davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01

, neh, ktory ma bye zdecydowa-
nym postepowcem. Dyplomatycz
nj reprezentanci Wielkiej Bryta-
nil Rosyi wyrazili swe nieza-
dowolenie powodu tego kroku
szacha dali mu do niedzieli ter
min, azeby w tym czasie odpo-
wiedziai ma ich remonstracye.
Mianowicie rozchodzi sic przy-
tenn o wydanie amnestyi dla prze-
stepcow politycznych przywro-
Genie konstytucyi.
- Szach zwolniI takze z urze-
du minlstra spraw zagranicznych,
Said ed DoWleh, powodu jego
przechylania sic ma strone kon-
stytucyi.
Do Tebryzu nadchodza obficie
transporty zywnosci sytuacya
znacznie sic tam polepszyla.
Zachodzi Ottawa, ze wieksze Cd
dziaIy nacyonalistow z Resztu,
Ispahanu i Kasbina wyrusza ma.
Teheran, jezeli szach ME przy-
wr0ci starego parlamentu.
Washington, DC, 1 maja, Wedle
wiadomosci otrzymanych tn
przez Department panstwowy-
w glebi Marokka panuja kiepskie
stosunki. OdnoSne depesze po-
chodza Cd amerykahskiego posla
w Tangierze. Poprzednio rapor-
ty opiewaiy, ze sultan byl zam-
hniety w Fezie re W poblizu
Mequinez przygotowywalo sic
powstanie. Najnowsze telegramy
przynosza wiadomoSc, re w Me-
quinez, lezacem Is mil ma po-
}udnie Cd Fezu, krajowcy rzeczy-
wiScie podnieSli bunt miasto
spladrowali. Fez zaS jest oblezo-
ny zachodza powazne obawy, re
wybuchnie rewolucya ma korzysc
byiego sultana.
Berlin, 1 maja. - Wewnetrzna
sytuacya niemiecka wikla sig
kazda chwila coraz bardziej. VOL
no-konserwatySci zjednoczenie
gospodarcze,kto to stronnctwa,
iak wczoraj donoszono, mialy ra-
zem konserwatystami i CEN
trum popierac podatek progresy-
why, oswiadczaja, ze ME we
wszystkich punktach co do refor-
my finansow So zgodni re swymi
sojusznikami. Rad niemiecki
musi zatem poczynie ustepstwa
W swym projekcie reformy finan-
sowej albo parliament rozwiazac.
Wieden, 1 maja.- Austryacki
prezydent ministrow, DIR. baron
v. Bienerth, wypowiedzial osta-
tnio w parlamencie move, w kto-
rel pia1 hymny pochwalne ma
cze$c sojuszu Austro Wegier
w trojprzymierzu Niemcami.
Me braklo tam takze nuty chez
pliwej z powodu odniesionego
niedawno przez Austrye zwycie-
stwa dyplomatycznego, W swie-
70 zazegnanym kryzysie balkan
skim.
Haga, 1 maja. - w calej Ho-
landyi panuje najwyzsza radoSc,
re nareszcie szczeSliwie nastapilo
rozwiazanie krolowej re juz
kraj ma zapewnione nastepstwo
ma tronie - chociazby w osobie
ksiezniczki, dopiero narodzonej.
Matka lax i niemowle czuja sic
wzglednie zdrowo. Flegmatyczni
Holendrzy z rzadkiem Ii Mich u
niesieniem obchodza to wesole
dla dynastyi wydarzenie. Stolica
Jest udekorowana a heroldowie
w staro-holenderskich strojach
ogiaszaja ludowi radosna moving.
Dyplomatyczni reprezentanci
skladaja swe gratulacye, w czem
wszystkich uprzedzi} posei belgij-
ski, kt6ry jest dziekanem ciala
.-----z z.. 4,,4o.o.,.,
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01

