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OAPTAIN STRONG, NOTED KEN
TUCKIAN, SURRENDERS.
The Wealthy Mountaineer Shot Down
Near lilt Home by Partlee In Arobuih
area Ballet 1'ltrced the Old redeal
Soldier Defore He Could "Draw."
APT. WILLIAM
Strong, tho great
est fnbuntnln fight
er in eastern Ken
tucky, died with
his boots on Sun
day after success
fully dodging Win
chester bullets for
25 years. He had
left his homo,
f which Hf about ton
mMes eaatWf jrfefrson, . tdgo Uo tfife
aone?of BlBbor.'i Hehai been
gono but a fow minutes when his fam
ily was startled by a fuallade, which ap
peared to bo not moro than half a mile
away. Members of the family ran to
ward' the point from which the sounds
of musketry came and found Capt.
Strong dead on the roadside, ahot to
pieces, seven bullets having penetrated
his body.
He was lying on his back with his
ycs wide open and his revolver clutch
ed in his right hand, which had barely
been drawn from his pocket when a
uIletlrckatho arm. Not a sh3t ha'd
been flrcd from' lho'i revolver. Investi
gation showed that a "blind" had been
constructed on a point immediately
above tho road, commanding a full
view of tho thoroughfare for a distance
o soveral hundred yards. Scraps of
CAPT. WILLIAM STRONG.
bread and meat wore found behind the
blind, and other signs, which showed
that sovon or eight men had been "lay
ing out," as the mountaineers call It,
,for Capt. Strong. His relatives In
Jaokson wcro quickly notified of tho
tragedy and n largo posse began
searching for tho assassins.
Capt. Strong was credited with kill
ing and having killed moro than a
scoro of men during the fouds In which
ho has participated for moro than a
. quarter of a century. Ho never admit
ted having killed any of his enemies,
but on ono occasion ho told tho story
of tho death of soveral of tho Amoe
fcctlon who wero trying to nswisslnnto
him nt his home. Ho said:
"I looked out nt some little holes I
had mndo In my houso and I saw a
number of men with guns "
"Did you kill any of them?" asked
tho reporter.
"Well, they didn't all get away."
Further than this ho would say noth
ing about tho men being killed. On
ono occasion a citizen of Breathitt
tto penitentiary for killing a man. Ho
met Capt. Strong a few minutes after
the sontenco had been passed and ask
1S ,s . CaPt- Strong, thai
Si um?no man thoy Bcn mo to
tho penitentiary and when yon kill
twenty men you are not oven Indict-
The captain replied: "I was rlirht
whenkllled my man and yo wSo
This Is tho only admission ho was
ever known to maho that ho had klUed
man. Capt. Strong was one of tho
wealthiest and-mosf enterprising c tl
ens of Breathitt county. Ho owned
two nrgo farms and a half Interest In
400 acres of tho finest canno co, lftn3
?i.?e.BfctUn ? , S'nC0 h0 ha,, mail wace
lth tho Calahans a few weeks ago tho
old captnln had settled down to hard
work, and expected to make a great
deal of money In mining cannel coal
this summer. Ho was nlso largely en
caged In forming, and had Just planted
a large crop.
.Ths fesd w.yV ltd to tho killing be
S atom after tho war. It seems
at tho c.ose tho war and after Cant.
Strong had gono to work to pay for his
homo lie Kuklux began to terrorize
tho community. It waa generally con
ceded that tto clan was composed
cnHfly of young men who were not old
1,.t0uenter th0 DWJHlng out of
hostilities botween the states, but had
grown up with ,a deop.soated preju
dice against the unionists. CaDt
itrong was considered a leader amon
the ex-federal t soldiers.
Ho was oiitspokopagalnst the dopre
nations of Kuklux, and la credited with
having organized an antl-kukluj; party
Which AM much toward putting down
the clan. About two years ago some
of tho new men, who had como Into
Breathitt since the advent of the rail
road, organized a band of regulators
patterned somewhat after the old Ku
klux. Klan. Again Capt, Strong was
outspoken against tho methods of the
mob, and denounced the regulators In
unmeasured terms.
