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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
little OF coming into the city for the holidays
another year. Ever yours, ,.

little Of coming into the city for the hohdays
another year. Ever yours,
GEORGE BOLTON
Woodhedge y. j.. December -
Dear jim: | suppose that perhaps because
we have had rather hard time getting setlIeu
may be a little morbid on the subject Dut IL
does seem 20 me that never saw such SAD
faced lot of people cross on those Jersey
ferryboats There is a certain discouraged, as
pirited look that they all have. Of course IL II
all Imagination on my part. but ! ma H'ySt.i
sometimes wondering II SHAH eNcl nav ~
Absurd isn't il?
Clara hasn't written you to come out 10, 70
tell the truth she has been rather sorely 'rltd
on the servant-grl question. and we nave hdn
TO make hou keeping a sort # picnic, as IL were
II is very funny We laugh about 1t good
deal The markets here are rather poor, ana |
have got into the way Of stopping AT the
Washington Market on my way home from the
office Carrying beefsteak up on the tram was
something hadn't counted on, but l mote tiaI L.
good many other people on the ferry 40 the
same thing. 80
hate those ferryboats; they are so stuffy IN
side and So cold out. | used to think the SAIL
across the river morning and night Would DC
80 refreshing. but the fogs have delayed US
frightfully and have made me 50 late for the
office that | have been worried a good deal
about il.
Your letter about the little theatre party, and
especially the supper afterward. almost set
me wild Clara and | feel a good deal cut off
from that sort Of thing this winter But the
city can never b. satisfying in many ways
as the country must be. Here one can get SO
close to nature Your friend
GEORGE b.
Woo!hedSe, y. J.. January L
Dear jim: 1t IS always a mistake for people
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undergarments Cnether Of mine, and VI
think il q good sort Of joke.
That must have been a great it'll. r..
all had At the Cafe de PAyenue Thers |
plenty Of local color and a jolly girl or u |
found at a place like that | sometimes i
If | shall ever be doing that sort Of thin
[ am afraid not, or. rather, | hardly Il
shall But I am alr Dst in favor a1otx
Of staying In town till the weather nj
Yours faithfully, GEORGE Bit
woodbridge. y. j., Jsr-g-
Dear jim. We have just been throgg.
cxasperating and atrociOus experers
days ago a most horrible Od)r began p
the whole house. We couldn't l0cal i
where, hut il grew worse every hOU i
came so terrific that Clara and | wefs
nauseated, and the maid went out a
did not return We searched eVeryTh.n
the trouble, for there was evidently 81
dead somewhere. Finally It seemed % !
the stencil came strongest from the II
the furnace, and Clara seemed to thiri
must be my fault, simply because alta,
furnace. We decided to let the fire 90 i
although the thermometer was down 81
grees all over the house. the smell VI
than ever. on the fourth day. after We Il
fairly frozen. | managed 70 get mar Il
the village. He took down all the hrl
around the furnace and found large Fl
close 10 the fire. Il had been dead Il
week, and the man had difficulty ID d
it up.
| know this is foarfully disgusting BE-
it to you so that you viii never b esl!;
same way. 1t seems that the cod-I "
leads TO the furnace opens under u
piazza. Ours did not have any gri1,s lI'
as il should have. and the era! a. 9.
under the piazza and thence along "
box till it came % the furnace, whss
IDENTIFY had a tit or something and aH
can't be too careful II YOU ever are Ia'
10 take a house in the country 20 see "
ings are put over an openings IKE ma
Clara and | have a fearful cold ou, ?
to be expected with the furnace oul
Clara feels very badly because ms l0l
Ing out the cat cost -. but | tel hs
doesn't do to expect that all the ecoli-
suburban country living can De eA''"'
first winter.
Don't think I viii write any more u
For heavens sake. don't tel ne o. :.
larks that you chaps have been ha'~'
too exasperating Yours, ETC.
W OOdhedse, ~ D.
Dear jim: | could almost staho Im
weather conditions on this bleak US
where we exist. If only all the psOp,x
wants weren't SO blasted STUPID, =
cook. a creature that Clara got nov J.,
knows where, Is the worst OF lDs ~
pshaw. what's the use Of wiring
troubles? | suppose The city mus. All a.
drawbacks. too. though | mus, sa.-
pretty happy there I'll see you vow, - =,
going to stay down a night for .lss ~,
spell, and Clara is going to net 'i'''--
February
Dear Jim Were off tomorrow; W.
Couldn't stand this you know -
me pretty badly knocked out pe'''''
the city and stay there. -, ,oaa
Thank the Lord its over. Pre'v ~ n
double rent. but if we had 10 s'n ~,
longer. Poe's stories wouldn't nave W.
on my experiences happ"' GEORd
Jim Graham is still bachelor an' Nv
city IN winter.
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A P4CE or TAILED No"

