The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-05
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


"Your- newspapers interest me much.
ssid John H. Rider. of Plymouth. E. gland,
at the Shoreham this morling. They are
very dissimilar from those we have at
home. The American papzrs use suca
startling headlines. / Observed a few days
ago New York paper with a front paZe
head which apparently announced in letters
three inches high, Kruger Dead 1t was
news that concerned me- and / purchased
the paper TO find that an insertion in very
fine print changed the sense to Kruger is
reported dead. You have nothing In the
States which corresponds to the London
Times That is an eminently respectable
and volumirous Journal, which prints
mass Of material that was news several
days before, and which sells for thrf
pence. or cents in your money. Our other
papers. which sell for a ha' penny. CT a
penny. are smaller affairs. but more re-
cent in the news they contain" Mr. Rider
is an electrical expert. and the Borough
Electrical Engineer of Plymouth he ADDS
to his name the initials "a. NJ l. c. E. - and
M. I. E. e" He expects TO inspect cleo
trio plants and devices in America fer his
own enlightenment With him are travel
ing his fellow townsmen. Charles y. Rad
ford and Richard Dingle. Mr.. RadfoTd WAS
Mayor Of Plymouth during the Queens iu-
bilee. in 1880 and 1891.
Marina Solinas Soma. of Rome, Italy.
is guest at the Arlington. Signor Soma
Is a distinguished italian astronomer. and
came to America for the purpose OF OBJ
serving The recent solar eclipse He ex-
presses himself as well pleased with the
results Of his investigations, but antics-
pates that nothing new CT startling has
been unearthed. or rather unlunared. by
the phenomenon.
Forty vessels will sail fro a Seattle for
Cape Nome in the immediate future" said
]. II. Winstead. Of Washington State. al
the Raleigh this morning. Each vessel
will average 500 passengers and 500 tons
OF freight. The tariff is from SO TO 500
per capita for. passage. and for freight 40
cents per hundredweight. Three trips viii
pay for the entire cost OF these steamers.
Washington has been developing her min
erals in the last two and a half years.
and is very prosperous indeed. The State
does not require any assistance from pol
itics or anything else to ensure her pros
perity. Except for the increased traffic.
due 10 the discovery Of gold in Alaska, her
progress is entirely due to her own re-
| sources"
Sir John and Lady Holden. with their
daughters and sen, are at the Arlington.
Their visit TO America is merely tour Of
pleasure and observation.
eve are tired Of reform in Cincinnati. ."
said J H. Riddle. Of that city. at the
National this morning Cur attempt two
years ago resulted in utter failure. The
municipal administration was incompetent
and meddlesoms. and the voters concluded
TO return 70 the old conditions. and the
old ring party Is back agsin in power
You cannot force water ID niIl: you cannot
make a government better tf4n its people
II any conditions exist IL is because there
is a demand for them I refer TO the con-
ditons CT municipal life. You may call
such conditions vile names and institute
/ reforms against them. but as certain as
I fate. when the pressure Is removed the
/ same cid eonditions viii be re-established
I II IS human nature which viii rule al 81
fairs in the long run. and ideals can only
/ prevail spasmcdically.
S D. FIFTEEN. president OF the First Ma
1 tional Bank OF Hamilton. Ohio, and well
1 known IN the financial world. is gUest
| at the Ebbitt-
State Senator J. Edward O'Brien. OF
! Pensacola. Fla, is registered at the Metro
( politan. Senator O'Brien is a good Demo
| crat. end viii be the next Congressional
/ Representative Of the Second Florida Dis
/ trict.
W. H.Wells. Of New York. Chief Engineer
OF the Southern Railway. is registered ct
| the Metropolitan.