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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
BANDITS TREASURE DUG UP,
Unearthed by Prospectors Who.
Probably Knew the Secret,


Four men. who a the names of VIII
end Thomas Hardy. George Wyncol and
Rover Gleason, arrived at Tucson, A. T.,
from San Francisco three weeks ago, and
remained there long enough to buy a conf
plete prospecting outfit, and set out in an
easterly. direction. giving no clue to their
destination. A few days 6 they returned
to the town with several well filled sacks,
Sold their prospecting kits and left for
The belief Is almost general that these
sacks contained coined treasure, Jewels
and precious stones. It seems strangers
irhahited old Cienega station over a fort
a vigilant outlook day and night. As soon
as they had gone. half a dozen different
persons examined the premises and found
holes in the ground inside and outside the
inquisitive ranchmsn found 800 old Ameri-
en- dollars buried under the stones of the
fireplace.
These things have recalled to mind the
the abode Of a band Of cutthroats. Most
OF the crimes perpetrated by the white men
at Cienega were laid to the door of the
ApacEes. and 1t was afterward found that
noccasins were kept by the robbers as
The most widely known crime of the
Cierega fends was the capture Of $3.50, 900,
en- route from Ell Paso to San Diego. the
funds OF a United States paymaster. Three
meI who ATTEMPTED to convey them in a
blackboard past Cienega station were muir
dered. 1t was impossible for the band to
get out Of the country with their treasure.
Sc most OF 1t was buried in secret. Then
came the Apache avengers.
Often since then idle prospectors nave
made vain searches for the hidden treas
ure: Evidently the four San Francisco men
took something. and almost everybody In
Tucson believes that this something was
the Euried treasure.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
WORCESTERSHIRE FOLLY.
Characterised a. One Of the silliest
Mares Nests Devised by HUI
man nnVuno.~

man Dullme80s
DR.. Ffske, introducing his witty and de-
nghtful article upon the Bacon-Shakespeare
Folly in the November Atlantic, says:
Some time ago. while looking over a
wheelbarrow load Of rubbish written to
prove that u plays as king Lear and
The Merry Wives Of Windsor emanated
from n Of the least poetical and least hui
morous minds of modern times. I was re-
boy. / forget whether 1t was some whim-
steal man Of letters like Charles Lamb, or
some such professional wag as Theodore
Hook. who took it into his head one day to
turned upward, gazing into the sky. There
upon the next person who came that way
forthwith stopped and did likewise, and
then the next and the next, until the road
women. all standing as II rooted in the
ground. and with solemn skyward stare.
The enchantment was at last broken when
some one asked what they were looking at
instance of a certain remnant of primitive
gregariousness of action on the part of hu-
man beings. which exhibits itself from time
to time in sundry queer fashions and fads.
which saw the beginning of the Atlantic
Monthly. published a book %purporting to
unfold the philosophy Of Shakespeare
dramas. it was not long before other per-
sons began intently staring into tho siliiest
mares nest ever devised by human dull
ness until the fruit of SO much staring APP
peared in divers eccentric volumes, of
which more specific mention will presently
De made. Neither In number nor in quality
are they such as to indicate that the Bacon.
Shakespeare folly has yet become fashion,
able. and we shall presently observe in It
marked suicidal tendencies which are likely
TO prevent Its ever becoming so; but there
are enough of them to illustrate the point
of my anecdote.
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AT A FRENCH WEDDING.
the Observation-Disclosures of .
Lifetime Spent on NuDtfals,


