THE' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1SQ7.
NATION'S GREAT COLONY
' Of EX-BANKERS
What Was Seen in a Day in juried City of Pompeii
Jr. B. Horner.
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iflVTB flamma wa waking .front
dap sleep or many ceniuneav
ta auccumb to U elements.
. that th more ambitious Va.
avius might be bora: Asnes
" which bad risen with the smoke con
"., tlnuod t lower, transforming the beaut f
- ful Mediterranean day' Into the black
' mm of an Egyptian night - The smoke
', became so dens In the eoorae of the
following IS hours that even la Brlndlsi,
. a- tha nniwulta ahora of ltalv. MS sun
v was obscured, and at Athens and even
-tn Alexandria the sir was Impregnated
with gases emanating from the volcano,
v With the Mhos, descended a dense hall
- efVpumlce. cowing the ground to the
- - -. m , w . aa -
v- . jr. i u.. - a ma bimi" An
uw Nnim, ,3a, .
awed ' world looked on a collapsed
Mont Bom ma mucn or wnicn naa peon
V blown Into the sir. A new cone appear
ed Instead. Thus while the earth was
' writhing in convulsive-energy and clt
ls were burled tn pumice atone and
ashes and people were suffocated with
' smoke and gas. Vesuvius was born.
- . Llk Monte Somms, Vesuvius slept for
' many centuries. - , But In 1000 A. D.,
x rhils William .of Normandy- was stir
vinm th. 11 f a f tYim InflAuM the
dyspetle condition et lit. Vesuvtua
, cams evident as the great oons began to
' belah hot mud mils and a half InMS the
lr where It fall la torrent pa the
, doomed eartn. .- -
- In tni the new summit of Mt. Veau-
. vlus waa forced up to theheight of 411
' feet within two days, arid In lilt Her
culaneum and soma ofthe other villages
were Imbedded In Java: at which time
- wmnu vy iwiuai .f -w 1
seat forth fro or the mountain..
' am 9 . . a,pm-w.,.
In 1794 the fury of the vomitory out
break destroyed Torre del Greco.
In lgSt began a series of eruptions
which; culminated in 'April, 190. when
. the' volcano emitted so much ashes that
nany hundred feet of the cone suddenly
'fell back Into tha thorax of the great
monster..' ,,,,. --;'
Where Man Is Awed. . ' ',. . . ": :
. ' Bs who visits Vesuvius should also
visit aft Etna and 8troraboli, both of
which eaa bo seen In one day. In the
day tlms Vesuvtua Is the most Imposing
volcano on earth, but as a display of
pyrotechnics In ths night time, Strom
boll with Its ever changing firs works
would outrival Mt. Vesuvius surrounded
by all ths Fourth of July celebrations la
ths world. --,.-
At s'olock ta ths morning ths train
. leave Naples for Pompeii. . We . pass
ovsr "ths ruins of Hsrculaasum where
people dwelt for oenturlea, building ens
city abov anothor without knowing It
Down Into a stone stairway carved out
of lava some SO feet deep, and we are
led Into an old theatre where evidences
of ths life and hablti of ths anclsnt peo
ple have been preserved In stone. Tou
sit upon ths lot g stone seats where
attentive audlenoea listened to ths songs
snd viewed ths performances of actors
who strutted their brief time on .the
'stag long 'before ths Christian era.
Tou step upon ths rostrum where the
mummers died inj tragedies whoa auth.
ors are forgot Tou walk Into their
dressing spartmsnts and It seems as if i
vou are living over the life they ones
lived. Above you, below you and about
yen Is stone, . stone, stone; snd" you
breathe an atmosphere stmlnlar to that
New Books
'And Thtlr Publishers '-
"A
MODERN MADONNA" By
Carolina Abbot Stanley. "To
my beloved brother, Richard
D Jarnette. who has been to
. m a father. I give and be
queath tb custody and tuition of my child
until it shall be of full age. and I direct
. that such disposition shall be good and
effectual against all and every person
or persons claiming tha custody and
tuition of said child." - This waa ths co
dicil appended to the will of Victor De
Jarnstts th day. In a rage, he left his
young wife, because she demanded him
to ebooe between her and hie mistress.
