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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
REAR ADMIRAL BELKNAP.
He VIII BE Retired ON Monday und
Commodore Walker VIII he PrOmotef

He VIII BE Retired on Monday and
Commodore Walker VIII lie Promoted
Rear Admiral George E.. Belknap closed
his career In the active service of the navy
today. On Monday he will be placed on the
retired list by operation of law on account
of age. He was appointed to the navy from
New Hampshire and was made a midship-
man June %, 1S46. He rose gradually in
the line and has been a rear admiral since
February H. 1889. He has a total sea sery-
ice of twenty-four years and five months
a shore service of eighteen years and two
months, and has been unemployed for three
years and nine months. His last service
was as president of the board of inspection
and survey, of which duty he was relieved
last Monday by Commodore j. G. Walker.
who will become a rear admiral on Mon
day by reason of the vacancy caused by
Admiral Belknap's retirement. This change
makes other promotions follows: Capt.
Letter A. Beardslee to be commodore
Commander Henry Glass to be a captain.
Lieut.. Commander James H. DAYTON To he
a commander, Lieut.. T. B. NJ Mason to he
lieutenant commander, Lieut. Henry s
Knapp Gunior grade) to be a lieutenant
and Ensign Houston Eldredge to be a lien,
tenant Gunior grade). The retirements OF
Admrals A. E. X. Benham and John r.
win in April will promote Commodore F.
NJ. Ramsay and JOS S. Skerrett to the grade
of admiral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20

ne had promised to assist the committee
by the landing cf the troops and by the
United States forces, Mr.. Stevens said the
statement of Mr.. Blount was emphatically
and categoricaliy untrue. lie told every
body. said Mr.. stevens. that force
would not be usei until danger was im-
minent, and then only tc protect American
life and properly. Royalists and their op-
ponents. he said. mad equal access to the
legation and were treated alike.
Mr.. Stevens related III detail the arrival
of Mr.. Blount and The offers of the Amcri-
cans to furnish him. at a cost equal to
what he would pay at d hotel, with quar-
ters at the residence of an American, and
told the committee how he refused these
offers and took mp his resiielce at the hotel
Kept by former chamberlain o. the late
king, man who mad been implicated In a
deal in which the Hawaiian government
had been swinded out os SiW,u 900 and who
was notorious for his opposition to any and
all things American. Fhe case being put
to Mr.. Blount, said Mr.. Stevens, he took il
upon himself to place himself i'll the midst
of royalist surroundings.
In his report Mr.. islount says that on
April Il he disapprovcd of a request Of the
provisional government for the landing of
an armed force sor drilling PURPOSES. Mr.
Stevens said that such a re1ues- was never
made, for at the sine the provisional gov
ernment was anXi) Is that there should be
no landing of this sor.. IN order that the
people might not be alarmed. Mr.. Stevens
said he never neard Of the :eporJ urtN IT
appeared in he statement Of Mr.. B!ouEt.
Mr. B1Ounts Absurd Statements
OF Mr.. Blount's statements concerning
the appearance of the Japanese warship,
Mr.. Stevens had much to say. He charac-
terized them as ex-parte and absurd, and
on par with the statements he said Mr..
Blount made to him, to the effect that
President Harrison owed his strong demo-
cratic support in his trouble with Chile to
his (Mr. Bount's) attitude in the House of
Representatives, and his further statement
that MIR. Morgan, chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, could not
be expected to do much, for the reason
that he was not .'level-headed man."
MIR. Stevens went through the Blount re-
port, making deniais here and there and
showing. from his point of view, at least,
how the statements could not be true In
one part of his report Mr.. Blount makes
the positive statement that Thurston and
Smith, members of the committee on safety,
asked Mr.. Stevens for protection. Mr.
Stevens said there was not even the SEM
blance of truth in that statement, and Mr.
Blount in investigating the question, If he
did investigate 1t, never asked Mr.. Stevens
about it. Mr.. Stevens said he never heard
of this matter until it appeared in Blount's
report.
Mr.. Stevens was on the stand for a long
time, and, it is said, made strong denials
of very many of the positive statements of
Mr.. Blount He was croSS-eXamined close
ly by Mr.. Gray-the examination in chief
being conducted by MIR. Morgan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
THE BRIDGE BILL VETOED.
The President Returns 1t With His Oh
jections.

