The evening times., 1900-02-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Former Representative Curtis of Iowa is
at the Normandie from Clinton. He Is
here on some personal business and will
remain several weeks.
Francis Garcia, Director of the Havana
Commercial Company. is at the Raleigh
from New York for a few days. He will
leave for Europe next week. and will re-
sign his position with that corporation.
Frank NJ. White. a well-known London
correspondent, is at Chamberiin's on a
pleasure trip. He is greeting old friends
and will remain in the city only few
days.
II. c. Tweed. NJ. d., the chief surgeon of
the steamship Lucania. is at the Arlington
on sight seeing expedition. He will re-
main until Saturday.
Rev. J. H. Robinson, of Paterson. ~ j.,
is at the Gordon He is here with a large
delegation of New Jersey citizens who
were given hearing on the proposed i'm
pfoVement of the Passaic River before a
House committee yesterday. During the
nearing Dr. Robinson related many hu-
morous legends of New Jersey and refuted
the statement that there were mosquitoes
in every city in that State. Paterson is
moral and God fearing city" said he
and as result is free from the plague
The mosquito fame charged to New jersey
Is the result of the wickedness of Newark
where. as an actual fact the insects. or
animals. known as gallownippers are so
large That they throw bricks at pedestrl-
ans in the Streets
c. c. Philbrick a prominent newspaper
man End member of che Board of Trade
OF Columbus. Ohio, is at the Ebbitt in the
interest of the boom to have the Demo-
cratic National Committee go TO the Ohio
capital. Columbus is willing to do any
thing in reason to get the headquarters
OF the committee established there said
he today. "and will furnish an entire
building free for the use of the national
body. l have seen a large number of
prominent Democrats and think that my
errand will be successful one"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, one of the
NEST prominent members of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association,
which is holding a convention here. is
quartered at the Riggs and is mentioned
as Miss AnthOny's successor as the head
OF that body
Il believe that before the close of the
twentieth century a woman will have been
elected President of the United States.
said she today. This may seem like
strong statement. but it is my prophecy.
The agitation leading up 10 that result will
be gradual but it will be none the less
sure. and | earnestly hope and believe that
this will come to pass. Woman has ad
yanced rapidly in one decade and the
progress will be wonderful in the coming
years.
Climate can atone for many faults"
said r. r. Halstead. a prominent Chicago
business man. at the Raleigh today Il
have been down in Florida since January
l.. and if IT were not for the climate there.
dent believe any tourist would enter
the State. The diet is entirely foreign and
you can live better in Chicago in winter
than you can in the Land Of Flowers
They feed you on Canadian venison and
mutton. Indiana poultry Kansas City
beef. Chicago ham. North Carolina game
New York potatoes. fish from Oregon.
corn and peas from Baltimore. and oranges
from California. Water and gGphers are
the only crops they seem to grow down
there"
Thomas Clyde. of the Clyde Steamship
Company. is at the Arlington from New
York. He is here on a business trip. and
will remain until Saturday.
Walter Damrosch, the leader and mu-
scian. is at the Shoreham from New York
He will remain until tomorrow night, aud
will witness the Lawton Cb.equies.