Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-13

the chief butler Of the -Four Hundred A.
well. with all duo respect to the dead, he
SAY. he can't but smile when he thinks OF
the great rivcr Of the great ball in fancy
costume, He forgets the character, but he
thinks it'wss Cromwell, the old kins-kilier.
satirically expressive of the short work the
millionaire had made Of il IN his sudden
smashing Of the select act. and then step
ping on them, so 10 sneak. Ono Of his
sons in-law, then young. whose vast ver-
sa;ility IN absolute inans variety was n
marvel TO the old gentleman. appeared in
the costume and character OF John CAL
WIN. and the then younger and handsomer
Wilfred Murray was dressed, though
scarcely disguised, rs Don Juan.
NEW CHURCHES.
The ruthless demolition Of tho fine
Wcstchester marble church az the corner
Of Twenty-second street and Fourth ave
nue. will recall to many the not lone:.gone-
by time when Fourth avenue from Union
square to. say. Thirtleth street. was
choice residential region. And here comes
In the building of three more churches oil
different denominations within the same
somewhat limited range. The one now
torn down furnishes my text. L snoulc
gay, by the 10y, that the edifce. with us
handsome parsonage annex, Is py 20
means dotted out of existence. III SIMPLY
was turned temporarily into quarry OF
buIding-stone TO be conveyed 10 New
Rochelle. where it will be put up piece by
piece in its original form, only 1t Will De
converted from q Methodist 10 Cathoiic
| church. But to ms text: Ihe orlglhsi
| builder was the late Daniel Drew-lato
now. but IN lifo, exceedingly early ana
| proinrtly on hssd where money was 10 be
| made. Daniel wa. devOut Methodist. or
! supposed lie was. but he had no DOUBT
whatovor that he was millionaire from
| the dav when he became ono, and meant
! 10 be moro Of one, as he was many times,
| between his downs and ups. from the
| happy go-luckv day VIXEN he drove MS afst
wild Steer down 10 the old Euii head 70
| the unluckv day when be took ais last WIG
steer through stocks In Wall street. lie
! failed, Of course. perhaps from the mere
force of habit, for he Lad done 1t before,
/ and left TO his destitute family not more
| than couple of millions or 80. Ana u
! sterling solid old citizen he Was-ln his
way. But to get back 20 his churcn.
| Among what he deemed minor matters
| Daniel was an occasional, not 10 say CON
siderable. dabbler and dealer IN req es'a.e
| and had invested IN building lois on
| Fourth avenue. Now n large church OF
| almost any denomination largely euhances
| the value OF adjacent real estate. RIO
! priety fOrbIds that | should attribute
| or attempt 10 attach morcenGry motive
to al eminent Methodist Ike the
| late Daniel. ] ain merely writing real
estat. fact, which might actually he cur,
! rent quotation from the real estate record
| o. nearly ~ fashionable quarter III the
| city. some ol tho Gue churches on lftn,
| Madison. and Lexington avenues tell the
| Same matter Of-fact business story. some
of them were well under way long before
the surrounding locality was even settled,
excepting b. u scant and shanty popnla-
! ton. but the lots were there, the owners
not far away, and it's simply amazing how
tbe land went up when the locality be-
came, so to speak. respectable" In
| lesser way il Is like beginning an opera
house on prairie and letting town
grow up around II.
SUNDAY LIoUO.-sELLISG.
Nothing sad recently on the liquor
question has created 80 much talk III the
| cubs and about town generally as las
Nayor Grants few words 10 the Liquor
| Dealers Convention last week. he
Mayor was called upon 70 make a brei
address of welcome 10 the delegates,
which he did IN an oh-hand way. ana
then. taking a page of typewriter matter
from his pocket. he read "A dozen lines or
so on the excise laws winch mas SET tnls
town talking. Every one knows tLat the
big hotels violate the excise laws every
Sunday in The year by selling drinks 20
whoever comes into TIE bar, takes scat
al table. and calls for the liquid reiresh-
ment required. This rs done without any
attempt at cCnceslment, and yet there
is no interference by the police.
But let u saloon-keeper on the east
or west side sell glass Of beer
and there is likely to be n policeman
| handy if the customer himself isn't an
officer in citizens dress TO lead INN on TO
| the Police Court. The Aiayor III ms little
| speech SAID law should be passed which
can be enforced, Gni 10 favored mea-
sure which permitted saie' ON certain
| hours on SUNDAY. Inis was a courageous
! attitude for the Mayor to take III COM
munity where there IS so strong a preJu-
| dice against licensing the sale of Liquor on
! SUNDAY. The fact that theTe has been no
! Outcry against the suggestion leads TO tie
| behoi that even the SaDbatarians are
willing TO concede the folly Of the present
excise laws and accept the inevitable,
which Is the legallzing Of the sale OF
| huuOr on Sunday. LNeIy one, barring me
| bibulOus hummer. would be glad II the
sale Of liquor could lie prohibited tins one
day in the week, but since experience
shows that this cannot be done. society
will have to accept the usxt best thing.
| This question mas been pretty thoroughly
canvassed of late. and the best judgment
seems to he that tho London sunday law
! VIII solve the problem for New YORK. "a II
has done for that metropolis. SO 1t Will
NOT he surprising if tho next step in liquor
! legislation IN this State Will be toward AL
open season for bars as IL were. during
CERTAIN hours of Sunday. In connection
with the excise question and the vigilance
| with which the police watch ono Glass OF
| yiolators of the Sundsy-law, new story
has been INTRODUCED into the clubs and
not without far measure of success. 1t
a. hot tra " 70 "a
German and an lrishman-fell out during
the voyage and before reaching New York
had n fRht, in which the son Of Erin,
strange TO say. was "bested." Patrick
pulled his nose into place, acknowledged
the defeat and said L" Be eobs, Dutchy
licked me. but I'll be avn wild him yit."
And the very next week" as the story
concludes the lrisbman made his threat
good. for the German had set up saloon
| ON his beat and he arrested HIM Tor Keep
ing open on Sunday.
NILp-NASSERED MAN.
George Rice, who has been persistently
fighting tho Standard Oil Company Tor IL
teen wears or moro. has been III New York
for couple Of weeks. Rice always stops
al the Aston House, perhaps because he IS
! there nearer his natural enemy on lower
| Broadway, and IN a better position 70
scale the ramparts and seek tho oleaGenous
| citadel should an opportunity be ohereu.
There is nothing q the fighter 10 Mr..
Rice's appearance except IN the matter oil
physical proportions. He stands about
SIX feet three or four and is built to SUIT.
lie is rudy as to complexion and sandy
ms to hair with areddish moustache whlc
no keeps closely cropped 10 his lip.
With all his majestic proportions and
nghng complexion, Rice Is the mildest-
hammered man that comes to town. lie
moves nolseessly about thehotel corridors
with his hands In his pockets, or issues
forth upon the streets whlstllng low SOFT
AR, as II there were nothing but love IL
his heart. A. the same time he IL doubtless
planning some coup by which he may up
trip the big pstrolcumists, and become
master OF the situation himself. 1t is Rice's
cherubic countensnce and manners APP
preaching the angelic. coupled with such
bulldog fshting qualities, which make
HIM curious study. With that
shining morning face" of his ano
his mild blue eye he Is still, by all odds
the hardest customer the Standard Oh
Company has yet encountered. Rice has
q refinery in Marietta, O., and small on
production in Ohio, and with these as a
basis Of operation he alleges discrimi
nation against himself as O refncr, pro-
duccr, and transporter, and once IL
awhile be makes his point. He has fought
the Standard before congressional com