N
LUTE IN WASHINGTON.
It Is Hot as Pleasant as Many
Would Havo Us Hclicve.
nfl(Mic Actual Knot OonceriilnK Hie
National Ciittltnl Tlilii Are
Aot nn '1'liey Aru I'iiIiiIlmI
liy Sino' Writer.
Siicclnl Washington I. otter.
"Heal life In Washington," tuij h one of
-the most experienced reporters of the
:lty, "Ih never depleted in any of the
tueiil papers, and very seldom referred
Co by Wellington correspondents, For
omc reason or rtnotlier the eity editors
of the pa pern published here are op
posed, to tho publleatlon of news con
cerning Home of the uiost important
filiUKCH of life.
"For example. It Ih not generally
known that no ladles ride in street ears
iii. tlii oitj. I hate been a constant
a-Jder back and fortli from the navy
.yard to Georgetown and all titer the
Iillla upon the electric lines, and 1 have
.never yet seen u lady hi any street car.
.Nevertheless It Is a fact that there are
three women riding to one mini, and
maybe tho proportion Is greater.
There is comfortable room on either
.side of any of our regular street cars
for en .people. Five women will spread
1jciiihc1vus out titer that entire space,
.nnd If another woman enters the ear,
tin matter If she is feeble and aged,
jiot u single one of the live women
spreading themselves over so much
apace will make room for her unless
the conductor requires her lo do bo.
If there should happen to be a lady
.in the ear she would, of course, make
room for the aged, the Infirm, or for
one if her own hex. For my part I
Iiave never yet seen a woman in any
.'Street car in Washington make room
for another of her own sex. or recog
nise the presence of a man hanging to
a Mm p. even where there was plenty
f room for all. Moreover, when I was
lrM a reporter In Washington 1 used
to (rive tip my Beat whenever a woman
amtcivd the door, but I found (hut none
THIS CHEAT MAN'S GRI2AT MAN.
oat (hem were ladylike enough to offer
me oven bow or a smile, much less
. a. 'thank you,' so I have ceased giving
Diy Kcat to women in ttreet ears.
"I entered the rotunda ot the capl-
tol thin morning, after walking up the
. lrnmd marble staircase on the east
front. 'JL!o any right, as 1 came up the
t tstair. . .noted tho figure of Daniel
illooue and the Indian in mortal com
' 3at. and the entire group was so cov
.ver with dust and begrimed that It
vsw simply disgraceful. To my left
-vxui the figure of Columbus, holding
.uloft a globe in Ills right hand, and the
Jljjure was so disgracefully dirty that it
almost made me blush for my country.
Aa I stepped upon the sandstone plat
, form at the head of the stairs 1 noted
.-the figure of Mars to my right hum,
.utid a similar statue of Minerva to my
ieft, both of them so extremely dirty
.and filthy that 1 almost felt like call
ing1 for the hose and a scrubbing brush
.An order to ameliorate the disgraceful
-condition.
"As 1 passed through the costly
bronze door Into the rotunda, my blood
klwillng with rage at the carelessness
which produced this shameful result,
.1 noticed upon my right hand and upon
sny left hnml,,niul at convenient Inter
vals all around the spacious rotunda,
email square wooden boxes filled with
iavdust for the benefit of tobacco
-chewers. These filthy receptacles have
probably been there ever since Charles
Dfekens visited the cup! tol and wrote
..Iiis scathing denunciation of the ex
pectoration habit of tho American peo
ple. There iu no dirtier place iu tills
city than tho capltol rotunda ami its
. approaches. Some one is responsible
ur this condition of aim Irs, but it
would probably take a I.exow investi
gating committee to discover the re
.. sponsible party.
"I do not suppose any paper In this
'city would publish thu fact that the
central olllee of the telephone company
i iracticnlly without discipline. The
oiliig Indies who mauipulntc the wires
Tthere fcoein to be privileged to do just
it.otit as they plenbo, and to have no ro-
, gtud for any power of dibclplluc over
' -them. Only yesterday 1 rung up the
United States senate, and after having
ilmtl satisfactory conversation with an
.oJJticIal there I endeavored to ring off
"lY e ASP (rtl
i A J) c4l i I
i .. U rty-i'F 1 1. WW 1
in order to call miother party. I rang
riobably 20 times, but the girl nt the
central olllee paid no attention to the
bell. Finally, when slie Jld give atten
tion to the ringing, I requested an In
terview witli the chief operator.
