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Fighting Leaders
(Continued from Page Four.)
bead of the war party In Ruonl.t. He be
lieves In pUHhlng KusHlan t loops to the
UttermoMt ends of A.-I i. In the movement
toward the Imllun frontiers, which have
alarmed Kngland In recent years; In the
absorption of ManchuiU, and In the threat
ened atta ks on Korea, hU hand la plainly
to ho Keen hy anyone familiar with Rus
sian politics.
Ifc-fure becoming minister of war Kouro
patkln commanded the Itupxlan army. He
would prolmhly command It OKnIn In the
field In liny rnmpnlKn tht amounteil to a
nationnl cmerg'-itcy. for he Is unquestion
ably R'issIh'k tfreatrrt general. He Is the
Idol of the ermy, for Rkobclf IT Is a name to
con.lnre with In the Rustlrin rervlec, and
lie was r'kcbHcff's right-hand man In four
campiilKns the ItusHo-Turkish war, tho
Khlvan expedition and the Khoknnd.sc and
Merv campaigns.
Ono of Koiiropntkin's strongest support
ers today Is the same Ocncral Annenknff
who ndmlred his march through the desert
to Join Skobelcff before fSeok Trpe. Oen
eral Antiriikiiff made a great reputation by
building strntcKle railways In Central Asia,
and his was the vast scheme for a tranr
slberlnn line to the Ia."lllc. He first out
lined that plan In di tail during a visit to
I'm Is In lUI. ' Many so-called "practical
men" laughed nt him then, but his Ideas
have ulnte produced the urea test railroad
In the world, nt nn admitted cost of Ki,.
(XX.'.OOO, and pi rhaps a grcit deal more.
Annet.kofT Is one of "Skobcleffs men."
like Kouropatkln. No general Is thought
much of In the Russian nrmy tmless he Is
nblo to say, "I was with Sknhelcff nt
Plevna," or, "I fought In Turkrt,in under
fikobelfff." There !) hnrdly a slnple prom
inent geneial In the service who Is not one
of "Hkohcli'ff'H men." That grent com
mnnder showed unerring Judgment In pick
ing his siihrrdlnatm. The unknown snbnl
tcrns whom he rhre for his staff officers
and the captains nnd colonels to whom he
entrusted the commend of small armlre
have since become, nlmost without an ex
ception, famous generals.
Michael Annenkoff was horn In If 31. and
received his first commission In the Run
in ormy In 1W3. He Is nn older veteran
than Kouropatkln, for he served nn a stnff
captain during the Polish Insurrection, and
rose to the rnnk of colonel at tho remark
ably esrly age of ?S. He was with the Ger
man during the Prnno-Prusslnn wir ns
Russian nMncho. snd acted ns one of Pko
beleffs chief staff officers In the Merv cam
paign. General Annnnkoff -has n'aved n lending"
part In the Intrigues against Vnrland nn
the Indian frontier and Is credited with
having; at least fifty specific schemes for
conquering India pl"on-holed In Ms desk.
"I nuestion whether there Is a single
Hrtlsh officer who has such a good col
lection of Rngtleh snd foreign books on
India as I have pulled about In the library
of Genera Annenkoff." said nn Englishman
ha became friendly with him while trav
eling In Central Asia.,
Another wvll known Russian soldier.
Who might be expected to play a leading
part In time of war. Is General Obrubcheff.
He Is the hero of a hundred desperate
fights In the successive Centra.l Asia cam
paigns and enjoys a greater reputation for
personal courage than probably any other
Russian general.
During tho selgo of Oeok Tepe. Obrub
cheff was sent out by Bknbeleff one night
to reconnolter the position of the enemy.
Tie refused to take any anbliers with h'm,
as the other officers detailed for that duty
used to do, but went alone disguised In
Turcoman costume. Ho penetrated to one
of te cimpfires of the Turcomans, under
neath the walls of the fortress and sat
down and calmly ate supper with them.
Introducing himself as a man from another
branch of the tribe who had been sep
arated from his comrades.
From the talk around the campflre he
learned all he wanted to know and he was
about to retire unobtrusively when a Tur
coman, who had known him as a Russian
officer before the war. strolled up to the
campflre and recognised him.
Almost before the Turcoman could de
nounce him, Obrubcheff sprang to his feet,
drew his sword, rushed to the nearest
horse and cut it loose from Its heel-rope.