Choosing th Utter, he took her to Eu
rope, and 'th day after his departure,
which h had taken unsnnounoed, the
child he had willed away' was born to
the -deserted mother. A year later the
recreant husband returned, hoping to
effsct a reconciliation with his wife,
but net with a tragi death befor ne
gotiations were well begun. He lived
Just long enough to make en ante-mortem
statement avowing that his dssth
wss ths result of sn accident otherwise
rlrcumstar.tlal evidence might bav con
victed th wife. , Th brother had caught
a dying wrd that convinced hrm that,
la aplte of th dying confession the
wife wss - the. murderer, but hs was
powerless t make her suffer for it,
until ths win ws read and hs learned
hs could rasks her suffer wors than
death la th loss of the child.
Vpoa Investigation Msrgaret D Jsr
netles lawyers found thst there was
on ttis ttut books of ths District of
Columbia a taw granting this privilege
to the husband. It was aa English law.
dating to ths time of Charles IL which
Jiad originally been framed to prevent
the Catholics from obtaining possession
rt the children of Proteetant father
Urs. Btsnley seems, to her explsnatlon.
ii ft up a mlns of wealth to ths Ov-
.u i f aa Inquiring disposition, as well
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of ths cataoomba. The spirit of death
has not departed from Herculsaeum.
Elsewhere you are shown Into a
smaller snd less pretentious compart
ment which has been excavated enough
to prove to ths visitor that ths ancients
were religious 'and that they had good
homss. , ;.
Valut of the Old., ' -"' V'L
Bo much already haa been- unoovered
of ths city that ths government of Italy
has about determined that . ths burled
city of Herculaneum Is more valuable
to science and history than ths present
city built above It. is to commerce. It
is saaerted la that locality that a grave
yard la Ood'e acre, which no people bav
a right to appropriate for commercial
purposes. ..Within 10 years a thousand
J '
as to ths hlstoriaa of American Juris
prudence. ' 8h ha mads more thaa ths
one point, which ah wlshss to smpha
sls la her story, by starting th Inquiry
as to how many of thea old, obsolete
laws transplanted to American soil may
yet be menacing derelicts In th way of
progress and liberty.
Neither of th D Jarnette men was
wholly bad, and had It not bees that
ths older brother suspected th wife
of hi brother's death, he would, per
haps, never have pressed his claim. .But
ths "wolf-blood" waa la him, aad many
of tha years that followed ths rsadlng
of th will, were years of torture, but
not unprofitable experience ' to ths
mother.
Ths story Is worked with artlstt skill,
and ths object for which it waa written
brought it out la strong and vivid light
with no excess of coloring, but with
never a loss In 11ns or shade. ' As ths
plot unfolds ths author develops her
chsracters, until neither villain nor sstnt
occupies Its pagss, but Just natural peo
ple contending with human passions aad
doing ths right aa God haa given them
to eee it ' And after ll theee are the
kind ef people that In real life do ths
great heroic deeds; suffering, and ths
world growing better for their' sorrow.
. "Mammy Cely," who had been separ
ated from her child la slavery days, was
the philosopher of ths book, and a. typ
ical ''Mammy." , Ia consoling Msrgaret
she ones said: "A body eaa bear a
heap, of things, honey, thsy think they
can't at yoar age. X bore It because
there wa'n't anything else to da That's
why people bear most of their troubles."
Up to the time of her desertion by her
husband, Msrgaret had been one, of th
sheltered clsss; conservative herself and
Impregnated with her father's IdeasHhat
"Queen you must always be; queens to
your lovers, quoens to your busbsrfds
and your sons, queens of higher mys
tery to ths world beyond, which bows
Itself and will forever bow, before ths
myrtle crown snd ths stainless scepter
of womanhood." , X ; . . -
- Poor Margaret found for how much
her qneenehlp counted when she was
caught between the grinding stones of
mas-mads laws. Like many of her class,
sue bed to bs touched herself before shs
lost faith ih men's rhlvalry whers law
and ioltt!ta wors concerned. But Ilk
men ' will be constantly employed by
the Italian government In - excavating
Hrrculansum. This will provs ths most
arduous tssk of ths sort In - history;
hitherto all excavations of cities and
bousss havs been made from free soil,
while Herculsneum Is Incased In lava
as hard as ths lava and baaaltlo col
umns along, the Columbia.
' Continuing down along ths rim of
tbJlue-watsr-sf ths Bay of Naples,
ws are showa ' where the lava and
mud from Mt , Vesuvius hsvs pushed
the landar Into ths Mediterranean. At
Pompeii we are introduced to Joseph,
better known as guide No. 1. who loat
all hi property during the convulsions
of Vesuvius In April, ISO. The story
Is pitiful, for a poor man's estate la ss
precious to him as a palace is to Rock
efeller. Morgan . or Rothchild.' Bo an
extra lira. Is handed to him and his
tongus becomes suppls at ones. ..
