Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-29
"A Souvenir to the Bee

AADA
San Francisco, of Henri Rochefort,
the famous French exile, who had
successfully escaped from the penal
colony at New Caledonia.
Subsequently the telegraph an
nounced RochefOrt's arrival at Salt
Lake City and his departure for New
York Owe the Union Pacific rail-
way, via Omaha. That was about
all the reliable intelligence that has
so far reached us touching Roche
forts life in and escape from New
Caledonia.
While at San Francisco Roche
fort had by his shrewed journalistic
strategy managed to outf1ank the
army OF Bohemians who had vain
ly ransacked all the hotels, consular
offices and railway depots in quest
of the much looked for interview.
One of these reporters had followed
Rochefort clear to Sacramento, but.
even his account, although cover
ing much space, is decidedly meagre
and unreliable. Undaunted by
these discouraging circumstances,
the BEE resolved to make a well
concerted effort to penetrate
the peculiar mystery that en-
shrouded this remarkable traveller.
The marked success that has at
tended the BEES effort is only
another evidence of Its recognized
meritin the journalistic field. Armed
with q handful of daily BEES and
a full supply Of French phrases, the
Bee interviewer started on the
Westward bound passenger train
over the Union Pacific with a view
of intercepting the object of his
solicitude before he reached Oma-
ha. He was accompanied by a
local reporter of another enterpris-
ing Omaha daily, who had laid in a
full stock of the German vernacu-
lar, which he thought would serve
him i'm his intercourse with the dis
tinguished foreigner.
The incoming train was boarded
at Valley Station. Upon entering
one of the palace cars the reporters
had no difficulty In recognizing the
famous editor of La Lanterne
among an interesting group of pas
sengers. The dignified and we'll
starched interviewer of u local
Democratic contemporary presented
his credentials, and politely in
auired whether Monsieur Rochefort
could entertain him a few moments.
"Auec beducoup de pJdisir mdis &c
ne pdrlc pas Anglais," replied the
polite Communist.
"Monsieur Rochefort does not
speak English" said a handsome
young lady passenger, who was try
ing to act as interpreter in sweet
sounding, but rather broken boarding
school French. "Ah! sprechen Sic
Deutsch" said the nonplussed re-
porter, with a triumphant air. "Non
je ne comprsnd pas pAuemadnd,'
replied Monsieur Rochefort. "He
does not understand German" said
the young lady, and our discom.
fitted companion bowed himself out
of the august presence.
1t was the BEE reporters turn
next.
HOW ROCHEFORT LOOKED.
The man that made Louis Napo.
leon tremble, and frequently SHOOK
the French empire with his incisivt
pen, was like many other men o.
genius, without progressing ap.
pearance. Dressed in a plain anC
unassuming travelling suit, he hao
nothing about him that would indi'
cate a superabundance of self.
esteem or self-importance.
The only remarkable traits o
character, indicated by his bronzet
pock-marked angular face, hi
prominent Roman nose, square
forehead, and firm mouth and chin
were physical and moral courage
coupled with imperturable GOODNESS
Those large light blue eyes, NIGH
under some extreme excitement
send forth passionate flashes, bu'
when We looked into them, the!
were merely beaming with laten
intelligence and good humOr.
His ark brown and thick curl,
hair had aliberal sprinkling of gray
and his thin moustache and goatet
also tinged with the silvery threads
contrasted somewhat sadly with thu
otherwise youthful appearance
With q well built and apparentl,
muscular frame Rochefort stands
about dive feet ten in his stockings
His hands and feet are proportion
ately large, and his appearance
that Of a man who could under try
ing circumstances, endure muci
hardship. His age is about forty.
A HEACTIoNARY NEWSPAPER.
Accepting a copy of the Bel
Monsieur Rochefort instinctivel,
turned to that portion of the tele
graphic columns where his name
appeared i'm connection with the pro
posed reception in New York. Sud
denly his eye caught the followin.
item in the BEES puneent column
ssRochefort is expected to reacl
Chicago Thursday, and the 7ri6un'
of that city wants incendiaries o
all kinds, barn-burners, hereto
burners, and members of the Amer
lean Reform League, to unite II
giving the illustrious leader of tn
Partisan petrOleuse q fitting recep
tion."
Turning to the lady passenger re
ferred to, he requested q translation
of this item. This almost exhaustet
the young lady's mental dictionary
but when she finished, Rochefor
exclaimed, "Well that can't be
Republican newspaper" The BEL
reporter explained that the Chicag'
Tribune was what might be Gale,
Conservative in French parlance
"No," said Rochefort, sit must b
a reactionary journal, or else i
would not have written thus"
Dropping this theme, the BEE in
terviewer engaged in q ramblin,
conversation, covered substantial,
by the following dialogue:
PREIIMINARIES.
ReporterII am anxious to obtail
some relfah1e inflammation tOucbiu,