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The times., 1898-01-16
LlLIUOKALANI'S OWN BOOK
Hawaii's ex-Queen Pleads for Her
Throne Again.
Compliments Cleveland Graciously
and Finds MIR, Mckinley "a
Most Agreeable Gentleman"

Boston, Jan. I5.-Liliuokalanis book,
'Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, will
soon be issued by the publishers. The
book is written in passs bic English, a abounds
in personalities, and is devoted chiefly to
the defense of her own and Kalakaua's
administrations, and plea for her restora
tinn to the throne. The main argument
in her favor, after that OF inherited right,
is that her own people. numbering 40.-
600, are IN majority on the islands, the
American colony having but 5000 souls.
This estimate excludes the persons inn
ported as laborers.
MT. CleveIand's "splendi ability and
rare judgment and lofty standards OF right
win her praise, and she found Mr.. McKin-
ley "a most agreeable gentleman both in
manner and words.'
Referring to public comment on her visits
to the White House she says:
strangers have remarked that In sno
part of the world visited by them, have they
found the rules or etiquette so exactly laid
down and so persistently observed as in
Honolulu, when the islands We're under the
monaIchy. Ii Is to be expected, therefore,
that | know what is due me-
The times., 1898-01-16

age. and was on duty from 1850 to 1882
at Wilietts Point, N. Y He subse-
quently spent some time in Colorado
and New Mexico.
On October Il, 1884, he was assigned
to the harbor work at Savannah, Ga.
He was succeeded in charge by Gen.
H. L. Abbott, but reassumed charge
again in 1S5S: He was promoted to the
grade of captain ia 1881.
In 1895 he represented the War De-
partment at Zurich in the military in
ternational congress. In the saline year
he was detailed as aid-de-camp To Gen.
Miles In July. 1897, he was detailed as
military attache at the American EN-
bassy, London. but accepted later an
appointment on the Nicaragua Canal
Commission.
Capt Carter speaks F-ancn fiuently,
and Spanish and German.
His great work was the project to
form channel twenty-six feet deep
from Savannah to the sea at cost of
about $500 900. The object has been
accomplished. In the operations 5000, 900
cubic yards were removed TO make the
channel what it is today.
The times., 1898-01-16
BIG BROKER TEsTIFIEs.
Mr.. Mckenzie, of Chicago, Before
the Senate Committee

For more than an hour yesterday
George Nj. Mckenzie, the Chicago
ticket broker, entertained the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
Mr. McKenzie's statements were ali
general and when the effort was
made to pin him down TO facts, he
was not so good a witness. He had
with him additional affidavits which
he claimed would prove his state
ments that the brokers procured 80
per cent of the tickets handled di-
rectly from the railway companies.
There was a large attendance OF per-
sons interested for and against the
anti-scalping bill, among the promi-
nent railway officials being Mr.. George
H Daniels, of the New York Central,
and Mr.. Boyd, of the Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Mckenzie was closely question
ed by members Of the committe and
said that the lines with which his own
Office in Chicago dealt Nmost exten-
sively were the 'Monon," the Nickel
Plate" Wisconsin Central, Baltimore
and Ohio and the Chicago and Great
Western. His aggregate business, Mr..
Mckenzie related, averaged for sew
eral years $3.50, 900.
Senator Elkins remarked, NO Won
der YOU are fighting the bill so hard.
Mr.. Nick enzie stated that some of
the lines had declined 10 do business
with him since the agitation COM
menced for the passage of the anti
scalping bill. -
Senator EllSins wanted ito know If the
brokers had any business in Canada,
and Mr.. Mckenzie replied that there
were no such opportunities there, as
the Canadian Parliament would not
permit the business to be carried on IN
the Dominion Mr.. Mckenzie was eS-
arnined at great length.
Senator TiIlman says the hearings
are likely to be continued several
weeks.
The times., 1898-01-16
THE COMING MASONIC FAIR.
An Important Meeting of the Board
of ControI

