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THE MOBBING TIMES, TTJESDAT, MAJRCEC 9, 1 897
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WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9
Fact, for the Million.
The Republican tarirr hill -will pass tlic
House .ind be held up in the Senate
There the measure "which is to become
law will be carcfullj pieced together
The result vill be an Udnch lull which
will resemble the original DincJej bill or
the Housj no more closclj tli m the actual
"Wilson tariff resembled the "Wilson bill
It Is re illy of xcrx little consequence
what the House does in the pjesent emer
gencj In aiming to secure the uecessarv
revenue the House bill will neccssarilj fail
to protect the trusts, and thes. interests
will seek their remcd in tlic Senate, and
find it It ,ill take Hire, but the end
Is certain.
President McTCinlcy will not be pleased
with tin completed incisure, but, lie ax ill
fcign it some time in Julx, probablx, pos
sibly in June
Urndlcy and Tlnnnu.
Some of our esteemed contcinporiiics
appear to think that Gov Bradlcj's ap
IKMiitmenr of Major A T Wood as .Senator
from Xentuckx was intended as a small
Joke on Senator llaan 1, to pax out the
latter Tor insistence upon the lmmcdnte
calling of tue Kcntuckj legislature in
extra session
It is rcj orted that Gov Bradlcx li is
interpreted Senator Hanu i's auxietA as
IrtMiig in the Interest of J)r Hunter, a
prominent candidate for the -eat that
Senator Blackburn his filled so long and
well So the storj goes that the gox
ernor made the appointment feeling suit,
that the appointee xx ould not be ad
nulled He also called the legislature to
meet on March 13 instant, i hen the real
fun ma j lie expected to begin
"Whether or not the Kentucky cxecutixe
Is capable of a joke, or being so thinks
he has p pctratcd one at the cxperse of
the President maker, is a matter xve
wet not of "We do know, however, that
another, ann v hat one might term an
adjoining, goi ernor, Avas leccntlj and
iiopularlx supposed to tie landing on
las dignitx with that m poMng 11 itioii il
personage, and sneedilx ended in giving
him just vi hat he wanted
Go Brad'ex max lie a bigger man
than Gox Bjshm.ll, and Mr Hanna maj
not Imxe his xxax in, and the man le
wants from, Kentuckj, but it would cot
be -afc to bet that he is not going to
get both
The Heal Iteiwui.
In a debate in the Senate during the
last se'ssion of Congres Mr Lodge de
clared that certain business interests av tie
the real obstacle in the wax of American
recognition of Cuban independence
"We hare already refened to tl is fact
It is well known that manj historians
and students believe that it ax as the
timidltj and greed of certain Northern
business intercuts which prevented an earlj
and an amicable settlement of the great
civil wai question, and so made the Avar
terrible bejond comparison whin it did
come, and for a more recent illustration,
it was these same conserxatixc liitcicsts
of the commuultj, so-called, xvhich united
to prevent, it necessary, a fiee expres
sion of the will of the American people
In the last eliction and bv that act to
weigh us down vsith continuing conditions
of d'stress, from which it is ex en now
doubtful if we can t-cape by the onlj
avenue x-hich thej iiaxe throxxn open
Senator Lodge did not state iu so nunj
xvords that he referred to the domination
of the British monejed interests in the
Cuban business, but that is the inference
that Ave take the liberty to draxx It
has required millions and other millions
when those have been xvasted to trj to
culnlue the Cuban patriots Nothing has
been accomplished cpt the phjsical
rum of a fair island, but the monej floxxs
in and it is used tor the tame barbaric
purposes Spam cannot raise this monej
without givirg some coinpccsaling se
cunty. Can she get the moncj and gix e
the sccuntj aiiyxxherc else than in Lon
don.and is it not notorious that the British
financial policj controls and benefits those
American financial giant, whom it thinks
it bast to be polite to, x Lilt dominating
and crushing those American interests
xvhich are inconsiderable enough to de
serve no attention?
We hope this is xvlut Senator Lodge
meant, because we believe it to lie true
As xx e haxe said before, not onlx is it
true that monej talks in business, but it
Is the onl thing that talks It talks in
diplomacj , also
The Civil Service Sxstem.
