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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
EARTHQUAKE DID 1T.
Miss Mnrden. N Girl Dumb for Ten
Years. Able to Speak After a
Montana

Earthquakes do not generally bring joy
into homes. but out in Montana-in Helena
recent seismic disturbances have pro
duced Il state of happiness in one home
which has not seen or felt for many years.
ON the night when the earthquake was
first felt Eva Montana Marden. of ihi
Breckenridge street, spoke for the first
time in ten years. While only one word
was ELECTED from the unfortunate young
woman. it was the sweetest sound that had
fallen upon her mothers ears for many
a day and renewed the hope that speech
was soon to be restored to her daughter.
Mrs. Marden believes she has noticed Il
condition since that morning. The UNI
fortunate Young woman has taken some
interest in the life about her since
then and her mother is waiting
the time when she Will again begin 10 talk.
Miss Mardcn was horn in Helena twenty
seven years ago. She was a bright little
girl and gave promise of becoming Il happy,
useful woman. She went to the public
school for Il time. but left il % take a
course in Il Helena business college. Until
she WAS 1t wears old she was as quick TO
learn as any of her Schoolmates- But
then came a calamity which wrecked hor
life. She became seriously i'll and Il doctor
who was called in. il is said. gave her
drugs that threw her into commissions
Soon aftsrward she became paralvzed and
one year after her first attack She seemed
to lose the power of speech. The paralysis
Of the body left her in time. but she would
not speak. For ten years she had not
spoken until the earthquake shook her
into momentary sensiblity.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
DOCTOR SPOILS A WEDDING.
For This reason Colonel CavaIeri
Will Sue Atlanta for
Damages.

One of the most peculiar damage suits
on record vii! be the outcome of the virus
war now in progress in Atlanta. Ga. \
force of city physicians and policemen are
visiting every office, home. shop and store,
yaocinating by force when necessary, and
one of the unwilling victims was Il young
lady of 10, who was soon TO nave become
the bride of Colonel T.. l.. Cavaleri. "A
years old. and a veteran of the Union
amy Colonel Cavalier says the NacCln-
atinG physician has come between him and
his affianced bride and he is in earnest
when he says the city must pay for ms
wounded feelings.
cavalier states that he was engaged TO
the Young lady. and loves young dream
was not marred until the otticious doctor
came upon the scene. In his vaccinating
rounds he mot the young lady. who de-
INJURED to being vacCinateI because she
said she was going Ia get married. The
Old gentleman says the doctor diSSuadCd
her from getting married, saying that it
would be better TO be vaccinated than
mTrried.
His sweetheart finally consented to he
yaCcinateG and the doctor went on his
way, never dreaming, perhaps. that he had
rent two loving hearts in twain. When
the aged lover returned 10 his promised
young bride he found. where all was
warmth and welcome before. Il cool recep-
ton.
She fatty refused 10 marry him. giving
as Il reason that the doctor had advised
heT that vaccination was better than mar
riGge. All he could say awaited nothing.
She was obdurate and declined 10 marry.
II am the sufferer: the city is responsible
and il must pay me damage. and IL good
sum. too" he said to-day.
CaVHleri served in the Union army and
now draws IA pension. He is a venerable
locking man. with long white hair and
beard. and his refined but careworn face
frequently attracts the attention of strau-
gers. He is 4 man of education and has
written an autobiography. which. however.
has not yet been published.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
A NOBLE %TENDERFOOT.
THE MARQUIS DE MORES AND HIS
BAD LANDS CAREER.
How the Gallant F~rcnchmnn Killed
IL Nan Nicnriou>ly and Was EN-
on-rate,I-Othcr incidents
in DcNorr>' Life

