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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
ABANDON THE TRANSPORTS
The Government Asks BIDS for Car.
rying Men and Supplies.

NEW YORK. April Bids for the
transportation of troops and supplies be-
tween this city and Havana, Matanzas.
Cicnfuegcs. Santiago. ManzanIllo. Gibara,
and Nuevitas, in Cuba, and San Juan,
Porto Rico, have been asked by Col. A.
S. kimball, L. S. A., depot auartermas-
ter in this city. The bids will be opened
on April 10 at noon. The rates bid are to
continue until June 30 and be subject to
renewal on the same terms for the ensu-
ing year. Appended to the circular pro-
poSal issued is a table which shows that
the army transports carried approximate
~ between January l and March 81 to
Cuba S,l2i tons of supplies and SIS pas
sengers, and to Porto Rico GO tons of sup
plies and 400 passengers
Three of the FIVE transports now con-
nccted with this branch of the transport
service-the Sedgwick, the Mcclellan, and
the Rawlins-have been used to trans
port these passengers and supplies The
crook is lying In reserve at the transport
pier in Brooklyn, and the fifth. the Nc
Emerson, Is still lying on the rocks OF
Cuba, where she went ashore some time
ago, with no good prospects of saving her
1t is believed that If bios of the steam
ship companies are reasonable it will be
better to have the 800 passengers and the
Gee tons OF supplies. which would make
cargoes for two eoastwise steamers, car
ried by private companies than to support
a deet of four or five steamers, and a
clerical force. and to hire pier at a
rental of $4,000 year. for the purpose of
doing this work
Major Devol. superintendent of the
army transport service, said yesterday
that the transports had carried about 1000
tons Of supplies less in the first quarter
of this year than in the last quarter of
last year.
The employees of the Government on the
transport pier in Brooklyn are afraid that
their efforts to persuade Secretary Root
to change his determination to give up
the transport service in the Atlantic will
be unavailing. They learned yesterday
that Colonel Kimball. the depot quarter
master in Manhattan, had received an
order to advertise for bids from private
steamship lines to carry the troops and
supplies now carried by the army trans
ports plying between Brooklyn and Porto
Rico and Cuba.
Several months ago Capt Ira NJ Harris.
who ever since the Spanish war had been
marine superintendent on the Brooklyn
pier. was released. With him went a num-
Der of other employees. Since that time
Captain Harris and others have been I'M
ccasing in their efforts to have law pass
ed making the transport service a perma-
nent institution. In this they have fail
ed.
Among those who have petitioned Sec
rotary Root for the continuance of the
service are ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren,
Ludwig Nissen, President of the Manu-
facturers Association; s. V. White.
Charles A Moore. James McKeen, Silas
e butcher. and Willis L. Ogden.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Party Lines Not Drawn.


tefom the bostoh hefalhl
II the assertion made in Republican quarters
that party lines were not drawn in the late
municipal elections OF the West is correct we
see no reason to regret it. 1t is good symptom.
That IL the reasonable view to take OF all these
local contests which have logical connection
with national contests. Yet we are inclined TO
hold that there Is still something omnous in
their results for the Republican party as it is
at present managed The fact that the Democrats
contrive to get on the popular side invariably
remains to be accounted for. 1t isn't that they
have carried two elections but they
have succeeded in all the important ones, and
ii is to be noted, also that the excuse given
in Republican quarters is that the party has
identified itself with corrupt elements or those
otherwise odiOus to many of its own voters.
II iooks~very much as if Republican reform were
needed exactly in this direction
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
CELEBRATIONS IN NEW YORK.
Easter Crowds in the Metropolis
HAVE to Brave the Rain.

