The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-02
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Il see that Representative David r
Paige has returned to New York to settle
up old accounts" said a member of thu
House from New York. at the Riggs thss
morning. Paige was member Of the
firm OF Paige. Carey Co, contractors.
which built several sections of the new
CrotOn Aqueduct He became involved in
charges that the firm had put out notes
for large sums bearing the forged en-
dorsement of John Huntingdon, brother
in-Iaw of Paige and millionaire, living at
Cleveland. Ohio. When Paige left New
York in 1890 it was given out that he
Cwed $T20, 0G0. Il was reported about
three years ago that the absentee went
to South America and had made large
sums in Brazil and Uruguay. and that he
would soon come back and face his cred
itors. He is a fine man"
John A. Sears. OF Chicago. said at the
Arlington this morning that the West
Point Academy is not the only military
school which is Just now disturbed The
Lake Military College is wrought up over
the alleged tyranny of the superintendent
and recently $50 OF the cadets and several
cf the faculty resigned There was d
meeting Of the parents Of the seeded ca
diets and it was determined either to force
the Orchard Lake institution to terms or
TO found a rival college. The Orchard
Lake superintendent declined to yield, and
new military college viii be started
The American Chemical Society said
Prof Frank w. Clarke. its president. in
an uptown hotel recently, will petition
Congress 10 pass a bill establishing a na-
tionaI standard bureau in connection with
the United States Office Of weights and
measures. so that facilities may be bro
vided for the yerifcation OF chemical
measuring apparatus This is an I'M
provement that is really needed"
An Illinois Representative said IN the
lobby of the Metropolitan today that he
expects a little middle over Emil Hoech-
ster's contest against 3r BouteH's eIec-
ton as Representative from the Sixth
district. He said that Mr. Hoech5Jers
petition is a long one and gives the fig
ures OF the recent election in every pre-
cinct in the district Bryan carried the
district by over 500 votes, while Heech-
ster lost il By 500. and in every precinct
where Bryan ran ahead OF Hoechster the
petition sets out the figures and claims
that he ran behind we're so many votes
not counted for him; the argument made
being that HOechster must have run even
with Bryan
I'VE Minnesotans think said Daniel
6 Fairrnont OF Minneapolis. at the Eb-
sItt today, that the Probation law is
{ feature in the government Of our
state which other States might do well
to copy. This Law was made by the last
Legislature. and it works we'll Before
its passage children convicted OF petty
offences we're sent to reform schools,
and many not naturally bad or vicious
were compelled 10 associate with those
who were There was some doubt. OF
course. when the law was made whether
it would have the desired effect OF Civ
ing children with criminal tendencies
an incentive to lead a better life We
think now that the Law does this. Dur
ing the seventeen NINTH ending Deem
Der ;, 1866, eighty boys and two girls.
under eighteen years of age. were con-
Yicted By the municipal and district
courts CT Hennepin county Of various Of
fences, placed on probation IN the care Of
the probation officer, and subsequently
dealt with with results as follows
"Of 81 boys convicted of petit larceny
IN our municipal court and placed on pro
baton as above, % boys, average age
us years, kept their probation. and we're
hOnOrably discharged. -Four boys. aver
age age 10 years had their sen
fences executed and probations revoked:
3 boys. average age 1913 years. defauIted
or ran away, ard i boys are still IN pro
baton and doing we'll
E. Roswell Foster, Of New Orleans, was
telling in the National Hotel today Of how
Italians are displacing colored fell. as Ia
borers in Louisiana. He said: within
the decade fruit handlers have brought TO
New Orleans hosts OF Italians as rousta-
bouts, and they have gradually replaced
the darkies all along the water front Of
the city. This year thousands Of Italians
have been brought to the sugar pIanta-
Their employment has proved satisfactory
They are less inclined 10 suddenly leave
their woTh for rest and q spree than
are the negroes. They have taken
kindly TO the labor; the climate of course.
agrees with them, and the coIored people
now ind themselves facing new problem
in their ways of making q living. I
should not be a all surprised to see Ital-
ians entirely supersede negroes in our
fields within five years time. On the 9th
er hand. it may prove troublesome. rs
these imported labOrers are not the sort
OF Italians that make desirable citizens.