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Through the kindness of The Journal
of April 5 there appeared a reminiscence
of some of the exciting and trying scenes
through which Confederate soldiers were
often required to pass for the safety of
the army. Dr. W. P. Burt after reading
my historical sketch, being a doctor, takes
it for granted that I poked out my tongue
and comes to my relief and dlognostlcates
the case. As we are now both senile, I
think the doctor will be liberal tn his
charges and allow for our beloved memo
ries.
In writing that piece I tried to incor
porate a great deal in as small a spape
as possible. Comrade W. P. Burt seems
to be at a loss to know if 1 wrote fiction,
history or personal heroism. I frankly
answer him and say: All three. I will
agree with the doctor in that the army
was in the hill country some days, and
that the right wing swung around to the
east of Columbia and rested on Duck
river, crossed over and made a forced
march north, formed along near the pike,
while the Yankees marched by and en
trenched themselves in front of Franklin.
The entire army did not march through
Columbia. The left wing came up from the
hill country below, marched through town,
crossed the river on a pontoon below and
under cover of a high bluff, formed line
of battle and marched to Franklin the
same day. The squad that was sent up
the railroad was commanded by Captain
George Mote Williams, a gallant officer,
and a nephew of General James G. Holtr
claw. Captain Williams made his home
In Columbus. Ga.. after the war and en
gaged in manufacturing. He was presi
dent of the Columbus and Phenix mills.
He died a few years ago.
Comrade Burt is at a loss to know how
General Cheatham could be some distance
to the right of Columbia while a part of
the army was heading off the Yankees
fifteen miles away. General Rosecrans,
he writes, was across the river in front of
Columbia. I thought it was General
Thomas. I stated that I “went up the
line to the right some distance." This
brings us quite close together. To Ulus-
ANOTHER OF WHEELER'S MEN
' TELLS OF HIS CAMPAIGN
To The Journal:
The only thing that did not Interest ene
in Judge Speer's war story was that he
did not go far enough.
I was a member of General Wheeler’s
escort and remember well the heavy win
ter rains that fell while Wheeler was In
Macon and the cold, bitter nights that fol
lowed. I remember very little that occur
red while at Macon, but I will never for
get the cold night after we left Macon.
I will mention one incident that probably
the judge remembers, that was the cross
ing of the creek a few miles from Macon
early In the morning. There was a bridge
over the creek, but no ford. There was
a pond of water near the foot of the
bridge that the men were compelled to
ride through. The approach to the bridge
was pretty steep. The front of the com
mand crossed over the bridge all right,
and tpe water dripping from the horses
soon formed a sheet of Ice that made it
impossible for the horses to walk up the
Incline. But Geneal Wheeler always had
a remedy to overcome all obstacles, so be
ordered the men to dismount and force
their horses into the stream and swim
them across, while the men would walk
over on the bridge. It looked like the
horses would freeze after they got out
of the water, and the men built fires to
prevent them from freezing.
Nothing of interest happened from that
on to Sandersville. General Wheeler en
tered Sandersville early In the morning
and halted on the main street leading
from west to east. Sherman's army was
In the act of entering the town from the
west. There was not an adult male citi
zen to be seen. ,but the terror-stricken
women swarmed In the street around
Wheeler, crying and begging him to leave
the town and not bring on a fight there.
One woman swung to his horse’s neck,
begging him not to fight.
Right in .the midst of this heart-rending
confusion Wheeler’s scouts came up and
reported that Kilpatrick had started in
the direction of Augusta on a raid.
In less than ten minutes General Wheel
er with his command started in pursuit.
THE SEVENTH GEORGIA REGIMENT
BY LOUIS L. PARHAM.
NE OF the most noted regiments
| of Georgians in the Confederate
army was the Seventh, command
ed by that gallent colonel (after-
o
ward general', Lucius J. Gartrell. This
regiment participated in many battles,
lost more men than, perhaps, any other
regiment from Georgia, and came out
with flying colors, albeit these starry
banners were all tattered and torn. To
give a succint and accurate statement
of the Seventh’s brilliant engagements,
its losses, its victories, would require too
much space in The Journal. But in view
of the proposed reunion on the once bloody
field of Manassas in July of this year,
the writer has been requested to write
these line® that the reader may form some
idea of what the Seventh did during the
dark and bloody period of the civil war to
illustrate Georgia in the conflict With the
forces of the Federals.
