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Evening star., 1897-04-02
THE PHI L A D E L P H ! A
Gossip About the Order for Her to Go to
Honolulu.
What is Said mt the Navy and state
Depa tmenfs-Surmises in
Other Directions.

Secretary Long is authority for the state
nfent that the orders of the flagship Phil
adelphia to proceed to Honolulu have no
significance. Also at the State Department
ii is said that the movement has not been
requested by Il. as would have been the
case had the threatened trouble between the
japanese and the Hawaiian government
entered into the calculations OF the Navy
Department. The Philadelphia Is 20 re-
lieve the Marion, which only arrived on
the station. relieving the Alert, about two
weeks ago The reason for the cnange is
said to be a belief on the part of the Sec
retary of the Navy that from the inpor-
tance of Honolulu commercially and 9TH
erwise. the United States should have shp
OF higher class Than the Marion stationed
there. The Marion is one of the ships OF
The old navy but the Philadelphia, while a
modern and powerful cruiser. is sadly out
of condition in many respects. 1t was the
intention of the department just as soon
as the repairs TO the Baltimore were COM
p.e.ed to use her to replace the Philadel-
phia as flagship OF the Pacific station and
10 put the latter craft out of commission
and thoroughly renovate her. AS for the
Marion, it is conjectured that she may be
sent onward to Samoa. to show the United
States flag in that quarter of the globe for
the first time in four years.
Despite these pacific assurances it is be-
iieved that there is i great deal more sig
nificance in the orders to the Philade
phia than the administration cares to have
known by the public at the present time.
In certain circles it is taken to mean
that the present administration is ia! or
ably disposed toward the project for the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States, and that the departure of
the Philadelphia iS preliminary step in
that direction. 1t is argued that unless
some action of Importance similar 70 that
indicated, were in contemplation. there
would be no special object in replacing an
od-fashioned ship of war at Honolulu
with one of The best vessels of the modern
navy There is nothing in the present po-
lit1cal situation in Hawaii growing out of
the controversy over the peaceful invasion
of the Japanese. ii is said. that would JUS
tify Interference by the United States gov
ernEient under its existing friendly re-
laticEs with Japan and Hawaii Such d
course OF action would prevent the
Japahese from getting virtual control of
sary in the extremely probable event of
with the Hawaiian republic. strong ef-
with every Indication of a successful is
orcus negotiations for the annexation of
Hawaii viii be pressed by the Hawaiian
minister and the annexation commission
now in this city as soon as the tariff bill
is cut of the way and the President and
the Secretary of State are relieved from
the present tremendous pressure for Of
fees.
Evening star., 1897-04-02

and carpets made to fit the places in which
they now stand will be moved into the new
building, the whole arrangement of which
would be merely a makeshift
Officials of the department say that few
people realize the Importance and danger
OF moving great quantity of government
documents. Upon these documents which
are now fled in the Post Office Depart
ment building depend thousands of claims
against the government, and it is feared
that the very fact of the removal of the
records will give rise to claims which will
come before Congress- and which will cause
the loss of thousands of dollars to the gov
ernment. the plea of the claimants being
that valuable documents that would have
proved their claims have been lost or mis-
placed during the removal of the depart
ment.
Mr.. Wnnnmal<er's Suggestion.
Those government officials who have the
best interests of the government in mind
declare that either the present Post Office
Department building should be enlarged ac-
cording to the recommendations of Post
master General Wanamaker. by the addi-
ton of three stories on the present struc-
ture, it should he provided With new
ard ccmmodlous building which will be
ample tor the needs of the derart ment for
a hundred years 70 come, making provision
for the natural growth Of so important a
branch OF the government service. They
say lIidt sucn DuiidlnS Shouli be ar
ranged and fitted ut with a special view to
the needs of the department The office of
the Postmaster General and the assistant
postmasters general, and all other officials
VINO are reSorted to by people doing bust
ness with the department should be made
readily accessible, while the whole arrange
ment of the offices should be made with a
view of tranSacting the public business
with the least friction. which would mean
the least expense.
Facts for Senator's
Although these facts are so well known
to people acquainted with the needs of the
Post Office Department they seem to have
been wholly overlooked by senators and
representatives who have been interested in
the removal of the department AS stated
above, the sundry civil appropriation bill is
now in the hands of the Senate committee
on appropriations, and a slight change in
that Dill would result in defeating the uu-
bus!nessl1ke method of temporarily placing
the Post Office Department IN a building
wholly inadequate for the purposes of that
branch OF the government There are MANY
portions OF the government service no "
quartered in rented buildings in this CITY
winch could be accommodated in the new
city post Office building. Their accommodate
lon there would save many thousands of
dollars which are now annually being paid
IN the form of rent. BY thus taking care of
them the government would utilize every
foo; of space in the handsome building II
mas erected on Pennsylvania avenue 1t
would also, in the eSti,ra ton of public Of
hctals prevent great mistake being made
ny the carrying out of the plan as now
proposed in the sundry eivil appropriation
bill
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Mr. Wanna IN ker's Plan,