Mr.. Pruden, the assistant private secre-
tary of the President, appeared in the
House at ILL., p m. with the Presidents We
to of the New York and New Jersey bridge
bill. The reasons assigned by the Presi-
dent for his veto are that the bill does not
prohibit the construction of piers in the
river; that the commerce of the river
should not be interfered with by the erec-
ton of bridges; that expert engineer opin-
ion agrees that the river at the point fixed
for the crossing of the bridge can be SPAN
ned by a single span; that in the bill of the
New York legislature chartering the COM
pany the erection of piers is prohibited; !;
that the bill permits the bridge company to
charge an undue amount for the transpor-
tation of mails, and that a charter for a
similar structure has already been granted
by Congress to another company by an act
which requires the construction of single
span bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
INJURY TO STEWART CASTLE.
Mrs. stewart Claims Damages From
the Chinese Government

Mrs. Stewart, wife of the Nevada Sen.
ator, and her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Stew
art, were at the State Department yester.
day to consult with Secretary Gresham in
relation TO the damage suit that they are
about to institute against the Chinese gov
ernment for the injury done to Stewart
Castle during the period of its OCCUPANCY
by the Chinese legation for some years
back. This suit which is the frs; of its
kind probably in the history of foreign oc-
cGpancy Of property in this city. has not.
IL Is claimed, been started without good
and sufficient reasons by Mrs. Stewart,
who owns Stewart Castle. She AYERS THAI
the damage to the furniture of the house
was so great that after removing the pic
lures and some of the pieces Of furniture
that are practically indestructibie the rest
OF the belongings of the big mansion were
sold for a paltry sum to junk dealers Her
case is in the hands of Hamilton. The pro-
ceedings, after the style of any diplomatic
intercourse. have to be gone about rather
slowly. The papers in the matter have
been given to Secretary Gresham, who will
forward the same ufnofiicially To the Chinese
government. and il is more than probable
II any damages are allowed the amount will
have to be decided upon by arbitrators -
lected by both sides TO the suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
THE INCOME TAX.
Majority Members of Ways and Means
Committee Hold a Meeting.

Majority Members of Ways and Means
Committee Hold a Meeting.
The democratic members of the ways and
means committee held a meeting at the
Treasury Department last night and adopt
ed a proposition to report the first thing next
week the bill providing for an income tax
and other internal revenue taxes. There is
a considerable conflict in the committee on
this question. and this action involves an
embarrassing situation for the majority of
the committee.
Sometime ago. as is widely known, the
committee by vote of six to five decided
to treat the internal revenue proposition In
a separate bill. This action at the time was
understood to be binding, as is usual in
such cases, upon all the democrats of the
committee. 1t mas been apparent how
ever, that the advocates Of the income tax
were anxious to have that bill reported
from the committee as speedily as possible,
with the expectation that II 1t came before
the House prior to the final vote on the
customs bill it might be offered by some
body as an amendment to the GUS
toms bill and be put back for that meas
ure. Notwithstanding the adverse action OF
the committee. They have been endeayor-
ing for some time to hasten the reporting
OF this bill. Three nights ago a meeting
was heid at the Treasury Department a
pare quorum being present, and an attempt
was rnade to secure an immediate report.
This, however. was objected to by the only
antl-income tax man present, and by gem
eral agreement the matter was permitted tn
go over. ~
Last night. however, they got tocetb, r
again, and ny i vote representing tn :,
same division in the committee which has
heretofore existed on that question NJ
Bynum turned again. e. as to act with thc
income TAX men, - was IcrIde1 that rLe
report should oe made the first thing next
week The understanding IS that the at
tempt will be made by Il vote in the House
10 place this Dill onto the customs bill az a
rider, thus overthrowing the action Of the
majority Of the democrats Of the commit
tee This may involve serious conse-
quences to the bill There Is considerab BILE
feeling in consequence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
A POCKET BOOK SNATCHER.
The Assailnnt of Mrs. Esters ON H
Street Held for the Grand jury

Mrs Julia Esters alighted from a I4th
street car shortly before o'clock last even
ing at X street. carrying her pocket book
IN her hand She had proceeded but
snort distance down X street toward 18th
when Joseph Smith. a young colored man.
grabbed her pocket book and ATTEMPTED
TO pull 1t from her hand. Greatly fright
en"G the plucky woman caught hold of the
Fellow and screamed for assistance Smith.
however held on to the pocket book and
released its owners hold on him by strik-
ing her one or two heavy blows He then
ran down an alley. pursued by quite a
crowd, attracted by Mrs. Esters' screams.
and was finally caught on r street between
1jtn ana lith by Mr. Il. j. Shea, who turn
ed him over to officer Mitchell. He was
locked up IN the eighth precinct and this
morning Judge Miller held MIN for the
action of the grand jury in default of s. 600
t-nds. Mrs. Esters suffered considerably
frsm the negro's blows and after being
cared for in neighboring house was as
sited TO her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
TAX ASSESSMENTS.
A Bill ON This Subject Referred to the
Board of Trade,

