conversation was as much in eulogy ef Cronje as in praise of Roberts. An Eng- lishman admires bravery in an enemy al- most as much as he does in himself, and I really believe that if Cronje were to come to England he would receive an ovation second only to that to be given Lord Rob- erts. The telegraph stations this morning were taken possession of by crowds, waving forms on which were three words, “Cronje has surrendered.” The operators have not been so worked since the fall of Khartoum, two years ago. Special officers had to be dispatched from the stations to preserve order. Flags were floating everywhere. A huge union jack floated from housetop to housetop across the Strand, almost touch- ing the heads of passersby on the ‘buses. The newspaper delivery wagons had the national emblem flying triumphantly from their whips. Almost everybody appeared in khaki and red-colored ties that are now being sold by all haberdashers. Remarkable Scenes. The fact that today is the nineteenth an- niversary of the Majuba Hill disaster has been an added incentive to the general re- joicing. In the service hospitals the scenes were pathetic. The old veterans shouted and cheered and danced about as they had not done in years and years. One soldier, hobbling about with a cane, echoed what was in hie comrades’ heart by remarking, “Now let us hear of the relief of Lady- smith, and I can dle happ; This evening London is preparing to cel- ebrate the victory with untired vigor. The staid old Globe has a powerful searchlight attached to one of its windows and js flashing different colored lights up and cown the Strand. Crowds are already be- ginning to collect on that thoroughfare and by midnight it will probably be a dense mass. The service clubs have their illu- minated decorations shining brilliantly and all England, after spending the evening in rejoicing, will sleep better tonight than has been possible since the war began. Reforms Needed. Milltary reorganization has been promised by the government, but what is wanted more than that {s social reform in the When the em of buying com- ions in the army was abolished it was ndly imagined that a death-blow had been struck to vicious arrangements which Rad gradually grown out of the decadence of old feudal institutions. The days having gone by when it was the duty as well as the pride of every county magnate to rally to the support of his sovereign with his own little body of followers, it continued to be the fashion for those magnates or for such members of their familles as fancied the position, to monopolize the captaincies and colonelcies and generalships in the army. In Marlborough's time and in Wellington's the arrangement worked well; but the Crimean war revealed its inherent or acquired faults. “The army,” that 1s, the genteel part of it, came to be, for plu: tocrats as well as for stocrats, the most gentlemanly of the professions. The men admitted to it might be, and often were, gcod officers as well gentlemen in the true sense of the term; but they also might be, and sometimes were, neither the one nor the other. It was in the hope of check- ing the evil that the purchase system was abolished. But what has happened? “The army” Is still nearly as close a preserve as ever it was. The young gentleman who as- Pires to be an officer can no longer buy a commission off-hand with so much money, and he has to submit to educational tests. These te however, part absurdly unneces Special Co: are for the most sary for the business Sto perform. Their only purpose, and their only result, is to keep out of “the profession” men who cannot afford the heavy expense of being crammed in all sorts of book-lore quite useless in soldier- ship. Promotion From the Ranks. It is true that “promotion from the ranks” is now allowed; but the reform has re- solved itself into little more than a device for enabling young gentlemen, too witless to pass the exgminations for which they have been crammed, to enter the army by a side door. If they enlist as “common soldiers” they are allowed special privi- leges by which their “gentility” {s con- served until, after a few months, excuse 4s found for giving them the promotion for which they were destined from the first. Now and then a genuine “common sol- dier” like Hector MacDonald 1s raised from the ranks, and obtains the reward to which his bravery entitles him; but not one man out of ten who are converted from soldiers into officers {s really of ple- beian origin. Abolition of purchase has been turned into a fa Promotion from the ranks fs little more than a subterfuge. The army list is crowded with the names of men who have really bought their commis- sions, and have done so not for the honor of serving their country, but for the sake of the spurtous dignity that it gives them. They may or may not figure well in the clubs and ball rooms to which their com- missions give them the entree, but only these