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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
ELECTRIC EXPRESS TRAINS.
Emperor William Making Investi-
cations in Rapid Transit.

BERLIN. Jan. 13.-Emperor William is
interesting himself actively in the devel-
opment OF electric traction on ordinary
railways. He has been watching during
the past few months the excellent results
achieved by heavy electric trains between
Berlin and Zehlindorf and as result Of
his observation he has been discussing
with Privy Councillor Rathenau. who is
Director of the Allgemeine Electricians
Gesellschaft. the possibility of revolution
izing the present system OF traction
His Majesty is convinced that electricity
must in the future be the motive power of
passenger trains. especially express trains
between Berlin and the other German and
European capitals. He thinks. however,
that steam might for the present be re-
tanned for freight and local trains. Herr
Rathenau has issued a report by request
of the Emperor in which he states that
some of the leading industrial and fnan-
cial firms. including Siemens and Halske.
and krupp Of Essen. Rave founded
Sudden Geselischaft, under the chairman
ship of Dr. Schulz, President OF the I'm
perial Railway Bureau, to investigate the
problem,
This syndicate has appointed techni
CHI OF WHICH f1eTTen SldDg anu
Rathenau are presidents, and sub-com-
mittee. to deal with the details of traffic.
architecture. and mechanics. These
will examine data and confer. 1t is ex-
pected that tie result OF their labors will
be the establishment during 1901 of So
called lightning service on the military
line from Berlin to Zossen, which Cen
eral Won Gossler, Minister of War, has
placed at the syndicate's disposal for pur
poses of experiment. -----
1t is hoped to prove the feasibility of
making 200 or $50 kilometers an hour.
Each train will consist of single car
accommodating about fifty persons. The
Allgemeine Electricians Gessellschaft
and Siemens and Halske are each build
Ing an experimental car. which generally
resembles the ordinary European sleep
ing car. II the experiments succeed on
the Berlin -Zossen line, which is only
about thirty kilometers long. it is intend
ed to start a quarter or half-hourly ser
vice between Berlin and Hamburg. The
distance will be covered in rather less
than an hour. The Emperor has ordered
the State Department to assist the
Sudden Gesselschaft as much as it posi-
bly, can.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
Reformntorie. FOR GirI..

