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MAY==0CT0BER.
International Fisheries
Exhibition.
National Exhibition of Art. Industry and Agricul
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"8tar ' brand Hams and Bacon made only by
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For sale t?y all first-class grocers.
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ON TOUR HOLIDAYS
Take a bottle of
Emicaflyptaneo
It beautifies the complexion, cures sunburn, cuts
and bruises and all ii sect bites.
Keeps tff mos'iuito^s and other pests.
Is not greasy.
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IMPORTED CHINESE FIRECRACKERS AND
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custom boas* 30 ? as. s of Firecrackers and Fire
works. These goods were selected l?y Mr. Lee Moy
of cur firm, who is at present in China, and are
for sale at reasonable prices by TUCK CHENG A
CO.. 342 Pennsyivuoia ave. n.w. Jel6-eo9t
Qo to Siccardi's
FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR.
Hair Switches at Great Bargains.
$3.0o Switches rediK ed t?? $1.50.
S5.0C' Switches re?iui ed to $2.50.
$v?j0 Switches reduced to $o.u0.
Cray and White Hair reduced in same proportion.
Mme. Siccardi,
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Private rooms for b&irdressluff, shampooing and
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Only one pill a dose. Try them.
In the Cuban swamps a bottle of I>B. S1K
GKKT'e V.Vi.. isTI RA BITTERS will do wonders
to keep digestive ur|irs in < rder.
Central depots where milk Is received and
filtered bef. re being taken to the consumer
are now a feature of several European cit
Jes. Large cylindrical vessels are divided
horizontally near their center by compart
munts containing sand of three successive
decrees of fineness, the coarsest being the
lowest, and as the mHk arriving from the
country is poured through a pipe into the
bottom of these vessels it rises through
the sand filter and is run oft by an over
flow pipe into a cool cistern, from which
It is drawn directly into locked cans for
distribution. The sand is renewed each
time the lliter la used.
PRELIMINARY PLANS
Those for the Educatioaal Convention
Nearly Completed.
eiecotife COMMITTEE MEETING
Interesting Official Program and
Handsome Badges.
description of both
The executive committee having In
charge the arrangements for the approach
ing National Educational Association con
vention met late yesterday afternoon at the
Columbian I niversity. Those present were
the chairman. Dr. B. L. Whitman; the sec
retary, Mr. Arthvr A. O'Neill; Messrs. H.
F. Blount, \\. B. Powell, Marcus Baker, E.
M. Gallaude*. Raymond A. Pearson, Archl
tald Gre-nless, A. T. Stuart, B. T. Janney,
Chas. S. Clarke, W. A. Kungerford, Mrs.
Sara A. Spencar and Miss Anna Tolman
Smith.
President Blount of the general commit
tee announced that arrangements had been
made with Superintendent Bernard R. i
Green by which the new Congressional
Library would be open two nights of the |
convention, to be designated hereafter, and
a vote of thanks was given Mr. Green and
the library . mployes who have volunteered
for duty on the nights in question. Owing
to the lack of lighting facilities in the Na
tional Museum. Curator Rathbun was un
W. A. Hungerford.
able to grant similar privileges there. It
wa3 reported from the finance committee
that receipts to date amounted to 369.11
while there remained to be collected froai
contributors $2,030.
Instructive Map* for Vlnitorn.
After much discussion It was decided, on
motion of Mr. Pearson, to issue 20,000 small
maps of Washington with facts of interest
about the city printed on their backs, the
maps to be gratuitously distributed to vis
itors.
Superintendent W. B. Powell, from the
committee on halls and meeting places, an
nounced that his committee had secured all
the accommodations; necessary for the gen
eral and departmental sessions of the con
vention within the sum of $1,300 allotted it
for the purpose Air. Powell also spoke in
high terms of the Immense assistance ren
dered by the school teachers in arranging
convention preliminaries. An invitation
was received from the Cosmos Club, extend
ing its courtesies to the directors of the as
sociation and offering its facilities to them
for meetings.
Mimical Kcutnre*.
Mr. Clarke, on behalf of the music com
mittee, announced that soloists and quar
tets had been secured for nearly all the
meetings of the convention and that efforts
were being made to get the Secretary of
the Navy assign the Marine Band to duty
in connection with it. Mr. Blount said he
had interested Secretary Bliss in the idea,
and Mr. Bliss had Indorsed the request. In
case the Marine Band cannot be secured,
the music committee was authorized to ex
pend $150 to get another.
