Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1900, Page 13

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900—-TWENTY-TWO PAGES, If you want to buy, sell,, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact 1 the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. MEDALS OF HONOR! Bestowed by Sons of the American Revolution. MANY PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES Senator Lodge’s Eloquent Tribute to the Results of the War. —_—__+—__——_ OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES —_.+—_— "The monthly meeting of the District of ‘Columbia Society of the Sons of the Amer- 4ean Revolution, at Rauscher’s Hall, last night, was made the occasion of a very in- teresting patriotic celebration, In which several score of persons prominent in of- ficial and social life of the capital partici- pated. The principal event of the evening was ‘the presentation of medals by order of the mational society to officers of the navy and of the regular and volunteer army, for con- spicuous service rendered in the war with Spain. This ceremony was followed by a mumber of patriotic speeches, the evening ‘concluding with a collation. Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, president of the society, presided. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Childs, chaplain of the so- ciety, routine business was disposed of and Gen. Vincent introduced Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, who had been invited to be the orator of the occa- sion. Senator Lodge's Address. Senator Lodge said that the war with Spain, which this celebration commemo- rated, was a brief but momentuous strug- gle. It might have come later, it perhaps ought to have come earlier, but it came in 2S8us. It was a just and necessary war; of the interests of humanity ary, because in no other way was it possible to put an end to Span- ish dominion in this hemisphere. Charles Sumner said thirty years ago that Spanish colonial dominion in America was a hideous anachronism. It was more hideous the long- er it lasted. “As I conceive {t."" sald Senator Lodge, “we give these medals to mark the ap- proval of this society of the conduct of the men who went into this war. These men represented in I84S the spirit ef those who carried this country to independence in Tt {s well to mark our approval by g as enduring as bronze.” n that September after- he meditated on the om whose work he had brought to nd later when he signed the was ag : e than on that December night wh n he crossed at Trenton. With- the work of the revolution would me for naught. Must Continue the Work. the work w We must t pilities and meet them. ictories, but fre will be er still ff we draw out of the war reater results which are po: h fol- ke up Some p2ople think it Is oe. I think it is for weal. (Loud gp- © a great work on our own to the work of Gen. Greely’s cables, he had very little independent action. “All my movements were directed from Washington,” said Capt. Jewell, “and, co sequently, I accomplished but _ little. (Laughter) Lieut. Breckinridge, who was with Gen. Lawton in the Philippines, was called upon, and made a few brief but happy remarks. His father, Gen. Breckinridge, followed, and took occasion to pay a glowing tribute to Gen. Lawton, and upheld the policy of this government with respect to the Phil- ippines. Surgeon General Sternberg of the army told of the improvements of modern times in caring for the health of armies, and said that in the Philippines the mortality from sickness ts less than from battle, “hich is reversing the experience of the past. Gen. Boynton's Talk. Gen. H. V. Boynton, when called upon, said the presiding officer had neen conduct- ing the proceedings entirely to his satistac- tion until he had drawn upon him for a speech. However, he was glad to pay his tribute to the men who went to the front. Gen. Boynton lauded the conduct of the campaign in Cuba, and said that the army and navy in the civil war had accomplished results which would stand for all time. He referred pleasantly to the time when General Breckinridge and himself, in the Army of the Cumbreland, had confronted General Wheeler, the confederate cavalry leader, who “made {t as lively for us as he had been making it for the Filipinos.” If any one had told him then that he would live to see the day when he and General Wheeler would stand under the banner of the same patriotic order and be filled alike with devotion for the same flag he would have thought the prophet was crazy. This cementing of the tles of a reunited country was to him one of the greatest re- Its of the Spanish war. “We now stand together,” sald General Boynton, “citizens of a consummated na- tionality.” Rear Admirals Hichborn and Barker were called upon for speeches, but begged to be excused, and the company then adjourned to the collation room. At last night's meeting the officers re- cently elected and the new committees were announced, as follows: Officers and Committees. President, Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, U. 8. A.; vice presidents, Mr. William J. Rhees, Mr. Wm. Hamilton Bayly, Gen. Geo. M. Sternberg; recording secretary, Mr. Wal- lace Donald McLean; corresponding secre- tary, Mr. Wm. H. Pearce; treasurer, Mr. H. P. R. Holt; register, Dr. Ira W. Dennison; assistant register, Dr. Albert C. Peale; his- torlan, Prof. John W. Chickering; chaplain, Rey. Thomas 8. Childs, D. D. Board of management, consisting of the officers, ex-officio, and the following com- patriots: Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, Mr. Al- bert D. Spangler, Mr. Wm. Wheeler Hub- bell, Mr. John B. Thompson, Col. Chas. W. Coombs, Mr. Wm. L. Marsh, Dr. E. M. Gal- laudet, Mr. Francis E. Grice, Mr. John B. Wight, Dr. John W. Bayne, Mr. Noble D. Larner, Mr. John Paul Earnest, Mr. Ber- nard R. Green, Mr. Wm. A. DeCaindry, Mr. Francis H. Parsons. Executive committee—Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, chairman; Mr. John B, Thompson, Mr. William A. De Caindry, Mr. Noble D. Larner, Dr. Jno. W. Bayne, Rev. T. S. Childs, D. D. Ways and means—Mr. Chas. D. Walcott, chairman; Mr. William Van Zandt Cox, Mr. Darius A. Green, Mr. A. S. Perham, Col. J. F. Treutlen, Col. Myron M. Parker, Mr. B. H. Warner. Building committee—Mr. Bernard R. Green, chairman; Mr. App'eton P. Clark, Jr., Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, Library committee—Mr. Henry ©. Hall, chairman; Mr. Zebina Moses, Mr. Henry W. Van Dyke. Advancement committee—Col. H. _ F. int, chairman; Gen. Rufus Saxton, Mr. F. T. Beale, Mr. Justice David J. