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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11

Earned runs, Milwaukee 1, Chicago 6;
twO-base hits, Mcfarland, Mailman, Ka-
toll; stolen base, Jones; bases on balls,
off Garivn 3; hit by pitched ball, McFar-
land; struck out, by Garvtn 5, by katoll
8; left on bases, Milwaukee 6, Chicago 8;
1:40.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11
NUGGETS WIN AT ST. JOE.
PrOhibitiOnists Bunched Their Hits
at Proper Times.

ST. JOSEPH, Sept. 1O.-Des Moines won
today's game through timely hitting.
McFadden was easy for the visitors
throughout Score:
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to settle in the new country. AS n sample
of the confidence inspired by this wonderful
man. some capitalists placed in his hands.
without security. 100000. to be invested ac-
cording to his judgment, allowing him one
half of the profits accruing from the same.
After Colonel Muldrow's return emigrants
begun to arrive. Every boat carried a cargo
of freight for Marion City. cabins were hur-
ried to completion, and for awhile at least
1t looked as If this scheme might amount to
something. This condition.. however. was
shortlived. All plans for draining the land
proved unsuccessful, and every spring the
heavy rainfalls. c~ommingling with the melt
ed snow, transformed the river into a yell
low. surging flood. which swept down ire
sistibly on their feeble bikes and inundated
all the country. Soon the settlers began to
leave in disgust. until none remained save
those who lacked the means to get away. or
a few possessed Aof unusual perseverance
who were willing to stay on and attempt the
impossible struggle of making Colonel Null
drow's dreams come true.
We may accept as a reasonably correct
picture Of Marion City Mark Twain's de-
scription Of Stones Landing as 1t appeared
on that morning when jeff Thompson. true
to his word. carried his moving caravan
over sloushs and branches. across bottoms
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Reconstruction Days in South Carolina