Supirintendent Powell announced that
the government would make a fine geo
graphic exhibit at Central High School,
while the National Geographic society con
templated a field meeting at Cabin John
bridge.
Chairman Hungerford, from the commit
tee on printing and badges, announced that
the programs and badges would be ready
In a few days. A large amount of other
routine business was transacted, and ad
journment was had until next Tuesday at
4:15 o'clock p.m., at which time President
McKinley's decision regarding his attend
ar.ci at the openlnS session of the conven
tion will be made known, ftnd the final
touches put to the important work that has
been accomplished so Xar with such signal
ability.
The Committee on Printing.
? During the meeting yesterday Mr. W. A.
Hungerford, chairman of the committee on
printing and badges, exhibited soma ad
vanco copies of the program and specimens
of the badges decided on by his committee.
The program will be a very handsome sou
venir of the convention, being a profusely
illustrated publication of eighty pages, in
cluding a handbook of Washington, besides
the full program of the convention.
Ten thousand copies will be distributed
gratuitously to all visitors, the advertising
paying the expense of the book. The com
mittee has also placed orders for nearly
eleven thousand badges, which will be
things of beauty. They are made of heavy
repped silk, held by a silver pin, from
which 13 suspended an enameled medallion
bearing in high colors the United States
Capitol, the candle of the ancients resting
upon a book and the letters "N. E. A.,
Washington, July 7-12, 1M9S." Solid red,
white and blue colors have been chosen,
the blue offiWal badges being inscribed "Ac
tive-;" the red, "Associate and the white,
"Local." thus showing at a glance the
status of each wearer. The badges of the
national officers and the local executive
committee will be much larger and more
elabora'e than those worn by the rank and
file.
Chairman Hungerford has also contract
ed for some forty or more signs to be put
the public comfort com
mute buildings, the National Association
headquarters and at all the various church
" held erS at Wh'Ch nieeUn*? aro to
r jhw?Leaklnev.0Ut of tha war carried away
Co! Hartres. who was the original chairman
and MrC?H,?",te? ?,n Println* and badges
M,; Hungerford was chosen chairman
and thrown into the breach a couple of
weeks ago with a mountain of work ahead
He has not been found wanting On the
contrary he has taken hold with his cus
tomary dash and vigor, and in the short
8eTwVn le'jt lihf *!= ^X^h-'
assista" ce in fhe work^f'om
members of the committee, who are j m*
Small, jr.. Colin Studds, Percy R v '.t
and Mrs. Mary C. Terreli. Foster
ra'h gives?ThIs^de?eripifon "of' %a Z Dar"
barrel e,?ht Mi long ho^ds
1,-WO thin leaves, on each side of which th?
prayer is printed, say, ten times fiUS
gives28.000 prayers, all of which are pinto
the pious worshiper's credit in the world to
oo.ne If with a touch of bU flnw? h,
irakes the barrel revolve once. But a'sin
gle vigorous impulse makes tha barrel re
volve. say, thirty ttmes-840,000 prayers "
JLwter"..utti? what 1118 th*t you want
hether a situation or a servant?a "want"
ad. In The Star will reach tha person wh?
c*n fill your need. p*r*oa who
NOMIXATIOIfS CONFIRMED.
Presidential Selections F?Torablr
Considered by the Senate.
The Senate in executive session yesterday
confirmed the following nominations:
Postmasters:
Massachusetts?Charles A. Wilbur, at
Bridgewater; Allen T. Holmes, at Ply
mouth; Martin Hickey, at Grafton; Chas.
T. Drake, at Stoughton; George A. Ballard,
at Fall River.
New Jersey?Charles Elchhorn, at West
Hoboken.
Connecticut?Charles K. Bailey, at Bethel.
Illinois?J. T. Van Gundy, at Monticello;
Hezeklah S. Van Dervort, at Warren; Joel
8. Ray, at Areola; Silas D. Patton, at El
Paso; Sylvanus S. Thompson, at Marseilles.
Ohio?Hamilton Schuyler, at Bellevue.
Kansas?George W. Watson, at Kinsley;
Frank A. Lanstrum, at Pratt; Joseph C.
Kitchen, at Garden City; R. C. Howard at
Arkansas City; Martin L. Grimes, at Ly
ons; E. P. Greer, at Winfield; Frank J.
Davis, at Lamed; George B. Crooker, at
Anthony; Rut us F. Bond, at Sterling; Wil
liam E. Beeson, at Harper;- James A. Ar
ment, at Dodge City.
