St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-30

nanR lantern out on the pier, OLncr-
wise she would go by without stopping.
"'Well, young man. he replied to my
question, I would not git up and hustle
on my clothes an 20 out on that pier at
2 O'Clock in the night for $10!'
II began to quake in my boots and
think OF walking twenty miles on my
own account.
No, sir he went on, Il would not
do 1t for $40 for nobody! But l allus
hev bin d0in' 1t for three shillin's, and
guess I'll hev to see you.'
''That is the way feel about life in
congress. / would not do One-tenth part
of what go through for love or money.
A big, round 100000 year would be
no object at all for me, at my age, to 60
trudging around getting Tom, Dick and
Harry their jobs. But, after all. keep
on doing 1t for 5000 year, which a
little more than pays my house rent
-
Harrison Late on recent aft
ernoOn One-hOrSe
and Blaine buggy was driven up
to the Hotel Norman
Take Ride. die. on the corner Of
Fifteenth and streets,
writes Washington correspondent.
The driver and only occupant was a
short. stOutly built man of pallid COM
pleXiOn. Scarcely one of the hundreds
of people who walked and drove on the
populous thoroughfare had the least
idea who the man was. He was the
president of the United States. He
alighted from the vehicle and sent
message into the hotel by one of it's re-
tainers. He stood on the sidewalk for
probably ten minutes, and in the mean
time several gentlemen who came along
and recognized him stopped and ex-
changed the customary salutations.
Then another man, taller and of
much slighter build, descended the
hotel steps. He extended his hand,
and after moments conversation the
two stepped into the buggy, and, the
president holding the reins. they drove
off into the country, and did not return
until late hour. The presidents COM
panlon was much more pallid than he,
but his eyes shone with glittering lus-
ter. He was the secretary of state. In
that ride by moonlight and under the
trees more affairs of state were dis.
cuSsed and settled than in dozen cab
met meetings.
Wizards Although the Oregon
Transcontinental cleo
Compromise. ton was nominally
won by Mr.. Willard,
says the New York Press. the point for
which the Elijah Smith Union Pacific
people were really making their fight
viz, the control Of Oregon Navigation
was practically gained by the latter
faction, and the Willard people had to
submit to compromise, neutral
board having been elected whose policy
will be. SO far as possible, to avoid an
tagonism of either Union Pacific or
Northern Pacific interests. The result
was substantial gain in the prices OF
Oregon Transcontinental, Oregon Navi-
probable that the final outcome of the
new management will be to wipe out
the floating debt of the Oregon Trans
continental company, besides reducing
its capital stock by about 80 per cent. In
addition to which market is to be
found by the Willard people for its
holdings of Oregon Navigation stOcd.
From a broader point Of view the COM
promise is of still greater importance.
as it practically clears up the clouds
which have long been threatening the
railroad situation in the Pacific North
west.
The Mackay The cable announce
ment that Mr. and Mrs.
Libel Suits. John W. Mackay, bet
ter known as the BO-
nanza king and queen, had instructed
their London solicitors to commence
libel suits against two English journals
for personal attacks, may be taken with
several grains of allowance. says the
New York World. The story runs that
some years since, long after Mrs. Mac
kay had become leading society lady
in Paris and London, and created many
startling sensations by reason of her de-
sire to 0ut-Herod Herod in fashionable
and asistOcratic circles. there came
across the water with his family gen
tleman who in the stock market Of San
Francisco had acquired much wealth, but
without any social position of promi-
nence. He was an Englishman by
birth, and his wealth soon secured for
his family an entree in LOndon'S so
ciety circles, followed by presentation
at the queen 8 drawing room. Then the
tongue of scandal began to Wag, and as
usual, from doubtful insinnation, it
proceeded to open assertion. that the
escutcheon of the newcomers was not
of pure metal, but was tainted with
much alloy. The newcomers, right
fully or wrongfully. laid to Mrs. Mac
kay's influence the blame for these as
PERSONS. which her friends promptly
and emphatically denied. Then began
Systematically the publication of
series OF petty insinuations
and CALLING innuendoes in some
of the society journals OF Lon
don and Paris, for it seems that such
channels for the spread of scandal are
as easily secured in those large centers
as in our own New York. 1t looks like
a tempest in teapot at this distance.
and the best friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mackay would hardly advise resort to
law courts for the vindicatiOn of their
regulations. Mrs. Mackay's good name
has never been questioned where she is
best known, and Mr.. Mackay's reputa-
ton as business man is fair and
square. Both possess American grit
and common sense, and IT is hardly to
be credited that they will furnish any
new sensation for the scandai-mongers.
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