The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-26
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| that he has.
Robert T. Lincoln.
For example, have been told
on excellent authority that he is the
only man in America who witnessed
| the assassination of the three Amer
lean Presidents. He was in the
| theater at Washington the night his
father was shot. because I have a
New York Herald of April Is. 1865.
| which reports that he was in the
| box behind his father.
He was In Garfields cabinet-I
think as Secretary of the Interior
and was walking up to meet Garfield
at the Union Station when Garfield
was fired upon.
HE was In the receiving line at the
Buffalo exposition-about three down
| the line-when Mckinley was shot.
II thought the above might interest
you, as think II Is one of the oldest
| experiences / have ever heard of, and
certainly most unusual.
Let me take this opportunity Of
letting you know how much I think
| Of your column. 1t is. in my opinion,
by far the best financial synopsis In
any paper or magazine that know of.
| J. p. Morgan.
| When the late J. p. Morgan was
indicted. along with Charles 8. Mellen,
| In connection with certain New Haven
1 Grand Trunk railway maneuvers, he
took to bed. absolutely inconsolable.
| When, several years later. William
Rockefeller was indicted. along with
other New Haven directors. he con-
fided to me one day, in very grave
| tones, that II was not comfortable to
L It'd Dtv nd 10 haS hol
possibility of a prison sentence hang
| ing over one.
| These incidents are recalled to
| mind by the suit brought by a pro-
| tective committe of Denver and Rio
| Grande stockholders against men who
| were directors Of the road. The stock
holders committee petitions the SUI
preme Court to compel the directors
| to account for 5000, 900, 900 alleged TO
| have been lost through stock manipu
| lation, conspiracy, collusion and
forced and fictitious sales OF rali-
road property.
Denver and Rio Grande.
1t is probably we'll to have this
| whole Denver and Rio Grande-West-
ern Pacific matter cleared up to the
| satisfaction OF all parties. While the
! standing and character Of the men
|
moment that they would have laio
| themselves open to the charges made,
| nevertheless the losses sustained by
Denver and Rio Grande security hold
ers have been so heavy that intense
bitterness and suspicion have been
created.
The first purchase Of securities I
| ever made was ten shares Of Denver
and Rio Grande preferred stock. l
/ II
500. Naturally. like other stockhold-
ers, / had a feeling that the Denver
and Rio Grande got the thin end or
| the stick in its dealings with the West
| ern Pacific, which virtually gobbled
up the whole property.
James j. Hill.
Next to talking about railroads,
James J. Hill liked to talk, when
among intimates, about his wonder
full wife. who has just died after an
| illness dating from his death In 1915.
Mr.. Hill was fond Of boasting that
every time he left home his grip was
hacked by Mrs. Hill. Also that she
| personally darned his socks and
sewed on missing buttons.
Unlike the wives of good many
men who gain enormous wealth, Mrs.
| Hill never developed a craze for keep
| ing her husband on the jump attend
| ing theaters or society functions.
She made things 30 comfy for him
! at home that neither he nor she had
any disposition to go gadding around.
Every morning she got up in time to
| breakfast with him and accompany
him to his office. Under such home
influences the nine Hill children in
cluded no worthless Founders.
A great many men Of tremendous
responsibilities complain bitterly that
their wives constantly inveigle them
tinto squandering time on empty
frivolities and thus injure their
capacity for doing worthwhile things.
On the other hand, not few men
who have gained conspicuous success
owe their rise very largely to the en-
couragement and cooperation sup
piled by their wives.
Copyright, 1921. by ID. Q. Forbes.)