The Seventh Georgia Regiment was or
ganised in Atlanta about the last of May,
IMI. Lucius J. Gartrell was elected col
onel; James F. Cooper, lieutenant colonel,
and John Dunwoody, major. The regi
ment left for Virginia on June 1. It went
to Richmond then to Harper's Ferry, then
to Bunker Hill and Winchester and on to
Manassas, arriving there July 20. The
day following it engaged in battle. Gen
erals Joseph E. Johnston and G. P. T.
Beaureguard in command. In the engage
ment of ihat day it fell to the lot of
the Seventh to capture two of the ene
my's batteries—Rickett’s and Frasier's—
over which floated in quick order the col
ors of the Georgia Confederates. One of
the gallant and brave sons of Georgia
fell that day while acting brigadier gen
eral, Colonel Francis 8. Bartow, command
ing the Fifth Georgia. He was with the
Seventh when killed. Private Lewly C.
Downs assisted the wounded hero oft his
horse and they laid him down on mother
earth, which eagerly drank up his life
blood while his soul went to meet his
Maker.
After this the Seventh went into winter
quarters, remaining there till February,
1862. At this time the regiment was or
dered to Richmond; from there to York
town. On the 15th of April it engaged the
enemy at Dam No. 1. Here the Seventh
made a brilliant charge and drove their
opponents back with great losses. About
the last of the month the Seventh proceed
ed to Richmond, participating in all the
engagements of the seven days around
that place. The Fifth then joined forces
with the Seventh for a reconnoitre of the
enemy, which resulted in a gallant charge
on McClellan’s battery on Garnett's farm.
Next morning the Georgians captured the
breastworks. Then followed two days’
lighting before Richmond.
DEATH OF MAJOR HOYLE.
Malvern Hill was next the scene of ac
tion. a severe engagement and great loss
by the Seventh, including Major Eli Hoyle.
Manassas Gap claimed the attention of
the Seventh next, and then the fateful
second battle of Mannassas. where Colonel
W. T. Wilson was killed, as were many
others of the regiment. The fortunes of
war found the fast depleted Seventh at
Buonesboro Gap in Maryland shortly al-
THE REMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. JUNE 23. 1902.
trate: One of Sitting Bull's warriors and
principal scouts was 100 miles away at
sunset, and at sunrise next day was pres
ent and in the tight in which General
Custer was killed. If an Indian warrior
could traverse 100 miles In 12 hours
through a wilderness, surely a brave Con
federate general could have made one
fifth the distance over a splendid pike
road in the same number of hours. '
Comrade Burt informs The Journal s
many devoted readers that at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon he heard the order from
General Hood, “Get down to the work.”
and that he saw the flag wave that mov
ed the army to battle. My squad left
the railroad about this time and moved
up the pike at a brisk pace. In front of a
building to the right of the pike, at an ele
vated place, we noticed a soldier on guard.
Captain Williams asked him what he was
guarding, and he answered: "General
Hood's headquarters." The captain then
asked that sentry if General Hood was
there and he answered that he was in
the house and volunteered to inform us
what the general was then doing. Was
that you. doctor?
I notice that very near all the close calls
that appear in The Journal are from vet
erans who served in the Virginia army.
I am glad to see Comrade article in
which he gives a more explicit account of
the movement of the army at Columbia.
I have read it with much interest and
pleasure.
The war reminiscences from the old
Confederate veterans are animating .and
gives new life to all and tones up the di
gestion of the old heroes. I am 63 years
old today, the 17th day of May, 1902.
J. W. COOPER.
P. B.—Thinking that these close calls
might be compiled in book form by aome
one. I write the above in part explanation
of the one I wrote and which appeared
in The Journal and was commented on
by Dr. W. P. Burt. lam not wishing to
trespass upon the liberal kindness of The
Journal, but will be glad to have this
appear also if you have the space; but
use your pleasure. Yours truly, J. W. C.
