HAVE MADE HISTORY
Notable Men Oac Meets on the
Streets of Los Angeles.
.IDIIRP Knoi, Hfro of the Dlnck llnivk
War—Maj. Robiitaon Who Saved
Senaril'a Life—An Exiled
I'ulixh Kin|f.
[Special Los Angeles (Ca!.) Letter ]
PERHAPS no section of the world,
covering the same number of
acres, contains a greater number
of people with whose life history is
•connected so much of general interest
as southern California. Los Angeles
and the surrounding country present
£uch a variety of climate and scenery
as to attract representatives of all na
tionalities and give them a home-like
feeling. A person would be hard, in
deed, to please to whom sea, mountain,
hill, valley, mesa, snow and orange
blossom all appealed in vain. The
country possesses a certain fascina
tion for all who visit it and the pleas
ant winters attract many who wish to
pass the la«'t years of life without se
vere clima ic changes. The people all
seem to feel that they "knew a good
thing" and to be well satisfied with
•■their choice of a home. The number of
vigorous old people whom one meets
on the streets of Los Angeles seems
quite remarkable. The out-of-door
customs of the inhabitants evidently
prolong life. Judge John T. Knox, 91
years old, is one of the survivors of the
Black Ilawk war. lie willingly tells
'the story of his connection with that
unpleasantness, ascribing very little
.jglory to himself. The sound of the
voice of the old chief was sufficient to
strike terror to any heart. Judge
Knox was one of an "army" of 3,000
■volunteers who assisted in subduing
the Indians in northern Illinois, in IS;J2.
By reason of illness he was only in the
'first battle, which was very exciting,
but from which the followers of Black
Hawk certainly bore away the honors
of war. From this time the population
<-of Illionis grew rapidly and the judge
;began to feel the need of more space.
MEDAL. PRESENTED BY CONGRESS TO MAJ. ROBINSON. 1
He started for California in 15.12 and
has taken a prominent part in develop
ing its interests. His present appear
ance would indicate that he might con
tinue to vote the democratic ticket for
CO years longer. His first vote was cast
for Jackson in 1832.
An orange grower of this county,
"Maj. George P. liobinson, has had a
claim upon the gratitude of this coun
try, which was very generally acknowl
edged many years ago. He is one of
two men who were raised directly to
the rank of major from that of private
and is the only man on the Pacific coast
to whom a vote of thanks and a gold
medal were given for bravery. The
medal is three inches in diameter and
one-fourth of an inch thick. It con
tains $225 worth of gold, and the steel
die from which it was made required
many weeks of artistic and skilled
labor, and cost over $2,000. He was
also presented with $5,000. Past him,
COL. JOHN SOBIESKI.
-as past all those in any way associated
with the tragic events which took place
in Washington April 14, 1803, will al
ways flow a little current of public in
terest. It is a matter of history that
there was a plot to murder several
others on the night when Lincoln was
assassinated. Of these, Secretary
Seward came very near losing his life.
Early in April he was injured in an
accident and confined in his room,
where Mr. Blaine died about 30 years
later. Mr. Robinson, a convalescent
at Douglass army hospital, was de
tailed to nurse him. On this clear,
bright night, the surgeon had pro
nounced the patient decidedly better.
'There were repeated assurances that
the surrender of Lee and other great
generals had led to a complete cessa
vit of hostilities. Great satisfaction
< is expressed by cabinet officers at
lir informal meeting in ;he seere-
Iv's room early in the evening. The
Ise was closed at ten p. m., Mr.
lard being asleep. His daughter,
I is Panaie, sat with Mr. liobinsoa
u V his bedside, A horseman gal
i<2j><-d up to the door and hurriedly a»-
sttred the colored porter that He
brought medicines from the surgeon
and must sec Mr. Seward at once. In
face of all opposition he sprang up
the stairs, wounded Mr. Frederick
Seward, who had rushed into the hall,
in the head, dealt Mr. Robinson a ter
rible blow, cutting the scalp and fore
head, pushed Miss Fannie aside and
placed his now broken pistol on Mr.
