The age-herald., 1898-01-11

happy one The capitalist in question is now the defendant mixed up Tn several law suits, and judging from the reports that have been printed he is unable to meet any of the demands of the plaintiffs. Each plaintiff is demanding money. He owned some property which seems to have been very heavily mortgaged. Just what his business was no one seemed to know, yet he appeared always to have money. The craze to become capitalist got the better of his judgment. He announced upon his business cards simply his name, and in the lower left hand corner was the word "Cap- italist," and the name of the city in which he lived. He went to his nearest city and while there was interviewed by an enter prising newspaper reporter, who made fre- quent reference to the gentleman as one of the largest "capitalists'' of his section. The paper containing the interview was, of course, circulated in his own town. When his creditors read it, there were some merry times It appears that he never circulated the cards at home with the word "capital- ist' printed upon them, but reserved them for distribution in other cities. The day following the printing of the interview there were perhaps as many as hundred or more creditors at his office demanding their money. They took the position that a "cap- | italist' should never be without money. | Especially enough to liquidate all mort gages, and bills of the trades people. Upon l investigation, it was found that all of his | property was mortgaged. and in many cases | the interest due. This brought from | them many lawsuits. Trades people sued | for their bills. There were as many as | fifty suits entered against the capitalist" in one day. He did not return home for 41,a ;,,+ar rha | storm seemed to increase rather than di- | minish as the days went by. New creditors | appeared to spring out of the ground, as | it were. He lived in a fashionable house which was mortgaged for more than it was worth at the present value of real estate. l On his arrival at home he tried to effect l compromise with his creditors. But it | could not be done. Some one had gotten l possession of some of his cards The word | capitalist" was to them like waving red | flag in front of a bull. A man could not be | capitalist" in that community without | paying up. No sailing under false colors. | He brought disgrace upon his town as well | as himself. The paper which printed the l interview received number of letters de- | nouncing him in severest terms. They said | that he was not Capitalist" never had | been a capitalist" and reason to ex- | pect that he would ever be "capitalist," making claim at the same time the paper
 had been imposed upon by man represent ing himself to be a Capitalist" when, in I fact, if his debts were paid, he would be a | tramp Eckels is, however, not exactly that
 kind of capitalist. He has prevailed upon
 men to put up the money and give him a
 chance to manage it. It is to be hoped for
 the benefit of MT. Eckels' creditors that | Ina off air nf han q q
 a "capitaist' with more fidelity to their
 interests than was displayed by him in car-
 ing for the peoples interests as regards tha, | supervision of national banks.
 Major Moses P. Handy, who died at Au-
 gusta, Ga, last Saturday, was as fine a type of manhood as I ever knew. He had | a sunny disposition. I had known Handy
 for number of years. Have seen him in
 many positions. Never saw him at any
 time when he was not in @ most pleasing 1 humor. Always affable, always agreeable. | Handy was a good newspaper man. There | was a delightful vein of humor in Major
 Handy. He was keen, bright and brilliant. | fine after-dipner speaker. As president
 of the famous Clover club of Philadelphia,
 he had no equal as presiding officer at
 dinner. He had a happy way of introducing
 people before they made speeches. As
 managing editor of the Philadelphia Times,
 he made splendid record. As chief editor
 of the Chicago Times-Herald, he made a
 better one As head of the information
 bureau of the Worlds fair, Major Handy
 was the right man for the place. His ef-
 forts contributed as much as any one else
 to make the fair the success it was. Major
 Handy was an honest newspaper man. The
 greater portion of his life was spent in the
 association of men in public life. He was
 for years a correspondent at Washington,
 and it was in that capacity that I knew
 him best. Hes was an untiring worker
 Yet Major Handy died many years too
 young. There was another side of Handy's
 life that was delightful He was the most
 sympathetic man I ever knew. His sym
 pathy for poor people and his love for chil-
 dren were among his strong characteristics.
 If Handy had had an income of million
 dollars year, believe he would have given away half of it in the effort to make
 poor people happy. It was a delight to
 him to take little ragged newsboys from
 the street, especially when the weather
 was cold, into a good restaurant and give
 them fine dinners. have seen Maj. Handy
 take more than newsboy from the
 freezing streets of Washington and fit them
 out with good suits of clothes. Handy's
 generosity was beyond the power of his
 purse. He was man of most excellent
 judgment. It was my pleasure to be inti-
 mately associated with him during two na-
 tional conventions. He knew politics as
 well as he knew men. He could penetrate
 the political future with marked ability.
 He was entertaining writer. Major
 Handy was as gentle and lovabe man as
 ever lived.
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