The evening times., 1900-01-09
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Charles NJ Clark, Of Butte. Mont. son
of Senator Clark, is at the shoreham for
a week. He is accompanied by his wife.
Nr. and Mrs. J. B. Welcome, Of Butte,
are also registered at the shoreham, for
few days.
Representative H. B. Dahle Of Wisconsin
has returned to the city after prolonged
holiday vacation and viii be quartered with
his family at the Wellington during the
session.
Samuel Parker. wealthy sugar planter.
from Honolulu, is at zoe Shoreham for
few weeks. Mr.. Parker is an extensive
landowner in Hawaii. and is here attending
20 some personal business.
Much indignation has been aroused in
England because Of the caricatures OF the
Queen which recently appeared in French
illustrated papers, sal L. E. Blanchard,
Of Paris, at the Arlington today.
1T is acknowledged that the pictures
were rather disrespectful and should not
have appeared just as they did. but Paris
ians have strange taste and such papers
as 'Charivari, Caricature,' La Rire.' and
lie Journal Amusant are no more out OF
the way there than are your humorous
weeklies in America with their gaudy car
toOns Of Presidents and high Government
officials. The Partisan publications might
be beyond comprehension 10 an American.
but they are commonplace to the native.
This real cause OF the attack in cartoon
came as an aftermath OF the Dreyfus trial
which was what you term roasted by all
OF the English papers. The caricature in
cident has no political significance and is
nothing more than one of the many coarse
conceptions OF the really clever artists who
are employed by these papers. The repro
ductions which you have seen in this coun-
try convey no idea Of the responsiveness Of
the cartoons. those in la Rire' and ANU
SAINT being especially bad
"The transfer Of General Wood TO sUc-
ceed General Brooke found much favor
with the Americans resident in Cuba"
said NJ K. Lee. Of Havana, at Chamber
Inns today.
1T is expected that the new governor
general will inaugurate a system Of gov
eminent in Havana Province similar 70
that given Santiago. In all the period Of
General Brooke's incumbenCy he failed 20
make one step forward, and because OF
lack OF progress he became disliked. He
was satisfied with the cid Spanish form Of
.
a splendid military governor, but uoor
civil governor. General Wood is practical
and conservative and viii make a splendid
official There is plenty Of work in Ha-
yana and the Cbbans are so busy work .nG
for Americans that they don't get time 20
start a riot. The Cuban is all right il you
will keep him ar work al living wages, as
long as he gets the wages He is used 10
the Spanish method Of promising, and a
. eh fur in q rr 4 4
good citizen Of him Rents are going up,
and the city is filed with Americans
Yes. / represent a slot machine company
and ! don't know that I would swap the
place for a line OF iewelTy." said William
A Burnham. Of New York. at the Raleigh
today.
The day Of penny chewing gum ap7a-
ratus has passed with the horse car. ard
today you can get almost anything IN
reason By dropping a nickel into a ma
chine. We have about forty different ma
chimes. and are selling them rapidly Some
OF these we place ourselves. while others
are leased or sold. There is big proht IN
these things. more than you might imagi-e-
Few machines 10 large city average less
than 81 per week, and when you have
placed. say. 3o0 in one town, there IS a
weekly income Of 81 200. Taking per-
Cent2ge OF th.S iCr ihe pIcpEletOis VI
stores where the machines are located,
think that We can always bank on $500
per week from every 800 machines placed.
and this Is enough 10 purchase bread and
butter with
Major $. E. Ancona. a former Repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania, passed
through the city this morning en- route to
New York. and dropped into the Metropoi-
tan. where he was greeted by many friends
Major Ancona leaves New York for a tour
Of Palestine and Egypt within few
weeks. He will travel via the Philippines
and viii stop of at Manila for few
months
II have just returned from Newport
News" said A. J. Leeds, OF Boston. at
the Ebbitt today. and after an Inspection
Of the shipyards there and at other places
l think America will break all previous
shipbuilding records in 1900. Every yard
I have seen So far is fitted up in the most
modern way and the class Of vessels turn
ed out ought 10 surpass those OF former
years"
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