New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-17
CHANCES AT MEN ANDTHINGS
PERSONAL TRAITS AND OPINIONS FROM
MANY SOURCES.

strongly marked tace grim and wrinkled and c"Vereu
| with grizzed whiskers Mr. Dudley tor many
| years United States Consul at Liverpool lie ~
tariff writer OF ability and prominence An incident Is
told OF bis career Liverpool II was at the ciose
OF the Civil War III this country when That great Eng
| lsh shipping port the hotbed OF sympathy WIN
the Confederate States On the night when the news
was received of tho tall OF Richmond. which 10 'ne
people OF Liverpool meant the destruction Of an eor-
nous business which had been bnit up by their Will
inguess t. serve the Confectionery with ships and SUP
plles Mr. Dudley was giving a dinner party. MS
house wac lighted up and across the windows ID o"
| was draped an American flag. Suddenly, WITHOUT
warning "a the g1e-ls seated at table there o
a crash which indicated that the windows ID 'he "o
| of the house had been broken by stones An eAoi'
nah outste naddrned mt the sight OF the llum nateu
house and the Union fag had picked up paving s'o"eS
| and hurled them through the windows Inc Ihoo Va"
dispersed by the police. but on the following Jay az
Dudes received notice BY letter that if he attempted
to umfurl the American flag the Consulate ne "ou'
he shot in the act This was too much for jersey
Republican, blood. Consul Dudley was not 70 DC ln-
undated by any such threats and he gave ho''oe
through the papers of his mention certain hour oil
the day to raise the flag the Consulate himself
At the appointed hour be mounted the roof anu VIC
| flag went up without interference.
/
Iron Works where heavy iron cannon are cast was IN
the city during the week He has been paying visit
OF inspection to the great iron and steel works IN Penn
sylvania with view enlarging his experiences ahu
| possibly his works. He remarked that he Regarded
the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. near Pittsburg' rs
marvellous in their and excellence Amongother
things Re said These works turn out enormous
quantities Of steel rails They have FIVE or six past
furnaces VIII they make the pig iron and eghf or ten
cupoa furnaces for mixing the iron besides theh COR
vertscs and other processes for treating the METAL
before reaches the completed state watched 'he"
turning out rails with my watch in hand In some
instances they brought out rail in twenty seconds
The steady average think would be about two rails
! a minute IL was a marvel to me how they couid
handle all the vast quantity OF material that was
required tor this work. The7 1000 tons OF IRON
ore day 900 tons OF coal and large quantities OF
limestone to turn loo tons Of pig iron In all
they handle nearly 900 tons OF material day 1t Is
successfully done through organized and systematzed
division OF labor but it wonderful nevertheless
The cost of obtaining straw tor stabiing purposes
long ago led horsemen TO Adopt sawdust for bedding
in c. city stables. Il is the article now in general
use and answers purpose well that anv attempt
TO dispacr 10 has proved futile. Recently there have
Jeen considerable portauOns OF pc mo-s IRON hol-
land which IL mas been ught TO introduce mere as
substitute tor sawdnst bedding. This moss comes IN
! "a
-Dongv and iull Of iertzing material winch makes 10
valuable manure alter IL has LETT the stable 10
spite of these qualities hOrsemen have not taken TX
M 1t and sawdI Is still the tayorite with tAe
-tabiemen.
General James r. Bcrne who told me recently
about the experiment OF importing Irish sandstone ter
use IN the oruament aon OF buildings in thu city said
last night that he coIll give the sequel OF that eiort
and continued " The contractor who made the ex
pertinent Of bringing the first cargo OF -'ndstone
bad recently contracted tor the quarrying and mp
m-ut OF lUOO tons OF tho stone and contract ha'
also been entered With the Monarch Line 81 siedn
PUT into The port Of GALWAY at regular inter' "9
10 take rms stone freight mus tnr Ola Dfulu
moh inent sandstone will soon De common sight ~
Newly Ork City"
Maurice Grau. who is Henry E. Abbeys partner II
the Sarah Bernhard engagement. writing recently
Montevideo made the singular statement that at
her benefit Buenos Ayres the actress among other
things va, presented with the title deed OF ten
Of land 10 the Argentine Republic. Mr.. Grau says
thar there Opumsts IN the country VINO predict
ibat the and will be immensely valuable some day
rne Bernhardt engagement in south America has been
prohta e one. bOh To the actress and the managers
Tie net -oits to Abbey and Grau for six weeks OF
the South American tour were Sol 600
On 81 a OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday sat
W Scott smith. tor long time well known among the
Wash Ton newspaper correspondents. He was
chat Y with Mcbride the Washington representative
of Tho Cincinnati Enquirer" For eight gears.
during Will am Cullen Bryants time Mr. Smith was
the correspondent OF The Evening St" He has
recently deserted journalism to accept the general
agency at Washngto tor the Massachusetts Mutual
Lie Insurance Company lie succeeded IN oahing
Congress IN Al order OF 1t vas during
the Cuban excitement when American ~ apathy was
-trongv aroused tor the Republic that had brou de-
cllred that island. Bonis OF the Cuban Republican
sold here TO Cuban sympathiAefs TO raise undS
carry he revolution The State Department
anxious to avoid a rupture with SPAN congress
took up the mat er and tor time seemed disposed 10
declare the Republic accomplished tact Ihe
State Department ascertaIned that several Congress
men who we're active pressing this measure bad
taken both bonds and money from the representatives
of the Republic. Officials OF the department FUR
nlshcd a list OF these Congressman TO Mr. Smith VINO
proceeded 10 publish them. lie was brought before
an investigating committee and his refusal 10 give
the source OF ns Information put under arrest ana
kept In custody for several weeks Out WAS uha'y
released. The State department authorized MN TO
engage Caleb Cusning counsel and paid that cele-
braed attorney 50 600 for his services IL waa not
a-certaned the where Smith got his lniormA-
ton. General Ben Butler who in Congress at
that time was suspected of having gI.en away his
eae and the correspondent stood at the par
OF House General Butler made the excuse OF pass
ing by him and whispered under his breath TO enilh
Stand irm. young man. stand nrm.' moment
later General Farms of limos came along ana
stopped speak with Smith. saying: Was II od
Butter Scott II 1t was, give hun away ana We Will
all stand by you"
General George A. Sheridan, of Louisiana, has had
wide experience As political speaker The stories he
tells Of occurrences the stump and Of encounters
with pu bic listened eagerly in groups that
gather around him when he appears in public places
The General tells OF interview he had with
General Chester 4. Arthur when the latter was man
aging the Republican campaign in this State General
sheridan had been making series OF speeches over
the State When hr back he called NJ me mead
quarters report General Arthur. who asked him
how much the committee Indebted TO him lOr hls
expenses. General sheridan replied Al have so
left over trOn the check sou gave Inc Tor expenses
The committee does not anything. but want
10 say that up POtsnan the other night 10
make a speech There are just eighteen Deih"c aus
in the town. They tell me that Democrat was ever
known 10 attend a Republican meeting there. had
A .tolsn IL heen stolen