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Ohief of The Pawnee Scouts Ilia
Frontier Experience.
GENERAL CARR'S CAMPAIGN.
UlifThlo Hill Shows Ilic 1'awncos How
to Kill IlufTnlocA The HiUtlo
ol' Summit. Springs.
COl'VIitOIlTKII.
Wtltten/ortlie ' wiilaiiltee 1 > /If/ral Sormon. ]
8VvoT-M < i or I'lMrTMtlll.rii > noinl Cnrr't enm
-liinlU-rfnn A"t > pMrnnfo of tli'1 I'nwneo * a
Itiiltfti I'niHi o- The r-i ncc llavo ii Sklinil'liVltli
n rmty of Moux twit In lull HlioB II n l' nfc ;
Jli.w to Kill liuirnliif ! > . < cuTiTr I't Ilio Trull of
llii'Mnux Mnjnr Nor lil l MTo fi IllBliHllitn Ul-
Ini'e--Mnj.r r.orlh Corrnl Tnll Hull u > < t rut j-ln n
HiTliiCHiMi Kill , llicni All-ltoviio of Two \Vhlto
I'HiillvP Wnninii. line Wouniiril Hurt l > io Other
IjlnmijrTwn ) Wnirlorii Klllinl-l..t' ' < ! i' Number
ol Ho : p mid .Males Onplurtil , ToKuilur Wl.h
Oilier 1'luiuior.
VIII.
A Campaign In tlio Itcimlillenti Vnlley
On the 1st of March , 18011 , Major North
vint again called Into active service with
his now somewhat celebrated hconU. He
enlisted thrco companies , of litty men
cncli , and marching trom 1'ort Kearney
to Fort MePhorson , where ho reported to
General Carr , who was organizing 11 cam
paign for llin an minor. The Fifth cavalry
had recently conic tip from Kansas and
and Colorado , where limy had hecn cam
paigning under Major Hoyall , anil Ucn-
oral Carr had licen ordered to take coin-
inanil and prepare for an expedition to
the Republican river country.
Among the first men to grasp Major
North by tlio hand and give him a cor
dial welcome was William Krcdnriek
Cody , better known as
HLTl'AI.O IIIL1- ,
tlio 1)UHalo hunter , scout , and Indian
trailer , who him since become pomuwhnt
famous as an actor of the border drama.
Major North had made his acquaintance
u few months before at North 1'lalio. Ho
was a tall , handsome man , with long
black hair /lowing / in wavelets over
his broad shoulders , and possessed of a
generous heart and noble disposition.
Major North , who was one of nature's
noblemen lnm elf , and Cody became
warm personal friends from the very
moment they had met each other at
North 1'latlo , and that friendship event
ually brought them together in close
business relationship. Cody was a splen
did guide , and was made chief of scouts
of the department of the Platte through
the recommendation of General Carr ,
who knew his worth in that capacity.
( JENKKAI , CAHIt
spnnt ten days in fitting out his command
for the campaign in the Republican river
country. Tlio command consisted of
right companies of the Fifth cavalry , and
tlio three companies ot the Pawnee
scouts. A rather ludicrous appearance
.was presented by the 1'awnees , who had
been supplied with regular cavalry uni
forms , and on the occasion of the review ,
on the day before the command started ,
they turned out in all sorts of styles
some with their overcoats on and some
without , some with pantaloons and others
with only breech cloths ; some with hats
and some without ; some with pantaloons
changed into leggings by having the scat
cut out ; some with boots and others with
moccasins , and others with spurs on their
bare heels ; and : i few appeared in full
uniform. Their ranKs presented a sad
lack of uniformity in tlio way of dress.
The command started out from Fort
MePherson with livelv musio and colors
Hying. It was indeed
A OAU.ANT COMMAND ,
and General Carr , who was a brilliant
Indian lighter , had good reason to feel
proud of bin troops. The route lay south
of the Republican river , which stream
they struoK near the mouth of Dry creek.
At this point they marched to the west ,
tallowing tint course of the Republican.
Ono afternoon the command wont into
camp near the mouth of Turkey crock ,
anil the horses and mules were turned
out to graze and to get water from the
creek , a number of herders being sent
out with them. It was not long before
a small war party of Sioux , coming from
the south , attempted to stampede tlio
herd. Ono of the teamsters , who was
doing herd duly , was shot with an arrow
and came dashing into camp with the
arrow still sticking in his llosh and gave
the alarm. The Pawnees instantly shed
their uniforms , and jumping on their
horses without saddles or bridles--merely
placing ropes in their mouths they wore
olT like the wind. Accompanied by
Major North and HuflaKi Hill they rode
in the direction where they had heard
Iho shot ? , anil reached the mule herd a
long time before anybody olfn got there ,
Th'u Sioux had no idea that their old
enemies , the Pawnees , wore with the
command , and their sudden appearance
greatly surprised thorn. 1 hov had
thought that they could capture the mule
liord before the soldiers could reach them ,
and they probably would have succeeded
had it not boon for the quick movements
of Major North's Pawnees , who chased
them oil' lit'teen miles , killing several ot
them and wounding quite a number.
