The Washington herald., 1906-11-07
HEARD AT HOTELS.

HEARD AT HOTELS.
Nobody would guess, to look at his hair
almost untouched with gray. MS fash
| ing black eyes. and his erect figure. that
Gen. Jack Hayes, L. s. A. retired, was
participating in hard-fought battles with
redskins on the Texas plains when mid
/ dle-aged men and women Of to-day were
/ Iisping babes. Gen. Hayes came from
his North Carolina home yesterday TO
visit old friends in Washington. aad st IS
always a cordial welcome that awaits
him here, born soldier and gaIant gen
/ tleman that he IS.
/ Yes said the general L started on
/ a military career at the mature age OF
twelve. and was in the famous old Sec
ond Cavalry, regiment that gave so
many glorious chieftains to both North
and South when the fratricidal struggle
started Albert Sidney Johnston was our
colonel: Robert E. Lee, lieutenant col
onei; Hardee and George II. Thomas.
majors; Earl Van Dorm, Kirby Smith,
and George W Stoneman captains, and
Hood and Fitzhugh Lee among the lieu
tenants
Of fun in that older time, and I am
here to tell YOU that chasing Comanches
/ Ia Western Texas was not absolutely "a
! picnic. AT any rate, the battle Of Wichi-
taW Mountain was not That was in ISIS
when the Lone Star State was very thinly
peopled We went up against not less
than 100 Of the red warriors with only
2i3 men. Our adjutant, q splendid fellow
named Van Camp, from Pennsylvania,
was killed, and eight privates. Van Dorm
was in command. and he got a bad flesh
wound, while an Indian arrow pierced my
thigh and made me limp for weeks.
After the fight I counted the coTpses OF
eighty horses. and We captured Tot OF
/ old men. women. and children besides
destroying a big v-}ege.
/ This fight made Earl Van Dorm the
hero ana idol Of the Texas people. and
when a number Cf us attended the inau-
gural Of Gen. sam Houston as governor
the following year, Van Dorm was the
+ Ion Of the occasion. Pretty soon after
ward the secession movement started, and
you can imagine that it grieved me IN
part company with the men whom I
loved. particularly with my close per-
s0nal friend then and 20 the day Of his
death. Fitzhugh Lee. I had been orderly
+ 10 Col Robert L. Lee for some time. ana
/ my feeling for him was TeverentiaI. Being
|of Northern birth. ] had % stay by the
Union, but in my soul Z never have ausht
I Of malice or ranCor toward those clival-
rous and knightly gentlemen on the other
side"
1 At the Arlington are senior Juan LOsoya
4 and his son. Miguel. OF tie Mexican
state Of Durango. The former. who IS p
/ wealthy mine owner and ranchman. is
/ visiting Washington for the first time.
/ and is greatly impressed with lis varied
/ attractions. Young Losoya, who learned
/ TO speak English during his school life in
! California, said 10 a Herald reporter.
I Durango is a country rich in minerals.
and il is also a great cattle country. we
. have some ranches I'm Northern Mexico
4 tnat for size compare with any In the
world The former governor of Chihua-
+ nu5f Louis Terazas. is one of the big
Sest landowners in the world. His va
/ nous places aggregate several thousand
/ square miles. and he is estimated TO own
/ over 10000 head OF cattle. His s0n-in-Iaw,
/ Enrique Creel, who is now governor OF
/ Chihuahua is likewise q man of enor-
/ nous wealth The two men virtually rule
their state and their least wish is The
law OF the land
we think in old Fauquicr that we
/ have the banner county OF the Old Do
minion.' said Mr. J.. D. Passano. ir. a
/ leading citizen of Warrenton, al the Ra-
/ leigh.
/ "A splendid climate. rich lands adapted
equally 20 growing large crops and rais-
ing blooded horses and fat cattle are some.
/ Of our advantages. not 10 speak OF a
people noted for intelligence. thrift. and
I hospitality. There has been a strong
demand during the past twelve months
/ for improved country estates in Fauauier
/ from persons IN distant states. and my
( mail brings NE daily batch Of letters
iGquiring the prices Of farms People are
/ coming 10 settle among us from New
England, the Middle States and even
! from California. and so numerous have
been these outside investments that there
is comparatively little realty left for sale.
/ The fact Is that the growth of all that
I portion OF Virginia in proximity 10 Wash
ingtOn is something extraordinary. and
I the time Is not far distant when il will
be garden spot. developing in wealth
and population with the development Of
the National Capital"
Two Texas lawyers Of high standing.
/ Hon. a w. Houston. of San Antonio. and
! {. s SDoonts. Of Fort Worth. are at The
I New Willard.
I'VE have. in the Fort Worth district.
I said Mr. Spoonts. 'the unique spectacle
/ of q woman running for Congress against
/ OScar Gillespie, the Democratic candidate.
/ and present Representative CuriousIv
/ enough, the lady is running as Social
I ist. She will not get enough votes. [
/ imagine, 70 encourage her 20 make the at
! tempt a second time. The lady is also
an imported product, as cur native wom-
/ en- 90 not take 10 radical political doc
/ trines
There is an exaggerated notion in this
/ section, / learn. regarding the strength
/ of the opposition TO Senator Joe Bailey.
/ The truth is that the Senator is not in
/ the least danger OF difficulty He has sl-
ways had the opposition Of certain
group Of men in our State. and they
I lnaugurated a campaign against him
with view Of destroying his prestige and
possibly OF defeating his return to tho
Senate Their plan has proved a fat fail
uTe, and their efforts to do him harm
VIII prove boomerang.
In my jOurneyings about the world
said NJ. F. NJ. Durand, Of New York. AT
the Arlington. I have hit upon two
places that in temperament are as wide
asunder as the poles I have in mind
Boston and Bermuda as absolutely anti
/ theticaL Boston is about the coolest
place on the globe, not from the weather
standpoint, hut in its treatment OF men.
l have lived IN that old town for months