Tltl'i bMAHA DAILt HEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 27 , 1803r-lXJL'JEEK PAOflSi 13
Dhronlcloi of a Journey from Tacoma to
filtka , Alaska.
A PANORAMA OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY
Conation * Iilmnili ol Vnrl d Formntlon
Fringe the Itouto , with tltit MMn to nl
Kver In Sight Clinrnnterlitlc * of
th Cilia * and Itrtlilenu.
STRAMSHIP QL'EBX , Alaska , Atif ? . 11. [ Edl-
lorl.il Correspondence. ] Afloat on tlm
rrnvclcss arms of the Paclllu ocean , cut
loose from the outer world , beyond the
reach of tclosrnphs anil telephones , anil yet
never entirely out of sight of Innil no other
royniro Is comparable to the tour of Alaska ,
from tlio tlmu the steamer loaves Victoria
there Is nn endless succession of magnificent
iccncry. AO'irlt ' grcciifsorponthio waterway ,
varying In width from thirty miles to 800
y nils , most of the tlmo ns smooth as a pinto
gtasi niliTOlvuul uovor ruDloJ for moro than
t.vo or llireo hours all the tray from Tncoina
to SUUn , with Us over grcon background of
plno clad hills and snow tipped peaks , fnr-
ro.ved hy silvery mountain streams and rav
ing cascades. Uut I am putting the cart
before the horse.
The HteamorQucciijOn which wo embarked
ntTuconia nt4 n , m. last Sunday , U the
largest and most commodious nmong the
Alnalta excursion boats of the Pacific Steam-
hip company. With a capacity of 3,000.
tons and s'iperb accommodations for 250
cabin passengers , she Is withal the swiftest ,
best manned and best * handled boat In
Alaska n waters. Her veteran commander ,
Captain Carroll , is the roost export pilot on
this const and knows every nook and crook
in llio 7COO mllcs'of intricate waterway be
tween Puget Sound and Bering Soa. With
this perfect familiarity with coast lines ,
Bounds and channels , Captain Carroll com
bines ruro executive ability and an intimate
knowledge of mankind in general and the
Ahisk.tii population , in particular , lie ts a
strict disciplinarian and stern commander ,
hut ho knows howto unbend and enjoy a
practical Joke and h good story as much ns
any man I have over mot , and while ills
BUborultintus respect and fear him the pas-
Bongers Hud him Jovial , good naturcd and
companionable.
A Nervy Ciiptaln.
Seattle , our llrst stopping point after
leaving Tacxmia , already fully described in
my preccdliifLtottor , was reached by 0 a. m.
AH we steamed out of the harbor at U a. m.
the shrill , oar-plurclng steam whlstlo music
luivlbly impressed upon us tlm fact that wo
were about to pass beyond the boundaries of
elvlluitlon. About i ) p. in , , as the Queen
sailed majestically Into the spacious harbor
of 1'orl Townsend , an Incident occurred that
roiled Captain Carroll's ' temper and showed
the quality of the metal In his composition.
A United States revenue duller had an
chored close to the Paclllo Steamship com-
piiny'r. xvimrf , obstructing tno way to the
landing , and ono of Its lifo boats , manned
by naval oflloors and marines , was deliber
ately paddling across the bow of our
steamer. Captain Carroll was pacing uu
aml.iiown the ship's bridge like n lion in his
menagerie cago. Suddenly his faceturned ,
purple.
"Get.out of my way ! " shouted the captain
In stentorian tones , "or I'll run you down I"
The captain's manner and voice evidently
Impressed Undo Sam's marines with the
idea that howould execute his throat , and
thov promptly pulled their boat ojit of the
my.
my.j
j his Is by no moans the first time thcso
snobs have boon trying to Block my way1
tald the captain later on , In talking about
this Incident. They have ample room elsewhere -
where in the harbor and know where wo
are expecting to land. I certainly would
Have run right into thorn and out thuir boat
In two if they hadn't got nut of our -way ,
and I would have risked the chances of a
trial fordatuages ; "
I'ort Towns end
rises from the sea shore upon u high bluff ,
very much like Seattle , but having'no cable
roads to pull people up , the ascent of the
streets UJKJII tliu hill tops Is made by climb
ing a succession of wide wooden stairways.
Tlio town presents an attractive appearance
from the sea. Blocks of substantial brick
business buildings occupy the lower terrace ,
and many handsome residences look down
from the crest of the hill. With a popula
tion or about 8,000 Port Towusond-looks for
ward to become u second Seattle or1 Tacoma
by reason of Its unrivaled shipbuilding fa
cilities and capacious harbor , which com
mands the straits of Juan do Fuca , and
hence makes It the gatpwny between British
Columbia and the Puget Sound.
lust as our steamer was about to hoist
anchor I heard my iiumo called by a robust
voice from the wharf , and to my surprise
discovered the trumpet-throated parson to
lu John M. Thuriton , who had just landed
from the steamer Kingston that piles daily
between Tacoma and .Victoria. Mr. and
s. Thurston and the b'nby were on an outbound -
bound for Victoria. They had made tlio
tour of Alaska some years ngo and pro
nounced It the most delightful voyage they
had over taken.
A Trunk Story.
"You remember JUdge Thurston of Omaha ,
don't you , captain ? "
"Oh , yes , " responded the old commander ,
"he canto on board as 'tho guest of ( general
Alger lira or six years ago and mu.de the
whole tour with mo. . Talking about General
Alger , " continued Captain Carroll , "recalls
a singular experience wo had with that fa
mous Michigan , millionaire. 'Tho year I
made the ilrst trip to Alaska on the summer
Corona wo had thrco ladies aboard. They
occupied one state room and had their three
trunks put in. Ono of these minus was con-
blderably larger than the others , and pres
ently there was u great racket in the ladles'
cabin on account of their trunks , and tlio
lamborco was kept ui > pretty much all tbo
way to Alaska and back.
a ho next season when I took command of
tlio Queen I gave orders to the first ofilcor ,
now Captain Wallaeo.commander of the City
of Tonclta , that no trim it a must uo allowed
to go Into the cabins. Just as the boat win
about to start u tall gentleman with iron
gray hrir , goatee and ninstaohu came aboard
with a servant carrying n trunk.
" -That trunk goes down in the hold,1 said
the Ilrst olllcer.
" That trunk will go Into my cabin , sir , "
exclaimed I bo gentleman in a rullloU tone.
" 'Woll , sir , it will not go into your cabin , '
declared the ofllcor In n linn voice.