Several Turcomans rushed up, btit he cut
his way through them and was swallowed
up In the darkness before most of them
realised what was happening.
General Robrlkoff, the governor general
of Finland, Is another of "Skobeleff's men."
He Is an able corn-pander, but he has a
reputation for extreme harshness, and even
cruelty. His recent administration of Fin
land has not belled that reputation. He
Is credited with great Influence In the coun
cil of state and the committee of ministers,
the two bodies which formulate and ex
ecute Russian policy. He Is a warm friend
and ally of his old comrade. General Kouro
patkln. The esar's uncle, the Grand Puke Mi
chael, may be regarded as the nestor of
the Russian army. He played a leading
part In the Ruaso-Turklsh war, command
ing the army of the Caucasus. He is now
T2 years old, and would not be likely to
take the field strain. But he would cer
tainly help to form Russia's plaa ot cam-
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
pnlgn If It went to war. He has been a
soldier for over fifty yeirs. and his military
talents are held In high esteem by Russian
officers. "He would have been a greater
general," one of them declared the other
day, "if he had not had the misfortune to
be born a grand duke."
This veteran prince should not be con
founded with the younger Uraul Dike
Michael, the esar's brother and hdr to the
Russian throne. The elder of the two Mi
chaels in now president of the rommiltej
of ministers. Although lilms-lf an oM w .r
horse, he is the strongest ally of M. W'i'.to '
nnd Count Iamsdorff In their fffurti to
keep Russia at peace with th? worl I.
"I have seen too much war," he oivo
said to nn ardent young cifl er. who tol l
him he hojed there would koos. be a chance
of active service. "1 want to see no m ire.
War Is devilish."
Another grand duke, Alfxls A!cxam!ro
vltch, In the theoretic il head of ti e Russian
army, being "high nilmlr.il." lie takes
keen Interest In nival matters, but the
practical control of them l.t In the hands
of Vice Admiral Tyrtow, who d!re.-U the
ministry of marine.
Count I-amsdorff, the foreign minister, It
regarded in Russia ns a very poor succesor
to su: h dlplrmatle giant.i i:s Ignatliff Co t
chakoff und I.ohanoff. lie Is unpopular
with the army because ho has always
shown himself to be one on t!ie i i.le of
peace. The officers accuse hi n, as English
men accused 1-ord Salisbury, of making too
many "graceful ronc.s.slon" to the nation's
tl vn Is.
Personally, Ijimsdorff It nn attractive
man. No other Russian statestnin Is .so
much liked by the fori l.jn colony in Ht.
Petersburg and by the mass of the ejplo.
He Is democratic nnd approachable. Other
ministers of the czar surround themselves
by secret service agents, and nre as dl(T
eult to Interview nn the grnnd lama of
Thllet. Not fo Kamsdorff. He mixes freely
v.llh tho public, alone nnd unguarded; nnd
anybody with a reasonable excuse can BC3
him at his office any day.
IVAN VANNEKOFF.
The Diamond Derelict
(Continued from Pnge Fifteen.)
among sailor men, he told me. I can rend
lly believe It. You have doubtless earned
it."
The mate had leaned back against the
ship's rail, but as Parton paused he started
forward with his fists clenched. But in a
moment the fingers, which had been tightly
closed In great knots, slow'.y relaxed; the
face which had been tense and drawn with
pa.ssion, slowly changed its expression to
one) , even, leas admirable, but far from de- -flnnt;
the voice which had been harsh and
overbearing became somewhat propitiatory,
although It was not a pleasant one as he
speke:
"Well,", said he, "there's no use of rowing
over It. What I ask of you Is very reason
ble, and you ought to be damned glad that '
I am reasonable. . Perhaps I haven't put
It very well, but you know that I am a
rough man and I spoke roughly, I sup
pose. There' ain't no use of your flying
at me like a tiger. . I suppose that we fel
lows who spend our lives at sea do git
'rough In bur way of talking."
"As I remember what has been said."
said Parton, not raising his voice at all,
but still with, the glitter In his eyes, "it
Is I who have used the rough language. I
will add something. , You nro not only a
cur, but you are a coward. I will go even
: a little farther still. You are not only a
cur and a coward, but you are a thief or
would be if you had nerve enough to steal.
