'' " -"- --Tr- i -- rcs T V. - ' . . -4 ,f - -W w "0 ;"-' , i n '' &'"'::'' -tv V.i.fv-M r' r f-Trk: i rv y.-'wr 'Vvrw'MrPrfW tfif C A . , ..' iv - T ' -. --- S "f -Tjff Ja '. ., -.,.- r, w F ... TKE LAKOASMt fcAlfclf tliiMGiaCR SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1800. '' v '-v ,.Ofslf- PROPOSED MONUMENTS, IN MEMORY OF AND E. U. EDWIN FORREST DAVENPORT. Plan Mew Going forward for Tkla lar MM A Theatrical- atemlnleeeaca t Day warn Atdrlch aad lavaart Ware'aa tfca e Tttkr. , (Special O8mpealence,1 New Yerk, May 15. There It ft r Mwal of the movement towards having statue, erected in Central park la stern er? of and in enduring perpetaatiea of tha greatest tragediaa ABwricft hai pro duced, Edwin Ferreet. With the axcep. KDWTN FORREST. tien of the Jehn McCrdleugh memorial in Mount Meriah cemetery, in Philadel phia, the dramatic profession has raised no trihute te its front dead. Some ten years age Gabriel Harrison, of Brook lyn, who has been actor, teacher of dra matic art, painter and uewspaper writer, and who is the author of tin interesting volume entitled "The Life and Labors of Edwin Ferrest," endeavored te create a fund for the erection of a statue te the great tragedian. He collected nomeney, as his intention wa3 te call for nene of the sums premised until the full amount was guaranteed. Frem fS.OOO te $10,000 wcre subscribed, and that was the end of it all. Recently Idaho's ex-governor, William M. Bunn, of Philadelphia, bccnnionrons bccnnienrons bccnnionrens ed te the injustice dene the memory of the ncter who se long rondo his home in the Quaker City, whose private theatre is new its Scheel of Design nnd within whose county limits there is still sup ported by the fertune of the dead Spar Spar tacusthe only asylum in this country for thenged nnd indigent members of his profession. Philadelphia having no actor colony, Mr. Bunn successfully sought the financlul assistance of the railway magnates who largely control the street car lines of Philadelphia, New Yerk, Chicago nnd ether cities Messrs. P. A. B. Widener, William L. Elkins k. l. luvnsrenT. nnd William U. Kemlile. These gentle men agreed that if the actors of the country displayed suflicient interest in the scheme they would contribute liber ally towards the fund. T Whatever is the outcemo of the matter it premises an interesting degree of the esteem in which Ferrest is held by the actors of this day. It is 60inevhat sin jrujar that at the time of the resurrec tion of the Ferrcbt statue scheme, Jehn W. Norten the St. Leuis theatrical manager, and the man who gave Mary Andersen te the htnge and was her lead ing support for sevcrnl seasons, came te New Yerk, inflamed with the desire te flre the breath of his theatrical brethren with the belief that they cau best de honor te their great profession and te their art by placiutr in enduring brone or glisteuing marble an efligy of one -whom he described as "the greatest all around actor this country has produced, E. L. Davenport." Jt is certainly true that Davenport was equally great as Bernee, as Damen, as Corielanus, as Sir Giles Overreach, as William in "Black Eyed Susan," and se en tlireugh the gamut of his art, and only his unfortunate ventures as a man ager dimmed the luster of his reputation "KAY OOD DAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL. and ended his life in failure It will be interesting te learn whether the thor ough beauty of Ids art or the thunder of Ferrest's tones are best treasured nnd re membered by the members of the pro fession in which both men were leaders. Norten is very enthusiastic about his project, and in convention recently with Le'8 Aldrich indulged in many reminiscent of his here. One mutual recollection wln'ja they had I will repro duce here: Many years age, when Davenport was a member of ene of the Bosten stock companies, at the clote of the season he joined with a number of his fellow ac or and actresses (who were engaged in ether organizations playing at the Hub) in what was then known as a "snap company, meaning thereby a sort of co operative dramatic organization which during the idle summer season traveled from town te town and divided what ever profits might accrue. This partic ular company included, besides Daven port, such new famous people as Frank Maye, Agnes Perry she is new Mrs. Agnes Beeth and the leading lady of the justly famous Madisen Square Theatre tfempany Leuis Aldrich and Jehn W. Norten. They played tlireugh the east ern towns, but, the tour being decidedly unsuccessful, decided te disband after filling an engagement of three nights in a certain Massachusetts town. When they reached that city they were njarttK4 t ft bettl jrUcb adjoined, tba aBBBBBBBHaBBBB&a& Slaaaaaaaaaa.a.a.1 aaaaaaaaaQa Mt&r - VaaaaaaaaWsaT S- 2"E53li BaaavaUCBB7 $3. pear, both betac J""" T? E4bethbeieftaylrtr. fceW. bewrrer, hire twdtag player te its eabtacs by tha cMawiiig suggestion that hy oeftM walk dirsctly from their hutil si tiftunt through a private pas afsway tate ths thettre dressing room, After ths members of the "map" com paay had attempted te partake of their AratBMal in the hotel they waited Upen the landlord in , body aad dmaaded that they be riven edible feed, te which the boaifaee independently