It is reported that the officials OF the
Baltimore Reform School for Girls have
been guilty of gross mismanagement, in
the shape of cruelty to the inmates. The
girls are said TO have been severely beaten
for petty offences. put in strait-jackets
and punishment cells, and otherwise abus-
ed and what is more serious. it is charged
that they come out of the institution with
no morals whatever and that practically
all those who are discharged Immediately
begin to lead dissolute lives. 1t would
appear. therefore, that this reform school
does not reform. and there seems to be a
general leakage of testimony from various
observers Of these institutions to the eff
feet that reform schools in general are
merely excellent criminal kindergartens.
There is one thing which Is worth re-
membering in discussing the management
OF girls reformatories. and that is that
rules which it is almost impossible to get
the ordinary boarding school girl to obey
are likely TO be difficult TO enforce in such
an institution. Anybody who has had any
thing to do with girls college or board
ing school knows that while numerous
the pupils in their daily life. they are
obeyed only by small minority and that
ii would be quite impossible to make the
whole school obey all the rules all the
time Why. then. should it be supposed
that a code OF regulations even more irk-
some than that OF the ordinary school
can be successfully imposed on a collec-
81 Of II RI uha baf t..
the school 10 the fact that they have been
found iueorrigible by their natural guar
dians? When 1t is next TO impossible to
keep an ordinary girl down to a routine
of study. recreation, exercise, and pune
tuality, part of which routine is likely 10
be interesting TO her, and all of which
IS manifestly for her good, how is it to be
supposed that anything less than super
human tact will be required TO make re-
form school girls swallow the routine i'm
posed upon them. which is Infinitely more
strict aud combining. and which, as they
are quite aware, is rot intended TO be
pleasant TO them, and only remotely profit
able?
The problem is a difficult one. for EVIL
IDENTIFY Il Is not safe TO allow the girls too
much liberty or too much leisure. The
same difficulties. in somewhat less de-
gree, exist In the boys reform schools,
but there is complication, in the shape
OF femWne nerves, in the schools for
girls. There are times in the life OF
growing girl when she is likely to be per-
fectiy impervious 10 reason or common
sense. especially If she has been misman-
aged-and most OF the inmates OF these
schools have. TIE only safe way to man
age girl between the ages of ten and
eighteen Is to give her enough TO do. and
take care that the occupation is more or
less interesting TO her. II she is left 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.
Continued Dizziness Causes RumOrs
of Curtaiimcnt.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan. 15.-Local
brokers report that the sales in the print
cloth market last week amounted to about
$1,000 pieces, all odds. No regulars were
disposed of. because there was no demand
for them.
The continued dulIness of the print
cloth market both locally and in other
manufacturing centres, has caused ru-
mors of curtailment and rumors Of price
concessions to be circulated.
New York and Philadelphia reports
have had it that there is an immense
stock of finished goods on hand, varying
from two million to four million pieces,
but any statement as to the number of
pieces in the market here is pure specula-
ton, the selling committee and those N
position to know refusing to make public
an official estimate. They state posi-
lively, however, that the entire amount
of goods will not reach two million pieces
and that buyers will be surprised later on
at the smallness of the stock on hand. as
compared with some of the estimates
made.
Manufacturers look for business which.
if it amounts to the volume usual at this
time, will clean up their surplus stock.
They are making no price concessions. ex-
cept in cases where goods have been sold
to clear up stock at regular prices some
what easier than they were held few
weeks ago. The hope of extensive busi
ness has not been abandoned, and talk of
curtailment receives little encourage
ment here. Agents do not look upor the
market as being as bad as when clutail-
ment was begun last year, and do not ex-
pect to stop machinery. Curtailment talk
is the natural result of the high prices
h. of
buyers to pay prices asked for cloth. and
the steady increase in the surplus sup
ply OF goods. The market is dull but firm,
on IL basis of 3 1-Sc for regulars.
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MONEY FOR THE sAMoANs.
The $4,000 for Surrenderirg Arms
Being Distributed.

TUTUILA. Samoa, Jan. 1-(Via San
Francisco. Jan. 13).-The SAL 900 which the
three nations agreed to pay Samoans for
surrendering their arms is now being dis
tributed. but many guns are still in the
hands of the natives.
Mataafa has been rebuked by tine Ger
man Governor for demanding from the
chiefs of Tutuila 1.0O9 fire mats which
are worth a large sum. He defended him
self by saying this was not political levy.
but that the mats were due because OF
family relationship.
In Tutula. under United States rule.
the natives are happy and business IS
booming. The natives are the envy Of
their fellows on the other islands.
The Government work at Pago-Pago is
going on well. though the San Francisco
contractors have met many difficulties
The natives of Pago-Pago. adjoining the
Government property. have agreed to give
the whole beach front for the Govern
ment buildings and reservations. They
expect Uncle Sam to pay them we'll, ard
with the money they will build church
The proposed road around Pago-Pago
harbor has been begun, but money is
lacking to complete il.
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thing that is honest This sounds we'll
But when you come down to practical
propositions the true state OF the case
comes out. Offer such woman thu po-
sition of a servant-even an upper SER
want. She will not take that because 1t ID
mental. Suggest that she go into shop
as clerk. She cannot endure the hours CT
standing. Give her sewing to do. IL
comes home several days late and BADLY
| done Let her learn typewriting. She
drives her employer wild with her Lad
spelling and punctuation. In short. there
is no calling open to her in which she IS
worth even a small salary, and so she
goes on depending on charity till she mar
ries again. What is to be done with
woman like that? The long and short OF
it is that pluck thoroughness, lnteili-
gence. and determination are absolutely
essential to any woman who expects to
get even a moderate living out of this
world. unless she goes on the stage, where
extraordinary beauty may possibly make
up for iac, of other qualities; but stage
life is. nine tenths of it, hard work, and
even beauty will not count for much WITH
out that.
The economic conditions in this country
have so changed in the last fifty years
that women can no longer depend upon
finding places open to them, unless they
can work. and work well. The trades
which are open to them demand thorough
ness initiative. and brains quite as much
as do those of men. If some philanthro-
pists can devise scheme by which the
women who are without protectors. and
have not these qualities. can at least earn
their salt. it will be a good thing. The
chances are that some sort of factory, in
which work could be given out by the
piece, to be done at home would more
nearly meet the needs of the case than
anything else Embroidery. lace making,
or sewing of some kind is open to inspec-
tion when brought back. it can be done
in greater or less quantities. perfect
work can be exacted of the workers, aud
If the tasks are done at home there Is
less expense for the employer and the
worker can attend to household duties and
save some expense to herself Moreover,
in this transition age of the world there
are many sewing women out of work. and
most girls have been taught at least the
rudiments of this business and are mod
erately clever at it, Such a scheme might
provide for the incompetent unemployed,
while an employment bureau certainly
could not The latter might follow the
plan of refusing to give any one indi-
vidual more than three opportunities; If.
after trying three employers. permanent
place could not be secured, the applicant
could fairly be ticketed as incompetent. In
that way the drones and the "feckless''
ones, as the Scotch call them. would be
weeded out, and places found for the real
ly deserving.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
A FRENCH THIEF BEsIFeEp.
Defies n Force of Gendarmes Wins
Surround His House.