"In n tery short time by conversa
tion with him over the ttlre I ascer
tained that he deemed It to be lite duty
to defend the girls under his direction,
no matter whether they were right or
wrong, and therefore 1 found it neces
sary lo miiKc it report to me general
superintendent In order lo get proper j
attention to the demands of subscrib-
ers for the telephone service. No mai
ler how the girls may delay or hamper
tho desires of people who want to talk
over the telephone wires In this city,
If you simply call for an interview with
the chief operator, the girls at thccen
fral office flippantly reply: 'Oh yes. if
it will do you any good:' and an Inter
view with that official does not do any
good, apparently, mi far as my experi
ence Is concerned.
"I.iifit .Sunday morning a colored
woman endeavoied lo riTiire admit
tance to a hospital with :i child Mifi'er
ing with diphtheria. She was refused
admittance at half a dozen hospitals
and finally went to police headquar
ters. She carried the poer child In her
arms all day, and it was not in the pow
er of the police officials to secure a har
bor of refuge for her, except in a little
unused ii per room at the precinct sta
tion house. Late at night, just before
church time, when the IjlIIk were ring
ing, enllliif, our people to worship un
der the forms tift lie religion of love, the
health officer of this city was discovered
fiomewhere, and, by the exercise of un
usual official energy, he found some
means of earing for the unfortunate
woman and her child. That is a sample
of how we are governed in the District
of Columbia.
"No lady can visit the department of
agriculture in the national capital
without humiliation. Ilctwccn Tenth
nnd Fifteenth streets, on Pennsylvania
avenue, there Is a cordon of crime
through which cvvvy person must pass
who wants to go to the department of
agriculture, the bureau of engraving
and printing or the Washington monu
ment. Seven solid blocks of residences
ore occupied by fallen women; and
they receive police protection, or en
couragement. "No hidv or gentleman can go to the
top of the dome of the capitol building
without being intercepted by beggars
or disreputable characters. The dome
is not properly policed, and many a
ciiine of a venal nature has been com
mitted there. Hut conditions have re
cently somewhat improved.
"People who read the daily news from
Washington do not realize how difficult
it sometimes is to ascertain bare facts
from officials who seem imbued with
the belief that they are custodians of
(.reat state secrets, and that they must
withhold from the public all informa
tion concerning public affairs.
"Then again, it is exceedingly exas
perating to be obliged to stand out iu a
corridor and send In a card, begging
nn audience of a man who sits behind
closed doors mainly for the purpose of
magnifying his own importance. Too
many doors are thus guarded in the
public departments. Moreover, many
a man in this eity is drawing $00 a
month for doing nothing but sit in
front of the door of some man who
thinks he is great because lie holds a
little brie I authority, when the same
r.tcti. if he were not a messenger to
some supposedly grvnt man, could not
wi rii a dollar a day chopping wood or
working on the street. ,
"Hut there is another thing which
ought lo have public attention. The
White people are encouraging the
opinio of iuhccgcnn1iou, The black
mt'M and women who abound in Wash
ington ni'ii cio linger regarded as de
sirable servants. The people who have,
but little colored blood in their veins
are taken in preference to the pure
African. Moreover, In our barbershops
the black men arc not as popular as
they used lo be, and their places are
being taken by the light-colored niul
attoes. This condition of n Hairs is en
couraged by our white people, and
it produces crime. Moreover, strange
as it may seem to you, light-colored
girls no longer associate with black
men, nor accept them as beaux at any
of the church meetings, or any of the
other entertainments of colored people.
"This city is a nondescript commu
nity, which cannot be called cosmo
politan, and if it were written up as
it ought to be written no, or down,
by some good descriptive writer, it
would surprise tho American people to
learn the facts concerning real life in
Washington, The national capital they
tisunlly read about is a fictitious tff
fnlr. Any newspaper man who might
have the foolhardy courage to write ac
tual facts concerning this city might
kudu find himself out of a job, because
all
manner of influences would be
brought to bear to wreak his ruin.
