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I the MORNING l,E ’”' S ' sf>s ?
•I ESTABLISHED 1850. ISCORPORATID 1888. V
J JH. ESTILL, President. *
ROBBERS SWARM A TRAIN
TWO MEN WITH PISTOLS TAKE
CHARGE OF THE ENGINE.
The v Have the Care stopped at the
Ecene of One of Jeeee James' Ex
clolte and Are Joined by Five Con
federates- $9,000 Taken From the
Kansas City, Aug. 17.-The limited
Kansas express on the Missouri Pacific was
held up by seven highwaymen at an early
hour this evening and robbed of $9,000 of
express matter. The train was crowded
with pass ngers, and the safe of the Express
company -as stuffed with money, con
signed, much of it, to western banks. The
train left Tipton about 3 o’clock.
TWO MYSTERIOUB FIGURES.
Two mysterious figures were lurking
around the forward end of the train, but no
attentionas paid to them. Just after
leaving Tipton the firemen turned toward
thetender tofireupthe engine and looked
souarely into the muzzles of two revolvers
iu the bands of two masked men who were
lvmg on their faces on top of the coal They
had evidently boarded the forward end of
the “blind” mail car and were crawling
over toward the engineer.
THE ENGINE MEN POWERLESS.
One of the bandits covered the fireman,
while the other took care of the engineer.
They were told to hold up their hands.
“Now you run this train to the Otterville
water tank,” ordered the leader, “and stop
there. If you attempt to atop at any other
place or give a signal of alarm you’ll be
dead men;” and the robbers plaqpd their
weapons close to the heads of their victims.
The'engineer aud lireman could only obey.
SCENE OF THE ROBBERY.
The Otterville water tank stands in
“Robbers’ Cut.” This is where the Jesse
James gang committed one of their boldest
robberies, and is at the bottom of a steep
grade, aud when the train approached It the
engineer had great difficulty in attempting
to bring the engine to a stop. His attempts
were redoubled when the leader of the two
robbers pressed the muzzle of his revolver
against the engineer’s temple and the train
was stopped.
ORDERS OF THE LEADER.
“You come with me," the leader ad|
dressed Frank Draver, the engineer, ana
“you attend to the fireman,” he said to his
companion. The engineer was com
manded to go to the express car and tell
the mes ei;gar to open the door. When be
reached the car ha found that the two rob
bers hail five confederates stationed at cm
vemeai, places about the car, all heavily
ariiad and their faces concealed behind
masks.
THE EXPRESS CAR OPENED.
He walked to the door of the express car
and, "covered” by the revolvers of three of
the robbers, called to the express messenger,
Sam Avery, to open the door. Avery, sus
pecting no danger, pushed back tbe door.
As he did so the leador of the robbers and
one of hisovifederates pushed their revolv
ers iu and ordered the messenger to hold up
his hands. The order was promptly obeyed
and three of the robbers jumped into the
car.
LOOTING THE SAFE.
They proceeded immediately to the safe,
which was locked. Avory was ordered to
open it, and at tho point of a revolver did
so. One ot tho robbers unfolded a sack and
into it were placed the entire contents of
the safe. The robbers then made a cur
sory examination to see if they had over
looked anything, and finding nothing more
of value jumped out of the car.
THE CONDUCTOR HALTED.
In the meantime tho conductor, alarmed
at the unusual stoppage of the train, went
forward to see what was the trouble. He
got only as far as the rear of the express
car, wheu be was baited by one of the rob
bers, who told him to go back and collect
ms Uekets. “We’ll take care of this end of
the train,” he said.
passengers hide their valuables.
The conductor hurried back to the first
passeuger coach, aud excitedly informed
'rj a r.F rs ot what waa K°>ug on, aud
~ ” them to hide their valuables.
.Xiinev, watches, jewelry, and everything
raluable was shoved into boot tops, the
acks of tlu; cushioned seats, and any where
■ k’ et 0,, t of sight. The conductor had
JliTi rDed e the i ,a3s0 ngers in the second
Class when the tram started on its journey
f:" 1 11)0 robbers had finished their work
aud escaped.
Ti THK AIIT HORITIES notified.
P ulled the train into Otter
““f a " le distant, where part of the
0 1,, n c re ,eft to arouse the sheriff and
SeHnR M a posse to pursue the robbers. At
n^w7wLT? n mi l fis from the sc o ™, the
8t tel eg r “Phed to headquarters at
of tl ro,!,i all ,. he available detectives
The -nhi' T er ? dispatched to the scene.
mul t fta and left their tracks in the
hop,ng to
THEIR BOOTY said to be small.
ruher i ot U :. Mo V. Aug ' 17 - 11 P- M.-Supt.
stated thi/eL raolfi ° Express Company
goldwatw Vo nmg that $74 in money, a
Lverarm,m aud P acka ge supposed to be
cured su P pliei were all t;.at was se
ed by the robbers of the train.
KILLED BY an iron CABLE.
Conductor Beay’a Injuries Unexpect
edly Provo Fatal.
Consr L w°B\ AUfS ' 17 ": 0ne week a *°
•truction U • bßay ’ ln char K° of a con
&nd Mont 8111 ° n the SaTannall . Americus
being k K l J ' U , ery rail road, was hurt by
SwLilfl ft T “ Hat car by an iron
Ho injur!U UQ at a fi lnK a tnUa load of dlrt
dangerous hoi l ., hI , BC , were not considered
of internal &£ te J day , * rava "Ytuptoms
“t-o c’ock tio ' developed and he died
f u: , Ho wa * *th
ofticers. He w ,! e J by bis superior
feoves a wife ttbou * 45 years old. He
wile and dependent family.
HDEHKR SURKOXJiyobd
A ‘ ° Bse of a n d Best Will Bee that
Jesup GA He A Don,t^cape.
