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The Washington bee., 1907-09-07
II jim" BAKERS CABIN
COLORADO TO PRESERVE INTER
ESTING DWELLING.
Is Situated in Little Snake River Val
ley the Scene of Many an Excit-
ing Adventure with the
Indians.

Denver, Col.-The people of Colo
rado feel that Jim Bakers old cabin
on the Little Snake river should come
under the law that gives the govern
ment supervision and control of his
toric places Of interest
The cliff dwellings of Colorado have
been set apart as a national park.
Beecher island Indian battlefield is
also a national park, and there is a
monument where Maj Thornburg and
his troops were killed in northwestern
Colorado when they were marching
to the rescue of the Ute agent, Meek
er. As interesting as any Of these
places is Jim Bakers cabin, built in
the early 40's by this intrepid trapper,
scout and pathfinder who ranks with
Jim Bridger and Kit Carson among
the great characters of the early west.
Here Baker penetrated, long before
any other white man thought of set
ting in such a wild country, and here
he lived with the friendly Indians and
fought the unfriendly tribes, every
day being spiced with some thrilling
adventure.
Bakers unique cabin, which is built
with a lookout" on top, where the
trappeT used to watch for unfriendly
Indians, is located in a romantic spot.
1t is in the valley of the Little Snake
river, which winds along the Colorado
Wyoming state line. 1t is in the foot
hills of the Sierra Madre mountains,
and near it Is the celebrated Battle
mountain, where Baker and some trap
pers and squaWs successfully stood
OFF large attacking party Of Indians.
Few visit the spot to-day because OF
its inaccessibility, but this will soon
be changed. A few miles below
Bridger's cabin the ROutt County De
velopment company of Denver is open
ing $4,000 acres Of state land to settle
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York, and was used by the family Up
to and during the revolutionary war.
Just after the war, when Washing
ton was president, he was often the
guest of the family, and the coach
was put at his disposal and often used
by him. When Gerard Beekman died
it was beQueathed to his son. VIII
liam, the grandfather of the present
owners. That part of the viii which
relates to the coach was framed and
still hangs in the Beekman homestead
at Oyster Bay 1t reads:
ITO my son. William B.. bequeath
my coach, trusting he will preserve 1t
as my other children think it too old
fashioned to have around. Dated No
Vember 3. 1901"
The vehicle is built of mahogany
and is elabOrately carved in relief.
The blue scroll painting is still Wis
ible over all the framework. The body
of the coach measures seven feet nine
inches from the floor to the roof. 10
slopes III front, and while the front
wheels are of the ordinary size the
rear wheels are six feet in diameter
The coach is so high from the
ground that three steps are necessary;
these fold up so that they form a
block Of iron ten inches square. On
the doors at each side is still visible
the coat of arms of the Beekman fam
lily.
Two panes of glass 10x12 inches IN
the front of the coach give light. The
coachman's seat in front is guarded
by a wide strap with a big buckle
There is seat for the fOOtman at the
rear, with ample room for baggage.
Under the two seats in the carriage
are large drawers. The coach h
lined with heavy gray felt which -
badly torn and motheaten.
The present head of the Beekman
family, Gerard Reekman, kept the
coach for many years in a special
coach house, and the coachmen were
under instruction to save it first IN
case of fire
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cOIleae Graduates in the World.

One of the Yale professors has been
making a study of the occupations Of
Yale graduates by classes. He finds
among other things, that a constantly
lessening number are entering the
ministry, and a steadily increasing
number are studying law. The law
now claims more than twice as many
as any other profession. Next to it
comes finance. Fewer than One-Jwelfth
of the graduates enter the ministry, in
spite of the fact that one of the pur-
poses for which Yale was founded was
ito train godly young men for the
Christian ministry But, side by side
with these facts, it is also noted that
charitable and philanthropic work
the giving both of money and of serv-
ice-is yearly claiming a larger share
of the interest of educated men and
women. Perhaps that is where the
"godly young men of to-day are going
Youths Companion.
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S7RIEEBREAKERSRICH
ogo MEN WHO HAVE MADE FOR
TUNE AT GAME.
.r-,r Farley Has Country Home and
Wall Street Would Honor His
CHECK for 100000 Bow
on Also Rolls in Wealth.

