The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-06
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Henry F. keenan,, the author Of that
striking novel, 'Trajan" which cassell &
Company nave nearly ready for publica-
lion Is described as zone Of the most bril-
liant young men who ever has figured in
American Journalism" Mr.. Erastus
Brainerd, writing Of him in the Philadel-
pllia Sunday Es,es, says, HE is, / believe,
native Of Rochester, N.Y., where he
won his spurs by q city sensation % re-
norter on the DsnOcrdi. This was Just al
ter Tie war, through which he served,
having enlisted when he was 9afely ~ ;;
he fought brayely was shot sevet q
times and now carries pnilet N
his body. From Rocheter, pc
licye he went 70 the New fork lfIo4tile'
10 which lie was called on account o. re-
markable description Of fire which he
tele,grapIled from Rochester: While on
lilo TtiJ,us he did editorial work, ana
when the proprietOrs OF the indianapolis
GenfinsI asked MF, Greeley 70 recommend
4 man he suggested keenan,, saying that
Il he didn't 70 pretty soon he would be
tlynnninp the whole otIice with me thrown
irD IN indianapolis Keenan, did won
ders. Int a political difference led to his
leaving. Next he got work on the
CHICAGO Tina, where he became one o.
Sstorey's pets,p and that autocrat oil
;onrnaiism sent him TO Washington:
There he was noted as the best dressed
correspondent, and ono who always RODE
ia carriage, when such an event was rare,
While in Washington he was intiuentIalln
seeming the election Of Speaker Kerr
whose close friend he was. Becoming dis'
satisfed with Washington Keenan, went
| 10 Europe. whence he wrote letters 70 the
lCLicRyo TimeS under the name oil Junoti
which were copied far and wide. No such
blazing. dazzling, pYrotechnical descrip'
ions II courts, palaces and ptinces were
evsr before or since equ&led In the dany
nress He was sent by the 1falss and New
YORK Sun 10 tile Turko- Russian wal q
correspondent. He sent one dispatch
which cost the papers Sl,2D eacn, pe,
Iieye, and he was discharged " cable ana y
his drafts were dishonored., he sued me
Timss and recovered damages. Alter tn ls
he spent the next few yean until 1851
in study and travel through Germany,
Franco. Italy and Spain. In the spring Of
1881 he Joined the stat ofthe philadelphia
linn but he had some dispute over
salary with Frank Mclaughlin, whom
he sriei and again recovered damsgea.
IRON, tbe Iimes he went TO the PFSEs,
where lis editorials and articles upon
t,,ra;o,y, trayels won considerable notice.
He ielt the Pres in 1852, and began to
write novels. His first story, sIraian, was
accepted and in part published by the
Manhattan Maqu:tne, but unfortunately
Mr.. Pedder's pilferings were brought
10 light, and the magazine stopped
before the story was ended. keenan wlil
long be remembered here NJ the iounder
and first President Of the Journalists
Club. He is a short, smooth'iaced man,
WITH prominenttoreh over which black
hair. inst turning gray, hangs in bangs.
He has light blue eyes, an inquisitiye nose,
and a marked Irish face. His manners
arc shave. nervous, yet easy, and his con:
yersation with friends IN odd mixture OF
tLe keenes bitter satire and loving alec;
tion. He Is an ultra free-trader, Demo-
Graf and a violent liater OF corporations:
He is impetnous, impulsiye, a good
hater. vet with heart as tender as q
womants. He would share his bed, board,
and last cent with poor reporter down
on his luck" yet he would shove ilis pest
friend out OF his room by the shoulders
with a torrent OF invectiye Il they dis
agreed on the character Of Alcibiades or
Fentaur, the Egyptian poet. He is man
OF vast and varied reading and wonderful
vocabulary, which he uses yolubly and
not always with accuracy. His powers Of
description are extraordinary, and he has
ability enough to stock dozen modern
nnvelists.n