The evening times., 1900-05-02
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Il am in Washington to impress upon the
Postoftiee Department the vital necessity
of new postofice building for New York, T"
said corneiius VanCott, Postmaster of
New York. at the Arlington today.
have conducted my business solely with
the department. and have not seen sin
gle member of Congress in the inter ,st of
the bill providing an appropriation for that
purpose. The present Postofiee Building
at New York was built in 1874. when the
business Of the Office was but s., ,0O0, GEO. We
H,ill do $l0.G0e.00o worth of business this
year in the same space We had 500, coo
more business in the month OF April this
year than for the corresponding month Of
last year. Here are the exact figures.
April. 1899. SIZE. 1885, against $SoI, ,7O0.s3
in April Of this year. an increase of II IL
per cent We must have new office TO
provide for this. or We will be doing busi-
ness on the street for want Of room
Republicans are going to do great
things In New York this election. They
will carry the State for Mckinley beyond
peradventure of doubt Mckinley will be
the candidate of the Republican party and
Bryan will be nominated by the Democrats
ination and will get II. and Bryan has
worked hard for the Democratic nomina-
ton Dewey is a friend of mine and / do
not care to speak OF his candidacy. but my
opinion is that ii will be Mckinley against
Bryan. And Mckinley will be elected for a
second term. for the people must endorse
his conduct OF the Spanish American war.
We propose to elect a combination mayor
for Greater New York next year. You can
take New York out of the doubtful States
hereafter, for il viii vote Republican from
now on
Once each year" said DR.. e C. Jane
way. a New York physician. at the ArI-
ington this morning. Il visit your love-
ly city. am here. OF course. 10 participate
in the sessions of our society the Associa-
tiOn OF American Physicians IL is indeed a
treat for me to be in Washington. especial
ly at this season of the year. when. |
should say. nature lends charm 10 the Cap
ital City
DR.. Weir Mitchell. OF Philadelphia is a
guest at the Normandie. he is attending
the Congress OF American Physicians and
Suge9ns. which began yesterday. DR.. Mitch
ell said this morning that he wss
pleased at the prospect Of a successful Con-
gress. He Tecited today a poem entitled
The Evolution of q Physician" at the
general session. DR.. Mitchell will remain
in the city several days
The production OF rice in the United
States is becoming quite a vocation and a
large number Of hUstlers are making
money from the cereal said 2. : Cleary.
OF New OTleSrk- La. at the Raleigh TO-
day. The .sEampy lands Of Louisiana
are being "a 70 coed use by those WHO
see good in ever thing. and there is
practically 10 money needed as an invest
Inent and there is big profit in the rice.
many farmers are coming into the State
ard devoting their energies TO the cultiva-
tion- This has been true of the past fsw
months, when the migration from the
| Northwest has been especially heavy. TIE
| success attained by he early eouers and
| the tne reports made by the United States
agricultural stations have had = greet
deal to do with this. and il il very prob
! able thai within the near future Louisiara
and Mississippi viii be noted, not as cot
ton States. but as rice States The inyen-
| tive farmers from the Northwest have
tired CT the old method OF hand reaping.
and, as the swampy ground upon which
the cereal must be grown has hitherto
prevented the use Of reaping machine 5
they have managed TO work up another
bunco game on old Dame Nature. They
go 10 work and build Gltches ali about the
swampland. and when thee rop is ready
! for harvesting they drain the surface par
| tally and let il dry enough &c run broad
tired respers over it. Thus they harve
rapidly and cheaply and the ground IS
soon in cOnSition for a new planting