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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
BRADsTREETs ON THE WEEK.
Speculation Less Active But Trade
for Spring Improves.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow Will say:
Speculation has Jagged, but trade on
spring account has on the whole improv-
ed this week. Stocks are lower in price.
as are the great speculative staples.
wheat, corn, and cotton, and transactions
are likewise smaller, but there is more
doing in spring business by Eastern job
bers. Southern and Southwestern trade
IS opening up satisfactorily, and there are
better reports received even from the
Northwest, as to the outlook for spring
business.
AS to retail distribution conditions
are hardly so favorable. The third week
OF January ends with weather conditions
unfavorable to retail demand for wool
ems. rubbers, and footwear, and the de-
mand for household sizes of coal has
Quoted somewhat. On the other hand. the
open season has helped the distribution
of hardware, paints, and glass, and an
advance of nearly one third is reported in
window glass Lumber appears to have
been active at the West and wholesalers
have done more at the East, but the ex-
port trade lags In this line as in others.
Despite the restriction in speculation,
bank clearing show only a small decline
from last week. and are far in advance
of the similar period in all previous
years. Recent reductions in railroad
freights are expected to help distribution
when they go into effect in February, but
there is no apparent diminution in the
returns of the various roads, which after
extraordinarily favorable results In 1900
still continue excellent. hence one Of the
unquestionably strong points, il not the
strongest, feature of the entire trade sit
uation.
Cotton has weakened on increased
stocks at the South and reports that
Southern yarn and Fall River print cloth
manufacturers are considering shut
downs and in spite Of reiterations of low
crop estimates, which the present move
ment certainly does not confirm
Bank clearings for the week aggregate
the sum of s2.e15, SCI, SIS, a decrease of
/ per cent from last week, but gain OF
so per cent over this week a year ago,
when speculation was very inactive.
Business failures for the week num-
Der 290 against 322 last week and 255 in
1000 -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
TO SOLVE THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Mr. Wu Suggests Unrestricted Inter
racial Marriages.

u
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. lS.-"Unre-
stricted interraciap marriage is the only
solution of the negro problem in the
United States So said Minister WI in
an interview today China Minister
passed through Cleveland this morning on
the way to st. Louis, where he is to ad-
dress the Chamber OF Commerce Saturday
night. reporter boarded the Minister S
train and rode as far as Muncie. Ind.
Speaking of the burning at the stake of
the negro Alexander in Kansas, he said:
Lynching is strictly an American in
stitution. China has been accused OF
many barbarities, but lynching is not one
OF them. Burning that poor fellow at the
stake-ugh! The very idea makes me
shudder. And he died protesting his in
nocence. Guilty men don't do that. But
don't understand 1t at all You brought
the black man here against his will. You
made him free, or the great Lincoln did.
Then you declared him equal to the white
man, but you denied him equality. He
cannot hold Office; that is, you seldom
elect him to one. He feels himself an
outlaw and acts accordingly.
Now, why not assimilate him benevo-
lently, that is really and truly beneyo-
lently. There is only one way to do this,
only in color but in nature. / have not
given the subject extensive study, but
would say, encourage the negro men to
marry white women, and urge negro wo-
men to marry white men. You now forbid
this by law. in many States. yet il 1t were
done in a few generations the nego, as
such, would be extinct. Instead you would
have white men, white in skin and with
white mems natures.
"Of course, the alleged crime for which
Alexander cuffered is unknown in China
1t is a crime that stir mems blood. But
the American officers seem to help these
mobs, instead of protecting their priso-
ners. The law permits them to Kill the
mob, but they let the mob kill their pris-
oners, whom they have sworn to protect
In China an officer who did that would
forfeit his life. He would kill himself,
rather than suffer such disgrace. But in
China mobs never form. Prisoners are
not guaranteed a trial. but they always
get it. Then if they are guilty they suf-
fer Nations that permit lynching cannot
call themselves Christian nations. This
habit and it is a habit here, is blot
upon the nations good name.
Its true the negro is impudsnt.
see that in Washington. He is increas-
ing faster than the white. and he is
beginning to feel his power. You must
face the problem sooner or later, and
the sooner you face 1.-THE better for
you and for the negro; and 1 belle re
you will find the only solution OF the
problem is to assimilate the colored nan
by intermarriage."
Mr.. WI added:
THE only way to keep up with you
Americans is to get ahead of you
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TO KILL OFF MOSQUITOES.
Cuban Yellow Fever Experts t.
Wage an Active Campaign.

