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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
THE PORTO RICAN MONEY
HOW 1T IS TO BE REPLACED WITH
AMERICAN CURRENCY.
fhose selected to Make the EXCHANGE
How 1t VIII BE
Done,

Inc treasury Department has completed
the arrangements for the retirement OF
foroo Rlcan money and the substitution OF
american currency. James A. Sample. one
OF the chiefs of division of Treasurer Rob-
erts office, and W. p. Watson, an expert
nnancier and accountant of New York,
nave been selected to go to Porto Rico to
make the exchange of money. Mr.. Wat
son was appointed auditor of customs for
cuba when the United States took charge
there and remained in that work until his
health failed. He has now recovered and
mas accepted the appointment offered him.
A New Financial System.
Inc work is to be done under the Porto
Rican bill passed a short time ago by Con-
gress 1t provides for the retirement of
the Porto Rican peso and all other metal
money on the island and the exchange
tnereror Of American money. This change
Will be as important to the Porto Ricans
as the other changes which the hin pro-
poses to begin on May /. An entire new
lHlancial system and d complete outfit of
new money is something which the citf-
zens there must learn as well as other de-
tails of government.
1T is estimated that there are 10000, 900
pieces OF silver and other metallic cur
Iency In the island now in circulation in
tne transaction of business. These 1U.OO0-
wv pieces are worth 100000 pesos, the
spanish silver dollar, which, however,
passes for its worth in silver. Congress
has decided that the exchange shall be
made on the basis of 10 cents for the pesos
ABOUT S.W0W0 of American money will,
therefore, be required to take up all the
minor money in Porto Rico. The first ship
ment OF American money will be transport
ed to the island between now and May l.
Mr Sample and Mr.. Watson will go the
last OF this week or the first of next The
money which they will use in making the
exchange will be taken to Porto Rico in
an army transport. and the Porto Rfcan
money will be brought back here as it IS
taken up.
Method of Exchange.
The exchange will be made largely
through the Porto Rican banking and busi-
ness institutions. 1t will be long time
before all of the Porto Rican money is
turned in, but the bulk of 1t will probably
go out of circulation within few months
The money will be brought back here and
recoined.
Treasurer Roberts says that he will send
gold, silver certificates and subsidiary sill
yer and minor coins to Porto Rico to re-
place the pesos and other coins. The
amount of each kind of money to be sent
from the United States by the first ship
ment is as follows: Minor coin $1,000;
subsidiary silver $4,000: silver certificates,
S2G0,0o0: gold coin, sl65, 900, making a total
of s5O0,o00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
GOOD CUSTOMER IN HAWAII.
Chicago is shipping Large Quantities
of Goods to Islands.

CHICAGO, April 19.-The Chronicle saysi
The Inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands
evidently have determined to keep pace
with their fellow citizens in the United
States, for within the last ten days $4,000
worth of automobiles have been shipped TO
them. A Chicago firm built the vehicles.
which included large cabs. small cabs de-
livery wagons and ''T' carts, each ac-
companied by an exhaustive treatise on
the art of guiding and managing an auto
mobile.
The importing habit has been growing In
the Hawaiians for the last three months,
and Chicago manufacturers have shipped
within this period fully $4,000 worth of
merchandise. Chief among the articles are
steel rails, passenger elevators and equip
ments, boilers and pumps, the latter for
use on the plantations. One of these
pumps, with its accessories, cost S51, 90;
two others more than $4,000 each.
Bicycles, too, have caught the Hawaiian
fancy. Consul Fred Job says more than
10000 have been sent to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Serious Charges Against the Strike
Leaders at Croton Dam.
MANY ITALIANS GOING AWAY
They Say They Wish to Avoid
Further Trouble.
TO BE CONFISCATED

