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The Washington times., 1907-03-03
Washington's Beau Brummell Brigade

As 10 what one OF the present day
would call his nerve"
in the most patronizing manner Bean
Hickman would enter tailoring cstab-
ushments. select materials Of The cost
Hest kind. order them made up with
the latest styles and when the bills
were presented. would express has
Srcat regret at his present i1npecuni-
ositv. perhaps reFnaridng nonci,al-
President Jackson. who By the Eas-
a good fellow, no matter
-yhat some folks say about him, Dor
rOWed a thousand OF me last night and
really. II viii be impossible for me 10
pay that little bin just yet
This would so impress his simple
creditors that they would walt some
OF them probably are sun Walung-
often Hickman would persuade has
tailors that by giving him ms ciotl-
ina. they would be advertising them
selves. in that as soon Gs The 'sETells
found 0uc where he. the leader OF
Fashion had his clothes maze. they
would patronize the same shops
once after attending the races IN
FaItfrnorc. Hiclmaa found himself
strapped How 10 set back 10 wash
iugtuu without a cert In bis pockets
bs Hid NOT know. until a bright idea
struck him After boarding balu-
more and Ohio train, he SAT next An
afeu window In his halDand was
"
solid on the read. just before the
conductor reached him, Hickman
thrust his head out OF inc Wlncows -
though locking at something besioe lle
cor. When the conductor tapped him
On the shoulder Hickman started and
his hat few OF. while the train WhiL-
zed on Upon the conductors demand
ING his ticket. Hickman became appdr-
cnTlv enrascd and round1y abused
thaf official for causing him TO lose
his h1f hickman was TAIL nneiN
rIronortiOned man. and niS InrealeIllIE
attitude and dandyfled dress so I'M
messed the conductor that he gave
him free transportation ana pfoninoh
10 buy him 4 new hat
on another occasion. when he was
in need Of a pair OF boots-this was
toward the end Of his fling --t5ick-
man ordered tive pairs Of boots from
inherent artisans. TO be delivered AT
his rooms at y certain hour on the
second day following The first dealer
sent the boots by a shop boy Beau
drew The right boot on pronounced Il
an excellent At, but rejected the left,
telling the bcy 10 rum II 70 his mas
fer 10 Sc stretched IN the instep. BY
that time the second dealers boy had
arrived with the other pair. This tine
Hickman accepted the left boot. bgi
returned the right Thus possessed OF
p new pair OF boots. for which he did
not have to pay ~ the time, he saun-
tfFtn l'A III - ~AS~1 . VI
avenue
Beau Hickman died miserably poor
in the latter part OF August, 1873, a;
Providence Hospital. HIS body was
buried in the potter's field. but later
some OF his friends raised enough
money by subscription to have his re
mains inferred in the Congressioual
Cemetery.
When the body was exI1umed from
the pOtter's field, II was found that the
crave had been deseerated by ghoUls
and that the remains had been most
Shlmefully mutilated
Whether this was the work ot med
ical students or OF some enemy never
viii be known
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Jimmy's First aPants.-

Run in and tell mother Jimmy is in
q fence corner.
Where? Where is Jimmy dId you
say?y
why out there in the fence corner.
Come aqd see"
She FASTENED ont. the new pants IN
her hand. and there she found Jimmy.
a lord and emperor in his own right, in
a fence corner which papa had fash
toned with MS own untried and not
oeer strong hand that very hour. And
then they took Of his little petticOat
and put on his first pants 7 could not
see why they both should have cried:
but they did. as they leaned over and
carressed him while we bigger b0ys
looked on silently in piteous wonder
Then they sat him on the fence and
laughed At which we boys shouted
and danced all about with deIigbS
The autumn weather was beautiful
teautiful. The woods were fragrant
win the glory OF the Indian sumner.
a sea OF indescribabIe color; a burning
bush IN every hand. and the Infinite
visible IN the minutest Javly fiber un-
derfoot or Rlittering leaf OF gold over
head
That night. our heaps OF brush hav-
ing been made dry and cOmbustibie
from the warm winds were set on FIRE
by our parents as we three slept 10
gefher in the cabin at the foot o.
their bed. The great flames lighted up
the house through the impuovised sin
dow plrics. and we two boys starting
.up ran out IN fear But seeing our
parents happy In their hard tasks. re-
turned and watched them through the
Wigjow with delight.
Years ago I was asked by some
ladies OF that region to recall some
incident touching our family At that
early date. and I set down this as the
first recollection in ny life. And so
il was on the spur OF the moment.
but since the death OF these two brave
and silent builders Of the State, have
recalled not only the fashioning OF the
first fence OF all that district. but
many an earlier tender memory OF
these scenes and times
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Robert S. Hickman,
City'S Most Noted
Old Time Ex-
quiSite.