Cuban Yellow Fever Experts to
Wage an Active Campaign.
HAVANA, Jan. 1S.-Owing to the results
of the recent yellow fever experiments the
department is beginning an active cam
paign against mosquitoes, which it has
been shown convey the disease. The forty
sanitary inspectors of the city have been
ordered to make thorough inspection of
their districts, and to report all stagnant
water where mosquitoes might breed.
Twice month petroleum will be thrown
upon the stagnant water, which cannot be
drained off, in order to kill the embryo
mosquitoes. The department will also at
tempt to kill all mosquitoes in houses
where cases Of yellow fever appear.
The administrative council reports that
Mr. Michael Dady has no legal claims
whatsoever in the matter Of the sewer
ing and paving contract. 1t adds, how
ever, that he has rights in equity, which
the government is recommended to recog-
nize.
The "Patria" reproduces an article from
the Educational Review which says
that the Cuban teachers who went to Har-
ward were grownup children. A letter
in the "Patria" says that everyone knows
that what the Review says Is true, but
.nlS 10 HOt ~ NC "OhueIeu at, cousiuei :
ing the education the Cubans received
from the Spaniards. The 'Diario de la
Marina considers this admission strange
in a paper like the "Patria.' which is
trying TO organize Cuba into a free and
Independent State.
A norther has been blowing since last
night. The agents here of the Ward Line
have heard nothing new concerning the
steamer Vigilancia. which went ashore a
few days ago ninety miles west of Ha-
yana
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
Murray Hall and Tammany Han.

Truth, in order to show that she is
stranger than fiction, has given mankind
q decided jolt in connection with the
strange case of Murray H. Hall, who died
in New York the other day. This indi-
vidual. who, during thirty years. had been
a Sixth Avenue business man." a pro-
fessional bondsman, a Tammany poll
tician, and the husband" OF two wives,
shocked the doctor who prepared the body
for the undertaken by satisfactory evidence
that 1t was that OF a woman.
The history OF the heroine of this ro-
nance is peculiar. She came from Scot
land thirty years ago. and Immediately be-
gan to vote the straight Tsmmany ticket.
In this fact probably lies concealed the
secret Of her successful imposition. Her
career. indeed. would seem to show that
n bold female will only go to New York
and be true to the Tiger. she may vote,
hold office, have a succession of marital
experiences. ana do almost anything but
raise personally conducted family. Susan
B. Anthony and other ancients OF the wo-
mems rights school will be prone TO tear
their hair in grief to think that the MUIR
ray Hall idea did not strike them back in
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
Not nm American Title.

