THE" MORNING OBEGQNIAN,. MONDAY, OCTOBER ' 1, 1900. .
HUNTED IN BAD LANDS
"WHERE "ROOSEVELT ROUGHED IT
TEARS AGO.
Ranchmen and CoTrboys Remember
Kindly Kerr York's Governor,
"W2io Wan "One of Tlrexn."
MEDORA, N. D., special correspond
ence to the Chicago Record: The ranch
men and cowboys In North Dakota and
Eastern Montana remember Governor
Roosevelt very kindly and consider him
one of themselves. He has also many
warm friends among the hunters and
guides in the Big Horn Basin, Jackson's
Sole and Yellowstone Park, where he has
bunted big same. Most of bis hunting
has been done in the Bad lands of the
Uttle Missouri River the Mauvalbe
Terres, as the early French voyageurs
termed them great areas of clay through
which the floods of past ages have washed
out labyrinths of canyons, some of them
BOO and 600 feet deep, mlnatures of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the
Canyon of the "Yellowstone repeated a
thousand times.
There has always been good shooting
a the Bad Liands. They were the Win
ter feeding grounds for big game and the
best shelter from storms to be found In
this part of the country. It was easy to
approach -the animals and It was difficult
for them to escape, so that they have
nearly all been killed off. For paleon
tologists the Bad Lands are the most
attractive field of labor on the entire
globe. No other spot has received so
much scientific attention, and the result
has been the discovery of remarkable
fossil .remains of fishes and animals now
extinct, which were burled under this
clay ages ago fossils of fishes from six
to 35 inches long, not to be found else
where, and" a great variety of fossilized
animals, generally of the tertiary period
of geology. The camel, rhinosceros and
the hippopotamus lived here once, and
the tapir was abundant, although neither
bas been known to the American conti
nent since its discovery by man. The
most valuable fossils, however, rep
present extinct mammals saurlans from
SQ to 100 feet in length and different ex
amples of the brontotheridal family
which have never been found ejsewhere.
A complete skeleton of a full-grown spe
cimen can be seen in the Peabody Mu
seum at Harvard, and resembles a buf
falo as big as an elephant. The, smaller
ones are not less than 12 feet long and 9
feet high. Another remarkable animal
called the oreodon, used to travel In
droves throughout the Bad Lands, and a
three-toed horse with hoofs like a deer.
There was also a lion as large as the
South African species, and a strange
animal called the dlnoceras, with four
horns on his skulL
But Governor Roosevelt took more in
terest in mountain sheeep, elk and ante
lope than he did in the fossilized remains
of prohlstorlc animal life, and spent the
greater part of several years enjoying
rort which he himself describes in Ws
charming books.
"Roosevelt was no tenderfoot, not even
when he first came out here," said Billy
I-ofer, the most famous guide in the
1 How stone Park, the man who bad
charge of the hunter's cabin on the
vooded Island at the World's Fair, and
whoso chief business Is to catch live ani
mals for the Smithsonian Institution,
"and he's got all the grit anyone needs.
1 was bunting big game with him down
in the Big Horn late one Fall," continued
Bi'"y, "when we were overtaken by a
snow storm. Man and boy, I have been
out in the weather all my life and am
alout as tough as they make them, but
that was about the worst storm that ever
caught me on an open range and no shel
ter for 80 miles. We were traveling"
l.ght, too. We didn't have .nothing but
ojt blankets and some com porx ana uis
cults In our grub-bags, and didn't have
no chance to make coffee. I thought
Roosevelt would be pretty much used
up. I could have cried like a girl my
self, but he never let on that he was
hungry or cold, or but what he was as
comfortable as if he had been in the cap
ltol at Albany; and what made It worse
bis horse got to bucking. He was an
ugly beast anyhow, and the weather
gave him the tantrums. You see it in
horses that -way some times. They sort
of blame you for what they suffer from
the storm and cold and act contrary.
"One morning while we were starting
out Roosevelt's horse took a notion to
buck a little and threw Roosevelt three
times. The last time the Governor
struck on his hand and throwed his
thumb out of joint.
" 'You better change horses with me,
Mr. Roosevelt, says I.
" 'No, Billy, by Godfrey," says he, pull
ing bis thumb back into joint .nd show
ing bis teeth as big as gra estones; "I've
started out to-teach this critter who Is
master,' says he. 'and I'm not a. man to
throw up a good job, says he."
All of Roosevelt's ranching was done
In the vicinity of Medora. which from
1SS0 to 1890 was the liveliest and roughest
cattle town in the United States; but
the business has undergone a- complete
revolution, the wire fence has shut out
the festive cowboy, ranching has lost its
romance and is a commonplace business
proposition.