the Observation-Disclosures of .
Lifetime Spent ON Nuptials.
When marriages occur among the bour-
geoise Of Paris the participants. relatives
and guests resort to methods diStinctively
French to celebrate the event. After the
usual and necessary ceremony the wedding
party betakes itself to some restaurant,
often In the suburbs. where q dejeuner has
been ordered. and when ample justice has
been done to the repast a long drive, varied
with frequent stoppageS at rural cafes, is
enjoyed, the programme terminating with
q good dinner and a dance at some other
place OF refreshment. Not seldom, indeed.
Is a dance improvised before the evening
hour, and the space in front of some cafes
in the neighborhood of Paris Is paved with
ing the votaries of TernSichore to disport
themselves to their hearts content while
q halt has been made for refreshments
and also for a welcome rest for the weary
steeds. 1t Is NJ thing to be-
hold. while the thing is at its height, a
dozer brides and bridegrooms, each with
their troops of lively guests. bobbing up
and down to a gay polka tune or sliding
along in the may waltz.
The latest peculiar adventure has been
that of a lively bridegroom. who. having
wonted banquet on his wedding day. can
didly confessed when the bill was present.
ed that he had not a sou in the world to
pay for 1t. Here was an awkward pre-
dicament. The sum amounted to 12o francs.
What was to be done? The guests very
politely put ~ francs into a plate
which was handed around. but, naturally,
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has seemed to me too silly to need contra
diction. The truth is. when I was ordered
to go to Europe I engaged an ordinary
first class state room. When L stepped on
board the ship I found my room occupied.
By some mistake it had been assigned to
a lady. Her baggage was in the room,
and I could not insist upon her leaving it.
One of the managers of the steamship
ompany happened to be on board. and he
very generously gave me another room
which happened to be vacant, without any
additional charge"
Then your state COON did not cost $750?'
"No. 1t did not" was the emphatic reply.
did it cost you $5O0?"
NO." replied General Miles. 1T did not,
and nothing like II. The actual rate charged
was hat of the ordinary first class pass
age, and no more"
The Trouble With Admiral Miller.
How about your trouble with Admiral
Miller. general? 1t is said that you crowd
ed him out Of the Buckingham Palace
hotel in London"
There is not a word Of truth in that"
replied General bdiles. 81 can't think how
the story originated. but I see that it has
gone the rounds of the press. The ad-
miral and myself were both guests Of the
English government. Our accommodations
were arranged for us at the hotel. We
had nothing to do with making the ar
rangements. and our names were placed
over the doors Of our rooms before we
went there. The other guests had their
rooms assigned in the same way. Over one
room was pasted the name of the crown
prince of Siam. another bore that of the
Duke Of Wurtemberg, a third that Of the
grand duke of Russia, and so it was with
all the guests. The rooms to which I was
assigned were a small parlor at the front
and a sleeping apartment in the rear, hAv-
ing windows opening out upon a court.
Admiral Miller'S name was over the door
Of his rooms and mine was over my rooms.
] never saw the admirals rooms. and 1
don't think he ever saw mine The story
was q misstatement from beginning to
end"
The Sultan and His Army.
The conversation here drifted to General
Miles experiences during his tour. He
visited nearly every great army of Europe
and saw more than 4oo. 900 soldiers in the
maneuvers and in the camps of the differ
ent countries. He inspected the military
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
|NBW MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
THE FORCE OF TRACTION IS DIRECT.
ED By A BALLOON.
Rail Anchored to the Ground-In the
Descent the P~ropellinR Force IL
Gravity and the Balloon
Acts m q Check.

A German newspaper. the Ilustrirte
Zeitung. has this to say of a new mount
ain railway which is built on quite a novel
plan 1t was tested last year on a small
scale. and Is to be shortly opened in a diff
ferent locality for regular service. The
principal feature of the new system is that
the force Of traction is directed vertically
Upward. and Is derived from a balloon. A
single rail Is used for the only purpose of
directing the course of the train and keep
ing the balloon with It's load captive. To
this end the rail is made T shaped. and tho
car runs on 1t. gripping 1t from the sides
and from below. The rail is anchored to the
ground at distances Of about fifteen feet. In
the descent the propelling force is gravity,
and the balloon acts as q check to prevent
accelerated motion. A ballast of water.
taken up at the top Of the mountain. pro-
vides the additional downward force re-
quired. The truck carries the water re-
ceptacle. which can be opened by the
~aeronauts during the journey. The truck
and receptacle together weigh about co
pounds. and when there Is no wind the re-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
OUR HIGHEST WATERFALL.
The Silver Thread Ii the Yellowstons
Has . Drop of $500

