THE BEE r-OMAHA.-fvTIT.TY. TWEMNKR '24. 1.MV
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MYSTERY OF THE LAST SPIKE
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Etory of Finoui Painting Depicting r.r ,.ra; ,;,. t ,-t!,r ut.r s-.e up'
Historic Saiiroad E?ent. -': ar into -.-i-ii.i .
Waona, YoseTtilfe va.ie'.-. where he had
prHlii'4 his fa-noo f.miiiinEs. "YoeemiTe,
a.le." "The WaveTlv s'.d trie'
".-a.nwn FfUi ! " An. in bis other rr-
teafrV nnvnerl m.irbi jr. Ti Smit'i Iiorn.
PreJllee Dielike see t osem.te." 'Mount TjrtiiiU." ' "re Grand
WHEN IS THEFT THIEVING?.
Mirtlarrr f Jestiee la Triif Ioee
Mar Jab f llalr-llt-tlac
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noved '
ACTUAL SCEXE PURPOSELY RECAST
Uma.l.. K., f 1,1.,
"The M n
, on of the
Arlta.
Tn California there has just heeeime j
known the rHl storv ef "The t.asf iptK "
Tt solve a myeterv that has kept the
Golden state guessing fur thirty rears
A strange story It la of the way In whirh
a domineering millionaire arbitrarily dis
torted a work of art. ami remade history
to suit. Ins personal spleen.
"The tut Hp'lca" la the fiinou painting
pv Thomas Mil. the late California pio
neer painter, and dprt the vn at the
drtng of the goid (Dike connecting the
T'nion and Central Pacific railroad In tha
west and establishing tha flrat transconti
nental Hne. Tha atory of how Stanford be
headed characters In the painting-, put new
head, on them, moved them Into the ba-k-
found, put ou of tha picture men who
t-o. part In the historic event and Inserted
I people who never it It I at last public.
It Ha long been a mystery that tha
painting remained In the possession of the
artist, and many stories were told of why
tha lata Senator Laland Btan&erd did not
jHkJie tt from the hands of Hill. But not
Mntfl hij (h tin alnrv . m m j M k f
And thi 1 stran ee, for la ISM Thomas
Km, tha artist, arrota tha story of tha
making f tha painting and Ma son printed
It In pamphle form for private distribu
tion. Thirty copies of thia Interesting lit
tle revelation were struck off. but all but
three war destroyed before any one had
I t'snyon of tne Yellowstone .
I JlS'-er" and The Crand Can
Colorado ''
From siacrarpen'n "The I.t Sp.e" a
removed to an Frani tsro and plaed In
the memorial museum In Uol.ien Hate park,
where for the last twenty years It lias
charmed thousands upun thousands of tour
ists by its impressive beauty and Its real
istic depletion of t'ie conquer. rig of the
st by the railroad.
Tho aed artist. In the mniu part of
his pimpiiiet. teila with pa.hos of his
situation when "tanford refuse.1 to buy tiie
famou.s painting
"Wltn all this." he writes, "my fai'.h was
not entirely shak-n until I heard of his
Soii.e poj ie are Nrn lurkv Will
of T.ts an emmple
Mr "nrK wts walklns: aionit a street in
Sua Antonio one n ht. when his attention
was attracted by the verv careles manner j carried Mr nark off to jail He was
in which Blum Co. displayed some of j bronaht t. trial on a eharae of burflary.
. .i
the was laily's f were fastened t
floor and the aown eo-ill not be wno
in tht manner. At first siiht he would
sem here to hsva made a mistake; but
wait till you reach the end at the stor
Before he could s-t a dlajtram of tha sit i
at on Into hl mind and f1"ir out fiat
tnis particular k.nd of a !a.1v could be ef
fectively disrobed only br lif'ltig the (own j (valued
I aver the head, a policeman Interfered, and
their wares. Outs de of their front door tn
I a vestibu ialmot on the sidewalk. In
deed was a class showcase, and In the
showcase was a wax figure of a woman
dreeaed tn a handsome (own and cloak.
fiasiest th ng In the world to get them out
; of that showcase: It was putting an un- i
necesearv temptation before people to ex
pose them in that way.