responded that It they did net like what was for fer aifthed them they could go elsewhere. Aldrich, Davenport aad Norten acted upon this delicate hint, and with carpet sacks in head walked down the street te the opposition house several blocks away. The last night of the Lewell engage ment the bill comprised "The Stranger," in which Agnes Perry took the part of Mrs. Haller, and Frank Maye essayed the role of the somber Stranger. Thk was te be followed by the farcical "Black Eyed Bemb," la which Lords Aldrich was cast for the Admiral, Jehn W. Norten for Capt, Crosstree, aad Mr. Davenport, of coarse, for William. Iu the Utter play, as every one who has seen it will remember, William is found guilty of striking Crosstree, and the Ad miral sentences him te be hanged from the yard arm, concluding with the sol emn words, "and may Ged have mercy en your soul." Upen this particular oc casion Leuis Aldrich spied sitting in the front row of the theatre the landlord of the hotel, accompanied by his three buxom daughters, all evidently pleased with the play and with themselves. Aldrich's soul thirsted for revenge. When the sentence of peer William had te be pronounced the words of the play were subjected te a most remarkable change. "I scntence you," said the Ad miral, "te beard at the house for two weeks, and may Ged have mercy en you." Davenport at first looked stunnetL and then gave one wild, delirious shriek of laughter; the landlord and his daugh ters sprang te their f eet and rushed from the place, while the entire audience held its sides and ached with laughter. L. N. Meqarqee. rhll Armour and the Reporter. Chicago, May 15. When you have paid your respects te the wheat pit from the gallery of the beard of trade which no properly constructed visitor te the big city by the lake neglects te de and have strolled up the west side of La Salle street te a point opposite the main en trance of the big insurance building, your attention suddenly becomes fixed en another of the recognized "sights" of Chicago. What first catches your eye is an immense bouquet of brilliant het house flowers resting en the center of a large flat topped desk in plain view be hind the biggest plate glass window in the building. Then you observe that this desk, the flowers and a heavy built man, whose bread, pleasant, smooth shaven face is almost buried in the fragrant blossoms as he examines pages of mnmerauda that clerks are constantly placing before him, are a sort of a vertex into which are be ing drawn business operations of almost incalculable magnitude The intense yet orderly activity of the scores of book keepers, clerks, telegraph operators, typo type writers and messengers, who are also in plain view from where you stand, im press you with the certainty that seme much mere vital, tangible interest than the collection of "margins" or the buy ing and selling of "futures" is controlled by the heavy built man who works as with his face buried in a bower of roses. And you are right, for the man is Philip D. Armour, who may almost be said te held in the hollow of his hand the prevision trade of the two conti nents. Armour's canned beef is eaten by British soldiers in Egypt nnd Russian soldiers in Sileria. His dressed meats are sold in every town in America and in most of the cities of Europe. The names en his pay roll, and of theso who live by his industry, would fill one of the largest city directories published. Every body has heard hew his gifts te his em em peoyes and te charitable concerns amount te a snug fortune every year. New if you have business with the heuse of Armour & Ce. if yen want te buy 10,000 barrels of perk don't flatter yourself tliat he is going te spend the day talking it ever with you. While you nre placing your small item with one of the clerks Mr. Armour, with his nese among the flowers, is reading n cable message from Berlin asking whether he will feed the German army this year en the same terms as last year. But if you are a newspaper man even quite an humble reporter you may march right up te his desk and smell of the flowers, and it is mere than likely that he will shake hands and address you as ".Mr. Medill" or "Mr. Scott," ac cording te whether you corae from The Tribune or The Herald. Curtis Ddntiam. Hera' Your Sea Serpent. The sea serpent has again been seen, as usual, by a man of "unquestioned vo ve racity," who is also a resident of Seuth Egremont, Mass. This favored individ ual went fishing at Twin Lakes, Conn., the ether morning about G o'clock. As he paused en the bank he noticed what he at first supposed was a blackened stump sticking up out of the water about 100 feet from shore. He was rather sur prised at the sight, as at that particular spot the water is known te be seventy five feat deep. While yet he looked the object disappeared from sight, te reap pear again in a moment at another spot perhaps fifty feet distant. In moving it left a very perceptible wake, and as it again rose te the sur face the fisherman, te use the words of the local report, "saw that the object, if net a lineal descendant of the original sea Berpent, was at least the largest snake ever seen in that section. As it re appeared it reared its head fully six feet abeve the water. The head of itself