CRoTON LANDING, ". Y, April 1a-
Warrants for the arrest of the ringleaders
of the strike here were issued this morning
by Judge Lent of Sing Sing, who holds
court in White Plains. The complainant is
Peter Z. Stevens, the timekeeper of the con-
tractors. The several charges are having in
possession deadly weapons. drilling under
arms with intent to infict grievous bodily
injury and threatening to injure public
property and threatening the lives OF per-
sons anxious to resume work Ten arrests
have been made. The prisoners will be
taken to White Plains jail to await exami-
nation.
Italians Leaving Croton Landing.
One Of the most startling effects of the
presence OF the military at Croton valley
Dam is the anxiety exhibited by many OF
the more peaceful of the striking Italians to
pack up their little belongings and seek
work elsewhere. Fully fifty Of them left
the Croton landing railroad depot today,
bound for New York. None of them would
say very much, but all OF them acknowl-
edged that they were going to look for work
IL some other quarter, they wished TO
avoid trouble. That they were scared by
the Imposing military display is certain. and
even among the belligerent Italians the COM
ing of the troops has had a salutary in
fiuence.
At I o'clock this morning work was re-
sumed the same as yesterday, but there
were no more laborers on hand. Only the
same gang Of about thirty who have been
quartered a the works turned out and very
little progress was made. Gen. Roe said
today that the outlook was much more
promising and that while there was only a
few laborers on hand the fact that absolute
protection would be afforded to all who
wanted to return to work would undoubt-
edly prove effective.
Warrants for Rioters.
Sheriff Molloy is in possession of several
warrants which will be served today. A
thorough search will be made through the
Bowery and Little Italy under a strong
military guard and all firearms. ammuni-
ton and other weapons found Will be Conns-
Gated. An inking OF the intention OF the
authorities having decided to do this was
evidently received by the strike leaders late
last night, and the raid may in consequence
not be as productive of good results as was
anticipated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Naval Orders.

The President has issued a commission
to Lieutenant dunior grade) w. ]. Manion.
Ensign R. z. Johnson has been detached
from the Oregon and ordered home
Boatswain A. Whipkey, from the League
Island navy yard to the Richmond
Acting Warrant Machinists w. G. Hall
and Louis Arne, from the Vermont to the
League Island navy yard
Acting Warrant Machinists G. c. Eller-
ton and David Purdon, from the Wabash
to duty in connection with the new battle
ship kearsarge
Acting Warrant Machinist o. Dittrich.
from the Vermont to duty in connection
with the Kearsarge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
NEW SPANISH MINISTRY.
REORGANIZATION of the Council Due to
Internal Dissensions.

MADRID, April 19.-On account of dis
sensions among its members, the minis
terial council has been displaced by a new
one, the composition of which follows:
President of the council and minister Of
marine, Senior Silvela-
Minister of foreign affairs, Marquis
Aguilar Campo.
Minister of justice. Marquis Vadfllo.
Minister Of finance, Marquis de Villa
verde.
Minister of the interior, Senor Dato.
Minister of war, Gen. Azcarraga.
Minister of public instruction. Senor Gar
cia Alix.
Minister of agriculture and of public
works, Senor Gasset-
No disturbances followed the change Of
cabinet.
Four of the newly appointed ministry
were members of the retiring cabinet
namely, Senior Silvela, Gen. AZcarraga,
Marquis de Vfllaverde and Senor Dato.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
A Sheridan Statue Mt AIh.,

Mr. Glynn has introduced a bill in the
House CH- R. 10sio) providing that the sum
of $4,000 be appropriated. TO be expended
under the direction of the Secretary of War
in erecting at the city Of Albany, N Y, a
monument to commemorate the BIRTHPLACE
of Gen. Phil Sheridan and the services rem
dered the Union by that valiant soldier
This sum shall be expended under the di-
recton of the Secretary of War or sucb
officer as he may Designate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
CONSUL RAMSDEN'S MEMORY.
A Bronze Tablet to he Erected Mt
Santiago.

Secretary Long has undertaken to have
a bronze tablet cast at the Washington
navy yard and erected in Santiago. Cuba,
at point to be designated by Gen Wood,
In commemoration of the services of the
late Frederick W. Ramsden, who, while
british consul at Santiago during the
Spdnlsh-American war, was of yaluabI
service to the United States in protecting
American interests there during the siege.
and lost his life in consequence of his en-,
deavors. The tablet will bear an artistic
deceased. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Beer Force Sent to Intercept Gen
Darlington,
TALK Ct BLOWING UP The MINES
Trading Resumed With Occupied
Parts of Orange Free State.
BOER AGENTS AT THE HAGUE