Whether Mr. Clark needed a Woa and
ffnwn as a domestic peace offering, or
whether he merely thought that it would
be a valuable eeon in locks for Blum
Co . d.jes not appear: but It does appear
that he undertook to remove the cloak and
HITS "SCIENTIFIC ECONOMY"
Lata Leader Mitchell Attacks Braa-
4 rim' Sehesae ef Rallrwad
' avia.
manajcetl to brak the lock without at
tractlng undesirable attention. He got into i evidence
su.i.ien departure for Kurope. There aieiMr. ("ark was a man of ingenuity, and he
not many men. situated as I was. that
could have escaped the asylum at Jit.uck-ton.
Though I was Ill.OiM) in debt on a. count
of the picture, having mertnaged my home.
this I could get over: but to be left like a
ur deg by mv friend.' as I supposed, wa-s
rtompreheneibie and humiliating." New
Turk Times.
as convicted, and sentenced to thre
years' conf.nement in the pen tent arv. Just
here Is where Mr Clark's luck would ap
pear at first aight to have deserted him.
hut wait until you reach the end of the
story.
Mr. Clark appealed his esse to the court
of ertmlnal appeals of Texas and that
court, after due consideration decided that
a showcase could not be regarded as a
h.wiee. even If It was big enough to afford
room for a tete-a-tete, and breakln; Into
It could not. therefore, be burglary. Mr.
Clark's guardian angel had guided him to
the showcase, rather than to the show
window proper. The Judgment of the lower
court wsa reversed, and the cause- re
manded' "for the utter lack of sufficient
the showcase, which was roomy enough to
accommodate both him and the wax lady,
and he took off her beautiful cloak and
rolled tt Into a bundle easv to carry. Next
he proceeded to unfasten the gown and
slip It down to the floor o.u!te the cus
tomary way when ladies are not made of
wax. However. In this case this method
was not Immediately successful, because
Then, feeling that Mr. Clark had done
something that ought to be recognised In
some way. they tr'ed to get h m on a
charge of theft. Again Judgment s ren
dered against him In the lower eourt. al
though Mr. Clark Ingeniously tried to
wriggle out of It on the plea of former
conviction. Convicted of theft, he remem
bered the success of his former appeal and
no rason why he should not try it
n. He dd and his ftith was just I f!-.1
The court of criminal at pea's found upon
considering th" facts of the ess, that Mr
C'ark had Indisputably taken un awful pos- j
session of the wax l.id v s cloak, which was I
valued at hut thev could not see that I
he was tsi actual posne-won of the gown j
at iioi at t le time when th po- j
ticman Interrupted him It w st'tl'heM
by her frm-set Net They admitted thnt ,
the psychology of the situation Indicated
that he prohably Intended to take noe- I
session of the gown when he had solved
the engineering problems connected with ;
Its removal: but the law cou d not pun sh
a man for his guilty Intentions and the '
sav ng fact of the situation ifor Mr. Clark t i
Was that the ladv had effec'ivelv disputed
poi session of the gown up to the time of
the police raid. Tli
aline would be a misdemeanor: but. with
out the gown to Increase the value In
volved, the misdemeanor would not be a
felony. Judgment of the lower court was
therefore again reversed.
Now that you have reached the end of
the story, don't you admit that Will Ourk
was an unusaiay ruckv man to be able to
secure so much unusual eaperence of
showcases, buttonholes and courts at so
small a cost? Case and Comment.
FREDDIE WAS ON THE JOB
nd I've never paid fori ,,
"I should
tight Operwtloa for tldrlrh.
NEW YORK. I'ec. 3. Senator Vlsnn
W". Aldrteh. of Rhode Island, who under
went a slight operation tn the Roosevelt
hospital on Wednesday for a growth on
the right hand, w-tu De able to leave that I
Hid Il4a't Tar for Hie RHe, hat
rilled a Seat Jaat th
aase.
"no's oiil is thst col d, madam?" asked
the woman at the ticket window
' He Is not quite ."
st't Pear me" He's awful b'g for hi
sue. He looks as if he might be U."
"Well, he Isn't
htm anywhere"
"Verv well. I suppose If he Isn't mora
than I shail have to let him through."
