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The Washington times., 1901-11-09
Bad Manners in Mexico.

What we have to comment upon is
nearly too bad TO believe, and so what
is here said is said with the reservation
that we hope and pray that the founda-
ton for it may prove to be misstate-
ment AT the same time we are afraid
that we shall be disappointed.
An American. resident in the City of
Mexico, has written to the New York
Sun" complaining of offensive uncon-
ventionality which he alleges against
some of our delegates TO tite Pan-Amer-
lean Congress Referring to the old and
distinguished society of the Mexican
capital, the writer says:
Anyone who knows anything of such society
understands h0w punctilious il Is in the OBJ
seryance Of its strict requirements, and how
much such things count for among such a peo-
pie. You viii understand. therefore, the sur
prise and regret with which the Americans resi-
dent here learned of the performance OF the
chairman Of the United States delegation on the
occasion of the reception given by President and
Mn Diaz 10 the delegates to the Conference and
their families.
''Ordinarily it would be considered a distin-
guishcd honor TO be asked to lead in to supper
the wife Of the President. But when this honor
was offered TO the chairman Of the United
States delegation lie simply replied that he was
Of Mexico -pecChess with astouishment, and the
Pre- id.H. unable to find words in which TO ex-
press himself.
III tnc chairman of our delegation had de-
sired 20 plead his age. he might have done SO in
a way which could not have given offence,
but to announce bluutly his determination Of 20
ing home under such circumstances a rude
ness which find excuse.
Again, on the occasion Of the reception given
at the Department Of Foreign Affairs. all the
ladies Of the United States party were present,
but only was in evening dress, the others
being in various street costumes shirt waists
and tailor gowns. 1liis was the most elaborate
function Mexico can give.
The inevitable comment is already heard
among the members OF the best Mexican society
who thronged the ROOMS Of the Foreign De-
ladies either think the Mexicans do not know
do not care. or else they do not know them
selves.
Either horn Of the dilemma is awkward Is
there no one who can suggest to these delegates
more careful observance Of the proprietiesf'
Now, if all this be true, it deserves no
tice by the State Department, and we
assume that the facts can be ascer-
tained without particular difficulty.
Such Ill breeding as is charged against
our representatives is so difficult to con-
ceive that the persons implicated by the
sun letter writer certainly are en-
titled to the benefit of a doubt. pending
enquiry. But If it should turn out that
what is alleged Of the chairman of our
delegation actually happened, his recall
should be wired to him as soon as prac-
ticable. Amicable relations with other
countries are not promoted by conspicu-
Gus discourtesy.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
German Interests In Brazil.

Commenting on an appeal of the Ger
man residents of South Brazil to the
Fatherland for capital to assist them in
developing the resources of the region
they inhabit the National Zeitung," of
Berlin, urges the financial magnates OF
the Empire to aid them. The 'Zeitung
argues that If Germany does not fur
nish the capital for the emigrants, they
will find it in the United States, and
thus help to realize the programme Of
President Roosevelt, which is TO estah-
lish the closest commercial connection
between all parts Of the Weste n Henri
sphere.
The National Zeitung" puts the ca Sc
temperately enough, and certainly there
can be no objection to the investment
of all the German money one rleases in
Brazil or any other country of our two
continents Should the appeal find a
ready response, it will be understood,
however, that the investors will not
thereby impart any advantage of po-
litical character to their Government.
They will be on notice that, for in
stance, should they make loan to their
late countrymen in Brazil they will not
in doing so endow the Berlin. Govern
ment with any right in the New World,
as guarantor or otherwise, which ii
does not now possess under the Monroe
Doctrine rule. and that is little enough.
This country is not jealous of foreign
commercial competition. 1t is cheerful
ly willing that all the Germans who
want TO should settle in Brazil. So that
such a movement be not made an eX-
cuse for European colonization under
European control and sovereignty or
suzeraihty. the more of them who go
there the better we shall be pleased.
The Teuton is an excellent citizen and
neighbor wherever he may be. Only it
must be always remembered that on
this side of the Atlantic he is an indi-
vidual neighbOr, or one comprised in
the country of his settlement. II he
have a grievance, he must not expect
to appeal to the Government or navy
of his home State for redress. The
Monroe Doctrine is a living force. 1t
will have TO be respected by all Powers,
unless they should happen to conclude
that its abrogation or modification is
worth fight to a finish, in which case
they probably could be accommodated.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
FIGUREHEADs FOR WAR SHIPS.
The Navy Department May Revive an
Old Custom.

