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D JUNE 1n , 1871. OMAhA : ! , SUNDAY OUNING , APJi IL 7 , lSH -rEN1'Y l'.A.GES. SINGTJ B COpy FIVE CRN'I'S.
OUR D1PLO1ATS IN CHINA
J 1 Storks and Facts About American Officials
- , - . , in the Fnr East.
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. ' - - MINISTER DENBY'S POST AT PEKING
A Sucee""f,1 CAIjlllu fnr IetittIon- { -
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( CopyrlghlNI , H9 , Iy Irnnk O. CArpenter )
The war In China ) anti . .Iapln has radically
chan/ell the position of our Ilplomats In the
far easl " The le/atons In China Japan and
Corea are nciw alon the moat Important In
the service or the Unltd States , and
L.h'h serice _ , . .dU' UnlEcl , , . every _ ,
. ilencan consul on Ine-\SltC snores O [ le
Pacific ocean Is to a cerlaln extent resllonsl-
. . , , 110 for the lves of a number cr the citizens
' . , . i of the Unlet States. lat judgment and mls-
, , . ' take ! are liable to bring the United Stales
Into trouble as never before , and It Is Inter-
eating to look at the men who now represent
ls In these counlrles at this crllcal ! time.
Otto or Iho most Important positions Is that
hell by Colonel Charles Denby , the United
Slates mlnlst.r to Peldn . lie has hell hIs
ofce for the past ten years , and he has provn
Imself to bo an able man and a successful
* 1 diplolat , lie comes from Evansville l , Inll ,
anti ho was appoInted largely through the
- , influence of ! the late Senator Joe lcDonald.
1 He 15 an old friend of ! Secretary Gresham's ,
and ho was for years known In Indiana as a
i great lallyer before he was made minister to
China. As a lawyer he often came Into contact -
' tact with Benjamin harrison , and al the
I time of Harrison's election to the presidency ]
Denby thought lie \ouh ] have to leave China.
- Ho anti Harrison hall hal sonic little
1 troubo ! during a lawsuit [ some time pre-
\ - ' - - vlously , . and Denby ] knew that Harrison
, . . 4 strongly belovel that republicans should
he the leading officials In a republican admin-
Istratton. lie was aware , however , or the
Innexlhle honesty or Presllent Harrison's
character , and ho knew that If he could :
t persuade hint that he was the best man for
the place , anti that he coull fill the olco
, better than any renubitcan. he would urob-
- . . ably hell It. lie 'nlemptell to 10 50. and
succeeded. As soon as Harrison's election
was announced , letters begnn to come to
Inlianapols from China. The business men
- 4 I of the different ports wrote asking Presldent-
' elect ] larrlson to retain Minister Denby. The
American missionaries sent In long pettons
and ] both Protestants unl Cutholcs requested
- that Colonel Denby ) he retalnel , L lung
? Chang wrote a letter through his private
, secretary , and high Chinamen In Petng ]
' . got down on their knees , metalhorlcaliy
speaking , nod wrote to the Ilresillent. At
the same time the campaign was carried on
al over the \orll gl'ery foreigner In
- China who hal ] a friend likely 10 help Colonel
Denby at once wrote to him and had him
write to the president. Some of the highest
4 church authorities of Englaml-I am not
' sure but that one was the archbishop of
CAnterbury-sent In letters In behalf of
V . DenbY , and such I spontaneous uprising In
I favor of this foreign minister appeared that
PresLent HarrIson very wisely concluded
that there must be souse foundation for the
Ile
4 desire1 , for his retention , and he said that he
should ' slay. At any rate , ho was held until
- t1tc- time of the injudicious appointment of
Blair oC New hampshire , who hal male
srieches agaInst the Chinese In the past , and
who was not acceptable to the Chinese gov- :
Jov-
ermunetit. After his mistake , I'reslient' '
; Harrison conclUIed to let Colonel Denby
r stay the remainder of his term , and PresIdent ! -
dent Cleveland very wIsely contInued him
to the present time.
. OUR LEGATION AT PEKING
The position of minister to PekllK 15 by
' .1' no means a bal one. The pay Is $17,500 a
' 5. . ' year , and at the present value of silver
thIs Is equal to nearly $35,000 a year , as far
as sp ! llng power 15 concerned. I was told
In China that the posilon could bo kept UII
very comfortably 01 about $ lOOOO I year , and
I this Is true there Is , a clear saving ot
$25.000 ; In sl\'er , or more than $12,000 In
gold. Poking 15 oft the regular lines of
. travel. Only n few Americans gt to I In
'
I- .1 , the course of n year , and service and ota-
bios arc client Wines are much cheaper In
hlnghll tItan Wlshlngton , anti you Cal
. kivc a dinner In Peking for half the SUI
that the same feast would cost here. I am
not sure , but I think the government pays
. - the rent of our dlplomols In Peking. The
' ( "h legation buiding are surrounded by a high
I wait Of blue brIcks , anti Colonel Denby's
I own quarters consist of n number of low
\ IHuSN of blue brIck and his rooms are large
ti anti airy. The parlors of the legaton are as :
, . wel furnished as any you wi IIHI In Wlsh-
imtgtots . Old rug cover the noor : Mognln.
) ' cent Choose embroIderIes hang upon the
walls. Tiger skins amid leopard skins and
bit-s of rare porcelain and cloisonne
bIt prcelain anl clol9nno are to be
foumuti here antI there. Semite of the furniture
fO\HI
fJ . . . " _ . 15 or teak wood , which 15 as hard as ebony
,
' 1 ali more beautiful than polshNI mnho any ,
. , . .
" - ' There Is n Illano on ono stile of the rom all I
the latest books , 11 h I nglsh , French ant ] I
American Itga.lls , which are not marl ant
than two months old , lie upon the table . ,
In adilitioms to his for
u"lllon quarters himself anti I
his faintly , ho hits little .
famiy I\ a Itlo wing , which contains -
tains several gnesl ehamberr , and ho Is Fur-
, rouliell wlh all the comfors of an American : I
liomise. As 10 Fcrvlre , ho 15 far better oil r
, thun he could lie In Amuerica During the
visit whIch I pall to him about six years 1
ago Colonel ! Denby gave a swel Ilnner In i
honor Of the Ican of the 11IIonutc ! corps ,
" whoS then Just leaving for I lurep , Aboul
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, : rr - IC ) guesls sat "o\n at tIle table , Inll the (
I liinner was as wEl sen'elf and as nlcy coole" I
as any you cln get tip In Wlshlngton1 I
that Colouel Denby hal to to In order to
brIng about Iho re ul was to Fay to his
Chlnlso cool :
"John waucheo number one dinner , fU ) '
plccee mel , thrpe Ila8 fro I now all proper "
The Chinese cook minnie out the menu . Ill I
all the marketln , arranged the wines , ant I
, Id j I 'deorate the tablt' Al that Colonel Denby
" 'hall to cia \ ns 10 hut on his uIres suit and I
. take his place at the head of the table fur ,
log this dinner he male a speech In I.'rench
ali hue Is , by the way , I very wel educathl I
, 1 J titan , amid speaks and writes rench I luenly ,
Ills rather was , I Ihlnk , consul to Mar elies
, when ho wus a b , amid a part of his educa. ,
) eucJ
lon was gotten In l'arla lie has espoelaly
dlstngulshll himself by the number of god I
reports which he hM .
written during his min.
hlry
TI I.FGATION FAMILY.
The legaton Call ) ' consists of tin minis ,
ter , his secretary of leglton and Ihe duels I
Inteqlretlr. The lrt secretary Is I Colonel I
4 . - 1enb"s Bon , : lr , Charles Denby jr" , \ho
" . . r ' . has clone very 1'01I'trlt turlng Ihe preent t
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.5' trouble , 011 who has been actIng mlnbter
to China 'urln the actng of las t
year , lie la a 'oung man-I judge not usorl
I than 30 ) 'ears of age , hut ho has been 10re wttl I
hla father turlng the whole cf hIs wih
In l''klng , alll he 18 i , I Is raid , a gO(11 I
Chinese scholar. The salary of Ito ( secretor ]
Is $ $ G25 , which at the Ilresent value Beeretll' of alive ) ,
- II more thln f5OvO. There 1 a house slnr III
. . Iflon cOlp'unl for the use Of the secre
- . : , and tlt ' itositiomi Is by
. tay 111' posiion no means a bat I
J one. The Inteqlreler of the lelalol Is hd .
