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The Washington times., 1901-07-10
Is n TaiIor a LnborerH

A singular case, and one involving
grave complications, has arrived at the
front in San Francisco. Six wealthy
Cinnamon, all of whom had been in the
United States before, came from China
on a steamship. Two Of them satisfied
the immigrant inspectors that they
were merchants, because they gave sat
isfactoTy evidence that their intention
was 10 start in the commission busi-
ness. and they We're permitted 10 land.
But the other four claiming TO be mer-
chant tailors, and bent upon engaging
in the useful and creditable occupation
which the term implies, were refused
entry The local immigration authori-
ties decided that a tailor is not a mer-
chant. but only a prosperous laborer.
On appeal to the Secretary of the
Treasury, the matter was referred TO
Solicitor O'Conaen and he rendered an
opinion endorsing the action of the in
spectors. The quartette Of Cinnamon
were about 10 be deported, when il oc-
CURED TO the Treasury people that per-
haps Attorney General Knox might be
able to define the true status Of a tailor
better than others, and so the matter is
held in abeyance until his official views
on this weighty issue can be ascer-
tained. when, it is believed in the Ad-
minisTation circle, they will fit the
facts and the law like the paper on the
wall. and not need TO he taken in at the
shoulders or eased a little bit in the
seat
Much depends upon the decision of
Mr.. Knox concerning the question, since
it Is one affecting not only Chinese. but
Americans who are free to admit that
they are not laborers merely because
they sit cross-legged on a bench and
sew garments with an industry worthy
OF better cause; but are manufactur-
ers, since they use raw materials con-
sisting largely of alleged foreign wooden
fabrics imported from New York and
New England, and farmers satin,
which they pansmute into a finished
product merchantable either on a strict
ly cash basis or the installInent plan
they also concede that they are not
only manufacturers. but merchants, in
that they maintain places Of business
for the exhibition and sale of their
handiwork
With impatient interest the country
viii wait at the feet of the Attorney
General to find out what tailors really
are. a year ago, when the Constitution
was supposed to be in It's pristine glory,
we should not have entertained any
doubt regarding the outcome. But now
since the ancient landmarks have been
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
PERSONAL.

Edward Kmball whose influence con-
verted Dwight L. Moody, and who de-
voted his lifetime to paying off church
debts. died recently at the age of seventy
eight His activity for encumbered
churches began in 1877, and since that
time It is said he had raised SIS 90, 900 for
paying off debts of various churches.
DR.. Richard Cecil Hughes. the new
President of Ripon College is one of the
youngest educators in America TO occu-
py the high post of a college president.
He was born in Ohio in 1861. and is de-
scended from six generations of Welsh
Presbyterian clergymen. After his pre-
liminary education at Wooster and
Princeton Universities he entered McCor-
mick Theological Seminary at Chicago
and was graduated thence in 1857. He
became professor of philosophy in Tabor
College in 1891, and later president of that
institution.
Jose d'Olivares. a welI-known writer
on Western and Southern subjects. has
been appointed representative of the
Louisiana Purchase Exhibition at the
Pan-American Exposition.
Prof. r. L. Perkins, formerly teacher
Of New Testament Greek and Hebrew at
the Lay College. Revere. and for dozen
years teacher Of the former course at
the Gordon Missionary Training School
and Young Mems Christian Association,
has received an invitation from c. L.
ScofleId. President OF the Mortified
Training School. of Northfield, Mass. to
give course Of lessons there during the
coming year.
The death, in his seventy-sixth year of
George Elmer, the founder of German
journalism in Australia. is announced
from Adelaide. Eimer's paper. Die Aus
tralische Zeituns,' is still published.
The will Of George w. Armstrong. of
Boston, bequeaths 5000 to the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, to be
called the George Robert Armstrong
fund" in honor OF his only SON The same
amount IS given to Bates College because
1t so largely aids in the education of
poor boys.
Lieut. Gov. William A Northcott.
of Illinois, who is mentioned as the
next United States Senator from that
State. is a friend of Governor Yates and
a native Of Tennessee, the son of a strong
Southern UniOnist. He was educated at
Annapolis. but took to the law, and has
practiced in Illinois for several years.
C. w. Marx, professor of mechanical
engineering in the University of Missouri.
has resigned TO accept appointment to the
professOrship of engineering in the Uni
versity of Cincinnati.
Although seventy-six years old, the
Rev. DR. ]. G. Patton, the famous mission
airy to the New Hebrides Islands, is about
TO return to his field of labor after visit
TO this country aEi England.
Paul w Linebarger. of Chicago. who
has been appointed United States judge
to act in the Philippines was born in
Warren, H., IN 1869 He attended Chicago
public schools and the Northwestern and
Lake Forest Universities. He studied law
in Paris, and was admitted to the bar in
1893; then, after two years in Heidelberg
University, he began the practice of law
In the Spanish war he served as lieuten-
ant of cavalry Mr.. Linebarger speaks
and writes Spanish
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
SLIGHTLY sIUDDLED.

