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New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
NKINLEY AND THE REPORTER.
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II is related Of Major Mckinley that during
Of his political campaigns, he was followed about
from place place by reporter for paper or
opposition politcs-one Of those shrewd. persistent
fellows who are always at work. quick to see an
opportunity and skilled in making the most OF IT,
Mckinley while he annoyed by the misrepre-
sentation to which he almost daily subjected.
could not help admiring the skill with which he
was assailed His admiration. too, was mixed
with compassion. fer the reporter was III. poorly
clad and had an annoying cough. One night Me-
Kney took a closed carriage for a nearby town
where ne was going TO speak Ii was near the end
Of the campaign and the night was cold. lie had
not gone far when he heard that cough and knew
that the reporter was riding with the driver In
the exposed seat The Major called to the driver
70 stop and alighted. Get down Off that seat young
man. ne said. The reporter obeyed. thinking
that the time for the Majors vengeance had come.
Here" said Mckinley. taking Off his overcoat
you put on this overcoat and get into that cnr-
"But. Major Mckinley" said the reporter. 81
guess you don't know who am. j have been with
you the whole campaign giving 1t to you every
time you spoke. and am going over tonight TO
rip you TO pieces II can:
II know IT," said Mckinley. but you put on
this coat and get inside and get warm. so you can
do Il good job"
The reporter obeyed and Mckinley shut the door
and climbed up beside the driver
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

far-off England but her memory blooms N ,s the
peaceful glen as the few lonely nowers Daoom
before the house from which her DrlSht p'eSe"''
The Earl of GairsbOrough lived ID, but ss rev ny seaIss s
live his son-in-law, Mr.. Murphy. was the recipient
annuity from him ,tb Aer friends EaHy the 1ase
rarely going to the Humphreys Ledge farm. that
recalled loss Mo he re~ered Ser
memory with a loyalty rare among men ,eoo
His death also was very sudden In august; Ssss Sy
he drifted to Boston, In the mean while having
contracted illness Of which ne died IN fe% oy
Classical music In North Conway. and for his warm
heart and genial ways was rarely loved.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
THE GENERALS DIVIDED THE GLOVES.

From The New-Orleans Times Democrat.
Nose Mason. "Majah'' Mason. OF the ST. Charles,
for mis- country naturally fell in with many OF the
celebrities the created. Among the number
were General Hooker. of Mississippi. and General
Lilly both OF whom were connected with the par
ticuar division with which "Majah' Mason
tramped and bled.
a! knew them both we'll" said Mr. Mason last
night, as he spoke of the two generals.
'and by a queer coincidence both OF the gentle
men were one-armed, lost the members while OPP
posing the other side early I'm the war. II hap
pencd that General Hooker lost his right arm and
General Lilly his left. and this fact operated 10
two happened 10 be In Richmond together and
dropped into store TO purchase supply of gloves
General Hooker turned over the lot. picked out
what he wanted and turning TO General Lilly said:
General. there's no use you buying any gloves;
You need rights while j only 'lefts,'
pair will do for us both BY Jove. Hooker.
said General Lilly. you've hit II: You get a palr
and I'll get pair; wen split and have two glovan
apiece and thsy did An-'
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

The Man Who Forgets registered early one NOR"
ing recently at hotel near the Grand Cent'hi o'a-
ton. He had come to town 10 purchase so'"c'"'"e
for his wife and had lost the package on s'ree'-
car. After writing his name on the register ne
went TO the reading room to write letter 10 MS
wife telling her OF the loss Of the package lie
placed his overcoat on the back or chalr ana S"'
down The letter nearly finished wnen Il ma"
vino was a stranger TO him touched the Man VINO
Forgets on the shoulder to inform him that the coat
no was sitting on did not belong TO him. ENcuse
me for sitting your coat" said MT foor sie'oi''
as he rose to give the coat to the stranger III an
In side pocket OF the coat good rat waliet anu
railroad ticket TO a suburban station. After seahhs
ihe letter the Man Who Forgets turned arouh" III
his chair TO get some stamps which ne Knew were II.
the wallet He then realized what he had dohe '"
bas,ened 70 the desk to report his loss. Please
send "A telegram to my wife" he said to 'ne tierk'
nnd tell her that am here iost her pa'khS',
and now have given my coat. containing my purse
and railroad ticket to Il stranger Tell hcr 10 come
at once, because IL she shoulu st"! NJ "o"'
might lose myself.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

