TOLD BY A NEAT LIAR.
CHARACTERISTIC STORIES OF
JOE MULHATTAN.
I
The Poor Fellow U Sow In n Madhouse
Kever Told I.les Tl.at Did Anyone
rersoual Injury—The .Natural Poun
<uin.
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'I here is no change in the condition
of Joe Mulhattan, the famous nrws.a
por correspondent wJ.m in . *- ln a
iuadho:.. m Arizona, and ro llkeli
^ock) of his recovery, says a PliPoenix
■dispatch last week. Sinvo the an
nouncement was made o* Us misfor
tune, all sorts of remiiiiscances have
l»een brought out concerning him. Mul
liattnn rather prided himself on his
ability to invent falsehoods that w re
entertaining. He was never vicious
;and neve; defamed anyone. He merely
tried to outdo Munchausen and he ap
pears to have succeeded.
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Tin Girl and ilie Iladonn.
v The following, which was one cf |
Mullmturn's first, gives some idea of
bis life:
There was a man by the name of
John Smith of IJndon, Kan., who be
came acquainted with a little girl at I
the seaside. She was a nice girl, and
her name was Lulu Avery, from Al- !
Daily, N. Y. lie bought the little girl
a bunch of toy balloons. She wrap
ped the string holding them about her
waist, and when a strong gust of
wind came the balloons sailed away
and carried her with them, to the hor
ror of her new friend. An old hunt
er out in the fields saw the pr<diri
ment of the little girl and fired so
that he exploded two of the balloons.
The others acted as a parachute, and
the little girl safely desernded to the
ground ami thanked her rescuer.
In 1833 telegraph editors in all the
important cities of the country re
ceived a telegram in the course of the
news service which read:
Kiory of the Natural f ountain.
“McCook, Neb., June 14.—A slij-ht
earthquake shock was felt in this vi
cinity at 5 o'clock this evening. 11 ms s
shook, dishes In cupboards w re rat
tled and several people in the str. e ‘s
at the time were thrown down. It
is reported that 50 miles north of here
a great fissure has opened in the
ground and flint water is gushing from
it. Investigating parties will start out
tomorrow.”
That is a harmless squib which
everybody accepted without just de
JOE Ml'LHATTAN.
feeding its earmarks. A week later a
number of southern papers of reputa
tion received a typewritten account of
the “flowing and spouting well” of Mc
Cook, Neb., which an earthquake had
'•rented.
The story was circumspect. It de
scribed the earthquake, the opening of
a fissure in the plain land a hundred
feet wide and of bottomless dnpth. This
fissure was located in the arid waste
of the state, where water was most
needed, and where for the lack of it
settlement was next to impossible. Aft
er it had opened a stream gushed forth
which rose 50 feet above the surface
of the earth. It. overflowed the land
created small streams, was confined to
courses by the delighted ranchmen
und people some distance away came
with barrels to cart tti water to their
barren farm patches. The article went
on to say that owing to this kind ac
tion of nature the problem of irriga
tion in Western Nebraska had been
solved, that water for millions of
acres was now at hand, and that set
tlers were pouring in by every train.
There was not a side or pha?e of the
story that vrsa not carefully covoied.
Needless to say that the newspapers !
printed It, that It was recOpied in '
northern papers, ard that finally it !
' retched the eyes of the astounded citl- i
/.ens of McCook, who had enjoyed no
earthquake, no earth fissure, and wire
as much without irrigation water as
they ever were. The story was only a
“Mulhnttan.”
NEW BRITISH PEERS.
Sir Michael Hicks-Bcach and Sir
Matthew Kidley, who have just been
elevated to the peerage of England,
were the chancellor of the exchequer
and home secretary in the Ins' otbinet.
Ridley is tlie eldrst _ y-.
son of the late Sir
Matthew W h i t e
Ridley, fifth baron
et of this title, an 1
succeeded his fa
(her in 1877. H<
began his parlla -
nientary career ii 1
I8l>8, when he sat
for N'orthumber
land, which consti
tuency he repre- Mr. iuu«y.
sentcd until 1885. In 1SX6 he mas re
turned for a constituency in Lanca
shire. His wife, the very popular
daughter of Lord Tweedmouth, died
last year. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach is
the ninth baronet of his name. He
succeeded ms ra
il ther in 1854, anil
M '1:1s been prominent
*2 n British politics
nee 1S‘'4. His first
m ; m portant offie
y vaa that of chi f
Q 'cretary for Ire
Hand, to which he
was appointed in
1874, when he
■ was sworn on tne
Mr. Beach. privy council.Since
that time he has occupied numerous
high offices, participating in the ups
and downs of the conservative party
with imperturbability.
Will Frloiitis.
