The times., 1898-06-23
GOSSIP OF THE LOBBIES,

| f. j. Marshall president of the First
| National Bank of Lampassas, Tex, is a
| guest at the Metropolitan Hotel When
| asked by Times reporter last night as
to what effect the Spanish-Ameriean war
had on the business interests of the Lone
| Star State. he replied:
Texas has suffered an effect neither
| for the better nor for the worse thus far
How much its business interests might
suffer from a protracted struggle 1t is
| difficult at this time to say. Texas is such
large State and so sparseiy settled that
a depressing or good effect would take
some time to make itself felt Beef and
| produce have not been enhanced in price,
| though many of the farmers are holding
back their cattle in the hope that the
| increased demand necessary from a con-
| tinuation of the war will profit them final
| ly. AS for horses, our great State could
supply the whole Union. One hundred
! thousand such animals as are used by
! Roosevelts regiment could be furnished
at a few days notice. Texas horses are
! admirably built for field work in the trop-
| les They stand about fifteen hands high
| are tough and used to hard usage Many
OF the wealthy ranchers have been pur-
| chasing all the available horses for the
| past year. 1 know of one man who bought
| 1900 at the Fort Worth Fair last year
! for which he paid less than SIS, 600. These
horses now sell al $50 10 Scat any rate
| this is what was paid for the animals
! used by Roosevelt's men. / myself own
several thousand of these stocky animals
| on which | hope TO realize something be-
/ fore long. When these bronchos have
! been once tried in campaign service in
| Cuba and their superior staying qualities
! demonstrated the demand is bound TO be
| great. For this reason all the ranchers
| are buying and holding on TO them.
| Il can see how Texas would suffer first
II would be in the shipping business. For
/ you, know. thousands of bales of cotton
| and thousands OF bushels Of wheat are
| shipped yearly from Galveston alone
| The exit for these laden vessels is via
| the Gulf and Cuba. I presume that the
/ shipping business is practically at a
| standstill today. When / was in Calves
ton about ten days ago. only a few YES
sells were anchored there and they were
| afraid to put out 10 sea But whatever
| is lost In the shipping business is made
! up in land transportation, so that the
| old adage of wherever there is a loss
there is also a gain, holds true in this
| case at least.
When asked what he thought the
Texas wheat output for the year would
| be. Mr.. Marshall said It would amount to
nearly 80 600. 600 bushels. which is twice
! as large as any previous crop,
But you know" he continued. 1--WE do
not expect that the war can last long.
| Only tonight l was talking with sena-
| tor of my State who declared that he
was ready 10 wager almost any amount
| that peace negotiations would be pending
| within sixty days. And the senator had
| just paid one wager today of this same
| sort which he had made sixty days ago.
| The senator added that Spain must and
| will sue for peace before long.
| do you remember reading of the kill
| ing of those two Mexicans in San Angelo
| last month because they tore down an
| American flag? Well, that is a sample of
| the fiery patriotism which pervades our
| great State.
| 'It was no bluff when our next senator
| Governor CulbertsOn. offered TO furnish
alone the second call for 20, 900 volunteers
| The Third Regiment of Volunteers was
recruited in the city of Galveston alone,
| and there is still another regiment there
waiting TO be mustered in
| These chaps who are promenading
| about the hotel corridors with the stiff
collars and creased trousers amuse me.
remarked ]. c. Evans. gunner on the Bos-
! ton. who is still stopping at the St. James.
| He continued. Just wait until they get
into real fight, such that one at Ma
| Mia and they will not look so nobby nor
| feel so Beau Brummel-iike.
| THAT was glorious victory, and all
| praise be to Dewey; but ring the gunners
| also, for not an ounce of powder did they
| waste in firing the guns. You know we
| had not as much powder as the enemy
| and could not waste il in the way they
| did,
| When asked as to the cause of the
| death of the captain of the Olympia. he
| rer,Iie ied ed al
death. in spite of all reports TO the con-
| trary. He had been suffering several
| days before the conflict with dysentery
| and a semi-fever prevalent in those East
ern seas The excitement of the battle,
possibly. hastened his end. but death
would have followed shortly
Gunner Evans starts for San Francisco
| today and although he would not divulge
his plans. it seems TO be a settled fact
| that he will san on the next Philippine
expedition and rejoin Dewey's feet.
| At the National Hotel there is a party
| of 277 travelling statesmen enjoying the
1 sixth annual excursion given by thetr
| house, the great Hammond Grocery
| Company, of Columbus. Ohio One
| of the excursionists when asked if this
| Washington trip had been mapped out in
| advance, said: NO the firm had planned
| to take us elsewhere but when the war
| broke out, the unanimous desire of an
| to visit the Capital City in war time was
| granted We have all been very much
| surprised at the even tenor of things
| in the city, in spite of the war rumOrs
| Many of US visit Washington often, and
| we can hardly perceive a martial spirit
except in the uniformed men strolling
| about
One of the most prominent lawyers of
| Richmond. Va, who is guest at the
| Raleigh, chatted in a pleasant and inter