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Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

duel, and his personal quarrels have been
many. While in Africa he had a violent
controversy with N. CANTON, the French
consul general ct Tunis; but the latter pr7i-
IDENTIFY declined TO push the matter to fight.
Last year his quarrel with Jules Ferry led
TO challenge; but Ferry. who knows moth
ing OF either sword or pistol, wanted regu-
lar Partisan duel one Of the kind Mark
Twain describes, a single shot at safe dis
tance, while the bloodthirsty Boulanger
insisted On continued exchange OF shots TIL
One or the other fell. and SO there vas no
meeting. This year II. Floouet accomnlo
dated him With fght 70 the finish
Floquet has long been quite as active il
his faction as Bouianger, and 10 an American
observer far more reasonable When the
Republicans held their preliminary meeting
to decide as 20 whom they should support for
successor 70 Jules Grevy. u. Floquet re-
ceived l0I votes, leading the poll, and Sadi-
Carnot but 20; nevertheless the former
warmly supported his successful rival His
apparent conservatism IL opposition 70
Boulanser is comparatively new thing; for
at his entrance in public life be WIS ec-
counted rather radical, and IN 1867, when the
Izar visited the Paris axpoSi.lon and entered
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PORTE HT ANTOINE

sess, and men of education and social natures
passed years without exchanging one word
with a human being There the noble Sieur
de Biron wasted TO death, and there for
weary years was hidden that mysterious
victim known as the "Man IN the Iron Mask "
When the people Of Paris st last forced their
way into the fortress they found seven pris-
oners. who, the governor said, had been
overlooked" One was Count de SolaGe,
who had been imprisoned since his 1lth
year; another, Tavernier, thirty years
prisoner, but unable to tell why, ns ali his
past life appeared TO him like sleep, and
the fresh cir and sunshine bewildered him
The walls bore record Of thousand such
horrors, and with rather Questionable taste
the French have arranged to reproduce f2c-
s;,niles Of them during the exposition
In tia xear l1S5 tue French common peo-
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MANSFIELD AHEAD NOW.
But Bandmanp May Have New Surprises
In Store for Him.

But Bandmanp May Have New Surprises
In Store for Him.
Theatrical people are good deal amused
over the recent coup of Mr.. Richard Mans
field, who suddenly departed from New York
with his theatrical company for Europe, in
order to head of Herr Bandnann, who in
tended to produce Doctor Jekyll and Mr
Hyde" there ahead Of him. Mr Mansfield
was born in London thirty-one years ago. and
his great artistic gifts came to him by the
laws Of heredity, for his mother, Nine. Er-
nlinia Rudersdorff, was one of the rareSt
lyric artists Of her time. Sixteen years ago
Nine Rudersdorff and her two SONS came to
America, the mother then being under en-
gagcrnent to Mr. p s. Gilmore to sing at the
Boston Peace jubilee. He was in his Goth
year when Nine. Rudersdorff decided that he
should enter upon a commercial career, and
secured him a position i'll the great dry goods
house of Jordan & Marsh, in Boston.
He did not continue long at this, however,
and when he was q went to London to study
art. He acquired a reputation for mimicry
rather than art, which brought him to the
attention of the German, Reeds, and he was
regularly engaged at a good salary to appear
with Corney Grain. On the first night,
worn out by exhaustion and frenzied with
the excitement of his new position, which
meant either q career or abject failure, he
tainted and failed. But he was given an
other trial. made a success, and got what
was more valuable-hiS name before the
press and public in a way that attracted the
attention of the London managers.
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MANSFIELD.

Then followed time Of upward work. He
played Brigard in Frou-Frou, ," the Admiral
and other leading parts in Gilbert and Sulli-
van operas Under D'Oyley Carte's manage
ment he appeared to New York six years
a.o. At the end of his first season on the
American stage Richard Mansfield found
himself q star
Mr. Mansfield's racent achievement in his
presentation of his marvellous psychological
studies Of Dr. Jekyll and MIR. Hyde is uni
versally conceded to be among the few
really remarkable stage creations contem
pOraneoas history has afforded.
Daniel Z. Bandmann. who was star when
Mansfield was in his swaddling clothes. be-
came rival to Mr. Mansfield in this wise:
Bandmann sent request for tickets for him
self and friends to Mansfeld's performances
Mansfield replied that he didn't give tickets
to dime museum people-Bandmann has Of
late played at popular prices whereupon
Herr Bandmann determined to play the part
himself.
Bandmann was born at Cassel, Germany,
and made his debut at the age-of Is at the
Court theatre of New Strelitz After making
reputation in the Shakespearean drama in
Germany he came to America, and for the
HTSl TINE piayeu III LnS4lSu, as OnyIocR, az
Niblo's Garden, New York, Jan. Is. 1863
For about five years he starred He pleased
Edwin Forrest, and was selected by him tc
play Hamlet in the tercentenary birthday
celebration at Philadelphia. Feb. II, 1869,
he appeared at the Lyceum theatre, London,
and created strong impression in Mar.
cisse"
In 1877 he played Hamlet and Othello in
Berlin. In 1884 Bandmann began an engage
ment at the Thalia theatre, New York. Some
seasons ago he adopted the circuit Of cheap
theatres.
Bandnann, having made arrangements to
play the celebrated double character in Eng.
land, secured London theatre in order tc
open ahead of Mansfield. who was to havs
opened at Irvings Lyceum theatre on Sept
s Mansfield's going sooner is to outwit ths
outwltter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