Has . Drop OF $500
Feet.
On the south side Of the Grand canon
OF the river IS one Of the high
est. If not the highest, waterfalls In this
country. says the Hartford Times. It Is
called the Silver Thread, and falls as near
as can be calculated. 1880 feet. The de-
scent is not perpendicular. but Is SO near
It that It Is hard to believe that the water
does not fall straight down. when viewed
from across the canon. The water comes
from q. mountain stream which has no
name. Il nows In q northerly direction
toward the n from the foot hills Of the
route Is through dense forests until Il
reaches the very edge of the canon. Then
It plunges downward with a roar In keep
dropping until the Yellowstone river IS
reached. 1S0o feet from the brink.
ne As stated before pei, + the h S descent n.d Is not per rS.
walls of the canon at that particular place
are very rugged. and this little stream
fsIon worn ts Utmost peek q straight TSs cham q down
downward at a very slight angle. practical.
ly turning neither to the right nor the left.
In several places a rock. not as yet worn
forming a slight cascade. These cascades
do not cause . real break in the descent OF
the water. SO practically. the falls of the
The. name given these falls Is very APP
propriate. They cannot be seen but from
the brink Of the south side Of the canon.
though this waterfall II fifteen feet wide
from top to bottom. It does not appear to
be more than a couple of inches wide from
canon where these falls occur are below
the vivid colorations, and are a dark
brown, The water looks like a silver
Of the canon to the water below, hence tho
name. Silver Thread.
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enough, the landlord was not satisfied. and
he had the entire "noce."' bride. bride
groom, relatives and friends, marched of
amid a gaping and jeering crowd to the
office of the local police commissary. where
an exciting scene ensued between the ia
Their Of the young woman and his son-in-
law. At last the matter was settled by
the father-in-law Of the ~thoughtless and
~impecunious bridegroom consenting to pay
the remainder of the bill. but he declined
to give anything to the walters, deeming
the sacrifice which he was making heavy
enough already.
Many bridegrooms squander all the cash
they have saved by years of economy and
industry on the nuptial festivities and start
life on the morrow without q sou.
Thursdays and Saturdays are generally
selected for the tying of the nuptial knot
and the concomitant diversions, and 1t Is
particularly on the last afternoon of The
week that crowds Of char-a-bancs are to be
seen threading their way through leafy
avenues to st. Cloud n other popular sub
urban resorts. filled with gay parties,
which cause the air to resound with songs
and tests.
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ceptacle carries about l 100 pounds Of water.
making q total weight Of LEO pounds
When 1t Is windy the strain between the
balloon and the truck Is diminished by LETT
ting the water out Of the receptacle, thus
compensating for the difference in power,
The difference in weight caused by pass.
engers entering or leaving the car Is regu-
lated by the use of separate weights, q SUI.
hcient number Of which will be kept at each
station.
The tests made Of this system were very
1avorable. and the inventors. Messrs: Vol
derauer and Brackebusch, are preparing to
build q similar line to run up the Hoch-
taunen, near Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria.
The inventors purpose making q balloon
with a diameter of 65 feet 7 inches and q
lifting power Of 1850 pounds. The balloon,
car. net, rope, etc, weigh 1870 pounds. and
an of $500 pounds IL made for
passengers and a~eronauts. leaving a margin
Of $50 pounds.
There II a storage house where the ball
loon may be left IN case Of storm, and all
possible measures are observed to insure the
absolute safety Of the passengers. The
whole device seems very appropriate for
the purpose It Is to fulfil. and there seems
no reason why the enterprise should mot
prove entirely successful.
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spiritual head. He has been on the
throne for twenty-six years, and it would
seem to me that he must be pretty much
OF a man to be able to maintain himself
for that length of time. surrounded as he
Is by the great powers of Europe, who are
ready to take advantage of any mistake
he may make"
Did you hear anything of his brother
wtom he succeeded during your stay in
Constantinople?"
only gossip" replied General Miles.
1.-The sultan's brother. you know, was de-
posed on the ground of insanity. He was
taken from the throne and imprisoned. He
or the Bosphorus. and there is a military
guard of about four thousand soldiers
about this palace. 1t is supposed to con-
tein the ex-sultan, but the world does not
know whether he Is there or not, whether
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

