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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
MUCH WORK BUT NO ACTIl N.
The Life of the Industrial Commits
sion Draws to a Close.

The Industrial Commission, created by
an act OF Congress approved in June,
leSS, Tor a specific purpose. will expire by
limitation December 10. 1871. the life Of the
Commission having been extended by Con-
eress on two different occasions. and the
attempt made last session to prolong its
existence having ssisnaliy failed.
tHless Congress next December should
pass a resolution extending the time for
the dissolution of the Commission a num-
Der Of typewriters. stenographers clerks.
messengers, etc. viii be out Of office, To
say nothing Of the civilian members of
the Commission. who are paid so per day
The members of the Commission who are
members Of. the Senate and House of
Representatives respectively, however,
are paid nothing except travelling ex-
penses, so they will have no serious OBJ
lection.
When the Commission was organized
much space was given by the press of the
country TO its proceedings. nut lately
however, the hearings before the Com
mission have not attracted much atten-
ton. This is due. it is said. to the fact
that since the organization Of the Com
mission, which was the result Of a cIamor
OF few individuals at the time, Congress
has failed to heed any ont. of it's several
recommendations
During the past winter and up to the
present month, many prominent witness
eS- identified with various trusts, conbi-
nations. corporations, and also with the
doctrines of socialism have been examin-
ed by the Commission Much testimony
has been taken which vii! be embodied in
a report, the last annual report of the
Commission, unless Congress should. by
resolution, prolong its life. In this report
many recommendations viii be submitted
TO Congress.
Attention is called 20 the fact that while
the appointment of the Commission was
really the result Of a demand for informa-
ton concerning the methoGs and workings
Of the industrial combinations of the
country with the view of their ultimate
control by Congress, yet not one Of its
many recommendations or suggestions to
Congress has ever beeen enacted into law
Indeed, it is common report that the an
nuaI reports of the Commission have new
CT even been considered by Congress.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Circulation Statement
The Independence of Cuba.


As we are not exactly Informed con
corning what President Mckinley and
Secretary Root said to the Cuban Com
missioners, or what they said in reply,
we are unable to say what justifica-
ton one of the visitors, Senior Por-
tuondo. may have for the statement
that he is sure the United States viii
grant US independence and that Wash
ington viii soon announce to the world
that Cuba is a sovereign power
If Senior Portuondo is not laboring
under mistake the Administration
has made an egregious one. The Plat
terms. which the President is bound to
enforce, mean not sovereignty, but
American suzerainty. That is an abso-
lutte sine qua non, because it is neces-
sary as well for the protection of this
country against possible foreign ag-
erosion almost at our coast, but
equally so for the prevention of interna-
tioraI compiled tons and entanglements
which the political and diplomatic in
experience of the Cubans would be GER
tain to result in were they allowed to
assume unrestricted sovereignty.
1t is greatly TO be hoped that our
Federal authorities have been entirely
frank with the Cuban Commission.
Secretary Root must recall the terri
Bile consequences which have resulted
from the insineerity of Mr. Gladstone's
last convention with Che Boefs- They
objected to the word .'suzerainty" in
their old treaty with England, and de-
r1anded sovereignty. The Grand but
evasive odd Man. dropped the pro-
tested term to humor them, but insert
ed a provision giving the British Cow
eminent control over their foreign re-
IatIons- In International law no posi-
Bile language could more definitely fix
the fact Of suzerainty, and so the con-
cession intTinsically amounted to moth
ing. But 1t actually deluGed Paul
Kruger. Joubert, and the other South
African negotiators into the belief that
it made that little State fully sovereign
and independent, and that notion
finally led to the devastating war which
the whole world deplores-
There should be no such opportunity
for future misunderstanding in the def
ILlLlDH u UuI Ae1d-lLO44S Win NAAey IL
should be so clear and unmistakable
that the enforcement OF American
rights in the island at any time would
be free from foreign question OF crit
cfsm. The sugar and tobacco trusts
would not allow a Republican Admins
tration and Congress to annex Cuba;
but they have no ground for interfer-
ence where the general safety Of the ma
ton. themselves included, is at stake.
1t would be simple folly TO turn a lot
of political infants loose to become the
prey of our commercial rivals, or TO be
involved in quarrels with them. In
their foreign relations the Cubans must
be under United States suzerainty. as
well as in some other matters They
should be left in no sort of doubt on
this score We are bound 10 believe
that Senior Pcrtuondo has been mis-
quoted, or that he has imbibed a total
Iy erroneous idea Of the purposes OF
this Government.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Gossip.

