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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
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The subscriptions to this Com
pany's Stock have been most salts
factory, and but a few shares remain
to be sold at the present price of
$500 per share.
AS the term of subscription set by
the directors for this issue expires
June 10, we can offer no more stock
at S. 90 after that date; and as ALL
TREASURY STOCK is held in
trust until January I, Nineteen Hun
dred and Five, and ALL STOCK
OUTSIDE OF THE TREASURY
STOCK until January I, Nineteen
Hundred and Eight, there will be
none on the market at this figure
again. The stock is intrinsically
worth more than this today, and any
offerings after June 10 will be only
at an advanced price.
The continued growth of the Com
pany's business, with corresponding
increase in its already large earn
ings, is assured by the steadily &C
cumulating orders for the Doyle
products, giving the investment a
substantial basis.
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Favor American Trade.

Some of the politicians in the island
have endeavored to breed bad feeling be-
tween the Cubans and the Americans. but
the efforts of these men have not met with
much success. A short time ago, league
was formed in the island by a number of
men for the purpose of stimulating trade
relations between Cuba and Spain. Two of
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provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago
constitute more than half the island and
are practically undeveloped The Guinea
81 ass there grows to height of five feet
and is green the year round. The land is
cheap. and for raising cattle it is ideal.
The trunk line which now runs from one
end of the island to the other has been
the means of opening up this undeveloped
country. and its wonderful resources will
soon be taken advantage Of"
Work of Americans Praised.
Mr. Benjamin is enthusiastic over the
possibilities for material advancement in
the island, particularly for those who go
there with the intention of settling and
raising stock fruit entering into
business. He speaks highly of the work
of the Americans in the island and among
other things. says:
IF the government of Intervention had
done nothing else but improve the SAM.
tary condition of the island and build
good roads that alone would have been a
record of which to be proud. The Span
iards built jails and forts; the Americans
schooi houses and roads. The Spaniards
discouraged education and there is not a
school house in the island built by the
Spanish government. When the army of
the cities were little better than country
roads. They were muddy and filthy. and
In some places the bed of the street was
four feet below the curb The Americans
leveled the streets. built solid and safe
road beds and instituted drainage, and the
effect upon the health of the people, to
say nothing of the wonderful improvement
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the island are dishonest. l have had sew
era1 opportunities within my own expert
ence to test this phase of their character
and 1 can say for them that 1 have high
opinion of their honesty. An experienced
travelling salesman told me he would rather
do business with a Cuban merchant than
with any other class of business man he
had ever met. They like to drive a good
bargain he said, and up to the time deal
is closed fellow must keep awake. but
once an agreement has been made they
stick to 1t religiousy and are perfectly re-
liable Their word is an good as their
bond. Even among the betting men of the
island this spirit of reliability Is noticed.
For instance. at the FrOnton Jai Alai,
where the Spanish game resembling hand
ball is played. spectator may make bet
with a stranger sitting several seats away.
by holding up one. two or five fingers to
designate the amount of the wager. Which
side wins. the loser does not attempt
to slip away from the winner, but either
waits for him or hunts him up to pay over
the amount of the bet
The Cuban Bandits.
There has been more or less talk recent
ly about the Cuban bandit. The so
called bandit existed in Cuba under the
Spanish regime. because the Cubans have
always been opposed to Spanish rule. The
bandit was the visible manifestation of
this opposition. He was not the cut-throat,
ested the poor people, but operated against
their oppressOrS, the rich and for this rea-
son was protected by the masses generally.
The outlaw of Cuba is more of the black
mailing type. A stranger is safer in any
part of the island than in many parts of
the west.
Although practically every Cuban
drinks. yet they not drunkards. The
only habitual drunkard ever knew among
the native Cubans was a fellow who was
educated in Philadelphia.
Many people in this country are &C
customed to speak of the Cuban as
though he were negro OF mulattO. This
is about as sensible speaking of an
American though he were a red Indian
The last census shows that 60 per cent
of the population white, without any
mixture of negro blood. Havana, which
has about the same population Wash
ington has fewer negro inhabitants than
the capital of the United States. In the
Santiago province-the home of the blacks
the proportion of black and white races
is about equal. In Principe province there
are four whites to one colored person.
This latter province is destined to become
the American province. Already there are
eight nine American colonies within it's
boundaries, and the natives there take
very kindly to the American settlers. The
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the brightest and most influential men in
the island refused to join the league, de-
string rather to favor the United States in
the matter of commerce, and they but echo
the sentiment of the influential people OF
the country as well as of the general popu-
lation.
THE feeling throughout the island Is de-
cidedly opposed to annexation. The peo-
ple want to maintain most friendly rela-
lions with the United States, but they 90
not want to be annexed. In riding ABOUT
the country l found scarcely home tnat
had not lost father. brother. or some
near relative who died fighting for IN
dependence. People who have sacrificed
naturally unwilling to give up the prize
so dearly bought. They fear too that an
nexation would mean absorption and the
final extinction of the race. Some may De-
lieve that annexation will eventually re-
suit but not within the present generaton-
/ believe it is best for the United states
to let Cuba work out her own salvation.
Make trade relations as close as possible,
but do not attempt assimilation.
Mr. BENJAMIN declared that the govern
ment of President Palma has been remark
ably successful: 1t has shown Its aolllty
to punish offenders and the pardoning pow
er has not been used reckiessiy. yea.
has passed under home rule ana as yet
there has not been the slightest disorder
Notwithstanding the prophecy mace oy
some Americans that Cuba would De wrap
ned in the throes of a revolution WItnin
six months after enterting upon seH-gof-
eminent In speaking of some OF the per
sonaI characteristics of the people, ne Sa1o:
Some people in the states nave peen
under the impression that the natives Oh
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the postal ard telegraph systems, with
view to suggesting improvements in the
service in the island Mr.. Benjamin is a
native of Washington. His parents reside
at 2402 18th street northwest, with whom
he is visiting while in the city.
During the Spanish-American war MIR.
Benjamin served in Porto Rico with Z
Troop OF Brooklyn. In December, 1888, he
went to Cuba employe in the postal
service under the United States govern
ment and served six months as postmaster
at Trinidad picturesque old town dating
back to 1914. He was then made an IN
spector and when Medley fed from the
island he was called in from the field ana
placed in charge of that officials bureau
When American authority over Cuba
ceased, Mr.. Benjamin was retained by the
new government as inspector in the
post and telegraph service, both branches
OF which under government control
In performing his duties as inspector of
communca ton for the Cuban authorities
Mr.. Benjamin has several times traverseu
all parts of the island on horseback, and
has become we'll acquainted with the peo-
pie. their characteristics. sentiments ana
customs and has been enabled to form a
reliable opinion TO the possibilities or
the little country. from various points or
view In an interview with an Evening
Star reporter Mr.. Benjamin spoke interest
ingly of his experiences and observations
in the island.
Payment of Soldiers.
1.-The burning question in Cuba today is
the payment of the liberating army. The
list of soldiers entitled to pay has been
carefully revised by a commission headed
by General Gomez. and nothing now re-
mains to be done but to negotiate loan of
$50 OO0.O0O. which is needed to cancel the
debt. AS Cuba today is probably the only
country in the world that has no national
debt, and since during the Spanish regime
she carried a debt of 5000. o0o. 0O0imposed by
the mother country. it would seem that she
would have difficulty in paying the in
terest on a So. 200. 900 loan. and at the same
time provide a suitable sinking fund to
eventually eXtinguiish the debt. 1t is ru-
mored in Tavana that one of the first du-
ties of Mr.. Rafael MOntoro. the newly ap-
pointed Cuban minister to the court of St.
James will be to negotiate this loan in Lon
don. 1t is curious condition that although
Cuba is commercially within America s
sphere of influence. Europe seems to have
more confidence in her future than the peo-
pie of the United States.
Both Cubans and Americans in general
display a vast amount of ignorance with
regard to each other. The people of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Sergt. Carl Muellen Dead.