General V oodrufr. who was the special
peace ambassador from the United States
to Spain after the Cuban unpleasantness.
has been in London for a few DAYS. He
sails tomorrow in the DeGtschland.-I.On-
don Daily News.
And this is famei The gentleman who
sailed on the Deutschland was Mr.-not
General-Timothy = Woodruff. I.!euten-
ant Governor of New York Gen.
Stewart l. WoodfOrd-not WoodruR-was
United States Minister rs Spain before
the Cuban unpleasaEtnesS. not special
peace ambassador after it. Yet the Lon
don press wonders that American news
papers are not more accurate. consider
ing the admirable trans-Atlantic examples
set before tnem--New YoTE Tribune
The Washington times., 1901-07-10


The disclosures of the London Daily
Mail concerning the suppression Of
atrociry and pretty much every other
kind OF uncomfortable news from South
Africa, have created a decided sensation
in England. Military men are growing
and say that for one thing the course
of the Government means that Lord
Kitchener is being hampered by the War
Office and is not allowed the free hand
TO deal with the situation which alone
could insure success. English Radicals on
the other hand interpret the rigid press
censorship as indicating that the stories
of devastation and cruelty on the part Of
British troops are true. and they are ac-
cordingly denunciatory of the authori-
ties. Between the criticisms of his own
party and the opposition. one would think
that the Marquis of Salisbury would
throw fit every time he saw Joseph
Chamberlain or thought about Cecil
Rhodes.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

No judgment has yet been rendered in
the asphalt cases. The High Federal
Court of Venezuela has yet TO decide the
question of its jurisdiction on appeal from
the affirmative decision of its president
sitting as a judge OF examination. The
matter is not likely to come before the
tribunal on it's merits for some time to
come. Pending final adjudication. the Ad-
ministration appears to think that there is
nothing to be gained by soaring the Vene-
zuelans with American war ships. Should
the decision ultimately go against the
trust, a different policy might be pur-
sued
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
A STRIKING CONTRAST.

A rather striking contrast is presented
by the care with which the heather
though partially civilized Japanese pro-
vide for bathing and cleanliness. In the
city of Tokyo it is stated there are 500
public baths at which 10000 people bathe
daily at a charge of cent each for adults
and a reduced rate for children.
Compare this heather city with 500 pub
lie baths and 10000 clean heathens with
the city of Pittsburg with one public bath
and some 10000 workingmen and boys.
whose main chance is to dodge the police
and get baths in the not overclean rivers
Certainly If cleanliness is next TO godlf-
ness this city must bank heavily on the
latter quality TO make a creditable show
ing in comparison with TOkyO.-Pittsburg
DiSDatCh.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