| suggested other views. Mere personal self
respect limited the writer's intercourse with
him to one brief conversation.
Not one of these leaders had seen the
South or studied 1t at first-hand. Not one
Of them professed or cared to know more.
They had made up their minds once for
| all, and they wished only to push on with
their predetermined policy. The one descrip-
tive feature. the one overshadOwing item
! Of their policy was. as has been said. negro
suffrage, loyalty under a black skin at the
| helm-a policy which. like other historical
| policies of Thorough" like the policy of
| STAFFORD and Laud. whence the fitting word
has come. brooked no opposition or delay
! and halted for no arguments or obstacles
| whilst these leaders led. The personal
! knowledge of the writer warrants him in
| stating that eyes were never binder to
| facts, minds never more ruthlessly set upon
| a policy, than were Stevens and Morton on
putting the white South under the heel OF
| the black South. Again 1t Is necessary to
cay that not all eminent Republican lead
ers shared these sentiments. though they
| acuuiesced in the policy. Mr.. Sumner. IL
| shall be said. did not, and strange perhaps
to add, Mr.. Blaine did not: but both sub
mitted and even advocated the acts OF 1857.
But the cup of adverse conditions was not
yet FULL. To this feast Of reconstruction.
his dance Of reunion. rushed hundreds.
even thousands, of white and colored men
from the North, who had almost as little
experience Of public affairs as the negroes
of the South: and It must be added that. IS
a class, they were not morally the equals
Of the negroes of the South. The story at
this point is ~threadbare; but 1t must DO
again said in this review that the Northern
adventurers at once sprang to the front,
and kept to the front from 1867 to 1874. To
them the negro deferred with q natural
docility. He felt that they represented the
powers at Washington, as they often did.
and his obedience was easily secured n
held. Are Stevens and Morton and their ap-
plauding supporters chargeable with coun-
tenancing these men? Not" by express
direct terms; but they are justly c%hargeabls
with opening the doors to them, and not
casting them of when their true character
was perfectly known. So insrained was the
disregard of Southern Democrats in all at
fairs that concerned the political control at
the South, so infexible was the determines
ton Of officials and leaders at Washington
to keep the heel on the neck, that hardly ono
high Republican authority could be appealed
to for discountenance Of the class referred
to. To this tide Of folly, and worse, Presi-
dent Grant persistentfy yielded: while one
noble exception must be noted. the gallant
and true BENJAMIN II. Bristow Of Kentucky,
as Solicitor General, Attorney General and
Secretary Of the Treasury.
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Daniel b. Chamberlain in the Atlantic Monthly.
Underneath all the avowed motives and
all the open arguments lay a deeper cause
than all others-the will and determination
to secure party ascendency and control al
tho South and in the nation through the
negro vote. II this is a hard saying, let
any one now ask himself. or ask the pub
lie, II it is possibly credible that the recon
~struction acts would rave been passed II
the negro vote had been believed to be
Democratic.
True views of the situatlon-views sound.
enlightened and statesmanlike-were not
wanting even then. Mr.. Lincoln had pre-
scnted such views: but above all other men
in the whole land. Governor Andrew OF
Massachusetts,. in his farewell address to
the Massachusetts Legislature. January 2,
1866, discussed with elaboration the South
ern situation, and urged views and sug-
gested policies which will mark him al
ways in our annals. at least. with the high
est minds, as a true. president and lofty
statesman, versed in the past n able to
PREJUDICE the future.
Governor Andrews argument and poll
cy may be briefly stated. Three great,
flashing apothegms summarize It: a. Pros
ecute peace as vigorously as we have prose-
cuted war. C) Infict no humiliation, re-
quire no humiliation, of the South CO. En-
list the sympathy and services Of "the
natural leaders, of the South in the work
of reconstruction. To the oft-repeated die
tum that those who had ruled the South
SO long and rigorously-its natural leaders
could not be trusted with this work. An
drew pointed out. with prophetic insight.
that these men, If not accepted as friends.
would resume their leadership as enemies.
Such a vision Of the future, such a clear
annunciation of truth and fact, fell on
blind or impatient or angry minds. The
most radical of ante-bellum and war Repub-
licans, the greatest Of all our war Govern
ors, was struck from the list Of party
leaders, and reconstruction proceeded apace
on other lines and under other leaders. The
writer recalls numberless interviews on re-
construction with Republican leaders at
Washington, especially in the winter OF
1S6s-67, and the summer and fall Of the lat
ter year, and particularly with the late
Oliver P. Morton. Mr.. Morton shared to
some large degree with Mr.. Thaddeus Ste
vens the leadership in this enterprise.
Against the two combined. no policy could
gain even consideration. With Mr.. Stevens
no argument was possible. His mind was
fixed, proof against facts or reason that
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And there he sat. silent and cool. as II the
house were his. smoking away like a fac-
tory chimney.
His parting Injunction to Mark may have
held in 1t the secret of Colonel Muldrow's
phenomenal power:
w must be cracked up, sir! You air not
now in a despotic land. We air a model to
the airth. and must Just be cdacked up. I
tell your
A passenger on any Of the steamers plying
between st. Louis and st. Paul. notices
after passing Hannibal, Mo-. that the river
widens out into a bay. Here 1t looses all
appearance of a river and spreads out over
the landscape shining and placid, sweeping
around ~promontories. cleaning in and out
among the gently-rising bluffs. sending long
tongues inland-sloughs over which the
w~hite-barked sycamores bend, where the red
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tenanted. all were rotten and decayed. n
most lettering, AFFECT and forlorn among
them was called. with great propriety, the
Bank and National Credit Office. 1t had
some feeble props about it. but was set
Ting deep down in the mud past all f@
covery."
The same conditions which DEVELOPED
| Colonel Sellers created hat unique genius,
Hannibal Chollop. who was constantly nelo
up to Martin Chuzzlewit's ex~asperated
mental vision as "a fine sample Of the ma
tive raw material. In no other character
is there to be found that combination OF
shrewdness and ignorance. picturesque IRE
sponsibility and uncompromising tyranny,
inimitable swagger and cool dignity. Prob
ably none but an American could see any
| thing to admire In his determination to
laud and magnify everything in his country
| from the swamps Of Eden to the smartnesS
Of Mr.. Scadder.
He is a true-born child Of this free
hemisphere" Elijah Pogram eloquently de-
clared. "Verdant as the mountains Of our
country, bright and flowing as our mineral
ticks, unspoiled by whitening conventional
ties as air our broad perearers! Rough he
may be! SO air our bars! Wild he may bel
So air our buffalers! But he Is a child OF
Natur' and a child Of Freedom. and his
boastful answer to the despot and the ty-
rant is that his bright home is the settin'
| sum-"
When Mr.. Chollop stalked into Martins
cabin that morning with his short black
pipe in his mouth and his hickory stick
under his arm he was the embodiment Of
the spirit Of the times. imperturbable sat
isfaction with himself. with his country
and with his ability. by the aid of 1.-THE
Ripper and 1.-THE Ticker to bring any
hard-headed Britisher to his point Of view.
what would your English millions say
to such a swamp in England. sir?'' he
proudly demanded Of Mark Tapley.
They'd say 1t was an uncommon nasty
one. I should Think said Mark, and they
would rather be inoculated for fever some
other way"
European remarked Mr.. Chollop, with
! sardonic pity. "Quite %European!"
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BISMARCK AND sCHLOEZER.