NEW YORK. April There were elab-
crate Easter services in all the leading
New York churches today and despite
the rainy weather crowds attended St
Patrick's Cathedral was thronged, as al
ways on Easter Sunday. The usual hour
ly masses were said from o'clock in
the morning, when the large number Of
parishioners went to communion, and the
Archbishop pontificated at the pontifical
high mass at IL o'clock. Before this ser
vice the doors of the Cathedral were clos
ed and policemen, as well as men con-
nected with the church. were on guard at
them to handle the crowds.
Assisting Archbishop Corrigan at the
pontifical mass were the Rev. II. J.
Lavelle, rector of the Cathedral. as as
sistant priest; the Rev. w. ]. B. DAILY
and the Rev. Joseph H. Mcmahon, as
deacons of honor: the Rev. J. Crosby as
deacon of the mass, the Rev. r. Man
tell as sub-deacon. and the Rev. James
N. Connolly and the Rev. Thomas F.
Myhan, secretaries to the Archbishop. as
masters of ceremonies. The preacher was
the Rev. William F. Cannon. s. J.
There were also in the chancel a large
number of seminarians from Dunwoodie
Seminary, at South Yonkers. An elabo-
rate musical programme was rendered
with all the effect that characterizes
great festival days at the Cathedral. At
o'clock pontiflcal vespers were sung
At Grace Church. in Broadway, the
Easter service was attended by a crowd
that filed the edifice to the doors. A
special programme of music was render
ed by the choir and the sermon was de-
ltvered by the rector. the Rev. DR.. VIII
liam r. Huntington.
Trinity Church was crowded to the
doors at the morning service. The Rev
Morgan Dix preached the sermon. The
assistant rector, the Rev. j. Nevett
Steele. was the celebrant and was as
sisted by the Rev. Joseph w Hill, the
Rev. Alfred W. Griffin. and the Rev Al
bert ID. Wilson.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Canadians Not Americana.
(From the Chicago News.)

NiiuiH the NhtGlEO NeWSt
Not at all surprising is ii that certain rebre-
sentative Canadians resent the free-and-easY
fashion of clubbing the inhabitants of that country
Americans and especially the reprehensib!e
custom OF Canadian manufacturers in labelling
their goods Made in America As the indigna Mt
Canadians point ont. the term America has
come to mean the United States and American
an inhJbitant or product OF the Republic II
Canadians are content to be called Americans and
to have their products labeled American they
might as well move to the United States-ls in
fact, most of their bright young men are doing
and have it with. As a matter OF fact
discriminating people know that the distinctive
products OF Canada and an amusing
patois used by uneducatcd Canadians Of French
descent. Canada also has some very good scenery
1t is shame to class these excellent distinctive
products American and thereby inferentiaIIv
credit them to the United States. The states
have considerable snow and some forty or fifty
dialects Of their But the SNOW is not as
deep that OF Canada and the dialects are
less picturesque Besides. the States have vast
number OF other products. that the snow
and the amusing Yernaculsr OF the hahitant are
of paratiYely little Importance to them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

ton. been so far relaxed that most in
telligent people go to the theatre now
| and then when they have the chance
| to see a good play: but there is likely
to be an aftermath of the old time SEN
| timent which, like the ani-canteen
| ebullition, would make itself manifest
in sufficient force to defeat any move
ment for national theatre.
There is no question, however, that
a theatre supported by a permanent
fund Of some sort, and not directly de
pendent upon each seasons receipts for
the profits Of actors and managers,
would be a very good thing. 1t would,
for one thing. give opportunity for try
ing new artistic experiments and allow
ing the public to get used to them
Some of the material for the drama, as
yet unused which exists in this coun-
try, would require a good deal OF
thought, time, and money to make its
use possible There are plays of
highly artistic character which might
be written, which would unquestionably
be a success if rightly produced. and
which would add much to the artistic
education of the people. They will stand
little chance of being written under the
present system, however because so
much money would be needed for the
production and for the training OF the
actors and the venture would be so
far problematical that no manager with
a shrewd eye for immediate profit, and
the living of himself and his employees
to make out of each seasons work,
would take the risk of handling them.
Take. for instance, the mixture of races
and nationalities in this country, the
contrast between the Spanish civiliza-
ton of the Southwest and of Florida
and the American population, or be-
tween the Louisiana creole and the in
vading Americans in the early years of
the nineteenth century. There are no
more picturesque and dramatic sub
jects in history than may be found
among old records of the conflicts be-
tween these elements. But If they We're
to be incorporated into a play, it could
not be artistic or striking unless abso-
lutely true to life; and in order 10 pro-
be stage settings of exquisite effect, for
one thing: costumes rich in local color,
for another, and, most difficult of all,
every actor, every supernumerary,
every person concerned in the whole
production. would have to be drilled
with thoroughness which is impos-
sible to the average manager. The best
effects would, of course, be produced
by employing people of the blood and
traditions of the characters in the
drama, to take some of the parts, and
in order to do this it would be neces-
sary to hunt for the right persons. and
train them afterward. This is only one
of the interesting things which might
be done if there were money enough
put into a fund under the control of
some person really interested in rails
ing the standard of dramatic art.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
THE CONGRESS GOLD MINE.
Vast improvements to BE Made by
New York Syndicate.