! 1acznle pozDaWlfy zycla oKoio oO
os6b naczynily spustoszeh tyle,
ze szkody sa.wprost milionowe!
Ryly to przewaznie burze, kt6re
ME wielkie naw1edzaly teryto-
rya zcubne swoje dizeio szerzy-
" odrebnie nieraz w oidalonych
cd siebie okolicach. w caiych po-
ludniowych Stanach komunikacya
telegraficzna telefoniczna jest
tax uszkodzona, re wieSci szcze-
g6lowych o orkanach tych niema
dotad, So tylko pierwsze ogol-
nikowe raporty.
Memphis, Tenn, l maja. - O.
kolice tutejsza nawiedZily ulew-
ne deszcze i burza gwaltowna,
ktora okolo - osob zycia pozba-
villa, oraz spowodowala pokale-
czenie kilkudziesieciu ludzi. Ko-
munikacya zerwana, szkody i spu
stoszenia olbrzymie. Wicher da}
sila niebywala, obala} domy i
wyrywai drzewa, "a wielklch far
merskich zabudowan w okolicy
ley W ruinie; mniejsze domy far
merskie runely jakby kart byly
zbudowane. Obliczaja, re conaj-
mniei 80 os6b odhioslo powazniej
sze uszkodzenia.
Louisville, l nlaja. - Donosza
tu pobliskiego Hillboro, ze mieJ
scowosc te wicher gwaltowny
wprost zwlal powierzchni zie-
mi; ME ostal tam sic ami jeden
dom. w miejscowosciach Frank
lin, Centerville i innych tez szk6d
Jest CO niemiara. Po}aczenia kole-
jowe i telegraficzne So pozrywa-
ne; pociagi spozniaja sic po kilka
godzin.
West Plains, Mo-, 1 maja. -
Donosza tn z Alton, Mo-, ze w
orkanie nocy ubieglej zginelo tam
6 os6b, a Is jest pokaleczonych;
prawie wszystkie domy w tel
miejscowoSci sa poburzone. W
Cassville, Mo. II osob jest zabi-
tych, a okolo 80 ranionych, z tel
liczby IA ma rany clezkie. Wiele
tez os6b brakuje dotad; w ca}em
miasteczku ocalal tylko jeden
dom!
Pulaski, Tenn, 1 maja. - w
okolicy tutejszej zginelo 20 osob
wskutek straszliwego orkanu jaki
mad ia okolica przeciagnal, SEE
rzac snierc spustoszenie. 40 O.
sob Jest ranionych. Wioska Bee
springs Gala ley w ruinie; kraj
jest spustoszony ma wiele mil
wokolo; zaslewy ucierpialy bar
do znacznie.
Nashville, Tenn, 1 maja. - Ze-
wszad nadchodzace raporty wska
zuia, re wskutek orkanu zgine}o
w tym Stanie conajmniej so osob,
wiele rany odnioslo-na razie
stwierdzic niepodobna. Komuni-
kacya pozrywana.
Carmi, ILL.,, maja. - w okoli-
cy tutejszej szalal orkan, ktory
4 osoby zycia pozbawi}. w Te-
xas City, odleglem stad 30 mil
wiele domow wicher obalil.
Huntsville, Ala, 1 maja. -
Orkan nawiedzil miejscowosc te
i wiele domow poniszczyl pobu-
rzy1; W pobliskiem Harms ami je-
den dom ME ostal sic caiy.
Springfield, Mo-, 1 maja. -
Wsrod bury jaka tu onegdaj
szalala zginely 2 osoby,a kilkana-
scie odnioslo rany; szkody wsze-
die olbrzymie. Pobliska mleisco-
wosc Golden zostaia zmieciona Z
powierzchni ziemi, s osob tam
zgine,o, a kilkadziesiat jest polka
leczonych.
Mammoth Springs, Ark, 1-go
maja. - Wsrod spustoszenia, ia
-. l. I ,-,oJ,;l ,o.aaIo Q
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01
Siuszna racga.

- cicho, bebnie! - VIOLA matK@
W ziosci, bijac dziecko.
ojciec: jake mozesz wymagac, any
bebeu by. cicho, jak W niego oi1esz1
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01

Hatterman CLAM pozycza wa"
pieniadze ma properta, wiec po co SIC
martwio. - 76s Milwaukee ave.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01
Superior, Wis.,, maja. - Ju;