It will not do to tell the truth on all
occasions, particularly concerning this
city." SMITH D. FUY.
Similar-
Item.
Uptown and his friend Wcstsido were
iu a ear on tho Sixth avenue elevated.
Although It was quite chilly, Uptown
pushed up the window.
"Don't do that, you will get pneu
monia," expostulated his rflcnd.
"That's precisely what I want. My
landlord Is a tloetor, and If 1 don't give
him something to do pretty soon ho
will raise tho rent ou me." N. Y.
World.
TWO OF THEM TAKEN.
Mriiilxirn of n Noted tJiwiir "f Hunk Swin
dler Captured at I'riioport, III. Iloiid
unrter Woro it Cameron, Mo.
Frccport, 111., Nov. 2a Two noted
bank swindlers, who gave their aliases
as W. J. Shannon and W. II. Wilson,
were arrested hero by a constable,
hank cashiers In the small towns of
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas
will breathe easier when they know
that these men arc In custody. During
io past 12 months t is known that
over 50 banks have been mulcted of
sums ranging from $200 toSOOOby theso
swindlers and it is said that If the
truth were known the number of de
frauded banks would exceed 100. That
tho gang knew thu ropes and wuro
Jeep-dyed criminals is shown by the
fact that not one of the banks they
victlmi.ed was a membor of the Amer
ican Hankers' association, but iu al
most every instance privato banks or
institutions of small capital. Tho
field in which tho gang operated was
the territory of which Cameron, Mo.,
is the center.
CATTLE INDUSTRY IN CUBA.
A Trxmi Who TrxvnltMl Ovor tho laliitul
Found Condition i'livortthlo for
This Industry.
Fort Worth, Tex.. Nov. 2S. David
Pryor has just returned from a trip to
Havana and other places in Cuba. Mr.
Pryor went to that island In August in
charge of a shipment of cattle to Ha
vana via Galveston. Ho visited tho
provinces of Havana, Matanzas and
Santa Clara mid investigated tho con
ditions there in relation to tho cattlo
industry, which ho contemplates en
caging in. Ho found that there aro
great possibilities there. It is not a
feeding country, being tropical, and
suitable cattlo feed is not raised there.
Hut it is a splendid grazing country
mid cattle fatten and flourish well on
the native grasses.
tlnn. Ilutlnr In Wiifthliicton.
Washington, Nov. 28. Gen. M. C.
Hutler, of South Carolina, member of
tho Cuban evacuation commission, ar
rived hero direct from Havana, In re
sponse to a telegraphic summons from
President MeKlnley. He made an ex
tended report of negotiations for thu
evacuation and of the terms upon
which the Spaniards had agreed to
complete the evacuation by January 1.
Gon. Hutler gave it as his opinion that
all the Spanish troops will have de
parted ton days before the date fixed
In the agreement.
Wunt llnwiijr fur I'riintdnnt.
New York, Nov. 28. In a quiet way
Admiral Dewey is getting quite a
boom In tho east for the democratic
nomination for tho presidency. This
boom seems to originate In tho lesson
of the lloosevelt victory. Tho demo
crats who aro anxious to eliminate tho
money question from politics, see iu
Dewey a chance to do in tho nation as
the republicans did in New York state
and they figure that the colonial ques
tion will keep tho Dotvey boom allvo
long enough to make him available.
Co-t)punitlv t'olony 11 Micro.
Edmond, Olc, Nov. 28. Oklahoma
comes to the front with her first co
operative community, which, contrary
to the usual order of things, is proving
to be an unnualitlcd success. The
colony or association is a little over a
year old, and the results attained are
really remarkable. It was started by
four families a year ago in Ilartzell
township, this county. The scope of
the colony Is to be greatly enlarged.
In I'rlHon l'lilrt-oiin Vcurn.
Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 2S. S. D.
