Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21
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and justice OF the peace Of the CITY OF London.
is at the Ebbitt House. Mr.. Wallace was elected
from district that has never before been rep
resented by liberal, receiving 4 majority Of
40 and reversing tory msiorities Of SIS In 1885
and $50 in 1886, the gain being in liberal votes,
the tory vote remaining the same. Mr. Wallace
has visited America over Q score OF time. and
is largely interested in mining and other prop
critics in this country. Il reached here" said
Mr.. Wallace to TIE STAR representative, "a
week ago, and shall make the round trip in
three weeks. notice that the silver question
Is one Of the absorbing topics OF the moment
Englshmen look upon bime lsllism a fad; it
can't be serious. We are all monometallists-
gold bugs. as they say. am largely interested
IN silver properties in this country, but | am
on the gold side of the question. l agree with
Mr.. smalley IN his remarks in TIE STAR that
You might as well pile up pig lead in the treas
ury-better do so In fact. | would rather have
the bare promise Of this government 20 pay,
stamped on piece Of paper. than l would one
OF your silver certificates that il would pay me
five silver dollars on demand. Your anti-option
bill Is certainly an important measure. The
distinction between gambling in food products
and railroad shares is evident. What do the
masses care whether a certain railroad stock
sells at 100 or l40t Ii does matter to them.
however, whether wheat sells for SO cents or 30
cents. The thing that most surprises me abou;
Americans in the west and central west is the
long hours that business continues; they never
seem 10 be done. The trades have regulated
hours. But the high pressure under which bus
iness is conducted out west is' tremen-
oous. They appear to live but TO work
and rush, eat and sleep. In the east
some relaxation. ease and comfort is
enjoyed. Banks remain open FIVE hours daily
and transact as great an aggregate business a. II
they remained open ten hours. l am most
esr H. -
this country. Everything you need is yielded
from beneath or above the soil. A great inter-
state commerce is maintained and your wealth
remains with YOU. With Us our money goes to
pay other countries for necessaries Consumed
by us. We must. consequently. sell something
to maintain our financial balance. II we take
your food products and you refuse TO recipro-
cate and take our manufactured goods how can
we avert bankruptcy and how can We buy your
products? The Mckinley bill is, therefore, TO
my mind mistake. Your producer. by a fair
tariff, is directly benefited. for he gets his man
uiactured goods chesply in exchange for ms
surplus products. 4 attended a meeting of the
woman suffragist convention. 1 was struck
with the brilliancy of the speeches and clear
ness of thought. l also noticed the paucity of
men as spectators. Too busy. probably. those
who sympathize in the movement, TO show their
approval by their attendance. / am OF the opin-
ion that the Gladstonian government will re-
main in power for a long time and that Mr..
Gladstone will carry through his home rule and
other important liberal measures"
One Of the most important cases on the cal
lendar Of the Supreme Court will be reached
Monday. II is the case OF Burden against the
Northern Pacific railroad, or more Familiarity
known in the northwest as the mineral lands
case" 1t affects the title TO over GO. 600 900
acres of surveyed. unpatented lands along the
lines of the different transcontnental lines. all
the land granted railroads in the mineral states
and IL per cent of the land in the states of
wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota. Idaho,
Montana and Washington held state grants
for school and other purposes.
J. Mcknight of New York. counsel for the
Northern Pacific. is at the Arlington In dis
cussing the issues of the case with The STAR
Representative he said: The contention of the
defendants and the position of the different;
states involved is the same. which is that all land
which was known to be mineral at the time our
grant attached WAS excepted therefrom. but all
land not known to be mineral at that time
passed as agricultural TO the corporation and
the states. The contention of the other side is
thai all land, whether known or unknown as
mineral, is forever excepted from the grant
Assuming this doctrine to be true, il hundred
years hence some one should discover mineral
upon it he would have a prior right thereto,
with its improvements. even though il had been
a
were built upon IL. They contend that the land
remains adoat until the patent is issued, while
We assert that it ceases to be 'aioat at the date
of the filing OF the map of the company g
definite route or the granting thereof to the
state
His stoop was quite correct, his hat was OF
the right shade and breadth of brim, his neck
was muffied in silk scarf, his hair Was brushed
forward and his hooked handle cane was carried
at the proper angle He was a robustly rounded
young man. smoked q cigar instead OF a cigar
cite and was altogether good healthy speci-
men of chappie, deah boy. One might have
been deceived into the supposition that he was
capable OF original thought.
The guest to whom he sent his card was out
As he turned to leave the office counter he
reached for a match in the silver box. Then
he fumbled around and scratched il several
times fruitlessly. Finally, in that helpless,
baby way that overcomes chappies when upset
in the throcs of q dilemma, he said to the clerk:
"Awh. 'ow do You scrawtch these mawtches,
yeknow?'
Take a good match and simply strike it on
trousers if you like" was tho response, and
the bell boys buried their faces in their hands
and sobbed.
"Recent disasters at sea-" said Capt John
Fehrenbatch Of Cincinnati, United States su-
pervising inspector Of steam vessels, to The
STAR representative at Wizards this morning,
emphatic that in a time of difficulty passengers
should trust the judgment of the officers Of
their vessel. I have heard it said that the
officers Of vessels the interior rivers are not
efficient. This is unjust. On the upper Ohio
above the Kentucky river in the seventh dis
trict there were over 1000. 900 passengers car
ried last year with but the loss of two lives and
these would have been saved had the captain 9
orders been obeyed. We consider that a man
is safer on the steamboat than on land. and ad-
vance these figures in proof Of it. 1t was at
the wreck of the steamer Tom Sherlock. She
had Just passed undeY the Cincinnati suspension
bridge and was headed for the Chesapeake and
Ohio bridge, the lights of which were visible. To
pass under the bridge the smokestack had to be
lowered. which enveloped the pilot house in
smoke, the exhaust steam making deafening
noi-e. The captain, believing that the boat
Was headed too much toward the upper shore.
ran from the forward part of the hurricane
night was pitch dark. the river high and the
current swift and strong. At that moment
the red light on the Kentucky pier of the
Chesapeake and Ohio bridge twlnkied through
the smoke. Though they tried to get around,
the current swung the boat against the pier,
smashing her amidship. The passengers were
at once collected on the hurricane deck. given
life preservers by the officers and placed in the
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