"Certainl ; You don't suppose I'd lie to
you to save 5 cents do you?"
Havlnjr succeeded in getting the young
man throuah the gate without paying the
good woman prepared to make a rush for
taking of the cloak i It when tha train stopped.
While they were waiting the bov whis
pered :
"Gee' That was a puny close call, wasn't
it. ma?"
"Be quiet. Thev got enough money out
of us as It Is."
"Oh. I'm on. all right, all right."
Then the train arrived and the woman el
bowed past several men, while her son.
being strong and agile, fought his way
Inaidt. Immediately after her. Two people
who were getting out left a cross set
vacant and the ladv and her ion hastened
to get into it. !
"You get Inside next the window, dar
ling." she directed. "Then nobody will ex
pect you to get up."
And th train went on. picking up people
j becoming greater and greater T,rl old
'men who had heen working a. I re
competed to cling to strap Wearj -Uhj-ing
women stood In the aJsie and we e
ccropelled to clutch at anything which hap
pened to be bandy when the train went
around curves. Many longing looks a.ue
directed at tha seat occupied by the bo.
! At last yoor.g man who had finK' ei
i glancing t toa headlines In hts even ng
! paper said tr- another who was sharing h's
think that bov might eland
and give some lady a chance to sit down.
"Tea." Ma friend replied, ' but he won t
"I'll bet she dldn t pay any fare for him,
either "
Tbea the bow's mother, who could not
help overhearing the remarks, turned atil
glared at the shameful crenuires.
Several pasenrs snickered, and a
oldish man who had offered his seat to a
poorly dressed woman with a pale face,
said.
"I auppoee the poor boy Is tired out from
looking through the toy departments a I
day."
It was outrageous.
"It's a pity." the fond mother exriauiie.1
"that one can't ride In on of thes cars
without being Insulted. I should think p.-o
pie might at this time of the year, at leas-,
try to get a little of the Christmas spirit.
Freddie, you keep your seat'" -Cnicag 1
Record-Herald.
institution probably today or tomorrow. ! at the various stations, th crowd Inside
The t.larf Haai
removes liver Inaction and bowel stoprage
with lr. Kings New Ufo Tllis the pain
less regulators. Jfcc. For sale by Iieaton
Drug Co.
k Nemor and
I ijunjty he
I tna bag! nr.
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Two copies were sent to tha Stanford
home and thw third remained la tha poe
eaarion of Robert R. Hill, tha artist's son.
And for twenty-two years neither of the
en plea bag been out of theee boitnda. The
artist Ded two years ago In tha Toeemlfe
vaUey. bla twxnsk Th painting la now
resting In Memorial moawam of Golden
Cats) park, 8 an Frandaco, where It baa
hung a a loans for twwnty yeaxa. Tha last
ef tha psunphlcrta la now brought t light
br tha artlef a aosv
Kewnsgtead Dsetattlam.
Tha artist's story of hist precious work
la stranga tai of tha dominant dictation
of aa agotlstleaJ and proud patron. It
throws strong tight upon tha character of
tha lata Senator Stanford. It lays bare the
spirit of this strong-willed, proud leader
of men. at tha senith of his career a man
Imbued with a floroa spirit of fighters who
mad Saa lra nelson tn tha days of gold.
Stanford ordered tha picture painted In
Iin tha spike having been driven May M,
W9, at Promontory. Utah. After H1U had
outlined th picture, placing too men, sev
enty being portraits, h called Ptanford
to th studio. Ha tells of this Interesting
tervlew as fololws:
"He would dictata with: enthusiasm, oven
to severity. For Instance, I was asking
irini questions In regard to Mr. IXirant
of th Union Fadflo. who occupied second
position and was so placed beside Mr.
Stanford, both having a hammer. I waa
Informed that Mr. Durant drove tha silver
spike and so placed him la hia true posi
tion. Mr. Stanford objected to th
rangemeat and remarked In azpreastva
manner: 'Nobody haa a hammer but ma
Tou have given Mm too prominent a place.
"I soots of Mr. MoCrelUsb, aultor of
The alia fall f oral an, having ft place. His
yes Sashed at ths sound of th editor's
name, and h said excitedly: "Have you
got that maa InT I told aim that ha
present, and It would not be wall for me
to leave him out. being tha editor of a
paper he would annlhilat ma His an
swer was, la Just them words: 'I will
annihilate you If ha la la.'
