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The times., 1897-03-30
Greece and Crete.

| The Graeco-Cretan situation grows more
| acute day by day. Greece continues to
| Justify her position, by comtenancing a
| new proposition which would tend to
| placate Greek public sentiment ana open
the way to a peaceful settlement, at least
OF affairs on the mainland This PROPOSE
ton is merely to concede to Greece the
strip of territory, entirely populated hy
Helienes, and extending from the Gulf of
| Salonica on the Aegean Sea to the south
| bank OF the River kaIamo, and including
| Lake Janina on the west This piece of
country was guaranteed TO Greece by the
congress of Berlin in 1878, hut its cession
was resisted by Turkey, although he treaty
including il had been accepted and ratified
| by the sultan Russia has all along sup
ported the Turks ia refusing TO give it up;
| and now appears as opposed to any solu-
ton which should involve it.
This is the second time Within a couple
of weeks that Russia has played the dog
in the manger, ana vetoed the possibility
OF an amicablc arrangement urged by the
Western powers. 1t looks very much as if
the czar is determined not to accept any
plan that does not include the complete
humiliation OF Greece and the restoration
of Turkish rule in Crete This attitude
hardly can fail to bring trouble, and it is
not likely TO be modified by occurrences
on the island, where the Christian Cretans
have fired on a Russian vessel and evince
a settled purpose to fight to the death for
union with Greece even If they must war
against all Europe in the effort.
Great Britain. France and Germany de-
cline to increase their quota Of the corps
of occupation in Crete and do not show
disposition TO allow Russia to attempt its
pacification alone. Conditions on the
island generally are simply awful and
hcartrending. We may allow worse CON-
dition Of affairs to exist on an island OF
our hemisphere, and there is no great
neighhoring power to shame US for it; but
the Christian sentiment of Western Europe
is different and more powerful thing,
compared with the same in this country,
and it will he heard with effect in die
tatinE the final course OF some of the
powers, although that Course might lead
to a war for the protection OF out TRACED
humanity against continuation of the
fright full curse of Moslem rule.
The times., 1897-03-30
TUESDAY, MARCH 80.
The Views of an Old Roman.

The Views of an Old Roman.
Col. William r Morrison is "a Democrat
who does not have to depend upon declara-
ton OF the fact to have ii believed His
Democracy always speaks for itself 1t
is instructive, bred in the bone, and auto
matte In this respect his Democracy is
not like that of some OF his successors in
the House OF Representatives, who are
sometimes led astray from the gospel of
free raw materials, and the like, by the
Interests OF constituents who happen to
own 4 few sheep, a rice swamp or a cot
Ion patch
Naturally a statesman of this kind re-
CARDS free raw material as a recessity.
For that matter, the man who does not
IL by no means a Democrat of the ortho-
doX school. Col. Morrison very pointedIy
says: We can make cur own people pay
prices high enough to compensate manu-
facturers using taxed Wool or other taxed
material. but this rule will not apply in
other markets, where cur people must sell
In competition with goods made of un-
taxed material, and to find employment
FOR cur people we must now find foreign
markets for manufactures as wen as for
agricultural products
The wool schedule OF the Dingley bin
seems to be The one instance in which the
interests of American manufacturers are
made secondary consideration 10 the in
tcrcsts Of producers of raw material. II
is altogether the most foolish as well as
the most outrageous fiscal proposition that
wei could be conceived. It's direct effect
would be to close foreign markets to our
carpets and other woolen manufactures,
and thereby TO reduce production, shorten
factory consumption and depress the mar
ket FOR American wool. Upon any think
able ground the wooden schedule is about
as indefensible a scheme Of taxation for
the destruction OF home industry as could
have been presented
We do not doubt that majority OF the
people today view it in the light in which
II is regarded by Col, Morrison.
The times., 1897-03-30

The Havana correspondence Of the New
York sun represents the Spanish army 10
Cuba as onthe pointof nutiny- Thetroops
have not been paid in seven months and
volunteers are being deprived Of their
Mauser rifles and rearmed with obsolete
muskets This is supposed to indicate that
the Spaniards want to take away the inn
proved arms when they abandon the island
1t is reported that the crew of a Spanish
gunboat has burned it and joined the rev.
outionists. The Spanish situationis gloomy
and desperate.
The times., 1897-03-30
THE CIVIC CENTER.
VIII Examine the Sanitary Condi-
tion of the Schools.