Steve Jacobs whf’ . Johll H >nith, alio*
for a murder com lISl 1S , U “ dtT of death
North Carnli ' Ulnitte d in Roberson county
IS!. ; C "°‘ lna - an * "bo broke jail Aug. 8
feudies frorTwt^TlJd 11 * 6 “ oar ° ar,li ’
Liberty county rri. J b ® deputy sheriff of
be, f. and wdi L ber ® to-night for
of Jesup’S the ,ceUB wlth “
Thr A ' H °HO PILGRIM AQB
lha°e^t nd of tbo FaithfUl Before
Ration of w : ; V “ Aug. 17.-The eon
,jf rr , y made a Dl i„, P ' * Catl *olic church
w * r Ud, ~ Marti*™ “'“ W * ‘ brlr ‘” ot
number,.* **! The pH
£ *P*l tra,, , traveled
throughout*tOMd** *“*'
‘* r *tiutnbr of prnu‘ y lU “ irt * mß
JKflfmna Wrtos.
A BROKBBENDB HIS LIFE.
Ha Had Millions, but Still Was Not
Happy.
New York, Aug. 17.—1n the palatial
residence of his sister, Mrs. Amos dotting.
No. 835 Fifth avenue, this afternoon, was
found the body of Joseph A. Jameson, a
Broad street broker and banker. He had
hanged himself from the bed-room door in
his fine suite of rooms.
Mr. Jameson c\as reputed to be a million
aire and was the stock exchange member of
of the firm of Jameson, Smith & 00., bank
ers and brokers, at Exchange place and
Broad street. The second member of the
firm is James D. Smith, commodore of the
New York Yacht Club.
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY,
Mr. Jameson’s family is out of town, and
from what can be learned from his friends,
temporary Insanity caused by illness and,
perhaps, aggravated by a feeling of lone
liness In the absenoe of his family is thought
to have prompted the tragedy.
Mrs. Jamesou and her youngest son,
Minor, 17 years old, are at Scarborough
Beach, Me. Two sons, Addison, the
eldest, 33 years old, and Alex
ander, 28 years, and a daughter,
Mrs. Thomas L. Manson, were spending
Sunday at their fathor’s farm at Clinton
Corners, eight miles from Poughkeepsie,
and tbe second daughter, Mrs. Myra Mur
phy, widow of B. G. Murphy, Jr., son of
the ex-collector of the port, wus at Elberon.
THE LAST SEEN OF HIM ALIVE.
The last seen of Mr. Jameson was at 5
o’clock Saturday, when he came home from
his office and told a servant that he would
go to hm room to rest. He did not appear
to-day, and, becoming alarmed, the servant
called a park policeman, who entered the
broker’s room through the one unlocked
door. He found the body of Mr. Jameson
hanging with a sheet around his neck. The
other end had been thrown over the door
and tied to the door knob.
DtED KNEELING.
The suicide had knelt so as to bring
strangulation quickly and bis knees almost
touched the floor. The millionaire had
evidently disrobed with tbe intention of re
tiring for the night before the awful im
pulse seized him. He was only clad in a
night shirt and drawees. Tbe body was
taKO'i down and placed in the bed. Supt.
Jenks of the Murray Hill hotel, a near
friend of the deceased, took charge of the
funeral arrangements.
NO CLEW TO THE CAUSE.
Nothing was found to indicate the cause
of the deed. Mr. Jameson was taken sick
three months ago aud was still weak when
three w eeks ago he was taken with a throat
trouble. The latter affection was so serious
that Prof. E. J. Jane way was kept in
dose attendance. The trouble increased,
and physical pain may have resulted in a
sudden flight of insanity.
Mr. Jameson came to New York from St.
Louis in 1865 with his brotber-in-law, Amoa
Cotting, since deceased. Each Is said to
have brought $1,500,000 as the profits of
their dry goods business. A brokerage bus
ings was opened on Wall street, and at first
the firm belonged to the open board of
brokers, and latferly to the stock exchange.
Mr. Jameson was a man of domeitic tastes,
and was regarded as a conservative and pru
dent financier. His business is said to be in
good shape.
ARGENTINE FINANCES.
The Plans and Hopes of the Minister
of Finance.
Buenos Ayrer, Aug. 17.—The govern
ment proposes to put a tax on tobacco.
The gold premium is now 165.
NO NOTES ON LAND.
London, Aug. 18, 3 a. m.— A dispatch
from Buenos Ayres to the Times savs:
“Senor Lopez, minister of finance, has de
clared that tne government will issue no
notes based on security of land. It
is intended to cauoel the law for
the emission of one hundred
millions in hypothecatory notes. Whatever
emission may be decided upon will be
small, and be supervised by a commission,
including loading foreign bankers, who will
also supervise the withdrawal of the emis
sion when confidence has been restored.
lopez’s hope.
“Senor Lopez hopes iu four months to
see the moral and economical position
normal; aud iu a year to have the finauces
on a sound working basis.
"President Pellegrini confirms these
views.
"It is reported that the government is
seeking means to compensate the share
holders of the national bank
for the losses incurred by them
through the Celman clique, and
is trying to place the bank in a sound posi
tion. The overdue bills of the Cordoba
bank are said to amount to $11,000,000, and
further scandalous revelations are ex
pected.”
EZffiTA WILL OPEN WAR.
Barillas States His Terms of Peace to
the Diplomatic Corps.
City of Mexico, Aug. 17. — A dispatch
from Guatemala says that President Bari
llas yesterday received the members of the
diplomatic corps, who called to ascertain
his terms of peace. He responded that
the only ter ms were the retirement
of President Ezeta from the government of
Ban Salvador and the re-establishment of
the state of affairs existing prior to the
death of President Menendez on June 22,
and that, Ban Salvador treat Honduras and
Guatemala as allies and not foster rebellion
against either government.
refugees on the march.