The American men are q chiTalrous race
They respect women: they are tie noblest
men in the world There are. 70 he sure,
American ssvages- One class who use the
bowie knife, who drink Ike the hippopo.a-
NUS, play cards, fight duels, are wildly furi-
Gus, passionate. unsafe and desperate, there
is another class who pretend to despise fash
Ion and etiquette. who dress Ike feuds, wear
ing conslome-ates O. frock or coat and white
tie N the evening; dress coat IN tie morning
They neither know nor care for etiquette and
they think It Is noble to De thus ignorant
But even these two classes have 8 respect
for women Their speech becomes decent,
their manners kind and their excesses are re-
strained If a woman approaches them /; is
e Splendid national pecuiisrity. The London
rough has 10 such soft spot 1t is 70 be feared
That the London man Of fashion is no. sUtE.-
GENTLY lIn6usd with i. As for the polite
tTe1chnan, his external polIteness toward
the beau sake IS very marked when hs
wishes 70 p-opi.iate them bat his contempt
for them Is equally marked when he does not
It's cruelty iS eaoEUlo1A-MrS Jena Saev-
wood
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pie had reached almost the lowest sta sc OF
misery man can endure. Long and exhaust
ing wars and the luxury and tyranny OF
POO 600 mobiles and their attendant priests,
nlistresses. soldiers and servants, had almost
exhausted endurance, when series of bad
harvests completed the ruin. Soup of sting
ing nettles and the coarsest bread was
counted a full meal, and the toiler in the
fields was sometimes found dead by the road
side, ia ks mouth the grass which lie had
gnawed in the rage Of hunger. The public
finances were in such bad condition that in
1857 King Louis XVI convened an assembly
of notables to consider them. Then the
states general was called-a sort OF old par
lament. which had not met for It's years.
In June, 17e9, the representatives of the COM
mon people in this assembly organized sep
arately, and swore never TO adjourn till
general reform was secured This was the
beginning of the French revolution.
On the 18th of July the king refused to aid
the reform movement. On the 18th the peo-
pie rose and a national guard was formed,
under command of our own Lafayette. Or
the l4th they stormed and captured the Bes-
tile. Revolution and reform then proceeded
regularly LOT t"O I'LL I4c SA4ACo iio-
blenen induced Austria, Spain and sons
minor powers to make war on the revolu-
tionists. Then the French people rose as one
man and the long war with the rest of Eu-
rope began. Aug. l, 1892, the monarchy
was abolished; Aug. 9 and 10 the people
stormed the palace and massacred the Swiss
guard Still the kings supporters contin-
ued to intrigue with foreigners, and tbs
Austrian and Prussian troops continued
their advance; SO, the first week in Septem-
Der, the maddened people rose and massa-
cred some l, 400 priests and mobiles and their
retainers. Jan 20, 1913, the king was
condemned to death; on the 2lst he was gull
lotined, and the noted Reign Of Terror"
began In 1875 comparative order was re-
stored, and soon after Napoleon Bonaparte
obtained control Nearly all candid men
now agree that the interference Of Austria
and Prussia was great blunder, if not
crime and the later adhesion of England
was equally bad Those nations did i'll fact
turn the orderly revolution into fierce and
unreasoning current of fury. In these days
of comparative justice and peace American
visitors will find much to interest them in
the restored Bastile
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
Noticeable meteorological Phenomena.

