The times., 1897-07-04
In THE HOTEL LOBBIES.

Is an imperative necessity" said Mr. Henry
Keller, OF Portland, Ore, at the National
yesterday. .'Ir the United states should
not take It the little republic would he
pretty sure 10 haYe trouble with japan,
and In such case the Uaited states would
be Compelled to intervene, and the kiHdiy
AMI pIGfitable relations berweens the Jap
aRese aud ourselves would be Ia danger OF
rupture On the whole, there Is no OTHER
wise anG safe course 10 be pursued
Hawaii is ROW American In everything
save name, and the sooner our nag Is
raised in Honolulu the better"
'.It Is rot often" said Mr. James Alien,
of BroosIyn, az he Regent last night. that
newspaper is swritten. printed and put
lishsd by enc man. This is, however. the
case with the only japanese newspaperia
New York. his paper has It's office ia
the building OF The Svgisakt Club, BTCoz-
lyn. It is puhsfs he'd by very Intelligent
and active young Japanese Mr. NJ Ma
sunoto, W no arrived in New YORK only =
few month ago and established the New
York japanese News. Mr.. MatsUFnotO had
very little capital. He could not afford
to buy type having Japanese letters ami
so he decided to get out his paper by
writing out the news with an immense
lead pencil and obtaining duplicate copies
by neanso OF an Edison mimeogFaph. The
paper Is still publis he'd IN this manner and
much time and labor are required to get
IL out every week It consists OF elk hs
pages, has a weekly circulation OF POO
copies and Contains a few advertisements.
principally of japanese business HOUSES
located in New YORK city. MI MatsUra0t0
came TO America ten years ago. He was
educated at the Methodist Seminary IN
Rochester, and also spent four years at
GreeuyilIe College. Illinois. During the
Worlds Fair Mr. Matsumoto held a re-
sponsible position in the japanese depart
IHeut OF l he Columbian Exposition"
ION the last day OF May" said Capt
Charles II. Webb, at the Ebbitt HoGse last
night, ''the last Indian company In the
United states Regular Army was nlustere,I
out of the service, and thus ended an ex-
pensiye experiment, which resulted IN total
failure. Troop L, Seventh Cavalry, sta
toned at Fort sui. and commanded by
Capt. II. L Scott, retained It's existence
longer than any Of the Others, as Capt
Scott has charge OF the 6eIOnimo \ aeEes.
ROW prisoners Of war at Fort sui, and
he had succeeded in securing eenIfstment
of over forty of his charges in the regular
service. In this way they were gtvea
occupation and some source OF cash In
come The idea of enlissing the Indians
as regulars originated with Secretary OF
War Proctor and Adit- Gen ]. c. KeIton
in 1891 Gen. Niles opposed the move.
and subsequent developments show his
objections % be well fOHn ded. He
| claimed that the Indian. while well fitted
for scout duty, was not suited for she
strict routine OF garrison life and the
precision OF the regular drill This was
found To be entirely correct. and that Is
why there are no longer any Indians in
| the regular Army of the United States
''Tbe suicide OF Barney Barnato,'' said
A. William W. Whitman, OF New York, az
| Willard e last night, has pereeptttIy
| oyersbadowed the gayety OF nations Bar
ntto was possessed OF what is COMMONLY
| called good luck If ever a man bad IT,
| He was q man with the golden touch
| The noney4Oving world was somewhat
shocked that such man should come TO
such an end apparently the load OF his
successes was greater than he could carry
| We should be taUghs by his fate 70 asiIr.ire
| tha fortitude of some OF our own money
! get5ers, who bear up under their burden
| OF affIuence With a resignation 70 he sd
m.Ted''
| Dr. PedIoe, former consul to China. was
| seen last evening at Charlberlsu's and In