, ; Fletuuhig : I ) . Cheshire , a man somewhere : .
tween forty amid fifty years oC age. lie I , S
a/e. I" I
an Alerlcan who has lived In lhlna : ror
eighteen or twenty yeas , hnd shto speak S
Chileae fuenty , He has bemu connt'rled
. u iIli the legattoms at t Peking for '
- wlh le"lton < ) 'eau , emit I
much of his Ihlncse ( ( he I Icarmueti In PekIng ,
' 10 found that the only way 10 learn Ihe t
'p- language \I'U by II'hll among the ieople
p. : mind whIle he was atullylng It lie Ilu\ell hlB
. . } lad . , ld wore I Chl/Clo 111tal , IC8tlg In :
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t chinese clothe. lie kept this 111 UntIl he
- nuastered , tt" muiazudrJms 1511(1 Intl
1111erel land 111 COIUOn dtah.scts : ,
ptd , he II tHallca
ns
w IUt ladlalienBeblo lrt
Inlbllenlubh of tb
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, . . . Wd eiutIon. , . _ . IQ , I. 1 tbrk.facd , bIack-zws '
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house near that of the minister , In which lie
keeps bachelor's hail.
HAnT AND HIS HAT nAC\o
Quito n number of AmerIcans are con-
neetel with the Impellal customs of ChIna.
The lutes on exports ant In\orts are 101-
leclell hy toreigmiers umisder an Inspector
foretJners unter gels.
Ien-
oral , the famous Sir Robert lart There
are about 3,000 men In the ( customs , and
these are Rcaterell all over China. They
receive geol salaries , bnt they arc entirely
suhJect to Sir Hubert hart
lart , anl they are
lore afraid of losIng theIr offices than our
government clerIcs were before our civIl
service rules were httauitiratetl. They tel
a story In Peking In Ilustralon : of the arbitrary -
bitrary way In which Sir Robert Hart makes
his changes. They say ho has a great board
fastencd against the wals or his hal ) , In
which there arc pegs , each of which bears
the name oC an ofcial The holes arc
mark Ill \ Ih the names of the 11ferent posi-
tiotus . a 111 If .Iohn Snslthu's peg 15 In the
ShanghaI ) hole It shows that John Smith Is In
charge or the customs at Shuattghai. Now ant
then the inspector general comes home very
late Ito may hnve been out tl dimmer .
Ito uuuay Ia\'e taken n little cham-
Itagmtc , Inli Ipon getting Into his own
hal he may bungil/Iy use this board as a
hit racl Iii doing so lie may knock Ilown
a lumber of pegs , which his Chinese boy
stels back at random before his Imperial
hhhnes ; gets utti When ho comes out In the
mornln -so the story goes-he looks wIth
a little surprlso at the appointment board.
"AlI" says lie , "John Smith has been :
ehanell frol Shanghai to llautkow. I hall
forgotten all about that. I must send off the
order at once "
And oft It oeR. Tom Jones , who was
getting 5OOO a year at Tlen-Tgln Is like as '
not put on to Amoy , where thu salary 15' '
occur half that , and all sorts oC 'ueer change '
I don't know whether this story Is true.
I imagIne It 15 not But I klll\ Sir Robert !
I tart could malI the changes If he wouhl , 'I '
ali he does makc any changes he feels ) jiko
doing ever , all that with uo con\unctons what-
OUR CONSULS I ChINA.
The head of our consular servIce In China
Is : lr. Thomas It. Jorlgan , the consul gen-
oral at Shanghai. lie Is n straight , slender
North Carolnian , of about .15 , who got his
first dlplomalc experience as consul
at Kobe , Japan. lie Is a genteman ,
amid ho has pro\el ] himself to be a
much better diplomat than thol who
have given him orders lie held on to the
two Ja\lanese \ studenls , who wee aferlanl
tortured to death , until he received positive
orders from .Seeretary of Slate Gresham 10
give Ihem tip , anti he then acquiesced almost
unller protest Mr. Jlrlan made a most
efficIent consul at Kobe , anti , he Is a refrshlng
ehanJo from time Incompetent. broken down
poltf lans who have htehti the Illace In the
lear past. Durlnr my stay In China the p -
slton was held by the vice consul , n namby
Ilamby , \ n/Iomanlac dude , who went by the
tte oC'lllm Dulaney hunter , ali who
Iclel his hits In order to mall his words
soC and girl-lke , The marshal of the lega-
t ioti was George A. Situfeltit . a son oC Admiral -
miral Shufeldt and n very gel fellow , and
Its i brains and standIng were at this tmo
kellt up by Mr. Walr S. Emansoiss a young
New Yorker , who has lived In ShanghaI for
some years , and 'alto was acting as one of the
JUdges J of the mlxe courts and Interpreter.
le l has since left tle legation , and 15 now
one of the partners In a large trading company -
pany In Shanghai. The consul at Tlen-Tsln
15 i Sheridan P. Head , who WaS for some time
connected with Russell & Co. , and who 15
related to ex-Secretary Foster and Josiah
Qulnc ) some time since secretary of state.
He moke3 a very good consul. Connected also
wlh the consulate at Tlen-Tsln Is : lr. C. I ) .
Tenney , who was for a long time connected
wih LI lung Chiang , anti who was the head
oC a Chinese school at Tlm-Tsln. lie 15 I
very brIght man , and knows as much about
China and the Chinese as any other lan In
the country .
The consulate nt Tlen-Tsln 15 I big two-
s tory building , situated on the edge of the
foreign concession , amid : lr. Head has ample
quarters for time entertaInment of his friends.
Nearly all of our consuls In the cast have
Ino establishments . and at lanl\w , 700
mies m II the Interior I founll an establish-
mont which ivauld do credit to W'nslmiiugtomu.
I was that of lion. Jacob T Chids , better
known throughout the west as " enlal Jake
Childs. " lIe was. you know , minister to
Slam , ali he Is now taking care of the Interests -
terests of the United Slates and of Jacob
Chids In the heart of China.
OUR CONSULAR DEAN
The dean of the Chinese consular corps Is
Mr. Charles Seymour of Canton lie has
been In ofce for about twelve years anti
ho l Is one of the most enclent men In our
clplomatc ) service. II comes from \'Is-
consln , and he has time and again saved the
forelJners of Canton front riots. lie Is so
well liked by the Chinese that ho can go anywhere -
where among timomsu amI ho has the universal
respect of the Chinese officials nlli of time
foreign resIdents. Ho has a beautiful home
on an Island la the Pearl rlnr. hits daughter
married m not long ago one of the richest busIness -
Iness i len In Canton , all his fatally seem to
lke h their life In China. : , lr Seymour must
bo now about GO years of age. hint he Is In I
a/e.
perfect mental and physical healh , anti he
has l n friend In every man who has ever vis-
lel I Canton ,
DIPLOMATIC IGNORAMUSES.
Speaking of Tlen-Tsln reminds me ot soma I
stories I have heard concering the Ilplo-
male u boors we lave sent 10 the far east ,
Not long age there was I consul 10 Tlen-Tsln
who canto from Kentucly , who was an In vet-
orate user oC tobacco , and who , I ama told , ,
could , at his OWI homo In Kentucky , slant ]
on one slio of time roml nnd , by slightly ,
stooping alli benlllg hIs head backward , ,
senll 1 ) 'ellow slream oC tobacco juice across
the way aol male It go right throu/h the u
hole In Ihe hlchlll post on titus opioaitc ,
Ilavement. This Jentemun was an Iii vet. .
crate spller , 111 ho carried the habit with : I
him to China One evening hl halened to
bo at a function given by ono Of the foreign :
consuls and ns usual he hall a small ( humid In :
:
his moulh. lie was talking 10 cue of the :
lathes , when an Irreslstuble desire care upon : i
him to get rid of his saliva . The lady was
Halln In front of Ihl grate. lie louched
her on the apology of I sleeve which she
warts wIth her low-necled dress and genII ) r
pulell her to one side. genty
"I xcuse le , madnm , wIll you please move
a little whlo I spIt V
Ot curse thl hotly mO\'II , antI that
I quickly , and the loud sl.zlng of the boilng
Juice announced the fact 10 time ntembhl
throng that the American consul had spat ,
I do not menton this consul's namSuf. .
flee It to say that he held the position only
n very short tIme 8nll that Undo &m paid
him $300 a year for doing so.
" 10W IS YOUR GnANDIA ? "
Another consul story ) II concerning onO of f
our able olcals 'selie ' had a ( olllon at
Nlngpo or Ammsoy I am not sure which. I I
was during time tme that the two young SOlS I
of time prlncl ot Wales went aroulHI the worhil
The l n/19h consul gave Ihem a dinner , to
which this American consul
thlt was imuvitni ,
When ho Wl9 Introuce : : 10 time ) 'OUII princes :
ho erlsh'ely exclaim :
"Wel , boys ) 1 am real glad to see you. I
have Ilways beets Intercsled In your countr ) ] t'
anti In your gr.nlma , Victor ) ' . Say , bo ) ' " .
how Is ' Grandma , ' "
hol your an'how ?
