The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-31

planned 1t. He is superior newspaper
man, but he might as well have been
in the front rank of lawyers, doctors.
politicians or statesmen. Bob Wynne
is one of the handsomest men on the
Row, and an energetic worker. In the
same room with these Cincinnatians,
Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Apperson, of the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, hold forth.
They are worthy men, too, of whom
nothing could be said save in praise.
The next building is occupied by Perry
Heath, of the indianapolis Journal and
Omaha Bee. He is a young man yet,
but occupies exceedingly close conf
Dental relations with the White House.
In the back room, with stenographer
and typewriter hard at work, sits Will
lam Eleroy Curtis, of the Chicago News;
that is he is there when Mr.. Blaine is
not sending him elsewhere upon foreign
missions for the Department of State.
He is not only newspaper man, but q
book-maker, traveller, diplomat and lit
erateur. He is round, plump, boy
looking fellow, and wears smile as
sweet as honey and as natural as an old
shoe. The next house is occupied, on
ose side, by the United Press. Here
Burhans, Boyle, Balm and the other
busy BIS toll far into the night and
keep the telegraphic wires hot. Across
the hall VIC find the New York Times,
neld down by DunneH and De Puy.
They are young men, both, and full of
vim and vigor, each enthusiastic to get
more Washington news for the Times
than any other New York paper can
gather. The Tribune, World and Her
aid are off of the Row. Mr.. Secken-
dorff and Major Clarke, of the Tribune,
are around on F street, near Mr..
Wright's Office. The World is farther
up on Fourteenth and the Herald is
away around on Fifteenth. There
Messrs. Nordhoff, Preston and Guth-
ridge delve in symphony of purpose.
But to return to the Row. Above the
heads of the Times and United Press
there is a honeycomb of workers! Hos
ford, of the Detroit Free Press; Hamil-
ton, of the Milwaukee Herald; Low, OF
the Boston Globe; Dodge, of the Nil.
waukee Sentinel, and several others
serve their great constituencies.
The next building is the Ebbitt House.
Until last summer it had never opened
its portals to the press, but used the en-
tire ground floor for bar-room. Major
John nj. Carson, of the Philadelphia
Press, one of the oldest and most sue.
cessful correspondents here, induced
Mr.. Willard Caleb, not the cranky to
rent him that room. Major Carson
caused it to be elegantly fitted up, and
rented desk room to Charlie Towle, of
the Boston Traveller, and Charlie Gray,
of the Callifornia Associated Press.
They had the handsomest office on the
Row until within the past two weeks.
Every one knows Charlie Towle, by
He is not only good
writer, but tells story better than any
other fellow, not even excepting Majah
Stofah. His laugh would make an in
FAINT scream. 1t is not a "haw-haw,'
but sui generis sort of "tut-tut-tut-
te-te-tut-te." There is no other cachin-
nation like it, and if it could be photo
yraphed, every dime museum man in
America would want a copy. Charlie
Gray laughs with his whiskers, and when
Towle gets off a new story, Gray's
snicker can be heard way down by the
B. & o. Building. When Gray smokers,
the wind literally blows through his
and he don't care, either.
Major Carson seldom smiles. He is the !
of comradeship and dig
nifty combined. He knows more of army
and navy matters than all the rest of u.s.
He was an intimate, trusted friend of
General Sheridan.
l must not leave the Row without de-
scribing Hunt. He is a character, sure
enough. His education is limited, but
ne knows how to gather department |
news. He walks on crutches, wears eve |
glasses and looks pretty. Hegoes to all !,
If the executive departments, gets lists |
If appointments, designations, promo I,
ions and other light matter, and sells !
lis information at night to the boys on |
he Row. He is nobody's enemy, but is
he friend of every body, including the
pretty actresses at Perreard's.
But there is another office in Newspa-
Der Row. 1t is north of Major Carson's,
md was but recently opened. Mr.. Will
Ird was prevailed upon to let two more
newspaper men into the Ebbitt, and they
lave an Office beautifully and lavishly
appointed in every respect. One of them
5 John Shriver, of the New York Mail
md Express, formerly with the Balti,
more American, latterly with the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company. He is
me of the sn.1othest writer's, one of the |
writers, in the profession
,ere. His office is a model of beauty,
nd he is himself par excellence trav-
led, cultured gentleman. Associated
With him in this new Office is the corre-
pondent of several Western papers and
he representative of the A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Company of Chicago, pretty
fellow named
Smith d. Fry.
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