New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-13
PREPARING TO BE A PLUTOCRAT,
WHY THE fluctuations OF MR. DANIELS
OF THE NETWORK CENTRAL TURN
,,.> r,,r, or nNnyKL
TO THE CLONDYkE.

TO THE CLONDYkE.
coorxo II Dan,els Is spending h!s vacation by The
r,acid waters Of an inland lake out In Wisconsin.
Mr. Danicls es every one knows Is tho general
pas.cnger agent OF the New-York Central. ana wheh
he IL not attending TO railroad dutios nc SUM-
limos deyes Into literature. and IL respehsip'o 1''
thot interesting monthly publication known az
"The Four-Track Series" Now Mr. Daniels mas
turned his thoughts for the time from ms fu'''."u
and editorial abors and Is resting Weird ana 'la-
oueting rumors have come floating BACK apou' W
Daniels's system Of recuperating Wheh he S""
denly withdrew from the active word ana "e'' ~
this out-of- the-way place many inquiries WIZ
made as &c the cause of his hastily acqureu "o'"e
TO be alone 1t is now said. upon excellent au'hor
,,v mot Mr. Daniels passes his time !ntently
s,uavinp the various mathematical systems, ana mas
obtained q large and valuable library OF works re-
lating to abstruse calculation. In the Qua moments
when he Is not scrutinizng the metric OF S"p'e
other system Il Is said. Mr.. Daniels pores over Z"
map of Alaska and babbles IN MS Hieep avn" ~
gold fields OF Clordyke.
1hess strange stories caused a great deal Of UNI
eos,ncss among the friends of Mr. Daniels. but 1t
remained TO- William J. Arkell TO come 10 the res
cue When he was told of the methods adopted Dy
Mr Daniels he laughed and SAID
IT suess he is only trying TO find out how rich
ne IL"
As Mr.. Dan.els's taxes have rot been forced up
shrun,lv by the assessors of Westchester or any
noishborinx county and Bryan mas never re-
ferred to him plutocrat In ai;y OF MS speecH'S
Il was fair to surmise that Mr. DANES 'o"iu' III
the course Of the time given him f"- IuIic'co" anu
the scant hours allotted for sleep D. MS hearue"S
cmnloyers. compute his actual financial resources
with some precision. That he finds II hece's"r! 10
take two weeks off. and TO retire TO place oil
strict seclusion to audit his accouE' ieads 10 'he
gnawing suspicion that he has suddenly aci"Ic'
wealth-and so he has; perhaps
It is SUSPECTED that MIR. Daniels T. now pluto
cro, and goldbug. lie IL Interested III Alneha d p"
all Aiaska's unlimited millions. He S tfyihs TO as
certain just how much ne oWns, ~ III t,n,e,1 ~
appall and the mind fails 70 grasp tl, So" ~
thiucs entire" as Omar Khayyam would say. ~. ~.
Arke is TO blame for 1t all, ana he is IN 'h e.. 5a!
ambiguous position as to MS own "tai" " ',', - "
torcst in Alaska. All this trouble dnt lfesrhl "'E
ine into geological surveys ana matlena''S.i car
cuaion dates back to 1890 In th4t yer a..
,h rescarchcs OF thai Jarty into Ia" po,s,
Of large tracts Of land in the Alask1n gold lelH1'
MINERS Mnfa he did not have much faith in the proee
and did not care to risk sreat uca' r6 Sir Dan
;ai non.ented to furnish transportation 10 me
coast. This little bard was knowM aS 20 wa
pp ui in The Tribune about two weeks ago
When the rst stories about the re Mr. hSI DS al
remembering Mr.. Arke's stake Claims 'IiJie IN
to him in jocose vein and asked w9e.e NE ,rans
nortaton furnished the party might never ma
reached Alaska. Mr. Arkell had not {et y 81 tbe
Cave stake claims and did not believe ihSy were
unr,h cnnner He wrote back in an equally )ocu-
lar and nSSsed a deed for rronSy signed I'd and
ui,nnssed Mr. Daniels laughed when ne Itceint,.
the paper and caTelessy pn, b asio Mr rkc had
a,,ced offer of $3.50 for his claims IN AaSkt
Then Mr. Daniels looked up his papeT M aries is
says that he will stand by IT, ana MI '"''e'' "
calculating. -, ,oh,bl, ny practical
okers;hat his title the immens trac, OF lam
1yno1ed bv the Cilave party is updoubteo!! zoo
and that the proper papers are IN ro oO excite
snt struck the country Mr.. Arkell always cons,u-
cred himself unlucky in having eSn ,inks he wa
farsighted indeed and Mr.. Daneis-"t,il iIt 80 -
nrenaring to arrogate to himself all the ci'di
ist,rs OF a thoroughbred piutocrat.