"Oh, wad some power the glftle gle us"
To "tip" another as hs would tip us. (
The Center of Fashion. .
Ths walls of Pompeii provs that ths
shape of the ancient city la that of a
half shoe sols of ths near f oot ' This
so)4 extsnded over about two' hundred
acres of territory with narrow streets
and closely built houses, accommodat
ing about tt.000 people. ' At , ths de
struction of Pompeii these people were
descendants from ths leading families
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many another woman who haa to as
th "wiles sad gfles" of influence In
stead of votes, shs devsloped th diplo
macy which, with that of other workers,
svsntually abolished ths obnoxious law.
- A far-sfghted politician might detect a
note of warning tn th manner In which
the women managed their bill for
property rights la ths District of Colum
bia, for thsy have "pulled string" so
long In ths eminently womanly art of
"Influence" that If they aver do get the
franchise added to thla accomplishment
they will be the1 moat expert politicians
extant Mrs. Stanley showed great dis
cernment la casting ber characters from
tb upper walk of life, for she could
not so forcibly bar showa th power
of law over every clrcumstsno of life
if It b enforced. If she had taken a wo
man to lllustrat hef point who could
not have been abls to buy her way out
for tha world has such aa exalted 'opin
ion of money, that It Imagine nothing
can withstand It Mrs. Stanley proves
differently, and with It tha Injustice of
law to woman, with it unequal provisions.-
Ths story Is not wholly la mi
nor chords, but haa many bright pas
sages snd an ending both wholesome
snd happy, Century company, pries
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"The Trsaaur of Peyrs OalUard"
By - John Bennett This story comes
like a breath from the past for slnos
the advsnt of ths problem novel snd de
tective story, the good old talss of
hidden treasure, romance and decipher
ing hieroglyphics to find them havs al
most become obsolete.- tt this has tar
tied long in tha coming, ths story has
gathered freshness and -thrilling inter
est and ths author haa presented It In
a most engaging manner. In ths days
of the revolution, tha Frenchman, Peyrs
Oalllard, was a marked man, and - at
length, surrounded . by a . ho wllng mob
In th mansion of Blus Hill with the
members of his- household, , bs was
forced to' hsvs them make their ascap
through underground passages.' while
he and his trusty negro servant gath
ered up the treasures and family Jewels,
tied them In strong bundles, and forced
their way through ths wood la dan
ger of pursuit ' they burled t the, treas
ure in a swamp and made a diagram
of to jjUce, They, were overtaken by
of Greece and Italy. For Pompeii at
this tlms was ths fashionable city of
all Italy, and it waa noted far end-wide
both as a commercial center and as a
military fort
After walking along the walls some
distance wa approach a - double, gats,
through on wing of which ths people
psased down elegant marble stairs to
ths level of the-city, Through'the
Other wing vehicles are drawn down the
inclined -way of polygonal stones. Into
the olty. and ws ' face long narrow
streets not sxoeedlng 10 bp 10 feet in
width; many srs 'narrower. They are
covered with stons and curbed with
great slabs .of msrbls and of tufa ex-
tsndlng a. foot and a half above. Be-
twesn ' ths - buildings - and these - slabs
were ths walks which st that- time
were covered with stucco or . mosaics.
To serve as crosswalks large stones
were pieced .In ths street, st convenient
distances. Ths horses were loosely
harnessed. ' so that they -could pass be
tween - the huge stones of the Pom
pelan crosswalks without throwing the,
two wheeled vehicles out of ths ruts,
which are usually two to four .Inches
dsep.- t,:,,, . A . x
And fceaury Still Survives. : V , V
" Ths houses look as If they were built
by mechanics trained tn Greece and
Rom. Whlle-ths buildings are not so
larg as ths ancient palaces and ba
silicas to be found in Rome, they pre
sent a neat and attractive appearance,
refining and elevating. ''Many of the
houses, are built after the Spanish or
der of architecture, only one story in
height" yet they ars, not of ths bun
galow type. -, Moat . of the . roofs ,are
almost level. Within these homes 'ars
various decoratlona, suob - ss - frescoes
snd work in relief that could hardly be
excelled at. this age. Strange to say,
ths paint on ths walls, as well as ths
polish of ths stons remain perfect
Msny of the" greatest artists visit Pom
pell merely to copy the work which has
been left by he ancient artist of
the city. ; .y s'" .