Seward's chest and with a long knife
struck desperately at his head and
neck, making deep gashes. Mr. Robin
son leaped upon the bed, as the knife
reached the secretary's neck for the
second time, and pulled the would-be
murderer to the floor. Xow a desper
ate hand-to-hand conflict ensued. Mr.
Robinson was weakened by the gun
shot wound he had received at Peters
burg, but was naturally a powerful
man, aftd, in spite of the furious strug
gles of his antagonist to free his hands,
pushed him towards the doorway. 1
Meantime Miss Fannie's shrieks had
summoned Maj. A. H. Seward, who in
his efforts to assist received several
severe wounds and was forced down
the stairs. The assassin now freed
himself and bounded after him, stab
bing a man as he passed, rushed out
of the hall door, mounted his horse and
dashed off. lie was Lewis Payne, a tall,
blonde young man who was afterwards
hanged, together with the other con
spirators. A guard was placed around
the house, at Mr. Robinson's sugg-es
tion. and remained during the four
years that Mr. Seward continued in
office. It was thought for some time
that he could not recover. Mr. Kobin
son's description of his life-and-death
struggle with the desperate mpn is
very thrilling. He seldom speaks of
the occurrence.
A resident, certainly distini;.. *
in his lineage, is Lucius Catelle LeXan,
who contradicts, in some respects, a
statement concerning his illustrious
ancestor which recently appeared in a
Chicago paper. He claims to be the
grandson of Kmperor Napoleon. Aft
er the latter went to St. Helena, he
had three sons whose mother wr.s an
African woman, the sister of the wife
of a soldier. The second son married
a Japanese lady while in China and as
sisted the Chinese authorities to wage
war against pirates. In one of these
engagements his Japanese wife and
children were killed. He afterwards
married a Soudanese woman and be
came the father of four pairs of twins
and four other children, all boys, who
became military men, 11 being' in active
service at the present time. Seven of
these, strange to say, are in the British
army, three guarding Boer prisoners
at St. Helena. Mr. Le Nan graduated
at Oxford (in England) in 1577, then
spent two years at Heidelberg, study
ing civil engineering and languages.
He writes and speaks fluently 13 lan
guages. His religion is Mohammedan
ism.
One of the city's latest acquisitions
is Col. John Sobieski, a king without a
kingdom. Although heir to vast an
cestral estates, and born in a palace,
| at six years old he found himself with
his exiled mother in a strange land,
without worldly possessions. Of his
great ancestor, King John 111., Charles
XII. said: "Such a good king ought
never to have died." This descendant
inherits many of his noble qualities.
When the colonel was four years old
(in IS4C) his father. Count John, and
grandfather led a revolt against Ttus
i sia's infamous oppression. They
| were captured and murdered, after re
maining for months in a most loathe-
I some Ktis.-ian prison. The wife had
j supposed her husband dead, but just
I before his execution she, with the
child, was hastily conducted by Cos
sack soldiers to visit him. She was not
permitted to see her father and bio: It
ers, executed at the same time. The
brave man and woman separated and
the wife was given her choice of sur
rendering her son to be educated as a
Russian and retaining her estates, or
being banished from her home. She
answered bravely, choosing that her
boy should love liberty and despise op
pression. She had left over half a mil
lion dollars' worth of diamonds at
home and was not allowed to return
for anything. After going from place
to place the boy came to America. At
| 13 years of a;*e he was a bugler in the
| United States army. He afterwards
J fought against Maximilian with the
i Mexicans. He is an extensive traveler
and relates many interesting stories
| of his life of adventure. He is a mein-
I ber of the Congregational church, has
a wife and very beautiful daughter.
He has lectured throughout the United
States and Kngland and attracts large
audiences.
Another famous resident of this lo
cality is the venerable widow of Gen.
| Fremont, the "pathfinder" and first
I repubJean candidate for president.