horseback ride in Rockingham road, He
returns, partakeS of a modest breakfast.
reads the papers. looks over his mail, such
as has been sent to his house, and places
the letters in a. small bag to be attended to
later by his secretary at New Court.
He Is then driven in a quiet little brouph.
am to st. Swithin's lane, where he arrives
about II. He goes at once to the little room
leading of from the vestibule, where a
corpulent porter Is ever on guard. His
desk Is piled high with letters. The great
er part Of them he goes through himself.
and nearly all OF them are related to some
charity. Charity matters always a
him..
II WISH" once said his secretary, "that
this matter was connected with some
charity;. Mr.. Rothschild would attend to it
sooner"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

Nearly every year some general is sent
abroad to examine into military conditions.
General Winfield Scott was sent there at
the time of the battle of Waterloo. Nc
ment to watch the developments OF the
m war. General Phil Sheridan took
a similar tour during the Franco Prussian
following in investigating the military con-
ditions Of Europe. AS to whether the
trip has paid. that will be shown in my
reports: AS for myself. I think it has
ment OF information which may result in
the Improvement Of our army and which
might be of great value in any complica-
near future"
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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HIS WIFE RUSSIAN.
The C.ar Is Fond of Assisting the
C1arina in Her Studies-He En-.
Joys the Opera.

tn car likes to assist the empress.
progress in the Russian language, and
when he is with her at the play he mem
tally notes any passage which h thinks
his wife may not have understood. and ex-
plains it to her in English or German.
1 asked a young officer who had been
promoted the day before and had received
his brevet of lieutenant from the empress
w hand whether she had spoken to him
In Russian. Yes. She does not speak
very well yet. however" "Russalka" was
on account of Madame Dolina, the prima
donna Of the Imperial opera of st. Pc
tersburg. The car listened attentively to
Madame Dolina. twirling his mustache and
nodding his head to mark time with the
music, and when the prima donna was en-
cored he applauded and turned to his wife
as II to encourage her to applaud also.
It was evident the emperor a thrown off
the cares of state. Only once in the even
ing did he look more serious than he is
usually; It was when after the rising Of
the curtain 2 young lieutenant entered the
pit and took his seat. The car looked
h.S,ans at the he young officer. .The ear"
the Lieutenant for coming in lac. Wv
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or sane"
~ have heard it said that the present
a nervous wreck on this account. Did YOU
see anything that might confirm this opin-
NO" replied General Miles. ..As to bis
being afraid of his life, l doubt whether
there is a monarch in Europe who has
not a greater or less fear of assassination.
tempts to kill the king of Italy. the en-
PeroS OF Austria and the president Of
FRANCE. I don't believe the sultan is more
monErchs arc of losing theirs"
Does the sultan really understand mill
fa Iy. ma inersa g |. aeIa gsn said J;
knows all about his troops and their equip
meit, He spoke of his army having some
American guns, and apparently had a good
arms He is very proud Of his army, and
when I remarked that he must have had
good generals in order to be able to mo-
piled that he knew he had good generals.
ard that he had made them,' meaning. /
suppeSe: that he had chosen the generals
y he say anything about the WARP"
Not much" replied General Miles, save
when l referred to the success Of the
side of the right: that the Greeks had made
war upon him without cause, and that
through Gods displeasure they had been
unsuccessful"
Between the Battle Lines.
Where id you SO after leaving Tur-
key, general?"
Il went to see the Greek and Turkish
arHies in the field. I sailed dow through
the Dardanelles and saw the Notifications
there. and thence I sailed to Athens and
went to the field. The advance lines Of
the two armies were within four hundred
yards Of each other. 1 went along the
picket line Of the Greek army under q tag
OF truce. As | did SO I could see the
Turks and could hear their bugies. The
Turks were then living in the tents which
they had captured from the Greeks. and
RAIN" =" LILO
We're the Greeks at all ready for war.
No. they were not" was the rep,v.
trey were carried away BY popular en-.
thustasm. and they were outnumbered-
9p~tmaneuvered and outgeneraled by the
D you think there is any good mill
tary material In the Greek nation?"
les they might make good soldiers II
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
LORD RoTHscHILD's BIRTHDAY.
The Head of the House Was Fifty
Eve Years Old Last
Monday.