Nebraska?John A. Anderson, at Wahoo.
Colorado?J. S. McHarg, at Walsenburg.
Oklahoma?Wilburn M. McCoy, at Guth
rie.
William Mahone of Virginia to be collec
tor of customs for the district of Peters
burg, Va.
David M. Sells of Colorado to be lieuten
ant colonel, Dth Regiment, United States
Volunteer Infantry.
Fourth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry:
To be captains?Poachim Jorgenson of
District of Columbia, Neil P. Leary of
Maryland, Richard Marshall, jr., of Vir
ginia.
To be first lieutenant?Frederick R.
Houseman of West Virginia.
To be second lieutenant?Elbert S. Ma
lony. District of Columbia.
Second Regiment: To be captain?How
ard A. Springett, New York; to be second
lieutenant?J oslah W. Howe, Connecticut.
United Slates Volunteer Infantry, 3d
Regiment: To be captain?Wade H. West
moreland of Georgia; to be first lieutenant
William Albert Jones of Giorgia.
Seventh Regiment: To be captains?Amos
W. Brandt of Iowa, Phillip Bernhardt of
New York.
Ninth Regiment: To be captains?Walter
A. Dayton of Louisiana, Henry A. Chan
dler of Texas, Clarion A. Windus of Texas.
Tenth Regiment: To bj captains
Thomas B. Turney, ordnance sergeant, U.
S. A.; Luther Sage Kelly of New York.
United States Volunteer Engineers, 1st
Regiment: To be assistant surgjon, with
the ran* of first lieutenant?Charles I. Pro
ben of New York; to be first lieutenant
Second L,ieut. George Ptrrlne; to bi second
lieutenant?Percy R. Owens of New York.
Second Regiment: To be captains?Alex
ander W. Cooke of Illinois, Alexander H.
Weber of South Carolina, Archibald O.
Powell of Minnesota, Tillinghast L'H. Hus
ton of Ohio, Gaorge A. Hurd of Illinois. To
be first lieutenants?William M. Venable of
Ohio, Frank H. Hamilton of Illinois, Gates
A. Johnson, jr., of Minnesota; Fremont Hill
of Illinois, Oscar S. Durfee of Illinois, Mau
rice W. Cooley of Ohio, Christoph;r C.
Fitzgerald of Indiana, Eugene Klapp of
Illinois, Randolph E. Fishburn of Illinois.
To be second lieutenants?James E. Lawton
of Ohio, Frank S. Clark of Indiana, David
G. Anderson of Pennsylvania, Joseph R.
McAndrews of Illinois, Orville Benson of
Ohio, George A. Purington of Ohio, Clar
ence F. Jackson of Indiana.
Third Rjgiment: To be surgeon with the
rank of major?George E. Lyon of Missouri;
to be assistant surgeon with the rank of
first lieutenant?John H. Gibbon of Penn
sylvania.
HOI SK ADJOl R!\S 1\T1L TUESDAY.
Agreement Reached Upon Conference
Reports.
The House of Representatives recon
vened at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
the Speaker announced his signature to
the sundry civil and Indian appropriation
bills. There was a re-echo of the Grosve
r or-Bailey incident of a few days ago re
garding an editorial reflecting upon Mr.
Bailey. The latter demanded the name of
the democratic cangressman, who was said
to have written the article. Mr. Grosvenor
refused to give it. Mr. Bailey had the dem
ocratic members stand up to disavow au
thorship of the article, which those present
did. Previously Mr. Grosvenor said he
thought the time had come when the au
thor of the article should come forth and
acknowledge It.
The conterence reports upon the bills to
Increase the efficiency of quartermaster and
subsistence departments were adopted.
The speaker announced the following
select committee on census: Hopkins (111.),
chairman; Russell (Conn.), Babcock (\V is.),
Heatwole tMinn.), Acheson (Pa.), Alexander
(New Y'ork), Aidrich (Ala.), Wise (Va.),
DeVries (Cat.). Norton (S. C.), Rldgely
(Kan.), Griffith (Ind.), MacDowell (Ohio).
At 4:35 o'clock p.m. the House adjourned
until Tuesday.
MR. MALLORY SPEAKS.
I Debute Continue* on the Hn Willi mi j
Annexation Resolutions.
The Sena.te continued In session last even
ing until 5:50 o'clock. After The Star's re
port on the Senate proceedings was closed
Mr. Pettus continued his speech in favor
| of the Hawaiian resolutions.
