New-York tribune., 1901-12-20
PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE

has made such enviable record Ter himself at
West Point III football this season. was known at
Harvard as one of the most energetic men in his
class, which 1901. In his freshman year he was
disabled by injuries received in football but after
that his activity practically houndless. In ad-
dition to playing quarterback the Harvard eleven
for three years. which would have been glory
enough for most men. he member of the
track team also for three years, and went 10 Eng
more year he tried for The Crimson" and was an
editor Of the paper during the rest OF MS f0f6e @ I
OF his class debating team, and served on the
men the Harvard committee on a Spanish war me
moria and the committee on meetingS a IN n dRiPs Zip
an undergradqate He was member f OF me 3e,7 ar
Eliot NoTton is the sponsor of the Institute Of
no and d. X E. the Pi Eta Society. the sgnet
ber arO Of fl the Hasty Pudding Club Daiy Impressed
Irresistible go When he received his West Point
appointment in his senior year he withorew from
aIninstons and then Feturled 70 Ga5oJ:e where ere
Harvard degree of Bachelor Of Arts.
Andrew Carnegie. 80 So" the entry on the
bulletin board the St. Andrews Gof Club. up in
westchester and for three months the golfers of
that organization got a let Of merriment out OF it.
When the great steel master came home from his
Scotch castle early in the fall he saw the curt little
announcement too. and promptly put stop 10
further laughter il by sending in his check
for the e. cents. It not because the club man
agernent feared that DTr. Carnegie had defaulted
Intentionally the trivial debt that his name a.
The club are made to be enforced matter against
Ta9 @ ddens geer Is deb By By the
ust be PAID within tie month m in wnifh on fbe bY,e
board. Mr. Carnegie forgot the RUE or me oent
aWaT v foE us bonnie Scotland to be gone three
months leaving unpaid the ne 80 & cents diber little Ms sxtr
services for which golfers must Pa! and AT the eM
P9 3e q eb fe on fS the % buen board along with
dozen others against lesser personages-
Ayrus,o Severe the energetic Brazilian Deputy
who is busily engaged in experimenting the con-
struction Of his drigible balloon in which he hopes
to surpass the exploits of his countryman Santos
Durnont is AT active, wiry, nervous. good natured
little man. with olive complexion and sable hair,
He has already spent about $1,000 on his expert
nent He passes most of his time driving about to
the Eaons wOgsheR S %h9Ts ta an IN h aIs hs
housed and from Which the trip around Paris is to
be made The balloon is fitted with two motors-a
90 horsepower one aft and Is horsepower s one ne
navigating around Paris the problem Of the air
and next year ar build bigger balloon on board OF
which shall sail across TO Brazil.
Very few people know much about the private
life OF ex-President Grover Cleveland II were
call upon him at his home IN Princeton he would
at almost any hour of the day find him either at
his big roer-ton desk in his handsome library or
at smaller desk IN corner OF his billiard room.
hard at work on article for q popular weekly
paper. diligently applying himself TO literary
production for of the well known monthly mag
azines. The only living ex-President or the OHiteu
States is seldom walking through the streets OF
the university town but it is not unusual thihs
for him pass the university campus and the semi
nary grounds on his drives Every Princeton school-
boy. as we'll as every university youth IS QUICK q 10
recognize the carriage as It poWls eTrs "a Ser
the streets, and each of them IS atNaS9 e+fy
enished 20 dsssh citizen T cevsia9d th1t part of
summer which he spends in Princeton, seehS 81
average PTincetonians Drives with his dI1tnne fam
iiy into the country. fishing along the MllerGne Md
Greek bass riessEel "a and ne peEGa yanne neOuna are
diversions suIg his tastes In the fal ne in the
Psnts fey days oG 81 Fe as hTa9s na sggtoWn about
six miles away here 9nsI 9srtdase tdagsegton nfG Is de-
ciSediV genial Unburdened by the cares of public
life which infrequenty cause great men kraS moa
and sypathec SAD very intimate stdT PrRss{9n becd@
M foInd f him to be one of the most lovable good nat
ns 9Tsd nst ane badome we @ acquanfe with him to
know Just what manner Of man he Is.
..rn. Democratic party is not speaking terms
with itself" Mr.. Dooey is reported TO have saio'
and the sentiment has been indorsed by Leading
nenocrats In the retired life which most of them
- 80 enioving VIII David B. Hill respond to
Ricbard Croker's overtures for peace? Mr.. Hill 1t
Is believed will think about it He must look
after his national fences well as those In New
YORK State A shindv with Richard might be pleas
A
Nm at Albany is a lawyer as wei as politician
Those who walk along Broadway Albany ana
look at Mr. Hills law Offices on the second floor of
. bntIdfne on that street see at times his nurly
frure moving about from room TO room II they
walk upstairs those rooms they will find one
Of them a well arranged law office: There Mr. Hill
works determinedly every day but Sunday. when ne
is AZ Wolfert's Roost, midway between Albany ana
NAV be said be devoted 10 newspapers and cor
resnondence The letters come from all parts or
the United states, and the newspapers likewise
There are stacks Of rural New-York Democratc
rewspa pers most OF them indicating small clrcu-
Iation owing to their publication in brutally
strong Republican ueighnorhood. But they show
also that Mr. Hin is the Il a Democrat OF the
rural Democrats
James Gordon Bennett is Just now prominent
figure among American residents of Paris He IS
the lessee of the historical preserves near Yer
sailles, where Louis XIV used to shoot. Among
those who shot pheasants ana hares over Mr Ben
nett's Enclosures last week were the Grand Duke
Alexis and NJ Waldeck- Rousseau. president OF the
the best part of the cruising on his yacnt
after a brief stay near the Italian lakes
Switzerland and Germany. he returns to Paris FOR
the shooting Soon after the New Year
holidays ne goes south. and remains at Beauiieu
and Monte Carlo until the spring. May and June
In hinh h.