From The Medical Record. -.
Africa is a continent rich in t 3..s ra.s 4
There is supposed TO be a caul s. n Al
mics somewhere in the uplaloSS css 4
The Main-Mains are a Celebrated s mr.. !.
many years ago the French ,uGj SyS.a
patched a NJ. Descouret win In, nsrts 4
plore some Of the least-known p~ ~ Ttrse
and to ascertain the exact degree wars !, n
s sr, io the people As being mo ;siy "a ss
fSt' in height. iHproportioned' tn tSi% Viii
,o s,v ~ ui Nh short woony hair, ana S
ternaI eIongatiou Of the yerteoral ~, sTs q
he saws in every individual nm nus'
forms a tail two OF three l"'"N
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08

branch The total vote for governor,
with one town missing. was as follows:
W. Murray Crane, Republican. 16S.S46;
Robert Treat Paine, jr., Democrat. 1O5,-
So.
The senate of 1900 will stand thirty
one Republicans to nine Democrats, and
the house 166 Republicans. seventy
Democrats, two Socialists and two in
dependents. This shows a loss of two
Republican senators and three Repub-
lican representatives. In addition to
the three Republican places the Dem
Ocrats today have also filled two seats
held by Independents last year. The
Democrats of the First MiddleseX sem
atorial district elected their candidates
for the first time. The socialists lost
a representative in Havervill. but a
member of that party was chosen from
the Fourth Plymouth district, thereby
giving them the same quota as last
year. The socialists at Haverhill made
up their loss by giving their candidate
for governor a greater vote than that
received by the Democratic nominee.
In other parts of the state the social
list doctrine was given some endorse
ment.
The expansion question apparently
played little part in the election. and
Senator Herbert c. Parsons of Green
field, where the question was an issue
before the people was defeated. Mr..
Parsons ran independently, and was
assisted III his campaign by Number
of anti-expansionists from this city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08
QUIET IN THE FIRST.
All Three Republican Candidates
Elected to Council.

The dav passed very quietly in the
First precinct. and while a large num-
Der of workers were out for each party.
the best of good feeling. on the whole.
prevailed. The Republican strength
came out in the latter part of the day.
for up TO o'clock the Democrats We're
conceded have held the. lead. though
the state { 1t was general from both
sides tina. much scratching was being
done. In the Fifth district some chal-
longing was done in the forenoon, but
after DINNER things quoted down. enc
very few or no attempts We're made to
get in irregular votes. In the Eleventh
district nearly the entire registered
strength was polled. and the voting was
practically over at o'clock.
In the Eleventh district the judges
prepared the candidates for the worst
by posting the following notice:
ITO THE CANDIDATES.:
1T is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life is one grand song.
But the man that's worth while
Is the man that can smile
when everything goes dead wrong"
In the Fifth district Democratic
wagon brought to the polls woman
whose vote was challenged by the Re-
publicans She was taken back home
TO get her papers" but on. her reap
pearance something appeared t.. be
wrong. and her vote was not accepted
Asked what ticket she had intended to
vote she replied: THE Republican
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was his retirement from the ticket ]
felt convinced that after his duplicity.
weakness and treachery it would be
impossible for him to be elected. He
preferred the advice of the coter.e of
Republicans and assistant Repub-
iicans. Cowen and Warfield. at whose
dictation he had betrayed me l knew
that he was fore-doomed to defeat and
though some Of my friends thought il,
unwise for me TO put myself on record
in a declaration that he would be
beaten, ] felt no hesitation because OF
the conviction l had.
-Four years ago, by my effort. he
was nominated for the governorship
and elected 10 that office. This year,
it was only necessary for me to stand
aside at his bidding and inevitable
and Overwhelming defeat came upon
him, Notwithstanding the assurance
that the Independent and gold Demo-
cracy and corporation influences would
be exerted TO the utmost in his behalf.
THE defeat I told him Of has come
upon him and he has not only the
bitterness of candidate that is
beaten. but of one who in his own
heart knows that defeat is a just
chastisement at the hands of the peo-
pie for his weakness and treachery.
This is not a defeat for the Repub-
lican party; it is defeat for Lowndes
and his personal allies.
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THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE.
How 1t Originated Some Three-quar-
tiers of Century Ago.
boston Jourral.D

