Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-28
EwlEG GIVES ADVICE TO WOMEN
-ampbell- -BanpsrmGn Tells "sufragsttes'
Thsir Methods Are Erronsous
PRINCE WORKS TO SAVE FALLEN HORSE
Heir Apparent TO British Throne
superIntends Men while They RE-
move Part of Buggy Acci-
dentaTy Overturned.

LONDON, April q. Especially ''El
Mocho"-the maimed-has just arrived in
London. An active revolutionist for the
last thTty-fve years. the hero of an
hundred fights and hair breadth escapes,
whose stirring adventures would fill many
volumes, he Is today one Of the most
popular OF men in the American tropical
regions.
General Jose Manuel Hernandez. or "El
Mocho," the name by which he is 50
widely known, is In many respects a re-
markable personality. About 50 years of
age, tall, wiry. gentlemanly, dressed in
neat black and extremely active his re-
fined countenance is thin and aquiline and
his hair. moustaehe and heard are gray.
During the course OF an interview, when
he was asked how he earned the name
of ''El Mocho," he held out his right hand,
two fingers Of which were missing.
Il got them when 1 was only II, at Los
Liras," he laughed. 1T was in 1871, at
my first revolutionary battle against
Guzman Blanco, the dictator of Venezuela.
1 received six sword wounds and was left
on the battlefield for dead. Two days
later buryihg party found me, discovered
that / was alive. and took me down to
Caracas. where. though the doctors gave
me up from, the first got cured. As soon
as was well. however. Guzman exiled
me, and I went to Cuba.
You ask me about the results Of my
latest enterprises For nine months l
/ fought hard against Castro, but owing to
lack Of equipment and arms we lost. and
l was taken a prisoner back TO San Carlos,
where 1 remained for more than three
| years in solitary confinement, wearing for
seventeen months leg irons Weighing forty
pounds and watching the mice and the
! insects. While / was there wealthy man
named Matos started another revolution,
using my name OF course all of my party
enlisted against Castro and the revolt was
successful. But just at this time England
and Germany made a naval demonstration
| along the Venezuelan coast So, Castro
| set me at liberty. appealing TO my patriot
ism to urge upon the people to end the
revolt and take arms against the foreigner
| He pledged 10 me to institute certain re-
| forms so 1 issued the manifesto he de-
sired. The promised reforms. however,
were never carried out. and in 1903 / was
sent as envoy to the United States. From
there I wrote to Castro pointing out that
! he had not kept faith with me. A heated
correspondence followed and since that
| time 1 have lived in exile, carefully watch
! ing events in Venezuela and perfecting the
organization Of my party with a view 70
seizing any opportunity when 1t arises"
Premier Advises Women.
Miss Gawthope. who, with Miss Kenney
had an accidental meeting with Sir Henry
J Campbell -BannermAn in a Riviera express
dining car describes the incident in let
ter Just received by the Woman's Social
and Political union.
THE premier" she writes. was sitting
] Ia
tea and looking abstractedly out of the
window. Annie Kenney and 1 also went
into the dining room for tea and spotted
him Immediately. We sat down at the
same table as he did and ere long we were
all engaged In conversation.
''He did not for a moment suspect who
he was speaking to, and he replied to
casual questions put to him on ordinary
topics quite cheerfully for about ten min
utes Annie spoke TO him quite pleas
antly but the humor OF the situation was
TOO much for me. and l could not help
Laughing. This appeared to surprise and
puzzle him.
After a time said, I guess you don't
know who we are7 He looked at us for a
few seconds and then said, No, you have
got the advantage OF me-
when we told him our Identity he ap-
peared highly amused, and we then tried
to draw him into conversation on the votes
for women topic. He refused to enter
into the argument, however. but event.
ually he said. simply, You should adopt
different tactics With that we had to
be satisfied"
The Cigar World has been latterly expe-
riencing a remarkable depression dificult
70 account for and impossible 10 attribute
L.
ever, experts who have been interviewed
declare that one great cause OF this is
the change OF fashion which has come
over the smoking public by the substitu-
ton Of cigarettes for cigars. I'm fact"
said one OF the largest wholesale dis
tributors In London, cigarettes are TAX
ing the place Of cigars" The smoker of
the cheaper brands OF cigars has fallen
back on cigarettes. The returns OF
cigarette sales have increased enormously.
but not sufdoient to counterbalancs the lost
cigar trade. The severe winter Is held
responsible for some OF the depression in
preventing outdoor cigar smoking and
driving the smoker to the solace Of his
chimney-oorner pipe.
Prince Saves Horse.
Pedestrians passing by the gateway OF
Runnymede House. Priest Hill, near by Old
Windsor. may in the future notice a large
cross on the palisade adjoining II has
been put up TO mark the spot where the
other day an unusual incident was wit
messed. The heir apparent 70 the throne
might have been seen experimenting oper-
atons having for their object the freeinE
OF a fallen and struggling horse which had
got one OF lie legs hOpelessly sntangied in
an overturned pleasure brake. Not until
his royal htEhness was driven away did the
greater part Of the spectators. composed
principally OF cyclists and public school
boys. learn Of the Identity OF the man who
had manifested such a sympathetic interest
In the dilemma OF the unfortunate driver.
and then they set up a rouRinE cheer.
which was graoioualy acknowledged By
both tho prince and princess OF Wales. who
were accompanied by the Princess Mary.
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