Medora owes its existence to the mls-taken"eT?t&p-ilse
of the Marquis de Mores,
a French nobleman who was afterward
killed by the savages In South Africa,
and was named in honor of his wife, who
was a daughter of Baron von Hoffman, a
German banker. In New Yoik City. The
Marquis, who was a man of fertile imag
ination and Untiring energy, conceived
the idea that it was better to slaughter
beef on the range and ship the carcasses
in refrigerator cars to market instead of
sending the cattle East by cars, and it
cost him upward of $500,000 to find out
the contrary. He erected a complete
slaughtering establishment at Medora,
with all the conveniences that ingenuity
and experlen.ee could contrive, and pur
chased 25,000 or 30 000 acres of land for
grazing purposes. His vast establish
ment remains empty and useless. His
residence which is one of the finest in
North Dakota, is in charge of a care
taker. The property is for sale, but
there -are no purchasers.
The only men in Medora who were here(
in Roosevelt's time are the Ferris broth
ers, Sylvanus and Joe, the best-known
ranchmen in this locality, whose reputa
tion extends all over the Northwest. Joe
s Postmaster, keeps a big store, and
enjoys the unique distinction of "being
the only Mavor Medora ever had He
has served in that office continuously for
38 years, and has usually been unani
mously re-elected. Sometimes a few votes
are cast against him for a joke. Joe's
store has been the principal outfitting
place for ranchmen and cowboys In the
Little Missouri country, and may be con
sidered the center of civilization in this
section.
Sylvanus is the cattleman of the fam
ily, and was Roosevelt's tutor in the sci
ence of cow-punching. He is a man of
education, with a knowledge of the world.
"There isn't much to tell(" said be in
reply to my inquiries. ''Roosevelt was
ranching here for several years, spending
every season with us and doing his share
of the ranch and ranch work like
the rest of the men. I cannot remember
any particular Incidents that are worth
repeating. Those I have seen published
in the papers since he was nominated
for Vice-President are not true, at least
they lld not liappon to him while be was
in this part of 'the country, although it
was easy to see from the local color and
the names that are used that they were
written by people familiar with affairs in
Medora. If he had been a different sort
of a man a dude, or a fool, or a tender
foot there would, doubtless, have been in
teresting stories to tell about him, but he
was just an ordinary, every-day cow- j
puncher like myself. He asked no favors
and he got none.
"There was a Trejnd'ee against him at
'first, as there always is among thecow
boys against city men, but when they saw
that he could ride a broncho and shoot
and had no 'notions of putting on airs,
they began to like him, and hersoon settled
down into the routine with them as If he
had never done anything else in his life.
Cowboys are quick of perception; they
bave keen Judgment and size a man up
pretty quick-and pretty accurately. When
they see an honest, genuine, brave gen
tleman, they recognize him and respect
him and yield to his influence very read
ily, and that is the way' they sized up
Roosevelt. He didn't put on any airs;
he took care of his own string of horses'
he slept under the same blankets with
the men; he ate off a tin plate from a
wooden mess chest, and sat down on the
ground between the cactus burs beside
them; he rode the lines at night when
his turn came, rain or shine; he took his
turn in bunting up lost horses and steers;
he never kicked and he never grumbled,
and he never shirked. He took every
thing that came his way, as if he liked It
"He was a fearless rider," continued Mr.
Sylvanus Ferris. "He wasn't afraid to
mountanythlng with four legs, and there
is a good -deal of chained lightning Inside
of a horse -hide sometimes. He took a lot
of satisfaction in brealring horses in
'broncho busting. as the story writers
call it and he could tame down a vicious
and tricky beast as well as anybody. He
never did it for show, but from a. desire
to conquer. He knew "that he was su
"perior to those brutes, and. when be had
an unruly horse he felt an inclination to
demonstrate that superiority. He always
broke the horses for bis own ranches.
Sometimes he got thrown. Once he broke
a rib. Another time he was laid up for
several .weeks with a lame shoulder,
and he had several other narrow es
capes, but he was no quitter. When he
undertook a Job he generally finished it
'by Godfrey, Sylvane, that was a tough
one,' he used to say. I think more of
Theodore Roosevelt than any man I ever
met
"No, he has nothing here now except
four old horses on the retired list the
horses be used to ride hunting and on
the range. When he sold his stock he
told me to reserve them. He may have
Intended to take them East but never
did, and they are now out on the range,
pensioners, as you might say.
"Roosevelt was interested in two
ranches," continued Mr. Ferris. "He was
a partner of mine in the Maltese Cross
ranch, and had one of his own with about
4000 cattle."
"He is tough, too," Interpolated Joe
Ferris. "He don't get tired. He has as
much endurance as any man I ever hunt
ed with. I remember the first time we
went buffalo hunting. He and I went to
gether. I got -him as easy a horse as I
could find and reckoned that I'd better
be a little easy with him on the start,
as he was just out from the city, but,
by jlmminy.' he tired me all out, and to
ward night I begun to feel like asking
him to be a little easy on me. We got
lost 'that night and had to sleep out
We couldn't flndA the. trail anywhere, but
we unsaddled and lay down in the brush
and made our supper off some biscuits
we had in our pockets. During the night
our horses broke away an? stampeded.