Frank !. Mead in the Minneapolis Jour
nal writes cntertainingly OF the Marquis
DE Moro-. who WAS wo!l known to many
persons in Kansas city and in Kansas.
In ls>. people of bismarck and Mandan,
at the Missouri crossing of the Northern
Pacific. were introduced to a ver!ta"lc
dude tenderfoot." lie came on It special
car. accompanied by some of the officials of
the railway company. and consequently il
WIS assumed that he WAS Il man OF some
Importance. lie was introduced 10 the OIL
yial4 and dieuiIaries Of the country as the
M4rauis de MorcS. Il representative OF the
old French nobility. and the son-in-Iaw of
Baron Won Hoffman. the multi-miliionJtrc
banker and finuncier Of Vienna. London
and New York. The denizens of the Mis-
souri, slope looked upon the new arrival
onriuusly. hut they did not fall dead.
The marquis was q gentleman of "Ntra"r-
binary physical attractions. Not more
than 20 years Of age. he was tail. we'll
built. with u strikingly handsome face,
and a pair of pleasant brown eyes which
were at once seductive and conciliatory.
H.. was very friendly and aup~roachable.
giving il ONT that he had come Vest to
make himself useful rs Il citizen of the
republic. and to start with. ne tA!"'l'u
to establish IL sheep or cattle raIlch IN the
Bad Lands in the Ueighborhuod of the Lit
tie Missouri. He spent several days ana
very considerable money nj thu two towns.
and his generosity. coupled with the leg
ends of his eScapI.irS in France and Eng
land. mad. him quite q dime novel nero
with the ,ieniZeus Of these frontier c;tpitals.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
WHEELED ROUND The WORLD
THOMAS STEVENS MADE THE FAM
OUS TOUR IN ISSf.
Rode n Fifty-Inch Ordinary-EncOun-
tered the Greatest Difficulties in
China-Made the Trip in
Three Years.

From the Cycle.
In 1854. one Thomas Stevens. a born En-.
Glishman, but a natura!ized American,
started on Il ftty-inch ordinary bicycle
from San Francisco, full of determination
tc ride around the world. ON his Cruds
bicycle he crossed the Rocky mountains and
then journeyed over the, prairies through
Omaha to Chicago. and so on 10 New York.
From New York he took steamer TO LIN
erpoOl. where lie met with Il grand recep-
ton from English cyclists. and pedaled
evenly through Britain TO the southern
coast. After his $50 miles across the
American continent. stevens delight at the
English roads was ~inexpressible. Straight
on TO Paris he went. then by u southeast
erly course into Germany. through Stras-
burg. to Vienna, Budapest and Peterwar-
dein to Semlin. the last city of the Occi-
dent.
He crossed the Danube here and trav-
ersed Servia. Bulgaria. Eastern Roumelia
and European Turkey. until in the early
days of May, 1851. he landed in the an
cient city of the Constantines. He had now
covered. he reckoned. something like half
the journey. but the remaining half WAS
one which would not be so pleasurahle. for
it was to he among the people bitterly
opposed 10 foreigners, and who had never
seen such = thing as a bicycle before In
spite of the opposition which he received
on all hands. he set out ON his great jour
ney across Asia. He crossed the Bosporus
in early august. and went through lsmidt.
| Angora. E.rZeroum. Tahriz. and so on to
the capital of Persia. Teheran. Here he
WAS entertained by the shah and made
much of. The whole populaCe. in fact.
turned out TO see him on his extraordinary
engine"
He wintered in Teheran, and in the early
sprisc Of 1856 started out for the capital Of
Afghanistan. The AfghaDS. however. were
a bit TOO much for Thomas Stevens. They
took him prisoner and carried him back
over the frontier. telling him he could get
around the world by any means he liked
so long as he did not go through Afghanis-
tan.
by q circuitous route Stevens then got
round to BeluChistan, and so on into
| Northern India. which he crossed down
the valley OF the Gauges. Then he tried
Burmah. and after that tackled the ttthit
of his ride. the unknown provinces OF
| Southern China His experiences in Chini
were. to say the least. terrible. Stoned.
fred at. starved. and otherwise maltreated.
his indomitable spirit was nearly cavins
ton presented to him on several occasions
that he was compelled to travel in the
night in order to avoid the hostile natives
Ultimately he was taken prisoner by the
| soldiers and carried 10 Shanghai. where he
met many distinguished individuals in tho
diplomatic world. whose influence was SUf-
fiCicut to set him free. He left China for
Japan. CycIed from NaGasaki 20 Toxic. and
in 1871 landed at San Francisco. which he
had left some three years previously. hay
ing accomplished what must always Ia
regarded as one of the most remarkable
cycling feats of the nineteenth century.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
THOUSANDS FOR MERE BUGS.
An chronological sale In New York
city Causes Spirited
Rivalry.
from the New York Press