Disgonally two. street reach aero as
Pompeii; at right angles to these are
two other streets. Brosller alleys and
streets ramify these.f - la ona quarter
of the city are to be found, the prin
cipal temples and shrines erected to
ths Roman gods. : In another may be
seen the forums where all sorts' of
leaitimats - exchange was " transacted.
When th wrath of Vesuvius cams, It
found the bsker at ths oven, the wihe
seller at ths Jars, the Jeweler at his
bench, ,.tbe blacksmith at his forye snd
thee evidence remain perfect till this
day. - Fruit preserved In Jars ha re
mained, swsst and palatable till 'It was
unearthed In this century. Grata which
was burled. 1.80s years and more In
Pompeii, haa been v taken out of . ths
ruins and) ths seed 'hs brought forth
of its kind.. Ths lnhabltanta, true
enough, srs gone, but now snd then a
hollow place Is found in ths earth;
plaster of Paris Is poured Into ths
their pursuers. Oalllard waa killed and
ths negro became insane from ill-treatment
and exposure, and but a part of
. k - ll.Man a M,tlAl Ih. fftnttlvZ
Each , succeeding generation of. Oall
lard took a turn la hunting for ths hidden-
treasure, but to no avail. Then
cam th Civil war, which swept away
their every possession, leaving them
poverty stricken and without a ray of
hops ror ths ruturev At mia onucaj
tlms appeared a-young surveyor, cousin
Jack Glgnlllatt who took upon himself
ths task of unraveling tn orypiogram.
How ha went sbout it what hs did
(with th assistance of his pretty
cousin Jeanne), and the way they suc
ceeded IS aa Ingenious story of. mors
thaa ordinary strength' and ' intensity.
If Is well told and ha ths plcturesqus
ness of i ths old plantation days- Ths
book Is wall Illustrated and has a sug
gestive cover design. The Century
company.' Prtc 11.00. '"'','"'
"Betterment ' Individual,' Sooial, In
dustrial" By ID. Waks Cook. Th ob
ject of th book I to givs la, convenient
form th latest discoveries' which pro
mote individual. Industrial and colleo
tlv efficiency. For physical troubles,
Mr., Cook recommends th "heroic" or
"nature cure," saying for It: "It not
only cost nothing, but on th principle
that money saved Is money gained. It
puts money Into the pocket constantly,
and th mean and th physfclaa ar al
ways at hand." . , '
Th author begins certainly at th
foundation for world betterment and
devotes a chapter under tha head of
"efficiency. to tha snhappy conditions
surrounding ths birth of children, de
ploring th car which is given to ani
mals, while human beings propagate
most rapidly Iri ths haunts of crime
and disease. The author sees rather
hope- than, disaster in ths . apparently
undesirable - alisns ' pouring into our
country, for hs says? "Ths mixing Of
races tends to evolve a higher type.. Na
ture's selective action tends to main
tain the better qualities and eliminate
th lower. It Is ths mixed rsces that
have don ths greatest things ta the
world." . 1 , -
The author takes up snd treats In an
Interesting manner all those things
that go to make up a perfect physical
1
hollow; when dried, the plaster of Paris
is removed from the mold which Is
peeled off. ' and the form of soms un
fortunate who-perished In th destruc
tion o Pompeii In It A. D.. is exposed
to view. J- Many of these models ars .on
exhibition in th museum which Is
within ths walls and near the, main
entrance of th city, . . ;
Home Life of Pompeii. . . : -
. Whll strolling about fearing that ths
guide may miss his course and tbt
you will be lost among the ruins, you
cannot help observing many features of
ths horns II fs of these people, who flour
ished 1S00 years ago. Tou will see over
ths 'door- of ene house ths announcement
ox the pries that soma maiden set upon
her 'charms. At another sumptuous edi
fice you will observe a notice in which
th proprietor, tells tha"t he w!l) not rent
for a brothel. In a tavern was found a
representation of ssrpsnts which war
suppossd to keep the place Immune from
intruders. . Under these serpents was ths
Latin Inscription -". Otlosls lucus hio
non sst dlsceds moratur or, "Lin
gerer, depart; ' this Is no ' place -for
idler" At another place you observe
Imbedded in the threshold leading to ths
main apartment . of tb horn the word.
