The evening times., 1900-05-14
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

THE President has been improving his
home at Canton" said Frank Alexander.
OF that city. at the Ebbitt today The
house is-almost entirely new. excepting
the facade. The historic porch still re-
mains as of old. We do not consider that
these alterations are in anticipation Of
his impending return to his home
Mr.. Alexander. who is a prominent man.
ufacturer in Canton, will spend a few
days sightseeing in the Capital.
S. ogawa. Director of Prisons in Japan,
and his SCI etary and interpreters. J. Chi
kadzune. E. Keiyma, and S. OF
suka. are registered at the Gordon.
MIR. Ogawa issen route to the Paris Expo
sition. He will make an extensive inves-
tigation Of prison methods in Europe to
secure information for improving the pres
ent system insJaPan.
F. B. Thurber, OF New York, President
OF the United States Export Association.
is a guest at the Shoreham. Mr. Thurber
is passing through Washington on his way
TO Chattanooga. Tenn. where he will de-
liver an address on Trade Expansion in
the South" before the Southern Industrial
Convention Il have been interested for
some time in the extension Of our for
eign trade he said. today. we must
md new markets TO take the growing
over-Productien OF our rapidly increasing
manufacturing industries. Today the ex-
cess OF manufactures over the needs of the
country is fully 100 per cent That is TO
say, while we have a population Of abU1t
$50, 3,OC0. we are producing enough to sup
ply the needs Of twice that number This
surplus must have an outlet or trade con-
Sestion viii result, with an ensuing fnan-
cial crisis. This would not be a difficult
question II properly provided for. Ameri-
cans are the most fertile nation in the
world in inventing labor-saving devices.
These would have merely to be demon
strated to foreign buyers unacquainted
with the value of such devices 10 find an
immediate sale. The gratifying increase
in the export OF manufactured goods is
largely due 10 the cooperative efforts OF
the Philadelphia Museums. the Manufac
turers National Association. and the Uni
ted States Export Association
W. Teplow, Russian Consul General at
New York. is registered at the ShOreham
He is in Washington on official business
connected with the industrial interests Of
his country. and was a visitor at the Rus-
siam Embassy this morning.
W p. Lay and O. R Hood. Of Gadsden,
Ala; J. ID. Kirkpatrick. OF Rome. Ga and
F. R Lathrop. of Riverside, Ca, are reg
istered az the Metropolitan and form part
OF delegation 10 appear before the Horse
Committee on Rivers and Harbors tom5r-
row to urge an appropriation for the i'm
prOvement of the Coosa River
-.
ids il the COosa River. a continuous navi-
gable waterway over 500 miles long. ex
tending from Mobile TO Rome. is open. -
said Mr. kirkpatrick. The improvement
or this section Of the CoOsa which breaks
the continuity Of navigation would pro-
vide an outlet TO the sea for the richest
mining AMI agricultural country in the
United States near the coast Inexhausti-
. bic coal and iron mines and a most fertile
soil are in this region and would share in
the benefits of the improvements The
Government has already expended a mil
ion dollars in the construction OF four
locks; twenty-seyen additional locks will
be required to complete the Improvement
( We advocate the continuous contract plan
AID ask that million dollars per aunam
1e appropriated for this purpose"
John Barrett Of Portland. Ore, former
Minister TO Siam. is a guest at the Ar
lington- Mr. Barrett was appointed the
diplomatic representative Of the United
States in Siam during CleveIand's Admin
istTation.
.~s
We cannot estimate Republican ma
jOrities in Indiana" said Representative
E. D. Crumpacker. at Willard's last night.
We consider ourselves fortunate to get
the State in the Republican ranks We
viii elect Durbin Governor however. by
a substantial vote. He is deservedly pOpu-
lar. Durbin is a man of ability. good
character. of lean private life. and q con-
sistent Republican"
Representative a J. Hopkins who has
been visiting his home at Aurora Ill. re-
turned yesterday TO his rooms al The
Riggs