Tripp was sentenced in tho district
court here to three years in the state
penitentiary for larceny. Of the past
a years there were only 18 months
that Tripp did not spend in prison in
Minnesota, Wisconsin .and Illinois.
Six others were sentenced to terms In
the penitentiary uud state reforma
tory.
An Attiuik on llnlluy.
Washington, Nov. 28. Gov.-elect
Benton McMillan, of Tennessee, who
Is a member of the present house, is
out in a bitter attack on Congressman
Hailey, of Texas, tho recognized dem
ocratic leader in the house. Ho says
Hailey Is guilty of all sorts of political
crimes and the democrats of tho coun
try uro just beginning to find him out.
llllzznril In tho ICHAt.
New York. Nov. 28. New York and
tho whole of Now England has just
passed through the severest blizzard
since 1S8S. Tho storm began Saturday
at noon and beforo It ended last night
ten inches of snow had fallen, street
and railway traffic was seriously im
peded and many ships along tho coast
wore driven ashore.
Itmton llmiU Cnnnilldttlnii Kffmitoil.
lloston, Nov. 28. The Shawmut na
tional bank, tho new Institution which
was organized recently to tako tho
place of nine of the smaller national
banks of Hoston. which are boln'
liquidated, has opened Its doors to tho
public. The new bank has a paid up
capital of $3,000,000 and a surplus of
Sl,.r00,000.
St. iIoNeph Stock Kxeliungu lliirnod.
SL .Joseph, Mo., Nov. 2a Tho stock
yards exchange In South St. Joseph
burned yesterday morning, entailing
a loss of S'20,000. Tho fire started In
the tolophono exchange ou tho second
floor, where an oil stove, supplying
heat for tho night operutor, a boy, ex
plodcd.
HAWAII'S GOVERNMENT.
Provision for n I'ttrtlul Coiitlnuitiicn or tho
l'reiMTit Form, Undor rrdrrnl Hiuxirvl-
hIoii QiiHllllrMtlnn of HufTruKn.
Chicago, Nov. 28. A special to tho
Tribune from Washington says Sena
tor Culloin is preparing the report of
the Hawaiian commission nnd will
submit it to tho president for
transmission to congress so that it
will be ready at tho opening of tho
session. Tho senator declines to givo
details as to tho character of tho ro
port, but from other sources it was
learned that the report as finally
drafted will provide for a partial con
tinuance of tho present govern
ment in tho islands under
direct federal supervision. There
will bo a senate of 15 members nnd a
house of double that number, which
Is an increase in the present house
membership of Hawaii. There will
bo a graded qualification on tho suf
frage. Members of the houso may bo
elected by voters who pass an educa
tional test alone, while members of
the senate will bo chosen by voters
possessing both educational and prop
erty qualifications. There will bo
educational and prop rty restrictions
In regard to holding office, the qualifi
cations for which will bo closely de
fined. There will bo no "open door"
hi Hawaii. Tho tarlfY laws of tho
United States will bo extended to the
islands without alteration, because
Hawaii was formally annexed to the
United States by n statute law and
any other coursa would unquestion
ably be opposed by tho supremo court.
The immigration, labor and g.-nural
election laws of the United States will
be specifically extended to the islands.
These will keep out further Inroads ot
coolies.
HE REFUSED TO OBEY.
A 1'roinliiPiit llnniitillcin I.Hitiliir Siiyn Lives
Might lliivn llucu SiivimI If Siiiiiimoii
Had Kntrrod SmitliiRo Harbor.
New York, Nov. 28. A republican
loader who was in close consultation
with President MeKlnley during tho
war has recently given out an inter
esting bit of naval history which has
never been shown up In any of the
naval reports. Ho states positively
that ono night when ho was at tho
white houso and the naval situa
tion at Santiago was critical,
the president, about midnight, de
cided to issue peremptory orders
to Admiral Sampson to enter San
tiago harbor and forco the fight. Tho
order was sent and Admiral Sampson,
in brief, refused to obey tho order.
That is, ho replied that he was on tho
ground and could hotter judge of tho
futility of such a scheme. "The bat
tle of San Juan hill would not havo
been necessary," ho continued, "if
Sampson had obeyed this order."