The impression that something may be
done bv Mr. McKinlej or his close friends
to put out of the classified civil serxice
tome of those places now within It, and
cspeciallv those places wi,ili Mr. Cleve
land has recently brought xvithin it, is
confined almost exclusixelv, Ave belitxe,
to the offlceseekcrs and their friends
Whatever the honest crlt'rs or the merit
6xstem ma six, it Is Mere forgood, and
while the examination scheme can be
improved and can be applied more gener
ally all thiough the serxice itseif, noth
ing can disturb the general plan This
is true, not only because sueh an attempt
xvould make the President's life too mis
erable to live, but because the sxsteni is
wise nnd deserving in the main
Itwouldbe wellorour friends.tbeofficc
seelcerb, to examine carefullx the lists of
places that conic xvithin the cixil serxice
rules and the lists of places that do not
They xx ould then rind what their chance
xv as of securing an appointment under
politieal pressure, and thej could also
determine vhether thej had better be ev
amined The number of agreeable places
brought xxitlnu the cixil serxice mles by
Mr Cleveland at xarious times seems to
most persons unexpectedly large. And it
is large Amputating officer ean remoxe
place-holders, it is true, but there is no
temptation to do this xv hen the process bj
xvhich they might bring about tlic appoint
ment of friends or of paitj sympathizers
Is so nearly impossible The whole Mtua
tion ought to be i erfertly cjear to the
office-seeker, xho should lirt ask him
self, "Atii I trjmg for a ilnce foi which I
must be cxaniiucd" If I am not, hoxx
man j candidates are contending xvitii me"
And xv hat is their backing? Is it sit peri or to
mine or nof"
The Times lus alreadj pointed out that
the antago'iists of the present cixil ser
xice sxstem are alxvavs heard from most
xocirerouslx at this time foi txvo good
and sufficient reasons One is that they
serve notice upon their offlceseeking con
stituents tint thev am do nothing for
them, and for the reason stated This
tends to discourage and""to keep away
those bucolic supporters xvho haxe not
jet come to Washington Another reason
is that the antagonist of the sxstem ap
parentlj manifests a wild desire to do
something foi all of his constituents, if
he onlx rould In some cases, no doubt,
he goes so far as to discuss xvith close
mends and officescekers Irom home the
advisabililx of tixing to upset the merit
sxstem There is gieit temptation to
do this iu ordei, possiblx, to let the
cumulate doxxn e isx But vve btlievc this
is a nrstaken kindness, aud bad politics
also for the oifice bioker in the end
Greece Dnies Limine.
The ausxxcr of Greece to the poxv.rs
has come at 1 ist It is dinitied, calm
and braxe It onlx tell them that the
Greeks cannot and v ill not retiie from
Crete, because that xv ould be rollox-ed b x
a Moslim massacre ot the Christian in
habitants It adxises them that the
goxernmeutof King George c innot gixc its
assetit to the scheme of mitonomx for
the island under Turkish suzcaintx, since
that is a in itter for the Cretans them
selxes to decide So, "without bluster,
Greece throvxs down the gage of battle
and defies the European concert to do
its worst
According to the alternative program
prescribed for the representatives of the
poxvers, thej will sever diplomatic re
lations and xv ithdraw from Athens today
Yesterdaj thev xvere advising all aliens
to leave the countrj, much to the indlg
nation of the Greek press and people
Terj fexv are rtpoited as liaxmg headed
the advice
What is to follow can oulj be conjee
tuted Probablx the blockade of the Ath
enian seaport, the Piraeus, xvlll occur
todav or tomorroxv It mav Jje expected
that the concert will hold together that
long, but further moxements and future
events an- deeplx in doubt The opinion
ugain gains strength that, in spite of
all appearances and actions to the on
trarj, Itussia his secretlj assuied King
George of support, positixe or ntgatlve,
in the last event
The basic interests of the several Eu
lopean nations concerned haxe been
heietofore discused, but mix be bneflj
lepeated England has long xv anted the
island of Crete, because it commands the
Dardanelles 1 he same poxv ei has alvv ays
supported and sustained Turl ej in Europe
to oppose Russia s ambition to seize Con
stantinople, and thus to become prac
ticallj a maritime power on the Mediter
rauean Kussia's corresponding attitude
in the premises is defined bj that of its
historic opponent Austna alreadv oceu
pies the nominal lurkish xns-sal proxinces
of Herzegoxina and Bosnia, and xvants
a territorj about txvo hundred and fifty
miles long bevond them in a southeasterly
duection to the gulf and port or Salonica,
xx here Francis Joseph would li! e to estab
lish his power, on the Egae m Sea He
wants Macedonia, In short This nioxe
ment v ould inteifere xvith the plans of
the Balkan piinces It ax ould keep Mon
tenegio, Bulgaria and Servia fiom getting
the slices of Turkej thej need Their in
terests are of importance and xv ill count
Trince NTikita, of Montencgio, is closely
l elated to the dvnastlcs of Russia and
Italy, is a brave, xvise and popular prince,
and a close friend of the czar
Whatevei else mav happen, it is be
lieved in Einope that Kiug Alexander,
of Servia, and Piince Ferdinand, of Bul
garia, have agreed xvith King George to
jointly and sexerallj pounce upon Tuikey
the minute Greece should declaic xvar
A glance at the map of Europe avih shoxv
ax hat a diversion this xvould cause in favor
of the Greeks It may be doubted, if sup
ported by such a simultaneous moxe
inent Greece would not be more than a
match for any Turkish armv operating
on her northern and northeastern bound
anes What Roumania mu;ht do -is un
certain Her prince is a Hohenzollern and
a cousin of the kaiser, much under his in
fluence. Germany's hand in the fight
may be determined upon this consider
ation England will not dare to make war on
Greece because of the- vigorous British
Grecian Bentiment France Avill not be
cause that xvould be to follow the dictation
of Germany Italy is at heart with King
George Austria might, if supported by
Russia and German, but hardly with the
latter alliance alone Germanj appears
as if inclined to aid the lurks in any
event, but dare notdosoagainstthexvisiies
of Russia If we knew what Itussia
meant to do, the puzzle Avould fall into
place and be a puz7le no longer, but that
istho situation as it obtained on xesterday
A considerable Turkish foiee is massed
at "Mon istir, in Macedonia, about seventy
miles north of Greece's Tiicssalian bor
der, and two other Turkish foicts, under
Omar and Muchatl Pashas, are between
that po'nt and the frontier The force
of Greeks in the neighborhood is not re
ported, but is supposed to be important
enough to risk an engagement In ad
dition to that the Albmians were rising
txvo dajs ago, anfl beginning to harass
the Turkish lines and communications
Should Serxia and Bulgaria act quicklj the
-sultan's annj xvould haxe to be divided, or
if concentrated be subject to attack from
Greece on the south and from tlic others
on the north and northeast In all these
operations a blockade of the Greek coast
b the poxvers would not amount to any
important hindrance to King Geoige or
help to ins intigonist
The foregoing fairlj epitomi'ea the con
dittons under xvhich the gallantllttle state
of Greece defies the interfering, dietatoiial
power of Engl ind, Trance, Germanj,
Russia, AiB'rn and Italx J The outcome
or it .ill cannot be predicted or even
guessed at as yet
Pleasing Sncrjfiee.