F. Max Muller tells a story in his auto
biography, just published by the Scribners,
that has a special interest for Americans.
1t is about Karl de Schloezer. whom he met
at Paris and who afterwards was Minister
to the United States.
He entered the Prussian Diplomatic
Service" writes Professor Muller. land
was the protege of the Princess Of Prussia.
afterwards the Empress Of Germany. That
was enough to make Bismarck dislike him.
and when Schloezer served as Secretary OF
Legation under Bismarck as Ambassador
at st. Petersburg. he committed the out
rage Of challenging his chief to a duel. Bis
marck declined. nor would 1t. according to
diplomatic etiquette. have been possible for
him not to decline.
Later on. however. Schloezer was placed
en- disponibilite; that is to say. he was po-
liteiy dismissed. He had to a q kind of
farewell visit to Bismarck, who was then
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omnipotent. Being asked by Bismarck z
he intended to do. and whether he could %
of any service to him. Schloezer said very
quietly. Yes, your Excellency. ! shall tax
to writing my memoirs, and you know That
I have seen much in my time which many
people will be interested to learn
Bismarck was quiet for a time. looking
at some papers, and then remarked quite
unconcernedly:
you would not Gaze to 90 to the United
States as Minister"
"T am ready to go Tomorrow replied
Schloezer. and having carried his point.
having. in fact, outwitted Bismarck. he
started at once for Washington. Bismarck
knew that Schloezer could WELD . sharp
pen. and there was a time when he was
sensitive to such pen-pricks. They did not
see much Of each other afterwards. but.
owing to the protection Of the Empress,
Schloezer was later accredited as Prusolan
envoy to the Pope. and died too soon for
his friends in beautiful Italy.
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berries glow like lame in the autumn ana
the wild violet blooms in the spring.
Here at the head Of this bay, where tho
river contracts into q river again. hD .
bit Of fiat timber land. with q solitary
woodchopper's cabin in sight. You mtene
pass and repass 1t on many voyages with
out giving it a second glance. for Il lack1
the background Of bluffs, the graceful snore
line which gives a charm to the Landscape
elsewhere. 1t is merely a stretch Of unhl.
nabitable marsh and woodland. f~reQuented
now only by the fishermen n woodcno1-
pers. the old site Of Marion City, the Wal.
ley of Eden.' stones Landing" where the
wary tadpole has returned from exile, the
bullfrog resumed his ancient song. and tho
tranquil turtle suns himself on bank ana ~
and drowses his grateful life away as IN knO
old sweet days of yore."
ELIZABETH DAVIS FIELDER
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Colonel Muldrow and His
Plans in the East.

In the autumn Of 1896 active operations
were begun at Marion City. Large forces
of workmen were engaged. levees ana ware
houses built. cabins erected. the railroad
surveyed and the work Of grading begun.
Sections Of grass-grown embankment still
mark the course Of this. the first railroad
west of the Mississippi River.
In the meantime Colonel Muldrow had
gone East with his plans. n by his in-
domitable energy and that strange. almost
hypnotic power which enabled hin to dom-
mate the minds of wiser men, he sold and
In Marion City to the amount Of $150. 900, $685.
600 worth in Philadelphia, and smaller sums
in the other places. A pat OF this was tho
investment Of SPECTATORS. and q part was
the small savings Of people who intended
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Eorn in Kentucky and
Moved to Missouri.

