The evening times., 1900-02-05
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Former Governor Hauser. of Montana,
is at the Arlington, from Helena. He is
in the city attending to some legal mat
ters and will remain here for few weeks.
Mel Gron, formerly United States Consul
at Copenhagen, is at the Arlington for
few weeks ON business with the State De-
partment.
A. Schiller, a wealthy resident OF Berlin,
Germany, is at the Shoreham en- a pleasure
trip, and will remain several days
George w. Stevens, the newly elected
president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road is one of the most practical men /
ever knew" said D. r. Hanley, an official
of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
at the Raleigh, from the Garden City, to-
day. II worked on the Wabash system with
him for many years, and never found a
better hearted man in my career. He is.
like all true men, self f-made. He started
in with the Baltimore and Ohio as
messenger boy when he was thirteen years
old, and worked his way up TO be a tele-
graph operator. He served as operator
and dispatcher for the Wabash and before
many years became general superintend-
ent of the system. He is a believer in the
motto that whatever you are. be a good
one and he never puts on frills. He is
capable successor of Mr.. ingalls,. the re-
tiring president, who in ten years ran the
earnings up from 81 600 900 per year to
Sl2,000,000, and paid Off all bonds"
business in Texas" said j. L. Culnan. O,
Corsieana Texas at the Ebbitt today.
and unless the State Legislature ruins
the trade by imposing the 2 per cent tax
the wells viii be one of our biggest sources
of revenue. Over 268 wells were drilled
in 1899 and several hundred new holes are
being drilled. In 1897 the yield was 50 $40
barrels; in 1898. this was increased to 546,-
900 barrels. and in 1899 it was nearly 700.-
000 barrels. The market price for crude
oil is now 81 .0s, while last year it was but
30 cents. The Lone Star State will soon
be among the biggest oil producers in the
country"
Porto Rico is probably the only island
in the West Indies where the ordinary
American can live, work. and thrive said
John A. Wingate, of New York. who has
just returned from San Juan and is quar-
the wonderful climate which is almost
perfect. and is less tropical than that of
the neighbring islands. The island is also
unique in that il has a large white pOpuIa-
ton capable of furnishing labor for car
ryiBg out local improvements. Stock rails
ing is the most popular agricultural in
dustry in the island at the present time,
and less than 10 per cent of the rich farm
ing lands are under cultivation. One thing
should be remembered however. Men
without capital or experience in the indus
tries Of tropical countries should keep
away from Porto Rico. as there are no
openings for them and they are liable to
suffer
II have been figuring the list out and
find that there are thirteen Harvard grad
uates in the Fifty-sixth Congress. said
+. ID. Hayward of Cambridge Mass. at
Wizards today. 1T has been a fad Of mine
to discover where and in what station of
life old Harvard men are and | am glad
to see that We are so we'll represented.
In the Senate We have Senators Woicott OF
Colorado. Hoar of Massachusetts, Lodge of
Massachusetts and Penrose OF Pennsyl-
vania In The House there are Represen-
tatives Foss and Warner OF Illinois, Moo
dy, Naphen. and Sprague of Massachusetts
Chanler and Littauer of New York Dayen-
port of Pennsylvania. and Bull OF Rhode
Island. Representative Boutelle OF Maine