"We remember to luxe lead somewhere
of the case of a drawbridge tender xvho
had saved at It ist sKtj persons from
w aterv graves But lie ax as firmlj of the
opinion aftei this notable and brixe career,
that if fiftj of the sltj peisons were to
see him coming down the street, thev x. ould
quicklv take Hie other side in order not
to meet him face to face nis charitable
interpolation of tills phenomenon, or sup
posed phenomenon, was, if xve leincmber
coriectlv , that the rescued ones grew tired
of thinking time after lime how grateful
thev were, and noxv gi iteful thex ought
to be, to the rescuer, and hence thev pre
feried not to bj reminded of him and es
peci i'Ix did thej dislike to meet him
It occurs to us that the xaiious Republi
can le ideis, and original MeKinlev men,
and campaign subscribers, md torch bear
ers of MeKinlev clubs, w ho luxe alone
severallv nude the new Piesident potsi
b!e, can confer a gieat fax or upon Mr
MeKinlev, upon the paitj of which lie
is the recognized lie id, md upon the Ameii
can people euerallv if thej will keep
out of the new 1'iesident's xv ix as much
as possible He will not enjoj being
leminded so xirv often of his verj great,
perhaps his esse nti il, obligation to them,
and his present admitted good natuie
might be n ade to become dis igrecable and
our
It used to be held bj the last Ucpubh
can President, xve believe, th it the ef
foits of all cimpaign xvoikers, big and
little, vho coi.tributtd to his election
xvere onlv appiopriite and expected parts
of a Divine, All-vise and lore-ordained
Plan by xxhich he xvas to be made Chler
Maistiate in due season 'Ihese cam
p lign xvorktiH must look for lexvard, then,
not to him, but rather to the All vise
and Foie-oidained Cauc. of Avhicti he xvaa
but the meie representative
e do not mean to implv that Mr Mc
Kiulej islnanj dangerof putting all of the
rest onsibiltties and obligations of his po
sition upon the Almij,htj, but xve do con
tend th it his leal friends, howex er lm
poitant to him thev maj haxe been, will
do him a gieat fax or bv keeping out of
his xv a j as much .is possible
Let them approach, in other xvords,
the verv acme or politeness and generositj
and self sacrifice, xvhich, we do not need
to add Implies the dumb and utter forget
f ulness of anv fa, or, great or Miiali, that
mav hixe been done for atiothci
Jonah.
"After all,'' savB the New Yoik Tribune,
"the xerdut of Iiistorv will be that Mr
Clex eland's highest claim to greatness is
based upon the strxico he rendered the
countrj in breaking up the Democratic
party"'
Prom a Republican standpoint this is a
truth more precious than rubles The Dem
ocratic partj is alixe todaj onlj because
it cast its Jonah at the national conven
tion of 1S96
It is now for the Republican xvhale to
saj xv hat it shall do with him along the
Jersej coast
Of the McKinley Cabinet Secretary Sher
man is the oldest ard Attorney General
McKenna the youngest Secretaries Bliss
and Gary xvere born in 1S33, Prof AiIson
ia 1835, Secretary Gage in 1836. Gen
Alger in 1S37, and Secretary Longln 1838
In birthplace Shorxnan and Alger arc from
Ohio Long from Maine Bliss from Mas
sachusetts, and Gary from Connecticut,
Gage from Noxv York, McKenna from Phil
adelphia, and Wilson from Scotland Pres
Ident MeKinlev is fiftj four j ears old
Certain ribald Western newspapers are
hinting that itis about time for Gox Long,
the nexx Secretary of the Naxj, to get out
the fiddle and the boxv and plax a horn
pipe right bttveen decks in the Naxj De
partment This gives us the occasion to
remaik that Gox Long has no fiddle, and
he has no boxv unles he is keeping them
mightj sludj, and that there is not one
chance in 8,000 tint he xvill plaj a horn
pipe for the sailors of the N'axj Be
pjrtment betw een decks or anj w hei e else
Mr Long has distinguished himself in
hcuimeters, and it maj be that, descend
ing from heroic a erse, he has Avntten credit
able nurserj rhxmts, but the fiddling habit
of his joutli, if he ever reallx possessed it
(which we stronglv doubt), has been ul
most whollj forgotten We take this
means, therefore, of asking cui esteemed
contemporaries, West as avpU as East, not
to refer to this painful subject again
Merely a Ixxlst o the Screxv.
(From the Indianapolis Journal )
It xv as so easj The coal barons xx anted
$40,000,000 That was onlv a bagatelle
Tliej simply advanced the price of coal
$1 and ordered 40,000,000 tons mined
Herrmann or Keller never performed a
more adroit trick than that The trust
system encourages just such legerdemain
Deceived.
