THE OMAILA DAILY BEEi TT1UKSDAY, OCTOKEH 31, 1.001.
ROOSEVELT AS A RANCHMAN
Etsrj of th Fruideit'i Lift ii the Oow
C.nntrj Tild bj a Oomptnion.
ENERGY AND TENACITY- OF PURrOSE
LlTfrt In n tliiKnnt, Herded Cnttle and
llaated Thlerrs with the C'oit-
boys Denllnsr Tlth a
"Dud Mnn."
William F. Dantz of West Orove, Pa.,
Hiet Theodore lloosevelt In 1883 and was
long a next-door neighbor of his In Da
kota. He often shared Itoosevelt's bed In
camp and divided his "grub" with the man
now president. Together they faced danger
mod hardship, desperadoes and blizzards.
Thero could be nothing moro satisfactory
by way of Introduction to a man's character
than such an experience. Mr. Dantz has
written for the Philadelphia North Amer
ican his reminiscences of those days In tho
Pad Lands with Roosevelt, and they ap
pear below:
It was along In the fall of '83 that I first
saw him as he stepped from the train one
evening In tho little shack town of Little
Missouri, a point where tho Northern Pa
cific railroad crosses the river of tha't
same In tho heart, of the North Dakota
Bad Lands.
A slender, blue-eyed young fellow of
bout 20, with little baggago, save a su
perb collection of rifles In perfect order.
if you raked the continent with a flne
toothed comb you could have found
no tougher aggregation of great American
citizens unhung than the gang who, loung
ing In front o "Pig Mouth Bob's'! canvns
saloon across the way, cyid tho stranger
with lazy Indifference. In their ripe esti
mation he was only one of those predatory
"dudo" hunters, who after a frightened
exlstenco of a day or two "pulled their
frejght" again for homo In profound thank
fulness. Ilia First Unffnlo limit.
Tho station agent was, us usual, roaring
drunk, The stranger managed, howovor.
to secure Information that led to his hiring
guide named Sylvano Korrls, who owned
at bunch of saddle ponies, grazing on tho
river bottom nearby. These were brought
up and picketed to Jho sagebrush, while
the stranger and his kit spent the night In
a nearby dugout, preferring this to tho
vociferous Joys of the "Blue Goose."
Next morning the outOV Btartcd for the
buffalo range. Tho stranger, who said he
was from New York and his name Thco
doVe Roosevelt (although it might have
been Nebuchadnezzar, for all It signified
there), led his string of pack ponies be
hind these of the guide, as they plunged
Into that awful trackless waste of tho Dad
Lands. (
Well named Indeed Is "that mysterious
land; piled higher and higher were great
precipitous peaks, their scarred and blis
tered face streaked with scoria and lava.
Bhocf down aV 'tholr . .fcJol lay yawning
chasms, from but of tntf' bottomless doplhs
of which roso sulphurous smoke from sub
terranean fires that "knew no end. Wind
ing Its treacherous way, tho faint pony
trail led along tho faces of the giant
buttes, whero a single misstep meant death.
Occasionally tho trail crossed the swift,
silent, tortuous rlver.f .that wound Us
qulcksandy course through thU, the dark
est, strangest, loneliest land that human
foot has ever trod,
"Handy with n Mini."
Thirty miles fp the south, tho buffalo
herd was struck and the guide, whose' re
spect! for his employer grew with each mile
of the trail, looked on with, wonder. Hero
was . new breed of "critter," a man who.
while he Wept his face and blanket clean,
rode straight, shot Straight, and took his
medicine- like a veteran. Hunger, cold, ox
posure were lost on him. With a grim,
dogged courago that knew no end. ho hunrf
to the chase. He was after buffalo and'
buffalo ho' got.
After a moat successful trlpho returned
home. The denizens of "Big Mouth Bob's"
caravansary were prone to admit that "ther
critter with a squint wore plum handy with
a gun."
On Roosevelt the lesson of .the Bad Lands
was not lost, his keen eye took In thoso
hlny valleys ami sheltered ravines covered
with bunch grass and sweet Bago, upon
which lolled In luxury countless herds of
wild game. If this apparent waste would
Veep elk, deer and buffalo, why should It
not keen cattle?
Next spring he came again, but with
more than six guns and a toothbrush. Be
hind htm rolled train after train of stock
.attle, which, as fast as unloaded, wore
driven to the ranch already solectcd bv his
former guide,, eight miles to the south.
The ranch proper was built by digging a
trench eighteen feet square. Into which
vtrc set cottonwood poles, pallsado fashion.
A heavy ridge pole supported the rafters,
which were covered a foot deep with
"gumbo," or wet ,cUy. A year later this
waa supplanted by a more pretentious
shack of heavy logs.
The ranch was located eight miles, south
of Little Missouri, at a point where the
lofty buttes receded, leaving a wide stretch
of river bottom.
