The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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Representative from the Ninth district of
the Empire State. is making an enforced
! stay in Washington. He carries his arm
| in what he calls a cradle" all done up
in black silk bandages. Mr.. Campbell a
/ few days ago attempted to alight from a
! Pennsylvania Avenue car while it was in
motion, and fell, fraCturing his arm and
| cutting his forehead The minor injuries
, have all healed, but the splintered bonr
| in mis- arm is slow in knitting together
| At Chamberlin's last night he was sur
! rounded Ivy a group of friends. and was
! indulging in political "reminiscences. He
! went back to the time before the war.
| when Alexander Stephens was stumping
| Georgia, and on down through nearly
! every campaig ign with some interesting In
| cident. until he reached the time OF
| Cleyeland's first nomination.
/ Il WAS the first person to propose the
name of Cleveland for President of the
United States" said he. AT that time,
early in 1884. was State Senator in thu
New York Legislature. The session had
just closed. and John 7. Jacobs one of
the Senators. had given a large dinner in
( honor Of the New York City delegation.
Grover Cleveland was Governor of New
York at the time, and he was one of the
guests of honor at the banquet. over the
wine and cigars, while the toasts We're
being drunk. all began to chaff Cleve-
land over his sporting prociivities. He
with the rod and reel. and most Of
wer" inclined to be very skeptiCal Of his
ability along that line. for even then he
was by means a lightweight. | was
persistent in my chatting. and insisted
that he was neither n good fisherman nor
IA successful duck hunter Why. I ex-
claimed, YOU never rowed a boat in your
life. don't believe you could
'tleN Gland insisted that We were malign-
ing him, and. fearing he might become Of
Tended jumped 60 my feet, and proposed
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President Of the United States The
toast caught on, and the guests cheered
cleveland as the coming President The
next day the newspapers got hold OF it,
and from that time on his boom grew
until he was finally landed i'm the Presi-
Dental chair. ] often feel like saying. 4
did IT, but ! refrain. and am satisfied TO
ing"
I'VE have no trouble in collecting taxes
in Mississippi" said Writ Adams. of
Jackson, yesterday at the metropolitan
Hotel Il ought to know. because | am
the State revenue agent, and all the
States bad bills come to me. L cannot
complain OF being overworked by any
means. and that is proof of the pros
perity of the State. We are just about
to build 100000 State capitol, and We
expect To do 1t without incurriag cent
of debt. The State of Mississippi has al
ways been cautious and quite the reverse
of eXtravag giant. which is probably one ex-
PLANTATION of her having I'm the treasury
81. 900 to draw upon for public improve
ments. The work on the capitol has Just
begun, and ii is I'm the hands of a Boston
firm. The contract provides that the
building is to be finished in twenty-eiGnt
months, but ! hardly think the contract
ors can live up to that requirement. The
location of the new capitol is very fine
1t will stand IN the middle of large
y aSevla# aF h -
looking all parts of the city The site
was occupied formerly by the State peni-
Tertiary, which was torn down and re-
moved to one of the State convict farms
For 81 100000 We expect to have a build
ing that Will be second to none in the
South
In the lobby at willards last night G.
W. McAIlister was renewing old acquaint-
ances He is a WashngtOnian, and was
educated here, partly at Georgetown Uni
versty. Since graduating he has been in
many parts of the United States, and re-
turns to this city after having been alb
sent FOR quarter of a century.
1t is twenty-five years since ! left |
here said he last night. Tt hardly
seems the same place, there have been
so many changes. All the vacant lots on
T Street. where | used to play ball, are
covered by fine buildings. The metamor-
grown village has turned into really
metropolitan city. l have looked about a |
little since l returned and | believe ! Will |
have to get a guide TO help me find |
places with which l was once familiar.
The appearance OF the apitoI even has
been changed by the new terraces; there's |
yond with its gilded dome; there's the
new Corcoran Art Gallery, and this great |
hotel
Mr. McAllister is an electrical EXPERT. |
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raphy. Wireless telegraphy," he said. |
is no theory but fact. and shortly |
will be used for commercial purposes. Not |
only are We about to have wireless teleR-
telephones will some day supersede the |
present system. This is an era of great |
achievements
The business of the tile makers Of the |
United States" said Wilton b. Martin. |
of Paterson, y. j., at the Raleigh last |
night, has increased delfully during |
recent years. regardless Of the COMPETE |
ton Of the older manufactures in Eu- |
rope. The Americans are using more |
decorative tiles in their houses every |
year Formerly all decorations were of |
wood, but now there is hardly house |
of any Importance built that has not in |
some part of 1t tiled floors. and invaria- |
bly, bathrooms and lavatories are lined |
with tiles. This has built up a demand |
much better by the American than by the |
foreign manufacturer. Cheaper labor and |
cheaper material in Europe enable the |
factories there to produce tiles at shade |
below the cost here. Nevertheless. we |
are selling tiles in the market here at |
much less than the price of the foreign |
tile, with the duty added That Is the |
result of local competition.
I'm the business Of tile-making the art |
which is expended upon the product is |
the chief thing In regard both to de- |
STABILITY and price. / suppose that there |
is not another article manufactured upon |
which such effort is made to produce a |
pleasing and artistic result The best de-
signers We can find none too good |
and, in addition TO being good craftsmen |
and color men, they are obliged TO know |
the technical side of porcelain painting |
such firing and theFchange of colors |
that goes on when the glaze Is melted |
A really good tile is as much a work of |
art as fine vase or "A good picture
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BLIND
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