graficzne uniemozliWiia komu-
nikacye tax W miescie, jak W
okolicy.
La Crosse, Wis, l maja. - |
tu szaleje sniezyca, godna stycz-
mia, lub lutego, ME maja. Burza
ME ustaje. O tenn samem donosza
ze Sault Ste Marie, Mich. z Du-
luth MINI. Ma jeziorze fale ida
TAX wysoko, re mniejsze statki
ME odwazaja sic wyruszyc por-
tn.
Springfield, ILL.,, 1 maja. - Me
zalatwiano wczoraj spraw wa
zniejszych w zadnej LIB Legi-
slatury; pare spraw mniej donio-
slych uchwalono bez opozycyl.
Nowy York, 1 maja. - Sytua-
cya finansowa poprawia sic sta
tecznie i ma ogol lepsza jest o
wiele niz w tym samym czasie
ninionego roku; nastroj panuje
optymistyczny. Przemysi tez lep-
sze niz dawniej nadsyia raporty,
a choc ceny wyrobow przemysio-
wych So niskie, to jednak spodzie-
waja sic, re teraz one pojda W
gore widoki ma przyszlosc So
dobre. Bankructw bylo w tygo-
dnlu, kohczacym sic 20 kwietnia,
2G8, w poprzednim tygodniu bylo
ich 247.
Nowy York, l maja. - Sp}onal
tn wielki dom czynszowy p. n.
81 Springs str, zamieszkaly przez
20 wloskich rodzin. Pozar zostai
podlozony a skutki jego So nader
smutne, s bowiem osob zginefo
w plomieniach wv tenn S dzieci)
a IA odnioslo rany, niektore
Smiertelne. Pozar wybuchl mad
ranem szerzyl sic tax gwaltow-
ME, ze 60 ME MONA by1o gasic,
zwlaszcza, IL jak stwierdzono
kurytarze domu zlane byly naf-
ia przez podpalaczy. Mieszkahcy
domu walczyli re soba o droge XII
wySciu, O drabiny, wyskakiwali
oknami, matki wyrzucaly dzieci
przez okno, panika byla strasz-
ma. w domu tym mieszka} XII
piec, nazwiskiem Bruck, ktoremu
przyslano list anonimowy, re jesli
ME zlozy $1,000 dolarow ma rzecz
,,Czarnej Reki', to zginie. Bruck
oddal list ma policye. Widocznie
wiec pozar byi sprawka ,Czarnej
Reki", bo stwierdzono Gala Pc
wnoscia, re byl on pod}ozony.
Szkoda materyalna wynosi 10 ty-
siecy dolar6w.
Hauser Junction, Mont, 1 ma
ia. - Ma pociag no. 8 kolei Nor
thern Pacific napadlo 2 handy
tow zatrzymawszy lokomotywe,
odczepili ia wraz wagonem
pocztowym, poczem zmusili re-
wolwerem maszyniste by odjechal
ma pewna odleglosc. w poblizu
Yartley bandyci zrabowali wagon
pocztowy, zabrali przesyikl re-
komendowane niewiadomej do
dis wartoSci, poczem uszli.
Richmond, w. Va, 1 maja. -
Dwai murzyni, ojciec syn, Jan
! William Brownowie zostali w
tutejszym wiezieniu straceni ma
krzesle elektrycznem.
Detroit, Mich, 1 maja. - DR..
S. K. Bojajian, Armehczyk "a
strzelil w tutejszym sadzie kuzy-
ma swego Castaniana, ktorego
podejrzewal o stosunek miSosny
ze swa iona o to tez wnioss do
sadu podsnie 0 rozwod. zona
doktora twierdzi, re podejrzenie
bylo nies,uszne. Castanian umar>,
doktora uwieziono.
VroniLo nhinannoko
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01
Dobrze odcieia

Dewotka zlosnica, wybiia sluzaca l
,aiac, VIOLA: ,,Jak dlugo jeszcze dyapiu
sluayc bedziesz"?
s,uaaca: Juz tylko IA dni, BON pre-
ciez siuabe pani wypowiedziaia.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01
NOWY CABINET TURECK|.
PierWszy OfCyaIny Wystep nOWSgO SuFana
DaIsze szczeg6iy rzezi chrzescJan w Turcyi.
z Persyi: zmiany gabinetowe.
rIo1liwoSc rewOluCyi w Marokko.
Z parlamentu austryack1ego.
biloxi parliamentary nlemIeckL
WIELKA RADOSC w HOLANDYI
Orkany burze czynia pofudniowych Stanach
straszliwe spustosZenia.
z parlamentu austryaCk1ego
O .,blOk" parliamentary niemiecki.
WIELKA RADOSG W HOLANDYI.
Orkany burze czynia pofudniowych Stanach
straszwe spustosZenia.

rzeszo so o6b zabye Os6b raniOnych MionoWe szkod
w Stanach Missouri Arkansas sasiednich Lega
Wiek1 pozar Jego
pad ma pociag Ociec sracen stotku "a
zdro zbrOdni.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01
DWuznaczne.'