EDWARD JULIAN.
Not tlie game.
Little Mabel—Papa, does our fam
ily own a planet?
"What nonsense, child. Who put
that idea into your head?"
Little Mabel —Why, I asked teaohci
last night what big star it was above.
us, and she said it wasn't a star, b'jt
| a planet, and that it was Ma'a.>-
;Tovvn and Country,
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY n, 1901.
DEBT AND WEALTH.
Fisnre* on I'ie Former Are More
Kiinilj Obtainable Thau on
the I.after.
Increase in the national debts and
the wealth of the world are keepApg
pace with each other, and each is it
creasing enormously, according to the
recent figures given out by the bureau
of statistics of the United States treas
ury. During the last 100 years the na
tions of the earth have increased their
debts tenfold, and the wealth of the
of the nations has advanced to
The saute extent, says the New York
Herald.
At the beginning of the nineteehth
century the aggregated debts of the
world were about $3,100,000,000, to
which a cipher must be added to get
the debts of to-day. These figures are
more easily obtained than are those on
THEODORE C. SEARCH.
Politicians to bp unanimous In bMieving that at the next «e?s!on of congress
a bill will be passed creating a ninth place In the presidential cabinet, that of secre
tary of commerce ar.d industry. It is rumored that the first incumbent of'the pros
pective secretaryship will be Theodore C. Search, pres'dent of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers and head of the J. B. Stetson Hat company. Mr. Search Is an
Intimate friend of President McKlnley, ar.d the suggestion of giving him the new
portfolio Is regarded as a peculiarly fortunate one by the other members of the pres
ident's official family.
wealth, for little is known of property
statistics in most of the countries, and
still less was known a hundred years
ago. In 1800 the wealth of the United
States, United Kingdom, France and
Spain was estimated at $20,244,640,000,
while Mulhall now places their wealth
at about $195,900,000,000. With these
increases in debts and wealth, popula
tion has increased 150 per cent., and
gold and silver, which form the basis
of the money with which payments are
made, have increased 300 per cent.
The. bureau of statistics - charges
these debts principally to wars, stand
ing armies and works of public utility.
Of the latter, canals, harbors, river im
provements and railways are the prin
cipal. Of the railways, which cost
$30,000,000,000, about one-third are
owned by national governments.
Cennor Destroy* llbynie and HenMon.
A Constantinople, correspondent
says that the Turkish government
GROVER CLEVELAND'S SUMMER HOME.
The summer home of Mr. Cleveland, near Trylngham, Mass., was built in 1707. It
was formerly a farmhouse, but has been remodeled l'or the convenience of summer
occupants. The trout fishing Is an attractive feature of the locality, ar.d Mr. Cleve
land will be made welcome to even the "posted" brooks. Trylngham is about ten
miles from Lenox, and the cottagers will be able to drive over to call upon Mrs. Cleve
land. who is very popular among them. The house has beeen occupied by many nota
ble patrons since it has been conducted as a summer boaruing house.
lias prohibited the performance of '
ltostand's play, "Cyrano de Hergerac,"
declaring it to be of a revolutionary
character. The Turkish censor is
very particular that no royalty is pre
sented «>n the stage, and in all pieces
the king is replaced by a prince or a
duke. comic effect of replacing
a monosyllable by a longer word in
Italian opera, which alone is per
formed in Constantinople, may readi
ly be imagined. Most certainly r.o
imputation of encouraging high trea
fon can bo brought against the Turk
ish censor. \
Timtier on I'liKi-t Sound.
Probably 110 place on earth will av
erage acre for acre the timber that
the i'uget sound region can furnish.
It is fir, uedar, spruce, hemlock and
alder, as well as maple aiul other
woods. Its Douglas lir—the most
common variety—has been found su
perior to yellow pine and other woods
heretofore used fur car building.
THE EXPERTS IN WAR.
Military TruiniiiK Alone Not Calcu
lated to Develop Origlna(jty
of Thought.
