Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-30

A,,.bt an interest IN tho famous SARATOGA
Ash houes. which Morrissy mao etatteo
snsns vcsrs before and In which Morrissy
s soo iibsrt Spencer were. then partners
The three we're associated for long Pc
r;od and when the share belonging 70 ne sns
Morrissy estate was sold, there ooina vv
shares ia oil, Reed was epaoieo 70 ol az -
Jointly With Spencer until eocn owneu ~
s snsn 'nroapsred on the stake" which
M"rt,ssy had advanced him to 60 to Nsw
Orleans with.
TIN oursrs-nxrY MusrcrASA
Nobody TO meet Mr.. F1asler could pos.
sibly conceive the idea OF MN At sign.
that he is tho master spirit of the greatest
,,nn" INN the world ia eyer likely to
hin nnwrfor after Standard Oil there can
coma nothing but some great change ID
economic conditions. A well-proportlon,.
cd man OF serious, quiet faco, verRing past
r,;ddie lifo and showing tho white MARKS
Of time in his grizzled brown beard, !. n.
Flarler is 50 quiet and so kindiy IN
manner as to impress himself f1vor.
sbly on whonover be chooses 20 nave
presented to him. For tee cnoics =
Il Tho mon of affairs In tho lower city pro-
bsblv not one in O hundred knows him by
sight. A characteristic anecdots OF this
rsfnarkable parsonage in tho aroma OF con-
tsTonorary human ection will give news.
roner readers better idea Of the manner
Of the man than would q hall dozen
wood cuts and biographies: 1t was nos
long after the new refinery OF the Standsla
OIL Trust was built in South Enicaeo "
With a working force Of unexAmpled
numbers that Mr.. Flsgler concluded to
take a resting spell and run down to
Florida. The Ucazsr and Ponce do Leon
hotels. which giobe-trotters sag rsseinDlo
Aladdir's palace in their splendor as well
ns in tho almost magical celebrity OF their
creation, were just then being noised
abroad in the world They were the crea-
lures of Flnglor's fancy the pot chiidren
of his imagination, and IN caring ioi .ae,n,
enormous as was the expense attending
their maintenance he was after all SIM
NV relaxing his mind from tho enormous
| business strains he had been IN
der in Chicago, New York, Berlin, and,
indeed. all the centres Of human
activity. For no. one has up to this time ne,
escaped the attention OF the Standard vi
Octopus. That well-known orchestra
| leader joyce has since the occurrence
laughed over his experience with Mr. Tag
| Ter. at st. Augustine and there is abun-
dance OF other evidence to the correctness
| of this narrative. Joyce had been sent
down to St. Augustine in, charge OF two
| bands of thirty piooe3 each-one . string
| and the other brass orchestra.
Aso ODD orEsIyd.
II WAS the opening season, and after the
! expenditure OF millions and preparations
| which would have enabled the pleasure
seekers of the world TO find easy accom-
modations, there were not moro than ten
guests in the house. Mr. Joyce's must
| clans, sixty In number. were strung on,
| through magnificent suites on the second
| and third floors, each having large apart
| ment allotted to himself. and even then
| making no more impression OF human
presence along tho great marble corridors
and among the tapestried apartments than
n half dozen hall boys would on floor OF
the Fif,h-Avenue Hotel. Morning, after,
noon, and evening the string band
| playei in one of the reception-rooms or
| great hallway. while outside in the court
yard among towering palms aud marble
| fountains, antique ststuary and rare
| exotlcs, the Drlss band dlscoursed its so
| norous strains, waking tho echoes when
| there were none 10 appreciate: men
| meal-time came Mr.. Joyce and his thirty
| PLAYERS were lost in one end OF the big
| dning-room, while the ten guests, scat
tered hero and there like currants IN
| pudding, made no more impression upon
the vast solitude. There were droyes OF
| walters, and one or the other of the
| orchestras PLAYED continuously. But the
| solitude at last became oppressive TO
the good-hearced Joyce. SO one morn
ing he sent word to iir. Flagler that he
desired to speak to him. Mr.. Flagler,"
| said he, 1--WE come 10 suggest that we
could get along Just rs well here with only
one orchestra, which l am sure under my
direction could furnish quite az much
music as tho house ought to lavish upon
ten guests, and that we dispense with the
| ssrylces Of one band and send II back TO
| new York. 1t won't cost you anything, as
| have Just heard Of good engagement.
| Besides, Mr. Flaeler," ho continued, 1t
! seems a shame for mo and my orchestra 70
| occupy sixty of tho best rooms in the
house. We could get along with fifteen.
an quite sure. and"
| Before the economical Joyce could pro-
| coed further with bis scheme tor reducing
Mr.. Flagler's expenses the Standard Oh
! fnagnate interrupted him with courteous
but irm wavc of tho hand and said: Mr.
! Joyce. whenever you have any suggestions
! looking towards m increase in the COM
| fort, luxury, and completeness of my
| house shall DO glad to hear from you.
| Nothing | have ia too good for my guests.
aud 40 not propose because there are few
I
! lot Of that which they would DO entitled
to weye all the crowned heads Of ali
Europe here IN their company"
No experiment has as yet been made IN
| this city, by the way, as far as | am in
| formed, with the peculiar building material
| which Mr.. Flagler's architects made use of
| at st. Augustine. It was mixture of sea-
| shells and Portland cement. which hardens
until it becomes ns solid as stone and gives
n - 1.n-
| pearly CLEAN which Is gratifying TO the oye
| and artistic to degree.
MARINE RACERS.
One Of the fads OF rich men IN this Sec
| ton now is the building OF racing machines
on the sworihsh principle. which they call
! Yachts. Norman L. Munro, Nova SEQ
tian, who has amassed fortune here
| printing story papers and pirated cheap
| editions Of foreign novels, has spent quite
| n sum of money on fast boats. With the
assistance of the Herreschoffs be developed
| "A few years ago q swift launch which he
called tho "Now Then. She cost him
about $4,000 and gave him o speed Of
about twenty-five miles an hour. He now
has q new machine called the Nor.
| wood" which has shown speed of
| thirty miles on hour, and which beat the
swift Saudy-Hook boat, the Monmouth. IN
a square race down the bay last week. Alr.
William X. Hearst, the youthful editor and
proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner.
has recently taken to marine pastima of
the Dexter order Two years ago he
| bought a small steam yacht here and had
II shipped to San Francisco by rail.
Strange to say. while the Pacific coast can
boast of several ship building establish
mcnts, nobody has yet designed or built q
steam yacht on that edge Of tho CONT
nent. Having obtained considerable
amusement from his yacht, Mr.. Hearst
gave the Herreschofs An order for swift
launch Of the NORWOOD pattern. She was
to have been completed last May. Mr..
Hearst came hero in July, expecting to
have q months sailing upon the sound
and Hudson river In his new craft A trial
| trip was made about six weeks ago, when
the boat showed speed of twenty.seve
miles On hour. She went back to the yard
| for some alterations. which were intended
| TO push her speed to thirty miles an
hour. Mr. Hearst is still waiting for his
| cruiser and the season Is drawing to o
close. After he gets possession OF her
| he will have an elephant on his hands
| and mighty problem to solve. To send
her to San Francisco by water would
| practically shake her to pieces and wear
| her out, to say nothing of DELAY. She is