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THE TIMES, WASHINGTON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, I8M.
Cash r Credit The Only
The more you study our prices
And compare the qualities we sell with what other firms naud'e the more you will reconie the
fact that we take first place as value-givers. Cheaply -made Furniture is never cheap, for it lasts
no time. We wiil notliaudie it, though it means us cutting promts closer than others .n order to
make our prices 1ower than anyone can match, while giving better qualities. Always remember
that your wc'comc here do3a not depend upon the amo'int in your pocket-book. If ou have not
money, you have credit. We will arrange the terms to suit your circumstance
Cash or Credit.
LADIES DESK Solid oak. French
legs handsomely carved, and a targe,
serviceable piece of furniture, and is an
extra alue at
ENGRAVINGS FRAMJBD ETCH
INGS. COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS,
etc . la a great variety We snow a
large line and the prices must be right.
A handsome large, gilt-framed Etch
ing for
$2.00.
HIGH-GRADE SOLID OAK DIKING
CHAIR Golden finish, cane seat, new
pattern, and a $2 Chair, for
$1.50-
Large assortment of REED and
RATTAN GOODS A full site Comfort
Rocker. ell made and thorough! well
totalled.
$3.75.
MASSIVE SOLID OAK SIDEBOARD
Golden finish handsomely curved;
swell front large linen drawer It's a
$90 value, for
$22.00.
EXTRA HEAVY SOLID OAK GOLD
EN F1XISH CHAMBER SUITE Has
French pattern plate full swell fronts,
doable drawer and door commode is
a good $75 alue for
$50.00.
SOLID OAK BEDROOM SUITE Full
swell front 4 drawer dremer, swell
front, double door commode, large
SfxM bevel plate mirror, bed and
drawer stand feet high A high-grade
set
$25-00.
ANOTHER SOLID OAK BEDROOM
8OTTE Handsome! carved and high
ly finished has swell front, drawers,
French beel plate mirror, and is an
extra big value for
$17.50.
901903 Seventh Street
TUB LADIES WILL HELP
Success to 31ark the Columbia Typo
graphical Union Fair.
The Principal Prize to lie GIcn
Away "Will He a Hound-Trip Ticket
to Paris Good-Nnluretl Rivalry
Aniunc the Contenting 13l isionn
Partial LiM of the Contribution.
Tate alettes of the members of Colombia
Typographical Union, No 101, and their
frieode recently held In the interests of
the fair which ie to be held under the
auatneec of that organisation November 27
to December 2, indoarve. demonstrated that
all concerned are making every effort to
sake the atfair a iniccenr As no enterprise
of thta Mod can be a decided success with
out the assistance of the lady friends of
those concerned, the members of the union
have enlisted the co-operation of their
women friends, and so have already practical-
Manured the success of the fair
The hoard of control in charge of the
fair jtmotted that already the friends oi j
the oaten were leading practical aid to the
success of the undetaWng. as is evidenced
by she targe number of cash contributtoufc
and donations of valuable and useful ar
ticles. Great enthusiasm in the coming
event was created by addresses made by
Bdwta C loses. President of Columbia
Union, F C Roberts, William Greenfield,
Sfedbr Smith, "William L. Gmchtas. Edward
Thomas. David Snyder, H W Templar, and
others. Mr. I. H Babcock, Chairman of the
printing committee, reported that during
fair week a daily bulletin will be printec
Thus publication, it is stated, will be ooe
of she prettiest and most elaboratly gotten
up programmes ever issued on a similar oc
cosloa in Washington.
it is also stated that one of the capital
prises, which will be voted for during the
fair Is a aoued-trip ticket to the Paris
Rxeootttoo, This prise is donated by the
Second division of the Government Print
ing Owee.
in connection with this it may be stated
that already much rivalry exists among
the dhsereot divisions of the Government
Printing Otnce as to which -will make the
meet valuable donation to the fair Tbe
Cecond division is reckoned as one of the
small dtrlsioos in the Government Print
ing Ossoe. so everybody is anxiously await,
lag the announcement of the contributions
of the other divisions
Daring each night of the fair the mem
bers of some organisation will be 'enter
tained as guests of honor Already two
evenings have been set apart, for the local
order of Bike and the Baltimore Typo
grattbteal Union
Daring tbe past week tbe following con
tributtonc have been received
Hon. John Hsv. Secretary at State, HO, Mr
Wfu Most. Chief of Weather Bureau, $10,
Joan L. Kennedy, Industrial Coanmsnon, $10,
Mtawa. Halm ft Go 919, Mean. Itabler fc
11 nia. r. VatUUBM. Md . 100. Thomas W Smith,
luanber aai anil work, $$, Thouat) Somervillf fc
Soa. 6, X a. Campbell, architect 6, Yitxmu
Palp Paper Oo aew iork, $S Interlakeo
sum rrovtoeace. R I , S, the SafeU lomla
tarWbt and Cable Co.. Kew York. S, Hirsl. .