" ' 1 am General Alger and 1 Insist that
thii trunk must bo taken Into my room. '
" 'I don't care who you arc ; the trunk
cots Into the hold and I'll have no moro par
leying about It.1
' 'WellI exclaimed General Algor , 'I shall
notify Governor Pcritlns about this. ' ( Per
kins is the president of the steamship com
pany and recently appointed to succeed Sen
ator Stanford of California ) . ino
" 'Von may notify whom you DUMBO , ' re
torted thu ollleor , ana without further ode
the trunk was lugged down the haul.
I was Just dressing , " said Captain Car
roll , "and overhearing this controversy decided -
cidod to put an end to it ; but by tliu tuna 1
stopped on deck It was nil over. General
Alger seemed very much put out with the
Ilrst oflleer during the cut lit ] voyage. A day
or two buforo wo got back to Tacoma Gen
eral'Alger said to me :
" 'That Ilrst olhVer of yours la not as bad
n man as \ thouirht ho was. after all. '
" 'W hy should he bo , ' said I , 'you wore on
olllcer In the army once. Didn't you uiako
your subordinate * obey orders ) '
' "VIM. indeed 1 did. ' bald General Algor.
" 'Well , then , ( hit Ilrst ofilcer was only
obeying my orders. If anybody Is to blumo
1 am. '
" 'Wall , captain,1 said General Algor , 'I
hadn't thought of that. 1 see. now how It
was , and I presume the man was just carry
ing out instructions , ' "
llrltlHh Columblu.
Across the straits of Fuca and about throa
hours run by steamer from Port Townsend
is Victoria , the capital of Urillsh Columbia ,
and in point of beauty of location not sur
passed In the Pacltlo uorth wrest. With ur.ho
exception ol tlio rod-coutod soldiery the city
H oH U typically American rather than
Ilrltlsh. As the chief station of the Unit-
ion ll.iy company ami nn entrepot for o.t
tontlTO ttttnto In fur , lUh and lumber , it Is
a great shipping point nnd important com
mercial center , The town U solidly built
up , but deoldoJly behind the 1'ugct Sound
cities In style of architecture. The business
itroott are macadamized nnd dlsngrcotibly
dusty. The nrlvato r&klcnco grounds nro
nearly all adorned by a profusion of llowcrs
and shrubbery and the gro.it city park ,
covering over MX ) acres , Is shaded by gltran tlo
oak and IIr trees , Here , as In all the Pucot
Sound cities , the butcher shops are wide
open day and night with a gr.itcd wooden
door to lot in Iho air upon tlio quarters ot
beef , veal nnd mutton which hang freely
'n the shops nnd do notspoil. .
Hy reason of strict Sunday observance on
ho part of the British customsonielUs the
Quean was unable to procure her clear
ance papers until nftor midnight. Passing ,
out of Victoria , wo soon entered Alaskan I
waters , In which wo are to remain for
about two weeks. The inland passage , as
the Intricate network of deep gen channels
nnd straits that wind between numberless
Islands of the north Pacific fonthousands of
mile * , Is called , presents nn over-changing
panorama that bafllcs description. For
moro than twontyfo'ur hours after sailing
from Vlttorla the irregular forost-frlngod
shore of Vancouver Island , which is 1)00 )
miles long , is seen on our loft. Wd thread
a perfect labyrinth of Islands of varied
shape and size. Some of the smaller groups
are duplicates of the Thousand Islands of the
H.t Lawrence : others rise abruptly from'tup
water to n height of Irom 2,000 to.B.OOO.fcot ,
their summits streaked with snow. "
"From the snow line almost to the water's
edge the ovorproons , hemlock , spruce , pine
and codarwlth a rank , matted undergrowth ,
cover the mountains , save where an
avalanche plowed a swath and made a
windrow down the mountain In some of
thcso windrow * the moro delicate green of
the moss which co.vers the stumps of fallen
trunks and rocks presents a charming con
trast to the darker hue of the forest. From
somq of thcso mountains the molting snow
sends down foaming streams that glitter
like silver in the sunlight and in their abrupt
descent form Cascades and roaring waterfalls
before dashing into the briny sea. And the
sea lends variety to the onchantlnp land
scape reflected in the mirror-like surface.
Day after day wo behold an unbroken chain
of Alplno scenery that recalled to mo the
environment of Lucerne and the Swiss lakes
overshadowed by the top lofty Uigl and
majestic I'llatns.
Vancouver , the largest of the Inland sea
islands , has an area 'of " 18,000 square milos.
In iho region botwodn Vancouver Island.and
Quocn Charlotte Island wo crossed an open
reach ot the Pacitlc , but the swell was not
very heavy , though this , I am told , Is rather
exceptional.
The 1'erfcotlnn of Htouiil : > ontlntr.
Inland sea travel is the perfection of
stuainboatmg. The rapidly changing land
scape of these wild Alaskan shores reflected
In the placid , Inky waters through which the
ship is ploughing never becomes wearisome.
Proceeding steadily In a northwesterly
direction we passed by Nannimo , a British-
Columbian town of 4,000 population and un
til recently an important coaling station for
thu Alaskan steamers.
Early in the morning ot the third da >
after 'leavluR Victoria wo sighted Fort
Wrnngcl , which up to 1855 had been the
principal Kusslan military post In Alaska ,
nnd now remains a straggling Indian village ,
with a sprinkling of whites engaged In bar
ter with the natives or drawing rations from
the federal crib as deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue , deputy United States mar
shals and United States commissioners
charged with the preliminary trial of viola
tion of laws enacted , by congress for the gov
ernment of Alaska. Incidentally , there are
also two missions for the con
version and the education nt Indians.
! The landing of a passenger stcamor is a red-
I 'letter day at Wrnngcland for that matter at
any town und liamlot in Alaska. The whole
population , whites , Indians and half-breeds ,
welcomed us with open arms at the land Inc.
A whole troop of Indians swarmed around
the steamer , offering tholr services to help
unload that portion of the ship's cargo des
tined for Wrnnpol.
In W ran gel.
The huts and moro pretentious dwell
ings , of the reds nnd whites nt Wrangol
aru all constructed of hewn logs and shiu-
lap boards. The log houses are for the most
part patterned after the first Russian stock
ade , while the frame houses are American.
Many of the moro thrifty Indians occupy largo'
two-story frames and some of these are
fenced in and surrounded by gardens In
which potatoes , turnips and other root
vegetables seem to flourish. As wo passed
along the principal street , or rather
roadway covered with stumps and
full of ruts , the long row
of Indian dwellings was lined With
miclts , squaws and papooses offering tlioir
peculiar wares for sale. Nearly nil had
baskets of various colors and patterns and
wooilon ware carved out of plno. including
spoons , fonts uud miniature totems. Others
offered silver spoons , bracelets , rings and
Alaskan garnets , while still others dealt in
otter and mink skins , fur caps , horn spoons
and ether curios , upon close inspection
the silver wnro was all found to beef
of Indian make out of silver coins
and engraved with sharp tools , also
of their own make. Thu baskets and
mats ara plaited and woven by hand from
reeds and grasses that have been sub
jected to a process of bleaching or dyeing.