LONDON, April 19-The arrival of Cen
Darlington AT Beira, Portuguese East At
rica. and a reiteration of the report that
the Beers intend blowing up the Johannes
burg mines are the only items of news that
mark today's war cables Weeks must
elapse before Gen Darlington will be able
to concentrate his force on the borders of
the Transvaal or approach Mafeking- Ac-
cording to a rumor in circulation at Lorenzo
Marquee, a Beer force has been sent to in
tercept Gen. Darlington. but it is not
thought to be of sufficient strength to cause
anxiety.
The Natal Mercury Is responsible for the
renewed fears concerning the mines. print
ing accounts from newly arrived refugees,
saying elaborate preparations for the de-
struction of all the Johannesburg shafts
have been carried on under the supervision
of the state mining engineer, who is al
legged to have reQuiSitioned all the copper
wire in the town for the purpose of making
connections.
No News From Roberts.
The Bloemfontein dispatches remain full
Of trivial details, but are absolutely silent
as to the future.
According to dispatch from Ladysmith,
dated today. the Beers are much discon-
certed by the present conditions of affairs
Their Notifications and forces, numbering
in contemplation of a British advance
through the Waschbank valley, north of
Ladysmith. which has not been occupied
The 3oar patrols are very active and are
constantly laying traps.
Trading Resumed With Free State.
A proclamation issued at Cape Town to-
day allows trading between Cape Colony
and the occupied portions of the Orange
Free State to be resumed.
r,a-rll Of CaDa poIica pear Rosbof VOC
terday captured two Beers. oxen, some
wagons and 200 head of cattle.
Two Germans who recently arrived at
Cape Town have been sentenced to a
years Imprisonment for having suspicious
possession OF 100 rifles and coo cordite car
tridges.
Wilhelmina Will Receive BOer Agents
THE HAGUE, April 19.-Queen Wilhel-
nina will give private audience to the
Boer peace mission this afternoon, at
which DR.. Leyds. the diplomatic agent of
the Transvaal, will be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Leave. for special Policemen

Mr.. Kenny today introduced in the Senate
a bill providing that each of the special
policemen stationed at street railway cross
ings and intersections in this city be grant
ed a twenty days leave of absence each
year, with pay; also that they be given the
same leave of absence on account of sick
ness upon the same terms as allowed mem
bers Of the police force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Personal Mention.

Quartermaster General Ludington resum-
ed his duties at the War Department TODAY
after weeks visit to his home at Ska
neatales. n. Y.
Col A. X Arnold of the 1st Cavalry is
at the Ebbitt House on leave of absence.
District Commissioner John B. Wight re-
turned to his official duties today. after an
absence OF week at Atlantic City, where
he enjoyed short vacation with his
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
TAKING THE CENSUS.
Bill to Increase the Directors Pay to
$1,000.

The House committee on the census has
favorably reported a bill increasing the
salary of the director Of the census from
$1,000 to 81 500 per annum
The bill also provides for superintend-
ent of printing in the census bureau at
$500 per annum, and fixes the compensa-
tion of printers at the same rates which ap-
ply in the government printing office. The
object is not to take away the large jobs
of census printing from the latter office
but to create a small establishment where
the bulletins and other light jobs can be
worked off.
The bill also grants to the supervisors OF
census in the several districts of the coun-
try, in addition to the compensation fixed
by law, q sum equal to per cent of the
amount paid to enumerators in the district
The increase will amount to s10O to $500 in
individual cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Receipts in IL Philippines.

According to a statement made today by
the division Of customs and insular affairs
of the War Department, the receipts in the
Philippine Islands for the months of Janu-
ary. February and March. 1900, respective
ly, were: January, $563, ,509.60; February
(cable). s426. 423; March (cable), s670, ,446. so:
the customs receipts for March alone reach
ed the sum of $574,996.50. The total re-
ce;pts for the three months were 81 1853.
1910. The receipts of March exceed those
Of either of the two previous months by
s115, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

A board Of officers, consisting of Captain
A. B. Schenck, I'd Artillery; Captain c. E.
Gillette, Corps of Engineers, and Lieutenant
John L. Hayden, 1st Artillery, has been or
dered to meet at Fort Screven, Georgia, for
the purpose of inspecting and making rec
concentrations in regard to the acquisition
of certain additional land at that post as
site for officers quarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