Ah yes. our hands met here and there,
Our wandering eyes met now arid
then,
i About Life's crowded thoroughfare—
But coldly seeing we were men.
! And looks are slight, and hands are
slow.
And words so hard to say, and
weak;
j Even the best the poets know
Mean more than even they can
speak.
Torn Death struck lightning through
the air;
A rock was rent, set free a heart;
I And two old friends communion share
When one lies speechless and
apart.
A New (ierniiin 1’unUhment.
The young Germans who emigrate
to America and elsewhere without do
ing their fair share of military service
have long been a thorn in the side of
officialdom. A method of dealing with
this state of things has at last been
hit upon which bids fair to work suc
cessfully. One Friedrich Grobbler, a
runaway, settled in Kansas, has been
informed by the German military au
thorities by cable that he must re
port at home for duty, and notifying
him that unless lie returns and serves I
him time his father will be lined a I
sum equivalent to 200 pounds. If this
procedure is followed out in every
case German fatlurs are likely to be
tray a more affectionate interest in
keeping their sons at home.
Mototur* Need© I by Oak True*.
An oak tree of average aiz\ with
700,000 leaves, lifts from the earth into
the air about 123 tons of water during
the five mouths it is in leaf.
A NOTED PREACHER
One of the most noted Epise pal
clergymen in the west is Rev. Dr. Clin
ton Locke, the dean of the church in
Chicago. For 41 years he lias been as
sociated with Grace church in ihit
city.
Clinton Locke was horn in New York
c ity in 18‘J9. From the public schools
lie went to the academy at Sing Sing,
and from the academy he went to
Cnion college at Schenectady, from
which he was graduated in 1849. Then
he became a private tutor for two
years, after which he entered the g n
oral seminary of the church. In 18."
he was ordained deacon at Dobb’s
Ferry. From there he was called to a
Joliet (111.) church.
In 1859 l)r. Locke was called to
tirace church, then a small parish with
a small building, in Chicago. He
found it a struggling congregation
and, as the shepherd of the little flock,
he gave it all the force and strength
of his character. The church grew un
der his ministry.
In 1S<>4 Dr. Locke took the initiative
in founding a church hospital. His
congregation was with him. and St.
Luke's was founded in dhat year, an
institution that fer years has taken a
front place in the hospitals af the big
western city.
In 1895 an affection of the throat de
veloped, and increased in severity un
til he was compelled to take leave of
! his church, to the regret of every mpru
j her. Although his eloquence is no
more heard, he ministers to his fellow
men thtough the medium of written
language. He is a remarkable linguist,
and has pursued his passion for litera
ture into manv tongues. He is never
KEV. I)R. CLINTON LOCKE.
(The dean of the Episcopal church in
Chicago.)
idle. He p3KcpH hours every day in
his sunny library, with his books and
his papers He writes for denomina
tional papers, and occasionally for the
magazines, and has published several
■ books that have proved acceptable to
1 the public.
WAS ONCE A
NEWSBOY ...
Now Probable
Successor to
MaVcus Daly
—
The man who is slated to succeed tin
late Marcus Duly as president and gen
eral manager of the Anaconda Mining
company resembles in many respects
his sturdy predecessor. He is H, n y
H. Rogers, one of the vice presidents
of the Standard Oil company. His
life is a record of what a poor boy
with energy and [terserveranee can a;
romplish in the United States. He is
one of those remarkable Americans
who has worked hi* way from a news
boy to the rank nfi millionaire and a
position among th-e greatest cvf the
world's b uni ness directors. Marvelous
as was Marcus Daly's rise from pov
erty to afliaence, even more marvelous
teas been the rise of this man Rog«s.
Daly grew up among mines and min
ers and nearly all his youth way an
apprenticeship in ttae business -‘hat
eventually made hint rich and famous.
Itagers, like Daily, was early thr-awn
upon his own resources. Dike Daly,
also, he 'cmes from poor and hurxhle
stock. 1'alike Daly, he has striv n
in many fields of .commercial enter
prise, and from eath of them he has
exacted the toll that only suciess
awards. He is mighty in many ways.
Daly was mighty fn only one.
Sold I'aiu rs. fur • l.lvlnt.
Fifty-five years ago Henry H. Rog
ers was selling papers for a living on
the btrects of New Bedford, Mass*, then
the port of a great fleet of whale s.
