New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

Congressman Galusha A. Grow OF Pennsylvania.
the veteran member OF the House OF Representa-
tives, Is much pleased with Prince
MUCH Henry. At the Fifth Avenue
PLEASED Hotel last night Congressman
WITH Grow said: Everybody IN the
PRINCE House was pleased with the Prince.
HENRY. and we gave him a reception that
was genuinely hearty. He impressed
extremely sensible young man: and he
knows how 10 be very pleasant. too. After the
vices in honor Of President Mckinley which Prince
Henry attended were over the House held levee.
made to different members Were all happy. He
s 161 nT so Jhas fns Jeee45Gn MIS-
OF Mississippi. and other member, went to
together They told him that they had seen him
he what a pity that didn't meet you then. We
would have been old friends now After he left
Speakers chair for twenty MINUTES He was great,
what control 1t has its members"
Ex-Governor Samuel T Hauser Of Montana is at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. II suppose that II popu-
lar vote were taken in Montana on
THINKS MON the question of allowing trying
TANA NOT TO prevent the proposed consolida-
GREATLY IN ton of the great railway systems
TERESTED. the vote would stand five to one
against consolidation. The fact
mains, however. that popular sentiment in Montana
Is not aroused very strongly either side. The
question is exciting great amount of popular
interest so far blocking the combination by
ton from Minnesota for example where a test
case has just been thrown out by the Supreme
Court. Incorporated In the State constitution of
Montana is a clause forbidding the merging Of
competing o parallel roads. and. in addition, the
Great Northern was incorporated under the laws or
Minnesota. and so II is citizen OF that state
None of the roads are citizens in Montana, For
these reasons II seems reasonable to believe that
a case can he made which will be within the juris
dicton of the Supreme Court But am not lawyer
enough to say. That is the hope of some people in
Montana
r A OuarftCh. Of London the well known dealer
IN rare books. came to this country several weeks
ago with a collection of books and
| BOOK illuminated manuscripts worth
| COLLECTORS many thousands of dollars. He
| HAVE sails for England to-day without
! AVERSION TO the books. and more than one New
| PUBLICITY York collector has added to his
store OF volumes. 1t would r OF be
| fair to the gentlemen who have purchased from me
/ to disclose their names for book dealer is some
thing like a doctor" Mr.. Quaritch said yesterday,
! as ne packing his trunks in the HOFFMAN
| House. Most book collectors have an aversion 10
publicity, and often, too, they do not care 10 nave
| other collectors know what they have bought.
! Illuminated manuscripts, which l showed TO YOU
I when I came, to person, and to another a very
old edition Of the Koran. AS you see. don't take
much back The first edition of F1tzgerald's trans
lation the edition that my father solder tried 70
( sell-for twopence, and which is now worth ~
found a quick market. But that was minor save
have picked up here for myself two or three W.T.
/ tie things but not much. | have bought no Amer
icana. FOR when do purchase any In that me y
is in England Most of your early American books
were printed In England, and may be bought nlIGL
| cheaper there than I'm the United states MT
Quartch IS due at sale in Paris three days arteI
| delayed voyage. He expects to come TO this coun-
| try again next year