The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-09

con away in his room in the old farmhouse
and went off to Central America He re-
turned after SIX months, and for the first
time in his life ne turned his mind 70 bust
ness affairs in a high money making sense.
He secured while in Central America an
optoni on big tract OF land for a coffee
plantation, and when he returned to kan
sas he undertook to form a stock company
for the purchase Of the land and the cuiu-
walton OF coffee. The capital Of the COM
pany was 10 be 10000 He raised the
needed capital and when everything was
in shape for his return 10 the tropics 20
become the manager Of the plantation the
subscriber who had the most stock in the
company died. The heirs of the subscriber
would not consent 10 the investment, and
the undertaking fell to the ground. The
young promoter went 10 New York, where
he tried in vain to raise the money nee
essary 10 make the venture u success.
He failel, and the enterprise was aban-
doned
Fren Funston became a railroad man.
When he was finally forced to admit that
his coffee plantation undertaking was not
to succeed he sought employment at some
thing else. He was in New York, and la
fusds were exhausted. He g0t position
in the office Of the bondholders Of the
Santa Fe railroad, and he worked there
for several months.
This was not the first time he was con-
nected with railroads. When he returned
from Fort Smith. Ark. after drifting out
OF newspaper work. he sought the aid OF
his father in finding employment other
than on the farm. His father secured a
place for him as collector on the Santa
Fe road. In those days the railroad
thought II could make more money II It
had a conductor on every passenger train
who did nothing else than gather up the
tickets from the passengers 1t was as a
ticket collector that Fred Funston worked.
But neither time he was serving the rail-
road did he remain long at the employ
ment.
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office of the Santa Fe. which consisted Of
the clerical duty Of helping in the issue
Of bonds, he once more sought adventure.
Fred Funston became an insurgeut IN
Cuba. leaving New York in the spring o.
1895 for that exciting itinerant work. The
first filibustering expedition was being out
fitted. The tug Dauntless was the crat'
that was 10 carry arms and men in the
first expedition from the United States "a
aid the mambi force Of General Garcia
When the Dauntless sailed Fred Funston
was aboard After cruising about for sew
eral days a landing place was found. but
| when a boat was lowered and Funston
| clanbered down into II the other hlioustef-
ers decided that landing place did not suit
II suited Funston, for he went ashore
| alone and made his way 70 aGrcia's head
! quarters. where he was given comn'is
sion in the mambi army. lie served with
/ the mambses for eighteen months. He
| was wounded by a Mauser ball. which
/ pierced his breast. He recovered from the
/ wound and was again seriously hart b.
| having his horse fall on him. Re was cap
! tured by the Soauiards as he vas ieavi7g
! the insurgents. He threw away hls lnAar-
! gent passport and declared himself pa
1 CHICO. The spauiards detained him IN
/ camp a few days ard sent him % Ha-
| vana. whore be was ena5ied % find ship
/ for The United states-
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