Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1900, Page 11

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Pages 11-14, The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper im Washington that receives the dispatches of the Anso- ciated Press. 1 fore the only one in which the renter can find the complete news of world, directly ted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. Baltimore Store, 6 East Baltimore St. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1900—FOURTEEN PAGES. Wonder what Mertz will say [preparations | For Baster hould have timely thought. Pay a visit to oar MODERN TAILOR- IPORIUM—we want you to note our beautiful and large display of spring woolens. Such a wealth of exquisite fabrics, the world’s bright- | est ideas—all that’s new and beautiful— AND PRECISE FITTING } garments far excelling all previous efforts. Fail not to come. WMerts ano ADS Washington’s Leading Tailors, 906 and go8 F St. Do you know we are wonderfully well equipped to serve you to your en- tire satisfaction? Our new method of cutting insures SPRING OPENING ALL THIS WEEK. SPRING OPENING ALL THIS | | WEEK. | SERVICE Rates Within the Reach of All. At red service, quipmen| Extra calls, Be Cont é19 et N. W. £45 and 15: mbh3-26t-100 New Offices. Among the offices recently opened by thhe Postal Telegraph-Cable . Company Charlette, N.C. Salisbury. N. C. Concord, N. © Marlboro’, Md. Chesapeake Beach, Md. can now be ob- vant and class | with metullle efreult and Chesapeake Junction, 9.0. Connellevitie. Pa. Uniontown. Pa. Wilkinsburg, Pa. Call's Ferry, Pa. cunt Pleasant, Pa. Sayre, Pa. mb5-42t¢ ‘Vintondale, Pa. BURCHELL’S SPRING LEAF TEA. Delicious in flavor. In hali-pound packages. N. W. BURCHELL, 1325 F St MORE ROOM FOR PATENT OFFICE. | Yet move, the work of the office going on with- out interruption. separat partment being the last to go. did not come a minute too early, the offi- cials say; in fact, it should have been made years ago to give additional room to the largely increased business of the bureau. The commissioner of patents is gleeful. ‘This change means much to the patent of- fice. floor space, and = consequent spreading out of offices that have beén contracted for Years to the detriment of the bureau and the health of the clerks. The cry in the Interior Department is expansion—expan- ston of a practical sort—and the clerks af- the merit with a The work of transferring land office to its new quarters in the old of CASCARETS. Millions use them ALL THIS and tell their friends how good they are. We want to give back the purchase price to any one who fails to get satisfaction from the use of CANDY CATHARTIC box today. For Disordered Stomach For Constipation and Biliousness ITS SUPERIORITY IS UNQUESTIONED, Prescribed by the Medical Profession for 25 years. Exam yadi Janos + sowseooia necessi. 5¢., 50c., all druggists. GET THE GENUINE. Hunyadi Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER, yw that sounds like a liberal offer, but these single toc. sales alone don’t count for success. It’s your cure and your good word for Cas- carets that will make them famous in the future as in the past. Start Free sample and booklet. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. & crowded. ing to Accumulating Records ks Will Still Be Crowded. the general * building has nearly been com- d by the end of the week the change of headquarters will have ed. It has been an expeditious Each division was moved » the executive offices of the de- The change It means a largely increased area of feeted by the transfer are stretching their | * legs In anticipation of more room. The change will be of untold benefit to the pat- ent office, yet it is claimed that even with the additional space the office Chief Clerk Dawson of partment, who has direct s: transfer, pointed to a mass and said to The Star reporter: “What better ev: hall of records? is required by law to ke certain departme: in a year mean: floor space. illustration. quired by Jaw to print of each patent issued. each week occupied moi until today the room oc alone takes up a large entire floor space of the patent office. true that onl: ed each wee It has been decided to rate the Paris exposition Saturday, April 14, Some will still be the Interfor De- upervision of the of debris today idence can any one that the government needs immediately a The Interfor Department ‘ep the records of ‘nts, and the accumulation is the loss of considerable Take the patent office as an years ago we were re- 150 additional copies The surplus stock re and more space ‘cupled by this item percentage of the ac It ts 'y 75 copies of patentsare print- ‘kK, but even this counts up to an enormous amount in the unless some relief fs afforded ¥ do not see what we are going to do. We need a hall of records, and need it at once. It will the government much expense and suppl, that has existed for years.’ —+—_ officially inaugu- Gen. Wheeler’s Report of His Recent __ Visit and Inspection, HOSPITABLY RECEIVED EVERYWHERE Inhabitants Friendly and Hope for . ~» Much Advancement. CLIMATE AND SCHOOLS Gen. Wheeler, U. S. V., has made a re- pert to the Navy Department in regard to his recent visit and inspection of the Island of Guam, from which the following extracts are taken: “I cannot learn that the Island of Guam has ever been surveyed, but its area may be stated at about 150 square miles, one- half of which, it is estimated, is susceptible of cultivation. Nearly all of the land is still virgin soil, my Information being that only about 1 per cent 1s now under culti- vation. The population is about 9,000 souls, nearly all of whom reside in the towns. Those who own ranches also have rude houses on them, where the famlly spends a portion of its time. “The land, which is regarded as arable, is very fertile, producing cocoanuts, orange . rice, corn, sugar cane, bean: tomatoes et cocoanut trees having an appearance of thrift and be superior to those I part of the tre are found in abur ed the pr peans (Spaniz reared. An Especially Fertile Country. “The road from Agana to the north of the island passes through an especially fer- tile country. In this section there large table land, and where clcariny been made the ranches are in a good state of cultivation. All other parts of this table land is covered with a very thick jungle, which can with difficulty be pene- trated by a man on foot. Te dugdug and other bread-fruit trees. grow “to enormous size on this Island. The trunk of the for- mer is supported about, i lemo ng-power any other fld goats rs fo; meat food of the =); cows and pigs are also is a have THE ISLAND OF GUAM s dbase with flat radiating buttres: “The belief in spirits inhmbiting forests and lonely places is widely spread through- out the islands of the Pacific. In Samoa they are called ‘Aitu,’ im Gaam ‘Gente del Monte’ or people of the woods, often de- scribed as being headless, and jumping on the backs. of people going: through the woods at night, as did the devils upon the saints of old. quent They are supposed to fre- especially the vicinky and of prehistoric remains, called ‘Latda.’” ‘These are upright stones in the form of rough truncated pyramids, ranged in two rows, and were very probably used as supports for a roof or covering of some kind, or py of banyan tre bly they were sepulchral monuments of ancient rales. There are many of them upon the Island of Guam. “Flyi s ure numerous pping They are one of the usu: the They fly in their wings slow! are eaten. generally, ar staples of food. genus Pteropus, no snakes. both 1 scorpion. ngerou: rider mon, are ¢ s ure common. y large, but non s. ‘There are no t number of fishes vater stream: antulas. “The only industry of any consequence in the nd of Guam Is the producti portation of copra. The price r by the natives for e buying it on the f: per ceive hundredweight. about doubie the an. per ton, gold. Tacre is a very good road between the landing of Piti on to Agana, and for two iles beyond along the coast to the north- To the north of Umata, along the land, the roads are only ‘oss the Island, is fairly good, All the roads, from Piti through Agana, ud in the wet season, but as re on the coast, communica- always available. We found neat cities and towns in- In Agana probably half the houses are built of stone; the other houses are of and bamboo, very much like the in Luzon, “The peopl> were very cordial and friend- These above In England At every town we entered we were met by the leading men of the plac two places with United States flags flying— while flags were upon many of the ho bells were rung and other efforts were made by the natives to manifest regard for the Americans. I saw a few people who, I informed, were pure Chamorros, and impressed me very favorably. Their features were regular, their forms erect and they were in all respects fine physical specimens, The people seemed very de- sirous of establishing the kindest relations with Americans and their conduct im- press2d me with the idea that they hoped for and expectea great advantages to come to the island from American rule. There is very little money on the island. Wages are very low. The teacher at Urmata had a nice school of little children and his pay was only three pesos, equal to $1.50, gold, per month. I understand that the pay has been or is about to be increased to $6, Mex- jean, per month. Settlement of Caroline dslanders. “A short distance north of Agana 1s th2 settlement of from seventy-five to 100 Caro- Mine Islanders. They presepye the native customs and method ef dress and have quite the app2arance of American Indians. They are MauStrious and peaceable. They were brought to the island for employment as farm laborers, but now they seem to all have their own houses, or, mor2 properly, huts, and they make a living-by cultivating cocoanuts and small patehes of yun by catching fish. erodudiand “Most extravagant legends-exist as to the former density of the population of this and other Islands. Some Spanish writers assert that the population of the Island of Guam alon? at one time was ast much as 30,000. The, reports of Padre Sanvitores have been quoted to sustain these large es- timates. He says that during the first year of his labors he baptized" 13,000 People and cony2rted 20,000, but these statements, like the others to which allusion has been made, are certainly very much overrated. In 1865 the population was reckoned at 5,610, of which 4,824 were on Guam, 335 on Rota. eighteen on Tinian and 435 on Saypan, tho other {islands bing uninhabited. The pres- ent ore of 9,000 mai en as an approximately correct ‘gtatement of population of Guam. fae <a ise “It rains very bred Xhé Marianas, and it may be affirmed‘fthat ‘there are no dry and rainy seasons;: It rains nearly every day. The temperature is mila ana much cooler than that the Philippines, but the inhabitants decinred that the heat in August and September was almost suf- focating. The monscong are felt at the Marianas; that from the west takes Place from the middle of June to the middle of October. 