fl. meas temutriar and lasts. 6, H Kebnst
aaom Co . fccw "iotk, $. E. J K. Rosen
thal, one doaaen Maaitstaui huts $a Baraard
Bros., sse fctghnde daa slS, B iiorn, one
pans pattern, fB, Sale Co , one Urap and
table 3&. Joaeph AUerbaeh. oae calf leather
BTtp. 15, Ceatral Labor I moo out dreM wit
case, , Oconje a bpier, one t-day maatle
lock, fL H. K. Fulton, one mandolin &,
Daba sTMattia. two dosen cfataa arUchav 16,
Kadalah Hast k Co , one carving cet, one docea
podkst tiiliss. sad three aratchea, $15, a illiaat
liaba M Os , , Palau Royal, tilverware pitcher,
and Oay, m, AdvertMer Pnatiat Comnsay,
prtaUas. ft. law Reporter Company, pnntina;.
Vis, faonaw V Csdiak, prumar, fl, National
PoaUahmf Crnnsnsy. nnatiar., i, Jsdd t Bet
wcUer, pftotiar, f5, Mornstm Paper Co , sUtion
-ty, m ; . C Burton, one large American nag,
16, I Earl Vaguer, t acaaon ticket to baseball
stmda tor 1W, R T U.rwick, one case liquors
Complete Houscftmiishcrs in Washington Cash or Credit.
Cash or Credit.
A HANDSOME SOLID-OAK WARD
ROBE Double doors paneled front
and sides, with shelf and hooks com
plete. Regular prite is ?12 now for
$9-00.
SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE
duster legs w ith croes pieces.
SERVING TABLE Quartered golden
oftk, choice design and polish finish.
$6.7.
DBCORATED DINNER SET 112
pieces complete W e don t need lo ex
plain much about it when wc say the
price is
$6.2,
SOLID OAK SUITE Golden Onish,
full Ewell front large pattern French
bevel plate mirror suite is handsomely
finished with rope molding, and is a
regular $45 value Our price is
$32.00-
WHITE ENAMELED FURNITURE
Chiffoniers Dressers Toilet Tables.
etc A 3-drawer Dresser, with large
bevel plate, brass handles, well fin
ished, a very handsome piece, for
SOLID OAK SIDEBOARD Golden
finteh, large linen drawer, ample cup
board; French plate mirror. A big
value for
$15.00.
SOLID OAK UPRIGHT FOLDING
BED Front nicely carved and paneled,
is thoroughly well made and is fitted
with an excellent woven wire spring
Regular $30 -value
$20.00.
HOUSE & HERRMANN
and box opars, ctrve Caldwell, one half cai
liquors and 100 ciear- John Connor, one lialf
fake whitki. John Bonim, one case wliieVv, lohn
W O Connor, one cat? wlnalv, and Martin K
turtin one case uhijkj
Besides the above donations several
handsome articles have been donated to
individual members of the union
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Iteccnt ItumorH RcnrdluK' Cultnu
Census AppointmeiitM to Ue Sifted.
The recent reports from Havana that
a number of former penitentiary convicts
were among the census enumerators ap
pointed In Cuba resulted in telegraphic
instructions yesterday to Victor Olm
stead. Assistant Director of the Census,
to proceed at once to Havana and confer
with General Ludlow for the purpose of
making complete investigation of the
charges
Gen J P Sanger is in general charge i
of the census work both in Cuba and j
Porto Rico, and Mr Olmstead Is his chief i
assistant in the former island Before Mr j
Olmstead went to Cuba the field work was
divided among the six provinces of the
island with a native in each province as
supervisor. These supervisors had the ap
pointment of the enumerators for their
province. A complete list of the enumera
tors appointed has not yet reached General
Sanger The officials of the War Depart
ment are greatly surprised at the charges
made, and it is proposed to remedy any
evil that might be discovered in this di
rection. THEIR PROMOTIONS BRIEF.
Kie Colonels Mnilc HrIrudierM nntl
'I lien Itelired.
