The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06
In THE HOTEL. CORRIDORS.

Gen. Albert d. Shaw, Commander-in-
is at the Riggs from WATERFOWL. n. Y,
en- route to the South. He is accompanied
by his son, DR.. II. l.. K Shaw, of Belgium
who will make the Southern tour with his
father. General Shaw will visit the Grand
Army encampments in Virginia, North
| Carolina. Florida Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi. Texas, Arkansas. Missouri, Ken
lucky. Tennessee. Indian Territory, and
West Virginia, and will be on the road for
six weeks. He will be honored with spe-
cial meeting and reception by each State
encampment.
DIR. H. l.. X. Shaw is a prominnt ply
stefan in Brussels, Belgium. and came to
Portland on the steamer Dominion, of the
Dominion Line. Il was the only American
on board" he stated. the balance being
Englishmen, who were on pins and needles
until they could hear some news from
South Africa We touched at Halifax at
O'clock one morning. and when they heard
of the relief of Kimberley | thought they
would sink the ship in their joy. They
celebrated all night and yelled themselves
hoarse."
The introduction of cotton mills into
the South has done far more than simply
develop the industries of the States which
comprise Dixie" said R. NJ Hudson of
Columbia, S. c.. at the Metropolitan last
night. with the whir of machinery has
come prosperity and a great increase in
the number of public schools and in the
attendance at these institutions. Therefore
the mills are exerting a great influence
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been an exodus from the mountains to the
towns, and the men who for years have
scoffed at education are sending their ChH-
dren to schools and working that they
may be dressed like other children and lack
no necessaries. Thus, while the cotton
mills are adding to the wealth of those who
built them and to the general prosperity
OF the South. they are also slowly and
surely bringing about the development of
the people,
NJ. A. Low, an official of the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. is at the
Riggs from Omaha. Neb. He is in Wash
ington in the interest of the Free Homes
bill and held conference yesterday with
the friends of the measure. II is expected
that it Will be passed within the next ten
days.
Gen. Jose Molete and Felipe Perozo, tive
prominent Cuban leaders are at the Raj
eigh from Havana to protest against the
presence in Cuba of Bishop Sbarretti. They
are being looked after by Senior Quesada,
the Cuban Commissioner. who will see that
their grievances are presented
H. C. Peoples, an Atlanta Ga. attorney,
is at the Shoreham. He is associated with
Hon. Hoke Smith and former Secretary
Herbert, Of the Navy Department, in the
representation of number of claims be-
fore the Treasury Department under the
captured and abandoned property act 1t
is expected that a bill providing for the
payment of these claims will be passed by
The House.
Arnold Luthy, resident of San Fran
cisco. who has spent the past five years in
Japan, is at the Arlington visiting the
city.
'Japda is a great country and has a
wonderful future" said he last night
THE people are making great strides in
the manufacture OF machinery. and any |
piece of mechanism taken to Japan with
out a patent will be duplicated and placed !
on sale IN every town within the month. |
The people have ceased to import wooden |
goods and are now making nearly all of |
their own cotton. There are nearly / $780, |
600 cotton spindles in the mills. | do not |
believe that the United States will ever |
be affected by Japanese competition. One !
American workman is worth three Japs.' !
and the latter know little more than a |
fraction of a trade each. There is 10 dis |
cipline in the factories and it is a case |
Of go-as-yo' please. At the same time. /
he wages Il the working people have risen |
70 per cent in the past year, and at pres
to