From the New YORK Press.
ryoS,ora scientists. Sayant4 with more
s,rf,., ,b,ir ,.r,.s -I.,n letters In
-" - ~,
men, eagerly b!HdIfiS -" On Il M ~
larger than a Glove and just about as - m
u-lri,al ami lovely. were the attraction N
No. l4l East FortIeth street last night II
Ms the annual sale JOi specimens gath
cred by members of the Eew YORK I'm
iuiuoIUSIr;tl Soc!rtN-th" yearly sal" 10 t'''h
Diner Of the duplicate gathered.
The au.tioneer Wa br. bti"i"nSHl' th"'
as Mark Twain would Say. t." i n r'iulhlS-
cent cuSs. He joll!c'i his .iPlt2"tl".llH
huHored brethren aS il h" were one OF a
LOT Of SchoolhoEs, and ratified off Il lot oi
Latin and Greek names Just ~ fluehflE
We havr her" sand the doctor, a
splendid specimen of the N~zySt"wiudnS..
'Thats what II sounded Ike = was WIN
the Antilles You will "l,@"rV" II : Il H.
male. AS with humans. iticy are the most
v.linahle-
'flV" dollars
Five | am bid. br. NJ ana Waih"H
seven weary mics for That lovely Sp',l-
n:en-siA You sny-thrn waiked back again.
Observe the aui"nIt.i", SIMPLY p"rit't -SiN
iiiIy-I rem"mh'r how disheartrn"d we
were al our failure ana how he shed Tears
OF JOY III finding II in his SCUM IN mat III
t!e iittlTe hotel ii-Soh" ut seven duilitS.
w no bid The seven. came rom 4
hflSh;-"Nrd. tdld-hedu'd bu&CtoSlSl. whose
Hhlsk"r~ might nay" been called ii''tuI'itlt
h't1 nor respect for his reputation earned
them t:r It'll" Of sparse.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
{ w GEORGE CLARK DEAD.
MuIatio Made Famous by "tuci..
Toms Cabin Expires mt
Lexington.

l.,wis George clark, the S6-year-old
muiat1o. who WIS The original Of George
Harris in "rnci- Toms Cabin" died at
Al, hone of RhoGa Richardson. among
strangers.
Ills destitute condition WAS discovered by
some I-N paper men two years ago and
go ; result OF the publicity they gave him
Charles GuherS. in Dunedin. New Yea
land. got up a benefit entertainment for
b.rl, supported on the fund for nearly A
year and Their" is money enough LEFT to
PAY Tor his funeral. IL. had been bed
fass Tor several months. hut continued 10
take nouriSumcut up TO three days ago.
wl,n he became unconscious. lis death
resulted from old age. His children, who
are scattered throughout the country. were
nc notified Of his critical Illness. a. they
| have seemed To care nothing about him.
| Tn MAYOR has had charge Of the funds
saut FROM New Zealand for Clark = main
| t-;sance ana lie Will see that he is properly
| buried.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
A COWBOY ARTIST.
HE WAS DISCOVERED Las 81 MINER
BY u Nc DENVER WOMAN.
Romantic Acquaintance the
Modest MOuntainccr to Denver,
Where He IL LiOnizcd by
the Artists Club.

For fifteen years. ever since he was a
boy of L. Il young man from Iowa has
haunted the timheriiue OF toiortdoS
mountains. AS a boy he worked III the
camps and did any kind OF work there
was to do. Gradually he became an cX-
pert with horses and for years has n!dhc a
business uf breaking and training tt''hi;
He has always been called "fimherIin".
owing to his love for the mountain
heights, but his real lame is G.. Il. k"p-
liuger. lie is handy with his gun. l. as
brave as It man can he and Is At pr"Sent
marshal of Il camp called "Diiinn. not
far from Breckenridge. His wohderlui
height and strength make him remark
able ut first sight, for he stands six feet
four and "A half inches in his stockings.
Perhaps "Ti,hberiine,' vino Is Il typirai
mountain cowboy in dress, manu.rlSm ana
speech. may have inherited an artistic
ability from his parents. who Stll live in
Sidney, Ia. and perhaps his life. often in
solitude amcng natures wonders up III
developed an artists soul in his hcrculean
body. At any rate. during the intervals OF
his wild life among Wild men ana hg.intsi
he sought to portray with Il sharp"ned
piece OF lead ore the grandeur OF tle
Canons and peaks. His hands were more
accustomed 10 holding a. Winchester. but
him. TIL look of refinement and sym
PATTY deepered in his face, for mis- study
of the gentle art ana sttil gentler nature.
made him more OF II mar. with All the
longingS of the artist for the beautiful.
Like all genius1s he was very modest
and did not think his trifing work worth
anything except TO amusc his lonely
hours. His rough companions tHIttcd
him on his picture work as murh as
they dared. for the young marshal would
not stand anything. He is but >. years
old now, and full of all the fires and pas
sions of youth. While his mountain friends
sometimes laughed at him. they all re-
spectcd him and privately expressed their
admiration for the young fellow.
one day last summer u Young woman
of Denver visited the vicinity of mis-
home in the clouds. She was Il born
artist. one who loved art for arts sake.
She saw the young man. niarveled at his
tall. well-knit frame, saw the look of re
f!nement in his StOrm-seamed face and
soon gained his confidence. lie hesitat-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

