The times., 1899-12-29

ne last hlBnt ana thtIt are great oppoi Iu-
mites there Spokane has caught the gold
fever, and the prospectors are hurrying
north with shoveis and rockers. The sand
along the beach fronting on the Behring Sea
yields from $40 to $500 per day in dust.
Spokane is more prosperous than it has
been in many years and the outlook for
the future is splendid.
w A. Douglas, of Toronto. Canada. is
al the Riggs and will remain in the city
until Saturday. Mr. Douglas is auditor for
a large Canadian firm, and is in the city
on a pleasure trip.
Nowhere in the United States said
he last night "haye | found such progress
as we Canadians have made in Toronto.
As an instance, the city owns a large num-
Der OF public halls and when a number of
men desire to hold a public meeting they
secure the signatures of twenty-five Citi-
zens upon a petition 10 the mayor, who
thereupon directs that one of these halls
be given to the applicants. rent free, and
without cost for heating. lighting. or ad-
Vertising. This species of municipal own
ership has been a boon TO the reformers
and the antitrust and single-tax doctrines
are widely spread in this way.
We have an income tax on all sums
y
in caring for public institutions. We may
be away up in the woods but" we are
ahead in many desirable respects"
q discovered new vocation while in
Hot Springs, Ark, last week. said An
drew A. Walton, of Galveston. Tex, at the
Wellington last night The proprietor of
one of the big hotels in that place has
kick detective in his employ, and man
ages to keep his register pretty well filled.
The detective in question is a we'll grO0med
man of travelling appearance, whose busi-
ness it is to lie around the lobbies and
rotunda and listen TO the kicks made by
guests. The complaint sleuth would draw
out those staying at the house and learn
wherein they were dissatisfied with the
place, and the objection would rapidly and
mysteriously be removed. I don't know
how well this new feature pays, but the
guests generally leave with a feeling OF
goodfellowship within their breasts.
know l did
Il have noticed a number of hbelous
stories in the newspapers stating that
Gettysburg contained a relic factory, from
which old bullets and rusted bayonets are
turned out, said George S. Keyser. Of
Gettysburg who is at the Regent for a few
udgS HIS IS not So dS anyone VINO mas
ever visited the place knows. There is a
small factory, wherein photographs, ink
stands, and other souvenirs are made but
the other things can be plowed up any
where around the old battlefield. Pieces of
rifles and shells buttons, and bullets are
very plentiful and do not have to be manu-
factured"
A party OF about 400 tourists from New
England are in the city and will remain
here until Saturday night The visitors
arrived over the Pennsylvania and Balti-
more and Ohio Railroads yesterday after
noon, and are quartered at the Ebbitt. the
Riggs, the National the Metropolitan, and
the Regent.
L. J. Shephard. of New York, IS at the
Arlington. Mr. Sheppard is an architect.
and is interested in many OF the plans for
new buildings Ia the District.
New York is going to have the great
est Office building ever erected" said he
last night. 1T will be erected On Exchange
Place. and viii be 2S8 feet high, giving
an area for Office space of 500 900 square
feet. The building will be OF terra Gotta
and steel. and VIII cost $4,000 600"