From the brand adopted the "Maltesa
Croea"the ranch took Its name, which It
till retains.
The 'ranch a8 a, success" from 'the start.
Neif spring saw tho rler bottom alivo
with rollicking calves, whllo tho big, clean
beet steers-lolled In the shalo' Of the cot
tonwood by the rlvcr bank In luxury. In
the raeantimo another ranch had b'cen es
tablished by Roosevelt called "Elkhorn"
ranch, twenty-three miles north of the
"Maltese' gross." fr -
In 'ho locating and establishment of thtse
splendid ranches the young ownor was
smnlproicnt. First out In tho hllU Bhootlng
ft dosr for meat: then In thti saddle helping
round up, or down on tho ground In a vio
lent wrestling -ontest with a husky calf
tha't objected to tho branding Iron; oc
casionally taking a solitary pilgrimage toj
the Jonsllt at buttes after mountain sheep.
He was a good, though not a fancy shot.
Ills success In hunting was due moro to hlu
dogged energy nnd grim untiring tenacity
than to brilliant rifle work. Ho .was par
ticularly, good at long rango and running
shot that require- accurate Judging of
light and distance': 'all tho more .remark
able as he sights through glasses.
H.0 had, a. beautiful collection of rlllei.
Ills favorite, however, was a plain Win
chester of 40-callbcr. Ono of his rifles (un
exprs) was beautifully Inlaid with solid
gold plates, oxqulsttc)y engraved. I have
never seen him use it, however.
Roosevelt Is a great lover of horses, par
ticularly tho half wild, wholly Intelligent
natlvo horse. On the ranch he kept sixty.
His first favorite was "Old Manltou." It Is
a difficult thing to find a really good hunt
ing pony. AnyoncVwho has ever tried to
lift a limp, freshly Killed deer on a horse's
bark ran understand this. Manltou was
steady as a rock and a faithful companion
until age gave him Immunity from work.
His oaddlo was a beauty; It weighed over
fifty pounds and was valued at $125. It
was of bandtomely embossed leather, or
namented with sliver.
Kiwi n nnd Mount.
One morning late In the fall the roundup
ws camped on the Lagguy camp range,
tho horse were brought In at daylight
with frost cn their backs and all In an
111 humor. Roosevelt threw bls'saddls on a
big ROmsn nosed bay named "Ben Butler.
Ben was a natural-born degenerate. He
wa.4 paat master In pitching, "sunOshlng"
and high and lofty bucking. He waa a
crafty old villain, however, and submitted
to tho tightening of the hair cinches with
only a nasty roll of white In his eye.
Roosovelt mounted and rapidly braced
for tho Inevitable shock, but to the sua
pense of the assembled cowboys (three
of whom had already been thrown) Ben
trotted off at first like a family cow. Then,
reaching a deep washout directly In front,
he gave a bawl like a branded calf and
went Into the air.
Down he came with his long neck poked
under his fore legs and with a shock that
Jarred tbo earth. Up he went again, the
rider swiftly bracing back until his shoul
ders nearly touched the beast's loins. But
with a trick that human skill could not
avert, the horse spun In the air like a
top and came down "all standing," or,
In as straight a perpendicular line as his
evil skill could conceive.
No human rider could withstand that
shock and Roosevelt was thrown violently
to the half frozen ground. Some cowbovs
lassoed old Ben, who had taken to his heels
at once, whllo the rider, palo and drawn
looking, but with a steady gleam In his
eyes, rose from tho ground and Insisted on
remounting. This he did, although he did
not tell us until later that three of his
ribs were broken.
"That young fellow's got sand In tils
crow aplenty," sagely remarked "Three
Seven Bill," who was captain of the
roundup.
Bill was a gaunt, hungry-looking var
mint, with a foqrteen-lnch waist and long,
crooked legs that would have shamed an
old-fashioned pair of tongs. Nothing de
lighted him moro than to "ride the tall
often' them young fellers," as ho called It,
which meant to "haze the ground" hour
after hour at a fourteen-mile clip; changing
horsca three times dally out' of each rider's
Individual string of ten, he rode us to a
finish.
Saddle sore and half dead from exhaus
tion, I could many a tlrao have wept from
sheer agony, but on and on ho rode us
without mercy at a stiff run, making u
wide circle and retiring to camp only to
rest and go at It again.
Months of thla work told on the trim
young New Yorker. He became like the
rtet of us gaunt, wind-swept and bleached
white with alkali. Not a single time did he
seek to take advantage of his larger
wealth and station, but like any common
$40 cowboy stood up to his work without a
whimper. Whllo I am free to confess I
have freely used every Invective la tar vo
cabulary against that country and Its In
habitants In general, I never but once know
him to complain.