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, € Felix Mr. Wm. P. Frye, Admiral W. K. Capt. ewton M. Brooks, Van_Reypen, ifield Proctor, Admiral Philip Hic Matthew G. Emery, Mr. Chas. Venor. eetings committee—Mr. William H. Pearce, chairman; Mr. John Paul Earnest, Mr. Wm. y Curtis, Mr. Ernest Wil- kinson, Mr. Chas , Mr. John B. Lar- ra W. Den- . Peale, Prof. can do $t on another . and we can take the part in the affairs of mankind which I bellizve in my 2 assigned to us by an over- jon of Senator Lodge’ ested to deliver the med- pients who were pres- and each medalist was ap- ived his trophy. Wheeler advanc © broke into chee > greeted the valoy The names of two medalists, now Arthur I. Flagg and Alfred the audience? standing as t. List of Medalists. - list of those entitled to medals was follows: Fran Adams, Harry R. son, John Babeock, Albert S. John W. yne, Frank M. Bennett, B. Ba ’. Boynton, Joseph C. Breckinridge, . C. Brow Bernard A. Byrne, Charle ne Chase, Colby M, Ches Cowles, Cleland Davi *, Arthur I. Flagg. Ja: Ww. ¢ Chas. R. Cc. Gre: John P. pely, , Lyman W. V. Kennon, Lor F. Jewell, L , Robert rren P. David Wheeler, Se of thanks, and on Samson he was al member of the so- E. My ang & patriotic accompanied by Mr. Kimball at the Gen, Wheeler's Speech. Vincent called upon for a speech. Gen. Wheeler sa was eruel to ask a person who has no nsions to oratory to speak after a man > is, as all agree, the most accomplished nd scholar in the Senate. He sald nator Lodge had apologized for his redness. But a life of study and S prepared, as he So with our n. tury we have been i spirit among the peo- ple. The patriotic training of the children fs the preparation which makes a nation great and will make it always victorious in War. 1 building up glad to hear Senator Lodge say blessings of berty we enjoy can of our country to said Gen. Wheeler in ry hemisphere,’ in response to a call spoke briefly of the He nm the task of the corps to he south ci of Cuba within five the White House. It was the jznal corps of the army which gave the “ws of the entrance of Cervera's fleet at Santiago. He said he thought every one yould admit that the Santiago campalgn J shortened the w: ALD was Gen. Shat army in fhe tre more twenty minutes from thi t of the United States,” seid Gen z He told of work of the signal corps fa the Philippines, and said the propor- fienaie mortality of the corps was greater rap o the line of the army. He sald the was handling 140,000 military mes- & month. s sas & sonth, Capt Jewell of the navy was next called wpon fers speech. He said his part in the war Was Very inconspicuous. He had com- granded one of the fast cruisers, which was suppesed to be @ jookout ship, but, owing eceptability committe ir. Wm. A. De Caindry, chairma ble D. Larner, Mr. Henry K. Press commit hairman; Mr. W. Samson. Recruiting and lookout committee—Wm. L. Marsh, airman; Dr. Frank Baker, Col. LE. Clark, Dr. Joseph T. Johnson, Dr. D. S. Lamb, Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, Mr. Charles A. Marlatt, Mr. Wm. B. Gurl Mr. Edward A. Mosely, Dr. Swan M. Bur. nett, Prof. Frank W. Ciarke, Mr. John W Douglas, Capt. F. W. Dickens, Lieut. Col. Robert Craig, Prof. Charles E. Monroe, Mr. George C 3 Mr. Lioyd B. Wight, Dr. Henry A. Robins, Mr. Philip F. Larner, Mr. Francis E. Leupp, Mr. Henry W. Reed, Capt. Charles L. Campbell, Col. John B. Brownlow, Col. H. B. McKean, Commander George W. Baird, Mr. John D. Biddis, Mr. Herbert P. Gerald, Mr#Charles A. Erney, Dr. Francis J. Woodman, Mr. R. M. Pat- rick, Dr. Charles W. Richardson, Mr. Rob- ert A. Smith, Mr. J. Elfreth kins, jr., Mr. Wm. Whipple, Mr. Theodore L. Cole, Mr. Lewis J. Mauro, Dr. Edward A. Bal- loch. Mr. John R. Graham, Mr. Wilson G. Reed, Mr. Jefferson H. Jennings, Mr. Fred D. Owen, Mr. Wm. B. Thompson, Mr. Ma- son N. Richardson, Mr. Sidney I. Besse- Hevre. Delegates—The president and senior vice president, ex officio: Mr. W. V. Cox, Mr. N. D. Larner, Mr. John Goode, Mr. J. P. Earnest, Dr. J. W. Bayne. Alternates—Mr. F. E. Grice, Gen. George M. Sternberg, Mr. B. H. Warner, Mr. E. 8. Parker, Mr. S. I. Besselievre. ee AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. Gen. Henry V. Boynton, nest G. Walker, Mr. Hen- Discussing the British Treaty in Sen- ate Executive Session. In the executive session of the Senate yes- terday afternoon two efforts to amend the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relative to the disposition of estates were defeated by very decisive votes. One of the amendments offered was to strike out section 5 of the agreement extending the same privileges to each of the two na- tions in the matter of acquiring or holding property that may be extended te any other nations. The motion to amend was lost, 17 to 20. The other proposed amendment related to the striking out of the provision authorizing the Queen of Great Britain or the President of the United States to extend the provi- sions of the treaty to the dependencies of the two countries. This also was lost on a vote of about the same proportions as the other. The principal speeches in support of the amendments and in opposition to the spirit of the treaty were made by Senators Jones of Arkansas, Turner, Pettigrew and Sulli- van. They were replied to by the republl- can members of the committee on foreign relations. The debate was entirely legal in its scope. The treaty will be taken up again this afternoon at the conclusion of the legislative session