PARIS. Jan. 13.-A thief named CO.
guard, whom the police wanted, was
brought to bay in his house near Tryoes,
a hundred miles southeast of Paris. He
sed firearms and when two men ap-
preached the house yesterday he fired at
and wounded them. The house was sur
rounded by gendarmes. To-Day a neighbor
tried to pariey with the man, but the lat
ter shot him dead. squad of chasseurs
was summoned and these. leveling their
rifles upon all the windows and doors,
covered two of their number. who ad-
vanced and removed the body of the muir
dered man. The siege continues.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
A MESSAGE FROM CERvERA.
The Spanish Vice Consul mt Norfolk
COurteousiy Remembered.

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 13.-Arthur Hum-
phrey. Spanish Vice Consul here. believing
from press dispatches that Admiral Ger
vera was critically i'll. cabled condolences
to the admiral's suite. Back came a cable
from the admiral. who is at Cadiz, saying
that the published report that he was
sick was untrue and that he is enjoying
very good health. Admiral Cervera and
Mr.. Humphreys became friends when the
admiral, in 1898. visited the wounded
Spanish prisoners then in the United
States naval hospital here.
Mr.. Humphreys and other Americans
here showed many coIrtesies to the
wounded spanish, and several times since
friendly messages have been received from
Admiral Cervera, one of whose first acts
on his return to Spain was to procure
the reappointment' of Mr. Humphreys to
the vice consulate he resigned when the
Spanish war broke out.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
GREAT CANADIAN ENTERPRISES
scheme for the New Ccnturp InvoIv-
ing Millions of Dollars.

MONTREAL, Jan. I3.-With the begin
ming of the new century big commercial
schemes are afoot in the Dominica. Some
where in the neighborhood of s4O.600.Oo0
is to be invested in manufacturing and
mining enterprises The Canadian Furni-
ture Manufacturers, a trust which will in
clude practically all the manufacturers OF
furniture in the country, Will have capt.
tai OF $1,000 600; the nc~ Pacific Coal Com
pany will have a capital of S4,000,OOO; the
Cramp- Ontario Steel Company, which IS
to put up an immense plant for building
steel ships at Collingwood. Ont. and in
which Americans are deeply Interested
Will call for 100000 and the Dominion
iron and Steel Company is increasing It's
capital from $15.CU0, 600 to S20.GOo.0CO
The railway applications to Parliament
foreshadow new combinations OF much in
terest The Canada Northern is seeking
power to absorb the Ontario and Rainy
River and the Manitoba and Southwestern
Railways. This will give railway system
under one management from Lake Supe-
rior to the wheat areas of .he Northwest.
A fleet of freight steamers is to ply from
Fort William, the eastern terminus of the
Great Northern, to Parry Sound, on Lake
Huron, which is the western terminus OF
the Canada Atlantic system. which, with
its connections. reaches the seaboard. A
combination of the two roads will furnish
effective competition to the Canadian Pa
ciilc Railway.
Mr.. Clergue and his Napoleonic plans for
the development of the Algoma region are
much in evidence. Parliament will be ask
ed to pass an act to incorporate the
Clergue Iron and Steel Company, which
seems about TO enter into all kinds OF bust
ness. from mining, treating ores and met
ais, building railways. bridges. and ships
to the making of coke. Large bond issu-
ing powers are also asked for, and sub
sidy for his railway. the Algoma Central.
which he proposes 10 extend to Hudson's
Bay will be applied for
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