Samuel p. Durham of Piedmont, Mo-, was
disbarred from further practice before the
Interior Department and its bureaus by
order OF the Secretary of the Interior, dated
March ID, 1900. Mr.. Durham was charged
with having as a notary public falsely GER
tined TO the execution of certain affdayits
IN pension claim. when as a matter OF
fact the alleged atlantis did not appear be-
fore him and were not sworn to their al
legged affidavits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Minimum Wage q. Per Diem

Mr.. Glynn has introduced in the House a
bill Oh. r. 10s0e) providing that the min
Imum compensation for manual and un-
skilled labor of adults in the employ of the
government shall be at the rate of 81 a day
Of eight working hours. And all acts or
parts of acts inconsistent with this pro-
vision are hereby repealed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
w. w. ANDERsoN's TRIAL BEGINS.
Denver Attorney Who Shot Proprie
tors of the Post There.

DENVER. Col. April 19.-W. w. Ander-
son, the attorney, who shot H H. Tam
men and F. G. Bonfils. proprietors Of the
Denver Post, in their office on January
13. was placed on trial today in the GRIM
inal court on the charge of attempting to
kill Mr.. Tammen.
Alfred Packer, for whom the Post was
endeavoring to secure pardon and from
whom Messrs, Bonfils and Tammen alleged
Mr.. Anderson procured money by. false
representations, will be brought from the
penitentiary to testify for the prosecution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Troops on the Way to Alaska.

The adjutant general received telegram
this afternoon. saying that Company G.
7th Infantry, one officer. one acting as
sistant surgeon and 102 men left Column
bus barracks last evening for Seattle.
whence they will embark for their new
station in Alaska
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Capt. oConnor Retired

Captain Stephen OConnor. 23d Infantry.
has been placed on the retired list of the
army on his own application after thirty
years service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
THE ROAD TO FORTUNE.

The Road to Fortune is
through Printers Ink.-P.
7. Barnum.
The sun., 1900-12-26
An Original Entertainment.

st. : aul reports an original entertain
ment which the inyenting hostess call
ed a century party. Each guest at the
st. Paul evening was provided with a
pencil and slip of paper bearing the
names of six authors-Dickens, Irving,
Emerson, Kipling, Byron and Sienkie-
wicz. The test was to write down as
many works Of each as could be re-
membered, the prize going to the win
ner of the paper with the longest list
correctly named. To pronounce prop
erly the names Of famous persons was
the next competition. For this each
guest was furnished with list which
he was asked to read aloud. Some OF
the names selected were De Reszke
Chopin, Faure, Ii Hung Chang, Pade
rewski, Munkaczy and more, and
though they are on everybody's lips
glibly enough 1t became difficult mat
ter to read them with every proper ac
cent and infection, while the hostess
sat by armed with the dictionary tina
was taken as the standard for the even
ing. The third test was in the defini
tions and synonyms of a certain list o
words, the task to be completed In |
half hour. Now that prizes are accept
ed as a necessity of any entertainment
these new competitions to secure then
| will be welcome.
The sun., 1900-12-26
EInrrer Cushions

Next to the red, white and blue, flow
er cushions seem to be the chief popu-
lar fayorites. One striking cushion Is
made to represent large crimson pop
py, the heart of the flower forming the
cushion and the petal being made of
silk. If little ingenuity be used, 1t is
generally by no means difficult to make
a pincushion in the form of the favor
ite flower of the person for whom it Is
intended. The daisy and the sunfloweI
are particularly easy to initiate, the
petals being stiffened with an interim
ing of muslin between the two thick
nesses of silk in the case of the sun
flower, says Home Notes.
For use In the hammock, in the gar
den or under the veranda, linen eush
ions embroidered and scented Will
flowers are charming. An exceedingly
pretty one was made Of green linen
embroidered with pink clover and stuff
ed with dried clover blossoms. Anoth
er filled with a mixture of vegetable
down and dried rose petals was EN-
broidered with brier roses, while
third, filled with vegetable down scent
ed with powdered orris root, was
adorned with design of violets. II
every case the flowers were convention
ally treated and the designs bold ant
effective rather than elaborate.
The sun., 1900-12-26
woman,s Love of Social Position.