One of the objections urged against Ha
waiian annexation, he said, was that the
acquisition of that territory jvould eomp-,-1
the United States to construct and main
tain at enormous expense a powerful navy
and perhaps maintain a large standing
army.
"It may lead the United States to build
a great navy," said he. "I hope to God it
will. 1 will welcome the day when our navy
1 will be so powerful that no nation of the
world will ever dare to offer us an insult."
When Mr. Pettus had concluded Mr. Ma
son (111.) gave notice that if there was no
agreement to vote -on the pending resolu
tion nor a move made to change the rules
I he would not stay In the Senate to keep up
the useless farce of the majority governed
by the minority.
The conference reports on the bill to in
crease the efficiency of the quartermaster's
department and to Increase the efficiency
of the subsistence department were agreed
I to.
In beginning a legal argument against
Hawaiian annexation Mr. Mal'.ory (Fla.)
said the question involved a new departure
In governmental policy?an increase in our
army and navy and the establishment of a
system of government In a colony of the
United States which never heretofore had
existed. Ho maintained that the resolution*
presented were fundamentally wrong and
ought not to be adopted.
Mr. Hawley presented the conference
agreement on the bill providing for the
punishment of persons who trespass upon
or destroy harbor defense works and for
1 tifications of the United States.
The report aroused considerable debate
upon its technical legal aspects, after the
conclusion of which the report was agreed
| to.
At 6:05 p.m. Mr. Mallory concluded his
speech. On motion of Mr. Davis (Minn.),
the Senate then went into executive ses
I slon.
At 5:50 p.m. the Semate adjourned.
A Snake-Hunting Cat.
| From the Chicago Chronicle.
Austin boasts a cat which is a snake
hunter. The flower-studded prairies west
of 48th street, the old city boundray line,
are overrun by green reptiles and others
that are not so green. Not one of them Is
venomous, however. Ev< ry day Tabby
leaves her home In Wes; 58d street and
boldly Invades the tall tTass where lurk
and wriggle the harmless, but neverthe
less repulsive, serpent. Here she prowls
for hours at a time until she finds one of
the crawlers. Then she pounces upon It,
seizes It firmly In the middle and trots
back to the house, the snake meanwhile
enolroling her neck like a green and ani
mated dollar. Onoe upon her own territory,
the cat shakes herself loose from her
strange enemy and begins to toss and bite
the disconoerted reptile until life has left
It* long body.
Four and five times a day the oat goes
on the hunt, and seldom does she return
without her prey firmly clinched In her
mouth. Strangely, too. Tabby, the snake
chaser. Is not a mouser. Rats may play
hide and seek about her, but she pays no
attention to them. She Is essentially a,
snake destroyer, and did she not deliver'
the uncanny game upon the porch and the
kitchen stairs she would be hailed with ac
clalrt by all the women and children la the
neighborhood. As it 1s, however, sbe Muses
Innumerable spasms of fright whenever she
bounds out of the jungle of grass and
weed*.
OUR WESTERN ALLY
Hawaii's Brave and Wise Conrse in
the War.
HEED OF AttTiON DEWMSTBATED
How Our Troops Were Welcomed
at- Honolulu.
AWAITING THE OTHERS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HONOLULU, June 10, 1&?8.
Things seem to be coming our way. W hen
six weeks ago we heard that the war had
opened all sxpected that the main seat of ,
commotion would be on the Atlantic. Quite 1
otherwise, the fighting so far has all been
on the Pacific. At least we have as yet
heard of no battles on your side, nor of any
military forces moved abroad. In the Pa
cific there has been a rousing fight and vic
tory, and the vanguard of Merrltt's army
of Manila las passed through our city
Decidedly, we of this ocean crow over you
slow people on the Atlantic. For we go
partners In your war.
Is it not true that there American rulers
of Hawaii did a fine and patriotic act when,
without waiting to hear from the Spanish
fleet in this ocean, they promptly tendered
to the United States the fullest use of these
islands for all purposes of the war? W e
discarded the thought of neutrality and
safety, though many urged the declaration
of such neutrality. Our government gener
ously and loyally recognized their obliga
tions, growing out of long established as
well a3 recent intimate relations, and put
themselves entirely in your hands. They
might havi feared and hesitated, and taken
the cowardly and selfish course, as many
would have had them do. They might have
denied to the United States an open path
through Honolulu to the westward, com
pelling you to open the road by force. But
tbjy Instantly threw wide open the doors,
and bade you use this road to the utmost
of your needs In war.