The meteorological phenomena accom-
panyipg the building of railroads in
Mexico are receiving the attention of
scientific men in that country. Recent
serious damage dane by washouts on the
northern section of the Mexican Central
road was due TO waterspouts bursting on
the track, and il IS a curious fact that
waterspouts seem TO be attracted by the
iron track and telegraph wires. Engi-
neers on the line Of the Guadalaj lara
branch Of the Nsxican Central railway
have noted that as fast as the construc-
ton advances rain follows, and they hold
that this is due to the large lot of steel
rails on fiat cars which are carried for
ward as fast as the work Of construction
permits. The most noticeable fact is that
the country is dry in advance OF the con-
s1rucuon trains, and also behind them
for many miles. Rains beat down, as de-
scribed, il bucketfuls just where the steel
rails are, but only in circles d few miles
IL o.ameter.-FgaEk Leslies.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
HIRAM SIBLEY DEAD.
HE HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THE
FOUNDING OF WESTERN UNION.

In His Early Days He Was q shoemaker,
but He Became a Farmer on a Grand
Scale, Was an Intimate Friend of E1ssia's
Murdered Gar, and Died Very Rich.
Hiram Sibley, practically the founder o:
the Western Union Telegraph company, who
died at Rochester. n. Y, recently, was born
al North Adams, Berkshire county, Mass, in
1907. His youth was passed in the region
where he was born. He early displayed evi-
dence of a natural mechanical genius. Ban
tering one day with shoemaker, he under
took TO make shoe without any training for
the work He was so successful tnat he was
et once placed on the shoemaker's bench.
When he was 16 years of age he went to the
Genesee valley and entered a machine shop
Before he was Of age he had learned five
different trades. He finally established him
self at Mendon, fourteen miles south Of
Rochester, Il. 7. Here lie had machine
shop.
Mr. Sibley gradually grew prominent. In
1S43 he was elected sheriff of Monroe county,
but other matters occupied his attention and
gave him no time to pursue political ca
reer. Three years before this election he
went to Washington and assisted Professor
Morse and Ezra Cornell in procuring an ap-
preparation OF $40, 600 from congress to build
the first telegraph line-from Baltimore to
Washington. Other companies were formed
and the business was so cut up as 10 be I'M
profitable. Mr. Sibley conceived plan for
uniting all the patents and the companies
under one organization. He worked for
several years buying up the stock Of the
different companies, some of which he Sc
cured as low as two cents on the dollar
After three years spent in this effort he had
succeeded in getting hold of the majority OF
the stock Of the different corporations and
organized the Western Union Telegraph
company. Mr. Sibley was its first president
and held the Office for sixteen years. Under
his management the business grew rapidly,
and the telegrephic offices increased from
1872 to over 4,O00, the value of the property
at the same time swelling from S220 900 to
100000.
1t WAS in 1850 that Mr. Sibley began his
attempt to build a transcontinental line
There were good many predictions that the
line would be found impracticabie, and that
it would be destroyed by Indians if it should
ever be completed. To these objections Mr..
Sibley replied that he would build the line if
he had TO build it alone He went to Wash
ington, procured the necessary legislation,
and alone took the contract from the govern
ment TO do the work. OF this contract,
however, he was afterward relieved by the
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

Human nature IS queer thing" re-
marked a philosopher 70 the Expression
isl When a young fellow gets a few
dollars together and buys suburban LOT
on q contrac. re begins 70 pun and f1l
and boast about Us taxpayers and my
real estate, TO make folks think be Is
rich Fo,fy years from now, when he
owns four solid blocks IN the center Of tie
city. he VIII cover up lis resources, ignore
his possessions, talk about hard times
and express sol!ctsUGe ss 20 The condition
Ct tie alrnshouse 20 make folks think No
Is pc-o.. Buffalo E1vress.
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Milan and Natalie.

King Milan and Queen Natalie of Servia,
who separated some time ago, have been dis
turbing the world Of late as TO the possession
Of their son, the crown prince. Tie king Is
81 years Of age. He was at school at Paris
when his seco1d cousin, the prince Of Servia,
from whom he Inherited the throne, was
murdered in 1s6S Milan returned 10 Servia
and in 1872 was crowned as Prince Milan ".
In 1876 ne joined the Montenegrins and Bos-
mans il a campaign against his suzerain, the
sultan. During this time be was proclaimed
king, bat was not recognized as such TIL 1852.
Queen Natalie is a Russian, and is five years
younger than her husband Being at W.es-
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
THE SOCIAL CHRISTIANS.
Plans and Work Of Rapidly Growing
OrcanixatioI.