The practice prevailing among naval
powers since the DAYS OF the many-oared
galleys of Greece and Rome when war
ships were adorned with ornate lifc-size
figureheads at their bows. may again be
revived by the United States Navy. If so.
1t will be in conformity with the wishes
of the sailors and a number of officers,
who believe ship loses nothing in ap-
pearance or fighting efficiency by having
an attractive bow instead of the simple
shield ornament of the new war vessels.
The cruiser Cincinnati is the first all
steel ship of the service TO return to the
figurehead practice, and when she is
placed in commission az the New York
Navy Yard, on December l, will display
a life size heroic figure of Liberty in steel
and wood standing straight out from her
well-curved stem. This figure was de-
signed and constructed at the New York
yard under the direction OF Rear Admiral
Francis r. Bowles, then in charge Of the
construction work on shlps, and Is de-
clared to be a perfect specimen OF the
figurehead for warship-
Such features of decorations disap-
peared with the gradual abandonment of
wood for steam vessels, and even with
many of the old wooden craft there were
rev OF those Immense nSuItLSdus WHICH
years ago were distinguishing feature
Of all American naval vessels The last
of this number to display fguroheads
were the vessels of the line Of battle
class that found their way to the burial
ground of the navy soon after the civil
war The Cincinnati is said TO be the
only aii-steel vessel in the world of any
naval power whose stem is so ornamented
by a figMehead,
In another respect the Cincinnati is
unique among vessels of the navy, and Is
more nearly absolutely fireproof than any
other warship ahcut. Every article Of her
furniture and interior equipment Is OF
metal her bulkheads ara OF steel ana
wire, and metal generally has been ADOPT
ed throughout the vessel where wood has
heretofore been used. Water tube boilers
have been placed in the ship, and the en-
largement of her coal bunkers viii in
crease her steaming radius of action one
fourth greater than it was before. She
has also been made more economical TO
maintain In commission. and by Admiral
Bowles Is regarded as practically an en-
tirely new vessel.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
AN OFFER FROM A SYNDICATE.
Baltimore Concern May Buy San
Francisco street Railways.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s.-A Baltimore
syndicate, which has been negotiating for
the Market Street Railway for months
has given an option Of $29o@V to take
three-quarters of the stock at $50 a snare
by February !. This means a cash pay
ment of twenty millions of dollars.
The Market Street system has 1871 miles
OF track. and the syndicate viii convert
most Of the cable road into an electric
line. The syndicate is headed by George
r. Webb, and already controls the street
railways Of Baltimore Pittsburg. and st,
Louis. 1t recently purchased the Sutter
Street cable railroad of San Francisco.
which includes an electric road to Cliff
House
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE.
General Evidences of Prosperous
Domestic Condition.
NEW YORK. No

