The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-15
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

In The HOTEL CORRIDORS.
Judge A T Bliss. a former Representa-
tive. is at the Arlington from Saginaw.
Mich. Mr.. Bliss is here locking after
some legal matters and will remain sew
eral weeks.
J. ". Richards, Of Iowa, has returned
to the city and is Quartered at the Nor
mandie. Mr.. Richards is Speaker Hen
derson's private secretary and has been
attending to the State campaign.
Eddie Bald. the weil-known cyclist.
passed through the city this morning and
was at the Regent for several hours The
Cannon Bali viii do little except train
during the winter and expects to eclipse
even his best work when the spring re-
turns. He looked prosperous. having
adorned himself in gorgeous raiment and
many diamonds He received a warm well
come from his local admirers.
Il do not see why Porto Rico is dis
eliminated against by the custom houses
IN the United States" said A A. Jurose,
OF San Juan. at the Shoreham today The
island might well be a foreign and in
dependent state for all the benefits Of tariff
obtained II is now as much a part Of the
United states as il New York. and yet We
arr treated as foreigners. This ought to
be reInedied.
Il suppose you know who Magnus A.
Hess. lS@ original Mckinley man, Is, said
p. A. Warner. Of Chicago, At the Raleigh
today. Well, be is still alive. and still
holds that he is the most abused man on
earth I met him last week, and he sent
me away mourning and filled with badly
written literature. He acquired nOtorieJy
some years ago b. his persistent adyo-
cacy Of the candidacy of Mr. Mckinley FOR
the Presidency, and in 1892 was q con-
spicuOus figure in Minneapolis during the
National Republican Convention He ran
a little printing office IN Chicago and every
day or Two issued appeals to the people 70
vote for Mckinley. These appeals were
such strange and wonderful documents that
their ludicrousness attracted attention. and
secured wide circulation His failure 10 be
rewarded BY Mr.. Mckinley when the latter
became President filled Mr.. Hess with
much disgust and for a time be issued
qUaint denunciations OF the Administra-
tion / see that he has sued his sister-in
Law for 100000 Tor having. as he alleges.
caused his wife TO leave him Perhaps be
is trying TO collect his campaign printing
bills
Matthew Stanley QUAY. OF pennsylvania.
appeared Al the Arlington this morning
in no very genial mood He has refused
TO give out any statements 20 newspaper
men. or 10 be interviewed in future. be
cause Of the work OF a New York morning
paper. This organ. hearing one day las.
week that Mr. Quay was giving a banquet
q. Al.
next issue with long story on the Quay
dinner and the number Of Senators who
had slighted the host After the story had
been printed accompanied by cartoon 10
was learned that Mr. Quay had not given
any dinner and that the whole story was
based on the fact that Mrs. Quay had held
a o'clock reception which was attended
by a number Of fashionable ladies The
number OF carriages and the willingness
Of c0iOred C8achman 10 tell all that he
did not know lee 70 the Imagination THAI
the dinner was in progress. Mr. Quay is
very angry because Of the story and ms
door is closed 10 newspaper men He de-
MES the entire statement and states that
Senator Penrose. a frequent caller. was
me only visitor on the night Of the imas-
lined dinner.
7 think that Americans have an alb
normally sweet tooth said John HuvIer
the candy manufacturer, who is al the Ar
HngtOn, from New York for a few DAYS.
I think that in the last six months in 1899
the value Of the candy output in New York
alone WIS ST least $50 0OO. 0OO The total
output for the United States was at least
S'7,eoo,V oe during the last year. This
would give every man. woman. and child
IN the country four pounds OF the best
candy"
i attended the University Of Strasburg
IN 1883, said Dr. r. &. Burroughs. of Ros-
ton, Mass, at the Ebbitt today. and while
there met three men who were students
and bosom companions. and whose names
are household words today. They we're
Roentgen- the discovere- OF the x-rsvs.
. Tesla, the brilliant electrician. and Pader-
ewski the pianist All three were very
good fellows. but displayed no remarkable
genius a. that time. and were in as many
ScrapeS as the rest Of the students
RoentEeI was the most studious Of the
trio. and we used 10 predict that ne would
make great surgeon Tesla WAS TO be-
come the attorney for the crowd and Pad
erewski was slated 10 be a literary man