Gov. Carracosa of Chiapas telegraphs
that the state forces have been active in
preventing tho crossing of Mexican and
Guatemalan refugees into Guatemala with
revolutionary intent, but bodies of Mexi
cans have gone to San Salvador, where
they are offering their services against
Gua temula.
President Diaz has ordered the authori
ties on the frontiers to exercise strict
vigilance to preserve neutrality toward
San Salvador. It is presumed that Presi
dent Ezeta of San Salvador will open hostili
ties to-morrow.
A SPEEDY CRUISER.
The San Francisco Makes a Record
of 19 3-4 Knots.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17.—The
new cruiser Han Francisco, during a pre
liminary trial trip on the bay yesterday,
developed the highest rate of speed which
she has yet attained. Information has be* n
received that with 120 pounds of steam ami
120 rev lutions her speed was at the rato
of 19% k iota per hour, which is throe-quara
tern ol a knot over tbe contract requremeuls
To tbs North Pole by Balloon.
Parih, Aug. 17.—The French aeronaut,
Biwancou. aud Astronomer liermite propose
to make u bail'Min expedition to tbe north
pole, starting from Hpltztiergri).
A Theater burned at Manchester.
Lor no v, Aug. 17.—Tbe Queen's theetar
at MatiohiMter lias been destroyed by Art.
1 here woe no tone of life.
BEARS OF THE ROCKIES.
CHATS AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE
ABOUT GRIZZLY AND HIS CUBS.
Typical Hunting Etoriea of the Far
West Big Game Which Draws
the Hunter to the Mountains—
Exciting Tales of Encounters With
Bruin—His Characteristics Pointed
Out and Commented Upon His
Methods of Attack and How Hunters
Meet Them—Many Things Relating
to Him Presented in an Entertain
ing Way.
Continental Divide, Pacific Slope,
Aug. 9. —The subject of our story cuts a suf
ficient figure iu the annals of Rocky moun
tain hunting to merit a personal descrip
tion. If we omit tbe polar bear, there are
two, and only two, species of bear that in
habit the mountains of our western states;
these are the black bear (ursus Amencanus)
and the grizzly (ursus horribilis). And
yet everywhere you hear the terms “griz
zly,” “brown,” “cinnamon," "silver tip,”
“range bear,” until you begin to imagine
that the country is inhabited by a vast va
riety of horrible monsters, until a glance
at a book upon natural history reassures
you that there are but the two named
above. As there are two in the heavens
above, Ursus Major and Minor, so there are
two in the Rocky mountains beneath, Ursus
Americanus and horribilis. Those two are
sufficient. In fact, the last one is more
than enough. Almost every one has seen
the black bear, and remembers his heavy,
awkward figure and his slouching gait.
But the grizzly is a king of another mold.
Newspapers have killed them all the way
from fifteen to twenty hundred pounds, but
1,000 pounds is, I suppose, a fair average
weight, and some only tip the scales at 800.
But to see a thousand pounds rolling toward
you, with a growl like thunder broken
loose, is calculated to increase
a man’s estimate of its size.
Under such circumstances, I should
say that they weigh about 20,000! If you
stretch a line from the tip of their nose to
the root of their tail it will measure seven
feet; their tail is so small that it would not
add much to the measurement. When they
rear up on their haunches to give you their
customary greeting, or for the final em
brace, they tower up over six feet. A
black streak runs along the back, and one
down each side, the hair between the dark
strips beiug brown, and growing pale to
ward the muzzle. But their walking and
tearing apparatus is most peculiar. Their
hind legs are much longer than the fore,
and gives them a shambling gait;
but even if their locomotion is not
conducted upon the most graceful
principles of the Dolsarte system,
it is a vast improvement upon man’s; for,
unless badly wounded, he can beat a man
running up hill, while down a hill man has
no show at all; becomes rolling, tumbling,
shambling, but he gets there very speedily.
Man’s only chance, if it is to be
a running match, is to neither dash
up nor down, but right across the
slope, where tbe grizzly finds it
harder evenly to balance himself than the
human. The fore-claws have seven good
inches of nails, and the hitid ones only four.
This we know, not by actual experience,
but by measurement. The grizzly has one
good quality—be can’t climb a tree. Trees
ought to abound in bear hunting countries.
Now, to approach this grizzly subject a
little closer, tf it should be asked whether a
man ought to approach any closer to this,
the gamest and most dangerous of tbe
Rocky Mountain animals, the answer is, if
ho does any hunting at all, ho cannot very
well avoid an encounter. Bears are most
numerous every’where in the mountains, in
spite of a reward of S2O given by the state
for every dead and departed Bruin. “Moc
casin Bill,” on a neighboring ranch, has
killed ninty-flve right here otf theSangre de
Christo range. He is superstitious about
his hundredth, being afraid that it will turn
the tables on him, but if he survives that
dreaded encounter, aud keeps at It, he will
doubtless find many more ninety-fives wait
ing for him over yonder in those gloomy
and mysterious canyons of the Bangre de
Christo. Bruin is übiquitous. He can be
found as far Bouth as Mexico, and as far
north as British America, while as to the
rocky tableland between tne Rockies and
Sierras, that is his loafing ground. He goes
every , here, and is not particular as to his
appetite. He is fond of berries; if he cannot
get them he will dig up roots; if roots are
scarce he will hark trees; if everything in
the vegetable way fails bo takes to the
animal kingdom, deer, cattlo, sheep, horses
fall to his capacious maw, while his chief
morsel, the tid-blt that most tiokles his
palate, Is elk. He is particular in one respect
—ho will not eat man. He has to be very
hungry before be will do that.
WHEN A GRIZZLY WILL ATTACK A MAN.
Authorities differ upon the question
whether the grizzly will, if unmolested,
attack man. You may count upon his do
ing it (no difference of authority here; in
three oases—if he be cornered; if he be shot
at and wounded; if it boa bear with her
cubs that you are unlucky enough to come
upon. Solomon was a wise man and also an
observer of natural history. It was he who
said something about tbe worst thing that
could befall a man, next to the onslaught
of fools, was a bear bereaved of her cubs.
