The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-11
N THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
Alfred J. Russell is registered at Che
Ebbitt. 81 am lawyer and from Detroit,
Mich, said he, this morning. This only
interesting torie in my town is the effort
to change the city from q sun dial basis
to standard time We are having all kinds
OF time. Fifteen years ago the State Leg
:slature adopted central standard tiIne
which is twenty-eIght minutes slower than
sun time. as the Official time TO govern
all clocks in the State. Detroit tried it
for fey weeks and vent hack to sun
time. Several efforts TO change the time
have beer made s few weeks ago the
common council adopted standard time as
the Official time for the city. The town
clock was stopped until It had lost TWEEN
ty-eight minutes. and then set in motion.
All the clocks in the city we're Supposed
&c lose twenty-eight minutes. But they
don't. There remained the advocates OF
sun. and they got out in force. The erra-
men council could not stand the stain,
and went back to Old sol's reckoning.
Now we have sun time, standard time, ana
any old tinse' The sun timers are IN high
not go back to sun time, and the people
are having ne time Of their lives in fgur-
ing out when to keep an engagement Tnat
is TO say man does not know If his en-
gagemeat is set for / o'clock or for TWEEN
ty-eight minutes after l. Detroit will
give big bonus to anyone who viii take
time by the forelock and set them
straight"
Clarence Ousley. CT Galveston. Texas. Is
registered at the Riggs. He is the adj
vance guard OF a delegation OF Galveston
citizens who are headed for this city to ask
Congress for relief il building breakwa-
ter aleng the Gulf shore. Mr.. ousley is
newspaper worker BY profession. and with
his knowledge of public men has sized up
the situation as most promising.
81 think Congress viii give US all ne
ask" said he this morning I'VE want
breakwater fifteen o. sixteen feet high.
the height to be determined by United
States engineers. II the Government viii
do this part Of the work. we win I'LL in
and reclaim the land We viii do the work
so thoroughly that the buildings viii be
erected On land as high as the breakwa-
ter We need this breakwater for pro-
| lection.
GALVESTON Is fast recovering from the
disaster Ths storm laid waste tract
fully four miles in length and about three
quarters Of q mile In width. TIE buildings
RACED by the storm are being reconstruct
ed. Building Is going on in all parts Gf the
city Business is being transacted with
as much Eigor as It was before the storm
/ Our cotton receipts are almost equal TO
/ those GO New Orleans, and If the storm
| lad not come upon US. we would have gone
/ ahead Of that city
The Galveston people are pretty well
/ satisfied that Congress will do the proper
/ thing, and from what I can see. 1 do not
| think they VIII be disappointed
1--WE are becoming very much of man
ufacturing State" said ]. s Spears. ex-
| Surveyor of the port OF San Francisco. at
| the Shoreham. this morning This is
due TO the recent discovery ef oil. We
have oil in all parts of our State. It
makes a good fuel and is being used as
such by all large concerns. It is a great
deal cheaper than coal and can be han
died with less Inconvenience We have
| one railroad in the State that runs all its
/ trains with oil But I am getting away
from the hrst proposition. Since oil was
| discovered and in such quantities as to
prove that the supply is almost uniim-
tied. several new manufacturing concerns
! have sprung up These have been supple
neuted by other and larger industries
We can even nov be classed as a manu-
featuring State, but we are not going TO
1 stop here We want TO be the first State
| In TIE UnIOE, from manufacturing point
OF view. and We are going 10 attain that
| end. Our mines are being Developed, new
| ones are being started, and We are doing
all kinds OF business. The opening up Of
new markets has proved blessing to the
Coast States, aad we are exporting great
quantities of goods to Cuba, I.orto Rico.
| Hawaii, and to every place ur1er the sun
| where We can find market for our
| wares
Ex-state Senator Morgan. of Minneap-
oils. is registered at the Arlington He is
in the city to. argue before the Supreme
Court. Mr, Morgan IS a brother-in-law of
/ A K. Wheeler, private secretary to Judge
| Moves, Of the United States District Court
OF Alaska.
Gen. Harrison Grey Otis, of Los Angeles.
and II. H Markham, Ex-Governor of Cali
fornia. are al the shoreha1n- Mr Mark
ham is here to take part in the Centennial
Celebration. General Otis will look after
( some private business matters before re-
turning to California.
Texas has at all times been noted for
the bravery of her men, said Dr. A. W
Fly, Of Galveston. at the Ebbitt, but the
most noble deed I ever witnessed was that
of fourteen year-oId boy He was cling
ing to the roof OF house and was fast
being swept TO his death. lis hip was
broken and the little fellow was In dread
full agony. Those who were watching his
efforts to save himself were sure the lit
tie fellow wouiz soon drown While We
we're watching the boy ne were Mortified
to see a young girl being swept onward
with the rush Of the water. She vas
c1inging desperately to a roof top and
passed close to the boy Presently the
two were side by side, so close together
/ that either one could have reached out
| and touched the other While we were
arranging a plan for a double rescue wt
! noticed the boy raise himself upon his ell
bows and lean slightly to one side. His
face plainly showed the pain he was suf-
! fering. While we were wondering xhai
he meant to do We saw him slip from
his coat and throw it across the girl
Even with death staring him in the face
| the little fellow did not forget that his
. first duty was to protect the weak and
he did the best he could By tiopriYiag him
self Of his coat TO keep her warm. Al
this happened in less tine than it takes