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Chicago Tribune.l


WILLIAM A. PINKERTON, square
w of jaw. massive of frame and
heavy of tread, is strangely out
of keeping with the magic of the name
''Pinkerton." There is the suggestion
of military man in the figure-of the
trooper, perhaps, who does not ride as
light as he once did. In the face is the
mark of one who has business cares on
his shoulders. The dress is between
that of a well-to-dO wholesale merchant
and that of man who may have a
marked liking for horses.
q 9 8
For disappointed admirer of the
HdWkshaw type of detective to ask of
William A. PinkertOn that these in
cOnS1StenCieS be harmOnized the head
of the Chicago detective agency would
. insist that they are in harmony; that
the conduct of great detective agency
Is business that must be conducted
on business principles, and that in the
conduct Of it the manager must be a
business man.
Moreover, William A. Pinkerton fitted
himself for life in a business college.
where they taught, incidentally, how to
draw scroll birds in India ink and to
write with the pen held at right
angles to the nose
He was born to the detective business.
W nen he saw the light at Dundee
King county. H.. in 1916 his father was
nursing the scheme of a great -detec-
tive agency. Four years later Allen w.
PinkertOn came to Chicago and found
ed the agency that was to come down
as a legacy to the sons. When the civil
war broke out Allen Pinkerton went
INFO the secret service OF the United
States army, and soon afterward the
son William, then only 10 years old,
followed
While growing to the age of 10 Will
lam a. PinkertOn had been an ordinary
West Side schOOlboy. He had attended
the old Madison street school. and in
the grammar grades George D. Bromen
had been his teacher. George Fergus
and John PaTmelee had been boys with
him in the same school Either of them
! might have been fOnder of Old Sleuth
detectives than was young Pinkerton.
From his father he had got the idea Of
a detective agency as a simple bust
ness, which furnished an honest living
to the family. It might as well have
been flour milling or pork packing in
| its prOsiness.
In the secret service of the United
States army young Pinkerton was con-
nected with the army of the Potomac
through the long struggle. He was at
| the prOsaic work of assisting in the
prevention of commercial frauds
against the government-aga any
''embalminS' of beef, or substitution
of pebbles for beans.
In 1865, without having had a chance
! once to do q crediUable bit of false
/ beard work for the department Will
/ lam PinkertOn returned to his home in
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her money; but what have our rich
young men to offer her? What sort
Of a career is that of a rich Americans
wife? Such cases as that of Miss Nor
gan are too rare to argue from. Miss
ZimmeTman's marriage to the young
Duke Of Manchester, on the other hand,
has a historical value. and a racial
one, too, for the uOblemen of England
are bound to exercise great influence
upon English deStinies. and it is there
fore desira bic that they should
strengthen and purify the stock as
much as possible. am g.ld the young
couple has been forgotten by Papa
Zimmerman and so well received in
this city by our people.
But the idea of a rich and beautiful
American girl marrying a creature Ike
some Of our AnglO-American dudes, is
wholly degrading For her to marry
an English peer who was personally
insignificant might certainly not be the
highest destiny conceivable, but neither
need it be altogether base. There are
compenSatiOnS and opportunities in the
latter case which would be entirely
lacking in the other. If her domestic
life fails the wife may console herself
by building up or maintaining a great
social position: she may enter into af-
fairs Of state and do good in many in
cidental ways. But the unhappy wife
Oh Il IiCH AMERICAN Has ltlutliB " TURN
to but vice and dissipation, if her nus
band be a nincOmPOOp or a scOundrel;
and one can only hope that the future
may stimulate our young men to make
themselves better worthy Of our rich
and beautiful girls than they have
shown themselves TO be of late.
Unless this happens the situation will
be singular. For there is every sign
that wealth will continue to increase in
this country, and If it continues to
harm our young men and TO benefit our
young women, and thus TO cause their
paths in life to diVerge and to drive
the finest type of our wOmanhOOd into
the arms Of foreigners, we might be
moved to pass q law making wealth
transferable TO the female side of the
family only. However, we need not
cross that bridge till we come to it.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
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A Possible Obstruction.