who care to make a serious business of their profession of soldfership, and have the skill as well as the will to be efficient officers, are worth having in it at any price. As it happens, the great majority are expensive luxuries. A large item in each year’s army esti- mates is what is called by a euphonism the “non-effective charges,” devoted to pro- viding half-pay for young and old gentle- men, who grumble at it as a miserable pit- tance, but to whom it is, in fact, discredit- able alms which they should be ashamed to receive. Their half-pay is payment for doing nothing after they have been shunt- ed for inability to do anything useful. This country has to bear the burden of this useless charge, and the money they draw is diverted from the use that should be made of it In paying capable officers for the services they perform. It is a crying complaint that nearly all commissioned officers below the rank of General are unable to live on their pay. This is partly because they are really un- derpald, partly because the social exigen- cies of their position throw on them un- necessary expenses in living up to the stan- dard of extravagance prescribed by the nuveaux riches with whom they have to as- soclate. Everything of this sort is a canker in England's present military organization. It must be rooted out before this country can hope to have an army fit to satisfy the requirements of the nation. Mulvaney's Opinion. Kipling’s friend Mulvaney sees very clearly this difference between the social and the military ends of the army. In “The Taking of Lungtungpen” he has this to say about it: “Wolseley be shot! Be- tune you an’ me an’ that butterfly net, he's a ramblin’, incoherent sort av a divil, wid wan of on the quane an’ the coort. an’ the other on his blessed sclf-everiost. in'ly playin’ Saysar an’ Alexandrier rowlea into a lump. Now Bobs (Lord Roberts) is a sensible little man.. Wid Bobs an’ a ee el EOE Ee ee ee few three-year-olds I'd swap any army ay the earth into a towel, an’ throw it away afterwards.” Bad Stores for the Army. The British army {s now suffering from the sharp practices of commissariat com- missioners, as the American army did in Cuba, and several contractors have ‘been found guilty of supplying bad stores to the troops. Apparently the authorities seem to believe that willful fraud was in- tended, for they have struck the names of the contractors off their lists and have discharged from the army some officers who had passed the stores as satisfac- tory. The secretary of state thought the case so bad that he took legal opinion as to the advisability of beginning crim- inal proceedings, but the attorney gen- eral believed a prosecution would not suc~ ceed. The offense is a civil breach of an undertaking, and damages might be re- covered if the state had to make up the deficit by purchasing at a higher price. This, however, is all that could be done. Gladstone Memor! The question of the allotment of a site on the Hne of the new Holborn to Strand thoroughfare for the national memorial to Mr. Gladstone is engaging the attention of the authorities. Some difficulty has been experienced in making a suitable allotment owing to the size and tmportance of the Monument. As designed by Mr. Hamo Thornycroft it has a cruciform base, meas- uring about twenty-six feet every way, with a pavement round it about six feet wide. It 1s proposed that the memorial shall have an architectural basement of Portland stone, and shall be surmounted in the center by a bronze statue of Mr Gladstone in the robes of the chancellor of the exchequer. Seated statues or groups, also in bronze, will be placed on the pro- jecting portioms of the base. The total height of the memorial will be about thir- ty-two feet, and it will occupy, with the pavement, a superficial area of about 1,106 feet. Three positions have been suggested for the erection, one at the junction of the new main street with the Crescent road, the second immediately to the west of St. Clement Dane’s Church, and the third im- mediately to the west of the Church of St. Mary-le-Strand. It was at first thought that the first-named position would be the Most suitable, but eventually it was de- cided by the committee to ask the county council to allot the site to the west of St. Clement Dane's Church, which pos- sesses the advantage of a _ southerly aspect—an important consideration where London statues are concerned. The applicgtion will no doubt be granted by the county council. Before, however, the al- lotment can be finally made the consent of the commissioner of works will have to be obtained under the provisions of a statute, which enacts that no monument shall be erected in the London streets without his sanction. Fussing About Cromwell. The annual debate on Cromwell in the house of commons took a new turn thig year. Heretofore the discussions have been on a motion to erect a statue to the pro- tector