of the Senate. ———__-- e -_____ Outlook for Eight-Hour Legislation. President Gompers and other officials of the Federation of Labor recently called on Speaker Henderson to discuss the outlook for legislation on the eight-hour bill, the bill against convict-made goods, and that limiting the issuance of injunctions by federal courts. Although several of the members of the delegation preferred to place the injunction bill foremost, it was the final view of Mr. Gompers and all his associates that the eight-hour measure should be first to receive attention from Congress. This led Speaker Henderson to express his personal views on the eight- hour question. He said he had always be- Meved that the product of a man working efght hours a day was much better than that from a man compelled to work longer hours Ne Sine Was set for taking up the eight-hour slation, ag the callers made no request tp that lng, GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM New York Democrats Want Changes in Chicago Platform. D, B. HILL'S RE-ENTRY INTO POLITICS Revival of the Plan for a Trans- continental Highway. NATIONAL GUARD MATTERS Speelal Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 21, 1900. ‘There are indications that the democrats will indulge in considerable tinkering with the Chicago platform when the national convention meets at Kansas City on July 4 this year. This 1s undoubtedly the case, the statements of William Jennings Bryan to the contrary notwithstanding. An agreement has practically been reached among the leaders to the effect that there shall be al- terations as well as additions. It is the knowledge that this arrangement has been entered into between democratic-leaders in the south and the west that had caused David B. Hill to decide to attend the Kan- sas City convention. Then Hill expects to claim all of the credit of forcing a com- promise with the radicals now in control of the party. Were the program to include additions only,,had it not been understood here in New York that some changes are to be made, Hill would never risk the in- sults that are likely to be sho his head by the agrarians of k Nebraska. These changes, ac the program, will be made not in th ests of harmony, not because the national democratic committee cares the snap of a finger whether the New York democratic delegation sulks or takes off its coat and goes to work, but it is said they will be made rather be use the candidates and the y are entitled to a clearer statement of issues of the di than can be found In that eccentric patchwork known as the Chi- eago platform. avid B. Hill said ta be the author of the famous phrase that a po- Itical platform, like the platform of a rail- read car, is “made to get in on.” Hill having ascertained that the Kansas City platform is to differ in some respects from the Chieago platform, has evidently con- cluded that now is the time to get on the “democratic band wagon.” At any rate, this is the interpretation that is placed upon the announcement here that the for- mer democratic s¢ or from New York is to form one of the “big four” from this state. New Yorkers “Agin the Government.” The position of the New York leaders upon subjects like the Philippine Island: the Porto Rican tariff question, the Nicara- gua canal treaty, the Boer war and other subjects that have come up since the na- tional convention at Chicago four years fs easy to understand. Like Bryan, a ore pected ‘agin the government. that the New York delegation will ask the sy nsas City convention to explain the 16 to use and incorporat specific stat ment that repudiation is not meant, tha existing contracts will not be interfered with, that debts centracted on the present gold standard bi will be paid in gold in case the democrats come into power. It is argued that the Supreme Court would rule that contracts on a gold basis must be paid in gold anyhow, and that there is nothing to lose and everything to gain by th> adoption of this course, The New York leaders will iso probably urge the adoption of a plank in the platform favoring a tax upon cor- porations that trade between th? different states, thereby eliminating the income ‘lank’ pure ‘or Hill h 4 simple, which former Sen- opposed so bitterly The nomination of Debs by will probably render unn on President Cleveland caused by complica- tions growing out of the Chicago strike, eby ¢liminating the “government by in- "clause. If 4 ‘ ry and the executi made the New Yorkers want them phrase at McKin- ley’s yame shall be substituted for € land’fand the Idaho mining trouble for the fame go railway strike. the socialists y the attack upon the ju the effi and was coming Into the democratic camp this year undoubtedly their origin in the report that no refer- witt be mad® to the Chicago strike this year. The nomination of Debs for Pres dent by the socialists and th extreme wing of the likely that what has be2n a "will not figure in the platform this year. If the convention should drop Debs to curry favor with the Cleveland wing of the democratic party it will undoubtedly swell the vote for the railway agitator. The democratic lead- ors here have never fancied Debs, and they are glad that he has taken himself out of the party. But they pro! to be seriously alarmed by the recent gathering at Indian- apolis of the gold standard democrats, and the threat to put another national demo- eratic uck3t In the field this year. Whisky Trust in Hard Luck. According to the representations of one of the stockholders of the whisky trust its surplus of nearly a miliion dollars in 1896 has melted away, it has ceased to pay divi- dends and its common stock is selling on the curb at about 7 and its preferred at about 26. In the supreme court, Brooklyn, the other day, Bert Reiss, a stockholder, representing about 2,40) shares, asked au- thority to examine the books of the Ameri- can Spirits Refining Company, the legal title of the trust. In his aplication Reiss, for the stockholders’ protective committee, avers that the officials of the trust