The morning call., 1894-04-05
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

THE CALL erred yesterday in stating that
General Thomas Ewing, now at the Palace.
and Senator John Sherman were brothers-in-
law. 1t was General W. I. Sherman with
whom the relationship existed. General Ewing
yesterday related many interesting remnis-
censes OF the deceased commander OF The
United States armies. Ii is not generally
known that General Sherman was lawyer, but
such Is a fact. He and General Ewing were
partners In business In Leavenworth, Kans.,
late In the sos. General Ewing said yesterday
that his partner was one OF the hest collectors
he ever knew, but in litigation be was notably
unsuccessful, Just prior 10 the breaking out of
the war and while this partnership still existed
General Sherman received an offer 10 go South
and take charge OF the military academy of
Louisiana. The salary was quite large, and
while the offer was under consideration the law
firm OF which he was a member had case
come up court OF forcible entry and de.
tainer. Other pressing engagements prevented
SheTman's partners from attending to the case,
and after receiving as minute instructions re-
garding the course he should pursue as IL was
possible for his partners TO give him, the gen.
eral went into court TO manage the suit him.
self. In the conduct OF his case he relied al
most entirely upon the testimony Of his Client
but when be was called 10 the stand the other
side objected because notice had not been
served that he would testify. withstandng
his objections the witness was ruled out and
the case was lost. General Ewing says that
Sherman was furious, and as 1t was but few
DAYS after that the latter accepted the
Louis lana offer, General Ewing has always
believed that the result of the lawsuit had a
great deal to do with his final decision. In tn
coming number Of the Cosmopolitan General
Ewing will have an article on his early ex-
periences In Kansas, before. during ana after
ti,na hau q Gnief .Iusftpe nj at State and
which will contain historical facts of interest
which he says have never before been pub
lished. The general will remain Ia the city
several days.
"Much rIdicule has been cast upon Thirteen
clubs. Friday clubs and other organizations
formed for dealing In pleasant and practical
way with some ancient superstltions," said A.
P. Desmond OF New York yesterday. "but II
you will look into the records you will find thai
| superstition has great deal TO do with the
management OF the business affalIs of life. For
| instance, not transatlantic steamship COM
pany has Friday among its days of departure,
and until quite recently none Of the coastwise
steamship lines in the East had put the I'M
| lucky day on us list 1t would be highly desir-
able that some OF the ocean steamships should
| leave oD Friday on account Of the mail service,
| but while the owners are doubtless exempt
| from any superstition on the subject they are
obliged to defer to an absurd popular notion or
! else they would be apt to find very small pas
! sepger list, and might possibly experience some
| difficulty In obtaining crew. Railroad stalls
| tics show that there Is less travel on Friday
| than Oh any other secular day of the week.
experienced travellers are so we'll aware OF this
| that they seldom take the trouble to secure a
| Pullman ticket In advance, as they are pretty
sure to find an empty BERTH"
"Some years ago when was fireman on the
Denver and Rio Grande road" said Engineer
| Ell. A. Buch of Denver yesterday. Il witnessed
an accident on the Santa Fe which partially
unnerves me yet when recall it. The Denver
and Rio GraDde and the Santa Fe lines ran
| parallel from Denver south to Pueblo, and from
the former place to Palmer Lake, 81 miles, the
road makes an ascent OF 1000 feet. From Pal
mer Lake to Pueblo the descent and distancs
are about the same. At several points, notably
at a point ten miles south OF Palmer, the grade
| Is terrific, and within the distance Is siding
where cars are usually set out when the trair
is too heavy to make the summit OF the divide
AT the time mention a Santa Fe freight wal
doing. some switching at this siding. and TIVE
boxcars, which had been left on the main tracl