We heard 'em go, and the only thing to
do was to follow them up, for there was
no telling how far away they might get
before morning. As luck would have it,
we stumbled on to them after a short
tramp, and brought them back, made
them secure, and then rolled up in our;
blankets and slept like babies. .In the
"morning we breakfasted on the, rest of
those biscuits and toward night we found
the camping outfit and got a good square
meal.
"What took the boys mostly with
Roosevelt-was the easy way he had of
getting In with them. There Is always a
sort of opposition or resistance or cool
ness, whatever you call it, among all
kinds of men when a stranger comes
among them, and cattlemen are about as
sensitive to Intruders as .anybody else;
but somehow or other Roosevelt could
adapt himself to all kinds of circum
stances, and made himself one of them
without any fuss or friction and without
asking or getting any instructions. He
Just did it naturally. He just naturally
fitted in with everybody, no matter what
was going on, whether it was a round
up or a dance. He was always welcome
and he always had a good time.
"No, Mr. Roosevelt never killed his
man; that is a mistake, a newspaper
yarn, like one J, read the other day about
the cowboys fooling him by shifting his
saddle with the pommel to the tail of
the pony. Nobody ever fooled Theodore
Roosevelt about a horse. He arrested
some thieves here once. He followed
them down the river and camped for
three or four days before he caught them,
and then be marched through the snow
for three or four days more until he land
ed them in the jail at Dickenson, .and he
may have drawn his gun when it was
necessary, but he never shot anyone. A
drunken tough once fired at him in a
barroom here, but Roosevelt took no no
tice of it and acted as if the shot was
meant for somebody else. He had a
good deal of tact in getting along with
such critters.
"Yes," continued Mr. Ferris, "there was
a little incident as you suggest. One
of those drunken desperadoes that dis
grace every new cattle ground, a bad man
from Bitter Creek, did try it on him one
night but I don't remember the circum
stances. I wasn't present at the time
and heard two or three versions of it
afterward. As near as I can remember,
this tough thought he would make some
trouble for Roosevelt by Insisting upon
his taking a drink with him at the bar.
He knew that Roosevelt didn't like whis
ky and never drank In such places, and
concluded to make him do It But he
didn't know his man. rSo when, he or
dered the barkeeper to set out the drinks
for the crowd and -Invited everybody in
the room to join him, Roosevelt was the
first person to step forward and took the
tough so by surprise that the fellow was
actually rattled. Roosevelt offered to
shake hands with him and said: I don't
know you, stranger, but you seem to be
a good fellow, and I think we might be
friends. I never drink at a bar and I
don't Mike whisky, but I'll Join in this
time' solely out of respect 'and admiration
for you.' The bystanders saw the sar
casm and got the laugh on the -tough,
but he was one of the best friends Roose
velt had here afterward.
"When the war with Spain broke out"
continued Mr. Ferris, "Sylvanus under
tbok, to Talse a company for the rough
riders and every cowboy In tliis part of
the country enlisted."
"Yes," said Sylvanus, "I got letters and
telegrams from people 500 miles away,
who used to live here and knew Roose
velt and wanted me to put their names
down,, but when they fohnd that they
could not go with Roosevelt they
wouldn't go with anyone else, and the
company disbanded. Yes. . they would
follow him anywhere, for they knew the
man." ...
"How about the election up herer
"Well, every cowboy In this part of tho
country will vote for Roosevelt, and so
will every man that knows him. .If any
votes are cast against Theodore Roose
velt in this section of Dakota or across
the line In Montana,'.' said Joe, Ferris,
"they will 'be cast hy strangers, by men
who have come into the country since he
left." i
Witty to the Last.
Tho late Bishop Wllmer, of Alabama,
possessed a wit. that burned brightly to
the last On his deathbed, when asked, if
he felt as though he were passing away,
he replied: "You must remember that I
have never passed away, and may not
recognize the symptoms."
Here is one of a like character. It was
deemed advisable to learn what were hi
wishes about his last resting place, and
the question was asked: '"'Bishop, where
do vou want to be buried?" The answer
was immediately: "I don't want to be
buried." St Paul Pioneer Pxess.
IM---A- NEGROS GARRISON
IMPRESSIONS OF PRIVATE SOLDIER
IN THE' SIXTH INFANTRY.
Beginning- of New Civil Government
The Filipino Workman and
His Achievements. ,
An interesting loiter from a Corporal
In the Sixth Infantry, now stationed in
the Philippines, Is printed in the New
York Evening Post It gives in a graphio
way the details of military life and the
beginnings of civil government at or near"
the scene of war, and runs as follows:
San Carlos. Negros, P. I.. May 18.. 1900.-
My Dear : Your very welcome letter
reached me yesterday, having been de
layed about two weeks by being sent to
Bals; the book, "Captain Dieppe," came
nearly two weeks ago. Many thanks for
it I enjoyed reading 'lt immensely. An
thony Hope is one of my favorite authors,
you know.