The regulators commltteed outrage
ous depredations. They whipped and
(PHI
robbed an old man named Ed Spfcer. ' HfTacj PfiD A TXTrnif7nvr
Thoy hung old Joshua Ncace to a limb,."1-100 wJX-A HLK,lZJ2iJu.
allowing his toes to barely touoh the
ground, end kept him In that position
for hours. They robbed Wiley Morris.
and, going through arms, shot stock
to death, ami on Capt. Strong's farm
tcro down fyxocs and shot his stock,
badly wounding aoveral head. The cap
tain was loud I. his condemnation of
these acts of vandalism, and when he
was told by persons who pretended to
bo his friends that Ed and Sam Cala
han were at tho head of theso regula
tors ho denounced them. Then tho
tale-bearers went to tho Calahans and
told them what Capt. Strong had said
about Uiem.
This brought on tho feud botween
Capt. Strong and the Calahans, and
when Tom Bnrnctt, who was known to
bo a friend of Stroqg, was found mur
dered, Strang's friends declared tho
,Calahans wcro respdnsftlo? fori Bar-
nctt'a eatty and 'aotfMong Vtdr Hhat
Tom Bfzmore, a'frlehdW thofCaIahans
was found on tho roadside dead wKh
a bullet through his heart. Realizing
that Breathitt county was about to bo
plungod Into another of thoso wars
which have earned for It tho title of
"Bloody Breathitt,;' County Judge Day
and several of tbo 'leading lawyers and
clttzons of Jackson decMed to use their
Influonco toward bringing about a set
tlement of tho trouble between Strong
and Calahan.
Accordingly warrants wcro sworn
out by them against Capt. Strong and
four or five of his leading friendB tc
make them keop the peaco, and simil
ar warrants wcro sworn out for tho
Calahans and several of their friends.
Both sides wcro cited to appear on the
same day, nnd they eamo In, each side
under heavy guard summoned by Sher
iff Tom Doaton. The men met In Judge
Day's offlco, nnd on comparing' holes
Capt. Strong and tho two Calahan
brothers found that they had all hecn
victims of taleboarers nnd they shook
nnnas, promised to bury tho hatchet
and let bygones be bygones.
JUVENILE CRIMINALITY.
Search for the Cauici and Appropriate
Iteraedlea.
For our Juvcnilo criminality we
must search for the special causes nnd
for appropriate remedies, says the
Chautnuquan. According to the statis
tics, the dheck on crime nttalns its cul
minating point from tho ages of 21 to 30
years. It falls a little from 30 to 4C
years and faHs rapidly from 40 to 50.
It 1b therefore youth which is the criti
cal ago and everything' depends on good
direction at tho beginning. Children
have been defined as llttlo savages and
also as little criminals, willful llarn
cruel and selfish. It has been said that
the child reproduces in Its develop
ments all tho phases of the human race
passing from barbarism to civilization
Certainly the Instlhcts that aro bad and
oven crlmlnnl are frequently found ,ln
children. But a good cducntlon nlmo3t
always gets tho better of these In
stincts with considerable facility. The
good sentiments acquired nt that age
rapidly becomo Instinctive nnd lasting,
only no mistake muBt bo mado as to
tho choice of means.
CARRIED NETTIE AWAY.
Mettle Iiabclle Smith Win Not Preient
at Her Lover's Iturlal.
Whllo PreBton Thornton, the self
slayer, was being burled at Cave Hill
cemetery, Louisville, tho other after
noon, tho girl for lovo of whom he
killed himself was speeding away to
Hot Springs, Va on a special train,
provided by her father, President Mil
ton M. Smith, of tho L. & N. railroad
company. Tho funeral brought to
gether one of tho most distinguished
gatherings ever witnesses In Kentucky.
The residence of his aunt, Mrs. John
Mason Young, where tho services wero
hold, is a mansion In Louisville's moat
aristocratic quarter. Tho house and
lawn ware crowded. Most of tho at.
NETTIE ISABELLE SMITH.