,--- -SJTikebTeakeT Jim"
-.-,.r has made his fortune and is
I..,r the settled way for a life Of
. He f. a horse lover and spends
... NJ his line at his breeding farm
-. r.a--...-. y. Y, and makes oc-
s.sora u.s 10 Kentucky in search
-.+ra STOCK. Farley is still a strike
g-....ar U. le has shifted the per-
----r-r nsz Lous part of the business
- he hands of trusted lieutenants.
49, -.r. of broad strategy all by
+.-,.ar is Farley, and he will prob
..rr be- breaking strikes until he dies.
Fs-er is rich enough to maintain a
srs-a of rooms at the Hotel AstOr, on
miner Broadway. in addition to his
,1mr-r home al Plautsburg, \. Y. His
CHECK is good in Wall street any day
I'm the week for 100000. August Bel
mont is quoted as saying that Farley
IS born soldier and capable of mas
-srfuIIe handling an army of 10000 in
he field of action
Harry H. Bowen, strikebreaker, has
made his thousands by fighting all
over the country for corporations
against unions. He served the Beef
Trust in Chicago his recent campaign
against the warning longshoremen on
.he docks of New York netted him a
tidy fortune. Bowen faced shots in
the famous collar and cuff strike at
Troy.
Like Farley, he has a beautiful
country home. 1t is on the Jersey
H.Ehlands, and his city apartments on
Central Park West are as luxuriousIy
fitted out as those Of a multi-million-
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WINS NEW FRENCH HoNoRs.
Rodman Wanamaker Made Officer of
Legion Of Honor.

Philadelphia.-In the recent promo
tiOn of ROdman Wa~amaEeT to the
grade of officer of the Legion of Honor
the president of France has recog-
nized a remarkable achievement. Mir.
Wanamaker is the younger son of
John Wanamaker He and his brother,
Thomas B. Wanamaker. who is the
proprietor OF the Philadelphia North
American, have long been associated
with their distinguished father in his
great mercantile enterprises, notably
the big New York and Philadelphia
department stores.
ROdman NanaIaakeT established
the Paris branch and set a precedent.
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MILLIONAIRE IN JAIL
CONVICT IREEEITS WEALTH BUT
CANNCT SPEND IT.
PasquaIe Monaidi of Italy Sentenced
to Fifteen Years Imprisonment
for Murder, Comes
Into Riches.

Seldom has there been afforded
a more striking illustration of the
irony of fortune than that which has
befalIen a young Italian. He has sud
denly become enormously wealthy, but
the unexpected access of riches only
adds to his misery. He cannot spend
a cent of it on himself He has to
work hard without pay and subsist on
the plainest fare, although money
enough is his to enable him to wallow
in Iuxuries were he only to get it.
Pasquale MOnaldi is a millionaire,
but he still remains a convict.
Not long ago he was working wear
fly at breaking stones under the AT
rican sun on the island of Lampdusa,
between Malta and TripoI wonder
ing why ne had been sent into the
world if the end was the four walls
of a prison during the best years of
his life, when a companion, seeing
his detection, undertook to cheer him
up by predicting that something would
certainly happen.
Yes" said the other contemptu-
ously, u can die, that's what can hap
pen"
The same mood followed him to
mis- cell, and it was with a smOthered
oath that he looked up when a rat
Ting at his door announced a visitor.
Two men walked solemnly into the
narrow cell, and standing before the
convict asked him if he had not felt
in his bones that something was go
ing to happen.
Happen, exclaimed Pasquale
reused TO fury by the second harping
on the same theme, don't bother me
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and a leather purse attached to the
extremity of the stock containing 80
pence, is. during divine service, crack
ed in the church porch, and while the
second lesson is reading is brought
into the church and held over the
reading desk by the person who car
ries it," A local tradition incInes to
the view that the custom was origin
ally a penance for a murder, and that
the lord Of the manor Of Hudson
could exact some penalty from the
Lord of the manor of Broughton if il
were omitted. For many years the
attempt to put an end to the custom
failed, but in 1916 the Objectionable
practice was allowed to lapse.
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COACH WASHINGTON RODE IN.
seekn7an FamilTs Mahogany Carriage
in New York Once More.

