Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-22
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

~ few years ago" said Joseph Baldwin
OF Lexington, Ky. at the Riggs. the peo-
PIE In the central part of Kentucky con-
c-ived the idea that the rates Of toll
charged by the keepers OF tollgates
throughout the state were too high, and
that the gates We're a sort OF general
nuisance anyway. In my part Of the state
they undertook to do away with them all.
! was at the time the correspondent for a
Iars- western daily paper, and was asked
u follow the destroyers. known as toll
gate raisers.' in their work of destruction.
Now, among the crowd Were some of my
best friends, and knowledge that | was
sending news of their work. although Civ
ing no names. would not only have lost to
me their valued friendship. but might have
cost my life However. the assign
ment valuable one. SO far as pay
was concerned. | undertook it and followed
of the bands at a safe distance. On
two occasions however. l was close enough
TO witness their method of destruction.
Each of these times the band rode up to
the gatekeeper's house. called him to the
door. and after proceeding TO thoroughly
brighten him by shooting the doors and
windows full of holes, they compelled him
10 lend them an AK with which they de-
IuOlished the gate On the last occasion
witnessed they even compelled the keeper
himself TO destroy the gate. OF course
there was an element of humcr in the
proceedings. as both times the keeper was
nearly frightened to death thinking he was
surely 10 be the victim of whiteCapping.
But not until long afterward was il known
that | sent the news of their doings To
the daily paper which was most popular
In that section, and l often saw traces of
wOuierment in the faces OF participants at
the accurate information given in the -
The upshot of the whole matter was
that the destruction of the tollSates and
the reduction OF the revenue from that
channel caused a rise in the rate of taxes
tn ord h. Dis in hi
dttipn II was another of those movements
undertaken for the redress OF an ina giusd
wrong without the proper consideration of
what its probable result would be"
Peter F. Daley (no relation of the come
dian Of that name) of Los Angeles. Cal
was at the Shoreham and said:
Il have just returned from a trip around
the world. 1 left San Francisco in August
last. going thence to Honolulu, where 1
spent week. / went from there TO Ma
Mia All my time in the Philippines was
spent in that city. l made the acauaint-
ance OF many officers and men in Uncle
Sans service while there. They seem con-
tented. a rule. The rate of mortality
among them has decreased largely since
becoming acclimatized or. In other words.
learning how to take proper care of their
health. Personally l cannot work up any
great amount of enthusiasm over Uncle
Sans new eastern possessions. 1 should
not care to live there. l went from Ma
Mia TO Hong Kong and stopped there some
little time. / enjoyed my stay in that city
Immensely. i then took the Orient line of
steamers, going to London. After spend
ing a few days there i went to the CONT
nent- / did Paris good / think il is the
most hoSpitable city in the world. l made
more friends during my three weeks stay
there than / ever did in any American
community in three years. / then went to
Rome. Naples. Genoa. thence back to Ber-
lin and some of the German cities / did
the Rhine pretty thoroughly. and then went
to Liverpool, where L sailed for this coun-