The Commissioners have referred to the
board of trade, with the view of ascertain
Ing the opinions of that body on the sub
Ject, the bill recently introduced into the
House entitled: "A bill to regulate the as
sessments of real estate in the District of
Columbia" This bill is now under con-
sideration by the committee on taxation
and assessments of the board. which is
composed of the following gentlemen: Mr..
F. L. Moore, chairman. and Messrs VIM.
H. Gurley, James III. McGill, Henry A.
Willard. Henry Wise Garnett, A Greenlees.
Z. q. Davis and Jesse Il. Wilson. The
committee will make a report as early as
practicable, when the subject will receive
consideration at the hands of the board
aIter which the views of that organization
VIII be communicated to the Commission
ers AS the chairman of the committee.
MIR. F. l.. Moore. is out of the city, to be
absent for several months. the member of
the committee standing second on the list.
MIR. VIM. 3. Gurley, is acting as chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
Army Orders.

First Lieut. Elias Chandler, sixteenth in
fantry, is relieved from duty as Judge ad-
vocate of the general court-martial at Da-
vids Island. New York harbor. and First
Lieut.. Wallis .. Clark. twelfth infantry, is
detailed as judge advocate.
Additional Second Lieut.. James p Jervey.
corps of engineers. is relieved from duty as
judge advocate of the general court-martial
at Willets Point, New York harbor and Ad-
ditional Second Lieut. Jay J. Morrow. corps
OF engineers, Is detailed as judge advocate
The following transfers in the ninth cav
airy are made: Second Lieut.. Guy H. Pres
ton, from troop NJ to troop D. Second Lieut.
Matthew A. Batson. from troop D to troop
NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
WAS NOT INVITED.
Hawaiian Representative Not Present
at the Diplomatic Dinner.

The absence Of Mr. Hastings the Ha-
waiian charge d'afraires, at the Presidents
dinner in honor If the diplomatic corps
Thursday evening is the subject Of consid-
erable gossip in ofiicial circles. The list Of
invited guests furnished the press at the
White House included the name of Mr.
Hastings, but. as a rnar..r of fact, he was
not invited to the din a.-, and consequently
was not there. 1t looks as though mis- name
was on the original list of guests, and was
stricken off before the Invitations were is
sued. This omission. whether accidental
or Intentional. excites comment, because
both the secretaries Of legation of Korea
and Colombia. who, in the absence Of their
respective ministers, are, like Mr.. HIST
lngs, charge daffaires, were conspicuous
among the list of guests, which, in fact in
cluded the head of every legation now I'm
w ash1ngton except the Hawaiian legation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
IN THE HOUSE TODAY, =.
The Debate in the Committee OF the
Whole Goes on,

The amendment proposed by Mr. Hender-
son yesterday. substituting the existing law
FOR the agricultural schedule of the Wilson
bill. was defeated by vote of 63 in the
affirmative and 116 in the negative.
1t was agreed that on next Tuesday. after
the House goes into committee of the whole
three hours should be given to a considera
ton of the coal schedule and three hours to
the iron ore schedule.
Then, at 11:17. the House went into COM
mittee of the whole. with MIR. Richardson
CTenn) In the chair. Brief speeches were
made by Mr.. Grosvenor tOhio) Mr.. Coomhs
IN. YD, Mercer (NebD and Simpson Kanl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
POstmn sters Appointed.

The total number of fourth-class post
masters appointed today were fifty-eieht.
OF this number thirty-seven were to till
vacancies caused by death and resigna-
ton. and the remainder by removals. The
Maryland appointments were: Governor
Run, Mary D. Dorsey. vice w. A. Dorsey,
resigned; Shepperd, J. NJ. Shepperd, vice
]. b. Darbie, resigned. Daniel Gray was
appointed at Cook, Va, vice l.. E. Morris,
resigned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
HAD NO DYNAMITE.
Sanitary Department Attending %
Another So-Called Crank.