Looming above the house tops and most
conspicuous of nil things to be viewed itu itt
Wrangol are the totem poles that stand In
front of the homes of "big Indians" and
take the place of monuments at tholr graves
In the burial grounds adjacent to the town.
Those totem poles are In fact hngo logs 1.i ;
from twenty to forty feet In length , stand
ing upright , with grotesque carvings if >
boasts , reptiles , birds , fishes and hiaoous
human images painted in red , yellow nnd
black. Ono of tiieso totem poles is a Uvonty-
flvo-foot log planted upright , yvith the 1m-
'print ' of a double _ row of eight human feet ,
climbing ono above the other , and perched
on the top is a moss-covered boar us-largo as
a cow. The two tallest totem poles isn
Wrangol stand sentinel before the largo two-
story mansion of the principal chief , who
takes great pride In exhibiting the interior
of his house , its quaint furnlturo and the
gorgeous trappings ho wears on state occa
sions to visiting tourists. The chief and his
wlfo talked pigeon English pretty fairly ,
but nearly all tlio other Indians , mala id
fomal' , talk n horrible guttural and ly
ran muko themselves understood even in
pronouncing the few words necessary for
carrying on barter.
A famous Mlno.
Wo atqnmcd out of Wrangol 'in the midst
of a drizzling rain nt 10 a , m. , while the
beautiful mountain scouory In Its environ
ment was wrapped In a white log that only
permitted nn occasional gllmpso at the
snowy peaks and mountain cascades. Con
tinuing our voyage in the misty atmosphere
through Wranpci Narrows , Prince Fred
erick Sound nnd Stephens Passage , roil
Dually cast anchor by 8 p. m. at Douglas Isl
and , near the famous Tread well mine ,
which lias its mills and reduction works
less than half a mile distant from the
wharf. Tlio Treadwoll mlno , owned and
operated by California capitalists , Is stocked
for 15.000,000 and paid n dividend of 150-
O'X ) last year , besides paying for enlargement
of the plant. Its mill "of 2-10 stamps , the
largest quartz mill in the world , Is
kept running in full blast night nnd day.
During the olu'ht years since this mlno has
been worked nearly $1,000,000 in gold has
bron taken out of it. Another < ; old mlno has
recently been opened within seven miles of
the Trcauwull uy n local company , which
claims to have great prospects in the near
future.
Desplto the drenching rain a majority of
the passengers clambered up the steep
mountain to view the mlno and meandered
through the mammoth stamp mill amidst
the deafening noise of the quartz crushers.
At daybreak Thursday morning the Quean
exchanged her moorings from Douglas Island
. to Juncau , only two mlloj distant , nnd heirs
holiday stumping ground of tbo iiOO miners
employed In the Trnaaw ell minus and mills.
Although the vt father still continued dtizzly
and foggy the tourists were out In full force
exploring the muddy and belter : er
streets of this llvo mining town , which as
within half it dozen years distanced all the
aspiring Alaska trade content Including
Hitlui In pouulatiou and commerce.
Juncau , like Wrangul and every
other AlasUa town , deaU heavily in
' Wonderlana curios" and products of
Alaskan natives' handicraft. You can Invest
your surplus in mlnlatura totems of wood ,
boiio und walrus ivory , in baskets , f ur and
implements of the chase. Ono of our tourist
passengers invested in a bear cub and an
other iu a fawn. Bears and deer arc said into
bo plentiful In the forest back of .Tunc&n nnd
bear cubs nro ,1 common article of merchan
dise.
A DA1'rnirnnt. .
The captain's bulletin 'posted daily in the
social hall of the steamer WAS decidedly
characteristic. It reads ns follows :
"On Hoard Alaska Excursion Stoamshln
Queen , Aug. 10i 1SU. ! . Latitude ) nt
61 degrees , IS minutes north. Longltudo at
noon l l degrees , 8 minutes west. Wo
will sail through the following channels
during the cexti twenty-four hours ,
if not detained by thick weather :
Tnku inlet , Stephens passage , Favorlto
channel , Lynn canal , Chatham straits , loy
straits , Glacier bay. Wo will nrrivo at Talcu
glacier about 1:80 : p. m. , and remain there
nbout two hours taking in our supply of ice
There is no landing at Taku glaclor. Wo
will arrive off Chllcat nhqut 11 p. m. Wo
will not land. Wo arrive nt Muir glacier
nbout 8 : 0 a. in. tomorrow nnd remain until
noon. Passengers will not land at Muir
glacier until after breakfast. This program
may bo changed late this evening. It will
depend upon the weather whether wo will
go to Muir glacier tomorrow or postpone it
fora day or ; wo. JAMBS CAIIUOI.L ,
Commander.1
P. S. The ofllcera nnd crow havo.no con
trol over the weather. If there is any pas
senger or passengers who think they can
control dho wenthoc they will plcaso step up
to the skipper's ofllco and report for duty.
There is a dark and lonely room in this ship ,
down below the "glory hold , " and 'any of the
passengers wishing to po down thbro ! for tlio
purpose of expressing their' .Opinion nboui
the weather have the hearty consent of the
skipper. J. C. |
Owing to the thickness of tlio weather the
program was changed and wo made n
detour to Sitka before ascending Muir
glacier. The marvelous sights of Glacier
bay and our experience in climbing up the
Muir glaclor will bo related In my next
letter. E. HOSKWATKU.
1O1AZU O * Jtti2A.KIS ! > T IU JtUl'S.
Probably the first thing to catch one's
eyes after entering the World's fair ground
would bo a Columbian guard , resplendent in
blue trousers , blue coat , with several yards
of black braid with brass ornaments hangi
ing therefrom ; n short sword clanking nt
his side , a black cockade sot raklably in a
soldiery cap nnd whlto gloves. A good deal
for a boy of 17 or 18 to carry around , isn't it I
But that is lust the ago of many of the awful
beings called "Columbian Guards. " Alttiougb
nt first a guard was required to bo at least
21 years old , there at present many boys
under that ago who have entered tlio ranks I
of this organization , iipou whoso courteous |
words of direction so many people dully de
pend. Tlio cfllehnioy of boys as guides was
early shown by the qompany controlling
chairs , who chose as their motive power i
intelligent High school students , a decision I
which has resulted most advantageously for
the chair company. This is only ono of the
many proofs of the ability of American boys
to do anything they have a mind to do.