I have been back in San Carlos for three
months now, and although from a military
standpoint things are as dull ;as they
were in Bals, still my surroundings are
much pleasanter than they were there.
Thl3 is tho company headquarters, and
the discipline and guard duty are much
stricter than In Bai3. The company com
mander. First Lieutenant Maxey, is a
splendid officer, and everything has to be
"Just so." In Bals, the guaM duty was
performed in a very lax ma'nner; the
drill was gone through perfunctorily, the
Lieutenant never appearing on the parade
ground to take charge, and as for disci
pline, there was none. The acting First
Sergeant ran things to suit himself. Con
sequently his favorites could violate all
the Ten Commandments and the Articles
of War with impunity, while the men he
happened to be down upon were out of
lucks A noncom. has practically no au
thority. Here it is different Lieuten
ant Maxey has no favorites; all .soldiers
look alike to him., Any man, noncom. or
private, who. commits himself is promptly
and severely punished, but there are no
unjust sentences. He drills the company
every morning, and every man, from the
FirstSergeantdown, has to mind his "p's"
and "q's." A private who answers back
to a noncom. gets a "month and a month"
that Is, is fined a month's pay and con
fined at hard labor for 20 daya-
For the last three months the heat has
been terrific a person living In the tem
perate zones can have no conception of
how warm It actually is in the tropics
during the months Just preceding the
rainy season- In many- of the posts on
this island "and Cebu. orders have been
issued prohibiting soldiers from leaving
their quarters during the" heat of the day,
which is officially designated as being
from 9 A. M. until 4P. M. In reality
it is from sunup until midnight from 12
M. until 5 A. M., being the only cool hours
of the 24 '
The rainy season "frill soon be on us,
however. Monday night It rained for
the first time In three months, and yes
terday we had 'a fine shower, which cooled
things considerably. With tho rain vsre
may expect' "war and rumors of war"
principally rumors. Already the chief
alarmist of this section, Dori"wDlego de la
Vina; who was formerly Governor of the
island (when-the Spanish authority was
first overthrown, In June, J898), and owns
a large hacienda and stock farm at Valle
Hermoso, is In line with reports of nu
merous bands of ladrones, who. from their
retreats In the recesses of Mount Conloori,"
have been swooping down on his place,
burning his cane, lifting his cattle and
forcing him to pay a tribute to save his
buildings from the torch. 'The Don has
told us such yarns before, and during tho
last rainy season caused us several hard
"hikes." only one of which resulted in a
"scrap." It seems probable that we will
be ordered. out,. before long, as there axe
also rumors of two ands of Tagalogs,
all armed with modern' rifles, who- are said
to have crossed over from Panay. I hope
the latter report lk true, as "the" Tagalogs
are a far superior race to the Vlsayans,
arid would probably put up a much better-
fight.
Now, as to your questions, .t the time
of tho local elections, In Amblau and
Ayucitan. of wrhlch I was "military In
spector," I could speak but little Spanish
and no Visayan. In both .those towns
nearly all of the voting class spoke the
latter language only. In Amblau, how-.
ever, the people, seemed y taKe to The
Idea and evinced great Interest In the
election the President of that town be
lng a, progressive and intelligent man. At
Ayucitan, things -were, different. The Pres
ldente was an obstinate old fisherman,
who either could not or would not under-.,
stand -the scheme of franchise. Conse
quently, In that town we' only obtained
two voters all the rest of -the eligibles
being thrown out because they denied
possession of the property qualification.
The Presidente said his landed property
was worth "doha que dekos" (about 3
cents), and. his income "nada" (nothing).
That debarred hlm-'We left the place iu
disgust, and whether or not an election
was finally held there I do not know.
The scheme of franchise which was in
force at that. time seamed "to me to be
rather' unjust 'A man to bo eligible to
Vote must be able to read and write one
or more of'the three languages English,
Spanish or Vlsayan and must "pay taxes
on property- valued at at least B00 Mexican
currency about J250 American, The flrpt
qualification threw out at least a third
of the men able to Bhow the property,
limit; the latter practically disfranchised,
nlne-tentha of" the population. In the
jurisdiction of Calatrava, for Instance,
whlchT'contained nearly 2000 small taxpay-
A DEMOCRATIC STUNT.
How-Long Cap He Keep It Up?
ers, fully one-half of whom were able to
read and write, there wero less than 100
voters! While $250 American does not
seem to be an excessive sum from our
standpoint still it constitutes to the aver
age -Vlsaya fisherman or small farmer a
small fortune. Very few pf the houses
here, except those occupied by the wealthy
people, cost more than ?50 (Mexican) to
construct; many of them do not cost
half that sum.
Land is also very cheap. A soldier in
Bals bought a piece of land about one
third, of an acre in extent situated In
the best portion of the" town, on which
there was a house and 20 cocoanut trees,
besides a few banana palms, for $5
(Mexican); so you can see that the Fili
pino who has $500 worth of property to
pay taxes on is quite a landed proprietor.