We marched until late in the night be
fore we came in the neighborhood of Kil
patrick's camps. I could not say that we
went into camps—we only took a little
rest, and before daylight Wheeler had
pounced down on his old West Point class
mate and pqt him to flight. A continuous
charge was kept up every few miles from
that to Waynesbro, which as well as I
remember was about three days, General
Wheeler leading every charge.
It was a double quick from one breast
works to another, which was usually three
or four miles apart. Never stopping, only
to feed and eat day or night. The first
sleep I got during the three days and
nights was at Waynesboro. Kilpatrick
had passed through the town late in the
evening and went into camp just out of
town.
General Wheeler as I thought had taken
up headquarters in the town for the
night. But be/ore daylight he had his
artillery playing on the enemy’s camps.
The same kind of warfare was kept up
to Brier creek. After the Yankees crossed
over on the bridge they threw most of the
floor off in the stream and attempted to
burn what they could not throw off. It
seems that they thought they were safe
for the night, for it was getting late In the
evening—they only went about two miles
and went into camp.
But Wheeler was at the bridge before
the fire could do any damage.
A church stood in 100 yards of the bridge
and in less time than it takes to tell it
Wheeler had the seats torn" to pieces and
the bridge floored and for the last time
during the raid he pounded down on the
whole camp at one grand swoop. Kilpat
rick then made a turn to get back to Sher
man's army and Wheeler returned to his
post.
Judge Spear seems to take great pride
in being a member of Lewis’ brigade.
I want to say before I close this uninter
esting letter that he has something to be
proud of. They could dismount and as
deliberately walk into a fight as our boys
walk into their baseball grounds to play
a game of ball.
JAMES A. WEATHELY,
Oxford. Ala. Wheeler’s Escort.
terward, and three days after that at
Sharpsburg, where a heavy engagement
occurred. This was followed by Freder
icksburg, then on Black Water river near
Suffolk, where the Seventh captured and
burned a gunboat. From there back to
Richmond, from whence it was ordered to
United States Ford, but before its arrival
the battle had been fought. As usual,
there was no rest for the weary, nor did
the Seventh complain. It was ordered to
Culpepper Courthouse and met the enemy
near there. Next to Gettysburg, that
field of bloody encounter and heavy losses
to both armies, where the Confederacy re
ceived its death blow, where a Georgian
of illustrious fame, heading Georgia
troops, made a desperate charge on the
enemy which comes down to us as the
decisive stroke oi the day. Pickett and
his men live In the hearts of all Confeder
ates everywhere. Here the Seventh sup
portd a battery on the extreme right of
the Confederate line. The Federal cavalry
CHARGED THEM SEVEN TIMES,
but the Seventh presented so bold a front
as to repel them every time and protect
ed the batteries. So fearful was the car
nage that the regiment lopt 186 men. Af
ter this they were ordered back to Fred
ericksburg; from there to Charleston, S.
C., and thence to Chickamauga, near
Chattanooga, where they participated in
that engagement. They were then posted
off to Knoxville to help the feeble Con
federate forces meet Burnside. In this
engagement the loss of the Seventh was
heavy. Colonel George H. Carmichael
was wounded seven times. The next move
was to Strawberry Plains and Gordonvilla
In time to get Into the battles of the Wil
derness. The Confederates drove the ene
my back four miles that day, and met
again at Fredericksburg, where occurred
two days' heavy fighting. That night the
Seventh
MARCHED FORTY MILES
and before sunrise engaged and drove the
enemy at Hanover Junction. Next they
got between the Federals and Richmond;
marched next to Gaines' Farm, near Mc-
Clellan’s bridge, thence to Bermuda Hun
dreds and on to Petersburg by 3 o’clock
a. m. the following day. The movement
of the Seventh continued until it reached
Reams’ Station, where It assisted In cap
turing 2.700 prisoners, two batteries and
4,000 beeves. From this point It went to
Fort Harrison in front of Richmond.
Fort Fields was the next scene of action,
one never to be forgotten. The Federals
fought negroes under General Butler. The
Confederates killed a great many and the
Seventh captured all the enemy’s flags In
front of them. The next exploitation was
bej’ond Darbytown on the “Granite Road ”
where Sergeant Bell, of Company K, with
the assistance of the skirmish lines, cap
tured a whole regiment. Here a number
of the Seventh got a 60 day furlough.