As everybody is aware, it was the ad-
vent of Mckinley prosperity of which
Marcus A. Hanna was the advance agent
and barker. that caused crop shortages in
Europe for a series OF years, thereby en-
abhng the American farmer to market
his large surplus at good prices. This
year it seems probable that unless the
Administration can lay in with Provi-
dence anc avert the danger, the harvests
of the OH World will be too prolific for
the comfort of our agriculturists. 1t is
predicted that the English wheat crop
will reach an average of fifty-eight and a
quarter bushels per acre. while the
French, Spanish, and Italian crops prom
ise maximum returns All the signs
point to excellent harvests in .. sufficient
number of foreign countries to menace
American prices and the market for our
cereal surplus.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

1t is reported that the Ordnance Bu-
reau of the Navy Department has re-
quested the Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel
Companies to increase the capacity of
their plants so as to avoid delay in the
completion of battleships. and that the
companies have declined to do so unless
the Government win increase it's orders
for plate. Contenporaneously 1t is re-
ported that the Cramps have claim of
two hundred and sixty-four thousand dol
lars against the Government on account
of delay in furnishing armor for the bat
tleship Alabama. All of this merely goes
to show that it would be a good thing for
the Government to have an armor plate
plant of its own.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
a STERN REBUkE.

Americans abroad" says a Republican
newspaper. celebrate the Fourth more
sensibiy than do most Americans at
home. The former have dinners and they
make speeches" To have a dinner and
listen to lot Of speeches is the effete
Republican idea of celebrating everything,
from the Declaration of Independence to
the triumph of Dorsey or a Dudley with
soap" and blocks Of five in a PresI-
Dental election. What young American
worthy the name would not go without
his dinner and his breakfast and supper
also to whoop things Up in the old way
on the Fourth2 The Belshazzar form of
celebration viii not prevail in this coun-
try until dry rot assails the vitals of the
kepubIic.-Chicago Chre nicle.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

The army canteen question has been
academically disposed OF by the order of
White Ribboners, whose central authority
has decided that if barrels of ice water
were conveniently distributed around
army posts the men would never think of
wanting any other beverage. The inti-
mate acquaintance with the military
character whichthis proposition indicates
is on all fours with the almost miracu-
lous grasps Of the soldier needs display
ed by the hysterical sisters who had the
canteen abolished at the late session Of
Congress.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
NO sECTIONALlsNI.

A most otiose question has arisen as to
whether the next Democratic candidate
for the Presidency shall be taken from the
North or the South. The Democratic party
knows no section in this great country
The main question Is as TO the personal
availability of the candidate. no matter
In what section may be his home.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

The good people of Johnson County in
western Missouri have been suffering
from drought. Recently they fired on no
end of dynamite, thinking that might
cause the skies to weep, but the same
glared at them with dry and bloodshot
eyes. Now they have abandoned physi-
cal efforts and are trying the absent
treatment, depending upon daily prayer
meetings as rain makers. If they only
had the sense to advertise Sunday
school picnic at short date. it would
find them drenchod TO their hearts con-
tent. Nobody ever knew that means to
fail
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

leaving off thai part of the harness and
found it a good one The result is that
runaways are not as common as they
used to be. and that horses in general
are better trained for family use. In
short, the horses nerves. being relieved
from a strain. are more easily con
tr,J1oJ
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Miss Mary Alice Whitzell and Mr.. Hor-
ace J. Donnelly, both of this city were
married in Baltimore Monday at the resi-
dencC of the officiating minister, the Rev.
DR.. Curtis Lee Laws.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Capt. Lewis Bayley. of the British En-
bassy. is in New York. where he is reg
istered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mr.. Clarence T. Bracey. of the Agricul-
tural Department. who has been in poor
health during thes past spring, left the
city yesterday with Mrs. Bracey and their
little daughter Vivian Marie for a three
weeks stay at the Scarborough hOlei.
Atlantic City
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mr.. George W. Rea, of this city. Mr
Terence V. Powderly, Commissioner Cen
eral Of immigration. and NJ S Nishi. OF
the Japanese Legation. are registered ut
the Imperial Hotel New York
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mrs. e A Haines. of Capitol Hin. is at
Asbury Park for afSW weeks.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

senor j. b. Calvo, the Costa Riean Min
lister, is a guest 1t the Hoffman House.
New York
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

