The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-02
0WNEY is NOT DEAD.
fxz vAxovs noe or THE fsorR
LI:xAC N 81. LOUIS.
01s Re3orssd Demise HrinSs onf
)1any sto=f~s About His ffesnnrk-
able Career - a Canire Traveller
-ror Fifteen Y~nr. ffc Has RID
a<s en = psss.

for there uafiI he ei>s. according 80 :
New York San dispatch s-orl y 60 Fsi'.s =,
sOwney has been TIE subject o. oih.,aa
correspondence recently Ere@es -.
psstofssee separ.7sn. snj SEES y. -.
officials. When Caps- HEs't, -
assnertufeuaent az the railway mai ser
vice. read a aixpafch rom cIeseiana, ~.
Ing that The dog had been killed ~ =
pslseersxn II, ne ussios depot there tes NJ
tempting 20 bite man, sse Nfots :. 49,
20 George Pepper. sr.s 6tps-ahsei,'~ne =
.he service ~ CLEVELAND. fei- e-si-S
sflciai report on oxneys 1esI
Information EEether his s1ln eSu.a
MOUNTED 10 b. placed n me i"se*l
scum nj Washington
Peppers ogscsai response WIS fe 'sT
- Capt. White few days a.. - . -
follows: Unexpectedly fsrEafoea 70 800
eral superintendent railway r6ii seis,e-.
Washington NTH the Information W.
tho dog mentioned in fhis chppins "a
not Owney. The policeman Killed IN
exerx-tsav ardinary eu- 1T The ansoa ST.
ssaa. and the reporter die tho rest. Inc
last heard OF Owney was anat ne naa
zone TO Cincinnati 10 meet tie zee super
fnfenaent from which point &c Wa
'roused' to the exposition ~ NASHVILLE
Postal Clerk Selvia 81. the story ..
owney.s death . :sw dass Aso. sha
Capt. White received from Elm letter
saying iAzr the yossa. dog bad been in his
possession for thrsc wcsts- lie aao Soisled
Melvin white returning from Tho posisi
clerks convention AZ San Frnnessco
Owney was suffering from az attack
Of mango. and Melvin determined To aosd
hfn until ne wss cured. The eEre has
been accomplished. but Owney has DC
veiDpe1 annse ugly traits. due 70 his adj
vanced years. he tries TO bite every body
he does net know Melvin said In nis let
ter he would like 80 keep owney until
he dies and Capt. White has written an
official communication granting the re-
quest.
The reported death of owney brought
forth many stories of hts life. and long
obituary notices were published In many
OF the leading papers of the country. The
Chicago Times Herald said that no dog
had more friends. and none was more
widely Travelled. Europe. Asia. Africa ana
America have all been visited BY him at
different times. For the past fifteen years
he has been constantly on the go. travelling
almost every hour OF the night or day.
During that time he has made thousands
Of friends. Including kings and princes.
and received nearly 1000 medals. Yet the
dog was shot like a NANCY cur was cart
ed away and nobody knows where Is his
body.
There il some mystery about Ow1eys
eariy life. Its details were known 20 20
"
eaty which many other great characters
might initiate. was not communicative
upon the subject and never wrote hts
rccoliccfiors for the magazines or Sub
scrlrtion book publishers. But the cog
was of humble origin ugly end disrepat-
able In appearance. lie was a common
cur. From these dogs come The great
canine geniuses. just as the most eminent
statesmen are produced from men Of
humble birth. and canal boys. rail split
ters. and so forth. have become presi-
dents Of the United States. Those who
have made a study Of canine traits as
serf that dogs with long pedigrees are al
most without exception idiots. while the
mongreis show the creates, intelligence.
Possibly nature knowing that these will
have more trouble than the others In the
struggle for existence endows them with
more intelligence. However that may he.
Owney aeeded compensation for his
looks, for he was az honseiy dog as is
often seen. With cropped ears and blind
of one eye. which he lost In fight i'm
New Orleans. he was thoroughly disrep-
utahle In appearance. His blood was
chiefly that OF an Irish setter. and the
gray steaks In his coat were usually
dirty. for owney was not neat. He licked
the dirt and struggled 10 prevent himself
from being washed by the mail clerks.
but they. out of consideration for his
health would frequently scrub him and
make him presentahle.
own~y's TRAVELLING Record.
But owney had no tricks like those II
other clever dogs He could do none OF
the things that are done BY the brilliant
md accomplished CANNES who eondescend
"a smuse human beings Al the circus.
owney could not even stand on his head
Nor could he beg like other dogs IL may
have been that he was too proud To beg
Certainly he did not have to do Il. for so
long as any mail clerk In the United
States had anything Owney was welcome
10 II. owney's sole accomplishment was
As q traveller. and he had a passion for
travelling that could not be controlled.
Fifteen wears ago Owney began 20
travel lilo Was then \ puppy and had
made The acquaintance Of the clerks at
the Albany, y. Y. roStoffscc To whom
he belonged and how he came 10 the
pessnffics Is unknown. hut he was such
uuset gentle deg that the clerks soon be-
canse attached 70 him. He immediately
svsnced fondness Tor travelling His
iir<t rides We're on ranil wagon and
every day he would hop anon tho wagon
and -, Nv TIC side or az the feet OF tho
driver This he continued for months
Then one - the clerks teek him on the
run from Aleany - Boston. and the
Journey ia the mail car 40 ,lsfgrhtea
ovncN that FROM that ;iuse he had 70
ether ambition "a life than TO travel i, =
mai ch~s ~ the end Il tao run he re-
fa~ed ~ leave :hc ear and i.,asfe the Jour
neT sgs,n and axain. a dog n 4 mail car
was rarity aad ewney. as uslai, made
sriende.
Then owney eyga4 e travel longer dts
tasfres rom B0stan he WAS ~ VITA
note tied 70 his collar. e. Portland Ne
ard Their after his retarn he went 10
New York Fer two years ne has tray
sies4 in shc East Ena then ~ began "a
travel 20 the West. His arst visit 20 chit
snea was paid Twelve Years $50 Longer
sossrneys we're then undertaken. ard srnr,
that time he began 20 rnako the etrcuit az
the United States ard Travelled On every
railway mail route During ali or that
tsFua pwney received the hest psasitir
care from the railway mali clerks Al
- them knew hsnt by reputation. ana be
~aS treated with the greatest possible
care and consideration. lie VAS Sfven a
sotlfDrtahie corner N the car ug,sr which
a. sicep. ana was well fed sna well cared
for Tire men would share their meals
With him ard weaid buy Sim sossseshiar-
10 cat as saa railway eating houses. Kfss
seesf waz always 0f she sscSt nuss Il was
said that Nc lived GA rssrterhcuse steaks.
m all events the most pstted ard par.n-
snes pct 81 uanAan millionaire eoula not
have receivva BETTER src2tsaea and t.,t
Ter iood than dsa owmcy.
How ovuey Travelled.
onnsysa collar was It's tree pas y
vas suggested Some years as-.s that
p~ysev ~ given Tree PASS bv ths s.-ssf-
ssea4 ~ skc San Antonsa & AranSas Pass
railway The president raaste oct he
rass 81 = 3oke. and affixed Il On Op-raV.s
collar. fsut tho dog had 70 need az ~
and the pass NaS sent n hc Treasured
with ether souvenirs a. Albany. y
conductor or other sf1eiaf vvesi1s hev~
dreamed &c putting aim 90 TIE car -.