The promotion to be brigadier generals
of five colonels, and their immediate re
tirement, has caused the following list
of promotions to be issued by the War
Department
Col Alexander C M Pennington, Second r
tiller? . promoted to bndier general, October 16,
and retired October IT upon bib own application,
after more than fort tears' service, Lieut (oi
VAilhaiu I- Hakin Second Artillen to colonel
Second Artillery, Mayor John H Mi nek, Hith
Artilleo. to lieutenant colonel o( the Second r
tiller ,'Capt John M k !avis. First Uttlten,
to major in the Fifth Artillen , Firt Lieut I-ois
Ofititeiw, Sixtb Artiliett. to be captain oi the
First Arulleri , Second Lieut II L Carmicliael,
Seventh Artillery, to be fin lieutenant in the
Sixth Artillen
Col Royal T. Frank, First Artillery, promoted
to be brutadter jreneral, Octolrtr 17, and retired
October !, upon Ms own application, after more
than fortv jeare' service, Lieut Col I- Han
Mph, Third Artillery, to colonel of the First
rtillerr MaJoT Edward Field Second Artillery,
tto lieutenant colonel of tbe Third rtilkn , Cant
K K. Roberts, Fifth rtillery, to major in tile
Second Artillen , First Uciit John Cwiklin jr ,
Second Artillcrt. to captain in the Fifth Artillen ,
Second Lieut H ( liiehop Sixth Artillen, to
ftrsr lieutenant in the Second Artillery
Col Louts II Carpenter, Hith Cavalry, pro
moted to brigadier general Octoter IS, and retired
October 19 upon bw own rejuert, after over thirt
year service, Lieut Col H K Ilaffert. Second
Cavalry , to colonel of the Fifth Cavalry , yiajar
a M Wallace, Second Cavaln. to lieutenant
colonel of tbe Second Cavalrv (apt N S (hm
ler. Fifth Cavslrv, to mayor in the Second Oa
air First lieu W A Holbroolc. Seventh Cav
alrt to captain in the Fifth Catalry, Second
Ieut C K. Stodter Ninth Cavalrv, to first
lieutenant in tbe Seventh Cavalry
Col Samuel Oventtune, Twentv third Infantrv,
promoted to brigadier fteneral October IV and re
tired October Vi upon hi own application after
more than thirty yesrs irvice; Lieut (ol (!
a Davis, lout tec nth Infantn. to colonel of the
Third Infantry Mayor J M Thompson 'lwentv
fourth Infantry. to lieutenant colonel of
the Fourteenth Infantn. Capt T k Matin,
rleveoth Infantry, to mayor in tbe Twenty fourth
Infant r
Col Daniel M' Boric, Seventeenth Infant r,
promoted to brijradicr general, United States
rtnv, October to and retired October 21 upon his
own .pplication, after more than fortv years'
aenrice. Lieut. Col i H Smith, T dfth Infantry.
to colonel of the Seventeenth lntai.tr , 'Major
John W Hub, Fourth Infantry, to lieutenant
colonel of tbe Twelfth Infantrv, (apt a L
Pitcher, Eighth Infantry, to mayor in the Fourth
Infantry.
Sailing of the Mouooiicj .
Tbe old light draft iron gunboat Mo
Bocacy sailed from Shanghai for Chln
Kisng, China, yesterday. She is one of tbe
vessels suggested by Admiral Dewey as
available for service in the Philippines
There are doubts at the-Nary Department
as to the Moaocacy's seaworthiness, how
ever, and she will be docked at Hong&ong
to ascertain her condition
Cash or Credit.
Carpets.
Straw
Mattini
Oilcloth,
We carrv a most complete assort
ment of all grades of carpeting and
floor covers including MOQUBTTE
AXMINSTERS SAXONIES VEL
VET? BRUSSELS ALL WOOL and
HALF-WOOL INGRAINS Wc cam
all the new designs and colorings and
we make it a point not to be undersold
on anv grade wo carry
Our hne of STRAW MATTINGS is
the best assorted in this city, and In
clude5! all grades in both large and
small patterns Prices start verv low
and include the tacking down
We Make. Lay, and
Line Free of Expense
All Carpels we sell and the prices
auoted vou bv our salesmen include all
the costs of the Carpet on the floor.
Rugs, Mats, Art Squares,
Carpet Sweepers, Linoleum
A BEAUTIFUL o-PIECE MAHOG
ANY TINISHED PARLOR SUITE
Coered in godd quality brocatelle and
upholstered m a thorough manner;
frames well finished for
$25.00.
Immense assortment of DINING
CHAIRS in all grades We offer a
handsome solid oak diner cane seat,
hich back, and made upon honor, for
only
1.
PARLOR SUITE 5 pieces, complete
mahogany finished frames well made
and coered in good qualm fancy
damask The suite is excellent alue
at the price
ELEGANT GONDOLA COUCH 29
inches wide, C ft S in long coered in
handsome eIours has 5 rows tufting
and is fringed to the floor A genuine
bargain at
$1375.
Corner of I (Eye) Street.
A LONG FIGHT EXPECTED.
The 'Iioiililes of the 1'nintcrn' I iiion
to He Vlrcd in Contt.
