The evening times., 1900-04-02
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Hon. Daniel b. Ryan, Director General OF
the Ohio Cen nlennial Exposition, is at the
.Normandie. The Buckeye State is going
to do itself IFoud in the coming exposi-
tion," said Mr-. Ryan last night. THE
show will be held at Toledo in 1903. and
we have been working for several years on
elaborate preparations for the event which
will not only mark the centennial Of Ohio's
admission to the Union as State, but will
serve to show to the world what a Won
derful State it is. Congress appropriated
$780, 900 toward the affair at the last ses-
sion; the Ohio Legislature has appropriated
Sl,0G0,Gt0, and the city of Toledo is raising
$1,GC0.0C0, so that We will start in on an
elaborate scale
Mr.. Ryan is accompanied by State Sena-
tor S. L. Patterson, of Wayerly, Ohio and
II. X. Cheroweth. the deposed collector of
the port of Nogales, Arizona. They are
here to arrange for the formation of min
ing corporation to operate some property
which they own in Mexico, and will re-
main for about a week.
John d. Rockefeller, jr., is at the Airing
ton from New York on a pleasure trip and
VIII spend the week at the Capital.
II. NJ. Dingley son of the late Represen-
tative Dingley, is at the Shoreham from
Lewistown, Me. He is attending to some
personal business
r. F. Bevan, the largest exporter of raj
sins and almonds in the world. is at Cham
bcrlin's, from Malaga, Spain. While Mr.
Bevan does business in the land of mana
ma, he is an American, having been born
in Maryland
1T is indeed strange to an outsider to
witness the wonderful change which has
come over the Spaniards in their demeanor
toward Americans since the war ended, ="
said he last night. Instead of bearing
any ill-feeling, they respect no man save
a citizen of the United States. They are
a strange lot at best. and there is more
truth than fiction in Don Quixote. One of
the reasons for their friendly disposition
TO Americans is the fact that they are very
busy fighting among themselves. They de-
sire TO hear their own voices and are sat
isfied to work off their fury in yelling II
you approach a Spaniard on the matter of
the late war with America he will ar once
change the subject and begin 10 curse the
generals and the admirals who were de-
feated Spain is divided into two sections
Madrid and the rest of the country-and
the rest of the country hates Madrid In
the capital all is wrangling and politics
and empty show. Elsewhere the people
are trying to attend TO business, which is
really good. Spain has not been noted as
an industrial country. Still Spanish bonds
are today higher than they ever were be
fore the war, and prosperity is beginning
10 come to the people The Government is
now trying to pass an income tax. which
is thoroughly Spanish, as ii taxes the mer-
chant 3 per cent while his clerks and
servants are required to pay per cent. As
to the elections. they never hold such
things in Spain. Just before the time set
for the ludicrous formalities called cleo
tions the Minister of State prepares a list
OF the forty nine provinces in the country
and makes up the COrtes by assigning so
many names of minsterialists and so many
names of the opposition parties TO each
province, with the Mnisterialists always
away in the majority. These names are
sent TO the Governor of each province and
when the people have gone through the
formality of voting the names announced
by the Minister of State are declared elect
ed. The few opposition members are ap-
pointed just to keep the peace. II happens
year after year and nobody cares. II is
the land OF manana."
William Marsden a hotel proprietor. OF
Fall River. Mass. is at the Regent en-
route TO Greenville. $. c., where he will
spend a few weeks with the Boston base
ball club.
Bernard Bradley. President of the Bust
ness Mems Association; Postmaster CAL
houn. former Postmaster Donahue. and w.
II. Starr, all OF Decatur, Ill. are at the
Ebbitt from that city in the interest of
the bill introduced by Representative Cald-
we'll OF Illinois. providing for an appro-
.. Il. ~.