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kSSf louu *j#uUta^*? *rt?*f. B. B '"BHL/ .:A.?.J ^ti,3BilH9H^IKH I I Wl II , U. S. Census 1890 1,070 rr^ \ J oeuttt) Mie f^l i """" * ~B ^ j^R^raP'.. ^ - 'W I I I i i f Police Census 189"? 2,990 7. . I rtT* t^mlai^wlS iri?w^^ *' " ' ; '/ / I W JR_-j| r^^y ? Police Census 1897 ? - 4,079 GOMfNG TO nillfllf WEDNESDAY, ' UNIUN) NOVEMBER 17. Omnipotent in Strength, Ideal in Character. Ki? f Splendid in Organization, Magnificent in Presentation: The Purest Cleanest, Mightiest and Most Maguificcnt Amusement Institution of the 19th Century. Half Mile Race Track, 1,000 Features, 100 Phenomenal Acts, 25 Clowns, 20 Hurricane Paces, 4 Trains, 1,500 Employes, 0 Bands, 50 Cage?, a Drove of Camels, 15 Open Dons, a Herd of Elephants. $4,000 Daily Expenses. "The Pest Seen Ileie in a Decade."?Cin. Commercial Gazette. "High toned in every way?in Magnitude of First Hank."?St. Louis Republic. "Bewilders the senses, dazzles the eyes."?Denver Times. 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A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CHARACTER SKETCH OF VAN WYCK. Pomtbly a PimUmHoI CandMatc la 1900?-Hi* Mother * South Carollnlaa?Spent His Boyhood In Robert Van Wyck, the first mayor of Greater- New York, ruler over a kingdom in population and an empire in wealtln?selected over three other distinguished candidates, by the suffrages of the people, is today a national character. About him, for four years at lqast, the great white light of publicity will beat fiercely. Who he is and what he is are questions of interest as absorbing as what he is likely to be in this new place of almost unparalleled power and importance. in bis canutaacy tno turccs.ot Democracy hare won their greatest prize. From the very slough of despond to the first flush of may or may not be anticipated, but If there is in him "the stuff," as his friends and those who know him well say there is stranger things might come to pass. But this story is to deal with the man Van Wyck, not with his political future. That will take care of itself. The winner in yesterday's great contest once lived in Georgia* Iiis mother was born in South Carolina, and by ties of sympathy and consanguinity he is as much a Southerner as he is a representative of the North. But to begin at the beginning. The original Van Wyck came to this country from Holland in 1090. Jlc came from tho town of Wyck, where the family had been prominent, and hence the prefix Vou, meaning of, and which tune bos changed to Van. IMI A i ? i&e father of the present Judge Van Wyck was William Van Wyck, a" prominent lawyer. He married Miss Maverick, of South Carolina, whom he met in New York as a school girl. The Maverick family was a very wealthy one, and lived near Pendleton, S. C., having a large country home adjoining that of John C. Calhoun. The health of Judge Van Wvck's father was poor, and shortly after his marriago the family moved to South Carolina. The family had plenty of money, and their children, New York's first mayor among the number, wcro laised in that ample, if not luxurious, style common to South Carolinians of that period. Robert Van Wyck spent his boyhood in South Carolina, and at the age of sixteen was sent to school at Wilson's Academy, near Ilillsboro, N. C., a famous boys school of that period. When the war came on the family drifted back to New York. Mrs. Van Wyck's property, which consisted largely of slaves and land, was of course, nearly all swept away, but enough was saved from the wreck for the mother to give her son Robert the sum of $10,000 to start life on. When the war ended young Van Wyck decided to return to the South and with a friend near his own age went to Savannah and opened a wholesale grocery house. The two young men did a tremendous business, on credit, and soon their goods and capital were both gone. Van Wyck went to California and stayed a few months, but soon returned to New York, whc.'e his mother and brothers were living. He found his brothers were all doing well, working hard, and ho determined to rnako a now start in life. At tho ago of 21 ho entered Columbia College, where he graduated first in a class of 200. lie was the valedictorian of his class, and Charles O'Connor, the great lawyer, who, was present at tho college ceremonies. predicted at the time that young Van Wyck would make his mark in the affairs of the country. Immediately after his graduation Van Wyck cntorcdupon tho practice of law. and soon identified himself politically with