Iseau Hickinan-knoNn among The
Washingtonians Of President Jackson's
day as the Most Eccentric Bohemian
~ the Age" and the prince Of Amer-
jean Bummefs -hourished as dandy
from 1883 till 1855. when lac began go
iar ito the deminition bow-woWs-
lie was a professional exquisite as
was Rrummcl. and quite as insolent-
like his English protcsype, Hickman
died in squalor and hclPiessuess-as II
fate mocked him Tor his days OF idle
luxury.
Robert & IIiciUan WAS this fops
real famc He was native or w
..iuia lmt would always appear deeply
ingulfCd when asked regarding hiS
earI,- life He was On arrant t0ady and
ruickiy rejected those of his acquaint-
,tneeS -l.e cocld h-- fL no assist ilnce
20 hfm socially 0r financially. l-i.>e
Brummcl, Hickman was u Spendtnrill
.,ns csSiiy ran throu-h his patrimony.
Ills runle5 shirts stocks clcsanJ white
bfaver hat and nashiy cut long
tailed blue coat adorned with brass
bottoms made him the envy ot the
Younger element about tne Capital
titv lie knew intimately all the pub
lie mon and was acrustomcd 10 draw
upOu their hOsrtN through what ac
WAS pleased 60 term his assess meuts-
which were nothing morc than 0e-
mands upon them for entertaining
fhem with storics-which he co<id do
To perfection and for various other
httle services. real or imaginary
IT.. charged those rot within TIE
-l-aruied circie for introducuOns 10 the
CELEBRITIES man according 10 hls
f,..apS-sonlf 81. others g., eco.
He iuSratiated himself with stran-
eerg and mace them foel II favor 10
Wfre and dine him. He was greatly
addicted to the use Of the slang OF
the gambling house and race track,
and was a close friend OF most or the
sporting fraternity in the city
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Ccoutinued from second Pagc)

Continued from Secoud Page)
noticeable that the English school OF
tailoring IS being adopted. This may
be the eject OF the example or The
Diplomatic Corps
az this type Jack Seibert- Wash
u=ton cirIhnuan well known about
toWu- is an example Tie is known
as one 90 Tire best dressed yourg
men about town
Judge Il. NJ Clabausil is another of
the vvcl-drcssed men in Washington
who might be considered a candidate
FOR the Beau Brummel
Put all tise evidence collected proves
without doubt ,hat the gallant ad-
uirfl and hero OF Manila Bay. Adj
miral Dewey. IS the rcal Bean Bruni-
mel of Washington, and its best
dressed man
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on for thc Miami Rcser,ation.


After awhile Grandpapa witt came,
with a little more dowery for mother,
and with his practical good sense had
plans Perfected TO move the family 10
the Miami Reservation: half Of which
was about to be opened to settlement
With Wbat money he had brought and
mv parents had made. good team.
COW and six sheep were got together
and a-ain wc +'mOVcd. :" the covered
wagon in the narrow rough road and
ua three little old. very old. pnema-
turcly old. boys. brought up behiRd
with the COW and six fat and docile
sheep. H3ppy2 Very, very happy. but
we had heard mother crying in tho
eight so many times. hsd seen. papa 50
sad all the time in his hard and con-
finual toll that we were as old men
now. even in childhood and instead 81
toys aud games we took to the stock
for diversion. loved fhe COW. rode her,
e'petted her" and named the sheep pet
names. and taught them each one TO
stop. turn about and even to come
back to us at call. rs we slowly made
our exodus from the sugar camp to
the Miami Reservation.
opened half OF the old Miami Reser-
walton I'm the AIassassinewa river. a
broad. clear and most beautiful
stream. populous with fish and banked
bv groves OF wild flowers and ancient
apple trees. was so great, that We had
To go about three mics down from the
settlements" as Tie older part OF
Grant county was called. before find
ing vacant land. This three miles was
q solid wood. dense. dark and ful. Of
wonder: not n cabin. nor clearing.
only little camps, a covered wagon
and a tent or so
Papa got a good claim or the banks
of Cart creek and about a mile from
the south bank OF the beautiful river.
The woods were dense indeed and a
road had TO be cut for the wagon
But the generous neighbors came from
far about and opened a road. cut
down trees. hewed logs with broad
axes and. as / remember it now.
house was built and covered with
.'slakes." held in place by weight
poles. for there were no nails. and a
floor of puncheons laid as II we had
had an Aladin's lamp-so suddenly
and so gently was It all done
Bed quilts and eoveriets which moth
er's own hand had pieced or woven.
we're hung up for doors. CREASED paper
was pasted up for windows. a fire
place of stones from the creek, with
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
Poet Of the Ser
ras and Former
w ShiRgton
n e w S pal per
Man, Tells The
Sunday Times
Readers of His
Early Life

