The evening times., 1900-02-01
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


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Prof. ]. G. Schurman. of the Philippine
Commission, is at the Arlington, from lth-
aca, \. Y.
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Gen. o. O. 4IoKard is at the Ebbtt. He
is here on business connected with the
War Department, and will remain in the
Capital for seyeksl days.
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Gen. j. G ashloch. of New York. is at
the Shoreharf With. Montagu White. the
Transvaal agent. General Ashloch is a
prominent Boer sympathizer and was in
South Africa during the former Anglo Boer
war. He is familiar with the scene of pres
ent operations and holds that the Trans
yaal burghers will be able to check the
British advance on. Ladysmith for some
time yet He will remain in the city for
several weeks and will be the guest of
friends residing here.
Former State Senator G.. A. Owens, OF
New York and Assemblyman l.. L. Weed,
of Brooklyn. are at the Normandie. They
are here on a pleasure trip, and will re-
main about a week
Il do not believe that the automobile is
doing such an awful lot to force the horse
out OF business. said W. ID. Grand, of
New York, a member of the American
Horse Exchange. at the Raleigh today.
More horses were sold in ten months in
1899 than in any whole year since 1870, and
the only scare | have ever seen has been
in newspaper stories. big firm of horse
dealers in Manhattan sold more than 5000
horses in excess of the previous year. end
no dealer has any fears for the near fu-
ture. The auto-truck is not practical now,
and will not be in many years, and there
is always room for good horsefesh. When
railroads We're first introduced in England
everybody made the same prediction as
to the passing of the equine but he is
still very much in demand and will be for
many years
do you know that if half dozen Chi
cago BARRIERS were to open up business in
Washington their mug racks would re-
semble the House and Senate postoffices, ."
said J. o. Doerr of Chicago, at the Ma
tional today. They are the most proges-
sive, or nervy. crowd / ever experienced,
and the fashion of placing distinguished
names on shaving mugs and placing them
in conspicuous racks is worked TO excess.
| have been shaved twice in this city.
and have as yet failed to see admiral
Dewey or William Mckinley on a single
mug in either OF the places / entered. Now
in Chicago. you will find that these two
distinguished gentlemen patronize near
~ every 'tonsorial parlor in the city and
their private mugs are on exhibition for
proof of this. A few of the gaudy places
have whole rows of gay mugs bearing the
names Of generals statesmen, and high Off =
eials. Naturally | expected to find rag
ular Congressional directory in the shops
in this city, but have been agreesbly sur
prised.'
II knew Hugh Chisholm the President
of the Paper Trust. which is causing trou-
BILE for you newspaper people. when he
was a news agent on the Grand Trunk
Railroad said Daniel o. Laporte, OF
Portland. Me, at Wizards today.
This was in 1870. when he and hls
brothers gave the other boys lesson in
forming combinations He went into the
news business on his own hook and in a
year had 200 boys working for him He
started little print shop in Portland and
turned out his own books for railroad sale.
He worked his way up from SIS per month
TO $50 900 per year. his present salary. He
is a hard worker and il given his own way
would soon control half the newspapers in
the country.
There will be a grand rush TO Cape
Nome in the spring" said r. l. Bayard. Of
Tacoma Wash. at the Ebbitt today.
About Il. .0G0 men have already engaged
passage on the various steamship lines.
and the result Will be a great race for
the wealthy strip on the Behring Sea.
About 5000 miners are now in Tacoma
awaiting the first chance to follow tGe
ice aud stake Gu the beach. Thirty steam
ers. carrying from 300 TO LOCO passengers
are scheduled to sail from Tacoma Seattle.
and San Francisco between May 10 and
June l. and nearly every passage has been
engaged. The gold craze is simply Won
derful and everybody on the coast has
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