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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
The Paris Report Considered Au
thentic at the State Department,

The State Department places the fullest
confidence in the report from Paris that
the foreign negotiators at Pekin have
agreed that the Chinese Government shall
not pay more than s27S.OO 700 as indemni-
ty. While this is a little larger than the
sum fixed by the United States, it is as
sumed that Mr.. Rockhill. the United
States Commissioner. will be satisfied
The Paris report that the United States
and British representatives declined to
agree to an increase in the Chinese GUS
toms duties to provide means for paying
the indemnity. may be true. although 1t
was said here yesterday in official circles
that this Government might agree to an
and municipal taxes on imports, were
abolished
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
A HIGH TRIBUTE TO REESE.
Promoted to Grade of Commander
without IN Examination.

Lieutenant Commander Corwin P. Reese.
who was executive officer of the flagship
Olympia in the battle Of Manila Bay, came
to Washington Wednesday from Newport
to attend the Dewey anniversary dinner
Wednesday night, and incidentally to be
examined for promotion to the grade of
commander. The report of the examina-
ton was received at the Navy Department
yesterday. 1t shows that when Lieutenant
Commander Reese came before the board
its members adopted the unusual course of
passing him without asking any questions
to test his professional efficiency. They
said merely that his record as shown by
the Navy Departments data was so ex-
celient that no personal examinations was
necessary This action of the board was
high tribute TO the professional ability
of Lieutenant Commander Reese.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
FOR A PERMANENT RECORD.
\ Report of the Rhen-Waliser Con-
test to BE Printed.

Alexander Mcdowell. Clerk Of the House
of Representatives, yesterday, in the
presence of General Walker, who is con-
testing the election of Representative
Rhea, of the Ninth Congressional Dis
trlct of Virginia, opened the written testi-
mony bearing on the case, and sent it
to the Public Printer to be printed.
General Walker contested Representa-
tive Rhea s seat in the last Congress. and
Elections Committee No. l in the closing
hours of the session reported In favor of
Representative Rhea. This makes the
third contest filed by General Walker dur
ing the past six years
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
INCREASE IN CIRCULATION.
A Showing Based on Treasury
Statement for May 1.

The general stock of money in the Unit
ed States on May 1, according to state
ment prepared at the Treasury Depart
ment was s., is3, $50, of which S2sS, 90
AS was held in the United States Treas
ury as assets of the Government. Based
on an estimated population of 1856, 900,
the circulation of money per capita was
1851. Compared with the conditions on
May /. 1900 the general stock shows an
increase of $3.50, 49, 81. the cash in the
Treasury an increase of SIS, 102.905, the
amount in circulation an increase of $751;
rs. 49, and the per capita an increase of
81 -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
AUTOGRAPHS DISPOSED OF.
Letters of the Booths sold mt the
French Auction.

BOSTON, May 2.-Autographs. literary
and dramatic, constituted the second part
of the sale OF the library of the late
Frederick w. French today
A rarity sold was the poster published
by the War Department April 20, 1865. Of
fering reward of $4,000 for the zap
prehension of the murderer Of the late be-
loved President Lincoln The best the
~auctioneer could secure was $50, and it
went to a collector at that price.
Theietters of the Booths brought vary
ing prices. Ore of John Wilkes Booth $
was sold for sl2 and another for Sll The
letters of Edwin Booth brought prices
from SIPS to S..
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

