The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-05-02
R0IXAL 90! \! ss;;;*s ss*"s&
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Washington Letter.
Washington, April 90, 1901,

! washington, April 90, 1901.
All aboard for San Francisco The
presidential special, composed of seven
cars, each the finest of its kind, left
Washington to-day to remain on the road
until June 10Th, and to travel 10, 581 miles
In all. The booklet containing the COM
plete schedule of the trip gives the names
of forty as members of the party, but that
was prepared before 1t was known that
Secretary and Mrs. Long were going to
Colorado In advance. Besides Mrs. Nc
Kinley, there are nine ladies in the party.
Secretary Cortelyou and three White
House stenographers will handle any ex-
ecutive business which the president may
find it necessary to transact. The public
will not lack full details of the trip, as
each of the three big press associations
has representative on the train; also
each of the three Washington daily pa
pers, and each of the three most promi-
nent New York illustrated weeklies has
special artist aboard. There is also a
photographer. Both the Western Union
and the Postal Telegraph companies have
operators on the train, with all the facili-
J ties for sending messages direct. There
may, perhaps, have been finer single cars
than any one on this special train, but it
is certain that there never has been a
finer special train as a whole 1t is a
first class hotel on wheels, and it contains
everything that could be asked for the
comfort of the most fastidious guest. 1t
would not be absolutely necessary for any
passenger to leave this train during the
entire six weeks trip, although they will
all frequently do so.
There is an amusing side to the visit OF
the Cuban committee to Washington,
which has furnished fun for those who
came in contact with its members. They
had the speediest and about the worst
case of swelled head ever seen In Wash
ington, where the big head is an every
day complaint with little fellows who
suddenly become intoxicated with the
greatness which they imagine goes along
with newly assumed Office. The Gu
bans didn't have that kind of big head.
Theirs was brought on by the jollying
they received from officials from the pres.
ident down. 1t began when they were
met at the railway station by two army
officers, who informed them that they
had been detailed by the secretary of wal
to escort them to their hotel, and to look
after their comfort during their stay In
town, and eliminated at the state dinner
in the White House, where all the promi-
nent men in Washington at the time took
hand in pushing the jolly along. Since
then each one of those Cubans has acted
as though he thought he was the greatest
thing that ever happened. The old saw
about catching more flies with molasses
than with vinegar has apparently done
another successful stunt. The jollyine
has been so efficacious that the Cubans
have promised to go home and recon.
mend to the convention that the condi
tions laid down by the Platt amendment
be accepted. They tried to get promise
in exchange from the president that hi
would ask congress to admit Cuban sugal
and tobacco free of duty, but did not sue
ceed. The nearest they got was his prom
ise to appoint commissioners to negotiat,
a reciprocity treaty with the government
of Cuba as soon as it was estat tlished.
Galusha B. Grow of San Diego, Cal,
nephew of Representative Galusha B
Grow Of Pennsylvania, is visiting Wash
ington for the first time since he was
boy, and his uncle was speaker of tn
house. Mr.. Grow, who Is a prosperou
banker, never tires of sounding tn
praises of his own town, thereby showing
that he Is made out of the right sort O
stuff. In the course of convers ersation h
said: ''San Diego is destined some da,
to be the great port on the Pacific coast
1t has superb harbor, and the day viii
come when line of railroads following
near the boundary line of Mexico vii
form link In the shortest route acros
the continent. A we'll managed line of Or
iental steamers connecting with the SAINT
Fe railroad system has, of late, don
much to develop our trade. The railroa
has also been paying much attention t.
us. But San Diego and the surrounding
region has not been half developed yet
and there is a large future for it.'
q. w. Bolton of Louisiana, a membe
of the executive committee of the Ameri
can Banking association, stopped il
| No hio
York, where he attended a meeting O
the committee which decided that the as
sociation should hold its next meeting Il
Milwaukee. In reply to questions, MI
Bolton said: II do not know of a perio
when the state of Louisiana has bee
more prosperous than at present. TIL
banks are full of money. When the bank
are doing we'll other industries thrive
and vice versa. There has been grea
development In many of the states indus
tries-in rice growing, In sugar produc
tion and in timber, with the depletion o
the forests of the northwestern states
the timber produced In Louisiana is com
ing in great demand, chiefly now tn
long-leaf pine, which Is of finer qualit
than in any of the adjoining states. W
have much valuable hardwood, but tina
is not yet used very extensively"
The action of the president, on the re
quest of Senator Daniel of Virginia, Il
ordering that the Washington heirlooms
; which have been in the possession OF tn
; U. s. government since the beginning Q
the civil war, be restored to Gen. G. w