THE DOG LIKES TO PUMP WATER AND SHE
KNOWS ALL ABOUT 1T.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

sonal choice Of the responsible head or the Gov
ernment Of the day; and this is an unanswerapie
argument of the advocates Of Dsestabshment
Practically however this method or appoint
ment Is not without compensations. 1t secures
a succession Of statesmanlike and conservative
Prinates endowed with organizing power ana
hexibility OF mind No other appointment which
a Prime Minister is called upon to make receives
more anxious solictude and painstakng care.
good Primate must have statesmanlike quaii-
ties OF mind. executive faculties OF a high order
and tact and fexbty in dealing with men.
The anomalies Of Church and State and dvnely
appointed orders may be what they may: but
statesman like Lord Salisbury or Mr.. Gladstone.
accustomed TO the direction Of State affairs and
public policies. and possessing a profound knowl-
edge OF men. seldom fails to select the right
Primate for the English Church.
In marked contrast with the ecclesiastical
pomp Of the funeral pageant at Canterbury was
the simple but beautiful service yesterday after
noon In Hampstead Church. where George Du
Mauriere ashes were buried Ii lacked the
picturesqueness Of the village funeral Of Will
lam Morris in the twelfth century church on
the Upper Thames but the mourners were
equally sincere and the tokens OF human re-
gret aad 04ection for a lost friend were as
tender and pathetic. The church WAS filed with
artists. men Of letters and Dersopal friends;
Canon Anger. Of the Temple Church. see OF Ne
artist-novelists most intimate companions, was
here TO read the burial service with sympa-
thetic voice: and there was music. which Du
Naurior loved. 1t had been intended that the
ashes OF the artist should be deposited within
the church walls but technical objections were
interposed, ana the consent OF the church war
dens could not bs obtained in time: 90 that .
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
THE HOTEL CLERK.
SOME OF HIS RECENT SAYINGS AND
DOINGS.

HE Is EvERyBoDY's CoyFIDANT. But NEVER
ABUSES THE TRUST IEPosED IN HiM-"E-
cIPEs FOR THE TREATMENT OF BoREs~
4 FoRGETFUL HUSBAND
The ,yp!caI New-York hotel clerk. the diamond
b.deckel director OF the keyrack ia knotty propo-
sition 10 encounter. lie s suave sarcastic oohsns'
Indifferent or deferentia as the idea strikes NM
lie knows everybody and everybody knows hi'i' ne
IL n cold -booded. matter-of-fact ana thoroush'
self possessed citizen. Any one who engages him III
Il rough nd tumble encounter OF wis ~ likely "
go down before his ncisive repartee. put no a''e'
what the outcome may be. never ii shadow oosc"res
hs placid demeanor. and he goes on his way '"s'l'
table and Immaculate 1t IL often a source vi "o'"'
10 those who visit hotel how the cierhs se' "
know the guests readily and have all the'r ouS.
ness at their finger tips. The average ho'ei c'eiN
can tell more about a man who has been III tne
house for a week than the mans wife can Inc
clerk never pres,lrnes upon his knowledge ana
mans secrets safe with nm as WIZ" ''e
family lawyer but II some hotel CLERKS were 10 'e
all they knew there would be trouble III s''"'
many quarters -
A hotel clerk Is always ready to enter into any
plot that means the discontinue OF some one else
There IS a clerk at the Fifth Avenue Hotel VINO Il
relentless and vndictive. lie recently succee"e"
In paying off old score ana since mas Deen C,,rn
ling with delight , FGr sor1 nancaT clerk and he
waited long and patiently to get even nroenD @ nv,
n man OF National prominence" came TO lie t,i.!'
and the reporter went to get AN interview win MN MN
The clerk told the reporter that the statesman VINO
is well known for his dignity and exciusiveness
was out but would be back I'm about hiIf .houf
The reporter said neglgently: Well tell MN
called and not TO go out until see him Inc clerk
said nothing. half-hour iater tIe ,a I
walked into the hotel and got his mall me clerk
said with an inscrutable lCok: on by the WAY!
General Mr. - In to see you and LETT wOrd ior
Won TO wait until he came back IL was said WIN
an extreme air OF Indifference. The General looked
sharply at him. but made no comment. ana tnai
reporter has never been able to see the General
since.
There Is "A clerk at the Imperial Hotel who IL "a
source of constant surprise TO those VINO Know
him. When Ii Hung Chang visited the country
recently and "A Chinese struck the town. tnis
clerk went out and had his name printed on lot
OF cards in a hieroglyphc tumble that looked Ike
Chinese lie tucked several Of these cards away
and waited Late evening a guest or the
house who had been out celebrating his Visit TO
New-York wandered into the hotel and engaged tho
clerk In conversation. His talk became tiresome
after "A time and II politely suggested that he
might wander out again. lie Insisted. however!
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
DEVOTED TO HER OCCUPATION.
The Chicago Times-Herald,

