The evening times., 1900-03-19
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

w. W. Baldwin, President of the st.
road and the Chicago. Burlington and Kan
sas City Railroad, is at the Arlington from
Burlington, Iokas Mr. Baldwin is one of
the pioneer Western railroad men and has
worked himself up to the head of two rail-
roads through sheer push and attention to
detail. Like all self-made men he is ge-
nial and has many friends. He is in the
city on pleasure trip.
John B. Street, State politician of
some note is at the Normandie from
Greensburg, Pa, as the guest of Senator
Penrose. Mr.. Street is at the Capital With
regard TO the Quay case, and in common
with all those who have talked the matter
over with the lone Senator from the Key
stone State, believes that Mr.. Quay will
be seated.
Judge John f. Dillon, the venerable New
York jurist, is at the Arlington from Far
Hills. NJ. He is in the city for a rest
and will remain about four days.
George Levy, who operates one of the
largest cigar and tobacco factories in the
United States is at the ShoTeham from
Wheeling w. Va. He is here to protest
against freeing from tariff duty imports Of
tobacco from Porto Rico. and claims that
the tobacco importers and cigar manufac-
turers are unanimous against it. He stated
today that If no import duty was charged,
the growers Of Havana leaf in Cuba would
take their crops over to Porto Rico where
they could be manufactured into the finest
brands of cigars which could be sold in
this country at less than half the present
prices. lie claims that even if the import
duties into Porto Rico were as high as into
this country, there would still be big ad
vantage in making up the Cuban tobacco
there as they would sell better to middle
men. even though the same as the goods
manufactured here.
DR.. H. NJ. Kaufman. of Johns Hopkins
University Hospital, Baltimore, is at the
Raleigh for few days and is telling his
friends a weird tale of the operation
which he and Prof. Holsted performed
upon Arthur Shut "the human ostrich, ."
last week.
Il believe this to be the strangest case
on record" said DR.. Kaufman today, and
when a man will warn you to be careful
and not stick your fingers in tacks in his
stomach. he is a wonder. Shut seemed
all right when he applied for admission,
but when he talked OF having swallowed
pounds of metal, we thought him insane.
We performed the operation successfully
and he has a good chance of recovery.
Here is a complete list of the articles we
found in his stomach:
Seven fiathead screws l round head
screw, 2 eyeiets. l piece of tin, 10 horse
shoe nails, II wire nails. wire nails, 12
inches; SO wire nails, l knife handle. 80
tacks : knife blades. II pins ordinary; 1
staple, fiat head nails. 2 1-2 inches: )
fat head na1s, 3inches; % fiat head nails.
swivel. chevted glass, in fragments weigh
ing ouucesi pieces fish scale chain each
long; a watch chain, "a inches long;
watch chain. ga inches long; lady's
chain. "a inches long.
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Col. z. l.. Sexton is at the Arlington from
Chicago. representing the Illinois River
Improvement Company and will look after
the bill for ship canal from Lockport Ill.
to the Mississippi River. giving a waterway
from Chicago 10 the Gulf of Mexico.
Thomas Clyde, the head Of the Clyde
Steamship Company. is at the Arlington
from New York on a combined business
and pleasure trip.
Major Edgar l.. Heidekoper. formely chief
surgeon of the First Army Corps during the
Spanish American war is at the Shoreham
from Meadville, Pa He is here seeing old
friends and has some business with the
War Department