Carl Muellen. sergeant of Company L, Sd
Battalion, United States Engineers. died
June 1, 1903, at Washington barracks
Sergt. Muellen is very kindly remembered
by the United Patriotic Societies of Wo-
men of the District of Columbia. When the
various organizations of women allied with
the Grand Army of the Republic were ar
ranging for the big lawn fete which they
gave last summer bugler was very much
wanted. A committee from the Woman's
Relief Corps visited the arsenal grounds
to secure one. but they were all on duty
and not a single regular bugler could be
secured Sergt. Muellen, "non-com.' re-
sponded to the draft, however. and he was
on duty every night during the lawn fete.
He attached himself more particularly to
the mess table of the relief corps, where
the pork and beans were served. and
obliged the ladies at that table by blowing
the supper call about every five minutes.
His services were greatly appreciated.
June a bugler stood ait the foot of his
grave in Arlington and sounded taps"
the last rite for the dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

II you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Suppression of Nicaraguan Revolt.

Under date of May 16 Minister Merry re-
ports to the State Department by mail the
suppression of the rebellion in Nicaragua.
He says that the rebellion lasted two
months. the government being unable dur
ing that time to come at the rebels. who
possessed the only steamers on Lake MIC
aragua. and held the islands In the lake.
Finally the government had some boats
carried by rail over to the lake and made
short work of the instruction. To pay
the soldiers the government then levied
forced lo-- amounting to about $40 600
American money raising most of this in
Grenada. where the rebellion had been
strongest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
CONDITIONS IN CUBA
Observations of a Former
Washingtonian.
THE BURNING QUESTION
NEGOTIATION OF LOAN TO PAY
NATIVE SOLDIERS.
Work of Americans in Building Roads
and School Houses-General
Matters of Interest.

