The record-union., 1891-01-10

the immediate particulars connected with
the fate of the swell hotel which was to
have been erected in Boston a short time
ago. lie never would have written to the
Senator from Massachusetts had he been
aware how suddenly the contemplated
name of that hotel had terminated the
enterprise.
Had Mr.. D. possessed the perspective
equal to his creative ability he would
have noticed the obstructive tendencies
| incident to that familiar part of speech in
localities outside Of Boston and Baltimore.
and omitted it from his otherwise happily
prepared list.
Marshal Frey, of Baltimore, was seen
last night; he said that he had received
information from Washington in refer
ence to Duvalfs letters; that he was in
veStigatIng the matter, but his inyestiga-
tlonS We're not sufficiently advanced to
perinlt any announcement of what had
been accomplished. The address given
in the letter to Senator Eoar and others is
that of a saloon kept by j. Donohue.
THE BEST INFORMATION oBTAINABLE
Was from q reporter of one of the Ralti-
more papers who called at that place. He
says:
Upon inquiring for Mr. Duvall I was
referred by the barkeeper to Mr.. Dono-
hue, who was at his other saloon, on
North High street. Mr.. Donohue said
Duvall came to him several weeks ago,
ana requested that he be permitted to
have his mail sent to his place. Permis-
sion was accorded, and within a few days
a largo quantity of mail began to arrive
for Duvall. In nearly every instance the
letters We're inclosed in long. official
looking envelopes, but as his attention
was never specially directed to the letters,
Mr Donohue did not notice whether they
bore the imprint of the United States
Senate chamber. After Duvall's mail had
been coming to his place for several DAYS
it became troublesome to his barkeeper,
who told the letter-carrier that he would
not receive 1T any longer, and then quar-
relied with Duvall and put him out of the
saloon. Duvall then arranged to have his
mail lett at saloon on East Pratt street.
Since then he has not been seen about the
saloon. Mr.. Donohue said he knew very
little about Duvall. He said Duvall was
formerly a letter-carrier, and also driver
of mail cart, during Cleveland's Adj
ministratiOn. Since his discharge from
the postofiice he had had no regular en-
ployment. Duvall lives on North Eden
street with mis- mother and two sisters,
but he was not at home last night She
said she knew nothing of the letters said
to have been written by her son. He was
married, but had separated from his wife.
and she did not know of son having
been born to them.''
In view of the foregoing facts it must
be convincing to the unprejudiced mind
tnat MI. Duyail possesses talent for detail
of very high order. His great mistake
lies in selecting such a limited field for
operation, because the roll-call of both
branches OF Congress offered him possi-
bic clientage of only =, all told.
His peculiar line of mental endowment,
which is just budding into fruitfulness,
would doubtless command greater reinu-
neration in the far West as q real estate
agent, or the managing editor of a '.live''
metropolitan daily
am constrained to allude to that little
episode at some length as bit of worldly
information. This article may chance to
meet the eye of that gifted promoter, and,
taking advantage OF those valuable sug-
gestions, he may go West while the Cali
fornia parliament is still in session.
RICHARD LAMBERT,