Here the writer brings up the close of
this most remarkable record —certainly
unsurpassed by that of any organization
In the army. Just as the Army of Vir
ginia was about to surrender the Seventh
found themselves between Farmersville
and Petersburg, not before Anderson's
Georgia brigade,hit the Federals on the
extreme right and let Lee's straggling and
decimated divisions march out. Then
came Appomattox—and the Seventh was
there with about 200 of its aggregate
strength of 850, in all 1,500 from first organ
ization to the reorganization In May, 1862.
It is said they were as well organized at
the surrender as at any previous period
how well that was, the above remarkable
facts demonstrate.
Companies K and B were organized in
Atlanta. Company B was . commanded
by Captain Foreacre and Company K by
Willis Ballard.
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IT WAS A GLORIQUS VICTORY.
British Capture of a “Long Tom” In
spires Reflections Upon Artillery’s
Place in Modern War.
Pall Mall Gazetted
If there Is one military art that the
Boers acquired more quickly than another.
It was that of removing cannon from a
place of insecurity in the shortest possi
ble time. They stood a British assault out
to the finish at Elandslaagte. and sacri
ficed two field-pieces as the price of their
temerity. Never again; gnd it was months
before we heard of the capture of Boer
guns in an open and stand-up fight. No
matter the weignt, no matter the calibre,
the Boers seemed to know by instinct the
exact psychological moment, and up came
the limber teams, whether horses, mules,
oxen, or men, and the guns were saved.
Now. great military prestige and morale
would appear to attach to the capture
and loss of guns in battle. In the estima
tion of the modern mind their possession
seems to rank with the captured chariots
in a Roman triumph. It is the humble
opinion of the writer of this paper that
during this war in South Africa more
lives have been spent in the attempts to
capture and defend artillery than have
ever been sacrificed through the accuracy
of artillery fire. But doubtless guns have
served their purpose. , It is good in war to
have something besides human life with
w-hich to tally the losses and the gains;
something more civilised than the Dyaks
show of heads, or the Redskins collection
of topknots. , .
Well, we have met the great general
who could show by his staff diary that he
had captured the little Free State hamlet
of Vrede seventeen times in on montn.
We are familiar with his to ex
cel in the game of war, and we appreciate
the caution with which he was wont to
temper his success. This great « enera )
was ambitious. It was the solid kind of
ambition which, based upon a mighty ful
crum of caution, takes long to develop;
consequently the great general, as well
as the natibn, was hardly used a few
months, when his ambition was “nipped
in the bud” by his being caught by the
age limit and placed in that secure little
nook on the shelf which so often has prov
ed the taxpayers’cheapest Investment. But
to this blighted ambition. The great gen
eral felt that the safe road to success
would be in the capture of Boer cannon—
six-inch “Long Toms” for choice—and he
told his pocket correspondent so. It hap
pened that the fates seemed propitious to
hie schemes. The army which the great
general commanded was called upon to
work through an area of mountain fort
resses, and there opposing the advance
was a “Long Tom,”-a real, black-pow
der-burning, six-inch shell-flinging
“Long Tom." The general rubbed his
hands with glee, and made the big gun’s
presence an excuse to halt his army for
“Reconnaissance, my boy—reconnais
sance,” he would say, when his chief of
the staff tried to goad him Into action,
“recconnaissance is the secret of success
ful soldiering!” And his army sat down
and reconnoitered for*! week. Then came
the order—the order fHrtch his army had
been panting for. “The gun was to be
taken by a night attack after the position
had been
Slowly but surely the attacking column
hauled itself up the steep breast of the
hill. Semicircles of glinting bayonets nar
rowed round the summit of the conical
kopje. The rim of th* moon rising above
the tip of a neighboring height gave just
light enough to allow the men to correct
their distances. It was an exciting mo
ment. Up to this there ha<* been no chal
lenge. no indication that the kppje was
held. Yet at sundown the enemy had been
seen working at “Lofig Tom’s” emplace
ment. Another fifteen feet, and yet no
challenge. “Now men!” and with a mighty
cheer the British infantry hurled them
selves upon the sandbags of the epaule
ment. The cheer died away expired in a
sickly wail. The gunptt was empty, the
platform deserted.