Not long ago an unhappy man in a
New Hampshire city shot his wife and
then himself, all on account of gossip.
He admitted afterward that nothing
had been proved against his wife, but
said that malicious neighbors had
talked to him until they had aroused
his suspicion and destroyed his peace
Of mind, and made him utterly mad
The fact that ali this talk was not
true does not improve matters at all
The unfortunate couple are now dead.
It might be pleasant TO reflect that
the gossips who caused all this trouble
would henceforth see the error Of their
ways and cease to make nuisances Of
themselves. but the reelection would
probably be unwarranted by fact
Nothing has yet beer discovered which
csn cure a genuine, malicious, thor
ough- going gossip, except death, and
II is not lawful 10 kill such people ex-
cept in defence of ones life. which
they never attack by material means
So they viii probably go on chattering,
and whispering, and insinuatlng, and
making life miserable for other people
generally, till death removes them at a
ripe old age.
It viii be remembered by those who
count Tennyson among the objects Of
their young enthusiasm and mature ad-
mirauon, that among the regulations
enforced by King Arthur was a rule
that his knights should speak no Sian
der. no. nor listen to It: and it would
h. II to
days. Hannah More is said TO have
stopped tattIers Who came to her on
mischief bent, by calmly arising with
the remark:
Come, NC viii 20 and discuss this with the
person o. whom you speak"
As rule, the tattIer did not approach
her again. at least not on that subject
one mischievoUs trait in the genuine
gossip is q determination 10 say as
much as possible behind the victims
back. The person who IS the centre and
object Of the talk is thus The last 70
hear of 1t, and sees his or her friends
dropping away and growing cold, and
hears mysterious hints. without being
able to decide whether the ChnIiness
In the air really means anything or not
Next to refusing to listen to SANDER at
ali. the wisest plan might be for honest
friends 10 take the tale straight to the
central figure Of IT, and allow a chance
for explanation. In perhaps nine cases
out Of ten the explanation would be sat
isfactory and things could be straight
ened out
The judicious policy is. Of course. new
er To say anything which one would not
wish to have repeated or 90 anything
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

The many admirers OF Sultan Abdul
Hamid win be panied TO learn that he is
charged with keeping his unfortunate
brother and predecessor, MOurad. for
twenty-five years in a living tomb, all the
time preveated from speaking to anyone
but his keeper, and never allowed sight
of a book or a newspaper. The Sublime
Porte no doubt viii deny such a story as
HbeIous and outrageous; but since II has
become public 1t IS perhaps probable that
poor Mourad's troubles may be soon over.
Sucb things are apt to end with a splash
in the BUsporus, when, as in the case
Of the late Abdul Ais. they do not termi-
nate in suicide with a pair of scissors.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
SAN FRANcIsCo's SHIPPING.
Prosperity of That Port Since the
War With Spain.

From the san Francisco Chronicle)
The extraordinary growth Of ocean com
meTce OF San Francisco and the increase
of the feet OF steamships engaged in the
foreign trade are noticeable TO every OBJ
server OF the San Francisco water front
and the object Of comment among those
who cross the bay daily on the ferries.
Wonderful changes have taken place with
constantly filed with big steamships re-
ceiving or discharging cargoes- Some Of
these vessels are 700 long for the slips
in which they lie and their huliS project
far into the faiTway beyond the ends OF
the piers 1t IS only a few years since
many of these docks were constructed. and
they We're then supposed to be large
enough to accommodate the biggest steam
ships that would be likely 10 come TO this
port in twenty years to come This is all
changed now Piers and docks must be
lengtnened to adapt them for the big
liners which are making San Francisco
their home port Shortly we shall see
vessels at our wharyes which viii make
the old Pacific Mail liners of twenty years
ago look like cock4e~shells alongside them.
Then, again. scarcely a day passes row
but hat feet of large steamships lie
IN tGty stream waiting for vacant berths
at which they may discharge the cargoes
they bring from across the Pacific or from
the Islands of Southern seas or the ports
of Central and South America with which
we are developing a large and valuable
commerce The E=harves at which these
merchantmen are moored tell the story Of
our new foreign relations and the vast and
varied resources Of the State itself These
are scenes OF great activity and the com
mercial wealth OF d score of nations is
represented in the merchandise which is
being handled on them. The theme of the
daily water front reports of the ''Chroni-
cle' Is commercial prosperity, and the
growing list of steamship lines in its adj
YertiSing columns bears witness of the
steady advance CT our commerce with
foreign ports
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
The INVASION of Europe.

