The times., 1897-03-29
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| gresham, had champagne party at
! his ROOMS at Wizards Saturday night.
Farmer Culp is a pleasant gen
| tleInan, who likes to have his friends
| about him, and Saturday nights cham
] pagne party was only an everyday
| sample. Among those who drank his cham
| pagne and smoked his good cigars wer3 Col
| W. c. Mcconnell wealthy ShaInokin PaD
| gentleman, on Gov Hastings staff; Mr.
| NJ. II. Barr, a manufacturer of Milton, Pa; ;
| Mr.. Fred NJ. Kelly, of Parsons, w Va,
| an owner of large tanning interests, and
| Congressman Thomas 5 Butler, of the Sixth
| PENNSYLVANIA district. 1t is to be chrUn-
| icled OF these gentlemen that not one in the
| party is after an office. Farmer Cup
| Is young ipan, owner of thirteen farms
around Shanoiiin, and has twice carried
| his district In Pennsylvania, aithoughit is
| nonlinally 5000 or 5000 Democratic
| The Pennsylvania gentlemen were In
| evidence here in Washington last night.
| Pennsyivania seems somehow TO believe
that it ought to secure something for itself
inthc way oroffiees. Mr.. W II Andrews,
State senator, aad great friend Of
Penrose and Quay; l. W. Durham, another
State senator, and Penrose man, and
Mr. W. {. Bond, have all arrived in Wash
ington. Mr.. W H. Andrews is a brother
OF young Andrews, the private secretary
or Mr. Penrose. One Of the Pennsylvania
people was heard to observe last night
that what Pennsylvania wants now is
to keep her local federal Offices in the
State and not have Ohio gentlemen i'm
ported to fill them. These Pennsylvania
people are more or less arranging cam
phign for this week on the patronage
prop osition.
Mr.. w. Ii. Andrews is at the ShOreham.
james s Clarkson came in with Mr..
4 Andrews last night. Clarkson is said to
be entirely out OF politics and very deeply
engrosSed in his telephone business, but
it may he supposed, perhaps that he takes
Il friendly interest in the affairs OF his
particular friend, Mr.. w. II. Andrews
Mr.. Durham and Mr.. Bond are at PenrOses S
place Of business, the Raleigh
Mr.. Frank \. Ross, a prominent corpora
ton Iawyer of Wisconsin, was over from
New York yesterday, at the Ebbitt Mr..
Ross has been in New York at the meet
ing Of the committee Of reorganization Of
the West Superior Iron and Steel Com
pany, which has been in the hands Of re-
ceivers for two or three years. The com
mittee considered plans for running the
business economically until times improved,
at its meeting on Saturday in New York
Mr. John b. Rockefeller, the millionaire
gentleman who is in many corpora
tions, is Il majority holder Of the bonds
of the West Superior Company 1t is said
apvthipp tlS tnig
mittee OF reorganization OF the West Su-
perior would like to find out what Mr.
Rockefeller intends to do with regard To
their property.
Mr.. William M Barnum, son Of eX-
Senator Barnum, of Connecticut, is at the
Arlington.
Major Frank Mclaughlin, of Calf prnia,
is a Wizards.
Mt and Mrs. Sotnern and Mr.. Blakeley
Han are at the Arlington. James F.
Pearey and Frank II. Pearey the Mime
apolis politicians. are in Washington, stop
ping at the Arlington.
Mrs J Otto Bonner, the wife Of the
New York sugar king, is at the Shoreham.
Mr. Jesse w. weik, OF Terre Haute Ind,
the Lincoln enthusiast and joint author
with william II Herndon, of one OF the
most notable of the Lincoln biographies, is |
ii Washington, staying at the Riggs House
Mr.. Weik is now gathering the materials |
for another work on the great war Presi- |
dent The new book is To be entitled |
Lincoln, the Lawyer" and will be an |
Of President LinColns life, Mr. Weik |
has had unusual facilities in his work. He |
was for ten years an intimate friend OF |
Herndnn, who WIS for a long time, |
Lincolns law partner. He has made /
thorough researches in every direction that |
might lead him to new facts, and has |
accumulated much new data He has |
visited and examined the records Of every |
courthouse that Lincoln ever practiced in |
Also he has the aid of 1000 pages Of |
letters, legal correspondence, "reminiscences
and documents given To him by Herndon.
Mr Weik is a short, heavy man, with
face, a double chin and close
cropped iron gray hair He is a poll
tician in addition to his Lincoln enthusiasm,
He was talking To young Reese II. Voor-
hees when The Tines man met him. last
night. Mr.. weik would he pleased to be
internal revenue collector for the Terre
Haute district.
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