No not quite deserted: there, posted on
the parapet, gleaming in the strengthen
ing moonlight was something. A little toy
cannon on wheels fashioned from the case
of a Mauser cartridge. Nor did the pleas
antry of the Boer gunners end here. At
tached to the toy was a fragment of docu
ment. It was a copy of the general's order
dated three days back, propounding the
attack; and in the corner some wit from
“Long Tom's” crew bad written: “Com
ing events cast their shadows before
them!” > „ .
In the morning “Long Tom a s ked
complacently from a neighboring hill.
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twainVlastwheel trick.
Humorist Also Announces His Retire
ment From Public Platform.
St. Louis Poet-Dispatch.
Mark Twain, at the pilot wheel for the
last time on the Mississippi, which he
helped to immortalize, and the Countess
de Rochambeau christening the craft with
the name of the world famous Missou
rian, were the stirring sights on the river
excursion today in honor of the exposi
tion’s distinguished guests.
Dr. Clemens’ farewell to the historip
stream was impressive. Standing in the
pilot house, far above the crowds on the
decks, the river breezes caressed his
frosty hair, the great wheel moved obe
diently to his master hand.
His hearty voice called, “Lower away
lead.”
“Mark Twain, quarter, f-l-v-e a-n-d
o-n-e-h-a-l-f, s-i-x f-e-e-t.” came the re
sponse from the lower deck.
“Mark Twain! Mark Twain!” shouted
the spectators.
“You are ail dead safe as long as I have
the wheel,” answered Mark, taking three
turns on the wheel.
“That is the last time I will ever play
the pilot,” was the serious words which
fell from the wheel house. Something
of the solemnity cast its shadow over the
gay party. Tears stood in the eyes of the
old river men. It was only a snatch of
sadness. Dr. Clemens ordered refresh
ments for the crew. •'
The French guests enjoyed the expe
rience. They were unanimous in the ex
pression that it contained more of the
true thrill than they had yet encountered
on this side of the water. Then came the
christening. It was announced that it
had been determined to commemorate the
return of Mark Twain to his native state
by christening the boat they were on by
that famous name.
Countess de Rochambeau stepped to the
open way leading from the cabin to the
deck, the guests arose and pressed for
ward to witness the event. The countess
took a bottle of champagne from the hand
of President Francis, and, dashing the
sparkling wine on the deck, exclaimed: "I
christen thee, good boat. Mark Twain."
Dr. Clemens responded in a brief speech.
“Please announce in the papers.” said
Twain today, "that I have retired for
ever from the public platform.”
HEADS CUT OFF BY
HAND IN PRUSSIA
(Chicago Tribune.)
In many parts of the German empire
the guillotine has taken the place of the
gallows and the block, but In Prussia old
fashioned justice clings tenaciously to
the old fashions, and not the rope nor
the automatic knife, nor the power of
electricity has been able to displace the
broadax as the law’s official implement
of death. The only concession made to
modern sentiment Is In the garb of the
execntlimet. This functionary' does not,
as in the earlier times, dress in doublet
and hose and hide his ensanguined identi
ty behind a frightsome mask. Instead,
he appears at the execution garbed in a
frock coat of somber hue and correct
cut, and he wears upon his head, even
when delivering the death stroke, a tall
silk hat. His three assistants are sim
ilarly attired. Why this garb was
chosen no one can say authoritively. It
is one of those things the origin of which
appears to have been forgotten with the
originators. But it is the lawful cos
tume. prescribed in the regulations, which
applj’ also to the 12 civilian witnesses
who must attend an execution, with the
result that a stranger witness is unable
to say until the ax has fallen which of
the other 15 siikhatted, frock-coated indi
viduals grouped about him is the man
who lives by death.
AMERICAN SEES BEHEADING.
It is not often that a stranger is ad
mitted to an execution in Prussia. Dr.
Henry Wesley, of Baltimore, who has
just returned from a year's tour in Eu
rope, was, through the influence of cer
tain high officials in Prussia, chosen as
one of the 12 civilians Invited to witness
the mortal finish of one Franz Deppe,
who had been sentenced to death for out
raging and murdering a 7-year-old girl.
The execution took place in Flensburg,
which is in Schleswig-Holstein, near the
Danish frontier. Deppe had been con
victed on evidence purely circumstantial.