All Europe today is agog over the
latest deal of J. Pierpont Morgan, who
has at length eclipsed the famous
house Of Rothschild and taken its place
as the Aladdin Of finance and business
His purchase of a controlling interest in
the Leyden steamship line, reported yes
terday. is confirmd, and it is said that
he is about to acquire a majority inter
est in the Atlantic Transport Company,
which, together with the other, would
give his syndicate command of a fleet
Of eighty-tive large ocean steamships.
This movement may well be described
as an economic invasion Of Great Brit
ain II is admitted in London that all
the American Coal Trust requires in
order to equip it for successful compe-
titiun with English and Welsh Goals in
the West Indian and Mediterranean
markets IS adequate ocean carriage
That the trust will now have. Min
ing and trade conditions prevalent at
this time would enable the Morgan
combination, If provided with the ne
cessary bottoms, to try conclusions
with British competitors even without
the handicap upon the latter of the
new export tax on coal With there
viii be at least an advantage of TWEEN
ty-five cents per ton. and the trust IS
ready to take the field.
That it may not be without plenty
Of the sinews of war, the price of an
thracite coal has been advanced, and
viii be further advanced progressively
until, On October /, it viii be estab-
Ifshed at six dollars per ton in New
York-coTresPond extortion- being
applied TO other localities. BY this
means. and certain economies made
possible by consolidation. it is estimat-
ed that the increase Of the Coal Trust
revenues viii aggregate seventy-fve
million dollars annually. Such extra
ordinary income judiciously invested
during a few years would place the
combination in possession Of the great
est single fleet OF merchant vessels in
the world.
As it is reported, Mr.. Morgan and his
associates do not propose to halt at
carrying Goals to Newcastle Their idea
is also TO build a number Of splendid
passenger steamers, and TO seize that
traffic between the United States and
the Old World. They may have other
views. but what these may be nobody
knows, while Europe IN tears and shiv-
ers would very much like 10 be inform
ed. In Britain there is apprehension
that the Bank Of England and the Man
chester Ship Canal may go next Else
where there are fears that the Ameri-
can Midas might want the Pyramids
for cold storage purposes, or turn the
Rock Of Gibraltar into stone quarry.
Such gloomy forebodings can hardly
fail to be reflected in the Continental
press, and by tomorrow we may ex-
pect to learn from their columns that
Count Goluchowski Of Austria, and Ad-
miraI Canevaro Of Italy, have thrown
another fit and are bowling dismally for
a European coalition against the absorb
ing Morgan Who. from all accounts,
would appear to include that lesser
entity, the United States.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
aPoppy Thursday" in Mexico.

Thursday, in the Church OF Carmen In San
Angel, occurred one Of the most unique and
charming religious festivals of the year 4-the
feast Of the peoples" On this day, which Is
known Poppy Thursday san Angel IS sought
by visitors from the neghboring districts and
from the capital, who go to see the festival in
the interesting and extremely ancient church.
The feature Of the ceremony is the procession
through the churchyard OF the priest and his
sistants attended by the faithful to the different
shrines erected in the inclosuTe- Their progress
IS msde perfect cloud Of poppy petals, showered
upon them from the top Of the high wall and
this in connection with the floral decorations
every side, makes charmingly poetic scene.
The poppy petals are also falling during the ser
vice within the church. The fiesta commeTn-
crates the appearance Of the Saviour, after his
resurrection. to St. Mary AAgdaIene.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
TO RETURN TO THE KLoNDIKE.
4 Maryland Man Says the OPportuni-
ties Are as Good as Ever.