| ter. He must know the world as it is.
\ and that takes time, because it gener-
ally proves quite different, in some re-
spects, from the youths impression OF
it. A clever writer once said that there
| is time when we believe everything is
| white; then we are disappointed and
| come to think that everything is black
| at last we arrive at the conviction that
the majority of things are grey. The
perfect novel is not a study in black
and white, like a big checkerboard. 1t
is monochr ne in grey. or n brilliant
combination of all tints, the sombre
hues being relieved by a flash of scar
let or yellow or a CLINT of white.
The effect of universal youth among
our novelists is, therefore. to make
novels crude and more or less superb
clal. The question now before the pub
lie is whether this state of things is
going to improve in time. One might
say, as King Richard the second did of
his bride, that immaturity is a fault
which every day will remedy; but there
is doubt whether youthful crudeness
will be improved in that way. The man
who attempts big task with moderate
success. before he is ready for it, may
confirm himself in faults which he will
never quite shake off. 1t does not,
therefore, follow that the young author
who writes a popular novel will ever
write another good thing. He may have
put all there was in him into that one
novel, and be unable ever after to get
out of rut, being certain that he can
not leave the course in which he has
won success to gain experience in an
other line of work. If his successful
novel is not written till he is forty or
fifty years old, on the other hand, he
will have great mass of material
gathered during the long apprentice
ship Of youth, from which he may select
the elements of not only one, but a
series of successful novels.
1t seems advisable. therefore, for the
young author who has written good
short stories or poems. or other things.
to keep on writing that sort of thing
and be content with a moderate amount
of money and long course of study of
human nature. until such time as an
idea takes hold of him and demands
embodiment. He will then have store
of knowledge of the way in which men
and women behave in any given emer-
gency, and plenty of local color which
he may lay on without a tremor; and
the result of his work will probably be
we'll constructed romance, without
distressing gaps in the plot or incon-
sistencies in the characters.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
MAIL IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Letters for Other Points Missent to
the InsuInr POstOmce.

The Director General OF Posts OF the
Philippine Islands, in a communication
received at the Postoffice Department,
calls attention to the fact that mail
for the Province of Quebec P. o. is
missent to the Philippines P. -. Also
that mail for Manville, r. Lis missent
to Manila.
James E. White, Superintendent OF the
Railway Mail Service, has notified post
masters and postal clerks making up
packages of mail for Manila or the Phil
ippine Islands to take notice and govern
themselves so as to prevent the missend-
ing of this mail matter in the future.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
TWO COTTON MILLS SOLD
An Important Deal Transacted
Fall River.

PROVIDENCE, R. l.. May 2-One
the largest cotton mill deals which
occurred in this section in many years 8
consummated today by the turning
of two of the mills of the Albion Comp
to the Samoset Company, corporate
Fail River capitalists.
The mills are on opposite sides of
Blackstone River.in the towns of Ii
and Cumberland, and the water priv
is one of the finest in this section.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

1t is admitted at the State Department
that the survey of the Island of Marsari-
ia, in the Caribbean Sea, by German war
vessels, has been known to the executive
branch of this Government for some time.
1t is understood that the Kaiser desires
a coaling station and harbor handy to the
future inter-oceanic canal. Suppose he
should acquire the island! Would Mr..
Hay consider that an infringement upon
the Monroe Doctrine? If so, what would
he do about it?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
Consul McCool Not Dead.

The report of the death of James c.
McCook. of Philadelphia, United States
Consul at Dawson City. British North
west, is contradicted in letter received
at the State Department yesterday from
the Vice Consul At Dawson. under GATE
- .nriI o He SAYS that Mr.. McCook con-
tracted pneumonia on his way to Dawson
nd was 1uite i'll for a time in a hospital
there. bat at the date of the letter was
out of danger. and on the road to re-
oaNerX
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
The President. Not the Politician.
tFrom the Boston Transcript,)

NFIVTIE
The great majority Of the Southerners who come
to greet the President in crowds at every station
at which his train stops are Democrats. but they
are not paying tribute of good will TO the Presi-
dency as a political Office" but as the chic
magistracy OF the nation. This OF itself is a
welcome sign OF the broadening OF the Southern
mind 1t is able to discriminate between poll
tics and public office, and 10 manifest most
cordial courtesy to a President who is not in
debted to the far South for his election.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

The Vacant Lot Association, in Phil
adeiphia, seems to be doing good work.
II is reported that during the past year
nearly five hundred families made APP
plicaticn 10 cultivate gardens.
The object of this association is to Sc
cure for the poor OF the city place
where they can cultivate a small plot
Of ground and raise vegetables for their
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
OBITUARY.