He was a sheep herder, and a beetle
browed, repulsive-looking man of medium
size and of a low order of intelligence,
but of’extraordinary strength physically.
The execution was scheduled for July
sth. On the evening of July 2d, Dr. Wes
ley received from the Kreis-artz, or dis
trict sargeon, a card of admission to the
jail courtyard, which read:
x. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X CARD OF ADMISSION x
x To the yard of the District Prison, x
x Friday, July 5, 1901, x
x 6 a. m. sharp. x
x Dr. H. Wesley, x
x The First State's Att’y pro tem. x
x SCHROEDER, x
x Flensberg, July 2, 1901. x
* x
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Accompanying this card was a note
from the nobleman through whom It was
obtained, and which prescribed the garb
to be worn. It read as follows:
My Dear H.: Inclosed I send you card
of admission for the execution. You must,
under no circumstances, speak about this,
as the time of execution must be kept se-«
cret. Dress, black frock coat and high hat.
Yours. VON F.
AWAITING THE CONDEMNED.
It was lacking just ten minutes of the
hour of 6 when Dr. Wesley presented him
self at the prison gate. His card was tak
en by an attendant and he was led
through the prison ito another gate open
ing upon a small courtyard. Here he
found the First State’s Attorney and the
Second State’s Attorney, acompanlefl by
their secretaries, standing beside a small
table, upon which were spread the legal
papers in the case, and which contained
also a crucifix and two candles. The at
torneys wore their robes of black, with
black velvet skull caps. Behind them were
grouped the other witnesses, who had ar
rived earlier, and the prison guards, who
wore swords. Near one end of the table
was the head block, separated from the
. , . ■ . , . ■ V . -
SENSATIONAL CAREER
OF JOHN W. GATES
Hl» Ability to Grasp and Seize Hae
Made Him Famoue.
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Just a quarter of a century ago Cali
fornia sent to New York a small, wiry,
silent roan of 39 years. His fame as a
plunger In the market had preceded him,
and the world was informed that “Jim”
Keene had made his way east to “take
Jay Gould’s scalp.” Keene has been a
factor In speculation ever since. He is
regarded as the ablest operator the street
has ever known. No well could be deeper.
Two years ago Chicago sent to the
Metropolis a great, big, beefy, rollicking,
loquacious man of 45. He had no fame.
He was an adjunct of the steel business.
He had been a commercial traveler, sell
ing barbed wire to the farmers of the
west. If he had dealt In stocks It was a
mere dabble.
Keene has made himself a power In
the world of speculation by the force
of intellect. Gates is a lucky chap whose
success lies In his ability to grasp, seize,
grapple, grab and freeze on to oppor
tunity.
Gates has grown so fast that he can
hardly keep track of himself. He did
not mean it at all. At land agent in
duced him to buy some acres near Chi
cago. Opportunity beckoned. Gates rush
ed to the embrace. Barbed wire was a
new thing. The ranches of the west
demanded tons of It. There were rot
mills to supply it. Gates cut the timber
off his land and sold It for money to chip
in with his coterie of friends and build
a small factory.
The sum invested was $36,700. In the
first year the profits were nearly five
times that sum. Some of the partners
desiring to sell. Gates generously took
their Interests off their hands until he
owned the mill.
Opportunity beckoned a second time.
Tue Moores led the way. Gates followed.
A plant at Ellwood that cost some hun
dreds of thousands was turned over to
Morgan and trust for $2,400,000.
Other plants In proportion. The inde
pendent steel and wire men made for
tunes. The world never before offered so
go>den an opportunity.
Unequaled Since Jim Fisk.
Gates' equal has not appeared In the
street since “Jim" Fisk entered the finan
cial vortex and startled the world with
his gigantic schemes, his bold, multitu
dinous and successful operations, his ex
ecutive ability and his masterful grasp
of conditions. It was far easier to be
a power in Fisk's day than It Is In Gates'
day.
Like Fisk, he is of great girth, with
an enormous capacity for food and drink.
He is a glutton for work. Nobody ever
heard of his being tired. He looks ready
to tackle any shape of man or bfeast
that ever entered the arena, and no propo
sition is big enough to frighten him. He
educated his nerve when he was an or
dinary steel and wire man selling fences
to the farmers in the southwest.
