Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-16
Incidents in the Lives of Well.Knovu
Statesmen.
SENATOR JONES' NARROW ESCAPE
Few Men Who Helped to Nomi-
nate Lincoln Now Survive.
SEN ATOR1AL LUNCHES,



One Of the most entertaining story teller,
In the Senate Is Senator John p. Jones O.
Nevada. His life is full Of dramatic, heroi,
and comic incidents. One of the most thrill
ing OF his personal experiences, as relateC
by himself. is an accidental occurrence,
whereby he came near losing his life at tn,
hands Of one of his best friends He says:
Il was a friend Of Gen. Irwin Mcdowell
and often entertained him and his wife n
San Francisco, and was also a very fire.
quent visitor at their house. / owned
valuable copper mine In California, and
about five miles away there was q rancf
with very fair hotel. kept by a rlar
named Mooney. One summer. when I wa.
personally looking after the development o,
the mine. occupied the best suite Of room,
at Moneys place. consisting Of q parlor
a bed room and a bath room. The bath
room not only connected with my bed room
but had a door leading upon q veranda-
"One day. while / was at the mine Gen
Mcdowell and his wife stopped for q day al
Moneys ranch. and the proprietor OF the
hotel did exactly what would have done II
l had been present. He gave him the apart.
ments which were retained by me.
When l returned from the mine that
evening Mr.. Mooney did not meet me, as
he had intended to do. and ] did not go tc
my rooms as / usually did, but walked up
stairs. down the veranda. and entered the
bath room through the outer door. 1 was
very warm, covered with dust and pro-
ceeded to take bath. After sloshins
around in the water for a time 1 stepped
out of the bath tub. picked up q big crash
fowl. and. instead of drying my body In the
narrow bath room, i stepped out into my
bed room for that purpose.
Mrs. Mcdowell was sitting there, and
recognized her as / jumped back toward the
bath room door. But she did not recognize
me. You may imagine my surprise when
she set up a tremendous screaming and
bowling. and threw a water pitcher at me.
while she called stentoriously for help. un-
derstood Immediately that she took me for
vile villain. who appeared before her with
criminal intent.
Gen. Mcdowell heard the commotion.
and hastily returned TO the hotel. His wife
told him how she had been insulted by a
villain, who had evidently intended to as
sault her. and in her excitement she stirred
the general up to high pitch OF wrath. I
could hear him declare that he intended to
shoot through the door and kill the in
truder. while he called upon others to guard
the outside door to prevent his escape.
Then / heard the voice of Mr.. Mooney ex-
planning to the general the exact situation,
by telling him that he was in my apart
ments by courtesy. and that the intruder,
who was supposed to be such a villain, was
undoubtedly Senator Jones. who had no
idea that anybody was in his apartments.
Gen. Mcdowell said that he knew Sem
ator Jones very well. and that IL IL was
Senator Jones II would be all right. but
called upon the villain inside to step forth,
In order that he might be seen. II IT had
been any other than myself / have no
doubt that the general would have killed
him there without asking further ques-
tons.
las soon as 1 was thoroughly dressed
however, I stepped out into the room,
bowed and smiled to Gen. Mcdowell and
his wife. and We considered the incident
closed. Ever after that, however. when
ever Gen. Mcdowell and myself met, allu-
sion was made to the incident as one OF
the greatest jokes of a lifetime"
That man evidently likes titles and dec
orations," said ex-senator William Pitt
Kellogg OF Louisiana, as he gazed upon the
life-sized photograph Of a man In coloners
uniform. with his breast covered with dec
oretions
Il wish that fellow had a number Of my
I do not like to be called by my titles.
would rather have my friends call me Pitt
as they used to do in earlier days. i never
that when / associated with John Logan.
Roscoe Conkling. Jim Blaine. and we called
each other by our given names.
Speaking of the number of titles which
I have had, continued Senator Kellogg
refectively. reminds me OF the fact that
have been on this earth for a good many
years. was thinking today that OF all the
Lincoln electors for the state OF Illinois. in
1880, very few remain alive. ! am still
here. Senator Palmer of Illinois. now in his
seventy-seventh year. is still on earth, and
so also is Gov. Ferry Of the state Of WASH
ington. They are all passing away grad
ually. presume that II is almost time for
me to meet the inevitable also. In spite of
the facts OF the Christian religion and
the hope Of the future which is given US /
must say that this world is almost too
to leave. and I want to remain
upon Il as long as I can"
Shortly after these remarks were made by
Il Ia Ia Y -.
Capitol and there met Senator Palmer. the
almost octogenarian from Illinois. He sat at
the end of the long table In the Senate
restaurant taking lunch with Senators John
Sherman of Ohio and Charles r. Mander-
son Of Nebraska. while near by sat Sena-
tors Davis of Minnesota and PETER Of Kan
sas. Senator Palmer said: Yes. what
Kellogg tells you is true. The boys are all
growing old and passing away. I am sew
years young and do not think
will be any years old when my time comes
to pass away. / am feeling as well as I
supporter OF Abraham Lin
coin and was elected TO cast a ballot for
him in the electoral college. Sherman here
mere boy. I am the Oldest Illinois Lincoln
elector living in point Of years. but /
think I am the youngest In feeling. and
intend to be the last one to leave this
earth"
IT am feeling a little old today" said
Davis of Minnesota. when I am
not feeling well or my nerves are IN any
way affected always like to get the lunch
Of my childhood and have ordered IL to-
day. If you will remain here few mo-
ments YOU viii see II and some dav Will
enjoy a similar lunch. for Il Is beneficial
/ have ordered some minced Goldfish, with
cream, and some mashed potatoes. Here
they come. cThe waiter here brought IN
the two dishes and set them before the
II like a meal Of this kind. because Il is
so easily digested and nutritious that II
builds a man up almost instantly" contin-
ued the Senator. IT Just like TO take the
mashed potatoes and put them on my plate
this way. then pour the minced Goldfish and
them up like when I was q little boy and
eat the entire mess with a fork You try
1t some day when you think you are feel
ing old and tired and have no appetite for
any solid food. It will make q man Of you
In less time than Il takes to tell Il"
Eyes, that Il a very good dish. indeed"
said Senator PETER. Senator Davis has no
patent on that remedy for nervousness or
old age I very often have the dish myself.
1t is not exactly so tasteful as ham and
eggs but II is very beneficial
1 told Senator PETER a story which he had
never heard before. When Senator PETER
was editor Of the Kansas Farmer. six
months before the election which resulted
In the defeat OF Senator Ingalls,. a series of
questions were printed in the Kansas
Farmer and signed. W. A. PETER. They
were addressed to Senator ingalls, and re-
lated to the condition of the country at that
time. and called upon the Senator for his
George Apperson received q copy OF the
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