The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-22
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Is Always d IN the ut-
scripuve recitals of foreign travels. but
comparatively few travellers are descrip
tive in their recitals. There are two
or three In Kansas. Ingalls, of Atchi-
son can hold one spell bound but he has
not seen as much as Eugene Ware and
he cannot describe what he has seen
any better. ingalls, crossed the ocean
TO do Europe and went straight TO the
field OF Waterloo. expecting. as he de-
clared once. TO an Eagle reporter, to
find great inspiration there. Il was
disappointed, he said: there is abso-
iutely nothing to be seen there but a
big mound with massive British hon
on top Of it, / never did Ike the Brit
fsh lion and the field o. Watrloo gave
me no inspiration" iIngalls did see
Berlin for all twas worth and he de-
scribes its municipal government sys-
tenn with great minuteness and inter-
est. Eugene Ware saw everything in
Rome and in PompeiL both under the
ground and over the ground and the
enthusiasm with which he describes
everything is not only ca itching, but il IS
faughable-thft is his facial expression
is. Neither one OF them, however. can
touch w. S. Cooper OF this city. In the
first place he has travelled ten times
more than either ingalls, or Ware and
saw ten hundred times more than they
did. There is hardly a country on
earth that Mr.. Cooper has not visited
and henOticed everything from the peb-
bleS on the road TO the finest castle en-
route. He has travelled from Alaska
TO Panama in the west, every inch of
the United States. Great Britain, Ire
hand, Germany. Denmark. Norway,
Sweened. Russia, France, Spain. SwitZ-
erAnd, Italy, Austria, Holland. Bel
GUM. Greece. Turkey, the Holy Land,
Egypt and the islands of the Medeter-
ranean.
During the week a reporter for the
Eagle was entertained in Mr.. Cooper's
office by stories Of MS travels. AS a
descriptive story teller he has no known
equal here. He tells a very fascinat-
ing story about the fate of Macmillan,
emperor of Mexico. He visited the
spot upon winch Macmillan was exc
cuted twice and picked UP hundreds OF
little tales about IL.
Macmillan was a grand character.
according to Mr.. Cooper. He was a
thorough knight. He was induced to
take up the Scepfer. OF Mexico by Louis
NapOlean Of France he heard but
one side Of the condition of Mexico
and when he started for there with his
bEduA4A III IpriS4Gu p'4Qcs Ndi-
lotte. nothing but rosy future pre-
scented itself. When ne arrived in
Mexico he found a republican in every
bush and all had a knife for him. In
the moment Of his greatest peril Louis
Napolean withdrew his 10000 French
soldiers mad left him alone IN a country
hostile to him. His situation was des-
perate and Empress Carlotte went ~
Europe 30 seek aid for him first from
Louis NapOlean and failing in thai she
went to the pope. She left the vatican
without hope and a raving maniac. In
due time MAMMALIAN was captured by
the republican army and taken out to
be shot. Two of his generals remained
loyal to him and while standing on the
"a tai ground of his execution he begged
not for his own life but pleaded for the
sparing of theirs. II was vain. He
then stood erect. opened his uniform
over his breast and said: Il have now
but one request 10 ask. Aim at my
heart / want my body returned 10
Europe and want my face not wound
ed for ] desire thar when my dear old
mother sees K she may know II. The
body Of MAMMALIAN was returned 70
Europe on the very ship that brought
him over TO take the throne Of an EN-
pire
one day Mr.. Cooper was at Treist.
and he desired 10 make a it,
tie pleasure trip on the Adriatic. He |
landed twenty miles above and saw
beautiful castle a short distance of
What castle IS thst2" he asked.
Thai" said MS gud. as the castle |
OF Macmillan, once emperor OF Mexico |
Nr. Cooper. the hover and adEnirsr OF |
ran toward the castle like |
a thtrst-f srniShed man toward a spring I
in The desert he went into ecStscies |
OF delight over me magnificent and |
spent hours among the marble pillars Of |
the gallery q the castle which was fill |
FL win beautiful paintings. The pr |
yate part % The castle n could not /
enter He wandered back into the /
grounds and cane near a grand ye-an- /
ds wEe-s ne saw one % The lOvellsst |
women MS eyes ever beheld. wearing a /
-ich Queenly court costume
Who 5 that vo11an?" he asked O. a /
sentinel.
That woman. ST. replied ths senti- |
Tel. rs the Empress Cartott4 % Mex
20. widow Of the princeiy Macmillan"
Mr. Cooper reached f0r MS fed glass /
~ once and To- several uiutes EaZe1 i
~ tas We q the iG-s,a-rei NaxnlH
an.
II h. madness Carlotte imagined /
hat TIE emperor vas Tot dad bat zb-
-=1- OF = journey she wound ro5s h.
saif n he- Gorgeous cc1rt dresses and i
% out lyon TIE versn6a - Tvarrh Tor
nm and spend hours gazing towards
ne AGrz-sc 4 hops Z seeing her
yacft co-us1C She was ilduiEaE -
IS dslussoa when NJ. Cooper saw oe-.
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