"After enlightening m on th subject
f McCrelUsh bis enmity toward th gov-
the railroad, and tha terrible
entertained for th road from
beginning na said: 1 will think of
soma suitable person for tha position.' His
brother, A B. Stanford, was decided upon,
and I arranged to place him."
To pamphlet goes on to tail bow Stan
ford, the governor, upon examining tha
painting, ordered his enemle relegated
to the background and friends who were
not even there substituted. Tha artist
described Stanford s visit to his studio SJ
follows:
"A look of surptis and satisfaction
seemed to oom to his fac at tha first
glance tn tha direction ef th great can
vas spread out besTar him. with Its hun
dreds of face. Ha complimented ma upon
Its execution and realiado affect, and re
marked that ha could almoat lmagln him
self upon th spot.
Oss Bsusuaenr Bastgpa
"He next eommencad to analyse its de
tails, and Immediately discovered that I
bad two men with hammers. Not knowing
whom to place la so important a position.
I had not acted upon a former direction,
'that nobody but himself must have a
hammer.'
"Th governor, pointing; out Durant,
said. Test must maa that Mr. Stro
brldga " "W br shall I place Mr. Durant T I
asked.
' it Is not important, replied th Cen
tra Pacifi president, he la one of the
tnioa Pacific people."
- i can place him where Mra Strobrtdge
stands,' I ventured.
- 'Tea.1 ha said, 'and put her by my
aids, she deserve a first place, for she
haa been la tha lead all tha way from
Sacramento.'
"Dra Harknees and Stillman were
changed. Mr. Town he ordered taken out.
'i pleaded for Mr. Town, as he had taken
such aa interest la my work. Being such
a prominent railroad man, I thought that
he would give more tone than a stranger.
He finally consented to his being placed
In the background.
"His eye caught th picture of Mr.
Colton. U said: 'I don't want that man
in. he had no business there, as h n
But connected w.th the road at the time.'
Whom shall I place there V I asked. 'You
eaa put Senator Sargent there, he said.
"I swallowed my bile, for what n I
but a slase. needing friends, not enemies."
The artist then goes on to tell of Gov
ernor Stanford sending friends and rail
road men to sit for the picture, many of
whom hal not been at the a Charles
'rocker was rs'ss-eUtu to the background.
Shortly after he came to view the painting.
""What d d nonsense Is that" he de
manded when his eye fairly rested upon
tiie picture." writes the artlat. "I explained
t) him the whole matter, but be was tou
n.ad a man to even give me a civil ainwer.
He waa evidently greatly offended, for he
left me with malice In his eye.
"It was a great shock to me. He went
ettaigtu to Mr. Stanford, and when I called
next morning to aee th governoe I was
told that he was out.
Waltlag la Vala.
"How many cuoss-cutlve days I lodged
la his ante-room, and the njmber of card
1 1 furnished his desk wllb I cou.d not sav,
u liaht cane out of the cloud at last.
at) noble and kind-hearted pairin et-nt me
ord by some of hut pampwied invniaU
t: at he did not wish to ouy any more
picturea' "
Vrd it was that the prt.le of one rali-
John Mitchell, ex-president of th United
Mine Workers of America, now member of
the executive committee of the National
Civic federation, and one of the most prom
inent labor leaders in America, attacks
what he believes to be some of the means
advocated by lt!l D. Brandeis to save
H.ifl.oiO a day for the railroads of the
country.
Mr. Mitchell said he held Mr. Brandeis
In th highest esteem, that he was a valued
friend of labor, that he waa a deep thinker,
and a man possessed of profound economic
knowledge. He did not want to misinterpret
anything Mr. Brandeia had said, and If
he said anything not Justified by what Mr.
Brandeia had advocated It was becaus he
had misunderstood It.
"Mr. Brandeia has been saying that some
COO.OOO.OOO a year could be saved by the
railroads tn the cost of transportation, ac
cording to th newspapers." went on Mr.
