The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-13
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

R. r. Cable. President Of the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, is at the
Shoreham from Chicago. Mr.. Cable is here
on pleasure "trip and will remain about a
week. He is accompanied By his wife.
Hon. F. D. Huests OF Oregon is at
Wizards. Mr.. Huestis is Collector at
Port Townshend. and is here on some in
portant Government business. He became
I well known for his efforts in preventing
the smuggling OF Chinese into the United
States some time ago. and vas the oriei-
nator OF a coup by means or which he
I trapped several hundred of the Ce,estials.
/ with their guides. on a smugg ing expa-
dition. The efforts Of several Of the
. cliques Of "highbinders' TO aSsdssinate b m
required the seUIees Of a bodyguard for
some time.
I. W. Durham. Insurance CoUmizsfoner
( Of Pennsylvania. is at the Normande from
Philadelphia. for few days. Nj. Dun ham
is here aiding the Quay henchmen in me
/ Senatorial contest, and claims that there
( is not the slightest doubt but that Mr.
, Quay viii be seated He held a conference
last night with Attorney General EIkin Of
! Pennsylvania. and Senator Pcurose. and
| says that the sentiment or the Keystone
State is solid for Quay.
|
! S. n. D. North. OF Boston Mass. is at
the Wellington for the winter Mr. North
/ IS a member Of the Industrial Commission
/ and has been gathering statistics OF the
J textile industries throughout New En-
/ gland. He ms obtained much interesting
matter which viii be Incorporated in the
( report o. the Commission.
{ Governor General Wood is a hustler"
{ said A. L. Coilcuit, Of Havana, at the Ra-
leigh this morning He has already
} shown that his rule viii be one Of prompt
4 action. and has won the confidence OF
I both Americans and Cubans His good
J work IN clearing out the foul pestholes
! known as jails IN Cuba cannot be too
highly commended. The investigation
/ into the cases OF prisoners. some Of whom
| have been detained for years, is develop
/ ing a terrible state of affairs and by the
I time General Wood completes this one
I task he viii have released at least 1900
( men who had been illegally detained. The
I trouble lies in the old spanish system Of
l fleeing judges and 6scals, and these latter
/ are willing to condemn any man because
l IL means so much 10 them.
Among the strange sights TO be seen
I in the Mound City within q few weeks
I viii be a trolley funeral, said John A.
I Barley, Of St Louis, at the Riggs to-
day. The rapid transit system will be
/ applied to burials and the gloomy hearse
viii be relegated TO the sphere Of past
3 usefulness. The ST. Louis Funeral Trans
/ portaton Company has just been organiz-
! ed and contracts have been made with the
/ electric railroad company TO supply and
I haul funeral cars which viii convey the
remains 90 any Of the cemeteries. Two
/ special hearse cars have been built and
( they are handsome affairs with appr0pri-
ate lnOuDungs. Extra cars can be fur
nished 10 convey the friends and relatives
who usually ride in carriages. The idea
seems TO have found favor and the new
company expects 10 make money even in
SLOW old ST Louis"
The custom OF permitting every for
I eigner TO inspect American plants and fac
tories has died away with some other sense
less ideas and now We are on a par with
European manufacturers, said NJ d.
Cameron. Of Pttsburg, at the Ebbitt this
morning Ten years ago every foreigner
who happened into Pittsburg was cheerful
ly wined and dined and shown through
every plant in the city. Today We don't al
low them in, except in certain cases. Eu-
rorean plants are always closed &c Ameri-
cans. except to a very few important some
bodies, and I have noticed tAat row. al
though We don't care whether thev INSPECT
our factories or not foreigners are always
hunting the desired permits. Our machin-
cry is away ahead Of anything I'm the world
and our facilities greater. Therefore the
manufacturers have become more and more
chery in allowing inspections"
Business has been booming on the Pa
CihC Coast during the past year" said A
Uf h.
tional The Klondike trade has been
ver!table gold mine 10 Seattle. and every
body is prosperous. Ar least 200 men
purchased outfits there during the past
year. and as each outfit averages a cost [
Of $500. you can see $40. 000 000 right there
without counting in food supplies Six
steamers are running regularly between
Seattle and Alaska and by spring the fleet
VIII be increased to seventy five vessels %
Maybe you don't believe tha. O. slot
machine could pay the costs IN a case in /
which il was the subject Of the cOntrover-
sy. said s R Lambert OF Boston Mass
at Chamberlin's today but I saw an
instance Of this very thing last week.
A patent case involving the penny-iu-
the Slot weighing machine was considered
before the United States court in Boston
and the merits or the affair were discussed
for nearly a week. An eXhibi; in ne shape
OF one Of the machines stood beside The
door Of the courtroom and managed to *
ert a strange influence over everybody en-
tering or leaving the place. Hardly a soul
noticed the affair without getting on the
platform, dropping in a copper, and proud
iy watching the needle register on the dial
This thing became epidemic. and even the
Judge and court officers Joined with the
spectators in weighing in and weighing
out every day As result the coin receiver
was damned fun Of pennies at the end Of
I eaeh day. and the weeks business aggre-
gated snug sum. al least enough TO pay
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