have di- verted about $20,000,000 to the loss and det- riment of the stockholders. He says it has been impossible to get a clear oficial state- ment of the workings of the trust, his de- mand upon the secretary having been re- fused. The most serious charge he makes is that “the assets, surplus and property of the American Spirits Manufacturing Company have been diverted from the stockholders for the benefit of a corporation known as the Spirits Distributing Company, organized by certain directors and officials of the American Spirits Company.” Plan for a National Highway. Once more the plan of a national high- way from the Atlantic to the Pacific has been revived, this time by owners of auto- mobiles. The Automobile Club of America, which has 20 members, 150 of whom live in this city, is taking active steps to popular- ize the movement for a good road from sea to sea. A commission of enthusiastic auto- mobilists has been appointed, among its members being Gen, Nelson A. Miles, Col. Peter S. Mitchie and Prof. Samuel BE. Till- man of the United States Military Academy and Maj. Richard L, Soxie of the Engineer Corps, U. S. A. This commission will hold first meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria April 2, and the movement will be formally launched at a dinner in honor of Gen. Miles. Among the speakers will be Gen. Roy Stone, head of the department of road inquiry under the Department of Agricul- ture, who has expressed his sympathy with the movement. Automobilists intend that the highway shall be built independent of existing roads and the expense borne by the United States, uided by states through which the road will pass. Artillery Branch of National Guarda. The first official steps have been taken by the National Guard authorities of the state toward perfecting the artillery branch of the service. The orders just issued provide rules for the drill and instruction of the batteries of light artillery, They mean that this branch of the service, which ia the National Guard has heretofore been run on a sort of “hit-and-miss” order, in the future will be conducted similarly to that of the regular army. There will be schools of instruction during the drill season tor officers, non-commissioned officers and ad- vanced privates. A record, it is provided, shall be kept of such schools, for which the senior officer shall be responsible, and which shall be examined by the inspector at each inspection. There will be more out- door drills, with actual target practice and loaded shells. These drills will include Tange-finding, ammunition supply and fire discipline, in both elementary practice and battery service. In addftion, there will be more attention paid to the care of horses and harness. To Educate White Children. Gen. O. O. Howard and Col. Henry H. Adams have issued an appeal to the wealthy residents of New York for contri- butions to educate the white population of Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Gen. Howard and Col. Adams say that millions have been centributed to ameliorate the condition of the negroes, but that nothing has been done to assist the whites. Schools are so crowded in Cumberland district that three children occupy the same desk, and a fund is needed for a building to be called “The Lincoln Memorial University." One hundred thous- and dollars is the sum solicited from the citizens of New York. oe CHARGES IN THE HOUSE, Acrimonious Turn to the Lond Bill Debate. In the House yesterday afternoon Mr. McPherson (Iowa), in support of the Loud bill, denounced the lobby which, he sald, was infesting the corridors and galleries of the House, carrying on a corrupt campaign against the measure During the course of his remarks Mr. Hill (Conn.), rising to a question of privi- lege, stated that literature In opposition to the bill was being distributed on the floor of the House by the pages. He demanded that the rule should be enforced. The Speaker directed the employes of the House to cease distributing the documents. Mr. McPh mn, proceeding, attacked Mr. Lentz, creating something of a sensation by characterizing him as the attorney for the lobby. Mr. Lentz was not on the floor at the time, but Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, promptly called Mr. McPherson to rder. Mr. McPherson withdrew the word “‘at- torney’’ and was allowed to proceed, Mr. Burke (Texas) advocated the passage of the bill. He said he had never heard more discussion over a subject that de- served so little as this. He was satisfied that not one objection could be raised to the bill that would stand the test of inves- tigation. . Mr. Snodgrass (Tenn.) and Mr. Vandiver (Mo.) opposed the measure. At this juncture Mr. Lentz (Ohio), rising to a question of privilege, replied to the strictures of Mr. McPherson earlier in the session, saying that he was surprised that a member, even with the Imited experi- ence in the rules of decency enjoyed by the gentleman from Io should have charged him with being the attorney of a lobby in connection with the pending bill. He pro- ceeded to explain the circumstances under which he had brought into the House the books and pamphlets complained of, and, in conclusion, said he did not know how he could protect himself from charges based upon such flimsy grounds. “But I want to say in the gentleman's teeth,” he said, “that the gentleman who charges me with being the attorney of a lobby Is undoubtedly himself the attorney of the express companies—? Here Mr. Payne (N.¥.) interposed to call Mr. Lentz to order. Later Mr. McPherson got the floor, say- ing that he had at the time withdrawn the i fic remark, but that the speech when it appeared, would dis the facts which had called it forth. said it would further show that Mr. in telegraphic correspondence aboring to defeat the bill. explained that he had tele- for information regarding the nt of postage paid by publishers. That all. Bingham he id, Lentz. Mr. which, pe Philadelphia, he continued, sent out 50 per cent of the objectionable matter complained (Pa.) supported the bill, he had hitherto opposed. of as an abuse of the second-class privi- leges. ‘The other speakers were Messrs. Coch- Mc ile (Neb) against the bill, Messrs. Heatwole (Minn.) and Latimer >.) in favor of it. Senate amendments to the urgent de- ficiency appropriation bill were non-concur- red in, and the bill sent to conference: Messrs. Cannon, Barney and Pearce were appointed conferees. