The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-16
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Former Governor Charles R. Salter Of
South Dakota, was at the Arlington this
morning. Mr.. Salter is prominent Repub-
lican, and was one OF the pioneers in the
movement to divide the Territory into two
States. He is here seeing some old friends
and will remain a few days.
Col Samuel Parker. formerly Prime
Minister of Hawaii. and a prominent land
owner in Honolulu, is at the ShOreham.
Colonel Parker will remain here during the
winter
II want TO compliment The Times on its
admirable leaders and editorials on the
war in south Africa" said Col. Thomas p.
oehirree Of Texas. at Chamberiin's to-
day
Il have made d study Of the conflict
and. although / read a score Of papers
carefully each day, nowhere have | been
able TO obtain such clear. concise. and in
telligent articles as those published in The
Times. / should advise ali young men to
read them carefully, il they desire TO Learn
the true inWardness and progress of the
struggle. / follow them with pins and "A
map aad my knowledge Of the war is due
to them. l have been through the civil
war and the Franco Prussian war. and
profess some knowledge Of military tao
tics, bat my attention was called TO your
editorials on the campaign by General
Longstreet and l have been reading them
carefully ever since. The British will win
the next great battle and the struggle win
soon end"
Germany is recognizing the value of
the training ship and hereafter ali seameu
admitted into the navy must have thor
ough understanding Of the sails and spars
Of q sailing vessel said Capt C. r. Min
nick. OF New York. al the Raleigh -Oday.
The latest move in this direction is
the establishment of training ship by the
North German Lloyd Company. big
sailing vessel has been secured and yoy-
ages will be made TO all parts OF the world
The cadets VIII serve fer one year as
ships boys, for the second as seaTnen, and
for a third able-bOdied seamcu. About
eighty cadets will always be receiving in
ctructi0n aud the education viii also in
clude foreign languages mathematics. and
navigation. Splendid recruits fer both the
navy aud the merchant marine viii be OBJ
tained in this way. At the end Of the
three years training the cadets viii be
given commissions as junior or warrant
officers. and both the company and the
81 hardly think that Mexico is as far
advanced in civilization as it might be- b"
said &. A. Cox. OF Fl PasO. Texas. at the
Riggs today. Tomorrow a criminal will
be executed al JuareZ. just ecross the line.
and. strange as II may seem. the officials
have decided 10 charge admission 10 the
jailyard where the man viii be shot.
Tickets will cost - cents and the proceeds
Will 20 10 the widow Of the condemned
prisoner. I believe the widow has agreed
10 this method Of raising sake for her.
and while the authorities may know their
own business. 1 should hardly want TO be
slaughtered before a % cents per head mob,
which viii. without doubt. be a large one.
as such scenes have a wonderful attract
ton for the morbid.
within q short time Ann Arbor. Mich.
viii boast Of one or the deepest wells in
the country said c. A. Clerkinwen o.
that city. az Wizards today The hole
Will be bored TO depth of 3.0eG feet. and
as the officials of the University of Michi-
gan aTe interested IN the experiment much
valuable data will be obtained on the for
nation Of the interior OF the earth The
strata pierced by the boring and the tenn
Peratures az various depths viii all be care
fully recorded and many problems con-
nected with these matters will be decided
Much interest is being shown in this
scientific Investigation which Is the hrst
ever attempted
TuF CONTHEpCE OF TTnTTO