t1On or the SCHOOLS.
The center council OF the Civic Center
met yesterday at 4:30 o'clock in the
south parlor OF the First Congregational
Church. There was small attendance, and
in the absence of President Newman. the
meeting was presided over by Dr. George
f. Kober
Mrs. Ellen B. Foster, chairman OF the
committee on public education, reported
the result OF the conference OF her com
mittee with several United States Senators
in regard To establishing Kindergarten de-
partmeatS in the public schools. The in
terviews, Mrs. Foster said, Were not at
all satisfactory, as they were not given
time to put the SUBJECT in detail before the
Senator's
The committee has completed arrange
ments for the inspection OF the sanitary
condition OF the public school buildings
in the city and county. There are, in
all, lO9 buildings TO be inspected
In connection with the taking of the
census Of school children, which is shortly
TO begin. Mrs Foster suggests that chill
d.en between the ages OF three and six
years be included in the innumeration The
matter was referred to Miss Kate Hosmer,
NuO 10 lHtiOuEl4lg pOStGu O44 Lilc SGDJSCj-
Miss HosmeT stated that she felt sure
that the request came too late, as she
was of the opinion that the blanks for
the taking Of the census had already
been printed.
Miss Hosmer read a letter from the Ma
tional Municipal League, inviting the
Civic Center to send delega ties to the
annual convention of the league, which
will be held in Louisville, KY. May
8 to Z inclusive.
The times., 1897-03-30
JAPAN,s NEW COINAGE BILL.
The Diet to Consider Measure
Changing the Standard.

| The Secretary OF the Treasury is Ii
| receipt of information to the effect tina
| during the present session OF the japanese
| Diet, government coinage bill will bt
| presented for the consideration of that
| body, which will, il passed, change the
| standard Of value in Japan from silver
| to gold 1t is proposed to fix the govern
ment parity OF, or ratio between the
| two meters, at 81 TO L. The unit of value
will be a gold yen, which will be one hall
the weight and value of the old Japanese
gold yen. This had the same weight and
finenesS as the gold dollar OF the United
States.
|. The proposed unit OF value viii therefore,
be the exact equivalent of 30 cents in
United States money. and, approximately
of the same value as the present unit in
Japan, the silver yen, which. at the cur
rent ratio of exchange, is worth about 81
cents in United States money. 1t is pro-
posed that the smallest coin minted shall
be five yen piece.
The further coinage of silver will be
Limited 10 subsidiary coins, The silver
yen low i'll circulation will be maintained d
at par with the gold yen by the govern
ment being prepared to redeem them in
gold whenever called upon to do so.
1t is important to note that there are
about 40 coo, 900 of japanese silver
yen III circulation. of which it is esti-
mated that about 10 900 600 are in cfrcu-
latiOn as money in China, and the English,
French and other colonies and settlements
in the East Should the ratio between
gold and silver become greater than 1
to 80, the tendency would seem to be 10
drive the outstanding silver coin back to
japan for redemption.
The yeTEJculJr press reports considerable
dissatisfaction among the manufac C turing
and commercial classes with the proposed
change Of Standard and it Is reported that
the Cotton Spinnefs' ASSOCIATION has pre-
pared protest against il to present at
the Diet Those interested in manufactures
in Japan are at present very prosperous
and satisfied with the IetgTns tEeiT in
yestmentS are bringing.
It is generally believed, however, that
the government bill VIII, in a perhaps
modified form, become a law. 1t is sUE-
posed that the principal object the gov
ernm ent has in view in bringing about the
change is to enable it, should such meas
ure become necessary or expeIient, 10 ne
gOtiate u lean in Europe ON better terms
than would he possible, as they belieye, if
Japan remained on a silver Ia Sis
The times., 1897-03-30

for all future tiue would be devoted ex-
clusively to- the counting of bristles and
coincident computation OF duties on brushes.
But collectors and inspectors may rest easy
as far as that is concerned The Mckinley
tariff on this class OF nerchf.,dise was
forty per cent ad valorem, an outrageous
tax, which. however, was not high enough
to be prohlhitory. The Dingleydevice would
cure that defect by making the duty al
most If not quite one hundred per cent, and
so shut out foreign brushes completely, ex-
cept as to a few very hgh-priced goods,
and destroy all hope Of revenue from this
source AIuerican brush makers would be
richly protected and would have cinch
on the home market, with a hundred per
cent margin, most of which would appear
in advanced prices, would be paid by the
people to the manufacturers. and the pub
lie revenue would get none of it.
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The Cut-rhroat Tariff Policy.