EASTON, Md, April 30.-Eugene F La
Porte viii leave today on his return TO the
Alaskan gold fields. He went first to the
KIondike in 1887 and remained there until
the fail Of last year He is interested in
two claims on the Big Salmon watershed
and one on EldOrad0 Creek and is also an
extensive stockholder in the Henderson
Creek Hydraulic Mining Company Dur
ing his absence his partner, w. H. NorvaI.
OF Washington, has been locking after
their interests. Mr. La Porte expects to
return to Maryland next fall
MI La Porte says that most of the men
who will go into the Klondii1e this spring
are mine owners, as the gold fever has
burned out among the masses. He says
that the chances for young men are now
as good as or better than they were dur
ing the rush of 1897. Most OF the hard
ships experienced by the first upon the
field have disappeared
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

dent and Mrs. Mckinley and their en-
tourage has begun most auspiciousiy, III
the first really enjoyable days of the cen
tury-s first spring, under skies smiling
upon the fresh verdure of the season The
splendid railway train is carrying its dis
tinguished freight rapidly through the
country and at every hating place en-
thusiastfc crowds gather TO greet and do
honor TO the Chief Magistrate of the Re
public We are particularly pleased to
read in our dispatches that the Lady Of
the White House, whose health is not al
ways robust, is well and thoroughly en-
joying the progress That, let US say. is
worth the whole cost and trouble Of the
enterprise.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Huge Land Crabs In the Tropics.
From Parsons Magazine.(

NEioLh 4 ealspI , ArEdZlHe-t
One Of the oonmonest and the largest Of the
Christmas Island land crabs is the well-known
robber crab, which is found in most OF the
tropical islands Of the Indian and Pacific oceans
Il sometimes reaches a length Of two feet and
may measure seven inches across the back: its
ColOrs are Of very gaUdy description the
ground color being bright red upon which
there are stripes Of yellow, but in some cases
puTplish blue Is the prevailing tint. The eyes are
fixed on stalks which can be moved independently
Of one another, and there are Two pairs Of feel
ers long, the other short; the latter pair
are coHtinuaiir~ jerked up and down There Is
pair Of powerful claws, then several walking legs
II general appearance these animals are much
more like rather stout HOLSTERS than crabs and
ones first encounter With one Of these creatures
in the middle OF forest far from the sea Is
productive Of much establishment on both sides.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
An ExnmnIe Present.

From the Catholic Standard Times)
81 say. Scribbler." said Sappy, chow on earth
do you think up all these characters you wife
about?'
20! take them from real life" replied scrib-
bier. but they never suspect. Take, Tor instance
the character OF Woody Britten,' who IS al
Ways saying 'dooced this and -dooced' that. Now
that's fellow ] know very WE'LL but he doesn't
know I'm using him.
''Oh! come now ] say How dooccd cleYah OF
yOui dooced stupid OF him. though
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Too Handy with the Gun.
- the PbiIadelnhia Ledrcrl

q IDIiI LIt fIJIdutIIlLiIa LtuAtI-J
Policemen are furnished with TcvolyeTs for their
protection but are as 9meHQbIe as other citizens
10 punishment for a misuse-of the weapons. They
may shoot IN self-deiencc If attacked and they he
lieYe their lives &c be endangered but even then
viii be subject TO indictment and viii have 10
establish their plea Of self-defence to Obtain an
acquittaI- The use Of TevOTveTs 10 stop a fleeing
man. even when .ie is known to be criminal. is
10 be deprecated
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

The interesting financial information
comes from Vienna that the Chinese in
demnity loan is to be guaranteed by Rus
STA and foated in America. 1t is further
stated that the visit Of Mr. Vanderlip, ex-
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury, TO
St Petersburg. is for the purpose Of ar
ranging details. The story sounds pisca-
torial, but nothing is too strange 10 hap
pen in these days. Perhaps it may ac-
count for the strenuous efforts the Admin
istration is making TO get the total Of the
various claims against China reduced to q
round sum Of two hundred million dol
lars. Mr.. Morgan may consider that about
all the Empire can stand. He knows, be-
cause he knows more than anybody about
everything When it comes to the pinch
how much, we wonder, viii he be willing
to pay for Westminster Abbey and the
British Crown jewels?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Regulation, Not Prohibition.
From tbs Kansas City Starr