It was on a bitter night late In the fall
of '86. The lost beef roundup was near
tng the home ranch, when a fierce ctorm of
sleet and rain came on, accompanied with
Intense cold. All hand 'were up until mid
night quieting tho big herd of uneasy
beeves that had been gathered with so
much effort. Wo had carefully worked them
to the foot of Chimney Butte anduhat.ln a
measure protected them and with night
guards doubled a few of us returned to
the drenched camp, worn out with exhaus
tion. Roosevelt and I alept together; our bed
was cf blanket spread on the wet. freez
ing ground, covered with, a tarpaulin
Without even removing our spurs we crept
into Its shelter-and were almoit Instantly
dead to the world..
Ill Only Profanity.
An hour later the call came, "All bands
turn out; emtio breaking away," accom
panied by tho slashing of n wet lariat
across the' canvas. With a hopeless groan
I slipped cu( sideways nd began' to grppo
for riiy ponyfc. picket'. ljne., ' ' "
Suddenly P heard a 'bursty of picturesque
language that expressed my thoughts ex
actly. "Blank the' blankety-blank. country;
blank the' blankety-blank fool that would
leave God's country for thla blank" but
there are situations in all lives too sacred
for public scrutiny.
This was the first, last and only time I
ever knew him to use violent language.
It sooms that there had collected In the
depression between us on the tarpaulin that
covered the bed a good-sized tubful Of half
frozen rain. In his attempt to rlso my
partuer tad Incautiously raised tils knees,
which, of course, tipped tho whole refrig
erating outfit over his head and shoulders.
Ho was very popular with tho cowboys by
reason of his courago and grit. During the
early years of his Bad Lands career a cer
tain clement that hung out around "Big
Mouth Bob's" elegant establishment at
"Little Misery" bitterly opposed tho de
velopment of the stock Industry, as they
knew It meant their "finish." Matters
grew from bad to worse until It becamo
necessary to form an association among the
few owners for protection.
We mot In a llttlo shanty near the town
and organized the Little Missouri LWa
Stock association, with "Theodore Roosevelt
as president. Never in my life shall I
forget that meeting of not more than halt
a dozen men, outside of Bob's gang that
bad sneerlngly trooped in.
A certain deputy sheriff was the leader
of the aggregation. Stepping directly In
front and with the reflection of the man's
big revolver flashing across his glasses,
Roosevelt scored hlra for a thief and scoun
drel. Unarmed, he bitterly accused hlra
of breaking his faith and declared that In
stead of giving protection he encouraged
lawlessness and- disorder.
Faced the Dancer.
Men of the frontier are peculiarly sensi
tive; an accusation that would be laughed
at here eats out a raan'c heart who Is bred
there In solitude, Drath stares a man closely
In tho face who calls another a liar, bo he
what ha may. Somehow In this case. In a
way' that I cannot understand, tho very
torcefulncss of tho speaker, his uncon
scious steely nerve cowed tho accused Into
nbjoct silence. But his prestige left him
forever In that land.
During "off times" on tho rango Roose
velt did a good deal of literary work. Wo
could always tell when he was thinking
about his writing by tho way he used to
thresh through the sagebrush In front of
tho ranch with hands clasped behind him.
His relaxation from this kind of work was
to pick up the weakest and trashiest novel
he could find, which he would read .with
avidity.
Of' all, the "bad" men that Infested the
country '(and their names was legion), "Bad
Man Flncgan" was cock of the walk. Ho
oat. I W st AfimA tmrr RIM I1 in n li- wriAva
further dp you went the tougher, the people
got, and that his headquarters were at the
fountain head. One day while peacefully
sleeping off an overdose of Bob' "conver
sation Juice" the gang thrared his long red
hair clcae to his bead, leaving only a ridge
like that of a roached mule.
When ho awoke bis heart was bad. He
sat down, In tho sagebrush and pumpedMead
Into everything In sight. He made pepper
boxes of the houses and stampeded the clt
Izena to tho nearest timber like wild steers.
Mnkri u Daring Capture.
Mr. Flncgan waa Indefd a bad man. He
shot "Blood Ran John's"' oyster grotto full
of holes and Bent the editor of the Bad
Lands Cowboy ao a cave at the fcot of
Oraveyard Butte. Flushed with success, he
stole a boat and floated down the river until
he came to Roosevelt's "Elkhorn" ranch,
from which he appropriated everything he
fancied, and passed cheerfully on.
When the owner discovered his loss he
was "mad clean through." He followed
Mr. Flncgan nearly 100 mil before be
finally captured and brought him back
through that .wilderness alone.
As time went on and tho influence of llhe
sturdy ranchmen began to prevail people bo
gan to flock Into tho squalid little shack
.town, which soon assumed alt tho vices
and some of the vlrtuca of tho typical
ftontler settlement. The lawless elemont,
as a rule, respected the young ranchman,
although deep muttering against tho In
vasion of his herds were the rule.