Even some American manufacturers are
alarmed at the prospect opened by the
pinglev infamy- Protective tariffs force
Dur OWL people to pay whatever the robber
trusts and monopolies may choose to de-
nEiud from them. But this country has
outgr"wn its merely domestic trade status,
ind now must and does compete in the
markets Of other nations with goods of
their own manufacture In the matter
Of carpets. for example, the treasurer Of
the Lowell Carpet Company is reported as
stating that the proposed tariff on wool
would increase the factory cost of ingram
carpet by / o or II cents yard Countries
20 which it is beginning to be exported
certainly would enact rctaliatory tariffs
ii the present bill were to become law,
and in that event. the tax on raw material
would be enough to shut out the American
Ccmm odity.
Tie DingIey prop osition is to place
q duty ef scents per yard on floor mating
valued at 10 cents per yard or less, and
{ cents per yard, plus % per cent ad
ralorem, on goods of higher value This
would be cruel injustice to housekeepers
who use the cheaper grades of Chinese and
Japanese niattings and who could not
afford to pay the advanced protective
prices or buy carpets. 1t would mean
bare floors to several hundred thousand
poor little American homes.
Democrats in the Congress are doing
battle for humanity in fighting this in
iqutous and brutal measure. Let them
keep al il, only harder and hotter!
The times., 1897-03-30
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
How Secretary Bliss Made a Fund
Available.

A fund has been discovered from which
a New York city directory may be pur-
chased for the library of the Interior De-
partment. The library has been in pos
session of no directory of the metropolis
later than 1892 the last Administration ap.
rarcntly not having cared for such an
article.
Mrs Fuller, the librarian. has asked for
this valuable piece of literature several
times during the last year, and she ma dc
an especially urgent request when it was
found that the new Secretary was to be
New York man. The invariable reply
OF the gentleman in the chief clerk office
has been that there was no fund for the
purchase of New York city directories
On the second day of the administration
of Secretary Bliss he sent to the library
for the directory. Mrs. Fuller sent the
'92 one to him. A very short time after
this the fund was found that had before
evaded the chief clerks people The IL
brary now has 81 directory.
The times., 1897-03-30
That oIney-Pauncefote Treaty.

Ii having appeared to the satisfaction
OF the British press and public, that the
Monroe doctrine, Cayton-Bulwer and Mica
ragUa Canal teeth and claws have been, or
are about to be, pulled out Of the OIney-
Pauheefote arbitration treaty, interest in
the matter on the other side of the At
Iantic has subsidized, and what little Of it
may be left is manifest only in the utter
ance Of a few unhappy and resentful
growis. The American CORE spondent of
one OF the London papers, recently cabled
the statement that the Senators con-
tinue TO pretend thatit is not dead, though
1t is over a corpse that they are holding
their meaningless palaver Their present
proceedings resemble nothing SO much as
an Irish wake"
British interests and influence, repre-
sented in arbitration treaties or anything
else, are very hard to kill, as the his tory of
American legislation and diplomacy in
matters affecting them only too sadly
Illustrate; but probably in this case the
real thing that England wanted has been
chased out Of the woodple and dubbed
to innoc1cus desuetude, if not to death
Still we shall feel more confident on that
score even, after learning that ratif1catio
has been refused by decisive vote
1t has been strikingly manifest that, as
soon as the determination OF the American
party in the Senate became apparent to
except any application or the Monroe
doctrine, our position in regard to the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. and our policy and
rights as to the Nicaragua Canal from
the operation OF the proposed treaty,
British chagrln and anger developed at
once; and that fact may be accepted as
extremely suggestive of the wisdom in
volved in the resistance by the Senate
OF all pressure from high quarters and
iaboriously manufactured public sentiment
The times., 1897-03-30
POINTS ABOUT TEA.
Standards Mentioned by Experts I'm
Report to Secretary Gage.