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. —_——_+e APPLICATIONS FOR NEW TWOS. Already They Amount in Value to %105.000,000. Applications for the new 2 per cent bonds under the refunding law have reached $105,860,200. Results of this character with- in one week after the approval of the new law are regarded at the Treasury Depart- ment as conclusive proof of the success of the refunding project. The new cases re- ceived at the treasury yesterday amounted to about $18,850,000, and at this rate an- other week will double the amount. Most of the applications for the exchange of the o'd bonds for the new come from national banks having bonds pledged to secure cir- culation or public deposits. The bank cases represent $90,249,450 of the bonds received, but $6,610,850 of bonds owned by private and state banks and individuals have reach- ed the treasury. ‘The effort is being made to point out that the refunding is not compulsory and that any holder of the old bonds is entitled to draw interest upon them at the old-rates until the various dates of their maturity in 1904, 1007 and 1008, A considerable num- ber of protests is being received from citi- zens in the south and west against being compelled to exchange thelr bonds. They are being promptly notified that there is no obligation to make the exchange, but that it is an offer on the part of the gov- ernment, to be taken adyantage of or not, as the preference and businegs interests of the bondho!ders suggest. The classification of bonds received by the treasurer indicates that thé:3's are be- ing converted in a larger ratio:than either the 4’s or 5's. The 3 per gent bbnds in the cases settled amount to $5,883,500 out of a total outstanding of $198,791,440; the 4’s settl2d amount to $6,015,200 out of $545,345,- 200 outstanding; and the 5's settled amount to $1,322,700 eut= of $95,009,- 700 outstanding. These’ proportions may be changed at a later date, and ‘it ds expected that the 5's will be largely [presented for exchange in view of the possible withdraw- al within a few weeks of: the offer to ex- change them at the maxi rate named in the new law. Treasurer Roberts has thus far drawn checks for the payment of dif- ferences between the par value and’ the present worth of the old bonds to the amount of $1,818,446, of which $1,156,379 was drawn Wednesday. The tota! payments upon the bonds thus far presented to the division of loans would be about $10,000,000, and checks will be dispatched as rapidly as the cases can be settled, ——_o+__ Local Telephone Rates. Mr. J. M. Wilson and Mr. A. S. Worth- ington were before a subcommittee of the District Senate committee yesterday afier- noon. They spoke of the rates. of the Chesapeake and Potomac Company as be- ing as low as can be given without a loss by the company, and Mr. Worthington of- fered to open their books“to an expert of the subcommittee if necessary to demon- strate what the lowest rate for @ service Bae could be made with a reasonable profit. or To Free Political Prisoners. It is reported that President Romana of Peru is making arrangements to all political Drie ners. Pau vesrste AMERICANS IN CUBA Only a Few Adapt Themselves to the Conditions There, MOST COME HOME DISGUSTED Those in Official Life Make Them- selves Comfortable. THE DAILY ROUTINE (Copsright, 1900, by J. D. Whelpley.) Special Correspordence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, March 18, 1900. Americans who are willing to adapt themselves to new ways, new people and a different climate from that to which they are accustomed can make themselves very comfortable in Cuba, as they can almost anywhere else in the world. It is the con- ventional animal, the creature of one habit and intolerant prejudices, who finds most fault and incidentally is the most uncom- fortable. The tourist who comes to Cuba generally spends a week at the capital, makes a fly- ing trip from Havana to one or more of the larger cities of the island, then returns to the United States and is glad to get back. He has a rough passage across the channel coming and going. By compari- son he pays large prices for poor hotel accommodations. The food 1s not attrac- tive. He has difficulty, because of the for- eign language spoken. The railroad ac- commodations are third class. The cities are much alike, the streets are badly paved and lighted, if at all, and, altogether, the tourist of a few days is well satistied that he has seen all there fs to see, that it does not amount to so very much, and he readily nowledges that the Cubans are welcome to Cuba, so far as he is con- cerned, for the United States is good enough for him. From this point of view this tourist is undoubtedly correct, but there is another point of view of which he has caught no glimpse, unless more for- tunate than his fellows. How Officialdom Fares. ‘The hundreds of Americans in army and official circles who have lived from a month to a year in Cuba have found it possibie to make themselves very comfortable. Even these, however, have been handicapped by the nature of their duties. Their business, in all probability, calls them at least for a part of the day to portions of the cities where life in the tropics appears at its Some of them have been stationed solated barracks, others where the pop- e for comfort. Nearly arned, however, that by adopting the customs of the better class of natives, making the best of the food ob- tainable and seasoning everything with a Nberal dash of philosophy, life in Cuba has not only been bearable, but to a cer- tain degree enjoyable. To those who have come under favorable circumstances to make