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DOM PEDRO IN NEW YORK
NEWSPAPER MEN WILL LONG RE-
MEMBER HIS TREATMENT,

gard Of the Metropolitan Reporters,
lie Snubbcd the Grcat Men who Tried
to MonopoliTc His Company.
There are several men now connected
with New York newspapers who had the
good fortune to bo more or less in company
! with Dom Pedro when he visited this city
n 1870 aud to these the announCcmcnt OF
his death was very unpleasant news
"He was a jolly good fellow, - said an old
time reporter the other day, 81 saw u great
deal OF him in the two days that followed
| him around town, and though he gave me
| long hours aud tircSome runs, liked him
all the time. and came to have great respect
for him too, lie was an ideal man in his
treatment OF reporters,
1--WE met ON the llelvclius down the har.
Dor April 10, 1870, and fell in love with him
at first sight We were pleased with his
| looks and his bearing, but what particu.
| larly won us to him was his treatment Of
| the three secretSres-Taft, Robesou and
| Fjsh-and the other great guns who had
come down to give him royal welcome.
| He took the starch out Of those men heau-
| tifully, and we were delighted because those
same fellows had snubbed us the night he,
fore.
"You see the government undertook to
do great things for Dom Pedro The three
secretaries were seat on hew with orders
To confer with the commandant of the
navy yard with view to making the cm-
perors reception rs impressive rs posi-
ble. The conference WAS held behind
tightly closed doors, and we reporters were
treated rs though we had no rights rs rep
resentatives of the public's curiosity to in
quire concerning the doings at the confer.
euce. OF course we found out everything,
Just rs we always do.
1--WE said then, speaking from long
ience--for some OF us had been years in the
husness-that our turn would come, but
we had no idea that il would come the
very next day
at was worth twenty five dollars to sev.
eral of the reporters on the Helvelus to
see the way that Dom Pedro treated the
official representatives of this great nation.
The old man shook hands with each man
who was presented to him, and listened
while somebody read an address to him,
to which he answered with n mere Thank
you
| i nen lie utllNuucu bl "utulSttNSE II
might concern, Where's Sherman
"When be was told that General Sher.
man YVES out west he lost all interest in
the distinguished men who had come to
meet him, and when they asked him to
come aboard the government boat Alert
alongside, he gave very short answer TO
the effect that the Helvelius was good
enough for him, and, as II that WAS not
enough, he actually turned his back on the
reception committee and began talking to
the reporters.
1.-THE emperor is in Brazil, be explained
to them. Pm private CITIZEN
The high joints waited two or three
minutes for the emperor to come back to
them, and then sneaked off and slid down
to the deck of the Alert.
"All this was nuts for us reporters, for
we knew that an elaborate lunch had been
prepared on the Alert, and that it had been
proposed to do great things all the way from
quarantine up to the Fifth Avenue hotel,
for which special preparations had been
made
"Well, the emperor let the Alert go her
way and he went the way of the HeveliUs,
and was in course of time landed at Mar
tins wharf over in Brooklyn. Then he
took hack to the Fifth Avenue hotel,
which he entered just as any ordinary man
enters it.
"The next day and the next was de
tailed to keep track of him. The first day
started in at o'clock. 1t was Sunday.
Dom Pedro went first to the Forty second
Street reservoir, then one of the sights Of
the city. wasn't allowed to go with him,
but was consoled somewhat when heard
that, having failed to get what informa
ton he wished for from those who were
with him, he had expressed regret that no
reporters were present.
"'They are the most intelligent meu that
Pve seen in America he said to one of his
attendants.
"After breakfast Dom Pedro went to
mass in St. Patrick's cathedral, in Null
berry street. When the service was over 4
crowd gathered at the door to see him en-
ter his carriage. So that he might not be
disturbed by the press Of the crowd, de-
tail of policemen had been sent to the
church. He looked at the officers quzzic-
ally for a second and then said
ga church is queer place for police
men to be at. In our country we don't al
low policemen to come to church.
Monday morning he began, as the day
before, at o'clock. At that hour he left
his hotel intent on taking ride in Jersey.
He hadn't gone more than two blocks be-
fore he was upset, but he was soon placed
in another carriage and off again. He was
back to breakfast at O'Clock, and at 10
o'clock he was out to take look at some
of the city schools and hospitals.
"At $3.50 he was at his hotel awaiting the
arrival of a committee of citizens which
had been appointed to deliver an address
TO him | was in the office of the hotel
when the committee came in. Itconsisted
of ex Governor Dix, Ex-Governor Morgan,
William Cullen Bryant and Charles
OConOr AS soon as | saw Governor Dix
enter the corridor | rushed up to him.
Johnny Green, a we'll known newspaper
man, and good one, too, was with me.
Governor, we wish to 20 along with
you and witness what takes place" | said.
impossible he answered.
"'But you will give us copy of the ad-
dressY
"I shall have to decline to do that said
the governor, and in an indescriOably mag
sifcent way he swept by us and strobe up
the stairs.
'Then Johnny Green and Iput our heads
together and wrote note to Dom Pedro
asking him to allow us to be present while
the address was being delivered.
"In about minute down came an at
tendant, and Johnny and l were ushered
into the emperor's apartments in the finest