OHO of the. Pawnees , mounted on a
largo buckskin or yellow horse , led all
the rest , and the admirable running
qualities of the animal attracted the
attention of ilutlalo Kill , who determined
to secure possession of him if possible.
Accordingly after the return from the
chase lie succeeded ingotlingtho coveted
, horse by giving the Pawnco some valu
able presents und his own steed.
The ownership of tin * buckskin horse ,
I however , remained with the government
but ItulVulo Hill was allowed to retain
possession of him. He named tlio horse
Uiiokskin Joe , and ho proved to bo an ex
cellent bulValo humor ,
A few days after the command had loft
this camp , anil worn scouting along the
Heaver and Pralrio Dog croons , the Paw
nees amused themselves with
UI.'l'TALO IHJNTlXa.
Major North and llull'nlo Rill and so mo
of the olHoors wont out with twenty of
them to see them make a surround , They
circled a herd , and killed thirty-two buf
faloes. Another herd soon made its up-
pearanca ami just as the Pawnees wont
preparing to make another killing , liuf-
fulo Hill said to North , "Major , lot mo
show your Pawnees how to kill bulla-
loos.1 '
"Very well. I'll ' hold thorn back ami lot
you take the herd , " wild the major , who
informed tlio Pawnees of JJill's request ,
which they cheerfully granted.
Hill accordingly galoped in among Ike
ImfValocs and in a run of about half a
mile ho dropped thirty-liva buffaloes ,
killing onn at nearly every shot , string
ing them along on tlio jmiirio about fifty
foot apart. His style of killing tniD'alocs
.vai greatly admired by the Pawnees ,
none of whom hardly over killed over
four or llyo in a single run ,
Thu command , in hunting for Indian
trails , proceeded on a westward course
un the Republican rlvor. Colonel Royal
with a detachment of cavalry and Major
North with u detachment of Pawnees
scouted along the route , and one after
noon they discovered
A SMAI.I , JMIITV 01' SIOUX
following a largo trail. They hud boon
in some light for there wore two or three
wounded warriors in the party who wore
being transported on travois. The Pawnees -
noes | > ursued them for some distance and
killed several of them. The Pawnees tnen
wont Hying over the prairie to General
Curr's camp , on tho. Hlaoktail Deer Fork ,
ami ns they were approaching witli
whoops aim yells , and swinging' thoii
poles and lances , the soldiers at first ,
thought they wore a body of Sioux com
ing down upon them , and considerable
excitement followed. The o of thelPaw-
neos who had remained in camp , Mow-
ever , did not manifest the least surprise
normake any preparations to go out and
light thorn , as they would have done had
the approaching Indians boon Siouxs but
they set up a yell themselves , aud Cap-
lain Luther North , a brother of the major ,
exnlaiued the situation to Ucnoral Carr
by informing him that the advancing
Indians were Pawnees , and that Ihelr
demonstrations indicated that they had
had a light and had been victorious. The
The Pawnees soon galloped into camp
and reported the result of their scout.
They were soon followed by the rest of
the scouting party ,
General Can-started thocommanu next
morning on this
M\VI.Y : iHsmvKiir.o mui ,
and followed it westward up the Repub
lican for two days. They passed several
camp lire. , and it was evident that they
were gaining on the Indians. Along the
trail the iirint of a woman's shoo was
frequently observed.and this was evidence
that the Indians had a white captive with
them. For this reason General Carr was
anxious to pro s on. On the afternoon
of the second day after the discovery of
this big trail , tlio command camped at a
vacated Indian camping place , where
they found numerous fresh antelope
heads , showing that the camp had not
boon abandoned moro than twelve or fif
teen hours. General Carr concluded to
tnko detachments of the best mounted
men from each of the companies , with
live days rations , and make a forced
inarch till ho overlook the Indians , leav
ing ills wagon train to follow as fast as
possible. Next morning ( Sunday , .Inly
lllli , I9iii ( , ) the general carried out this
plan and got an early start. Major North
aud ten of his best Pawnee scouts kept
in advance , following Ilio trail , and keeping -
ing a sharp lookout for the Indians. Tlio
trail led to the north , in the direction of
tlio South Platte river , for a distance of
twenty miles , when suddenly the advance
.scouts sighted an Indian village from tiie
summit of some sand-hills , near a point
that was afterwards named Summit
Spring" . They made a careful survey of
the surroundings and saw that it would
bo impossible for an attack to bo made on
the village in tlio direction they were
troing , but that the troops would have to
leave the trail and bear oil' to the east ,
keeping well out of sight , and then turn
again to the north , passing the village
and making a semi-circuit to the south
anil west , and then make a charge upon
the village from the north. Major North
returned with his scouts to the command ,
which was eight or nine miles in the rear ,
and reported the result of his observa
tions to General Carr , who was verv
much pleased with the information anil
the
I'ltOSI'ECT Of A FIOHT.