or Control.
The board of control of the Masonic
Fair, which is to be held in Convention
Hall, beginning April IL, met last night
at the fair headquarters, 1925 New York
avenue. 1t was decided that all booths
are to be constructed and decorated
under the direction of the committee
on decorations, the cost to be borne by
the board of control, except when Ma
sonic bodies use the proceeds of the
fair for the purchase of stock. Organ
izations which may desire to vary the
decorations will be permitted to do so
upon approval by the committee OF
decorations, with the understanding
that all additional expense incurred by
such changes shall be betrayed by the
organiza ton making them.
A resolution was also adopted TO the
effect that % per cent of the gross sales
of goods disposed of in any way at any
booth assigned to any of the bodies IN
this Jurisdiction shall go into the gen
eral fund for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of the fair.
A communication was read from
Harmony Lodge. asking for booth
space at the fair. Similar requests
were also received from George C.
Whiting Lodge Mt. Vernon Royal
Arch Chapter, Brightwood Chapter.
Stansbury Lodge and Osiris Lodge.
A paper is to be issued daily during
the fair
The committee on music submitted
a report with recommendations for
novel features during the fair, consid-
Grafton of which was deferred The
season tickets will be distributed TO
the Masons in the District this week.
The committee meetings this week
will be held as follows: Outside dona-
tions. January II, AIS p. m; general
contributions, January IL, 1:S0 p. M;
Lafayette Lodge committee, January
lS o. m: committee on tickets and
badges. aJnuary 19, AIS p. m; COM
mfttee on press. January 20, 1;So p. M;
committee on visitors. January u, at
AIS p. M; board of control, Saturday
evening, January %.
The times., 1898-01-16
GREAT STRIKE ENDS.
Practical Collapse of Engineers
Movement for Better Hours.

London, Jan. 15.-The Amalgamated
Society of Engineers today made its
thirtieth weekly distribution of strike
pay. Eighty-three thousand men re-
ceived the sum of s1S5,OOO. 1t was de-
cided by the society to notify the En-
ployers' Federation that it had aban-
doned its demand for a working week
of fortyeight hours, and also to make
oyertures for the immediate resump-
tion of work, thus practically ending
the great strike.
Everything points to the speedy coll
lapse of the strike that has now been
in progress since last July.
The masters generally expect numer-
Gus applications for reinstatement
Monday. The Fairfield Engineering
and Shipbuilding Company is the lat
est great firm to join the masters fed
GRAFTON, and it has already taken on
many of its old hands as non-unionists.
The times., 1898-01-16
COW ARD AND CAPTAIN
Fright Kills One and High Resolve
Saves the Other

a story is told of a cowardly fellow
lying behind a stump during. an engage
ment, when a bullet knocked a chin
from stone near by
The chip struck him in the forehead
scarcely breaking the skin. The fright
eneo fellow cried out that he was fatal
ly wounded and rolled over in a faint
from which he never came out
A captain near by was found to have
eight bullet wounds, and when told in
the hospital that he couldn't get well
he exclaimed: Yes, | will: give me
good food and a little time to rest. and
by all the powers I'll be out of here
MY little children need me. and / would
be a coward TO die and leave them help
less" He got well and is a hale old
man to-day, and his children haven't
forgotten him.
Mark the fact that the mind in the
coward's case stopped the machinery
Of life, and the mind in the captain s
case Kept the machinery going, when
skilled physicians said it must stop.
Man becomes q God when the mind
mounts to the altitude OF high resolve.
and by some occult process he. at that
time. takes unto himself some of the
power of the Infinite
Let one apply this power when aches
and ails of body threaten to overcome.
1t is a most valuable agent for good
health. One should, however, combine
good food with a good mind, and if ails
of any kind press their claims day by
day, heed the protests OF nature before
some ineurable disease sets up in the
body.
One Of the first and most important
steps to good health is to abandon the
use Of coffee, for il saps the vitality at
the heart and stomach, the most i'm
portant organs
If coffee is hard to give UP, one can
get, on very handsomely with Postum
Food Coffee and viii shortly find a pro-
nounced improvement in health. The
happiest man or woman is not the rich,
est or most brilliant. but the healthiest.
because such most nearly serve God by
keeping their bodies in conformity TO
the beautiful. perfect working model
built by the Creator
The times., 1898-01-16
A British Slave Mart.
CFrom the Baltimore Sun.