was flat and about two feet in length, the neck arched, and the body, which con tinued te grew larger the nearer it ap proached the water line, was from ten te twelve inches in diameter. Thesnake ence inore disappeared and, swimming in a circle, came up again somewhat hearer the shore." After his first sur prise had a little abated the man be thought himself that if he desired te spread the story abroad it would be well te gather a few witnesses who could cor roborate his statements. But he found none, and while he searched the marine monster disappeared. A Palace for an Enipreii. At Corfu the empress of Austria is building a magnificent Pempelau palace. It will cost $3,500,000. The walls are te be of marble, brought from Carrara, and the interior is te be decorated with the rarest weeds. The gardens will be laid ef.t in terraces, with fountains, and both grounds and heuse are te be illuminated by electricity. Senater Meant and 111 Itertee. Senater Hearst is extremely devoted te his horses and, besides his racing sta ble, of which he will have thirty repre sentatives east this season, he keeps five neble uuimals in Washington. Four of them, two blacks and two bays, he drives alternately te his carriage, while the ether is for his personal riding. JOURNALISTIC ETHICS. WALTER WELLMAN WRITES OF THE CODE OF THE PROFESSION. It Is CnwrltUa. but Every Self Betpect lag Eiperlenced Nawapaper Man Knows It aad Fellow! It-Beaa Iatancs of Geed aad Bad Jenrasllim BpecUl Oerreapaedeare. WAsactOTOK, May 15. Is ihcre such ft thing as newspaper ethics? This Is ft question which a series of events have brought te the front in Washington. First, a number of the ancient and proper senators thought the newspaper men had no right te send out accounts ,of the proceedings of the senate in ex ecutive session, and they had an investi gation which cost ft geed deal of money and resulted In a fine old farce. Then there came up the Cleveland-Dana episode in New Yerk, which all the newspaper men and public men of Wash ington took the keenest sort of interest In. Finally, tne press gallery commit tee, composed of newspaper men and elected by newspapermen, concluded te discipline a young correspondent who had made the mistake of sending ent a brutal dispatch nbeut the habits of a distinguished statesman. Perhaps noth ing would have been thought or said of this incident bnt for the peculiar cir cumstances surrounding it. The scene was laid at the funeral of Senater Beck in the senate chamber. According te the dispatch the states man in question, who was n member of the funeral committee en the part of the house, staggered into the chamber, fell into a seat, sat there in a dazed condi tion, staggered out of the chamber when the ceremonies wcre concluded, fell in passing down the steps, and fell ngnin nt the railway station in attempting te beard the train. This would have been brutal even if true, but it was false. While the committce of nowspaper men in chorge of the press gallery de net feel called upon te pass judgment en the truth or falsity of news sent out by gen tlemen who enjoy the privileges of the gallery, nor te act as press censers in any sort of way, they have felt it their duty te inform the public that the 'corps of correspondents, of whom they nre the official representatives, de net inderse newspaper invasion of private life. Here we linve the best of answers te the question nnd cenclusive proof that there is such a thing ns newspaper ethics. Journalism is a distinct profession, as is the profession of law or medicine It ought te have its unwritten cedo of morals nnd practice Its. members are brought into intimate relationship with individuals daily in connection with important matters, nnd often with mat ters of delicacy as affecting reputation nnd peace of mind. The relationship which n lawyer bears te his client, or n doctor te his patient, is no mere inti mate or important than that which n journalist bears te the man whom he in terviews or of whom he writes. If there are cedes of ethics for the lawyer and doctor, there fdieuld be similar cedes for the journalist. The journalist should knew the morals of his profession, the amenities of his business, should always feel his responsibility nnd appreciate the dignity of his position in the social fabric. There is such a cede in journal ism, nn unwritten cedo ns all laws of professional ethic must necessarily be, but as yet it is indefinite nnd net well enough understood. Here in Washington however, where journalism is at its higWst state of devel opment in America, and that means in the world, lam happy te say that the ethics of the profession, this unwritten law, is con stantly becoming hotter understood, and year nfter year is better respected. It is net enough that n Washington jeurnnlibt must bengentleman.ns journalists every where should be he must have a sense of honor that is keen and vigilant, net simply as a matter of policy, but of tem perament nnd training. The days of bushwhacking journalism, of "fake" journalism, of oxtreme partisan and per sonal journalism, and abeve all of men dacieus journalism, are at an end in the Capital City. And being at an end here means simply that they are rapidly coming te an end the country ever, for