So far as I have ltari.ed, no formal an
swer has been received to President Dole's
tender of uie of these Islands. The fitting
ar.swer would be the annexation which wo
have sought so long?and that your Pres
ident is laboring to secure. The present
conditions are administering important and
conspicuous object leLtcns as to America's
Imperative need of. Haw ail. It Is a keen
satisfaction to us to have the logic of
events working so mightily In our favor.
Dewey has taken Manila by an adroit and
rrpid swoop. But Diwey must fail to re
tain that port or to told any naval station
In the orient, save with extreme difficulty,
unless Hawaii Is actively used as his base
of supply and reinforcement. We are de
lighted to be of so much use to you, and
delighted to be 1 sed. It is good to see it
proved that America car. no longer get on
without taking pcssessic.n of Hawaii, as is
actually being done. The objectors to an
nexation aro suddenly brought up against
hard and parent facts. This is great com
fort to us. We had never imagined the
tangible proof would come so soon or in
such a way. But here your lesson is in un
avoidable cogency, Despite all doubts and
hesitations, America finds herself suddenly
compelled to occupy Hawaii in force. She
is using our harbors unscrupulously as her
own to coal he1- cruisers and transports
and to refresh her weary troops. It Is now
the proven fact that the United States
must o?n Hawaii.
Really, American warships and soldiery
have no business whatever to come here in
this way, so long as Congress delays to an
nex us. America has no right thus to co
habit with Hav aii, lacking the formal
rite of marriage. You are using us with
out scruple for your own purposes, because
we consent to such irregularity; you aro
Jeopardizing cur honor and safety, without
having giv;n one jot of assurance in re
turn. We know we can trust you for hon
oiable treatment. We are waiting for the
right thing to be done. We open our isl
ands freely for your use. Your honor la
mortgaged to deal Justly and truly by us.
Spnin'M Protest.
On June 1 Vice Consul Renjes made for
mal protest in behalf of Spain "against the
constant violations ot neutrality in this
harbor while actual war exists between
Spain and the United States of America."
Tho acts complained of doubtless consisted
in the presence of the United States cruis
er Charleston, taking coal and supplies on
her way to Manila; also in the continued
presence of the Bennington. To that pro
| test the following reply was made;
"Department of Foreign Affairs,
"Honolulu, H. I., June 0, 1898.
"Sir; In reply to your note of the 1st ln
| stant, I have the honor to say that owing
| to the intimate relations now existing be
tween this country and the United States,
this government has not contemplated a
proclamation of neutrality having refer
| enco to the present conflict between the
United States and Spain; but, on the con
trary, has tendered to the United States
privileges and assistance, for which rea
bon your protest can receive no further con
| sideration than to acknowledge Its receipt.
"I have the honor to be, sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"HENRY E. COOPER,
"Minister of Foreign Affairs."
"H. Renjes, esq., vice consul for Spain,
j Honolulu, H. I."
At this our diminutive opposition press
rails back in the following language:
"Have Mr. Dole and his advisers realized
I the possibility of the war bringing other
powers into the field of controversy, and
| are they aware of the risks which Ha
waii takes by declaring war and taking an
offensive stand against Spain and her
I eventual allies? We have known of in
| stances when the 'little' fellow 'sassed' a
big chump because he felt safe under tho
protecting fists of his big brother. And we
| have seen the stuffing knocked out of the
'little' fellow when it became necessary for
tho big brother to desert him in the inter
est of his own business. The United States
may yet have their hands full before ending
the war against Spain, which we are told
has been commenced in the name of hu
manity. The Hawaiian Islands may be
I very useful at present, but. nevertheless,
they are not annexed, and they may event
| ually be left as a scapegoat, when an ln
| ternatlonal 'congress' settles the present
I war."
Well, we are going to take our chances
for that. On the same day that protest
was mad* Increased violations of neutrality
began.
Arrival of the Transports.
That afternoon there came In strict, and
at sundown entered port, the three steam
| ers bringing the Oregon and California regi
ments, together with, five companies of
regulars, the advance guard of the army
going to Manila, 2,500 troops In all. And
we gave them royal entertainment. We
were not neutral, not "one little bit." Many
hundreds pushed out In steamers and boats
to welcome them at sea with enthusiastic
cheers; roaring thousands more hailed them
from the wharves. As the great ships In
turn swung in from the sea, and, black
with men, swept up to their wharves, each
was saluted with The prolonged squealing
and hooting of the sirens on the Charleston
and Bennington, welcoming their comrade
warriors with cheerfulyhowls. We felt that
the United States had taken possession ot
Honolulu, and were glad of it. Nobody felt
"neutral" at alL
The ships began coaling at once, loading
in several hundred tons apiece from the
United States ooal piles, accumulated by
th? care of Consul Haywood. For that
night the boys in blue had to stick to their
ships among the coal dust. The officers
only were Jovially entertained on shore by
our National Guards, till midnight.
