New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-04
THE GOSSIP OF THE WEEK.
CONCERNING MEN AND MATTERS IN THE
PUBLIC EYE.

comes every three weeks and spends two
three days in visiting bankers and capitalists to talk
silver to them 1t is his hobby but by no means the only
one he has ridden He was an ardent infationst and
Greenbacker days the greenback and anresump
tion agitation in Ohio the friend and adviser OF General
Tom Ewing, In his fight OF 1870, and In Congress tho
session before that contest He also had some proml-
Congress advocate Of further pensions to
soldiers The General is tall heavy man with massive
face and high forehead shaped like cocoanut With
little tuft of hair flying In the air summit He talks
with the nervous vlgor Of enthusiast and is always
able to engage attention on this account where other
men holding his views would fail. A prominent New
York banker to whom Warner presented his silver
bullion scheme last week told yesterday that 1t be-
positively fascinating to him under the spell OF the
Generals earnestess but that when he came to read II
he surprised that he had even for moment been In
cned in It's favor. General Warmers favOiie attitude
in talking Is his feet He has black cane OF the
ordinary crook handle sort which he hangs over Ina arm
He PAGES back and forth he talks. gestcuating with
the that il free and using the hand as sort OF
imaginary blackboard which TO demonstrate his
problems. / am told that at his home in Marietta,
General Warner has collected the finest library on
finance this country, with the possible exception Of
Samuel J. Tildens.
d. Brock. superintendent OF transportation on the
Missouri Pacific, told that in the march OF invention
In the railroad business and in appliances for essening
the OF transportation lie regards the Eastern roads
fully ten years behind the West. On every Western
road experiments being made toward the perfection
OF railroad service while in the East the management Is
set in old grooves. The thing most dscr ssed with
is the stoppage OF freight trains" he said. We have
found automatic brakes that enable to stop heavy
train at the option OF The engineer In just about one third
the time distance that 1t be done under similar
conditions with hand brakes and Of men. For in
80 Seconds wi S n 5 e een %n on me ps the
similar train the grade with five men standing at
lngf fhfVf
do 10 seconds and $50 feet. Under ordinary cir
cumstanccs they would have been in the caboose aud
these improvements is that we can freight trains at
double and treble their present speed can only con
troll them That that the carrying Caracy OF the
railroads of the country will be treblcd or doubled
81 wus tho Sergeant Major of Irish regiment
Mt tie beginning OF tho war; said Mr.. Ulrich
TO me at the Gllsey House. JIG Is the Re
publican candidate for state Treasurer. and know
ing that his nomination had been somewhat the result OF
his German and parentage | had q curiosity to
know about this bit of his history. He went on ia answer
to my inquiries to say: the OF the rebellion
there large NUMBERS OF young fellows in this state
who Ia received military education in the State
military service was one OF them. DIV real rank was
CORPORA, Mt the time was detailed this regiment
sergeant major because of my little tuna Of military
knowledge remained in this capacity Tor some Tune,
until the regiment was consolidated with another got
along first with them Thoy were splendid fellows
good soldiers. was little fellow and not AS stout
as now and remember that to feel good deal Of
satisfaction In the thought that there not man la
the regiment VINO wouldn't fight for ne to the last
breath"
General Hustled tells story about the examination OF
his baggage Mt III Paso he up from Mexico last
fall had biz lot OF traps" SAID the General, and
was wondering what kind of treatment we would get
was shown into u big where my baggage was all
piled up. Presently an official came in HIS lace
looked familiar to mo. ] said to him. 1t strikes me
have seen you somewhere lie looked up kind OF cross
and after glance ct my face replied None D that; 10
t1,.rr .ra flann Nsarf rat
knew his face and .eoined that was certain he was
a New Yorker. lie looked ut still harder then ana
az last sai queerv, Take OF your hat, which hal NO
chester by the Eternal. Why General, haven't seen
yon since yon presented tho flag to tAc old C9th ana
tho Aston House before started for the seat OF war
Then remembered him Ike Hash; Itls captain
Sheridan said The same lie replied. Is all this
baggage yOursi Is II al right 10 H. Pass 1t along
Aud that was the eud ~ my troubles The captains Ola
friends will DO glad TO learn where lac Is located
General b. f. Butler SAID 10 me the ether day that
count, Of the manner which no into oSsosson of
tho America were erroneous Whenever they represented
anything to the dscred OF Secretary Robson in the sale
OF the yacht. II pnt up at auction and bought BY
"a third party for General Buter,wLO did not appear
personally IN tho matter. He told me about the
Americas race to Cape May with the Alarm OYER the
same course covered by the Gcncsta aud DIuncss this
year. The yachts started together. AT night the
America was two miles ahead, OF the Jersey coast The
pilot WAS consulted to which was the best sailing.
along out at sea- aud gave decision IN favor ot
the pIure The Alarm stood out t. sea and kept
four mile, Uut The America remained about milo from
The shore hrcczc light and the seahecze was
sruug aud when the Americas people eSI lei the Alarm
for first time TeNt morning sLe was four miles ahead
and to wndwurd. II was l O'clock before the America
Ovcrhau.ed her. From that out TO the h@htshlp az
Cape May the America showed n clean pair ~ heels
to her woud-be rival. 1t was dark when sho rounded
the liShtshp ana the lights OF the Alarm were luSt
dtnguishable in tho rear The America didn't hear Of
her again
General Butler In speaking OF metals called my ntten
ton fact that aluminium the metal ahoat which so
much has recently been published is the same that was
sold in watch eases somo tmc ago under tbs name OF
or0id II discarded because it furnishes easily
under certain often recurring conditions
In talk with General Butler finance he spoke OF
tho general mlsconccption OF tho Old Roman census
among modern readers. "Thc average applicant for
place before Mr. Eatons Commission would tell you that
tho taken every tenth year to ascertain the
number OF lighting men," said the General Thon
why oil they take the enumeration OF all the mhabi
tanis men, women. and childreni The women and
g, idrcn coud not fight But will tell you what they
could do. They could money and 1t TO ascertain
change ~ commodities that the EOman census was
taken The Lord only knows what our census Is taken
for PROBABLY 70 give the COnp'lers something Ia do. Tor
II Is never published until is time To take another.
TX Senator Roscoe Conklins drops at tho Hoffman
House occasionally IN the evening. saw him there tho
other night and heard him telling frieni Is that no
had been relieved oil twenty pounds J uesh al Carlsbad
Patrick Ford, OF The irish World, told me yesterday
that although the Coercion Is longer In
Ireland the English Government continues to refuse adj
mission to the mails bis papers addressed to Ireland
and copies which in possession OF persons
travelling into Ireland. The attention OF this Govern
ment been called to this violation OF the treaty rights
by which correspondence between the countries
guaranteed. but 1t Is not thought likely that under the
present Administration any steps will be taken to
those rights. Mr. Ford formerly 10000 copies oibis
paper To Ireland every week lilo said to me: No
reason /, given by England FOR her action. t is done in
the spirit OF might uakrs right and Ii sho felt
one interfere II this Government shoud reaiate
by ordering the documents OF tho Golden q NIB for in
stance. prevented from cOmi1g into this country
should hear from England very quickly. asking
PLANTATION. That is what this Government should do"
asked Mr. Ford what he thought would be tho future
political Of those Irish Americans who supported
Mr.. Blaine last year. He said: Il do not think they