(For lovo of whom Preston Thornton
ended his life.)
tendants wero visitors from outBlde the
city, and numbered members of tho
Hardin, Preston, Wlckllffo, Breckln
rldce and Thornton families, each hav
ing an ancestry with Kentucky's writ
ten history. At the head of the caabci
the aged father of the deceased stood
When Rev. Dr. Mlnnegerode referred
to sulcldo the elder Thornton gasped
The, preacher was bewildered aid hesl
tated. There was confusion, and tht
speaker lifted his voice until allcncj
among his hearers was again secured.
Oanly May Re Innocent.
It Is claimed that James M. Gord
who Is under sentence of death at
Qeorgotown, Del,, for the murder of ono
of his many alleged wives, as detailed
In the World, is Innocent. It is said
that two mon havo confessed to havhig
done the murder.
Beers made of maize or barley are
manufactured by inwiat every native
African people
zfssaB n .i"l
Ired cloud CHIEF, ERfltfArjfrftV 01M7.
ASSISTANT CORPORATION
COUNSEL OF CHICAGO.
the Flrtt Woman Kver Appointed to a
like rodtlon In the Wttt-A Sketch
of an Ambltleui We ma n't line?
Life.
BSISTANT Corpor
ation Counsel Cora
B. Hlrtzel, of Chi
cago, latoly ap
pointed by Mayor
Harrison, walks,
talks and acts like
a wcuan who like
to bo a man. Sho
doesn't care a fig
for Delsarto. Soci
ety novels are phll-
OBODhlcal flimsies. She loves
Thackeray and Blackstone, writes
without nutting the point of
the pencil In her mouth, and
whittles with the edge of the knifo
blade toward her body. She plants
acr foot down bard when aho steps, Is
n expert at bringing legal fights to a
:ompromiso settlement, wears shirt
waists and collars, ami tho biggest law
firms in town trust her with tho pecp
'tratlon of their briefs. She Is and does
Jill this, but she dodges when a man
asks her how old sho Is proof that
the Is a woman despite tho fact that
her name is on the offlco door as a law
yer. MIsb Hlrtzel has rived In Chicago a
good part of her life. Sho ,1s what she
Is because she has earned tho distinc
tion. It has nover bcor. her fortune
to walk a path of roses. It probably
would have made no difference had she
been taught In her girlhood that tbo
proper thing for a girl to do Is to sit
ittll, look pretty and g& married. Am
bition Is ambition rich or poor. She
had ambition. She says It was for
tunate. In gratifying her zeal sho was
laying up trcasnre against the day when
imbltlon and necessity to earn a live
lihood might bo one and tho samo
thing. This was befart women denied
that their single plaeo In life was be
tldo the cradle. Mrs. Hlrtzel reasoned
with herself. Sho concluded that had
tho been born a man rather than a
womaa sho would havo been a lawyer.
She reasoned more. There was no
reason why tho woman who wanted to
he a lawyer should be debarred from
being a lawyer simply because men
thought sho onght not to be ono. Sho
couldn't sco any reason why mm
ihould piek out the future for women,
anyhow, and she gradually allowed it
to becomo known that sho was going
to bo a lawyer and possibly sit on tho
bench. It made a good many of the
young men she knew laugh, but she
has not heard of any of tho scoffers
becoming assistant corporation coun
sels'. Judge Gary, up In Oshkosh, was
her first tutor. Sho read In his offlco.
(Icr parents camo from Germany.
rhey don t Uko to have women do
much In the professions In Germany.
Miss Hlrtzel did not inherit any prcju
dlpo qlong this line, and It did not par
ticularly matter that sho did not get
much encouragement among tho men
tnd women she know. Sho learned to
(hlnk for herself early In lifo, and sho
ts still doing It. The more she dug
Into tho books of the judge's library
the moro she became wedded to her res
ilutlon. The more she read the more
the saw there was to be read, !?ut work,
ind not play, was to be her lot To
preparatory course brought her to Chi
cago ten years ago. Sho entered the
Chicago law college. It was not pleas
are at times for her to sit the single
woman In the class of seventy-tve
men who finished In 1890. She felt
conspicuous. The men looked upon
her as out of plvce. There were other
lays when Miss Emma Bowerman was
with her, 'and side by side tho two sat
is the men smiled, and the smile was
I plain sign of pity for womanly fol
ly. Miss Hfrtzel's views are worth con
ltderlng. She knows what it means
Cor a woman to take bold of her shoe
'.ops and left herself into professional
distinction In a big city. There nre
nly eight or ten others who have gone
Ibroujrk tho mill. There Is none other
III Jill '-
MISS CORA 3. HIRTZEL.
who has been honored as she has, and
the struggle has loft no msrk. There
aro no wrinkles In hOr face, anf her
keen eye Is a true sign of a shrewdness
which lawyers have learned to value.
