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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-01

With customary ignorance Of conditions
on this side of the Atlantic. the Paris
Temps scores President Mckinley for
what il calls his desire 10 depart from
his plain duty to Cuba 1t says that he
is about TO give the civilized world the
spectacle of his violation OF his most sac
red enga gements, through a policy Of
conquest and annexation utterly contrary
10 the principles of Washington and JEFF
ferson, and tending toward the develop
ment of miIitarisrn- Grave consequences,
foreign and domestic. may result"
Nevertheless. and Notwithstanding. the
United States viii attend 10 its Own
American business and take extreme care
that there shall not be another Haiti es-
tabiished almost n sight Of our coast
This country does not wish 10 annex Gu
ba against the viii of its civilized inhab-
itauts; but does mean to take hostages
Of the island for its good behavior, and
these must of necessity take the form OF
American suzerainty- 1t Is useless 10 be
IneaIy-mouthed about the matter. The
Cubans viii consent TO our control over
their war. treaty, and deht-milIinS pow
ers. and To cede the naval stations We
may require. or they viii wear very old
heads before they achieve autonomy and
Independence locally No question Ct
sentiment Is involved 1t is a matter OF
stern necessity that the United States
SHAH control, since, in any case, It must
r,~Gls cot
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-01
INCREASE IN FISHERIES.
Consul General at Montreal Reports
Strides in This Industry.

john I. Bittiuger. Consul General at
Montreal, furnishes the state Department
with some valuable Information concern
ing the fishery interests OF Canada. He
says the industry IS one Of great import
ance and that the amount Of capital in
vested in il last year exceeded that Of the
previous year by So. T23. while Il9 more
men were engaged in the business Con-
tinuiug Consul General BiJtinger says:
No less than 1896 men were occupied
IN 1880 in exploiting the waters of Canada.
using 5.505.763 fathoms Of nets and ether
fishing gear. representing a capital Of
SI8a9G.o9g
The salmon-prcserving industry of
British Columbia, comprising 60 Gamer
les and representing a capital Of 81 80 900.
gives employment TO 1881 hands.
The total catch of fish in Canada for
the year 1893, as reported by the fisheries
department. amounted TO y SCI 7sS, being
an increase OF S2.z5j,bJ9 OYER the yield Of
the previous year The cat@h for the
Province OF Quebec was worth s. -yJ3I54.
slgit93
i he lobster plant alone is estimated to
, be worth Sl.,&4. 18D- II conn risCs s5S can
neries. dispersed on the seaD0ard of the
maritime Provinces.
The scaling fleet last year numbered
g 3 vessels. an increase of II over the pre-
ElouS year and representing an aggTe-
gate Of 26il tons T4zEiSte-- The total
number of fuT-scaI skins taken by Can
adian sealers during the year 1870 was
s5,523. This result is larger by III SKINS
than that of 1859, which in It's turn largely
exceeded the catches of lsgs and 1881 Al
though the catch Of 1870 is slightly in cx-
cess Of that OF 1895. the average catch per
FesSe! would show Il falling of if COM
par1son were confined to these TWO spe-
cific years.
Manufactured seal-skin goods have
largely advanced in price in the Montreal
market and the profits Of retail dealers
are said to be very high. They can be
( purchased in the United States quite as
cheaply as here. for the reason that re-
tail dealers there are content with smaller
profits
50 far as can be learned. there have
been no complaints Of ira Impressions Of
the law or regulations by the SeaEers last
year; nor have any complications arisen
/ through the application Of the law affect
ing the business -
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The River and Harbor job.