Mr.. Charles L. Benjamin. inspector OF
posts and telegraphs for the Island OF
Cuba, is in Washington on leave OF alb
sence of thirty days. after residence OF
more than four years in Cuba. Mr.. Ben
jamin brings letters to Senior Gon5alo de
Quesada, the Cuban minister here. and
while in the states will make study OF
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two countries do not seem to understand
each other The general public of the is
land. rule, has heretofore obtained it's
knowledge of other countries from old
Spanish school books. which described
Spain as the one big country and devoted
a paragraph to the other European nations
while the United States was mentioned as
one of the also ran About the only time
Cuba received any attention from the peo-
pie OF the United States. previous to the
Spanish war, was when the newspapers
described her as in revolution. and for
this reason believe the majority of Ameri-
cans think the Cubans are a quarrelsome
people
ION the contrary. the Cuban is the most
pacific man on earth. except when forced
into war from necessity of self-preserva
tion. and by oppression. Many times when
riding through the country in the wilder
ness ON my tours of inspection l have had
opportunities of testing his hospitality. 1
have always been cordially welcomed and
the best in the house has always been set
before me. Almost invariably the natives
refuse TO accept pay for their hospitality.
They are particularly cordial to Americans.
and there is no hostile feeling among the
natives generally toward the people from
the United States.
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unbounded material for the sarcasms of
the domains who amused themselves by
waltZing between the barrOwS before the
start. "All barrowS must be empty, was
another superfiuous rule, while the strenu-
GUS nature of the contest was indicated by
the regulations that the barrows would
have to be pulled or pushed without the
aid of straps or ropes. The first and sue
cessful competitor did the journey in an
hour and forty-flve minutes, but the others
were very slow In coming in, having lost
time on the way"
Heir to Earldom of Lytton.
The birth of an heir to the earldom of
Lytton is matter of public interest, and
the suspicious event corresponds with the
centenary of the birth of the infants Illus
trious great-grandfather, Edward Bulwer
Lytton who won his fame as Lytton Bull
wer. He was the third son of a Norfolk
SQUIRE whose two younger sons were both
destined to win peerages for themselves.
Sir Henry Bulwer. the dtplOmatist, was the
senior of the novelist, statesman dramatist
and poet, and his nephew. the first Lord
Lyttons only son, inherited his uncles
taste for diplomacy, as he did his fathers
for poetry But though his poems, under
the pseudonym Of Owen Meredith, won no
little repute from the critics, he was more
conspicuous as viceroy of India and am
bassador at Paris. It was at Paris he
died. The young earl who now bears his
title was his third surviving son. His mar
rage last year with Pamela, the daughter
of Sir Trevor Plowden, was the subject of
family rejoicing, which the heir apparents
birth has renewed. Il. H. MOOhE.
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Quite the most amusing development Of
the walking craze. which, emanating from
the famous stock exchange walk to Bright
on. is now being taken up by all sorts
of people. was the costermongers' great
barrow race" which began yesterday after
noon in the congenial thoroughfare of Hol-
loway road It was typical Cockney
spree The starting point was public
house. the turning point public house and
the terminus was a public house. The pub
lie house dominated the whole affair, and
1t is perfectly safe to assume that a fair
proportion of the thirty-two competitors
who did not put in an appearance at the
finish were enjoying the congenial and
soothing atmosphere of the hostelry marked
as the halfway house.
I The distance was eleven miles. and the
first prize Is and a leg of mutton. The con-
test excited enormous interest and the line
of route was besieged by crowds who were
full of clamorous hum0r and genuine Cock
ney witticisms. although not of the politest
variety.
"All competitors" ran the rules. must
start with high hats on, which will be sup
piled by the Coach and Horses" comba-
nation of glossy silk hat with rough cor
! duroy suits and hobnailed boots afforded
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14

miliinal ago and is going to do something for him.
AS is well known Henry never got home again after
he discovered New York but was marooned up in
Hudson bay by his Dutch crew and was perhaps
eaten by the canniba Indians At any rate it is well
known that his ghost still naunts the environs of
New York and his shadowy crew under his leader
ship plays game of bowls year in the kaats-
kills. Now these ghosts have to swim the Spuyten
Duyvil creek every time they want to cross it and
it has occurred to the patriotic New Workers in
the course of the festivities held in commemoraton
of the 250th anniversary OF the founding OF their
city, to build bridge for the late explorer who
found the site and gave the river and the harbor
and the island with the appurtenances thereo be-
longing to the Netheranders who kept it for the
English and Yankees who succeeded them. 1t is to
be gorgeous affair." this bridge for Henry Hudson,
called by pedantic historians "Hendrick," though
that wasn't the name he went by even among his
Dutch patrons and doubtless will please the ghosts
very much and perhaps they will roll their balls
on it hereafter in lieu OF seeking alley up in the
Kaatskills
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uNENpINe YANKEE INGENUITY.

