The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-16
wTlBlE NEW YOakERs.
r..uneey n. Depew, > Thorough
bred American.
pirate GsuId--Beb 1nKerseii u
shs wiliowy
Mr.. Esarts.

mr. - ~& -
-. .s-x rxfssr Ia Minneapolis Tr.bcue.
Is ehsuusev n. Depew. justly famous
s.. ~ versatile gifts. and universally
s.sss.,s,. -. e prominently and
..l - oHe Of the best types
,,,orsuufaEred Anaerieas1s Il just
9 : mere than ever remarkable as q
..;x example of irrepressibIe
n diligence and ambition. II
$50 sss,e Vas an astounding EXHIBIT
-. = chat In Yankee rarfanee Il
w. termed ''gris. spank, =
49, ~. II Il displayed In the
- ;nssance Of this scholar.
pas.,.s-.or orator, bon-yivant. phil
1900 railroad commaraer-in-chiefs
- 80 bHt by no-fnaniter -of-means
,ss.s pasxsfsniIIas. On account Of
s~s,;nv recently sprained an ankle, he
= ~ souer in the upper part OF his
sr.asstead IN East F'orty-ifth
ssve<t where he viii prob
s,av be confined 10 well on
tc-srd the New Year holidays.
a. rssisence Is elegant, sumptuoas
sra eomplefe. with all OF its furnish
49, RIA and beautiful, without undue
dIsplay anywhere nor any show Of ex-
traxagaree- This Is his home, not
snig ia name, bat In fact. and here he
srainarsIy bars out oil bnsiness consid-
xrssions ard transactions. Once inside
a portais he deveies his time wholly
s his family, as CALAMITY and ienderly
& his wife IS in the auid-iang-syne OF
oourtsIliT--and to bis children as
fboaeh he were boy again which.
indeed he Is. and ronps, plays and
acarries on just as though he were a
"a inst ies Loose from school. He en-
esgcs In games Of tag, cards ,iominoes,
eheckers. hidt-and-seek and even gets
down "on ali fours' and makes horse
fuot sn asst Of himself for the rolsick-
Ing youngsters to ride on-np and
down the long handsome parlors.
last now aIl that sort OF thing il
Stopped -perforee- b. his game leg. :
but sIso for other extraordinary res-
sons.
raj Railroad and guardian OF the vari-
Gus Vanderbilt railroad interests, he
has arranged matters in such perfect
system that at any time be can be
thoroughly informed OF everything
transpiring during his absence almost
Is well A. during his presence IN the
main Office. marlborough manager
and rigid discipiinarian al he is--he
never felaxes his grasp upon the reins
II II can be avoided mo laegard, ne,
nor can he endure to exist IN a passive
rapaeitv: hence his bedroom - now
rrartically his headquarters, and his
crest cushioned armchair, or the
splendid brass aedsteai, il his saddle,
and in one or the other, alternately he
Il amounted, with his crnEches by his
side, during several hours daily. A
very large oiiice-table on rollers Is at
his side, and on il are little mountains
Of reports, documents, faewspa-
peYs. patches OF kilograms and piles
q letters. Near by Is his stenogra-
paer, his private secretary and a col
cred messenger boy, who have no ces-
sation from work all day. Very
quickly, quietly and pla1idly he thus
attends 70 q great deal of business
each day, besides receiving, interview
ing and pleasantly disposing OF a con-
slant stream Of visitors. including
railroad and political officials, lawyers,
merchants, bankers, reporters. per
sonai friends and not few intolerabie
cranks or . bores. His physicians
sometimes scowl and chide him for
apparent overwork. but he invariably
stifs up their risihilitleS with an out
burst Of his characteristic good hiimor
and sends them away hrimfull. or
oftener overrunning with laughter.
In this same vein of thought 1t is
quite as proper as interesting TO ia
trude on the family privacy OF
another very prominent man of very
opposite characteristics Gould
He has been very pnhliely stigfnatizctl
as THE Pirate Of Wall Street, and
though he may possibly well and
thoroughly have earned hts noferiets
~ the boieiesf. Shrcwdest, NEST merei
less buecanecr on the high seas o
speculation. yet in his home there |,
n complete metamurphosis from thu
plratical 70 the consistently domestic
husband and father. In his home lifs
and in all his family relations hi,
career has been commercially free o
blenlish- remarkably so therefore i
il pentionahse in hiseonnuhlal record
He has always been assIduously alien
tive 10 his wife, and during her recent
illneSs--whieh now Is, perhaps. heI
final and fatal period. he has person
ally watched ever and waited upon bel
Notwithstanding the ample provision
made of the very best trained profes-
sional nurses always In attendance
night and day. He has been consid
crate, induigent and aisectioaate faith.
err b. his children, and Is said To be
even more temonstratively SO 60 his
grandchildren.
The Ohio Society is forging its way
iato popularity and influence with
almost unprecedented rapidity. This
progress is due to the natural gravity
Of itself as well as To the advancement
OF all sorts of clan organizations.
Until recently the New England Society
vas pre-emlnent omnipoteHt and
peerless; in rank, influence and char
acter But now. the Ohio takes no
second place. Ii rivals, and soon may
sGfmount all others. The last meet
ing, few evenings ago, WAS a most
delightful. charming affair. Among
the many quite notable incidents was
the tete-a-tete between Cal. Rrice and
Steve Elkins their first reunion since
the ides OF election day; and as they
SAT down yis-a-vis To discuss the yari-
Gus features of the political earthquake
Of November q, the expressions OF
Their respective countenances caught
BY instantaneous photography would
have been gems of historic interest
sAe one quite murky and blue; the
ether. glowing and radiant; the first
looked like 10y who had gorged him
sea with sour green apples: she
xeond. like a lad who had topped 4
god feast with peaches and cream.
They talked and talked apparently
esllsious 10 the fact that they were
Ne observed of all observers. Brice
sshenaiy ie.t sore from the weits OF
y recent punishment; whilc Etkfns.
no had suffered tas the boys phrase
y a good licking az the head and
hunl OF the Republican headquarters
tssi, has almost forgotten the Tar
EarlHFF az fpfar wars zxyss and ar,sx>s :