Ziec telegrafuje do tesciowe]: Dzi0
" nocy Mania powiia bliznieta.
Jutro wiecej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-05-01

Hatterman CLAM pozycza vain
pieniadze ma budowe kiedykolwiek. -
76s Milwaukee ave.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
HOUSE STOPS SPEECH
Nj. WlIIett Of New York Attacks
the President.

Washington, Jan. ia sensational
and bitter attack on President Roose
welt was made In the house by Mr..
Willett OF New York. His remarks.
which were delivered under the license
OF general debate on the pension ap-
preparation bill. were cut short by q
vote of the house that II would hear
no more of them. So vehement was
the denunciation of the chief execu-
tive that 1t seemed as II the New
York member raked the dictionary for
words which would properly express
his feelings The president was char.
acterized as "Gargoyle. tyrant. pig
my descendant of Dutch tradespeople.
hay tadder. fountain OF Billingsgate.
a popularity, imitation OF king and
bogus hero"
As Il was, Mr. Willett had complet-
ed the reading OF about three-fourths
OF his speech when. after repeated APP
peals To the chair by numerous Repub
iicaus that he be called to order. he
was compelled Ia take his seat. u
was on motion by Mr. Chandler OF
Mississippi that the New Yorker be
allowed to proceed in order" that
the house voted him of the floor rs
to f26. Mr.. Willett freely remarked
on the floor that the action Of the
body put an end to free speech"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
MANYD|E|NWRECK
Over a Score Killed In Colorado
Railroad Disaster.
COACHES CRUSHED TO ATOMS
Trains Goino at Hi0h Sneed COL
Tide With Awful Force.

Glenwood Springs, Colo, Jan. 16.--
More than a score Of people were
killed and twice that number injured
In a collision at Dotsera siding, about
twenty miles east of this city. be-
tween Denver and Rio Grande pas
senger train No. 8, westbound. and
freight No. sc, eastbound.
II Is said the wreck was caused by
the failure of Engineer Gus Olson OF
the passenger train to correctly read
the time indicated by his watch. When
nearing Dotsero Olson looked at his
watch and read the time to be 9:45
p. m, 1t was then $50. Thinking he
had plenty of time TO make the next
siding below Dostero he pulled the
throttle of his engine wide open and
was making forty-hye miles an hour
on a down grade when he collided
with the freight, which was labori-
ously climbing the Hill under a full
head Of steam of two big engines.
The three big engines telescoped
and when they came to standstill
resembled one huge piece of twisted
steel and iron rods and mechanism.
The combination baggage and ex-
press car, the smoker and the day
coach, which followed the engine.
telescoped. while the three heavy
Pullman sleepers and diner crushed
them into a mass against the engine.
The day coaches were smashed. Ev-
cry person except one In the chair
car was killed. Eight OF the passen-
gers were decapitated as though by a
guillotine, their heads rolling from
their bodies. Most of the bodies of
the dead are mutilated so badly that
Identification may take many hours.
The only person to escape in the
chair car was Alice Williams, four
years old, from some point In Iowa.
She was found under her dead mother.
slightly bruised and covered from
head to foot with blood, The child
was taken to Glenwood Springs on
the relief train.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
MESSlNA AGAIN FIRE SWEPT
Survivors Of Earthquake There Suffer
Greatly.

Messina, Jan. 20.-M essina has been
swept by fire again. For many hours
soldiers and sailors worked heroically
to keep the flames from destroying the
last remnants of the town and event
ually they succeeded in getting the
fire under control. The extent OF the
damage cannot be estimated because
doubtless much of great value was
burned up in the ruins. II is sup
posed that smouldering embers in the
Wreckage were famed into fame by
tho strong wind that has prevailed
here for the past two or three days
and apparently the fire secured a
good foothold before efforts were
made TO extinguish it, The flames
through the remains of the beautiful
promenade along the harbor front.
The small force of firemen was aug
mented by detachments of soldiers
and sailors from the warships and
pumps and lines OF hose were brought
ashore from the vessels.
The survivors of the earthquake
have been rendered more helpless by
The intensity of the cold. The hills
all about are white with snow and
the refugees are suffering greatly.
Many Of them are still living in tents
and with not sufficient clothing to
protect them. The constant cry is
for lumber for the construction of
huts and the government is doing
everything possible. but the need Is
most urgent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21

