The evening times., 1900-04-04
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


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Judge William H. Taft, President OF the
Philippine Commission, arrived in the city
from Cincinnati, Ohio, last night and Is
quartered at the ShoTeham He is making
final preparations before leaving for Ma
nila. He leaves Washington on April 8
and leaves San Francisco on April 10. He
will confer with the President before TAX
ing his departure, and is saying good-by
to his friends.
Sidney G.. Cook, a member of the Board
of Directors of National Soldiers Homes,
is at the Arlington from San Francisco A
meeting of several members of the board
was held at the Arlington yesterday after
noon, but the proceedings will not be made
public until the report of the body is sent
to the President.
Former Representative Carlos French,
OF Connecticut, is at the Arlington on
pleasure trip. He is accompanied by Mrs.
French and is looking up old friends
w. w. Foote, the Commissioner from
California to the Paris Exposition. is at
Chamberlin's from San Francisco. Mr..
Foote is well known in Washington. and
is the brother-in-law Of Senator Stewart
of Nevada. He Is one of the leading Demo
Gratis in his State and is noted as the son
of former Governor Foote, of Mississippi,
the famed chief executive of that State.
who fought duel with Jefferson Davis
many years ago.
Il saw a funny thing when / was going
out to the track yesterday afternoon,
said J. Walhaum of New York. one of the
best-known bookmakers in the business,
at the Arlington last night. The car
was pretty well crowded and many of us
were standing on the rear platform. When
we had gone some distance the bell rang
and a nicely dressed lady got up and
walked toward the door The polite con-
duetor attempted TO grasp her arm 10
steady her the can1e to a stop, but
she drew back in horror and as though
afraid OF contamination, Don't touch me
sir she exclaimed Whereupon the con-
ductor got down from the step and stood
while she got Off. As she departed she
said something TO the polite official wno
grinned as be boarded the car again
Those OF us who witnessed the incident
were not sparing in our condemnation OF
q woman who would so discourteously re-
fuse a kindly offer. Hearing some re
marks the conductor again grinned. Oh
she's all right said he She told me
that she had just been vaccinated on that
arm
THE tobacco growers OF Porto Rico sui
fered greatly from the hurricane Of last
summer said e. r Ge5hard. Of Chica-
GO last night, who has been in San Juan
for nd jG RI roi A. ha "a
leigh for few DAYS. Il find that the
majority of them have been compelled to
sacrifice a large part Of their crop in C..
der to raise money to reFlant
and make repairs. Two-thirds of
the tobacco crop Of the island
is in the hands OF commission men who
have gotten it for little or nothing. and
are carrying it or borrowed moaey in the
hope Of making a good profit cut OF it.
The sugar planters are holding on to
their crops. however. even on borrowed
money at the rate Of 10 per cent. Many
have been compelled TO sell at great loss.
ard the specula, tors will gain If the 10 per
cent tariff is adopted by Congress"
The Florida pineapple growers have be-
gun movement for protection against the
fruit growers of Cuba and Porto Rico" said
b. NJ Sturgis. OF Jacksonville. Fla. at the
National last night We claim that no
section of the country produces such fine
piuesppies as ours. and that the fruit grown
in the West Indies is rot as good is shown
by the fact that sets are being obtained in
Florida TO improve the fruit grown in the
West Indies. The Americans who have
purchased pineapple lands in Porto Rico
expect to make a heavy raid on our mar
ket and we will have to do something in
protection. Just what. we have not
decided upon, but we are organizing.
Everything is not prosperity in south
ern California this year said NJ. J. Barre.
of Los Angeles. Cal. at the Shoreham last
night The orange crop is poorer than
ever before. owing to drought, and it re-
quires plenty of cash and much hard labor
to irrigate big orange groves Los Angeles
practically lives on visitors. who are thick
er than bees. and they seem delighted with
the place The Redlands country is. of
course. prosperous. as it is a wonderful
fruit belt and is largely populated II is a
strange thing to an outsider that the Red
lands should be so productive when it is
belted by vast tracts of fiat barren land
right to the edge CT Death Valley This
country is actually so bad that the South
ern Pacific Railroad has TO haul water in
cars for 1C0 miles in order TO supply sta
tions and locomotives. Suddenly the land
takes drop and paradise is unfolded to
the view. The transition is remarkable
and is one of the freaks of the country be-
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