The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
IN HOTEL LOBBLES

IN HOIEL LOBbIES.
I'VE have a sheriff In our town" sal
Mr.. Robert @. Plym, Of Corsiean1. Tex
az the Riggs. that just the other da!
| gave as superb an illustration OF grit a
! was ever exhibited in Texas OF anyWherl
else.
"A man was in Jail charged with a felo
| Nous assault. and IL there is one thins
| that stirs the people of our section {,
| frenzy 1t Is a crime OF this character.
mob was speedily formed in the com
Eunity in which the victim. a highly re-
spectacle young lady. resided. and. 1@'
strong. armed with repeating rifles. shot
guns, reyolvers, and sledge-hammers
I marched into Corsicana. with the avOw
! ed purpose OF taking the young woman:
I assailant out Of Jail and lynching him
| The mob was a desperate one, and nC
/ man understood better the danger thai
was imminent than Sheriff Allen, wheT
! h vas confronted By II at midnight and
/ ordered 10 surrender his prisoner. He had
/ previously instructed his small force OF
/ deputies % have their guns in readiness
| and let no man enter the outer door
| Then he stepped out in front of the crowd
| ana made a talk that was something after
| this fashion:
| " Before you can take that man out OF
/ jail you will have to kill me, and then il
! you go in there IL will be as murderers
| But / tell you now that you are not GO
! ing inside. | want TO say further-here
| he spoke in very soft and gentle tones
| that l recognize . good many of you,
and If you persist in your Illegal conduct
} II Will be my duty TO see that the district
court takes cognizanca of your action
Al of you know me, and know that ]
| have never been accused of neglectins
my Official duty
well. this little speech did the work
Several o. the leaders cursed the sheriff.
Dut their followers melted away like the
| mist. The words of the brave officer
| completely daunted them. and he went
- Sleer that night happy in the thought
that the county and state had been saved
! from q dlssrsoefGl occurrence. Had a
weaker man been in his place there woulI
have been no way of averting the in
tended hanging"
There are five counties ia Kansas that
| have produced corn enough this year TO
necessitdte the use OF 10000 cars in its
| transportation" said Mr. r. T. Ball. of
| that State, at the Metropolitan. Corn is
KING this year, sure enough, in our State,
and We have il to burn, in the slang of
! the day, though l trust it will be put ID
better use than fuel.
when eX-Secretary Morton sent Corn
cake Murphy to exhibit to the people of
european countries the varied Dalata bic
ways In which Indian corn could be pre-
pared, ne did thing that should keep his
memory green in the hearts of all Amer
lean farmers a bushel of corn has more
nutrlment than bushel of wheat. and
there Is no reason why the poor of Eu-
rope should not consume millions of bush
els OF this healthful cereal yearly
Il have an idea that one of the best ex-
hibits that our government could make
at Paris next year would be a corn dis
play, which would help further Mr. Muir
phys propaganda. The many ways in
which maize can be used as a food could
be demonstrated there, and the campaign
of education which Mr. Murphy pursued
SO lnteli1gently would be promoted under
the most favorable auspices"
II am stanch friend and great believer
in the craftsmanship of Senator Chandler
Of New Hampshire" said Mr. W. g. Hord
of New York. at the Normandie al was
in New Hampshire this summer and
talked with a great many people over
the Senatorial situation. the consensus of
opinion being that it was anybody's race
But if tie honor is not 10 go to Mr.
Chandler, | believe that a man who
stands a most excellent chance of win
ming it is the Hon. JamesW. Rennick, of
LittletOn, one of the brightest and best
men in the state. Mr.. Rennick is not
forty years old, and has made his mark
as lawyer of uncommon ability. tie is
noted throughout the Granite State by rea-
son of his very remarkable resemblance
to Abraham Lincoln. resemblance great
er than / ever saw in any man on or off
the stage. Rennick. like myself, is an
intense admirer of w, Z. Chandler. and
frankly says that the people of New
Hampshire would make d great mistake
if they relegated him to private life"
During a recent sojourn in Havana"
said Mr.. J. y. Atlin, Of New York, at
Chamberlin's, Il tried to get at the senti-
ment of the Cubans in regard to annexa-
ton. i found that very few. comparative
ly, are much in favor of being annexed by
the United States, but nearly all TIE
prominent men with whom 1 eoHvtrsed
greatly favored some kind OF a United
States protectcrate over Cuba. They are
glad that Americans have come 10 their
rescue, and do not want 10 see our gov
eminent abandon its authority in the ISL
and until a more settled condition has
come about. If the United States resolved
on annexa ton the intelligent and best ele-
ment would offer no opposition, though
preferring ultimate home rule.
This season in Cuba has been unpre-
ce6ented for dryness, and from lack of
rainfall crops are almost a failure This
should be the rainy season, but IL is more
like Kansas drought Otherwise the SIT
uation is very satisfactory, and a general
Improvement is taking place in all the
provinces"
Mr. Alan F. Campbell, manager of the
Chamberlin, at Old Point Comfort. was
guest of Chamberlin's in this city yester-
day. In speaking with a Post reporter
Mr. Campbell said that the outlook for
prosperous winter al Old Point was good,
and that though the summer had been
disastrous owing 10 the sickness, il was
one Of those misfortunes that were not
apt 10 occur again in the next twenty
years II is expected that the North At
lantic Squadron will assemble at Hamp-
ton Roads shortly, and the presence of
our waTships never fails TO bring a crowd
of visitors TO Old Point.
Turks Looking for 81. Paul.
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