An Army of tlnn llnnilrnd Tliouoind.
Washlngtion, Nov. 28. Chairman
Hull, of tho house military committee,
has announced that tiis committee has
in preparation a bill increasing tho
army to at least 100,000 men. Mr. Hull
stated there was a disposition on the
part of some to make tho limit 125,000,
but lie believes that as finally pre
sented to the houso it will not carry a
larger forco than 100,000. Of this num
ber 8,000 may lie natives of Cuba and
Porto Itlco, who will be stationed in
those two islands for garrison duty.
I'atnlltl'' on tho Gridiron.
Chicago, Nov. 28. Tho Tribuno
says: Tho football season just closed
shows more deaths and more serious
accidents than any season in the his
tory of the game. Tho season opened
September 21 and closed with tho
Thanksgiving gamo between Penn
sylvania and Cornell. During that
time there were six deaths and 33 se
rious injuries, while the minor acci
dents ran up into tho hundreds.
Si'Hou llollitr KxhIohIoii.
Stockton, Cal., Nov. 28. Tho most
disastrous rivor accident in tho his
tory of Stockton occurred yesterday
near Fourteen Mile slough, when a
part of ono of tho boilers of the river
steamer T. C. Walker, which loft San
Francisco Saturday night, was blown
out, killing llvo and dangerously
wounding 11 persons, while probably
15 or 20, more or less, aro badly hurt.
Ttireo Dentin Over Trivial Blatter.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 2S. Passengers
on tho St. Louis & South western train
give the details of a street fight that
occurred at Hughes Springs, on tho
line between Marrs and Cass counties,
Tex., in winch Constable James Driver
and his son were killed and lien Hoone,
a prominent resident, was mortally
wounded. The all'alr resulted from a
trivial matter.
hpiiln Would Nell Them All.
Madrid, Nov. 2a A plan for tho
selling of all tho remaining Spaulsh
Islands In Oceania will bo formulated
soon after the ratification of peace. It
is considered by those who advocate
this course that, In vlotv.of tho great
demand for coaling stations hi tho far
east bv all nations, good prices could
bo obtained for property of trilling
value in the Spanish regime.
Fear n Wnrnhlp Trust.
Washington, Nov. 2a Naval offl
clals aro discussing seriously tho ro
ported combination among American
ship builders to divide tho new con
struction of vcssols for tho navy which
congress Is expected to authorize In
accordance with tho recommendations
of Secretary Long.
THE WISCONSIN LAUNCHED.
Illtr nttlenlitn ChrlUenod hy Ml Kllzn-
both Stevenson itt Sun Krnnclnco
Lurjfor Tlmn tho Orojron.
San Francisco, Nov. 28. Tho big
battleship Wisconsin was successfully
launched from tho shipyard of tho
Union Iron works at 0:C0 Saturday
morning in tho presence of many thou
sands of spectators. Miss Elizabeth
Stephenson, daughter of ex-Congressman
Stephenson, of Marinette, Wis.,
christened tho huge leviathan as sho
started from the ways, dashing over
her bows a bottle of California cham
pagne and calling out In perfectly dis
tinct tones: "I christen thee Wiscon
sin." As soon as tho groat mass of
steel was scon to move, the thousands
who thronged the yard and neighbor
ing points of vantage, burst into en
thusiastic cheering, while bolls,
whistles and steam engines through
out the city clamored and shrieked in
concert.
The Wisconsin Is nomotvhat larer than tho
biUtlosulp OreKon, which vessol roccntly niado
such a booiI record In tho eni?ni?cmont with
CcrvcrnN lloct. but is not quito us lurfio ns tho
Ohio, now uutliltntr nt Crumps' ynnl in Phila
delphia. Tho Wisconsin Is 3M foot In lcnitth,
73 foot 'ii Inches In breadth of beam nnd 33 foot
tl inches normal draught. Her displacement
wtllb'j 1I.S00 tons nnd her spo?d 10 knots un
hour. Her armament will consist of 1 li-tnuh
Kuns and II! 0-lnch rapid-lire Kuns. Ilor armor
will be of lmrveylzcd ntoel.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES.