proposition is to move this most important
department of the government into a buiiG-
irS where ii will have 81 80 square feet OF
floor space less than the various branches
oil the department in this city are now oc-
cupying. 1t is argued that the utmost nee
essity exists for having all the branches of
the department under one roof. This will
be utterly impossible If the project for
moving into the new city post office build
ing Is carried out.
Not only are the above facts in the esti-
nation OF people who are thoroughly ac-
quainted with the needs of the Post Office
Department urged as amply sufficient to
pronounce that project unsatisfa tory,
but the city post Office. which will be To-
Gated on the first two floors Of the building
will be cramped for space and will allow
absolutely no opportunity for expansion as
the city grows, unless additional space is
obtained by the removal Of the general
post office from the building in whole or in
part.
Many senators and representatives are
hardly aware of the fact that the general
post office Is to be removed. a number of
them who have given this matter consid-
GRAFTON are commenting on the unnec essary
amount of inconvenience that such a re-
moval will cause them In looking after gov
ernment business which comes before that
department. As 1t is now, members of
Congress after going through the Stale
War and Navy and Treasury Department
buildings, go down F street, visit the In
terror Department, cross over the street 20
down to the pension office building, finding
In these several public buildings nearly
every government official with whom they
ordinarily have business. They claim that
with the post Office on Pennsylvania avenue
they will be greatly inconvenienced by the
additional distance they will have to travel
In visiting the departments.
Annoyance That Would BE Caused.
But 1t is not only the members of Con-
gresS who are annoyed by the change of
location in the department. Thousands of
people visiting this city have business with
the department, and place is better
known to men throughout the country who
occasionally come to Washington nor more
easily Of access than is the present Post
Office Department building
In addition to these reasons officials of
the department claim that only incen-
venie ace will result from mixing up the
city post office with the General Post
Office Department. They are annoyed quite
business about which they should visit the
city post office, and with the two branches
of the government in the same building,
they fear there will be unusual amount
of annoyance and consequent loss to the
government If the new city post office
building were to be the permanent home Of
the department the question would assume
altogether another aspect. But 1t is only
intended as 8 temporary expedient No
sooner will the department be installed in
its new quarters than an effort will he
made to provide a better place for 1t. There
Is no appropriation yet made for the pur-
pose OF fitting up the post office building as
proper home for the department. and the
result is that shelving. file cases: furniture
Evening star., 1897-04-02
STATE DEPARTMENT CIPHER.
officials Scout the Suggestion of An,
Outsider Learning H.

The State Department scouts the sugges-
ton that any unauthorized person has OH
tained knowledge of the communications
passing between the department and Con-
sui General Lee at Havana. 1t is said that
even if such person had come into pos
session of the cipher code of the Depart
ment In which the cablegrams are usually
couched, 1t would not avail him in learning
the contents of the dispatches. The cole
OF the State Department is one of the most
inscrutable cryptograms in the world. aud
1t Is so framed that the key word chang, 8
automatically by prearrangement between
the parties to a correspondence, or NAV be
changed at a moments notice, so that the
thlrd party having copy of the code
would be at a loss to use il successfully.
Evening star., 1897-04-02
MISSISSIPPI STILL RISING.
Reports 10 the Weather bureau From
the Flooded Districts.

The following reports haze been received
from the weather bureau officials in charge
OF river districts:
81. Louis. Mo--Mississippi rising slowly
and stages close to ianGer line indicated
from keokak to Alton 10y Saturday might
er sunday 11JrEins. All bottom lands now
So' cred Twenty-cight feet indicated al
81 LOUIS Saturd ~ morning ard aLouf
tWf nty-nfne feet Monday morning Win
Mater now in sight will not reich danger
me within tive or six days General warn
h!ss sent above and load Warnings TO those
@Htcted by stages und-r thirty feet
Cairo. Il--River falIn. yerv slfphtly
this morning win remain nearly station
ary or rise slightly tonight aut S;tur,l,y
Herp water al Cairo risen about two inches
since yesterday morning. Levzes at cairo
and Mound City. Ill, continue in good con-
LitiJn. wa
MenlIhis, Tenn.--No breaks have oc-
CURED ard none are probable north of
nicNsojrS The delta IL fast IiIling I'D and
RCseda4e Is reported under wtter I-nn,,
the whole the s!:u alton is no worse X,
change IN the condition of the focd at
this place.
Helena. Ark.-River did not rise frop,
II M TO pm Yesterday; rose one tenth
last night No breaks on this side sire.
yesterday.
Nicksburg, Miss.-No new crevassee In
!evecs reported The principal work .,-a,s
ferred % levees below Tichsb,Ire. crevas
SIS above having relieved pressure In that
ftct"h. While liver at Newport. Ark.
rose over one soot since yesterday rrorn'
ins,. River at Ficksburl about Stationary
but viii probably rise about two feel fr m,
water from Yazoo later. Stock being re-
eeived here from threatened districts
New Orleans La.--SliSnt rise cort;,u.
from Natchez south. !-evees continue in
tact ana strong fight being made all aInr,
the line 10 hold them. Piucky fight bein ,
made to mold the Bayou La Fourcts ie7
AZ
The Tennessee. Cumberland. Arkansas
and Red rivers have risen and ,ba HLis
fallen The Mississippi has risen tErongb.
out Its entire length, except a slight fan
al Memphis and in the vicinity of the crs.
vases in Mississippi
About six-tenths OF an inch of rainfall,
fell yesterday in the basins of the Ten.
nessee ard Cumberland rivers. and ab1n,
two-tenths In the basin of the upper Ms
siss.ppi. WILLIS L. MOORE
Chief of Weather Bureau
Evening star., 1897-04-02
A BICYCLE ACCIDENT
Mr.. Robert L. Bains Impaled on an Iron
Picket.
He Lost Control of His Wheel WHITE
Yard and Was BADLY Hurt.