OrganixatioE.
When the author Of the s'Hoosier School
master" presented Bud Means and his
teacher as organizing The Church Of the
Best Licks." it was plain 10 the reader that
tie writer was setting forth his own senti-
ments, and hence it was no surprise TO learn
soon after that Rev Edward Eggleston was
preaching in Brooklyn 10 6 congregation
calling itself the Church of Christian En-
deavor." Its only creed, or requisite OF
membership. was that one should sincerely
and earnestly ''eudeavor 10 lead Christian
life" It was only one Of many attempts
about that time TO found a church which
should be Christian without creed; but the
realization OF that idea came sons years
later in the form of what is called the
Young Peoples Society Of Christian In
6payOrn
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Western U n i o n
Telegraph conpa-
ny. u Il d er Mr.
Sibley's manage
ment the Western
Union co m p a IL Y
built the line ten
years before tho
completion Of the
railroad.
After finishing
this enterprise Mr..
Sibley turned his
attention to q line
between the United
States and Russia
via Alaska, b hr-
ing's strait and 81
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
BOULANGER-FLOQUET.
SOMETHING OF THE MEN WHO
FOUGHT LATELY IN FRANCE.

Theatrical Politics-Boulanger's E1tracr-
dinary kise-From Second Lieutenant to
General in Twelve Years-MiRister of
War, Then q Wild Politician.
The French riddle is in fair way to be
solved By death.
For once at least in dozen years French
duel has resulted seriously. and NJ Floquet's
rapier has put an eD,l to the headlong career
Of Gen Boulanger. For ten years this man
has been the great enigma While he lad
devoted partisans and frantic enemies, the
conservative masses of France were never
quite sure whether be was cheap charlatan
or a misunderstood patriot whether they
should make him virtual dictator OF send
him to prison. Early in 1887 he was under
arrest for month and in serious danger Of
severe punishment; little later he was the
idol Of the populace, the terror OF the con-
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
THE MCORE-NORTON SCANDAL.

It Is Interesting the Whole Country as
Well as st. Louis
The Moore Norton scandal Of st. Louis con-
tinues to be interesting. How Mr.. Norton
was informed of his wife's intdelty; how he
convinced himself of the truth of the infor-
nation; how be struck his wifes paramour,
who had long been his intimate friend-the
fight, the arrest-has been fully given to the
public. Mr.. Norton has long been resident
of ST. Louis. He was formerly a member Of
the stock company of Ben De Bar, the promi-
nent St Louis theatrical manager, and has
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
ZINC AND QUEEN OF sERvIA


baden when the demand was made for the
crown prince, the Prussian authorities found
themselves in position to become involved
in marital quarrel, which was doubsless
ANYTHING bat desirable. They desired the
queen either 20 submit 70 r-laglsterial sz.thor-
itv cr leave Germany. The latest develop
men. in the pay was the kidnapping of the
crown prince BY thirty soldiers so< King
h~tu-
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
outwltter

George treated me very coldly last night,
mother" said Ethel, waving her fan at q
vagrant fy.
why, Ethel. I'm sorry to hear that IL
what way was bis treatment col6F'
''Iee cream r-Harper's Bazar..
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

schemes. And, on
S o er second
thoughts, the peo-
pie decided that in
the line of corrup-
ton, st any rate,
B o u ] a n ger was
guiltless OF course,
there was q tre
meadous popular
reaction, and Bou-
lanser became the
idol of the people.
From that position
b e b a 5 fallen
through his own
besdlong folly.
This last was by
nnnn-n - e.
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E.m.1, f,r k~..l.An....

A r.urin. Maine Yankee hsx h>ea eo1ry
o thriving business q; EAstport selling 20
Etesrnhoai pass~n gsrs o sure preTentave 20
seasiekrsss 20. Eve cents . package Ths
remedy - simply nice. br.yAt, clean .,-sn.
Of cr.sd cod ash, ard i well worth ,sa
money for tie purpose tog which i; IL seIa.
-NsU yOSk a.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

prominent in entertaining Admiral Lusofski
when the Russian feet visited New York In
1868 This secured him recognition of the
czar of Russia, and during stay at st. Pc
tersburg he was the recipient of great atten-
tion. At an important ceremony held by the
emperor Mr.. Sibley was honored with the
second place on the list of guests. The Rus
sian government agreed to cooperate with
him. and build the line between lrkootsk and
the Amoor river Fifteen hundred miles had
been put up, when the successful laying of
the Atlantic cable caused an abandonment
of the enterprise.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

servatives and new
ly elected member
of the national as
sembly by an al
N oSt unanimous
vote. His xt
move was to pro
pose constitutional
C b a n ges which
would have prac-
tically overthrown
the present govern
nlent, a move which
united the assembly
against him; in his
rage he resigned in
a speech full of fu-
rious denunciation.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
THE BAsTILE AS RESTORED.