In the oalleryof the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building are rooms upon rooms
filled with the handiwork of the boys of the
German , French and American schools , con
spicuous among them all being a line exhibit
of the manual training department of the
Omaha High school. Perhaps next la point
of interest to the boys would bo the Trans
portation building , whore 'means of travel
by airland and water are all fully illus
trated. The exhibit of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad , showing the evolution of the
railway locomotive by moans of locomotives
which are , in nearly every instance , the
'
original engines of the 'class which they
represent , and the first engine that camp
into Chicago , shown by the Chicago & North
western railway , botn well repay the boy
'giving them-special attention.
The numismatists and -philatelists will
find much food' for reflection both' in the
United States Government building and in
the exhibit of Stanley Gibbons , England , in
the gallery of the Liberal Arts building.
Mr. Gibbons has ouo sot containing the first
stamp Issued In almost every country , nnd
another set of " 08 envelopes , being almost
the entire number that were issued during
the civil war on both sides.
But boys , don't for ouo moment forget.'that
the greatest exhibit hero is tho'peoplo who"
attend the exhibition. Keep your'oyes and
ears open for oven ono day and you will.In
all probability run across some .Incident or
bit of conversation that will bo moro
ludicrous or have moro humor about It than
any minstrel show now traveling. Only the
ether day , while standing. In front of a glass
partition whlcn , surrounds the 'day nursery
in the children's building , a woman tnth a
baby and husband came along. After con
templating the evident enjoyment of the
babies within the mclosurc. he suggested to
his wife that they leave their baby there so
that they might spend a day In peace ; so
they started off to leave their baby. After
paying the entrance fee and handing over
thu baby the nurse gave tbo mother u check
and proceeded to put a largo tag on the
baby.
"O glvo mo the baby , " excitedly called the
mother when she comprehended this oper
ation ; "Ynu ain't a going to put a lag on my
baby Just as If It was a dog or cow ; no ,
| sirrco , " and off she marched with the baby ,
proud with a consciousness of having saved
the baby of the eternal disgrace of being
tugged.
"Whilo standing in the Administration
building ono morning I overheard the fol
lowing interesting colloquy between husband I
and wife :
She : "I tell you I am going to see the "Wo-
man's building und the Chlldrcns' building. "
Ho : "Well , I want to see Machinery hall , "
She ; " 1 don't care If you do. Do you sap-
peso 1 would mUs seeing Chlldrens' building
and all them handsome embroidered things
in Woman's building ! "
He "Of course. I want to sco them too.
, But lot's see Machinery hall first. "
She "Nono of the old machinery for mo.
I am going. " And away she wont , while
"hubby" meekly followed her , ruminating .
on the peculiar mental construction of
women , which causes them to see nothing
interesting in machinery. JU.NIOU.
I VIEWS * Uit filTMUKJ ! .
I A.c.r.yBt.n' ' ' . "k ° n" fro0" o'er.
White , In tliu moon , from shore to shoro.
freshly fallen snow.
I \Yiioro bracing wintry breezes blow.
I
Long Icicles tlmt ulltlur fair
On trues anil slu-nta and everywhere.
Cool caverns deep , whom trlckly rills
Kindest tliu 11101 delightful chills ,
These ure tlm sort of pictures wo
Just at Ibis time would like to see ,
For of tbls stnir our dreams are made
When It Is ninety In the sluulo.
For quality , purity , boquut and healthfulness -
ness tlioro is no wino as good as Cook's Extra
Dry Imperial Champagne.
Htub Kniliiir Tliuucht.
JJetroll Fi-ce Frcst.
A thought never dfod.
The rose never trios to wear the llvory
of the lily.
Wo iimy fill out' lives with muslo if wo
know what ohords to touch.
Cupid is Hcurcly to' ho .boliovcd on
outh.
Matrimony Is materialization.
rUolios hiu'o wind's that Hup the ether
way only.
Lut us talk only of whut wo have done l
and think of what wo will do.
Yesterday is much farther away than
tomorrow.
" What thogirl thinks aho will do , the
woman Holdoin does ,
Old ago thinks backwarks.
liusy people tiavo no tune , and sensible
people have no Inclination to use pills that
make them sick u day for every dose they
take. They have learned that the use S
Do Witt's Llttlo'Enrly Hlssrs does not In-
terfuro with tholr health by causing nausea
pain or griping. Those llttlo pills are per *
feet in action and result , regulating the
stomach and bowels so that headaches ,
dizziness and lassitude are prevented. They
cleanse the blood , clear the complexion and
ono up the system : ' Lots of health iu
these little fellows.
iuof
Dakota county will have a full yield of
ojru this year ,
THINKS THE FAIIftfflLl PAYM ]
. .I
Director General Davls1 Confident of n
Sncodsaful PinancWuntcoino.
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TALK WITH THE HEAD ORHE EXPOSITION
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CHICAGO , Aug. 25. [ Special Correspond-
cnco of TUG BEE. ] ! Balked Under the
stntuo of victory Into . the Administration ,
building of the World's fair today to see the
director general. This building contains the
ofilccs ot the men who are managing the
great show. It is covered by a great pold
dome and n mortgage. 'The ' dome is very
big nnd very costly. The mortgage , by which
I mean the indebtedness of the fair , Is also
big nnd it represents millions. The dome
covers nearly half an ncro nnd it shines out
under the sun above tha great.city of Chi
cago. The mortgage covers all the TOO
odd acres of shows herd and it can bo
scon blazing over Chicago all the way from
Now York 'to ' San Francisco. The dome
will bo wiped but nt the end of the fair ,
when the Administration building will bo
sold to tbo hlgticst bidder. Whether the
mortgage will bo wiped out or not remains
to bo scon. The director general thinks it
will. It was to ask ns to this that I called ,
A l/'hiit with Director Uenoml Davis.
Walking over , the marble floor of the ro >
, .tunda past the pretty girl'In ' the center who
peddles j out for $ i each sUvcr souvenir
Columbian I half dollars , though iu reality
they t contain less than 15 cents worth of
metal , I reached ono of the halt dozen steel '
elevators which carry you to the upuor
floors. i At the second stop I was landed and
a moment later , through the introduction.of
Major M. P. Haudy , waj in the big parlors
of'tho director general. A. tall , robustgray-
(
haired I , gray-boarded man , with an eagle
toyo nnd a brunette complexion , was pre
sented as the manager of the World's fair ,
Director ] General Davisvand ho , In response
I o my question , said :
"Tho Wotld's fair is doing hotter every
day. It will pay all its debts , and wo will
come out oven. Wo nro cutting down our
expenses < in o ory way , and the saving from
the i music under Thomas is to bo followed by
other radical-reductions. Prof. Thomas and
his orchestra cost v.s Just $1,800 a day , and
tbo people who heard him had to pay $1
aplcco to go to his concerts. It took mo sev
eral mouths to got rid of' him. Think of it !
