The evening times., 1899-04-29
SEEN AND HEARD ISTHEH HOTELS

Beer will civilize Americas new pos
sessions. This is the opinion Of one Of
the best posted men on the merits Of beer
in this or any other country. r. Kippen-
burg, chief Of staff to President Busch. of
the Anheuser Busch Brewery Company. Is
In the city on the way to Europe for a
long vacation, after twenty years Of work.
In conversation at the Arlington last night
he gave expression to the above quoted
important idea. THE present drinks OF
the natives and the foreign visitors in
Cuba and Porto Rico and the Philippines
are absinthe, yermouth, and poor grades
OF clarets. Absinthe frappe and vermouth
cocktails are the worst drinks ever Great
ed in savage or civilized countries, because
OF their seduction and their terrible effects
on the human system. especially in hot
weather. Poor clarets are little better.
Beer is a tonic and a stimulant and
food, and 1t Is a hot weather and hot
climate drink par excellence. 1t will re-
form the constitutions and the characters
OF the Cubans and the Filipinos. Already
my company is shipping its beer to Cuba
| by the two and three train loads at a
time. and the same is true of the Philip
pines in lesser way. 1t is an interest
ing fact, by the way, that the American
troops at Manila get their beer cheaper
from us than we can sell it in this coun-
try. on account of che rebate OF duties
made by the Government on materials
which are used in goods that are export
ed"
Stuyvesant Fish, President OF the Illi-
nois Central Railroad. and H. X. Duvall,
President of the Florida Central. were AT
the Shoreham yesterday for short time
and in conference over railroad matters.
They came to Washington quietly. how
ever, and escaped before their presence
became known. leaving no intimation as
to the nature OF their business.
Former Senator Stephen w. Dorsey. now
OF Denver. Col, is staying at Willard's
Hotel. Senator Dorsey will be remem-
bered as the chief figure in the great star
route cases twenty years ago. and as a
prominent Republican politician in more
recent times. He is the man who was al
legged by the Democrats to have bought
the election for the Republicans in In
diana in October, 1880. He is still an
important political figure in the West,
though he has devoted more of his time
in late years to the amassing OF large
fortune in ranching and mining In Colo
rado. He has not been in Washington for
several years. and there was much surmise
over the object of his visit among down.
town people last night.
E. n. Hoggins, OF New York. is in the
city on his way North from Florida where
he has been spending the winter. He
is at the Raleigh Florida has had more
prosperity in her winter tourists this
season than she will have In her orange
crop. suppose he said last night. 1T
has been the best season the State has
ever experienced. The tourists have
iiocked 10 the State by the hundreds OF
thousands, and have spent their money
lavishly. The most important social de-
veiopment OF the season has been the golf
craze. Your Florida winter resort is no
longer patronized if it has no golf links.
The truck farms around Palm Beach. Mi
ami. ard st. Augustine are all being
plowed up and turned into links. At
Palm Beach this winter everybody played
golf Many players came South especial
ly for the game. The new circuit OF LINKS
from ST. Augustine to Palm Beach. Miami,
and Nassau has been great success"
". L. Thomas. business man of Leav
enworth. Kan. is at the Riggs House. Il
find that spectators and financial people
generally are very much interested in the
prospects of the Atchison Railroad" he
said last night. Il am asked every day
what the chances for a good wheat crop
are in Kansas. and il the earnings of the
Atchison will be up to expectations. Your
average spcCuialCT cares more lOE tle eI-
feet of the wheat crop on the railroad
than he does for the prosperity or poverty
Of the farmer. AS a matter Of fact. the
croakers may as well stop talking about
a failure OF the crop in Kansas. The con-
dition. according to the latest report. is
good and there is every Indication that
the acreage will be much larger. This
will insure a big yield. And the prices
are likely 10 be good. also. The farmer
and the railroad will both do a good and
profitable business. AS to the present
earnings of Atchison, it is doing great
business hauling the live stock from the
winter ranches in Texas and New Mexico
to the North. and will show excellent re-
turns from this one portion of its business
alone. The farms of my State are be-
coming more valuable and the mortgages
are nearly all lifted. The farmers are
happy"
]. II. Thieriot. American Consul at Lis
bon, Portugal. is at the Arlington with
Mrs. Thleriot.
Postmaster F. II. Wilson, Of Brooklyn.
n. Y, is at the Arlington.
scEURMAN WAS IN DANGER.
For Two Hours In Trench Under