The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-27


ippine Commission, is at the Shoreham
from Cincinnati to preside over the first
meeting of that body to be held today.
The other members will arrive in the city
this morning, and of these Dean Worces-
ter, Of Michigan; l.. L. Wright, of Ten
nessee and Bernard Moses will be quar-
tered at the Arlington, while H. C. Ide
will stop at the Riggs.
Former Gov c. a. Busie. OF New Hamp-
shire, is at the Raleigh for few days. He
is one OF the most powerful of the poll
ticians in that State. and led the fight
against the alleged abuse Of the Civil SerT-
ice laws by Senator Gallinger. He is &C
companied by his son-in-law, ". Lang
street Smith.
Frank P. Stockton. the author. is at the
Arlington for week. en- route from New
York to his home in Charleston w. Va.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Stockton.
Lieut. NJ s Batson, of the Fourth
United States Cavalry. who achieved dis
tinctiou in the Philippines as the com
mander of the Macabebe scouts, is at the
Ebbitt from Manila on a leave of absence
ferng from a bullet wound in the foot,
and will be compelled to rest up for
few weeks. He was the originator Of the
idea of employing the native Macabebes
as scouts, and organized a band OF 200 oil
them, with which he accomplished much
good work His scouts went ahead OF the
American troops and penetrated the fast
nesses of northern Luzon, destroying ac-
tive resistance to the advance of the
United States forces.
Judge S. B. Shepard. formerly United
States Commissioner at st. Michaels,
Alaska. is at the Arlington from Cape
Nome. The coming season will be
great one at Cape Nome, said he last
night and | believe that at least So
0gU000 of the dust and nuggets will lie
taken out in these claims alone. The out
put simply depends upon the facilities the
miners have for handling the dirt, as with
modern and improved machinery there
would be no limit on the riches taken out
even in one yeear Next season, in 1901,
/ expect the Nome fields to be the wealth.
lest in the world. When implements
have been gotten and with the timber
and other necessities at hand. the term
OF Ell Dorado will pass out of use and
Cape Nome will be substituted. The rush
this year will be very heavy. The first
boat will get up there about June 10, and
will be followed by hundreds of other
craft. / think that everything able to
float along the Pacific Coast has been
pressed into service TO carry fortune
hunters to the little strip on the Behring
Sea. Great quantities of supplies will
have to be shipped, aside from the pas
senger transportation, and the present
heavy trade with the Philippines is max
ing vessels scarce. The gold season is
very short and will last only four months
General Groblaar. the Beer command
ant who was captured by the British the
other day, was in New York in 1898, and
was given quite a reception" said Col.
Frank A. Myron. OF Manhattan, at Cham
berlin's last night. He was a represen-
tative of the South African Republic at
the Chicago Worlds Fair, and l met him
several times. He was merely a prosper
Gus Boer farmer then and not a general
but he impressed me very much. He bore
a striking resemblance to Dan DAly, the
comedian. and might be called his double.
He and 1 visited the points OF interest in
and around New York and he was very
America. General GrOblaar was good
and brave man. aud / am sorry he has
been captured
The labor troubles in Chicago are sim
ply the outcome of the question whether
a man shall control his own business, or
whether the walking delegate shall do it
said ]. II. McCauley. Of the Windy City
at the Raleigh last night
This is pretty well illustrated in the
case of Heath & Milligan. painters. who
have had certain men in their employ tor
a number of years The local unions have
made rule that a man must not keep the
same job for more than about three
months. After that he must go to some
other place. where the walking delegate
sees fit TO locate him. The union at
tempted to enforce the rule by informing
the cid and tried men employed by Heath
&; Milligan TO report to union headquarters,
where They would be assigned TO other
jobs. The firm refused to agree to this,
and the general labor troubles were in
creased.
Contractors will not put up with the
walking delegate and one of the best and
largest contractors remarked TO me the
other day that he had sufficient money to
live on Tor a year or two, and wouidn
worry if he quit. | don't believe the same
thing can be said of the men vino have
not laid up money for the rainy day. The
piano manufacturers are all running again,
with their old help. and a wages obtain
ing before the great strike of last winter,
and you know what Il sensation the piano
workers strike occasloned at that time.