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Evening star., 1898-06-04

night at 5 pm. At the whole Of busi-
ness Lima is shut UP as tight the head
of drum. The stores, as l have said have
no windows. They are more like caves in
the walls than stores, for their front doors
extend the full width of the store These
doors are taken away during business
hours, and at such times Lima looks like
a great tazaar. The stores are filed with
hne goods, which are piled up in attractive
shapes on the counters and on the floors
so tnat walking along the Mercadores or on
the streets facing the Plaza des Armes is
IKE going through an interesting museum.
At night, however, when the fronts of the
stores have been closed. the streets are
lined with blank walls. There are no dis
play windows, and everything seems her
metcally sealed. Only here and there Won
see cigar shop, store selling cooked eat
abies or drug store which is open AS it
grows dark the bird-cage-like balconies
above the stores shut up, and the city in
some OF its parts seems almost city of the
aead. 1t Is far from dead however. There
Is lots of fun going on behind the closed
windows. and the people sit up late and
delight in social enjoyment.
Will the Americans Get 1t.
Some of the best things now offered here
In business way are Of the electrical or
der. Lima is a city of 100, 600 people. and
1t has tramway upon which the cars are
drawn by horses The line of tracks reaches
all parts of the city, and the cars, although
they are irregularly run and poorly man.
aged, are almost always full. 1 am told
that the roads are now paying, although l
could see that the conductors are cheating
the company right along, and that they. do
nothing to increase their custom If this
system could be replaced by an electric line
1t would probably pay we'll, and might be
as big a bonanza as the Mexico City street
railways, which sold for 81 600 600 AT
present there are two or three American
parties who are figuring on the proposition
of buying the horse car lines and EXTEND
ing the system from here to Callao and
Chorillos, the seaside resort of Lima Cal
lao has about 25OOO people, and it is che
port for Lima. There La a fiat road between
the two cities and a line connecting them
could be cheaply built. The power for such
roads during the most of the year could be
had from the River Rimac, which flows
through Lima, and which has, am told a
fall of thirty feet between that city and
these. Among the parties who are investi-
eating the matter is the South Amer
lean Power and Traction Company.
This company has been formed / am
told, to build the road, and it's agent
Mr.. Robert s. Forbes, is now in the north
making the arrangements to build 1 un-
derstand that the president of Peru has
given them a certain time to complete their
arrangements. The parties interested are
said to be Mr. John Searles of New York.
the General Electric CSMpany of America
and an electric company of Berlin. The Ger
man company has sent engineer out
here to investigate the situation The
price asked for the tramway line, which be-
longs to two men, Is 65,0O0 pounds sterling.
Evening star., 1898-06-04

here on his wedding tour to uphold Ameri-
can interests in Peru. Col. Dickey keeps
house in Callao While lunching with him
the other day 1 happened to remark that
were very fine. .They ought to be fine" I"
replied the colonel, for 1 raised them my
self on my farm here" After the lunch
was over the colonel took me out to show
NE his farm. 1t was the roof of his house.
We went upstairs and there found two
large coop5 filled with chickens, turkeys and
pigeons. On other roofs all about us were
other coops. and the cackling of the hens
all around showed that large part of the
eggs eaten i'll Callao must be laid on the
roofs.
Where Life is Easy.
Speaking of the cost of living in Lima, 1
pay 81, silver, day for my room and board
at the hotel. This is only about $50 of our
money. Part of the time / have paid 81 20,
silver. day for my room and coffee and
toast in the morning. taking my other
me ais at the clubs. There are several good
clubs here. the chief of which are the Ma
tional tie Union and the Phoenix All
have good libraries. the latest papers from
all parts of the world. billiards and card
rooms and comfortable pariors. The meals
cost 81, silver about 30 cents of our
me ney, and for this sum you get
better dinner here than you get at any
American club for from five to ten times
the amount.
The people here take more time to their
meals than we do. They take life more
asily. Almost all the stores close at
cen for one hour to allow the proprietors
and their clerks to go home to breakfast
as they call it, You will seldom find busi-
ness man in his Office between II and l.
and everything begins to shut up for the
Evening star., 1898-06-04