Washington journalism is a reflex of the journalism of the nation. It draws its inspiration nnd its men from the prov inces, nnd needs, moreover, constant ro re newal of the energy that comes from the rural press and the men that press has graduated into the wider field. Journalism as seen at Washington has its ethics, but I de net feel competent te tell what that cedo of ethics is. Prob ably no two working newspaper men would describe it nlike. But there ure certain cardinal features of it known te us all, and of these we may speak. One of these was violated by, the young man who is just new feeling the discipline of bis fellows. The private lives of men nnd women nre tabooed subjects in the newspaper practice of the capital. If this were net se, and we all felt our selves licensed as free lances, thousands of hearts would ache. Probably there is no place in the country where the pri vate lives of well known persons offer such shining marks for criticism and ex position as here. I can count at a mo ment's notlce at least a scere of members of congress who live in a certain sense double lives men who have both wives and mistresses. If we were te tell what we Imew and make it a bubinesa te find out the things which we new only siispect, plenty of gray heads new held high would be hum bled. Even women of the fairest fame would suffer. Luckily these are net le gitimate subjects of newspaper writing. The press is constantly growing mere just and mere generous. It knows hew te shut its eyes ns well as te keep them open. I doubt if in our time another public man meet the fate of ioer Rlddle berger. That nenuter was anything but a drunkard. He was simply a drinking man who occasionally lest his head. When intoxicated he was ugly and will ful. There are a dozen men in congress tedav who have the sumo fault, but the puss deals f erbearingly with them. Had it been inore lenient with Riddlelcrgcr lie might have met a mere happy fate. But he was picturesque. The press bcized upon his first ebcapade, painted it in lurid colors, gave Win a reputation which at that time he did net deserve, and he fell under the weight of obloquy thus thrust upon him. Being given the name he went in for the game nnd finally died of chagrin and a broken heart. Newspaper men at Washington, as elsewhere, must keep confidences. This is one of the unwritten laws which is well underfctoed and ulmest universally respected. Public men are net afraid te trust the writers. Fer instance I called ene recent evening en the speaker of the house. Conversation arose inci dentally about seme public men and measures, and the speaker talked very fraukly, as is his went. He criticised men of his own party in his characteris tic savage fashion and without reserve. He inade no request that tills conversa tion be considered a private ene he in stinctively knew that It was private and would net be printed or repeated. 1 could have created a mild bert of oenwi eenwi oenwi tien by reporting what the hpeaker baid, but of course I did net. This brings uu Iq another phase of modern newinauer ethics. A man must knew that he la being interviewed for publication. The gentleman of the modern press does net ,get his interviews clandestinely. All conversations net understood from the circumstances or by express agree ment te be for type nre private. It is in applying this rule that ene of the chief sources of treuble arises. Thonewspapcr man is often puzzled te knew what was intended for publication nnd what was net. That was the bone of contention in the Cleveland article in New Yerk city. It is often the bone of contention in lees celebrated cases. I am proud te say for the correspondents of Washington that the public men here find little cause of complaint in this regard. The political journalist, as n rule, net only respects confidence nnd is intrinsically honorable, but lie exercises fine discretion in win nowing the proper and printable from the private. Eavesdropping is also tabooed. The self respecting journalist of these times will net hiile himself away in cleeets, or glue his ear te keyholes. Rare stories ere told of the manner in which big news has been obtained by these means, bnt most of these tales are of the old days. The geed senators thought the Washington correspondents must have seme such means of securing executive session secrets, but they were cgtvgious cgtvgieus ly mistaken. The modern journalist will net eavesdrop, but he will deceive. He will net open another man's letter, but he will play a trick upon the ether man if the man does net watch out. Tills matter of newspaper ethics is sometimes very intricate nnd difficult te understand. The publte may net be able te understand why a journalist, who would condemn listening nt the key hele of n committee room deer, could hire an empleye of the government printing of ffce te steal n copy of the president's message for him, but I can understand that, though I am net going te try te ex plain it. I would net listen at a key hole, but I would bribe a printer te steal a message for me, providing the message was worth it and the printer did net ceme tee high. Journalists have geno out of the business of stealing president's mes sages, bnt they are still eager for tariff