Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-05
rAREER OF CRIME.
..oxaeLE HISTORY OF A MODERN
 is8' cuFYALIER D'lN0uSTRlE.

bas just been lodged in jail the acke lp'. xyho has tasted the sweets of
 bay .hot a nrime minister yields and
 pNe. the eamut of crime that con oelilIsHs% u,;th the convict's stripes Will
 eau''u uonobton is the individual to ID Iam nss fallen this remarkable expe
 ssnoe and the distinction IS accorded
 lia, of being one of the most brilliant
 p.iminsIs and backsliders that history 1 < cOgnizant of ACfAaaspshed portion of which began l;sS .he year 1878, he has ruled king
 a.n He was the prime minister of
 .nsssinia. the chief adviser of King
 s"sn His word was law, and he could - ssar the execution of the kings in
 ~eS;ste relatives. This height of power
 nonobton reached from the plane of
 ste of the ordinary adVenturer. For 4.ors he maintained his power, and M rben at last fortune fersook him he &k& ..rned to the capitals of Europe for
 sosh tributes to his genius as 8 swim
 der
 Houghton first achieved notoriety in
 tR7e In that year he journeyed from
 England to Egypt, crusader, as much AC :. Richard the Lion Hearted, who made
 the same journey centuries before, but an ss bis latter day crusade WAS for fraud
 and theft instead of for the cross. A
 man named Major Barlow, who had
 baan an officer of the Yorkshire (Eng
 Iapd) yeomanry, was his companion.
 Both had planned out programme of 1 adventure that was as daring as it was dangerous.
 lust at that time the relations be- tween the khediye and the king of Abys- Saa sina were very strained. In fact, so slender WAS the tic that it needed but the weight of diplomatic straw to break it altogether. Houghton and his partner made their way into Abyssinia, and in manner that no one seems to be tho.ec.st'v familiar with ingratiated themselves with King John. Major Bar. low was the first of the two to gain prominence, for he induced the king to give him 8 very excellent appointment in the military service. King John was N more than willing to have his troops re- " ceiye the benefit of the military knowl- edge of an English officer, and it was not long before Barlow was placed at the head of the Abyssinian army. No sooner had he gained this point than he began to labor with the king i'll the in- terests of Houghton, with such excel lent results that the English adventurer became King Johns political adviser and later on prime minister of Abys- sinia.
 By this time Major Barlow had so won the king over that the title of gen. l. ba formally appointed commander ill chief M of the Abyssinian forces, with from M 10000 to so, GOO warriors under his oom- mand. Included in this force was the famous brigade of amazons, who were @ placed in such state of efficiency by this man that they became trench 4 dous power in themselves and won fame that to this day has made them we'll A known.
 While Abyssinia is in state of semi civilization there is yet strong lean- ing toward the barbaric, and at the time these events occurred that predi- lection was even greater than now. So the two Englishmen, quickly perceiv- ing that to maintain prestige and pow CT they must conform to the native GUS toms, decided to impress the fact Of their high power and favor with the king by series of ceremonies both long and weird. For week the soldiers or tho army danced and feasted, the oere- mony being witnessed by the king, Houghton and Barlow, the latter two decked in paint, beads and feathers and portions of uniforms of English officers. This had all the desired effect. The iak1x 4ha,. 1uac O ly established with royalty and people. Power was not all these gentlemen lI were looking for. Their mission to Egypt and to Abyssinia was principally to gain tremendous wealth, and thls they seemed now in fair way to sa- cure. They deliberately appropriated gold and silver and ivory from the stores of the king s subjects, sparing no one but the king himself. How much they managed to secure no one will ever know, but certain it is that the amount was enormous Wealth achieved, this pair of adventurers turned their atben' tion to politics, and very soon had the Egyptian government and King John by the ears. They stopped at nothing. Their daring was sufficient to overcome any obstacle Their advice, no matter how extraordinary was always taken, and the commotion Abyssinia created i. under their practical suzerainty was such that all the nations of Europe had their attention called to the matter. De- bate followed in the various pari1a- ments, and it looked for time as If the very peace of Europe had been jeopardised by the marvellous effrontery of txyo EupIish rpnpGadeS.
 While all this was going on Houghton and Barlow lived as we'll IS AbysslnIa could permit When they travelled, 1t xaa in stata nhairs narriad hV AmaZO-