It is expected that the differences between
the two factions of Mount Vernon Painters
ssembly, No 1798 Knights of Labor, will
result in a long fight before the District
courts It was learned yesterday that the
faction which includes the officers of the
organization, against whom a restrain
ing order was itsued by the Supreme Court
of the District on Tridav, enjoining them
from using any of the fundB of the as
sembly for the purpose of purchasing a
charter, or otherwise expending the monev
for the benefit of District Assembly No
C6 Knights of Labor, have consulted at
torneys with the intention of fighting the
opposition to the end
When the restraining order was issued
on Friday the court did not specify any
particular day when it would be return-
able In the mean time the injunction
'" remain ln Iorce- ano lnere wl" oe no
necessity for the complainants the faction
which objects to affiliating with District
Assembly No CC, Knights of Labor, taking
other action
It is not expected, however that those
whom, it is alleged in the petition for in
junction, desire to give up their charter
in the general order of the Knights of
Labor and affiliate with the local assembly
will let matters remain in that condition
long As soon as an answer has been pre
pared, it is supposed, they will go into
court and ask that on the showing made
the restraining order be rescinded
After considering the matter should the
court not deem the grounds stated in the
answer sufficient cause to cancel the or
der, testimony will be taken and the case
heard upon its merits People who are
posted in reference to the causes which led
to the filing of the petition for injunction
are of the opinion that the hearing in this
matter will naturally revive and bring to
issue the proceedings now before the Su
preme Court of the District which involves
the relation of District Assembly No CC,
Knights of Labor to the general order ot
the Knights of Labor and consequently
the relation of Blount Vernon Assembly to
both
MILES' TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Colonel Miclilcr AVill ccoiiipuiiy
II I in on n "WcNtcrn 'lour.
Gen Nelson A Miles, commanding the
United States Army, left Washington last
night for an extended tour of inspection
of Western and Southern military posts
The General s party consisted of his wife
and daughter. Miss Hoyt of this citv,
Prank Hall of Philadelphia and Capt.
rrancis Michler the General's aide
The first stop will be made at Chicago,
from whence the party will go to Omaha
and thence to San Trancisco A stop of
several days will be made at Red Locks,
Mont , where hunting for big game is to be
the programme Col W r Cody, better
known as Buffalo Bill, will join the Gen
eral in the sport.
After making thorough Inspection of the
transport system at San Francisco the par
ty will leave for the South stopping at
San Antonio Tex , N'ew Orleans, and home
bv way of Atlanta It is expected that the
party will be away at least a month
Operation on th Cur,
HAMBURG, Oct 21 It is authorita
tively reported that the C-sar submitted to
an operation at Darmstadt on October 14
It is said the operation relieved him con
siderably of his sufferings from cerebral
pressure
Vn Aqueduct In I'aiianin.
The Bureau of American Republics has
received Information that the authorities
of the city of Panama hive invited bids
to be opened Decembei 30, for the con
struction of an aqueduct in that place.
"Mi. llriklcjolntN Trip.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejolm will leave 111 a
few days for an extended trip West He will in
spect nuinlwr of military posts in ebraka and
Wyoming, and will net ' relRrn to Waintfton
until the middle of No ember
A thin, Rervou peteon requires ten hourV deep
evn nitiht and a bottle ofileunli s, Maerzen
ii N:i!.tU Bur bi(or retiring
IH MliN GDBA
Scenes at Sagua La Grande and
Puerto Principe.
,jk1 'I owns That Have Di'cmtil in
TroiUiil Lnrlnehs Vn Ymerlciin
13-viieriiiientIns: "With. Northern i
(.nnUii 1 rin.k-1'ciicliCK mill Vpplcs
That Full to Grew The fechools.
CARDENAS, Sept It The citv of Puerto
Principe, lying almost in the centre of the
province of the same name, is reached by
a forty-five mile railway, from the port
of Neuutas, on the north coast. Though
one of the richest and most interesting
capitals of Cuba, as well as the quaintest
and furthest behind the times, it is par- (
haps less known to the outside world than
anv other town of equal size on the island.
"Within it old Tempus seems to have turned j
as lazy as the natives, and to nave laid
down his sevthe and gone out of business In
the earliest das of European occupation
With a population of something over 60,000,
the citv has never had a hotel nothing
better than posadas and fonditas, as quaint .
and comfortless as that in wnicn josepn
and Mar) found refuge in Dethlehem of j
Judea The citizens however, though un- j
progressive and sleep) as the sleepiest denl- (
zens of the tropics, are so beautifully hos- i
pitable that the) never permit a friend to
remain an hour in a public house
Ever) stranger who comes their wa) with '
im.c f intrnHiKiinn is rprplvcrl literalK '
with open arras, and treated as a bosom
friend and even those without Introduc- I
nn ',mic thPir faces or manners earn I
tnr, evident a testimonial of non-respecta-
: ,,.: .ii. mw n,Q,,. v .ith. l
bilitv can assuredly
niiiLV can usauicuij iui. .uw ....j ....... ,
out difflcultv At the worst, travelers in
these out of-thc-way regions will do well
to remember that in every village the
priest s house the ' padre' (father) in lo
cal parlance is always open to the public,
and in them wayfarers may be sure ot
entertainment at reasonable rates of com
pensation" A very short visit in Santa Maria del
Puerto Principe as the town was chris
tened, leads you to think that the high
sounding title is nther a misfit. Its nar
row, crooked streets are mostly unpaved
and the low casas of antiquated architec
ture are shabby in the extreme There
are several old churches, a number of con
vents and monasteries a well patronized
bull-ring a theatre a group of somewhat
more modern buildings for government
offices, and of course a fine casino for
no Cuban city is so poor that it has not
several of those anti-domestic institutions
nnilod clubs" in the United States where
in benedicts may preserve the liberty and
trauitions oi oaciieiuruuuu, ui iuu c-wiu
of their own firesides Tbeicountry around
Puprto Princine is the best in Cuba for
grazing purposes vast grassy plains, with
rivers running through, where millions of
cattle might be well sustained.