n LCSoID15 OU5LIuCLIUu.
Chicago Record.)
One thing which might stand in the way
of the plan TO make Grover Cleveland
senator from New Jersey is the Republic
can majority in the legislature.
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Rcb .8tnerjcan Girls. By 2aLsn 5s9t3e,ns

Copyright, 1900, by the Cosmographic
Co, New York;
II 0 KNOW how to carry on a house
hold and to keep her knowledge
alive by practice is good for a wo-
man and a blessing for every one else
in the house. from the husband to the
scullery maid. A woman should be able
10 sew well and to understand how 70
cut out and fl her own dresses, though
Il she can afford a dTeSsmaker, let her
by ali means employ one. She should
qualify herself to be not only a kind
mother but a wise One-making a thor
ough study of hygiene and learning
something about physiology and the
TaDeutiCS, so as not to get ratified if
there be no doctor at hand. She should
be honestly familiar with good litera-
tuTe, and know and speak her own
language well, even if she study no
other. 1t can do her no harm, either to
have mastered elementary science and
20 keep abreast mot too ambitiously)
Of scientific progress. Finally, she
should develop her body, not excessive
~, but systematically, by exercise out
doors and in, eat healthy food and be
fanatically immaculate in her person.
Such woman viii make a desira bic
wife. whether she be rich or poor, plain
OF beautiful.
On the other hand. not all women can
fulfill these requirements, owing, in
some cases. to outward, in others to in
ward circumstances. But the former
are much less apt TO be inhibitive than
the latter Innate i'll temper slOth and
slOVenliness, stupidity, shallOwness
/ hightinesS-these are nearly fatal quail
tiles in any walk Of life. But a girl
with character and good will can be
proficient in all the accomplishments
have named, even if she be poor and i'll
situated. Wealth, on the contrary. may
not prevent born fool or vicious per
son from following the bent OF her ma
tUTe; and no doubt it may happen that
a girl who might have been at least
harmless had she lived in moderate cir
cumstances may be lured by the temp
tatiOn Of riches to spoil herself But
not often, I think.
Miss Helen Gould may be selected A s
one Of the best types of young woman
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hood living. The only drawback for
Miss Gould or any other great heir
ess is that there is hardly any male be
ing she can trust enough to feel safe
IN becoming his wife. a man hitherto
honest may be transformed into for
tune-hunter by siTi ike that.
Marriage. a doubtful risk under the
most equal conditions, becomes a mad
cap hazard for heiresses. 1t is sur
prising how often they have been. TO
all a appearances, fairly successful. Mary
Letter Lady CUr1Ou) is reputed to be
happy, and she certainly makes a good
v1ce-Teine. The case Of COnSuelO Van
derbilt, who undertook the rehabilita-
ton Of the MarlbOToughs, appears sat
isfacaoTy. Concerning Miss Martin
nady Craven}, Catherine Goddard,
now Princess PoniatOwski; Cara Hunt
ingtOn, who married Prince Won
Hatfield, and many others, sufficient
data for passing judgment is lacking.
But, generally considered, there is no
good reason why wealth should not
prove beneficial to women. 1t is more
likely than formerly to prove so, be-
cause we have more enlightenment as
10 the conduct OF life than we used to
have cur standards for women are
higher and more sensible than of yore,
and the new careers for women have
given their ambition a better diTec-
ton.
The number of beautiful women has
enormously increased in the last thi--
y years: the example of the stage and
its adoption by many society women
may have had something to do with
that; but knowledge Of how to live and
the popularity Of exercise and sports
have had more. A woman healthy in
body and enlightened in mind is much
more likely to be good in other ways
than is her incompetent sister. and
since wealth affords the best oppOrtu-
mites for this kind Of development it
ought to be, broadly speaking, bene-
fetal 10 the sex in this country.
Rich girls have not normally the
same temptations that rich boys have:
and it is our boys. and not our girls,
who ought 10 be blamed for the latter
marrying foreigners. A foreign aristo-
cgat has at least a position and a ca
reer to offer to a girl in exchange for
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EDUCATION AND ART.