bills. The publie is already familiar with the manner In which the McKlnley tariff bill found lis way prematurely te the press. A Pacific coast correspondent borrowed the copy of n member of the ways and means committce te write a paragraph from, nnd copied the whele bill with a ferce of six typewriters. That, In my my judgment, was fair journalism. Se was the scheme set up by n conple of bright cerrcHiwmlents te get an advance copy of the Mills tariff bill when the publie mind was filled with curiosity concerning that measure They knew Mr. Mills had a copy of the bill from the printing office, nnd that therefere the bill was jn type. Their plan was te tele phone the foreman of the printing ofilce about 5 o'clock in Ute afternoon by the Capitel telephone that Mr. Mills wanted a dozen mera copies of the bill sent te his heuse at 8 o'clock that evening. When the messenger arrived at Mr. Mills' residence with the package of bills ene of the conspirators was te be in hiding near the deer. He was te have a small package in his hnnd, The con spirators thought that when the mes senger rang the deer bell and the servant enme and opened the deer there would t)e a fine epiKrtunity te de business. The man in waiting was te rush np just as the messenger left, ring the bell again, nnd when the servant enme te the deer the second time, no doubt with the pack pack age in her hand, the conspirator was te held out his little package and exclniui: "I have left you the wrong package. This is the ene that belongs te Mr. Mills," and grabbing the bundle from the ser vant's hands beat n hasty retreat, as if trying te ovcrtnke the wagon, which by this time would be rolling down the street. In the package which the con spirator was te leave in exchange for the mere precious ene was te lie seme bills and reports, which Mr. Mills, even if he wcre in the heuse and looked them ever, would net be suspicious of, as, of course, he had net expected any copies of the tariff bill and would net be Busplcieu.1 of trickery. The printing ofilce would be satisfied that it had dene its duty, and next morning two enterprising journals would contain the Mills tariff bill in full, telegraphed by their ogile correspond ents. The scheme did net work, for the simple reason that the printing ofilce could net print the bills, and hence could net deliver them into the hands of the unsuspecting servant girl. It was a pretty plan, nnd I am sorry it did net work, for it was geed journalism. The true journalist will net leek in another man's desk for the biggest piece of news in the world, any mero tlmn a military commander will violate a flag of truce, but your geed journalist will lead his enemy into ambush when he can. Walter Wellman. CHtiiS AND CHECKERS. Chess problem Ne. 03. lllntk. Hi mimm m V-Jm ,-. """.. -....' " -WMM1 M. YiR r?fl mi WJ use; t:tzj u&! i i tm Era &i '.&- bS m& tSa. mm FiFTi ??3 f"i r"i i m mt rii ilLJiJ& While. White te play and mute In three mete. Checker problem Ne. 62 HylJ.O. Head. Illack 1. 0, 13, 10, M. mmm m mm nmii Hi m m m ma tr,Tt wem fjx m 'A W. jh smr cra v. wn r m KM mim LlLJIsBLtg. White 1. 7, 11,21", 31. Black te play nnd w In. SOI UTIOVJ. CLcm problem Ne. 111. White. Illnek. l..IlteKH5 K te Ms 118 2..UteKUU l imnes. 3 11 te Q 4 Auy. 4..1J te mates. If 2..KtehU0 3.. II X and IS mates. Checker problem Ne. tl, by I'. M. lirndt. Jllntk, 8, 3, 1,0, 7, lii, 13, 17, 20. White, 11, 15, 1, 23, 20, 27, 2b, 30, 31. lllntk te piny mid win. Illark. White. 1..201O24 1..27te20 2,. OtelO 2..15te 0 3.. 21027 3. .31 te 21 4..17te2J 4..201O17 Q..13te22 t... HI te 10 0.. 12 te 10 C..2tel5 7.. 7 te 11 7.. 15 te 8 8.. 4 te 11 b..2Ste2 V.. 3 te 8 U..2ltelU 10., B te 13 lilack wins. YANDEUB&T HOMES. TRACING THE FAMILY'S PROGRESS IN PROSPERITY BY THEIR HOUSES. Where Hie Commedore Lived en Btaten Idand and Where lie Died The Bil dencei of HI Sen and a Grandeen In New Yerk Cltjr. tCbprrlsht by American Pre Awx:Utlen. Some idea of the rapidity with which the Vanderbtlt fertune has been gath ered together may be farmed by a glance at the houses which have served the suc cessive heads of the family as residences within less than half a century. It is true that the old commodore, who found- :iSJrW THE BTATEN ISLAND IIOUE. ed the fertune, was careless of display se far ae his heuse was concerned, nnd lived iu a heuse of much less pretension than would new satisfy Ids heirs, even nfter he had money enough te buy a palace, but nene the less it is true that the suc cessive removals have kept pnee with the growth of the fortune. Frem the plain, comfortable coun try house en Staten Island te the group of voritable palaces en Murray Hill the foshlenablo center of America the change is n startling one, but it is no mere surprising than the increase of the Vanderbilt estate. Commedore Vnnder bllt said, when he was 81 years old, that he bad made n million dollars n year for his whele life, but he was talking aver ages, for when lw was 83 he was worth about 30,000 only, and had said only a few years befere that no man had u right te own mero than $20,000. His father's heuse was n snug cottnge in the village of Edgewater, new 8tnplo 8tnple 8tnplo ten, Staten Island. Ii is still standing, though it is ever 100 years old, having been