. 'rh : young men saId their grandiuua ia : a
wel , anti thall < ' hll for his Interes granlma U\Jon wa \
l a\llg the consul again expresell hIs delght
at meelng tlem , amid told Ihpm that when
they next wrote to l njlald they must b -
sure and send hl rt'gar.ls 10 their grandma .
lll'LOMATIC ENGIJSII.
Mlolhcr consul a fatuous southern gentle .
mal , ralle'mi not long ago al 1.1 lulg genII : ,
and \xhle talking ' wih the great vknoy 1.1 i
lung Chalg's sen e'niercli the loom. Thh
boy Is now about W : ) 'rarl of age lie speaks
the J lglsh und tl 1.'rem'h almo\t .is wel I
:5 lie 10es time Chinese , ant lie 13 \ .s wel :
be c.ulled In .mmwrlea woull
c.led \mlrlra I highly I educaled yotmtu
) 'oulg
man. 10 I had Just left his tutor ! to com to
hb f3thmer , nimel hall been ,
f.ther 111 Inking a leuon In
l'olte forls Of eXI'r Fs"n. Time , \lerlcan
gemueral- waI southern general-con.
wr "d wIth hll for E'me tme , mind aL heal , ,
IUrprl91,1 I hi 1 * Imo"lelrgo of good 4ruglo -
" geol
Snon hr lutt" out sic rolows : inglo-
"Whr , lY boy , YOI tall the English Ian
uae elegant , "
GUl ! ! ech"nt.
_ 1 _ Shorty.ater . this the ' iy . , . went - back. Li IQ ) iI I j
the expressIon to hIm and askM hll If It
was ccrrect The American tulor dil not
like to0 back on his own consul , anti he
tel him that the sentence was n ort ot a
dlalectsm , Just lS tIme Cantonese sometmes
cnnnot Inllerlanll the Pekingese Ohinalan ,
I.t hUNG CIANG AND IlS TROOPS.
Another American getuerah-I 1m not sure ,
but I think I was Chlnklan Jones so called
fro I Ito ( name or this city In 'hlch ho now
lives as counsel In China-relates an Incl-
lent of nn inspectIon or LI liming Chang's
troops. 1.1 was very IlrOutl of his troops
before thIs war began. The ' were armEd
with m ller rlnes. They hal beln drilled
)
by foreigners , nnd the ( Chinese nobles of
Tlen-Tsln thought they were equal to tiny
troops In the world.'huiie they were going
through their evolutions General Joles anti
11 Hung Chang were oft watching them , anti
as they hOlpell about with great agity ,
turning this W8) anti thmnt , Li's long face
broalenel Into a smie , and he asked General
Jones what he thought of his army. 'fhe
general Is not the 10st bacltwarl of men ,
but ho concluled to feel his way before re-
plyln lie aaiti
. 'svl. , le , sall : . , , , , . .
" 'h\ \olr Pyr,1plr. 1 .iS' # \ . " . I.n. .
. . < _ 'n _ " . _ . " . uuu. "
; : . . . .u.
to aisscex Do you want me say what I
really thllk or shall I answer you as 1
1IIIIomat ? "
"I want the truth , " sale 11 , "I want the
tru tim. "
"Then , your excelency , " replell Chlnklan
Jones , "they tire all right for running . but for
Simon pure nghtng I don't think they arc
worlh a darn , "
larn
Ll's eyes snapped. Ito got iiale , then
sallow saul : , a 11 fnaly burst out laughing unl
"Wel , to be candle with y 01 , general I
have always thought Just that way myself. "
And this war Ilrovell that boll oC thel
were right.
right.C - ' \ ,
Mr. Carpenter wi delver a most Inlerest-
log lecture In the First Iethodlst EpIscopal
church tomorrol eVlnlng. .
7'11 UI.l JRI "ll
Leaden iiectntor.
The . 0111 frll1118 , the old frlenls ] -
\,1. ' 10\11 whel we wore young ,
W'ltli stinshitne
sUlshlno on their faces ,
Anll music on their tongues !
01
'he bees are In the nlmoihl flower , -
fewer
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'I'he hlrlls renew their ltrdll ;
But the old frlellls , once lost to \ ,
Can never come again.
The old frIends , the old friends !
'I'helr brow Is lined with car :
'he"ve furO\'s In tbo fouled ! check ,
, \II silver In the hair : fated
litmt _ . ! to , lle they ! . Ire the ! old frIends still
u , _ 'Ulli 111 llom Lilt ! same ,
As when we Ilrove the hly'iutg bali ,
1)'lnl bal
Or sitUated In the ! ! me.
The old men , the 011 men ,
low Iow they creep along !
how nluhty we scared nt them
In llas whel we were yotmngl !
Their roslng and their dozing ,
Their Ilrate of days gone hy ,
Their shiver hike an asp1 leaf
I but a breath went ! la' "I
But we. who are the old ] mets now ,
01 mel no\
Our blood Is faint antI chill :
'Vc cannot leap the mIghty brook
Or clmh the brenitneck lull.
'Vc ralnller down the slum test cuts ,
'Ve rest ems stick or stile ,
Anll time young men half nshamed to laugh
Yet pass U9 with II smile.
lImit the : 'Olll men , the young men ,
Their strelth 15 fair to see ;
The ' stralht back , anti the springy stride ,
The eye as falcon free ;
The shout above the frolic wild
As lp the hi ! they HO ;
But though so high above lS now ,
'rhey soon shall be as low.
0 , weary , weary drag the year
As ; life drws near the end ;
Awl entity , 'dly fall the tears
For loss of love and frlenll.
But we'l not doubt thero's good about
In all of hlmnnl nl :
<
So here's 1 healh before we go
To those we leave behind !
J'l.ITTIE OJ TIlE LUUNGSTIiUS.
A Phuiladelpimia boy , apparently much
Phiadelphia by apparonty agitated -
tated t , rushed Into a house recently and said : :
"I don't want to alarm 'yer , but IYO got :
big news The man sent me up Crcm the i
lvery l stable to tel yer- " -
"Good heavens ! What Is. tlO maier ? "
"Why , yer know yer lithe boy , Aleck ,
what : limo men can't keep , ofier the livery
stable 'round the corner ? " . l
"Yes ; well ? "
"I told Aleck Just nol not to go Inter
the stable among the horses , but he wouldn't t
, "
mind me
"Oh , dear ! What has happened ? "
"Ho said he wanted to see what a mule
would do It he tckled his heels with a
straw. "
"Ohm . heavens ! " gasped the lady , as she
clung to the mantel piece for support
" 'Vei , toarm your boy Aleck got a straw ,
snuck up behind a sorrel mule , tickled his
heels , an'- "
The lady started for the cloor
"An' the blamed crltte , never lifted a
hoof , " saId the boy
"Never as much as switched his tail , It'm u
a mighty goo thing for your boy that hI
didn't , too . or hO'11 hey been sent tar kingdom -
dom cotmme " And ho dodged out of the side
entralce ,
Chicago Tribune : "Can we , get anythming to
cat on the cars , papa ? " anxiously InquIred I
the little 4-year-old who Was gettIng ready '
for her first long railway JOlrnlY ,
"Certainly , Iuss , " replell ' her father
"Thero will bo a dining car on UU traimu . "
"Blt wo'l get awful hUIgry waiting for
Ilnner , 'on't there be any breakfast car ? "
"You domu't understalHI , dear " 'e shall go t
our breakfast In the dining car , "
" " 'hal'l tierI bo to eat ? "
" \Vell , there will be a bill of fare that wi I
have lImo names 01 ever so lany Idluls Of
fooll on it , You can have beefsteak , luton I
chops or fried chicken ; baked potatoes , trlell I
IIOatoea [ or babied potatoes ; hal anti eggs ,
outmeal , hot biscuits , graham bread , rw or
cooked fruits . coffee , tea or chocolate. Nol ,
iitiu all that before
cheese al you what would you I 1 ,
" "
"Cake ,
"Mamma , do you Iko to kiss : lr Jewhhl -
laker ? " Jewhl-
"No ' ] ear , " ,
"Do you think Mrs , Jewhlaker likes 10
kiss you ? "
)
"I don't think alto does , "
"Then why do you anti she always kiss
when "
you meet ?
"I don't know , dear. "
"Don't you think Mrs. Jewhiiliaker wouhi 1
Jewhlaker
rather you dluln'L kiss her ? " woull
"I 1 have "
\ no doubt oC It.
