The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-05

yated in othsrb, and which, in the pro:
fesaion, goes under the homely name OF
va nose for news.N In other words, nc
knew lust what facts he wanted, and he
knew how to nse them when no got
them, and this mysterious instinct en-
abled him TO get at the facts unerringly.
With Mr Kennan this faculty is no
doubt largely apart OF his nature, put
II was trained and strengthened py
q seven years hard newspaper work IN
Washington as night manager OF the
Associated Press and editor Tor tho
Southern states.
OF Mi. Kennau, Anna Laurens Dawes,
in d recentJ6su OF the Century, says:
tBorn inNorwalk, Ohio, on the 10Th
OF February, 1915, canny Scotch and I'M
pet1ous Irish blood mingles with the
sturdy English currents in the veins OF
George KEENAN,; but for four gener'
atoms tho Kenuans have been Ameri-
cans. His father, John KEENAN,, a
young lawyer from western New York,
had found home and vile IN what was
then asmall town OF Ohio. His mother
was Mary Ann Morse, daughter OF q
Connecacnt clergyman, and 1t Is not
without Interest 10 learn that she was
81 the same family as the great inven-
torof biography, s. +. B. Morse.
fFrom hia mother came strong mental
andmoral impulses, makinghtm a quick
observer and a stern judge Of life; and
from her came the intellectual ability
and love ofliteratute so noticeable in
theboy, whoiwould have an education
at whatever cost, and so conspicuous IN
the cultivation Of the man."
The coveted Education" was no light
matter to this seeker after knowledge,
asappearasby the price he Willingly
paid for the hope. A college course was
the goal at which he aimed, II indeed
that can be calleda goal which is in.
tended only as a sort OF landing-place in
M upward way already planned. But
twas one thing to plan, and another to
accomplish tho end. !. Circumstances
tiat could neither be helped mol
hindered laid upon the shoulders oil
tsiis boy the duty Of assisting in the
support Of the family, and, at the some
what tender age Of twelve, George Ken.
nan began that life as teleRraphisi
s.hsai. ~ INT Hbich : With ennaj
eo IA tsa esv ~ . 'verv diGe1sn,
1890 w n s nd NJ ondnrsnce and In.
5,,s, Z, ~ ~ M ths iasst nj tha SnsIitisu
that wero at once exhibited and edu'
Gated in the struggle OF the years thai
followed. Ss
II has already beensaid that he be
came a regular operator at Norwalk al
, ss ~ roi onIy Mara INT a. WheaI;ns
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