The steel and wire crowd burst upon
New York, American Steel and Wire,
National Tube, American Tin Plate,
American Steel Hoop and one or two
othpr alned stocks were attracting ...e
attention of the speculative world.
Presidents of some of these corporations
made their headquarters In a brokerage
and commission house In New York that
was the New York branch of a Chicago
establishment which had long handled the
commissions of the steel crowd, in®
manipulation of these stocks kept local
speculators In a ferment. The steel crowd
coined money, while the outsiders lost
It. At first New York refused to take
the westerners seriously, and everybody
bought Steel and Wire, National Steel
and American Steel Hoop for a quick
turn.
When every man had his load stocks
body block by a space of a foot and a
half, the space being filled in with a zinc
kettle, the purpose of which may be
guessed. On the other side of the block
was a smaller table covered with a white
cloth, and under this cloth was the ax—
the handle ready to the hand of the
headsman. At the end of the courtyard,
near the great gates which were to open
for the condemned’s passage into eter
nity, lay an open coffin, partly filled
with shavings and sawdust.
“I had nerved myself for a most brutal
exhibition,” Dr. Wesley said In telling of
the beheading. “I recalled a hanging I
had witnessed in Frederickton, when the
stethoscope told me sixteen minutes after
the drop fell that the condemned was still
alive and breathing. The horror of that
time was sure to be eclipsed by the dread
ful details of this butchery, and I was
more than half sorry to be there. The
faces of the officials and witnesses and
the prison guards were pale and their at
titudes tense and expectant. There was
no whispering, no movement; nothing but
a stralneu waiting for the dreadful mo
ment.
PRISONER ENTERS.
“The prison bell tolled the hour, and up
on the first stroke the great doors at the
end of the courtyard swung wide to admit
the condemned. On one side of him walk
ed the prison inspector, on the other side
a priest. Deppe halted for a moment
and looked defiantly down the courtyard.
He was clad only in tsousers and under
shirt. with his coat thrown loosely across
his shoulders. Urged by the Inspector, he
marched up to the table presided over
by the state's attorneys. The priest fell
back a saw paces and the executioner
stepped over between the block and the
table covered with that white cloth, from
which point he eyed Deppe rather nerv
ously, I thought. The proceeding was ex
tremely solemn and decorous.
“The state’s attorney said: ‘Now, Deppe,
do you, in face of immediate death, de
sire to ease your conscience by free con
fession? Or do you still stick to your lie?’
The prisoner spoke then for the first time.
'I have nothing to confess,’ he said.
JX FALLS.
“Then came the dramatic moment. The
state’s attorney raised his hand and said
to Herr Reindell: ‘Do your duty.’ The ex
ecutioner waved his hand at his assist
ants. On the Instant one of them seized
the coat and tore it from the shoulders of
the condemned, the others, one on each
side, lifting Deppe at the same moment
and throwing him prostrate on the block
table. As his body fell into position the
assistant who had taken the coat fastened
his hands in the condemned man's hair
and stretched his neck out upon the block,
holding to it with all the force of which
his strong arms were capable. As the neck
came into position Herr Reindeß whisked
the white covering from the table beside
him with his left hand, and as he swung
around with the same motion the ax
flashed Into play and descended upon the*
bared neck just above the shoulders. It
was done so quickly and ao clear and
clean was the cut that the condemned
man's head was off and by the hands of
the assistant, who had not released his
hold upon It, was laid beside the block
while we still were straining to meet the
climax.
“Herr Reindell, with a back swing from
the block, laid his ax upon the table and
drew the cover across it to hide the gore,
saying at the same time: 'Mr. First
State’s Attorney, the sentence has been
carried out.’
"Judging from my own observation, I
should say that In all the years that have
elapsed since beheading went out of fash
ion tn other parts of Europe we have not
been able to produce a substitute which is
at one and the same time so terrifying
and so merciful to the condemned as the
old chopping block. It is better than hang
ing, more certain even than electricity. It
liar also that quality of hornor which
serves better than any other method ever
devised except, perhaps, the rack, to hold
the criminally-Inclined within bounds."
tumbled ten, twenty.>yrty points. Then
Gates and his crowd and con-
tentedly picked up the bargains lying
around and held on until the United
States Steel Corporation was formed;
when they disposed of their holdings on
terms that made many of them million
aires.