Niitlonul ltutlncH I.piiciio Send Letter to
I'rrnldcnt MeKlnley Vrnivs tho Kfltnh-
llHluilHiit of u Now Ilrptrtniciit.
Chicago, Nov. 2S. Tho National
Business league Saturday sent to Presi
dent McKinley a long letter rclativo
to the establishment of a department
of commerce and industries. The letter,
which is signed bv Ferdinand W.
Peck, Erskine M. Phelps, A. H. Kevcll,
John W. Ela, E. G. Keith and the
other members of tho executive com
mittee of tho league, urges favorable
action on bills for the establishment,
of the department which aro now
ponding in congress. Tho letter says
in part:
Tho expansion of our commercial rolatlons
to Include many new peoples, living under
widely different conditions, seems to deepen
tho conviction ulrealy urowlntr in tho
minds of every business man that tnrlft
questions aro KctUnt,' to ho questions
of facts, for experts rnthor of party polities.
Wo submit that, whether theso questions aro
In politics or not, a department of commerce
and Industries might provldo facilities through
which couipotcnt, non-partisan experts could
make such investigations and roports. beforo
legislation on any contomplntod ohnngo In u
tariff .schedule, as would enable congress to
ttilto action with comparatively uccurato
Itnowludgu as Its effects und thus tho wholosalo
revisions of tho tariff, so damaging to general
business Interests, might bu avoided.
OUR MARINES IN CHINA.
Cttptttln of thn Cliiirluxton l'litoux n Oaarii,!
Anlior- itt Tlun Tnln Will I'rotoot
American Legation nt I'ekln.
Washington, Nov. 27. Tho navy de
partment received a dispatch that the
cruiser Boston has landed a marine
guard at Tien Tsiu, in tho road
ways of the gulf of Pe-Chl-Li.
100 miles by water from I'ekln,
the Chinese capital. The dispatch
was considered so important that it
was taken to President McKinley at
tho white house at once. The disturb
ances in l'okin following tho dethrone
ment of the Chinese emperor sugsrosted
to Washington tho necessity of bending
a naval vessel to Chinese waters to pro
tect American interests. Secretary
Hay, when called Into consultation
over tho dispatch, said that tho
marines wore landed, not because of
any information of rioting or attacks
on American missionaries, but solely
to net as u guard for the United States
legation at Pckin.
AN UNHAPPY END.
I2lght or tho Crow or mi AUHtriillnn Trnd-
Ini; Cutter Siild to llnvo Ilnnn Hatan
by Ciitiiilljalrt of lluku JhIimkI.
London, Nov. 28. Advices from Bris
bane, Queensland, contain a ghastly
story of cannibalism in tho Gorman
group of tho Sulu Islands. It ap
pears that a Queensland trading cut
tor, the Sea Ghost, with three white
traders uud a crew of seven natives,
was boarded by the treacherous
natives of tho Island of llaku, who
murdered two of tho whites and six of
the blacks. Their bodies, it is asserted,
were then dressed for a cannibal feast.
In the meanwhile tho natives found a
keg of rum and soon they were all help
lessly drunk. Heforo they recovered
from their stupor the surviving white
man and the native seaman managed
to unloose the ropes with which they
wore bound and escaped In a small
boat, from which they woro picked up
by a Hrltish ship.
HAVOC "BY PRAIRIE FIRES.
Oklahoma ami Indian Territory Suffer
Heavy I.oen of Hay, Cotton, I.lvo
Stock n lid llulldliiCH.
Perry, Ok., Nov. 2a Pralrlo fires
havo played havoc in Oklahoma and
Indian territory for tho last few days.
Ono farmer lost 1,000 acres of fine
hay In tho field, several hundred
bales of cotton and 500 head f
cattle and hogs. Ho estimates his loss
ut 820,000. Millions of tons of hay In .
bale and in bulk havo boon burned in.A
other sections, and no less than lQtt
resldonces havo been destroyed. Sever
al lives havo boon loBt hi theso pralrlo
fires. In tho Kiowa Indian reservation
i strip of land 30 by 75 miles was
burned, causing great datnuge.
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