"iet to this day Cubans generally go
without butter or pa"y a dollar the pound
foi vile smelling stuff 'brought in tin boxes
from Denmark and not fit for wagon
grease Enterprising Americans can find
no better field than right here in well-conducted
cattle farms The Industry would
ret require large capttaL like sugar and
coffee, and would bring sire, speedy, and
bountiful returns Some tobacco is grown
in the neighborhood und a good deal of
sugar-cane and wild honey produced by
the stlngless bees of , the-country is ex
ported irt considerable 'quantities
An American gentleman is experiment
ing in the line of aram truck, on a
small farm In Principe province not far
from the capital. His onions, beans to
matoes cabbages, egg-plants, and I don't
know how many other homely Northern
vegetables seem to be doing remarkably
well, except for the drawback of too fer
tile soil which inclines to undue ex
uberance of vegetation at the expense of
fruitage He ha3 also an'apple and peach
orchard real apple and real peach trees
hut in this climate they do not bear ap
ples and peaches, only beautiful crops ot
thrifty leaves ana Diossoms in meir sea
son The buds Invariably drop off
prematurely Sugar producing soil, in
any part of the world will not bear our
Northern fruits, but it win grow orangua
and other tropical fruits to perfection The "'nc. 'eve" m away turougu a i
wi Id oranges of this section, small, juicy, inch pipe The water contains an excess
,.,,". i.i nr n finn n can ha of lime, and during the winter season,
aui jvnun o - w ..- w
found anywhere in the world, but, strange
to say, there is not a regular orange grove
in Puerto Principle province
In Cocoanut Grove.
Cocoanuts are made more use of, and
every mans field is fringed with the tall,
graceful trees The nuts are sold on the
spot, at an average rate of ?8 per thousand
They are generally hulled where they grow,
and "then hauled to a primitive mill near
Neuvitas, to be ground and pressed for oil
The Cuban process of extracting oil from
the cocoanut resembles that by which
Texans make oil from cotton-seed The
cake of solid residue is fed to the pigs
about the onlv live stock at present raised
in Eastern Cuba and the shells are util
ized for fuel in running the mills So far,
the oil has been locally employed only
as a lubricator for sugar-making machin
ena -nicked waste of valuable material
it seems to those who are familiar with
the splendid possibilities of the product
Here is an unequaled opening for the
manufacturer of palm-oil soap, cocoa-fibie
mats, hats etc , to say nothing of the hun
dred other uses to which parts of the tree,
its fruits and fibres may be put
The saying goes that a cocoa-tree bears
a nut for every day in the year Any
where in rural Cuba vou may buy as many
cocoanuts as you can carry for a twenty-,
live cent coin and one who has never tast
ed the "milk' of a freshly -gathered nut
tan have no idea what is meant by the
phrase "a draught for the gods " " hile
still alive as they bay in the West Indies,
the nuts are not brown and hard, as we
see them in northern markets they are
bright vcllowish green and look like colos
sal apples slightly elongated The shell
is soft and easllv cut You mav make a
hole in one end with a penknife when out
gushes the milk like a living spring It
should be colorless as water with a slight
bparkle like that from sbme clear moun
tain rill with a sweMish; delicious flavor,
and if picked earlv ip the morning, after
the nut has been swinging all night In the
breeze the pint of liquid is almost ice
told The trouble with Imported cocoanuts
is that they are gathered unripe and spoil
ed In transit, and then the juice becomes
thick white, and sour like buttermilk
Wheie cocoanuts grow, you never find
inside their shells any ofthat hard, white
layer which Northerners desicate
(desecrate would be the better word), for
in its best estate the nut has no such
substance but Instead a creamy film,
hardly thicker than a thumb nail, which
is scraped off with h spoon when eaten
'riioiisnnds-'Of XMiuiriN.