"Salve" welcome, or good health to
you. . Among the theatre and business
places, there .were many temples scat
tered over the city, which Indicate ths
rellgloua culture of thoss who were sep
ulchred by Vesuvius.. All people should
be rslig.ovs; and avsry man ahould se
lect a religion as carefully as bs select
a w.e on which he will not desert la
the days of his prosperity. . .. ,
Our Penates and Lares? '"' '' '
A you ' depart from Pompeii, you
taks a last rlancs at ths corner of the
stone wall - which- lay burled about' tt
centuries. Near ths top la a large tablet
on which la engraved a . squar . sur
rounded by s. compass, plumb, level,
spade, trowel, gavel and certain ' other
unmistakable evidence of Free Masonry
which prospered ta that locality before
the Christian srs,
ompell is as yst only half exhumed.
Dally new treasures of archaeloglcal
and aome life ars dlsoovsred. disclosing -
to us bow ths people lived, what was ttte
nature of the pursuits and th trend or "Captain Jack Lo rimer" By - Winn
mlnd-f -th-nolnt,-Then,--a-Th-8tandiBh.- Tha closing paragraph' Of ths
thinks of his horn en another continent book might fittingly be termed a syn
h reasons thus: Suppose soms ' vol- opals of th story. , It says: "But If
cano should suddenly bury our own
home with us in them, and then after
these homes havs lain buried IS cen
turies, thsy should bs uncovered, what
feature of home life Would they dis
close? v It la a serious matter. Indeed,
to determine what we shall permit to
pass over th threehhold into our homes.
For what ws hsvs in our horns 11 f la
America today,-though preserved aa sa
credly, will bs disclosed aa. surely as
havs been ths treasures of Pompeii bur
led slacs th daya of eld.
body, believing tt to be th unit from
which to attain th highest efficiency.
Exercise, diet clothing, fresh - air, the
oar of every function of the body,
with th individual environment ar
considered practically. Education nat
urally comes to for a generous share of
attention, aad one needs but read a
page or twe of the book befor on
learn that Mr. Cook sees th salvation
of the nation in ths proper rearing of
it children. He quotes Mrs. Sarah B.
Cooper, who eald that la 14 years la
San Francisco, out of about 16,000 kin
dergarten children, they had tha his
tory of 0,000, and of these not one. had
ever ' been arrested. 'Patrick Crowley,
chief of polio of Ban Francisco, de
clared that out of 4,000 children ar
rested for crime In thst city, but oa
had bad kindergarten training. ,,. .
' Dr. Bernardo and Dr. Kellogg ars
quoted freely along thes lines. . Indus
trial betterment ia then taken up and
into it merge tha welfare work, th
Daytoa cash register - furnishing ' th
author -with all the data necessary t
establish th fact that "It pay" The
.book Is full of good, plain advice, - if
On wishes- earnestly -to be bettered,
but will -serve rather as a reminder,
than as an Instructor, for there la little
in It that Is new or original, . though
following closely ths trend of ths most
advanced thought i -
la "Appendix B," th author advises,
or sees, th need of sn American Legion
of Honor, saying: "When institutions
outrun human naturs and deep-lying
Instincts find no outlet for their legiti
mate expression, they will' make chan
nel for ' themselves In - undesirable
ways.. As socialism Is ths swing of
tbe pendulum from ths crudities of un
checked Individualism, " so, I believe,
democracy Is ths swing-to the other ex
treme from th evils of aristocracy. True
wisdom -would extract the- good from
both, and no progressiva nation should
allow Itself to be. ruled by tha dead
hand of th outgrown Ideal." The au
thor deplores the vain sndeavor to";
establish- mock titles , such ss ' ths
Knights of Labor, ths Mayflower so
ciety, snd ths descendants of tbe revo
lution, but he rather -oversteps In
classing with this "American aristoc
racy" the "King's Daughters, which
has com to be reoognJsed as among ths j
T f OWHERH tn America and prob
ably nowhere In the world ta
there a penal Institution " that
baa as large a bankers colony
as haa the United Btates peniten
tiary at Leavenworth. Kansas. There
ars )S clerical position in ths main
offlc of the Institution, and avsry ens
Is filled by an ex-banker! the last two
being taken up only a few months ago
ny a pair of arrivals from Illinois, ssys
ths Nsw Tork Hsrald.