Ho at ouco ordered the cavalrymen to
tighten their saddles and prepare for
action. The order was obeyed with alac
rity , for the men were all eager for a
light , and soon the command was gallop
ing toward the doomed village. The cir
cuit , described by Major North , was
made , and the command rode within
perhaps a milo and a half of the village ,
and could have crept much closer hauit
not boon for a company on the rijrht
Hank passing over a rise of ground and
thus becoming exposed to the view of the
village. General Carr was informed of
this tact , and being afraid that the com
pany had boon observed by the Indians ,
he at once ordered the bugler to sound
the charge. Instantly the stirring
notes of the bugle rang out clear and
loud , aud
AWAYllASlIKU Till : COMMAND
toward the village. The Indians were
lying in camp that day , and tlieir horses
wore gra/ing over the prairie at some
liltlo distance from the village. They
were completely surprised , and before
they could realize the situation the caval
rymen had ridden into the village , and
tlio Indians became wholly demoralized.
Jl was a warm , pleasant day , and a great
many of the Indians were lounging
around in the shade of their tents They
precipitately lied , leaving ovorythius be
hind them , only a few succeeding in
reaching their ponies. The soldiers and
the Pawnees as they entered the village
I'IKEU VOLI.KV AFTHU VOLLEY ,
to the right and to the loft , causing the
greatest consternation on every hand.
The Sioux made no resistance to the at
tack , as no opportunity was given them
to do so. Many of them lied on foot in
every direction some few escaped on
their ponies , while a largo number , who
were unable to got away by running ,
dodged into ravines and little pockets
and washouts in the nearest hills.
All this occupied but a few moments , and
as the Sioux had been scattered , the sol-
dior.s in squads begun hunting them
through the nearest ravines.
Major North and his brother , Captain
Luther North , with a party of Pawnees
and several soldiers surrounded one of
the ravines in which eighteen Sioux war
riors and a smiaw and a child had lied
for safotj' . One of the warriors , as was
afterwards learned , was the noted chief ,
TAI.l , Wl.I , ,
to whom the .squaw and ohild belonged ,
Ho and they were mounted on a beauti
ful orange-colored horse , witli silver
mane and tail. Upon reaching tlio ravine
ho placed his squaw an < l child on tlio in
side , where ho thought they would bo
safe , and ho then returnee ! to the moutlf
of the riivmo and shot his magnificent
stood rather than see him fall into the
hands of his enemies.
The month of the ravine was very nar-
now , and the banks were perpendicular ,
being from lit'teen to twenty feet high.
The Indians took their butcher knives
and cut holes in the banks for their Imlicls
ami loot , so that they could climb to the
uip to discharge tlieir guns and shoot
their bows and arrows , and then drop
down again. In this way they kept Major
North and his parly at bay tor homo little
time. Major North's men , who were
stationed about twenty paces from one
of the banks of the ravine kept tiring at
the Indians as they climbed up on the
opposite bank.Vhilo this was going on ,
one of the Indians climbed the bank
nearest to the .soldiers , and raising his
rille slowly over the top of the bank ho
laid it down on the ground , ami tlion
poking it up sullioiontly to take a sight
along the barrel of the weapon ho
n Ei I > HICTI.Y : : AT MAJ it NOKTII ,
but missed him. Captain Luther North
at first surely thought that his brother
was killed as ho had witnessed the move
ment which had occupied but a moment ,
so quickly was it dono. Major North
marked well the spot where the Indian
had dropped his head out of sight , haing
convinced that ( is 0011 as tlio redskin
could ( reload his gun tie would
make another attempt. The major
drooped down on one knee , and taking
a rest on the other , aimed his gun at this
particular spot , and waited for thu reap
pearance of the Indian's head. In a few
moments Jio saw the Indian's rillo com
ing up slowly over the edge of the bank
as it had done before , and soon the In
dian raised his head to take aim. Major
North instantly tired , and the Indian
dropped without shooting. Major North's
tiullet had penetrated his forehead , and
ho foil into the pit
A 1 > 1JAI > INDIAN' ,
leaving his ritle , cocked and ready for
shooting , on the top of the bank. Later
in the day the dead chief Tall Hull , was
found in the ravine , directly under the
soot , where ho had climbed up to lire at
Major North ,
Shortly after tlio killing of this cldof ,
Major North saw another head pooping
up at the same spot , and upon closer ob-
sorvatiou ho saw that it was the head ot a
squaw , She crawled to the top of the
bank and pulled her little six > ycur.-old
girl after her , None of the soldiers tired
at her as she made signs that she wanted
to talk to some ono. Shu walked straight
up to Major'North , ami rubbed bur hands
over him from head to foot as an act o
blessing and an appeal for mercy. Shi
then knelt down before him and in hoi
sicn language asked him to save her
The major replied , in similar language ,
ti-lling her to go to the rear , out of dan
gcr , and remain there until ho should cal
for her.-and then she would be safe. She
informed him that there were yet sever
Indians alive In the ravine. The llrlnp
was kept up from the ravine for a while
but finally it ceased altogether. There
upon Major North and some of his men
cautiously approached the ravine am :
looked over the bank , and down at tin
bottom they saw the
KtmiTUKNVA111I10ltS J.YIXO DKAD ,
somoon top of others as they had fallen
back from tlio banks. The major and lib
brother returned to thesquaw and takinc
her and her child across the r.ivlne tliei
joined company H. of tin1 Pawnees , com
mandcd by Captain dishing , who had ,
soon after the capture of the village ill
accordance with General Carr's iustritc1
lions made an active search for UK
while captives who were supposed to be
in tlio camp. They had succeeded in
liudlng two white women , ono of whom
had boon fatally wounded and the othei
quite seriously. It appears that while
.Major North was lighting tlio Indians in
the ravine , Captain Cushmgin skirmish'
ing through the village hail entered tin
lodge of Tall Hull , ami there found those
two women , who were Germans , out
being named Mrs.Alderdice and theothci
fllrs. Weichol.
