New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-13

THE "sIAMEsE TWINS" AT REPUBLICAN HEAD
QUARTERS SENATOR PROCTOR As A MOOSE
HUNTER-A STORY OF II. G. MINER

THE "sIAMEsE TWINS AT REPUBLICAN HEAD
QUARTERS SENATOR PROCTOR As A MOOSE
HUNTER-A STORY OF II. c. MINER
Major John Totten and Maurice Ecksein are
ca..ed the "S.amese twins by he politicians about
Repub,ican headqIlr.ers They became associated
in he canvas OF General +. A. McAlpn as candi
date for president OF he National League Of Repub-
lean Clubs. They had charge OF League head
quarters and when mat campaign was oyer they
were 50 much iosa,hrI thdt General "'iSE s aEv
when a boatoad of friends went down the bay 10
~ '.insenarabjes w@ot a,ong Eckstein succumbei
TO the pangs Of seas.ckness, and II was TOUCHING
70 see the tholghiful manner II wnch MAJOR rotten
Senator Redheld Proctor OF Vermont. who was
President Harrisons Secretary OF War. was at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. He looked As strong
and rugged as proverbial Vermont pine. lie dill
not wish 10 talk on public affairs, and explained:
Il have been away up in the Maine woods Tor a
month hunting moose and l have just got back.
There is use calling up old scores ana am not
up later affairs.
When asked how he had Jared in the hunt. tha
ex-Secretarys eyes glistened like sportsman,
a. he said Il had great luck l managed to bag
TWO mOOse-gTeaI Dig fellows win naGnincef,
and hung Hp a. souvenir Of my proves. The
hunting season is on full now and there IS great
sport up there.
Salvador de Mendonca, Brazilian Minister at
Washington. n the city yesterday In former
days he always went TO the Victoria, but when that
hotel closed he moved across to the Brunswick
Later he went to the Waldorf. and this trip ne
IS al the Hoffman House. Senior Msndonca is one
@ the wcalth.est foTe'n minis GERS al Washington
proprietor Of a well-knoWn newspaper. Lately his
eyes!ght has been aihns him ana he ~ here to 3
treatment. he j. clos. student, ana When not
called BY h's onic.al t.,le is known as Or Men
donca. He had nothing 10 say u a political nature
yxhO
hotes with great frequency. one Of these is sena-
tor SEE hen r. Elkns OF West Virginia. Some
time ago when Senator Eikins returned from A sour
o. the West he went TO the Waldorf. From there
he moved 10 ;he Holland House. then to The Hon-
man. ana then 10 OF the big Central Park
hotels re mas been known Ia 20 10 one hotel fOr
TIE night ana be Up bright ana early and go 10
another hote Tor breakfast When asked about
uis he sail that he "cOud not stand IL 70 be coOped
~ In any place for any length Of time He Is In
ihe city now. out only mindreader can say where
he is staying.
Francis Kinzer. Of the proprietors OF the
Hotel brunswick. has returned from his summer
vacation and resumed charge at the hotel Mr..
K!nzler is one OF the oldest hotel men In New
York He helped buLd Delmonicos ana the
trHbs"lck up 20 their present high stan9ald lie
f@s been spending the summer at Milford Pike
outing.
New-York has with It who is said TO be
o. Russ!as house OF the ROmanofs Colonel ".
Komanon. Of ST. Petersburg, IS at The Aston House.
ii would take an expert In handwriting to decpher
Inc signature on the hotel register. but even a
casual observer would sec that the Colonel Is 2
Ian OF H'suaction. lie is tai ana heavily built.
nitn uIOopNR InDstache. lie talks English poor
n;. our ne '1ld mat ne was simply travelling for
p'easuIe -" had not seen enough Of New-York
T. say anything about his Impressions Concern
'"e h's own country ne was equally reticent.
Nh and Mrs. Frederick GebharG are at the Bruins
m'ck' MT Gebhard is sober. sedate man.
Inc other evening he strol.ed into the cafe Of the
H"'ei where E Berry Wall who was once known as