The board of tea experts appointed by
Secretary OF the Treasury Gage TO select
standards OF teas have submitted re
port, in which they recommend that the
comparison of standards with teas shall
be made not only with regard to flavor,
but particularly with regard 10 the ap
pearance OF the leaf after infusion. In
color of infused leaf and in freedom from
admixture with black and decayed leaf ali
teas should he equal to the standards, bat
any consideration of the make or so-caIled
style Of the dry leaf should he omitted
The leaf Of the infusion must equal the
standard IN freedom from scum, gritty
substance, and leaf made up of dust and
congie.
1he board further recommended [ hat the
department issue instructions that all
teas be labelled with their proper trade
names, so as to avoid palpable fraud in
the use OF false labels The Importance
of this point has been pressed upon them
by the trade, and they cannot too strongly
emphasize it, particularly referring to
green teas, Of which the Pingsuey kinds
have been heretofore labelled Moyune.
The report further on says that the
present examiners at New York and Chi
cago meet all the requirements, but that
the examiner at San Francisco is not an
expert in tea. but a chemist, having in
sufficient knowledge Of the articles 'It
is absolutely necessary that a person
possessing the proper qualifications should
be appointed at that port says the re-
port.
The standard teas selected are Form0sa,
Oolong, Foochow Oolong, Annoy Ooiong,
North China Congou, Sout China Congou,
India tea, Ceylon tea, and Pingsuey green
tea.
The times., 1897-03-30
STEAMFTTTERS ON STRIKE.
Forty Thousand Men May Be Called
Cut.

Cut.
New York. March ga lockout of 1 100
steamfitters and their helpers is ON to-
day The lockout arises from the strikes
of the Enterprise Association of Steam
filters and the Progress Association ef
Steamfitters' Helpers against the Anal
gamated Society of Plumbers and GasfIt-
ters.
The steamfitters and the board of dele
gates assert that the Master Steamfitters
Association violated an agreement by sub
letting contracts to the johnson Heat
Regulating Company, who employed MEM
bers of the Plumbers Society to do ther-
mOStadic work. AS the Plumbers So
ciety is not represented in the board of
delegates, the latter maintains that the
Master Steamfitters' Association further
violated disagreement with the union steam
filters and helpers by employ ing the plumb
ers, who are considered as nun ion men
and treated as such by the board and the
trades unions il represents.
1t is feared that the trouble will ex-
tend to all of the building trades, and
that it may involve from 80 900 to 40,000
men.
The times., 1897-03-30
TANNERS ON \ STRIKE.
About 200 of Them in Chicago
Quit Work.

Chicago, March 29.-About 200 shayers
and splitters in the various tanneries quit
work today, or rather, they refused to go
to work. The table hands, finishers and
tanners went to work this morning as
usual
A meeting of the strike committee was
held at No. 500 Milwaukee avenue this
afternoon. 1t was said that many other
workmen in the tanneries would strike
tomorrow. The nine-hour day is still in
force, but the bosses claim that next week
the men will have TO work ten hours. If
this order is carried into effect, it is said,
every one OF the 1900 workmen will join
the strike.
The times., 1897-03-30
Two to Be Hanged.

Somcryiile, n. j., March 29.-Eighteen-
year-old Elmer Clawson, who murdered
Harry Hodgetts near Penckamin, and Jo-
seph S. Johnson, the coiored evangelist,
who rohhed and strangled Annie Rogers.
a mulatto woman, were brought before
Chief Justice Magic in the Somerset court
this morning and resenteDced to be hanged.
Johnson's execution will occur on May )
and Clawson will be hanged on May12
The times., 1897-03-30
First to Be Electrocuted.

Columbus, Ohio, March 30. The State
board of pardons at Lancaster today unan-
imously rejected the application for elem
ency for William Haas, Cincinnati mur-
derer, who is to be executed on April 8:
Haas will be the first person in this State
to be electrocuted. Haas killed Mrs. Will
liam Rrader in Cincinnati on the night Of
July 3, 1895.
The times., 1897-03-30
A Heavy Diamond Robbery.

New York, March 29.-It was learned to-
day that jewelry robbery was commit
ted on March at Hotel Buckin CHAM. Fifth
avenue and Fiftieth street. Capt. 0 Brien,
of the detective bureau, said this afternoon
that the person robbed was guest ut the
Buckingham named Nine. Haricles 2.
Fachiri. The property stolen was about
So 900 worth OF je welry.
The times., 1897-03-30
Now for Dingley and the sugar trust.

Years ago France was confronted with
the necessity of restoring her denuded
forests, and has spent $40, ,00o, 900 in
the attempt. The governor of New York
wants to stop the defores station of the
Adirondack region, but is bitterly opposed
by the interests engaged in wrecking that
territory. Drought, flood, freshet and
ruined agriculture are the penalties for
destroying our timber resources.
The times., 1897-03-30
Steen Not in Prison.