It Beems to me that1 the franchise should
bo extended to all taxpayers, large or
small, who can read and write.
As to the method of1 bartering for cat
tle: In Bals I bought, by the head, the
price varying from $8 to $12 (Mexican),
for small calves and heifers. Here we
buy by the pound, paying 12 cents (Mex
ican), as there are no small beeves avail
able. The cattle are generally herded In
the foothills and tho valley between the
foothills and the mountains. Fod
dering is not practiced here, and the cat
tle have to depend onrthelr grazing for
food. .Consequently they are generally
lean, and the meat we get is, as a rule,
tough. The herds In the mountains aro'
quite wild.
You ask me about the woods; "narra"
avklnd of mahogany, I think, tough and
capable of taking a very high polish Is
generally used for fl6ors, furniture, tc.
It la certainly a beautiful wood. In Bals
we had a table about 12x5 feet, the top
of which was as smooth as marble and
so splendidly polished as to reflect ob
jects nearly as well as a mirror could.
If-was made'of narra, I believe, but of a
very superior quality, as it was in color
nearly as dark as ebony. In this olacs
nearly all the .buildings are of nlpa, and
In those which are floored the wood used
is much inferior to the kind I have Just
described. At present, a gang of hom
bres is working In our back yard, sawing
planks for the floor of a house which a
Chinaman is4to erect. The wood seems
to be very tough, and is, of a brownish
pink color. It will polish dark, though.
I suppose. If -I can peel off a chip I will
do so and send It to you.
Methods k of building are very primi
tive; when the trees are felled they aro
trimmed so as to be flat on each side;
then they are floated down to the place
where, they are to be used. The work of
sawing off planks then begins. This is a
very-slow and laborious process. The
saw used Is about 4 feet long, with an
Tiombre (man) at each end of. it It take3
at least three hours to saw one plank. If
the planks are required for a large floor.
It" frequently takes a. day to saw one.
In a great majority of the houses, how
ever, the floors are of bamboo strips
about an inch wide! In a house of this
kind the roof Is of nlpa (the dried leaves
of the bamboo tree), strips of which,
about a foot wide and half Inch deep,
- aro laid on like shingles, only the over
lap Is greater.
These houses have to have new roofs
every ..five or six years, but while the
nlpa Is new It keeps out the' rain effec
tively. The sides of most of the house3
are also of nlpa, which is also put on
shlngle-fashlon. Then bamboo strips are
tied to keep the shingles down. The
joists and uprights are set Into one an
other, and tied with bejuco--vjery narrow
bamboo strips. "The floors are, as I have
said, of one-Inch bamboo strips, with
cross strips worked over and under and
tied at intervals. Houses of-thia descrip
tion ,are raised about five feet off ihs
ground on piles. Not a nail is used in their
qonstructlon, yet they are perfectly
stable. They have to be renovated fre
quently, however. The windows, or
rather the openings where the windows
should be, are in these houses protected
by bamboo frames or awnings which can
be 'let down- the doors are always
sliding; hinges are never used.
It is amusing to watch these bamboo
mechanics at work. When the working
day begins a drummer appears' on the
scene, and after his racket has contin
ued for a half hour or so the workmen
begin to straggle- in.. Then they climb
up on the roof and commence work, every
man singing in a different key, the drum
mer knocking spots out of his instrument
tho while. If the drummer gets tired and
quits beating, If only for an instant, all
work ceases, and the song comes to a
summary- end. When ho beating com
mences they begin all pver again. There
is a tremendous amount of gesticulation
and noise, but as a rule very little Is ac
As to the kind of axestheyuse, I've never
seen one. In building a nlpa house tho
-Chicago Inter Ocean.
only edged tool needed is a bolo a sort
of curved, short sword which is used to
strip the bamboo into the necessary
widths and as a trimmer. These people
perspire -so freely that they do not have
to spit on their hands. The workman's
wearing apparel generally consists of a
broad .hat made of the inevitable bamboo,
or a towel wrapped around his head tur
bah fashion, and a loincloth. The Filipino
on "parade," however, is a natural dude.
His hat is of plaited and often variously
colored straw; his shirt or camisa of light,
transparent material, often checked, cut
"Prince Albert" and left outside his
trousers. Under this he wears an under
shirt, generally brilliantly partl-colored.
His trousers are of white drill, very tight
around the waist and absurdly wide at
the knee," narrowing again toward the bot
toms. Where we wear a buckle behind
he has a bow-knot His socks are either
white buff or of a barber-pole pattern,
and his shoes, generally white canvas Ox
fords with leather tips and a wealth of
leather fancy work, are at least two sizes
too big for him. On Sundays or at funer
als battered "dicers" of various colors,
generally dusty black, and most as
tonishing shapes, take the place of
straw hats, while the Oxfords are re
placed by awkward black shoes, to which
polish Is unknown. The Spaniards, Mes
tizos and wealthy Filipinos dress a trifle
less picturesquely, the camisa being re
placed by a blouse of white or blue and
white striped drill, with standing starched
collars and large pearl or bone buttons.
