Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-26
Rumor That Richard Croker is Com
ing Home Soon.
GROWING TRADE WITH CUBA
Plan to Celebrate Santiago Day
on July 3 Next.
TO DRAMATIZE DREYFUS CASE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence or Inc Evening Staf.
NEW YORK. June 25, 1899.
1t has been persistently stated for the
past week that Richard Croker would re-
turn from England sooner than he expected.
! Before leaving for the other side he an
| nounced that he would return about August
| II, and the reported change in his program
| is attributed to two cause.-the unsatisfac-
| tory running of his horses on the English
| race tracks and the tendency of several of
the subordinate leaders in Tammany Hall
to kick over the traces in his absence.
Friends. of Croker are said to have been
| busy with their pens during the last week
or two describing for his benefit the indif-
ference of certain district leaders and pub
lie officials in the line of policy mapped out
by him. Whether the complaints are jusu-
fed by the facts of the case does not APP
pear, but it is said to be certain that
Cookers correspondents have endeavored
to impress him with the failure of John F.
Carroll the deputy boss of Tammany, to
keep the machine working smoothly. Ger
tain leaders in Tammany are known to re-
sent CAROLS power and do not consult his
wishes. Carroll is in constant commundca-
ton with Croker, and is said to have in
formed him of the open revolt of some of
these leaders and of the Tammany mem
bers of the board of aldermen against the
policy of Mayor Van Wyck and other gen.
We're selected by Mr.. Croker. 1t was not
until Croker went away that the members
of the municipal legislature openly antag-
onized the mayor and Controller Coler. The
orders of Carroll and of the district lead
ers said to have been contemptuously
ignored. and Cookers presence is believed
necessary by some Of his personal friends
to compel obedience.
Manhattan Club Without a Home.
The Manhattan Club, the rival of Cookers
Democratic Club" is temporarily without
a home. Its members have vacated their
quarters in the old Stewart mansion, and
their new abode, formerly the University
Club, is not yet ready for occupancy. 1t
was hoped that the new home would be
ready for occupancy by July 6, but some
doubt is expressed on this point, as the
house is to be entirely refitted and refur-
nished, and much remains to be done. 1t
is the intention of the house committee to
make the new club rooms as complete as
any in the city, and every effort will be
made to have an artistic and comfortable
environment. The Manhattan Club was or
ganiZed in 1865. its founder being Douglas
Taylor, with whom, in the early member
ship, were associated Edward Cooper, Man
ton Marble and Sidney Webster, all Of
whom are among the present life members
The founding of the organization followed
soon after that of the Union League, and
it stands in the same relation to the demo-
cratic party that the latter does to the re-
publican party. The cordially which exists
between these two organizations notwith-
standing the difference of their political
affiliations, was shown in the campaign of
1896, when a number of Union League
members, headed by a brass band, marched
into the Manhattan Club. Later in the
evening members of the Manhattan enjoyed
the hospitality of the Union League at it's
club rooms.
If all the plans now being made are car
ried out New York will be better provided
with tunnels than any city in the world, al
though at this moment it has not a single
one which could be classed as practical. No
less than seven Of these structures are pro-
jected, involving an expenditure of $50, 0o0,-
900, besides the rapid transit tunnel, which
was estimated to cost S55.oo,ooo. or a total
of S65 100000 on a minimum estimate, which
might easily be increased to SO, 000, 600 be-
fore the work is done.
The Trade With Cuba.
The larger part of the trade between the
United States and Cuba at present Is in
provisions All the regular and tramp
steamship lines operating between Amer
lean and Cuban ports are carrying full car
goes the greater volume of which is in
meats, canned goods and breadstuffs. More
than three hundred American firms which
manufacture machinery are striving to
open up the business of supplying the de-
vastated sugar estates with new equip
ments. but their progress is retarded by
the failure of operators of plantations to
U
are absolutely destitute of ready means
with witch TO purchase the machinery they
so badly need, and their paper is not in as
great demand as 1t would be We're the ques-
ton OF the future government of the island
settled. But even the unsettled condition
has not discouraged the American manu-
facturers of machinery, and many of them
are taking chances by supplying estates on
time paper. For many years the greater
percentage Of machinery trade with Cuba
has been in the hands of the Scotch Eng
lish and German manufacturers. American
manufacturers are making great inroadS in
this business, and in a few years, partic-
ularly if the island is annexed TO the United
States. they will control IS per cent of it.
At present the machinery trade is about
equally divided between the American and
foreign manufacturers Reports from the
correspondents of the leading machinery
houses are Of favorable character AL
most without exception these correspon-
dents say the sentiment for annexation is
universal among business men in Cuba and
that soon as the United States gives as
surance of its intention to extend territorial
government over the island there will be
boom in business unprecedented outside of
the United States. In dry goods the trade
with Cuba does not show appreciate in
crease. The Cuban markets for cloths and
fabrics has always been monopoliZed by the
Spanish merchants of Barcelona, Sara
gossa, Seville and other Spanish cities The
peculiar Spanish customs law has given
the Spanish manufacturers the preference
in this trade. few small cargoes of this
class of merchandise have been shipped to
Cuba by merchants, and genuine demand
for American goods is reported. but under
existing conditions a full development is
impossible.
To Celebrate Santiago Day.
The suggestion to celebrate Santiago
day. has been received with undisguised
eagerness in New York. Merchants, manu-
facturers, shipping masters and trasporta-
ton companies have signified their desire to
do all that they can to make the day a sue
cess. On Santiago day New York will don |
her brightest bunting and gayest-calored |
flags and all the shipping in the harbor |
will decorate for the occasion. |
1t Is announced here that Spring Island, a |
beautiful spot at the mouth of Fort Royal |
harbor, s. c., after centuries of private
ownership, is to become a sporting club |
with membership of millionaires like unto |
that possessed by Jekyll Island, off the |
Georgia coast. The incorporators of the new |
club. which will be known as the Sprins, |
Island Club, are Louis T. Duryea, ex-Gov. |
John Gerry Evans of South Carolina Geo.
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