at government expense within the halls of the houses of parliament and the motion has invariably been lost. Between the last regular session and this, however, @ magnificent statue, the “anonymous” gift of Lord bery, Was erected in the foreground of Westminster Hall, the site being selected by the first commis- sioner of public works. As none of the government's money was expended on the statue, on: would naturally suppose parliament exercises no control over it, but Mr. Swift MacNeal, one of the Irish mem- bers, found a way out of the difficulty. The house was peacefully discussing the vote on account, when Mr. MacNeal arose and objected to 1t because part would have to be expended in cleaning the Cromwell statue. “And I would not spend a penny to whitewash Cromwell,” shouted Mr. Mac- Neal. Then he launched into a tirade against the “arch enemy of Ireland,” and moved to reduce the vote by £100. The house took up the discussion, and even the government, in the person of Mr. Balfour, had a say. Eventually the motion was lost by a majority of over 100. It is easy to un- derstand why the Irish members. should have raised a protest against the statue. With the best intentions in the world, Cromwell failed, as many other great Eng- lishmen hav> done, to govern Ireland well, and earned the hatred of the people whom he conquered. But there is difficulty in comprehending the attitude of English members like Mr. Gibson Bowls and Mr. Disraeli, who, apparently in all seriousness, want to revive the party quarrels of the seventeenth century, and, fn the royalist zeal, to wreak vengeance on this unoffend- Ing statue, as Charles 11 did on Cromwell's corpse. Nor is it easy to see why Mr. Bal- four should have thought !t necessary to give at length his reasons for thinking Cromwell an overrated man, who did great things, apparently through th> sheer force of circumstances. The whole wrangle over the statue to a man whom all must agree in considering one of the greatest English rulers, and who has been dead nearly 250 years, has surely been a little unworthy of parliament. It is to be hoped that the ques- tion has now been settled once for all. Catholics in the Transvaal. The Osservatore Romano, the principal Vatican organ, has been conspicuous in its attacks upon this country ever since the beginning of the trouble in South Africa. It has out-Heroded Herod in the bitterness of its anti-British sentiments. Very nat- urally this has been far from pleasant to prominent English Catholics, who will, it 1s stated, take an opportunity of publicly pro- testing at a meeting to be held this week under the presidency of the Duke of Nor- folk. It would indeed be interesting to learn why the Osdervatore Romano should attack Great Britain unless it 1s because the press which supports the Italian govern- ment has been British in its sympathies, and it was therefore the cue of this journal to take the other sidc—which it has done most violently. Why Catholics, whether in Italy or Ireland, should sympathize with the Boers would, apart from other political issues, be an inscrutable mystery. Mr. William Redmond has, as we know, receiv- ed from Dr. Leyds a letter, in which it 4s ciaimed that Catholics in the Transvaal are on an equality with people of other denomi- rations. The statement has been rudely ard very authoritatively contradicted by all sorts and conditions of Catholics who have lived in and krow the conditions in South Africa. Among the latest of these 1s Mr. Patrick O'Hea, a Durban_barrister, who declares categorically that Dr. Leyds’ statement is “a downright huge falsehood, and no one knows that better than Dr. Leyds himself.” Mr. O'Hea proceeds 10 give glaring instances of the disabilities under which his coreligionists suffered in the Transvaal, of men offered public sit- tations only on condition that they would renounce their religious faith, and of their indignant refusal to do so; of the exclusive subsidizing of Protestant schools,and of the “disingenuousness and contemptible duplic- ity” with which the administration of which Dr. Leyds was a member treated a petition of Catholics for redress of their grievances. Nothing could be'more definite jor explicit than Mr. O'Hea’s refutation of the preposterous story of Dr, Leyds, Pats Us on the Back. The Edinburgh Scotsman in a patroniz- ing leader encourages America for adopt- ing “English methods of colonization in the Philippines.” ‘The leader was suggested by the first half of the Philippine commis- stoners’ report transmitted to Congress, the mail reports.of which have just reached here. ‘The American,” says the.Scotsman, “does not mind burdening himself; that is his own affatr. But with very creditable fairness he percefves that the inhabitants of his new dependencies in the far east may have differetit views and interests. Perhaps the most’ striking of the broader conclusions to which the Philippine com- mission