Judging from statement recently pub
lished in the Cape Times, the slave mart
is still an institution in that British col
ony. The slaves, 1t appears, are the
Bechuana prisoners, and although there
is no suggestion that they are treated
with harsnness while in the government =
care, they are disposed of precisely as IL
they were bales of goods or cattle. Care
ful watch is kept over them,.a and the writer
says that lit is not easy to pass the strict
guard at the gate unless You are a farmer
coming to pick your labor. Round
three sides of the square courtyard men and
women are squatting fmpassively, or stand
ing chattering in knots. They are iIl-clad
and exceedingly ill-favored, but not ill
nourished like the first batch of skeletons
that cana to town. child here and there
is even bonny. There is no very obvious
detection. The nearest to 1t is a moody
passive look
The farmers, too, quite enter into the
spirit of the slave mart They go round
the market sea inning the men and Sorting
out those of the larger size" The ma tiv es
cast expressionless sidelong gla ances at their
possible masters while they are being ap-
praised like goods in a store. Having Sc
lected one or two from grRp, the farmer
is chagrined at being told by harried Of
ficial: I'VE ca mot break this lot for you.''
as if the knot of negroes Were dinnerserv-
ice. or suite of bedroom furniture Back
goes the farmer and looks the natives I'D
and down again, and at length decides ito
take the lot Whenth natives ar e duly in
Gentured for five years their master un-
bitches his cart and mules outside. bundles
his labor in, anddrives his ba rgain home.
The times., 1898-01-16
THE TEMPER OF CLERKS.
1t win Not Be Considered in Reduo-
ing the Pension Force.

1t VIII Not Be Considered in Redu o
ing the Pension Force.
The cut made by Congress In the estimates
for the conduct of the Pension Bureau
renders reduction in the number of EN-.
ployes Imperative.
Commissioner Evans told q Times reporter
last night that he regretted this, but he
could not remedy 1t. About 100 clerks,
1T is expected, will be dispensed with, and
in reducing the force the efficiency record
VIII alone be consulted.
Commissioner Evans was shown a press
dispatch, in which he was quoted as fol-
lows: II shall decapitate the incompetent
aud bad tempered employers. Sweetness of
temper Is, in my estimation, even above
eNpertness and efficiency. One cross clerk
one tale-bearing employe, one kicker, can
stir UP more trouble in the office than a
thousand ordinary causes. 1t viii behooye
those tn the Pension Department to mind
their P's and Q's hereafter
The Commissioner laughed this story
away and declared the temper of the clerks
would not enter into the case, ONLY the
least efficient clerks would be dropped.
The times., 1898-01-16
Honorlng MiIliken,s Memory

Membersof the House OF Representa- tives
yesterday devoted a portion of the aft
ernoon to eulogizing the memory OF the
late Seth l. Milliken, of Maine. who for
" the House and who, as chairman of
the Committee on Public Buildings. had
much to do with the erection OF the
Library building and the new city post
office.
The eulogies were delivered by Mr.. Bur
leigh of Maine, who succeeded the de-
ceased; Mr.. DinEley of Maine. Mr.. Boutelle
OF Maine, Mr.. Dnsmore OF Arkansas. Mr..
skinner Of North Carolina. Mr.. Mercer
OF Nebraska, Mr.. Hilborn OF California and
Mr. Hicks OF Pennsylvania.
The times., 1898-01-16
The b. & o. and Greater New Yor,