We never tried the "bereaving” process but
once. The experience was sufficient. It
was a summer’s afternoon toward twilight.
Two members of the outfit had been lying
down in the black timber, 11,000 feet up the
mountain, watching on the edge of a parky
place for tbe elk to come oat into the open.
Slowly the hours passed, aud the sun auk
benind the mountains. The near-sighted
unwed had been annoying his companion
for hours by mistaking old stumps and
bushes moving in the breeza for the much
dosired game Suddenly he saw on top of a
ridge a black object; he did not
,pe.k, but watched it; he did
not want any more old stump,;
but at last the object dropped behind a
ridge; then was he sure, aud his heart *as
glad, and he called his companion to place
the field glass upon it as soon as it re-ap
peared. This bo did, and immediately ex
claimed: “Don’t shoot, it’s a young elk,
we can catch it.” Dropping glass and guns,
aud ull, the outfit rushed out into tbe open,
to find the park a bog, and tho ‘young elk’
—a bear’s cub. The brat began to yell,
when down through the timt er, where the
guns wore, came rushing and growling tho
irate mother; by a kind fate, she first mado
f r her offspring and not to the intruders:
th e fow moments wore precious, and
ei e used in rapid boggling out of tho
mire, until the t lmlwr and the guns were
reached. By thia time she was making n
bee-line for tho ussailn ts. There was no
tim to look for trees; it had hi he a stand
up fight. There aas do dust on the cart
ridge*- the guns worked beautifully. Seven
bullets flew out of on-rifle, and four from
tho other • the bear fell aliout ten feet off,
the cub got away todo'ino more yelling.
There is uo doubt upon tha rnlmia of that
outfit a Unit “a bear beraavnd of her out*."
Another man tried it yesterday. Thu L
what he sold, when he got well enough to
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1890.
say anything: “I had not gone more than
a mile from camp until I caught sight of a
bear and cub, and, getting behind a largo
rook ,1 waited for them to come along.
. •• n they got within fifty feet of the rock
t took steady aim at the cub, and succeeded
in killing it. The mother rushed at me,
and I let her have a couple of ounces of
lead, but only injured her, which seemed to
make her the more Infuriate 1, and catching
the limb of a big tree near the rock I drew
myself up in the tree, and very unfortu
nately let my rifle slip. The mother now
started up tne tree (it was a beach bear,
the grizzly don’t climb), and only having a
aix--h oer and a kuife to protect
myself with, 1 could do but little. Well, to
make a long story short, I fell from tbe tree
and succeeded in jabbing mv knife into her
body, and after that 1 did not remember
anything for a long time, and when I came
to I saw her lying by me dead. 1 then tried
to get back to camp, but I was so weak from
loss of blood, being bruised and bitten all
over tbe body, I could not move, and what
I suffered for the next twenty-four hours
was something terrible. O, 1 would have
given anything for a drop uf water aud a
crust of bread. I guess I went to sleep
then, for 1 remember nothing after that.”
He was found lying near the dead bear
after thirty-nine hours’ absence from camp.
SOME TYPICAL BEAR STORIES.
When a hunter gets into the embrace of a
grizzly it is because he brings it upon him
self. In hunting through the dark and
gloomy canyons of the Rockies after other
game, he will frequently at most unexpected
turns come upon a hear, lying down behind
a rock; with a growl it will take itself off
like a flash, unless he attacks its cub or
wounds the animal itself. If these two con
ditions aro observed—let him and his cubs
alone—the grizzly might be classed os an
eminently peaceable citizen of the Rocky
mountain territory. One good authority,
a famous hunter, G. O. Shields, denies
amiability to the grizzly and asserts against
every other authority that he will attaox
man, even when unmolested by man.
Here iB hisaccountof the matter, “Wewere
bunting in the Shoshone mountains in
Northern Wyoming. I had killed a laree
elk la the morning, aud on going back to
the carcass In the afternoon to skin it we
saw that bruin had been there ahead of us,
but had fled on our approach. Without the
least at iprehension of his return, we leaned
our rifles against a tree about fifiy feet
away, and commenced work. There were
three of us, but only two rifles. We were
all busily engaged skinning when, hearing
a crashing in the bush and a series of savage
roars and gr w', wo looked up the hill,
aud were horrified to see three large grizzly
bears, an old bear and two cuds about
two-thii ds grown, charging upon us with
all the savage fury of a pack of starving
wolves upon a sheepfold. They were be
tween us and our rifles when we first saw
them, aud we sprang to our horses, which
were picketed a few yards below, suppos
ing, of course, that when the bears roachod
the elk’s carcass, they would proceed to out
it. and pay no further attention to us.
Strange to say, it was the carcass to which
they paid no attention. They still came
after us; we had no time for flight, aud
could not even release and mount our tor
ror-strioken horses. Our only chance was
to fight for our lives, aud with one accord
we three grasped our buuting-knive*
and dashed at them. We threw our hats
and yelled like Comancbes, and
the savage beasts, seeing t.iemselves thus
boldly confronted by equal numbers,
stopped, raised on their haunches,
growled, snapped their jaws for
a moment, and then walked sullenly back
up the hill into the brush. This gave us an
opportunity to get hold of our rifles, and
then it was our turn to charge. To make a
long story short, we killed tbe old female
and one cub; the other escaped into the
jungle before we could get a shot at him.
The resolute front we put on aloue
saved our lives.” This incident can
hardly be quoted as an example of
an unprovoked assault made upon man. To
touch a grizzly family iu the matter of
their supper is really to molest them in a
very serious wav, and a hungry stomach in
man aud beast often leads to many a crime.