William Muldrow was born at Muldrow's
Hill in Marion County. Kentucky, In 1is7.
When he was about "a years old his father
moved to Rails County. Missouri, and en-
gagged in the manufacture Of salt at Bou-
vets Springs. afterwards known as Null
drow's Lick. Nothing can be learned Of the
family previous to this time. but Mark
Twain's account Of the emigration Of Squire
Hawkins may be accepted with slight va
r;etions, as the story OF the majority OF
Western settlers OF that period. The career
of William Muldrow began with the re-
moval Of the family to a farm near tne
0gttle town Of Philadelphia.
The Reverend David Nelson. a noted Ken
lucky clergyman. had come to Marion Coun-
ty. Missouri, with the avowed intention OF
establishing q college which should bear
the same relation to the West that Yale
and Harvard bear to the East. A charter
wa granted by the Legislature, a Board OF
Trustees appointed and Doctor Nelson elect
ed president OF the proposed institution.
The next step was to secure money for the
erection and equipment Of suitable build
fngs, and that none must come from the
East. Perhaps Doctor Nelson discerned
something of the undeveloped gifts OF young
Muldrow, for. uneducated though he was,
and limited in his knowledge. Of the world,
ne was appointed special agent to visit
Philadelphia and other. cities OF the East
to secure patronage for the new institution.
This proved to be the gateway to his
wonderful career. He executed his commits
sion for Marion College in a manner ex-
ceeding their fondest expectations, but in
doing this he did what was vastly moro Inn
portant, he came to a realization OF his "
powers and the resources Of the country
TO which he belonged.
At last. ont Of all the alluring possfbilf-
ties, he evolved a scheme complete In all
its details, for the founding Of . colony
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10 country. As a sampleand divides. and pitched his tents in the

nd divides. and pitched his tents In the
very heart of the city"
"Before them were a dozen log cabins
with stick-and-mud chimneys, irregularly
disposed on either side of a not very we'll
defined road. which did not seem to know
its own mind exactly, and. after struggling
through the town, wandered Off over the
rolling prairie in an uncertain way, as If 1t
had started for nowhere and was quite like
ly to reach its destination.
The road had never been made except
by travel over it, and now at this season
the rainy Junc-it was "a way of ruts cut in
the black soil. and Of fathomless mudholes.
In the principal street Of the city it had re-
ceived more attention, for hogs. great and
small. rooted about 1t and wallowed in
1t, turning the street into a liquid quaSmire.
which could only be crossed on pieces or
plank thrown here and there.
Down by the stream~Tas a dilapidated
hemp warehouse, and a shaky wharf eX-
tended out from 1t into the water. In fact,
a natboat was there moored by 1t, Its set
Ting poles lying across the gunwales."
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William Muldrow. Mark Twains Model for Colonel Mulberry Sellers
Ge Missourian Inspired Dickens
When He Wrote
martin Chuzzlewit."

which should ultimately become the great
metropolis of the West.
The site selected was on the bank of the
Mississippi River, six miles east Of the
town of Palmyra, the county seat of Marion
County. and the name given 1t was Marion
City. The place had been originally known
as Green's Landing, and. like other low
lands along the river, it was subject to an
nral overflow. This was a mere detail,
however, to a man of Colonel Muldrow's
resources. to be met with the same equan-
unity that Colonel Sellers met the slight
difficulty of Stones Landing being twenty
miles off the straight line Of the Salt Lick
Pacific Extension.
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Mark Twain's Description
and Charles Dickens Visit.

LAS the sun rose and sent his level beams
along the stream, the thin stratum OF
mist, or malaria. rose also and disap-
peared, but the light was not able to en-
liven the dull water nor give any hint of
its apparently fathomless depth. venera-
BILE mud turtles crawled up and roasted
upon old logs in the stream, their backs
glistening in the sun. the first inhabitants
Of the metropolis to begin the active bust
ness Of the day."
When Charles Dickens came to st. Louis
on the occasion Of his first visit to Amer
lea, Marion City was still claiming n large
share Of public attention, and it is inter-
esting to compare his description of Eden.
as Mark Tapley saw it on that first morn
ing after his arrival. with the Stones
Landing of the "Gilded Age"
There was not above a score Of cabins
in the whole: half Of them appeared un-
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Determined on a Railroad for
Stones Landing.