While the social life of the frontier cen
ters In the saloon, I never once saw him
enter one. He was a "good fellow" with
the cowboys, but never went in the riotous
debauchery of their occasional sprees.
Next to hunting, he liked best bis
horses. The "Maltese Cross" horses were
tamed as the biggest, huskiest, most ram
paglous beasts In the Bad Lands. They were
mostly half-breeds, with an appalling
amount of vigor and evil ways, I brought
one east with me six years ago. He lived
to be 20, and I believe one of his latt acts
was to kick the front end oft of a farmer's
milk wagon.
Roosevelt's cattle, of which he finally had
about 3,000, were half-bred natives and bore
the Maltese cross on the left hip, with
dewlap on brisket. .During the first years
of ranching he bred cattle, but later dis
continued It. Only recently he sold the
ranch, tho huyer being his trusted guide
and subsequent manager, Sylvane Ferris.
Ill Old Companion,
As an evidence of tho picturesque char
acter of hie associates It might be Inter
esting to tracs the career of a few. "Rig
Mouth Bob" drank hard; served a term for
murder In Bismarck Jail, and now Is a
broken down man. "Three Seven Bll"
married the dnughter of the section boss
and Is running a place ot his cwn across tho
Montana line.
"Thre6 Fingered Jack," professional
horsethlcf, was driven to tho Powder River
mountains and froze to death In a blizzard.
Will Eaton Is running a silver mine In
Mexico. "Old Man Lebo," his early hunt
ing partner, Is raising potatoes up about
Keough Wall. William Mcnnlflold Is run
ning a ranch In the Kootanct valley.
"Liver Eatln' Johnson the Squnw Man" la
eating government rations up Buford way.
Tho Marquis Dc Mores was killed In Africa.
It Is hard to realize that the voice now
given to dignified utterances upon which
a nation hangs onco was lifted In the roar
ing chorus, "Ole Blanck Bull Como Down
From tho Mountain," nor that the strong
young hand that forced his unwilling horse
to breast the current ot a treacherous river
should now be guiding a pen on whoso track
rests the destiny of 75,000,000 souls.
S1HHIUA. rAItMI.NU.
Snecesa Depend nn Knrriry, I'nttrnce
C and Perseverance.
Dr. Nicholas Senn',- a distinguished phy
sician of tho United States army, who ha
Just comploted a tour of Russia, writes to
the Chicago Tribune as follows:
Farming In Siberia to bo remunerative
requires energy, patience, perseverance,
and no ordinary degree of forethought. Af
terthought In this country Is an expensive
and often disastrous experiment. The Si
berian soli Is fertile, the sun does all it
can during the short summer to make it
productive. In many parti of Siberia,
moro especially In the Amur province, grain
raising Is remunerative. On the. whole,
however, thla. country Is better adapted for
tho herdsman than the farmer.
Tho Russian government Is anxious to
populate Siberia with Industrious farmers
nnd intelligent ranchmen. It does Its share
In establishing new homos by giving, each
immigrant family the use of a tract of land
fiee of expense, agricultural, implements to
cultivate fifteen acr?s of land, a tarantaes
an n span of oxen or a pair of horses and,
60 rubles in cash, to make atart. ,Tho,
land Is not sold, but leased, and the pew
settler Is exempt from taxation for the first,
three years. This offer on the part of tho
government is a tempting ono and baa In
duced thousand of families to accept It.
In many Instances the venture has ben
successful; In others the new settlers havo
left the claim Impoverished and discouraged
Tho most formidable enemy of tho Slbjrlan
farmer Is the long and severe winter. All
of the farm work has to be crowded within
the narrow limit of four or five months. Tha
long winter 1 u nevere tax on the live
stock. In many places where the snow
fall is heavy the stock must bf fed: In the
Amur province the snowfall Is light and
the cattle subsist on tho dry grass of the
Checkmating: a Raid
No electrician knows the uses of a little
piece of Insulated wire better than many pf
the professional gamblors In Chicago. That
Is why the men continue to be professional
gamblers and are not serving tho city as
professional criminals.
The Intricate system of alarm bells and
danger signals with which gamblers are
notified that the police are thundering at
their gates Is as complicated and as ef
fective as any system can well be. That Is
why detectives havo taken to wearing dis
guises and why the methods of Old Sleuth
and Captain Collier, thoso heroes of dime
novels, 10 long scouted by real detectives,
have crept Into favor.
In tho first place, relates the Chicago
Tribune. It mutt be understood that there
Is gambling In Chicago, and much ot It, too.