New York-There was taken to the
New York Historical sOciety's build
ing from Oyster Bay, L. l., recently a
coach in which George Washington
used to ride Although it was bulk
more than 16O years ago it is in aR
excellent state of preservation and
could probably make many long trip
yet
The coach was built in England for
Gerard. Beekman. 1t was first taken to
the family home of the Beekmans, on
what is now Beekman street, New
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wHIP-cRAckiNG IN CHURCH.
Old Custom Believes to Have Been
PenanCe fer 2 AuTder.

London.-Whip-cIat king in church
was a custom formerly practiced
though not without protest, at Castor,
Lincolnshire, on Palm Sunday Many
attempts were made 10 suppress il,
and about 20 years ago the lord of the
Manor presented a petition to the
house of lords with that object a
cart whip OF the fashion of several
centuries since. ran the document,
called gad-whip, with four pieces
of wych-elm bound round the stock,
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tAmSTiCdN WHO mas WOH Ol9ndt
French Honor Through Business.)
He brought about a practical CONNER
ciaI reciprocity. which never existed
before, and which has worked to the
advantage of both nations. By making
a personal study Of the situation in
France he found a way to supply the
deficiencies Of the American market
by drawing upon the skill of the
French workman.
He showed the Frenchman how to
make goods that America needed and
that could not be bought at home. At
the same time he introduced into
France goods in which America ex-
cells.
Ten years ago he was made a chew
alier in the legion in recognition of
his services in the encouragement of
art His promotion in the order, how
ever, is due as much TO his CONNER
cial achievement as to his work in the
interest of art.
For several consecutive years he
udS DSeH pIeSiuthI VI me ALlSiICdu
Art association of Paris, an OrganiZa-
ton which includes French, as we'll
as American students. From the
time he went to Paris in the interest
of his fathers business he has been a
patron Of the French salons. He has
bought and shipped to this country
hundreds of masterpieces. From the
salon Of 1903 alone he purchased more
than 400 paintings, all of which were
exhibited in the Wanamaker stores in
this city and Philadelphia without cost
to the public
Mr.. Wanamaker is a stanch advo-
cate of outdoor culture and a promi-
nent clubman
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have sold his holdings after his cleo
ton to the senate. Mr. Dupont was
born in 1888 and was educated in the
University OF Pennsylvania and tha
United States military academy. From
the latter institution he was gredu-
ated at the head Of his class in 1851.
and he took an active part in.the civil
war, being breVeted lieutenant colonel
in 1864 for distinguished services, be-
sides being awarded a congressional
medal In 1875 he resigned from the
army, and for q time was president Of
the Wilmington & Northern railroad.
For a number Of years Senator Dupont
has been engaged in agricultural pur-
suits more for pleasure than profit.
He is a widower.
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DASOUALE MONELDI.

with happenings, what I want is to
be left in peace."
very well, then" said the visitor.
Il shall have your millions and leave
you in peace!"
After batting the poor fellow some
time longer until he was rapidly los
ing his head, he was told that an aunt,
whose very existence he had forgot
ten, had just died, leaving millions,
and that he, Pasquale, the poor con-
vict, was her only heir.
What are you torturing me fOr?"
he cried, that would be the limit!
Millions outside and Ia prisoner. |
will not believe in such i'll luck"
But, all the same, it was true. Pas
quales aunt, Berta Forlani, went
when young to South America with
her parents, where she married a
miner. This miner discovered a sill
yer mine, and died leaving her rich
The now old and childless woman had
just passed to her long rest, and her
nephew is the only survivor of the
whole family.
Pasquale, who was a barber, is in
his convict prison for Is years, and is
now just 25, having served three years
already. His crime was murder, but
not premeditated. One evening he
was out walking with his sweetheart,
Rosa Gambrotta, but the course Of
true love was not flowing very smooth
ly. She was not as wrapped up in
her companion as he would have
wished, and in his eyes, was too con-
scioUs of the admiring glances thrown
at her When he was in a thorough
ly bad temper they met a certain Giu-
seppe Bottego, his most feared rival,
who greeted the girl familiarly, all
three stopping to talk.
Rather free Jokes passed between
Rosa and Giuseppe, which ended by
the latter catching her about the
waist, and, with a ribald jest, plant
ed a resOunding kiss on her red lips.
She, taken aback, screamed, and fu-
riously demanded if Pasquale would
stand by and see her thus treated.
Pasquale on his side saw red, and
drawing his knife struck wildly at the
offender, sending the blade straight
into his heart. Il was all over in
moment. The victim sank dead to
the pavement, while the murderer and
girl. hoping to get aRay in the dark.
ness and loneliness of the road, turn
ed to run, but were stopped.
All this came out at the trial, which
ended in Pasquale being sentenced to
Is years penal servitude, the bitter
ness Of his fate being intensified by
the knowledge that Rosa was a heart
less hirt, who would speedily dry her
eyes and console herself with another
lover.
And the millions? They will be ad-
ministered by some one appointed by
the courts, and if he is honest Pas
quale will find them waiting for him
when he comes out II he should
turn out dishonest. Pasquale may find
himself as penniless as When he hrst
donned the convict's garb.
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MOOSE BROKEN TO HARNESS.
Minnesota Man Owns One of oldest
Team in America.