: What you lack is the courage of the pick-
. pocket. You thought that I had some- ,
thing valuable In my possession when. I
came on board, and you have ransacked
my bunk In trying to find It, so that you
might steal It; but there has been nothing
. there. You are a cur, a coward and a
thief. As a cur and a coward-you are suc
cessful. No one could be more cowardly
or more a cur.' As a thief, however, you
have failed, ' because you could not find
what you wanted to steal."
' For an Instant the mate paused, ns If
dnsed by the temerity of the young Eng
lishman." Than he clenched bis fists again
and started forward with the look of a
devil on his face.
"You you you," he said, almost Inar
ticulate from rage. Rut that was all he
said, and again the clenched fists loosened.
. Other clenched fists had loosened In South
Africa when the gleam that there was
there now had come into Parton's eyes,
and when their owners had noted the lron-
like rigidity of the muscles which con
trolled Parton's face, holding It In a hard,
angular, fixed expression of real hatred.
For a few seconds only the mate tried
to answer eye with eye. Then his face
broke weakly up Into what he desperately
tried to make a contemptuous smile, but
which really amounted to nothing more
than a frightened and astonished contor
tion. He turned away and went out of
the cabin.
Parton went on deck, and for an hour
paced the ship from end to end, with no
more sign that he dreaded the mate or
anything which he might do than that he
saw fair women and heard wit passing.
As the afternoon waned he went below
Kiln. Th mat was lu Ike cabin and
was smoking. This Infuriated Parton. Tie
paid no heed to his nod of greeting, but went
to the opposite side of the cabin tablo and,
quietly reaching across It, took the cigar
from' between the officer's teeth, and tossed
It through the open port hole.
"We will not smoke In the cabin, Mr.
Brown," he said briefly and calmly. "I
fancy that the captain will want all tho
air that he can get. If you want to smoke,
smoke on deck. If tomorrow is a fine day
I shall have the captain tuken up there,
where the breeze may freshen him up a
bit."
The mate said absolutely nothing. For
a moment he sat at the table, breathing
. so heavily that the hissing of the air be
tween his lips and teeth was louder than
the captain's labored respiration. Then be
ross nnd went to the conipunionway and
out u:;on the deck.
(To Be Continued.)
Secret of the Ancients
(Continued from Page Eight.)
tell where one riot of color begins and
another ends.
The wonderful colors thus secretly, yet
apparently openly. Imparted are on the
surface only und constant washing and
scouring will eventually cause them to
fade und disappear. A vase, however, to
adorn the parlor mantel, colored thus,
would retain Its wonderful hues for all
time.
The World's fair means much to these
Aztec artists and laborers. When the fair
Is over they may return to their southern
homes nnd live the life of luxurious ease
so much desired by the natives of that
seml-tropicul climate. There ore eighteen
of these Aztecs to be engaged In tht re
plica of tho Carrlzo mine. The average
wage puld laborers there Is 37Vi to 62 cents
per day, nnd this, too, in Mexican money,
which In American money would he equiv
alent to from 15 to 23 cents per d y.
Jesus Tobano, with bis wonderful secret
known to only one other man on earth,
and with a skill lltllo short of marvelous,
draws a salary of $1.26 a day, Mexican
money, or CO cents a day in American
money. During the World's fair nt St.
I-ouis those men will draw the wages of
Americans and unless they develop unex
pected extravagant habits each one will
be able to return after his seven months'
harvest with sufficient wealth to live In
affluence the remainder of his days.
W. C. M'CARTHY.
First Paptist Church
(Continued from Page Nine.)
. feet, with a height from the street grade
of 63- feet. The auditorium Is to be oc
tagonal and will be 63 feet across. The
floor will be sloped. . The. pulpit Is to be
at the east, with organ loft at the. rear,
also robing rooms, toilet, choir rooms, li
brary and pastor's study. At the west end
of the auditorium will be a gallery over
the vestibule. In the lower floor will be
a large Sunday school room, which can
be separated from other rooms or enlarged
by movable partitions. There is a vestibule
to the entrance from Harney street and
a woman's parlor, ' toilet rooms, kitchen,
pantry and boiler rooms. '
Blundering Again
"I tell you," observed . Mr. Shenson, "I
think a grent deal of my daughters. I
have six, but I am not in a hurry to part
with them, and If some young man should
marry one of them and not treat her right
I'd wring his neck."
"I believe you would," said Mr. Makln-
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