New-York tribune., 1886-11-14
AMONG MEN OF MARK.
A WIDE RANGE OF HINTS AND COMMENTS
FROM MANY SOURCES.

Il,
-hr. h. w.. here in New-York. Some Of them nave
,een retold By his friends and thus hs re become
,aper property He was asked the othcr oa' ~
friend II he had read an article In newspapo', "
70 ,lying In the negative, vas advised 10 eo' wv "a
and read IT, There vas some little banterihg "AoA
forth and then Mr.. blaine saio: only roau on'
paper a day. read that one for The news ic'""o'
n rsad ore than one lest should get Into the con-
i,tion n, the Cadi who was called upon to IuuR'
oeender He heard The case stated by the o"cei. -,
was about to pronounce sentence upon tne p r,.
vben the latter begged leave to speak for hh'o -
Cadl gave his permission. The offender msae o" n
entirely different from that which was told pY ,no
oers When he had concluded the Csdi ssu' IN,
roments ago was completely satishea Oh So"- 90
Now 7 am in doubt SO Tor this time snail le' 'ou o.
But give warning that hereafter shall near ON, ~
side OF a case Iti not hitting that Caui SUI ~
placed In doubt You see," concluded Nj b'o nanv
fearful OF being thrown into doubt Dy readihs '''
newspapers"
william uenrv Smith. the General Manager OF tne ns
soc,ated Press who went abroad to arrange oo .o,
of news for his az. sciatlon, has como pack "',y
vnced that there Is to he European war "' and
day Mr.. Smith is small man with large nc'u aI
t orav heard Years aeu he Was Secretary OF st"e "
Ohio and developed there the executive aoi'''' w.
has since placed him at the head OF one OF the "
portant enterprises OF the country. l"o So, ha
Press is neutral In its statements OF news anu
constantly guarded to prevent It's being useu 'o
or business purposes Mr. Smith has been reinarA'"'
successful In maintaining the freedom OIL MS ''f
from bias OF any kind.
The signatures OF public men are an ihterce.s ha
Glancing over the register mt the Murray I'M ho ~,
orher day I saw a name which read IKE D. H. Dv V,,
Tile handwriting was plain and distinct ana e'luo"
that of business man, but no one wouiu ''a'o w 81,
for J. r. Bodwe, for which 1t was Intended ~ -
sicua,pre of he Governor slect OF Maine ami IS "o'
coed many thousands OF dollars at the potlon VI 49,
check Grover Cleveland. Washington anu
Cleveland" with ditto marks under "aShing'on'
two lines on of the pages OF the 'lctoiia 80
recistet The writing Is the Presidents own maui a. ~
came through the city the Other day from bo''on
lsters arc small cy enly formed. and close tosether
had pep made him 81 oil the Grover Of his own name VIII"
a nonble stroke Dver soue OF the letters otpe "'' w
writing is like copy-book work. The signature Tor Nirs
Cleveupd ia not quite freely written as the o'no'
Tho President has not had much practice al II"
There was story aHoat while Mr. Cleveland was neio
that his change OF quarters to the Victoria hotei
due 70 the fear that he might meet MI biane o. ~
Fifth Avenue where lie has gensraliy h'u 'o
his visits to New-York. Whether the storS ""'
true or not Il was believed by many politicians wa
Blaine let the city Boston within an hour "ie' ~
ARRIVAL of the Presidents party. They would scar'ei'
have mel even II the President had gone to Ills ou q
ters H. l.. Hoyt, OF the Victoria HOTEL Is an ON p" ~
| hotel man. Mr.. Cleveland lived at MI. H"yts D"i'"
! house for a number OF years and represehtoH Elm " "
torney I'm some important matters In Que 'nS',"0o
where Mr. Hoyt got into trouble with the landlord ro
r,no, he had le,sed the property. Mr.. Cleveland al
vanced him money win winch to extricate himseii ro
IN annovtng omplicatIon. Thus they are olu iionu
and IL is possible that this bad as much 10 up WIN TIE
Presideut's change of quarters "a anything else
vinr,, "a a onet plsce "a little out of the or nary pup
lie DRIFT and consequently place where the Iatiuen
would be safe from observation ahd iinp''''H'"
scrutiny.
