The morning call., 1894-03-22

question. at The same time stating that ne nad
expected 10 meet him there Withou' ASKING
any lufther question the steward requested The
visitors 10 come in and made things as pleasant
lor ooth as tue facilities OF the bar would al
low, informing them at the same time that ne
was actlDg under instructions. An hour or so
Stter the member In question appeared, ana
TUG steward noticed that be evinced no signs
vi apparent Joy at The meeting, but thought
ho'hing OF the matter until their departure,
Wneh ne presented bill of 81 40 Tor reiresh-
ments given the strangers "Holy Moses!" SAID
the ciuoman. 'you haven't been filling those
IehO"s at my expense, have you? why, biank
IL, one Oh them was here TO collect bill ana the
oiher man l never saw or heard OF before to-
day!"
The recent kilograms from the East an
bOuheihg the change In political falIn Wnleh
Colonel j. Hampton Hoee the Virginia politi-
clan' mas undergone. would seem TO indic te
that lie IS following policy While sober that
ne outlined IN rough way while In dlnerent
physical condition In this city. IL will be re-
membered that The CALL first found the
newly nedged Consul here and apprised him OF
the action taken by the President In ordering
MS recall. AT that time Colonel Hoge was 10 a
bloodthirsty state of mind, and In speaking Oh
his future intentions he impressively remarked
that somebody would get killed when he got
back TO Washington. cleveland Is fraud
and pufed-up conceiI," said he, land the in-
tellgent people OF the South are getting tired
of being led by such as he and his chosen ennis
saries." The doughty colonel also claimed
that he bad criticized CleveaDd's policy for
month before his appointment as Consul TO
Annoy, aud that he looked upon the ONCE as
merely sop thrown TO his brother 10 allay
the latter's wrath at the administration for It's
interference ln the gnbernatorial fight in Viz
ginia, IN which he was an unsuccessful candl-
date.
"The Antlers, at Colorado Springs, is the first
Western hotel OF any note that / know OF which
has employed female clerk," said A. NJ. Jack
man Of that city yesterday. "She is Miss Nellie
Murphy. a New York girl, who possesses cor
dial yet dignited manners, aud who attends TO
the wants OF guests, assigns them rooms and
apparently fills all the other requirements OF 4
person In that capacity with satisfaction both
to her employers dnd their patrons. Miss Muir
ply was formerly schoolleacher, but found
that the duties of the vocation were injurious
10 her health, so she came West and took up
her present work, being the first woman TO do
so In the West and probably in the entire cOun-
try. There appears 10 be nothing in the legiti-
mate duties of a hotel clerk which a woman
cannot attend TO as well as a man. and the pro-
prietor OF The ADtlers has found the expert
ment decided success"
DIR. Seward Webb, the famous New York
railroad maguate, and who is also president OF
the Wagner Palace Car Company, Is expected
to arrive In California in a few days. DR.. |
Webb. among his other possessions, owns the
largest private park In the United States. il not
In the world. Ii consists of about 200, 900 |
acres In the Adirondack regions, OF which be
has inciOsrd d about 100000 acres with a wire |
fence. Upon Ii be has private residence 200 |
feet long by so feet wide, which is surrounded |
by a spacious versnda. This. however. Is not |
The doctors only country place. as he makes |
his regular home at ShelDourne, VT, on the /
shores Of Lake Champlain, where he has an |
estate Of about 1000 acres Besides these he |
has another house in New York City, but !
divides most of his time between his AdroD- |
dack and Vermont homes.
John b. Mccormick, business manager for |
Wilson Burnett, has struck an ingenious |
method for advertising" said member of the /
Baldwin company yesterday. ''It seems that |
down in Texas some Of the cowboys originated !
The plan Of taking the scaly skin OF rattlesnake
and making a fOur-in-hand tie of 1t. The last |
four buttons OF he rattle being fashioned into |
a pin for the knolted part of the scarf Nc
Cormick Is seudng lot OF these hldeous arti- |
cles to newspaper friends Of his with the ex-
planation that they aIe an article OF fashion |
able apparel in Texas"
"Many OF the old-tmers in this city will re-
call Ike TIeadway. the gambler aud pilot who |
recently died in ST. Louis" said an old hotel |
man yesterday. "He was out here for some |
time many years ago, and was well known at |
all the principal resorts in the ely. He gained |
some notoriety while here by compelling a |
crooked sport TO refund large sum of money |
which the latt'r had secured by questionable |
methods from prominent State Official"
II. Ii. CrttendeD, a son OF Ex-Governor |
of Missouri, has written a letter 10 |
a gentleman In this city In which he stated that
the man who was recently killed here was not |
a nephew of his father. and tnat the family |
knows nothing as to his Identity.
VIII S. Green. editor Of the Colusa Sun and !
who has just been appointed Surveyor General, |
arrived In this city yesterday. and last evening |
was receiving The congratulations OF his friends
at The Grand Hotel.
The Oregon Rugby football team of Portland, |
eighteen players, arrived In the city
yesterday and are registered al the Baldwin.
Senator Jones OF Nevada is again at the Pal |
ace after an absence OF few days, spent in the |
northern part OF the State.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.