The truth is that military men in
England did not show themselves one
whit more competent to estimate the
military problems of the Boer war
than civilians. They relied, like civil
ians, on tradition, and laughed at the
idea that any such changes had taken
place in the art of war aa were pre
dicted by theorists, who declared,
among other things, that offensive
warfare was much more difficult than
formerly, says Jean de Bloch, in
National Review. The cause of mili
tary blindness is in no way obscure.
Military training is itself antagonistic
to original thought. It is no wonder,
therefore, that nowadays when rifles
and artillery are a hundred times
more powerful than before, when ar
mies are five to ten times larger, and
when railways have changed the
whole art of war, that we find the
system of instruction differing very
little from that employed in the days
of Napoleon, or, for the matter of
that, in the days of Gustavus Adol
phus. Yet even among military men
themselves the more enlightened feel
as many doubts as Marshal Saxe.
That the methods to be adopted in
the future wars are a matter of grave
doubt has been declared by writers as
eminent as von Illione, Janson, Mid
ler, Pellet-Xarbonne and Skugar
ewsky. It is expressed excellently in
the words of Gen. Luzeux: "Let the
instructors first agree among them
selves." Nor can soldiers nowadays
claim that experience has given them
a right to dictate to civilians. Nine
out of ten "experienced" soldiers
have at most shot or hunted sav-
1 ages, and th» majority have seen no
lighting at all.
The First Cannrlcit.
Canaries, which were originally
green and gray in color, were native
to the islands from which they take
I their name, and were first taken to
England on ships plying between
English ports an 1 the south of
France. From this stock have been
derived a number of distinct varieties,
such as the crested, tile green, the
lizard, which imitates the reptile in
its variegated markings, ,ind the Bel
gian, which has a strarge, liuinp
| backed appearance.
Tlu» II *u ill 112 ltnly',l Arm v.
The reason given for the su'ostitu
! tion of the drum for th trumpet in
j the Italian army is that in these
day J of short service a y. im T so'dier
learns to march to the drum fsi
sooner than to the trumpet. Again
ic is found that trumpeters are veil
1 subject to pulmonary affections,
264.995
BIG STRIKE NOW ON.
Over 35,000 Nrn Arc Involved In If
A nut luu ma tod iltauclullou Wulil*
.411 tin- I'lmit» ol Ae Company to be
Operated by (Jnlon lien,
i'ittsjjurg, July 2.—The end of the
first (Jay of the strike trouble be
tween the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Till Workers on
one side and the American Sheet Steal
Co. and Ame lean Steel Hoop Co. con
stituent companies of the steel cor
poration on the others finds all the
plants idle and many workers from
open mills who are members of the.
Amalgamated association on strike.
The association officials say they are
satisfied with the situation and claim
they will be able to control between
35,000 and 40,000 men in the two
companies. Xo move was made to
day 011 the part of either side to the
controversy, and it is doubtful if any
thing decisive will be done for at
least n week. 1 Sotli men and manu
facturers agree that a shut down for
about two weeks is necessary wheth
er a settlement is reached or not. In
the meantime the association otlicials
will make every preparation to be
fully equipped for a prolonged strug
gle should it become necessary.
What the strike just Inaugurated
may eventually lead to is problemat
ical. 'l'llrJ-e months ago when a
strike occurred in the wood plant of
the American Sheet Steel Co., at, .Me-
Keesport because the company re
fusd to allow its men to become mem
bers of the Amalgamated association,
President Shaffer threatened if the
McKeesport strikers could not win
with their own strength he would
ordtr a strike . \ every plant of the
company. If the latter would not
yield he would then call out the
union men in every plant of the
United States steel corporation.