NEW YORK. April THE Congress
Gold Mine property. seventy-five miles
north of Phoenix, Ariz., which was recent
ly bought by a syndicate composed large
ly of New York men, will be enlarged and
improved by the erection of mill which
will increase the output Of ore from 15o
tons a day to go.
Ex-senator Miller, who formed the pur-
chasing syndicate, said last night at
the Hotel Renaissance that the company
would be reorganized
"A number of new interests will soon
be included in the directory" he added.
Il do not care to give out their names
now We have increased the capital from
s., 900, 900 to 100000. and shall mine more
gold than ever before. E. B. Gage, OF
Prescott. will continue as president of the
company"
Three million dollars was paid for the
mine by the syndicate. through its agents.
the Manhattan Trust Company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
MAY CHRISTEN THE OHIO.
This Honor May Fall to Miss Helen
DeshIer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7.--Governor
George K Nash has issued statement in
which he selects his step-daughter. Mrs.
Worthington Babcock. to christen the
battleship Ohio, and in the event that she
is not physically able to make the trip
to the Pacific Coast, Miss Helen Deshler,
daughter of William G.. Deshler. of this
city, will perform the ceremony.
Miss Deshler is a school girl. attending
a private institution in Cincinnati. When
the Governors own daughter was living
Miss Deshler was her intimate friend
Miss Deshler is sixteen, a bright girl
with dark hair and dark, lustrous eyes,
which enhance her brunette type of
beauty.
1t is practically certain that Mrs Bah
cock VIII not be able to christen the bat
tlsShip Ohio. and Miss Deshler is making
preparations for the trip West.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

Representative Slayden of Texas, who
speaks Spanish fiuently. has returned from
two weeks visit to Cuba, and brings
home story concerning political condi-
tons In the island which does not agree
with the reports Of other members Of
Congress who have lately been on the
ground Mr.. Slayden says that the Gu
bans want actual, unrestricted national
sovereignty, but that the more intelli-
gent do not expect the United States to
grant it In that they are eminently SEN
sibie. iney would be more so still. If
they would accept the inevitable with
good grace. and get down at once to the
work OF establishing a stable government
under American suzerainty
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
A Gloomy Prediction,


After the fever comes the chill. After a period
OF delirous excitement in Wall Street comes
one OF painful SOLDERING up. All are buyers in
Wall Street now and the nominal values of Sc
ourities are advancing by leaps and bounds
Soon will come the inevitable crash and con-
traction Of values and the men who are caught
with oyeryalued securities in their possession will
he changed in the twnklng OF am eve into lame
ducks. Nearly every one OF the present holders
of these securities knows that their prices are
inflated but he expects TO get OUT in time
and not he the man who is caught holding the
bag Many of these gamblers Will wait 4 little
too long and the deluge viii get them
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Civil Service Pensions.

1t is eminently wise, prudent. and thrifty
that classes of civil employees like teachers police
men, and firemen should provide pension fund
for their associates and themselves when they
become superannuated or otherwise lose their
ability for active service. Such systems must be
maintained by voluntary contributions from the
members Of the class 10 he benefited. The crua-
ton of a pension fund for class OF public en-
ployes is the simplest problem in finance But
the fund must be wisely invested and honestly
administered
ANY class of public employes-the clerks in
the postal service the employees in the revenue
service or in any other public service-may ac-
cumulate pension funds FOR distribution under
reasonable regulations. But the Government can
not in prudence establish civil pensoned class
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
The Franchise and Education.