NEW YORK, Nov. Sums Review to-
morrow viii say:
NO better evidence of the prosperous
domestic conditions could be desired than
the fact that Dun index number has at
tanned the highest point OF the decade.
On November / the average annual eXpen-
diture for the necessities of life, ascer-
tanned by taking such quantities as repre-
sent the per capita consumption, was at
the rate of 97i4 This is an increase OF
per cent as compared with November ],
1870. and 40 per cent over the low record
touched during 1891.
In sporadic cases prices rise through
special Influences such as short crops,
restricted production, or speculative
manipulation, hut the whole range moves
upward only through vigorous consump-
tive demand, which does not come except
when there is full employment at good
wages. More seasonable weather in
tribution of merchandise during the past
week, and collections are generally
prompt, with few extensions asked.
Despite the insufficient supply of roll
ing stock railway earnings in October
were "a per cent larger than last year,
and 2U.S per cent over 1893 Bank ex-
changes al New York exceed those of the
same week in 1890 by 80 per cent, and 1893
by 15.4 per cent. while at ether leading
cities the gain over last year was 25s per
cent. and compared with 1888 the increase
amounted to 1I.5 per cent.
Little relief has been afforded the lead
ter of transporting facilities. In fact, the
situation on the whole is less satisfactory
since the inability TO secure coke has
brought about the banking of some fur
naces. This in turn tends to harden the
market for pig iron, though no actual al
teration In prices has occurred except at
Philadelphia, where % ceT:ts more ton
is readily paid.
Textile mills in New England are busy
and there is no longer any fear OF labor
controversy at FAN River Print cloths
have ceased to be inflated. standard
widths resuming the former quotation of
cents and meeting with fair demand.
In woolens there is a good movement in
women's goods. and orders are good for
immediate delivery. Footwear is firm at
last weeks advance, and Eastern manu-
factUrers are beginning work on spring
orc ers. Shipments from Boston for the
year thus far exceed last years by half
million cases. according to the Shoe
and Leather Reporter
Weather conditions were the chief fac
tors In determining price changes of sta
pie products Low temperature in grain
growing States brought a higher level Of
quotations corn rising q cents above the
iigGIe ruling at the corresponding date
last year. and 26 cents over 1899 Thcsa
In excess of the ratio of loss in produc-
tion. and established n fictitious price
level. which curtaiied Atlantic exports
On the other hand, wheat is moving out
freely at both coasts. Cotton weakened
still further port and interior movements
indicating better crop than was antici-
patcd. A the lower price. however. eX-
ports are heavy, and tend to prevent any
serious reaction
Failures for the week numbered 243 in
the United States against POI last year
and 33 IN Canada. against IS last year.
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BRADsTREETs ON THE WEEK.
Cold Weather Stimulates Trade in
Winter Necessities

NEW YORK. Nov. s.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
The trade situation presents many
points of strength and few of weakness.
Colder weather throughout the country
has stimulated retail trade in heavy
clothing, shoes. groceries. and rubber
goods, and this has already been re-
hected in an improved recorder demand
from Western and Southern jobbers. Col
lections, too. are more satisfactory. Coun-
try merchants are reported in good finan
clal shape, and one result of this Is found
i'm the rather better supply and easier
tone of money.
Bank deposits at smaller cities in the
corn belt are reported increasing. Hold
ing of cotton is reported from the South,
this being aided by the strength of the
business community generally. Specula-
ton in stocks and in leading staples has
likewise improved, and the broadest and
to all appearances healthiest market In
securities since last May Is now in prog
ress. Higher prices have been made for
cereals
'Bradstreet's figures CT the worlds Wis
Iple supply favor the bears, but little.
Foreign calls are better. and export de-
mand has been improved both for wheat
and corn. The strength Of these is shared
in by flour, the production OF which at
Minneapolis and other centres is very
heavy. and by oats. The price situation
is one of steadiness, though some hesi-
tation was shown during October.
i Failures are about normal. consider
recent years. Liabilities for October, with
one exception, are the smallest since 1898.
October railway gross earnings confirm
the best reports made as to the large
business offered. Preliminary returns TO
BradstrSN+ for the full month of October
Indicate gain OF fully 10 per cent over
October a year ago.
Export business in general lines is not
very active and steamship froigbts at
Atlantic ports are duh and low. Manu-
facturers are busy the country over, and
running full time in nearly every in
stance.
while nearly all Industries are ac-
tive, special strength and activity has
been displayed in iron and steel. Produc-
tiOn, as yet. seems to be running behind
consumption. So urgent, in fact, has
been the enquiry, that some German steel
billets have been imported and larger TAX
ings are looked for. The shortage of cars
is an additional obstructive feature just
at present, and the effect upon the coke
trade has been so marked as to cause
the shutdown of twenty blast furnaces
in the P1ttsburg district.
Failures for the week aggregate l9l. as
against 172 last week, and l61 in this week
a wear ago
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
PERSONAL.