Sho is short in stature, without man
nerisms, plain In speech, convincing,
businesslike. She carries her cards
with her, but they aro not tho common
cards that women use.
QUEEN MARGUERITE'8 POODLE
King Humbert Uied 1IU Hair Dye on
the Little Beatt.
King Humbert's gray" hairs and tho
dye that waa to euro them ore the sub
ject of an amusing llttlo anecdoto in
the Berliner Tageblntt. The king, it
seems, favors tho iron gray of age and
oees nothing to object to In the years
that lead to reverence nnd the sliver
hair. But Queen Marguerlto was very
zealous on tho other stdo and wished
to sco what Paris and tho coiffeur could
do In the work of restoration. She
therefore thought of an Imperial hair
dye, the only modern witchcraft that
science allowB. Tho king one day
found oh his dressing table tho elixir,
carefully packed, with directions for
use, and guessed whence and why It
came. Now, Queen Marguerlto had a
favorite poodle, white and fleecy .which
was wont to pay her a morning visit
every day, but co one of his duty calls
shortly after tho elixir arrived the
faithful toutou arrived sleek and glas
sy as ever, but the snow white fleece
was changed for a garment of blulah
black. As thero was no reason why
court and courtier should go Into
mourning, tho queen was horrified at
tho change. "You poor creature," she
cried, "how grotesque they have mado
you loo." "And your husband?" was
nil the king said, and tho queen asked
no more questions. The poodle Is saW
to bstvo resented tho parable; the snow
white fleece never came round, and
having once dyed ho was obliged to dye
to tho end.
Horrlion 8. Morrli, Poet.
Tho time has passed when a man
can bo all a poet. Poems are read now
adays, but th3 public will not , for
them as they did In a golden ago now
passed away. Happy, therefore, la the
poet who can And an occupation that
Is congenial and at thp same time akin
te- tho art which he himself cultivates.
Prominent among tnese happy fortu
nates Is Mr. Harrison S. Morris of
Philadelphia, poet by taste and habit,
managing director of the Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts by way of seri
ous occupation. Though poet to tho
Anger-tips, as Mr. Morris showed In a
recent collection of his pieces, be Is at
tho same time an accomplished and
zealous man of affairs. This he shows,
HARRISON S. MOWg,. c
yeajby.yeaV, injils dlrerffo of the
academy; Exhibitions of. beVailemy
Mr. (Morris directs lmjtftfraewh sea
son, and'lf not the mosf'notafcVhcld la
America,- they are certalBlyaot infer
ior in intoroet or quality to any oth
ers. It is, as wo understand.,, Mr,
Morris who has kept this eldest of
Amerio-a art societies upito the high
modem mark, and ha 'deserves grefct
credit-far the achievement., Among the
members of the Brownl'ng And con
temporary clubs of Philadelphia Mr.
Morris is a personage of distinction,
Just as he would be in Poeton, New
York or London, were he not so for
tunate as to be more at ttovne in home
like and charming Philadelphia
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SAYINQS AND DOINOS OF THE
PLAYERFOLK.
1 National Theater for Amerlcr What
It Woald Take to KitablUtt a Credit
able May Home A Theatrical lto
notice Tho Summer ISxodun.