Ho we still bold with all the authorities,
that if you leave the grizzly alone he will let
you alone. We had several examples in our
own outfit. Coming around the corner of a
rock one dav our leader, who is an old,
experienced Coloradian with all the various
accomplishments of hunting, mining, wood
mauship, nerve, etc., came upon a grizzly
with her cub only twenty feet off. Of
course the youngs er began to yell, and the
mother went up on her haunches with a
growl, but the man stirred not, neither
forward nor backward, but cooly gazed at
the happy family. Being unarmed, a move
would have been bis death. Shortly tha
cub got down and trotted off, the mother
remained in statu quo, ever and anon turn
ing her head sideways and gazing at the
form of her retreating offspring; vbai
it was at a safe distance she,
too, got down from her haunches,
and, with a parting growl, made off
after her young one. On another occasion
we were skinning the oarcass of an elk, when
all unknown to us a big monster was watch
ing the operation from behind a pile of derail
trees; as we walked iu his direction, igno
rant of his presence, he rose up with a growl
and made off through tbe timber before
we could get our rifles for a shot. On still
a third occasion, two of the party were off
in the mountain for a dav’s photographing.
Iu the midst of their occupation they looked
up aud saw a cinnamon come out upon the
rook above them, and stand for a few mo
ments gazing at the unusual spectacle.
Their armament was rather feeble—
a shotgun with buckshot and a
pocket-knife. Coolly the photographer
took a shot at the animal
wit hhls Kodak camera (the “you-press-the
button-and-we-do-ihe-rest'’ kind of instru
ment) and secured his picture, I suppote, as
we never saw it afterward. The grizzly
hesitated; man he knew; a shotgun he
knew; but the Kodak camera was too much
for him, so, with ut a growl, he began to
walk off around the ledge of r ,ck. Then
human folly exhibited itself. Itching
fingers aimed the shotgun aud gave him
both barrels. At the first he stopped as if
to brush off flies; but at the second be took
in the situation. Tbe growls then
c ime th.ot and fast, and he
belli and them, waddling, slouching,
tumbling down the hill at a terrible gait.
The kodak was dropped and a bolt was
made fur the horses, a few paces off. For
tu: ateiy they had been left in cowboy
fashion, with their bridlw over their heads
touching the ground, and with a rapid mo
ti li tbe bridles worn flung in posi. ion, the
saddles gained, and the terrified horses
needed no snur to send them down tho canon
on a run. But the camera never was found.
I suspect that grizzly jumped on it —or else !
he ma yet be "pressing tbs button" anil i
taking the pictures of bis family still. 1
trust that ho has the photos of the two
fool sb nirnrods as they went flying down
that canyon.
WAYS IN WHICH BRUIN IS CAPTURED.
All these mstauoes show that the bear of
the Rocky mountains Is content to leave
man alone. But the trouble is that man is
not willing o let Id o alone. In other
words, Loeid‘- tbe regular hunters who
hunt him for the state reward of S2O n r
head, and hare the privilege. In ailditlou,
of •ellmg the skin for SSO more (and the ■
“silver t p" hear skin is a beautiful u,mm
tiuo), there are amateuis who dabble In
this dangerous sport. Well, then, in what
way L the grizzly bunted! Tbe two ways j
are by trailing and baiting. In the former
method, the first thing is to select your
country. The Rocky mountains seem dc- ;
signed by naturo as the covert for •
the mighty game They are not, !
strictly speaking, nountaiu ranges, but
mountain peaks, separated from each other j
by deep and ruggtd canyons. Tne aver- i
age peak towers about 14,000 feet in
altitude, and consists everywhere of the
same elements; first, the bald, bold escarp
ment ot rook forming the peak proper; then
the snow line, where the snow lies all sum
mer; below this is the black timber; still |
farther down is the greeu “quaking asp,”
whioh opens out Into the park or “the open,” j
as it is called. The canyons between the j
mountains, or “the gulches," or '•coulios,"
as they are variously called, are the
natural bed of the snow-streams, which
gatheron the peaks and flow out into the
valley. Now this "black timber” and these
rocky canyons are the habitat of the bear.
He is their natural guardian. This is the
kind of ciuntry lelected by the ambitious
sportsmen, eager for the nouor of "killing a
grizzly.” In such places he will very
readily come upon “trails”—rocks over
turned, root* dug up, trees barked, aud in
the soft ground the footprint of the big,
sharp claws. As soou ns he discovers these,
then he is in bruin's territory,and it is time,
seriously, to ask himself if ho is prepared for
a very serious encounter—the most serious
probably that he wdl over have to undergo.
Is his gun all right, so that it will
work easily ! Are the cartridges free from
dust so as not to “catch in
the chamber? Has he a good revolver or a
knife for close quartors! Above all, aro his
nerves cool aud stoady ? If ho is dotermi'.ed
to go ahead (and the excitement carries
many a man ahead who in cool moments
wonders how he ever got into such a posi
tion), then lot him not follow tho trail; but,
to uso tho phrase, “kind of hang around it,’’
looking out for every cranny or dead tree
or thick timber, keeping well up on some
ledge of rock, sittiiig down by the hours
sometimes, aud simply a atchlng. To follow
the trail direct means that the grizzly will
see the hunter or scent him. and
make off before a shot can be obtained,
for he is the most cunning of
animals. “To hang round it,” quietly wait
ing and watching on some good prominent
Coint of rock, generally moans, if the signs
ave been thick and numerous, that lie will
come under the hunter’s observation before
the day is over. Aud then a battle, such as
these encounters aro likely to bo, had better
take place with the hear below you, so that
his charge will have to bo uphill rather
than down. All these directions for “trail
ing a bear” have been very carefully form
ulated by Mr. “Moccasin Bill,” the hero of
the ninety-five bear-scrapes mentioned
above. I presume they are all right,
but cannot speak from experience, as most
of the experience gained by our outfit came
from the bear coming on us, and not our
coming on the bear! We did do a little
“baiting,” if the truth must be told. How
we wore led into such a giddy performance,
I can only explain on the theory that elk
were abundant, and we hated to wuste the
rich aud juicy tenderloin, and that the out
fit was iu need of excitement. Bo what
so easy as to ciucli the elk carcass to the
pummel of the saddle and drag it to a spot
where boar tracks wore numerous, and tlion
toward sunset of a moonlight night
to go and watch with our
rifles? Then to go buck the
second night and tho third night, for a bear
wilt find an elk if within live miles of him.