Hand books In which bets may be made on
the races flourish like tho green bay tree In
many places whero one would not look for
them. Craps, poker, roulette and the old
army game may be Interviewed on most or
tho main streets, yet the number of good
casta made out In court against tho welt
known proprietors of theso games Is piti
fully small, The detective have gone Into
gambling houses, arrested tho Inmates and
then havo come Into police courts and have
bAen forced to admit that they were unable
to present a case strong enough to wnrran;
tho magistrate In holding the prisoners to
the grand Jury for trial. They havo been
forced to fall back upon the old yagrancy
charge. They accuse men of vagrancy when
they find that the gambling charges aro not
well enough sustained. Many men wesrlng
tho best clothes obtainable and laden with
diamonds euough to make a Joweler's win
dow turn green with envy have txn
charged with being vagrants, All of which
l set down to tho knowledge that the
gamblers In Chicago have of tho usefulness
of an electric wire.
Tho gambling rcaorts may be running full
blast. Tho play may be heavy, the spec
tators as great In number as those at a
fashionable concert, yet when the detectives
break Into tho room the men arc all there,
the apparatuses hidden and the gambling
charge must fill flat, All of the gambling
house whose owners can afford the outlay
aro provided with a let of danger signals
that would do credit to a train dispatcher's
office or the main faiom In a telegraph con
cern, C
H Is often necessary to pais two and
sometimes three Ipokcuts bsroro the main
room Is reached, nut that la the easiest,
part pf It. The hardest Is to get as far nz
the flrrt lookout without being recognized,
The bootblack on "the corner, the newsboy,
the seller of fruit, any cr all of them nay
be In the employ of the gambler
whose
place Is near. As soon aa a suspicion!
character enters the neighborhood and asks
to be directed to a place where the game Is
running or when a detective arsigned to
gambling work heave In eight the ouUtde
Cuba's
delicious
Vuelia tobacco
is now successfully
grown in the U. S.,-
in threi Statts touching
southern Atlantic and
gulf waters.
When agriculture was
prostrated in Cuba,
Bondy & Lederer of
New York started cx-
penments in trans
planting young sprouts
taken from the Cuban Vuelta Abajos district.
Portions of Florida, Louisiana and Texas
have long been known to present the con-
ditions of land elevation, soil, sea mists and action of the sun, identical with the Vuelta Cuban
district which is so near those points. The young plants thrived and produced a tobacco
exactly the same as grown a few miles across those waters. This' leaf was found wholly dif
ferent from the seed growths of Havana tobacco grown in this country for many years.
After these growths were increased from resprouting and expansive planting until" a crop of
large proportions was reached the first cutting was made and stored for curing. After three
years of natural curing, its ripe, delicious flavor was found perfect for use n highest priced
goods. But the saving of heavy duty and the continually increased supply of this tobacco at
last prompted Bondy & Lederer to put this same stock into a five cent cigar; the old brand
of the house known as the Tom Keene was selected for its benefit. This is why 3'ou find the exquisite flavor in tho
Tom Keene, never before known in a live cent cigar in this country. Try it, it will be plainly apparent to you.
PEREGOY &
1
prairies and mountain pao urcs hidden under
a thin blanket of'srow. Stock1 raising Is
tho coming Industry and by Judicious man
agement can ho made sufficiently remunera
tive. Sugar, beets nror to an tnirmcuj alzj
and with proper machinery beet susar can
bo manufactured at a low price and be
made a well-paying Investram fcr tho pro
ducer of tho raw material and the manu
facturer as well. Millet, clover and al
falfa grow luxuriously and could be used
advantageously r.s fodder as a substltutn
for hay In localities whero the latter cannot
be obtained. It s said thnt some years
grain docs not ripen anl on this account
It will bo well for farmers not to place 101
much confidence In the wheat, rye and
helpers of tho gamblers become occupied.
One rill pass tho word to-another, nnd It Is
seldom a minute before someono has his
finger on un electric button. This Jnrs out
a warning In the gambling room, although
the 'noise Is not heard by those approach-
log. On tho Instant tho faro table becomes
the center of n group of men reading news
papers, many times with unusual facility
and upside down. The other gambling de
vices become tho fields upon which Innocent
games of pedro and penuchlo are in
progress, and ,tho detectives pauso at tho
threshold ,and know their labor has been
wasted. '
But It Is not by means' of the simple elec
tric bell that most of the gamblers find se
curity from unwelcome visitors. Many of
tho paces are equipped with movable foot
boards In the hallways. As soon as a foot
presses on one of theso tho bell rings and
tho gamblers are warned. Mirrors showing
the street, such mirrors as nre on nvery
houso In Holland, are also usod. Men aro
paid will to do nothln; except watch the
street.
It Is with dimcultlea llko these that tho
detectives In the gambling detail that Is at
tached to Chief O'Neill's office havo to deal.
That Is why tho gambling detail Is known
as the hardest worked detail on tho police
fcrce. When tho duties .of many of tho
other policemen arc taken In consideration
tho honor of this reputation Is nt onco ap
parent. Detective Clifton Woolrldge, Do
tcctlve John Herts, who, with Captain
Schuettler, arrested Emrna (loldman here;
Detectives Schubert, Sederberg and Wallpy
nre thb men upon whom tho weight falls.