Such a course would now end in the
biggest strike the country has ever
seen, involving several hundred thou
sand men. ,
Gradually the plans of Pres/lent
T. .T. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated as
sociation, are being uncovered. Since
the trouble in the W. Dewees wood
mills in McKeesport a few months
ago, the Amalgamated association
has been actively engaged in break
ing up tlie present arrangement of
tlie combination in operating parts
of its plants with non-union men and
others wirii union men. Mr. Shaf
fer says that if this is not checked
the life of the Amalgamated associ
ation is threatened, for the combine
will always work its union mills last
and the union men will be sutl'erers
by this discrimination.
Pittsburg, July s.—Quiet prevailed
in Amalgamated circles yesterday.
There was nothing new in the strike
situation and this being the fourth,
the headquarters of the association
were deserted. In speaking of a
general tie-up of the United States
Steel Corporation plants unless the
companies involved in the present
dispute make terms. President Shaf
fer said that while he would not
hesitate to tr.ke such a course if it
becomes necessary to do so to win,
he did not believe there would be a
general strike. "I have hopes," said
he, "that the trouble will be settled
to the satisfaction of all concerned."
"It is up to the employers now,"
continued he. "Our seale expired
June 30 and they refused to sign the
new scale. Our men cannot and will
not work until it is signed. Should
the employes wish to meet us again
to talk over the scale, we will meet
them, and I am satisfied that some
thing will be done within the next
two weeks."
DOMINION DAY.
It Was Celebrated at tbe Pan-Ameri
can Expoaltlon.
Buffalo, X. Y., July 2.—Yesterday
was Dominion day at the Pan-Amer
ican exposition, and as is customary
on holidays thousands of Canadians
crossed the border. At 9:30 o'clock
the Forty-eighth Highlanders of To
ronto with their band and pipers and
a detachment of United States ma
rines came into town from the expo
sition grounds and escorted Dr. Bor
den, the Canadian minister of militia,
and his staff to the temple of music
in the Pan-American grounds where
the dedication ceremonies in connec
tion with the Canadian building were
held. Dr. Borden delivered the prin
cipal address, to which replies were
made by Dr. Gener, Director General
Buchanan and President, Milburn, of
the exposition. Addresses were also
made by James Kerr, president of the
Canadian club, and Albert E. Jones,
president of the Victoria club, both
of this city. Upon the conclusion of
the ceremonies Dr. Borden held a re
ception in the Canadian building.
The Louisiana Purchase commis
sion delegation, which is to give a
proper send-off to the Louisiana Pur
chase building to-day arrived in Buf
falo. Ex-Gov. Francis led the party.
With him were over tit) commissioners
of the St. Louis fair. They will live
on their trains while here.
!N'o Nearer a Settlement.
Newport News, Va., July 2. —The
striking machinists at the ship yard
are adhering to their determination
to hold out for their demands. The
strike is now in its fifth week and
seems no nearer a settlement than
on the day of its inauguration. The
machinists claim they have 9S per
cent, of the number solid for a con
tinuance of the strike. The ship yard
employed 7,501) men before the pres
ent trouble. Now about 3,000 are
employed. General Snperit.endent
Post states that no conditions will
be made.
Will Reorganize.
Akron,' 0., July 2.—Tt was stated by
an official of the American Cereal Co.
yesterday that the company would be
reorganized with a capitalization of
$3,000,000 preferred and .$4,000,000
common siock. The present capital
ization is $3,400,000 all of one issue.
The present stockholders will receive
I®o in cash for tneir stock, of twe
shares of preferred and one of com
mon for every share they now hold.
It is suppose.l the increase in the cap
ital stock of the company is made
| with a view to buying out the Great
I Western vereal Co.
HIS RESIGNATION.
Comptroller Dawes Ten
dered It to President.
REASON FOR 80 DOING.
Says He Wants to be a Candi
date lor U. S. Senator.
11E HAS A SPLENDID lIECORD
Some or IIIN Killing* and Ideas Ham
(101 l Very lit'lie II rial lu Hunk* ami
'l'lielr Murliliiildir*, Saving; Some oi"
Tliem Considerable Money.
Washington, July 6. —Charles (J.