Mrs. NJ. f. DeFOrest Of Irving. Kan,
and her four sisters will inherit. through
the death of their uncle. Henry Dolan. Of
BROOKLYN. one-quarter Of a million dollars
The amount was first reported as $780,
coo
DR. Matthias Wahlstrom President Of
Gustavus Adolphus College. ST. Peter,
Mimi, received the high honor of being
created a Knight Of the order of North
Star on last Monday The honor was con-
ferred on DR.. WahlStrom by Bishop Won
Scheele at the command Of King Oscar
of Sweder and Norway. This is the
second time the honor has been given to
anyone in America.
Sir Henry de Vnliers who. with Lady
de Vlliers, has been visiting in England,
has been Chief Justice of Cape Town for
nearly thirty years. As Sir Henry is not
vet sixty years old, he is IikGTy to exer-
else the judicial function for many years
to come
BarthoIdi, the sculptor of the statue
Of Liberty, has made a colossal equestri-
an statue of Vercingetorix the hero of
Gaul which Is TO be set up at Clermont-
Ferrand. 80 miles from Paris. The
statue is fourteen feet high and sixteen
feet long, and weighs four tons. As il
cannot he conveyed by railroad, the eX-
pertinent will be made Of carrying ii in
Pa~Is.
James ]. Hin has two fads. The first
is the collection of paintings. In his home
in St. Paul he has a large number Of
paintings known all over the world His
other amusement is the collection of un-
set jewels.
Miss Jane Adams, of Huh House, Chi
cago. says: we have had reading
nartfos I'm the books of many authors
which have died out one after the other,
but the Shakespeare Club has gone on for
ten years. and we have heard lecturers
say that they cannot find in Chicago peo-
pie who are better read in Shakespeare
than those belonging to the Shakespeare
Club of HUI House. IL has held on be-
cause the plays are vital, because they
deal with actual life
The chair which President Mckinley
occupied at the sessions Of the Cabinet
has become the property of Secretary
Cortelyou 1t has been the custom for
the retiring President to present to some
friend the chair used by him while pre-
siding over the meetings of the Cabinet.
President Harrison gave his chair to
Executive Clerk Crook and the latter
regards II as one Of his most valued pos
sessions. President Cleveland presented
his chair to his private secretary, Daniel
.4uont There is law which requires
given away but that it must be formally
Condemned and disposed Of at auction. No
- baa ever questioned the right of the
President to give away ms ohalr, now nov,
e,,ar Secretary CorteiYou was Nery
anxious 10 get the chair which his chief
had occupied for so long and II was ac-
cordiualy officially condemned put up lof
sale and bought in by the Secretary
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
VIEWS OF A NEGRO EDUCATOR.
Prof. Counciu Declares That Social
Equality Is Not Sought.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nov. S.-Prof w.
II. Council, President of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Normal, Ala,
has given an expression of his views on
the subject of the Roosevelt-Washington
dinner and the educated negro and social
equality Prof Council is perhaps better
qualified to speak on the race problem
from the standpoint of the negro than
any other member of his race Proi.
Council begins by saying:
II must decline to discuss the recent
dinner 1t seems to me that Ordinary WIS
dom suggests a dismissal OF the recent
White House dinner affair, ana common
charity demands the view that neither
party to that accident had the remotest
desire to tear down the social parrlers
between the races in this country. de-
sire to take this view.
Continuing. Prof. Council says he fears
the white people of this country do not
understand the better element OF negroes
on this question. The educateu heSio
does not only not seek social equality with
the white race but he fights against II
He sees written everywhere that the An
gIo-SaXon has got a determination 70
sist social intercourse WIFE Iaces III aoiaI
ferior condition This antipathy TO raclai
Intercourse is stronger in the Angio-SaNoh
than in any other people on the giobe.
Where the blood of the Anglo-SaXoh Is
purest the antipathy is greatest. mere
fore for two reasons, II Is stronger III the
South than in the North ., .hi,
.It is folly to irritate The South on TINS
Question. 1t has thoroughly settied TINS
matter in its mind and crystallized II IN
IT'S laws. 1t is instilled lhto every "Hite
child from the cradle 10 the grave. s As
| have said. the white South mas uecIusu ues
this question for itself. Any coitl1is
opinion from the outside is not only @ Iiiet
with unanimous opposition, nut aIoVsea
and embitters Southern sentiment aealh5t
the negro although the negro may pe an
Innocent party in the discussion.
''It requires no great acuteness OF WIS
dom to see clearly that the white south
has determined two things which IL VIII
slIpport with its lifeblood. First, 10 resist
ali attempts at social admiXture Oh the
races. whether by legal enactment or So
ciaI sufferance. Second to rule IN an pc
litical affairs with the ballot or the pullee- me-
. The South is never stnted III us c9a- 9
tribution to negro industry, educatloh
and religion No people meet the appeal5
of charity for the negro with warmer anu
more liberal hearts. 1t aids in all rlsht
and proper ways in the elevation Oh lhe
negro. ,. Now
for the negro to step from the school
room into politics is a step from strength
10 weakness For a negro 20 step over the
social lines is a step from life to death-
1t is also plain to every thinking mliId
that the very salvation of the negro race
depends upon a rigid observance ana en-
forcement OF the social distinctions IN tne
South There may come time when tne
good of the races will admit the onlit-
tration OF these time-honored CUSTOMS
but | cannot see IL now.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
knfe GreenaxynN.