As II passed the Senate yesterday, the
River and Harbor bin IS not quite as
brazen a scheme Of loot Is it was "1rn
fl emerged dripping with corrupt bar
gains and committeeman extra grabs
from TIE House. II 5 had enough however
even row. Fifty million dollars IS an
Unnecessarily large appropriation 10 make
for the objects Of the measure at a time
when the masses are sroanins under var
and trust taxes, and every consideration
of prudence and justice calls for economy
IN public expenditure
Half the sum appropriated no doubt
represents ..iraprov-nents- not IL any
Iyay needed at present. and practically Is
the price 10 be paid Tor votes enough 70
carry the other half which may be used
benehcisIIy 70 the country How the bill
may lock when IL has passed the loading
processes Of conference would be hard 10
say President Arthur vetoed an eight
e4u-InI!liou collar River ana HarbOr bill
as TOO extr2vas CANT ii its provisions for
federation Whatever SIR. Mckinley may
think of the present wasteful and wicked
measure ne VIII not interfere with 1t, and
except upon principle, no one can parric-
uIarlv blame him Democrats are as deep
IL its mud IS his friends are in its mire-
From this we continue TO learn the sad
lesson that Democratic opposition 70 inn
periaIisu. 20 assaults upon the Constr
tuition, and 70 the destructive designs of
the trusts upon free Institutions. can Oft
on lie removed through grants for the
dredging Of mud fats. for Improving the
navigation OF frog ponds, and favors OF
that sort
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GAS WILL HOLD IT'S OWN.
Not Thought in Europe That EIec-
tricity VIII SuppInnt 1t.

Consul General GUentheT at Frankfort
does not believe there is any danger of
gas being Supplanted by electricity Writ
ing TO the State Department. he says the
popular impression that gas light VIII
soon be superseded by electric lighting
does not appear 70 be justified by the
facts. either in Europe or ia America. He
says
New gas companies are constantly he
ing formed here and old pants increased
IN capacity. In Germany. gas is made
from hard coal. while in America, water
gas is chiefly used Five cubic meters of
German gas produce a candIeDower Of
from y 70 Il lights per hour, while the
American carbureted water gas furnish
IS from - To % for the same quantity and
time Statistical tables prepa red. by Prof
Buate. OF Karlsruhe, show that the con
sumption of gas IS much larger IN the
United States than in cities Of The same
size Ia Germany
IN 1883, the city Of New York produced
BOO lff-03n cubic meters at 4 selling price
Of - cents per cubic meter While Paris
Cfrance3 in the same year produced 800
pu3H% cubic meters At q ling price OF
5-lz cents per cubic meter In subse-
quent years, the production in both cities
has not decreased
The entire electric lighting OF the
world Of today is estimated at not more
than ~ per cent that Of gas
For this year Berlin has auurupriate,.
nearly $4,000 for new gas plants, and
only last Year The largest gas reservoir
in Germany was erected in Berlin sub
urb fSchnarSeHdorf), with "a capacity of
500 cubic meters II appears 10 be eyi-
dent that gas VIII continue To he used
very extensively. unless the price Of eIec-
tTtCltE is great reduced.
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A MUSEUM IN NICARAGUA.
An Invitation Extended Americans
to send Exhibits.


NEW YORK, March IA. D. Stratus,
Consul General here for Nicaragua, has
received information from the Nicaragu-
an Minister at Washington of the estab-
HshIHent OF q National Museum Of Near
aqua, devoted TO the Development Of in
dustry, commerce. and science with a
section devoted 20 foreign commerce and
industry
In order to establish better commercial
relations between Europe. America. end
Nicaragua. a large hall has been provided
in Managua. the capital Of Nicaragua. for
the public display of the products Of for
eign lands
The director Of this museum invites the
NIcaraS udn COnSslS III Europe aud Amer
lea to solicit from the manufacturers and
producers within their COnSulateS SAMPLES
mot too largo OF goods and articles Of
their manufacture, suGA is Will be OF To-
JerGSJ nd Of commercial value 10 hat
country being desireE Articles of this
description are TO be exhibited Al an
times frGe Of cost. and il IS expected that
permanent exhibition Of this kind VIII
Inure to the benefit Of both exhibitors
and visitors Where q manufacturer
products are bulky. such as Inachinsry
heavy farming or mining machinery. l.
IS requested that only small working
models o. q set Of representative photo
graphs be submitted.
Air- StrauS extends an invitation to the
nerCha nts and Eauufacturr-s of this city
to send him samples suitable for the pur-
pose stated. He REQUESTS also that an
TONS. or Instructions. their technica! or
COMMERCIAL names, together with ceta-
loEueS. price lists, terms. comm JSSiOHS al
lowed To agents. and especially the STYLE
ties Of Nicaragua are based on gross
weight
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WHITELAW REID AT YALE.
HIS Second Lecture to students on
tlse Modern NeWNpnper.