From The Chicago Times-Herald
women do not make good detectives. reecensS
remarked the superintendent or one OF the laresss
detective agencies In this country. women WV
are willing to embark In our line of work are un'
reliable sentimental. emotional and as dangero,uy
TO they to others. ! once paid a t,,.
several hundred dollars for shadowing Il notorious
criminal whom wanted to land She followeqq
him like his own shadow for three months, ana
presume she Is doing Ii yet, for at the end OF .hs.
time they got married and skipped over TO Eng
ia nj
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
TniGINATTON AND DISEASE.

From The Philadelphia Times.
General Joe johnson used TO tell of an incidenss
when he was lieutenant I'm the Regular Army "
the United States. and before he had become -
leading officer of the Confederate troop timsth. -.
and number OF companions. IN order 10 test .'
effect of the imagination upon the human sys,em'
one after another accosted young man III ropus'
health and commented upon his seeming inhsss is
exhibiting their concern In their alarmed vsas. ~
The result of the practical joke was AN illness W
the victim severe that he actually died
New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

thot IN. clerk wa the best fellow ever born and
asked for his nam. In reply one OF these cards
was thrown the counter. The stranger
glanced AT f. and then Strengthened Then he
looked at II again and took hitch In his mental
faculties Then he held the cara up close TO his
eyes and swore softly. Then he grasped pen and
though he still wore look Of perpleNiil. Then he
mumbied: Must think I'm u Chinaman. Dldn I
think was that bad Thought might have en-
Maybe he's Chnnnian~ and with WIN tns "w v. ~. inl
Then he smiled sadly end went on, no. he's n9i a
Chlnaman. Must be something wTons Ia IN. mids,
explained the system. and the puzzled one was "a
ed 10 ind the shop where they mad" IN" cards and
have thousand or 50 struck on for himself
Some hotel clerks have a neat Of turning
aside borcs ana cvaG'pg long tale OF woe When
a man is n stranger In town and he gets In trouble
the first person he turns TO for consolation IL the
clerk OF hs hotel. one Of thcs" men with a
grievance walked up TO clerk IN the Holland
House recently. 1t was evident that he was boil
ing with rage and he said sharply "Do YOU know
So-and-so The clerk mentally crossed himself
and said that he did. The man went on We'll
raised his eyebrows In surprise and said penslvsly
strange, He always spoke well Of YOU The
man gave a snort OF disgust ana walked OF.
ANYBODY who travels around the hotels much
knows that It IL "A sheer waste Of time 10 play
poker with hotel clerks and II he doesn't know he
will find out in time hotel clerk II labyrinth ~
mystery when II TO playing poker. He seldom
loses. but II be does he has most ingenious system
OF q Us that always saves him. No but n
student OF the dead languages could understand tho
PROMISES contained in such q Us and as fer cash
| ing them in-well the Murray Hil Bank would be
az likely TO pay them as the banker In the game.
| A boy who had never worked In a hotel re-
Gently given employment bellboy In one Of the
| leading Broadway houses. He said he had had
years OF experience n motel before he the job.
The arst night he duty he sent upstairs
| TO transfer baggage belonging n guest from enc
| room TO another Take the things out OF % and
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mn, then, in ea was the way the clerk gave the m
pp,ruc,ion After the new hand had been apsent
from the Office half an hour the cSrS bim SEM %
49,, a., hnrry,rg as fast as | can." was the answer,
ave sot everything of the room except ne pec;
WON'T be able 10 move that unless tahe IT. 'P''''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07