Mitchell. "There Is a general belief that
he advocates as a means to that saving
th premium or bonus system of paying
th workmen, and further specialization in
work. I do not believe that th workmen
employed by the railroads should do any
more work than they are now doing. I do
cot believe that anything can safely be
saved oa them, and that If there la a waste
of t30a.wse.lks) a year it lie outside the
sphere of cost occupied by th workmen.
And I am against th premium or bonus
system and against too much specializa
tion. "First, as to specialisation. Th thought
should not be so much about the machine
as about tha man In front of the machine.
There Is a point in th specialisation of
work beyond which tt la not aaf to go, be
cause of tha deterioration of the workman
and ultimately of th kind of work ha does.
I think that point haa about been reached
In ths railroads and la most of the other
large Indus tries.
"I don't know whether or not Mr. Bran
dels Is aa advocate of the piece system.
Organised labor is against that, because
t speesk thw men ap tee- fast, -and causes
deterioration to ths man, who should at
ways be tha flrat concern.
"It la sometimes charged that the labor
unions tend to level down workmen. This
la not true- Labor union do not say that
an employer shall not pay an especially
competent and effective workman some
thing In addition to what he pays the
ethers; they are but fighting for at least
a fair pay for aa honest day's work by
ths average workman.
"Organised labor is againat the premium
or bonus system of payment to the work
man, because that la designed to speed up
th workman beyond the safety line. That
la bad economy. The employer who uses
th system may notice an advantage at
first, but tt la not long before the work
man begins to deteriorate under the strain;
then his work deteriorates also, and pres
ently ths loss In his productivity amounts
to much more than the temporary gain."
New Terk Tims.
FOXY GIRL WAS THIS TILLY
A Belated WestaUasT Cerera Tmatefmliy
Attached t laetker
wtt.
Each week Tilly had me put away half
her wagea Finally I asked her what had
caused this saving fever.
"Lord, now. Miss Oracle, doan you know
now?"
I nodded negatively. Tilly's money usu
ally found Its way to Llxe's keeping. Lis
was bar latest.
"Brass yo' heart, honey. I's savin' to
buy a reg'lar satin weddin' suit, veil an'
all, mind you." Tilly folded her hands
aver her expanslvs stomaoh and smiled
complacently.
"Wedding gown?" I demanded aghast.
"Pes' so. Miss Gracle."
Why, TUile, you and Llxe were married
six month ago."
"Pat's so." Tilly acknowledged, "but
fuu reconiember I didn't have de means
Jen to buy a suitable outfit."
"I guess not." I retorted, "when you
were giving every cent you made to that
orthles Use. I am glad you have learned
sense enough to save some uf your earn
ings even If It Is to buy a wedding gown."
and I could not conceal a smile, which
Tilly, happily, did not understand.
A few weeks later I heard fuse had for
saken his bride and taken up with another
belle of C'ai key town, which tn the vicinity
waa not ga unusual occurrence. I expected
to find n:y Tilly heartbroken: instead a
broadly beaming face greeted me th next
morning.
"Honey, Miss Gracle. I's gwin ax you
for my aavla a" Tilly tmoothed th spot
less fold of her gingham apron. "Th
lodge la lay in' off to turn out nex' week
an' have a fine set out in de ebenm' so I
done piade up my mind lt d be de time
to wear my weddin' outfit, veil an' all."
I almost dropped my coffee cup. "Tilly."
I said, "what do you want with a wed
ding outfit now?"
"Iard bres me. honey, won t dat good
for nothin' girl of Iite's be at d eel out"'
As I made no reply. Tilly suspected ber
purpose was not exactly clear to me. so
jhe said, with a twinkle In her black
eyes:
"Mis Gracle. dat suit done swine answer
two purpees."
"Hus" 1 aakd
"Pia time, honey, tt s a divorce suit."
Merman E. Mack s Monthly.
Better The I Bible Ttoaes.
A prod l son. amed Is. wrote home
trom CaltCorn a for funds t '-t home to
Indiana end he got the ruonev. Modern
Improvements In communication and
transportation fa:tliti' l.ae tended to re
duce the a a and Wo tke walning exer-
ad magnate arouaed the ind.gne:ion of a I cise of latter day prosal sons ft. Jo-
Saturday, December 24th,
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