away. lie was shy as TO photographi1g.
but he did not deny his autograph TO those
who asked for l.. aud was particulifiE
touched by the request OF "A woman VINO
wrote on a postal card from the other end
of Galicia. describing herself las a We
young wife whose husband called her SHY
hut who wanted 10 show him that she
was clever enough TO wiieedle an auto
t0graph out of Mark Twain. All TINS Was
merely because the papers had announced
his arrival.
But when the public learned he WAS go
inG to stay a whole year in Vienna, that
he suffered from sout, and was anxious TO
have Il house 10 himself and would study
the peCuliaritieS of the country ana us
inhabitants. then II WIS that letters poured
in upon him. Most people We're glad TO
hear lie mastered the German language
sufficiently to read The papers in the morn
ing. and these wrote in German. But some
were anxious 10 show their proficiency III
English. and these letters Mark Twain on
sidered worth keeping. There are two cat
eEories of le~ttcrs-those whose writer's
have an interested motive and those which
are dictated 10y admiration Of the humorlst;
Among the latter are quite fifty Ways of
curing the govt.
In the Iirst- notice TIE Meme Fr"ie Pre-s-
published on Mark Twain there WAS 4 ref
eftr"e 10 his wish to use HIS ohstrNant
powers as long as they were quite fresh,
by standing Al som. street corner where
the tide Of men aud women flowed past,
and to see with an eye to which all Is
new the difference between these men and
women and those of other busy cities. ON
the Sunday following PoetZi. thu Vienna
EUMoTist. one OF the few %no Write the
dialect 10 perfection. showed Mark Twain
what a queer city he had rome to. lie
pl;rT't him on a bridge with NOTEBOOKS aud
pencil and st all tn. "hari' fcri~iir figures
a.: Vienna Stre-iS-rhe errund boE. the
oommlSsipuairr. The Ioothiach. The chest
nut vendor, The woman Wh" washes Ihe
cabs. The cahm'u and the ipliD"-to guess
Who TIE stranger was ami what he wanted.
THIS wI- done with 50 much good hgimor
ard good taste that 81 friendship has re-
suited from II between Mark Twain and
Ing'Zi. though they cannot talk much to-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

successes of Boidiri ~ Il painter. as for
years he has been one - the faNorites OF
Europe. for his triumph- have been brIl-
liant. lie oNvrlS III portraits and his pic
lures alurn many palaces md mansions
Of Europe. He paints after the impress
siuii-t school
In personality Boidini is "A short, stout
man. and Wtli unrpurtiuHed. he has a
mail beard ut TitIau-like nUe. IL is viva
pious. droll and Interesting, but serious with
II al.
Thc noted portrait painter was born in
1874. at TcrrIr-. the land OF Iucretia
Eurgia." Tie loves his country and has
never ~rolinpuished his Italian citizenship.
although he has lived in France since 1872.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
A STATUE OF MILLET.
The PraSant-Painte Not With out
Honor in His own
Country.

Jean Francois Millet. the painter of the
"Angclus'' Go name the picture which most
people knew him by). is not without honor
in his own country. Not long ago, at Gre
VILE. the village where he was born. there
was unveiled n statue to commemorate his
memory and his mastery works. 1t is
erected "au bord de la falaise, tout pres de
la campagne on le conduisalt le vieuX
pretre d'Ayranches. qui 'liSait son br.Yaire
sur les hauts champs qui dominent Ii mer."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
ALL RIGHT TECHNICALLY.
4 story About Hannibal HnmIin's
Early Political
nrNnr
irrcm the San Francisco Argonaut.

From the San Francisco ArGonaut.
In hannibal lIamIin's early days, at a
certain caucus in Hampden. the only at
ttrGants were himself and . citizen of
large stature. Mr.. Hamiiu had some TeSo-
buttons to pass which began by represent
ing that they were presented TO 4 large
and respectable" gathering of voters.
Hold on cried the other man, we
can't pass that, for II amt true. II amt
\ large and respectable caucus. There's
only two Of us"
You keep Sti!l. brother commanded
In, willy Hamlin. its all right. for you are
larG, and | I'm respectable. You lust keep
srrI.' So the resolutions were passed
without further demur.,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