"Wouldn't ) ' 01 rather Mrs. Jewimillake r
tlltlhi't kiss you ? " Jewhlaker
" 0. very much I"
"Then that lust be why "
"Shah I get a half ticket for Euittii ? " '
asked the father of that little person , as he
took out his purse at the station . "No , I
llon't thInk It wi he necessnry , " answerell
lila wife. "She's such a Ito tot Of n thiirm g
thai although , of course , iie'a over thin/ ,
think I can smuggle her through , Nol si t
up chose to mamma , " she oddell , later draw -
lag the chili to her and spreallng traw- r
own ample draperies , and the conlhlctor
passed ers with hardly a glance lt the 11111 C
figure close beside time big ono. "Matnnua " ,
cried ! Edih , as soon as tie man was out of
sight , " ' Is that what you mneaimt by siisu : ,
glng mime through 7" meall Slug
I'aternal YIEtor-And whnt do you mean
to be , Tommy" . when you grow UII 10 be a
lan ?
Tommy ( Ihouhtuly-Wel ) , Mr Gooman I ,
sometImes 1 think I should hike 10 be a
raIlroad bralcemisauu. and somethle I think
I shou1 Ik to beansinister - - , like you ,
"You IJerhaps do not knctu' I , my son , "
said Mr. Jones , aCer he ba4 chastsed \Vll I.
1 al , "that I Ia l always more Ilalnful \1 0
the one who does the
spankIng Ihal * tQ tim 0
one who receIveS I , " , "
"In that cue , father , " rcturnt Wiiam I ,
"hd we not helter rearrallo our ) ' stern , BO
that hereafter when I have given oeni e
I Ihll &pankyou , Instead of 18 oeenae wl
: . I
IUD ( ) ICOYIS ' ' ; DARING RAil )
0
Sbry of the Politick Diamont Roblmy from
the Pinkerton Archives ,
.
THE CRIME , THE C. 0 0) ) , TE CAPTURE
Icllrkahl ) ' l'cr"htolt Iurllit : ( f the lilgit-
\U ) mini it 'hrCI-'lut ' t hi u' ( 'out ii try-
In\ the ! hRc\u \ , \'ur'u'll ' Iii
muh" 11.1 : 'Icllly.
-
, Clenlnul : otel In lcl1ur1 Mnrtuzhao .
On a Friday nightu \ NO\lbr 4 , IS2 , wih
thirteen len In the. smoker , 1 traits on time
Sioux City & Pacifc rairoad Me\ cut cC
Omaha at G o'clockamuti.startcd on its east-
o'clock..atIIsl'rted -
. , . , . , . , Is . _
\'or.1 rl" "I'n"n n " " ,1. _ . .
' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " " " . I , . , Hi !
about hal way dcvn the 111 , enjoying a gco
cigar , was : lr , W. a. Polock or New York , a
traveling galeslan , for W. I. . Polock & Co
of the sammie el ) ' , one ar the largest diamond
firms itt , Atmierica In the Inside Ioeket of his
vest he carried U.OOOorth or uncut fiha-
10nds , whie a leather satchel on the seat be-
side luau contained a quantIty or valuable
stones In settIngs.
On the front scat of the car , Just behInd the
stove , sat n stolid-looking yoummg man , who
would ha\'e passed for a farmer's Inll He
seemed scarcely over 20 , having neither beard :
nor mustachio , and n stranger would have put
him down as a rather stupd ! , inoffensive rel-
low . Ccmpared with ! r , Polock he was
slighter In buil , a1hcugh an Inch er so taler. :
As he sat there staring at the stove , the pns-
senger In the seat behlnli him , J. I. Shiaw , an
Omaha we\ digger , a bluff , hearly man of
social Instncts , tried to draw hll Into conversation -
versaton : but the young frlol' enl ) shook
his head sulkily , anti the \ei digger relapsed
into silence. Presenty , ns' the train was all-
'proachlng ' CalIfornia Jlneton , the young matson
on the front scat rose and started down the
als'e. ' Curiously emmouglu , hl now wore a ful
beard of black hair sI or sIx Inches long.
No otto paid / nytenlon ( to hIm until he
stoppell at Mr l'olhok'i scat , drew n revolver ,
anti said loud enough for everyone In the car
to hear hIm : ,
: Clv le.m dlan o ds. " _ 1
Tlen , iVitilUtiLulting lor n reiY , lie
shled the revolver to his left hand drew
a slungshot from hIs coat pocket , and struck
Mr. Polock with It over the head such a
heavy h blow that the bag burst , and time shot
roled UpOI the noor. Then he saId again :
"Give I' them filamisonde " '
RealIzIng that the sluaton was desperate
: lr. 1olocl , took out hIs pocketbook and
handed It to his assailant "
assaiant , saying : "I have
only ' $100 : here It Is , "
Pushing back the pocletbok as I unworthy
of his attention , the man aImed his revolver
coolly at Mr. l'liock's rIght shoulder and
nred. f Then he aimed at the left shouller and
nrod. Doth bullets hit ; and were followed by
two more , Iwhlch went whl..lng by the diamond -
mend merchant's head on either side , missing
him , perhaps by accldlnt , but probably by
design " , as the mm ! were not three feet apart.
By this time the other people In the cn had !
disappeared under theseats like rats ' nl timslr
holes. To all intents and purposes : lr. Pol
lock was alone with lila assailant . The later
evidently know where the diamonds
evidenty wher.thl were
secreted , for , . ripping , ilJI his victim's vest ,
he drew outthe lcth , W ! I et 1 n"v hlch they
were enclosed ; and 'stulfed It Into his pocket.
Woundel though he { vas , Mr. Polock now
grappled with thc thief - , . who , using the butt
of his revolver nsa. . weapon , brought down
fearful blows on I'oiloek's head. The latter ,
however , was /moto . 'e end , anti , getting
Into the aIsle , fough , the robber up and down
the car . until a crusltirig1blow at last laid Mr.
Polock senseless on tthme floor .
; 1aor.
with perfect slrpb9sesslon and without
hurry tIme thief walked , back down the aisle
to Mr. Peilock's set aud : took one of the tWJ
leather bags lying there , by mistake choosing ,
though , the one that dId not contain the
mounted dlamcnds , Then ho went to the end
enl
of the car , pulled the bell rope , and , as tIme
train began tD slacken its speed In response
to this signal , JUlpel off the steps , roiled
dowl a bank fifteen feet high , and llsnp
peared. -
Sharing apparently 11 the general consterna-
ton and terror Insplre by the young fellow , ,
the conductor , Instead 'ot holdIng the traIn to
pursue tins thief , signaled the eng ] n ' er to go
ahead , and no effort \Jaa made for a capture
until the train reachmed California
unl reched Calornia JunctIon ,
several nuiles farther' ' .
mies on. Meanwhile the
panic-stricken passengers recovered at their
leisure their compouro and their seats lad ,
but one of his fellow tnvellrs ( gone to the assistance -
slstance of Mr. Polock , the robber might
easily have been overpolerNI. As It was , he 1
al but murdered his man , plundered him of
his diamonds , and escaped without the slght-
fst interference. When his pistol was pickell
UI' , near the spot where he left the train , I
was found that In time struggle the cylinder
haul caught , so that I would have been ImpossIble -
possIble to discharge the two chambers remaining -
maining loatlctl . TItus elevcn able-bodie.1 men
were held In a state of abject terror by one
slender lad , who lt time last was prctcal )
uirmarmmietl
At Calfornia Junction . the \onnlel dln-
m011 merchant was carried from the train ,
and taken back 10 Omaha that same nigh\
: lr , Polock helng a member or the Jewelers
Protective minion , a rich and powerful organ-
Izaton , estnbl ] shed SCI years ago for the 11,0
teclon of Jewelry salesmen against thieves t ,
was . enUlel1 to its aid , The association IHells
the Pinkerton agency constantly retained for
Its service. Anti heN I Is worthy of note
that there never hus been a salesman robbed
during the twelve yeura the association his
been In existence that elr stolen property has
not been recovered and blue thief sent 10
lirisomi One or the strictest rules ot the as-
sociaton Is to compromise or compoulll with
a thief under no elrcumslanc , but prosecute
to the end In thl Instance the case was im.
medlalel reported to , Mr. William A. Pinkerton -
ton , al Chicago , with instructions 10 secure the
robber and. bring him ! to justice , no mater
what the cot might be ,
When the Pinkerton men reached the scene
of the robbery , tIme robber had vanlhll as
complelely as I ho had bon whisked oft 10
another planet , Tc be sore , farmers II time
neIghborhod brought rumors Of the stealing
of horses , of a strange man sleeping In the
woods , and of a desperate looking eharcter
seen lmping along the road . But all thIs
came to nothing , except ; to establIsh , what
seeml'd probable , that the Ilamonll thief had
ned bark to Omaha , A plml anti exhaustve
search In Omaha resulted In Ilothlng. The
man was gone , anll.UuJ diamonds were gone ;
that was all anyby loei
What made time cas more dIfficult was the
uncertaInty as' to the robber's personal op-
licarance : for Eomp Of tIme % JUscnger testified
to one thing , and see to anotimer The black
beard was a cause : of confusion ; only one
witness besides 1r , Polok rlmelbere that
limo m3n wore such a bard , Mr POlect ,
hOlevr , was positive a 10 thu partIcular
and It seemed a If be ought to know. I was
also Impossible to dEcide rrol conflIctIng
statemmients . whether hUe r9bber hal a inns.
tache or not , and whether I was dark or
lIght In color , The , fact Is , limo passeng
had been so thoroughly flghlened at this unto
tme
of the assault that the creibilty of their
testnH ny'was n\uch fo , b - quellQ cii .