their home in Cuba, who are cosmopolitan in their tastes and who are liberal and adaptable in all things, this island has been no disappointment. It is not a country for Americans of limited s. The poor man in Cuba may pos y be content and happy if he is a ive, but there is no contentment, happines or comfort in his lot if he ts a stranger to the land. Work is scarce that such can di Wages are low for all. Everything is e pensive, except the barest necessities and certain of the-native products with which the inhabitants can do well enongh from their standpoint of living, but which seem poor, nty and impossible of utility to the man accustomed to the plentiful ane varied fare speaking comparatively, of even the day laborer in the United States. Who May Be Happy There. Allowing that the American who comes here to ve has enough money to secure good quarters, good servants and the best food purchasable, can so arrange his life as to keep away from the squalor and the unattractiveness which exist in place: and can enter to some degree Into the charming social life which is open to such as these, then Cuba becomes not only pleas- ant, but desirable, as a place of residence to those who do not look upon the smoke of large cities as the breath of life. The great square rooms with high ceiling and litde or no furniture seem dark and bare to the tourist. To the adopted citizea they become cool, comfortable and inviting. After one becomes accustomed to the archi tecture and arrangement of the best houses no change for the better, everything being taken into consideration, seems poasible. The food is varied, though the meats, as a rule, are very poor. The cooking is Span- ish, and would be greatly improved by a more liberal use of condiments. Disnes which in Mexico are highly palatable be- cause of the liberal suppy of chile sauce are almost tasteless as served in Cuoa, for the lack of it. It seems strange that Mex- icans should use this sauce so plentifully and so acceptably, and that ft should he a most entirely unknown in Cubs i equally true, however, of the Cent: ican states, so there must be some reason why its use is confined t> Mexico and has not extended to other countries where live the same kind of people, with the tastes and the same material available as a basis for the bill of fare. Daily Routine of Business. If the American who has adopted Cuba as a home Is in business he finds it advan- tageous to rise early, and perhaps do a lit- tle work before he goes to his orange and his coffee at 8. From that time until break- fast, which is at 11, is the busiest part of the day. The mail comes in. Messengers come and go between the various business houses, and the day starts off with a rush, An hour or more is generally given to breakfast, even by the Americans. If there white and ghost-like in the dim lHght of the streets, for the bodies to which the faces belong are lost in the obscurity of the dark background. Then for the cafe for a cup of hot chocolate, either thin in the French style, or thick as the Spaniards make it, and then “home” and to ved, to sleep as comfortably as anywhere in the world, for the nights are cool and quiet. This life may grow monotonous to a rest- less spirit, but the restless spirit does not find its home in the tropics for long. It either seeks new lands or else loses its restlessness and falls inte that easy phil- osophy of life which puts off until tomor- row everything which it fs possible to es- cape from doing today. For the adaptable man of independent means or large affairs Cuba can be made a very pleasant place to live, but this fs also true of nearly every ether part of the world. Those who can be happiest in Cuba are the Cubans, and they are so different in their physical and mental characteristics from the Americans that this in itself is good evidence that the latter had better stay away, unless the path Js cut out for them, or they have the option of escaping from their disappoimt- ment when it comes. J. D. WHELPLEY. Ss CHAPLAIN McINTYRE’S ROMANCE. Marricd Three Years to a Woman Who Thereby May Lose a Fortune. A dispatch from San Francisco announces that Rev, Joseph P. McIntyre, who was chaplain on the battle ship Oregon when the Spanish-American war began and who lost his position because of remarks about his superior officers, was married in Pasa- dena nearly three years ago, although until now the world had not the slightest hint of it. Since his forced retirement from the navy in August, 1898, Mr. McIntyre has lived in San Francisco with his wife, who, how- ever, was known to her neighbors and acquaintances as Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. McIntyre gives this reason for keep- ing the event a secret: “Some years ago an uncle of my first husband died In Australla leaving an estate worth $1,000,000, Unde the terms of the will I was one of the five heirs, provided I remained the widow of Robert Gordon. Well, I met Mr. Mcintyre; we became fond of ¢ach other, and mar- ried. Naturally, I did not wish to lose the money willed to me, so we decided to say nothing about our wedding until the estate was all settled. After the marriage I con- tinued to be known as Mrs. Gordon. “Lately we decided to announce our mar- riage. I may lose my fortune, but I prefer my good name to money, and that’s ail there is to our romance.” McIntyre is a member of the Illinois Methodist Episcopal conference in good standing. Ill-health has compelled him to cease active work for a time, and he has not applied for a charge since leaving the navy. ————_-e- —_____ NO MORE ENGLISH HISTORY. Chicago's Board of Education Bars Out its Future Stuay. Histories of England were dropped from the lsts of supplementary reading for the public schools at the meeting of the board of education of Chicago last night. Books were adopted for all grades at a cost of thousands of dollars, but none of the hic- tories will contain a mention of England except as an Incident in connection with the war of independence. For three months