- When an ex-banker goes to th in
stitution It 1 under sentence of so
many years at hard labor, but Wardan
MoClaughry figures that a man trained
to' office duties sould not do a good
day's work with a pick or wheel-barrow,
and that he would not last a
month at suoh a task. , The ' banker
would be a poor laborer' at best, and
a clerks are seeded, he is assigned to
a desk in the office. , . ,4
- Ths . ex-banker is received la prison
with no more courtesies than the horse,
thief. He must givs up his fin under
wear, socks, custom' mads shoes, and
other apparel, and don the same sort of
clothing given his fellow convicts. A
blue-gray suit Is given each untried
prlsonsr. If he does not behave, ha Is
put In stripes; If h proves a "good
citlsen" and doea his work with precis
ion, he is given a navy bins suit the
kind worn by trustlss or paroles. . v i
Dean of the. Colony. ' . " v ' '
' Th bankers' colony was founded by
John P. Cooper, sx-presldent of ths
First ' National bank of McGregor,
Texas. In 10I there waa a big crop of
cotton in the-Lone 8tar stats-and
Cooper tried s speculating by loaning
money to cotton growers In excess of
th limits set by ths national banking
hl ti was caugnt ana seuienoea iu
serve five years from March I, 1004.
Hs will be th first of the ex-bankers
to leave ths Institution. His good tlms
aUowanc . will snd bis sentencs Nov
ember I, HOT. He Is 4T yesrs old. .
April SI, ' 1304. two ex-bankers of
Elkhart, Indiana, were sentenced, . and
on April. 13, 1004. a third cam from
th same place. These men are James
Ia Brodertck. ex-p resident First Na
tional bank, Elkhart IT yesrs old. 10
years' sentence; good tlms term ex
pires December II. 1010. Wilson L,
Collins, ex-caehler First National bank,
Elkhart 46 years .old; six years sen
tence good time terra expire Septem
ber Id, 1000. Welter Brown; ex-director
First National bank. Elkhart, .41
years old; eight years from . April tl.
1904; good tlms terra expires Msrch t,
1110. , Brodertck. Collin and Brown
ar brothr-tn-law, . . , -
Members From Indians. . V -t
Hardly ' had Brown, Brodertck aad
Collins been assigned to desk than
Indiana seat two mors "clerks." Alfred
C Parker,- ex-cashler of the First Na
tional bank at New Bedford. SO years
old; flvs years from May tt, 1904; good
time term expires January SS, J000; and
Cyrus E. MoCrsdy, sx-caahler First Na
tional hank. Seymour. Indiana, 44 years
old; six years from Msy SS, 1004; good
tlms term expires October IS, 1001.
Th United BUtes penitentiary had
been buying much , of the stone for
which' Bedford. Indiana, la famous, and
ths drafts from .ths prison passed
through Parker's hands. . Boon aftar hs
arrived at th prison h waa given work
tn th office and again handled drafts
for Bedford etone, but and. er different
drcurastanose, "..i -: "-.; .
Cyrus MeCrady Is th ' most Valued
asslstaat. f M W. . MoClaughry, th
prison record clerk. Ha understands
ths taking or Bertlllon measurements
and finger prints, and la an' exoellent
photographer In fact what on Would
term aa all-round roan for a prison
Offlc.. .' ' - J,
Missouri had no representative la
th ex-benker colony until th govern
ment transferred Its prisoner from ths
Jefferson City prison. November S4,
1000.-- Robert B. Taylor,"banker-f orger,
waa one ef the anivata. He Is 10 years
old, and has flv years to serve from
August IS, 1004. snd with good time
will be freed April IS. JI0S. ,
noblest religious organisation, without
any reference whatever to earthly roy
alty. O tha whole, th book takes an
optlmlstlo -view of -life -and a-hopeful
outlook upon the future. Frederick
Btokes company. . Pries Il.tO. .
. , ... '.;' '
you'd ask me who deserved to' has
luck, I'd say, the fellow who's patient
and brave and cheerful; lives a clean
life and aaver misses a chancs to help
somebody else; woa't 11 or cheat or
taks advantage; doesn't whin when hs
gets beat but keep right en doin' his
level best that's Jack Lo rimer." The
Inoldenta of th book furnish a. good,
clean story for either boy or' girls,
though.lt ha to do more with high
school athletic and the sxperlenoes of
Jack Lorlmar, aa eaptsia of ths foot
ball team, thaa with ths recreation of
th girl Th story I fuU of llfs and
animation, aad is on to delight - the
heart of any youth. - '
A school Is but a youthful commun
ity, and dispositions, training and char-,
acter ar to be found there la svery va
riety. Just as thsy ars In mors mature
fields, and th author of "Captain Jack
Lo rimer" has bsea particularly happy
la bringing together a school full of
boys and girls and not creating them
all : after the sams pattern. He haa
also -avoided the "sissy" boy, while
refraining from picturing thoa things
which debase, but ar unfortunately of
ten present In school children. He ha
shown , his boy and girl readers bow to
be ehume, comrades, scholars aad rivals
aad even football players all at once,
and enjoy school llfs to th utmost.