Robert knight, whose funeral
place on Thursday at his late hor.
Brooklyn, N. Y, was one of the cas-
art dealers in Brooklyn. He came e
country from England in ISIS and.
Ting in Brooklyn, opened an art sJGI
US Fulton Street, which was then =.
business centre of the growing
When he retired from business
years ago his store was located in ,
Street near Court. He was one o.
founders of the Washington Avenus
fist Church. He leaves three sons
three daughters.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
Young Authors.

II has been often remarked that one
Of the prominent tendencies Of the pres
ent age is the predominance Of youth in
all departments Of the worlds work.
especially in this country The in
fusion of young blood In some depart
ments Of industry is a good thing. but
in others 1t is not so good. Where
push, originality, initiative, are impera-
lively needed. and the experience can
be supplied by others, the young man
often has the best Of it. He will take
win not. and he has a fire and energy,
and a capacity for endurance and in
tense labor which have too often been
crushed out Of the older man. But in
literature, especially in fiction, il is diff
ferent.
Nobody's experience but his own will
do the novelist any good The poet
may intuitiyely come upon great
truth or a happy bit Of metaphor. and
youth and the lyrical faculty are more
or less related. Poetry deals with ele-
mental facts OF existence, whose joy.
pathos. or truth may be felt as keenly
by the man of twenty-five as by the
man of fifty. The latter rarely cares
much for poetry, especially for spon-
taneous lyrics. He has overlived most
of 1t, and TO him IL is good only for its
music and sweetness. 1t is the young
who write poetry and read it. for the
most part. When the poet grows older
he not infrequently becomes a drama
list, or writes some of those metrical
romances which are studies of the more
intricate relations of human creatures.
The novelist cannot depend wholly on
inspiration, or on ability to use lam
guage skillfully, or on intuitive percep-
ton Of the essential qualities of charac-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
FEAR A SPREAD OF TYPHUs.
Extreme Precautions Taken Along
the Mexican Border.

The Marine Hospital Service has taken
extreme precautions to prevent the spread
of typhus fever from Mexico into this
country Instructions have been sent the
medical inspector at FL Paso, Eagle Pass,
and Laredo, Tex. calling special atten-
ton to the presence of typhus in the
City of Mexico, and ordered to conduct
very careful quarantine inspection.
Some persons have been detained on the
frontier. but-no infection has been re-
ported from this side of the line.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

The kind OF smoke Chicago suffers from, II
there is any suffering is the kind Chicago wants
and will have so long as the city continues to
aYnsnd rs a manufacturing centre. There IS a
lpat odor 10 il when it Is realized that be-
meath the cloud Of dark vapor that sometimes
oyerhanqs the city the hands OF two million
people are busy plucking prosperity and happi-
literature and Chicago Beautiful will follow in
the wake OF Chieago's supremacy as CONNER
cial poirt Just as surely and just as naturally
as night follows day. and there Is no use OF
irsttng peca:,sc perfection in either has not been
attained.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

Conditions are so rapidly improving in
the Philippines that our military force
in the archipelago can be materially de-
creased and the larger part of the fleet
relieved from duty in its waters. Many
ships are to be ordered to the home sta
ton, and it is estimated that the last of
the volunteer regiments will be at San
Francisco ready to be mustered out by
June 20. This will please the country
much as it may grieve the Boston Fill
pinos. The Philippine rebellion at last
is as good as dead
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

The Boston Herald has secured a
mail" vote among the alumni of Harvard
University, and finds a large majority in
favor of making the Hon. William Mckin-
ley a doctor of laws. Senator Hoar says
the President deserves the distinction for
his protective iarif work What would
the old gentleman think were he to learn
that Dr. Mckinley and other party lead
ers had begua to see the error of their
ways, and were squirting in the direction
of free trade?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

II a white Republican party sufficiently strong
to compete with the Democratic party springs up
in the South the black men of both sections must
commence to do a little thinking on their own
party has formally abandoned the Southern black
TO the political fate that has menaced him for a
long time in the South and that il has TO all in
tents and purposes consented that he be returned
to practical seTfdom.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
The Law Demands Respect.