: lr. l'ollok ? reported ( lint for n\'eral seek
Ire\'lous to time robbery he bad supeeled that
he w.ia being followed , lie Iln rllJrld that
on time or the robtiory he lmatl
IIIY ! Qry hal bean In the
hql : of Sounenher , the largest pawnbroker
In Omaha ; and that while lIe was timer > two
noted westr g./hleu hail entered time shrp
and been present 10 hales by Sonnenherg as
tb0551ecustornera. . lq had made 1 trade ot
6UI ( dlamonl , with one of the men , andIn , ,
the course or the negotiations had shown hula
entire block . Whle ! .herlrldf 'was ' In progriB
a negro on the premIses bad nsIcnd loutig. .
. Ing about < . " tb& - . frolt ct . . , the ' fiboPi.a ; . loutj. ' - .
. ,
, .
these clrcumslanc s It wits 11eclcII that the
robbery mIght bo the work or an organlz.1
gang , who had been waiting their ollrtunH
for many days , anti hall selected one of their
number to 1\0 \ the actual leNI ]
All hIs ito I h&ll bn : lr. l'inkrIon's busl
moose to study crhulnal8 nail Uiierstnt11 their
imatures ito knew that a crIme lila ! this one
was as much beycimul the power of the orll -
lary crlnlnal as the strength cf Samlol is I
beyond that of time ortlnary man. Let a
robber be ( VCr so greedy ) ' O gold , reckless o
human life , anti indifferent to conscquietiees ,
he would stIll think man ) ' limes bror ( Iear- ] !
lag war to thE ( death upon twelve men In [
narrow car , on a swiftly moving train. This
wa3 surely no novice In crime , reasoned Mr ,
PInkerton , but a man whose recard wotilti al-
lou1
realy show deeds of the greatest darln : a
brave fellow . tlmotmghi bad . Amid , '
felow. Ihou/h n one. .nd even
among the wel known exp rlenced criminals
Ihero must be very few who were capable of
this deed.
Mr. PInkerton , thererere , set himself to
stud 'lnr tIme burenu's reecrlls all rogue's g 1-
lery to iltat luck out these few Page after
M.n n' Irst ' plel , , _ . , _ _ . , . . . . " . . . _ . , _ _ , . _
. --n' . - , . .uw.I. ' ' \ o 'U.I ' l un , lrWer
after < r.1nr of reords was searched ( ] through
nnt at last n dozen or more men were the-
1-
cldl. - upon as BUnclet ) prccmlnent 10 Iprlt <
cotisuderation case In connecton with the preslnt
Ihotograllhs ot these IIOlln or so were
sprell ) ' struck off , and sUbllted by the
Iletectves to all the men 'who had been In
the slokln car at tIme lme of the robbery ,
to the conductor of tIme train and the train-
men , 10 other 11assen ers , 10 fnrmers antI
others who II/ht have seen the robber while
maklnr ! his escape , 111 10 \rlous PeoPle In
Omahn. The result was startln . ' on-
ductor D. : I , Ashmore , wlhout hmesitatioti.
selcctet Irons the < o.en or more photographs
ono as that of the robber. : lr. Shuw , the
Omaln wel digger , Iho hind sat Just br-
hl.1 the robber , slletet the same tlhoto-
raph , and was positive I Illclurell the man
he had tried 10 talk to. Other iutisseisgem-s
llssen/el's
/
also plclcil out his photograph. as did various
persons who had caught sight of the mal
ns he u'scapotl.
The Portrait thus chosen by comlon ac-
cord ] was that of Frank Brlce , one of the
most desperate burglars of the 'ounger
generatIon In the c'Jultry , and It seemed
only necesmry : nol to find Brure to have the
problem soh'ed. Mamsy da 's were spent , alli
h\lh'eds of Iiolars , In slarchllg for 111m. )
DOlens of elItes were visited anti
clies lere sier every con-
ctlmble effort made to get 011 his track ! . but
Il was not until his IlurslerH WCI'\ almost
lear ) ' of the chase that he was nnnly dls-
cOI'erel living quiety In Chicago , al Cottage
Grove avenue , near Thlrl-slxlh street , where
)
he was operating \lth another high class
hurglar , 'WIlly" Boyce.
nUllsllol I t I flu , . WAr" n t nfl On nrnu\n1
from ' thus ! ; , 'ernor' ' of how-IL " ots time govermmor
of Ihhittols . anti \ men were sent to lull ( Iruce
Into i " "
custody , when the "shadows" relJOrted
that he anti Bo'co had ! left for Milwaukee.
where , or course , the requisiion papers were
valueless. Fortunately I ] , that same night ,
t hey alemlltcd a burglary In : llwaute ] , for
which they were arresled and hell ] for
ninety das This gave the Chicago de-
tccth'es tt abuntalt time to Identy Bruce as
the t Ilssln robber.
Mr Pinkerton himself went at once 10 ? tiIl-
:1-
waukee , saw Druco In the jai , hierii his
story , verified It I essental facts , and within
two days , to his oln eOllllete disappoint-
ment , and In spite of imitmmself , had proved : I
complete alibi for Druce. To satIsfy hllselr
In 1 thIs connectIon Mr. Pinkerton brought
Conductor Ashmore and : lr. Sha\ to :11-
waulteo and pointed Bruce out to them : and ,
afer looking carefully at hilni both men de-
cared they had made I mistake In Idemitify-
Ing i his picture and that Bruce was not the
robber ,
Wih Bruce clear the detectives were again
wIthout : a suspect AIll almost without a clew ,
Just haute , however , -Mr. rlnltrtbn realet
that t on a trip to the 1'est. sOle three years
previous , to investigate the case of a lan
arlested at Reno Nev. " ,
, , on a charge of "hold
Inr I up" a faro bank , and whIle stopping
over In Salt Lake City , Utah , he hall rln
across sOle "sporting" len In that city
wIth whom he was wel acquainted , and , )
his b telling thlm where ho was going anti
what his businessas of tlmens
was , one thel , whom
: lr , Pinkerton had kuown for years , hall
s aId : "Why , the man at Heno Is Innocent
The men who com mIled that robbery arc In
this t cIty . One oC them Is a smoothraced
boy , about 20 years of ago antI ] the other Is
1 m heavy set , darl complexioned fellow , with
a clark mustaclmo
They are time Intmate
friends and con panlons of Jack Dcnton , the
well Imowl\ gambler 01 Sal Lake ; anl enl '
a Short 1m ! ' ago In Salt Lake , they enterer )
a house thrugh ' a rear door , wearing masks ,
and compeled t\ 0 ladles , who wcre Just re-
tured t fro I a bal , to give lp a large amount
of tliammionds' '
Though not Interlsted In this partictilar
partcular
robbery , Ir , Pinkerton had mentaly joted
down the Intimacy or Jack Denton wIt h this
class of people ; and ho recalled It now In
! peop.e time ruct that Jack Ienton
was one of the two gamblers to whom 101-
Icclt h had exposed his diamonds at Sonnen-
berg's pawnshop In Omaha. He at once decided -
cided to secure definite Informuton In re-
gard to tIme boy who hall been with Denton
at Sal Lake three years earler , Proceellnl
Immediately l tp Salt Lake City and makimig
cautous inquiries he learned that time boy In
qUlsllon , since he first heard of him , had
been h arrested antI convicted of rObbery at
Ogden , Utah , and sentenced to one . y ar'l
term In the penItentiary . An Investgaton
at the penlentar ) ' disciesell that the young
man u had glvn time name of James timmrke
had senell cOt his sentence under that lame
antI ] had been rellase < 1 alJut one montl
Ilre\'lous I to the Polock robbery
lenten ) , In the meantme , hall left Sal
l.aland gone 10 Omaha to mall It his
hOle , TIme boy , Burke , ar/uell the tietac-
! tves , hall lat\ral ' folowed his frlcml to
'that ' Ilolnt An accurate IlescrlJton Of
: . lurlo was got from the records of the Utah
lion I term t iti ry , amid some Idea of him I nHI his
frIends was derlvet from limO onclals of the
itm lsoiu . But where to find him In time whole
great lest was a quebton ,
Inquiries at Suit Lake developed the further
fact ' that Durko had hUll ono Intmato friend
there , a man namell Marshall 1 hlookom'
100ker had nol however , left Sal Lake
and reumioveul ] 10 Denver. I For / mln of hula
class 1001er was unusually tal\ltvo Inll
was known to "crools" , throughout the
country as "Windy" Hooker . Plans were
made for keeping a watch emu 11m anti emu
Jack Ientomm In the , " "
Ienton , hope by /ladowing"
tIme movcments of these two of ultimately
locatng Burke. )
Through the free talk Of 100er ] , reported
hack 10 tie detethve , It was soon learned
that ( Burke was known hy the alls of "II"
\I"
McCoy , and Ilat he hal recently been operatIng -
log emi hue Pacific coast In "holding up" :
faro banks , and hail } 81so been concemed In I
two large robberies , ono at I.llcoln , Neb ,
onll the other at Sacrnmento , Cal Ills
Ils
whereabouts lt that time , however , were un-
known.