(Fron the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
Unless some very well planned scheme OF CO.
operation with disloyal Cape Dutch is being car
sied out the continued pressing southwark Of
bands Of invading Beers seems to be pure mad
ness Some observers who regard the prolonga-
ton of the war - Senseless ohstinacy on the
part of the Boer leaders pointing out the edu-
eatinp-process that is nevertheless being ac-
compIished by it. Since the burshers have ac-
i,utliy made twentieth century problem Of the
war The long trial Of their heroisn must by this
time Il is said, have taught them broader idea
than what they first resolved to fight for. In
that case this painful lengthehing out of the
conflict has not been in vain II cannot fail to
have occurred to many Of them that the Austen
ton OF the greatest Republic from Interference
muzt have been due in part to lack OF full SYM
pathy with their own republican ideas. Gcner-
ally speaking. the complete absence OF all for
riru intervention where they had firmly trusted
to be delivered by it must have tempered the
h,roism of leaders with political heart
sp4r,biue-.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
How to Get Officers.
(From the Chicago Chronicle)

(From the Chicago Chronicle)
The Secretary OF the Navy is i'll a state OF
mind over the lack Of commissioned officers TO
meet the requirements OF the increased navy. but
he sees no way of meeting the difficulty save by
increasing the number Of cadets at Annapolis
and waiting four years for them TO be gradu-
ated The true remedy, OF course, is TO make
commissioned rank attainabc ny warrant officers
and enlisted men. as is the in every other
navy on earth and as is the case in the army.
Such system would supply tie deficiency Of
commissioned officers at once. for there are un-
doubtedly plenty of men in the forecastle capable
OF taking the examinations for a commission
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
Time to Tell the Truth.


standing army sufficient for the protection
cf Just American rights everywhere will not I've
begrudged By the American people. An army
designed to foster the colonial system for this
country will not be readily subscribed to. II
Mr.. Lodge show that the demands % com
merce, the Monroe Doctrine actual self-ie-
fence anywhere call for army Of any size
there viii be no objection. But il the hdnlin-
istration is authority and we mean to Keep the
Philippines. why not say so? II Congress il
authority. why doesn't it act? II nothing Is
authority but the brute force of the army. the
people ought 10 know it. Il is time for some
body 70 begin TO act ION the sc,nre.''
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
4 Pnrtisnn scheme.


What is this new idea of having the colleges
send delegations OF students to march in Mr..
McKinleys inaugural parade next spring? 1t is
painfully suggestive to some Of Us of the CON
quered peoples walking in a Roman triumph. ON
the whole this is OF the most remarkable of
recent schemes. Whoever conceived it hit i
thing to make the judicious grieve. whatever else
it may do. 1t is a barefaced attempt to make
political capital Tor the future by suggesting a
novel picnic to college students and depending ON
the impression made them in this way to in
1uence their political attitude little later.
Nothing quite like it is recorded in history.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
Republican Dangers.
(Froln the Des Moines Leader.

IFFVIH UIt Dc -IVIIIe9 Is.auFI.J
The dominant party faces critical problems.
II will hardly he possible 10 continue the present
ostrich Philippine policy through four years.
Every family in the United States is con-
tributing. average. $50 to the Federal Gov
eminent, and the programme is to increase, not
to diminish. appropriations. The subsidy grab,
scotched but not killed, will probably return 10
vex the next Congress. There is increasing re-
sentiment at the refusal to protective
duties from industries which have fallen into
trust control. Moreover. the supreme Court may
nullfy the Porto Rican bill and set the Admin
is;rations colonial policy adritt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
The philippine Petition.

