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Show B. F. Butler, With a Flourish. . New Yoek, December 18. Benjamin F. Butler and servant were registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday." "I see it is stated that I am afraid to come here since you have been boycotted," said the General, "but it is not true. Butler then wrote his name with an extra flourish to emphasize j his independence of all labor organizations. In a conversation afterwards he said that the system of boycotting had been carried too far. It was such things as boycotting the Fifth Avenue Hotel that brought the system into ridicule and destroyed its possibilities possi-bilities for doing good in right directions. When asked if he should stand as a candidate candi-date next year for Congress, as reported, he said that he was taking a long look into the future. A great manv things might happen in the meantime. Those in possession to know say that if the General has good health he will make an effort to get back into Congress. Con-gress. He has abandoned the Presidential track, they say, but has a great desire to get back into public life again. His fortune is estimated "at two millions. |