has come’are those which enjoin equal trade factifties to all nations carry- ing on business With the islands and the adoption of the merit system in filling ad- ministrative and other offices, whether with American citizens or with better-class na- tives who may be deemed equal fo the work. * * * Any attempt on the part of the Americahs ta establish a preferential tariff in the Philfppines to the exclusion of the trade of other ‘nations or to make the civil posts the reward of eminence in party political warfare in the states would have involved the perpetuation of the very evils which the United States had professed her desire to destroy. Admiral (sic) Mahan, one of the most respected thinkers upon questions of imperial moment in the states, writing shortly after the end of the war, We Can Now Supply Our Patrons With **MISSISQUOI” Mineral Water From the Celebrated Missisquoi Spring of Sheldon, Vt. For 40 Years the Most Efficient Water in This Country for KIDNEY and BLADDER TROUBLES AND DISEASES of the BLOOD. E. P. Mertz, mh10-s&tu-tf Eleven-Ten F Street N. W. contrasted the Spanish and British co- lonial systems, the former as a warning, the latter as an example for his country- men. Especially did he point to our rule in India and Egypt, with its incalculable blessings for the governed, as worthy of American {mitation.”” After rejoicing that the United States ts following Captain Mahan's advice, the Scotsman congratulates the Philippine commissioners upon the thoroughness and carefulness of their work, and says if this report is carried out the Filipinos will in time bless the Americans for insisting in their claim to absolute sovereignty. EEE ‘S SUFFER FROM COLD. Report on Condition of Eckington Public School Building. The attention of Dr. Wm. C. Woodward, the District health officer, was recently in- vited by Dr. P. E. Nagle of 312 R street northeast to the condition of the Eckington public school building. Dr. Nagle stated to the health officer that he has a child at- tending the seventh grade, who has twice been sick this winter, her {llness being at- tributed by him to the fact that the room in the school building has been so cold that the children have been compelled to keep their wraps on during school hours. “I have visited the school,” wrote Dr. Nagle, “‘and spoken to the teacher, Miss Parker, about the matter. She informed me that the condition of affairs is known by the school authorities, and so far no steps thave been taken to remedy the mat- ter, except to send the children home every cold day. Other parents have also visited the school, and have so far obtained no sat- isfaction. “There have been very many cases of sickness in the neighborhood, and 1 believe many of them are directly traceable to the insanitary condition of the school. I am forced to appeal to you, because we have in vain appealed to the school authorities. Will you kindly give the matter your atten- tlon? The health officer referred the complaint to Professor J. D. Hird, the District chem- ist, who reported it to be well founded. He eaplained that the building Is one of re- cent construction, being equipped with the Smead system of heating and ventilating supplemented by a fan. Without entering largely into details as to the efficiency of this system, Professor Hird said he desired to state that the result of his investigation disclosed the fact that the furnaces are !n- adequate, during cold weather, to sufficient- ly heat the entering fresh air, having found this state of affairs to exist, he added, even at a time when the temperature of the out- side air was above the freezing point. “So far as my investigations went,” Prof. Hird said, in conclusion, “and so far as I was able to judge, there seems to be no other solution to the problem here than the introduction of two more furnaces. At present there are but two, which are en- Urely inadequate to properly heat the building in cold weather. I submit herewith a copy of the temperatures observed in the various rooms during the months of Janu- ary and February, which will show that the temperature of this building as a whole is not up to the standard. This being so there could be but two causes for it: ineffi- clency on the part of the janitor, or ineffi- ciency on the part of the heating system, and from my observations I am led to the conclusion that the latter is responsible for the deficiency, and not the former.” The health officer has forwarded Prof. Hird’s report to the Commissioners with the recommendation that steps be taken to provide sufficient and suitable heating fa- cilities for this school building. —_.