enlarged somewhat, however, by moremodern ndditiens. There the "com "cem "com medoro" lived for n short time nfter he was married, but a little while befere the war of 1813 he removed te New Brunswick, N. J., nnd his wife kept the "Half Way house,"then patronized by the travelers who went from New Yerk te Philadelphia in twenty-two hours, ever the land and water route which the com cem com medoro managed. THE WA8IIISC1TON TLACK ltKSIDENCE. In 1829 he removed te New Yerk, against the rcmonstrance of his .wife, who pleaded that they wcre prosperous, having already n fertune of fU0,000, and that they should be content. He lived iu Stone street, near the Batter', for a time, then hired n modest tenement in East Broadway, but seen tiring of his cramped quarters he took his family back te his old home in Stapleten, where his mother was living. This, however, was only n temporary arrangement, for he was then prciaring te build his first heuse, en a corner of his father's farm. This corner was known as "Corneel's let," and the old mansion he built upon it was the first of the series of houses mentioned. It is, considering its surroundings, rather au imposing building, with u high portico and tall Corinthian columns in front-Wit, compared with the later Van derbilt heu'suv is n modest country house. It Btnnds '-midway between Stapleten and TemkinsvilCTtyi arising piece of ground overlooking tfte'kj,.-r-' Auuru uu iiviii Willi xua wuu nuu children until JB-10, when the increasing cares of business dreve him te the city, and he made n residence nt Ne, 10 Washington pluce, where he remained until hid death in Aug., 1670, when he was 82 years old. w. ii. vanderbh.t'b house. Ne xvna then the richest man in America, but the heuse in which he lived and died was au unpretentious one, as the picture shows. It was far less impeMng, iu fact, than many ethers iu the neighborhood, which had already lest the prestige of fashion that came te it after the commodore settled there. It was greatly Inferior indeed te William H. Vanderbllt's heuse ut Ne. CIO Fifth avenue, and that wan by no means the most elegant of the Fifth nvenue man sions of that day anil was a lowly lioufce in comparison with the later reMdences. William II. Vanderbilt was, in fact, the greater accumulator of the two, though he had net, aa his father had, te begin with nothing. His real period of accumulation was from 187(3. when he inherited n hundred millions, te the time of his death, in December, 1883, when he had doubled bin inheritance. He had indeed begun life with little, for hi father distrusted and eu-u disliked lilin, and would mafce no further pro pre vision for him at the time of his early marriage than te buy him a seventy acre farm with n little homestead en it. It was unimproved land iu New Derp, Staten Inland, and by his management of that insignificant prejieity he iirst ox. ex. cited the resiHJCt of his father. The cot cet cot tage he lived in steed near the south eastern shore of the island, facing the open ocean, where two-thirds of the hori zon only was of land. It contained five rooms, including a primitive kitchen built en as an addition te the house; was two stories in height and square in shape. In this house he lived from 1813 till IW, though hu enlarged and beautified it in 1815, and then expected te lUe there as long us he should live. Vet seventeen years later he hud built for himself and was living In the costliest and most ele gant private resldeuce In America, ami liad built for his wins nnd daughters a little settlement of jialaces in the most eligible let iu the whele country. The heuse nt Fifth uvenueund For tieth street, wjileh he had occuuied for Wl these seventeen years, docs net call for elaborate description. It was ene of many fine residences en the avenue, nnd net reinarkable among them. The last of his home, where his widow and his youngest son Geerge new llve, could net be adequately described without writing n large book. JLlanyPflf III fl BBBBBaasnvfflSaTrf'. ffannanHTnmV -SBeBaajteaBajlaiiBiMM.i'rf WHEItE CORNELIUS VANDKKMLT LIVES. Tliis pahice stands en the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-first street, and, together with a double man sion connected with it, eccnples the en tire avenue front te Fifty-second street. The main heuse is 115x81 feet, nnd is of plain brownsteno outside. This mate rial was selected in prefcrence te light stone with colored marble trimmings, which the builder intended te use, be be canse time would have been lest in im porting the latter material. As it was, the building took three years in comple tion. The interior, howevcr, is a dream of almost fabulous beauty and cost, The doers nt the cntrance nre of brenze and cost 20,000. The enter vestibule pavo pave ment is paved with n mosaic, laid by an artist imported from Venice for the work. Pillars of African marble, huge vases of malachite (the natne stene used in vnlunble jewelry), windows of stained glass, bronzed doers nnd mantels, sculp tured cornices, bamboo ceilings, panels of geld nnd of silver, carved oaken shelves, floors of mahogany, Circassian widnut and ether rare weeds, ebony nnd satin weed trimmings, floors nnd walls of rosewood and mother-of-pearl go te make up a total that is