Conduct of the Troops.
The next morning the Ions battalions
were marched well up into th? town and
turnpd loose, while we fraternized with
them. Nice boys they were; wholesome,
bright-faced lads; evsry one looking the
gentleman, despite the coarse garb and the
grime of their crowded quarters. VarlouB
provision had been made for their enter
tainment, much of which was reserved for
the following day. More than half the
crowd rode out on the free tram cars pro
vided four miles to the magnificent beaches
of Wail:iki, where they reveled in the surf
or lounged under the cocoanut palms.
Others tramped around the beautiful ave
nue* of residences, gorged fruit and tramp
ed the suburban roads. Great numbers
made use of tables and desks In the legis
lative halls and tn the Y. M. C. A. rooms,
where they wrote letters; stationery and
postage rnaie free.
There was no disorder: not a man was
seen lntoi'cated. The pollca had nothing
to do. We are used to crowds of man-of
war's men on liberty and expect drunken
brawls. This was a totally different ele
ment. They were from trie better classes,
as well as the solid, honest common people
of the coast. They wer-i self-respecting
gentlemen. Among th"m were scores of
college students and athletes, with here
and there young college professors. There
were hundreds of men earning good sal
aries in business houses, skilled artisans
and engineers. The material of these men
Is choice.
The nexct day was arrayed on tables in
the executive grounds, under the shade
trees, what was a rich oanquet to the
young soldiers, ill-fed as they had been at
sea on two meals a day, mainly hardtack,
beans and salt meats. The difficulties of
the commissi! ly1^ department had been
great. Probably they would be better fed
?fter the adjustments effected while in
port. Tables and seats were provided for
2,400 men at once, with knife, fork, plate,
cup and spoon for each one. Some 5,000
square meals were served, as nil ate their
fill and came again. Five hundred gallons
of hot coffee were consumed, prime and
.fragrant Hawaiian. There was a ton of
potato salad, another of roast meats, a
couple of tons of ham sandwiches and
bread and butter, 1,000 dozen of socln water
on ice, with fruits in profusion?pineap
ples, bananas, m.ii^oas and oranges.
Hundreds of ladies waited on them. Clap
ping and cheers constantly resounded, with
college yells. The boys were happy. We
all were happy. President Dole and wife
and leading citizens held open levee under
the trees. .We all talke 1 with the boys in
delightful intercourse. They were a choice
company. A fine-spirit ?d British editor,
who is heartily American in sympathy,
wrote of them thus:
"They are no riff-raff. no sweepings of
the purlieus of cities. They are the pick
and choice of the jyrowing western states.
* * * One cannot heip feeling sad to see
i such fine young men boms used for such
a purpose. ? ? ? It does seem a terrib.e
price for a nation to uay when she sends
the very flower of her race to willingly die
for her cause. Other nations have sacri
ficed their dearest and best, "but it is very
doubtful, indeed, whether any of them
would send forth to the grimmest of war
such rank and file .is '.ire today marching
In our streets. It is inspiring, no doubt,
but it is also very Jepressing."
After eating, there was general resort of
the boys in crowds to the legislative halls,
where desks and tables were thronged all
day by letter writers. They were delighted
to use the public stationeery with house and
senate headings. The foreign office clerks
gathered and stamped the letters. There
were about 7.200 letters, and 800 papers and
packages. The special stamps of the for
eign office were used, the ones with the
!le? 2?. Mr- Cleveland's "persona non gra
ta, Thurston. Those Thurston stamps
have limited circulation, and should be
prized by the philatetists.
To Entertain the Others.
The whole cash outlay of the committee
of 100, who had been appointed for the
week, was about $3,800, out of $0,000 raised
by private subscription, many Britons con
tributing. There was also much private
contribution of material, as well as labor.
But there are probably 10,000 more coming
during the next few weeks. We must try
to do much for their comfort also. A
strong Ked Cross organization has just
been established to minister to their sick,
a number of whom were found on these
first transports. We want all these coming
visitors to carry away happy memories of
Honolulu, as one bright spot on their road
to grim and heavy war.