NATIONAL thea
ter in America
shall we ever have
ono7 asks a writer
in Peterson'a Maga
zine. This Is a
subject which has
stirred up our man
agers, actors, play
wrights nnd critics
tlmo and time
ngaln. Plans havo
been discussed, arguments have been
advanced, pro nnd con, essays and lec
tures have been mado public, but tho
project has never taken on definite
shape or progress. To establish a thea
ter that would reflect credit as a na
tional organization; to erect suitable
buildings, with all tho necessary scenic
equipment; to engage tho high class
actors and secure the high class plays
such a theater would call for, would
require an Immense outlay of money,
and besides tho Immediate expenses, a
EUfllclent sum for future obligations
would have to be contributed or al
lowed. The Theater Francalse, which
seems to be the Ideal theater of tho
world, Is under tho control of tho
French government; actors enter Its
service for a stated term of years, and
while tho training nnd surroundings
aro undeniably of Inestimable benefit
to a player, many have been Kind when .
their cngagomentB expired. Of course
the highest forms of art are festered
under tho auspices of an organization
like this; tho finest dramas und tho
most finished acting arc possible, but
would such a projoct be practical in
America? Wo arc so democratic, and
commercialism has invaded the drama
to such an extnt that it would take us
some thne to become used to a subsi
dized theater. And It does nqt eeem
likely that our government would en
dow such an Institution; If It ever J
comes to pass, fc will he more apt to Tie
supported by private subscriptions of
wealthy citizens. Besides, supported
by the government, would not such a
theatdr in this country be subject to
the corrupting Influence of party pol
itics, the wlro pulling, tho red tape.l
ana tne personal preferences of Its di
rectors? And, on tho whole, would a
national theater, tonducted tho way wo
fear It woukl be dono in this country,
cither benefit the cause of art or up
hold tho drama?
"Tho Mysterious Mr. Bugle" Is the
title of a bright and entertaining farce
which was presented nt the Lyoeum
theater, New York, lately. The au
thor Is Mrs. Madeline Lucetto Ryley,
who hoB already produced two other
admirable comodles, and who gives
promlso of becoming one of tho fore
most dramatists of America. "Tho
Mysterious Mr. Buglo'' is a light and
airy piece, sufficiently humorous to
umiiE-?. with much sparkling dialogue
and considerable highly original "busi
ness," tho creation of Mrs. Byley's own
clever brain. Annlo Russell made hor
debut In farco In this play, and dis
played much aptness for tho new role;
Joseph Holland and Guy Standing
were admirable in light comedy parts.
A very pretty romance has developed
during the season in tho Lyceum com
pany. Last fall Mr. Frohman brought
to America a now lending woman, who 1
soon blossomed from a eomplcto stran
ger into a warm favorite with New
York audiences. In every play in
which she appeared the leading man
wpi compelled by the. exigencies of hid
part to make violent love to hor. The
task must have been a pleasant one,
for the lady was young and beautiful,
as well as gKted, and It now appears
that the love making which seemed
such excellent simulation on the part
of the young man was the real thing,
and that the young lady was Inclined
to look with favor upon his gallant
MARY MANNERING.
suit, for their engagement has been an
nounced and the wedding of Mary Man
nerlng and James K. Hackett seems
not far distant.
The annual summer exodus to1 Eu
rope has left managerial offices desert
ed. Tbo fact that the season In Lon
don begins to be gayest when ours Is
waning is a lucky thing for our mana
gers. They can see their theaters safe
ly 'closed, or their companies well start
ed on a spring tour, and then hie them
selves to London, to seek, not a wife,
like the lad in tho nursqry rbymo, but
for new plays and novelties in every
branch of amusement The theatrical
manager usually finds what he wanta
in London, for there are contered a
number of popular dramatists, and
there are first produced those English
ipii cOT V
1 tt!Js.
plars which Inter are offered for J our
delectation. Occasionally a manager
makes-a "find" In the way of a tlovor
actor, but as a rulo American actors
are good enough, and the English play
Is brought over for our own favorite
players to embody.
With tho comic opera, concert ot
vaudevlllo mamtgora It, . Is different.