UGH of arranged the art
M on Dec2
% They devoted
een
of model
which contemplation
o t
of
n
o
CT
exhibit
collection
cordial
OF
the cause Of educ
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" FjeId's Sbdrps and FLATS, w

. CRIBNER WILL publish on or about
the 18th of December two volumes of
~ EJ~e enc Fields prose and verse not
heretofore collected in book form
The collection is called "Sharps and
Flats" I cannot but wonder why these
odds and ends were not collected before,
as they represent some OF MI Fields
most characteristic work. Here we have
his amusing account of Sara Bernherdt' S
visit to Chicago and the experiments IN
Preach Of some of that towns most dis
tinguished citizens. This is just as funny
today as it was thirtsen years ago, when
il was first published. So is the count
of Salvini and the pOlyglOt draI :
the English of Viola Allen with
uD Italian Of the great actor.
that extraordinary performance " .
seriousness, because 1t was Salvini, Dat
If ii had been an actor one whit less
great. how we would have laughed, But
no one could laugh at Salvini or ne would
s-ave been laughed at when he slew the
Ph!l-st-nes with the iawbone of an ass.
/ saw him do this and 1 felt no tempta-
ton 10 smile, he gave so much dignity to
the act.
In looking over some Of Mr.. Eiedd's Pen
Pictures / cannot but wonder at his point
of view. For instance, he says Of the late
George William Curtis:
~ does not seem 10 be oVer-hice in
the particular of dress, his apparel being
stylish and neat, but strictly modest. He
has deep wrinkles, and he seems 10 wear
an expression of continual worry. His
whole appearance is that OF an over
worked confidential clerk in d metrc0oli-
tan jew6iry store"
If Mr.. Curtis looked ike anything he
looked like gentleman / DO not mean
to say that a confidential clerk in met
ropolitan iewelry store could not be a
gentleman, or look ike one. but Mr.. Field
says that he means to imply that he was
a man OF commonplace appearance. That
he certainly was not. He was one of the
most DISTINGUISHED looking men that
have ever seen. and 1 have seen a great
many, both at home and abroad On the
whole, however, Mr.. Fields observations
are pretty discerning and appear to be
quite fre5 from malice. The two volumes
are bTim full OF good stories and they
give Us many clever sketches of contem-
oorary life.
I. % q
One cannot but marvel at the facility of
Mr.. Field. Prose or verse, .pathos or hui
s-o-. Il is all the same, they flow with
equal ease from his pen. Some Of the
verses are timely. others are pictures of
nature to celebrate some little incident of
a vacation d. but whether they are
bookish, political, sentimental, or mere
fOOling- they flow along with the limpid-
ity of the brook. Here is 3 characteristic
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UTARS PRECIOUS METALS.

in
with all
a mimi in
the
Colorado has the advantage OF centralized
of
OF
...
o Of the
in
frs the in the tn
precious metals as n lead and
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TROUBLE IN THE NEW HEBRlDES.


ssio % a the
ationedt agan upris
o small
member the
missionaries have succeeded converting 20o Of the
the
OF
tle it's
world
pen valuable colony it is
on which
to to
ron Won
bic trust must e
The -Pauncefote treaty along just
subsidy a
The war in the Tansyaal being
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ona called Sag Harbor;" it refers to the
village, not the play:
Three authors stood upon the beach
-: watched the fishing smaeks heave
.'su-9ose. we three a-fsi1ing 60"
TITS Well the white-haired Stoddard
Amen" quoth Reverend E. P. Roe
Meath yonder hedge. where burdocks
AND eh:-;as the cricket to his mate,
Methinks the plethoric gentles glow;
Come, let US dig few for bait.
Thus big, strong Julian Hawthorne said /;
9u- with a smile that answered mo-
The dear Old StOddaTd shook his head,
And quoth the Reverend z. p. Roe:
Although, assuredly. I am
Galoe-n d in pisCatOTial lore,
I mind me that the modest clam
Beats all your bait that grows ashore.
san care I net. and you. friend Roe,
Shall name the bait and fix the terms
So now. decide before we go
Shall 1t be CLANS or anglsworms?'
''97i1 not for such wretch as
To say what shall or shall not be,
For he who heeds the ravens cry
VIII, in his good time, care for me.
W.-at.s. u0On the ocean tides
Or by the wa ter-brooks go,
III take the bait the Lord Proyides!'
July 3. 1886.
That the date of the original appearance
OF the bit Of prose or verse is printed
with it gives somewhat of a historic value
to this most entertaining chronicle.
- 9 .
Here. is one. however. with no date APP
pended, which leads we to suppose that it
has not appeared in print before. 1t is
called Spirit Lake."
Upon this beautiful expanse
OF purple waves and spray
The Wanton prairie Zephyrs dance
With sunbeams all the day
And ships go sailing to and fro:
The sea guils circle round;
56Ove the p4aEh Of ebb and flow
The chtldren's voices sound.
Sec how the playful pfckereI speeds
Ices his devious way
Among the lissome. clinging weeds,
In hot pursuit of prey;
And here or there the greedy bass,
IN their erratic flight
Like dark electric shadows pass
Before our wondering sight.
c.. what p wealth Of life is here
What pike and carp aboundt
Within these waters. conl and clear.
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What game may not be found!
You only have to bait your hook
And cast it in the spray:
DOWn-fathOmS dOWn-it sinks; and look
You've caught your finny prey.
oh. beautaOus lake with pebbly shore
And skies of azure hue
With gullS and ZephyrS skimming Ger
Thy waves Of restless blue,
"a thee I dedicate this hymn
In melancholic spite
To thee where bass and picl1erel swim,
But only bullheadS bite
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TODAY THE CONVENTION.
DEMOCRATS TO MEET AND INDoRsE
CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE.
Proceedings Will Not BE DuII-Po-
lice May he Needed to Prevent
Rioting and Disorder-Big Fight
to BE on Temporary Organization