(From the Indianapolis Journal )
"Yes," she said bitterlj, "I must con
fess that he deceiv ed me as to his habits "
' Does he drink, or gamble, or an j thing
of that kind'" inquired the other
"No Before we were vxed he Jed me
to believe that he had a habit of talking
In his sleep about all his doings And
he does not "
DEMOCRATS CARRY CHARLESTOX
j I
A Repnbliemi :Mn1oiity ofTxxo Hun
died "Wiped' Out.-
! I
Charleston, W Va , Maich 8 At the
citj elections todaj the Democrats elected
their entire ticket, xvith the cs-ception or
t-xo councllmcn, bj majorities langing
from 26 to 170
The city gave a Republican majoritv
of about 200 at the Nox ember election
A Belated Celebration.
Paris, Maich 8 The French Union of
American Universities, bj a special gath
ering tonight, belatedly celebrated ash
inj,ton's Birthday There xvas a large
attendance
TVILL'IALTC YrlTH BIcK:ESI.bT.
General Sanguillj Want, to Dlscu.s
the Cuban Situation.
New York, March & Gen Julio San
guillj, who was recentlj leleased iroma
Spanish prison, xvill probably leax e to
morrow foi Wishine,ton,toseekanaudi ace
xvith President MeKinlev
The general bclioxcs he cau tell the
President a few things concerning the
tn'atment of Ameiicans in the island of
Cuba which mav influence the policj of
the new administration in its futuie atti
tude toward this w hole question
Sanguiilj will also make an effort to
see and talk to Seeretatj of State Sher
man He lias great hopes of Sherman on
account of tlij latter's v.arlike course in
the Senate Opmjnittct on Foreign Rela
tions Upon being interviewed as to his mis
sion at the (tupljal, banguilj expressed
the hope that ho, xvould obtain the de
sired inteivicvvs. i
I xv ant to, slicnv the President how
xitdlj essential it is that there should
be a United Sjtat's manol-war in Cuban
xvatcrs to piojLect Americans agunst the
horrible brutalitiep of the Spaniards
"I bdicve lii President MeKinlev," re
marked Sanguiilj', ' While I was Ijing
in l i j dungi ou,lu U;e Cub in fortiess I kept
up heart bj repeating to myself, 'When
McKlnlej gets, in we shill have a wai
ship ' I I nevVj that that might mean death
to it'xself and'7maij others, but the tates
of future priso'ne' s w ould be happier You
can imagine uij, urpnse when I found
mjself liberated under Cleveland and
Olnej
' I want to tell the President that Wev
ler, in his journejs into the interior," never
left anj live Americans behind him, not
even women or children I shull not
ask lor anv inttifereuee bj the United
felatis We don t need that V, e can
end this war ouiselve and that before
the xe ir Is out "
"We ue confident, however, that the
new Admiuisti ition xvill pursue a firu er
course tow ird the Cuban question th in
tin' old Secret irv She-in m appe irs rrom
his pievious utterances to be .in American
to the b lckbone All w e ask is not to be
blocked Suffei us to take arms to Cuba
without molest ition we isk nothing more
and we xvill end this xvar
"But the United States should no longer
rdl to protect its own citiens from out
r ige and assassination United States vv ai,
ships should no longer dingiace the Hag
bv assisting Spanish cuiisers to police the
coast I fcclconfid-utth it under McKinley
the end of these thii.gs is at hand "
Gen Singuillv was asked whether itxv as
true whether he xvould return at ouce
to Cub i at the he id of a strong epedi
tion, aud assume the command left vacant
bx the death of M iceo
' I cannot discuss that now," slid he,
evasivelv
It is reported that when he has had his
interviews xvith President MeKinlev and
Secret irv Sherman, Sanguiilj will go to
Philadelphia, where a reception in his
honor is planned for Mirch - Bejond
this he declares he has no plansbut the
knowing ones saj that he aviII soon return
to Cuba as the right hand to Maximo
Gomez
'1HEY PAYOR ARBIIRATION.
lhiltiinoie Methodia Anniml Coii
feience Ge- on Record.