The richest man in the world was 81 years
old Monday. He was born with millions
and has made millions. He is the head of
a family that controls the gold Of the whole
globe.
Lord Rothschild is the present head of
the London house Of Rothschilds, and
by virtue of his place Is the most prominent
member OF his celebrated family. He en-
joys, moreover. the unique distinction of be-
peerage in the United Kingdom.
Here is a specimen day Of the great
bankers life. After his bath HI frequently
takes a constitutional in shape of a brisk
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did not ask to go. The secretary Of war
and the president gave the orders and I
went. The occasion for sending me was
not altogether the Greco-Turkish war and
the danger Of q general European war.
though that fact FASTENED my departure.
dition Of military affairs at the present
time. This has been the policy Of the
government from the beginning. We nave
now onicers at nearly all the great courts
Of Europe. sent there to report and to keep
the war and navy departments posted
upon the latest military development. The
will find their agents in this country now.
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ctories and investigated the newest things
! arms and ammunition. He came into
intact With the chief generals of Europe,
Id i found his stories OF his interviews
18th some of the great monarchs exceed
gly interesting. During the conversation
asked him TO tell me something about
e sultan. He replied:
My first view of the Turkish troops was
e Friday after I arrived in Constantine
e. 1 saw the sultan the same day, and
the same time. II vas upon the occa-
IN of the sultan's going to worship at
: favorite mosque, near his palace. He
es this every Friday. The MOSQUE is
beautiful marble structure not far from
= banks OF the B~osphorus. Just opposite
zen q place in this palace, and from its
ndows ! could see the regiments as
y massed themselves about the mosque.
y. Each regiment OF cavalry had horses
the sape color, and nearly every regi-
Mt was uniformed differently. There
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
THE GENERAL DENIES STORIES OF
HIS EXTRAvAGANCE.
The SULTAN AND HIS ARMY.
TURKISH RULER RECEIVED MILES
IN HIS PALACE.
Az to the Turko-Grecinn Wharf.-The
Greeks Were Not Prepared to
Fight, hut Were Carried
Away by Enthustaam-
Russia's Army.

Washington, Nov. 13.-General Miles Is
very indignant at the statements which
have been published as to his ~extravagant
quarters on his steamship across the At
lantic. This fact came out in a chat which
/ had with him last night. l asked him
about his $50 state room. putting the
question as to whether that was not a
high rate for Uncle Sam to pay for one
mans passage. General Miles replied:
That story was made ont of whole cloth.
It was a lie from beginning to end, but 1t
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
Another Exploded Tradiuen.

The old proverbial purity of snow has
been taken to task by a chemist. The
clean snow. on melting. was fairly bright:
II 4 ave on ANALYSIS: Total solids. "a grains
.ol6 part per Million: albuminoid ammonia,
.06l part per million. Iron also was pres
ent. giving z black color with ammonium
sulphide. This water would be totally un-
At to drink. "a"
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DOING CHARITABLE WORK.
BARONESS DE HIRsCH AND LORD
ROTHSCHILD.
Lord Rothschild Always Gives Charity
Matters . Pfeference-Bar0ness
de Hirsch Completing Her
Husbands Plans.

Baroness de Hirsch's magnificent gift to
the Russian Hebrews Of America has TAX
en- concrete shape in the plans Of the
committee that has the funds in charge.
The baroness has already given 1000 600.
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An Exceptional Case.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Occult science claims that by thoueh
We influence one another across space"
Yes; rye tried to hold of my creditors
that way. and It didn't work worth q
cent"
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Vicarious Revenge.

From the Detroit Free Press.
What is the glad hand, papa?"
your mother spanks you when she is mad
at me-"
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Biggs-''That man over there 4, a phy-
stcian." Diggs-"How do you know?'
BiggsE'1 heard him say that he didn't
enjoy good "-Chicago News.
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Military Trips to Eurone.

Tell me. general. do you think your trip
has paid?"
Yes. / think it has" replied General
Miles. There nave been a number of
concerning it which are not
true. I did not originate the idea of my
condition of military matters there. I