The hardest person 70 reform is the reforIncr
However II Is pertinent TO call the attention Of
the Temperance agitators 70 the complete failure
Of their efforts to bring about 4 higher morale il
the army through the abolition Of the canteen
temperance people should learn that SO long as
they cannot bring about prohibition the best
results are attained by intelligent regulation
They are now in error OF ths cantesn question.
It is important that tsy should sec their mistake
for with the enlargement OF the army the best
possible regulations should De adopted and o.
served to promote the welfare Of the American
soldier.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
The Lecture Abruptly Ended.
From the London Answers.}

an Oxford professor was giving his pupils
lecture on Scotland and the Scots"
'HT1esc hardy men, he said think nothing
about swimming acrcss the Tay three times every
morning before break FAST"
suddenly a loud bust of laughter came from
the c6htTe Of tie hall and the professor amazed
at the idsa Of anyone Gariig to interrupt him in
the middle Of his lecture, angrily asked the Of
fender what he meant by such unFHly conduct
i was Just thinking sir replied that in
dividual, that the poor Scotch chaps would find
Themselves OBJ lie wrong side for their clothes
when they landedi',
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Trade to Dwarf Nature.
lFrom tlre - - r.

tFT0m thr New York PTess-)
''The biggest signboard in the world IS under
construction at Niagara Falls. Space TO let
When completed. for the delectation OF Pan
American visitors 1t will tower above the cataract
20 show how devoid Of grandeur and sublimity
IS this work OF a daring nature and beauty-fram-
ing God compared with the splendid the lovely.
the magnificent feats of man-engrosSng trade.
1t is on the Canadian shore. which such slow
and conservative methods across the border, will
prevent effectual protest There Is need Of an
internz tional spite-feucc law,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Abseuf-Miuded.

(From the Boston Transcript.)
The Rescuer-How did you happen to fall into
the water, my man?
The Rescued-It looked sort OF inviting and I
Jumped in. I'm rather absent-minded you see,
and | forgot that didn't know how to swim.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
In n Hurry to Squeeze.
CFrom the Philadelphia Record.J

The ink was hardly dry the issue Of the Tin
Can Trusts stock certificates before II cot down
10 business b. announcing an increase In the price
OF It's wares. L IS estimated that the cost Of
living for each person who consumes canned goods
viii be increased to the extent OF 30 cents 4
year by the increased gyice Of cans. This VIII not
be heavy TAX To me individual, but viii run
into millions Of dollars u tle aggregate. and
every cent of it viii be plumber.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
The AIiIE Of the Buffalo.

The Government OF India has recently published
interesting note the milk Of COWS and
Indian bufaloes. This is based on the work Of
Dr. Leathes, and states that the milk OF the
Indian cow corresponds very closely to that Of
the English one but in tie milk Of the buffalo
tie pr0teids are ii higher proportion and the
lactcse is in lower proportion than in cows milk
Buffaio's Fix usually contains much more lat
also. Ths minerai matter is about the sumo
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
WHY the Trust Yielded.

CFrom the Johnstown. Pa. Democrat)
There i no mystery in the yielding Of the Steel
Trust to organized labor IN the recent scrap The
Steel Trust IS busy Just How selling wind and
water TO the dear people at IrenE When it
has finished this little job it viii I'D both the
time and the excuse for smashing labor ike
egg shell
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
MAKING WAY FOR MR. coNeER.
Mr.. Perkins, Vyithdravvs From the
Race in Iowa.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April S0.-ExRep-
resentative George D. Perkins, the ma
chine candidate for the nomination for
Governor on the Republican ticket, has
withdrawn, owing to Mr.. CongeTs return
to Iowa and his assurance that he would
accept the nomination for Governor if it
were rendered MIN
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Like Some Hens.
From the chicago Tribune.)

Fr0m the Chicago Tribune.)
''Are they good to eat?" asked the visitor
looking at the pet raccCons-
That's about all they are good for, miss re-
Piled the young man who owned the animals ut
costs me mighty near half a dollar 4 day TO feed