Today by the Democratic county conven-
tion VIII be settled the cont est between
Lee y. Hart and j. W. Goodwin for the
Endorsement Of the King county Democracy
as national delegate. For bitterness and
intense fractional feeling the contest has
been well nigh without parallel in the
annals OF the party in King county The
character of the primaries Tuesday night,
when disgraceful methods were resorted
10, according to the allegations made by
both sides showed this, but the conven-
ton. 1t is said, win more fully demonstrate
1t.
There IS a strong possibility that the
two factions viii not fuse" and will break
up and hold separate conventions. In such
case there would be two delegations to the
state convention, where the battle would
have TO be fought out. This contingency
was discussed by the adherents of botf.
candidates yesterday.
The big fight will naturally come on the
election OF a temporary chairman. Last
night the Hart delegates caucused and
chose l.. c. Gilman as their candidate.
Gilman has been with Mr.. Hart FROM the
beginning Of his fight. The Goodwin can
didate for chairman win likely be either
F. A. Mcdonald or Bo Sweeny The God
win men caucused last night IN The office
Of Fred Rice Rowell, in the Halter build
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FOURTH OF july COMMITTEE.
Preliminary Preparations for Dig
Patriotic Demonstration.

The special committee appointed az the
Fourth OF July mass meeting "Wednesday
evening held "a session at the Chamber
of Commerce rooms yesterday afternoon.
There we're present Chairman Theodore
Hallcr, ri. A. Chadwick, Josiah Collins,
VIII "a Parry and VIII A. Steel
After consi ierable discussion 10 was re
solved that celebration continuing july
6 and would satisfy the general p-blic.
IL was also decided % recommend To the
general committee next Monday night
that the demonstration be IN charge OF
"a general committee. headed By the may
or. ana including ave members selected
Id large ard the chairmen Of the various
subcommittee
Various names were suggested for the
members az large After they are Sc
i,,tra and Endorsed Ny the citizens meet
inr N liz the intention that this commit
toe ~ Eve shall designate the ChaiTmen
~ "A aozcu or more committees. taesc
rhairmen IN turn 10 sciect their coli
lcagucs -,
transferable enthusiasm IS manifested
an me. subject of Fou%th ~ july cele-
tratioa for 1870 and u IS expected that
there win re 81 rousing biz meeting al
the chamber OF Commerce Monday night.
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ing. It was stated at the conclusion of the
caucus that the selection OF n chairman
had been left to a committee of fifteen of
which Mr. Sweeny is chairman. The lat
ter was also chairman Of the caucus.
Fred Rice Rowell and Alfred Battle have
also been spoken of as likely to be chosen
by the Goodwin faction.
Neither Mr.. Godwine friends nor Mt.
Harris advisers make any effort to dts
guise the fact that there Will be a hot
night today. IL may be necessary to have
"a squad OF police at the convention to
prevent rioting. The big battle Will be
over the seating of the conIesting delega-
tions from the First, Fourth and Fifth
wards. There are indications that there
viii Sc other contests besides these, charges
OF irregularities and fraud having been
made in other wards Of the city and IN
several country precincts.
The question Of admitting proxies may
also cut considerable figure. IL - claimed
that there are men I'm both camps VINO
hold proxies from precincts where taey 60
not reside
IL was rumorcd late last night that the
Goodwin forces might make a coup Ia me
convention By naming J. r Ronald for
temporary chairman. Mr. Ronald was re-
Rardcd originally as a Hart man iD the
night When seen last night Mr. Ronald
said that ne had taken no part one way
or the other ia the contest, and would
not be iu the convention
Il have not lined up for or against
either candidate he said. II was away
when the primaries were held. but had
been here ! would not have attended Them.
Both candidates understand my position"
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CAUGHT IN A WIND STORM.
Rough Experience of sig. Russo and
Miss Leekicy While Rowing on
Lake Washington.