Much \mo had now elapsed slnco time
robbery anti the "ematon caused by It lad
dlell out Jack onton ali his frle1is ehlom
spoke of it. amid Hooker never spolo cf It
unless the subject was Inlrollnced to him.
10th men were extremely shy of strangers
anti ! It was almost Imposslhle for a detectve
to liraI them out , I un'hody who Introduced
Ihe lubjecl of time robbery was at once IQoled
upon wIth suspicion. For the purpose tf
creating further talk upon the subject Mr.
Plrkeron clused to be Inserteliin time Omaha
papers ill advertisement as follows :
"Flw 1llllrl'd dollars wil he mull for any
1'1\1
Infurmlton I \'ul1ng I u. p . to t ito t Id pa I I lien t ion
01 tM plrl who rolhell"llum ( h. i'ohloclt
emi the HIQ\x ely & Pucilo truitu Ncive'mis-
her 4 , Ib92 ' (51Inel ( ) WI.I.IAM A. PINK.
li'I'ON , 1axlon House , Omahn , Neb. "
'fhts at once atrlcled time attention Of
thus local newspaper men , anti when Mr
Pinkerton arrh'I In Omaha be was Inter
i'lc-wed Iy all the Ilallell In the cIty In ru
gU11 10' the robber ) ' . 'hu Intere ) In the
robbery was at once renewel. ) elion und
the other persona under suspicion cOlmenced
talking of the mitatter again
nlalor , none more -
freely Ihan , iiooker 10re
The latfr las then In 1)eiiver Mr , Pinker'
ton inbtructesl Mm James IeParland , Denver
superlnlendent of the Pinkerton uigenicy , 10
send for him and sa ) to him that he lied
understood that he ( hooker ) could throw
80mo lght on the robbery arid that I largo t
tum of money would b paid hIm tor tbe (
information lie gave , ! lr , 1'lnkertoD 'x-
plaIDe to -Mr. MCPArland that Hooker would I j
gl'lnj hIm false IntormAlon , but to Islen
patent ' 10 what he hall to say and iNul I
hll on as far as vossibie wihout giving
him onlyiitOC ) ] This demise , : lr. PlnkerlEn
furthpr 11rletel ] Ihat hooker wouhl go back
to hIs ( rnlrl 1111 boast of the way h ( was
fool I mm g i'm niker m oil anti hol much 1111' ) ' ho
expected to Set. amI that ' ' . tlmrouighu
( ! toIt. e\'Ellualy. throl/h
his boalhl/s. he would Nove the means et
locatIng himirke alas lcCoy.
Anti ' so . prcIerly' , . I tell out. SOI ! of
1001tl's cmanlons were Pinke tOi Irle- ]
tives . alhou hookEr dil 10t know them
as ! uh111 / titry I 11 tle reortr 1 hide
that Bulel was really time Polorl { robber , :
that after ( ommlln the robber he hall
gone bark 10 Omiuftita anti from Ihere hail
gone 10 Dennr. ) From Delver he i emit 10
Salt Ialll maul vhlell a ) rlsonlr In time H:1
I.ako penlentlar ) ' \ Ih \ hem he was Int-
Ilt ( gave cli Iii prisoner some nmiotscy . amid
coasl. welt from Salt Lake west to the Parile
ii. ' . Plnkertun ' next InslructCI that the
record ha' eXAmined for daring "hoh.ups" ]
that , might have occurrell II time cotimmtry
hm'trly' t",1 , I. trversell n . _ by 1. _ Iurlw. . ' I .L was Uu then
' " "U . . . . . U " " '
ti1 ; I" . "iK I' '
Colorado Sllriitgs , had been emitereti late at
mmiglmt hy a masked robber , who comnpclleui
I hm den her a itul oh hmcr itersotis I o hmtilti ii p I hmi'I r
hmammils , took time ntmoniey Imi time tlrniver nail
cscaltetl ; that hater on a simmuilar rohihiery hind
beemu ! ieriietratcel 'at San itoruinrulino , Cmii , ;
thmat later still tIme Pooh house of Janues Ma-
horn' , a Imoheti gatmubher at 'raconma'apim. . ,
hmatl beemi treuuteui Iii time stmmue iimammmier , ammii ,
lustily' , hhmnt a llghtt or pane of glass in a
jewelry store at Sacramimenmto haitI been
5nttaslui 1mm atmil a tray of uilamnommtls snatehmeti
froimu ( lie ivinelow by a. daring thief. Anti
all of tlmese mlrcuhtt , Mr. l'inmhcertonu learmuemi
imltitmmmitely' through hioohcer' talk , htati been
dotme by' iltirhee.
'rime watch on Iemitomi ) at Omssahua developed
little If tmlmytlming , except that a cluise coma-
Pant hiishi I p ce 1st ed hot seen hi I imu anti Son no a -
berg , the luwmihirokor.
tmmriisg ) liii ? summiiiser of iSl3 , ieartslng html.
mitt lmitimmtat , _ ' frletmtl of lhumrke'ut , a bumrgumtr ivlmo
hmtitl serveil tI mu e s' I t ii lii tmi I hi time Ut ii hi pent-
tetitiary , was coimihnicul iii jail at Georgetown ,
Tex. , Mr. l'lnmlccrtomu uleciulel to go nail Iru-
terview this iimati atmti see if hic comnitl get tiny'
trace through Imimmu of thm robber. inn the
mtieanltiiime Ito instructed tue detectIves at
Ottialma ammil Denver to keep me liartlcmmlarly'
close watch on Jack 1)eimton ammtl llooker ,
Ottlr. . l'inheertotm's
arrival ha Aumstlms , Tex. ,
ito fommiuil awaitIng hlmo dispatches Irons
Stiporimutenitienit 'ticl'arhanil of tIme lcnms'cr
: mgenmcy' statmttg that through hooker's talk
they hat ] learnmed third "Kid" McCoy , or
llmmrki' , ittuti bcemm arrested at Eagle , Cole. ,
ss'hthu a leit of hiimrglar tools iu hIs iiossessiomm.
mmmmd was thiii lit jali itt Leadi'llie , Cub ,
( - . , , Mr. . . , , . . _ , Pimmicertonm , . . _ _ _ , . . , . _ _ . at omice .1 % telegraphed t _ ( , to itave
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
digger , scat to Lcaulville to see If timcy commIt !
l thentify' time lirisonmer.Vorei wits also senit
t o Now York for Mr. l'oiiock to do limit same.
I i e also I mm struct i'th Stn hierinm to nm dc'im t \i c I 'a mimi nmii
at Denver to tuommtl his assistant , J. C , Fraser ,
to Wuttcim time ease , so that if McCoy gavc
bail , or umttcnijteti to escape froimi time Lead-
ihhie jail , they could be ready' wIth a warrant
( or hIs arrest oni nccoummt of ( lie Pollock rob.
h iery.
having wired these instructlomis Mr. l'hitker-
tott hroceatled oni Imis jonmrtiey to Georgctosvmi ,
Tex. , whiero lie called on McCoy's formmser
ttlsofl associate iii time Uhulm penitentiary' ,
limit was tumble to get htinis to tell ammythuing
about McCoy , thmougii ho volunteered , if Mr.
l'itikertoni would furnish lmlnti a boimul and get
Itlmms out of his Texas scrape , to go to Onmuahia
amid coinspel time ' 'fence"who lied receiveul
the diammmoimds to turn back the property' .
limit ( lie rule of that Jewelers Proiective ummloim
was to get. time thief first and time property
afterwartla , so imo treaty wee suede with time
Texas prisoner.
itt. ' . Pinkerton now went ( ci I anas City
amid founmti awaiting Inns thmero dtipatcimes
( rota Superlnteniienit u1cI'irIanti of thO ) Dots-
ver agency stating that Conductor Asilniore
and Messrs. ShiaW and l'oiloek lied posItively
Itienstifled the nrlsoner mis James Dunce , alias
"ifIti" McCoy , atm time titan who assaulted and
robbed Mr. l'ohlock of his diamonids. Iluirlee
winiceti perceptibly whierm ho saw Conductor
Aslimnore and Mr. Shaw , mitsui went fairly wIld
ivimon confronsted by Mr. Polhock. Itegmilsu-
thou iapers were obtained frons tins gos'ormior
of time state of Iowa on the governor of
Colorado , arid tlte Colorado ofTenso being a
tmilnior one Burke u-as turned over to As-
sistan ( Suuperlntemuden ( Fraser and anothter do-
tectIvcto be taken to Logarm , Harrison
county , ha , Before heaviimg Leauivilhe Mr.