And this, then, is what you call “b liting;”
to set tbe carcass of some dead animal in
some suitable place, aud then to watcti it.
Doer meat is good, but oik is preferable.
We had a long ride to take, so we left camp
after diuner with full confidence. The ap
pearance of tho two hunturs resembled a
walking arsenal. English bull dog revolv
ers were strapped around the waist, big
hunting knives were stuck iu tho belts, anil
Winchester repeating rifles were carried in
a gun pouch on the pummel of the saddle.
The trail was quickly takon up,
the quaking asp was p sied, then the
solemn aud mysterious kluck timber, iu
dead silence, was entered in a style to re
semble the burial of Bir Jonn Moore. “Not
a word was spoken, not a drum was beat;"
in tbe gloomy recesses of the forest the
horses wore carefully hidden away, with
bridles hanging down, ready for instant
mounting. With solemn step and bated
breath ttie outfit stole to the edge of the
timber, looked out on the rocky canyon; yes,
everything was all right, there lay the elk,
as tempting a morsel as bruin could find
in all the country. It was but tho work of
a few n inutes to I uild a hiding tepee; poles
were raised up against a standing tree, in the
shape of an Indian wigwam; around them
were thrown bushes, and our point of ob
servation and shelter wus finished. It was
about 100 yards from the bait, and was de
signed to shelter us from the observation of
tiro cunning animal so that a couple of safe
shots could be taken before the real encoun
ter began. Then came th 6 hours of weary
watching. The guns were examined and
their machinery made easy cy the applica
tion of a few drops of that wonderful oil
contained In the legs of an elk; tho
cartridges were taken out and dusted
so as to slip into their places without
catching; knives and revolvers wero laid
down close at hand; everything was ar
ranged, but still tho expec ed guest caine
not. There was a sudden crackling in the
bushes, but it was not bruin. A lonesome
wolf was prowling around, but as soon as
wa showed ourselves from under cover ho
dasned off. Slowly the h 'urs passed; the
sun sank behind the snow-capped moun
tains, theu out of the sky entirely; tbe
moon came out and flooded the silent and
somber landscape; tho feast was
ready, but he for whom it had been
prepared came not at all. Weary of waiting
we left our retreat and stole to the bait; it
was turned over, dragged out of pleoe and
halt consumed. Bruin had been there
already 1 He bail taken an early supper anil
was gone! A day or two afterward, in
taking a “round up” to look after the va
rious baits, ho jumped up suddenly from be
hind a log, having come, doubtless, to flnub
the carciss, and was killed. Thus “tne
unexpected happened," and the “carefully
prepared for,” as often in life, went for
nothing. That was our last attempt at bait
ing. After that we let btuin alono unless he
ch .need to run across our path.
WHAT A TYPICAL BEAR FIGHT IS.
But in order to show what a typical boar
fight is let us fall h ick on someone else’s
experience, more extensive than our own.
Narratives like the f Rowing occur almost
daily in the Colorado papers: “No great
general ever returned victorious from the
field of bottle more proud than Mr. ,
tho real estate mogul, who roturned yester
day from Middle Fork, where ho had a
terrible battle with a gigantic silver-tip
bear. The real estate man win by a neck,
or rather a bowie knife. He was hunting
in tne vicinity of Gossans’ ranch a few
and tvs ago, when he suddenly espied, blocking
a gorge, a tremendous she hear of the
silver-tip variety. They are chisely related
to the grizzly, and but few of the oldest
hunters bad any inclination to tackle them.
Mr. was armed with a flue seventaeu
sbot Winchester rifle aud a bowie-knife
with a twelve-inch blade. With such im
plements of destruction a smuts of seourity
toon possession of him, aud without u
moment's hesitation he raised his rifls aud
fired. Defers the beast a>>ul i recover from
the su' prise tne daring huntsman had
pumped Hires more 44-cailbor bullets into
her holy Just behind the shoulder, 'Him in
furiated animal Bum observed that some
body was shoobug ottier, arid, with the blood
streaming from the wounds, gave a loud
f;rowl aud made tracks for her assailant,
t was a trying moment and most hunters
would have soguhta place of safety, but tbe
real estate man stood pat, all the time keep
ing up a fire from bis trusty rifle. He suc
ceeded in breaking one of the bear’s fore
1 igs, which disabled it slightly and increased
its fury ten fold. He had only six
cartridges in the magazine of the rifle
when the beast rose on its hind
fee i to sieze tbe huntsman in
its deadly grasp. Two shots fired
in quick succession sent the bear rolling
down a slight hill, and before it could rise
four shots were fired into its body and
bead. Mr. said that he had mortally
wounded tho creuture, hut realized it had
enough vitality to tear him to pieces. The
intrepid hunter quickly drew his long kuife,
and, approaching the still unoonquered
beast, by a dextrous, quick movement,
plunged the keen blade into its breast. The
animal was dead a few moments later.
THE GRIZZLY DIFFICULT TO KILL.
Owing to its great tenacity of life, the
grizzly is a most difficult animal to kill.
Ten, twelve, fifteen bullets—the entire con
tents of a magazine rifle—are not uncom
monly fired into him before he succumbs.