Tammany Ilall. Early in his connection with Tammany he showed his independence by rising at a meeting of the Tammany executive committee and denouncing the then all powerful boss, John Kelly to his face, for his double dealing and treachery. This action created a The next tiiwKMQPPwever, h* was elected- forWemPro six years and List l)ocembe#r^ranother tern as Chief Justice, at'S salary of ?10, 000 a year. Despite atteteipentsmad< to the contrar^^KtCity Coort o Now York transact SB immense vol ume of business, tfie decisions o Judge Von Wyckbajwo been reverses less often than of any othei Judge ever presidium New York Judge Van Wye$>lad four broth ers. One of them, ^Augustus, is ai preceu* c/uugu ui nupmreme tour of New York. his sisters married Gen. Rv' JP. lloke, one o North Carolina's lading citizens and a dashing brighter general ir Two of Judge VSjWek'a nephewi are at present jtf A4nta, One ol them, Dr. MUskaelJHn, bfs recently com* here ta, prigffhv his profes soin at^the ball tfamVfhai he Virginia tfarn in AtlantaliBft years ago. Another nephtfanHhe first mayor of the Greater New Ijork, and one who bears his name, Sir. Van Wyck Hoke, is at present in Atlanta, reading law in the office of Judge John L. Hopkins. Mr. Holte was at Columbia College, but nts health has brought him to Atlanta for a season, and nis friends are |n hope that he will permanently locate hero. Judge Van Wyck,4 by those who know him intimately, is described as a good liver?enjoys a good dinner, a good cigar and good, wtnpany. * llut he is by no means a glutton or big eater as an opposition, press has facetiously reported him to be. He hasn't taken a drink in fifteen years ?-since that French fall, lie is refined in his tastes and' exceedingly noat as to personal appearance* At a fir?t meeting ho might impress one as bein<r brusnue and short, in his manner, but ihosc who know him best describe him as wholesoulcd and generous to a fault. lie has a <juick, well-stored mind, and since his majority has been a hard student. Despite the fact that he made no speeches in the recent campaign ho is a fluent, clear speaker and oxcocdingly forcible, Judge Van Wyok is small in stature, and is inclined to be sensitive about his size, but he will impress one as a man of force at first meeting, lie has a finely shapod head, stored with knowledge and sonse, and has plenty of decision of charatcer?almost to the point of stubbornness. Van Wyck is intensely a party man, but ho will not bo Croker's or any other man's man. His denunciatibn of John Kelly when his political career was at stake is proof of his courage, and that his mind and actions are always ins own. Judge Van \V yck should bo strong in Texas, for "Maverick" cattle received that name from tho uncle ol Judge Van Wyck?Samuel Maver ick. lie went to Texas in the early days, making the trip from Soutl Carolina in a covered wagon. Lane in the Lone Star State was tlicr worth five cents an acre, and it was not long before Maverick was one ol the largest land and cattlo owners. In fact, lie had so much cattli eventually that when a stray hcifei was found without a mark it was taken for granted that it was Maverick's?hence the title of "A. Maver ick," which now obtains in all catth raising States. The Southern people will watel Van Wyck's career with peculiar in tcrest. The son of a Southern worn an, himself raised in South Carolint schooled in North Carolina and for i brief time a business man in Goorgia and with a family name conncctet with Texas's leading industry?thes< Southern States may decide ifYai Wyck makes a good mnyor~-to helj make him a good President.?Atlanti Journal. J. C. S. VAN WYCK'S IDEAS OF CITY RULE The New flayor's First Expression o His Views After He Knew He was Elected. "The election is over, the polls ar closed, the ballots counted, the l)c mocracv has been victorious, and . am, I learn, by popular choice th - mayor to be of the city of Greater 9 New York." It was Judge Van Wyck who 3 spoke. I found him calm, steady, , thoroughbred, imperturbable. It is 1 worth one's while to be a gentleman. - Here was one who had come forth a victor from a ficrco contest. lie had f come through the fiery furnace, and yet there was naught of the smell of f fire about his garments. There was 1 no waste, no anxiety relieved, no r strain removed; he was as cool as . ever before his nomination. lie had ~~ - triumphed; one of the greatest offices t of the land was his; and yet there M t wa9 nothing of exultation ni.out him, \ ? as of a small soul