Boston Journal)
On the high cliffs which skirt the
Raritan river Just below the canal
outlet is the famous old Bellonia hotel.
where Commodore Cornelius Wander
bilt made his start in life and laid
the foundation of his great fortune
The building is dilapidated. but as
solid as in the early years of the nine
teenth century
The hotel was built in 1903 by the
New York & New Brunswick Steam
boat company. With boatmen and
shippers it became a favorite resort.
and country residents who drove into
town hardly felt satisfied till. they
had dinsd at the Bellonia. Twice a
day the coaches of the Trenton line
pulled up before the inn.
In 1928 the Bellonia passed into the
hands of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
was unknown. except that every day
or so he would sail up from Perth
Amboy with a boat load of fish and
oysters and hawk them about the
town.
How did Vanderbilt get the money
from fish peddling to buy the Bellonia?
He didn't.
Early in 1922 William Gibbons.
capitalist. made night drive from
New York TO Perth Amboy 1t was
Kill to Tottenville, S. l. The night was
stormy. Gibbons besought the ferry
man to take him across. but he re-
fused. He then wandered into an old
ferry tavern where hardy boatmen
were gathered.
where's the man with the nerve to
row me across?" he called y ut
One old salt said:
Why. cap'n, you're daftr'
Gibbons cried: Name your price;
I've got to gor'
Just then the door swung open ana
'Corny' Vanderbilt stalked in.
Vanderbilt ordered a drink and
swallowed it in silence. then he re-
sponded: Well, cap'n, I'm your man;
let's startr'
Buttoning up his coat Corny got out
his beat. with a pair of oars. an
oilskin. and lantern. The capitalist
climbed upon the rear seat and held
the lantern. Perhaps an hour later
the two men. after perlious voyage,
tired Staten Island, soaked to the skin.
Vanderbilt had just been married and
Gibbons could not persuade him TO re-
main over night on the island. The
rich man handed him a card. with
some money. and told him 10 call at the
steamboat company's office in Battery
place when he visited New York.
Some weeks later Vanderbilt did go,
and was cordially received. When he
was about to leave Gibbons gave him
a package and told him TO go to a
wharf. where he would find an oyster
smack for his own use.
With this boat Vanderbilt began to
make money. Not many months later
he had saved $500 and leased the Bello-
MIA hotel. Fortune seemed to have
smiled upon him. for about the same
time he was made captain of the first
steamer between New York and New
Brunswick. the Bellonia, through the
aid of Gibbons.
Vanderbilt had plenty of competition
Opposing lines were started and he had
to hustle to maintain his pre-eminence
While he was on the waite: Mrs. Van
deTbilt cared for the guests who came
to the Bellonia. She frequently took a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08
FOURTH is DEMOCRATIC.
Elected All Three Candidates For the
Council.

The old reliable Fourth was thor
oughly Democratic, and elected all
three of its councilnanic nominees by
good majorities. This was done in the
face of the fact that the Republicans
had most of the carriages and were
working from sunrise TO sunset to elect
their ticket. Every old Republican in
the precinct was aroused early and
brought to the polls TO vote. Arthur
Pratt, John T. Axiom and other RepuD-
licans of equal prominence were out at
their districts endeavoring to beguile
the unwary into voting their way. The
Republican ladies also prepared nice
lunches 10 induce the hungry into vot-
ing at the dictates of their appetites.
But it was all of no avail. The Demo-
Gratis came out in full force and took
the precinct by storm.
Considerable scratching was done by
both sides, but the result was not af-
fscted much. and the whole Democratic
ticket received a heavy vote. The day
passed quietly and was only marred by
one unpleasant incident. In the Forty
second district some boys. in spirit
of hoodlumism. threw rocks and other
missiles at the two tents of tie par
ties. When reasoned with they would
not desist, and an officer wao-sent for.
When the knowledge dawned upon
them that the result of their hoodlum-
ism was to be arrest they quickly de-
sisted, and fled to parts where they
could not be found by the minion of the
la..
w. j. Tuddenham polled the largest
vote for the council. receiving 1,214
votes. a majority of $50 over W. C.
Spence, who poiled the highest vote on
the Republican ticket Emanuel Har-
tenstein followed with a vote of 1.151,
a majority of 122. Edgar Howe receiv-
ed 1.O52 votes. majority of %.
The vote bv district follows,
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RESULT IN SECOND.
Democrats Were Handicapped and
Lost Whole Ticket.