Between bordeaux and RayoGue. says
the London Graphic, lies that stretch of
open country known rs the "L.audc=.' y
great part of this tract, which was for
merry waste land. has been uOw par
TALLY reclaimed and planted with pine
trees. which are cultivated for III" sake
OF the resin that Is extracted from them
The rest Of il. however. remains wild
and covered with sorse and broom. The
villages and groups of dwellings in the
'l.andcS" arc very scattered, and IN nr,,"T
70 traverse the wide extent OF the plains
with case. tin" inhabitants rs" stills.
which are tied to their legs. Mounted on
these the shepherds watch their ilocks in
the hrushWood. and can cross pools,
marshes and peat without difficulty. They
carry with them i long pole, which serves
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

make that branch OF the United States
army one OF the p~rrttiest dressed in the
world. The helmet viii be entirely dis
carded.
For the artillery and infantry will he
adopted Il buSby similar 10 those worn by
our cavalry in the Revolution. and by the
city troops to-day. The change in the ar
tiIIcry and infantry uniforms will be
slight.
The picture on the left shows how Tn
Gle Sans cavalry now looks. The one az
the right portrays how he will look in
his new clothes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

The statue is from the chisel of MIllet's
Young compatriot. NJ. Marcel jacques. IA
sculptor who uniteS strength and vicor 10
deep poetic feeling. Shod in heavy sabots.
and seated on a little knoll. the painter
is represented looking out over his native
fields. he is not painting Il is contemplate
ing with a gaze of keen insight the scenes
amid which he worked so well. That the
statue IS a good one and is greatly appre-
ciat-d in France. we may understand from
the words OF NJ. Andre Michel. in the
sculptor as follows: Il am confident that
NJ. Marcel Jacques. who IS bat a beginner
and has still much TO learn, Will one day be
a great French sculptor.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

as 4 support when resting. THE postmsn.
covered with snow. getting about on stills
il, of course. difficult. ana In order 10
Obviate the Inconvenience and to enable
him 20 get over tho ground without loss
OF time. the postmau mas lately t1kan 70
ut 10 his stills 4. kind OF thin wooden
skate. which enables him IN walk Oh the
top of the snow without sinking in The
po~tman IS clad In = whitod cloak called
a ''Capot.' lined with sh~eepskin. and pro-
vided with = mood. His legs are also
covered with sheHr~kin- In the dures the
postal service l. carried on by the shep-
herds on horseback. TOR il would he i'm
possible to travere the sandy tracts o o
stills.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
B0LDINI IN AMERICA.
The Celebrated Italian Portrait
Painter ON a Visit to This
Gnunfry

Jean Boldini received a cordial welcome
and WAS hono:cd by several receptions
when he landed in New York the other
day. II is his first visit 10 the United
States. but he has already done work for
many celebrated Americans in whose pri-
V;,te are galleries he il represented.
1t is scarcely necessary TO recount the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

Success in A~reument-'.I understand she
is very successful in argument We'll.
! should say 50. Why. at our debating
club last week. she was still talking when
every one of those opposins her Was COM
pieteiy tired out. Chicago Post.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

Theatrical ~Mauaror-"rhir play Lend
Nj Five ShilliucS iSI'i Un-to-iatc enough
for me" .hssistaut-"What shall we do"
hmericanizo il. bring II down
- modern times aud cali II lend Nc a
Doi!dr.' Philadelphia North American.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
Had to Lie There.

From tho Chicago Evening Post.
lis he a truthful m.en?'
Why, ves-that is. outside OF the
cycling club"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04
DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH, Mimi, April 3.-Duluth wheat
seems to be growing stronger, and there
seems to be little disposition to sell. This
market ruled 1s@Ac above other markets
today, as compared with few days ago.
Little or nothing was worked for shipment,
the New York buyers seeming not to have a
right idea of the situation here. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 blu has been contracted
for spring shipment, and that this represents
two-thirds Of the amount available for ship
ment before the new crop. Cash sales today
were 10000 blu to the mills at May price, and
Il cars to the shippers at 14c under. The
market opened at 71Sc, sold up to TIC, and
dropped To- closing at Tic. The close: Cash.
No. hard. 7211c; No. l northern, 7O1kc; No.
northern, csc; No. spring 6413@6612c; re-
jected. 4SAQ62Ac; to arrive, No. / hard, 721sc;
No. 1 northern, 7O19c; May, No. hard, 73c;
No. 1 northern, Tie; July, No. northern,
711ac; September, No. northern, Csc. Re-
ceipts wheat, 1858 bu shipments, none;
cars inspected, al; last year, 151 Receipts
barley, 9,27S bu; fax, 14,145 bu; oats, close
171AQ17c; rye, S3c; fax, Use; May, 76c.