Wireless teegraphy is marvellous enough. but
application of the principle by Massachusetts
Yankee which permits him to sit on the shore and
navigate boat in the stream by it. surpasses all
By means Of the transmitter on the shore the
inventor sends wireless impulses to the boat and is
able to make it weigh anchor, cast off, go ahead,
back water and perform all other movements of
real vessel
The inventor is at work on model of
lifeboat to be similarly managed which he believes
he can put to practice big boats. That is to
say, at the life saving stations boat could be sent
off when it was too rough for crew to handle her
and by of his wireless machinery she could
be managed without human hands and be made to
rescue shipwrecked sailors.
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SAFE SkYSCRAPERs.

One of the natural fears often expressed by per-
sons who were pioneers in the OF great modern
"skyscrapers" was that the extreme elevation of
such buildings would make them the especial tar
gets for lightning. II seemed certain TO some that
structure projecting far into the air above sur
rounding buildings must be more exposed than any
oldfashoned blocks to the perils of thunderstorms
But they have proved quite safe from lightning
Their steel framework makes them vast conductors
of electricity and the fluid diffused in passing
into huge masses Of metal that it does no harm
worthy of mention and is not at all source of dan
ger To inmates Of these great modern towers OF
commerce. There is probably safer place in
violent thunderstorm than the inside of huge Office
building. These 3ig blocks which are distinctivey
American in origin and characteristics confound-
Ing their critics il many ways. They do not blow
over in great storms of wind They have furnished
no fearful tragedies by fire many predicted would
be the case. They do not fall down because the
metal frames which hold them up rust or crystalize
Nothing happens which feared by pessimistic
conservatives when the first buildings more than
eight or nine stories high erected In this case
as in many others the sanguine expectations OF dar
Ing and enterprising men far more accurate
than the forebodings Of those who clung to old
ways and shrunk from radical changes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14
kIsHINEFFs ONE TALE OF HORROR.

Russian officials and the Russian papers are
worrying over the worlds verdict on the Kishinef
horror Its press is pleading for a fair hearing
before the American people. 1t is thought that the
Emperor is behind this press appeal 1t IS need
less to remind Of the good offices of Russia IN
the past however politically unripe" our people
may be- however badly afflicted with Anglophil-
ism Mr.. Hay may be- But here is specific atrocity
which all the papers of Europe as well as America
have declared to be most infamous and revolving.
Nor is it easy to exempt the government of Russia
from responsibility for the horrors of Kishinef,
however willing may be to give the car credit
for being personally humane monarch one OF
the leading Russian journals says that the Russian
foreign office should Immediately publish in English
a sketch of the relations between the Russian and
American governments, beginning with the time or
Catharine and ending with the Spanish-American
war, from both diplomatic archives and American
published records and send the same to 5000 Amer
lean papers Such sketch would doubtless be we'll
received, but it is hard to see how it would atone
for one of the most infamous outbreaks of popular
fanaticism recorded in history.
We may forget the Siberian prisons and all the
infamies which history records of Russia, but Ksh
inef still tells its tale of horror.
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AN EPITAPH ON SHAKESPEARE.

What needs my Shakespeare for his honored bones,
The labor of age in piled stones?
Or that his haowed relics should be hid
Under a starry pointing pyramid?
Dear of memory great heir of fame,
What needst thou such weak witness of thy name
Thou in our wonder and establishment
Hast built myself a Hyeong monument
For whilst to the shame of slow-endeavoring art
Thy easy numbers flow and that each heart
Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book
Those Delphic lines with deep impression took,
Then thou our fancy of itself bereaving,
Dost make us marble with too much conceiving;
And so sepulchrei in some pomp dost lie,
That kings for such tomb would wish to die.
MILTON.
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ST. Peter welcomed Him.

MAY come in2r asked the csreEorn shade a. s.
Peter sppeared in response to a the gate
What was your occupation while on EARTH? asked
the veteran Cstekeeper.
I published weekly newspaper. replied the apph-
cant
f course It had circulation n the ooUn-
try said tho old that savored OF sar-
cssn.
No the smallest answered the nan outside fhe
golden portals
And after 81 Peter had recovered from the shock
ne threw vide ard invited The arrival
10 enter and take his choice % hsrps and haios