The styles for women are the same for
all classes, -the only difference being In
the colors and qualities of the material
and the footgear. Hats are unknown, but
the wealthy ladles wear mantillas of black
Jace when they venture out. Most of the
women wear chenallas (I am not sure of
the spelling) or Chinese "push" slippers,
which consist simply of a sole and a
pocket for the big and first three toes.
From the wearing of these, the women,
although naturally graceful, have, ac
quired a peculiar carriage and gait, seem
lngtO)Sl!daalong the ground without lift
ing the feet, and keeping the head point
ed well backwards.
Last week I rode out to a .hacienda
about eight miles north of here, owned
by a Swiss planter. My steed was, as
these Chinese ponies 50, a very large
horse, and v who, besides, had a will of
his own which he' frequently asserted, to
my discomfiture. To add to my difficul
ties my stirrups were several Inches too
long for me and you know I'm not an
oxport equestrian. He threw me twice,
but after that I stayed with him. I was
very much the worse for wear when I
got "back, and even yet have a decided
aversion to sitting down on an uncush
loned chair. . The next time I go out to
a" hacienda I walk. It is a good job I did
not enlist In ihe cavalry, as Arthur want
ed me to. -I would either be dead by this
Who Knows, 'Indeed I
She wept- .
"Oh, you editors are horrid," she
sobbed.
"What 'is the trouble, madam V Inquired
the editor, as he blue-penciled two para
graphs that had come as an inspiration
to, the young' man who was .."taking up
journalism."
"Why, I boo hoo I, sent in an obitu
ary of my h'usband, and boo hoo and
said ln.lt that he had been, married for
twenty years, and you 00 00 boo hoo
your printers set It up 'worried for twen
ty years.' "
6h wept
But the editor grinned.
Perhaps It was all right, all 'round.
Who knows? Chicago Times-Herald.
SITUATION IN DELAWARE
NO LONGER REGARDED AS DOUBT
FUL REPUBLICAN STATE.
Warring Factions United Upon Pres
idential Electors Gold Demo
crats Will Vote as in 1806.
WASHINGTON, Sept 25. Delaware i3
no longer regarded as a doubtful state,
so far as the electoral vote Is concerned,
because the two factions of that stato
have united upon Presidential Electors.
It is posisble before the election tanea
place that they will be united on ocher
dift.eren.ces, in which event RepubJcan
victory is almost certain in the state of
Che Bayards nad Salsburys. '
At the Republican National convention
in Philadelphia, every effort was made to
bring the two rival factions together. T3e
Dupont-HIgglns faction, would not amal
gamate with the Addicks faction. Four
years previous to the convention, the Re
publicans at St. Louis punished Addicks
by throwing him out -of the convention,
not because his was not the regular dele
gation, but because his faction prevented
the election of a Republican Senator the
Winter previous. However,, in recogniz
ing the regularity of the Hlggins-Dupont
faction, at that time, it did not prevent
Addicks from getting in and taking con
trol of the organization again, and plac
ing the other faction in the attitude ot
bolters. After the National committee
and the committee on credentials at the
Philadelphia convention had sifted the
matter thoroughly, they concluded that
Addicks had the right of the question, and
he moreover made a better Impression
upon the National committee by offering
to sacrifice nearly everything in order to
promote Republican, unity in Delaware.
The Dupont-Hlggins faction at that time
said very pointedly that they would not
go Into any convention where Addicks
was allowed control, as he would get the
best of them. Then It was that the Ad
dicks faction was recognized and the
Higgins-Dupont faction turned down.
The Dupont-Hlggins faction decided to
fight to the bitter end, and leaders of the
party have been endeavoring ever since
the convention adjourned to get Dela
ware people together, and It now looks
as 11 uns mignt be possible, if the Pres
idential and Congressional tickets can,
get through it will be a good thing, even
if the legislative ticket Is split up Into
factions and there Is a failure to elect
Senators.
With anything like a united Republican
front, the Democrats of Delaware do not
stand any chance of carrying the state.
There has been a tremendous Influx of
Republicans Into the state In the last 10
years. Many manufacturing establish
ments have been, built up. Shipping in
terests along the coast and along the
Delaware River have made the state one
of considerable Importance. It Is a sound
money state. Whatever else may be said
of the Salsburys and the Bayards, they
were never induced to go in any repudia
tion, -scheme or in any unsound money
scheme that the Democrats of the West
from time to time indorsed. The silver
faction in Delaware Is rather a small
one, but it has taken control of the Dem
ocratic party.
