The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-06-22

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 20 1888. "A
| telegram of coincidence from Mr.. Cleve-
land was among the first received at the
| Court of Berlin, after the death of Emper-
or Frederick. Great sympathy for the
Nation over which he reigned for so bl ief
space is expressed here. He was the
| kingliest man in Europe and his untilnely
death Is universal calamity. Memorial
services in his honor will be held AT the
! German Lutheran church on the corner of
& X Goth >ts. on Moud y. Seats wil be re-
strted formembers OF he di iplom.tic corps,
Cabinet officers and their chief assistants,
justices or the Supreme Court. Senators
/ Representatives., and their ladies Owing
/ to the limited capacity of the church, all
others viii be required Ia present tickets
at the door Count d Arco, of the German
/ legation received callers OF coud"ticc
/ from all his colleagues OF the diplomatic
/ corps. 10" II the city, yesterday upon he
! '.e;,ll OF the German En- ,eror The mem
; bers 1T the Cabinet also paid him visits
/ Count d Arco and Mr.. Won Mumm will be
IN official mourning for six weeks and the
members of the British Legation will also
go into ceremonial retirement
| Yesterday in speaking to distinguished
New York politician and Democrat the
President expressed himself AS entirely
| pleased with the attitude of the Democratic
party upon the tariff question. He main
tains that the canvass before the people
will show that the Democrats have the
popular side. The country will not much
longer endure an excessive system of tax
alton that creates such a dangerous sur
plus in the Treasury, and the good sense
of the people demands that the taxes upon
| necessities shall be the first to be reduced
The Republicans, forced to do something,
may seek to abolish the internal revenue
taxes, but the people, the President feels
assured, will emphatically declare for
cheaper clothing rather than cheaper whis-
key.
The complaints of the civil service re-
formers that he has not earnestly, and, so
far as was possible, faithfully enforced
the Civil Service law, the President re
CARDS as a peevish display of gross gnor-
ance or worse ingratitude upon their part.
He recalled, with considerable feeling, the
fierce opposition he encountered in the
first years Of his administration because
of his determined efforts to preserve, with
the Strictest fidelity the pledges of his let
ter Of acceptance for reform of the civil
service. He then stood almost alone, and
bore with patience the odium from his
own party and the e>trangement OF friends
consequent upon his position.
And added Mr. Cleveland, despite
the storm of protests and the first great
wave Of opposition, held firmly to my
pledges The law has been executed as
is clearly evinced now after nearly four
years Of severe trial i'll all departments of
the governmental service. Under the pro
lection of the Civil Service law, generously
enforced, the great majority Of the clerks
i'll Washington are Republicans, quiet now,
but nevertheless unc compromising parti
sans. Hundreds among them would fling
up their hats in Joy were | to die to NOR
row."
| He is right in this and hundreds of them
are working like beavers-but on the sly
| to have the man who will be nominated
this week elected in his place,
Mrs. Cleveland will go to New York
| this week to meet Mrs Folsom, who sailed
| for home a few days since. Mrs. Folsom
| will bring with her Il number of elegant
dresses, purchased in Paris for Mrs. Cleve-
land, and will at once return with her to
| Oak View.
| Dr. Mott, Judge Russell and other Re
| publican leaders were here on their way to
| Chicago. John Smythe, eX Minister to
| Liberia and formerly a citizen of Whining
ton, was one of the moving spirits among
| the colored people in this movement to-
wards the convention city. He is enthus-
iastic and confident of success.
Mr. f. NJ Goolsby of North Carolina
has been transferred from the War Depart
mcnt to the Office of the First Auditor of
the Treasury and promoted.
| Mutso Munemitso is the name of the
new minister from Japan. He arrived in
| the city from Chicago yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by his wife aud daughter,
the new secretary, Mr.. Sato, Mr.. J. Oda,
editor of the Asahi Sinbum, of oSak, and
number of Japanese students. The
minister is quartered at the Legation
House, on n. street. and the rest of the
pa ~ have taken rooms at the Arlington
The two three thousand ton vessels pro
vided for in the Navy Appropriation bill
| will be of the Medea and MeduSa type re
Gently built in Great Britain
The fifty-two hundred ship will be after
the Reinor Rinaulto new naval vessel
constructed in England for the Brazilian
government. The seventyfive hundred
ton line of battle ship will be between the
inhexible and the belted cruiser class.
In the Senate the Naval Committee will
add six light draught gunboats for service
| in the Chinese waters, carrying four slX
inch guns each. The battle ship will carry
four twelve inch and six ten inch guns
The highest speed yet attained will be
called for in the 3 900 and j, 200 ton vessels
In a fashionable section Of the city the
owner of handsome house has made eX
tensiye purchases of old portraits. H,
has quite iine collection the result of al
assiduous attendance upon auctions. Re
Gently his young daughter, after Il con
temptation Of the portraits which line
either side of the broad hallway. expostu
lated with her father upon the array o
suppositiOus ancestors. Never mind, ID,
dear" was the consoing reply; I'VE know
they are not our ancestors, but they pro
duce a good impression upon visitors wht
will take things for granted and ask ~
questions if we carry matters with hlgl
hand
There is great deal Of this sort of thin,
, among the new coIuers to this city, ant
you have no idea how many people ar
, taken in by it.
The Ordinance Bureau of the Navy De
partmeut has recently been conducting
experiments with new and powerful ex
plosive that was claimed 10 be suitable "a
: bursting charge tor shells fired iron
heavy guns. a test was made on TueSda
and Wednesday last at Annapolis with