—__ THE PLANS CONSIDERED. PUPD Early Beginning Promised of Public Library Construction. A meeting of the Washington public brary commission was held today, at which the plans for the building, which is to be erected upon the Mount Vernon Square site with the fund of $350,000 do- nated by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, were care- fully considered, preparatory to inviting proposals for the construction of the build- ing. Mr. Bernard Green, who was in charge of the construction of the Congres- sional Library, and who will perform the same duty in connection with the Wash- ington public library, was present at to- day's meeting of the commission. He ex- plained that a further revision of the plans will be necessary, and a meeing of the com- mission will be held in two or three days for the purpose of approving of this revis- fon. In the opinion of the commission, it will be possible to advertise for proposals for constructing the building in about ten or fifteen days’ time. ae SPONGE FISHING INDUSTRY. Arranging for Closed Seasons to Per- ‘ mit Breeding. The War Department has been informed that General A. R. Chaffee, brigadier gen- eral of volunteers, and General Wood's chief of staff, has issued an order regarding the sponge fishing industry of Cuba. The new order directs that the sponge-breeding region on the north coast, extending from the harbor of Cardenas to that of Nuevitas, and on the southern coast from Cape Fran- ces to the harbor of Cienfuegos, be divided each into two sections or zones—to the east and west of Caibarien on the north, and of the harbor of Batabano on the south. One section of the breeding fields thus divided will be closed on both the northern and southern coasts alternate years during the breeding season, March, April and May, the zones closing one season, opening the next, and so on, in successive years. This year sponge fishing is prohibited in the western zones of the regions, both north and south, and allowed in the eastern sec- tions. The captains of the ports of Catba- rien have been charged with the strict en- forcement of this order within their re- spective jurisdictions. nn For a Board of Plumbing. Mr. McMillan today introduced in the Sen- ate a bill to establish a board of plumbing in the District of Columbia. It provides that the Commissioners shall appoint three licensed master plumbers, residents of the District of Columbia, and one citizen and resident of the District, by profession a civic engineer, who, with one of the Com- missioners of the District, to be designated by them from time to time, shall constitute a board of plumbing; and the Commissioner so designated shall be ex officio president of the board. This board is to have full power to make or repeal plumbing regulations. The bill abolishes the office of inspector of plumbing. Missouri Congressional Nominati: 8. W. Jurden of Holden, Mo., has been nominated for-Congress ‘by the republican convention of the sixth district. Use Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup for Stub- |- Siete amectins in a_remareably shore time. be'conrinced. Price, 25 cent DEFORMED NOSES Changed to Any Desired Shape by a Painless Operation. The Nose, when well-moulded, gives beauty to the whole counte- nance, and there can be no real beau- ty with a homely nose. The pug nose, the bulbous nose, the humped crooked or Roman nose, the broad, flat or narrow nose, if it points up or down, if too long or too short—no matter what are its imperfections, it can be remodeled by a simple, pain- less operation and transformed into a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Operations of this nature are successfully per- formed only at the John H. Woodbury Dermato- logical Institute, and are never undertaken unless all conditions are favorable. A book on the Skin; Scalp, Com- plexion and Features, and all information, will given to any one who will cail or write JOHN H. WOODBURY, 26 West 234 st.. New York, of Walnut st.. ‘Philadelphia. Woodbury’s Facial Soap and Cream keep the Skin Young, Fresh and Clean. Sold everywhere. > Souvenirs of Washington. A New, Beautiful, Traveling Bag. We're showing this week a line of the handsomest Satchels a lady can carry. They're the Oxford Hornback Satchels $ 450°" of genuine horn-back $5 De ee alligator leather, leather lined, with pockets, gilt lock and 25 Qcatbes, strong and bandsome- ly finished throughout. Steamer Trunks. Iron bound, iron bottom, eight hardwood cleats, steel ‘clamps and corners, good lock snd catches, cloth-lined throughout. 5 sizes, 28-in. 30-in. 32-in. Eiseman Bros., Cor. 7th and EL A Great ih Top Coat | | for $12.50 | —a better made, a more stylish garment, is this one of Oxford | Cheviot. than we have ever of- fered before. Oxford Cheviots ||| | are the correct Top Coats for spring. Ours have all the style | and all the superior qualities which custom-made garments |! have. Full broad shoulders— |) the proper fullness—the correct length. Lined to the edge with an elegant quality of black silk. Would bring $15 as well as $12.50, but at $12.50 it leads the world. Spring Patterns in Suitings, Tronserings end Top-ccatings are ready in the tailoring pass haan iememanaan COR.7Y ann E& {{Lmn13-o0a SS . 