EldOra, Ia.-Edward Crossman, Of
Ely, Mimi, owns one of the oldest
teams in America. He succeeded last
winter in breaking a pair of moose to
drive in harness. In his sleigh Mr..
CrOssman spun about as rapidly be-
hind these animals as if drawn by
horses.
The moose were captured at Bear
Island lake. few miles to the south
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siTe He owns tenement houses in
New York and Brooklyn.
Farley and Bowen hold special in
suTanCe policies on their lives for
100000 each.
Strike breaking has become to
chiefs Of corporations a recognized
business and they are in constant
touch with men like Farley and Bow
en-. Railroads, street car companies,
machine works and institutions en-
ploying large bodies of wOrkmen keep
strike-breaker bosses on the payroll
even in time Of peace. The instant
the suggestion of a strike is made the
strike breaker boss is notified and
sends his secret agents among the
dissatisfied workmen. Then he be-
gins to enlist men capable of working
at this particular trade and holds them
IN readiness for a call. They are IN
der pay while waiting orders.
The handling of strikes is not
planned in the offices of the corpora
-0n Farley and Bowen each have
Offices in big buildings on upper Broad
way.
The profits of Farley and Bowen
come mainly from the increased wage
paid per man furnished to break the
strike For instance, when the sub
way Jie-up began twenty months ago.
the mOtOTmans pay was 1925 a day,
aud the guards and train hands got
from S175 to 1925 day. While
breaking the strike Farley received
So a day for each man he furnished,
iu addition to 81 900 a day for person
ally supervising and commanding the
s-rLkebreaking force. He pays his
men $3.50 z day. In less than twenty
FOUR hours after the strike had been
declared Farley had 500 men az work
ar an average pay of s. a day.
a Wall street man whose insight
Into the workings of big railroads and
ear lines is uuquesuOned says Farley
made S130,O0O clear profit breaking
the subway strike.
Farley got into the strike-breaking
business in peculiar way. He ran a
small hotel at Platts5urg and while i'll
with typhoid fever he wandered OF in
ce.trium and got rid of all his mon
eE When he recovered he found him
self in Brooklyn broke. while the B.
h. T. strike was on. He got a job as
d motorman and that suggested his
present CO. ration. He has since
broken strikes in Chicago. Cincinnati.
San Francisco, Waterbury and many
nrhe~ CITIES
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SENATOR MAY BE PROSECUTED.
II. A. Dupont Figures in Case AgalnaA
Powder Companies.

Washington.-Senator Henry A.
gernOn Dupont, who may be subjeck
ed to a criminal prosecution if the gov
eminent wins its case against The
powder combine, was elected United
States senator from Maryland in 1905.
He has long been connected with the
powder company, but is supposed p
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west of Ely. five years ago. The
mother had been killed BY an Indian,
and a trapper in the neighborhood,
hearing the dog barking. hurried to
the spot, where he found two moose
calves. Mr.. CrOssman bought these
calves from the trapper and secured
a permit from the governor to keep
them in his possession.
At first the moose did not like the
idea of being hitched up and they
made a great fuss, but being young
they took to it sooner than if they had
been full grown. The problem Of
feeding the moose was no small one.
At first Crossman fed them willow
twigs and young birch, but this be-
came a difficult task, for they re-
quired about three wagon loads q
week.
To-day they eat hay, turnips and
cabbage and seem to enjoy the diet.
One Of the moose will eat as much as
two horses. They nibble at something
most of the time, except when lying
down in the middle of the day. Each
moose weighs about $50 pounds.
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Bakers Cabin with Indian Lookout
on Top.