The death Of Kate Greenaway recalls
the revolution which her work wrought
in the dress of children. Nobody
thought of calling it dress reform at the
time, but it was just that. 1t was re-
form by the only plans practicable in
dealing with fashions-the method Of
making people see the beauty Of new
style. Before Miss Greenaway drew her
charming little figures in blossom like
hats and quaint gowns, the idea that
children, as children, were capable of
looking pretty was but dimly developed
OF course, there is beauty in child
hood. and there have always been chill
dren whose good looks attracted the at
tention of all observers. but the charm
of juvenility existed in spite of the
modes Of dress, not because of II. One
need only look through fashion plates
or childrens books Of the pre-Greena-
way period TO see that.
If there were ever anything more gro
tesque than the figures OF small boys
and girls at about the time that Sand
ford and Merton fourished. they would
be hard to find. These figures remind
Olit VI IlOli4iHb ~ much &c 'hN piHdii Z
object a savage becomes when he gets
himself up in a combination of those
civilized fashions to WHICH he has thus
far been introduced. Children of the
hfties were clothed in u medley of
grown peoples clothes cut small and
clothes designed especially, one would
suppose. to make them look ridiculous
II they had only dressed Just as their
elders did IT would not have been quite
so bad. The little Puritans were pic
| turesque objects. and so were the little
sons and daughters OF the Cavaliers.
Indeed. some Of Miss Grsenaway's most
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
MIR. QUAY IN POOR HEALTH.
His Plans for Trip to Florida
Postponed.

NEW YORK. Nov. S.-A Washington
despatch to the Mail and Express says;
senator Quay has again been com
PEELED to abandon his plans to go South
because of a severe cold, with which he
has been suffering for a month or more.
He had made arrangements to go to his
plantation in st. Lucie. Fla, as soon as
the Pennsylvania election was over, but
on the advice of the specialist who is
treating him. he has postponed the trip
Senator Quay feels no bad effects of
his cold when he is up and about. but
when he lies down at night he coughs in
cessantIy. As a consequence he has be-
come somewhat worn out
The Washington times., 1901-11-09

and constituents will scratch exceed
ingly old heads before ever they hear
that the Government or people of the
United States have even admitted the
possibility of such a submission. This
country would as soon think of arbi-
trating its ownership of Portland or De
troit as to tolerate the remotest ques-
tion concerning its title 10 every square
foot of Alaska it bought from Russia
Our avaricious and sometimes truculent
Canad an friends are simply gnawing a
flo
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
BATES MAY TAKE COMMAND.
Likely to succeed Merriam Tcmpn-
rnriIy on Lntter's Retirement.

DENVER. Col. Nov. S.-Gen- John c.
Bates. in command of the Department of
the Missouri. it is said, viii assume tenn
porary command of the Department OF
Colorado upon the retirement of Cen II.
c. Merriam, which will take place on No
vember Is.
General Bates will direct affairs in both
departments from Omaha. General Mac
Arthur it Is practically assured. will as
sumo command of the Department of Col
oradO permanently before January l.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
No politienl sienineanee.
nrrom H. chicago Tribunel

CFrom the Chicago Tribune)
To see a political triumph in the New
York election is 10 ignore the real and i'm
portaut signincance of that most interest
ing event II holds out hope of the fu-
uure emancipation Of all municipal gov
ernments from natiOnsl politics and of
,heir control by the best elements of both
parties instead OF the worst clements Of
one or both.
The Washington times., 1901-11-09
The surest Way.
Trom the New York wOrld.)

(From the New York Worid)
The surest way to purify politics In this
city, the swlfteEt way to reorganize Tam
many Hall 80 that 1t shall once more rep
resent the Tammany masses, Is by send
ing some OF the swollen biacitmailers of
the lee Trust and vice rrnst and Doodle
combine to the psnitantiary.