The evening times., 1899-06-06
HEARDAND SEEN INTHE HOTELS


H. C. Payne. Of Milwaukee, the .Rspub-
lican politician. il at the Arlington with
Mrs. Payne. He made long call on the
President yesterday. In conversation last
night Mr.. Payne said of the feeling in the
Northwest regarding the expansion policy:
Il have found that in some parts Of the
East there is disposition even in the Re
publican party to criticise the policy of
the Administration in the Philippines.
am happy to say that there is nehing OF
the kind in my section. Irrespective OF
party. the people generally are in favor OF
expansion. They endorse the Administra-
tion wholly In its attitude. AS for the bust
ness conditions OF the Northeast. they are
excellent. 1 believe the section Is even
more generally well OF than any other.
Crops are good and the farmers are happy
and contented. The mills and factories
are all working full time and the mines
are not keeping up with the demand. Mon
ey is plentiful and cheap"
John e. Milholland. of New York. the
promoter of the pneumatic tube system Of
New York and other cities, Is at the Shore
ham.
Irving W. Scott, the President Of the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco, which
built the battleship Oregon. is at the
Shoreham.
F. A. Frank. a member Of a New York
company which is purchasing land in Porto
Rico. is at the NatioSal. He has been for
several weeks in the island. Mr.. Frank said
last night, in discussing the present con-
dition of the island: Il believe that the
chief and first task of the Government.
after the tariff questions are settled. should
all over the island. where nothing but the
English language should be spoken. The
Porto Ricans are anxious to learn Eng
lish, but as a whole they will not do SO
unless education in the language is made
compulsory. The present plan seems to
be that the children. because they speak
Spanish now. should be taught in Span
ish. believe that this is a grave mis-
take. The Territory Of New Mexico is
twenty-five years behind in its growth
because until within few years there
has been but little education in English.
New Mexican people acknowledge now that
that this has been a great hindrance to the
Territory. Large sections of New Mexico
are still Mexican and not American in their
methods Of thought and modes Of life.
Porto Rico should be Americanized-"
The chief officers of the Fraternal Mystic
Circle are at the Ebbitt preparing for the
annual convention of the Supreme Rul-
ing" of the order. which takes place on
Wednesday and Thursday OF this week.
Among those now in the city are P. c.
Young. OF Philadelphia. Supreme Mystic
Ruler; former Congressman John F. Fol-
lett of Cincinnati, Supreme Vice Ruler:
W. H. Snyder OF Philadelphia, Supreme
Recorder: DR.. F. s. Magenhals OF Colum-
bus, Ohio. Supreme Medical Director: F.
II. Duckwitz of Buffalo. Judge H. W.
Johnson of Illinois. Judge H. c. Drnkle
Of Lancaster. Ohio and John Stackhouse
and E. n. Haag of Philadelphia
A party of the physicians who have been
holding the medical convention at Rich
mond are at the Shoreham and the Nor
mandie. The entire party is from Cana
da. Among the most prominent are Drs.
Bruce L. Riordan. Charles B. Dickson. P.
o. Lawrence, and F. p. Drake
r. 0. Johnson of New York, broker.
is at the Riggs House. In discussing the
present high price of wheat he said last
night: People are talking OF so cents
bushel for July wheat, and it seems not
unlikely that this price will be reached in
few days. One factor is likely to pre-
vent much further advance in price. how
ever. All the talk of the past month has
been that the winter wheat crop is badly
damaged. This, with similar reports re-
garding Russian and South American
wheat. has naturally pushed the price up.
The farmers are now shipping their last
years wheat to Chicago by the millions of
bushels, however. TO take advantage of the
highest prices. The amount of wheat that
is found to be left over and anxious for a
market at fair prices is immense. 1t seems
probable that this movement will not De
abated as long as present prices hold The
farmers very evidently do not expect a
wheat famine this year, no matter what the
prophets may say"