"You can't tell what is the straight line
till the engineers have been over It," he
calmly declared. Between us. I've talked
with jeff Thompson. the division engineer.
He understands the wants of Stones Land
ing. and the claims of the inhabitants. who
are TO be there. JEFF says a railroad is for
the accommodation of the people and not
for the beretit of the gophers. and If he
don't run this to Stones Landing he'll be
4 dr.
jeff exclaimed as they shook hands over
the glasses. There's Stones Landing been
waiting for a railroad for more than 1000
years, and. damme, if she shan't have it!'
The map now filed with the Clerk Of
Marion County was prepared with great
care. copies of it. with bills and circulars,
spread broadcast over the country, flaming
advertisements appeared in the newspapers,
and the attention of the entire country was
drawn to Colonel Muldrow and his magnif-
cent schemes. Intoxicated by success, his
IDEAS enlarged. One poor, little city came
TO be a mere bagatelle-a detail in his vast
operations. Like Colonel Sellers's hog spec
ulation with whole Atlantic Oceans of
money in it," this dwindled as the horizon
wtdened. and he looked forward to the day
when he could sit down on the front door
step and peddle banks like lucifer matches"
one city would be but meager equipment
to carry on the commerce of the great and
prosperous Empire, which Colonel Muldrow
ioresaw. With ease and facility which clio
Its our wonder and admiration he staked
out the streets and lots Of another forty
miles west Of Marion City. and called it
New York. Near the town of Philadelphia
ne saw a promising opening for a third.
with still a fourth at a place called Ely.
The next question to claim his attention
was that Of transportation. There must be
a rapid and easy means of communication
between Marion City and those farther in
land. No sooner said than done. Colonel
Muldrow was ready with the plan of a
railroad. the first purpose of which was to
connect these cities, but ultimately, in his
far-reaching purpose. to span the CONT
nent SO that. in his own language, one
might enter a coach at Palmyra on Mon
day morning and wash his face in the Pa
cific Ocean on Saturday night.
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
On a roll of old yellow parchment in the
Office OF the Circuit Clerk Of Marion County.
Missouri. is the plan of a great city. Solid
blocks stretch away on either side or broad
avenues, parks and public gardens. churches
and schools. a magnificent conception COM
plete in every detail and evidently the work
of a mar Of no small ideas. Along its
western confines sweeps the MISSISSIPPI
River. and here are located wharves and
warehouses and all the evidences Of a
thriving river traffic. You may travel.
however. the whole navigable length of the
river without finding anywhere Its counter
part.
1t never existed. save in the mind Of one
man. and now. after the lapse of more than
fifty years. this yellow parchment with ITS
faded pen-and-ink city would have no more
interest for us than any other relic of that
ephemeral and picturesque period Of West
ern, development, but for the fact that the
man who conceived IL furnished Mark Twain
with his mode, for the immortal Colonel
Sellers. and his field and methods or opera
= ton are portrayed by Charles Dickens n
, the experiences OF Martin ChuZziewit III
the Valley Of Eden.
The story Of the life and operations OF
Colonel William Muldrow. the first great
promoter of the West. has in 1t enough OF
the flavor OF romance and adventure to APP
neal to an imagination less fertile than that
of Mark Twain. At this remote day it Is
impossible to form a correct estimate of the
character OF the man. Only the record OF
his unsuccessful schemes remain and from
these one may have his choice of opinions.
Whatever the motive may have been. MS
schemes were unprecedented in the annals
of American progress, SO stupendous. so FAR
reaching as to dazzle and bewilder the
widest financiers of the East. and the en-
ergy which he brought to bear in their
promotion must have succeeded, had sue
l--- -saIl,, Al~ I1,,rI - nnCCihlI1fv-
He was a unique genius, the product OF a
distinct period of our national development.
a vivid expression OF the speculative spirit
of the times.