The evening times., 1900-02-09
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

| A delegation composed of John Whit
worth. President of the Board Of Trade;
! Henry Craefe, r. e. Sehuck, E. III. Eur
horst, collector of the port, and C. C. Eur
horst, is at the Riggs. from Sandusky
| Ohio. They are here In the interest oi
| the bill providing for the expenditure oi
! $50, 900 for an addition to the postoffice
| in that city, which was introduced by Rep.
resentative Norton. The visitors seem
confident that the bill will be reported IA
vorably. They will remain until Satur-
day.
w. III. Masters OF Toledo, Ohio. is quar-
tered at the National. He is candidate
for the Congressional nomination in the
Ninth Ohio district, against Representa-
tive Southard, and held conferences with
Senator Hanna and Secretary Dick yester-
day IL is expected that Mayor Sam Jones
of Toledo will run on an independent
ticket in this district and many politicians
predict his election unless the Republicans
make a strong fight. Mr.. Masters will re-
main until tomorrow.
Brig. Gen. Charles King, soldier. author
and lecturer, is at the Shoreham from Chi
cago. to attend the funeral Of General Law
ton. General King commanded the first
brigade of General Lawton's forces about
Manila for several months.
John Campbell, cousin of President
Mckinley, is at Willard's, from Toledo,
Ohio. as a candidate for the office of post
master at Warren. Ohio. There are sew
eral others after the position. but it is
claimed that Mr. Campbell will receive
the desired recognition. He will remain
until Sunday.
when the present Census has been com
pleted in Kentucky" said NJ. C. Lester. a
Democratic lawyer from the Bluegrass
State, at Chamberlins today, you can
obtain the number Of revolvers carried by
the residents by dividing the number OF
males who have reached their majority by
the figure 3. There are quite few guns
carted around in the State despite the
laws prohibiting the carrying Of concealed
weapons and a crusade against the hip
pocket would cause trouble. / remember a
story which Senator elect Joe Blackburn
used to tell on judge before whom many
of his. cases were pleaded. AS the story
goes the judge had just opened court one
morning when he quietly leaned over and
instructed the sheriff TO lock the doors. He
then stated that he had on entering the
room seen a certain man. who was then
among the spectators. fOOling with re-
yolyer and placing it in his hip pocket.
Now said he. 4 suppose I ought TO be
severe With this man. but il he will come
up to the clerks desk and deposit that
pistol together with a fine CT ST. / will
let the matter pass After a long silence.
the judge announced that il the weapon
and the dollar were not produced within
two minutes he would turn the offender
over to the sheriff. There were thirty men
in the court room. and inside OF sixty sec
onds there were twenty pistols ard
S27 on the table in front Of the clerk.
Last chance said the judge to two delin-
quents who sat at the rear of the room.
The two approached and laid down their
guns and their dollars That last man
with the black whiskers was the party l
saw. said the. judge. and it is nOD yet
known whether or not he had originally
laid plot to replenish the county treasury
and the State arsenal with one fell swOOp."
Former Mayor J. G.. Caldwell, OF Hunt
ington. W. Va. is at the Normandie on a
pleasure trip for few days.