Baltimore, March 3 The Baltimore an
nu il conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church put itself on lecoid ou the
arbitration question todiy the subject
vv as hrst mentioned In the miaIonarj ser
mon and afterward resolutions xvere
lntioduced and passed unanimouslj
The Rex Dr L u tea Clark, pastor of the
Madison Ax enucMethodtst Church, preached
the misslonarj sermon Special Interest
was taken in his sermon Ik cause he is
"si ited," according to rumor, to preach
to President McKinlej
It is reported to be deMnitelj settled that
the President will attend Ioundrj Metho
dist Church in Washington It is not
so detinitelj- settled, howexer, that Dr
Clark vv ill be sent to that church, but it is
thought he vv ill bo
Dr Clark told of the imrortance of the
century, the niostiir.po-tant since the one
in xx hich Christ w as born He gax e the re
sults of Chnstiau influence In the progress
among nations along xarious lines Con
cerning arbitration he said "Another
fruit of Christianltj lias been the gro vth
of the principle of arbitration arrong the
nations There is a treatj noxv before the
Senate proxiding for the establishment of
this principle betrween England and the
United States, the txxo greatest nations
of the earth That treaty has not been rati
fied but it xvill be, and if it is not ratifcd
immediately the principle aviII prevail
sooner or later
'Some people saj that the sentiment
for arbitration is the result ot the terrible
destructixeness ot modern engines ot xvar
I do not believe it But even it it be so,
it is a triumph of Chiistlarltj, for those
inventions are the result of Christian
thought It is not strange w hen xve
consider that there is a prediction for
unixersal peace iu this Bible, .vhcu the
swords shall be beaten into plowshares
and the shears into pruning hooks, and
nations shall learn xvar no more"
Immediately after the sermon the Rev
C Herbert Richardson offeied the fol
lov ing resolutions, xvhich xvere adopted
"Whereas a treatj providing for the
arbitration of international differences
between Great Britain and the United
States of America is i oxv pending iu the
Senate of the United States, and
"Whereas, said treatj has received the
approval or Piesident McKinlej in his in
augural address and also of e President
ClexelinJ, and,
"Whereas we beliexe the ratification
of such treatj xvill greatlv promote the
interests of peace among the nations of
the world therefore, be it
"Resolxed, Tint xve heartilj indorse the
principle of arbitr ition, and request the
Honorable Senate to adopt the treaty now
pending in tnat bodj, or to provide for
such treatj as will establish a court of
arbitration for the settlement of all inter
national differences betxxeen the natious
named
"Resolxed, That a copj of this action be
sent to the President of the Senate with
the Tequest that the same be laid before
the Senate, and ai3o to President Mc
Kinley "
AX OUTBREAK IN BAHIA.
Txxo Hundred Soldiers TCilled by
q Band of Fanatics.
Pans, March 8 A dispatch from Rio
Janeiro sajs that an outbreak has oc
curred in Bahia, where a colonel, 200
soldiers and thrte'eix 11 officials haxe been
killed bj a band of fanatics
The dispatch also sijs that the ofrices
Ot the monarchist newspapers Liberrnde
and Gazetadatnrdc in Rio Janeiro haxe
been looted and burned bj a mob
xxefle Commits Suicide.
New York, March 8 A man registering
as "G Andeison, Sv. eden," but Avho is
behevedto be GustaxeRimblad.co nmitted
auicide In ills room at the Vstor nouse
th's afternoon tv shooting himself in the
head t '
Tire In a Dry Goods Store.
Fire 'was discovered tins morning in R
Young's dry goods store, No 912 Seventh
street, by Policeman Tfoorxr The stock
xx as damaged to the extent of $1B0 Pn
a ate Lanahan of the Chemical Conn any,
had Ids 1 and badly cut forcing the door
WAXY MORE OHIO PLOPIX.
'lhat State Also Clumoiins foi the
JJistiiet Attorneyship.
President McKinlej is being run to a
point xv here life is fast becoming a
burden to him, notxvitlistnudlug the new
honors xv hioh he lias latelj had conferred
upon hiu. In addition to the thousands
of persons from Ohio, xv ho a ant nlmosfr
everj oftice xvithin his gift, those who
formerlj lived in that State but noxx re
side in the District, and xvho Avaut to be
appointed to District ofices, are adding
to his troubles a great de il
Ls Lieutenant Gov ernor Bait, of Ohio,
and 1 0 Taj lor, both now rcsidiug'iu
this citj , fire candidates for District At
torney , av hue there are others Avho claim
to have also had a lcsidence iu that
State aud xxant the office Hart and
Tajloi are the only txvo who seem to be
at all prominent iu the contest, and both
of these are inclined to base their claim
for the place upon the ground that thev
came from Ohio Each are reputed lavv
xers of abllitj, xvith experience, and
capable of filling the office should either
lie selected, but that thej are in fact
from Ohio av ill no doubt militate against
them
It is hardlj m the nature of things
that Mr Davis will be selected bj Presi
dent McKinlej, though he maj be allowed
to serve under his present appointment for
a shoit time let some of 1 is friends are
impressed witli the belli f that he will re
sign befoie inau j weeks In case this Is
done, the name of C Maurice Smith, one
Of the promlnint laxvjers at the bar, will
be presented to the President Mr Smith
is well known, and has from his boj
hood been a stanch Republican that the
President Avill appoint an Ohio man in
the place is not belli ved
Mr A A Birnej, the last before the
present incumbent to hold the office,
is an axoxved candidate in a certain con
tmgencj, and he is said to have a strong
following Mr Birnev is alleged to haxe
declared that he has no desire to embar
rass Mr Daxis' chances, but if a Repub
llc.ui is to lie chosen, he will be a candi
date, .md thus the matter rests so far
as thej an concerned
The friends of Mr Traccj L JefioriU
have asked him to enter the race Tliej
point to his record as a prosecutor, de
clare it cannot be excelled, and tint for
all the requisite qualities lie lias no su
perior Mr Jeffords is understood, hoxv
ever, to be ixerse to making a fi,;Iit for
the place, owing to the intimate relations
he has sustalnid to Air Birney, and is
sustaining to Mr Dnxis It is said bj
ids friends t! it he lias onlv to ask for
it to get it, as he is personallj quite
xvell acquainted with President McKinlej
THE ARIZOA REPUBLICANS.
They "VVunt u Nexx Governoi Ap
pointed Immediately.
