, 1889-05-09
WITH TRAIN IN MARsEILLEs.
George r. Bsmis Gives Some Interesting
Reminiscencoa.

RemhnlBc6nc0es
George 2. Bemis has returned from
trip 10 the Eastern cities. An Omaha Bee
reporter, with some knowledge of the sew
enteen years that that gentleman put In as
the right-hand man of George Francis
Train, and whose brain was indented by
the opening sentence, espied the gentle
man in the rotunda of the hotel and
grasped the opportunity to obtain a little
Eastern gossip, and. as will appear, q few
incidents of the last French war.
What WAS doing by the Atlantic and
what Is the attitude of Eastern capitalists
toward Omahsp The last part Of your
question has been answered In the easy
transition of capital accumulated in our
field. As to how put In my time while
in New York, have had one of the pleas
antest visits Imaginable with my old chief
and cousin, George Francis Train, whom
found ac the Windsor hotel where was
stopping with my niece and sister. Train
insisted on our accompanying him and his
daughter to the Palmer to round cut the
evening in listening TO Mrs. James Brown
Potter The night before Mr.. Train and
his daughter had witnessed performance
of Mrs. Lapgtry, and found that his
daughter was drawing, him back to his
own circle In society. ] was delighted TO
himself and that he was more like his old
self than at any time within my recent re.
collection
Mr.. Bemis brought up many Incidents
that shed q kindly light upon the man
who has been 30 mucn misunderstood by
us. I'm the past MIR. Train has placed
himself In positions that were at the
times of his assumption of them far ahead
of the most advanced of the mass of hu.
manity, put which the times, a synonym
for the intelligence OF the populace. have
mis-. in voice pitched to commune with
muse of introspection.
"Can ! outline the part taken by MIR.
Train and myself in the Franco Prus ian
| dislurbancep l will say this, that when
| in 1870 the formation of the Train leagues
that were intended to elevate that gentle.
man to the presidency of the United
States in 1872 was fairly effected, Mr..
Train and | started for San Francisco on
July 2l to bind the earth with chain of
travel. My chief had felt the prominent
bumps OF this globe in the sos, and his
idea, impaired to me. was to recreate
himself and make the circuit in as short a
time a. consistent with that purpose. That
idea was carried out on the run to Marseil-
les. but before he had been long in that
city suspected that my leader had ar
ranged our journey to suit the emergencies
existing there and his own feeling in re-
gard to them.
| Notwithstanding the rapidity of our
passage, sufficient time was necessarily
spent in relaying provisions. etc., at the
various important intermediate points to
allow my mental camera to photograph a
considerable portion of the surface of this
planet. And had leasure to reflect upon
| the imminent peril we had been in just
before leaving San Francisco. The Chinese
question was ut fever heat in that CITY.
and at vast gathering of the "antis" in
one Of the theaters Mr.. Train had, with
his usual impetuoslty of conviction,
maintained that our shores had been pro-
claimed and were free to all comers.
| was on the stage with the speaker
and many others, and was fearful that
the members of the secret organization
effected for the suppression of the Mon
gols, known ns Crispins, who filled the
gallery, would do Mr.. Train some violence.
An egg was fired at him from an air-0 gun
with sufficient force to knock him out of
! time. me.temporarily. but recovering himself,
he addressed the Irish audience on the SUBJ
ject OF their countrv's woes, and forcibly ex-
pressed his remedies. disclosing between
the lines such an intimate acquaintance
and sympathy with the history and tradi-
tion Of their country that he was received
again with open arms and allowed to con-
tinue his discourse. HIS handling OF that
assembly was mastery. But we were fol-