The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-11
On and Hroand
The IFotels.

"I see by the morning papers that the
Nicaragua Canal bill has been passed.
remarked Major William Heaton. durlnS
tho course of a political conversation at
the Lexington yesterday, and that
means that within short while the
dream of the commercial interests OF the
| people will be realized. AS understand
| 1t, 1T will take several years to make this
| ditch fact instead OF q theory, but
when it comes it will work q revolution
in the United States, not only in the
matter of commercial freight rates. but
in everything else relating to tho manu-
facturer.
ut has been known to far-seeing Amer
leans for many years that the Panama
Canal is largely chincrical, and it saved
this country a lot OF money when Con-
gress refused to have anything to do with
it. I hope that the Nicaragua bill Will
be pushed through and work Will begin
at once. It means a large expenditure OF
money but ct the same time it means
large reconlpense for U.s.
Mr.. Charles King, of Atlanta, represent
ing, possibly, the largest hardware house
| in the South, was in Richmond yester-
| Qay. Atlanta is taking. d ne" WI II
| over" he said in conversation with
friends at Rueger's, ''and If ever you go
| back there you won't know the town.
| The new y1aduct at Whitehall Street has
just been completed. and you cannot
| imag CINE the difference 1t makes in the
town. In addition to this. we are soon to
| have new depot, and when all this is
done the city will be a totally different
| proposition to the man who thinks he
| knows it. The new viaduct there is three
| blocks long. extending from Peachtree to
| Whitehall Street. and relieves one OF the
necessity Of walking across the railroad
! tracks. It Is one of the many steps
showing the progress of our city"
Nr. King, by the way. is one OF the
| most expert tennis players in the South.
| He regards the coming season Of tennis
1 as one of the largest and most compre-
/ hensiye In scope the country has ever
/ seen.
! .I have the misfortune or the good
! fortune, as the case may be- Of coming
| from Kalamazoo, Mich said Mr.. John
| Gregg yesterday at Murphy's. The only
| thing bad about me is the name Of the
| town I hail from.
| mot long ago a man asked me where
came from, and I replied Kalamazoo,
L
out he came back at me with request
/ to tell him really where I came from
/ Again I told him Kalamazoo. It took me
| three hours to convince him that that
! was the name of a place il Michigan.
"Ever Introduce one man named Smith
| to another named Smith, he asked.
wei, it's the same thing with me.
| Introduce Mr. Smith to Mr.. Smith and
| watch them grin. When I tell people
! where I come from they always grin
| If they don't. am disappointed"
"No one who was not in Canton at the
I time can imagine for a moment the
1 deep sorrow caused in that city by the
death of our late President Mckinley"
| said Colonel George Welcham, at Ne"
Ford's. II do not believe there was
man In the country more universally
/ loved than was Mr.. Mckinley. and even
his enemies showed their sorrow at his
| death Canton is a loyal town, and the
! loyalty shown to Mckinley was heart
/ rending.''
/ Mr. E. r. Langhorne. brother-in-law
/ of the distinguished artist. Charles Dana
/ Gibson was at the Lexington yesterday.
| He will he here for several days.
! Judge w H. Mann, OF Nottoway.
/ member of the State Senate, is in Rich
| nlond for a few days. He Is registered
at the Lexington, and during the day
shook hands with friends at Murphy's.
| Among. the distinguished Virginians
/ here yesterday was Mr.. ". Samuel
/ Goodwin, of Emporia. Mr.. Goodwin
| was at the Lexington. He IS here on
! private business
Other well known virginians here yes
| terday were: Mr.. j. II. Hughes. OF
] Lynchburg; Mr.. ]. A. Stoneham. OF Nor
folk: Mr.. A. P. Thornton. all at the
Lexington. Mr.. r. L. Douglas. OF Left
wicl, Mr.. George N. Wise, of Newport
News: Mr.. O. n. Wears. of Wise, and
| Mr. 6. A. WingfieId. ut Murphy's. Messrs.
! F. Fred Wilkins and Mr.. John T. Will
| kins. of Bridgetown, all at the Lexing-
| ton; and Mr.. Paul Pattit OF Palmyra;
| Mr.. Rufus R. Gray, Messrs. W. Z. F'ow-
| Ter and c. II. Birch. of Cha rlottesville,
and Mr.. G. L. Vincent, of Ernporia, at
| the New Ford's.
| Out-of- town visitors to Richmond yes
| terday who are well known here were:
! Mr.. A C. Stallman, of ST. Louis. and
Mr.. Henry w. Weinman, of London, at
the New Ford's; Mr.. W. E. Richardson,
| Of Boston; Mr.. George Worthington, Jr.,
Of New York. and Mr.. Robert Mills. OF
Boston at the Lexington; and Mr.. John
/ D. Wayne of Boston: Mr.. w A. First
/ brook, Of Toronto: Mr.. j. II. Cans. of
i New York. and Mr.. Charles S. Thorne.
OF Philadelphia.
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