The victory in the Second goes to the
Republicans as the tabulated figures
show. but the margin was close on
councilmen, although all three Repub
licans won. Cottrell leads with 220
majority, Whittemore comes next with
ITO. and Canning has 92. La Vielle,
contrary to all expectations, was the
low man on the Democratic ticket.
The election in this precinct passed
off quietly and no trouble of any ma
ture is reported from any polling place.
A. number who were not registered
tried to vote. thinking that they could
swear in their ballots anyhow. and in
one or two instances were loud in their
criticisms of such a law.
The Republicans of the precinct
seemed to have much the better organ
ization and by far the most numerous
force of workers. At no polling place
were there less than five Republican
hustlers with badges, and Republican
carriages were everywhere. On the
other hand, the Democrats were badly
crippled for rigs in most of the dis
tricts, and in those districts where they
made anything like a good showing the
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rigs were furnished by residents of the
neighborhood. In the Fourteenth dis
trict there was not a single Democratic
rig on the ground till after noon. and
100 Democratic votes were polled after
8 o'clock.
1t is notable the amount of scratching
that was done on the councilmanic
the fifteen districts did the vote go in
straight. either Democratic or Repub-
lican.
Although badly handicapped, the
Democrats made a magnificent fight in
a number of the districts and increased
their majoritieS of last year, but their
good work was more than counterbal-
anced by the unexpected strength
shown by the Republicans in other dis
tricts.
The uncertainty.of the vote under the
new law is shown by the fact that at s
o'clock Lewis was ready to give up the
Twelfth; his home district, in disgust,
as he felt that he was being slaugh-
tered. The result shows that he ran
far ahead of any other man on either
ticket in that precinct.
One good Republican tried to vote in
the Thirteenth precinct and was chal-
lenged by a Democrat on the ground
that ne had moved out of the precinct.
He few into a rage and tried TO con-
vince everybody in the neighborhood
that as he still owned property in that
voting district, he could come back and
swear in his vote, even if he had moved
cut. He failed to convince the judges
of election.
Noah J. Sheckell has one good friend
in the Nineteenth district, who ignored
tral;an ballot and pumped one vote for
the First precinct attorney ANYHOW
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08
RESULT IN NEW JERSEY.
The Republicans Will Control Both
Branches of the Legislaturs.

Trenton. y. J.. Nov. THE returns
at midnight indicate that the Repub-
licans have carried the state by about
10000 plurality, although there was no
direct vote on state ticket. The Re
publicans will control both houses of
the legislature by good working ma
jorities and will have an increaser rep
resentation in the house of assembly.
The Republicans have elected SEN
ators in Camden. Gloucester. Somer-
set, Union and Essex, and probably in
Salem and Monmouth. The Democrats
have elected but one senator. in War
rem.
The senate will stand fourteen Repub-
licans to seven Democrats. The Dem
ocrats lost three assemblymen in Mid
dleseX and one in Salem, and the next
assembly will be composed of forty-one
Republicans and nineteen Democrats.
as against thirty-seven Republicans
and twenty-three Democrats last year.
The result in Monmouth is very close,
but IL is believed that the Republicans
have elected Francis senator and that
the Democrats have elected assembly
men and county officers. The Republic
ans carried Cumberland for the assem-
bly,, but the Democrats elected the
county clerk and sheriff. The Repub-
licans carried their entire ticket in
AfiddleseX and Union counties.
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hand in caring for their horses. and
divided the rest of her time in looking
after the house and bar She one of
whose descendants was TO be a duchess.
washed and scrubbed to accumulate a
fortune She had a good eye for bust
ness.
After awhile Mrs Vanderbilt felt a
desire to live more like the aristocrats
about her. and moved her household
into house yet standing in Burnet
street. Here Ii was that William H.
Vanderbilt was born. Captain Wander
bilt was promoted and wanted to give
up the tavern. but his wife was not will
ling TO kill the goose that laid the gol-
den egg. and continued 10 welcome
travellers. The good cheer Of the hos
terly was famous.
Charles Spaulding kept an excellent
private school at No. $40 George street
in those days. and To this was young
W. III. VaDderbilt sent. having for
schoolmates boys known later IN life as
Goodrich. Colonel Jacob J. Janeway.
Judge Charles d. Deshler, and other
prominent Jerseymen.
In 1884 the steamer Bellonia was
burned. Vanderbilt was Immediately
transferred TO another boat. which he
ran for several years. His shrewdness
won the confidence of his employers
gnu NACl' d vi tue
New York office Commodore" Wander
bilt was made superintendent of the
line. Upon the death of Mr.. Gibbo )
Mr.. Vanderbilt became president of the
company.
He moved TO New York with his fam
lily. and the Bellonia hotel passed into
the hands of Colonel Peter Cheney. who
later served with the Jersey troops I'M
der General Mcclellan in the civil war.
IL is now a tenement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08