m NJ Y cradle was a covered
~ K wagon. pointed west. !
WAS born in "A covered
AZ wagon. I am tcid. az or
1 about the time IL crossed
the line dividing Indiana
from Ohio. wherein my mother was
born. Her people had come up from
the Yadkin river country, North Car
oIins, whittier they had gone with the
Boones from Burks county. Pennsyl-
vania: devoted Quakers IN quest OF a
newer land. where there might be less
friction Daniel Boone's mother was
a most devout Quaker and tried 20
keep her sons content TO remain In
the Vadkin Valleys. but Daniel de-
claring that he could not live on shad-
ows and that the deer OF that land
were little more than shadows. grad
ually led his people out and beyond
the Alleghanies. west; most of them
going to Kentucky. but some going TO
Ohio. then into Indiana. People were
gregarious in the early day-danger. If
not desire made them clannish. My
mothers people were Dutch. not Ger
mans. as has been so often said, and
they were OF the eldest Dutch in the
land-the Falls and the Wits, de
Wits, at home. They ferTied the Ohio
at Cincinnati and ascending the hill
pitched tent about where the univers-
ity now stands: where the venerable
Mrs Fall died and was buried.
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badly Scared ny a thousand t0ma-
ha wfs. BH they seemed 10 have for
Given an this when papa tapped them
thiv early spring. and TIE sap ran SO
generously that YOU could hear 1t not
unly dripping. but actually streaming
from tie spiies into the white new
troughs- The Indians Bked nay par
ents. who worked cot oriy from dawn
to dusk but often till midnight boil
ing the sap. and bought the big forty
pound cakes OF sugar as fast as they
couiS he made
n ere was an ancient hollow oak
near the camp which had been used
by the Indian as n shelter in sugar
time. and there we little boys were
very happy. waking up now and then
and looking through the atural door
or window tc see the steam surEinE
up from The kettles out OF the great
cracking heaps OF LOGS and to lool7
and wonder NJ our tOiiinE Darcnts.
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broad nat rocks from the river for A
hearth. and We were az home in ''our
own house"
we two elder boys. four and six
lad been given tomahawks by the
kindly Indians on setting out for this
new home and now We hacked and
heaped brush ali about, clearing. clear
ing. clearing u IS very wonderful
what a boy can do with a hatche-.
Papa told us ever and over all about
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"a Sea OF Sugar Trees.v

n Ctd VI DuEdf lIStes
7 recall Randolph county only as
sea OF sugar trees, with here and
there 2 little island OF stumps. a cabin
and n struggling little field OF corn
encircled with a high stake fence-tOo
high for US little boys 10 climb We.
going TO school or 20 the sugar camp
always had q creep hole" Gates
were not in those days. The cabin
in which we found ourselves the day
after we had stalled IN the stream
was one that had been abandoned by
the owner of the ground. The school
house was cabin with but one room
and huge fireplace that took up
nearly the entire end OF The edifce.
The three big girls that came 70
school hung their shawls and poke
bonnets on pegs behind the door
There were about a dozen big boys and
they and papa kept the big fireplace
roaring and blazing. This was the only
way to keep warm. The floor was the
solid earth ard the windows were long,
narrow strips OF creased paper. THIS
gave not such a bad light as might
be ina gined; nor was II at ALI primi-
tive. 1 have seen in the late- years
Of my life whole cities in tke interior
of China with no other windows IN
their finest houses than oiled paper.
These big boys would SNOWFALL. whoop,
and huTrah during recess, after they
had cut and carried IN plenty OF wood:
but they were good boys and tried hard
TO improve Most Of them were full
grown. and none of them aspired to
anything beyond reading and writing
The writing desks were made OF big
puncheons. hewn from maple logs,
resting on enormous pegs driven into
the wall. Papa made all the pens
from goose quilis brought in by the
big boys and set all the copy" The
big boys were good to papa and very
good natured toward my elder brother
and myself. the only little ones N
school. One OF these tall and ungainly
big boys went 10 Congress. then 70 tie
Mexican war, became famous ge.a-
eral, then was made governor OF
Oregon, then Senator. and in the early
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Rescued Froln q swollen Stream.