The British soldier receives q shilling a
day; the United States soldier the equiv
alent of Is Sd. The American soldier has
better rations. but Tommy Atkins has a
more liberal allowance for clothing. In
other respects the conditions are about
the same, except that the British Govern
ment pays pensions only to those who
are entirely disabled by wounds or sick
ness. With all her wars the pension list
of Great Britain is not one-fourth as
large as that of the United States The
annual appropriation of our Congress for
pensions would support the whole British
army.
One sees retired soldiers employed in
various capacities. They are given pref
erence in business houses. They are used
by the district messenger companies and
receive certain privileges and considera-
tions from the police and municipal au-
thorities that are not granted TO ordinary
people. 1t is common for bank meSsen-
gers. janitors of buildings, private watch
men, and other men engaged In light en-
ployment to wear military medals of hon
or. which are always accepted rs a good
recommendation. You see newstands
and fruit stands at the street corners and
in the parks attended by men with sim
liar decorations, or with empty coat
sleeves, and such privileges are esteemed
of great value.
The famous French balloonist. Comte
Henri de Ia Vaulx. recently had a remark
able adventure in Paris. One morning at
5 o'clock the count. with two friends,
made an ascent from Clichy. suburb.
For fifteen hours they were becalmed,
and unable to get clear of the suburbs.
At nightfaH it was decided to come down.
The count would not land in a street on
account Of the lamps and the risk of ex
plosion, so he cast anchor at the nearest
building site A few hundred people came
running up, and in few minutes the
number rose TO a few thousand. They be-
gan hustling one another. The count ask
ed them vainly TO keep at distance. In
the crush somebody was pushed under the
balloon and tainted from the smell of gas
The crowd then hooted COmte de la VaulX
and his friends, who were struck in the
face. Several TuffianS struck matches and
threw them at the balloon The smaller
part of the crowd. however, sided with
the count, and a general struggle follow
ed. which was put an end TO only by the
arrival of strong force OF police. The
count SAYS he believes that Central Afri-
can savages would have behaved with
more decency-
Holland proposes to close the Zuyder
Zee by a dixie running from the North
Holland coast to the island of Wiering
ana thence to the Tristan coast, and to
drain psrts of the closed sea. The initial
plan Involves the recovery in eighteen
years of 4.9Ol1a acres of fertile land. The
railway distance between the provinces
of North Holland and Freisand will be
shortened by thirty-One miles. The in
demnity TO be paid to the Zuyder Zee fish
ermen is estimated at 81, 500, coo The to-
tai cost is estimated at S3S 1870. .0G0 The
entire plan will take from thirty TO thir-
ty-five years to complete and some 500.-
900 acres viii be reclaimed valued at
S16O OfAl 900
The Washington times., 1901-07-10
SOCIETY,"

Mr. and Mrs. F. 7 Chamberlain. Mr..
Walter wellmau. and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Kingsley will sail for Europe tomorrow
on the iceland
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton S. Ward left Sun
day night for Swampscott. on the north
shore of Massa chusetts. and later will go
to BroOklin, on the coast of Maine
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

The Mexican Ambassador IS at the Alien
cottage. at AIlenhurst. y. J.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mrs George z corson and Miss Edna
Lois corson are visiting relatives in Mas
sachasetts
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mr.. Larry r. Wimsatt. wife. sfster-fn-
law and his sister. Miss Violet o. VIM
satt. formerly Of Washington. after six
weeks sojourn in the British Isles. are
now touring Continental Europe. They
fall.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mr. and Mrs f. A. Gray and daughter,
of 1882 Q Street formerly of I7OI 1 Street).
left last week to spend the summer on
Chesapeake Bay, Md.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