Probably one of the most Influential
Gold Democrats In the state Is George
Gray, now Circuit Judge of the United
States court, appointed by President Mc
Klnley. Gray was a member of the Phil
ippine Commission. His position Is such
as to discredit the imperialistic cry which
'the Democrats have raised. Gray not
only consented to the taking of the Phil
ippines, but he was earnestly In favor of
the ratification of the treaty. He was a
leader of the sound-money element in the
state. He was one big man that Bryan
drove out of the party in 1S96. He was a
big enough man for the Presidency. He
has probably a stronger following am-n?
the Gold Democrats than any other man
iq Delaware, and his influence is nearly
all thrown against the free-silver heresy,
and for that reason the Gold Democrats
of Delaware will vote largely as they did
In 1896, making the state almost sure for
McKlnley.
TWO KILLED Hf A .WRECK.
Spreading: Rails Upset Cars on the
Santa Fe Railroad.
GUTHRD3. O. T., Sept. 30. The Santa
Fe through express for Kansas City was
wrecked 15 miles south of here this after
noon by spreading rails, and the baggage
and express cars derailed, the smoker
thrown off and turned upside down and
the day coaches partly derailed. Two peo
ple were killed and a dozen or more In
juredall passengers in the smoker. The
dead:
Thoma3 H. Mayer, of Oklahoma City,
traveling agent for a St. Louis hardware
Arm.
Edmund Roe, aged 70, a cattleman, from
Jonaha, Tex.
The Injured are as follows: Roy Vande
ver, aged 9, from Ray County, Missouri,
badly crushed and may die; James Van
dever, grandfather of the boy, arm bro
ken: James S. Lyon, of Guthrie; C. T.
Smith, of Galveston: R. Artman, of Ray
County, Missouri, badly bruised; Thomas
McNall, of Derby, Kan.. Injured about
the head; George H. Willis, of Guthrie,
ear almost cut off by glass; Edward H.
Cook, president of First National Bank,
Oklahoma City, badly cut about head.
There were about 30 passengers In this
coach, and all were hurled together In the
roof of the car. Thomas H. Mayer was
hurled into a lamp frame and his skull
crushed, killing him Instantly. Edmund
Roe was crushed and died In a few mo
ments. C. T. Smith, of Glveston, one of the
injured passengers, lost everything he
had In the Galveston storm, and was on
his way North for a new start In life.
MONEY FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS
Gqyernor Sayers Reports That He
Has Received $072,476 20.
- AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 30. Regarding the
contributions for the Galveston sufferers,
Governor Sayers today gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"The 'amount of money received by me
up to noon, September 30, for the benefit
of the storm sufferers Is $672,476 29. This
sum includes $3872 69 that remained in my
hands of the fund contributed for the re
lief of the Brazos River Valley sufferers,
last year. It also includes all drafts and
authorizations to draw, and which are In.
transit and are yet uncollected.
-- "This statement, -It must be borne In
mind, embraces only moneys and remit
tances that have been made to me direct
ly and also amounts for which I have
been authorized to draw.
"During the present week, I will sub
mit to the people of the United States a
full, complete, itemized statement of the
moneys that have come to my hands, giv
ing the name and source of each contri
bution and also the manner In which the
sum In total received by me has been ex
pended and distributed.
"Every portion, of the storm-stricken
district Is being provided for."
ANNUAL -If AVAL -REPORT.
What Has Been Done "With Wireless
, Telegraphy The Viper.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. The naval
annual report published by the office
of Naval Intelligence contains, among
other things, an Interesting report by
Lieutenant W. L. "Howard, summarizing
compactly the increase of naval strength
during the past year by the great mar
itime powers. A topical article of value
Is contributed by Lieutenant L. R. De
Stelguer'on the subject of wireless teleg
raphy. This recites Just what each of
the naval powers has done toward the
utilization of Marconi's discovery, and
embodies a thorough review of the state
of the art of long-distance wireless trans
mission by a competent German author
ity. In general, it appears that the ex
periments have resulted satisfactorily,
and the British Army in South Africa
by the use of kites for the vertical wires
has managed to transmit messages a
distance of 85 miles, or more than 10
miles further than the distance which
separates Tien Tsin from Pekln, which
still proves to be impracticable for or
dinary telegraph methods. There is also
an Illustrated description of the fastest
vessel in the world, the famous tur
bine torpedo-boat Viper, which runs over
34 knots an hour with ease.
GOLF GAMES FINISHED.
Competition of First Round on War
erly Llnlcs.
The first round of games in the handi
cap tournament of the Waverly Golf Club
Is finished, with the exception of a few
matches. Some of the games were very
closely contested, and the golfers, ona
and all. have played for all they were
worth. In the men's competition the
match between Mr. Montgomery and Mr.
Reed was well fought Mr. Reed won
throuffh his killing mashle play. The
ladles' matches were very keenly and
closely contested. Miss King and Miss
Heitshu especially putting up strong, up
hill games.
Men's Competition.
Results of the first round of the men'a
competition follow:
Players Winners.
Lewis, C. H.
Cawstoa. (Lewis.
P. Kerr.
Spadone. P. Kerr.
C. EL Ladd. C. E. Ladd. by de-
H. W. GoOd- fault
Brewster.