S.guor Russo and Miss Leekley. OF the
Boston Lyric company, were out rowing
on Lake Washington last Wednesday,
when they were overtaken by a squat.
Miss Leekley was at the oars. and
her strength was hardly sufficient to
keep the boats head TO the wind. The
boat was an outrigger. and the greatest
care was necessary in order to enable
Signor Russo 10 take the oars. The boat
would every now and then fall into the
trough Of the sea, and IL was only owing
to the herCulean strength Signor Russo
is capable of expending that they were
able to land. This was accomplished aft
er a two hours struggle. in which the
strength of both was severely taxed.
The adventure had its amusing side also
After their return. Signor Russo retired
to his room for rest. He requested Miss
Leekley TO call him at $50 O'Clock. Miss
Ieekley then went to the office and told
the clerk that he should send Up Signor
Russos dinner TO him at that time. The
memorandum was made. and II was 7:30
before Signor Russo was called. and his
dinner was brought UP quite cold the
fact that he was to sing at $50 left very
little time in which to eat anything, and
Signor Russo was compelled to go hungry
until after he had appeared on the stage.
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treated with every courtesy, and had din
ner with several OF the great people,
whose names he cannot remember
The Nez Perces are very anxious to
adopt the customs of the white man. and
are convinced that education is the first
step in that direction. Chief Joseph Is
at the head of the educational movement,
and as he is . most persistent Indian, he
is enlisting the support of many white
men. Josephs ambition is TO pernetua
his tribe. Not in the full blood exactly.
but AZ they are fast decreasing in num-
bers, he fears that. like other tribes,
they win become extinct.
ITO those who are familiar with the
history Of the Nez PerCes the old chiefs
desire is most interesting. only thirteen
years ago the Nez Perces. with Chief
Joseph at their head, were given "a lively
chase by the United States soldiers Then
II Was not their ambition to become civ
ilized
Chief Joseph is opposed 10 the leasing
Of Indian lands. He wants the owners
TO work them as the white men to whom
they are leased. believing IN this he can
increase the prosperity and fortunes Of
thu Nag p.tfVga
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son for the benefit OF the Seattle Red
Cross Society. The audience was small
but otherwise the unique production was
"a pleasing success.
Miss Thompson read from the manu-
script of the play while the scenes taken
from photographs of the comedy as II was
presented on the stage several years ago,
were thrown on a screen BY a stereoptican,
The pictures were vivid. and gave realism
To the story. Miss Thompson interpreted
the different parts with a graceful ease,
and blended the serious and ludicrous in
very happy manner.
The first scene was pitched in the Mon
tana mountains. whittier Arthur Ruther-
ford, the hero. fed from New York city
for the sake OF the woman he loved. There
he prospers. owning half of the rich Chi
nook mine. Ooeying a dream he hastens
To New York, where the rest of the story
Is placed lie finds his father On the verge
of ruin. His sweetheart, who had mar
ried his brother. the villain, Is dead. and
he falls in love with an old playmate The
villain wishes 10 marry the latter The
hero Is resting under the cloud OF a crime
committed by his brother.
4 very youthful couple furnish most OF
the comedy The hero saves his father
triumphs over the villain and wins the
girl The play Will be given again tonight.