The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26

greatest railroad accidents that nave
shocked the public for a number of years:
For several hours afterwards General
Noble was engaged in helping to remove
the Injured and dead from the wreck.
Even after he had got out of the wreck
himself he could not believe that he had
not been injured, for he had long believed
that he was destined to be killed on
railroad train somewhere In New Jer-
sew A number of ST. Louis friends had
been killed or injured by railroad acct
dents in New Jersey, and that fact was
responsible for Secretary Mobiles superstl-
ton, which he entertalns to this day. lie
never feels safe on a railroad train while
in the state of New Jersey. Finally he ar
rived that night at Trenton, and there
were no vehicles of any kind at the sta
ton, and the place was all dark. He
started on foot to find hotel. and in the
course of few minutes he found himself
in o graveyard, stumbling over tomb
stones. In front of him he saw white
moving figure. There was no doubt that
it moved about and it could not possibly
be one of the tombstones. 1t was unmls-
takably the figure of a man or woman.
my nerves were in a terrible condition
after my trying experience of the night"
said Secretary Noble, land l probably
wasn't myself. but as | watched the figure
in front of me | must confess that l be-
lieved in the existence of ghosts. / have
had some very trying experiences while In
the army, but / never felt so uncomfort-
able as did then. | was not afraid of the
figure, even if it was a ghost, but still |
didn't want to have anything to do with
it, and did not propose either to try and
escape it. The ghost, as it appeared to be,
was travelling in the same direction as /
was and going at about the same rate, so
kept on in the same direction for about
five minutes, until / saw gas lamp in
nf fbaf he
gas lamp hailed it, and it stopped. Then
l knew it was not that of ghost. AS |
got close saw it was a man. He proved
to be baker, and that accounted for his
white clothes. After that / felt angry
with myself for having any doubt as to the
| existence of ghosts"
| John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
| millionaire, is here with his family, and
| hear that be has been beseiged by peo-
| pie, who are soliciting his aid in building
| churches IN various parts of the country.
| Mr.. Rockefeller is credited with performing
| very handsome piece of charity. One of
| the leading hotels here this year is trying
| vinity student. The student is nice
| looking young fellow, who expects some
| day to be Baptist clergyman. His
| identity became known by his going to
! the manager of the hotel and requesting
| that he be given some other place to sleep
than in the walters quarters. He
| said that his fellow walters had dis
| covered what he was, and that when he
attempted to pray one night several of
| then threw pillows and other missiles at
| him. Since then they had done every
| thing to make his life miserable. He was
| compelled to work through the summer in
| order to continue his study during the
| rest of the year, and waiting in big hotel
| was about the most profitable employment
| q could Obtain Hanpa IA anUi6 ttOrn
| to resign his position. The hotel managers
| complied with his request and gave him
| other quarters to sleep in. The hotel man
| happened to tell the story to some of his
friends, and it reached the ears
| of Mr.. Rockefeller. The Standard Oil
/ passed between them is not known, but
| the waiter the same day left his place, and
| is now living here in a comfortable board
| ing-house, and will remain there during
| the summer with nothing TO do but study
| theology. Every one here believes that
| Mr.. Rockefeller who is the most liberal
| patron OF the Baptist denomination in
this country, is paying the divinity stu
| dents board and very likely has done con-
siderable more for him, or will in the
| future.
Ex-Secretary of State Thomas +. Bay
| ard, OF Delaware, is here with his young
wife, whom he married little over two
! has ceased To take an active interest IN
| politics, has kept very quiet and does not
mix with people very much. Mr.. Bay
| ards fayorlte occupation since he has been
here is 10 visit one of the spring houses
and sit for hours reading the novels and
slipping the water.
W. ]. Arkeli, the partner of Russell Har-
rison, the son of the president, has sum
mer residence on Mt. MacGregor, where
General Grant died, which is near here,
and he IS IN Saratoga every day.
| He has the reputation of be-
ing one of the best story. tellers
about this place. In speaking about the
value OF New York newspaper property
the other day, Mr.. Arkell said that he re-
Gently went on behalf OF syndicate to Mr..
George Jones, the proprietor of the New
York Times, and offered him =, 900 for
his newspaper. Mr.. Arkell had certified
check for that amount which he laid on
the desk IN front of the newspaper pro-
prietor. Mr.. Jones examined the check
without saying word and then picked up
a medal, handsome piece of workman
ship, issued by the London Times 10 their
friends. On the medal was picture of
the London Times building, and on the
reverse side was an inscription stating that
the Times had been owned by father, son
and grandson.
''You might offer me any amount with
out tempting me to part with my prop
erty," said Mr.. Jones fnally. MY great
est ambition in life is to believe that the
New York Times will some day resemble
the London Times in so much that medal
similar to this may be issued. / want to
feel that the New York Times will have
been conducted in turn by myself as long
as last, and then by my son until he dies,
and that 1t will then pass into the hands
of my grandson"