Thomas W. Steep, missing Cuban CORE
spondent OF the ScTipps MeRae League,
is prisoner of the Spanish in Cabanas
fortress is denied by Consul General Lee
at Havana. He has just cabled the league
that Steep is not in the prison.
The times., 1897-03-30

AS steel rails cannot be imported, be-
cause we are selling American rails In
Great Britain and Europe at a lower price
purpose of the Dngley tariff on this class
of goods must be to form customs barrier
behind which American manufacturers can
combine together and put up prices beyond
the limit of reasonable profit Already
we have seen them getting $2S per ton
for S19 per ton in England
The times., 1897-03-30

According u st. Petersburg dispatch
Prince George, OF Greece, is not there re-
garfed as qualified either by age or ex-
perience for the governorship = Greece.
the car; how about him?
The times., 1897-03-30
Three Men Fatally Injured.

Augusta, KY, March 29.-News reached
here today OF a terrible explosion at the
sawIuill of A. s. Norris, about three miles
from Brookville, by which three men. Sam
uei Tucker, Pap Boone and Mike Lundi-
gan were fatally injured.
The times., 1897-03-30

The day Of retreuchment, or the day of
ruin, for this Government is awaiting the
people of the United States in the not re-
the nineteenth into the twentieth century.
We shall carry with ns either the germs Of
dissolution and decay or of life and con-
served energy. Sterling Morton, in the
Forum.
But shall we carry Morton with us?-
that is the big question.
The times., 1897-03-30
Financial reform for ireland.

London, March 9.-The lord mayor of
Dublin, accompanied by two officials OF
the Dublin corporation, appeared at the
bar of the House of Commons today and
presented petition praying for financial
reform in Ireland.
The times., 1897-03-30

In obedience to the law as interpreted
by the Supreme Court, nine powerful rail-
way traffic combinations in the West and
South are reported as having disbanded
That is right. and if the law as it now
stands does injustice to railways the
fact can be shown before the Congress.
The times., 1897-03-30

TWO OF the three great questions Of the
daT heing settled 10y the appointment to
office Of Perry S Heath and Henry Clay
Evans, the President is now at liberty to
dey ote his time exclusively to the tariff
The times., 1897-03-30

The concentration of 100000 troops in
southern Russia is not particularly indie
atIve of the fact that Russia expects any
great amount Of peace.
The times., 1897-03-30
SOC EACH.

AIl-wool Navy Blue Cheviot Sailor Suits.
called Jack Tar" Suits-two pairs OF
pants with each suit-neatIy trimmed with
white Or black braid Sizes 8 to 10.
The times., 1897-03-30
Bows 'ShirtWaists
and Suits.

Uncommonly good values at
lower prices than usual at the
beginning of the season.
200 doz. Percale and Outing Cloth Shirt
Waists, we'll made; well fitting, same
quality goods as they put into SOC Waists
Special price,
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$23S EACH.

Atwood Sailor Suits. proper weight for
present wear; light and dark colors; well
made and prettiIy trimmed. Sizes 8 to
10 Values up to 81. 90.
The times., 1897-03-30
25C EACH.

Mothers Friend Unlaundered Shirt
Waists; scores of styles, each with patent
belt and can't pull-off buttons; good.
serviceabIe materials; light, medium and
The times., 1897-03-30
$2.95 EACH.

New Combination Suits, all-wooI, checks,
plaids, and rough effects Sizes : TO Is.
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$3.50

For Suit and Extra Trousers.
3rd floor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-09-12
Ciaceta de hoy.
Concession de induito.

Concession de induito.
Cablegrama del Ministerio de
Uitramar relative a la publica.
ci6n de los Aranceles de Aduana
de Ia Isla de Cuba, ajustandose
las nuevas tarifas q Ia base Guar
ia del Decreto.Lsy de 20 de
Abril, rigiendo derechos 6scales
para la procedencia nacional,
apliczndose 4 los diez dias si-
guientes al de dicha publication,
y aforzndose por el arancel ante
rior las mercancias conducidas
por barcos zarpados del 1ltimo
puerto de escala antes de termi-
mar ell segundo dia de la repetida
publication.
Circular referente 4 la busca
de I'm mozo para ser reconocido
y tallado el IS del actual.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-09-12

dades de los hombres causadaB por
indiscreciones de la juventud, exeeso
de trabajo 6 estudio, etc.
Hay mny poeas boticas donde no
Sc vendan las pildoras rosadas del DR..
Williams.
Cualquier persona que tenga diff
cultad en- adquirirlas debe dirigirse a
lA-casa DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
de Schenectady, N. Y, Estados Uni
dos, y sera avisado donde comprarlas.
La misma casa cuenta con un depar-
tamento medicoDpara atender s,0tni-
tGmSnte { las consultas de los pacien-
tes donds quiera que Sc encuentren.