The use Of the title 'iHon." was never more
common in New York than it is today. 1t IS
nlsced as a prefix TO the name of every office
holder al every ward politicians ball, and in
this respect il probably serves purpose in
distinguishing those who draw the money from
the city treasury from those who put it in. There
Is no law for the OF the title Hon" in
this country, and any character that custom may
have given il in the past has been so abused as to
make It ridiculous and useless The title oe-
longs distinctively TO England. and is fixed by
law and as one of the rights OF the reign
ing sovereign, and why Americans should ape it
passes beyond comprehension. The younger sons
III an earl and the sons and daughters of
viscount or a marquis are entitled to be
called honorables in England, and 50 are mem
bcrs of the Cabinet, but ordinary Members of
Parliament NAV not use the title. though Parlia-
mont as a whole is an honorable body. and in
The course OF debate member is the honorable
member. instead Of being the gentleman from
nd-so as in the United States Congress The
file Of Hon in the United States is simply
twadde and toadying.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
GEN. A. ]. MACKAY DEAD.
A Civil War Veteran Who Had Re-
mnrkabie Career.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-Gen. Alexander
ing stock broker at ga Broad Street, died
today in a lodging house at 205 Greenwich
Street, where he had lived for the last
nine months. He was born in Caledonia,
n. Y, over seventy years ago, and when
n young man went to Texas, where he
became wealthy cattle ranch owner, and
supplied the meat for all the army posts
OF that part of the country.
Just before the civil war, he went to
Washington on business and by the time
he was ready to go hack to the ranch. the
fighting had begun. On the way home he
stopped at Camp Dick Robinson. in Hi
nois, to call on his friend Gen. George II.
Thomas, who was in command. General
Thomas told him that II would be unsafe
to go back to Texas, and persuaded him
to take place on his stan with the rank
of captain. Mackay served throughout
the war as a member OF General Thomas
staff and was in practical control or all
the commissary affairs of the Army or the
Cumberland. He was mustered out Of the
service as brevet brigadier general OF
volunteers.
After the war he married Miss Annie
Adair, daughter of the Rev. william A.
Adair, of Pennsylvania. He was in the
milling business in Minnesota for q
while and then went to farming in Ne
braska, where he stayed until eight years
ago. when his wife died, leaving an infant
daughter. .
General Mackay, who had lost the for
tune made in cattle before the war, then
came to this city, with what little money
he had left and tried being broker. He
chose for his partner. another old soldier,
struggle of the two old men to build up
fortune was not successful.
When asked today why a general
and broker should live in cheap lodg-
ing house, Mr.. Adair, of 40 Wall Street, a
brother in-law of the dead man, said:
only because he was on his uppers and
would not come home to live with me.
His eight year old daughter is being cared
for by an aunt out in California"
Although General Mackay was not a
member of the G. A. R., or any other
organization, he had little army club
of his own down in Greenwich Street
where lot more old soldiers are waiting
for taps. He was the hero of their hard
luck circle of veterans and presided at
the nightly campfire in the lodging house.
He was remembered by the Army of the
Cumberland men as the commissary who
had never allowed the rations to run
short One of the old soldiers said of him
today:
He was a general and gentleman all
the time"
General Mackay's body will be taken to
Caledonia tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
(From Forest and Stream.

Grouse, with the other dogs of the pack, was
cared for by a trustworthy young man Familiarity
called Willie Davidson This mar was a very
good dog trainer. but not person whom you
would ever suspect OF cherishing sentiment
One night when Willie went to the stable
where the dogs had their quarters, he stumbled
over Grouse curled up the doorstep and ap-
parently asleep. 1t was the same old story.
Grouse had gone into a neighboring yard and
found the poison left there by some enemy OF
dogs
Some time afterward, says the writer, we were
shooting down in Tennessee, and one night
was cleaning my gun when Willie was busy about
something else. All at once l happened to
glance at his shooting coat. Now not long
before, / had given him a very nice English
hunting coat, which had brought over for my
"Why don't you wear that English coatf'
said |. "the corduroy you used to like when we
were up in CanadaF'
He made no reply, and moment later asked
him again:
''why don't you wear the old corduroy l gave
you?"
Still he failed to and only bent lower
over his work. | could not see his face. Then
| knew something was out of joint
Davidson, man., said !, what's gone wrong 7
Is anything the matterr
He raised his head and looked at me. Big
tears were standing his cheeks. He could
hardly speak; but at length he said:
"Mr Plum, sir. the truth is. ! buried old
Grouse in that coat He knew it, and he liked
It, and wanted to do the best could
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
A STRIKE AT NIxoN's YARDS.
Dissatisfaction Over the Employ
ment of NOn-Union Carpenters.