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Hurricanes are comparatively rare: earth- quakes, on the contrary, are tolerably fre- quent. “In 1878 it was stated that in the south- west part of Guam the people were much afflicted with leprosy, but this affliction now seems to be much less than formerly When the Spaniards left there were six lepers in the hospital-at Asan. All but one of these were allowed to ve, and are supposed to be scattered over the island. I saw one man in Merizo who had the ap- pearance of a leper, and at Pago I met a man who was a pronounced leper. The people do not seem to dread the disease, and many contend that it is not communi- cated to well persons by ordinary daily as- sociation. Changed for the Better. “Umata has changed very much for the better since 1875. The people met me at some distahce from the town. As I ap- proached they fired guns, rang bells and made all possible display of welcome and good feeling toward our government. They insisted on our partaking of an entertain- ment which they had prepared, and in many ways exhibited a desire to receive us with cordiality. The school children, with their bright and intelligent faces; the girls, with neat dresses, and the boys, with equal- ly neat clothing, were brought out in a body and presented to us. Here, as in other towns, everything had a clean and cheer- ful appearance. The town now has about 200 people. “Agana contains the principal part of the inhabitants of the Marianas and bears the Jofty title of the eity of San Ignacio de but it is a small town of about 6,400 inhabitants. Some years ago the great- er part of the houses were but poor Indian cabins thatched with cocoanut leaves and the town contained but few stone houses for the better classes. Now there are many stone ho and others bu A plant for distilling water was Ual material. The chief building: which governor's house, the arsenal, in that racks, the church and the colieg inconven- Was founded in 1673, the first e ssing co- in the archipelago. “There was a convict The streets are wide, clean and regu small but clear stream traverses the and it is crossed by two stone bridges the appearance of the place, with it vegetation, is pleasant. on the sea: nient position, and the Is structed by breaking reefs even an anchorage before it, for bottom renders a stay impc off and on is attended with much hazard The usual and better plan of calling her: is for vessels to proceed to San Lu's Apra, for which a pilot may be obta! Hoxpitably Received. “Our party spent a night at Yna ment there freshing. IMMORAL PICTURES. Regulations Concerninz Dixplay of Obscene Posters. Inquiry was recently made by Mr. C. C. Stouffer of the Distri to the reported ners of he chief of pol that by an order ef the C 3 | Februar: S01, no poste N be pu and was received with the most marked | Febr eb te es Seen Secs = hospitality. We were met by the leading ba oe ae Rare rs ohio dentin izens ¥ oac! < ~ | approved by the ain © police force, See semneecnet ane Jt ae As the law does not specific designate touching to see the efforts of ali the peop!+ to show respect to the American govern- ment. Guns were fired, bells rung and the little son of the town governor walked by my side playing the accordeon. We were taken to the best house in the place, where we were entertained by the people. We were given an excellent supper, and were | sce: furnished comfortable beds, with very clean, nice, snow-white sheets and pillow cases. The next morning the population, inc‘uding the women, called. We were given a good breakfast, and six of the citizens insisted on accompanying us to Apra, a distance of nearly if not quite fifteen miles. It rained during most of the morning. at times the fall being quite heavy. In this and in all our travels on the island we avoided drink- ing water. It is supposed that the sickneas of our marines at Agana was due to this what is an immoral picture, the Commis- sioners directed that it should be liberally construed, and that any picture of a female <posing her form between the breast and se should not be allowed to be no. question exirts as to the ob- y of the pictures displayed, says Maj. Sylvester, the police ‘have been directed to proceed in the premises. As to the location of the posters, he states, that is a matter whoily under the building inspector's office, unless the same are placed upon public property. If dirplays made thereon are considered immoral, and a number of per- sons will give testimony to such effect in addition to that of the police, it would be within the province ef the department to have the same obliterated and proceedings