The National tribune., 1889-10-03
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at the Ma
tiOnal Capital
srx. scHENok AND THE SUMNER RESORTS.

eES. scHENcK AND THE SUMNER RESORTS.
Gen. Robert c. Schenck, the veteran soldier,
statesman and diplomatist. has been much ben
Gifted by his outing the past Summer, but has
been driven home much earliar than usual on
account of the cold spell
The General does not like crowds, strange as
d NAV seem for a mar who has for the past 50
years taken part in so many great official gath
eTinCs and his idea OF place 10 spend pleas
ant Summer is where there are but few other
people.
Just now he is grieving over the fact that
York HarbOT, on the coast of Maine, has fol-
lowed the example OF Bar Harb0r aud attracted
increasing hosts Of plcasHre-seekers to the beau
tiful bay, and threatens by another season TO
make that as fashionable place as its better
known neighbor. In fact he fears he must
seek new resort where he can take his Sum
mer ease
Some 30 years ago he began going to Nara
gansett, where about half-a-dozen families had
located Just across the bay from Newport, and
a small hotel accommodated the few transient
guests aud those who did not own homes there
At that time, he tells me- he could have bought
land almost anywhere along the shore for so
an acre. while now the cheapest location is held
at about s. 600 an acre. He quantity expressed
great regret that he did not buy then or even
10 years later because now he would be rich
man.
When with each year Narragansett Pier be-
came more popular. and at last fairly rivaled
its elder sister, Newport across the bay in the
throngs that gathered there, it was too much
fer him. and be set ont along the coast 10 end
quiet place where crowds would hardly come.
So. years ago he found Bar Harb0r and'there
enjoyed himself for couple of seasons, until
that too became las all the gay world knows
popular resort, ana he was again driven away.
Then be went 10 York Harbor, in the south
ern corner Of Maine, hoping that the contiguty
Of the Isle Of Shoals aud the beautiful beaches
near Portsmouth would present sach superior
attractions that he would he left in quiet. He
was mistaken. however and now is bordering
over the problem OF where he will 20 next. M
Everyone who knows Gen. Schenck in per-
son. and most who know Of him only by repu-
tatIon. are aware that he is famous for fund
Of aBec8ote that he draws upon To illustrate
conversation almost rs freely President Lin
coin Is sad TO have done; and his stories
consist in the main Of "reminiscences OF his long
public career. they become doubly interesting
70 hear and read.
Some time ago Gen. SchencS was talking with
IA eX-ofIiccr he had known early in the war
and asked " What rank do they call you nowP
You wen a Captains straps when knew you"
." Well General" the other laughingly an
swered, 4" the fact Is ! am plain Mister now
E-oays and don't count the ralk held. There
issuch an awfai amount Of rank floating around
Washington that it makes feel shy of being
called by title"
TIE General laughed heartily, and said
''Ihat reminds me Of q good story. When /
was Minister 70 Great Britain. YOU will re-
member that Col. Wickham Hoffman was the
Secretary OF Legation. One night at a grand
reception 10 the Duke Of Northunl beriand, Earl
Percy asked = is. Scheaek il Col Hoffman had
not been very GistiBgu shed officer during
our civil var. She told him that he had served
with considerable distinction, but asked why
be made the inquiry.
" lie told her that he had met a great many
American gentlemen since the war, bat Col.
Holman was the only one as far as be could
recollect, y no was Colonel All the rest were
called General and ne faucicd that Colonel was
rather Distinguishing title with as.
u was pretty goDd story on some OF as
End bad 10 tell H. You see his Grace had
neFer heard Of our wholesale breFet mill"
DEkTH OF COL BRoTHEEroS
Lieut-Col. David H. Brotherton (retiredl. u
Z. Army. who died al his bOyhOod home Il
haynesbsre, Pa Sept Il, born in that
town ia Is5l, and entered the Academy at Vest
Point Ia lsJJ. graduating IN 1851
lis GAS vas = very large one. and numbered
among others who became distinguished for
their services daring the rebellion Gems Henry
l. Abbott. Ihos. H. RRger. o q. Howard, Jud-
hon ID. bingham, Michael K Morgan, o. ID.
Greene. and 8 H. Weed. Of the Union armics
Among those vino joined the rebels were Gems
q. ". tustis Lee Gen r. +. Lees son ! Pegram
lie at once joined the 5th Int in Texas.
serving on the plains and on the Utah expedi-
ton 81 los so. aud IS hen the war broke out
was la Aew Mexico, where he remained with
the regiment during the whole war. He took
part ~ the defense Of Fort Craig and the &C
tons at Naiverde where he was brevetted
Major aud Peralta in 1862 and in operations
against tie Texas Column"
in l55s. @ be commanded the regiment
against the Texans, and afterwards commanded
the post AZ Albuquerque, =. ". until the regi-
Dlent VAS transferred 70 Kansas in 1867. In
ISIS while serving in Montana hs was pro-
NOTED 10 Major Of the regiment but ia the
same year szs transferred 20 the 9Th Inf. In
1--S lr bscaEae Lieutenant Colonel OF the 18th
lnf-, but lee lsae become 50 much disabled from
lonR frontier services that be was placed on the
TrtIFeL list April "a Is.G
After retirement he resided until last suring
3B Baltimore which Was the home Of ms wife
tWho was Mss AOalej. and thea removed 10
his Old home IN Pennsylvania
lie was 4 nlan Of imposing hight, splendid
military figure. and thorough soldier in every
way strict Giscipiinarian, he WAS kind inst
and impartial, and was loved and respected by
al wits whom bis duties brought him in con-
tSet, oflcers and men alike
THE PRESIDENTS RErURz.
The President aud Mrs. Harrison; DIR. Scott
Mrs. HsrrisOn's father; Private Secretary Ual
ford and Miss Sanger arrived IN the city Fri
day Afternoon, AZ 10 o'clock, in a special car
from Deer Park. They have come 70 STAY this
tine. The White House has been renovated
during the absence Of the entire family this
sDMmer, and J. ~ better shape for hOusekeep-
Ing than at any Time since Gen. Harrison has
occupied ~. Tie cHtIre house has been painted
the carpets have been taken up aud shaken or
new ones substituted, and everything l. In
Eppie pie order.
ME cHILDs'G GIFT TO TIE MILITARY ACADEMY
The portraits u Gems. Grant Sherman and
Sliefldzn, which were painted by direction Of
M. beorRe W. Childs Of Philadelphia will he
formally transferred 70 the Military Academy
a. West Poiat, y. Y, Oct. & Gen. Horace
Porter VIII represent Dir. Chids on the occa-
son, and Nsii deliver an appropriate address in
presenting tie portraits. Col John NJ Wilson
superintendent Of the Academy, will receive
them. The Corps Of Cadets viii be DaraSed
Eud take part iH the ceremonies. which viii he
held ia Grant Hall.
AKHY AzD NAVY
Advertisements were issued by the Navy De-
IartLisbt On FRIDAY last for proposals for steel
fOF the tNo pew 3.O09-l0n cruisers which arr. %
b. bliIt 20 tac Asw York aud SSrfork Eavv
Yards These vessels will be known a. Nos 2
and 3 Bias Wiil be opened Oct 81, the de-
livery Of steel 10 commence 30 DAYS from, the
date u the contract, add 10 be completed within
az months. The steel called for + All that wifi
be necessary for the completion Of the bulls az
the gsses. and 10 divided into sig ri assas az,