ELIZABETH. N. J.. Jan. 1s.-The calk-
ers joiners, carpenters. and painters of
the Nixon Ship Yards, of Elizabethport
are on strike because Lewis Nixon has
refused to discharge several alleged nom
union carpenters and discharged the del
egates from the dissatisfied men instead.
All the men refused to go to work this
morning, and the boilermakers informed
Mr. Nixon this morning that unless he
fixed up matters with the lock out men
they would join them. Mr.. Nixon gave
them no satisfaction.
The Nixon yards have two torpedo
boats. a cruiser. a monitor, five subma-
rine boats of the Holland type, several
cutters and pinnaces for a Russia battle
ship, several pleasure auxiliary steam
yachts and other crafts under way. A
prolonged strike would mean serious
loss to the firm.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
TO GROW curToN IN CUBA.
The Havana Western Railway Try.
ing to Revive the Industry.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1s.-The Havana
Western Railway, connecting the capital
with Pinar del Rio City and the noted
Vuelto Abajo tobacco districts, is making
an effort to reintroduce the culture OF
cotton into Cuba along the line Of the
road. 1t has procured quantity of seed
from Egypt and the Sea Island plantations
of Georgia and along sections of the Mis-
sssppi Valley. It has obtained all posi-
BILE information with reference to the cot
ton plant and its culture and is having a
pamphlet printed in Spanish for distri-
button with the seeds, to be freely given
out to plantation owners along the line
willing to make experiments.
Should sufficient number of them
plant, the railroad company will next year
put up at either Havana or at Pinar del
Rio gin and all necessary machinery for
the convenience of growers. Cotton was
cultivated extensively in the district fifty
years ago, and today cotton trees twenty
feet high are to be found growing wild in
many parts of the district. the fibre, how
ever being coarse and green.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19

Mr.. BouteIIe's Retirement. - The
proposition to retire Representative Bou-
telle of Maine with the rank OF captain
and the pay received by retired officers of
that rank has been claimed by some to
be of doubtful constitutionality. In de-
fence of this position that clause OF the
Constitution is quoted which provides that
no member of Congress shall become in
any way the beneficiary of any act passed
during his term of office. II is held that
the proposed action in Representative
BoutelIe's case would be in violation of
this clause.
Speaking of the matter as he stood In
the House lobby yesterday. Representa-
tive Wheeler of Kentucky, member Of
the Committee on Naval Affairs. said:
THE committee has prepared joint res
olution. which is calculated to do away
with all objection. The idea is one of
promotion and not one of pension. The
resolution reads that the President of the
United States be and is hereby author
! lied to nominate and, by and with the
consent OF the Senate, to appoint upon the
retired list of the navy, with the rank OF
| captain. Charles A. Boutelle formerly a
| lieutenant on the active list Of the Navy.
| You can see that as the resolution reads
| it provides for Representative Boutelle S
advancement, something TO which he is
| entitled in view of his long service In
| Congress and on the Committee on Naval
| Affairs. There can be no logical objection
| TO promoting a member Of Congress in
| that part of the service TO which he may
have been attached and then retiring
him There is nothing unconstitutional
| in that"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
SAW JAcKsoN's GREAT BATTLE.
J. VI. A. Barousse Dies at View Or
leans Mt the Age of 80.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1s.-Joachim
Michel Adolph Barousse, aged ninety-tive
years, and resident of New Orleans for
ninety-two. died here today. He was born
in San Domingo, of illustrious parentage,
but the family fed to New Orleans on the
uprising Of the negroes. Barousse was
in New Orleans at the time of Andrew
Jaekson's famous battle with the British
In 1926 he assisted in the organization CT
the old Gardes Orieanaises.
He was a social leader at the time, and
was selected to introduce General Lafay-
cite on the occasion of the great ball
given in his honor at the st. Louis Hotel.
In IS47 Barousse entered Major Gally's
Battalion and served with distinction as
lieutenant throughout the Mexican war
He entered the Confederate army during
the civil war, but was too old to see much
active service. He leaves ten children
thirty-ive grandchildren, and fourteen
great grandchildren.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19

South African dispatches would appear
indomitable Botha is preparing for a
spring over the Drakensberg range into
Natal, and thus create diversion which
would compel Lord Kitchener to seriously
divide forces, which now are barely able
TO hold their own west of the mountains.
Should such movement be effected sue
cessfulIy, it is plain taat # would mean
more re-enforcements and an indefinite
prolongation OF hostiiities.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
THE OUTLOOK IN PORTO RICO.
Governor Allen Enthusiastic Over
Conditions in the Island.