tfrOm tue cincinnati Ehldref.)
The best way 10 beat the new law in Mary
land and other States is TO bring the prohibited
men up to the qualification of voters. Let them
be educated. The educational standard is not a
high one. Any man who cannot attain it ought
TO be ashamed to present himself 9t the polls.
and as great shame ought to rest him who
drives the ''illiterate'' up merely to count him.
If these so-called disfranehisement laws stimu-
late the education of coored people in the
South they will be among the greatest measures
of civilization.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

The startling announcement was made
yesterday that case of bubonic plague
has been discovered in the university hos
pital at Ann Arbor, Michigan. How the
disease could have jumped from San
Francisco-if it originated there-half
way across the continent at one bound
is mystery. There is possibly room for
fear that the laxity of the California au-
thoritles in denying the existence of the
plague at their chief seaport, until it had
spread alarmingly among the Chinese,
may be TO blame for it's appearance at
Ann Arbor. No doubt it would have been
easy, before the quarantine of Chinatown
was put in force, for Cinnamon to leave
San Francisco with the seeds of con-
tagion in their systems, and turn up any
where to start epidemics. There may be
concealed cases of the bubonic plague
among the laundries in Ann Arbor. and
with equal probability, in those of New
York, Baltimore. or Washington. This
latest outbreak is discouraging. 1t is
evidence Una. the march OF the terror
may proceed in spite of the most strenu-
GUS and scientific measures to arrest its
progress
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

From the st. Louis Republic.)
\ Government which is close to the honest
body of its people is the American Govern
ment should set exceptionally salutary ex-
ample in the matter Of exposing and Furnishing
the thieves who may have sneaked into its colo
NAL service. The best beginning in this work.
which is an inevitable necessity. may most ef
fectiyely be made right now. The Manila scan
dal must be rigidly Investigated and the rascals
responsible for it must be brought TO justice.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Mr.. NcikiejOhn's Defeut.

(From the Atlanta Journal)
One gratifying feature of the election was the
defeat of late Assistant Secretary of War Mcikle-
John. After absenting himself from his office
for weeks TO work up his Senatorial chances. he
considered his election assured. He is now a
statesman without a job and with u record Of
having endcayored TO advance his personal fort
unes al the expense of his official duties The
Mcikleiohn style OF campaign was Justly and
s.xorat, rab,,k.d
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Long Range Political Activity.


ttTofn luc SiNJHndn NeWS-J
As general thing the people get erroneous
ideas of the candidates when the discussion of
their qualifications and their political canings
IS begun long before the time for nominating
q candidate. Besides the people become tired
OF so much politics. They don't care to hear
about candidates a couple of years before the
time for making the ticket. IL can he safely
stated that they would be glad OF a rest from
politics Of a wear or 50.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Assistant Secretaries.


The Offices Of Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Assistant Secretary Of War were established
with the expectation that they wOulG he perman-
emily held BY non-p0litical undcr-secrctaries. as
in the English service. But they haze generally
been filled By politicians and the changes have
been much more frequent than in the superior
offices Of Secretary Of War and Secretary OF the
NAVY.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

Prince Tuan, it is said. will not be de-
capitated. lie will be banished to Turk
estan, where he will be under the protec-
ton of Russia, and will probably have as
comfortable time as he would In China
considering the present disturbed con-
dltions there.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Reciprocity in order.

(From the Buffalo COurer)
The Dominion Parliament at Ottawa is de-
batting the ACCESSIBILITY OF creating high tariff
TO counterbalance that Of the United States
Meantime in this country the Republican leaders
are beginning 10 realize that some part OF the
tariff wall must come down soon great trade
with foreign ports cannot be indefinitely main
tanned without giving well taking
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Addie,,s as an ONCE Dispenser.