These bright, choice young spirits left us
early the hext morning, sailing on beyond
the western horizon. You will doubtless
have learned of their arrival at Manila be
fore this letter is printed. Our earnest
thoughts toward them were well voiced in
Uie morning paper as they went:
"It is a privilege beyond price to touch
your hands, and hear your voices, because
to many of us you are of thg same flesh
and blood from over the sea, and you are
the apostles of our faith and hope. Are
we not under the same war cloud that rests
over the American continent today? Have
we not invited it? And, therefore, do we
not honor you, who now hold your lives at
the service of the state?
? ? We know that in many a home
on the western boundary of the great con
tinent the blessings and prayers of many
anxious hearts follow you to the end. ? ? ?
"L'nder this lavish wealth of trees and
palms and flowers, mothers' hands have
tried to do for you. in these few hours
what they would have done for their own*
and our white-robed girls have lovingly
I rendered service to you. in the name and
stead of the girls you have left behind you
'lou need no exhortation to courage in
. climbing the awful heights of battle, for
! you come of a, race that Is molded in cour
age.
I Of the Philippines we in Hawaii have
I known very little, and that has been un
favorable. The future of that country is
hidden in a mist. Can it be the hard duty
?,f.^mtTlca, to conquer it for justice and
civilization? If so, this enlightened and
prosperous Hawaii may contribute to that
end. America s mission in the Pacific lies
dim in the future. KAMEHAMEHA.
SPAIN'S ARMORED CRIISERS.
An Entrlliih Authority Says They Are
Second-Class llattle Shifts.
From the London Engineer.
The admission of vessels Into the cate
gf ry of armored cruisers Is governed so
much by Individual fancy that the term is
in many cases very misleading. It might
well be divided into at least three sub
heads, or else abolished altogether, for at
present variations are so'great that com
parisons between ships designated as "ar
mored cruisers" are well-nigh impossible
? here are cruisers, all called "aianored."
without any other distinction: (1) With ar
mor on both guns and belt; (2) with armor
on belt only; (3) with armor on the guns
only. To the latter class the Spanish cruis
er Carlos V belongs, but as a general?and
quite unreasonable?rule, ships with armor
for the guns only, like our Powerfuls, are
classed as first-class protected cruisers
while a thin 3-inch belt will dignify them
with the title of armored cruiser. If we
compare the majority of Spanish cruisers
the VIzcaya and Infanta Maria Teresa
class, with their battle ship Pelayo, we see
that the sole difference between them is
that where the Pelayo has a belt all round
her. the Vlzcayas have a partial belt for
three-quarters of their length and bulk
heads. The Pelayo has, of course, four big
guns ajalnst their two, but then she is the
bigger ship.
In both cases the guns are Identically
protected, a narrow barbette, with nothing
below save an armored hoist. In each case
I a thin shield covers the gun breech?a
foolish thing probably, since it is Just suffi
ciently thiok to burst a shell, and far too
trln to keep anything out.
We find, therefore, that to all intents and
purposes the Spanish Vizcaya class are bat
tle ships of the second class, slightly ar
mored, it is true, yet with more armor
than the Italian Lepanto carries, since
that "Ironclad" has no belt at all. A ves
sel which?save that she has a 2-lnch ar
mor over the quick-lire guns?Is Identical
to the Italian I^epanto in the arrangement
of armor is the Carlos V. She has no belt,
but a very thick deck-6 inches-her big
guns In fore and aft barbettes alone are
armored. The arrangement of guns is of
course, quite different to the Lepanto's,
but the "Idea" in both ships la aimllar.
Thla Idea is that a belt of coal ana cellu
lose, with a thick deck below It. Is equal
to a heavy belt of armor. So far aa pro
tecting the engines goes this Is true; and
It may prove true In other ways. At the
best, a belt Is only a strip, liable to pene
tration above and below In a sea- way.
The Cristobal Colon oould, and no doubt
will, "lie In the line" If there Is a naval
action; she Is proof against every sort of
shell. Except her and the Pedro d'Aragon,
now building, which carry 10-lnch guns, all
the Spanish armored cruisers carry a
couple of 11-lnch guns; very good pieces,
able to penetrate all the armor on the
American battle ships' guns.
