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

A delegation composed Of John Whit
worth, President OF the Board OF Trade;
Henry Graefe. R. E. sehuck. E. H. Eur
horst, collector Of the port. and e. c. Zur-
horst, Is at the Riggs, from Sandusly,
Ohio. They are here In the interest Of
the bill providing for the expenditure Of
$50. 600 for an addition to the DOstofice
in that city, which was introduced by Rep
resentative Norton. The visitors seem
confident that che bill will be reported ia
vorably. They will remain until Satur-
day.
W. II. Masters. OF Toledo. Ohio. is quar-
tered at the National He is a candidate
for the Congressional nomination in the
Ninth Ohio district. against Representa-
tiTe Southland. and held conferences with
Senator Hanna and Secretary Dick yester-
day. It 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 viii re-
main until tomorrow.
Brig. Gen. Charles King. soldier. author,
and lecturer. is at the SbOrch0m. 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, a 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 il is
claimed that Mr.. Campbell viii receive
the desired recognition. de 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 Chsmberlin's today. you can
obtain the number Of revOlvers carried by
the residents - dividing the number Of
males who have reached their majority by
the figure 3 There are quite q 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 Sen; s0r-elect Joe Blackburn
used TO tell on a 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 10 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 a re-
yolver and placing it in his hip pocket.
'' Now said he. / suppose I ought 10 be
severe With this mar. but if be Will come
up 10 the clerks desk and deposit that
pistol, together with a fine Cf 81, ] viii
let the matter pass After a long silence
the judge announced that If 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 seven pistols and
81 On the table IN front Of The clerk
Last chance said the judge TO two delin-
guents 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
saw said the. judge and it is non yet
known whether OF not he had originally
laid a plot TO repleuish the county treasury
and the State arsenal with one fell swOOp.
Former Mayor J. c. Caldwell, Of Hunt
ingJOn. ". Va. is az the Normaudie on a
pleasure trip for a few days