The morning call., 1894-02-04

the poor ana the supper omitted In his re-
marks TO his employees NJ Dodge called atten-
! tiOn to the fact that each succeeding wear nm
| to the present, he had been able TO announce 10
them an increase in wages and that the pend
| ing Wilson bill gave promise of no better time
| to come"
81 have reason to know that ex-senator John
j. ingalls, Will never again enter the arena of
politics." said ID. A. l.. Esten, a prominent resi
dent of Leavenworth, Kans. AT the Occidental
yesterday. "His retirement is final, and Will
remove from public life one of the most pic-
turesGue figures OF the present century. Mr.,
Ingalls, is undoubtedly the bes-known man in
Kansas to-day. His powers of attraction as an
orator are uDequaled, and the mere announce
ment that he is to be a speaker at any gather
Ing is The best possible assurance of a crowd
ingalls, is man of intense partisanship, but
do not believe that he really cares for offce
simply because of the power and patronage
conferred thereby. Personally he is much ad-
mired by even his most critical political foes"
A party OF distinguished gentlemen are ex-
pected in this city tomorrow. They are d. B.
Robinson, first vice president OF the Santa Fe
Railway, accompanied by Alden Speare OF
Boston, a Santa Fe director; Robert T. Lin
coin OF Chicago ex-MiDister 10 the Court OF ST.
James; n. X. Fairbanks, the Chicago capital
LIST; and Marshall Field the great dry-goOds
dealer OF the same city. They are interested
In the Santa Fe, Prescott and Pnenix Railway,
Mr.. Robinson being president OF the company.
The road is now In operation from Ash Fork. a
station on the Santa Fe main line, TO Prescott,
the old territorial capital, distance of sixty
miles. 1t Is under construction from Prescott
TO Phnnix, the present capital, distance Of
14O miles,
mo class OF men will more sincerely mourn
the death Of George W. Cbilds than those in
newspaper work, and particularly those who
nave Deen employed under him." said A. L.
Iarroll' former Philadelphia reporter, at the
f'alowlu yesterday. "All the world knows of
the mans unbounded generosity, but there are
hundreds OF his benefactions of which the
puohc does not know ana probably never
VIII. One instance l recall which was cha rae
teristlc OF the man. The present city editor of
the Ledger lost fine residence with all its con.
tents by lire few years ago. There was no
insurance; but Mr. Childs ascertained the
value of the property and sent his employe
check covering the full amount"
Theodore Vincent. who is member OF a big
fur house of London, was speaking of certain
pecuiarities OF various furs while lettering
about the Palace yesterday. Mr. Vincent is
one of the principal buyers for bis house and
makes yearly trip to the fur-beariDg cOun-
tries. what is known as Alaska sable" said
he sis simply the fur of the deodorized skunk,
and is one of the most beautiful known to the
trade. In the Intrnse cold and darkness OF the
Arctic night The fur OF all animals is beached
to a snowy whteness and all the finest furs of
this description come from the far North.
Many instances could be named of The ten
dency OF nature to adapt the creatures color to
that OF its habtation."
George L. Earle OF Pittsfield. Mass, was at
the New Western yesterday. Mr.. Earle is IN
terested In novel device which has been in
troduced In the East and which he will make
an effort to bring into use In Oregon ana Wash
ington. 1t is an electric fan designed 10 keep
the frost from the show windows of stores so
that the displays therein can be readily seen,
The fan is so placed that moving air is con-
stantly playing on the face of the window Air
in motion picks up moisture, and it is frozen
moisture which coats windows so that the
electric fan keeps the windows dry and there.
| fore clear.
Among the arrivals at the Palace Yesterday
| were General j. T. rorrenc and daughter and
MIR. and Mrs. Archibald Valentine General
| Torrence is one of the orgnators of the ele-
waited railroad system in Chicago and Is recog-
niZed as leading business man, while Mr.
valentine is prominent young broker