The Cristobal Colon, originally Giuseppe
Garibaldi XI, is of 6,840 tons displacement,
and Indicates 14,000 horse-power, but
makes only the same s^eed as the Viacaya
class. Her main armament consists of two
10-lnch guns and ten 6-inch, and six
4.7-inch and four torpedo tubes, so that
she is powerful in this respect. She is pro
tected by a 6-inch belt of Harveyed steel,
and her guns are similarly provided. Her
deck platln* is lft Inches thick. Her nor
mal ooal supply 1s 1,000 tons. She was
launched at Bestri Ponente In 1800.
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THE TESTAMENTARY LAW OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA; with an Appendix of Forms
of Practice in the Orphans' <?rart. By WmfJ
btiry Whreli r, A. B.. I.L. B.. of the District of
Columbia Bar. Washington: John Byrne & Oo.
Mr. Wheeler !s thoroughly familiar with
his subject, and he has produced a
valuable digest and text book that
will doubtless be highly appreciated by
not only students of the law, but
also by practitioners themselves. He
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ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONS OF MONEY.
By Willium M. Stewart, U. S. Senator from
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Although a very busy man. Senator Stew
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those who follow the "free silver" faith
and others who are interested in the prob
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interest so large a section of the country
today. This book Is dedicated to the young
men and women of America who contem
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in money problems. His work is, naturally,
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silver at 16 to 1, and it is one of the ablest
presentations of that case that has yet
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WHEN LOVELY WOMAN . A novel. By Karl
Klngabead. New York: G. W. Dillingham.
The abbreviated title of this book reveals
much of Its true inwardness. It is a high
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to so regard it. It discloses the certainty
of that compensation for evil-doing that
la as Inevitable aa tha alternation of night
and day. The work is- strongly written,
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NORTHWARD OVER THE "GREAT ICE;" A
Narrative of Life and Work along the Shore*
and upon the interior Ice Cap of Northern
Greenland in the- years 1886 and 1KH1-18W7;
with a Description of tba Little Tribe of Smith
Sound Eskimos, the moat Northerly Human Be
ing* in the World, and an Account of tha Dis
covery snd Bringing Home of the "SaTiskue,''
or Great Cape York Motetyitea. By Robert E.
Peary, ClTll Engineer. U. 8. N., memlier of
the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mem
ber of the American Geographical Society.
With Maps, Diagrams snd about 800 Illustra
tions. In two volumes. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes ft Co.
Lieutenant Peary's work has progressed
at Intervals, but along steadfastly consist
ent lines. It haa been confounded In some
quarters with the generic attempts to
reach tha north pole that have hitherto
uniformly failed, but In reality the object
of this Intrepid explorer has been quite
different, aa he explained to a Washing
ton audience several years ago upon the
occasion of his formal announcement of
his purpose. The Peary theory Is that
Greenland, never yet fully outlined by
geographers, la the easiest stepping stone
to tha pole, and that one of the prelimi
nary moves essential to success In defin
ing and witnessing the earth's northern
polar axis is to obtain a thorough knowl
edge at this great froxen land. The first
IPqyrtltkm wm bucd upon tha assumption
that the Interior ice cap. or layer of hard
snow, stretching northward at a consider
able distance from the coast, would furnish
a safe ?n?i speedy route for ? xplorers bound
north. Tlie ilrst definite object of this trip
was to trace, if possible, those portions of
the northern boundary that have hitherto
been left unlined on the maps. Gradually
these outlining* are being evolved. -at tre
mendous effort and with much danger.
Lieutenant lVary's work Is not yet done,
notwithstandi g the vast amount of energy
he has already displayed. Th^se present
volumes tell the complete story of his ex
peditions. and contain, therefore, a record
that bears a close relation to the history
of exploration and scientific research In
the far north. The author has studied
Greenland as closely as an entomologist
observes a beetle. He has made ethnologi
cal observations, and the photographs re
produced in these books show a wide line
of sXudy during the periods of enforced
idleness while th? explorers have awaited
the coming of propitious weather to
permit them to press onward toward
their goal, the northern edge of the frosen
land. The Eskimos are not an esthetlo
people, but apparently faithful and. when
well treated, hard workers. There are
many pictures of dogs and as many pass
ages showing the author's fond apprecia
tion of the invaluable aid rendered by
these hardy little brutes in drawing him
and his stores across the ice and snow
fields. The romamlc flavor of adventure
is ever present, but throughout is the note
of hard labor and earnest determination to
make useful every hour and every oppor
tunity. Lieut, l'eary proposes to return to
Greenland to press his investigations fur
ther, and thus these books are in the na
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be one of the most complete records of
arctic travel and discovery ever revealed.
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