Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-10

~ fetcreourg under CleNeAnd. a. AZ the Sko-s-
ham on his say home to Cartcrsyille. a. Gen.
Young has been mentioned - a likely .,,posn,..
minister 30 Mexico.
II should no, decline the sppoiutiaea,,- he
said, ''for il is q desirable once. However,
down with a. cotton l. jn-, nov mo-- import
ant than politics Probably but about per
cent II the entire crop l. Vet held by the plant
ers themselves on speculation and rrohsbait,
OF a rfse. Most ~ the planters eel their crop
a. soon ~ harvested and but about 40 r-r cent
are In financial position 20 hold a. lncw q
one planter Who has held bis crops hAck Tor
three YEAR, and he hash sold vet re 1. prob
ably the only planter you car hnd Who has this
accumulation. IL he sells cut ct a rtiff price
he ! make a snug pile. think cotton 1. going
mp higher. met the superintendent % a very
large mil who shared nv ui,inion aud Who
wanted TO buy nov. bat Vas opposed by the di-
rectors. Who were of opposite mind
There's good deal Of imagination even in
farming 1 think the farmers In the south
nave imagined themselves IN a worse ro-itloa
than they really we're. However. there /. mo-.
very hopeful and better feeling In ms state,
money Il more plenty sud the farmer. are
more oontenisd. No, don't think n h. imsgi-
nation"
{. s. Upton. United state. marshal q IN.
eastern district q Tennessee aud editor Of the
Cleveland Hsvoid. is at the Ebbitt
'once in a while." he said. 'one u IA. Nc
Coy or Hatfield gangs stray over "a. r.un.....
line. arrested one some time ago Tor illegally
selling whisky. Their fcuds and their saIlins
Of one another don't startle us much down
there. II they are left alone long enough
they II kill one ano:h all IN.
ILLICIT whisky making is on the increase,
not only in the mountains 81 eastern Ton
nessee. but all over the moonshiners' district-
IN the south. They simple people ana
after every national election there Is = great
increase IN Illicit distiiIng and politicians tel
them that n their party wins the internal
revenue tax will be taken "A. They assume
this statement ~ a fact and after election the
unlawful manufacture largely increases Tho
whisky IL yIie. Only few. comparatively Of
the moonshiners make good WHISKY Over an
the department today they asked me 20 -cnd
them up a bottle % real moons ine corn iuic.
told them that IL I did they'd never NV. 10
know.what poisoned them.
''Simp ie-miuded though these pearle may
be. they are dangerous euemies. \ lo-ta d.pufy
recentiy-Chsrles H. stewart n. and hi.
brother were bringing in prisoner They we're
surrounded suddenly in the woods bv num-
Der OF moonshiners and ordered 60 rslea-. the
prisoner. They refused. stewart was kiIIoa.
his brother badly wounded. one moonshiner
killed and another wounded in the assperAt.
light that at once resulted. IL Is better under
such circumstance "a let the moonshirer go for
he can be caught again and one man can't
stand of a half dozenGrmed men IN ambush
Gen. V. ID. G.oner 81 Virginia. T. W Palmer
Of Detroit. Gen. ST Clair of West Virginia.
Judge Harris Of Vermont. d. H. Smallsy Of
Vermont, John Boyd Thatcher of New York
and Col. Rucker Of North Dakota are in this
city upon business connected with the world .
fair.
I'VE want considerable money" said Gen
Groner. and think the naval approximation Of
S3o0.Ooo should be increased ESQ. 000 to allow
amply for the transportation and other eK-
penses of the foreign naval officers Fvery-
thing Is just jumping In the fair grounds aud
We wili open IN better shape than any other
great exposition ever held. We want s250. 600
Tor the national commission. which includes th.
appropriation for the ladies' department and
between $500 600 aud sGo0 600 TOT the jury u
awards"
They say a city isn't really CITY until It's
cars run all night" said James 4. Clifford Of saa
Francisco. land notice that this question 10
being agitated here. The cable roads in San
Francisco. which are the most complete and en-
tensive of any city in the world. all stop ai
a. m. Ii causes the greatest Inconvenience, for
Frisco Is built on hills. steep, high ones. too.
and us no joke TO tramp up their steep incline-
bottles or Whistles under your vest. They
ought to run horse cars during the night, for
cable road machinery must shut down, thev
say, every night 80 be cleaned.
Washington has excellent and cheap cab
service. which doesn't exist IN San Francisco Ia
New ork the elevated trains run comparatively
full all night, while the surface cars are well
patronized. It's question that has two sides
The companies don't want 10 incur the expense
while the public feel that IL some people go %
bed with the chickens there many who don't
and the companies can't expect to have all their
way.
''No city in the United States. s. said the clerk
of an uptown hotel, ''can handle great crowds
OF visitors as easily as Washington. This is be-
cause we've been doing it for 80 many years
that it's become second nature. II Is won
derful, the elasticity OF accommodation. Where
the people going TO be housed floors me. old
stager that am in the business. livery hotel
has every nook aud corner engaged. We have
refused today over forty applications for rooms
and this proportion prevails according To the
size of the house."
Prom the way applications have been pour
ing in. and they wall increase proPortionHtely
as the Inauguration approaches, think more
people viii witness this Inauguration than ever
before. They must sleep some where. and be IL
indeed lucky who now has a room aud bed en-
gagged Everybody who engages with Us pavs
nov and engages the rooms for a week, whether
used that length of time not"