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was asked; 'Is there nothing In the past, present or future of the place that would look well in print?"
 ''Well, if there is you'll have to find it." he said. I've been here four years, and have seen nothing more exciting than a church fair"
 That's probably the reason," the postmaster said when he heard of the newspaper mans unpatriotic remarks, that his paper has been flat failure" !"
 The country newspaper man keeps in touch with the nearest large city; he is posted on matters of interest to the merchants of the place, and he be- comes the source of information In times of political controversy, and knotty questions are referred to him for solution, no matter whether they originate in discussions in the church, the store or on the street.
 Tt makes no difference" said coun- try editor, what the question is-how many votes in the electoral college or how many balls give a player his first base; does a barn burn up or does it burn down; can storied urn or animat- ed bust, or who did really write the works of Junius? It makes no differ- ence, the question Is finally referred to the village newspaper man, and if he does not decide in favor of all persons interested in the controversy, his popu- larity is likely to suffer. The office of a country newspaper" he added, lis a school for diplomacy, and the country editor who cannot master the art has a difficult calling. ."-New York Trib- une.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
COUNTRY EDITORS WORK.

Enterprise, Industry and Progressive
 ness Characterize It--An Influential
 Persons in the Community-One of
 the Failures.
 we have a store, a church. hotel and a schoolhouse. The store has a big stock of goods, from garden seed to silk dresses; the hotel Is a good one, with everything to attract the drummer or the tourist; the school is the best for miles around, and our church is the pride of the place. What we want now is a paper"
 So wrote a man from a manufactur- ing village which had grown up around large and prosperous plant, and the call finally reached a young man who had learned the printers trade and who impressed his friends with so much confidence that they aided him in fit ting up a printing shop in the little place, from which ''The Weekly News was to be issued. The factory printing was promised to the young man, and the doctor, the clergy man, the school teacher and the factory superintendent had each spoken en- couragingly to him. There was no newspaper nearer the village than 'The Eagle" which was issued every We'd nesday ten miles away, and by bring ing "The News" out on Tuesday he fig ured that he could head off his nearest competitor; and so it was decided that the new paper should be a Tuesday pa- per. With visions of steam presses, type-setting machines, a large circula- tion, the village paper was launched. Everybody was pleased with it, and even the village "swelP' who went 'to town" every day and who said: 'It won't be a weekly-it will be a tri- weekly. They'll publish it one week and try to publish it the next, and may be they will succeed and maybe not,e' even he bought 1t and read 1t regularly. That was years ago. The little pa per has grown with the village and has become feature of the place. The ex- perience of the enterprising young printer was that of hundreds of coun- l try newspaper men in all parts of the ! United States. In many instances
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
ST0RMED POLICE STATION
YALE STUDENTS KICK UP 4 ROW AT
 HEADQUARTERS