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad now
New York City. Years ago q line was
built from Crawford Junction on the Jersey
Central Railroad to st. Georges. Staten
Island, crossing the XIII Won Kull on
long bridge and trestle work, and all
b. & O. freight, either inbound or outbound
was handled from that point. The recent
extension of the limits OF New York City
has made Staten Island part of Grea ter
New York, and the B. & o. now enjoys the
distinction of being the only line from the
West, except one. which has its own rails
Into the city of New York.
The times., 1898-01-16
IIFEsAvISG SERVICE.
Civil service Rules Affecting It
should Be Modified.

SeFNIte -tAiFthib- ~
Should Be Modified.
Complaints have reached members of
Congress from districts lying along the
borders of the great lakes relative to
the deplorable condition in the life
saving service on account of the Civil
Service Commission rules and regula-
tions. Some time ago the employees of
this service were put under the civil
service. and it is claimed that il is alb
Soiutely impossible to get the proper
kind of employees through any eXamina-
ton the commission may require The
men who are able to pass the mental
examination. it is said, are not capable
of sustaining the endurance and ply
sical laborS required of those who go
to sea in times of storm to save human
life. The men who for years have done
this work. and are hardy and accus-
toned to the dangers of wind and wa
ter, and have been seasoned by con-
stant contact with the elements. are
unable to pass the examinations re-
quired.
1t has been brought to the attention
of Congressman that the whole service
has become disorganiZed and is unfit
for the duties required of it. 1t is
claimed that when it becomes neces-
sary to go out to save vessels or. re-
move sailors from ships in distress. the
lighthouse tenders are required to tie
up, and the crews from those tenders
are substituted for the crews of the
life-saYing service secured through the
examination of the Civil Service Com
mission. AS result of the inability of
the commission to give good service it
is said that today the old sailors ac-
customed to this work are appointed as
assistant keepers and other positions in
the service for three months. and when
their times has expired they are reap
pointed under the emergency clause.
The whole service is said to be now on
this basis, as the only people who are
able to pass this examination are en-
gineers and firemen. and these invari-
ably decline the positions on account of
the better wages offered them in pri-
vate service.
Pressure is being brought to bear
upon these congressman to have these
positions exempted from the classified 4
list.
The times., 1898-01-16
Mr.. Metzerott VIII Sue.

Mr.. Frank b. Met7erottte former mana
ger of the Columbia Thsater, expects to
enter suit against the washington Post
Company for an alleged malicious iiteI in an
article published in The Post on Wednesday
morning, announcing a change in the
management of the Columbia.
Mr. Metzerott takes exception to the
statement that good attractions We're not
patronized at the theater and says that as
soon as he can get the Iliatter In proper
shape, which VIII probably be in about
three days. the suit Will be entered.
The times., 1898-01-16
TRIAL of SHERIFF MARTEN.

Judicial Inquiry into the shooting
Of Rioters at Latimer.
Uazleton, Pa, Jan. I5.-InfornatiOn
rea ched counsel for the defense here to-
day that the trial of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, for the shooting Of the rioters
at Latimer on September 10 last, would
be called at Wilkesbarre on Tuesday,
January 25.
Both on account OF the social a nd business
standing of many OF the deputies under in
dictment and the questions of law and
fact involved, the trial will be the most
nota bic in the annals of the criminal juris-
prudence Of this state.
The times., 1898-01-16
Running at a $40 a Dav Loss

The Belt line railway is being op-
Grated by the receiver in accordance
with the decision of Judge Cox. but at
loss of about SO day The daily
receipts of the road are this much in
arrears OF the operating expenses. and
unless the court does something very
soon the money now in the hands of
the company will be exhausted before
many days. Receiver Schoepf has
asked the court for instructions twice
during the past ten days. but has NOT
as yet received any, he says
The times., 1898-01-16
NOT OPPOSED TO HAWAII.
Gen. Schofield, on the Other Hand.
Hea rtily FavOrs Annexation.