When the light commenced Tall Hull ,
seeing that there was no hope of taklnu
his captives with liim-wliom ho had
been keeping M his wives shot Mrs ,
Alderdico in the forehead , and then shot
Mr ? . Weiehel. When the Pawnees dashed
up to the lodge , Mrs. Wolehol thought
the village hail boon attacked by Indians
alone , who were hostile to the Sionx , ami
that she was about to escape from OIK
band to fall a captive into tlio hands ol
another. Therefore when she discovered
Captain dishing with the Pawnees she
manifested the greatest joy imaginable ,
She was sottiiiir on a mat in the tent , suf
fering intensely from her wound , but
when Captain Cushing stopped up to hoi
she seemed to forget her pain , anil grab
bing him around his legs She hugged him
again and ai ain and
"NVlvl'T KOIt ,1OV.
She could not speak a word of Kujrlish ,
and he could not understand what slit
said. Ho endeavored , however , by signs
and by speaking tit her in Kn-ilish Id
make her sit still for a little while , and
then she would bo properly cared for. lit
1'niaHy broke loose from her. and it was
at this time that Major North and Im
brother with the Sioux squaw and child
joined the interesting group. Just as thoi
came ni ) the other woman , Mrs. Alder-
dice , who lay unconscious and weltering
in her blood , drew ono or two lonj ;
breaths and then died.
The Pawnees now resumed the hunt
for Sioux in the vicinity , and several run
ning lights ensued for some distance be
yond tlio village. After the Sioux had
all been drivutt away from the village
and the lighting was concluded , Mrs ,
Weiehel was taken to the surgeon's tent ,
and was otherwise cared for.
Tin : iiicst'i/r ov TIII ; ATTACK
on the village was the killing of liftv-lwo
warriors , and the capture of oiglitecn
squaws and children , and besides there
was quite a number of the Sioux wound
ed. The soldiers at once rounded up Hit
Indian horses and mules roaming at largo
and scattered over the prairie , aud upon
counting them they found that they had
captured two hundred and seventy-font
horses anil one hundred and forty-four
mules. The village proved to be. a very
rich ono. The Sioux had an abundance
of everything usually found in an Indian
camp , besides a great number of articles
which they had obtained from the white
settlers whom they had killed on the
Saline rivor. Quito a large amount of
gold aud silver money and considerable
jewelry were found by thosoUliorsanion
the plunder. That night the command
camped in the captured village , and at a
late hour the wagon train arrived.
Mrs. Alderdioe , the murdered woman ,
was buried on the battle-field , the burial
service being read by ono of the ollieers ,
ho was a religious man , there being no
chaplain with the command General
Carr gave the name of Susanna to the
place where thu battle occurred , that
being the Christian name of Mrs. Alder-
dice , as was learned from Mrs. VVeichol.
The name was afterwards changed to
SUMMIT Sl'ltlXOS ,
because there was a fine spring of watev
on the summit of the sand hills between
the Platte river and Frenchman crcelt ,
where nobody would suppose there wa ;
a drop of water.
The next morning all the Indian tepees ,
lodges , bull'alo robes , camp equipage and
provisions , including several tons ol
dried bull'alo meat , wore gathered to
gether in several lunro piles and burned
by order of General Carr.
The command moved down the Platte
river the next day about eight miles , and
soon after goimr into camp Mrs.Vciolioi
was brought into the pro.-cneo of the In
dian prisoners. She ut once recognized
the squaw who had surrendered herself
to Major North , as being the wife of Tall
Hull. Mrs. Weiehel stated that Ibis squaw
had on many occasions whipped and
pounded her and treated her most cruelly
and shamefully during the absence o't
Tall Hull on hunting expeditions. She
explained that the causa of the squaw'e
cruelty was jealousy , und that ( luring
their captivity she and Mrs. Alderdiec
had never been allowed to meet and talk
with each other more than half a do/en
times , and she therefore know but very
little concerning the history of the dead
woman.
Thu Pawnco scouts , who had charge of
the prisoners , upon learning of Mrs ,
Woichol's statement of how badly slit
had boon treated , wanted to kill' Tall
Hull's squaw then and thr.ro. Major
North hoard of their intention just in
time to prevent it from being carried intti
execution. However , they declared that
if f.\w \ made the slightest attempt to es
cape they would kill her on the spot.
At this camp General Carr issued an
order that all the money captured at thu
village should bo turned over to his adju
tant , whom ho directed to give it to Mrs.
Woiehel , as she had stated that horfathor ,
u short time previous to the massacre ,
hud eomo over from Germany and that
nearly all the gold found In the posses
sion of tlie Indians had belonged to htm.