They Jowncy to Parts, Harwell asyLon
don, forMVeltles, nnd ofte:
n tMiWiirjf-
ft
S Wil ';'-Ule naFK8 of A
lift mn themselvieaWlabt al-
cal ma;
music
ways musical) travl all over Europo
' . '
in searfftTof talent. 'A singerMay be
picked itfplti some" obscure tltU'Swe
dish tawny lis' Christine 'rllisson was
first dlsco've'redl a brilllantpUnfstmay
be found la Poland,Paderowskl's home;
a violinist may bo unearthed in Dome
German hamlet, and so on. Vaudeville
managers usually And what they want
In London or Paris, tho great majority
of absolute novelties coming from the
French capital. '
Du Souchet's new farco, recently pro
duced at Hoyt's, while not In several
respects oqual to "My Friend from In
dia," is nevertheless highly entertain
ing and decidedly humorous. As in
tho author's first play, the well-meant,
but highly aggravating efforts of n
friend to be one in reality as well as
name, ate the basis on which tho play
Is built, atome cleverly Interwoven
bite of prevaricating give extremely lu
dicrous turns to the plot. Willie Col
lier plays the principal part admirably,
but almost equally good work Is done
by M. A. Kennedy, John B. Mahcr and
Louise Allen. Tho Mexican localo of
the play affords opportunity for some
pretty scenery, taking music and an
enlivening dance, and the scene in Sing
Sing introduces a group of convicts Id
full prison regalia.
Another theatrical marriage, this one
having already occurred, is that of
Odctto Tyler to R. D. SheparcL Miss
Tyler is tho most popular and promin
ent ingenue on the American stage, and
her husband was widely known as an
actor in Shakespearean and standard
dramas, under the name of R. D. Mac
Lean, when ho used to tour with the
lato Mnrlo Prescott, his first wife.
Miss Tyler's marriage will deprive the
i.b
ODETTE TYLER
stago ot one of Its most charming fig
ures, for sho Intends to rctlro perman
ently, her husband having a fortune of
nearly a million dollars. She Is at
present appearing In London In "Se
cret Service," In her original part.
"A Round of Pleasure" is tho happy
title of tho extravaganza production
now on view at tho Knickerbocker, The
entertainment is a combination of mu
sic, dancing and comedy, with beauti
ful scenic and sartorlnl embellishments.
Tho company is an unusually clevei
one and the pleco furnishes excellent
and approprlnto amusement for th
summer months In tho metropolis.
Wagner Warm.
Tim Hurst Is In bad odor with Earl
Wagner. Tho Washington magnato It
vefy warm, Judging from the follow,
ing:
"Hurst will 'never umpire a game ot
ball in Washington again If it costf
me every dollar I'm worth," said Mr,
Wagner. "He harbors ill feelinfl
toward three of my players, and hat
made the threat publicly that he will
get even with these three men every
chance he can get. He is giving out
pitchers Hie worst of it, and Is con
stantly looking to do up my team. II
it were not for mo he would ? um
piring In a second-class league. Whni
ho was discharged from Young's staff
of umpires for associating with prize
fighters ana all-round toughs, I waa
the first to go to tho front for him,
Tho language ho ueet to tho players on
tho ball Acid would cost his lifo If It
wero not that he was protected by has
ball law."
A New Function.
Henceforth tho way of the dilatory
road contractor In Now York city will
not be a pleasant ono. Ho has a new
and exacting taskmaster in the bi
cyclist, who Is naturally tho keenest ol
all Inspectors in road construction. II
tho schemes of tho Associated Cycling
Clubs of New York materialize every
active wheelman in.,tho city will ba
constituted a pavement inspector.
Contractors ,who'are lowf.or..nogllgent
in telr Vork Vlll'ba rowrt& togvthB
department of street ImprovViwfits,
and Jt that, be of(no(lavail a delamnd
will Kmade fo? forfeiture of contract
This fcoHey will bo purstied incassantly
by the A. C. C, of New York, 'until
street pavers learn to do their wori.
quickly and well. r
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Tom JLInton. who was-dVf&tefi In
this country last year by Starhuak but
who Is, regarded in Europo as one o
the greatest cycle racing man of the
age, was recently defeated by,tl.e new
phenomenon, Champion, Jometlmes
called the French Michael. The ?l?
tance was 31ft miles, on an indoor
track in Paris, and tho race waa won
by Champion In one hour, two mlnuteV
63 seconds, the fastest ever rn,.'
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