John T. Keating, who is the national pres: dent of the Ancient Order of Hiberniens has been fighting the use of histor: at England, which, he declared, were pciu- diced in favor of England. The district superintendent decided to eliminate English histories and nothing but American history will be included in the supplementary reading. +°+—____ Money for Improvements. Mr. Perkins in the Senate yesterday after- neon submitted an amendment to the Di trict appropriation bill, proposing to appro- priate $10,000 for the improvement of Con- necticut avenue west of Rock creck an amendment to appropriate $50,000 to the construction of a bridge acr creek on the line of Connec tended. ———_—_+0+_____ Marine Corps Appointments. Of the men who were recently under ex- amination for appointment in the marine corps the following have qualified an be appointed s tenants:+ W : Robery Y. Kentucky; Frank Jacob Schwable, Eli Thompson Fryer, New Jersey: ‘Thomas Holcomb, jr.. Delaware; William Smith, Connecticut; Hamilton Dis Pennsylvania; Theodore Monell. Edgar Haye: Alabama. O'Leary, Montana; Berton Wiluam Sibley, Vermont. ——_—_2+_____ Admiral Kautz at Acapnico. The flagship Philadelphia, with Admiral Kautz aboard, has arrived at Acapulco on her way to the isthmus to look after Amer- ican interests in the neighborhood of Co- rinto, Nicaragua. > 0+ ____ A Wife's Plea. During the session of the industrial com- mission at Chicago yesterday Mrs. J. 8. Robb was one of the witne: She at fir: refused to giv2 her name for fear her hu: band would be further persecuted. She was Informed that she must do so before her testimony would be taken, so she complied. “My husband was a member of ths union,” said she. “He is a painter by trade. One Sunday, several years ago, he repaired a skylight during a storm to pre- vent damage to $7,000 worth of machinery. There was a strike on and h> was fined Is ard Re ieut avenue ex- $100 In a ‘star chamber’ ion of the union. Being unable to pay it, he was e pelled. He has been persecuted ever sinc and has earned only $6 since last Oc* Neither unien nor empl thing for him. se has n assaulted, be en and maimed when he has attempted to work. The police had their backs turned. We have suffered. I am doing dressn ing. 1 want the state to annul the char- ters of all organizations if they fail to com- is unfinished work in the office, from break-7 Ply with the law. We must have some pro- fast until 2 in the afternoon is a good time to do it, for before the latter hour {t is most unlikely that any member of a firm can be found at the old Spanish or Cuban establishments. Those houses do not ac’ ually close up from 11 to 2, as is the cus- tom in Mexico, but there is a general air cf respite about the establishments, which is discouraging to a man in a hurry to do something. Glancing in the doors of these places le- fore noon the passerby can see the em- Dloyes at breakfast, all seated at a iong’ table with the proprietor or one of the Managers at the head, and coffee, cigar- ettes and gossip pass away an hour or so after the meal is finished and all go slowly back to work. About 5 in the afternoon work ceases. Men lean over the railings in the ground fioor windows and talk to those passing by or across the street. The big doors of the buildings close one by one along the street until the commercial life of the city, so far as outward sign goes, has stopped for the day. Then comes the dinner, which takes another hour or two. Then the walk to the parks, the neighnor's window, or an act-at the theaters, which open at 8. When Night Comes On. By this time the heavy carts and drays have disappeared from the streets and their places are taken by carriages, which pass each other in long processions, nearly every one occupied by some one on social duty or pieasure bent. The night air grows heavy with that strange feeling of unwholesome dampness. It is almost chilly, and the un- acclimated stranger shivers With a fore- boding of nameless ills, which figure in his mind as fevers of all Kinds and variety. From the iron-barred windows of the houses the faces of the inhabitants peer tection. The city administration will give us protection.” ——— Two Women Took Poison. At Elkhart, Ind., last night Stella Har- rington, married, and Lydia Jordan, un- married, young women of that city, took morphine with suicidal intent. Miss Ji dan died, leaving a note proclaiming her love for Mrs. Harrington’s husband. Mrs. Harrington will not give any reason for her own attempt at self-destruction. —_—_—_-e-_____ Chicago Barber Assassinated. Robert W. Gilchrist, proprietor of a bar- ber shop at liw4 22d street, Chicago, was shot and instantly killed while preparing to shave a patron in his shop last night. The assassin came to the door of the shop, opened it about half way, took a slow aim with a rifle and fired, hitting Gilchrist in the temple. Before the witnesses cf the crime could r2cover from their astonish- ment and give pursuit the murderer vs- caped. . not ee Important Bankruptcy Precedent. A decision rendered in the United States court at Memphis yesterday by Judge Ham- mond establishes an important precedent in bankruptcy proceedings. The important principle emphasized by Judge Hammond's decision is that a merchant, when he sells his stock as a whole, must apply the pro- ceeds to the satisfaction of his creditors’ claims, and that it is as much against the bankruptcy law to conceal or transfer money with a view to defeating creditors as it is to hide of transfer any other form of property, JAIL AND WORKHOUSE Recommendations of Charity Commit- tee of Board of Trade: SEPARATION OF INSTITUTIONS Bills to Be Prepared to Carry Out the Suggestions. WORK OF SUBCOMMITTEE eee At a meeting of the committee on charie ties and corrections of the board of trade yesterday afternoon a subcommittee, of which S. W. Curriden is chairman, submit- ted an elaborate report in regard to the jail, almshouse and workhouse of this Dis- trict. The recommendations of the report were adopted, and it was