Wilcox. Not yet played off.
Huggins.
Lewis. D. C Not yet played off.
Minor,
Mackay Minor.
Young.
Allison Young.
Judge.
Kerr, T. Kerr.
GIfford.
Voorhels. GIfford, by default
Whidden.
Inaley Whidden,. by default
Kollock.
Brooke. Kollock.
Wheeler. t
Alnsorth. Wheeler.
Du Flon.
Dickson. Du Flon.
Reed.
Montgomery. Reed.
Mills.
Wood. Mills.
Livingstone. I .
Carson. I Livingstone.
Berry. I '
Lazarus. Berry, by default.
Wright I
Howard. I Wright.
Linthlcum, T. A. jLlnthicum. byvde
Handers. faults
Jones. J
Miller. I Jones.
Smith. I
A byo. 1 Smith.
Macleay
King. I Macleay, by default
Futcher.
Lothrop. JFutoher.
Tronson. I
Burpee. Tronson. by default.
Ayer. I
Stevens. JNot yet played off.
Ladd. William 1
Vogt (Ladd.
Good, George,
Lawrence. 'Not yet played off.
Strong. j
Linthlcum. Strong.
Macmastez Macmastcr. by de
Taylor. ' I fault
Adams. I
Langrltt "1 Adams?'
Llngley. 1
Pendleton. j Llngley.
Burns.
Snow. j Not yet played off.
La-tlles' DIntches.
Results of first round of ladies' com
petition: Players I Wlnners
Miss King. I
Miss Sibson. jMlss King.
Miss Flanders.
Mrs. Snow. iMiss Flanders.
Mrs. N. E. Ayer. I
Mrs. Jones. Mrs. N. E. Ayer.
Miss Myrick.
Mrs. Koehler. Miss Myrick.
Mira. Good.
Miss Heitshu. I Mrs. Good.
Mrs. Burns.
Mrs. W. B. Ayer. INot yet played off.
Miss Lewis. I
Miss Macleay. (Not yet played off.
Mrs. Alvord, '
Mrs. Macmaster. "Mrs. Alvord.
THE GENIUS OF COUNT ITO.
Modern Japan Is Indebted to lilm for
Its Transformation.
Saturday Evening Post.
The third great constructive mind liv
ing today is an Asiatic Count Ito Hlro
durai, the creator of modern Japan. He,
too, has been a dreamer all his life, and
a transmuter of dreams Into substance,
an alchemist of statecraft who has con
verted obsolete systems into modern In
stitutions. Everybody knows, of course,
that modern Japan is the work of the
last 40 years. Today one of the best, if
not the best, quarantine services in the
world, one of the best modern armies of
any nation, a system of schools that will
almost compare With our own, a tariff
scheme nicely adjusted to the needs of
the empire, thousands of miles of rail
road and other thousands of miles of
telegraph lines, the beginning of a great
navy, as well-equipped steamship lines
as traverse the Eastern, seas, a foreign
policy conducted with n. skill and com
prehension not surpassed even by Russia
or England, manufactories in all. cities
and many villages, book stores every few
feet along- the principal streets of great
cities, her young- men distinguishing
themselves In all the great universities
of the world; Japanese hotel-keepers,
even In the Interior, able to speak to you
in, English, French or German; free
speech, security of property, equality be
fore the courts thus, Japan today.
Yet 40,years ago the same systems, cus
toms, laws that had been handed down
for centuries? no, but for thousands of
years. To make this transformation was
the dream of Ito. For Its achievement
Japan fs indebted to him more than to
all other' men combined.
"Ze Flnvenr DePcat."
At one of his famous Uttle dinners a
prominent professional man of Washing
ton was. greatly pleased with the salad,
as were' also his guests. Evidently it
was partly meat and partly- vegetable,
but the flavor was new, distinct and un
determinable. Thi3 was so faint that ono
guest declared: "It's not a taste at all;
only a smell."
At length some one suggested that the
chef be asked for the recipe. The French
man soon appeared, and was visibly af
fected, not to say elated, by the compll-
mbnts. .....
"Bet gif me gret plalslr." he said, to
tell how I mak ze sal-loff. Eet ver seam
pie. I haf ze laltue 'rrange ready, an I
haf ze meat chop ver fine an dry; za
celeri I haf chop ver' fine, and I haf 20
pomme de terre, ze patate, an' stan' a
leetle an"" dry; zen I mix zem up. Zen I
mak' ze drtesseng mayonnaise; madame,
shet know. I haf all ver col ready a3 za
feesh ee3 self. Zen as ze sal-lad ees to
serf, I tak une tete d'all, pardonnez mol.
on leetle cloaf of ze garleek an neebla
him In ze mouth, so. an breathe gentle,
yer gentle, oa ze sal-lad. Zat glf eet za
flaveur delcat."-r What to Eat
Marseilles, Sept. 30. Arrived Kaeanaa
nia, from New York.
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