5 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR. We are also att lot of All B: Hair Switches at great bargains. | 12S Human 00 Bwitches reduced to $1.50. 0 Switcnes reduced 19 Se Gray avd White Hair reduced in ‘came Droportion. Mme. Siccardi, Til 11th st., next to Private rooms for wel Royal. = PIANOS AND ORGANS. A BABY GRAND IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE THE PIANO TO BLY, Our sales of small grands this sea- son have far exceeded all previous records. You do not have to pay $1,000 for such a piano, as we can sell you one for much less, and fully equal to any on the market. You may have easy terms, too, if desired. Our list includes the Weber, Estey, Ivers & Pond, and Fischer, in Mahogany, Walnut and Oak Cases. SANDERS & STAYMAN, 1327 F ST. N.W. Percy S. Foster, Manager. BALTIMORE STORE, 15 NX. CHARLES 87. “EVERYTHING IN THE MUSIC LINE.”* mbi3-tf $3.75 $4.25 $475 With all trunks we furnish strap and mark name FREE. TOPHAM’S Traveler's and Fine Leather Goods Factory, 1231-1233 Pa. Ave. FACTORY, 1218-1220 E ST. VIN MARIANI Mariani Wine--World Famous Tonic A mild stimulant, the only one that it rn) FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE LEE EEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEELEEEEPEEE, Fok debbebebdd debbie: has no unpleasant reaction, and produces no harmful effects. Th in asserted after continued experience during the past thirty-five yea All Druggists. Refuse Substitates. Gold Nose Gi: ses or Spectacles in solid sliver or goldailiea for 0 years, \ D estate oes close and at dis- r frames, guaranteed tances at $1.50. A. KAHN, 935 F St mh12-24t* Ee We are sweater specialists We handle them by the thousand. Fine Saxony Wool Vorsted Yarn Sweaters, plain colors and stripes, Men's and 8c to $4.50° lustrated Catalogue free by . Auerbach,7 &H mh13-204 GIRLS’ REFORM SCHOOL, Preposed Amendments to the Act of Incorporation. Chairman Babcock of the House District committee has received a communication from the Attorney General, inclosing a let- ter from the president of the board of trus- tees of the reform school for girls submit- ting proposed amendments to the law in- corporating that institution, desired to be enacted at this time. One amendment changes the limit of age for the admission of girls, from eighteen years to sixteen years; provides a limited discharge or parole system, and also for the power of temporary transfer of girls to the workhouse. Another section of the bill brings the approval of the appointments of officers and employees of the school under the au- thority of the Attorney General instead of the District Commissioners. The Attorney General approves the pro- am ents and requests the com- mittee to act favorably upon the bill which he submits, and which Mr. Babcock will in- troduce. ——$_+2+____ Aria a Success. A dispatch from Buffalo says that Miss Mildred Holland made a pronounced per- sonal success at the Star Theater last night in Theodore Kremer’s new four-act ro- mantic play, “Aria,” an adaptation of Schiller’s somber “Kabale und Liebe.” It will be produced in this city next week. ee —___ Relief of Arctic Adventurers. The Senate bill for the relief of four of the members of the Lady Franklin bay relief expedition, by placing them ~ the tired list of the signal corps, was favor- ably reported from the House committee on military affairs today, oe ‘The Next District Day. -_Next Monday will be District day in the House, by an agreement reached yesterday afternoon, after-the conclusion of the con- tested election proceedings in the House. Second-hand Upright Piano, *150. But as good as new—and guaran- teed same as if new. None of your friends would ever guess that this magnificent $300 Upright Pano hed been used—so well is it preserved se und tone. It's a lucky chance because We are going to sell it — ha. 80, First = iain viz., F. G. Smith, 1225 Pa. Ave. it KNABE UprightPiano, Small size, rosewood case—in “‘new"? cous dition and’a real, rare bargain, $225 Cash. Pfeiffer’s Piano Warerooms mh13-20tf 929 F STREET. CHICKERING PIANOS, ALSO Hallet & Davis, TicPhail, Marshall & Wendeli, Pease and other Reliable Instruments—fully guaranteed, and for sale at fair prices and on accommodating term. Old Pianos taken in part payment. Pianos tuned, repaired, moved and packed. Telephone 1218. John F. Ellis & Co., mb3-tf {7_ PENNSYLVANIA AVE. TWO PIANO BARGAINS. UPRIGHT PIANO— $150 Knabe Upright Piano, ..... 5225 nearly new—cost $600. Stieff Piano Warerooms @irect Branch of Factory), 521 Eleventh St. N.W., mbl-28tf J. C. CONLIFF, Manager. At x KNABE’S will find just what you » ant in GRAND, UPRIGHT, SQUARE PIANO, or ORGAN ai sur: PIANOS FOR RENT. TUNING AND MOVING. Wm. Knabe & Co., 1209 Pa. Ave. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. ©, Je7-21et The Steinway : Kew,and Gichty eel oprights sod grass, Sak Droop’s Music House, 43-158 925 Penszayivania Avesma,