They contain q considerable amount of
proteid their salts are of Importance
to the organism, they are readily d.
gested when properly cooked, and they
furnish great deal Of nourishment in
small bulk.
Thus wheat -four, cornmeal. oatmeal
dry and rice dry have more than
100 units to the ounce. Baked potatoes
have 32.I units, cabbage has 90, spin
ach Z, asparagus 6.5, apples 1874, straw
berries ia, spring chicken 1915 and
tenderloin of beef broied SO If a man
tried to get even half Of his nutrition
from the coarse vegetables, which have
a considerable indigestible residue. he
would have to eat pounds of them
daily, and his stomach would be sadly
overburdened. Nature gives us the de-
sire for a varied diet, and science
shows that this is altogether the best
for us.
In the arctic regions there is little
vegetation. Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
meat would not suffice, because thew
contain only proteids. These would re-
place wornout muscle and tissue. but
could not be burned In the BODY To
generate heat and energy. Fats. how.
ever. consist Of carbon and hydrogen
which are the chief components Of the
foods of vegetable origin and supply
the fuel needed by the body. The Do
lar animals have fat In abundance. hut
residents of the temperate and torrid
zones can eat 1t only In limited ouap-
titles. To them the mere thought OF
chewing chunks Of grease is nause.
ating.
The children Of the frozen north
however, are endowed not only with
the ability to eat and to digest larg.
quantities Of fat, but with keen an
petite for 1t. One who Is sensitive {,
such impressions must turn ava,
when he sees the natives of southern
Alaska, the Thlinkits, swallowing sea
oil favored by salmon berries with tn
gusto Of a boy over Ice cream. Th
Eskimos, farther north, will eat bluh
Der, slightly cooked in the Games, b
an indefinite number Of pounds. -iJey
York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
ELECTIONS IN MANY STATES
Senators Chosen by Vote OF the Leeis.
iatures.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Senatorial
elections have been held In various
states. resulting MS follows;
New York--Elihu Root. Rep. to sue.
coed Thomas q. Platt.
Pennsylvania-Boies Penrose. Rep.
reelected.
Indiana Benjamin +. Shively,
Dem, succeeds James A. Hemenway.
North Dakota-M. N. Johnson. Rep.
succeeds III. C. Hansbrough.
South Dakota-Coe !. Crawford,
Rep, succeeds A. h. Kittredge.
Oklahoma-Thomas p. Gore. DEM.
reelected.
Oregon-George Il. Chamberlain.
Dem. succeeds Charles w. Fulton.
Colorado-James J. Hughes. Jr..
succeeds Henry M. Teller.
Iowa--Albert B. Cummins. Rep. re-
elected for six-year term.
Missouri--William J. Stone. DEM.
reelected.
Utah--Reed Smoot, Rep. reelected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
.CUR|00S!T|ES OF DIET.
How Nature Adapts Food to Man
and Man to Food.
GREAT VALUE OF CEREALS.

Why People Can Eat Bread at Ever,
Meal Without Getting Tired Of =,
The Fruits Of the Burning Tropics
and the Fats Of the Frozen Arctic
Modern science has shown that ma
ture provides food for mankind with
marvellous care and foresight. The hu-
man system requires a certain amount
Of proteid daily to replace wornout
muscle and tissue Fish and meat sup
ply this in large quantities. In hot
climates. however, these spoil so quick
ly that their use Is limited Nature.
to certain tropical fruits a much larger
quantity Of proteid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows that figs have FIVE units or Gallo
ries to the ounce, dates two and five
tenths and bananas one and five-tenths,
Apples have five-tenths, peaches nine
tenths and pears seven-tenths. Prob
ably the figs and dates tested had lost
part of their moisture, and some allow
ance should be made for this.
The Arab can, therefore, maintain his
vigor on a diet chiefly plucked from
trees. Henry NJ. Stanley and his white
companions subsisted almost entirely
on banana -four for two years In the
African jungle. Their freedom from
disease was in part attributed to the
wholesomeness of this diet. The dried
banana contains 20 per cent of proteid.
about double that of ordinary wheat
-four.
At the opening OF the mango season
In Jamaica many of the natives prac-
tically live on this fruit for two or
three weeks. They fairly revel In 1t.
An Englishman who was familiar with
the science Of diet could not under
stand how they could not only main
tain their health on this fare, but
actually grow sleek and fat. He knew
that an effort to live on the fruits Of
his native country would result In
weakness, sickness and eventual death.
Chemical analysis showed, however,
that the mango contained enough pro-
teid to supply the bodily needs.
If nature has been thus kind In
adapting food to mans uses. she has
been equally SO In adapting man to his
food. You may have wondered why
people can eat bread at every meal
without firing Of 1t. The difficulty Of
eating one quail day for thirty days
IL well known. Even such delicacies as
asparagus and strawberries cause an
aversion when served too frequently.
Nature sends men a never failing ap-
petite for cereals because they are alto
gether the most valuable Of foods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
Poor Air and Poor Lixina.