simply bewildcr- ing. It is net, however, for the material of which it in built and the cost of its con struction only that the palace is famous. It contains art treasures, pictures valued nt a million nnd n half of dollars, statu ary, etc., far in excess of seme of the famous galleries of Europe. The double mansion connected with this ene by the outer vcstlbnle men tioned is really two houses, ene of which faces en Fifty-second street. This ene is owned nnd occupied by Mrs, Elliett F. Shepard, while Mrs. Sleano, another daughter, owns and lives in the ether. Directly across Fifty-second street, en the southwest corner of that street and Fifth avenue, is William K, Vanderbllt's house, which he inherited together with seme $50,000,000 from his father. A few doers beyond is the heuse of Mrs. Webb, and next te hers is Mrs. Twembley's, both of them daughters of William II. Vanderbilt. Still further np the avenue, at the northwest comer of Fifty-seventh street, is the resldcnce of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the eldest son, who received by the terms of his father's will the largest per tien of his estate, net much less, indeed, than that father received after the death of the commedoro. It is an ex ceedingly beautiful heuse of light stene, and is in design and interior finish and decoration equal, if net superior, te the larger ene se imperfectly described abeve. The third son, Frcdcrle W. Vander bilt, received, and still occupies, his father's old ,home at Fifth nvenue and Fortieth street. David A. Cuims. TlieTfernle JJtmd ut lexni. Ily nnd by there will stand in front of the state capltel at Austin, Tax,, n mon ument erected In memory of the grand old heroes of the Alame. The design which has been selected is a happy com bination of arch and shaft. The main body of the monument will Ijo of Texas pink granite. Ou the four polished pil- lit Uur, Till! ALAMO MONUMENT, lars will be inscribed the names of the 170 brave fighters who met death se fear lessly at the siege of the Alame in 1830. On the corners abeve the pillars will be brenze statues of Crockett. Travis, Bowl and Denham. The figure ever the dome will be that of an Alame soldier, herole size. The four pediments will bear bas reliefs of the siege of the Alame, coats of arms, the cap of liberty, etc., each iedi ment being decorated with an appropri ate inscription. The seal of Tex.m, the Lone Star state, will find n place en each of the four keystones. The estimated cost of the monument Is $20,000. It will be 10 feet square at the base. . for Kilty Iran a Reporter. Themas Towndrew has a record in his profession that cannot lie lcaten. He is a reporter; he is ever 80 years old, nnd he hai worked for ene paper, The New Yerk Tribune, since it was founded by Herace uretley in 1841. Deipite his fourscero years he is "still in the harness," and reports for duty every morn ing as promptly as his fellow workers who were net bem un til after he had passed the mile stones of middle 'b aire. ' Mr. Towndrew tiiemas towndkew. lives nt New Itochclle, nnd his specialty at present is thu furnishing of West chester county news te his paper. He was liern at Crich, Derbyshire, England, iu 1810 and came te Amerira in 1830. The ether day, when he completed his 60th year, his associates en The Tribune presented him with a geld watch Mmilar te the ene given Herace Oreeley when he sailed for Eurepe twenty-five yean aje. Murrlac of a Cvutemtrlnu. A remarkable wedding took rltice near Clurhsten, W. Va., the ether day. The bridegroom's age was 101, the bride's 01, the best man's 63 and the bridesmaid's 74, nn aggregate of U 10 years. The brlde was uttiied in the drca bhe were at hux first weddlutf elxty-feur years age, . ( " . " 'aW. . 2aLT " aTTJ fas W yMsiWirm mm -im UKFY'B l'URH.MAIr. WHIMCKT, ' 4' grmxa medicixj!. (Ncicntxfia thigatlnt.) , 11a careful of your diet. Teu de net heavy feed uch m you rcqulre darlag iv inicr. Hprliis my be beautiful, but It is treael De net let It dorulve you Inte a cold, a maiurin or pneumonia. De net threw off your Winter nanaetf cnrly. It 1 better te tufftrn little Ineea citce thsii te uiue cold. If vim feci tired, feverlnti ne ncnrtiMi net runherrniid take" Htirlns medlclnea." jimrcflfdewu nnd In tliln way help yeer tern riki puriry your eiimki. a. u you loci net ana tnintiy, ae net arlnk i qnnnlHIc of water or ether" leng"drlnki i inucii neuer te uike a lime pure wal nml water whlrli will quench thethlrtt, inn y icm ana lervuy again niwjww. ltemcmtwr that nnlv nun h taker h ever ba tnke.ii Inte the nyntem, and that lenuinir rnemlara nml lAnllafa or utm nay unite In ileclnrlnirthat Daffy's Per aluelutcly the imrel and bent. . tfrattcUva ttt. nw: PENNSYLVANIA. BAILKOADBOHBD f,". InefflMtfmm fnin ,1BB"""" 'ii JJrTiJ'i H1,0A!T" aad s iivaviuiumnriiwu KHIOWSl i ' IWWl'WARD. Facltle Kxprcmf.... New EzDraarf UIW Laa Philadelphia. mat p. hi. 4:80 a. m. L'3 a. m. 7.-09 a. m. Way raawnfert MantralnvlaMUeyt ..u, juiui trmiuy.... Niagara Rxprem Hanover Aceem...... rat Ltnct..... Frederick Aecem.. lnurAsUT Accum Lancaster Aoeom...., lUrrltburc Aecem. Columbia Aecem... via Columbia B.-M a. xa. via Columbia iimeb. am. via Colombia 11:. a. m. vlaMtJy icw p. m. 4:40 p. ta. MB p. m. MB p. m. nut '"learS""' Lancaster. 