Their work la mado all tho harder by the
fact that most ot the gamblers know them
by sight. The appearance of any ono of
them In a gambling neighborhood Is a signal
of danger. Everything that is Buspiclous Is
whisked ou.t of tho way. Often the detect
ives are shadowed from tho office In the
city hall and their arrival at a gambling
houso is known minutes before It takes
place. And In this work every minute Is
worth not sixty seconds, but sixty oppor
tunities. Knowing as they do that the element of
surprise is eliminated from the possibilities
of their success the detectives are forced
to call In other aids. For Instance many
times they omploy men who are strangers
In the neighborhood to wbfclvthey are sent
nnd through them they get an Insight Into
the Innor workings of tho. gambling houso
they Intend to attack. They may then at
tack It with moro Intelligence. When their
employe goes tn court to testify ho finds
his testimony partly discredited because
his work was not done as tho work of a
police officer, but as that of an informer,
ana iniormera get little sympathy or
credence In pollco courts. Each courl .Is
nttended by spies employed by the gam
bler.. They are there In the guise of In
nocent' spectators, but In reality they bare
MOORE CO., Distributers, Council Bluffs, la.
ont crops. A combination of stockrals
Ing ard ajr'lculturc will make farming la
Siberia n success. Tho mimmcr Banana
Is too thort for the rlpsnlnc of corn. Po
tatoes nnd vegetables of all kinds can us
depended upon as a sure crop.
Good highways and substantial fences In
any locality aro always sure Indications of
successful, remunerative farm'ntc.
Siberia Is a new country and consequently
has few wcll-mado country roids. In tho
steppes tho roads lead out In different di
rections from the hamlets to the grain
fields and meadows to uit the conven
ience of the peasants. Two deep rutB mark
the width of the tarantass and the central
track Is the path for tho single horse. Tho
How Chicago Gamblers
Avoid Police.
their eyes and ears open all the time. They
bear the description of the meana the de
tectives employed to gain entrance tn tho
place and if the method Is a new one they
hurry to tell their employers, who aro then
armed against tho Innovation. These spies
servo another purpose. Thoy get nccurate
descriptions of the Informers or "stool
pigeons" of the police and, any Informer
who again ventures into tho place which
he has betrayed does It at his peril. Of
course,, no foolish attempt Is mado on his
life, but tho proper way to administer u
beating Is thoroughly understood by the
gamblerc' assistants.
Delng, as they are, entirely unable to sur
prise any gambler whllo ho Is gambling, and'
being stripped of the services of effective
Informers; tho detectives must Bcek another
way to get arrests that aro necessary.
Then it Is that tho old gamo of disguises
Is used.
Of course It Is understood that not one
time In a thousand does a Chicago dctcc
tlvo find It necossary to assume a dtigulae.
Outside of Detective John Thompson of tho
Central station the number ot officers who
have done detective work while disguised
Is larger only than tho number of hens'
teoth. Thompson wore a disguise once and
the man ho ''mado up" to represent was
John Alexander Dowle. A boy wroto to
Dr. Dowlo that unless he brought $4,000 tu
the Junction of the Chicngn & Northwestern
railway tracks and Kedzle avonue some
thing dreadful would happen. This was
Just after tbo Cudahy kidnaping in Oinnhii,
and Dr. Dowle turned the threatening let
ter over to Captain Colleran. Detective
Thompson donned a long robe and white
whiskers nnd played Dr. Dowle long enough
to meet the boy and arrest him. But that
case was a lonoly exception. Ileal detec
tives take a pride In doing work that Is en
tirely different from the detective work de
scribed by writers of blocd and thunder de
tective Etorles. Dotectlve Wooldridge and
Detective Schubert of this difficult gambling
detail ore exceptions to that rule. Not bo
cause they particularly llko the rolo of sen
sational detectives, but because If they did
not occasionally go disguised they would ar
rest fewer gamblers than they do. Deteu
tlve Schubert's favorite disguise Is that of
a milkman,. Wooldridge makes up best as a
farmer. They change their walks and com
pletely change their clothing, and some
times they elude tho pickets and the elec
trical apparatus and sometimes thoy do not.
Once when.they were successful they gut
Into "Pony" Moore's gambllug place in
Twenty-first street, between Dearborn and
State streets, but thoy have tried the dis
guise often since.