a sauce of tomatoes and eggs. 1t is as hot
as nre. but not bad to eat. Papas riena is
made of potatoes mashed and then mixed
win olives, onions, eggs and raisins and
ten fried PapaS con arros is potatoes
cooked with rice, and there are several
other queer combinations of potatoes and
otfer things. One of the chief dishes found
on every Peruvian table is a soup called
saEchochow. This is made by cooking to-
gether nearly every kind of vegetable and
a goodiy portion of meat The soup is
drained off and served clear and the vepe-
tables and the meat brought in on a separ-
ate plate to be eaten after the SOUP This
dish forms the chief meal of MANY of the
poorer classes. The rich live here as well
as in any city of the world. Meals are
usually served in courses, one dish being
brought on the table at q time and the
plates changed with every course
The Paradise of the HOusekeener.
Peru is, it seems to me. the paradise of
the housekeeper. There are few places
where 1t IS easier to manage a house than
tere. There are no long stairs to climb. In
many cases the whole house is on one
floor, and have visited Lima families who
mad houses containing twenty large rooms.
all on the first floor. The cooks do all the
marketing of Lima. lady seldom goes
cut of the house except to shop or visit.
Inc way the marketing is managed Is to
allow the cook much a day according
to your pocket and style of living. saw 81
day or more and for this he is expected
to supply the meals and see that the tabIe
is completely furnished with food In other
words, you board with your cook. If Won
have seod cook you will be better and
more cheaply served than if you tried to
manage 1t all yourself, and at the same
time save all of the wear and tear. MANY
of the cooks are Chinese. All expect to
make a profit off the marketing in addi-
Evening star., 1898-06-04
Compliment. to Capt. willard.

A special dispatch from Richmond. Va,
to Baltimore paper has the following in
reference to Capt Joseph Z. Willard OF
this city:
There is, perhaps, no captain .n camp
who has the welfare of his men much at
heart as Capt. Joseph Z. Willard OF Com
pany l, Sd Regiment. Although worth mil
lions of dollars, he does not hesitate for ?
moment to share the duties Of Camp life
with his men. He spends his nights at his
tent, willie number of other commissioned
officers continue to sleep in the city. Ii
order to assist a sick man in his company
he even went so far as to sleep on the floor
and turned over his cot to the patient"
Evening star., 1898-06-04

good. You will not find in Washington or
New York better meat and fish market
than that of Lima. The meats are largely
sold by women, and the women seem to
have monopolized the milk, meat and
vegetable trade of this city. The
steaks and chops are very good, and you
can buy a little kid or a half dozen
guinea pigs for a trifc The Peruvians are
very fond of kids and guinea pigs are a
cel1cacy not to be sneered at They taste
E-uch like young pigeons or very tender
squirrels. They are raised and fattened
for eating all about here and nearly every
farmer keeps a guinea pig pen. Another
queer dish is fish cooked by putting cold
lemon juice on it. 1t is really raw fish
served with lemon juice. but the lemon has
mucn the same effect on the flesh of the
hsh as boiling, and l have a number of
times smacked my lips over what
thought was the most delicious boiled fish
L had ever eaten to find that it was fish
Ia scrviche, that is raw fish and lemon
The fish of this coast are delicious. They
are of nearly every kind from the sole to
the corblna, which is Il very large and
sweet fieshed fish not unlike the blue fish
OF the Atlantic, though of a more delicious
haVor. tried the Peruvian oysters at the
National Club today. They were brought
IN par boiled on the half shell. 1 did not
like them.
Potatoes nnd Pepper.
There is no place that 1 have yet visited
"hlch has so much pepper and potatoes
Upon its tables 1 find here 1t is said
that the Peruvians eat more pepper than
salt. They serve it with nearly every dish
ana you always find a little dish of ali
pronounced ah-he) sort of red pepper
paste beside your plate ready for use as
you may fancy. Papas con ali is favor
lie Dist made of potatoes and pepper with
Evening star., 1898-06-04

An artist solves a problem which Las to q
certain extent troubled many people: What
becomes of all the art students, and if they
are never heard from after they complete
their studies what is the good of the eff
fort, and haven't they wasted their time? :?
That was the question, put in fewer
words, that one artist asked Of another as
the two passed through an art gallery
where there was an exhibition of student
work. Every one knows that not half of
the number of even the art students to be
found In New York are ever heard from by
the pubic after they finish their studies.
BuI the second artist answered hopefully:
The greater number of these students
are women, ne said, and they help art
immensely ty getting married and teaching
their husbands"
Evening star., 1898-06-04
Award of Medals.

