The evening times., 1900-01-13
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

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Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is at the
shoreham from Chicago. Mr.. Cable is here
on pleasure trip and will remain about a
week. He is accompanied By his wife.
Hon. +. ID. Huestis of Oregon is at
Wizards. Mr.. Huestis is Collector at
Port Townshend. and is here on some i'm
portant Government business. He became
we'll known for his efforts in preventing
the smuggling OF Chinese into the United
States some time ago. and was the origi-
nator OF coup by means OF which he
trapped several hundred of the Ce,estials
with their guides. on a smugg ing exps-
dition. The efforts Of several Of the
cliques of ''highbinders" to assdssinate m
required the seUIces of a bodyguard for
some time
/. w. Durham. Insurance Commissioner
of Pennsylvania. is at the Normande. from
Philadelphia. for a few days MIR. Dur ham
is here aiding the Quay henchmen in the
Senatorial contest, and claims that there
is not the slightest doubt but that Mr..
Quay will be seated. He held conference
last night with Attorney General EIkin Of
Pennsylvania, and Senator PenrOse. and
says that tine sentiment OF the Keystone
state Is solid for Quay.
S. ~ d. North, of Boston. Mass, is at
the Wellington for the winter. Mr. North
is a member of the Industrial Commission
and has been gathering statistics on the
textile industries throughout New En-
gland. He has obtained much interesting
matter which will be Incorporated in the
report of the Commission.
Governor General Wood is a hustler"
said A. L. Coilcuit, of Havana, at the Ra-
leigh this morning. He has already
shown that his rule will be one of prompt
action, and has won the confidence OF
both Americans and Cubans His good
work in clearing out the foul pestholes
known as jails in Cuba cannot be too
highly commended The investigation
into the cases OF prisoners, some Of whom
have been detained for years, is develop
ing a terrible state of affairs and by the
time General Wood completes this one
task he will have released at least loo
men who had been Illegally detained. The
trouble lies in the old Spanish system Of
feeling judges and iscals, and these latter
are willing to condemn any man because
it means so much to them
Among the strange sights TO be seen
in the Mound City within a few weeks
will be a trolley funeral" said John A.
Barkley. of st. Louis, at the Riggs to-
day. The rapid transit system will be
applied to burials and the gloomy hearse
will be relegated TO the sphere Of past
usefulness. The St Louis Funeral Trans
portation Company has just been organiz-
ed and contracts have been made with the
electric railroad company TO supply and
haul funeral UhiCb wi ba
remains to any Of the cemeteries Two
special hearse cars have been built and /.
they are handsome affairs with approDri- (
ate mountings. Extra cars can be fur
nished to convey the friends and relatives
who usually ride in carriages The idea .
seems TO have found favor and the new
expects 10 make money even in .
slow old ST. Louis
The custom of permitting every for 4
igner 10 inspect American plants and fac I
ories has died away with some other sense
ess ideas and now We are on a par with
European manufacturers said NJ d.
cameron. OF Pittsburg at the Ebbitt this Z
morning. Ten years ago every foreigner
Sho happened into Pittsburg was cheerful
y wined and dined and shown through
very plant in the city. Today we don't al
ow them in, except in certain cases Eu-
opean plants are always closed to Ameri-
ans, except to very few important some
odies. and | have noticed that now. al
hough we don't care whether they inspect |
ur factories or not foreigners are always
uniting the desired permits. Our machin-
~ is away ahead of anything in the world
nd our facilities greater. Therefore the
have become more and more
harry in allowing inspections :
Business has been booming on the Pa
ific Coast during the past year" said A
J. Maddox. Of Seattle Wash. at the Ma
IOnal. The Klondike trade has been a
eritable gold mine 10 Seattle and every
ody is prosperous. AT least 90 600 men I
urchased outfits there during the past
ear. and as each outfit averages a cost
( $500. you can see SO. 600 600 right there
rithout counting in food supplies Six
teameTs are running regularly between
cattle and Alaska. and by spring the feet
ill be increased to seventy-five vessels 4
Maybe you don't believe that a slot !
lachine could pay the costs in a case in
hich il was the subject Of the cOntrOver-
w. said S. r. Lambert OF Boston. Mass.
Chamberlins today. but | saw an
lstanCe of this very thing last week Z
"A patent case involving the penny lin
ne slot weighing machine was considered
efOTe the United States court in Boston y
nd the merits of the affair were discussed !
,r nearly week. An exhibit in the shape :
one Of the machines stood beside the
DOT of the courtroom and managed TO ex-
t a strange influence over everybody en-
ring or leaving the place. Hardly a soul !
oticed the affair without getting on the :
atform, dropping in a copper, and proud
watching the needle register on the dial
his thing became epidemic and even the Z
Idge and court officers Joined with the
'ertators in weighing in and weighing ! ,
1t every day. AS a result the coin receiver
as jammed full of pennies at the end Of
ch day. and the weeks business aggre-
tied snug sum. at least enough TO pay