Sanitary Officer Frank is investigating
the case of an alleged crank who was ar
rested on Pennsylvania avenue between
4 l-2 and 9Th streets about l:30 o'clock
last night The mans name. so far as the
officers have been able to ascertain, is
Frederick NJ. Toetser. and he is either from
New York or Philadelphia. He is an office
seeker of the boldest type and claims that
he is the inventor of a telephone that is
something entirely new. When arrested he
made a statement about his invention and
said he had a pocket OF dynamite to use IL
necessary to obtain his rights. Toetser
came here TO see the President for the pur-
pose of getting a situation. He had evf-
IDENTIFY made application for appointment in
the New York custom house. as he had q
communica ton in his pocket from the coli
lector of the port The communication was
addressed to the man at No. ll34 Grand
street. Philadelphia When searched. the
officer failed to find any dynamite i'm his
pocket, nor did he have any valuables. To-
day he was examined and Sanitary Officer
Frank is endeavoring to ascertain the
whereabouts of his friends or relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20

President Helen a. shafer Dead
BOSTON, Jan. 20.-President Helen A.
Shafer of Wellesley College. died today e
pneumonia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
An Unfnfthful watrhman

Early last month the clothing store OF
Max Lippman, ID street near 9th. was
slightly damaged by fire. and Fitzhugh
French. a colored man. was placed In
charge of the premises by the insurance
people pending an adjustment OF the losses.
Frer ch remained i'm charge of the place
for several days. and shortly after IL was
turned over TO Mr.. Lippman il was discov-
cred that a large amount Of clothing had
been lost. The case was placed In the
hands of Detective Rhodes, but not until
last night did he succeed i'm ascertaining
just who the thief was. although suspicion
from the first pointed toward French. This
morning Frenchs house, 2-0s 9th street ex-
tended. was searched. and a large trunk
full of the stolen articles was discovered.
French admitted that he had stolen the
stuff, and later young colored man, Rob-
ert Jones, was arrested by Mr.. Lippman
upon suspicion of having been engaged in
the robbery. Both men were locked up I'm
the first precinct station, pending a hearing
in the Police Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20

Continued on Second Page.)
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-19
LtTERATURA
! ROBERTO ROBERT

Despues de treinta afios de sufri-
mientos, de contrariedades, de negra
fortuna, quiso esta sonreirle y pro-
porcionarle 10 que nunca tuvo. Tran-
quilidad. desahc 60, descansn Y Sc
murio aquella msma sepana ell po
bre !
Los que llegamos ala puerta del
cementerio general, fernando parte
de Ia numerosisima comitiva que
acompah6 al cadaver al dltimo hos
pedsje. h camos un estudio curioso.
Fran tantas y de tan diferentes as
pectos las personas que allf acudie-
ron, que una por una nos recordaban
toda la vida y milagros del esoritor
republican,.
Milagros. ST, Robert los hizo en- vi
da, y no es Ell menor aquel que 81
mismo revel6 8 un suj-to en- el Circo
de Price, con una Erase que despues
ha corrido por todos los periodicos
de Espaha y America. y que esta in
icluida en- todas las f,restas y colec-
clones de ehistes y agudezas.
Saltaba un G mnasta sobre el tram
polin y I'm caballero espectador esta
ba tan asombrado, que no cesaba de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-19
Nuestro foIIetin
8 s,AFo

Es ! quien sabe la mas bella obra
de Alfonso Daudet. YAlfonso Dsu-
det es el mas terso, el mas hno, 81
mas pulcro de los novelistas ance.
ses contemporaries.
Como estilo, como factu J, SAFo
tiene los honores de joya li,eraria.
Como asunto, como drama, conmue-
We al lector y le obliga devorar ca
pftulo tras capitulo con nunca sacia-
da impaciencia.
Desde aver Sc publica este libro en-
nuestro folletin. Y basta un solo ruego
q los abonados de LA DEMooRAcIA.
Lean los primeros ndmeros despues
los leersn todos y aguardaran ansio-
sos la cuotidiana raci6n de bellezas
Somos nosotros admiradores de
Daudet, y,considerandole tan alto CO.
mo 4 Zola y Bourget, rendimos cul-
to q su lenguaje, ,cuyas delicadezas lin
dan con Ia miniature.
SAFo interesara dcsde luego cuan.
tos puedan apreciar su relieve artist
Co; y estamos seguros de que mil
amigos nue. tros, cuando el follf,in
termine--no es largo--nos pediran
otra, otra de Daudet.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-19