Heartily Favors Annexation.
Gen. SchofieId has sent to Senator
Morgan letter of some length refut-
ing certain statements that have ap-
peared to the effect that he was op-
posed to the annexation of Hawaii.
This letter was published In full in
The Times last night. Gen. Schof1eld.
with the eye of the soldier, views the
value of the island from a military
standpoint and refers in detail to
Pearl harbor, which he charaeterizes
as incompatible. In time of war he
declares that it would be. a shelter for
a whole fleet, and that if acquired by
another and an unfriendly power it
would serve as a base Of supplies that
would enable the power holding it to
harass and oppress the United States.
Speaking of annexation, Gen. Scho-
field says no halfway measures will
suffice, but that the United States
must accept the islands and hold and
govern them, or let some other great
nation do so. sg-N c.
The times., 1898-01-16

Inc Secret Service are using their best
etiorts 10 break up counterfeiting of silver
certificates. DR. Henrys Blood Tea drives
outaii impurities of the blood. Guaranteed
to cure kidney, liver, and bladder troubles.
1t positively cures dyspepsia. At drug
gists, % cents. 1t
The times., 1898-01-16
SENATOR'S FROM VIRGINIA.

Bill to Allow the People to Express
Their Preferences at the Polls.
Richmond, Va, Jan. ia bill was
introduced in the Virginia house OF dele.
gates today to permit the people to express
a preference for United States Senator
at the same time they vote for members
OF the Legislature.
1t is thought it Will go through without
serious opposition.
The times., 1898-01-16
Appropriation Bills preferred

The House Committee on Rules has reached
an agreement to give appropriation bills
the right of way during the session. The
object of this agreement is to obtain an
Adjournment at as early date as pos
slide, and to prevent debate as far as
possible.
The times., 1898-01-16

De yoG know trat you can have
tn, Morning. Evening and Sunday
Times-the only COMPLETE news
ImpeI published in Washington
served to yon ny carrier for fifty
cents mOuth2
The times., 1898-01-16
MIR. PERRY'S FUNERAL.
IL VIII Be From the House and
Private.

The funeral of the late SeatOn Perry Will
be held tomorrow afternoon from the
family residence, No. 1713 Rhode Island
avenue northwest. In accordance with
the request of the family the service will
be very simple, and the funeral Will be
private.
Rev. Dr. Randolph H McKim. rector of
the Epiphany Church, will officiate- and
the body viii toe taken to Rock Creek
Cemetery, where IL will be placed in the
receiving vault
The times., 1898-01-16
Man of Alaska

The Senate joint resolution. directing
the Geological Survey to publish 40 900
copies of map of Alaska, was yesterday
passed by the House. The may is to be ac-
companied by a description of the gold
bearing rock, aud of the best routes for
reaching the gold fields.
The times., 1898-01-16
Charles NJ. shortridre Dvip.

San Francisco, Jan. 15.-Ghar rles M
shortridge, recently editor of the San
Francisco Call, is dying at Gilsey Hot
Springs. His physicians say he cannot
last another day. He is suffering with
Bright's disease
The times., 1898-01-16
An Admission With a String to 1t

tFroin the .Atchison Globe,
When people admit that their memory
is not as good as it used to he, they re-
serve the private opinion tnat lit is still
better than most ,uefnnries
The times., 1898-01-16

Heurich's beer, Heurich's beer, thy power
AMI praise,
Have ever been echoed in minstrel lays.
But Maerzen.I i deem. hath mightier claim,
To fill up the niche in the temple of fame.
The times., 1898-01-16
The Same Old Tune.