Eighteen hundred dollars n dayl Why it
costs only $1,200 , a day to run the great build
ings of the exposition. Wo are reducing
right along. Our next cut will bo as to the
gates , which cost us $1,800 a day , and -vo
will cut also in other quarters. "
' What docs it now cost td run the exposi
tion ? " 1 ' . .ft1 -
' It costs Just about $18 , < X)9 a day now , but
an average in the pastr < haalbcon far above
that. When wo were biilldijig wo spent $40-
000 nnd moro a day for weeks , and money
had to flow like wator..iVo have labored
under great disadvantages. , .All the work
has been done under the eight-hour law , and
that law has increased'thW expenditures of
the fair1 over $1,000,000 Th'o trades unions
have regulated our. prices , ' and wo paid
double wages for the work wo. had to have
done on Sunday in order , to got ready in time.
Some of our contracts yfgije made for the en
tire period of the falvhen they should
have boon made fpra. , ( sHprt lmo , and the
.expense of the whole nas boon materially in
creased through the haste wo * have bad to
make. " "
Police'nnd Detective Force.
"Where does -this $18,000 a day that it re
quires to run iho exposition go ? " I asked.
"It is spent in all sorts of ways , " was the
reply. "A largo amount'has to bo paid out
for guards , police and clotectiVJS. Wo have
about 200 detectives and , J.GOO guards. The
number of guards has been criticised as beIng -
Ing too largo , but wo need .them to provide
against fire. The statue' , 'Firo ' Controlled , '
above this building is typical of our worlc.
Wo have hero one of tno most inflammable
cities of tlio world , and ono of the most dan
gerous as regards loss of life. Supposing a
fire should break out in thp Manufactures
bulldln ? , Machinery hall or the Electricity
building and should gain headway. Think
of the olectrlo wires ciiargod with hundreds
upon hundreds of volts of electricity that
might fly about as wild wires. If wo were
not prepared for them they would deal death
at every touch. Why some ot those wires
nro charged up to 1,000 voltage. Ono of
them broke the ether day and fell into a
pond covering nearly an aero of ground. A
man was standing in the waters of this pond
a good distance from tbo wire. Ho is now
laid up with a sore leg coming from the clue-
tdc shock ho got at that time. I have it
now arranged so that these wires can nil bo
deadened lit onco. If it were not so nnd a
ilro should break out the results would bo
more terrible than any conflagration of his
tory. Wo have already had "llfty tires , but
they have boon put out so promptly that
the people have never hoard of them. As it
is our totalities have been very fow. Wo
.have had in round numbers 7,000,000 people
on these grounds. Wo have built
these great buildings with the men clinch-
In ! . ' the bolts on * some of these great iron
structures ns they were put together , hang
ing onto the bourns while they were moving ,
and all told only llfty men have been killed ,
and not more than 700 wounded. In ether
words , including visitors , only 0.10 man In
every 10,000 , so far connected with the fair ,
bus mot with nn accident. The only building
burned has boon the storage building , and
for this wo were not responsible.
"You must also remember that thcso great
bulfdings are not like ordinary structures.
They are fragile , nnd , solid ns they look ,
you could kick n hole into them at almost
any point. "
Tlio lru til re oftlio Fulr lluililliif ; * .
I "What is to become of those buildings ? "
' I asked. "Will there bo a fair next year1 }
f "No , " replied Director General Davis. "A
1 air iioxt year with thoso'4 buildings is an
mpossiblllty. They JJ-oyW not last the
winter through. The Blass. roots are so con
structed that they would b6J broken by the
leg , and the nuildlngs would if nil to pieces , [
know there is some talk of an exposition next
year , but it is out of the nuestion. "
"How about the oxtoridln of the exposi
tion on Into November/ !
"I can't say whether U , > vUl bo extended or
not. I think It might bo a'good thing for us
if wo could have ten days.Wo weeks or ovou
moro iu November , andrfUwould help us out.
Whether congress will jwueked for this , und
whether It will bo grnntcq , Inaunotnow say ,
hut it is very probable tiiaf Borne such move
ment will be undertaUcnIOj ;
Hour Hard Time * Jluvo A/JVcttiU the 1'alr.
"Has tlia panic hurt tho.'fIr ? " I asked.
"Yes , " replied General Davis , "It has re
duced our attendance ntleast _ U5,000 n diry
uud our receipts proportionally" more.
The rich men of tlm country uro not coming i
to the fair. Capitalists , bunkers , merchants
and the men who usually siend a great deal
of money at such places as this are staying ' !
at home to watch their business. The finan
cial condition Is such that they cfro afraid to
go away. Tlio banks are against us. Sena
tor Mandcrsou was hero a day or eo ago. ale
told mo that ono of the chief enemies the
fair had was the banks. Said , he ; 'Tho
banks don't want the people to go to the fair.
They aru hard up all over the country , and !
it hurls them to have their money taken off
1,0 Chicago by thojr depositors. They ve
con doing all they can with the railroads to
beep their rutoa of faro up , and they dlscour-
kgo the World's .fair iu every way , ' I believe
tthls to ho tnjo , " Director General Davis
twcnt on. "A great deal of money comes
hero fruui uvci-j jviiu Iu the Uintcu States
And al this tlmo the loss it being seriously
felt. "
OlilruRO nml tlio Fnlr.
"Has the fair helped Chicago ? "
"Yes. " replied Mr. Davis. "It hm prac
tically saved the Chicago banks. Thctti has
been loss trouble hero than nt nny other
point In the country nnd the Chicago banks
have plenty of monoy. The merchants are
doing n big business nnd some of the larger
firms are having moro custom than they can
attend to. 1 don't think the hotels are
making much , ns yet , and there is i by no
me.vjs the extortion practiced that has , Ijeen
charged , The probability is that September
and * October will see bigirer crowds tha.i
ever , nnd the richer pooulo will probably
come at that tlmo. Now many of them are
alol the seashore and wo could sco the falling
off of this class ns soon ns the hot weather
boenn. Ills this class that patronlto the
best ! hotels nnd th.it spends the money
which comc-s into us largely through the
concessions. < "
Tlia ConcoMionn 1'ny tlm Kxponnot.