When Jim Bridger, the one time IA.
nous scout Of the plains, grew old he
thought he would like to retire from
the somewhat arduous life Of plains.
man and settle down to the ease OF
''the east" which to him meant Mis-
souri,. So he used his best endeavor
to find a competent man to fill his
place and went back to Missouri.
A year or two passed, and one day
Captain Russell. the commandment OF
the post which Bridger had left. waa
surprised to see the old scout heave
in sight. When he came in the cap.
tain asked:
"Well. Bridger, what brings you back
here?
Captain" said Bridger. II want to
60 back to scouting again"
"Indeed7 why. / thought you had
settled down In the east for the rest OF
your lifer
'swell. cap'n. III tell you how It Is.
1 went back to old Missouri. and II
you'll believe It they've got railroad
station within ten mile o. the old place
Eyes, sir. railroad stationi And
what's more. they've got 4 ranch now
in every four mile. tell you what,
cap'n. the afr amt pure down there
no more!''
'Is that possible? But thought
you'd like the good things to eat they
have down there. You Ike good things
to eat, remember"
"Good things to eat! why, cap'n.
didn't have a Drilled beaver tan the
whole time was therew
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
QUICK WIT SAVED HIM.
The Way Criminal Fooled Paris
Police Chief.

The Way a Criminal Fooled Paris
Police Chief.
In the Memories" of NJ. Claude,
chief of police during the reign of Ma
poleon Ill, there is much that is fas-
chatting to lovers of detective stories.
One of NJ. Claude's experiences was
that in which he was outwitted by
clever criminal who saw in the police
chiefs resemblance to Beranger when
the poet was at the height of his pop
ularity a means of escape from cap
ture The criminal had returned to
Paris and was living as rich student
In the Latin quarter then in the height
Of its bohemian splendor.
Claude thought to make an easy
capture Of his man by attending a GER
hahn famous ballroom at the hour when
dancing was at it's height. He tells
the story:
Il had no difficulty In discovering
him seated among swarm of pretty
girls and bewitching danseuses.
Convinced there were but two ways
of getting the better of a cunning enc
my-surprise and audacity-I walked
straight up to where my rascal was
seated. | walked slowly. with steady
steps. my eyes on the eyes of my man.
He was a dark skinned, handsome fell
low. with a face as braZen as 1t was
cynical. ! saw by an impreceptible
sign that he recognized me. He turn
ed pale-he was mine!
II was almost near enough to cap.
ture him when | saw him bend TO the
ear Of one of his companions. Instant,
ly all the girls surrounded me and
stood in a feverish. excited. ardent
phalanx before me. They formed an
impenetrable barrier. behind which my
rascal escaped, while the women press
ed eagerly upon me. crying out:
Beranger! 1t is Berangerv
"The magic name presented upon
the youthful spirits there the effect
Of an electric spark. All the dancers
Of the establishment stopped dancing
and surrounded me with accIamations
The students and young girls rushed
up to me, some bearing bouquets, 9th
ers glass In hand. l was literally Gov
cred with flowers, while the whole
place rang with shouts. hundred
times repeated. of 'vive BerangerI
Vive Beranger!
II was aghast, and yet I understood
the trick. On the point of being col
Jared by me. the man had marked
down had recourse to this shrewf
game. which must have succeeded ever
better than he expected / certainly
had some points of resemblance to the
illustrious song maker or the whole
world Of students and grisettes In the
Latin Quarter would not have faller
so readily into his trap. was as bald
as the poet at that time, and at al
times l have had certain good ma
tured. sympathetic benevclence In my
appearance such as the portraits Of
Beranger show to this day.
'Well, II the youth of Paris counter
signed the intentional error Of my clev
er scamp owed It to my resemblance
to the poet. Though I was tricked,
was well tricked. It was not for ms
to own to these giddypates that l was
not Beranger. but Claude. the police
man. the agent of all the prosecutors
ridges and lawyers who under thu
restoration had done 80 much harm
to their idol. escaped from the ova
ton. which was becoming dslirioui
under an avalanche Of flowers"