The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
ARCTIC EXPLORER GLIDER.
a Physical Giant Made Ridiculous by
Professional Female Swimmer.
The Doctrine of Probation Causing Trouble in
the American Foreign Missionary Board
Captain Lynch and His Drinkery.

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NEW YORK, July 24-CoL w. Fl. Glider, who
has dropped into ridicule just as he was about to
RISE to glory-who was accused of embezzlement
by his mistress, Dolly Adams. the
water queen, and thus prevented from
sailing in search of the north pole
Is able and reckless, admirable and otherwise.
He is man of mammoth physical proportions,
as strong as an OK and as hearty as an Eski
mo dog His tastes originally ran to the brush
and palette He had studio and devoted him
self more or less to art at Newark, N. ]. His
drift in journalism carried him to New York,
and his physical prowess and tastes got him sent
of with Lieutenant Schwatka to the arctic re-
gion. He hadn't been back long before he was
Of again to help find the lost Jeanette. On this
trip he travelled five or six thousand miles across
Siberia in sledge. For one particularly long
and dreary stretch he was alone with driver who
had gone with him only under compulsion.
ana who Glider heard before starting had
sworn to kill him. His lonely journey with
this man lasted fifty-four days. and during that
time Glider had to be constantly on the alert,
Cor fear that his driver would leave him to
perish in the snow The Colonel says he never
siept so soundy but that the slightest movement
by this driver awoke him instantly. Another
trip Of Glider for his journal was to China at
the time of the Black Flag insurrection, which
lee to the French war in Tonquin. For eighteen
monthshe was heard from only at rare intervals,
but came back all right. 1t was during this
absence that the firm of brokers of whom he
had borrowed the money sold the bond which
Dollie Adams the professional swimmer, had
given him to keep for her, and which she now
accuses him of embezzling. good illustration
Of elders conduct in business affairs is the fact
that when hauled up in court to answer Dollie's
charge instead Of keeping still and leaving her
TO prove her accusations, although cautioned by
the justice not to criminate himself, he blurted
ont that she was only telling the truth-that he
had her bond and never returned it or its value.
The romance in this ludicrous affair Is COM
monplace. elders appreciation of the attract
iyeness of the fair swimmer lasted through sew
sral years, and was somewhat ardent, but he
broke off with her good while ago, and her
present action is said to be for vengeance pure
and simple. and not to satisfy any lovelorn anx-
fety to keep him from starting on dangerous
journey. She says: II don't care anything for
him. want my money back Iwant the
stuff Revenge she has got, to the extent OF
making the Colonel ridiculous and keeping him
from starting on his voyage The arctic trip
has been given up for the present, and the start,
when made will be in different manner from
that at first intended.
The Glider family is remarkable in more than
its Colonel. It came originally from Bordentown,
N. j.. and has reached metropolitan fame via
Newark. Richard Watson Glider, the eldest
sop, began literary work as reporter N Newark,
and afterwards founded and failed to maintain
the Newark Register. He came to New York,
and has become rich and the editor of the Cen
fury Magazine. Jeanette, his sister, a stalwart
GIRL as strong in mind as she is in body, used to
DE proof and was as popular among the
journalists in Newark as though she had been
man. She also came to New York. and for a
long time did newspaper writing. She wore an
ulster and Derby, rode on the front platforms
of the streetcars when there was no room any
where else. and was a hail fellow, as she had
been in Newark She and her brother. Joseph,
now run the Critic. literary periodical An
other brother, Frank, was devoted to music and
got up choice boy choir Charges Of I'M
pleasant nature, in connection with his dealings
with the boys, were followed by his leaving
Newark. and he has been living more private
life since.