lIIE " 'l77I1IIiaIVIl eIIVsIs o Lsa.EIIL ' IsIa
Springs Hotel. at Buena Vista. Pa. IN
ciude General Graham and family. Miss
Katharine Taylor, Admiral and Mrs
Franklin. Miss Sands. Mr.. n. V. Tuuoch
and family. Mrs. Daniel Paul. Mrs. and
Miss Bullock. Mr. r L. Plumb, Mrs. NJ.
ID. Frank, Mrs. K A. Taylor and sister.
Messrs. w. B. and o. L. whippie. Mrs.
F. A. Alexander and son, Mrs. NJ. stulch
and daughter. Mrs. r. s. Phoenix and
family. Miss NJ. Ledyard, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cropper.
The Washington times., 1901-07-10

Mrs. Westinghouse and Mr. George
Westinghouse. jr., wiz sail on the St
Paul tomorrow to join Mr. Westinghouse.
who has been abroad for some time. They
viii return in September 20 spend the
autumn at Erskine Park. their country
place at I.enox. Mr.. Updegraff, M-s.
westinghouse's secretary. will accompany
the Darty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-18
BURLINGTON
Hill and Son Elected DErec-
tors, the Meeting Being
a Surprise.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The following d.
rectors Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad company were elected to-
day: James ]. Hill, ]. N Hill, Norman
b. Ream, Robert Bacon, E. H. Hartman,
Jacob H. Schiff, George ]. Gould, H. NICK.
Twombley, Charles e. Perkins, Francis w.
Hunnewell and J. Malcolm Forbes
The officers chosen by the board are:
Chairman, Francis w. HunneWell; presi-
dent, George B. Harris; first vice presi-
dent and treasurer James c. Peasley; sec
retary and clerk of board, T. s. Rowland.
The directors and officers were elected
at a meeting at the New York office of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company. The
meeting was a surprise, as it had been
announced that the election of the di-
rectOrs would take place in Chicago next
Thursday Three of the directors
Messrs Schiff, Hartman and Gould-are
Union Pacific representatives and mem
bers of it's executive committee three
~. J. Hill and his son, J. N. Hill, with N.
B. Ream of Chicago-are Hills directors,
and Robert Bacon represents P. Nor
gan & Co. Mr.. Twombley is a director
of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
The retiring directors are c. ]. Paine, T.
j. Coolidge, w M. Endicott, Richard OIL
ney, E. w. Hooper, J. H. Smith, G. P.
Gardiner and Nathaniel Thayer
The officers are the same as before the
Burlington was acquired by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-18
THIN ICE.
PUGET SOUND
Denied That That Region Will
Be Injured by the
ISthmian Canal.
FROM The JsaErnGL Bureau. EoGaI zS. FeSS
Building Washington.

From The JsasrnGL Bure@M. EoSsI 49, FSsS
@1stI6ings Wss6iHEtOn-
Washington, Nov. 18.-The announce
ment is made that the isthmian canal
commission will devote long chapter on
its forthcoming report to Puget sound.
Repeatedly the point has been made that
the sound country would be injured by the
building of the canal, but the commission
does not think that this is true The
sound will always be the western outlet
for the great middle west, including states
and south as Iowa. This middle west ter
ritory is developing rapidly, and each year
it's resources and wealth are increasing.
There would be no object, it is said, in
sending wheat and -four from the Dakotas
or Minnesota to Asia by way of the new
canal when more direct route is offered
over the northern railway lines direct to
| Puget sound ports. The sound cities, once
the canal is in operation, would lose a
| good deal of through business from the
| eastern states, but that is class of
| business which does not add to the wealth
! or Importance Of the transfer points, and
! its Importance as a commercial factor
has been greatly exaggerated. In the
| Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana
! Idaho, Wyoming and other states there is
| rapidly growing interest in Puget sound
and the western trade of these states is
naturally sent either to Tacoma, Seattle
or Portland, and much of it stops there
| The export trade Of this large section
! also finds its natural outlet by way of the
sound. On the whole, therefore, the COM
mission will argue that the sound cities
i have nothing fear commercially from
/ the building of the canal.
w w Termana