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

Senator elfct! Blackburn of Kentucky and
Senator Stewart of Nevada were the CEN
trail figures in a little group of prominent
men in Chapberlins last night, who dis
cussed the sAoqing of State Senator Goebel
and the present situation in Kentucky.
I'll tell you what | think about it, said
MIR. Blackburn 81 regard the attempted
assassination OF Goebel as premeditated
murder. This thing was not passing at
fair 1t had been carefully planned for
week or more One week ago. today | was
in Frankfort with Goebel and we saw that
trouble was brewing. Every train brought
in several hundred Taylor men. who were
transported free of charge at the expense
OF the State. These men were quietly nus
tied off and supplied with rifles and am
munition. TO be ready Ior the excitement
which would accompany the comm ssioh oi
the crime Ii the Federal Administration
passes over this crime it will make better
campaign material than any question Oh
expansion or monopoly. IL Will nave the
effect of making other States think OF "hat
a Governor, backed by the Federal Adiiih'
istration. can do. II is shameful.
NOulu ike 10 Set tHe taoe o''" -
cute Governor Taylor as an accessory,
said Senator Stewart.
About seventy-dve members of the grad
uating class of the Friends School. of
Philadelphia. are quartered at the Ebbltt.
They are here visiting the city, and will
remain three days.
S. Hopkins. Thomas Holland. ]. w.
Martin, F. j. Hoerer, |. G. LonegroVe, \.
B. Cox, James Allen. and c. ]. Bayne, a
party of Philadelphia railroad men, are at
the Riggs. They are here inspecting the
Chesapeake Beach Railroad. and nave
made a deal to secure that property. Tney
will leave this afternoon.
Col Thomas p. Ochiltree, of New YORK
last night gave his annual dinner 10 the
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
and, as of yore Chamberlins was the scene
of the festivities Speaker Henderson oc-
cupied the place of honor at the table
and after one of host SombornS menu )
had been discussed list OF informal and
impromptu speeches were Delivered, "hlct
lasted far into the morning. Beside the
guest of honor. the following were at the
board: Representatives Payne, Cannon
Hull Cooper. Corliss. Dollver. aud Green
the latter Chairman of the Texas Republl
can State Executive Committee.
John Dewitt Warner. of New York, il
! at the Shoreham. Mr.. Warner is prom
| inent member of the New York Reform
/ Club, and is here opposing the shipping
! bill now before the House Committee Oh
| Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He vii
| argue that the bill gives bounties on gross
! tonnage. instead of goods carried, ant
| state that the measure should not b'
! adopted.
a S Renning, a member of one of th'
| largest drug and chemical companies IL
! the country is at the Raleigh from New
! York. "A surprising thing about the wal
| in South Africa, is the fact that 1t ha!
/ raised the price Of carbolic acid in th'
| United states. said he this morning. 'Th'
cause of this is the fact that we are de
| pendent upon Great Britain for our sup
! ply of the acid and since it has become
| the principal ingredient in the manufac
| ture of lyddite. England has issued al
embargo phohibting its export. As re
] suit the stock has been gradually grow
| ing smaller. and wholesale dealers are re
| fusing to sell in large quantities. Car
| bolic acid is an article of universal use
and should we have a famine of the acid
| prices would mount up wonderfully.
! Is
'The Pacific Coast seems TO be lined will
gold" said Charles r. Rands. of Van
! cuuver. T. C. at Willard's today. "an'
| every day or two fresh crop is discovers
some where The latest find is in tn
Queen Charlotte Islands, on the coast
| where. reports state thousands of dollars
worth OF nuggets have been dug out O
! rocky creyices. | saw halfbreed. VIII
claimed TO have hunted around for a weel
| with nothing better than pick and
| hammer. and he showed me a small bai
| filled with the finest nuggets / have eve
| seen The gold is practically pure and ha
| very little ore about ii. | guess he mus
| have had sl2. 900 to $4,000 worth. This
| the first big find in that section, and
| suppose that by spring hundreds Of pros
pectors will search the little group of isl
| ands.
J. T. Campbell. of AngletOn, Tex. is a
| the Riggs for few days. He is big pro
! moter in the northwest portion of tina
| State and claims that it will soon be on
| of the biggest iron producing sections i
the South.
The development of the iron interest
has been phenomenal recently" said h'
and big furnaces are going up everywher
| in the State Foundries. machine shop:
car works. are scattered from Texarkana
FL Paso. The furnaces can turn out pi
iron at a cost of $40 per ton, and can Sc
all they produce at $50 per ton. The iro
fields in the northeastern portion of th
State cover a space of $50 by 10 miles an
are very rich
1T is rather strange how wars manag
TO make the most Insignificant location
famous the world over" said Col. A. :
Reeves of st. Louis, Mo. at Chamberlin
today Bull Run is nothing but
tiny creek, and yet no great river is S
famous. Appomattox Court House was
little wooden shack, yet it is known |
every schoolboy. San Juan Hill is bach
woods Cuban slope, yet it is famed in son
| and story And who would ever have re
membered Spion Kop, had IL not been fc
the war in South Africai"
THE TREASURY STATEMENT.