Fraser was confidentially worimed by tlm sbmeriff
of thur camnnty that lie could mmot ho too care-
( UI of his prisonmer , for that Burke , through
a frhenitl of time sheriff , had imsatle a proposi-
tloii to time tuhmeriff to pay luau $1,000 If lie
svoultl secretly' fmmrimishm hminnu ivltim a revolver
when lie left time jail , his designs being , with
this revolver , to either "hold up" or
kill ( lie two detectives who bmaui 1dm in cus-
totly' , and make hmls escape front tim train.
Cii trial at Logan , Ia. , ( lie naomi was easIly
convicted anti was sentenced to ImprIsonment
for a term of scveimteen years ,
ni' rizi U rIuL.1vJ ) TlId ii , ,
itFi. . diiier in the OverlntI Monthly.
Tiihim was the petit of empire , FIfty years
Ilavo luring their isnios svhmere iserumic rolioul
'rime' whmlte-toppet ! % ungontu of ( hue liloneers
\\'huo wmmikeei time desert ways for dremirns
of golul.
IIos' gaunt rind ghastly slrend time far
frontiers
\'Ithi care mumd carntmtga for the bialefaco
bohil ,
\\'luen savmige legions with cmhiattleci spears
liromight death and danger to thuo days of
olth !
ibm ( 'rosseul time praIrIes toward the
Golden Gtits
'Fime fathers , fountiers of the ( ireater'emmt ;
Titey comltimueretl kingiloins in their mim'iity
( hmmedui ,
Anmti soweul time seeds of cities , towns anti
tittiti'ti.
1.0 , by thou lirowons is time Pietuemit blest
.Aflti on their glory' all time Future sm'altsl
Ill ) fJ.I i'U'V.I f.
Prof. Benjamiminu Ide Wheeler of Cormmehl ss'ihi
mupenti tite cuiimimtg year In Greece mimi tlirectcr
of tIme Ammmerlcanm u-cbmooh mit Athmemumu ,
I high I' . O'Neill , prIncipal of tue nmmhihlc
school itt ' 'Mulberry ' hiemlul , ' ' Neis' York City ,
says that the ltaliatm anti I'ollaii boys who
coihmose ; ) tue greater hart of thic' mtchuoai mire
patriotIc to limo iiackiioto , anmil ho Is 'ery'
birouti of ttictmi , TheIr battalions of tIme
Amiiericaii Guard is one of ( lie largest iii the
city , conisistluig of four compuates.
MIssissIppi Is mnakitmg great progress in the
mtsatter of public educatIon.Vitiiiiu ( cmi years
time expenulituiro for c'ommniomu uuchmuoia luau
arIsen from $800,000 $ to $1,200,000. 'l'hmoro
are four times as mmsaniy colored puipihtu in ( hme
uc'bmcole anti thireo times aim inmunmy whIte otuos.
Misslaitiplil ( lie toast percentage of white
illIteracy of any of uhme southern states.
A now rule lies lately been mmtlopteul at the
IJmiiversity of Edlnhiurghm , unifier which a can-
thhulate may be extimimueth In lila malle bum-
gauge. Umider flits rule a Japanese mmmedicol
etuitemmt , miot long since , lies a paper seimt
hmlmis iii hubi own language at a ineuhicci lure-
hiimsimiary examninatloni , For two years or -
miioro Japanese students entering hlarvarul
university have been iiermoltteui to substitute I
ChInese for Greek lii theIr preihimmimimiry cx.
emil I mma lion.
A Now York wommuan , whose name is held
secret , immia entluwed the chaIr of history in
time Natiomuai imnilversily' , to be built at Vaaim.
itigton , with $107,250 , 'time Intlmniation of the I
offer was tiusde on an old postal card , antI
whthuiim twemuty.fouur hmcmurs limo head of tIme
umuiversity was kavinig New York mcliii so. .
cuurhuies to the requireil ammuount In hula uios.
session. For expedutlQusness limiut surpasses
time enmtlowiuient record , \'hteiu time svotunani
% vaB asked why sins selected tire chaIr of huis'
tory she saul : "Mon canu give for bricks timid
unuorlar , I'll give for braimsa , "
Atisong time hiost knoumi anti nsost plctur. -
esquo of time college Itrofeavra of the seat Ii I
Prof. Josephu Emiueraon , tins seiuior lmrofesaom .
of Greek at Ihelolt. college. lie Is best lenuowni I
to Debit boys its "Olti.eus , " His conuimechlot I
wIth tue loatitutioru elates fronn 1h48 , whmec I
hue caine to it froiti Yale , where hue timid beer I
a Greek tutor , hummvIn hmeea graduateti frotmi I
It In 184i , lie Is a cousimi of the late Itaipt
'u'aldo Emsierson , and his an ndmiiIrahle type ci
Nou' 1-Ingiarud miusruimood stud cuhiure , lit' ii I
now 74 years of age , butIs active arid via- '
oroUt ,
The governor of tIot $ lies Spproyed i u
bill 'grantIng pensiop Iideachiers wbo haym I
taught hi a state almot' cotsiinuoueiy im r ,
IISCIPL1NE ) IN ' [ LIE A1lY
Its Iturortinco to tluo Anuied Forcem anti tha
Best Mca of Maintaining It.
FIRST REQUISITES FOR IMFROVEMENT
i'crhh' , , rtshiug fruits the Gr.iluumtt lou of nm
iii tu'rlir Uhii'i tif ( iflicors - 'I hut
'i'hui-u , rum I i-ut I ii liii I ' ru u' m heal
iii mu I louts ,
Thu \'ASlhiNiTO' , lirll 4.-Spcciai ( , ) . . . .
last
iitimmtmmih coittest
for a hirleci
otft're'ul by the Military' Service tiistItsmtioia
.
( Cr time. bcst
cssay written by mini officer of
time an thy' iviss umme of thme' utmost Imitereatliug
? . tIn' comttcsts ever lmehil ut time hulsiory o
' , , , - , . , ' ' ' ' " , 'U' ' , . i iiitu Wfl5 atnrtumitalIe ilOt
emily' to time hnmiporutummet' of thin smihiject t'imoaen ,
Otit ? 1mm which cvtry iterstimu is hnmtt'rcstcti , btiU
milso to time fact thmmit there sicre it targez
immirmihier of cotutestisiuts thmhs yi'imr titan ever
hiefore. The subject. was "DiscIpline , Ita
immiportammco to thu Armircul Force tumid tlmc ,
itest \tctuiis of i'rouumotlntg nimmi Mtuimuiattmlmu
it ml time Umuiteil States ' '
Arutmy , limo itrlzo--
a golti tmtctiul-vns : awaruleul to ( 'muptalti Eu-
germu A. EllIs of the' hhgiutim cavalry , the
jtiilgcs ltavinig tleciuletl that lila was the best
paper ittmbttilttetl , Time euu.ay Wits ltrimtee
In the 'imurchu ' nmumrmiiter of time Jotirnuni of tlmG
2ihihltuiry Service Imistitmitiun , hut It. is being
so freely uliactreneti ammmonmg time army of-
ilcers lucre ntmul Is receIving ummch favorable
cotmimiiemmt frommi thtemns all thumit. it lit boliovcm
that it ivhll hear relstmbhishuimig. The nrticl
is quite exhuisustivo alit ! Odcmiiilpi
ii comispicu- '
Otis lihmico anmsong tim conmte'tuts of t ito .hournat _
Thuo uuuuthmor iteglnis with amu extemuIc anti
thmerefoi-o vtuhtmnble treatise on lIme uieflnultiora
of time word ( lhscililIte , nmud imow the sense
Iii is' hi 1dm I Ii u' nnm cmi ii lag shiou Id ito conustrueti
WitOni aldIdliCul ( o time army.
Corutlnnnilng , Ite say's : "I tuuvhnig uleternilneti
si lmat uiltdeilthihie Is iiittl ivhiat kimiul Is beat
atmiteti for our country nmitl our inntereat. *
timnire remnaimma to uIicmmmus how ice cmii un- .
prove timat. tilseiphine In our regular nrmssy.
