The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-07
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

r. Loutes Vessels. a mine operator, is
| at the Arlington. frcm BIoemfontein.
orange Free State. South Africa. Ee left
that city at the time OF the outbreak OF
Eostilities between Great Britain and the
rransvaal Republics, and is making a tour
OF the world He Is a man Of much wealth
and does net expect that the war will re-
suit in any serious damage to his proper
ties He stated today that he expected
the clash TO come many yetrs before the
irst shot was fired. Mr.. Vessels will re-
main here for week and will devote his
time to sightseeing.
Harvey Flemingl a well-kUown Kansas
City newspaper man. is at the Shoreham.
While the Conviction Hall is a mass
Of ruins" said he this morning. you
can depend upon Kansas City's hust-
ling ebility ID have a brand new hall
up and ready by the time the Democrats
gather. The fire was, Of course. a great
misfortune, but the people are not sitting
around the ashes and weeping. The ruins
Of the old hall had not time TO cool of be-
fore meeting was called. and nearly
enough cesh subscribed TO build a new
auditorium. While the fire was a great
drawback. II will serve to point out to the
people Of the country the fact that we DO
Lot spend cur energy in talking about the
to"h. and l hardly think we could have q
DeJtef advertisement than the fact that al
Ieduy the foundations OF a new structure
are being cleared, and PhoeniX-like the
new nail will spring from the ashes OF the
old ediGce."
Gen. Albert D. Shaw. Commander-in-
Chief Of the Grand Army Of the Republ,c.
Is az the Riggs en- route 10 Waterfowl.
y Y. after an extended Southern trip.
during which he visited the encampments
in thirteen States md was loyalty re-
ceiyed by the veterans. He reports an
enjoyable trip and finds everything pros
porous. He Is accompanied by h. son.
DR.. Shaw, who is a prominent physician In
Brussels, Belgium.
Major J. B. Pond, the veteran manager.
who has brought before the public many
noted lecturers. is at the Riggs from New
York for few days. He has successfully
managed. among others. Henry Ward
Beecher. Henry NJ. Stanley Bill Nye Mark
Twain. ArtCmuS Ward Petroleum v
Nasty. Josh Billings. James Whitconb
Riley George W. Cable. and Horace
Greeley Major Pond will remain in the
city until tomorrow
Franklin p. Thurber, President OF the
American Export Association. is at the
Shoreham from New FORK on business be
fore a Congressional committee. He will
be quartered here until Monday.
George W Claim. one a. the wealthiest
OF the Boston merchants. IS the Norman
die from the Hub on pleasure trip and
will remain week
George r. futile. OF Honolulu. Hawaii.
is al the Raleigh en- a sightseeing trip
He has been resident Of the island for
ten years and is connected with a large
sugar concern. The peCDle Of Hawaii
are enjoying prosperity and feel that their
future welfare is assured The islands
make them important TO the commercial
world and are rapidly developing The
bubonic plague gave the people a bid
scare. as they have a horror Of %. The
burning OF the Chinese quarter was
gciseud. 10 was costly cure but an ef-
fective one. and everybody is thankful"
we do not feel American competition
in England to any extent" said z. F.
Brock. Of sheffield England. at the Airing
ton this morning. and our iron aud steel
Industries are enjoying a boom. There have
been few shipments Of American iron ore
and iron TO Great Britain. but NEST OF our
imported iron comes from Spain Our
shipping facilities are Cramped al present
because Of the South African war. but
when this has ended there will b. big
demand from the Cape for iron and steel
products Of all sorts. The war is con-
sidered a just one by ali Englishmeu.
think that the visit of the Queen TO Ire
land is a very popular move. and viii meet
with the approval OF oil parties. iu view
of the condition brought about by the
war"
Gen Daniel Sickles is at the Arlington
from New York aztec ding to some legal
matters. lie viii remain until Monday.