30 imposing, in fact, as it appears In historic
imagination, for it was but sixty feet high,
sixty feet wide, and varying in length from
100 feet upwards, by the projection Of towers
The building was begun in 1869, under orders
Of Charles V, and by an odd coincidence the
man who designed it and laid the founda-
lions, Hugue Andriot, was the first prisoner.
His alleged crime was love for beautiful
Jewess, and yielding to her so far as to re-
feet some tenetS of the established religion.
The word "bastile" or "bastide" was applied
TO many prisons in France, and there were
two Bastiles in Paris; but the noted one YVES
the Bastile of the st. Antoine quarter.
Its strength was enormous. There were
eight round towers, connected by walls Of
massive masonry, making the quadrangle;
The walls were nowhere less than twelve
'eet thick, and around them was deep ditch
twenty five feet wide, flooded from the Seine,
and in turn protected by lower wall. In
this gloomy fortress were fifty solitary cells
for state prisoners, besides the great ''berd-
ing rooms" for common criminals, the quar-
tiers for officials and guards, and many dark
reiis and dungeons. These last were nine
teen feet below the surface level of the
prison, and consequently below the bottom
OF the ditch, and each dungeon was Ii ghted
by three narrow gratings two inches wide.
And to these secluded cells year after year
the monarchs and favorite mobiles of France
consigned their personal enemies-sone-
times a real conspirator against the govern
ment and sometimes a man of rank who had
actually committed q crime; but as often
husband whose wife was taken by some lord
OF the court, a creditor, a rival or other un-
fortunate There was neither habeas corpus
nor judicial inquiry; the process was by
"lettre de cachet" from the minister of JUS
tice or the king, and once imprisoned the
fate Of the unfortunate hung upon the
caprices Of despotism.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

Daisy, daughter Of Henry A A!Wise, one Of
the famous governors Of Virginia He az
quired a large and lucrative practice. and
numbered among his patients W. w. Corco-
ran, the late celebrated phiianthropist, and
jefferson Davis, whoivas at that tine secre-
tary Of war. His sympathies were with ths
south. and when the war broke cut be want
TO Richmond, where be was made surgeoa
general Of tie Confederacy. AID was ths lam
ly physician OF Mr. Davis
His property in Washington wa conhs-
Gated, but be was able 70 recover p9rticn os
IL a: the close Of tie war when hs returned
70 the capital and resumed his practices.
His Friendship for J.eerson DsTis ard lis
belief in tie Righteousness Of the CAUSE which
Davis represented always enlisted lis pea
and To!ce in the controveyniss which aro~s
from tine 70 tin1s in later ysarn He was .
mae q strong Convictions and never hexs-
tstsd 70 express them Socially b was o1s
q the mos. agreeable Of men He vas q czl-
tvated man, fond Of books. ard had toe -
gec- and esteem os tis professional brstsrea-
he was p-esltent of ths American Medical
ASSOCIATION lsss year. and vas q frsQzsu; Coo
trIoutor 70 tas nsss1icsl pe-io6icaA
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

After Mr. Sibley discontinued active opera
tions in building telegraph lines, he took up
railroading and a number of other enter
prises. He was for several years connected
with the management of the Southern Mich
igan and Northern Indiana railway. After
the civil war, guided by desire to restore
amicable relations between the north and
the south, he made investments in the latter
section He went into salt at Saginaw and
into storing seed at Chicago. AT Chicago he
tore down comparatively new building and
erected on its site an immense seed ware
house Tie seed business Mr.. Sibley COM
menced at Rochester thirty years ago. He
was an innovator even in this, and instituted
many experiments for the Improvement Of
plants with reference TO their seed bearing
qualities He cultivated the largest farm in
the state of New York He was the owner
of fourteen other farms in New York state,
besides estates in Michigan and Illinois.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29

MA in ls4l. He So
cured az appoint
ment as assistant I
rgeon Ia the
navy, and for Gvs
yenrs cruiScd all
over the Pacific
ocean he was or
dered TO the navy
yard s.: Washing-
ton, but soon re-
signed from the
navy and began
the practice OF bis
profession q ere.
While in ths navy
iA rH.-al MiaS
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Mr. Sibley's philanthropic investments
kept pace with his other enterprises. He
founded the Sibley College Of Mechanical
Arts at Cornell university, Ithaca, ~ Y,
on which he spent at different times $4,000
At Rochester he built AID presented Sibley
hall to the University of Rochester at a cost
of sI20, 900, to be used tor library and cabi-
n