The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-27

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2l-Your Wash.
ington gossiper H. a man. lie has been
here no one knows how many years. lie
knows everybody. It is the delight of
his life 70 take you up IN the press gal
lerles. the best place in the world % see
public men, and point out faces 10 you.
lis tongue moves IN symphony with his
lorehngcr- There's nobody too great for
hlm To speak OF IN @ familiar way. no
body too obscure for him 20 know some
thing about
There. be says, pointing with his
lead pencil 70 big man in one Of the
rear seats % the house. "is Jim Burns.
of Missouri Know Jimi / mean the
large man with the light mustacho and
the curly hair That's one Of the best
men IN the world lie wcirhs 22J
pounds and isn't lightweight in debate
or anything else Comes from the 81
Joseph district in Missouri. Ito - rich.
Queer thing about Che Burns family j.
that they hold all their property in com
mon. There's Jim and bis two brothers
and his two sons. Altogether they are
worth about S5.000,000. and every cent
OF IS s. hCid IN common. They have the
oisse'' uiiiA III o. Joseph io's Oh real
80 Gnu s'of,A.. me lhIee buHus3
oioil.i' al a-l JilH TWO sons arc an
Iiiuil''. nv -. i've 'osT1neI III great
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AZ W .''l i V .r, anu vie 10y nave never
t..'' '''. ieiI mouse Is nae cruz
n"u,e' anu one oi inc DC places
~ .'l1 ""iil 20 i'-iu q ie" weeks lhey,
nav ~ 0Ji"'i5 NO1so ~ summer iesor.
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va. "'iN' l".t ii'Ee |.nty oI EuesDi
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L., LSu f,r tIo onforf ~ir,,on, or the
o,bor .R,,rnsos who arc ofton viii, him
oTbo man in Habt rlotbos with y rcd
nocEtia a emilio IN bis face and hqn0s
80, Li. r,,,,,o,I. Tb.t 4. W;lli,,o Ival-
tcr pbolns of ,-ou- .rer-ov III lool-s
sl,,,1.'.bIt r',o . J,d, LYf roor,lo ,vLo
t1,;ai. H.. .,,,.. 1',,, ~, III, pbnl'.s
~ I,.,irr ma, A. Yale he ,yas n
io,,io,. hotl in Mn. cl,ea room and am the
rsn,,'ns lie ioo'-s olgominore lint mo is
nm .iLlato niusolae are Ike steel
lie bos % stool, rqnoh down i'm Teyas
and when he zoe. down There he's "a
T,van .Tumns a bronco and rides
thirfv mile. without sfoppino carries a
erin and driol..o fifile ,shissv with t,c
1of,,os inst IA Room fhafn pood nat1red
pb.lns lad brains euouph to mako his
.,,,-r INV in lifo Before H. sga., 2J vans
clo he faJ n larre law practice. Made
his fortuue in railroads. some wears
AGO he Rad nearly bis whole fortune in
vested in one enterprise-the Texas Cen
tYai. lie kept sending good money after
BAD In that rat hole ti.l his friends adj
gised Lin TO pull out or be would ruin
him.oif The road w0uidn't oav. But
phelps stuck to il I'm he had mt in
81 ONI 600 and finally the road turned
fbo I'm and made him a vorv rich
nan IIo - ona ~ tho most Genial
mon i'm ,,1fHc ifa Everybody likes
lin, Tri4 manners are soft almost ef.
feu,inafo I'm n Won think he hasn't a
viii inst FRY him once. lie can YES or
mo o1ici,oronJ Slick 10 n LONGER than
,,v r,-n Il, copryaes Tie lil,cs IN he
frank ami communicative when frank
mess viii help somebody and hurt no
bodv but Won coul pull word out Of
rim win vokoof steers when there are
reasons why he shouldn't talk. lie
oIores Ploine AMI is fond of riVing
dinners. II is oneOf tie .reats OF Wash
jnoron TO sit at Unstable. He is generous
with bis money. but makes no display Of
II Hecivcs away more money in charity
tban ANYBODY 1 know of in Washington.
ia Won remember how, he saved Young
Emo from GOING 10 prison bv going down
into int. bis rocket and milling ont $40 OOO
and faiFlc ehamiu@ Euo-s rich father
inta n NTH ei,oilor sum 70 save his
~ ~ - Pbelns did tbat sinoplv ont OF
tS ,e o,cJo3pass ~ his boort. and NOT be
80 o.,v he nd anv selfish interest in voung
Emo for be hadn't
Inv
81 know of another case. When
Pbolns vas down in Texas some years
aeo be met Billy Grain. now in congress
Grain was lamcntlng his BAD llck 10 q
cattle ranch, and said he was HAeiy 70
lose everything ne h3q, nov " llu.n
would ave YOU 9sAe ,, I l l I WSni'i
thoasiho aeAal7' 5A bi. -. ~, I'll. ~
you nave IT, lepnet ~ r., 40 'ie ~ -
that ana he gave mn nus oi i, %. '..o
spot Cfam mas slhyS PAM o1-~ S't's
dollar OF the lodA, hd' % .i'c ,-ii-t - "
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