The times., 1898-01-16
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.
for necessary alterations.

Mississippi has a considerable repu-
tation as State where a negro viii be
lynched on the least provocation," re-
marked Mr.. J. ID. Gilman, of Senate
bia at the National but our State
does not deserve this. i think there Is
but one crime for which man should
be lynched and that is nameless.
Something ought to be done to secure
a prompt conviction in such cases, and
until this is done Judge Lynch Will get
in his work 1t takes too long TO Sc
cure a conviction in all cases of helnous
crime In all States lynchings general
ly start for some certain purpose ana
then they drift until they are abused.
Mr.. Lucien Davis, of Syracuse, n. Y,
said last night at the Shoreham: My
first visit to Washington, and am de-
lighted i regard the National Capital,
Judging from what ] have seen, as the
most desirable residence city in the
United States
I've been in Washington several
weeks" said Mr Raymond W. An
drews, of Detroit at the National, last
night land / notice a very large num-
ber of people here as well as elsewhere
who seem to have nothing to do. L be-
Feve something must be done to check
the drift to the cities by paying more
attention TO the social side of life. The
isolation of country life must be re-
moved. The country wants libraries,
good schools. better postal communica-
ton, and more steam or electric rail-
ways. j believe the time viii come
when the tide of population viii begin
to flow from the cities back to the
country. The present problem of the
country is TO hold its own against the
glamor of city life
I'VE have the largest Touring estab-
lishment in the world at Minneapolis" ="
said Mr.. Il. c. Chastain, Of that city,
last night at the Ebbitt. In all / be-
lieVe there are about forty-seven mills,
capable of producing more than $4,000
barrels OF -four daily. About one-third
of the annual product is exported, be-
ing billed direct from the mill door to
Liverpool and Glasgow. But it would
take me half day TO tell you of the
Touring interests of Minneapolis.
They're great"
Hon Howard Thompson, of Gaines
VILE. Ga, who is to lock horns with
Congressman Tate in the next cam
paign. is at the Riggs. The old Ninth
Georgia district has seen some bloody
campaigns, the worst of which was
the one in which Allen D. Gambler de-
feated the gifted young independent
Democrat, Emory Speer, for Congress.
Speer was rewarded by President
Hayes with an appointment as United
States Judge for the Southern Georgia
district.
Il see" said a gentleman to eX-Con-
sressman George 7. Barnes, of Geor-
sia, that they are going to jail the
fellows down in Georgia for buying and
selling votes"
That is a mistake" calmly replied
the ex-Congressman, and, with twin
kle in his eye, he added: There are
not sufficient number of jails in Geor-
gia TO hold them.
Rev. Corydon Millard, missionary at
large of the Wisconsin Protestant Con-
ference, is a guest of the Riggs, having
Just returned from a tour to Europe.
He will be in Washington several days
and then proceed to his home in Mill
waukee.
"Of foreign cities ] found Paris the
most beautiful, and of American.
Washington, said he. There is a
large nelu Tor missionary WoTh
rope. While here / hope to conduct
services under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian Association, as
j do everywhere / go"
Il believe the anti-scalping bill will
become a law" said Mr.. S. H. Hard
wick. assistant general passenger agent
of the Southern railroad. Atlanta, Ga,
Il have been in Washington several
days in interest of the bill, and have
watched matters closely"
"WH the creeks rise?" asked Mr..
Wesley Anderson. of the Indian Terri
tory. as he stood in the National Hotel
yesterday and looked at the rain fall
ing. Out in my country, he con-
tinued, ''the creeks rise quick and cause