"Perhaps the fetich to which we wo-
men attach the most undue Importance
is social position" writes An American
Mother in The Ladies' Home Journal.
1--WE set out with the creed that we are
all equal and then spend much Of our
lives in struggling to force our way
into some petty circle which is barred
against us or to bar our own against
some of our neighbors. Nothing could
be more ridiculous than the many
foundations on which we Americans
base our claims to aristocracy. The
belief is almost universal that the pos
session of certain enormous number
of millions constitutes a caste which
stands on the level of royalty. But
short of those stupendous heaps of
gold money does not always command
precedence here, especially In our
small towns and villages. We are all
of us ready with our gibe at the new
as that of Daimio for thousand years
| Our claims to high caste are often
based upon some mythical judge OIL
baronet far in the dim past or that We
/ live in the most pretentious house il
the village. l have known the posses
sion of a Grecian portico to give socia
ascendency to one family over a towr
full of neighbors plebeian only in tha
they had no porches ut all. So vague
yet SO strenuous are our Ideas O
CASTE"
The sun., 1900-12-26

OPINIONS.
A POLITICAL GENIUS
e New Worry Tribune.

From the New 1ory Tribune.
There is genius in Washington, who
has a great notion. He ought to furnish
it forthwith to the statesmen and con-
stitutional expounders, who are providing
that Porto Rico can only be held IN a
condition of preparation for Statehood !;
that the same is true Of the Sandwich
Islands, and would be of Cuba, il we
were to accept it; and that, because such
notion is unthinkable as to the Philip
pines, we must get rid Of them ut once,
at whatever loss and disgrace. This
genius boldly ayows his notion over his
own signature, in PRONUNCIATION Of an
other great discovery, to wit, that re
ceivable currency is white race idea,
while redeemable currency is Il black
race idea, and the latter must 60" Ills
more important discovery is that ''tht
name of this Republic should be chang
ed from the United States of America
to the United States Of the Earth
The statesmen who are constitutionallN
bent on holding Porto Rico in "a con
dition of preparation for Statehood
ought to adopt that discovery at once.
The sun., 1900-12-26
Royal women and Ugly Men.

One Of the fads of the bright and
beautiful queen Of Portugal Is 'con-
fession book" In which she persuades
her friends to record their answers to
certain questions which she propounds
therein. One Of the questions Is, "Do
women admire ugly menT To this the
empress Of Russia answers, Eyes, ! be-
lieve that some women admire ugly
men-when handsome ones are out of
their reach" Queen Margherita Of TIA.
ly says, sFrom Is to 30 woman loves
a handsome man, from 80 to so she ad!
mires handsome man, and after SO
she worships man in any shape OF
FORM" Princess Henry Of Battenberg
wrote: "Many ugly men are lovable
undoubtedly; but, then, SO are many
handsome men. However, handsome
is as handsome does,' and q good look
ing man with only his good looks to
fall back on would have a poor chance
of winning any right minded girls af-
| fections."
In answer to another question In the
book, "What quality does q woman
most admire In MANI" the queen, ,ot
Portugal wrote: Purity in mani is
surely as grand and ennobling as ptri
ty in woman. The most contembti.
BILE Of all things is man witnsa rick.
ETY. reputation sneering at the two man
who is not exactly CONNIE ~ MI =.
| st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The sun., 1900-12-26
Portraits. Not LIlsenesses.

1t looks as though the doom of the
fashionable portrait painter were seal
ed. His popularity Is certainly tempo
rarily obscured In Paris, for fashioIa-
BILE women have decided that it is not
CONNIE II faut 20 have ones own coun
terfeit hanging in the drawing room or
in any apartment where the contrast
between self and portrait is called so
forcibly to the attention of others. The
fact is that modern portrait painters
are the worst fiatterers in the world,
and not one of the pictures from their
hands but makes its original a half
dozen times handsomer than she ap.
pears to any eyes but the idealizing
ones of the painter, says The Evening
Star. Therefore the fair ones have de-
cided that 1t is more discreet to Danish
the portraits to corners where the eyes
of guests may not wander critically
from real to imitation. The Princess
Mathilde Bonaparte, once one of the
most beautiful women in Europe, but
now well advanced in years, was the
one to originate the fashion. She has
many portraits, many of them by celeb
rites, who are much incensed at the re
tirement of their masterpieces from the
great lady's reception rooms.