The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-17
ASTOR IN ENGLAND.
Ubiquitous Tom Ochiltree Tells How the
MilIionaire Docs Ihin..s

week at the capitol. Colonel OchiItret
is always entertaining and has many
friends IN Washington. He knows every
body, Of course, and those that dom
know him know Of him. When he APP
peared on the floor of the house the 9th
or day, he received something like ar
ovation. All his acquaintance gathered
around him, and the noise was so great
that the speaker had to rap for order
and suggest that those who occasioned
the disorder should retire to the cloak
room. Members clustered around the
redheaded ranger Of the Rio Grande to
congratulate him on the cut of hi:
clothes, the loudness of his trousers, the
added 20 pounds of weight which he
had gained during his residence abroad
and to listen to the latest stories which
he brought from across the water about
the nobility of London.
The colonel is great admirer of the
| British aristocracy. He does not speak
Familiarity about any one of lower de-
| gree in the peerage than an earl The
| way he talks about his friend the duke
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There is only one gentleman without
| title in London that Tom speaks enthu-
siastically about. He is the American
named Aston, now running Tory pa
per in the British metropolis.
William Waldorf Astor,'' said the
colonel as he cast his weather eye to-
ward the ceiling, crossed his legs reflect
lively and waved his hand gracefully
through the air, SIS paralyzing London
by the evidence which he gives of what
American wealth and American high
breeding can accomplish abroad He is
worth $500, 900, 900 and would gladly
have spent his income in New York had
he been given half show. He is an
author and Il gentleman. He was anx-
ious to enter politics and presented him
self for the suffrage of the people of
Gotham as 4 candidate for congress. AS
they always do III New York when a
gentleman runs for Office, BIr. Aston
was unceremOniOusly turned down. He
therefore concluded to move temporari-
~ at least to more congenial cline
and is now located in London. His
methods have elected admiration and
amazement from that the greatest cap
ital in the world.
He wished TO buy home. What
is the best house for sale in London?'
attorney. 1t belongs to the Duke of
Westminster and can be had for So,
600, 000.' Buy it, said Mr.. Aston.
and bring the deeds to me in half an
hour. if possible Good heavensv ex-
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eral days to consummate the transac-
ton. 'Consummate it as quickly as
possible, retorted Mr.. Astor, and if you
have six or seven more houses just as
good trot them out.
HE got Cliveden and is now spend |
ing 81, 900, 900 in fitting it up, and he |
is beating the dukes on their own |
ground 4 few days after, Mr.. Astor, |
who has literary tastes, inquired in n |
casual manner whether any first class |
paper was for sale. I want the best |
there is in the market, said Mr.. Aston,
and / want it quick too
The Pail Mall Gazette, said the
attorney, 'can be purchased, but the price
is enormous. Never mind the price,
but go and buy it for me. The bargain
was struck the same evening. The next
morning Mr.. Astor sent for several I'M
employed dukes, earls, marquises and
viscounts, and offered them jobs as edi-
tors and reporters on his paper. They
said their prices would be necessarily
high, owing to their social positions
Expense cuts no figure with me,
said Mr.. Astor. My object is purely
philanthrOpic one, which is 10 relieve
the suffering and distress among the
of England His managing
editor wears Il coronet as he uses the
blue pencil. His police reporter is a
descendant of a family which came
over with Billy the COnqueror The
society reporter, when off ON his vaca-
tiOn, lives in baronial castle in York
shire. No such staff is found on any
other paper ON the globe. When Mr..
Astor gets up in the morning and rings
for coffee and toast, his managing editor
Is waiting outside the door to receive
orders for the day. y tap of his bell
summons three earls and a marquis. He |
-ried to get 4 countess for the lady
cashier of the business Office and was
much disappointed ut failing to do so,
)ut expects before the season Is over to
complete 4 transaction with q dowager
duchess, who will lick postage stamps
md add dignity to the down stairs de
Of the paper.
1T can naturally be supposed that :
'Ir. AstOr's lavish display of wealth and
efforts TO relieve distress
among the nobility in London have
,rought him into great prominence. No
ne puts on any frills to him, l tell you.
Americans are proud of Il man who could
NY out the royal family and yet is a
nipple citizen of the United States,
folding up its banner and defending its
emOcratic traditions.
Mr.. Aston did not like the hotel III
london at which he was obliged to stop.
lie sent for his attorney. Where Is the
est site for a hotel in London:' asked
1r. Astor. The Thames embankment,
eplied the attorney. Buy it, said Mr.