This la not Captain Jack's Initial bow to
ths public, aa hs first appeared In tbe
Boston Bundsy Herald. The book la
dedicated to "Jack Hyde, Captain Jack's
first friend.',' It Is well Illustrated and
handsomely bound. L. C Page 4k Co.
prfc SLio., . ; r
Ths Rival Campers Afloat" By Ruel
Perley 8mlth. If there la any on thing
that delights ths heart of a boy or girl
reader more than another it la to meet
again . old i acquaintance in another
story. It I this feeling In youth thst
created ths once famous "Rollo Books,"
gavs Miss Alcott her hold oa girls, and
that haa caused scores of series of
books for children, and It Is la recogni
tion of this fact no doubt ths author
ha continued his story of that famous
coterie of boys, known aa "Ths Rival
Campers." This tlms he has placed
them on th trim little yacht "Viking,"
th gift of old Mrs. Newcoms, whose
everlasting gratitude. It wlU bs remem
bered, they had earned by saving hsr
est from ths roof of a burning building,
whan they were only camper. The
scenes of their exploits on the "good
ship Viking", ars on ths Somerset river.
which floats the commerce from -the
large town of Benton to Boston and
other seaports. It is Just ths river for
all sorts of escapades, and ths boys
never miss an opportunity to distin
guish themselves one way or another.
They had first to master the srt of
hsmUIng their craft, and then rams ths
experiences, adventures and other
N
James H. Wood arrived January
1005, to swell Indiana's quota. Ha la
44 years old, baa six years to serve, and
with' good time will be freed June S.
1009. ' . " .'.'..,
Frank O.. Blgelow, of th First Na
tional bank, of Milwaukee, arrived Jun
10, 1905. He had been president of th
Institution snd used IS. 000,000 not hi
own. He is employed in the record
clerk's offlc and la a. good workman.
His work is to check In a big oook th
misdeeds of his fellow convicts. Blge
low Is a great reader when not at his ;
desk. , Ills sentence Is for 10 years;
good time expiring February 10, 181 J.
Henry O. Goll, ex-cashler of the Sam
bank in Milwaukee, SS years old, fol
lowed Blgelow to the prison, arriving -May
I, 10. to serve 10 yeare. Wit
good time he will be released January
s. mt. . - - - .
Indiana, not yet satisfied with' Its
national bankers. Investigated th meth
ods of Gustav A. Conxman, president '
of ths Vigo County National bank, and
the - Jury decided he had .violated th
national banking laws. Hs wa given,
eight years, from January S9, 10,
ana wim gooa tlms wiu be free Decern -i
per 11, 1011, . ... . . f sS
Chicago Slow, but Gets There.
. Banker No. IS. Hermann ' Haass,
reached ths prison with th ' federal '
prisoners transferred from Jollet, I111-?
aola, a few months ago. . Ha la a Chi-
oagoan, and was caught tn South Amsr
Ics after a long search. ,
No. JS 1 Francis B. Wright ex
natlonal banker from Katie county, Illi
nois, .who arrived with Haass. . L
Ths sx-bankers of ths elerloal fore
llya in a building separata from tha
main 'cell rootna They have three bed
rooms on ths second floor of th soil-'
tsry cell building. Th room ar t by
SO feet and they Jiavs sheets on their
beds and slips on the pllows, th same
aa other worthy convict v : . ,?
They asssmbl hers after ' working
hours and ars permitted to convsrsa
nd read until 0 p. m., when ltghta ar
put out If they should rebel aa prison
rules they would be treated th asms
ss other, prisoner taken below their
"bom" and placed In an "Isolation"
cell -with Its varied punishments for
ths more or less serious offenses,
- Th ex-banker arises st 0 a, th. when
th bugle blows. . Hs ' haa underwear
of -cotton cloth, - strong - and durable,
cut to th Simplest lines. ' On each gar
ment' ths wearer number ta stenciled. -He
draws on heavy prison socks and -shoes.
After dressing hs makes hie
bed In a neat manner, preeerlbed by.
ths prison rules. Computing hi per- ;
sons! toilet under ths escort of a guard
he ' fall into line and ; marches to
breakfast' , -.'.-.-'. s, "j . , - t V - ,
. , .... . ,' ' ; . J' I . ' . . !