From the Chicago News9
There isno objection to a man blowing his
own horn but il s the tune he always selects
that makes US tired.
The times., 1898-01-16
A Last Resort.

tFrom the Chicago Timer -Herald.)
William Terriss' funeral drew a crowd
ed house. Here's valuable pointer for
several actors in this country.
The times., 1898-01-16
UNDErsTAEERs-

win Henr tie Suffrage Committee
The central committee OF the Citizens
Suffrage ssociation tas been notified
by the House District Committee that that
body will give them hearing tomorrow
morning, at 10 O'Clock.
The times., 1898-01-16
Hardly.
II the PHILADELPHIA Times.

(From the Philadelphia Times)
Gould Hanna, under the circumstances,
eSultantiy proclaim: They never touched
Ine!''
The times., 1898-01-16
roo LATE FOR CLAssIFIcAr1ox.

FOR SALE-POultry farm; convenient to
city; 300 fowls; completely equipped;
small investment required. DUNLAP,
300 st. 1aI6-.1f
The times., 1898-01-16

FOR SA ALE-Hotel and bar: furniture and
fixtures, 81 rooms; central location.
low rent; exceptional opportunity. Dun
LAP, 500 r st. lsI6-3t
The times., 1898-01-16
PErER FURSING Err,
FRED. C.EENTRfEY

RDCHDALE-The Regular annual rneetiugof
The RochGale Cooperative Society OF the
DiStrlct or Columbia wul be held Tues
day evening January 1S. 1888. at 7.3O
O'Clock at Grand Army Hail. 1912 Pa
ave. NV. Room /. Take elevator for 4th
floor. Election of officers for the en-
suing year Members are earnestly re-
quested to attend. Present your trade
card at the door. BY order OF the executive
committee. l.. ). EMERY, Secretary OF the
society, iOf " st. nv. ja163t
The times., 1898-01-16

COAL. Charcoal, Coke and Wood-1O O busb-
els coke, 81; 10 bundles resin wood, IOC..
10 bushels charcoal. 81: bushels apy
klnd coal, 81; carried in free. in bags
thereby avoiding an art. MAN Office
4ol y. J ave. NV; branch. 60s 9TH st NV.
The times., 1898-01-16

W. HA We European help a speciality. and
country and city girls: ref TAUL:LLE
BUREAU, 113 14tb 50. NV. jal6-3t
The times., 1898-01-16
HARRISBURG JOURNALIST DEAD.
Mr.. W. Forney, Wen Known Here.
PASSES Away.

w. Forney. a widely known retired
editor and special correspondent, died
at Harrisburg. Pa, yesterday after
noon, after several weeks illness from
paralysis. He was a cousin of the late
John W. FOrney. native of Lancaster.
In early days he learned the printing
trade and began reporting in Wash
ington. He left there for Philadelphia
and assisted his cousin. who was then
publishing the Pennsylvanian. In
1855 he established a weekly pa
per- in Bellefonte, Pa. and when the
civil war broke out went TO Washing
ton as special correspondent for the
New York Herald. Later ne went to
Harrisburg and became connected with
the Daily Telegraph, and afterwards
with the Harrisburg StarIndependent.
He was also State librarian for several
years. He was seyenty-one years of
age.
The times., 1898-01-16

We can rent your rooms To good advan-
tdge, no delay; no charge for infOrula-
ton. TACLELLE BUREAU. 7I3 14th ST.
NV. ial SGT
The times., 1898-01-16

WANTED-Plain sewing TO DO in private
family; wages moderate Address C. n.
this office. Ia S-3t
The times., 1898-01-16

FOR SALE S10O: established 25 years:
cigar. Confectionery. stationery: corner
store; two rooms, SO. TAI Attn St NV
ia1 16-3t
The times., 1898-01-16
LOOK! LOOK LOOK

WANTED Girl twhite preferreO for
general hOuSework in family or three. S3}
l.
The times., 1898-01-16
a Net essary Exrense.
(From the chicago Reeord.l

IT fUIII tiic t<VoVfo-I
Experience is like street Improvement =
we have to pay for for it whether we want
it or not.