Major North collected six hundred dollars
lars in twenty dollar gold pieces from the
Pawnee scouts , who gave It up without
a murmur , and this money lie turned
over to tlie adjutant. About three him
dred dollars were collected from the sol
( iiers , and the whole sum of nine hundred
dollars was then given to Mrs , Woiehol
There were about six hundred dollar *
more fouud in the village , but the 11101103
was concealed by the soldiors.
The command now proceeded to I'on
Sodgwiok , at Juloabiirg , from whiol
point the news of the tight was telegraphed
egraphod to military headquarters. Tin
wounded white woman was cared for ir
the hospital aud shortly after her recover )
she married the hospital steward , hoi
husband having boon killed by the lu
iliuns , The Indian prisoners were son
to the Whetstone agency , on thoMissour
river , where Spotted Tall and thofrlendl.i
Sioux were then living , and the captured
horses and mules were distributed uinoii {
the ollieors , soldiers and scouts. Tul ;
Hull and his followers hftil long been t
terror to the border settlements , and ( Jen
oral Carr and his command were highly
complimented bv General Augur in jjen
oral orders for the
GALLANT SKItVICU
they had rendered. Resolutions of thank
to General Carr and Major North wen
also passed , the next winter , by the logis
lalurcs of Nebraska and Colorado' .
.General Carr'B- command remained i\ \
Fort Scdgvviok for two weeks , after re
turning from tlie battle of Sum mi
Springs , ( ih July , 1800 } to give ( he men
and horses a rest , nt ( hi- cud of which
time they were ordered out to scout for
Indians , who had been fecii south of the
Pintleriver. . Thuy , left Fort Sedgwiek
under Colonel Royal General Carr hav
ing been relieved of tlie command and
ordered to Fort Mcl'hersoii and after
following a trail for three or tour hun
dred miles In various directions they re
turned and proceeded loFortMcl'horsou.
Two weeks afferwards they made a brief
and bloodless campaign under General
Duncan , after which the Pawnees were
mustered out of service. During the
summer of 1870 , however , two compan
ies of the Pawnees were enlisted by Major
North for patrol duty on the Union Paollic
road.
| TO UK COXTINt.T.D NI'.XT
RAID ON THE MILLIONS.
Itolntlvcs of A. T. Stewart Who Want
Bonnol' Ills JMonc.v.
The first legal light for n share in the
Aloxaudr T. Stewart estate is not by one
of the lioirs of the late Mrs. Stewart , says
a New York correspondent , but by two
cousins of Stewart himself , ono of whom
figured fitfully several years ago as u
possible contestant of the great mer
chant's will. Then ho wont out of public
sight , and his case was regarded as a
sham. Now ha comes forward , through
lawyers , with a hitherto unpublished
story of a compromise , tlie terms of
which , he avers , have not been carried
out. My.story still sin rounds the facts ,
but enough of them are accessible to
make a curious narrative. Several years
ago the administrators of the Stewart
estate were informed of the existence ot
u cousin of t'ie ' testator named Alexander
Stewart of Proctorvillc , Vt. It was
learned thai Alexander had his eves on
the property of his cousin , and it was be
lieved that no meditated a descent , lie
had not been mentioned in tlio will.
About this time an enterprising stranger
came to Proetorvillo and registered at
the village tavern. Ho paid for his board
in advance , aud seemed to bo a man of
ample leisure. Ho was not lorn * in mak
ing himself vOry popular with the towns
people ; ho could toll a funny story bettor
than any ono for miles around ; ho was
always in good humor ; always ready to
do u favor , bo it to Inlp got in the hay be
fore a coining shower should ruin the
crop or give advice about intricate ques
tions of law. And ho joined in the rus
tic games played in the evening on tlio
Village square"pulled up" with the local
champion , aud pitched quoits. Alto
gether ho was a highlyrcspooted member
of the community , iincl among his favor
ite acquaintances was Alexander Stew
art , a poor farm laborer and old. The
entertaining stranger talked to Stew
art about his connection with the million
aire , and even helped to raise his hopes
somewhat as to a possible share in the
estate. The summer were away and the
autumn followed just as it does every
year in Vermont , and when the winter
came along the stranger had persuaded
Stewaat to go to New York for tiio pur
pose of gettingsomethingout of thcStew-
art administratordL Just what argu
ments lie used is 'not dolinitely known ,
but it has developed that lie was a detec
tive of high standing iin the profession ,
and it follows as a aunt tor of course that
if ho was a detective he was iu some
body's employ. i
\ \ hen farmer Alexander arrived in
Now York he entered upon such a life as
he had never dieairicdof ; in his wildest
fancies. His presence1 luid object were
detected by the no'wspapcrs. aided , pos
sibly , by the shrbwd detective , and he
*
was announced as a claimant for a portion
tion of the Stewart estate. The publicity
given his movements helped in turning
the old man's head. Ho was taken to a
good hotel and his appetite indulged with
the best the city could provide. A fash
ionable tailor took his measure , and soon
presented linn a line now suit of clothes.