Immediately west of Neuvitas the cays
begin, which stretch in tlose succession all
the way to Havana no fewer than 180 of
them, by actual count, between the two
points named They aie of varying sizes,
from a few yards to miles In extent but
uniformly long and narrow with beeches
of silvery sand, fringed with mangrove
bushcb and cocoa palms Cayo Rom mo
the largest island on the north coast ton
tains 172 square miles, but is vet entirely
unoccupied Next in hUc is Cayo bai
(Salt Island) whereon are primitive salt
works which supply half Cuba A few of
these islets have excellent anehoiage but
the majority aie environed by inaccessi
ble reefs, the work of coral builders
Nothing more delightful can be imagined
than a leisurely ciulse in this tropical
archipelago Not a ripple disturbs the mirror-like
surface of the sea and thiough
the crystal water you may distinctly trace
furrows on the bottom, formed by currents
in the sand Par below on the ocean lioor
you ate coial In globe liht formations
with myriad branches and their world of
zoophytes standing motionless am'd a
thousand marine growths, sponges with
concave tops like Neptune s punch bowls,
star-fish a foot in diameter, strange deni
zens of the deep startled by the boat
passing over darting away their brilliant
colors showing in prismatic flashes, and
occaslo'iallv air- enormous turtle, aroused
from his napping paddling for dear life
amid a milk) cloud of coral sand
The next westward port of call is Sagua
la Grande, situated several miles up the
Sagua River The river s mouth is thickly
strewn with islets, all coered with inar-
grove thickets, and the intricate, shallow
channels between them are marked by
stakes, to which fluttering rags are tied.
Another boca (ino.ulij opens out beyond
a dangerous bar and forms a large and
safe, but shallow bay, which cannot float
vessel1- drawing more than sixteen feet.
It is lined with wooden warehouses for
depositing sugar and other merchandise,
and there is n wharf which may he ap
rioached b vessels drawing not more than
eight feet
The rher is navigable some twenty mi'cs
above, but only for yachts lighters, and
similar small craft, and so narrow is
the wnterwa) between cjvnefields stretching
to the horizon on cverv side that you j
se-tm to ue sailing- on iano mis is n
roied sugar-producing region, the aver
age annual shipment from Sagua before
the war being 700,000 bags besides quan
tities of molasses and cane-rum
Sagua City, with its population of 22 000,
including the suburban hamlets of Isa
beIa Titiccito, and Chinchilla, is one of
the healthiest and cleanest as it was once i
among the most prosperous cities of Cuba
it is yet the flower of Santa Claia province,
though nearl) ruined by reconcentration
and much smaller than Santa Clara city
and Cienfucgos.
The streets are well paved with stone,
covered with carget and band from the
river and there is a tolerable S)stem of
sewerage a very rare thincr. indeed. In
Cuba Education was formerl) at a high
cob here, the municipalit) maintaining
twenty -two schools There are three big
orphan asylums, besides, wherein several
nunnreu cntiuren are taugnt several usi-
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ful trades, together with the rudiments of
hook lore
A cigarette manufactory and bo factory
have been established in connection with
the asylums, which render the older boys
and girls almost self-supporting Theie
is a large hospital, capable of caring for
three hundred patients, also a lazaretto
for smallpox cases, a dispensary for chil
dren whose parents are living, and a soup
kitchen which dispenses food to the adult
poor.
In Siinun L-a Grande.
The reconcentrado element was unusually
strong here, and its dire result will be felt
through more than one generation It 1s
estimated that to this day uoward of 2,000
adults are fed in the soup kitchen, and o00
children every day receive broth, milk, and
medicine, if necessary, at the dispensary
The schools have hitherto been maintained
on the queer Spanish plan, from taxes col
lected by the Spanish Bank and handed
over to the provincial board of public in
struction, which hired and paid the teach
ers The total expense of the twenty -t,vo
schools salaries and all, is reckoned at
about $13 000 per annum
Since Spain's rule is ended, the Spanish
Dank collects no more taxes, and the con
sequence is that for many months the
teachers have been paid no salaries, and
some of them are actually in a starving
condition The great hospital, too, is just
now in a sad strait for money Its running
expenses used, to be paid by the various
towns of the judicial district according to
the number of patients each contributed,
but all ore now so poor that for a long time
nothing has been paid in, and the hospital
finds itself in debt over 410,000 to outsiders
and $7 000 more to its employes for seven
teen months back salaries
All these misfortunes are the direct re
sult of the war, and the brave little city
is doing its best to recover its financial
standing Sagua was unwilhnglv compelled
to expend upward of $7,000 in fortifications
for defence against its friends, the insur
gents, and to maintain a horde of its nat
ural enemies, the Spanish soldiers, to the
lasting detriment of home institutions
The city has both gas and electric
lighting, but for nearly a year it has been
in almost total darkness, because so much
was owing to the gas company that it had
to suspend business The electric light
plant is small and never had power to sup
ply more than the two parks and furnish
a few private lights The water supply
Is insufficient, being brought from Arroyo
Blanco, eleven miles away, through a 10
when rains seldom fall, sometimes gives
out altogether
The municipality collects taxes on real
estate, commerce and Industries, a special
tariff on the latter and a basis of 0 per
cent on the benefits declared by the con
tributors on the real estate For example,
the tax on meat is two and a half cents a
pound, and the slaughter-house and market
pay heavily, bringing the price of beef
up so high that none but the richest can
indulge in the luxury
The principal industry is the distilling
of alcohol, the factory which turns out the
best on the Island being capable of making
130 hogsheads every day, besides other
kinds of liquors The distillery is appro
priately named ' El Inferno" the hell
There is also a foundry, a paste manu
factory, and several cigar and cigarette
factories
Sagua is well connected with the rest of
the island by railway with Havana by
the Central Railroad, with Southern Cuba
by the Santa Clara and Clenfuegos Rail
way, and with the eastern provinces by the
Remedlos and Caibarien line The Western
Railway, a new narrow-gauge line, which
promises to be of great Importance. Is com
pleted onlv about ten miles There are
also a number of private railways, fiom
five to twenty -five miles long, the prop
erty of sugar plantations
FANNIE BRIGHAM "WARD.