That stupendous deal made the fame
of Gates. Attention has never been di
verted from him since. He became a
marked man. He established a follow
ing that will buy and sell anything un
der heaven whenever he gives the word.
All the world loves a winner. Gates Is
a winner. He likes to see others make
money, and never refuses to tip off a
good fellow.
Beneath his breezy western style, his
devil-may-care gabble, his bonhomie,
there lurks a shrewdness such as only
his most intimate friends are aware of.
He ha£ had hard knocks. It took him
20 years to save a million dollars. Today
he has $12,000,000. He has trained with a
merry crowd of the highest high rollers
the industrial field could furnish.
He is ashamed of nothing that he does,
and his heart is as big as all out of doors.
No hypocrisy In that big bulk!
Gates has become such an Influence in
speculation that traders make use of his
name to boom or depress stocks. This
is tne gauge by which a man Is judged
in the street. Two years ago the query
was. “Who is this chap Gates?” ’A year
ago it was, “Do you really think Gates
knows anything?” Today the alarm goes
forth— "Gqtes is buying steel.” All the
little fellows buy steel.
Gates is a factor, and a big one, in
our commercial life.
To Illustrate his Influence. One night
he was chatting with Charles M.
Schwab, of the steel trust, on a sofa
at the end of “Peacock Alley.” It is
not necessary to tell what they talked
of. It may have been a reminiscence
of poker at Ellwood. But the next day
there *as a big boom in Colorado Fuel
and Iron. The shares rose ten or twelve
points. Wherefore? because Gates being
seen. In the Waldorf-Astoria, Chatting
with the president of the steel trust, was
supposed to have made a dicker with
Schwab to turn over the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company to the steel trust at
a tremendous advantage.
Most of Gates’ great successes on Wall
street have been accidents. He was
“dead wrong” on Northern Pacific, losing
a million and a half. In the Louisville
and Nashville deal he was the creature
of conditions that he did not know ex
isted. His intention was to make a
quick turn In the market, to buy some
thing intrinsically good and sell it again
at a profit. To his own amazement he
found himself In possession of the road.
Gates is a factor., Gotham has found
it out. Presently he will start a racing
stable, when the betting ring will have
to go out of the business. A “Gates
killing" will mean the death of numerous
bookmakers.
Gates Is one of the few steel men who
have not built palaces In upper Fifth
avenue. He lives in Chicago. He is in
Wan street for fun. Jatnes R. Keene
Is there for business. That is the dif
ference between the two kings of the
ticker. Mr. Keene believes in taking a
flyer. But Gates will not settle down. He
is a giant of capacity, copper-bottomed
and steel-lined.
Gates is a typical product of the wild
west. As an infusion he makes the Wall
street blood boll.
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NEW YORK. June 12.—G. P. Wychgel,
of Washintgon, superintendent of a dredg
ing company with offices in this city, has
in his possession, according to The Herald,
a letter which would appear to prove al
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nephew of the Emperor of Austria, who
mysteriously disappeared in 1890, while on
a voyage in South American waters, lost K
his life at sea.
For twelve years stories that the arch
duke was still alive have come from va
rious parts of the world. In 1887, an ir
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the emperor and his nephew, who was
Imperial Archduke of Austria, Royal
Prince of Hungary and Grand Prince of
Tuscany. The duke was deprived of all
his offices. His rank as a soldier was
taken from him, his name was stricken
from the army list and he was forbidden
to appear at court.
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than his imperial uncle admired his tal
ents and force of character, "it was about
this time that in Vienna he met a singer,
whose beauty was attracting attention
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afterward she married the Duke of Lon- I
don.
Efforts of friends to settle the quarrel
at court were futile and the archduke as
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vessel in England assumed command and
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The ship was reported at Ensenada, near'
Buenos Ayres, and never has been heard
from since. Nevertheless, recurrent re
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is said, buoyed up the aged .archduchess,
who has never believed her son to be
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he was. in 1890. superintendent of a dredg
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has ever been received from her, however,
and she also has been generally believed
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