Probably Senator Hawley. of Connecticut, in
objectins 20 the printing of the Filipino petit
tion for independence. presented by Senator Tel
Ter yesterday a. a Senate document, spoke on q
first impulse. natural under the circumstances
but We doubt the wisdom OF his course. Re
fusal to print IL a Senate document will not
pregSlt its public circulation. but rather will
stimulate curiosity 10 read it. The public is al
ways anxious to read what it is told it ought
not TO read
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

From The Omaha World Ilcrald)
II there is any Government money left after the
army. navy and river and harbor appropriation.
are made. some should be set aside to pay the
salary of a muscular professor OF maniness at
the West Point Academy He should be equipped
with ,sell-oiIed and pliable harness tug a
..borse' and determination to beat a little
sense into the cadets who think it honorable and
manly 10 haze young men who are not able to
retaliate
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
More German Protection.
lrrom the IndianapoIls pfcs.A

The German agrarian- seem to have won their
point for higher protection" for food products.
Thi, is bound to prove a severe blow TO German
industry ii the programme shall he carried out.
r., land of the German Empire is not owned by
-; ~ 40. lie or by any considerable number OF
t lie Gres, estates, owned by the titled class,
.ne",i ,,,,s an, .'nal farms comparatively are
upknown. Il i idle ty imagine that the peas
antry-the men that till she sou-wiLI ger any any
will Tet what they have always gr.-barely
enough to live on with the utmost economy me
bcnefc;sries will be The owners OF the estates.
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stand Firm Against Addicks.

tFrom the Wilmington Every Evenng.)
Every regular Republican influence in Della
ware should be eSerted firmly and persistently
against Addicks. Better Senators at all than
two of his dictltion, one of whom would surely
be himself But the result need not be a dead
lock and two vacancies. There sufficient anti
AdIicls votes in the Legislature to defeat Mr.
Addioks and they should be cast solidly with this
end in view.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14
A Post Election Exodus,
From the Wheeling Register.)

u rom ETC WHF5III- tEEI5IVI.y
Tie exodus OF negro w0rkmen from West Yr-
gina since the election speaks eoquently OF a
potent source Of Republican mljorites. These
Southern darkies needed work at the
polls only. When the further fact is known that
many Of these gangs OF negro laborers had
smallpox a prolific source Of the disease in this
State is accounted for. Crooked Republican. ,aa-
ioLitles and smallpox make a lnHelv oomLinniinn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

(From the Philadelphia Press)
Askit-So you're writing for the magazines;
what success are you liavingY
Wrght-Oh. varying.
Askt-Really? lHt
wright-Yes; some of my stuff is declined with
regretsr and some with thanks
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

After all it appears that Vice Admiral
Cervera is not in articuIo mortis. but in
excellent health, So reads cablegram
from his son to friend in this country.
The habit of killing of famous people APP
pears to be epidemic among the Ananiases
of Europe.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

Although the epidemic of grip is much
less serious in Washington than in New
York 1t is still bad enough, and a very
large number of people are more or less
under its influence. The grip, by the way,
is no respecter of persons. President Nc
Kinley is just recovering from a severe
attack and Secretary Hay has been con-
fined to his house for week or more from
the same cause 1t is said that the work
of some of the Government offices is I'M
comfortably impeded by reason of the
number of clerks who are suffering from
the prevailing afiiction. The dry and cold
er weather of the past few days has had a
beneficial effect, and there is ground for
the hope that now the nuisance will abate
itself
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-14

The State Department has information
to the effect that the British Government
is actively considering the Hay aunce-
fote treaty in its amended form, and may
reach a decision regarding its acceptance
or rejection very shortly. As we have re-
psatedly remarked. there does not appear
to be any well defined hope that it will
not be approved. But should such thing
happen it would be pleasant news indeed