nor General Calleia, sino al senior
General Daban, cuya politica econ6-
m ca en- Plerto Rico esta siendo OBJ
jAto dc grandes y delicsdas censuras." J"
Y agrega:
Seria c6mico. sin embargo, que
el sehor General Daban siguiera "ad
ministrando" y que el llsmado fuese
eli sehor General Calleja."
Un paqueho buqne haitiaoo srrib6,
FORBADE por el temporal, q la CAima-
nera. en- Guantanamo
A Las cuarenta y ocho horas no
Sc le habia pasado la vista reglamen.
taria
Apurada por 81 hambre la tripula.
cidu, envio q TERRA un empleado en-
solicitud de auxilio, enterado de 10
cual el medico del puerto impuso al
buqus cien pesos de- multa.
Pero esto es 10 mas curioso del ca
so En- Caimanera creyeron sospe
chosa la pequAha embarcaci6u. y he
ahi por que nadie so arriesg6 a ir &
borio
En- cambio, dice la hois de don e
tomsmoa la roticia, se p1so en- movi-
miento psrte de la tropa v toda Ia po
licia. porque las autoridades de- mar
y TERRA parece que temian un de.em
barco 6libustero.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-19

soc;ales. Y esto obedece mas que
NADIA a Ia falta de reactivo Pueblo
que ae divierte, es pueblo que se agi
ia. pueblo jnveuil y vivo, apto para
todas las emp'esas.
Cuando Ponce disfrutaba de tales
expansi6nes, fue Ia ciuaad de mayo
res iniciativas en- Ia isla Tcdos los
proyectos obtsnian facil realization,
porque los animos SO hallabsn predis.
puestos q todos los entusiasmos.
Vino el decaimiento; dej6 el pue
Bio de divertirse; Las familias recon
centraronse en- el hogar. y Ponce per
di6 su caracter alegre y decidor; los
entusiasmos SO apagaron y a'go de
egoismo invadi6 las conciencias
Y no es que Ponce 80 haya empo-
brecido. Por el contrario hoy az
mas rico que nunca. debido, segdn los
agricultores, q los pesos Nee canos, se.
gun noeotroa, & Ia actividad y al ira
baio. signcs indu lables de progreso
Las 6estas -hablamos de las fes
tas cultas-son manifsstacionss pro
progresistas y constituyen hoy una
necesidad en- los paises civ;lizados.
Cuando Ia tristeza invade a un
pueblo y al entusiasmo sucede 81
egoismo, putde decirse que ese pue-
bio v,geta como las plantas
Por ESQ acogemos el proyecto que
acsricia el senor Armstrong. de que
este ano Ponce celebre las tradicio
males 6estas de Ia Guadalupe, a cuya
idea deben contribuir todas las classes
sociales
Elias puaden ser piedra de toque
para reavi var 4 asta dormida socie
ciedad. Y lquien sabe 10 que de
esas Gestas resulted
MARIANA ABRIL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-19

jante a Promoted en- su lecho de
rOcas.
Solo cerrando los ojos & la luz,
hoy que un hecho tangible viene
q lamar q nuestra rehexi6n, se
concibe que los ciudadanos de
una comarca consideren nocivo &
infecundo resolver sus propios
asuntos sin intervention extrana.
La formula nuestra, la que
desde 1887 escribimos on nues-
tro c6digo fundamental, la que
no borraremos jamas, es una for
mula cientf6ca, que en- cualquier
momento responde 4 las even
tualidades y q las contingencies
que SO presentan en- el curse de
los tiempos
mo querrian los conservado-
res cuerdos y sensatos que, fue-
sen las quo fuesen las circuns-
tancias, tuvi6ramos posibiiidad,
mas atin, facilidad de evitarnos
10 que ahora sucede y 10 que SUI
cedera mas tarde, 81 los gobier-
nosse obstinan on no administrar-
nos a derechass
Pues ahi esta el fondo de nues-
tras propagandas y de nuestras
luchas. 10"
Tan errados marchan ESQ, ad-
versarios de la libertad y de la
justicia, que a cada instante vie-
nen a encuntrarse linoando con
nosotros: y ellos, que rnantienen el
de la adhesion servil
bajo 81 impulse de la l6-
gica, a la gallarda y noble re-
sistencia.
Su conducta es bizarra y varo-
nil; pero ESQ no impide que sean
los dogmatizantes contra el dog
ma:
Los doctrinarios contra la doc
trina.