There is one thing that may be said without re-
serve in connection with the agitation against
the Sunday saloon, and that is that all laws or
the books OF a municipality. State nation.
should be enforced until they repealed or
proven invalid To state She case another way,
All laws whose operation is not for the best IN
terests of the public and whose validity has been
established should be repealed, but pending re-
peal they should be enforced in order that the
prestige OF the law may not suffer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

We are liking in an era involving tremendous
changes. and that these are destined TO MATERIAL
ly influence public opinion and TO radically change
national legislation facts which must be ap-
parent to those who are the least observing OF
the signs OF the times. a..-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
Considerate.


An Irish recruit was once brought up for break
ing into barracks-that is, getting over the wall
instead of entering by the gate.
But Murphy" said the officer, Though you
were late you should have come in by the gate
'.Plaise yer HONOR said Murphy, Il was
afraid OF waking the sentry"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gordon.
Clarkson, died in Auburndale.
aged eighty-two years. She was
Railway, n. J., February Is,
older generation will recall he.
leading soprano in DR.. Cox's chu
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

From Leslie's weekly.)
Ted-I thought they going to be married.
on st. Patrick's Day.
Ned-she was willing enough and Phelin SEEM
ed TO like the idea, until he suddenly thought OF
the orange blossoms.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

Later reports indicate that the Salisbury
Government is extremely uneasy over the
approaching vote on the budget. As we
have said before. if the general strike of
the English and Welsh miners which is
threatened should occur, and the men
should stay out as much as a month, the
chances are that the Ministry might be
defeated in the Commons and be COM
pelled to resign office.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
THAT anti-treating bill in New jersey is all
right
f'What makes you think soF
Some familiarity with Jeresy beverages"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03

]. A. Merritt, who had for man
had charge of the Southern grain
ness of l. NJ. Parr & Son. died sudd
in New Orleans yesterday mornine
apoplexy az the office of the firm
Farmers and Merchants Bank builG'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-05
among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes

among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes
terdav.
Mr.. Walter K. Whatley of Americas
is a guest of the De Soto.
Mr.. c.. w. McLane of Abbeville, Ga,
is registered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. S. B. Higgins of Towns regis
tered yesterday at the Screven.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. T. Davis of Quit
man are guests of the Pulaski.
Mr.. H. B. Pohlman of GAINESVILLE
registered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mr.. F. w. Osteen of Nellwood was
among the guests of the Pulaski yes
terday.
Mr.. Hamilton Phinizy of Augusta
was among the arrivals at the De Soto
yesterday.
Mr.. i. w. Taylor of Boston was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski
yesterday.
Mr.. D. C. Hayward. of WATERFORD
was among the guests of the De Soto
yesterday.
DR.. NJ. r. Mallette of Boston. one
Of the leading citizens of South Geor-
gia, is in the city.
Mr.. John j. Cooney of New York,
president of the Cooney, Eckstein &
Co., is in the city, a guest of the De
Soto. ~~-,.-.----
Mr.. and Mrs. Fired Lemaire and
child were among the passengers of
the Southern yesterday for Port
land, Me.
Mr.. A. H. Lane left for Danielsville,
Madison county, last night on bust
ness trip that will detain him from Sa-
vannah for about five days.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. D. Tonge
Jr., have returned to the city after
their wedding tour, and are at home
at No. 221 Bolton street, east.
Mr.. E. A. Wright, who has been as
sistant keeper of the Tybee lighthouse,
has returned to Savannah to re-enter
the employ of the Bell Telephone Conn
pany.
Mr.. A. F. Clarke of Atlanta, who
has been in Savannah for several
weeks. left last night for Rome, whence
he will return to Atlanta. Mr.. Clarke
is a singer of ability, and during his
stay in this city sang in q number
of the churches as well as at con-
certS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-05
CITY BREVlTIES.