"Does the fair management malca much
from the concessions ? " 1 asked.
"Yes. " replied Ucncral Davis , "our re
ceipts from the concessions have granted
to the different shows in tlio Midway plais-
anco and to others doing business In tliu
grounds now moro than pay the running
expenses of the fair. Wo get a percentage
of tbo gross receipts of all the shows and a
porcon'.ago of the receipts from nearly
everything sold. Thcso percentages Vango
all the way from SO percent to70per cent
and every girl who chews gum In the
grounds gives 70 per cent of the amount she
pays for the um to the World's fair. In
other words the chewing gum company pays
us 70 per cent of its receipts. Of tno shows
in the Midway 1 think the Cairo street pays
best , though wo gut a good round sum from
all. The big Ferris wheel has paid us
nothing , as yet. It was not to give per
centage until it had received enough to pay
the expenses of putting it up. This has
been about accomplished and we will got a
good income from it. Some concessions
have not paid nearly ns well ns was ex
I pected. The roller chairman has not boon
doing ns much as ho thought lib would , nnd
1 popcorn , which was considered a very good
concession at Philadelphia , is not worth
much here.
How the Forclcimr * Kick , I '
"Are the foreigners satisfied with the
fair ? "
"Not very well , " replied Director Goncral
Davis-"they ; da not like the concessions nnd
they say that the allowing them to peddle
put things from tlio different countries
materiallylUffccts tholr business. Many 'of
thorn have so decidedly objected that wo
have changed the rule nnd allowed them to
sell things in the various buildings. Wo ex
pect thorn to pay a parceutavco to the fair
They are not doing , however , the business
they expected to do. This Is largely from
the fact that the richer class of our people
are not hero. The crowd you sco on the
grounds today is not made up of men who
buy $1,000 vases , line carriages , or order
beautiful china and pictures. If the times
lot up wo will have some of those people in
September , but not now. "
"Who are making money out of the fair ? "
I asked.
"Tho Chicago merchants , n few of the
hotels , the railroads and some of the con-
ccsjionaires. " was tlm reply. "As to any
ono connected with the fair makinc money ,
I do not know of 1 cent that has been gotten
by the officers. As for mo , as largo as my
salary is , I have spent mere than it right
along in the duties I have had to perform in
Keeping up with the position. I tliink the
same Is true of the other olllclals. "
Mnjor Handy on tliu .Situation.
After leaving Director General Davis 1
talked for sonic tlmo with Major M. P.
Handy , who had charge of the bureau
of publicity and promotion , und
who has been , ns theatrical people would
say , the advance agent pf the fair. Ono
question I asked him was in regard to the
largo free list. There is , you know , a turn-
stllo for passes connected with every gate at
which paid tickets are taken , and the num
ber of passes given out amount to about
30,000 daily. Said Major Handy :
"Thirty thousand Is not a largo number of
, free admissions fora fair like this. It is
' generally supposed that thcso are all given
'to the press. The truth is most of'tno passes
belonc to the employes of the fair. There
are 00,000 exhibitors hero. Each has the
right to'aticK'ot for himself and his at.
tondnnt. Then think of the army of men
connected with tho. concessions , of the
cleaners and sweepers nnd of the people
who have to cnmo to the fair to bring food
and other things , and you will see that this
number is very small. It Is true that a num-
Uer of newspaper passes have boon given
out , but the newspapers have made the fair ,
nnd it seems to mo that the pushing of the
fair with the newspapers ought to bo kept
, up today as strongly as over. I think this
fair ought to bo run as a great show , and
that is the only way to make it pay. "
"Is it going to pay ? " I asked ,
"Wo will pay our debts , " was Major
Haudy's reply. "Had the times not boon so
hard wo would have given a big dividend to
our stockholders. "
"When will the next world's fair como ? "
"Thoro will never be another big world's
fair , " replied Major Handy. "This has
capped the climax , Chicago has sot the
pace too rapid , for any other city or any
other nation to compote with It. Think of
it. The fair has cost t'JO,000,000. The
thought of such an attempt would send the
cold chills down the back of any nation in
Europe. Now York could never have done
whut Chicago has done , nnd I doubt whether
Chicago will ever do as much again. "
A ISoom for Chicago.
Major Handy conies from Philadelphia.
When I know him some years ago ! was as
sociated with him in the Now York World
bureau in Washington , and I found thut his
views on most subjects were conservative.
Like all men who have been connected for
any time with Chicago , however , ho has now
become convinced that it is the center of tno
ear. , and when I broached tlio Idea that
the World's fair might , on the whole , bo
rather an Injury than a good to this city ho
scouted the insinuation and said : "The
World's fair has already helped Chicago und
it will materially increase It in slzo nnd
wealth. Chicago grows right along. It now
has MOO.OOO people , and it Is bound to bo
the biggest city In tno United Status. Now
York'will , perhaps , hold her commercial su
premacy , out the World's fair has brought
Chicago into close touch with the greut
markets and the great merchants of Europe ,
and her business will now bo done with them
direct. Already gold is being shipped from
Europe directly to Chicago. One of our firms
brought in $1,000,000 last wool : , nnd Ph.il Ar
mour received $ T)01),0X ) ( ) In gold not long ngo.
The biggest cities of the world arc not at the "
sea shore. London , Pans and Berlin are nil
in the interior , and the same is to bo the fata
of the United States. Chicago has the best >
location In the country lor a great city , nnd
It will steadily-prow.
"Another thing that the fair is doing for
Chicago , " continued Major Handy , "Is In the
way of education. It is making the city n
cosmopolitan one. It Is provincial nu longer.
It has grown in art taste , ami it will have as
a result of the fair a magnificent art palace ,
Chicago Is in u belter financial condition
today us u result of this oxfosltlon. Its
people nro now making money , and the hotels
are , I think , doing well. It is a curious tnlng
about this fair tliut tliero was moro money
spent during the first two months than there
has boon since then , The Hotel Klehelleu
made &IO.OOO In Juno , and all of the ( rood
hotels did well during May nnd Juno. The
richer people cnmo at that tlmo , They will
bo back In September , and they will spend u
great deal hero before the fair closes , "
FlUNIC G ,
A Had Cam ul 1'lut Cnrml ,
Gr.ouoi'.vii.i.E , Cabarrus Co , , N. C. Mr ,
Allen lllocltwillder had sent after , the doc
tor , but ho was not nt honie , having been
called off on borne other case. The man who
came for the doctor said that Mr. Block-
wllldor was very sluk , that ho was passing
blood and vomiting. We gave him u small
bottlu of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera mid
Dlarrhiua Hemody , nnd told him to ( jo back
und tell Mr. B. to try it. After uSlnu throe-
quarters of thu medicine ho was well.