At the closing exercises of the University
School yesterday the medals were awarded
as follows: Scholarship medal, to George
Conrad Reid; English medal, to Henry Ives
Cobb, jr.; mathematics medal, to Lester
Marvin Stona; attendance medal, to Mau-
rice du Pond Lee; department medal to
Frank Hyatt, jr.
The principal, Mr.. Preston, entertained
the pupils a. luncheon,
Evening star., 1898-06-04

HE A NJ E r / G A N
minister and myself
spent this morning in
the markets of Lima.
We met at the mar
ket house at Z am.
and ate our diceuno
at a little restaurant
just off the main
aisle. Diceuno is
what the Peruvians
call their first meal.
1t is taken on rising
and consists of two
little pieces of toast
Evening star., 1898-06-04

and a cup of coffee or tea. The real break
fast is not taken until II or u o'clock and
dinner does not come until or in the
evening. The minister and myself are af-
fiicted with good American appetites and
We pieced out the meal with two punches
Of white grapes, each of which was as big
as your head, the grapes themselves being
as large as damson plums. Our meal was
most democratic one. The table was
large, and We had hardly taken our seats
before an Indian woman with a broad
brimmed Panama hat coming well down
over her brOnzed features sat down oppo-
site us, and ordered an ice cream which
was served in a champagne glass. Then i
pock-marked Peruvian of the lower class
took seat at the table for his chocolate.
and just as We were about to leave a fat
old negress wearing black manta or shawl
which covered the whole of the upper mart
of her body and all of her head excepting
her face. slid down into chair beside me-
While We were eating We were besieged by
peddIers of various kinds. from women who
offered US lottery tickets to men who had
Tor sale waxen images of the Virgin Mary
dressed in the latest modern styles All
ABOUT US were the queer characters which
make up the lower classes of the Peruvian
capital There were cooks by the hum
dreds buying their marketing for the day
Some were Chinese some negroes and
skins which show that they are a product
OF the native Indians and the Spanish
Ihere We're scores Of women dressed all
IN black, with only their faces showing out
OF their black shawls. There were many
market women in calico dresses wearing
straw hats, and not q few queer peopIe
from the mountains who looked about with
eyes OF wonder at their first sight of the
great city. The crowd numbered thou
sands. and 1t was the busiest crowd / have
seen in Peru.
A Land of Fat Things.
Peru Is land of fat things. There are
really so many wonderful products here
that hesitate to describe them for fear
1 may not be believed. What would YOU
think of string beans as long as your arm
We saw lots of them at the vegetable
stands. They were tied up in bunches and
hunS upon poles. We saw potatoes as yell
low as gold. These are the papas amaril-
las of Peru. which are bright yellow
when cooked. We saw sweet potatoes of
many kinds. some Of which We're as big as
the vans OF America. Then there were
quantities of yucca, tuber which grows
about two feet long, and which is as bis,
Evening star., 1898-06-04
Some of the Queer Dishes Which
the Peruvians Enjoy.
HOW THE AMERICAN MINISTER LIVES
A Country Where Housekeeping
is Real Delight.
CHANCES FOR CAPITAL

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
copyrighted, 1898. by Frank q. Carpenter)
LIMA, Peru, May =, 1898.
The evening times., 1898-07-07
MISS GARCIA WELL AGAIN.
The Cuban Generals Daughter Re-
covers From an attack of Fever

