The evening times., 1900-03-16
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Canadian, who some twelve years ago op-
tanned the Office Of President Of the Ca
madam Pacific Railroad and from verit-
able white elephant" burdened with debts
and acknowledgement made it one OF the
largest and most successful railroad sys-
TENS in the world. is at the Shoreham from
Montreal. Mr. Van Horne stated this morn
ing that he had come to Washington to
escape the snow which tied up everything
in lower Canada but Unexpectedly ran
into a small blizzard in this city.
Il am merely here for pleasure, he
said, 'and there is nothing official in my
trip. While am still connected with the
Canadian Pacific and have nearly all oil my
interests centred in the system. | am not
president of the company, having found the
duties growing into a burden. The RAN
road is a beautiful structure at present
and is doing a wonderful business. We
were one of the first systems to build all
of our own rolling stock, and ten years
ago, at the big Hochelaga shops in Mon
treal we forged our own trucks ana loco
motives. built our own freight, passenger
and sleeping cars, and turned out whole
trains in a week. Today we have to buy
many of our locomotives as the demand
Is 100 great lOG OuT iNc SHOp'' I''iJ
is prosperous in Montreal, but the snow
is five feet deep in places, and packed
hard. l had hoped to get warm weather
here"
Postmaster Charles y. Gordon. Of Chi
cago, is at the Raleigh. accompanied by
Mrs. Gordon. Colonel Gordon Is in Wash
ington endeayorirg to secure the enlarge
ment and Improvement OF the postofhce
in that city.
Il am trying to get the Treasury De-
partment to give us a large annex to the
present office. which has grown too small. v
said he this morning. Il also want
to make plea for more clerk
hire for the Chicago service. wnich
needs lot of extra hands
am not pressing the pneumatic tube
mail system, as | believe this VIII come
in time, and am content to get actuai
needs at present | am heartily IN favor
| of the system and would like 10 see 1t es-
| tablished in every city. | am also trying
to have Representative Mann, OF Illinois
| introduce bill which will give substitute
| letter carriers the same pay as regular
| carriers"
Everett Frazar. United states Consul
! General to Korea. is at the Shoreham on a
leave of absence. He is accompanied by his
| wife and daughter. and after reporting to
! the State Department and arranging some
| matters in connection with his office. ne
! will leave for Orange. n. j., his home.
| E.T. Ide. of ST. Johnsbury. Vt. is at tht
| Riggs. en- route TO his home from Alabama
| He is q brother of Judge II. c. ide, one OF
| the newly-appointed Philippine Commis-
! sioners. The appointment came as COM
! plete surprise TO my brother" said Mr. lde
| today 'as he was resting down IN
| Alabama when asked 10 serve. He takes
| a great deal of pride in his new duties, as
| he has certain. ideals as to how the new
| possession should be handled. As chief
| Justice and practically dictator OF Samoa
| for many years he was wonderfully sue
| cessful in managing the natives and has
| made a study of them. He was always an
! ardent expGnsionist and when member o'
| the Samoan Commission always contended
| that the United States should annex the
| islands He will arrive in Washington
| about March e.!
Now that Kansas City has captured the
| Democratic National Convention. | see that
a number of the jealous cities have been
| roasting the hotels in our city" said Dan
J.
! that town. at Chamberlin's today. Il
noticed particularly that the little hotel
| booklet issued by the Kansas City delega-
| tion during the fight for the convention has
| been referred 10 as mass of fake pictures
and private dwellings Now the truth Is
| that Kansas City should not have used It's
| hotels as an argument; but. 10 get down
! TO facts. we have al least three hotels
! there that are finer than anything you
! have in Washington. and We have half a
! dozen more that are as good as anything
/ in the Capital. and this city is no slouch
! hotel town. The Midland. the Coast the
| Baltimore the Savoy, the Blossom. the
| Victoria, the Bonaventure the Washington
! and the Cordoya are among the best no.
/ tells I'm the United States. and they are only
| a handful of what we have in Kansas City
! Then there are the new Coates, the Audi
! torium. the Brunswick, the Centropolis,
/ and a dozen other good houses. We will
| supply plenty of hotel accommodations
! don't worry about that and as the peo-
pie are the best hearted in the country
! they will break their necks to do honor to
! the visitors.
/ w r. Warner, H. \. Garfield Gen G.. A
! Grrretsou, and Luther Allen, delegation
! from the Cleveland, Ohio. Chamber oi
! Commerce. are at the Shoreham. They are
! here to plead for the remodeling Of the
! United States consular system and for IT'S
! Improvement, and will appear before a
| Congressional committee to argue in favor
! of the change.
| Kate Pier. Kate H. Pier. and Harriet II
| Pier three women attorneys-at-law, are
| at the Shoreham from Milwaukee. Wis
! They were recently admitted TO practice
before the bar of the Supreme Court and
are in the city attending to some legal
I matters.
Gen. William s. Stryker, OF Trenton y
J.. is registered at the Shoreham. He ha.
! held the position of Adjutant General oi
the State of New Jersey since 1867 He
| was made counselor at law of the State o.
| Ohio in the year 1866. He is al present q
| director of the Trenton Banking Company
| president of the New Jersey Society of Gin
| cinnati president of the Trenton Savings
| Fund Society, and Fellow of the Ameri
can Geographical Society. In June, 1899
he received the degree of Doctor of Law:
| from Princeton College.
Sir Weetman D. Pearson NJ p. was a
! the Arlington from London. England. yes
terday en- route TO Mexico. Mr.. Pearson i
| a member OF the firm of Pearson & Son
| of London, which recently purchased tn,
| Tehuantepec Railroad, in Mexico, and h.
is going to make careful inspection o
the property, and has planned many ex
| tensive improvements.
The railroad runs from CoatzacoaIcos L
Salina Cruz, on Tehuantepec Bay" said he
land | believe that it will become YER
important system in the near future. Th
route to San Francisco by our line will b.
| 1 znA les shnrtar than the Panama rniIto