Phoenix., Ariz , March 8 The Arizona
Republican x-ill publish the following
editorial tomoiroxx morning
' It is to be hoped tint the President
xxlll not lose anj time In appointing a
governor foi Anzoin lhe fcood 0f the
Republican partj in the "Icrntorj demands
Immediate action on his part We aiu
coniident that if the sltuatim here Is
properlx presented to him ue x.ill see the
neeessltj or making the appointment at
once The tenure of office bill, ax hich
lias alreadj passed tiie counc'l, takes from
the goviruor the po.ver of remoxal It is
designed to eontiuue Democrats iu office
who ought, in all lairncss, to be willing
to x icate upon the accession of a Re
publican governor
4 lhe trick lias been plajed beforeiu this
Territorj , and salaries haxe been paid to
double sets of officials Such a law
vv as enacted prior to the. appointment of
GOx Wolfloy, a few xears ago Mr W olt
leyxerj propcrlj disregarded it and made
appointments of lus ow n His course avus
sustained bv the courts, but in the mean
time the legislature provided for the
pax ment oi the beueficiaries or the tenure-of-office
act, and botli sets of officers
received pajment 'lhe Territorj had to
stand the extra expense and it will have
a little expeiience again if the proposed
bill shall become a law The House has
not been in a hurrj to currj this un
American scheme into effect, but there
is little doubt that it will do so unless
the President shall block the game by
n lining a new governor
An additional reason for immediate
action lies in the fact that the legislature
xvill adjourn March 13 A Republican
iu the goxernor's chair during the last
xveek ot the session would be able to do
much Tor his partj We hope the rep
resentativc Arizona Republicans now in
"Washington will make it their business
to acquaint the President with the situ
ation here He lias the pov. er to mp
this Democratic plot in the bud and ought
to invoke it " n
Business men here haxe sent manx tele
grams ot similar support to the President
and Secretarj of the Interior A candi
date for gox ernor, noxv in Washington, is
telegraphing here inviting telegrams to
tho President against MeCord His friends
are soliciting such telegrams proiriscu
ouslx in streets of Thoenlv
DEATH OF MRS. A . M. BEECIIER.
laved Just Ten Yenis to a Day
Aftei Her Husband.
Stamford, Conn , March S Mrs Henry
Ward Beecher died at 10 42 this morning
Mrs Beecher died at the home of her son
in law , the Rex Samuel Scoxille
She xx as conscious for twentj four hours
before her death and hei end came peace
fullx None of her relitlxes, except her
d iugiiter'3 familx and a niece, Miss Billiard,
was present The familj consists of Mr
and Mrs Scoxille and their son and daugh
ter
William Beecher, of Nexv York, was here
jesterdij, but he Aventhome last night.
All the kinsfolk are w itlun easy call, how
eAer No arrangements have been made for
the funeral, and it is probable that none
Avill be made until this evening or to
morroxv. The fact that the patient's rugged con
stitution had enabled her to rallj from
the xery shadow of deatli several times
in succession accounts for the absence of
her children and relatives when the, end
finallj came Most of them were worn
out xxith watching and anxletj, and xvere
unable to be In Stamford last night and
this morning
The Funeral of Mi. A-xery.
The remains of Mrs R W Avery, who
died at the Bancroft on Mondax nlght.haxo
been removed to Alexandria foi interment
The announcement of the death of this
estimable lady, In The Excning Times
jesterdaj , was read with great regret by
the manv friends she had made in so
cial circles In this Citx Mrs Axerj was
the xx ifo of Mr R W Ax crj , a prominent
business man of Alexandria, xvho remox ed
to this cltyi about four jears ago The
funeral will take place from the residence
of the sister of the deceased. South Patrick
street, tomorrow The interment will be
private
The Fight fi Comruissionei.
At a meetingof the SoutheastW ashington
Citizens' Association, held last cxening,
the action of the conference of representa
lives of all the East W ashington Citizens'
Associations In reference to recommend
ing a resident of that sertion for appoint
ment ,as Commissioner was indorsed and
Mr W J Frizzell was appointed i dele
gate to the i cxt conference
TIEOLTlMiiaEO
Continued from First Page.
couched in the Torm ot an ultimatum
There was no doubt, he said, that there
was a difference between the position
of Turkej and that ot Greece. The latter
xx.es acting In defiance of the pov ers
xx bile Turkej xvas acting purely in the
defensixe and shoving that she had no
desire to re&it the desires ot the powers
& N Curzon, under foreign secretarx,
said It xvas impossible to pledge the
powers to the appointment of a Christian
governor of Crete
ATTITUDE OF FRANCE.
No Militurx Action Without Consent
of the Deputies.
Pans, March 8 la the chamber ot dep
uties todav cx-Miulster Goblet i ressed the
government to consult the chamber berore
taking any actixe steps in regard to
Greece
Prime Minister Mchne and M Hanotaux
both declared that it xvas imjossible
Greece's reply and her inte.itions were offi
cially know n, but, tbey added, there wmild
be no military operations by France xvitb
out the assent of the chamber
M Milicrjiid,a Socialist member, asked
that tomorrow be fixed for debating the
question
Prime Minister Meline refused to fix the
date and he xvas supported by the Cham
ber bj a vote 325 to 195
M Jaures, Socialist, said he xvould re
new the interpellation on the subject daily.
'IHI' WASHINGTON GREEKS.
Hopeful of Seeurwiir the liberation
of Crete.
