New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

powerful In body and mind and has both physical
and moral courage. His sense Of justice and right
is supreme.
When the Civil War began he was one of the
first citizens enlist for the Union. He
only youth. and the tide carried him
into battle. When his We're going into the
bloody battle of Wilson's Creek General Lyon
addressed them the duties OF a soldier One of
Mr.. Wares first lessons in this address:
TT is" said the heroic commander no part of a
soldiers duty to get scared" This battle came TO
e the of soldierly qualities. Men who had
stood in the breach here were sought by the COM
manders In the West for responsible and trying po
sitions Some time afterward officer of high
rank riding with his escort from Springfield to
ST. Louis. For a day two he found himself
rigidy excluded from the usual routes by some
force in advance of him. If he made detour of
some miles and endeavored to pass this inexorable
master of the way he found line across his path
and a soldier would advance and say he must halt
until the main body had passed on Becoming i'm
patient, he inquired who this man was who took
TO himself all the roads of the Ozark HIS. and was
informed that it was Captain Ware with a large
number of prisoners whom he was taking TO 81
Louis In this duty he had thrown line OF great
length across the country at right angles TO MS
line of march. or rather. two lines, one in front
and one in the rear And. too, he had on each side
lines to make that there would not be sur
prise or rescue The general had the pleasure OF
going into St Louis behind Mr.. Ware. but was so
impressed with the judgment and discretion of the
his staff.
In the service of this new commander ne was
later transferred the Department of the Platte
and directed keep open the great overland stage
lines The Sioux had been for weeks In possession
of the various routes, and had destroyed the gov
ernment telegraph lines Ware with his COM
mand on the upper waters of the Platte, repairing
the lines and night went into camp IN a small
fort constructed of bags of corn and oats carried
as forage for their horses. An object darkened the
that Indians were sweeping up the valley, as they
had been doing for weeks. killing all whites 1ndis-
criminately. When the object developed enough TO
show 1t a body of men in the gathering darkness. a
scout was sent out. 1t proved to be wagon drawn
by oxen it was brought to stand in front of
the camp Two Germans were in charge. and
neither could speak word of English An inter
prefer was directed to question them. They re-
piled that they had Indians and knew of
no danger Their cargo, they said was composed
of-fresh oysters. So incredible did this seem that
an examination was ordered, and the oysters were
found firmly frozen in boxes of ice. The men said
they were from Leavenworth. that they had heard
that oysters were high In Denver and knowing
nothing of the dangers of the plains had
10 supply the demand and make some money.
They had Indian, though their escape
was miraculous. They refused TO be delayed. and
after selling of oysters to Ware for $40
they drove
The self-reliance and determinatio of the man
are shown in incidents attending his coming 10
Kansas to live after the close of the war His
five years of soldier life the open air in all sorts
of weather left him in perfect health. which his
indoor work on The Burlington Hawkeye" soon
affected In company with a man of means with
whom he had engaged to manage an extensive
cattle growing business. he left Iowa for South
west Missouri. They were assailed by more than
one band of guerillas soon after entering Mis-
souri,. and the old and his sons concluded TO
return. Ware had not been turned back by any
danger in his soldier life, and he refused retreat
now at the instance of bandtti. The party threw
his baggage of the wagon and left Ii in the
highway and took the back track When they had
disappeared he got his luggage into chance con-
veyance and secured lodging at the nearest house
though he lily received and regarded with
suspicion He Joined party OF travellers soon
after and came into the land he had loved In his
soldier life, ana which he has since lived in
In his home he found plenty TO do. He be-
gan the practice of law in Fort Scott He relates
this incident OF his first foreclosure suit: II was