Ono of the numerous friends presented
him a costlv gold watch. The wonders
of the theatre were exposed to his ad
miring gaxe until his head fairly swam
with excitement. Months passed , and ,
as ho seemed not to accomplish anything ,
ho dropped , entirely out of newspaper
notice. Hut the pursuit of diversion still
went on. Ho was a hard case to handle ,
old Alexander ; if ho had been
inclined to forget the purpose
of his errand to the metropolis
it would have boon essential to the detec
tive's object to remind him ot ii ; but tlie
old man'novor forgot it. and oven in the
whirl of gay living ho held fust to the
idea of achieving a settlement of some
kind iu his interest. Many a time the de
tective found that the bare mention of
the great property was enough to rouse
tlio farmer from apparent stupor to ob
stinate if not keen activity. Not the
scatterbrain delights of tlie unfamiliar
wine cup could drive from his stubborn
consciousness the fact that he had come
to New York on a certain business ; and
when attempts were made to eomo to a
settlement while _ ho was incapable of
clear thought ho invariably pulled him
self together and refused absolutely to
sign any agreement until the morning.
It was nearly six months before time ao-
complishod what the shrewd detective
failed to. The old claimant grew tired of
the high living to which ho was alto
gether unaccustomed , and was impatient
to get homo. Some kind of an under
standing was olloeted. and Alexander
made his way back to Proetorvillo.
It was not long before the village ac
cepted as a tact that old "Alec" had compromised -
promised his claim for f iifi.OOO. it was
generally "allowed" that this was pretty
smart in the old man ; it was no small
thing to go to Now York and wrest so
much of a fortune from the hands of
men accustomed to handle vast sums of
money. As Alexander himself was the
authority for the statement of the forms
of the compromise , it is probable that ho
himself thought that ho had become on-
itled to the money. Hut when his now
clothes were out and he failed to Iincl
himself with moans of renewing them ,
and was. moreover , deserted by his law
yers , ho begun to be suspicious of his bar
gain. He complained bitterly that ho
had been unjustly dealt with , but could
not get any assistance in readjusting his
claims. His rumored success hud induced
a brother of his to leave his homo in Can
ada and come to'Proetorvillo , but between -
tweon them they mmlu no better progress
than when Alexander was alone.
Now a now face If pit ( on tlio case by
one Whohlcn , a tinsmith of Prootorvillo.
He is apparently a 'typical Yankee. Ho
saw in old Alexander's case a chance for
money and lie determined to hojp Hie
farmer. Ills first slop-Was to got himself
appointed as guardian to Air. Stewart ,
the plea being tlr.it the old man had en
tered his dotage aid : 'was ' incapable of
handling his business' ullairs properly.
This accomplished , ho1 sought legal ml-
vice. Ho did not turn to the lawyer for
merly employed by Alexander , but wont
to ono who had not'bean ' interested in the
all'air. Ho retaiuml ev-Judgo Curtis and
at onoo instituted'antion ' to recover a
largo balance of the $23,000 alleged com
promise monov. The basis of the action
is the alleged failure to carry out the bar
gains entered into with old Alexander at
the end of his winter of diversion in Ibis
city. The question to bo settled id
whether there really was such a buruain
made by anybody aulhori/.cd to act for
the administrator of the estuto. The raid
on the millions by the Yormonter is
bound to be interesting.
A now cure for consumption ha * been
originated by a Gorman doctor. Ho
nuikos his patients pass the night in the
open air of the Thuringiun forest , wi.ll
wrapped up , and sleeping in light ham
mocks so us to avoid the damp from the
ground. A watchman keeps oil'any in
truders who might disturb the night's
real , and the experiment has proved won
derfully successful.
' JMV
MII in' '
The Rise of a Frinco in tlio Telegraphic
World ,
HIS APPIICATION TO DUTY.
The Career of the ( Jcncrnl Superin
tendent ol' the IVcstcrn Union ,
Chicago Herald : There is a potentate
in Chicago who reigns aosoluto over a
principality larger than ail Kuropo. Sub
ject to his command are 125,000 ollieers
and employes. In ! l,000 cities , towns and
villages arc established fortresses of
Which ho is master. Connecting them
are ! )0,00t ) ) miles of telegraph lines , with
'MO.OOO miles of electric WHIM. Yet this
potentate is a plain , blunt man , to whom
ten hours' labor n day would uo mere
play a common man , born and roared
poor , and still not rich save ingcnius and
mental resources.
( m the -lib day of April , 183'J , Robert
C. Clowry walked into theollleo of.Judge
Caton's oM Illinois -.ml Mississippi Tele
graph Company ut Joliet , aud proposed
to give his services .six mouths without
other compensation than instruction , was
accepted , and the poor widow's son from
a Will county farm a lad of seventeen
years began his professional career as a
messenger boy and student. Hut ho took
to telegraphing so naturally that in six
months he was a better operator than his
chief , I ) . C. Jcneson , und in the autumn
of the same year was made manager
of the oflicn at Lockport. The
year following ho was transferred
to the ollieo at Springfield ,
and in 1915 was sent to St. Louis as the
company's ohiol operator. Four or live
years later ho was appointed superinten
dent of the St. Louis & Missouri River
Telegraph company , and was the bold ,
leadingsuirit in theconstruetionof many
telegraph lines into tlio border region ,
l-'urly in the war he offered his services
to the government and was placed in
charge ot the military telegraph lines in
the Department of Arkansas , Missouri
and Kansas being subsequently added to
his territory. In 1804 he performed a
work so vigorous and heroic that Presi
dent Johnson ordered two brevet com
missions to be issued to him in quick
succession , the first as major and the
second as lieutenant colonel , each for
'meritorious service aud devoted
application to duty. " At tlie close
of tlio war ho became district
superintendent of tlie Western Union
Telegraph company's territory in the
southwest. In January , 1875 , ho was
promoted to the olliee of assistant gen
eral snpoiiniundont , with a largo increase
of territory. In 1878 lie was appointed
assistant general superintendent of the
central division , with headquarters at
Chicago , succeeding General Anson
Stager as superintendent in 1880. A year
ago last month ho was further honored
by boins elected a director , member of
the oxectitivcicoinniiUeo and vice presi
dent of the Westell ! Union Telegraph
company , retaining his position as gen
eral superintendent of tlio central divis
ion.