While riding down on Broadv ay car the othcr ua'
General Alexander shaler remarked, as ne was PaS'
Forty secondst upon the rapid growth OF the OusueS
| along that tnoroughiare and up Broadway. SAID he
| There is probably nothing more remarkable ID th
recent growth of New-YoIk than this business eXehSlo
on Fory-seconds unless ir be the tide OF honSehoo
rushing M on the West Side. While there Is sohe 70"
deney to take business up Ffthave the general e1'eh
sion will le along Broadway and sixthave on the ives
sde ana IL is to be In tie construction oil he'
buildings and the opening OF new houses on 'ne'
| thDrOughfares-
| Ceneral f r. Beale who with General John c
| Fremont when the Pathfinder" crossed the hocK
Mountains was something OF politician In his OUNCE
days He took part In campaigns as speaker anu ac1V
partcipant. While in NwYork the other day lie met
r. psrsons OF Natural Bridge. Virginia, OF wnom ne III
mediatey asked height OF the Natural Bridge MI
Parsons replied that about 300 feet inc Gtner'
then explained why he had asked the question, saying
Years ago when making political speeches, had
,ont debate with an antagonist who early sumpe
me for argument Among the stateinents thai
ma.e was one that he bad thrown a stone oven III
Natural Bridge OF Virginia. I did not know anythin
about the Natural Bridge at that tire, but had an
definite idea that 1t great deal higher thah Ill
man could cast n pebble. so when got up 10 ans"
h,m challenged this statement and declared that l
man could throw a over tho bridge even with u
sI,ro with which David killed Goliath Ihen ask'
The audience not to believe anything that man wou %
yyho ould such an erroneous ana raise stat
sS n, Nv answer to hi. speech had the eject that
desired but never known until This day wheIuef
was correct or not.
Turning the corner Of Nassau and Wall SIS DAY
,wo ago | ran across Edgar NJ Johnson OF CinciAna
VINO ia well known as the law partner of ex-Govern
Uoadly of Cincinnati, and as an ardent lover OF III
horses He rarely fails to come East TO see all the gre
cos n, the wear This he has lust returned fro
rnrooe where he won't to regain health at the fano
resort of Carlsbad. about which 30 much Is heard.
Johnson told me something OF tho treatment OF
uatients at that place The medicinal QUALITIES OF /
water are considered valuable In liver troubles but
nbvscians seems to rely quite much upon good hap
as unop the water The patient requested 70 rse al
O'clock in the morning and exercise by walking Tor
: hour Then he rests hour before breakfast whi
| consists of toast. eggs ana coffee lie must Walk
another hour and again He takes light lunch
tbe middle OF the day and light dinner at O'CLOCK
{ a. n d fT.re is theatre Carlsbad where the ope
( begins at o'clock and concludes as so thht ever pp
y. NAV DO in bed at early hour. In speaking apo
u tii9es that had impressed him most In Edrope
ssd thst lie regarded the Opera House III IA
AZ incom parable with any similar Institution on
: globe.
n In a chat with Senator Sherman the other day col
It thing was said about the labor movement IL TINS
~ when he remarked: Henry George Is worse tnah
a St. John Of the Democratic party. He their pete no
:, They have reason 10 fea: him." Senator snerhan
the way Is losing the reputation that ne forihsry
" for being cold and rigd. The cordiaty with "hlch
has received visitors within the last year or two mas
moved much old feeling that men had toward h
g. When he was the head OF the Treasury Departm
he was exrmey guarded in talking with strangers
le even with personal friends When he Is In Newi
of now goes about the hotel Corridors ana streets III
Al, ain plest way This remin is vel, tha during
Blane's stay in New-IOrk he was frequently 10 De
l alone in broadway Fifth Avenue going up or down
w fvot Ii is is custom at home tn take res NOR