The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Pearson. and Harold, their young SON. OF
London. Sir Weetman is on his way to
Mexico and stopped of here to see the
city. Speaking Of the object of his trip
Sir Weetman said today: My BUSH
ness interests call ne to Mexico. where
my firm in copartnership with the Mex
lean Government is building and com
pleting the railway across the isthmus of
Tehuantepec. This road is 1876 miles long
running from the Gulf Of Mexico to Salina
Cruz in the Pacific. It is 500 miles south
OF New Orleans and has been constructed
for The purpose of carrying interoceanic
freight and is equal to the best Ameri-
can built roads. Now the harbors at
both ends of the route are in course Of
construction. they will be made so as to
permit the largest ships to come right
along the railway lines N all weathers.
The road cost over $50 G00 zoe, Mexican
money. Ny firm is the working partner
with the Mexican Government in this
business, has signed a copartnership
agreement covering period Of fifty years,
and IL is our one aim 20 make the road a
brilliant success. The geographical Sit
Uation OF the country through which the
cure all the freight between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts OF the United States
that will not stand the trans-continentai
railway charges. SaIina Cruz is 100
miles nearer san Francisco than Panama,
and as | said before 800 miles nearer than
The terminus Of the proposed Nicaragua
Canal route. AS the Atlantic terminus
Of the TehUantepec railway is only 500
miles from New Orleans, il follows tiat
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is built or not our route will handle all
the huge traffic from the Mississippi Val
ley destined for the Pacific coast. If the
same average tariff were charged over
this route as is charged over the Penn
sylvania railroad system. We could AFFORD
10 cut it half and still work on a paying
basis"
Sir Weetman declined to give his
views regarding the Hay Pauncefote-
Senate convention, but he added that Ill
timateiy the United States were bound to
have an inter-oceanic canal for strategic
purposes. He is further OF the opinion
that the Techuantepec road Will constd-
erably enter into competition with the
prospective Nicaragua Canal enterprise
Rev. c. G. O'Keefe. of Highland Falls.
n. Y. is registered at the Ebbitt. The
reverend gentleman is the pastor o. the
Catholic chapel at the Military Academy.
West Point Speaking OF The Bonz hazing
affair. Rev Father O'KeeIe said this morn
ing: Really l believe d mountain mas
been made out OF a mole hill Il is quite
natural that where there are 50 many
boys together pranks and mischief viii b.
committed But | honestly don, believe
that they're cruel. Their intention S L
to be cruel ] must say that 1 never had
al of 10
cruelty: i there are such cases they are
Of very rare occurrence You ind hazins
in nearly all secular Institutions, and n
some probably more severe man at West
Point But you see l am in no manner
connected with the Academy; l really
cannot say anything about the matter"
My visit to this city is in the interest
of a bill which is now pending n Con
gress providing for an increase Of the num-
Der of judges in Oklahoma Territory and
also an increase Of their salaries" said
Judge Irwin, at the St Louis, today
The opening up Of the KiOwa. CoHanehe.
and Apache reservations for settlement
viii give rs Ave or six additional counties
with a population Of from =. coo TO I25 900
souls Chief Justice John " Burford and
are here to lay before Congress The ne
cessity Of providing additional facilities
to transact our ever growing business /
We are behind nov IN our work and we
shall fall behind still more hopeIessly II
this condition is not altered. Congress
should increase the number of judges by
tive additional judgships- There are about
20.CO0 people anxiously waiting % make a
rush for the newly opened reservations
The Judiciary Committees of both Hous.
and Senate recognize that our salaries OF
$3,CC0 per annum are entirely inadequate
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Territory judges receive 5000 and they
have by far less to do than We have We
would also recommend the establishment
of the land Office at Ell Reno, it being h
nearest place to the newly-to- opened
land and being at the junction of the
Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gull Railroad and
the Rock Island system. While we are
here we viii do all We can for the ad-
mission Of Oklahoma TO statehood. No:
our Indians are law abiding; there is no
danger OF any uprising out our way
Max RoedIer. OF Budapest. Hungary. is
guest at the National He is accompanied
BIZ Mrs ROedIer. and they are on a sight
seeing tour through the States. Speaking
Of matters pertaining &c affairs in the
dual monarchy. Mr. RoedIer said last
night: This trouble between the Czechs
and the Germans in the Austrian I3eichs
rath viii come to an end as soon as Franz
FERDINAND the heir presumptiye to the
ihrone. VIII have assumed power. Old En-
peror Franz Josef IS too weak kneed, he
Is Old and does not desire 70 create en-
Ihlty between himself and either aIe-
ment by adopting stronger measures.
franz Ferdinand viii simply send the
Reichsrath home if they cannot come IN
an understanding and transact business.
he Germans are in their rights: there Is
no doubt about that. The Czechs are =
! thrifty people, 1t is true but they are not
/. entitled 10 what they are fighting for Did
you ever hear of a Czech book. a Czech
painting. or q Czech culture? All tbav
possess they were taught by the Germans
! their capital contains the oldest German
| university. and now the Czechs want their
gl0berish adopted as a medium for the
transaction Of state and other business
It's ridiculous to think of Il.
As Tor Hungary. we are very closely
connected with Austria This unsettled
state Of affairs IS doing very much harm
I" our commerce and industry and the
Ichser this state continues the further
we are drifting away from Austria We
rave to do it as 4 self rezervatire meas
ure"
Said Capt. c. L, Jones Of Mississippi at
ChamberIin's this morning: "Our moon
sinners can't for the world understand
what right the Government has 10 inter
fere in their making of 'moonshine Ticker
They say it's their corn, they grow it.
they can take il to the mill ana grind II
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