Starting at a distance of a hundred yards,
it oan easily be calculated how many balls
a hunter has tne opportunity of throwing
into him before he is close enough for the
deadly embrace. He can run a quarter of
a mile and give his assailant the fatal hug
with a bullet through his heart. There is but
one place whore a single sh6t is effective, and
that is his brain, but his brain is so small
that it takes a decidedly fino marksmanship
to place a ball there whoa he is charging
upon you with that oeculiarly slouching
gait of his, and that growl that combines
all tho horror of u Comanche war-whoop
with all the grandeur of a peal of thunder.
Nerves may be well under control, but the
best of them tremble wheu once that
terrific growl is heard, and the hunter may
be excused if he does not hit that small bit
of brain iu a grizzly’s skull. At first sight
of the hunter, he roars up on
his kauuches and utters Ills growl—
this may tie taken as his challenge
to combat; if it is accepted, a good shot can
be obtained then and there, while he is on
his haunches and tho whole under part of his
body is exposed. The next moment he
comes down and rumbles toward you, and
then all his vital organs are well protected
by his shaggy hair and thick coat of fat, and
your balls may strike him pat, each one re
sounding with a sharp thud against his ribs
or hide, without seriously impeding his mo
tion and only furiously aggravating his
rage. If he has not been downed, when
he is within six feet he again roars up
on his hind legs, utters growls
long and deep, the n is your best, and also
your last, chance. Now, at this critical mo
ment, a ball may be drivon down his throut,
or through his brain, and ho will roll over
at your feet; but, eveu then it is not safe to
approaoh him, as many a man has been
seriously Injured in tho very death strug
gles of the grizzly. But if from any eauso
this last shot fail you, tho result can bo bet
ter imagined than told. One blow of his
huge paw has been known to knock a man
ten feet away, senseless, to tho earth — a
bound, with tooth and claw, he is on
his prostrate foe, and few escape alive
from that fatal ordeal. Iu spite of
tbe dangers there is a fascination in hunt
ing these grand monareha of tbe Rocky
mountains, says an enthusiastic hunter, who
spends his summer seeking health aud ex
citement among the Rockies. “The hazard
ous character of the sport is what gives it
its greatest zest and renders tho most fus
cinating of pursuits. Man, unless be has
become totally effeminate, loves to match
himself with the strongest of tho wild ani
mals. Many sportsmen proclaim the supe
riority of their favorite pastime over all
other kinds, hut let the devotee of these
other classes of sport try tionr hunting, and
when lie has bagged his first grizzly, then let
him talk 1” C. H. S.
CZAR AND K&I3ER.
Russian Papers Extend the Visitor a
Friendly Greeting.
Hr. Petersburg, Aug. 17.—The news
papers here extend a friendly welcome to
Emperor William. They admit the sin
cerity of his pacific declarations and declare
that Russian is disposed to co-operate with
him. At the same time they hold that Em
peror William ought to operate In Vienna
rather than in St. Petersburg, seeing that
Russia will only accept a solutiou of the
Bulgarian question in conformity with the
Berlin treaty, which has been violated with
Austrian complicity.
The Oraahaanin attributes groat Import
ance to the meeting, and hails the German
eiuperor’s visit as a 1 auqurv of peace.
The czar aud czarina have arrived at
Narva. After accepting from tbo author
ities the customary offerings of bread and
salt they drove to M. Palawitzelf’s villa,
the route being lined with enthusiastic
crowds.
ARRIVAL OF THE KAISER.
Reval, Aug. 17.—Emperor William
arrived here at neon to-day.
The Russian squadron fired a salute In
honor of the German vessels.
Grand Duke Vladimir received the em
peror on lauding.
The town was richly decorated with
fiags, and great enthusiasm was manifested
by the immense crowds in the street.
The emperor roceived a deputation of
German residents and afterward inspected
the Vlborg regiment, the officers of which
presented him witn bre.d aud salt on plat
carved for the occasion.
The emperor addressed the regiment
briefly in Russiuti, and the tooops responded
with cheers. The with Prince
Henry, Chancellor vou Caprivi and suite,
ters then started for Narva.
THE MEETING AT NARVA.
Narva, Aug 17. —The czar met Emperor
William at the station at 8 o’clock this even
ing. Tf e greetings of the two rulers were
of a cordial character. The czar was attired
In a German uniform. The emperor and
czar entered a carriage and drove to the
imperial villa. The route to the villa was
lined with troops.
CARDINAL NEWMAN'S DEATH.
Special Services Held In All the Cath
olic Churches of London.
London, Aug. 18, 3 a. m.— There were
special ceremonies in all the Catholic
churches to-day on the late Cardinal New
mau. At Havwarden “Lead Kindly Light”
was sung and Gladstone read the lessons.
Cardinal Manning will deliver the funeral
oratlou In Brompton oratory Wednesday.
The Chronicle says that Mgr. Stoner
will succoed Cardinal Newman. Rev. Mr.
Masio, au American Episcopalian of Paris,
declined to make special mention of
Cardinal Newman’s death, saying he could
never forgive Cardinal Newman’s secession.
England and Our Sealeries.
London, Aug. 18, 3 a. m.—The A Tewt
says the Behring sea blue book shows tue
pitiful s /nhistries to which Secretary Blame
is redueeu in trying to justify bis high
handed proceeding. “America’s policy is
repugnant to common sense and only needs
to be staled to defeat itself,’’
Pilgrims Dying of Cholera.
Cairo, Aug 17. —There have besu eight
een (tain from cholera among I,OUO pil
grims at the Li loro quai outuwi.
I DAILY, $lO AYE VR. i
J, 3 CENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY, sl*s A YEAR. )
BULLETS FLY AT ALBANY
PINKERTON MEN FIRE INTO THS
CROWD!.
