The evening times., 1900-01-04
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
Senator spooner of Wisconsin has re-
for the winter. He is accompanied by his
| wife and family.
Representative Z. II. briggs OF New
/ York has returned to the Capital and will
be quartered at the Ebbitt during the win
/ ter.
! "The Charleston News and Courier play
| ed a mean trick on Washington newspa-
per club, which visited that city on New
| Year Day said George b. Reid, of Char
! lesion, S. c., at the Raleigh today. a
| special page of cuts was used with the
name of member beneath each face and
| the ensemble was grotesque one. The
cuts had evidently been in stock many
years and the foreman of the paper simply
/ drew name and tagged it on cut until
I everybody had been fixed up. Criminals,
! former governors and members of Con-
! gress. men who had been wonderfully
cured by the use OF patent medicines, bish-
OPS. dead men. and foreign mobiles were all
pressed into service and did duty as the
members of the visiting organization. One
/, of the worst breaks in the lot was the pic
ture bearing the name Of Frank Hosford,
who drew a very ugly cut Of Dr.. Park
hurst
There is now being struck at the French
mint the certificate Of President Loutct's
election" said e. \. Baptiste, OF Paris, al
the Shoreham today. This is in the 70 NJ
of medal, which bears the Presidents
head on one side, with the words: Emile
LOubet. President de la Republique Fran
caihs.' and on the reverse side figure of
the Republic standing before ballot box
and dropping a card labeled Joubet' into
il. Every senator and deputy receives one
Of these medals, and they will be priced
very highly"
Gen. Henry NJ. Baker. former Repre-
! sentative from New Hampshire. is at the
Riggs for a few days looking after some
business OF importance. General Baker 10
prominent candidate for the seat OF Sena-
tor Chandler and feels assured that he viii
be selected for the position.
az: Is hard TO say at present who Will be
the Democratic nominee for governor 10
Illinois" said a. l.. Ewing, Of Chicago, al
the National today. There are NUMBER
oil DNDfi!E BtitB ADIhtu anu AetPA
tatiye B. F. Caldwell seems TO be the IA
yored individual thus far Mr.. Caldwell has
a good Democratic record and may win
without trouble. He has many supporters,
and will at least be in the van in the
convention"
Il noticed an odd thing in the line of
press censorship while In Europe, said j.
e. Bates, OF London, England. at the Raj
eigh TO-DAY. This was an advertisemG nj IN
a Finnish paper which stated that the Fin
land Newspaper Press-Censure Company
GimitedI had organized and was ready for
business For an annual premium OF . per
cent OF the gross income from circulation
and advertisements the company oilers 10
any periodical not exceeding 60 per cent OF
the loss of gross income incurred by sus-
pension. The severity of Russian press
censorship and the liability OF publisher
to be held up at any time is making plenty
of business for the new company
Tho PENNSYLVANIA Railroad has adopted
a pension system for old employees which
might be followed by other systems with
good results" said ". W. Brewer, OF
PhiIadeiphia. at the Metropolitan tcday.
"Uuder the new rule all employees or Off
GERS who have been in the service OF the
company for thirty years. or who have at
tanned the age Of seventy years. are placed
on the retired list. The basis upon which
pensions are allowed are, for each year or
OF service | per cent of the average regu-
lar monthly pay for the ten years prcced-
ing retirement. Thus. by way OF liiustra-
ton if an employe has been in the service
of the company for forty years and has re-
Ceived on an average for the last ten
years $40 a month In regular wages, his
pension allowance would be 40 per cent of
$40, or SIG a month. About 95e employees
are thus affected.
Gen William Suoy Smith. a prominent
Chicago lawyer, is at the Arlington for
few days on business.
The Montreal Board of Harb0r Com
Laissioners has recently signed a contract
with an American syndicate for the cree
ton of a number of large grain elevators
said 81. L. Leclerce, OF Montreal, at the
Raleigh today, and prepartoins are
being made to increase Canadian grain ex-
ports. The operations really mean that
Montreal is going to bid for her share OF
the trade now controlled by Buffalo. and
when all improvements have been COM
pIeted. it has been already assured that
l05 ,e00. 900 bushels of grain viii be shipped
via the st. Lawrence in place of the Buff
falo-New York route.
New vessels and barges are being con-
structed, and the harbor and the Lachine
Canal are to be deepened and the most
modern and improved facilities for han
ding grain will be placed in operation.
Manitoba and the Northwest Territory are
developing into big grain producers, and