SAN JUAN, p. R., Jan. 1S.-Governor Al
len returned here today from a trip over
the island in an optimistic frame of mind.
He says the sugar and tobacco crops are
the largest that have ever been grown on
the island and the planters are afraid
the factories will be unable to handle
them.
Many roads and bridges on the island
are nearing completion. When they are
finished Porto Rico Will be winter para
disc for automobilists and equestrians.
1t is thought here that capital invested
In Porto Rico at the present time will
have wonderful advantages.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
WINDOW GLASS PRICES RAISED
The Trust Makes n Compromise with
Independent Dealers.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1s.-Notification of an
advance of 20 per cent in the price Of
window glass was received last night by
every jobber in the United States. The
notice came from committee represent
ing practically all the window glass man
ufacturers In the country and means that
the war between the American Window
Glass Company, commonly known as the
Window Glass Trust, and the indepen-
dent manufacturers has been patched up.
This has been raging for over year and
was found to be SO costly that truce
was made.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
where Men BECOME Kin.


Be the father civilized or savage, be the hus-
band ignorant or educated. there is that in the
human heart that the attack on the
daughter OF wife. with intent TO despoil, to
make of him demon as insane as the ruffan
that assailed her Whether the villain be white
or black, OF any other color, is of small moment
TO him. The savage instinct OF vengeance is in
full possession OF his soul, and the more fendish
punishment 10 can conceive and inhict on The
man that has done him wrong worse than death,
the nearly will be satisfied. And his
neighbors, with wives and daughters OF their
own influenced possibly by the thought that q
terrible punishment will add TO the safety Of
their loved ones. will sympathze in not merely
his grief, but his unspeakable rage.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS.
The Lawton to Leave San Francisco
for Manila on February 1.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1S.-According
to the present plans the transport Lawton
will sail February 1 on her regular trip
to Manila. via Honolulu and Guam. The
Warren, due from Manila about the 25th,
will follow the Lawton on February 16,
unless extensive repairs are found to be
necessary to the steamer. The Warren is
bringing 464 sick soldiers and the bodies
OF 104 dead soldiers.
The transport Sheridan left Manila on
January 10 with twenty-seven officers and
ga men of the Thirty Volunteer
Infantry forty-four general prisoners, $50
sick soldiers and seven insane men.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19

We are delighted to learn that the Con-
gressional Investigating Committee is
coming home from West Point with an
ensanguined eye If the House is ready
to adopt its views, there will be
academic legislation on the subject of
hazing that will be worth talking about.
Representatives will hear from their con-
stituents if they are Mandy pamby about
the evil Black snake whips and not per-
functory rules and regulations are what
is needed in the premises.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
Legal and Illegal killings.

From the Philadelphia North Americar)
Capital punishment does not abolish the crime
OF murder but it has this merit that it abolishes
is a distinct advantage TO society. ANY inten-
tional killing Of by man is deplorable, and
we all hope the time may come when 1; shall
be stopped Il does not appear 10 be unreason
able 10 suggest that the murderers frst set the
example of abstentiOn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19

the earlier decades OF the late century.
They are too old to avail themselves of 1t
now, but their younger sisters Of the cult
in Kansas and other wild places where it
still thrives, might do well to cut leaf
from the book of this political amazon.
The moral is Gf you live in New York;:
Vote with Tammany: It will do the rest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
Nearly Lost His vote.-senator Berr

NenrIy Lost His fOte.-Senator Berry
OF Arkansas, during the voting on the
many amendments TO the Army Reorgan-
ization bill yesterday. played a practical
Joke upon Senator Culberson of Texas
which brought the latter to his feet with
a quick remonstrance. The voting had
been going on with tiresome regularity
for an hour or more, and the Senators
we're getting almost too weary to answer
to their names as the roll was called
Mr.. Berry, however, was moving actively
around on his crutcbes from one part
of the Chamber to the other. Finally
he paused behind Mr.. Culberson's chair,
Just as the name Of the Senator from
Texas was called. Mr.. Culberson was
slow in answering, and Mr.. Berry
chimed in quickly with a loud Yes"
At that Mr.. Culberson came to himself
and shouted out mo" in tones loud
enough to make everyone distinctly Ger
tain OF the way he had voted. Shaking
with laughter Mr.. Berry enjoyed the
joke thoroughly. Later he led Mr.. Gull
berson by the arm into the cloakroom
to make explanations.