The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-14
SOL BERLlNER A DIPLOMAT.
AGAIN APPOINTED CONSUL TO TEN
ERIFFE, CANARY ISLANDS.

His First Appointment Revoked Because
OF tho War With Spain, and His Reap
pointment Delayed because of n Report
Tint He Had Beer Killed steamship.
WAsHINaroN. July 13.-An order was issued
by the State Department to-day reappointing
Solomon Berlner Of New York city Consul to
Teneriffe. Canary Islands. and thereby hangs
u tale.
SOL" It Is superluous to say. is one OF the
most widely known citizens OF Greater New
York, man OF parts and a Republican politi-
clan OF ability and influence. His fame. more
over. rs wise observer and commentator upon
political events long since passed local bounds.
and has made him q national character Of
prominence and standing. His practical SER
vices to the Republican party in the cause OF
sound money during the campaign OF 1890
brought Sol" TO tho attention OF President
Mckinley. who, on March 81. 1893. issued to
him commission setting forth that, imposing
trust and confidence in his integrity. wisdom
and patriotism. he had appointed him Consul
OF the United States to the Canary Islands, in
the kingdom OF his Majesty Alfonso Of Spain.
Armed with this open sesame to official life.
with all its mysterious possibilities in that far
off land. whore the inndeluacy Of the consular
fees is compensated for by the delights of the
climate. which there is as near to perfection as
anywhere on EARTH Sol" purchased his steam
boat ticket. That's as far as he went toward
the poetic isles Of the Canares. for the cruel
war between the United States and Spain came
aoug. and while President McKnleys trust
and confidence in Sol" and all the other
patriotic Americans who had received like
appointments to Spanish possessions remained
| mistaken. the commissions were OF necessity
revoked.
Time passed and the glad day came when.
4 a.,
Philippines. it became the pleasant duty OF
President Mckinley to reannounce his appr,-
| citation OF those whom he had taken to his
official bosom in the happy days before the
war. But when the lists were made public the
name OF Solomon Berliner was missing. 1t
| did not appear. however. that any aspiring
patriot had been named to set sail TO the blue
| Canary lsles with the proud purpose Of so con,
s states as to make him worthy o. the 500 per
year which a grateful and appreciative Govern
mens provides for its trusted representative
there and so ''Sol' took hope and his friends
| set about learning why he. one OF the bu lwarks
Of the party, had been chosen for Qf1lcia! sacri-
Dental ties OF the State Department. which
| told to the President and Secretary Hay the
'' The Aepartmen isV mail brought to the secre-
| tary one bright morning in October last let
ter dated on the ON Of that month from Solo,
TO tho fate OF his father who, the, writer said.
had been seriously injured by a fellow passen
Columbia en- route from San Francisco to Hon:
| 3lplu. The department had no knowledge of
mer had been injured on steamer or else
where, and so the letter of inquiry was for
hs and Week
| elapsed. and then on another bright morning.
this time in December. an official document
| came to the department from the Consul
| General containing the information sought for
BY solomon Berliners son The report set forth
panied him on his voyage across the broad Paci
tic aud that there were on board two other pas
voivcd in the life the Berlinerfaml y and espe-
| cially in Soils" Diplomatic career One OF these
VIII es SnfF
acquaipted-too well and too pleasantly, Der
Sa Sunday S % os,syr % ampbn
ically and possibly impertinently demanded
| that solomon Beriiner return to his brother
rowcd. III is only fair to stateat this juncture
the order OF the Consul General is not entirely
! was caused by a demand for the return OF
money or BY ungalant allnson to the all-too-
| tm0ny was Paid by the Messrs. Colgrove to
IS Solomon a told Mr.. viii ColGrove to 60 to the
| by Selling a Delaying pin. the weapon always
and u s m Mr. BerIner over the head ''''
Here the tonsul-GeneraIs story abruptly
! ends, except tlltt he auUS n POSTSCRIPT IN ina
| form OF solomon Beriner's ante mortem state
ment. duly sworn and subscribed to by the
ships noiSry BGsnnin 6h with The cnStcmsEy
| onion relates the facts substantially MS above
set forth, but. leaving existent the doubt as 70
| whether love or cash caused the trouble. tells
Of an amount of money deposited in San
! Francisco bank that he desires to go to his
ghtcr Rose and calmly resigns himself to
Whether solomon did actually die. and II So
whether his daughter came into her inherit:
hn dor IT N N n mi
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof and
! so when the names of those who had been ap-
pointed Consus to Spanish territory in the
! hlissfu days Of peace, and who had not real
| lied on their good fortune. were laid before
the President to have diplomatic honnrs for
neITss name Ss wn nu missng With ] ness
| possible only when the truth had been ma
gned. Solomon .Berner OF New York, city.
mat. made known, to the President Of tho
United, States and his Secretary o. State
that he never had wife nor. consequently. a
daughter: that he never crossed the Pacific
| Ocean in the steamer Columbia or by any other
means OF conveyance. and that in fact he has
never launched his frai body upon any ocean
since the day. more or less remote. when. as n
America. where, undo r the boon Of, temperate
| Institutions he has risen from the hum BILE sta
tion Of irendless emlgrant to that, o. the
Diplomatic representative OF the United States
So i has ali ended harPilyir Truth has been
vndicatrd once more Sol vii! receive hls
romans is to discover the identity OF Solomon
Berincr No 2: Did he die OF his wounds and
clined to repay borrowed money. OF because he
resented the partially shown to his wife and
danghier by fellow messenger messenger on the steamer
| 1888? Any one possessing information on
these points will do patriotic act by forward
Ing the same p the Department OF State.