Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

i d. Ms tastes we're in the direction OF the
anre, and he waited for au opportunity TO
) rnssnt itself. 1t came when poor Ned
+ lhns made him his advance agent in 1870.
o. year Of this and Mr.. Abbey leased the
1 Akron t0hiol Opera House, and failed dis
nenusly. From that time to this he has
lsn Active in every department OF theatrical
hiagement. Some years he has made "A
rAi deal Of money, and again he has been
y poor as the traditional church mouse.
I. has managed all the big stars, including
+ Isa Bernhardt,. Booth, Patti, Nilsson,
/ Ihg.ry, CoquelIn and Irving, with varying
nNess. He has had his own theatres and
! ID own companies In both New York and
landon, and lost and made In both enter
Nse. Indeed, he has had moro ups and
tsyns than any theatrical manager l know
! y and at lenst half dozen large fortunes
i've slipped through his fingers. Perhaps
III seause OF this that he takes the success
Sending his latest ventures so calmly.
+ isty Is the Napoleon OF American mama
! ~. He accepts success aud defeat with
! qua grace. Nothing disturbs him. He
isreF becomes excited. All his plans are
as'aIy made. He has a splendid corps Of
Erutg men to assist him. Nothing is loft to
'tince AMI so II any one Of his numerous
kisnes fails, as they have time and again, he
! AS DO regrets, for failure came through no
4 Auto bis.
ne seemingly endless quarrel between
u s'okes and his cousin W. L. D. Stokes is
se inoro in the courts, and serves to again
~ Attention to one Of the most interesting
ni picturesque personalities Of these later
'sss. Before the killing of Jim Fisk, the
lan'e in general know nothing about Mr..
seSes- What 1t learned then was that he
Nangsd to respectable family, but had
'ea mther Wild. Fisk crossed his path for
|'N0nan, bounded him good deal, and, 1t
ny sid, also threatened his life. Then
zue The shooting in the Grand Central
n'',l followed by Stokes long Imprisonment
ne Tombs and the still longer one at
~ ang Certainly. no one imagined that
y Stokes would ever bea man OF note In
= emmunity with so very dark cloud
''glng over him. He served his term at
spsslng, and soon after his releasp he went
oAiiornla. Very little was heard of him
z some time. Only his personal friends
-, ~ now he was employed there. No one
~ any thought that, having been down SO
Ne would ever rise again. But the stuff
~ makes men rise was In him. After a
~ New Workers heard that a magnificent
ue most elaborate and costly in the city,
y ~ .een opened in the Hoffman House, with
=, ~ s0Ses as proprietor, and they went in
s'..Aias to SEQ it, 1t certainly was worth
e.s' ne pictures and statues alone repre-
Naune small fortune, The bar fourished.
~ r'sr another while It became known that
- a. az Imam House Itself was largely owned
a'oNeS- Its business grew rapidly and
80 made money fast. He also made the
-ll'ahee OF number of Wall street
10y his bar became the favorite up
~. .auaiiy his footing among the Wall
n men became firm, and they, on the
~, ~. uAna, gradually recognized in him an
~ s,, n, able business man. He went
~. Nau street himself and made some
~, good turns. He also beeame inter.
h,s y quiet way in local politics. Now
49,, s-9st influential in Tammany Hall, and
$50, 49, rs rs. leaders as his personal friends
~. : nv ereets him as an equal. and has
m M made his hotel his abiding place in thi.
49,, ~ business circles his ability as a
,m 49,, Is recognized, and causes far more
loss,' uaan does the tragedy Of his life
~ es.hHiing confessed that he could moi
lei , ,a.',l'ns this man, and altogether tn,
IN r q. o. Cankllng hangs conspicuous.
IN. u Stokes hotel. General Arthur. ever
erai,n. "As president. used to meet Stokes
J, and did not dlisdnin 10 m att,r n,
sols., ron the presidency in what is caIlee
e.c,ss,.. q gallery. Colonel Ingcrsoll offer
aiisa ulAt 'his man is gifted with what Ii
liie, q y magnetism and financial abi
RAD III, highest order. which would hav,
sasS.ss IN axe rank among tho esniuses o
~. w Tor that overshadowing stain
sa,sai - sA'ecr o, course stokes has n,
hste.,,' .'i'rg, although his family is Of tn,
sss.s.v =, = u'ls city. lie is compelled to sol
rsus,' ,usse perhaps he lest enjoys It. in III,
u q. -s'ap Of mun Of intellectual ability
e. ns. 80 making money very npidly
R,k.ss M r.1'e''ts are widespread. and som,
tsior. IN ~ fsqulrs good deal Of nursin,
is.ay ~, ~ sil Do profitable, but he Is a!
among tha nijiiopSip@s. -Da J