ion.This is tlie cold , brief story the types
tell of his rise from the foot of tlio ladder
to a position only one step removed from
the chief olliee of one of the greatest cor
porations in the world. The real story ,
could it bo fairly understood , would boone
ono ot unremitting toil , of rare faithful
ness , of a nonius iororgani/.ntion and ex
ecutive work the story , indeed , of a life
of unfailing enthusiasm in tlio service of
his employers , of a career which has
known no idle moment.
Ju his olliee at the corner of LaSallo
and Washington streets , Colonel Clowry
may bo found from 8 o'clock in the niorn-
iug'till 5 at night. At noonday ho eats
his luncheon at his desk. It is all work
and no play with Colonel Clowry. His
energy seeins inexhaustible , his'powers
of endurance unfailing. In tlie language
of ono of his co-workers , "lie is a great
man for details.1 Nothing escapes him ,
from messenger boy up to the ollices of
tlie superintendents of"divisions. . There
is no work in the service operating ,
book-keeping , construction , repairs , tests ,
designing tliat ho is unable to perform.
Aim what's more , ho has no favorites.
The men ho likes tlio best are the bust
workers. Kver.y man is judged by what
he does. He will back up a man whom
he may personally disliKe if anybody
trios to impose on him. No employe
need fear the cfl'ect of unpopularity
among Ins associates so long as ho at
tends faithfully to his duties. "
Alison Stager was an cosy-going man ,
who worried himself but little , and his
inferiors scarcely at all , about the work.
Clowry is not easy-going. 1 lo appears to
have an infallible faculty for pioKing out
the drones in the Western Union hive
and stirring them up. Ho is said to be
unmerciful in dealing with a slouch. "A
letter from the colonel" is sometimes
opened by stall1ollieers in tear and trem
bling , for the colonel does not know what
discipline is and how to administer it.
As Superintendent Tubbs naively says ,
"the colonel's letters have a good deal of
inlluenco in this olliee. " And , us an
other Western Union ollicor expresses
another phase of his chief's character ,
"Clowry would go to hell after a defaul
ter. "
Colonel dowry's life is work. Hesidos
industry , ids predominating character
istic is dignity. Though just , generous ,
sympathetic and deservedly popular
among his associates , none of these is in
timate with him , Not ono of them really
knows him , Hetwcon his actual self and
them there is a line which cannot be
crossed. He is one of those men whom
you respect and admire , whom you like
'and call friend , but with whom you are
us well acquainted the first day you meet
as you will ever bo. More than one
really great man has been cast iu this
same mold.
Colonel Clowry keeps a private carap-
propriately mimed Puck , in which he
makes treqiient journeys of inspection
over the vast territory intrusted to his
caro. His district embraces all of the
United States westof Pitlsburg , north of
the Ohio , and west of thu Mississippi , or
lino-sixths of tlio country. In this electric
empire are a greater number of miles
of telegraph line than in any other
country in the world. No wonder ho
needs a special car while on his exten
sive tours of inspection. In this cur ho
has traveled from Oregon to Texas ; ho
knows thousands of his employes by
name. Ho has boon over ovnry trunk
line in the district and has visited the
ollices in all the clue ! ' cities and towns.
While on his tours work goes on us usual
His stenographer is constantly at his
side. All telegrams sent to him are num
bered , and nothing it > lost. Replies can
bo got from him in Idaho or Arizona. Ho
is at all times in instant communication
with every station in his vast territory.
On these trips lie is usually accompanied
by Superintendent of Construction llris-
lol , Electrician Sommcrs , the Miicrin- ]
tendonts of the districts , within their ( 'tis
Iricts , and sometimes by his wife , Not
long ago Colonel Clowry made an extended -
tended trio in the private car of the dis
tinguished Jav Gould , who is also said to
liayo some in 11 nonce in the u Hairs of the
Western Union Telegraph company ,
George Gould and bride being of the
party.
Mr. Clowry is temperate , and almost a
vegetarian. Working too hard always ,
ho is nevertheless endeavoring to save
his strength and preserve his health for
the years of labor yet to come. Uo outs
lightly und simply. So completely has
he dedicated Ids Jifo to the service of the
corporate Moloch that he gome time
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mi < rit | possibly injure his health : nul
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present and ilio immediate future are
concerned.