I thihimk umo murgmnrtrcmst Is necessary in dcfens
of the gemmcral proiiosltlonu that au imuiprove-
ittotut will take lihace in time aggregate only
after art iiiitirovemsieiit hiatt takenm Place in
time limuilvltimmtils , iby' thIs I tmieams that dis *
clltiliie will be at Its best lit cmii' armmsy ivhucti
ottr oihbcers are best cahcuhmutctl to irmspir4
h i.sci p1 I ito , ivimemi elm r mtonm-couus mmm IssI on ed of.
hlcers arc best calculateil to iminintahim It
, - . , ' " , . u""n'c IJtSL
to receive hi. "
\\'lthu refereimce to time peril to whichi the
am'mmmy lit stmlijectcul by the grmsdumatloiu of ama
hnnferior class of ofilcers fronmi time imiilitary
ttcatletmuy' , lie smmys : "Untier tIre hirosonut 5YS- .
tens such cuuicts iuiny' niss thto'cst Poial
cxauiltmuutioti and enter tite amity where tlmey
are certmmin to be a imienace to ulisdihliimo , because -
cause tue soltilers canumsot respect them. Any
otilcer who falls to imiake hImself resitecto
by time macni is a nmetmaco to tlisclpliimo at
uiiouhti be ehinmminmateul , Tue gratluatton o
this class of ofilcers Is wrong and simouhni
ho mutolupeti. The mucaulensic board aitoumiti
himi couitlniued in Its power to gratlrimsto as at
present mill that liass the required teat. The
boarti shmouhtl have tue adulcul amitluority tq
tieterimuhume , atmbjcct to no alipeal wlmnitovo' ,
thiose fitted to enutor th nrnmuy , Cornmnia- .
rulons should be gIvers ortly' to these receiving
this fimial acatlentile certificate of soidicrty
qualifications. Froti ) the stantlpcmimst of dI $
cihuhlno alone I would limIt appolntinon
inito time arniuy to two classes , to those who
paths to a contmisslomm led through the 'mlit'
tary academy or through time ranks. If civil'
iahis are to be coimsiiiisslomuetl I armi In favor
causing tlmenn to pass exaniilnatlonia of such
character that the mere fact of passing then
soulul liroclimlumm to cli concerned tlrat tiioy
tmnsitc In tliensselvos bothm tIme imeoretIcaI ,
knowledge of time graduate and time iiraetlea
hunowieuigo of the officer rIsing from times
ramiks. "
Conmtlnulr.g : "Having pointeul out the fir4
requisite for iniihrovemmiemlt it ) onir ouhlcers- *
mtuore care In appolmitnuent-we have still , tc
discuss how time array cans be freed of tim
utndosirablc elemmicmmts which exist anion
tiuoiuo alreatly appointed Iii the bile , thmo-
vicious , the Inehllclont msmmd thai iimfirnn. Pert ,
hmahis it. many be said tlmat In our rctlrln
and exatnlnuImtg board we have mmli tim
nrumtchilmmory tmecessary to rltl tIme service o
these elemnenits , To mutmcii a statement I reply
'Trnme , html. that nimmichuinery falls to accaniplia1
time purpose for which it luau been created. -
TIme niachmliiery ive have cant wIth tlmno b
nmmade to work atsfi there is rmo doubt that. I
uthiomihul bo misatie to work to lint utmos
capacity , Mi InferIors mihioumlul lie exanline
for each promotion , For thin jtinhors-thiat Ia ,
those below time ramulc of major-thin examina. ,
thou shiotbl hue nuost rigId , emniirneng % tls
flfiicer' nmuemtal. moral nn,1 nivI'ni nItnf , , . . ,
mnenta. All thin reginmuental , post nuutl cony
ltltY conmitmmanuilcrs time officer has hind sIfl
hum last oxmiimsimtatloms or since his entry lnt
the service , If this his ( lie first , shuomnltl b
examulneul tinnier oath aim to hula uiunhlflcattonZ
they shiotilti ha made to state whether they d
or tb imo ( know of any fact or circumstan'a
that remiuhera promotion Inuatlviimahle , Th
iihmyulcal recorth of hue officer milmotihd. b
furtuishueth by tIre surgeon general. lie siuoI
be nmmihijecteul also to time tnoutt rhgld exinolna
lion physIcally hy time inuefilcal misc'nmihers o
the boarti. FJelut ohhlcers mtimould riot b
excurseul from ex.ammiinsatlon , Time mental parfl
nuighit be ulisposeel of , but time nsorai an
physical tiarts ruhmouhti be Iuinuhsteul on as of tha
greatest itmshiortnmmce ,
' 'I woiihul have nmi hrnipartimsi himircari of tlm
\ tsr uiepam-tmnemit ( Iermnmmnmtl frortu nil Lupcrlor
tmmommthmly ellhclemmcy rehuorts cormccrnintg thol
sumtioruhirmateii , Time reports shuouitl lie so mmmd
thitut thtere can be rio dodging the huohiut a
Istte iutmd they uhiotihil be , 1mm oilier woruls %
elhbcheiucy reports In time fullest mucimse cit thni
worth , 'There imimouitl be a frcijiieust acrutIn'
of tiuee recoruis mmmii as toomi mimi iimu 0111cc
ahtuuemu ni to ha vu ha hisCil I it to t It ii ii mmii at rabl
class apply time luroper tenriouiy-lionormubh
uhimuehumirge for those broken ulowi , irs sorvlcc
amuul tiiiniimustil or retlrermuerit fronuu time servlc
for the rest. Thins Indeed would we hmav
,
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time 'otilcem-mi' mtyimonmymotmuu with time 'gemutIef
mniemu. '
"fiio nnmorc frequent cmimiso of general
cf uhiselpIlnue In a cotmupany Is the forced as
utodiattoim of muolu.conitimsiriuilommeui otilcre an
privates , Close utasoelatlon heads t
fanmilllarity oral famnlhiarity we nra tohul in this
Proverb to comstennptt , iteliaiatiotm of iio
cornmmiibsiomieul officera ammul prlvuiea uhmomilml im
innilo. Separate quarters uuluti separate miiOe
should ho furoulaimeil , 'flue Itnilvate utimoulti b
mimntule to feel that time iuon.coimmuumlbutlone
ofllcuur by lila 1101110 conmulumet anti soh.JIerly3
hiearlnug has risen to a liositlonm of emmiterlorltya
Frown upon all attenmhlta at tammililnurlty ,
Make tIme private respect limo -
sionreci Olilcem' iutl If lie cannot rcmuluect thta
oitlcer make hulnu resitect time ohh1e. Make
irutercomiruse between these two classes a
umiuchi as polblu ohiiciuh arid keep thie
"
ajiart"
W'Ithm reference to time soldIer , lie eaye ,
"f anti ulecluletlhy In favor of glvlmmg thu gooj
utohuile'r a gooti comutiumct batige , - to be worn
after It Is. once earneri during the good
hmuviur anti to lie forfeited by bud conduct
S.oldheru like ulecoratiomma , See the prld
with WhIch they'
wear mniarksnmnsn badges an
siuarpmuhtooteruu' cros'aes , I wouiui mache thu
natural feeling of vanity serve a gooul pu
1)050 for iltaclpiliuc , I beliovtm if a muohmlle
has eimrimetl timu riglmt to wear a good roneluc
badge hue will strive to keep It , lie ivli -
try' to ho a better uolulier , mind by trying wt
succeed , 11 iii a very eIimupI Oshtoylnisetut
No hiarmo cimmu Coitus of it , anti I hielieve tnuc
gooti is-ill romuli , "
lit conclusion tIme author says. Now ,
suppose that all thus recomminnmemmuiimi torus I huimvt
mniade nero carried out , wlumit would time rOd
suit La ? An Amerlcuim army free from cod ,
ulllmig , tinkering amid time Inmmovotionmr of thct
thucorists , wholly gIven tip iii tlr line tp
aoldierlmmg is'itIu iso Interests but thmsc of tii
corinm I ry , iv I I hi ii u-mu nmlcemmmi eas at a mniiuliauin
with rmmtIuai mumituscnnlerit for time ileib bo
hiaved , arid swIft iuunilshmiiienmt for tluo I
hiehuaved ; tin Lmrniy in whilchi time undue woui
be' under lhmo unttmamnpered gvdami"e cmiii cony
trot of tlmel : chiefs , whose l'eputatioim mnupj
aloud or fall u it-it that of hilr c-oiuumnand
or , In pthlcr isords , a represe-ntdtlyc .AmimerIc8
aruisy of Peffcct discipline , " -
' 'iuo abo-o IS only un o tmct from tb
- In lI Is - t-uIii nlv C