Ny very first recollection is as VIVID
as could be any event Of yesterday.
My papa was moving his little family
in a covered wagon from Liberty,
Union county. Indiana, to cabin in
Randolph county. where he was go
ing 10 teach school; but the wagon got
stalled in the quicksand of a swollen
stream and he had to get out and into
the water, to his waist, carrying AIS
all out, one at a time on his back.
IL took him and mother a long time TO
get the horses and wagon ont and over
the stream, but they were very patient
and quiet about it and they built "A
big IRE and camped there for the
night. It was my first camp. the first
OF life time, maialy Of camps and /
was exultant with delight. The horses
had hay and oats from the feed
trough that huns at the back of the
wagon and the rattling of the brides
and harness and the munchiAg of the
hay was as music / had heard in am
other world
Then mother made supper as We
dried our clothes by the roaring fire
and spread table cloth on the grass
under the stars and we all got down
on the sround and papa sid grace
and thanked God that we were all safe
across the angry waters As the
hearty meal concluded. mother went
TO the wagon and taking out a bottle
OF preserves she came and sat down
by papa and slyly unrOiled from tissue
paper three little silver teaspoons, and
handed one TO each of her three little
bows
''why Margaret said papa. Then
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sixties was chosen as candidate for
Vice President on the ticket with
Breckenridge. who was beaten by
Abraham Lincoln. There was one biz
boy. Alexander, who came to school
entirely barefooted. although thore was
always frost on the ground, aDG often
snow Papa would not let him help
get in the hrewood. and IN return
Alec would be first at school in the
morning and have a roaring biz fire
going bS the time ''the master" came.
Everybody was very, very poor The
scholars had TO pay their own tuition
entirely: the free School had not yet
penetrated the dense maple tree viii
derness OF that region The only
source of income was the sugar camp.
supplemented by an occasional coon
skin
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Springilme in the Foresis.

These were "easn" at 20 cents and
sugar was ready money at a round
figure. for the Indiana who had sold
their sugar camps bought the sugar;
but the season was short for the sugar
camps at best and poverty .rsyailed
with piteuos uniformity. At last
there was a breath of spring in the
tossing tops Of the maple tress and
gray. black and fox squirrels began to
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mother laid her head on has shoulder
and cried ! had never seen mother
cry before and It was a long time be-
fore we could eat the preserves.
never saw the little spoons any more.
but wondered thousand times why
mother cried and what became of the
little teaspoons. Nearly thirty years
after. when the world was coming my
way little. ] went back to my moth
er's people there. none OF whom I had
ever seen 70 remember. and told a
venerable aunt OF this. my earliest
recollection and the incident about the
teaspoons. and asked her why mother
had cried.
She shook her head sadly, aud then
told me that after Grandfather witt
had divided up his ample fortune with
his many children that papa had
aspired 20 be a merchant-"store-
keeper Il was called then. But be-,
ing too openhanded. he had tne sheriff
in tho house In less than Il year. In
those days nothing was exempt-noth
ing. not ever your bed or tab'e ware.
Bat mother had saved the three
spoons for her three little boys-a
dear. blessed deed for dear mother.
but papa did not know it till then.
and in the simplicity Of his honest
heart he felt on seeing them that the
sheriff should have had the three tea
spoons along with all the other things.
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War Of 1912.