U'lDK.suoudu & SIMN.V ,
Messrs. Wiucnhouso ft Hlilini are promi
nent merchants and uro widely known ilin
that part of the state. Their statement can
bo relied upon.
Tlio reason why so fe.v musical students
win real success Is that they are In too great
n hurry to appear In public , und fancy that
nftor thulr first public appearance they need
no further study. Mine. Albanl , in u recent
interview , ascribed her success to hard worn
from tlio beginning , kept up till the present
time. She began training at 4 and continued
for thirteen years before she hud confidence
in her uowcrs ,
"DINK" WILSON ANJTms PALS
Oareor of tha Country's Most Dosponxta
Gang of Safe Blowers.
THE LEADERS WERE BORN IN THIS CI1Y
Commenced Tlielr Humors IVIillo M r
School Hey * .Story of tlio Itouborirf
t > y the ( IHIIR , All but Two ot I
\Vhoiu Are Now III J.tll. |
"Dink" And Charles Wilson , who were the
lenders ot one of the most dcspor.ilo nnd
daring gangs of tliluvos and safu blowers in
this country , are under arrest at Syrrouso ,
N. Y , , for the crime of murdering Detective
Harvey of tliu Syracuse police forco. Death
by electrocution Is now staring these men in
thu face and they seem lo have no reasonable
hopes fur escaping justice. '
Thuso two U'llsou bo.vs were raised In
Omaha and nro well but not favorably known
In this city. When they were mere lads nt
school they gained n reputation for dcspurato
daring which caused them to bo feared and
avoided by their play fellows.
Tlio boys wore of respectable parentage
and their parents used every moans to con
trol them , but bad company seemed to bu
thulr delight , nnd they soon got from under
parental control. They are now under the
ban of the law charged with the blackest of
crimes us a result of their youthful disobedi
ence.
ence.When
When the Wilson boys wore going to
school they used to organize and lead gangs
of boys Into more or less serious mischief.
0'J
They 'Jt kept this up until their name began to
appear ! on the police blotters , uud thu Omaha
olllccrs had to keep them under continual
surveillance. From potty crimes they
branched 1 out Into greater ones , and now
tt tholr t nuiues , descriptions and photographs
adorn nearly every rogue's gallery in the
country.
The ilrst lime thcso young men became
prominently known In police circles .was
when they wuro ill-rested In Louvenworth ,
Kiv.il. , with a uompluto set of llnuly m.ide
burglar and sufu blowing' ' tools. The line
finish of thu tools nitraulud thu attention of
thu western police , who at once begun to re
gard thu boys as bulnjc moro than ordinary
criminals. During their imprisonment in
tlio Loavenworth Jail they wrote to their
slater Nettie In. this city. Thu girl was
then u saleswoman it , the Ui-ccnl ) storu on
Farnam street. Shu luft for Loavenworth
with nil thu money she could r.ilsu , und by
hard and untiring work she succeeded In
securing thulr release on bonds. Before
time for thulr trial the men luft ttiu country ,
forfeiting their ball.
The chief of police In Kansas City notified
Chief Se.'ivi'y of their escape and local olll-
curs wcro put at work to locate tliein.
"Dink" and 'diaries wcro soon located at
Twenty-ninth and Casslus streets. When
placed under arrest they undo a desperate
light , but with much difficulty they wore
overpowered and locked up in the city jail.
Then their photographs were placed in thu
Omaha roguus' gallery for thu first timo.
The men resisted all efforts to got photo
graphs of them , out with the aid of a kodak
Chief Seavey c'Uiglit them off thulr guard
und secured thu Identifying likenesses which
have been thu means of tholr final capture
for the brutal murder of Detective llarvoy.
The boys were afterwards ordered to
leave the city , which they did. They wont
to St. Joseph , Mo. , and fell in with Sly and
Ilodspoth , the noted train robbers , who
wcro then ox-convicts from the Missouri
penitentiary. It was then that the notori
ous train robbing gang , whoso daring rob
beries almost paralyzed railway oilicluls ,
wns organized. They sent to Omaha for
three moro rrooics named Gotche , Kollner
and Hawkins. Thcso three recruits were all
ox-convicts ready to do any kind of crooked
work. The gang was organized when the
recruits reached St. Joseph. A few days
afterward they wore Joined by a burglar
named MoDermott , who had Just finished
serving a sentence in the Canon City , Colo. ,
penitentiary. This McDcrmott was nr-
rpstud onco.In . Denver on suspicion of being
the murderer of Ollleor John Phillips , who
was shot by u burglar whom ho caught In
the act of going through a house on
his beat. Nothing could bo proven against
the man , anil lie turned up in Omaha shortly
afterwards , where ho was recognized anil
arrested by Sergeant Ormsby. The Den
ver police were notified , but ns they did not
have a case against him , ho was released
and told to leave the city. He then went to
St. Joseph and Joined the now thoroughly
organized Wilson gang , of which "Dink"
and Charles were the leaders. They had
enough men then to do daring work and
tholr plans wuro laid for tliu successful and
thrilling robberies which followed each other
in quick succession ,
Tholr Ilrst job was to hold up the employes
at the Ames avenue struct car burn in tnis
city. After subdulmr tlio employes they out
the telephone wires leading down town and
blow open the safe , obtaining about $1,000
by the operation. They escaped and shortly
afterward hold up the Missouri Pacific ex
press train at Fortieth and Lcavcnworth
streets , robbing thu passengers and express
messenger of sovcral thousand dollars.
Thu gang loft/ this part of the country and
wcro next heard of at Milwaukee , where
they hold up another train and secured a
rich haul. * "
Then the robbers wont into Missouri ,
where they planned thu now famous express
train robbery , which was successfully car
ried out under the leadership of Charles
W'lson. ' Up to this tlmo thu robbers had
boun oxtromol.v I'ortunato , and as they had
stolen largo sums of money H was agreed to
divide the plunder and separate , for thu ofll-
cors all over thu country \yoro nn thu alert to
effect tholr capture and earn the big rewards
that wuro offered.