The vitrified brick pavement on Hab-
ersham street is being repaired near
Liberty street.
The w. C. t. u. will meet this after
noon at o'clock at the residence Of
Mrs. Richard Webb, No. 11S oglethorpe
avenue, west.
The third annual masquerade ball of
the West Side Social Club was given
in Odd Fellows Hall last night. The
attendance was large.
Tom Brown, colored, was arrested
last night by Patrolman Winn for be-
ing drunk and disorderly and cursing
in the presence of ladies.
Twelve marriage licenses, ten to col
ored and two to white couples, were is
sued in the Court of Ordinary yester-
day, a truly unusual showing. 1t has
rarely happened before that so many
permissions to wed have been granted
in a single day.
The Mayor and Aldermen yesterday
received an invitation attend the Good
Roads Convention of Fulton county
which is to be held at Atlanta, Dec.
lib. Gov. Gambler is chairman Of the
invitation committee. Council will not
be able to attend.
George Garrett and Jim Smith, both
colored, were arrested last night by
Mounted Patrolman Deignan for the
larceny of wood from the baseball
park. The prisoners were sent to the
station house on complaint lodged by
Dan Gates, employed as a Waterman.
c. NJ. Mitchell, colored. was arrested
yesterday by Patrolman Winn on a
charge of cursing on the street, and
carrying concealed weapon. The ne
gro had a hammerless Smith & Wesson
revolver when searched by the officer,
and will be given a. hearing In Police
Court by Recorder Myrick this morn
ing.
Numbers Of young Savapnahians,
pupils Of various schools and colleges
will soon begin arriving at home for
the Christmas holidays. To meet this
travel the railroads have arranged for
a round "trip rate Of fare and a third.
which becomes effective Dec. 16 and
lasts six days. The return tickets are
good until Jan. s.
The loss of a pocketbook containing
Ss5 In greenbacks was reported to Su-
perintendent of Police Reilly last night.
The loser is a stranger in the city, and
left the purse at the stamp window at
the postoffice He is under the impress
sion that the money was taken either
by a negro man or little girl, and would
be able to identify either.
II. Ellis, an aged white man, was
committed TO Jail yesterday on a war
rant sworn out before United States
Commissioner James M. Johnson, at
valdosta. The prisoner Is charged with
embezzling postal funds. and the war
rant was signed by Postoffice Inspector
r. c. Bannerman. Ellis is held In de-
fault of bail in the sum Of $500.
Archie Powers q negro laborer, was
badly injured yesterday while at work
I'm the hold Of steamer at the Ocean
Steamship Company's wharves. A bale
OF cotton fell on the negro's back,
MASKING him seriously. He was re
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-05
BOWLING AT THE T0MoCHICHI

There was much pleasurable excite
ment over the bowling at the, Tomo-
chichi Club last evening, and a num-
Der of ladies were present. Jan. has
been decided upon for the contest, and
in the intervening weeks there will be
much practicing among those who will
enter their names on the list of play
ers. The score last evening was az
follows: Mrs. w. F. Baker, 1872; Miss
Bessie Cooper, 1913: Mrs. Ruby Nicoll,
12S; Miss Emmie Crawford, III; Mrs.
j. w. Sebring, 164; Miss Lindsay, ITO;
Miss Maxwell, 1879; Miss Butler, 121;
Miss OByrne, 1854: Miss Harris, las.
Those who were present were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
win Bell, Mrs. C. S. Richmond, Mrs.
Ruby Nicoll, Mrs. J. r. Sebring, Miss
Clifford Munnerlyn, Miss May duBign-
On, Miss Emma Hopkins, Miss O'Byrne,
Miss Mcintyre, Miss Emmie Crawford,
Miss Marion Cooper, Miss Bessie Coop
err, Messrs. O'Byrne, Bond, Fleming,
Nichols, Bell, Armstrong, Spring, and
many Others