And so it is that when a policeman or a
detective Is asked to namo the most diffi
cult work In the province of tho Chicago
police department his answer will in all
probability be "the arresting and successful
protecutlon of gamblers who know a thing
or two abaut electricity."
enrt, or tarantass; of the peasants Is a
crudo vehicle with a box made of lumber
or laths, 'csemhiing much In shapo an old
fashioned cradle. Almost all of tho hauling
la dene by t'.iefio four or two-wfccelcd carts,
I drawn by one horse. An Amorlcan who
has soen a good deal of Siberian farming
oiu 11, inu iuui tiiivriuun wubuub were
entirely impracticable with tho . present
condition ot tho country roads, an opinion
which I havo every reason to ondorso from
my own quite extensive' observations. Har
vesters, stenm plows, American mowprs
and fhrcuhlng machines may soon find
their way to largo Siberian farms, nnd when
they do make their appcarnnco they will
bo tho deathblow to. Siberian labor.
Scinil farms with extensive pasturage
aro what tho early Siberian settler needs
to make hla work remunerative and his fu
turo position In 'the now country secure
Road making will follow the construction
of railways ns the natural outcome of suc
cessful farming. Desirable material for
fences la obtainable almost everywhere and
tn liss than ten years tho traveler passing
over tho arable lands will find neat farms
and large meadows and .pastures Inclosed
by substantial fences for tho protection of
tho crops nnd the safekeeping of live stock.
SUPREME COURT SYLLABI.
No. 10279. Miller against Brown, npp'al
from Buffalo. Affirmed. Commissioner's
opinion by Commissioner Sedgwick. Unre
ported. 1. When a court of competent Jurisdiction
has appointed u receivor in an action where
ouch appointment Is authorized, thejiuthor
Ity ot such receiver Is not open to collat
eral attack. Andrews against Steelo City
Bank. S7 Nub.. 173.
2. The purchase of property of n corpora
tion by one of its directors Is voidable' at
the option of the corporation.
3. The evidence used In tho district court
upon n hearing of a motion to correct an
entry In the Journal must bn preserved In
a bill of exceptions, or It will not be con
sidered in this court.
No. 102M. U'uvltt ngalnst Bartholomew.
Appeal from Douglas. Hnvnrsed and re
manded. Hastings, C. Unreported.
1. An appeal of an eijultnblo notion tn the
supreme court pursuant to tho provisions
of ptctlon 675, Code of Civil Procedure,
rtoeit not present for review the correctness
of n ruling ot thn district court excluding
proffered evidence. Such ruling must be
preaenti'd ns preflcrlbed by section 184, et
c(." AlriHworth against Tnylnr, 63 Nob.,
2. A denial that n special assessment was
levied "by proper city authority or In tho
proper way," and that "nil preliminary
ntl lending up, to said Invy had been
tnki'n In all respects us by law provided,"
Is not sulllrlent-to Indicate any nbsttuitliil
defect In the, levy nt such nameni or
raise the question nf Ih validity.
3. A tax purchnser nnt assailed for bad
faith 1h entitled to subrogation to all th
municipality' rlghta In any tax paid by
mm in iiii'iwuk iiiu purunusp or uuose
quently In protection of It.
1 4. Troof of endorsement of a tax sale cer-
tincaie ny original purchaser nnd posses
sion by endorsee, are prima facie vdfnc
of ownership of It,
No, 10.317. f!rete Building nnd Loan As
sociation ngalnst Pntz. Appeal from 8a
line. Afilrmed. Oldham, O. Unreported.
1. One who has entered Into a contract
with a body of men acting as a corporation
cannot, when sued on auch contract, be
neard to plead the want ot legal organiza
tion of such corporation. Livingston Loan
and Building Association against Drum
mond et al, ft Neb., 200 ; 63 N. W. Ken.. 37S.
followed.
No. 10320,
Goddard against Clarke. Ap-
peni rrom
! mended. Hastings, commissioner. Unr
jjougms. ueversea ann re-
norted,
1. The fact that a cross-petitioner does
not produce evidence that no legal proceed
lns have been hnd to collect the debt sc.
cured by Its mortgage, does not warrant a
finding by the trial court that tho mort
gage Is void and unenforceable.
2. A decree renderf-d on tho exprpss
ground that a mortgage was invalid and no
conveyance cannot be sustained on tho
ground of want of privity between tho
grantor and the defendants claiming the
property merely becauee the wily proof of
nucii priviiy whs an anniract anmittea
In
evidence
and
acted nnon
true b:
by tho
and over
trial court without authentication
objection as Incomnetcnt.
;i. rotn aim mortgage running
cr
tn C'relgh-
ton university trustee for Creighton college
are valid and enforceable nbllentlnnn. nnt.
withstanding that there has been no lesal
Incorporation of C'relahton college.
No. 10362. Paxtnn A Oallagher again t
vadboukcr. Krror from Lancaster. He-
A low-priced
staple is
raised to the
level of most
expensive
luxury without
increase of ,
price.
versed and remanded. Oldham, C. Unre
ported. 1. "Hood will" as a property is Intangible
and Is merely an Incident of other prop
erty. It cannot be recovered for as an cle
ment of damage when the property to
which It is attached lias been voluntarily
alienated.
