The evening times., 1900-01-17
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Montana, is at the Arlington. Judge Hau-
ser is here attending to some legal matters,
and is also interested IN the Montana Sena-
torial contest. He will remain in this city
for several weeks,
Former Representative Leonard Myers Of
Pennsylvania is at the Riggs on some per-
sonal business. He is locking up his old
friends in Congress, and will remain in the
city several days.
r. E. Emblidge, of Niagara Falls, is at
the Regent for few days. Mr.. Emblidge
is the publisher of the Niagara Falls
Gazette" and is interested in the big
power company which has harnessed the
great cataract. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Emblidge, and is here on his wedding
tour.
There are wonderful possibilities in
store for Niagara Falls" he said today,
''and the task of devoting the energy of
the great torrent to the production of
power and light forms one of the great
engineering triumphs of the past century.
Everything is prospering nicely, and the
town is building up in good shape. Some
day we may annex Buffalo"
W. S. P. Shields. of Philadelphia, is at
the Arlington, for few days. Mr..
Shields was the leader of the Quaker City
delegation which secured the Republican
National Convention for that place
Il don't believe the committee will ever
want TO go anywhere else to meet after
they have enjoyed Philadelphia's hospi-
tality,' he said today. I'VE will give the
members a glorious time and send them
away convinced that ours is the only city
in the country. The big exposition build
ing has been fixed up and will be just the
place for such a gathering, and the slogan
will be Philadelphia all the time Those
of the committee who have ever been en-
tertained by the Quaker City know just
what to expect"
H. F. Seymour. of Manila, p. J., is at
the Regent for few weeks. Mr.. Sey-
mour is the manager OF the American,
the pioneer newspaper printed IN English
in the Philippines.
The American is prospering at pres
ent." he said today, but for long time
We had a tussle to get along. The paper
was organized by subscription. every Off
Ger giving something until a capital of $3,-
600 was raised. We had several narrow
escapes from being thrown out by Otis
and his press censorship bureau. but We
have always managed TO appear regularly.
Nearly all of our compositors are natives.
and if we issued a clean sheet il was be-
cause of the tireless efforts of the proof
reader. Still We have plenty of adyertis-
ing and get good prices for it. We get our
war news direct from the front and have
correspondents with each division. There
fore when a fight occurred on Monday af
ternoon We would have papers on the fir
ing line on Tuesday, giving a full and
complete report Of the days doings. Ma
Mia has been transformed in the past six
months and is now a very nice place TO
live in. 1t is not nearly such a wicked
place as ii has been painted, and the peo-
pie are being Americanized. ! will return
in few weeks and am going to add
theatre to our newspaper enterprise. When
| come here again | will bring band of
native Filipinos with me; not horde but
band, with native musical instruments"
did you ever notice how some cities
obtain a monopoly of certain Industries
said j. ]. Weir, of New York. at the Raj
eigh today, although there is no reason
why these particular places should have
1t. since some OF them are not at all
adapted TO the manufacture OF the things
NuiGu lucs are uDttN .NON. why
should Boston be the centre OF the copper
industry? There isn't grain Of copper
within 1000 miles of the Hub. Why isn't
New York the centre OF insurance instead
of Hartford? Why should Pittsburg pro-
duce nearly all Of our glass when there is
better sand almost anywhere else? hny
should Brockton and Lynn, Mass, turn cut |
nearly all OF our shoes? Why is Provi-. |
dence the great jewelry city, and why is
nearly all the cotton grown in the South |
in New England? l should |
think there would be change in some of |
these things, but the outlook for one is !
not very promising
The faculty Of Chicago University has !
adopted the phonetic system OF spelling, !
and the reform has been extended to the !
publications issued by that institution" |
said DR.. E. A. Weatt. of Chicago. at Will |
lard's last night. Il have always opposed /
this silly fad. and | am afraid it will not |
last long. Why not adopt French Canadian |
as a language and let that decide the mat |
ter. Imagine how a newspaper would look |
if printed in President Harper's lingo /
Here is a sample: The man wuz kurius /