Politically considered. his enemies could wish
no greater misfortune fer Atdieks than that he
be clothed with the power to dispose of the
Federal offices in this state 1t would rend his
faction into factions and make for him enemies
where he has friends. or at least followers.
II would leave him in the end shorn OF much
OF his present power
But the spectacle OF the President of the
United states recognizing Addeks and endorsing
the Addicks methods in politics would not be
pleasing On the contrary, it would cause
the honest people OF Delaware To hang ther
heads in shane.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

(FrOm the Florida Tmes-Union.)
Senator Proctor says some Cuban fre-eaters are
having a bad influence the island. This reads
exactly like the report of Johnston, the British,
Commissioner who wrote his chiefs that ii they
could hang Washington and franklin and a
dozen OF two Others they would have no further
Difficulty, with the colonies.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

Old and decrepit in appearance though lac may
be. there tew Americans even ia old Kentucky.
Who tan lead such strenuous life as Cassius NJ
Clay. His latest exploits Illuminating in
deed as the fearless and fiery old man.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Dismaycd by Their Own Creature.

(From the Cleveland Plain DcalcrO
What can the Republican Senators offer as an
iHducenent, OF a. a threat, To stop the onward
course Of combination? In case OF a conflict OF
interests which are likely 10 be masters Of the
situation the Trust magnatcs, the Republican
politicians who are the FrankcnsteinS that created
the monster that fills their soul with dread I?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
Why Evans should He Retained.

(From the Louisville Courier Journal.)
We do not often get man ia the Pension
Offee who insists on running ii himself instead
Of allowing the pension Sharpers ~ run it tcT
him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
A Dangerous johnson.

From the Minneapolis Tribune)
The new Cleveland Mayor is undoubtedly a
dangerous man, and his career for the next three
wear, should be carefully watched
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08

From the Richmond Dspatch)
The Long Bridge at Washington is soon ia
20. nov. after all, il appears, and it is we'll
II has been too long in existence as it stands.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-17
A CANDIDATES GOOD JUDGMENT.

While Mr.. N. s. Ketchum, of Mar
shalltown. failed to land the repub-
lican nomination for railroad COM
missioner he returned from Cedar Rap
ids gamer by host of friends be-
cause lie refused to allow his name
to be presented in the face of the ex-
listing circumstances. When Mr.. Ketch-
UNI arrived just few hours before
the convention he saw that things had
gone SO far that either Brown or
Mowry would be nominated and that
his entering the race would only in
jure the chances of one or the other
without putting himself any nearer
the nomination, so, while his friends
on the Pocahontas, Humboldt, Greene,
Carroll and other couties' delegations
We're telephoning Marshaltown to learn
his plans, he was sending out word that
his name must not be presented under
any condition. No candidate has APP
peared before a convention in years
sought than was Mr.. Ketchum. His
thirty years career in the manufac-
turing and wholesale implement bust
ness in Iowa had equipped him to
know the needs of Iowa shippers. He
is business man of experience with
railroads and would have made an
admirable commissioner. Marshall
county friends hope that he may yet
have the opportunity to go after the
nomination with. all circumstances ia
vorable to his success. Mr.. Ketchum
UNI has friends enough in Iowa to
make him commissioner next year ii
he goes after it hard. His good judg-
ment. his sterling republicanism and
his wide acquaintance will be very
much in his favor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-17

Photograph says: we know of no

monograph says: we know of no
man in this county more fully qualified
or better equipped for that high jul
dicial Office than Mr.. Williams"
The Indianola Herald notices that
THE Marshalltown Times-Republican
gave Mr.. Cummins the most loyal sup
port of any paper in Iowa, and justly
feels proud of it's candidates success"
There We're more men under 40 on
delegations at Cedar Rapids than We're
ever seen before at an Iowa convention.
and they We're nearly all for Cummins,"
declares the Odebolt Chronicle.
In noticing that Judge Weaver Sc
cured larger number of votes than
any other candidate before the conven-
ton the Iowa Falls Sentinel predicts
that he will lead the ticket in No
yember.
The Davenport Democrat contributes
it's quota to the numerous Offering of
democratic candidates.: Hon. George
w. Ball, of Iowa City, state senator
from Johnson, has thousands of friends
who would like to see him announce
his READINGS to accept the nomination
for governor They stand ready to do
the rest. Senator Ball would make an
ideal candidate for governor. and what
Is better, he would make an ideal gov
Observation-Disclosures. business-like.
honorable"