NEW HAVEN, March I-Whitelaw
Reid gave his second lecture before Yale
students last night He began by re-
ferring to the question asked by tie New
DIRK correspondents Club:
How can the influence of the preSs be
increased lie said that Catholic. Con-
fucian. and agnostic in the persons of
Cardinal Gibbons. WI Tiag-fang, AMI
Andrew Carnegie had replied IT. sub
stance: Tell the truth and toe fair"
1t was an i'll omen said Mr. Reid,
that influential sections of the COM
munity seem sometimes to have per
suaded themselves that many news
papers do not try either to tell the truth
or be fair, except in so far as they feel
sure it VIII pay Yet in this the critics
judge the newspapers with more unfair
ness and untruthfuIuess than any of the
newspapers ordinarily display them
selves"
Mr.. Reid ssi6-that the most of the
libel suits brought are unjust. People
who have character TO protect" he said.
resort too rarely to The law aS4lnSt
libel, but those whose character could
hardly be injured ara the aISL. under the
guidance of lawyers looking Tor tntir lay
to a share in the verdict, to institute
Tibet suits as means Of Specializing on
InadVertent errors.
law and the lingering effect of old decis-
ions that i'll TT modern conditions COM
bine to promote this unfortunate reversal
of what every juTiSt and every good CIJl-
zen has at heart. II is the rule of COM
penSatOry DANA ges' that makes the law,
which honest men hesitate to use an their
own Just defence a perfect fountain OF
speculation for men who have no ,.i1arase-
ter to lose. to shrinking from disa-;recst-
BILE surroundings. and cOnSeG IEutly no
reluctance to enter the courts on an i'll
OdOred quest for cash.
The speaker gave Instances where slight
errors had been taken advantage Of ty
persons who We're guilty in worse ways.
He continued
without questioning tn the least the
learning or uprightncSS Of many JUDGES
who are still apt to hold differently. l
venture to point out that reasonable
liberality as 10 the admission 0f eNlJeaCe
about general character in the .-ise IF
inadvertent and uninportant inaccuracies
would be in the interest of the honest
press and of the community
The lecturer next entered upon DIS
cuSSiOn of probable changes IN IT, news
papers OF the future, dealing Hrst wlLh
New York
The frsI-class daily paper OF the fU-
turc. he said. is not likely TO come IN
the form of a book or even uE q Am
phlet- Whatever its form or quality q
contents. the people that read il Will ray
for it 1t viii not be an eleemosEEary in
StitutiOn conducted chiefly by she :LiI er-
Using business of the country Tor the cn-
eft If the reading classes It viii i.IdUlSe
in no sham about being inde5a n1ent Ct
business considerations
Dir. Reid closed with q tribute 10 the
capable and conscientious ,-ditrr as one
Of the nOb.6SC and most inuueaIiai nea
in The world.
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GERMAN INTERESTS GROWING.
The Kaiser ReorEHnizes Consular
Svstrni in Central America


Henry w. Diederich. American Consul at
Bremen. has forwarded to the State De
partment an interesting report touching
German interests in Central America He
says.
Germany has recently appointed It's
first salaried consul to Central Amer
where German commercial interests lave
hen rapidly increasing during the pest
few years. The newly appointed offcial
IS accredited to the State of Nicarag ua,
and his consulate viii be estdblishe8 at
Managua- Besides this salaried cCrsul
there are at present in Central America
fifteen other German feed consuls, vice
consuls. and consular agents, whose duty
it is to look after the interests II 1T
least 4.1oo residents ard business firms in
that country
The Germans in Central America &C.
cupy a prominent position, both IN a
business and social way. They are
owners or managers of extensive comm r.
ciaI and agricultural enterprises, of i'm
portant railroads and electrical plants.
They are excellent physicians and teach
erS, and, in fact, are foremost II every
profession. trade, and occupation
1t has been officially stated by the Ger
man Government that there are invested
in Central America. in real estate. indus
trial enterprises, and b<lklrE business,
&.g.Ja.t @o. and the large German buSine IS
houses. which are quite numerous Il: Nj
caragua. Guatemala. and Costa Rica, not
only transact all the business between
Germany and Central America. bat also
control most of the trade between tie lat
ter and England and California. CT rlnan
farms and plantations occupy more than
1900 acres. on which are planted N.hJt,
ono coffee trees.
The trade betG,-an Germany and Cen
trail America annually amounts to from
SI.I40 900 10 1885, U50 The shipping on the
entire coast of Central America il largely
in the hands Of the HlmhuT@-An-SrlCa
and the Cosmos steamship il,.s- In Glsa-
tenaala, the Germans So'->rOl almost che
half of the entire coffea and saga crops.
II Is If this State that 'fermluy. too.
takes the foremost place in the foreign
trade, and one would naturally expect
that the first German consulate would
open its headquarters in Guatemala; but
Nicaragua was preferred. the future
canal across the Isthuus '-I3kss hat sec
ton Of Central America most important
to all the great Powers of the world.
Those who are familiar With the
orally with the wonderful progress this
nation has been making GuriEg the past
dozen years in almost every fieid rf hui
man activity. and know now alert il Is to
extend its trade into every quarter Of the
globe, need not be told that the .-eOrSani-
"a ton Of the German consular 81 rvice in
Central America is = step of no mean i'm
pOTtaGce-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-01