Dawes, comptroller of the currency,
las tendered his resignation to the
president to take effect October 1
next. In answer to an inquiry Mr.
Dawes said: ' "1 nave resigned be
cause of my intention to be it candi
late before the people of Illinois for
the United States senate. It would
not be possible for me during the
next year to make a canvass for the
senate and at the same time admin
ister to my own satisfaction the im
portant and responsible office I now
hold. lam Influenced solely in this
action by what seems to me the plain
proprieties of the situation."
Mr. Dawes' term of office would
not have expire I until January 1,
l'.KKi. Mr. Daw s entered the office
of comptroller of the currency Janu
ary 1, 1898, succeeding James IT.
Kckels, and was immediately con
fronted by the situation in the Chest
nut Street National bank of Phila
delphia, which was one of the most
complicated ever confronting a comp
troller.
He found it necessary, in the inter
est of the creditors of the bank, to
oppose the general plan of a reor
ganization committee formed of
prominent citizens of Philadelphia
and for a time he was severely criti
cized therefor. His plan was fol
lowed, however, and it is now recog
nized as having saved to the creditors
of the bank a lien upon other proper
ty, which was not contemplated by
the reorganization committee, from
which they probably will realize over
a million dollars. He frequently ex
pressed himself as in favor of prompt
action when convinced that public in
terests required that action, and has
always acted on this principle, no
tably in the recent ease of the Sev
enth National bank of New York.
One of his tirst orders after entering
the office stopped the practice of the
employment of national bank exam
iners for the examniation of private
banks. Early in his term he made a
rilling levying a general assessment
upon stockholders of insolvent banks,
where the first assessment had been
less than the law authorized, and he
established the practice of rebating
to stockholders such portions of the
prior assessment as was determined
by further liquidation to have been
excessive uivlv the law. This rul
ing changed the long established
practice of the office and was upheld
by the courts practically without ex
ception.
Comptroller T>awes also organized
a system of consolidation of insol
vent banks in the last stages of liqui
dation in the interests of economy,
so that at the present time 37 receiv
erships are being administered by
two reeeiwrs with greatly reduced
expenses. He also has uniformly
hastened the liquidation of insolvent
banks. Upon entering office the fag
ends of the large national bank fail
ures of the lSon panic were still undis
posed of. During the past four
years be has collected $2.1,000,000 cash
from these assets, which covered
every description of property. One
of the most prominent features of
Comptroller Dawe's administration
has been his annual report to con
gress. He came to office at a time
when the monetary system was of
genera] interest and the arguments
he advanced in his reports became
the subjects of widespread discussion
in the financial journals of Ihe Uni
ted States and England. Tie argued
against bank asset currency under
the present national bank system and
opposed with vigor the idea of a prior
lien or' the noteholder over the de
positor upon assets of insolvent
banks. Durinc his administration
lie has created 785 banks.
Sliower liriii£» lSdlcf.
New York, July O.—A severe thun
der storm swept over this city this
afternoon and brought with it com
fort to millions of heat-stricken
New Yorkers. The temperature fell
15 degrees in less than two hours and
over two inches of rain fell. Soma
of the sewers, unable to carry o(T the
tremendous volume of water, burst,
floodnig the streets in various locali
ties and in many cases stores and
residences. Lightniqg struck several
buildings but no serious damage was
done.
A Subject IM»cti**ed.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 6.—The
topic which occupied most, of the
morning session of the annual con
ference of - .merican rabbis yesterday
was one which was brought before
the conference a year ago and which
caused considerable discussion at that
time. The subject was "Whether or
not the religion of Jesus should be
taught in the Jewish theological
schools."
Inve.itlS'itlon Ilcsiin.
Chicago. July G. —Investigation into
the causes which led former officer*
of the supreme lodge of the Endow
ment rank of the Knights of l'yt.hias
to make certain alleged injudicious
investments was begun im-re yester
day. Seven officers of the society,
comprising tjie board of control, went
into session and heard evidence deal
ing with the investments.
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