They Are Put Out and Attempt to Force an
 Entrance-Slx of Them Locked Up-Otis'
 Friends Keep Him Company.
 There was an encounter in the police station between the police and party of Yale students yesterday morning which resulted in the incarceration of five Yale men. The row was occasion ed by the arrest of a student on Chapel street, of the name of Harrison G. Otis, by Patrolmen P, McQueeney and Cur ran. Otis was drunk and was making himself generally obnoxious to pedes- trians. During, the walk to the police station Otis was abusive to the officers. It was soon noised about the campus and on the street among the students that one of their number had been pulled in by the "cops," and soon a crowd of them entered the headquar- ters and demanded that their friend be released on bail.
 What is your friends name?" asked the sergeant. ''The last man that came in was Patrick Welch; is that your friends name?"
 The Yalensians were not sure enough of their friends name to give it to the sergeant, but were sure that his name was not Patrick Welch
 The officer then said: Young gentle men, there is a young man in the lock- up who says he is a Yale student, but his condition is such that he cannot be bailed out; he is intoxicated. If you will come around at o'clock in the morning you may be able to bail him out"
 The affair happened at an hour when the desk officer is the busiest, and Ser geant Cook requested the young men te quit the office, as he had not time tc answer their questions. Their friend could not be released until o'clock in the morning.
 This information did not please the young men and they began to rnake the headquarters ring with language mol taught them by President Dwight and his co-laborers. ''It was a d--d shame that a gentleman should be treate; in such manner" Immediately there was a confusion, and Sergeant Cook ordered the room cleared. Signal Off, cer Bradley asked the young men tc step outside. They fatly refused, con. tinuing their abusive language, Pa, trolman Egan came to the assistance of Officer Bradley. One of the larges
 men in the crowd struck Patrolmar Egan. This did not tend to make tht | matter of the young mems exit more ceremonious. On the outside of tht | headquarters the abuse was continued Frank F. Baldwin calling the sigma officer abusive names and giving thu | whole department general rakins over. They then started back in tn, | building, saying that they would go il i whether allowed to by the officers O | not. Officer Bradley. made a dart a | Baldwin and captured him on the oth l CT side Of the street.
 1 Sergeant Mcbride and Officer Egal
 overhauled two more of the belligeren l Yalensians. Patrolman Egan thel | went out on the street and, assisted b. Patrolman Owen J. Daily, soon return ed with the two leaders of the gang | who had succeeded in making a tenn
 porary escape. In consequence of tn encounter Harrison G. Otis, Samuel E | Sutphin. Frank Tritch, Edward Arm
 strong, Charles B. Benedict and Franl
 F. Baldwin will be arraigned in tn | city court this morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
DEATH OF MRS. EMELINE BEECH
 FER MARKS.

The death of Mrs. Emeline Beecher Marks, mother of Joel A, Sperry of this city, national democratic candidate for governor in the last state election, oc-
 cured at her residence in Milford Sat- urday- Mrs, Marke. was ninety-one years of age, and had been in i'll health for some time, due to her old age. She leaves besides one son, MT. Sperry, a large number of grand children, The funeral will be held from the late resi- dence in Milford at 11:S0 this forenoon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
EinanetaI.

Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York, and 15 Center street, New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
PRoMINENTBUsINEss MAN DEAD

Waterbury, Dec. 6.-Irving Gibbs Platt, aged thirty-five, one of the most prominent business men in Waterbury, died this morning of typhoid fever, at his home in Platt's Mills. MT. Platt was a director of the Platt Button company and in the Platt Brothers &
 Co He was a stockholder in a large number of industrial corporations and
 until recently he controlled the major ity of the stock in the Washburn Man ufacturing company. He was owner of a large amount of real estate. He had patented numerous inventions now used in the button industry. He was unmarried and reputed to be worth sev- eral hundred thousand dollars. Funer- al services will be held at p. m. Tues day, and will be conducted by Rev. James ". Richardson of Plainfield, NJ.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
New York Cotton Exchange.
UNITEL STATES RUBBER co.

UNITEL STATES RUBBER co.
 86 Reade St., New York Dec. 2d, 1S96
 A seml-annual dividend of PER CENT. has been this day declared upon the Pre- of Directors, payable January 18th, 1897, to stockholders of record at the closing of the Transfer Books at the close of business on Thursday, December 24th, 1S96
 The books will be reopened at the opening of business on Saturday, January 16, 1897.
 dT 2l CHARLES k. FLINT. Treasurer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
BISHOP WILLIAMS, ILLNESS.

Middletown, Dec. 6,-Bishop John Williams, senior bishop of the Episco- pal church in the United States, IS confined to his house with sciatica, so that all engagements have been can celled. He is able to hear his classes and give his lectures at the Berkeley Divinity school. His episcopal work will be done by bishops visiting in the state ..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07

BURGLARIzED MONITOR" CATE.
 The Monitor" cafe. at 4O1 State street was burglarized early yesterday morn ing, The house breaker entered from the railroad tracks, cutting glass out of the window. Charles Johnson, the proprietor, estimated his loss at about twenty dollars.