230 a. m. 4a.m. 6,25 a. m 8:10 a. , 8 55 a. m. twna. m. liae a. n. U-M p. m. fc&ftp. m, x.'SOn. m. : p. ra. t:4 p. m. &H6 p. m. 12:88 p. m. lUrrlubnrf RxpraaJ wnura Kxprean,. Lanoaiter A coo KARTWAim runs. Kxnrcttt. rtcx i,inet. - .... lAneatter Acoe. ....... Harrlnburg Kxpre.. Laneuter Aecem , Columbia Accein....... Atlantis Kxprtmt Hnuhnra KlDTOM...... IM rlaMU U!Bvn Philadelphia AeeemJ Kiap aa ' :4ft p. as fcp.xt nnnay mii........ Day KxpreMt...-..., lUrrUburt Accein Mall Tralut .... Frederick Accein... 22 tThe only train which ran flail. i?S On Sunday the Mall train wart ran by War H Columbia. . j 'A J. K. WOOD. General Passear Aim; ' CHAB. K. PUdlt; ; General Manager. 4-iA LKBANON A LANCAHTKR JOINT Ul KAlMtOAD, ';, Arrangement of Passenger Train a aad I buhuai, juuy n, taw. NOimiWAIlD. I Bandar. ' uoave - a. m. r. m, r. . a. King Htreet, ADC 7.-00 2mO Uiuctuter...... 7:07 12.M ItSS fen Cnlumbln 123. 8:43 8.-08 Mnnliclnt 7 las am Cornwall 1M 1:41 Arrive at Lcbaueu, .. 8:11 IM SOUTHWARD. MT Leave a.m. r. It. Lebanon ..,......,. 7:11 12:SB Cornwall 7:27 13:41 Maulielm: 78 1:18 Lancailer....... 837 1:48 Arrive at KlngHtreet, Lane, fc IJA Columbia U-.a 2tfl P. SI. 7:14 3 1M 7 tsU MB Mi A. M. Wl LHON, Hunt, R. A C. Railroad, H. M. NKKK, HupL ( K. H. .ft ff. XJHILADKLPHIA A HEADINUKAU.il RKADINQ A COLUMBIA DIV1WON.: On and after Hunday, May 11, 188, leave Lancaster (King itraet), aa fellows! ( Fer Reading and Intermediate, points, i nay. 7:u a. in., ixtu, bus n. m.; nuneay, i m.. HM Hu m. " Fer Philadelphia, week days, 7:40 a. WL,' Id n. in.! Mundav. HJtft n. m. : for New Yerk via PhlUdelnhla. 7: 10 a. m.. 12:85. 8:48 P. m. ' Yet New Yerk via Allentewa, tn. t Mnndav. 8-Sft n. m. Ker Petuvllla, week days, 7:40a. m., Htm pY OUIIUBT, KW N Ul. Fer Lebanon, week day. 7.-00 I p. in. nnuenr, n:ue a. ni, ewm p. m. ,v Ker HarrUfanrg, week day, 7:90 a. am.,' I - . . .. a - n-am ky, ii. m. : HnBfur. uu . n. . st Kerunarryvllle, week days, M0 a. av,',f itu a iini hiu l.,u.liMa Wr Leave Reading, week days. 73s, Uawa. j U p. m. jHunrtay, 7d0 a. m.; few p. as.,1. - "-- mwwi ' Wj Lieavs rnnaaeipnia, wee eaya, turn. m.. i!fln n. nt. Leave New Turk via PhlladeJBhht: . . " 7:45a,ni., !:!,n.ra. IfclSnlgbU Jm Lieavenew xera via jvuamewa, wwas.i t-0a.ra.,l-00n.r Leave AUenten wn. week days. h7 a.M.14 m. - p.m. V'.'Vj Ajeava rutMTiuv, wve uj, veev it am4 p. m. -. t . ' . ft-. IJKLVm 1CDIDD&. RNK HHI. ilMM fe Hm Lebanon, week days, Tilt a. aaljv ,: Hunday, 7e a. m.. 1.4ft n. as. - HarrUburg, week days, M a. BVt I 7:isp.rn. Leave! Iav. HJA a. in. Leave tiuarryvllle, week days. AM, IbWaVl 9XO ; Hunaey, t.ie a. m. . aj-.. Leave rnuaaeipnia. uneeuiut atiaai ' and Houth atreet wharf. W" Ker Atianue mty, wees' eaya,, m Iran a. m. and 4-co p. m.; Aceemmi. Iii a. Ill u aw V i euinu, Mmm M0 a. m., Aeeonuaedatlon, Saw tk,(WL, Returning leave Atlantic City, deest i Atlantic and Arkansas Avenue. Weak 4 KxpreM 7:i a. m. ana i p. mndaUen.S.'OSa.ni. and 4:89 D. m. KxnreM. 4 p. m. Acoeismodatlos, and 410 p. in. . . . . Detailed Ume table can be obtain at I efflce. iin.rtAimnrnfc?- Vice Pre. A (len'l M'gr. Oen'tPaaVrAfif. iSamp 3. m N EW LAMPH ANDARTQOODB. Call axid See -THE mi m lam -AlTI HRT COODS ON HKCOND FLOOR D LatMastati Mil. umm.m ill3R2; Aefijaf Mi. a JohnLAMeld'sBuildiiigf ,... ni,TjTT iwiimm nunin uuejui oietitii. dS-tl' UMllINO, OAS FITTINO, Ac Jehn P. Schaum & Sen J PLUMBING, GAS FITTING AMD ROOFING, 26 SOUTH QUEEN ST., LANOABTKR PA. nilir. MT.UUKTNA J. ' vfa Narrow Gauge Railway i will be Oiened for the turner waoneu MONDAY. MAY 5tl I'lilu rn.i.1 ett.i(1 rrnm the entrance of thrift Park tn il.fl summit of Uie Seuth Meuntah .j.-,Jj IflOM'nier 1MCK), auiiwnoeeiaiiout ieHrauiNa(ifv. llmiilnlaturotmlinciinneetwIthaU the reg rj lur iKiuMMiL-rr inilun en t be Cornwall A LeM-w lien Itullriiad ui rl Ing lit the l'urk, and return- K Imit rnnii the uniinlt of tbe mountain In lima'' J tnniiinert Willi train leuvlne tne fark. ;! Frem itelnu ou IVnna. It. It. and PbliadeJ- ;'S nliln A lU-mllnir II. IU, within luOiullea, Uie Uta.Si run be n"ceiiullnlil In one day. iJi it In tl.oNAUK()Wmr(lAlI(Elnthwerld.nl It U tlie imwtrKHKKCTIN lTHCONHTBUC-'.-a tien, it iiim itike tue mew ueatPiiKrm !Jllllllf Wl ltd AtuvliiAi. lira nwfly4 II,, & ifi. iiKxlcls of I li Htauilurd engine of tue ttrtt-claaa, S5 nuu iuiiuriiHrtieftHH:iHuy uuupivu ui nnuniw unebntrunlpd A lew of tlie magnlflceut aecnery 2 nlimir llinllmi. HM1 ItulU. Htluut lllllut. U'.fl I cue of the feature of 1j3 Mt. Gretna Park, H the l!nft der re-sort In Central Pennaylvanla. A chiirh iiiirtHcliiMil.MlllUirvaudClvloeraaal-vJ! rations, Ulub auct Teurut ntriie i i cauweurs the etclluUe use of Mt. Qretua Park en anylt- catien te al-3na Buii't O. A It. Railroad, Lebanon, Pa. 1 V. ITMIH STKAM 1.U()1. 1I1UII OU LOW j , ,.,.. ...: . fit .. a-... i iHu.nnk .t.iiiar tuiiura. iiuuan j - oed WhiOU or Wrlgliled. U law Tube. .. i iianiiivi . --.-- - r . W h ltlf. Hi inieii ler nrain uuKva,yjr uaner Oilers Pluln. water Usuge Column. Coea (or- HtettinOUfOi.c.UOU JOU Htai, Fulton tre u ' m .VJ it 58 & 451 m r- irrti! t Tr j-- . yrfAa ,L ( jjjtal&tta yAifcAwrffu , afcr'jly.' tOl&r &&$.? tfaV.'WJfr -MHJVtJ2 I'.JJ- i, .A &- 4
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