The division of the "swag" took place in a
house in thu heart of St. Louis. Sly and
Hedspoth went to California and enjoyed
llfo on the I'ai'iliu coast with the ill-gotten
gains. The others of the gang went In
various directions. K Sl
William Desmond , chief of the St. Louis
city detective force , put nil bis men at work
to try nnd capture thu during robbers. Ho
came to Omaha with Detective McGrath
and sought assistance from Chief Soavoy ,
who gave the St/Louls olllcors nil the hulp
and information at his command. A
systematic hunt was then begun for thu
nitir.brs of thu gang. Chief Desmond
located the woman In St. Louts ul whose
house thu gantr had made their headquarters
'and whuru they hud divided the spoils. In
order to savu herself from prosecution for
harborinir criminals tlm woman told the
chief nil she knew about the men ,
Not lonit after this Sly was captured In
tlio postofilco at Los Angeles by means of u
decoy letter , Then Hcdspcth and his wifu
were nrrnstod In San Francisco and all of
them wei'o taken back to Missouri , whuru
tlu men were tried , found guilty , suntonuud
to twenty yours' imprisonment Iu the J offer-
son City penitentiary ami are now ungagod
in sorvinj ; their sontonuos. Owing to the
many stories printed about the two men they
ure objects of much interest to the visitors
to that prison.
Since thut time Charles Wilson and Me-
Dcrmoti were arrested In Council Bluffs for
blowing open a safe in a store on Broadway ,
While in Jail in Council Bluffs Charles' siitor
Nettle went over there from this city and
again seeurod bail for both of thorn. Thuy
immediately forfeited thulr bonds and loft
thu country. They were nuxt hoard of in
San Francisco , whuru thuy bluw open suv-
oral safes , making some rich ImtiU. The
Ban Francisco police finally caught them and
READYfiflADE MUSTARD PLASTERS
Wo were the first manufacturers on this
Continent. Our Intel t Jimiravunent surpasses
anything over before produced. ir.o. , 25o. , B5o.
purlin , IlimirotolmvoHKAHUlti'S. AJ&
for them spread on cotton cloth.
SEABURY'S SULPHUR CANDLES ;
Prevention is totter than cure , hy burning
tlieuo oandlua bad guiclU In ImBciuonti , closeto ,
&o , uro destroyed , nnd thu contailoundljcasc *
are kept away : uUo useful for exjiollln mo -
miltos and Irritating Insects. I'rlco , i o. cacti ,
To purify sick-rooms , apartments , etc. , use
HYDROHAPHTHUL PASTILLES ,
wLlch In burning , disinfect and produce a
f raeranco refreshing an i In vU'Orutlflk , < &o. per
box of 13. Bole Manufacturers ,
xs
i'lwrmuceutlcal ,
I
jri | vnoir
CUviuUU , { NEW YORK ,
secured tholr oonvhllon for ono of Iho minot
Jobs Ihoy did and the men wore sentenced to
the San Quontln twnltonti.iry for i term of
flvci years unch. On their vr y to tno peni
tentiary Charts Wilson effected hl OSCAPO
through the negligence of his Riiardt. Mo
Dermott WAN not so fortnnnto and ho is now
snrvlng his scntonco in the California prison.
SfT Some tlmo nftor this the safe In Jullut
Trcltschko's saloon in thUcltyon Thirteenth
and Howard streets was blown open by exPert -
Pert I "gophers'1 nnd Jl.400 worth of money
and jewelry stolon. Detectives Savage nnd
DcniMoy were of the opinion tnat tins job
was done by C.otcho , Kollner und Pete Haw
kins , n now recruit to tlio now partially do.
mornlUod gang. The robbers must hav
loft the city at once , for no" trace of them
could bo found ,
In a short time after this robbery Chlol
Soavoy received Information from tha
slim Id of Carroll county , Iowa , that two
men , whom ho described , had broken out of
the county Jail thero. These men wcro cap
tured Iu the nut of blowing open n sato in
the city of Can-oil and were locxod up In the
county jail , from which they made tholr es
cape. The Omaha \Kllco \ knew from the do >
scrlpllon ot the burglars that they
were Hawkins and Kulluer. They were ar
rested n week later by Detectives Savng * '
and Dempsey In n room over the Now York
chop house on Fourteenth street , near Doun-
' is. They stilt had on prison clothivi , ual
avlng Imd time to make n change. As soon
s thoV were locked up tlio Carroll 'coilnlj
horlir was notified and soon arrived In
Omaha. He Identified and claimed his prls-
iticrs. and after putting on the handcuffs
mi shackles ho offered to wager that tha
nun would not escape again. In lwcntytonr
tours after ho reached Carroll with the men
lawklns was again a free man , having out
its way through the bars with small saws
"urntshcd him by some pal who gained nd *
nlsslon to the jail and probably hoodwinked
ho not ovurly careful Jailor. This was tha
r.st seen of Hawkins until Wednesday nliht ( ,
ivhcn ho turned up unexpectedly in Omaha ,
but disappeared almost Immediately again.
Kcllnor was tried for the Carroll job and
, vas sentenced to servo two years in the
; \ > rt Madison ncnltontlary , r
Gctcho is a blacksmith and machinist and
s said to have made all thu tools for the
gang , but so far hn has always managed
: o escape being caught. Ho Is now wanted
, n Creston , la. , for blowing open n sato In'
thu business portion of that city ,
The Wilson boys , who wcro the head ot
this gang and who planned nnd helprd exocutu
the most of these robberies , went cast and'
were lost track of until they wore caught In
the nut of blowing open a safe In Syracuse
by Dotectlvo' Harvey about four weeks npo.
They immU'rod " Harvey 'in ' ' cold blood.
Dink" Wlldoh was' captured. shortly aflori
ward. Ho gave an assumed name , but bis
dent Ity was disclosed , Charles managed
to escape and the Syracuse police hadto send
to Omaha for his record , description and
.ihotugr.iDh , which Chief Sea voy sent them.
When the identity of the men was clearly es
tablished the officers had something moro
tangible to work on nnd Charles was ar
rested in Vluffalo on Friday of iho past week.
Ho made a dcsporato resistance and came
near shooting one of his captors , but he was
lodged in jail and is charged with murder
along with Ills brother "Dink. "
Gutcho and Hawkins are thu only ones of
this dangerous gang who are now at largo ,
and it Is only n question of tlmo until they
aru lodged behind the bar ? . This Is the his
tory of thu Wilson irang. ' 1 his crowd used
to laugh to scorn the fancied security In nny
modern safe and the public In general has
reason to feel thankful that this gang has
been so thorouehly broken up , with most of
its members confined m the various prison *
throughout the country.
I'romptlr Itrllovecl.
WOODLAND , NorthaTlip'xjn Co. . N. C. I re
ceived n sample bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic , Cliolora and Diarrhoea Homody. I
gave Dr. llrown , D.D.S. , a dose and ho did
not have any more trouble. The same bottle
tlo cured two more cases. All these cases
were suffering intense pain. This modlclua
gave them relief almost instantly.
C. H.
DOCTOR
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