2. An instruction given by the trial court
which In substance tells the Jury that If,
the dully sales were less by reason of the
lallure to furnish Maples, hen, the differ
ence of tho dally sales would bo tho mean
uro of damages, without Including threln
nny reference nor regard to the profit or
lu.i in the aalo of the goods. Held, er
roneous on the meamiro of damages and
prejudicial error.
3. Whero dnmaccs nro susceptible of ac
tual computation the amount thereof should
not be left to conjecture.
1. In a milt for the alleged breach of a
contract providing for tho salo of goods at
prlvule aalo at retail, wherein the breach
alleged is the sale of a part of the goods
at auction, the measure or damnge Is the
difference of the price nt which tho gooda
hold at the auction and the price nt which
the soma goods would have been sold at
pr.v.Ur ton- nt retail.
j. Ileii'Hii of the trial court to submit an
liwtruct'nr. requested, exnmlncd nnd held
error.
No. 103G3. Hlllebrnnd against Nelson,
Error from 'Clage. Affirmed. Pound, C.
Unreported.
1. where possession of mortgaged chattels
remains In the mortgagor and the mortgage
or a copy thereof la not filed aa required
by section 14, chapter xxxll. Compiled Btat
utei,, the mortgage Is Invalid aa to execu
tion creditors of the mortgagor, whether
they have notice thereof or not.
2. Hence, where a mortgage of real prop
erly Ih Intended by the :partles thoreto to
convey also personal property situated and
In use upon the realty, while such mort
gage would create a charge thereon be
tween the parties. It cannot be given effect
a against execution creditors of tho .mort
gagor unless the Instrument Is duly riled
as a chattel mortgage.
3. The rule that third persons may nnt ob
tain rights In property In suit pending liti
gation over It applies only to property spe
cifically pointed out In the pleadings in
such way as to call attention to tho very
thing with respect to which the rule is In
vnkod nnd thereby warn third persons not
lo Intermeddle therewith.
4. Loose or portable articles of peraoiil
pro- erty adapted to goncral use. or which
may be used In any like establishment v.'th
O'liift! cfllclenc., do nnt become fixtures
mtiely because used In connection with a
manutncturlng plant In which such artlahui
or others llko them are necessary lev effec
tive operation,
a. Wheelbarrows, crowbars, shovels, oil
tcuks loone planks and lumber nnd paltats
for making brick, used In u paving brick
plunt. held personal property.
6. Ilemnrks ot the trial Judge with re
spect to an Issue as to which a verdict wi
directed, having no apparent connection
with the only Issue left to the Jury, are not
ground for reversal of a Judgment.
No. 10071. Payne against Pettlboue It
Nixon. Error from Colfax. Affirmed.
Pound. C. Unreported.
1. Alleged errors must be assigned aa
such specifically In the petition In error nr.
they will not bo reviewed. .
No. 10.178. Farmers' nnd Merchants' insur
ance Company ngalnst Ornff. Error from
Qage. Iteveraod and remanded. Oldhiin,
L. Unreported.
A peremptory Instruction directing a Ver
mel ror piainun examined ana nein err'.r,
No.
I04W). urinKer
against Ashenfolter.
Krror
from Uagc.
Affirmed. Pourtd.i C.
Unreported.
1. Whero either by the terma of the mort
gage or by contemporaneous r.nderntundlnc
tho mnrtgagnv ot phattels In posHtvslin
thereof U i omitted tn sell the poo. Is In
:he otdlnary course of trade for his cwn
dc-.u.iU nidi nioitgage Is fraudulent ur.d
void as tn Ufdllcrs
2 '.'onunt by cno crcdltnr that th
doctor may moitgnge'a stock of goods to
unothev creditor dres nnt estop the former
from j.ttacklng th validity ot such mort
gage v hen the mortgagee Is permitted to
dlrpouc of tht mortgaged gooda for hl own
1'ineiH
ton.
C. Unreported.
1. An estoppel, when, relied upon as nn ele
ment of the rnuso of action or defense
must Im) pleaded specially,
2. Where the evidence sought tn be drawn
out by questions asked upon cross-iiximi-notlnn
and rejected by tho trial courl !
afterwnrd elicited from the witness In nn.
other, way, tho error, If any, Is wltluut
prejudice
a Whftlio:- Iho whole of a ronver.atlon
whlh a witiio" has detailed in full Is tm
bodlcl rorruclW In a written document in
tUder.ct ih a question fnr the court u,ll
Jury nnd tin orfnlnn of the witness on sui.li
question Is not admissible.
n. Uvidenco examined and, found to mn
i')rt the imdlna oi the trial court.
"No. 10421. Union State Hank niralnat Hut.
Krror from t.'lav. Amrmo1. Pmm.i
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