The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
HEARD AT HOTELS.

MY wife and I were on the third floor
Of the Palace Hotel when the earthquake
came TO San Francisco. and but for her
restraining influence 1 should have jump
ed right afterward." remarked Mr.. Guy
&. Adams. a prominent Western railroad
man, at the Raleigh. We had arrived
only the day before. and it seems TO have
been framed up for our benefit. az I
have often told her since, because she
jokingiy said on arriving that a little
touch Of earthquake would be interesting
Little did one dream Of the horrid
way her wish would be fulfilled. But
when the shock came and the plastering
In our room began falling, and the chan
deliers likewise. and / wanted % jump,
Mrs Adams very eOolly negatived the
proposition and, snatching few articles
Of apparel we rushed out on the street
to dress, as did hundreds of others Our
wanderings AL that day-you remember
the quake was early in the morning,
about Hght-seem like the memory OF a
horrible dream
During that period, when the destruc-
ton seemed so appalling and human suf-
fering so vast that it looked as though
the end OF the world had come. a report
got ont among the panic-stricken VIC
tins Of which I have never seen any
alluslon in the newspapers We heard
that Chicago had been covered by the
waters Of Lake Michigan; that New York
City had been totally obliterated: that
Los Angeles had been totally ruined. and
that Seattle had been wiped from the
earth. In common with the wretched
horde among whom Mrs. Adams and my
self moved. benumbed and despairing. I
absolutely believed this report Of whole
sale ruin. Everything about us con
hrmed the tragic story, and il would not
have been hard 10 make US believe that
the entire United States had suffered the
experience Of Pompen and Herculaneum.
Messrs. A. L. Murphy and Judge J. c.
Keilum, two prominent citizens Of Fair
banks, Alaska, are at the Ebbitt House.
Both have done well in Alaska. and last
year Judge Kellum's mines yielded him not
less than 100000 He is @ Missourian. and
one Of the popular men Of the Territory.
IF I were a young man" said Mr. Muir
ply. and getting the best sort Of a sal
ary down here in the States. I'd throw il
up and go to Alaska. even If I got
there without dollar 10 my name The
country is still IN its infancy. and il will
be years before it will be half way devel-
oped. In the meantime there are oppor-
tunities the like Of which cannot be found
on this continent. and there Is always the
chance Of making a strike that may be
worth millions
Judge Beauregard Bryan. Of Ii Paso.
Tex, who is al the New Willard. has
long ranked with the best lawyers and
foremost citizens Of the Lone Star State.
He IS native Texan, and his father, who
was one of the daring pioneers that
helped to rescue the country from the
tyranny Of Mexico, was interpreter to
Gen. sam Houston in the great campaign
which that hero waged against Santa
Anna, eliminating in the memorable VIC
tory of San Jacinto. 0ne Of the most deci-
sive battles in history.
4 bring good news from Texas" said
Judge Bryan 20 Herald reporter Our
people are enjoying a season OF unprece-
deuted prosperity. and the development
that is going on is simply marvellous. In
the western section. where I 1--we. which
was regarded some years ago as almost
unfit for agriculture, good for nothing
except grazing cattle. the people made.
last year, big crops Of cotton. and the
fields are as white as snOwbanks still, be
cause Of the inability Of the planters 10
gather the crop. Where nothing but the
antelope and prairie dog existed two
decades ago are now rich agricultural
communities. The seasons have not
greatly changed. but the farmers have
learned that with dry culture the earth
can be made to yield abUndanJly.
.'EI Paso has grown 10 be bUstling,
/ live Gown of 1900 people, and real estate
values have jumped to a dizzy height as
/ high as in Dallas or Houston Without
exaggeratior, our city has such unique
| location. being on the frontier Of the two
republics, and the converging point 4
nine railroads. as well as center Of min
ing. stoCk-raising, and trade, that il is
certain Of future greatness. Besides, We
/ have climate far ahead Of such boasted
! regions aS Southern California climate
/ that is tonic instead of enervaing- Our
/ skies are as blue as those Of Italy, and the
( land is bathed in perpetual sunshine.
/ There is a tremendous sentiment in
Maine in favor of resubmission Of the
prohibition clause in our State constitu-
tion.~ said Mr.. y. NJ Jones. a well-to-dO
manufacture Of Bangor, at the New
Willard.
| THE dissatisfaction with our prohib-
itory law is great and is increasing. and
/ this alone cut down the Republican ma
ioritv from g7.090 to S000 in the elections
Of last wear. But for the rural vote. the
/ Republicans would have been beaten It
! begins 10 look as though "a large number
OF our people. tried of the sorry way in
which the law against the sale Of intoxi-
cants is enforced want 10 try the Yer
mont plan. which gives every community
/ the right Of having whisky sold or reject
/ ing it. This Vermont policy o. local op-
/ tiOn and high license has succeeded 50
we'll that it would not surprise me II
Maine ultimately adopted IT, although. as
preliminary thereto, Democratic victory
may ensue.
Senator George Nixon, Of Nevada. who
/ has just returned from a visit to his Won
derful mining camps, was hailed in the
/ New Willard lobby last evening as
veritable king Midas, and a friend told
| him that the current understanding here
was that he had made S25,0o0001 in the
/ last three or four months. The Senator
| laughed pleasantly and did not deny the
soft impeachment" of having amassed
great riches in a short space Of time
We've settled our labor troubles in the
Navada mines said he, and are really
very prosperous. I don't know just how
rich old Midas was. and hence can't COM
pare our respective piles. But if I had
ten times as much as the richest man
that ever lived. II would not cause me
any enlargement of the head"
Mr. Jay Carlisle. jr.. well-known MEM