A serious and most peculiar bicycling ac-
cident occurred at the Post Office Depart
ment about ] O'Clock this evening The
clerks in the department. keep theic wheels
IN the court yard which they enter from
the driveway on Sth street. 1t is their
general habit TO ride down stn street at a
lively pace and trust their momentum to
carry them up the sharp rise over the
Belgian pavement leading into the court.
Rldihg III this way today his return
from lunch at noon Robert Lee Bains, chief
OF the returning division of the dead letter
office, lost control of his wheel and dashed
into the ma ssive marble wall of the post
Office building II the shock of striking
the wall had been the only consequence
Mr. Balm ' ould have escaped lightly. But
the pneumatic tire of the wheel gave a
frightful recol which threw the rider up
several feet In the air. He fell beside the
lion fence, which at that point Joins the
building. AS he fell his hat went. over the
fence and his chin came down suuareiy
on the sharp point of. one of the iron
pckets.
The cruel iron pierced the jaw, broke it
anu knocked out four teeth. A stranger
passing by jumped to his assistance and
with The aid of colored man. Mr. Baius
was taken to Williams drug store, and
from there the Emergency Hospital wagon
took him to the hospital
fne picket narrowly escaped tearing the
Wlndpipe, and cut q cash several inches
long. The wound bIed terribly and Mr..
Bans was unable to speak. AT the hosp1-
tai the gaping wound was sewed up and
everything done that could be to afford re-
ief The wounded mans first concern
seemed to be to convey message to those
anout MIN, and when pencil and paper were
sNeh niiii ne wrote: Don't let my wife
hear of this just yet; she is ILL.,"
Mr. Bains was handsome popular
young man, and his misfortune was a
shock to his many friends in the depart
Evening star., 1897-04-02
OF Value 20 Cyclists.

A compendium of great value to cyclists
who contemplate tour of Europe awheeI.
as well as those who seeking TO extend
the privileges now accorded by municipal-
tiles and railways to wheemen, is TO he
found in a special report to the State
Department by United States Consul
Hsvre. Anticipating many inquiries he
has caused TO be prepared complete state
ment of the conditions imposed upon for
eign cycles brough, into the different Eu-
ropean countries giving the duties, rules
for bonding, rules of the road, local reeu-
latiops and other valuable information.
Evening star., 1897-04-02
MIR. FAISON's rION.
An Opportunity for New Solicitor q
the State Department.,


Mr., Walter Faison of North Carolina
solicitor for the State Department mas
placed his resignation at the disposal of the
president, and a nomination to that office
is among the early probabilities Although
the duties Of the office pertain entirely to
the business of the State Department, it is.
IN 1act, branch of the Department of JUS
tee. 1t Is usually filled. however, upon the
recommendation of the Secretary of State
10 whom the incumbent acts as legal ad-
wiser. Mr.. Faison won the office on merit
by c1Vll service promotion, and has made a
sood official. He was formerly chief cf the
consular bureau. Mr.. Van Dyne his as
s;stant in the solicitors Office is being con-
siaered IN connection with the prospective
vacancy. He is a native of New York. and
mas rendered clerical service in the War
OF law, and is qualified in that respect for
.he duties OF the office to which he aspiles.
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Naval Orders.

Rear Admiral +. NJ. Ramsay. retired
April 3; Assistant Surgeon ID. IL. Morgan.
from the naval laboratory, New York, to
the Naval Academy; Lieut.. Commander
w. ]. Barnette. to the coast survey;
Lieut.. G. I. Emmons, from the Michigan
and granted sick leave; Passed Assistant
Paymaster F. T. Arms, from the League
Island navy yard and prepare for sea duty.
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Smallpox Raging I'm Cubn.