Colonel dowry is u republican , but no
politician. He is fond of oed hoi > es ,
anil is u member of the Washington I'ark
Club. His home on LaStille avenue is
presided over by : i talented and charm-
injj woman , who was the daughter of
Experience Ksterbrook. a prominent
lawyer of Omaha , and formerly attorney
yoneral of Wisconsin.
Colonel Clowry stands to-dav the lead-
in < ! tulcgrnph executive of the world.
Jay Gould is reported to have once laid
that ho "bought , the Western Union Tele
graph Company in order to give Tom
Kokert ft job. No man has bonirht a
telegraph company tor Robert dowry ,
lie built up a great telegraph system and
made himself.
ARTEMUS WARD ;
Tlui Ijiist Kkonoli | Made l > y the Nolud
JlumorUt ,
A correspondent of the New York
Graphic writes : I shall never forgot the
jast time 1 saw At lemus Ward. We were
in London , my husband anil myself , and
litarning from a friend that our Yankee
huinori.st was to lecture one night in
Ivgyptlan hall wo ( lotoriiiino.il to bo among
his hearers. I had heard him M'vt'i'a !
times in America , and was anxious to t > eu
how an English audience would respond
10 his now world drollery , his nnequaled
humor.
The people came in in a straggling
fashion und occupied the front seals and
those In the boily of the liouso. I remem
ber the lights seemed dim , the distances
dark and solemn , and thu architecture
dismal in the extreme. The hall was like
a huge tomb built for the reception of
dead-aml-gono I'haniohs. On a suttee
not far from our party oat live gentlemen
together. 1 fancied they were cWgymon
and had come with the avowed intention
of Hottin" out thu oxercisua in gruve and
dignified .silence.
When Artcmiid madu his appearance it
was pitiful to see the ravages disease had
made in one short year. My husband
turned to inn with the bnet ntoncc : ,
"The man is ( lying1 ! and to ho was.
With one expressive glance about the
place , scanning ceiling , lights , shadows ,
and semi-darkness , the man took a tei >
forward , aud commenced in his usual
halting speech tuul as umcd timidity of
manner :
"When the H-ryptians built Ibis hall
the principles of acoustics were not fully
understood neither , is it presumable. ,
had the mattvr of ventilation huuii very
extensively ventilated. "
There was u siuilu'on the faces of many
but nothing more and yet tho.humor of
the thing was exii.siu. ( | | 1 could not keep
my eyes from the Uvo glcr ynien , who
sat shoulder to shoulder , like BO many
sleek , sott-eorited seals. Not a tremor be
trayed that they worn conscious of muscles
their faces were stern , tlieir lips com
pressed , their brows unbending. Could
il po.siibly be that they were oblivious lethe
the subtle wit of Ins burlesque , the rare
change * in his face ?
Presently the moon appeared in hiH
comical little panorama , wavered , trem
bled like a boat , .struck by a sudden squall ,
and then hung as if suspended , limp and
motionless on tome lunar hook , midway
between PCA and sky.
Artimms looked "qiil//.icnlly over to
these live clergymen. I think he had
neon them all the lime out of the corners
of his eyes ,
"If you will excuse me , gentlemen"he
said , impressively , "I will go out and set )
to my moon. I think the inoonist , a
email boy , a fat boy , by the way , an
English lad , who is to nightly manage J
my celestial aparatun , has got cranky or * " " >
gone to sleep possibly it may be because
the audience is so small to-night though
appreciative I here a long pause' ] that
he is afraid I shall cut him short two and
sixpence , " and with that ho went behind
the seoncs , perhaps , poor fellow , to gain
a moment's respite from pain and catch
his breath , for he was panting with thu
exertion of talking even then.
There was evidently an ellbrt on the
part of the five to keep from smiling dur
ing his speeoh , and while Arteimis wart
gone the moon righted iUnlf with a tre
mendous ofl'ort , and glared In Mich a .
unique fashion that llrst one and finally
all my live slocks and .stones , as I had
mentally denominated them , relapsed
into audible laughter , and their while
chokers began to wrinkle
Arimnns came back ; hit glared at thu
nidti seats and saw that the ice was bro
ken. It was what he had been waiting
and working for , and it seemed that the
triumph gave him new life. 1'rnID that
moment tluno lint men were slayos to
his humor. They laughed till they cried ,
and most certainly the brilliant .showman
onldid hiniiii'lf. 'Kvery movement , every
glanei ) provoked peals of laughter. It
was as if , having put restraint upon
themselves so long , they wore euger to
make up for it , I was satisfied , The
gifted HOII of America was a last appre
ciated , and though the applause came
late , it did come , and ArUmms Ward
weni home happy.
Some few days after that a friend
called to sco the humorist. Ho was sick
and almost speechless , yet managed to
repeat some witticisms about his sands of
lifo terminating on a sand-bar , and
spoke regretfully of never expecting to
see his native land again.
Ho never did the next day ho was
dead.
A Newcastle , Canada , constable , who
recently set out to find a man charged
wlih having molested a llagman of the
( irtmd Trunk railway , carried with him a
nair of handcull's , a pair of old-fashioned
brass "come-alongs , " a long piece of
fctrfiji , Auverul yards of roj > o , a baton , tnu
revolvers and a