Middletown. y. Y. July Gen. Calixto
Garcia, the old Cuban leader, has been
Informed by cable that his pretty daush-
ter Leona has recovered from her seri-
Gus illness at Liberty. Sullivan county.
Three years have elapsed since father
and daughter parted. owing to the out
break of the insurrection in Cuba. She
is the generals favorite child. and has
mourned the separation more than the
other three children. who. with Mrs. Car
cia. are with her
Mrs. Garcia, accompanied by Leona
and her three other children, went from
New York two weeks aso 10 Liberty
TO spend part OF the Summer al the farm
house of George c. Cooper. They were
attracted to the place hoping Leena
would gain relief from malarial fever
with which she was afflicted. While Miss
Garcia improved at the start, she re-
Gently had a relapse, from which it was
feared she would not recover. When it
was thought the end would come soon,
her father was informed by cable, with
the request that he come to her bedside
if possible. Since then. however, the
generals daughter has practically recov-
cred.
The presence of Mrs. Garcia and her
family at Liberty has excited great inter-
est and the appearance of any member
of the family in the street is the signal
for an ovation.
The evening times., 1898-07-07
THE MURDER OF A BABE.
An Infant Is stabbed and the Body
Burned.

New York. JulF 1.-Whst is believed by the
police to he case of infanticide under Pc
culiarly horrible circumstances was revealed
Yesterday morning by the discovery in the yafd
of tenement house 1t No. s9e East Fourth
mutiiated and burned. beyond all hope Of identi.
fcstion. The body was discovered by Sara
straus, who lives in the house with her BROTHER
Joseph. when she went into the yard at 1:SC
O'Clock. 1t living close to the back fence
and was wrapped up in a newspaper dated las,
Sunday. and wonan's nnde-garnrent.
Policeman O'Bricn carried the body to thu
Union Market station, where an examination
showed that the corpse that of a fen1al,
child. about two weeks old An attempt haC
evidently been made to destroy the remains
by fire. for the whole surface was charreC
If it had been placed in stove.
In addition to this thrre WAS a deep knit,
wound in the breast. which was apparently tn.
immediate cause OF death.
The body could only have lain where it wa:
found for a short time before discovery, fol
Joseph Straus. who went into the yard bafort
The fence around the yard is quite low and
could easily have been scaled from the yard:
of any of the adjacent tenement houses. Tht
neighborhood is densely populated. for the mos
part by Russians and Hungarians.
Four detectives were put the case and mad,
a careful inquiry in all the adjacent houses. hui
without finding any clew to the mystery. Ii i
by no means impossible, the police say, that tn,
body may have been brought from a distance
and thrown into the yard where it WAS found
The evening times., 1898-07-07
SEAVGY ISLAND.
The Spanish Prisoners Will he Con-
fined There.

fined There.
Seavey Island New Hampshire. is - be
transformed into naval prison for the
Spanish sailors captured by Commodore
Sohley To prevent conspiracy by OFF,
GERS and men for their escape Secretary
Long has practically determined to place
the officers al Annapolis. Nd. or at some
other naval station where they can be
properly guarded.
In anticipation of the early arrival II
the prisoners every effort is being made
by the Navy Department TO provide &C
commoda Ions for them. Capt. A. s.
Crowninsh.eld. chief of the Bureau of
Navigation. left Washington last night
for Seavey Island. part of the Ports
mouth naval reservation. to inspect the
island and locate site for barracks in
which the men Will be quartered. He VIII
be assisted by Civil Engineer II. r.
Stanford, who will join him at Ports
mo.th.
That no time may be lost In building
the barracks Civil Engineer N. T. Endi-
cott. chief Of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks. is preparing plans for three
buildings for use as barracks. two small
hospitals. IN which will be treated any
who may be i'll or wounded. and a mess
hall. The cost will be about $4,000. and
the buildings will be in readiness TO re-
ceive the men within three weeks.
Haste is necessary In the construction
of the buildings. as the department was
informed yesterday that the St. Louis
left Santiago de Cuba Tuesday night and
that the Harvard left yesterday morning
for New York, with all the Spanish pris-
oners on board. As the weather at Sea-
veg Island Is COOL 1t will probably be
necessary to provide the prisoners with
clothing, and Paymaster General Stew
art will take measures 20 do So. The
paymaster general will also see that
they receive plenty of food similar to
that distributed among men of the navy.
Col. Charles Haywood, commandant of
the Marine Corps. was at the Navy De-
partment today in regard to The siiari
to be stationed at Seavey Island 10
prevent an outbreak The prison ers will
be under the general control of Rear Ad-
miraI c. C. Carpenter. retired COM
mandant of the Portsmouth navy yard.
Seavey Island is connected with the yard
proper by two bridges. and the prisoners
can, therefore, easily be prevented from
escaping
Quarters are ready at Annapolis for the
Spanish officers, and they can remain at
that point until the academic term be-
SliiS, III tie Fdli- II IL HdtufdHy "eSh GU
to observe the rules Of civilized warfare
in every respect. and the officers viii be
treated with every consideration.
It is extremely doubtful If any of the
Spanish officers will be pare1ed fo:' the
present at least. though a report was
in circulation today that Admiral Ger
vera would be given his freedom On
condition that never again 1uring
the present war would he carly
arms against America. If Admiral
Cervera makes such a request upon
his arrival it will be considered.
and Secretary Long will take such ac-
ton as he may deem just and 10 the
best interests of the country.
The evening times., 1898-07-07
new YORK STOCK MARKET
No Selling Pressure at the Open
ing Today.
Passage of the Hawaiian RcsOlu-
tiOns Is Utilized for an At
tack ON sugar.

