The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-23
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

James H. Hoyt. attorney for the Cieve-
land Iron Mining Company, is at the Arl-
ington from the Ohio city He will appear
before the Supreme, Court on Monday and
argue case in behalf of his corporation.
sss
II spent a very pleasant month in Cuba
in March, said f. W. McDaniels of Chi
cago. at Chamber,in's last night. II
found perfect order everywhere, owing 10
the firm hand held by the United States
through the troops stationed on the island
There is absolute security every yhere.
was particularly struck with the cleanli-
ness everywhere | went. The streets of
Havana. MatanZas. Santiago. and other
cities are kept scrupulously clean. Dsn-
iectants are sprinkled over the roads and
thoroughfares by big street sprinklers
every morning. and | will venture to say
that even Washington does not receive one
half the care devoted TO the sanitation of
the Cuban towns. The once famed re
concentrates have been scattered all
over the island, and most of them have
been put to work by the Government Of
icials. | did not see any suffering. and
think that the natives are very well off
and ought to be happy. The death rate in
most Of the cities will not exceed that of
any municipality in this country. and
tilbN Jdth - Oht VI Tue lOSl dIlS lHtIt
The intelligent portion of the population
is divided into factions. which hate one
another with great hatred. and as only
about 90 per cent of the whole can read and
write, there seems to be need of the con-
trolling hand of this Government for some
time to come. The conservative classes
demand this. and think that it is only
fair to say that 1t will be a few years be-
fore the people can govern themselves
properly"
THE present census will give Chicago a
population of more than 1000. 000'' said
Asa j. Wood, of that city, at the National
last night. Il had it from John 7. Keat-
ing of the census committee. and he has
heard from nearly all of the enumerators.
The ground is being gone over carefully
to make doubly sure, and we will make
some of the jealous cities look like what is
termed thirty cents The greatest In
crease is on the west side, where the city
has grown out into the country and new
additions are being made every day. Our
development has not been a case OF talk,
as will be shown when the official figures
are returned.
H. s. Abbott Master In Chancery of the
Union Pacific Railroad, is at the Shoreham
from St Louis. Mo-, attending to some
along the Union Pacific is something ire
mendous,'' said he last night, "and the
property bids fair TO become the most
prosperous in the West. II may be the
general good times, or it may be that we
are giving the best of service to all points,
but traffic has been enormously heavy"
Mr.. Abbott is a brother of Mrs. Mercer
wife of Representative Mercer of Ne
braska
''Thc much-talked- OF industrial devel-
opment Of the South is not any dream. but
hard fact" said ]. f. Horton. of Savannah,
Ga, at the Riggs last night. 1T would
seem as though the manufacturing inter
ests CT New England had been trans
planted to the Southern States. Factories
foundries, mills, and other establishments
have literally sprung Up in the night, and
a man who knew the South of three years
ago would hardly recognize the country to-
day. South Carolina is now manufacturing
all the cotton she produces. and this is no
small amount. This is giving employment
to an immense number of people and caus-
ing general prosperity. North Carolina.
Georgia. and other States are also turning
out a large part OF their cotton in finished
goods and the result has been to get the
natives away from an indolent life in the
mountains ard backwoods and into the
towns and cities. where they receive edu-
cation an1 advance rapidly"
r. z. Cable President of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is at the
from Chicago attending to some
matters affecting that property.