New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
W W. ASTOR ARRIVES.
,.n OTHER vE1I-KNOwN MEN PAS
ervcrRs on THE MAJESTIC.

.,,.~ waldorf Astor. who owns so hig snce
,,h.,,sn Island described himself as lot
" - and a resident OF Great Britain Wheh ne
od here Yesterday on the Nhi'e star "He'
s,..,s,c This reply relieved him OF course. rom
nsv,erinc such questions As tho customs "Ii'''"S
80 reouircd by law 90 put 10 returning Amor
O.. rera-5iYc purchases made whsle ao'oao- h".
% NC believes that Mr. Aston renowned the land
:, ~. bir-h for any such petty reason as th'i.
y 80, ir fac. that he had brought Easter pres
- f,- his friends but these had been forwarded
- svn-eSs and would pass through the custom
uouse In due course. paying whatever d"'y Was
assessed tfem
~, a., owner o. The Pail Mall Gazette came
49, cons waldorf and John Aston. his daughter.
,Uss Pauline her maid and one man servant
ruertv trunks held their baggage
,ar,v NJ newspaper reporters went down the
Mn ,us % greet Mr. Aston and ask him pos
..hiv how no liked America. Mr Astor nrmN de-
c,,ned 70 give them interview. SO AFTER as''l
.s,rirc fha, ho wore ii lone tweed overcoat an A.
.1-o pa, gray trousers ard patent-leathcr shoes.
.d thai ms party occupied six staterooms and a
-.-s,e sittine-~oorn IN the liner and had KEEP
themselves pretty much aloof from tho other pas
,,-ssrs the reporters We're compelled 90 DO salts
Aed with those few important facts
NJ Astor told some friends tho ship that his
health had not been OF The hest lately and ne had
,borch- an ocean voyage might do him gooo. WIN
.ktc taken
srr,os- m tho last moment As three o. his chill
I-or h,4 desired 70 spend Easter with their Amori-
ran relatives he had brought them along. lie also
ssts no had some business attend 10 here before
BIS return home
NJ Astor certainly looked as q the seaoreezes
Rad done him good as he came down the gang
-lark once or twice while the ship was being
warned into her dock DE raised small pair NJ
aed glasses and scanned the faces on the pier
from his vantage point on The promenade deck He
cid nor seem 20 recognize any one. however Win
tis children he was driven at once 70 the Hotel
Netrs-.and which he owns. though IL was eX-
pe--e5 on thc rier that ne was going 20 the Wal
oorf-Astor!a
There were other men Of note among the Ma
t4sti-s 90 passengers one OF these was J. / Kip
Ing father Of Rudyard KiDnng The sick novelist
s-d poet He had travelled across the ocean with
g. anxious heart 20 see hts famous son. and had
te.- cneered hy receiving message ~ Quarantine
SAYING that the patient was steadily improving
A. soon as his baggage was passed Mr.. kipling
hurried 20 the Grenohle Hotel end was al once
taken 10 mis- sons room. Their greeting was a
hearty one The fathers emotion was strong as
~ cazed on the sick mans wasted frame. and a
few moments passed before he could converse lie
dd nor remain IN me SEX room more M NJ. 9 1
hour as II thought best NOT 70 supltcl ne n
valid 20 any strain. saying he would return n ne
morning the cider hlpuus Wen lVI " Ms r..
me home % Lockwood DE Forest. 30 r-asi
Abou, himself Nj Kipline declined 20 speak for
--.f zion frlf o. no could NOT eScdp q
d,,es.ior touching Tho White Mans Burden To
-rfs rr ro0d-na turedly replied
y l~a i1 country place and. n course. any -
r.,re NAY say regarding expansion cannot ~
considered official ~ any sense f-t ,al. te,' ~
bow The plain people or EnF eng ''-iN a.. ne. a.
1n-t They are watching with me most intense N
ieres- every move that the United states Is makins
a. Tho Phlippires They realize that II the surplus
Of American products Is directed toward me ar
80 So ~.'l ~ bod The colonies which it has
v.-esed from Spain. and open them up 90 tho nnsl-