ilattercd by eleva- ^ r if wr i i ? ^ i (ion. \ an w ycK sccrncu as one who, , on the threshold of responsibilities i new and great, was resolved to meet them with honesty, and discharge j them with all his power for the gen- s F oral good. The office is high, but Tt here was a man as high as the office, p "There is no reason, whether of > policy or propriety," continued Judge Vftr; in roponse to my question, ; "why I should not say "to the people t of the city, through the Journal, what is in my mind at this time. Let mo i say then, that I am grateful; I am f ; not insensible to the compliment V i bestowed; I can best respond to it ^ by giving the wisest and most honest effort to tbo discharge of the duties i to which I am called. V "At the outset I want to call the general eye again to the Democratic platform, to my acceptance, to my interview in the Journal of October 1 n i n .1 t i * it. j>y inesc 1 stand; tU0c0 pritici- ^ pies therein tot forth I wi 1 dj ny utmost to foster?the promises to the last letter I will keep. "As wc begin this first year of fl Great-,r New York tlnrc is much to ^ do. Liberty must he restored to the citizen, the protection of his rights must le resumed, the pillage of pub- _ lie money mu-t cease, extravagance must be discountenanced, waste mmt stop, schools must l>c built, the streets must be roclaimed from chaos, taxes brought to proper level. Private in- & terest has too long governed this city; tL it mud give way to public good." "The government of a city, as I understand it, has naught of senti ment about it. It is the merest business. We must get the most good for the least monov. No man must be oppressed, bis liberty must last inviolute, his life and nroncrtv mu-t be protected, the broad purposes of city government must be carried out, the greatest good to the greatest number must ever be the star to steer by. i "City government is tlic merest V business, and to make it successful |j! and to reach the ends at which we aim, all the officers of the city, w hether they be mayor, judges, police, or what you will, must serve the city, not rule it. The people must rule ; the officers must execute the people's orders. To make the business cf ?ily government a triumph to the citizen, it is furthor needed that every f officer, however high or however low, ' I must be lioucst and fit. lie must know his duties, he must bring prob; ity and faith and honor forward in . their discharge. T "We arc overtaxed. This must be looked to and the taxes trimmed doiyn. - For a city, as for an individual, there i arc comforts, there arc luxuries. The I needs must be met and fulfilled? i every one of them, whether it be a * \ competent police or an adequate 1 f school system. When every city ^ need is met, of the comforts and the = luxuries wo will get what we can. ,4I have said that city taxes must be cut down, that honesty and caro must come to the spending of public money. Yet you aro not to infer from that that I stand in any doubt as to the temper of the New York city public touching improvements and expenditures. There is nothing in the lityo of improvement that can \ make this city better to live in that tho people are not entitled to and do , not want. The New York public is 1 not niggardly, not parsimonious; it j wants every benefit, and every adl vantage, and is willing to pay for ) them. What the people do object to i is waste, extravagance and robbery. When you spend a dollar of their mnnatr fl*Air wonf f a oaa a /I/\11 a iiiuiivj uivjr n (in v tv ouu (i viviiiu o worth of something the city needs in I return. T. "With honesty and economy for watchwords, I will goto work. And so going about the duties of my ofc fioc I will exhaust the power of my - place to bring about those matters I over which this battle was fought and [continued on eighth tauk.J i 8 Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, Bankers, S RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR ? S BANKING BUSINESS & YOUR FIRE INSURANCE, | Ami promise you the best protection and the best service. a m IBBHtltlOIBItltlSIBBBIBItltlBIBItlMMUtltlBtlt 5 5 5H0ES AND BOOTS. See Our Line of Men's w Shnoc at $125 and$1.50 Fool With Cxpl>rt Blanket-' SHODDY :-: SH Vhy should you, when you can get the best so cheap at INION'S BIG SHOE STORE. Yours for Business, JNION SHOE CO. ARE YOU A GOOD JUDGE OF iOOD CLOTHES! 4 LOOK AROUND! We appreciate nothing better than to have you do so. Come to us first or go around first. 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