As the dawn Of Mr. 8IcKinIey-s second
term approaches, it is interesting TO OBJ
serve the arrangements which are being
made TO meet the pressure Of Republican
oficeseekers. who already are beginning
TO swarm into Washington Most of them
we are sorry 10 say are destined to the
swift descent from the Arlington to the
free lunch counter, which has marked the
experience Of thousands before them,
largely because. this year the Govern
rnent service is already loaded 10 the
guards with party men Who have not hes
itated TO do anything asked Of them in
order 10 help the Administration at their
several homes. But what can be win be
done for the hungry, especially for those
from Ohio On yesterday thirty-three
places were made vacant in the New York
Custom HOuse-the one for which the
Government pays rent 10 the Standard
oil bank II there are Democrats
in other branches Of the public
service, il would be well for them
70 see about their packing. They
VIII not last anywhere much after the
Fourth Of March. Give none but Re
publicans the combination Of the safe"
is the cry Of the hour
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The Presidents Objection to Blood
shed.

The representatives in Pekiu of most
of the allied Powers have been all along
agreed that salutary examples should be
made of Chinese officials in various parts
Of the Empire who are known to have
ordered or personally conducted
the torture and butchery of the
American and European men. women.
and children connected with mission sta
tons On its face this policy has much
TO recommend ii. The Chinese popuIace
are incapable of understanding anything
but force If they continue to see the
mandarins who helped to slice the breasts
from female missionaries. in full power
and public respect. the conviction viii
prevail that the foreign devils are afraid
to punish the tormentors and murderers
OF their people, and further contempt for
the civilized nations will result If the
allies confine their punitive demands to
officials who took part in the attack upon
the legations, or who were implicated in
the assassinations Of the German Minis
ter and the Japanese Chancellor of Lega-
ton, and do not pay any attention to the
men who slaughtered the missionaries,
the natives will conclude that the Yves
tern nations are Indifferent TO the fate
OF the latter, and viii be all the more
ready 10 massacre them in future This
We may say is the coId-bIooded practical
way of looking at the natter.
But President Mckinley SHES at blood
shed, and is too good-hearted . man to
want any more heads 20 drop The AZ
front put upon us by the assault upon our
legation. in his opinion, has been fCIIy
I! atoaed for by the suicide, decapitarion, or
posthumous degradation OF half a dozen
miscreants. mostly OF secondary crimi-
nality- To take punitive action against
the missionary murderers might look IN
Christian Perhaps Mr. Mckinley is right
about the matter. At least his Icsijion
can do no harm in the possible event that
an international agreement g Guiding
missionaries from China may be concII6-
ed before the ENJOYS finish their work
on the other hand. in case they are TO go
back and resume their Old labors and
practices, the risks of life or worse, which
they VIII have to take. viii be more seri-
Gus than ever before.
Nevertheless, and. as il viii be found
much TO the chagrin and disgust Of the
missionary element in the FlOwery KING
dom, Mr. Roc}1hiu has been ordered TO
protest 10 his colleagues against any fur
Tier headsInan's work Our insulted dig
nifty has been avenged. The missionaries
may 90 hang,
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a warning to the Looters.