on iOps
ment. A 60-mile irrigation ditch is be-
, ing built, and next year, when the wa
ter is turned on the land embraced in
this vast project, Jim" Bakers once
lonely valley will be thickly populated
and there is no doubt that a spur of
the Union Pacific railroad will reach
1t from the north, while the new Moi
fat road, from Denver to Salt Lake,
will pass within a few miles of it from
the south.
Old Jim" Baker himself would
never have dreamed OF the rush for
this valley which the building of the
Little Snake river ditch presages. He
moved into the Little Snake country
| early in the 40s, it is said, because
some one had moved into the same
county with him III the eastern part
of Colorado year or two before, and
he considered the country was get
ting too derned crowded" Even
when he died. in 1898, there was little
indication Of the present great de-
mand for cheap irrigated land, and
the scout would have scoffed at any
body who would have prophesied the
coming of a great irrigation enter.
prise to the Little Snake river valley.
Jim" Bakers experience in the wild
west. particularly in Wyoming, is only
| paralleled by Jim" Bridger. Baker
was born in 1918 at Belleville, Ill. In
| 1888 he joined a company of recruits
at St Louis, in the service of the
/ American Fur company, and made
/ the long journey up the Missouri and
| across the plains into Wyoming. It
J is a notable fact that this first expe-
| dition was in charge of Jim" Bridger.
/ and it was only through the tact and
resources of this notable plainsman
| that the entire party was not lost.
| Many times the party was stopped by
/ savages, and the warriors held a coun.
/ ell to determine whether to kill the
/ white men or let them go on. But al
ways, according to Baker, Jim"
| Bridgers quickness of wit, and his
! extraordinary knowledge Of the In
/ dian character saved the scalps Of the
/ entire outfit In all the years of his
| frontier experience Baker declared he
was never nearer death than on this
first trip, which ended at the mouth
Of PopO Agie. on Wind river.
Bakers cabin was the scene Of
many an exciting skirmish, and the
fOrethought of the old trapper in build
/ ing the queer lookout" on his house
was more than once rewarded when
he headed of Indians who sought to
surprise him. In 1855 Baker entered
| the services of the government as a
scout, and foF several years he was
looked upon as one of the greatest
scouts and guides in the service Of
the army The Pixies Peak excite
ment drew him into Denver and In
1859 he built a home on Clear creek.
not far from the present capital Of
| Colorado. Here he remained until
1873, when he went back to his first
love-the Little Snake river valley.
Baker, like the other old trappers
Of his day, had several Indian wives.
Many of his children now live in Col
orado and Wyoming and they are
justly proud of their intrepid an.
cestOr.
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Prevent Hair EaIllnn.

Shampoo the hair with a soap mix
ture, made by dissolving an oily soap
in hot water; a tablespoonful OF shaw
ed soap TO a cup of water. Add ten
drops of glycerin. If your hair is light
you may put in a Tablespoonful of
powdered bOIaX. Wash the hair well
with this solution and rinse in many
waters.
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MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS.
Gen. Corbin Willing to Enter Contest
If People Wish II.

Cincinnati.-Congress has no par
ticular attraction for Lieut. Gen. Hen
Ty Clark COrbin, but he announced the
other day that he would be willing
to run in the Sixth Ohio district, and
to serve, if elected, if the people de-
sized him as a candidate. He made
this announcement when he was told
that his friends at Batavia, o., de-
sired to nominate him. The Sixth dis
trict has had a factional fight on its
hands for some time, and it is consid-
cred that the nomination of Gen. Cor
bin would bring about harmony among
the Republicans. Gen. COrbin said that
he was not ambitious and was not ask
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ing anything. Il am a plain American
citizen" he said, and accustomed to
obey orders. l would do anything to
serve my people if they wished 1t So"
Gen. COrbin, who was retired from the
army a short time ago, was born at
Batavia, O., &c years ago.
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Hobby of Prince of WaIes

The prince of Wales is an able
critic and a keen inspector of hospi.
tails and their work.
EvF.F
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frances Provision for Old Age.
France has no old age insurance
measure, but a large amount is an
nually spent in relief to aged natives
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Nothing tickles woman more than
to find one of he own hairs on her
husbands coat.