Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-07
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

'Of the several argument. tina. are advanced
against the AnnexAnon Of Hawaii" sad IL 5.
Richardson. an electrician Of Boston. 10 THr
SrAR representative. the most absurd 4.
that Of the remoteness Of the islands The adj
vooates thereof are apparently unconscious. no,
only Of the age IN which they live. Sut % IN.
future. with its ilimitAble possibilities In.
Hawaiian commissioners made the trip FROM
Honoiuln 10 Washington in fifteen dayN las
within the memory 81 living man that thi.
time was consumed in reaching the national
capital from territory eAsi ~ the Mississippi.
One Of ihe arguments Of excluding Oregon fron
statehood advanced at the time uss that 10
sooner bad its Representatives reached WASH
ington 10 attend Congress than that body
would have adjourned. No country On tho
that ground.
In fact, Ne had better annex northeastern
Siberia. Tor u viii be but few wears before we
nav travel from -. Petersburg 20 Washington
WITH but one change u cars at Bering strait
In tho same line and upon tho same ground ~
viii include Mexico. Central America aud
South America. Tor the great international
railroad 10 Patagonia WI! BE- a thiug 90 future
reali&anon. Separation nv water hfiv sears
hence WI mean nothing. Our ariel methods
OF transportation. az Present a. apparently i'm
possible A. were the railroad the telegram the
telephone and the application 81 eloctricitr.
also within the memory ~ living man viii
make the transit OF great bodies 90 water no
longer dependent upon ships and reduce tho
consumption of time from DAYS 10 hours This
argument is fallaciou- and ve mich, a. veil
annex the whole globe On tho spot. for eventa-
ally II WI! be the United States Of the World.
one and indiyisible.'
The last skirmish between Indians and cow
boys at Pine Ridge" said H. T. Bailey. o
has rlaw
took place. according 20 the DISPATCHES. az
Humphreys ranch | know Humphrey and
one OF the cowboys Who Ma killed. There %
no danger OF an outbreak. Humphrey had hi.
camp at the old government Beef Line camp
IL was here that the Pine Ridge aud Rosebud
Indians camped. and Big foots warriors wtrs
on their WAY 20 joan them when they wsr. M
tereepfed by the soldiers at Wonna-a kr..
II an well acquainted with the country and
The TRIBES ont there and in nv opinion I'D Two
Strikes and his Indians were in houor when
they fired upon the cowhovs They fgrsl,.l,iv
demanded some cattle f1r feast. aul uuou
refusal got the drop on the cowboys and silles
them
Il think il but shor; time. % said "a Senator
X. ID. Marshall Of Dayton Ohio. nj she Eibit,,
when the natural gas supply nov In use m my
city viii be abandoned. The supply come.
through pipes over city miles from the wells.
which are situated az an sltiigde several hum
drea feet above DAYTON. Although the ga "a
pumped through the pipes the pressure d IN
sushelent 80 produce reliable ana abundant
supply. We're the positions ~ the CITY and th.
mills reversed Il would be another matter ~ 30
the pressure We Use the ga mainly for cook
ing and II Is indeed n lgsgFy. being easily COM
troled and making perfect fuel. For llumi-
nation purposes II Is not success"
Nearly every member % the superior sc, In
Holyoke. Mass, " said K-Congres.mAn William
Whiting at the Riggs, lis paper man. No, ono
whose organism and physical structure is COM
posed of wood or rag pulp. however hut be ID
interested directly Indirectly in paper Tor
its manufacture is the one industry of the city,
no less than $50 tors being manufactured a day
valued at ell. O00. 600 per Hnnum The chol.rs
scare hurt the manufacturers bv sending up the
price of rags about cent pound ard owing
to the large stock on hand, a. the price Of papcr
did not correspoudiugly advance. the loss was
considerable Two new mills have been re-
Gently built and the industry Is thriving.
There has been n tho Of learned LAWYERS I'm
town upon whose shoulders rest the respous,-
bility Of presenting in lie best light and b. tho
most convincing arguments the side Of this
country IN the momentou- international arbl-
tration conference which will be held ia Paris
March % over the Boring sea eontrov.rsy. Two
OF these counsel. eN-Minister Phelps aud Jame-
1. Carter. have returned home. The other
ex-JudGe Blodcett for twenty-four wears Tnitod
States judge Of the northern circuit Of Illinois.
Informed IHE STAR representative this morn
ing that the side OF the United States and its
position had been well discussed with the state
Department, and that while IL would be prema-
ture and impolitic for him 10 disclose the con-
illusions arrived ~ by counsel. vet they wers
prepared TO exert their best endea vors On their
efforts 10 substantlate the claims o. the United
States.
''old English plate" said Waldo Reed ~
Taunton, Mass, AL expert In silver ware. at IA.
Ebbitt, 'has formed the theme in fiction for
many a chapter, from the robbery Ia which
little Oliver Twist PLAYED important part
down TO detective story, and until compare
lively recent date England has had the mouop-
oily of the world in this line Americans. how
ever. with their energy and push have en-
croached upoa this trsde aud today not only DO
the dealers OF this country sell their goods iR