KimonNicolaides, the leideroftheW ash
ington Greeks, is full or hope as to the
posoibla issue ot the present ddTicGlty.
Mr Nicolaides keeps in constant corre
spondence with his fellow countrymen in
Nexx York He has sent subscriptions of
monej to his goxernmenc to aid ttieori in
their xvar against the infidel Turk, and
has everj eonhdeiice tint Greece xxill be
the Aictor in the struggle The last com
municatioii he rcceixed was irom Solon J
Velastos, of Nexx Y'ork, the recognized
leadt r of the Greeks in this countrj, and
a pi in xx ho took xn actixe part m the
former struggle of the Cretans In this
Utter lie states that Crete is ours this
time, sure "
Mr Nicolaides saj s that the main trouble
xvith the Greeks v. ill be to secure the
funds xxith v. Inch to prosecute the Tar
He s.ijs that the Greeks cannot be con
quered, but maj be exterminated. All of
the rich merchants of ids country x-ill
orfer their fortunes to the king, and thos
in this countrj, Avho cannot glxe their
personal services, xv ill contribute money ns
long as thex possess a cent Thev are
a cry hoperul or success, and should war
be declired tomoiroxv the few men who
represent the government In this citj
Axould be n duced one-hair bv uatixes re
turning to tight Tor their flig
Pat! lots Pecuniarily Emh irras-ed.
New lork, March 8 Mr. Botassi. the
Gnek consul general, has received oxer
100 telegrams and 500 letters rrom Greeks
all oxer the country Aoiunteenng to go to
Greece and right The consul general said
today that most or the AxriUrs coupled
their desire to go home with the condition
thatthcirpass mebe paid He hadreceixed
notice rrom his gox eminent this morning
that nil Gieeks who wished to go home
to right xx ill hax e to pay thei r o wn prssuge,
as the goxernment has mad no proxision
Tor such expenditure.
SECRETARY GAGE'S COURSE.
He Will Adhere Strictly to Civil
Service ReXorm.
Soon after the Hou Ljman J Gage
xvas notified bx Mr. McKinlej of his se
lection as eerctarj or the Treasury he
gaxe out a statement that he intended to
run his office just n& he did his bank on
business and civil serxice principles Tms
xvas good news to the thousands of clerks
in the Treasurj Department, but fell like
a xxet blanket on the practical politician's,
the felloxvs who are out for the spoils.
The politicians, howexer, did not take
Mr Gage exactlx at his xvord They be
lieved that when he talked of enforc'ng
cixil rerx-ice he meant it to applj- onlj'
to the small clerkships, the messengers and
Axatchmen Thex did not dream that he
ax ould onlj make remox als Tor cause
If Mr. Gage'K Intimate friends are to be
believed, the nexv' Secretary contemplates
an innovation that has never before been
tried in anx department of the goxern
ment an innoatloiir indeed, that smacks
of genuine, unadulterated, honest civil
service. This is xx imt one of these friends
said to a Times reporter.
"It is Mr Game's intention to conduct
the Treasury Department on the soundest
kind of business principles He xvill not
onlx not make a change in the personnel
of the department except for cause,
but he xxill go even rurther.
' It is his purpose, in tho case of the three
Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury,
which are Presidential appointments, to
ask Mr. McKinlej to select them from the
corps ot able and trained men already in
the department All things being equal,
of course, Mr Gage will recommend Re
publicans to be his assistants, butir there
are Democrats xvho are more competent
than their Republican colleague to handle
the complex business or the respectix e or
Tires named, thex will be gixen theprerer
erce so far as Mr. Gage's influence goes
Of course, tr Mr Gage's scheme is vetoed
bv President McKinley, politicians xvill be
the assistants to the Secretarj-, and not
the practical men xvho haxe grown up in
the serx ice '
BANQUETED THE OFFICERS.
District Council, Roynl Arcanum,
Entertained Its Friend..
The members or District Council. No
1595, Roxal Arcanum, celebrated in regal
stjle last niuht in the banquet hall or the
Regent Hotel It xvas the secoml annual
banquet or the organization Members
and guests gathered to the number or
scores, and there ax as a consensus ot opin
ion that the predecessor of the affair,
good as It was, xvas marxelouslj out
classed The banquet xvas in honor of the of
ficers ot the grand council, xvho aie
xisitlng the District council The mem
bers of the grand council are E B.
Ejnon, grand regent, Philip "Walker, Alee
regent J B Terrell, secretarj; Ben
jamin "White, treasurer, orator, C R
Zeappone, chaplain, George n Hercus;
guide, W H Brigham; ax arden, Dr Thomas
Calxer, and sentrx, F R "Whitnej. The
representatixe of the supreme council was
George U Cooper Among the inxited
guests xx ere a number of distinguished
people
Senate Imtut;uiiil Souvenirs?.
Senator Mitchell or Wisconsin made a
formil report to the Senate yesterdaj' of
the distribution or tickets to the Senate
gallerj and inauguration stand He says
that before the anangimcnts xvere flnallj
determined upon tAvo outside stands were
contemplated bj the committee, to hold
2,500 persons each, and tickets were pre
pared before it was found impracticable to
erect the stands Senator Mitchell recom
mends that these 5,000 tickets, "xvhich
arc beautiful specimens of the engraver's
art," be distributed among the members
or the t-vo houses In the usual proportion.
VOODWARD
LOTHROP,
10 th. llth and F Sts. N. W.