directed that a bill should be prepared covering all the matters embodied tn the report. This task was assigned to a subcommittee, consisting of Messrs. B. T. Janney, C. E. ter, I. G. Kimball, H. W. Lewis, C. H. Rudolph, W. M. Shuster and T. W. Sidwell, with instruc tions to report at an early day. The report stated that the three Institue tions referred to are under the control of two different branches of the government, and owing to the growth of the city east- ward, and in the interests of the economi- cal administration of the institutions and the health of the employes, it will be neces- Sary to remove them from the present lo- cations. The unanimous recommendation of the report is that the authorities of the District government be requested by the board of trade to formulate a plan provide ing at as early a day as possible for the re- moval of these three institutions from the present locations and the separation of their administration. The opinion is cxpressed that the entire cost of the changes in loca- tion and the erection of all needed struc- tures can be more than met by the proceeds of the sale of land now occupied hy these institutions. Declared Unwixe. A map accompanied the report, which, it was stated, was prepared under the direc- tion of the District authorities and which shows the extent, as explained in the re- port, of the present obstruction to the nat- ural growth of the city by the location of these Institutions. Reference is made to the estimates submitted for the current fis- cal year by the management of these institutions for the sum of $80,782.80 for the purchase of three additional squares, bringing these places, the report adds, so much nearer the Capitol building and fur- ther blocking the growth of the city in that direction. The report protests against such a policy as unwise in every particular. Reference is made by the committee to the report of Attorney General Griggs, dated November 30, 1898, in which he sug- turning the District jail into a peni- y and jail and the possibility of de- me plan by which prisoners—about annually—sentenced to the penitentiary now t rted to such institutions rig could be put to work here. The report expresses opinion that the proposed removal of and outside of the useful the the present jail to some location along one of the railroads whe indus- tries could be carried on would the sug ms of the be carried out, The Workhouse. The report further adds that the work- hor which under the control of the District Commissi ners, should be removed northward @md eastward a mille or two, where the inmates could be given employ- ment in laying out projected thoroughfures, thus rep: their maintenan ving to the taxpayers the cost of It ts iso urged in vhich is ur mmission hould be a public charity, nnected from the y hou stems, thus relieving the inmi who are in the main only unfortu dis- ent jail and work- . from all taint of reproach. The opinion is ex- pressed that this institution, under a sepa ra management, should be located to northward on some of the many +ligible sites of high ground along the Bladensburg pike. New Charities, In regard to the creation of new public charities which, the report states, have during recent years been urged upon the attention of the committee, the more im- portant of which are a municipal hospital and an inebriate asylum, the committee of the opinion that owing to the populz ion and taxable wealth of the city it would be unwise to multiply public charities. The report further adds that when the location of the institu is changed the alm house might properly be known as the Municipal Hospital and Home, and the name of the workhouse changed to that of the County Farm. The members of the comm making this report are Samuel W. Curriden, Charies F. esbit. William F. Downey, A. 8. Caywood and Thomas W. Sidwell. —_—_.___. LOUISIANA’S PURCIIAS! Bill Providing for a Centennial Cete- bration. Representative Lane of lowa has intro- duced a bill providing for an exposition at St. Louis, Mo., in 1903, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the pure’ of the Louisiana territory. The bill provides tor a government building to cost $400,000, and also for the expenditure of $5,000,009 by the government when the exposition auihori- es have raised $10,000,000, Provision is made for the creation of a commis and for other features giving the ex a national and internailonal scope. + e+ MACRUM'S CORRESPONDENCE, Representative Dinsmore Introduces a Resolution of Inquiry. Representative Dinsmore of Arkansas has Introduced a resbiution requesting informa- ton from the Secretary of State us to any correspondence with Great Brita!n in rela- tion to the alleged detention, opening and subjecting to censorship of official corre- spondence addressed to Charles Macrum, late United States consul in South Africa. eS To Protect AU ucasians. ‘The fact that the State Department has consistently throughout the many upris- ings in China necessitating the presence of foreign warships adhered to its policy of acting alone is quoted here as sufficient to indicate the error in the statement connect- ing the presence of the gunboat Wheeling with an internattonal demonstration. I: is pointed out here that in the past the United States warships have had to protect ail Cau- casians—European and American— r the port where they might Me in times of dis- turbance in China. Thus the little gunboat Petrel was kept all of one winter at Neu- chang, guarding not the resident Americans alone, but Europeans as well. Similarly the warships of the European powers have looked afier the protection of Americans as well as of their own people during the op- erations of one of the. Chinese secret so~ ¢ieties. But tn each case the rule has been observed that the United States was acting on its own motion, and therefore it can be stated that in the present instance the com= mander of the Wheeling will act upon di- rections from his own government withoug being a party to amy international demon= stration.