That was before the day of oU wel »
and when the sperm oil trade was at
its zenith. Knocking around among
•he whalers and oil refiners, it is prob
able that young Rogers then engag d
in dreams »3 to the standing and
wealth which awaited the man wh >
might succeed in controlling the oil
I connection with the company lie grew
immensely rich. The grocer's clerk
at $3 per week, 50 years ago, is now
reputed to be worth $65,000,000. Some
years ago he noticed that new elec
trical inventions were eating up cop
per faster than the mines could pro
duce it and came to the conclusion
that wealth awaited the owners of
copper mines. He went to Wisconsin
and Montana, visited the copper re
gion* and studied! the situation. When
he returned to New York he had
formed his plans and soon, the Amal
gamated Copper company, with the
millions of the Standard Oil company
hack #f it, was formed. Tlie subse
quent advance in the price of copper
from II to IS cent* showed the value
of his business judgment. He ad
mits that his purpose was, and is, to
establish a copper trust, but he can
not score a complete success in this
endeavor until the syndicate acquires
the great Verde copper mine* of Ari
zona. owned by W. A. Clark of Mon
tana, and in Wall street Mr. Clark is
creditsd with having made the dec
laration that he would not ondy never
sell t# the copper Crust, but that, he
would leave the mines to his children
so safe-guarded that even they should
not 2»«* able to tuia them over to the
trust
A» tho Man h.
Henry H. Rogers is now G7 years
oKL He does not look to be past 45.
He is well preserved, stalwart and his
bearing is like that of a man who
trained in a military scliooE. While he
is courteous and affable in bis social
relations he is a hard taskmaster and
a bitter and relentless foe. There is a
iot of bulldog in the man; he is fear
HENRY H. ROGERS.
supply or tn« worm, ior ne says mat
he always favored the combinations of
capital which are now called trusts
and early saw the advantages which
they offered. He worked hard to sell
his newspapers, but in those days there
was not the '(fc«'nand for current read
ing which no\^ exists, and the profits
of his business were very small and
uncertain. This caused him much
worry, for he was expected to give as
sistance to the support of his home,
which was in Fairhaven, Conn. Ho
sought a job which would yield a
steady income and was employed in a
grocery store at $3 a week and board.
He made the most of his allowance
for board and sent his weekly salary
of $3 home. For five veals lie re
mained in the employ of the grocer
and was gradually advanced to the
position of head clerk. When oil was
discovered in Pennsylvania New Be
ford soon became as dead as a mining
town that had been abandoned in a
rush for new diggings. Young Hagers
went to the oil Helds. He knew many
things about the oil trade in New He 1
ford and his knowledge was of th ■
practical kind. He readily found prof
itable employment and had soon
formed a personal acquaintance with
the oil barons. He saw opportunities
when they presented thems lvcs an l
was able to formulte plans to fit them
His ideas for saving and marketing the
product of the wells were so good that
he was employed by one of the big
operators to carry them out. This
position stimulated him to new ef
forts and he began to dream again of
the wealth and influence of the man
who could control the oil trade of the
country.
Founder of Stuiulurd Oil f'nmpinv.
Hagers is not generally credited for
the hralnwork that made the Standard
Oil company possible ami sure xsful,
but It was he who suggested the plan
from which it has grown and has al
ways been one of Its ablest directors.
Acting upon plans submitted by him
many of the large operators pooled
their interests and this was the incep
tion of the company. Later the com
pany was incorporated, Rogers was
made a director and for some time has
been a vice president. Through his
mss, combative, energetic and tireless 1
He also is stubborn; once convinced
lie is unchangeable. In thrse character
istics he resembles in a great degree
thp man whom he will succeed as the
head of the Anaconda company. He
has a magnificent home at the corner
of Fifth avenue and Fifty-eighth street.
New York city, and a country home at
Fairhaven which is one of the show
places of New England. He has spent
more than a million dollars in beauti
fying his country residence and its
surroundings and as much more for
the benefit of the town which was his
home when he was a poor boy. In
speaking of trusts, he says: “My Idea
of a trust Is that it economizes and
brings before the people the best prod
[ net at the lowest prices. That is what
! the Sugar trust is doing. • That Is
what the Standard Oil company has
done. I know that trusts are good
things.”
Png it* >i Detective.
The ollicer w-hose duty it is to en
force the game laws of Kansas recent
ly had reason to suspect that sortie
market hunters were Illegally shipping
quail from Wellington, but the gather
ing of evidence was found to he an al
most impossible task. Finally the of
ficers borrowed a pointer dog ami took
it to the freight depot, and the animal
promptly centered its attention upon a
I large egg ease. The ease was opened.
, and under its two top layers of eggs
j were found several dozen quail. The
S law breakers were found without diffl
j culty upon reference to the railroad
company’s books, and arrests promptly
followed.
For Stealing Electric Fight.
All Sin's propensity for walking In
ways that are dark has been demon
strated in New York’s Chinatown,
where nine Mongolian merchants and
restaurant keepers have been arrested
for stealing several thousand dollars’
worth of electric light from the Edison
company. The theft was accomplished
through the use of an ingenious device
arranged by an expert electrician, who
farmed it out to the Chinese at $10
per month.
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