The sun., 1908-06-06

OF those instructions speak for myself.
and tell you that not for all the wealth
this land contains. not II you were to make
me the absolute ruler OF thie country, would
I have hand in carrying out those instruo-
tions. | can pull a trigger TO shoot down
an oppressor. but I cannot and will not
be party to revolutionary intrigue. IL
| am going to take up arms under any flag
IL will be the Stars and Stripes flying to-
day over the ocean yonder, the banner OF
a free people who believe in revolution
as a remedy for oppression, but who hate,
with Kaffir's hate, the rape Of free peo-
pies territory. Gentlemen, you can count
me out"
The Reform Committee doubtless counted
Hammond out, but Dom Paul Krtiger did
not. At least not for a time. Hammond.
with number OF other members OF the
committee, IVES arrested tried and SEN
fenced to death
The mining engineer then had living in
California n brother. Richard p. Hammond.
who received by cable from Mrs, John
Hays Hammond statement of the situa-
ton. Gen. Hammond was decided rustler
in every affair he undertook. and almost as
soon as the New York papers received word
OF John Hays Hammond's predicament the
California delegation in Congress received
from Gov. Budd Of California this despatch
engineers Of the Pacific Coast, John Hays
Hammond has been arrested in Johannes
burg burg. See that his right. as an American
citizen are protected.
Gen. Hammond in San Francisco also
got into communication with the late John
Germany. Gen. Hammond also learned
that King Edward. the then Prince Of ales,
was In Merienbad. and within n few hours
Of the time that the General had heard
from Mrs. Hammond John W.. Mackay
had cabled that he had interested the Prince
80 Uolo In, I-h uornp,Drl'a
Within twenty-four hours somebody Of
Importance In nearly every civilized country
Of the world had interested himself in the
case of John Hays Hammond. American.
and Dom Paul began to think that among
his prisoners was one OF the most popular
progressed must be familiar to readers.
Hammond was i'll at the time OF his
arrest but he took his trial, his sentence
to death and his imprisonment without
flinching, having as a companion whenever
the prison rules would permit Mrs. Ham
brave and strong hearted and constantly
attentive to the interests of her husband.
Before the final settlement Of his case,
which was a sentence to pay a fine OF SIPS, 900,
Dom Paul allowed Mr.. Hammond TO go
out on bail and he returned at once to Cape
Town, where he resumed his professional
labors 1t is known that President Kr'iger
hoped that his popular prisoner would
forfeit his bail and leave the country. This
course was recommended to Hammond by
scores of his friends In this country, but
the mining engineer refused 20 60 out OF
the jurisdiction Of President Kr1ger be-
cause he thought that it would appear as
il he were neglecting the interests OF his
less fortunate friends still in prison.
Mr.. Hammond returned to this country
in 1893 and became associated with the
Guggenheim Exploration Company. He
is said to have received a salary OF $780, 900
a year from that company until his recent
resignation and to have been reemployed
at double that salary.
Some years ago Mr.. Hammond accepted
an offer from Yale of the, chair OF
the handsome building used by Yale as
the college OF mines and known as Ham,
mond Hall. Besides his stated lectures
on scientific subjects Mr.. Hammond has
also written extensively on subjects allied
to scientific mining. It Is a circumstance
of personal interest worth mentioning In
connection with Mr.. Hammond's avowed
candidacy for the Vice Presidency that
among the guests present at the celebr9tion
1905, in Lakewood. was Secretary Taft.
Personally Mr.. Hammond is affable:
fun loving and fond of the company OF
young people. At his residence here,
In Gloucester Mass. and at his country
place in Lakewood he entertains largely.
and among those he seems most to delight
in having about him are young men who
are ARRIVING" in any profession. On his
staff in South Africa and here he has brought
forward Young mining engineers and seen
many Of them independently placed in
their professions pretty nearly everywhere
on the face of the globe where men dig
for precious metal.