The election passed off more quietly
than had been anticipated. number
of challenges were made aud 1t is be-
lieved that many illegal votes We're cast
by the Republicans. None of the chal-
lenges was sustained. because in each
instance the suspected person swore
that all the qualifications necessary TO
an elector were possessed. 1t is likely
that some arrests will be made as a
result of what is believed to have been
false swearing in such instances. but
the Democratic committee has not yet
decided what course will be best to pur-
sue.
The chances are more than even,
however. that somebody will serve time
in the penitentiary as result of yes
terday's work larger vote was
polled than had been anticipated. and
the Republicans had the best of it from
that standpoint on account of the su-
periority of their organization They
were in a better position to get out
their strength because they had linn
itless number of carriages and their
hired workers saw to 1t that nobody
WAS overlooked
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PRESIDENT M'K1NLEY VOTES.
It Took Him But an Instant to Mark
His Ticket

Canton, O., Nov president &c
Kinley cast his ballot just at noon. He
was scheduled to reach the city at
twenty minutes late. With him came
Mrs. Mckinley. Assistant Secretary
Cortelyou and DR.. RiXey.
Respecting the presidents desire for
simplicity, Canton organized no DEM
onstration But when the train ar
rived there were on the platform near
~ all the members of the reception
committee of the 1896 campaign and
scores of friends. together with an i'm
mense crowd of citizens. Lusty cheers
began as the train appeared, and con-
tinued until the party in carriages dis
appeared.
The party went direct to the Barber
home to be the guests of Mrs. McKin-
ley's sister. AS soon as greetings were
exchanged and Mrs. Mckinley COM
fortably established the president
started for his polling place. b of the
First ward. in which is located his re-
cent purchase, the famous cottage of
SO
At the Barber steps he encountered
an impromptu reception. a large crowd
having gathered to greet him. Old SOL
diers of the civil war and young SOL
diers of the Spanish war were conspic-
uous in meeting their old comrade and
commanders chief respectively. Shak-
ing hands as he PASSED. the president
walked 10 the polling place. seven
blocks away.
Here there We're more greetings eX-
changed and he was handed ballot 191.
He was back of the booth curtain only
an instant and then handed his ballot
to the judge. Many friends called on
the president
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-08
GOOD WORK IN THIRD
Barnes Carried Precinct By Increased
Democratic Majority.

The Third preciaCt went Democratic
as was expected, and Mr.. Barnes ran
somewhat ahead of Judge Baskin's
majority in the precinct two years
ago. All three Democratic nominees
for the council, Messrs. Fernstrom,
Howe and Reid. were elected by COM
Portable majorities Fernstrom was
scratched somewhat in all the dis
tricts and ran about a hundred be-
hind his ticket but his majority was
a safe enc.
1t was notable fact that while
Barnes carried Thompson's district.
Thompson retaliated by carrying that
in which Barnes lives. Both are resi-
dents of the Third precinct Barnes
living in the Twenty-eighth district
and Thompson in the Thirtieth dis
trict.
1t was the quietest election day
throughout the precinct in the memory
of the oldest inhabitants. The excite
ment that usually pervades the
Bloody Third on election day was
notably absent The vote was light all
over the precinct. in many of the dis
tricts scarcely half of the registered
strength being polled. There seemed
to be a lack of interest in the result
of the election. and the crowds at the
various polling places were notable
chiefly for their smallness.
Many carriages were out for both the
political parties but owing to the
fine weather there was not very much
polls were there headquarters The
two parties had pitched tents near the
polls in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty
fifth district. but few were gathered
in either one, save the checkers for
each party. In all OF the districts the