A BARTENDER ROBBED.
ThoniHM Murpliv Ov erpowcred nntl
I.oulictl in an Ice IJoi.
CHICAGO, 111 , Oct 21 Thomas "Mur
phy, a bartender at 97 Shelton Street
spent a half hour this morning in an
ice box", where he nearly froze to death,
while three men made away with $35 60
from the cash register and his watch and
chain When the three entered and or
dered the drinks two of them thrust re
volvers uncomfortably near his nose
while the third went behind the bar and 1c
lleved the tash register of the money and
Murphy of his watch They then locked
Murphy ln the ice box, where he was or
dered to remain while they escaped
A LOCAL OYSTER WAR.
'I ho Schooner Captains Complain of
Had Tiealnient by Dealt tm.
A war" is on between the wholesale ovs
ter dealers of the city and the captains of
the sixty or seventy Washington schoon
ers which bring the product of the oyster
beds of the lower Potomac and Chesapeake
Bay to the Eleventh Street whaif The
captains of these schooneis say they are
being ruined by the arbitrary act on of the
wholesale dealers going to Baltnrore and
Annapolis to purchase their biva'ves
Ihey claim further that nearly 2 000 bush
els of oysters spoiled on the wharves week
before last and 1 COO bushels last week al
though during the latter period the price
h id been reduced 0 per tent
The wholesale dealers answer this b the
statement that foi several vcars the cap
tains of these schooners, have whenever
occasion would warrant, demanded exorbi
tant prices for their cargo s and have
often laisetl the price when there was no
w. in ant for it Things got so bad in this
way they claim, that they were cornpel'ed
to find another marl et in which to make
their purchases
IiicuI IVnsIbii4 f71riiiti.il.
TlicfoIlftjMnf HtaSW'UW V&e" ni-d to re
duits of the Inetrut- of Columbia Intreaee
Miilnel Pirtrnh.1 'vIiIhi- ibnit CS to J12
W ui t 1 "-m 11 J 1 11 Lr Lii Lil 't-.o
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JOHNS HOPKINS EXHIBIT.
The Speeinl "Work ot the Lnlversltj
to Go to 1'nrlH.
BALTIMORE, Oct 21 The exhibit of
the Johns Hopkins University, including
that of the medical school, for the Paris
Exposition, is being prepared under the
direction of Mr Nicholas Murray, Li
brarian of the University The collection
will be forwarded to the United States
Commissioners, at Washington, by whom
it will be sent to Pans arriving there the
last of December or the first of January.
The contribution of Johns Hopkins will
form a part of the educational exhibit of
the United States The university has
been asked to send articles relating to its
scientific publieations to its works in the
physical laboratory as illustrated by the
spectrum, maps and the celebrated con
cave gratings of Prof Rowland, to work in
geology, as shown by the surveys, to work,
in the biological sciences, and especially
in anatomy, physiologv and pathology
The exhibit of the medical school will
be included In (his last division It will
consist of plates illustrating the work done
in pathology The exhibit of the medical
school will be included In this last di
vision It will consist of plates illustrating
the work done in the laboratory courses,
and of publications representing the orig
inal investigations which are being carried
on under the auspices or the medical
school
The exhibit of the Johns Hopkins press
will be put in a separate block in the col
lection of the mencan publications.
PROF. CLARK RESIGNS.
'the Washington 11 ml Iee lnlversltj
1,omcs nn Instructor.
LEXINGTON, Va , Oct 21 President
William L Wilson, of the Washington and
Lee University, caused quite a sensation
here today by announcing to the law stu-
dpnts that there was a vacancy in tne
chair of common and statute law, and that
Prof William L Clark had severed his con
nection with the university Prof Clark is
recognized as the greatest authority on con
tracts in America He is the author of the
college text books, Clark's Criminal Law
Contracts " ' Criminal Procedure," an
"Private Corporation, ' used in all the lead
ing law schools in this country The Wash
ington and Lee University of which Gen.
