The evening times., 1900-02-07
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

I
man Of the Paris Peace Commission, which
drew up the protocol between the United
States and Spain, is at the Shoreham from
Canton, Ohio. He is accompanied by Judge
William II. Taft. of Cincinnati. who has
/ accepted the chairmanship of the Philip
! pine Commission. Judge Taft was com
/ Dlimented on his acceptance by large
/ Congressional delegation at the hotel last
night. The party viii remain here for sew
/ eral days
Hon. Fairfax Cartwright. of the British
Legation in Mexico, is at the Arlington for
! a few days. He is en- route TO London on
I leave Of absence and will be away for
| several months. He is accompanied by Mrs.
! Cartwright
| Col. Philip NJ. Lydig. formerly Of the
United States Volunteer Subsistence De
Dartment is at the Shoreham from New
/ York, en- route to the shooting preserves
/ OF North Carolina. Colonel Lydig has-just
returned from an extended trip through
/ France. where be studied the European
I method OF subsisting troops in the field
| and the modern methods OF field bakeries.
| His observations have been compiled in
/ the form OF a report which is now in the
( Subsistence Department. The tour and in
/ VestiSatiOns were made at his personal de-
I sire and expense and the document Is said
! TO contain much valuable information. He
/ is member OF one Of the wealthy New
/ York families and is a son Of the late Colo
/ mel Lydig. wno was member OF General
( Burnside's staff during the civil war.
! Ms Frank Leslie. the publisher. is at
4 ;he Ebbitt from New York. She is al the
/ Capital On a pleasure trip. and will take
/ some part in the convention Of the National
I Woman Suffrage Association.
Arthur 3. Willis. Of London. England.
and Horace Caldwell. OF Edinburgh. Scot
/ land, are at the Ebbitt on a tour OF the
/ United States. They state that there is
/ the utmost confidence in the troops now
! In South Africa, ana the tales Of gloom
/ and dependency are untrue. "A great
/ deal Of the adverse matter printed in the
4 American papers comes as a result Of the
/ newspaper war which is raging on the Con
/ tinent." said Mr.. Willis. today. The
/ press Of nearly all Europe is endeavOrinE
! TO make matters lCOk as gloomy az pos
, Sible. and q great many Of the reports pub
iishcd ar fact are mere'y conjecture or
entirely false. All England is cheering
/ and enthusiastic and the hopeful attitude
/ OF Great Britain Is surprising other ma
I tious. Chamberlain is as popular as ever.
/ and the people agree with him that the
( war must be put through The only fault
/ found with the administration is that the
[ eager. wOuld-be volunteers are refused
/ every day. Were a percentage OF those
: desiring 70 fight accepted England would
! have force OF 900. .O90 men in South Africa
/ within the next month We ara delighted
/ with the attitude or the United States.
] -rr f0 h. o. r~fa
J closer together
/ Col. 7. b. Terry. o. Toledo Ohio. is at
+ the EtbitJ He is a candidate for the Of
/ flee OF collector OF customs at that port. and
/ is here forwarding his interests. The term
or the Democratic inCUmbrnJ expires this
/ week and while there are a half dozea
( candidates Colonel Terry is mentioned as
I Icing close 10 the Administration.
Garcia Conde the Mexican Consul Gen
/ oraI al Liverpool England, is at the Ar
/ iinsion for a few days. en- route 10 Mckee.
/ Hc reports great enthusiasm in England
! over the war in South Africa. He is on a
/ few months. leave OF absence.
James H. HOyt. OF Cleveland. Ohio is
( al the Riggs on personal business He
/ called on Senator Hanna yesterday and ex-
T poets to be chosen one Of the delegates
I from the TweUty-hrst Ohio district to the
l Republican National Convention
/ The recent anu-Semitic demons Jrations
. in France have had more or less enect on
1 all OF the European capitals" said Dr.
/ Franz Ergdorp. OF Vienna, at Chamber
/ lin's. today Dr. Ergdorp is making a
! tour CT the United States, and is spending
/ a few days az the American Capital.
In connection with this some OF the very
rabid opponents OF the Jew have allowed
their feelings 30 carry them into some
ridiculous mistakes In one case last sum-
mer I remember that a production of the
/ Merchant OF Venice was billed 10 appear
4 az a lCCal theatre. and the 'BeLiTkstso,e.'
I the anti-Semitic organ. at once appeare
: with a long editorial, in which it was stated
+ that its readers should attend the per-
I formanCe. so as TO realize how their great
I CountTymau. GrillparZer. had pictured
/ Shylock and had truly written a Iikene )
I OF the evil Jew I don't know who Grill
parZer was. bat the editor. who is a men-
bcr Oi the Vienna school beard. seemed 20
| have an idea that this man was the altho-
] of the great play. AT all events. a local
! Wit at cnce wrote a letter TO the paper
/ stating that he had been injured as the
( Merchant OF Venice had not been written
by GrillparZer. but by the sender q the
/ communication. who signed himself VIII
1 liam Shakespeare The paper fell into the
/ trap and on November 10. 1899. published
! the letter in full with the folloWing edi-
. yorial note: Tt was an error to attribute
I he Merchant OF Venice 10 GriEparZer
/ and we hope that Mr. Shakespeare will be
/ satisfied with our above acknowledge
/ meuJ"
The bill providing for appropriations
| for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will
soon come up for consideration in Con
/ gress," said former Governor Francis. Of
/ Missouri at the Normandie today.
/ According to this measure the exposi-
\ tion is to be dedicated not later than
I April 50. 1903. and closed not later than
! December l. A commission similar to that
/ on the Columbian Exposition is also pro
| vided for. Two appropriations are asked.
/ one of $1,000 000 to be used in equipment.
/ and one of S1,500 00O for a Government
/ exhibit. The people of st. Louis are rails
/ ing GEO TO add to these appropria-
tions and We will give the world a grand
/ idea of our expansion. Nothing will be
/ spared to make the show the most mag
/ ni6cent ever Witnessed in this country
! As Congress has given support to the
/ Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta Omaha.
/ and Buffalo eXpOSitfOns. I have no idea
( that the amount asked by st. Louis will
/ be cut down..