The war OF 1872 took most OF these
restless men into the field. General
Proctor and Tecumseh came down to-
gether from Canada; the elder Harri-
son was sent to oppose them. Gov
ernor Shelby, OF Kentucky, called for
1.5OO men-about all the new state,
the FIRST in the Union could muster
My grandfather Miller, OF Scotch
stock. from Kestucky, was among the
first Of those who answered the call.
and fell at Fort RIeigs on the Maumee
river. have read he was an officer,
but hope and believe he was of the
ranks. Please let the dead patriot es-
cape the persecution OF idiots seeking
an ancestry He had left his family
at Cincinnati. where my papa grew up,
was educated and early became a
school teacher
In those days. the teachers. as a
rule. were foreign born, Scotch or
Irish mostly. The boys in a certain
district. a little distance back from
the Ohio river, had turned out their
teacher. a big Scotch bully. for refus-
ing 20 provide a barrel of Xmas apples.
a custom Of the times, and as neither
pupils nor teacher would yield the
trustees sent TO 1inClnuall TOT a SUD-
stitute. My papa. then a student. an
swered the call. He was q most
painstskinE teacher. His penmRnship
was perfect Years after his death.
while i'm New York. + received letter
with the address so like that 7 had
been ia the habit of receiving from
him that IL startled me. Il proved 20
be kindly letter from the mayor OF
Kingston. New York. asking IL 1 were
not the son OF his early teacher, and
he proceeded TO tell me about how they
had instituted the lockout against
their big Scotch teacher who had been
in the habit of beating them. Then ne
told me how the new teacher had
called them up the first morning and
sRid, Boys and girls, one word be-
fore we open school; / have been sent
to teach you. not to beat YOU j never
struck any human being blow in my
life: and I never viii. I want 90 be
kind to you and I want you 20 be kind
10 me. j need your Kindness, and /
think you need mine. Let us try 70
be friends for a week. at least, and
then II you are not entirely satisfied. l
viii gladly so back to Cincinnati"
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21
BANK CLEAR|NGs HERE IN
WEEK ARE s43,sG9,s59
Promotion Committee Shows
Volume of the City's
Money Transfers


San Francisco's business shows a
strong upward tendency, as evidenced
by the report of the clearing house.
According to the figures obtained by
the California Promotion committee the
bank clearings for the week ending
noon Thursday, June 20, amounted to,
1888 ,959.98, as against s30,316,11392
for the same week of last year and
S33, 481 ,200.07 for the same week of
1905. This gives an increase of more
than 40 per cent over the clearings of
1906 and more than 81 per cent over
those of 1905. During poth of those.
periods the Oakland banks cleared
through the San Francisco clearing
house, but this year Oakland clearings,
amounted to $2,521 ,3S2.17, and if this
be added to San. Francisco,ss clearines
it would make a total of $46,491, ,342.I5.
During the same week the banks OF
San Jose cleared $548,254.1S while for
the same week of 1906 the total was:
$347,242.74, or an increase of more.
than 81 per cent. During the past,
week Los Angeles banks cleared "a to-.
tai of S11,59S,891.7s and for the same
week Of 1906 the total was $10,375,3O1,
or an increase of 11.7S per, cent
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21

the cottage occupied by T. J. Crowley
and family at 665 Minna street last
night burned 10 houses toSthe ground
and left more than so persons homeless.
Crowley's six small children were res
cued by the father, mother and
thoughtful neighbors.
Crowley and his family had just fin
ished their evening meal and were seat
ed in the sitting room when coal oil
lamp exploded. In a moment the house
was enveloped in flames. Crowley and
his wife took three of the smallest
children and buried them into the
street. Several neighbors rushed in
and saved the other little ones before
the house was consumed.
The flames quickly spread to the nine
other small dwellings in the block and
in less than half an hour they were re-
duced to ashes despite the strenuous
work of the fire laddies, who succeeded
in saving several larger buildings in
the vicinity.
The property was owned by The real
estate firm of Armstrong, Qua.man &
CO., which estimates the loss at about
$1,000
The explosion of an arc light in
Thompson's collar shop, 1897 Ellis
street. shortly before Z o'clock caused
a lively blaze which wss quickly ex-
tinguished by the firemen. The loss
was about $500
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SHOW TRUE
SPIRIT OF cOMRADEsH|P
Refuse to Accept the $500
Reward for Arrest of
Guy Van Tassel

Detectives Keogh and Kane, who are
here to take back to Chicago Guy Van
Tassel. the alleged murderer of Po-
liceman Luke Fitzpatrick in that city
on November 16 last, will also carry
with them the $500 reward offered for
his capture
The reward was subscribed by 60
of Fitzpatrick's brother officers. Other
members of the department donated
$500 for the expenses of sending Keogh
and Kane to get Van Tassel. Detect
i've MCGOWAN and Policeman Edner
were entitled to the reward for cap
turing Van Tassel, and when Captain
Colby explained to them yesterday
that the money had been subscribed
by Fftzpatrick's brother officers they
declined to make any claim for it.
: The Chicago detectives were in
formed Of the fact that the police de-
'partment here would not accept the
reward and they expressed their pleas
ure at the feeling of comradeship that
prompted the refusal of the two ar
resting policemen.
$ f1tzpatrick's murder was a cold
blooded one. Nine bullets altogether
We're fired into Fitzaptrick's body, five