R E Lee was president from 1S63 to 1S70,
and one ot the moot famous schools in the
South, made great eftort to secure his sen
Ices and created a wide reputation when
Prof Clark accepted and came from Wash
ington to accept the chair of "contracts, do
mestic relations evidence, and pleading,"
about six weeks ago at a large salary Prof
Clark has not been in his classroom for
eight days It is said that violent breach
of his contract with the trustees is the
cause, and he was allowed to resign last
evening Prof Clark left town last night
for New York where he states, he will
give his attention to another textbook with
a prominent publishing house
CONSUL LANE MARRIED.
n Ohio Mini's Infatuation for a
Creek Girl.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct 21 Relatives
here tonight received notice of tho mar
riage, October IS, at Bornabat, of United
States Consul Rufus valt Lane, now lo
cated at Smyrna to Mis Mane Psiachi, a
Greek girl, daughter of Mrs John Psiachi
The groom is a graduate of Earlham Col
lege, and was the Cincinnati member of the
Ohio Legislature who suddenly switched
and cast the vote which elected Mark Han
na to the United States Senate Nothing
v.as known of Consul Lanes infatuation
for the Greek girl until the wedding was
announced
'I he MinbrloU Liiiinolimj?.
The launching of the torpedo boat Shu
bnck, at Richmond, Ya , on the 31st of
this month is to be made the occasion of
a several days' fete Secretarv Long has
signified his intention of attending the
la nching, and a delegation of prominent
Richmond citizens will come to tnis city
this w eek and extend an mv itation to
Admiral Dewey, and other Cover jment
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WHIPPED 71-YEAR-OLD SON.
Death of Monroe HetlCcH, WI10 Wan
!(" learn of Aee. ,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind , Oct. 21 Moroo
Hedges, claimed by bis relatives to be
one hundred and five years old, ia dead.
A few weeks ago he told a correspondent
that he was one hundred and seven years
old He was exceedingly bright at that
time, and gave prominent incidents to his
life without any hesitation. Hedges was
known in the part of the city where he
lived as Grandad Hedges." He was a
familiar figure about the streets, and en
joyed good health until a few weeks ago.
Hedges leaves five sons and one daugh
ter The oldest son is seventy-one years
old and the y oungeet about forty-nve years.
Until recently Mr. Hedges boasted that
he had never been whipped In bis life,
and made the assertion that he never
expected to be. Recently his son, Hiram.
gQt ,nto aQ a;gment with hjs ife ami
decided to nve her a whipping. His
father interfered and knocked him out
with a cane Hiram is seventy-one years
old.
'I'HE CARTER CASE APPEAL.
The Habeas Corpus Proceedings to
Be Carried to n Higher Court.
NEW YORK, Oct 21 An appeal will be
taken in the case of Oberlin M. Carter,
formerly a captain in the United States
Army, from Judge Lacombe's decision dfe
raissing the writ of habeas corpus. Abram
J Rose, counsel for the prisoner at Gov
ernor's Island, was in consultation with
him today at Castle Williams. After the
consultation Mr Rose said that an appeal
to the United States District Court, of
Appeals would be taken on Monday morning.
An endeavor will be made to get Carter
out on bail, pending the decision upon the
appeal.
Mr Carter is writing a book on his cage,
for sa,e but for dl8triDlUloIlj to 9ho
his innocence He takes an hour's exer
cise every night on top of Castle WilHawi
under guard
THE KEARSARGE TESTS.
The Super-Ininosetl Turrets Almost
Iteaily for Trial.
NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 21 The irst
class battleship Kearsarge can be put In
condition for the super-imposed turret
tests at a feV day's notice When Secre
tary Long orders this experimental work,
on the recommendation of the Board of
Construction, which desires to satisfy its
members of the practicability of the sew
idea, in order to adopt it for the 14.9W toe
battleship, the Kearsarge can be made
ready for the sea trial in a week at tho
most The impression is growing that the
double turret is the coming battery ana.
The shipyard, it is expected, will be among
the bidders on the new cruisers, for wkteh
bids are to be opened November 1.
'Monument to a Horse.
NEW YORK. Oct. 21. William C Whit
ney is erecting at his country home at
Westbury, L I , a costly monument over
the grave of his favorite The horse was
burned in the fire In Mr Whitney's stables
early last spring The stone for the mon
ument was bought in Europe while Mr.
Whitney was abroad. It was received in
a rough state at Roslyn last week and
from there taken to Mr. Whitney's pine.
It will be beautifully carved and waee.
completed will have cost $1,000.
May lie 11 Mastodon's Unite.
RAHWAY, N J. Oct- 21 Edward and
Charles Connors, of 61 Central Avenns,
brothers, found bone of some large animal
yesterday afternoon while they were ex
cavating on Januea Avenue Tn konea
were six feet below the surface. Prof.
Franklin Marsh believes them to be por
tions of a mastodon. The men expect lo
disinter them.
Tk n,H,l, , mitrnt hrartet. but the tickle it la
bUme Dean's mentholated tougB doj tto
the tickle, five cents, tlrajgiata'.
Heunch's Maerwn and Seaate beets mn arnara
nr.nn.nB' H1IM It S b tbt DSBOCS tBC PMN
I 1 .. ,.., n-hat tur tin v lk he&t- Henries7'
j Wrs are mli bT M uaiing hotels and rwtaawr
aPI aij by the Arttsgton Bonus C., 'e-
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