The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-22
LUCKY DAN PHILLIPS.
Whichever Way He Turns He mikes
n Fortunnte strike.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From tine Detroit Free Press.
Who is Lucky DAM" echoed the drum
mer at the Detroit hotel the other evening.
as lac turned on the interviewer in sur
prise. why, ] thought every live news
paper man In America knew that his
right name was Daniel Graham Phillips.
and that lac travelled for a New York
cloth house. He's been called Lucky Dan
for the last ten years, and wherever he
goes the papers have more or less TO saw
about him. All! there's case Of fortune
taking man under her wing and looking
out Tor his personal interestsr
ne must have been lucky man to
nave the title bestowed upon him?"
i should remark. Luck IS no name for
H. do you know what happen him dur-
Ing ms trst week on the road2 met him
a. Harrisburg when he had been three
days out and hadn't taken an order He
got there while big fire was raging. and
~ LOOK IN Tour of the best tailor shops
III the town. Lucky Dan was the only
cloth man in town, and he made the bip-
Sest sale of the season right There TINT
was mo beginning of his career of a
IaNeler We took the same train for
~4oNelaHu, ana while going up to fhe
hotel We heard that the biggest tailor shon
ia ma Guy mad been robbed. Lucky Dan
Ml'hlh three days got an order amount-
i's 90 thousands Of dollars Ten davs
later met him in Toledo This time a.
was neither fire nor thieves but "A Loco
inollVe at the depot exploded Dan cot
Iiis meek scaided enough TO lay him M for
~ week ana the company counted him ont
SOU In cash. out of the nifty peopIe stand
ing around he was the only one toucbei,,
nave that down"
ia not going to follow him stem Ia,
SteP' put give you detached incidents 40
tueS occur TO me. One day in Chicago he
iei uoWh a hatchway in big store A
uoo'oI was called and said that his spine
was injured so that he would he a cripnIo
tor NE. Dan was offered 5000 TO settle
me case, and he took II and was around
attending TO biz in the course OF four
weeks. Three months later at Columbus
w. ne was shot in the arm bv q man WIZ
was shooting at a cat in a yard. II was
oliiy a mesh wound, ana in the left arm al
lHaI put me shooter was mighty glad to
you ever hear about his getting the bonds
stolen from a Cincinnati manq''
can't remember"
- wen, lhat was another proof that
Dame Fortune had him under her wing
ne was out with the boys one night and
gov pretty fun, and became separated
from the gang. After he had lnocl,od
n
ram ana he Numbered into a basement
10 keep his hide dry. He had scarcely got
IN When somebody attacked him I'm fhe
uHIk. Dan got two cuts from a knife
put disarmed his assailant and nearly
hilied MN. A passing policeman heard the
row ana droped in, and when they care
70 look the fellow over they found about
$4,000 worth of bonds he had stolen from
mouse about an hour befor Lucky Dan
got clean thousand dollars out of that lob
ana wasn't laid up single day His cuts
We're not yet healed when he made n good
thing at Dayton. Everybody had a fun
STOCK or cloth and no one would talk bust
ness Dan was going out on the night
train, and his trunks were already az the
depot, when drunken man started a. fire
IN shed and two stores and three tailor
SHOPS went M in smoke. He got two or
ders out of that calamity
anything else?" queried the interviewer
as the drummer paused
i haven't told you half yet" he replied
GU must remember the Ashtabula rail
road disasterY Dan and / were in a mas
senger coach on that train both occuDvine
the same seat. / got a bruise or two. but
ne had his left arm broken and lost four or
nVe teeth. l wanted damages but was
laughed at Just how much he got he
would never tell, but it was 600 or more
ana inside Of a month he was as good as
"A.
couple OF years ago, that luck made a fool
OF me and put 5000 in Dams pocket. II
was IN the winter and there was snow on
the ground and more coming and he and
were coming home from the theater
When ne picked up q roll Of bills with a
rubber band around them. With nv usual
stupldlty ! stepped right over that Doodle
ana LETT 1T for him. Yes. sir, there was an
even $50 IN that Wad and the loser didn't
even advertise his misfortune"
Luck can't always last, observed the
interviewer with a feeling of envy that he
didn't come across that roll.
Maybe not, but Dan Will keep on taking
his chances. l met him I'm Buffalo last
week for the first time in months. Ne nut
Sz'OD INTO gold mine out west with sonoe
BuHalo men about two years ago. but the
waters OF the river broke In and flooded
EN- out He has offered me that stock FOR
cents on the dollar. When we got around
10 BuHalo last week he found IL worth
par ana over Cause why? Why. that river
haa cut q new channel and the mine had
Deen drained Itself and force Of men had
been set to work. Just his luck. you see.
see by the paper this morning there vac a
railroad wreck down near IndlananoI,e
last night. Lucky Dan is down in that To-
cality, and III bet you a box of cigars bo
was on that train Moreover, he got his
limbs broken and several hundred dollars
ana not be laid up over fortnieht
Let's drop the subject Ike to see. a man
DO well but Dams run Of luck has made
me ured, ana l never think of him with
out feeling that I'd like to put a head on
him. Durn his eyes, but u he was here To-
day the sun would be shining and thev'd
want the street sprinklers out to Law fhe