New York. July THE stock market
opened without any selling pressure and
the room element was inclined to reduce
its outstanding short contracts. II sue
ceeded in doing this only at the expense
of a fractional advance.
The unexpected passage of the Ha-
waiian annexation resolutions by the
Senate last night was utilized for an
opening attack on Sugar. Its first price
was IA per cent lower. but there was a
quick rise Of Ii per cent on attempts
to cover shorts. Hawaiian sugar opened
up / 3-4 per cent and rose l-2 per cent
further.
Small reaction followed initial improve
ments and the trading temper became
rather bearish again.
Government bonds were unchanged.
Stocks at noon were strong on advance
ments over the opening of from fractions
TO . points.
The evening times., 1898-07-07
Skinner Defied SaaniartIs.

New York, July 7.-Captain Quinton, of
the Lamport & Holt line steamer Cuvier.
which arrived yesterday morning from
Brazil ports via St. Lucia, told story
of a Yankee whaler's pluck under the
guns of the Spanish fleet at ST Vincent.
Cape Verde
"On my last outward voyage to the Bra
zils, on April 2s,'' he said, I'VE called at
St Vincent for coal. The Spanish fleet
was anchored in the harbor with several
torpedo boats. A little Yankee whaling
schooner, deeply laden from a cruise,
sailed into the harbor early in the morn
ing with a big American flag flying from
her foretopmost. She sailed boldly across
the bows of several Spanish warships and
anchored a short distance ahead of the
feet.
THE Spanish fleet sailed the same day.
but two days later two of the torpedo
boats returned for repairs. On this date
three whales were reported at the en-
trance of the harbor.
The Yankee whaler, despite the pres
ence of the Spaniards, lowered two of his
boats and started in pursuit of the whales.
In short time one whale had been cap
tured and was alongside. Another had
been harpooned and was making desper-
ate effort to escape, but soon gave UP and
was captured"
The evening times., 1898-07-07
Chased by n Spanish Ship.

New York, July IA letter dated Bar
bados, June 2S. says:
The American bark Normandy, of Port
land. Me, Captain Murphy, arrived here
today. and he reported that on June 2,
at midnight. while off Cape Frio, on the
coast of Brazil he sighted and was sight
ed by Spanish torpedo boat, which i'm
mediately gave chase. The night was
very dark, however; spanking breeze
blowing. and the Normandy was going
from Il to IA knots. After a time the tor
pedo boat gave up the pursuit Captain
Murphy thinks his pursuer was the Span
ish torpedo boat Temerario.
Senor de Vasquez, Spanish consul at St.
Thomas. with jurisdiction in all the Wind
ward Islands. arrived here on Saturday.
He will stay about four weeks. As St.
Thomas is nearer the scene of operations
than Barbados. some interest attaches to
his visit here at present He has had
several interviews with his vice consul.