= I'T-0 II'5 III7lIlIllIT1lIs II1N7-I
The Parti-=ns 81 the ship Subsidy bin would do
Teli 10 heed the warning against its revival IN
the next session % Congress which recently had
expression in the Wisconsin Legislature. That
body numbers IN lis membership cighty-three Re
pubiicans and seventeen Democrats but IL passed
resolution condemning the slip Subsidy bill and
10y vote 81 IS yeas 10 Il nays asked the Wis-
coIsin Representatives in Congress TO oppose tie
measure such strong Republican opposition
bJdes i'll for Sir Hanna lavorite.
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American Rockets .Iar E.nInde.

trFpm the Springfield Mass Republican
Someone suggests that European cabinets are
watching closely Government Tree US. ol
warsllpS on tie Venezuelan coast. Il j. a timely
hint Europe has Its syHdicates slashiug araur.I
~ South American countries Where the gold and
the asphalt are there the audicarcs viii gather
together. Ii our Government uses its navy IN SUP
port OF iI> syndicates European Governments may
do likewise, and then look cut for sparks. pa
triotislu and the Monroe doctrine
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MiIIsnry Expendfturer.

TIIoIII VI -IIIIlt- PM If-Ilg-F.I
cur statesme1 1n'i pubiicists have long boosted
and with truth. the moderate numbers and IN.
great efficiency Of our regular auE. and have
trHmpbauty CONF AIRED il with that Of the enar-
NOUS standing ar mics OF the old world. which
have laid upon tie people such heavy. crushing
loads Of taxes But now. says Senator Hale who
knows whereof he speas5, the military expenses
81 tie United States are nearly double tLt Of any
country Oh the face OF the earth A We extend
our territorial boundaries by force II arms the
expense must, necessarily, inevitably increase
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- L. Omaha WorId-Her.Id

y LII NC "1l--'7-S " - I'I-I''I8III
There Is but one negro IL Congress low. a man
named White. who was elected from North Caro-
lima. II is safe 10 say that he Uiil be last negro
Congressman Tor some time 10 come III, term
expires this month II l. interesting TO recall that
The only negroes elected to either House or SEN
ate have come from the Southern States. Il IS OF
further interest 10 note that the Republican
party which loves the negro 30 dearly about
election time. never elected negro Senator
from 2 Northern State
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The war tax reduction struggle Is over
for the present. The two Houses agreed
to a conference report Yesterday, and the
War ReEenue Reduction bill is law 1t
abates war taxes TO the extent of about
fOrty-one million dollars In the refuc-
lion the Tobacco Trust. the brewers. and
the financial interests all receive relief in
4 degree Considering the irrecIaiuabIe
extravagance Of the present Congress,
probably a greater reduction could not
be made just now.
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The Indiana LynehinE.


q TOTE INC BFOOhlyn E2EIe-)
Today the people responsible for the Iynching
ought 10 feel ashamed OF themselves. but It Is
not at all probable that they viii te 50 penitent
IS 10 give themselves up 10 the authorities and
submit 10 punishment for their violation Of law
Neither Is II probable that the sentiment Of
the community sin demand that they surrender
thelnselves- They viii 90 unpublished Just as
lLe L.nolLnE narliea DO in LLe SnlLL-
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gift horse in the mouth. Just the same
the thanks Of the country are due 10 Son
ator Hoar for his anti-grab and loot
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Tried II ON the Dog.

From the Chicago Times-Herald)
Biag-Whafs become Of your dogg haven't
seen bin about lately
Baker, took the Precaution TO try some Of
the medicines him that we're recommended -
i-c fgT tac grip
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King Edward is going in for British
Army reform. 1t = time somebody did
His Ma jesty begins well by ordering That
or and after April >. officers of the army
while serving with the coIors or on staff
duty SHAH wear uniform on all ocea-
sions. and not appear at places of amuse-
mont or at social functions in civilian
dress. This is nothing short of q violent
revolution There is nothing a British
officer dislikcs as much as TO
wear what he calls his SHOP
clothes when not actually on ac-
tive duty. HenceT0rth he VIII be
marked man wherever he goes ana viii
be hampered on that account IN the pur-
suit of some pleasant but pernIeious re
laAauons- Probably the uniform decree
Is only the entering wedge Of reform. The
King next may order a reduction in the
scale Of living common in the establish
ment, and thus make It possible for
others than rich men 10 enter 1t without
loss OF selI-respect. The new Sovereign
OF Great britain is taking hold of suca
things as the law permits him 10 with
yigor ana sense. and in 4 way 10 justify
the predictions OF old friends. that the
world would discover in the Prince of
Wales q wise and fcrcefuI monarch
should ne ever reach the throne