News has reached the State Department
that smallpox is raging in Cuba, and the
conditions are such that II is fully expected
that with the beginning of the rainy sea-
son, about the middle of the present month.
the dread scourge. yellow fever. will also
make its appearance. 1t is believed that
this is the reason Gen. Lee has sent his
family back to the United States
Evening star., 1897-04-02
VIII Appoint Sheridan. Son.

President Mckinley has promised Mrs.
Sheridan, widow of Gen. Sheridan, to ap-
point her son, Phil. Sheridan, a cade, at
the West Point Military Academy next
year The young man is not at present
eligible for admission to the academy by
reason of tie fact that he has not vet
reached the age of seventeen years. The
President, moreover. has no vacancies at
ms disposal Until next year, when one of
the cadets Of the ten whom he is per-
mitted ts keep at thes academy will grad
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Appllcatlon. at the State Department.

Applications mt the State Department,
The concentra ton of Office seekers on the
State Department, caused by the extension
of civil service rules to most of the good
places except ministries and consulates, Is
illustrated by the fact that up to yesterday
the applications received for appointment
to places of this character numbered 1850,
and this list Is constantly receiving aeces-
sions.
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Railroad Rails for china,

United States Consul Read at Tientsin
has supplied the SteteI Department with a
copy of a cali issued by the imperial rail-
ways of North China for 1920 tons of
plates. bolts and spikes. The consul says
the only chance American manufacturers
have to bid is by telegraph. through some
resident firms, whom he names in his re-
DOrt
Evening star., 1897-04-02
Reasons Against Removal.

There are many reasons given by old
officials Of the department why the office
should not be removed as proposed The
that the various bureaus of the Post Office
Department in this city occupy al present
sol square feet of floor space, exclusive
of corridors. 1t Is well known that many
portions Of the official force are crowded
into space wholly inadequate for Their dc-
commodaton and that there is immediate
need for additional floor space without co.i-
Stdering the yearly growth of the depart
mt. which is constantly under the neces-
sity of adding to its accominoda tons. Not
withstanding these facts. 1t is proposed to
II owe The department into building which
will give 1t but 1465o0 feet OF floor space,
exclusive of corridors. In other words the
Evening star., 1897-04-02

ment for the removal of the department
irto the new city post office building was
inaugurated at a time when Postmaster
General Wilson was about to retire from
the postmaster generalship. and is being
carried out before Postmaster General
Gary is hardly settled in his new office 1t
is generally regarded in the department
that under no other circumstances would
this project for moving the department
have made the headway 1t has.
Evening star., 1897-04-02

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II The Star pay because
they bring answers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-27
Take JOHNSONS
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC.

Sir Edwin Arnold. the English poet
and jouroalist. long ago became so
saturated with the spirit of Oriental
philosophy and morals that the an
rouncement Of bis marriage to =
japanese woman will cause little or 90
surprise. Asiatic life. literature and
religion have exerted powerful in
luence upon Mr.. Arnold's thought and
work, and that be should seek a bride
10 Japan is entirely 10 keeping with
bis repeatedly expressed admiration for
the women Of that coao'ry His per-
formance will doubtless cause soue-
thing Of a sensation in the literary
circles Of London, aud may perhaps re-
vive the report that be had embraced
the Buddbistic faith. but the world at
large long siuce discovered that it has
no right to be astonisbed at anything
that Sir Edwin mignt say or do.
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ASavings Bank Department,
NOTICE.

A MEETING OF THE sTocKBoLD-
~ ERS Of The Grange Real Estate
Investment Company, is hereby called
10 be held at the Office of the Co
operative Grapge Store, iu the town of
Bishopvi'l-, Sumter County, South Carolina,
at TWO clock, p. no. 90 the sixth day of No.
vemoe., A. d., 1857, to consider asd deter
mioe whether the said Company will make
mortgage to Mrs. Leouora N Coasar to Sc
cure the payment OF one tbousaad dollars. in
TWO inssallmeuts of Eve buodrei dollars each,
payable respectively on Ociorer lst, 1898 and
Oc.ooer ls' 1899, with interest a, eight per cent
per annum from October let, 1897, payable
annually uo,il The deet be raid :tbe property
TO be so nort2aged is tract of one and
a-baf acres IN Bishopvi;le, adjoining lands
of Mrs Matte Law, Mrs. W. K. Cross well,
the Meihodis, Church lot. snd situate on the
corner OF Main and. Church Streets.
B5 order of the ba,d Of Directors
J. W hNGLISH,
Presidrn, of said Company.
jAt.est-W. a JAMES, Jr., Secretary.
Bishopvile, s c., Oct 6, 1857 ST