The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-21
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

| of the Venezuelan Government having al
ready been obtained.
Il am very much pleased with the sue
cess of my mission" said he, last night
land l shall return with good news. L
may seem small thing this agreement o
both Republics to handle as mail matter
all packages not exceeding four pounds il
weight, but in reality it is a big move fo
both countries. l have bean figuring care.
fully on the matter, and find that it mean.
| an increase in the mail order business o.
the merchants of the United States which
will exceed $1,000000 per annum This i:
worth looking after. and at the same time
it will greatly benefit the citizens of the
South American Republic
Lieut. Col. E. A. Darlington of the In.
spector Generals Department, is at the
Raleigh for few days on leave of abb
sence. He will remain until Saturday.
II have it on good authority that Sen
ator Carter will get out of politics when
his term expires" said NJ. A. Kane. a
lawyer from Helena. Mon, at Chamber
Inns last night. He 4 has everythins
against him, and as Clark will DONNA t.
| State politics for years to come Carter i.
sensible in getting out gracefully. | know
that Mr.. Carter will take charge of the
! affairs of Thomas Cruise. the millionaire
miner and banker. You know Cruise mar
ried Mr.. Carriers sister, SO that they are
brothers-in-iaw. Cruise has about $40.
GG0,OO0 to his account. Carter will have
! his hands full in managing the propert,
and in attending to lawsuits. Besides il
VIII be lucrative position. SO that he
loses nothing"
Commander R. NJ. Berry. of the United
States Naval Home at Philadelphia. is at
the ShOreham for a brief visit on Navy De-
! partment business.
K c. Moody, a prominent Republican
from gainesville, Ohio, is at the Normandie
| for weeks visit Mr. Moody was one of
Representatives Beidler's foremost
/ iieutenants. and is greatly elated over the
success of his man against James r. Gar
field, his opponent
Mr.. Garfield killed himself politically in
going up against Mr.. Beidler,'' said he, last
night "even though he had the good wishes
Oh Mr. Hanna. You see he was really try
ing to turn the district over to the Demo-
Gratis, but the straight Republicans ignored
the battling ticket and stood by the real
candidate. l was a delegate to the Repub-
| llcan National Convention at PHILADELPHIA.
and t2ve always been in line Therefore I
am proud of Mr.. Bedler's victory. and pre-
dict great things of him when he gets into
the House and gets down to work.
Lieut.. George w. Williams of the Mo-
nongahela, who has just returned from a
| cruise, is at the Oxford for weeks rest
before returning to his duties
Il was reading an item to the effect
! that the widow of Charles J. Guiteau had
| married in Omaha the other day" said
F. c. Calm. of Chicago, at Willard's last
| night, land the story brought back the
days of the Guiteau trial. | was in this
| city then, and followed the matter closely.
l have often wondered where Betty and
| the baby went to. You know while Gui-
teau was awaiting trial a man named
Jones tried to shoot him, but failed
| Jones was arrested and placed in the local
Jail, but was allowed to go free. While
he was in Jail popular subscription vas
taken up for his wife and baby. and this
was swelled to big sum- 1t was then
that Betty and the baby became popu-
lar expression and was on everybody's
lips. II you were to mention it today
many of the good people of Washington
about" AZ s.-,
Lieut.. F. L. Chadwick U. S. N. is at the
EDbitt from the navy yard at Newpor;
News. on Department duty. He returns to
his station today. e
Il was looking over my. home paper, the
Constitution tonight said Z. A. Howard.
contractor from Atlanta. Ga. at the Met
rop0litan, last night land l came across a
verT funny advertisement 1t is inserted in
the Lost and Found column, and reads like
Tom Hoods Lost Heir l suppose you
have read that poem. Well. here is the ad-
vertisement. l saved it out, for 1t is typical
of the Southern cracker
Look Out for Him-My son. John Thomas
Hill. left home Tuesday, October 30. 1900. He
bought ticket from West Point for Atlanta
| don't know where my boy is now, but will
give SIS reward to find out if I am enabled 10
communicate with him He is twelve years
old. has bright yellow skin. is about feet
inches high, walks little knock-kneed, and
weighs about 50 pounds. In talking he says
yes. man, and ''nr. MAN, very distinctly
II you know anything abou, him call on or ad-
dress Cuss Hill, Lafayette, Ala "
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"Mr. Steunenberg. the Governor who
hunted white men like wild beasts and
proclaimed martial law that he might es-
tablsh his bull pen, is candidate for the
United States Senate in IDAHO" said Fl. L.
Walker. a prominent Spokane attorney,
at the Arlington last night, land he is 60
ing to get just what he deserves. He was
elected as a gold Democrat and sold him
self to the Standard Oil Trust, and now
he comes out as the corporation candidate
for the Senate. Now, Senator Shoup is
not defeated yet by long shot. l see
that the opinion here is that he will not
be returned and has given up the fight.
This is mistaken impression, as he is
still in the fight and stands more chance
of winning than anyone else. If the
straight Republicans can defeat the cash
put up by the mine operators behind
Steunenberg Mr.. Shoup will be re-
elected.
If Steunenberg sees he cannot purchase
majority of the votes, he intends to go
over to Mr.. Shoup, SO as to defeat Du-
bcis. l am for Shoup. and believe ma
jority of the citizens of Idaho are also for
him. He has a clean record is good
fellow, and is poor man today because
he represented no corporations. II he
voted with his party on all questions you
can't blame him. | hope to see him re-
turned, and / believe hundreds of his
friends in this city have the same senti
mcnt''
MEREDITH OR SULLIVAN.