The evening times., 1899-12-22
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Three prominent leaders in the move.
ment for the suppression of monopolie.
are In the city preparing the call for ths
antitrust convention to be held in Chi
| cago in February. Hon. M. l.. Lockwood
| of Pennsylvania, President OF the Anti
Trust League, is at the Riggs; Attorney
General Monnett of Ohio is at the Raleigh
and former Lieutenant Governor Black oi
| Pennsylvania is at the Ebbitt. President
Lockwood stated today that five hundred
names had been signed to the Call and
these include many of the most prominent
| reform workers in the country. The names
of the governors OF twelve States. and
| many members Of Congress are also on the
list.
Il am going to issue 100000 copies Of the
CALI said Mr.. Lockwood. land within a
short time We can rally oyer 1,000. 900 vot-
ers. Aside from the antitrust league or
ganizations all over the country. the Com
merciaI Travellers Association has formed
clubs. and We have attracted men of every
party into our ranks. Those who think,
and they are many. realize that the fight
is going to be desperate one. and this is
our last great chance for victory. II We
go down in this campaign the labors Of
twenty years will have been almost rse-
less. but we do not intend to go down"
II had letter forwarded to me in my
mail this morning that is a genuine curl
osity." said T. A. Arkell. a Philadelphia
jeweler at the ShCreham today. Il have
had do with in = n
coal regions of Pennsylvania. and in re-
sponse to a post2; from a Hungarian in
the western part of the State l wrote him
a few lines enclosing one of my business
cards. Today | received the answer which
is addressed as follows:
'Arkell. Dealer in Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry. Watches Repaired. Good Prices
for Old Gold and Silver. Diamond Setting
a Speciality. All Work Guaranteed. Weekly
Installments Taken. Philadelphia. Pa
My Hungarian customer had innocently
copied my entire business card on the en-
velope. thinking l suppose, that it was all
in the address,
The holiday monotony has settled down
in the hotel corridors and the dull season
is on until after Congress gets back to
work. The few arrivals are those who rua
in for a day before going home &c spend
Christmas and the genial hotel clerks have
adopted the strange and dreary password
OF nothing doing"
s. NJ. Kelly. of Buffalo, is registered at
the Raleigh. We expect a warm time dur
ing the Pan-American Exposition in the
Queen City of the Lakes said he. today.
land Judging from the preparations now
being made the show will be second only
to the Paris Exposition. Ii is certainly 60
ing to attract a great crowd of people TO
Buffalo in 1901, and will be big thing for
that city
H. o. Hayercamp. Of fsProvo. Utah. is at
the Raleigh for a few days. He refused to
talk on the charges of polygamy preferred
against Postmaster Adams of that city, and
is on East attending 20 some personal mat
tiers.
]. A. Mackenzie, of Memphis. Tenn. 10
at the National. Eyeryth is booming
through the South" said he, this morning.
"and the advent of Christmas is making
passenger traffic very heavy. Memphis is
all right. and with the exception OF a pro-
posed statute to establish curfew bell.
there is not much new. The curfew law
won't pass. as the sentiment is against it.
We want to 60 forward. not backward"