58 Dozen Women's -Fine Grade
3DH-11 1 EllSJ !ti
iiiioo imw mm
in light, medium and dark col
oring's, ruffled yoke, "Watteau
back, new style sleeves a vast
assortment of pretty patterns.
Sizes 32 to 42. A special value-
50c
EACH.
REGULAR PRICE, Sl.25.
da noor.
THE NEW
Traveling Goods
for season of '97 are here. The
line is extensive and includes
every popular shape and manj
an odd shape in Trunks, Bags,
Suit Cases, Hat Boxes, Telescope
Cases. The prices are lower
than at any previous season on
many things, and where they
remain the same some improve
ment in the Trunk or Bag is
always noticeable.
Today a Car-load of
Trunks and Bags
At Special Prices as follows:
CanvasCoveredTrunkH.withsteelclamps,
sheet-iron bottom, hard-wood stajs, brass
loct, deep tray with hat box.
il.95
EACH.
Canvas Covered Steamer Trunks, sheet
iron bottom, steel clampa, leather bound,
strap hinges, cloth lined best Excelsiec
ioelc
$3.95
EACH.
Canvas Covered Steamer Trunks, steel
clamps, sheet iron bottom brass lock. A
very exceptional value.
$1.95
EACH.
Canvas Cox ered Trunks.extra heavy steel
clamps, extraheavycornerc! am ps.nvetedr
sheet iron bettoin, etiain xxork top and
bottom extra re-entorcements top and
botorn, deep set up tray with bat box.
$3.95 EACH.
Other Trunks up to $35 each.
Imitation Atfigau.r Club Bags, made of
sheepskin, nickel trimmings.
12
13
It
15
IS
13
70c 75c SCc Soc Wc 9jc
51 .CO
Keal Oram Leather Club Bags.
10 11 12 Vi II 13
si 25
Sk&3
15
Sk5j SI CO
17
S1.73
13
52 1
52 25 52 -0 i.2.75
Keal Alligator Club Bags, rull leather
lined, leather covered frame, brass trim
mings 14 li 1G 17 U
So 05 $1.3-3 S-1.7J Situ 3523
Keal Alluatoi Oxford Club Bags, TuU
leather hmed.
12 13 11 15 16
S3.0 53.75 SI. 80 54.23 51.73
17 13
5125 SuTo
Boys' Department.
bailor Suits, blue, gray and brown.
sizes 3 to 10 52 05
AVa-shable kilt Suits, izes"i too 1 25
buits for dress purpoes,izes J toS..S3 25
Suits, xvith extra pants, sizes -to 15. 52 30
txtra Trousers, sizes -t to 13, SI 00
grade.. .... .... . 59c
Cotton Cheviot Waists, sizes 4 to 1 1 29c
l'ercale Blouses, sizes J to a 29c
White- farirts, linen bosom, sizes
12 to 13 1-2 59c
Ooir or lachting Caps, neat checks
each .. 25c
Uovs Fedoras, broxvn and black,
each 51 OO
Uoy Derby3, brown and black,
each ."- v-1 00
Uluet-lochlamO fchanters.ttieh .... 50a
Jd rioor
Upholstery Department.
27 inch Scotch Madras, per vard..l2 l-2c
Jb inch bcotch Madras.per yard ITc
50 inch bcotch Madras.per yard.... 21c
50 inch Scotch Madras, colored, per
yard S? 1 2c
JO inch Fancy Japane-eCrepes.per
yard 12 l-2o
3B inch figured btlkaluis, pr
yard 10c
Jt inch Figured Denim, per yard.. ISc
bb inch Furniture Llnen.pcr yard.. 45c
Jxb ft. Opaque Window Shades.
each - 25c
10 inch Curtain Swiss per yard 12 l-2c
J fold bereens, each SI 50
Mahosanj Tibourettes.eacri S1.75
Kattan Foot btools SOc
bingle Panel Ftre-Scrcens, each ?1.33
1th floor.
Basket Department.
Small Covered Market Uaskets.each.. 13c.
bquare Coxen'd Clothes Hampers,
each $1 35
Kound Covered Clothes Hampers,
each - . 75c
Oftice Waste Uaskets, each 20c
rancy bcrap Uiskets, each 50c
Oblong Infant- Baskets, each SI 00
Work Baskets, on stand, each - 50c
Covered Work Baskets, each 73c
Dog Baskets, each - SI 25
l'igeon Baskets, each v S2 50
Large Square Cox-ered Hampers,
each 3 00
Oxal Clothes Baskets, each doc
bined Knife Basket,, each 33c
bmall Fancy Scrap Baskets, each.. 25c
5th floor.
Picture Department.
White Lnamelcd Frames, withmats.. 39c
Artist Proof ttchings, mounted,
liT2t5 50c
Genuine Aitotxpes, 22x2S 40c
llelft Pictures, llxl S1J.9
lards of Pansies. framed S1.00
at Cecelia, gilt frame nnd mat 5Uc
I'astels, xxhite and gold frames 2 50
Watermelon 1'ictures ..."....S3 00
l'a&tel dame Pieces ...Sl.bU
Colored Photos.oxal frames 1 25
White frames, brass ornaments.... 49c
Assorted Medallion Photos $1.00
Oil Fainting -!1 59
MeKinlev Portraits, mounted 25c
4th Iioui.
Woodward & Lottirop.