A Boy Wounded by the First Bullet—
The Han W ho Fired it Stripped of His
Clothes and Horribly Beaten by tha
Mob—A Woman Wounded In tha
Thigh.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 17.— Trouble was
expected all eking tho line of the Central
within the city to-dsy owing to the fact!
that the Piukerton men wero all known to
be armed. These expectations were in part
fulfilled. Nearly all of tbe P.nkerton were
withdrawn from duty to-day at the cross
ings in tbe city limits. Police took their
places, and it is owing to this change
that more than the following affrays are
not recorded. Btoning of Pinkerton men
was continued to-day up to noon with no
serious results. About 1 o’clock James
Hatton, a Pinkerton man, was found
patrolling the tracks in tho vicinity of Van
Wort street. He claims to have been
struck with a stone in the chest, while hia
companion, who was on duty at that point,
was knocked down and severely hurt by a
gang of rough a
FIRES INTO THE CROWD.
Then he fired Ills revolver into the crowd,
the ball striking a boy aged 15 years, named
Richard Dwyer. Dwyer received an ugly 1
wound in the hip, and is now in the hospital.
He will recover. Hatton had no time to
fire another shot. The crowd surged around
him, and before the polico could intorfera
his clothes were torn off bis back, he was
struck with flsts'and clubs and presented a
pitiable sight when rescued by the police,
who wero obliged to draw their revolvers to
stem the crowdiug mass of people. Ono
policeman hod his coat torn off in the fight.
Hatton was taken to the station house !
when, after his wounds were dressed*
by the police surgeon, he was locked up on
a charge of assault. Hatton would surely
have suffered death had the police not coma
to his assistance when they did.
LOOKED LIKE A RIOT.
Those occurrences aroused the passions ot
the spectators, mostly roughs and hood
lums, as nothing el-e lias since the strike
was declared. Their number increased, and
tho chief of police, fearing further
trouble, established his beudquarters In
tho Btatlon house near by, aud placed all the
reserves at that point.
At intervals after this freight trains from
West Albany passed tbe crossing on their
way to New York. About 3 o’clock one of
these trains passed through the city which
the Pinkertons say was stoned. The police
claim that such was not the case.
A WOMAN SHOT.
At any rato, when the train reached the
Broadway aquadect, the Pinkertons on top
of the freight cars, carrying W inebester
rifles, began a reck l -ss f usillaile on tbe crowd
in the vicinity. Four or five shots were
tirod without any provocation, mid resulted
in tbe Injury of an innocent party, Mrs.
Thomas Hogan, who was standing on the
stoop of her residence near the corner when
shot. The bullet struck her in tho
right thigh. Bho will recover. The
trains went right on and the miscreants es
caped.
THE PINKERTON CHIEF AROUSED.
After this incident Robert Pinkerton, whq
had charge of lus forces in person, called on
Chief Williard. He said his men had been
assaulted and that firearms had beeu put in
their possession only yesterday, that they
might bo used when necessary iu self-defense
and in tho work of protecting the company’s
property, which task had been allotted to
him. Ho declared his readiness to turn over
to the polico any of his men who hail com
mitted a crime, and promised to investigate
tbe shooting of Mis. Hogan, still he would
stand by his men against the wanton
attacks of roughs.
THE LOCAL CHIEF DON’T LIKE IT.
Chief Wilieard expressed a belief that
if the Pinkerton men had never been
brought here tbe local police would have
been able to cope with the siluatiou. As it
is he feared that there will be further
trouble if ttieso men stay hure, and says
that In that event tho local authorities
could not be held responsible, as he bad in
formed Bupt. Bizzle that the company’s
property would be well guarded by his own
men if no outside force were brought here
to inflame the passions of tbe sympathizers
with tae strike.
A THIRD VICTIM SHOT.
While he was talking a third victim wak
brought into the station house. Ho was
Frank Parks, aged 18, and hal bean shot iu
the right arm above ttie elbow by one of
the Pinkoiton men on a freight train which
passed through at 4 o’clock. The assailant)
escaped, the train continuing on
its way. Thi3 assault was unprovoked.
Officer Dunn, who had arrested the Pinker
tou man who fired into the crowd at tha
Van Wort street crossing, had his prisoner
taken from him and was himself roughly
handled by a crowd of Pinkerton men.
TRAINS OUT or NEW YORK.
New York, Aug. 17.—Trains arrived
and left the Grand Central depot to-day on
tbolr regular time. No freight was started
out, but it is announced that freight will bn
received to-morrow at ail the yard* and
regular freight trains started.
Vice President Webb said to-day that he
would not say that he would treat with Mr.
Powdorly as representative of the striker*.
Acting Supt. Byrnes notified tha police to
be extra vigilant to-morrow when freight
trains start, and prevent any interference
with the me.).
Vice President Webb in a talk with a
Tribune reporter to-day said: “I have
heard agn at deal at out Mr. Po ■ derly,
and understood that he is a man of sense
and of great influence among tbe organized
workingmen. I shall be very glad to sea
him to-morrow and have a talk with him.”
When asked what he thought would result
from the (interview Mr. Webb answered:
“I think Mr. Powderly will call here to
morrow, submit demands which will be
refused, aud then i think be will call the
strike off and decide to sacrifice the mem
bers of his order in this branch rather than
luvolve tho whole order in a fight on the
entire system, which in the end would be
disastrous.”
RAILROADERS IN CONFERENCE.
The Men of the Different Departmenta
Trying to Amalgamate.
Bellevue, 0., Aug. 17.—A union secret
meoting'of the engineers,(conductors, brake
men, firemen aud switchmen was held
to-day. Tbe hall where the meeting was
held was crowded at each session. Tha
object of the meeting was to dis
cuss different phases of the
work In their several departments,
and to form some sort of amalgamation
whereby they would better understand each
ctner. Ail say they have no thought of
striking.
A Cyclone ln Franca.
Paris, Aug. 17, A cyciona and hail
storm in the dvpai tiiMMit of Auiiu ravaged
eighteen ootimiunw, destroying harvested
and growing 'Tops. The loss is estimated
at nearly f ratios.
