Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-05

INCIDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXCURSION
THE sPANIsH-AMERrcAN COMMERCIAL UNION
GOV. FRANCIS GETS UP EARLY-cAPT. souRKK' 3
ARIsrocRATIc LINEAGE.
Staff Correspondence of TIE EVENING STAR.
LOUISVILLE, KY, November 8.
Every member Of the party knows who left
Indianapolis few months ago to become Pres
ident of the United States for each and every
committeeman of indianapolis (and few vol
unteer citizens who thought that the commit
tee in its confusion might forget itselD told
affectionately of the greatness and political sa-
gacity which they had loaned to the nation for
at least four years. In all, several thousand
people told the delegates that "this, sir, is the
home of President Harrison"
KANSAS CITY OYSTERS.
The western man may say what he pleases
about the wooden nutmegs and Eastwood hams
of New England. but he does it at the risk of
having an occasional iniquity OF his own ex-
posed. In the natural order of events the
FIRST edibles placed on the dinner table before
the international excursion party by the Kansas
City hosts were oysters. Now oysters are
rarely good at places SO far away from salt
water as that busy Missouri town is and when
the bivalves appear in public the connoisseur
from Washington is apt to scrutinize them
rather closely-to look the gift horse in the
mouth, as 1t were. The investigation into the
Kansas City oysters showed that the enterpris-
ing Missourians had secured a sufficient guam
tity of the shells of fine variety of blue
points and in the proper place in each shell had
dropped a real Baltimore canned oyster-bless
its little shriveled soul. That this actually &C.
CURED is beyond question, but why? Hasn't
the west an abundance of venison and bear and
quail and prairie chicken and black bass?
Where is the necessity for attempting to copy
a three-year-old Deimonico bill OF fare2
A COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION.
A very quiet man, but full OF business, is F.
G.. Pierra, who accompanies the excursion
party as the representative of the Spanish
American commercial union. The Spanish
American commercial union is an association
of bankers. manufacturers and merchants and
was organized In the city of New York March
20, 1889. for The purpose of promoting trade
between the United States and Spanish America
and Brazil. Although the association has its
principal offices in New York it is by no means
intended that it shall be local in its character;
in fact, it is the purpose of its promoters to
make the organization truly international
in its nature as will be possible In the present
membership, which numbers about one thou
sand the eastern. middle and southern states
are represented and on the list Of trustees
appear the names Of three of the United
States delegates to the international Ameri-
can congress-Cornelius N. Bliss, Charles r.
Flint both of New York, and J. F. Hanson of
Macon, Ga. The officers are men Of mercan-
tile prominence, ]. NJ. Ceballos, the head Of
one of the largest Spanish firms in New York,
being its president. w. ii. T. Hughes, man
ager Of Ward Co.'S lines of steamers; ]. NJ
MunoZ, the wealthy Spanish New Yorker; c.
n Jordan, ex-treasurer of the United States
and now president of the Western national
bank Of New York, and John F. Plummer the
well-known New York merchant, are the vice
presidents. The treasurer is Z. GOgorZa, also
of New York. Among the trustees, besides
those whose names have already been men
stoned, are W. Il. Boulton of Boulton. Bliss Il
Dalett; r. A. Whitney, head of one of the
largest Iron-working firms in the country; w.
p. Clyde, senior partner in the firm which owns
and operates the Clyde line of steamers; Eras-
tus WIman, C.. W. Pussy, OF the Pusey-Jones
Go. of Wilmington, Del; H. X. Thurber of
New York, and many other prominent and
wealthy business men.
One of the most direct aims Of the associa-
ton is cooperation with the international
American congress in any way that may seem
to be necessary or desirable.
THE GOVERNOR OUT WORM CATCHING.
The old legend has it that the feathered
biped who is up and around before the sun is
high is the one who catches on to the unpro
tected and guileless worm. Gov. Francis of
Missouri is an early bird. The governor was a
passenger on the excursion train from st. Louis
to Kansas City and was up when the train
stopped at Holden, No., at about 8 am, in
order that a faulty air-brake might be attended
to. There was quite q crowd at the little sta
voting worm" Very near the train was the
oldest inhabitant and he was at once seized and
his right hand well shaken.
Glad to see you" calculated the governor.
MY name is Francis"
The antique Missourian looked as though he
had never heard the name before, and it was
only too apparent that the others of the audi
ence, with whom the governor was rapidly
shaking hands, we're just as ignorant as the
oil"
One Of the newspaper men who is with the
party saw an opportunity to illumine the occa-
sion and to make himself solid with the gov
ernor, SO he tuned his pipe and informed the
crowd that he had the distinguished honor of
presenting to them the governor of their great
and highly intellectual state. II that scribe
wants a state appointment he can get it.
Writing of governors reminds me that il is
now becoming quite fashionable for governors
especially democratic governors-to have
newspaper men as their private secretaries.
Cleveland set the example with Dan. Lamont
and Hill followed it with Col. Timothy Will
inns; now Francis has done the same thing by
taking into his official family NJ. A. Tanning,
who used to be on the Cleveland PldindedLeT
SOME OTHER BURKE.
Association with great men for the past
month has convinced Capt. Bourke that he has
noble blood in his veins and that he is a good
deal of a grandee himself. Several times he
has expressed himself as being satisfied that he
is the rightful heir to "Burke's peerage." Just
as to who ''Burkes peerage" was the captain Is
doubtful, but he is sure old Peerage was ma
tional character or he would never have been
SO frequently consulted by the aristocrats of
the old world, and he must have been worthy
of confidence or his Christian name would not
have been Burke. But the captains newly
sprouted hopes were nipped in the bud, for at
recent reception was a lady who knew
County Balysloughguttery and she gave him
away. The captain has concluded that Burke's