Stand Till Opnft; 8otrads. I h - '' ' :
la th dlntng hsll th ex-bankers sit
six in a row with the other" parol men,'
mostly sx-apny. officer. . politicians. :
lawyers snd. physicians. . In the great
room are five rows of oross tables of
scoured - oak. - Each man haa a granite .
plat and cup, knife, fork and spoon. -Hs
stands until th gong sounds, when
ne sits down to his meal. - , - v -at
"Rankara row" hara tmaidafa I
tables la ths rear of th room with vm- '
esnt space between thea man and the
other convicts. Several . reason sr
given for this arrangement Th con-' -vict
who work la th shops wear cloth- ',
fog- necessarily - more - or less soiled.
Th clerks' clothing must be kept clesa
or the books would b soiled. - There
fore, these two classes are not "brought -together.,
-Again, the 'men who do man
ual labor require more substantial food
than do thoss occupied ta sedentary
work. - But th - convalescent - convict
whether hs be Indten or negro, is seat- -sd
In "bankers' row" and given th
sams food as his ex-wealthy comrade.
The ex-banker msy writ a limited
number of letters each week to hi rel
stives. Hs may have bla allowance ef
chewing tobacco, and while in the of-
flee can? talk to his fellows on matters
pertaining to the business' of th in
stitution, but It Is seldom, that they'
converse. Thsy usuilly. .work steadily
slhently and accurately, ' r.
things Incident to this sort of vacation. '
There la a weU-dsflnsd plot running
through tha story whioh adds Interest
and excitement tot the sdventures of "
th boys, whioh are not alwaya eon-
fined to th tlmea they are afloat Ther
sr time and occasions, too. which try
th courage and strength, of: ths lads, v
but they ar a fine, manly set of fellows
and rlss to ths emergency every time la
a manner that win delight th heart .
of every boy reader, who, like them, has .
good American blood la bla veins. One . ,
of the best characters la th first book
was old Squire Bracket! and It I m de
light to meet him again In thla story
Just as hs was whsn h first appeared ,'
to the boy , ... '..-,.
Both books ars la uniform blading
and both handsomely Illustrated by .
Louis D. Go wing. ' L. C, Pag Co.
Fric SOO. " 4. - ;
- Th speech delivered by .-"00111 It ' .
Thompson, th noted Seattle trial law- '
yer, la defense 'of hi son, Chester
Thompson, charged with killing Judge
Emery Mead at Seattle last summer,
is soon to bs published la book form. .
Arrangements havs been made with a .
western publishing house to so tb
work.'. :' . ; . " , '.' ' i )
-The speech Is en of ths moat oele- r
bra ted of It kind that haa over been
mads In this country. ' It required two
and a half daya In delivery, and will .
make about S60 S-vo pages, which , will
contain nearly 1SS.000 words., ,( !,--,''
' "A Woman and God's Outdoor" On
opening "Tn uutsrs hook- ror reoru-
ary It wss a happy surprise to tjr
greeted on tb frontispags with a strik
ingly good photograph Of Portland's
farmer-society girl, Miss Clara Webb,
truj hsr pet horse Don. Quickly turn
ing to th text It Is an addsd pleasure
to find the name of Miss Anns Shan
non Monroe under aa artlol entitled. .
"A Woman - and God's Outdoors," In
which shs relates a bit of ths farm Ufa
of Mis .Webb. Th sccompllshments of
this young woman, who ta a native f
Portland, sr toe wall known to need
comment farther thaa to say that svery .
Oregonlan Is proud of ber, and of tha -many
other Oregon girls ."who ars glor
ifying ths work they touch, sa Miss
Monroe says. And, by the way, that la
Just what peopls ars beginning to say
of th young author herself. , Unlike
Miss Webb, Miss Monroe esnnot claim
Oregon nativity,, but shs holds a prior
claim to ths good will ,and admiration
of ths people of ths home of her adop
tion, through her illustrious ancestor, '
ths hsndsome,' brilliant Oeorge Shan
non of th Lewis and -Clark; sxpsdltlon, .
Miss Anne Shannon Monro Is th great-'.,
aranaanusnier oi in explorer, wno later a 1
in life became one of the moat anhnlari X
and distinguished Jurists of th country.
Whether or not Miss Monro Inherited -her
literary talents th fact Is undls
putsd that she possesses marked ability
and excellent literary style, Thla la ev
ident even tn as short an article as ths .
one "The Outer's Book" has bben foftu-,
note enouah to secure. It is concisely .
and picturesquely told, snd while tha '
elaborate illustrations, which show Mies '
wcdd in many phases of her farm work
sr Interesting, fhey moke the subject
matter do more lifelike than do ths au
thor's pea tlcturea, . ,