The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-01-30

Mr.. Alexander sent one or the mOsl ~
pert electricians in the country to SUI
perintend the work. This was Charles
NJ. Maxwell, who had been in charge
IF the electrical exhibits at the Paris
perintendent of electric lighting for
George A. Fuller & Co., the contractors
and builders. Mr.. Maxwell took great
pride in the work and has received
many compliments on his successful
efforts. Speaking Of the plant, Mr..
Maxwell said:
1.-The electrical installation in this
building is the result Of six months
hard work. There are in all about 16S,-
BOO feet of electric wire, all of which is
nclosed in iron conduits, each system
being entirely distinct one from an
other"
To Patrol the Atlantic Coast.
One Of the most important develop
ments of the new system of naval
mobilization adopted by the navy de-
partment is the establishment of a
coast division of the north Atlantic
squadron. Its duty will be to patrol the
Atlantic coast. Rear Admiral j. II.
Sands, now in command of the League
Island navy yard, will be given the
command, with the battleship Texas as
his flagship, the squadron including the
monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Man
tonomoh, Terror and Arkansas and the
monitors Nevada and Florida as soon
as they are commissioned, together
with the torpedo boat destroyers Deca-
tur and Chauncey half dozen torpedo
boats comprising torpedo boat fiotilla
and the submarine Holland and subma-
rines Adder and Moccasin when they
are commissioned.
Bachelors Are Scarce.
The woeful absence of the eternal
masculine in Washington has an impor-
tant bearing upon the leniency of social
arbiters. The national capital comes
dismally near being an Adamless Eden
so far as single men are concerned.
Owing to the dearth Of commercial
and industrial possibilities practically
all the ambitious young men migrate as
soon as they are old enough to come
as most of the men who come to the
dream city on the Potomac as members
of congress or to assume governmental
positions are married, and not a few Of
them leave sons at home and bring
aughters-allured by the prospect Of
social career-tO swell the hopeless sur
plus Of young unmarried women.
Senator HOnr's Little Joke.
"Can l say that you have been talk
ing to the president on the trust prob
lem p asked reporter Of Senator Hoar
when he came out of the presidents
Office this morning. The senator smiled
his most seraphic smile, stopped, looked
at the sky and said.
"Let me see. Yes, you could say that
Certainly you could say it,
''Then, senator the reporter inter-
rupted.
Senator Hoar waved his hand.
YES" he said again, you could say
that, but it wouldn't be true"
ALI the venerable man from Massa-
chusetts chuckled for three blocks.
One on Senator Nelson.
thN cpOCOn VI otndtOI ANtisOu
of Minnesota against the admission OF
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona
as states the senator said that so per
cent of the population Of New Mexico
is Spanish and Mexican. Delegate Ro-
dey of New Mexico who was listening
to the speech, scrubbed q note and
sent it to Nelson. 1t said
Dear Senator-I recently had occasion to
inquire into the matter, and much to my
surprise l find that 81 per cent of the
population of Minnesota Is Norwegian
How on earth did that state get in?
Opulence In Washington.
Washington society now contains n !
larger percentage than usual of the |
opulent in addition to the more than |
well off. Some of the |
great fortunes of the continent are be- |
ing conferred here in preference to the |
hence these dinners, these |
dances and these dinner dances; hence
these orchids this champagne and ter
rapin, this feast of pate de foie gras |
and flow Of burgundy.
CARL SCHOFIELD.