Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1902, Page 17

CLEAR AFTER FIFTY YEARS Pardon Comes from King Edward VII to a | Nebraska Oitizen. TRUE STORY OF AN ENGLISH BOY'S LIFE Devoted the Army He Deserts, Comes to Americn, Rises to Prome nee and. Finally Su and Obtains Pardon. to For In & prosperous Nebraska home there is happiness today because the head of the family has been relleved of an obligation o wssumed more than half a century #go, the conditions of which be found too onerous to fulfill. He was put into the English army on coming of age, whether he liked it or not, and he didn't like it after & short trial. He served a year with credit, though, and then took French leave of the army, coming to America with his bride. After fitty odd years of good American citizenship, during which time he has had high honor among his fellow men, being once a member of the Nebraska legislature, be discovered that his desertion still stood against him. Through the offices of Major Church Howe, United States consul at Bheffield, he approached 'the throme with 8 petition and secured over many obstacles & free pardon from his majesty, King Ed- ward VIL story of Ei h Home, More than fifty years ago, to be more ex- act, in the year 1849 there lived in Derby- shire, England, a typical Englishman of middle age, who, with his good wite, tilled the soll and watched the flocks on the acres which had been tilled by his father and grandfather before him. At this period two sons who had reached the age of 18 and 20 years respectively were the pride of both father and mother, who looked forward with great expectations to their future, for they were good and dutiful sons, and as fine specimens, physically, of the “English lad” as could be found in all Derbyshire. Being a God-fearing couple, as well and loyal to her majesty, the queen, they decided, with the approval of both the village squire and the curate, to glve the oldest son to the church and the younger to her majesty's army. After this decision the eldest son was sent to school, and in due time received boly orders and become a parson in the Church of England, while the younger son was sent to service, enlisting for a term of seven years in the Thirtieth Foot of her majesty’s regulars, stationed at Walmer, and recelved his personal number 3461, Becond company, Major Hoy in command, with Sergeant Glen as color bearer. After a fow months of service the young man re- alized that army life was not to his liking and that there was nothing in it for him. He became discontented and disheartened and asked for a furlough in which to visit the “old folks at home,” and a sweetheart whose parents tilled an adjoining farm. ‘While relating the story of his few months of army life, reciting the hardships and de- privations, he s sald to have complained of the quantity and quality of his rations, and that Le was not recelving the piritual sustenance” he so much desired, and for which his soul craved, In fact, so much touched were his parents by this unexpected manifestation of religious sentiment that they declared with much sorrow and regret that a great mistake had been made, that this boy stiould have worn the clerical garb while the elder son should have been sent to tho army, but it was now too late. Declded to Come to America. Despondent and unhappy he returned to camp and took up his routine duty as a sol- dler. Onme day a comrade told him of Amer- fca and the advantages this new country of. fered, and expressed a determination to emigrate thereto at the end of his term of enlistment in the near future. The young soldier listened attentively to his comrade's story and within the hour had settled what his future course emigrate to America, he would not stand upon the order of going, he would go at once. He took his sweetheart into his con- fidence and asked her advice. She approved of his plans and promised to cast her lot with his. Having served her majesty twelve months, in which time he had done his duty faithfully and won the confidence of his su- perior officers, he asked for a second fur- lough of ten days, which was granted, He returned to his old home and within a week quietly married the young lady of his choice and with her was aboard a bark on his way to the United States. Arriving at New York atter a long and uneventful voyage this young soldier, No. 3461 of her majesty’s army with his young bride located on & farm in the middle west, where they re- malned several years and prospered. In the meantime he renounced his alleglance to her majesty the queen and became a citizen of the United States. Twenty years later, with their little family, they moved on to Nebraska, securing a fine tract of land fn ome of the best countles of that state, where they have since resided, enjoying the con- fidence and respect of their neighbors and fellow citizens. Several times was this sol- dter of her majesty's army called upon to hold positions of honor and trust by the people of his county, and he has also rep- Tesented his district In the leg ture of Nebraska. | yedrs ago. ould be—he would also | at Shefleld, Bogland. In July last a full history of the case was transmitted to the consul for his information and advice. Major Howe consulted officers of the War department and found that no precedent for a pardon of this character was on record in the War office, and it was doubtful It an innovation of this kind would be consid- ered. It was further shown that on Janu- ary 17, 1887, her majesty the queen lssued a proclamation granting pardon to all sol- dlers and sallors who had been in a & of desertion, or “absent without leave, previous to January 21, 1877, who should report themselves in person within two months if living in Great Britaln or within four months if residing outside the king- dom. Having had this offer of clemency and not avalling himself of the same, it was not likely that the government would interest {tself further, and, moreover, no one but his majesty the king had the au- thority to grant a pardon of this character, and to reach his majesty was no easy mat- ter, and at all events with the red tape and dignified methods of the War office, to say nothing of the numerous ‘‘pigeon holes* where many documents in the past have been known to stop on their way, it would be many months, but more likely years, bo- fore a decision would be reached. Goes to the King. But the American consul, while somewhat discouraged, was not disheartened and he determined to make the effort. A petition for pardon to his majesty the king was prepared reciting all the facts in the case, covering the ground minutely from the year 1849. This was forwarded to the War office at London and duly acknowledged with in- formation that was anything but encourag- ing. A long correspondence followed and finally Major Howe made & trip to London, where he had the personal acquaintance ot many army officers and gentiemen promi- nent in public life, whose assistance he en- listed, and without entering further into detalls, suffice to say, before he returned to Sheffield the petition had reached the deak of Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the army of Great Britain, and had received his favorable indorsement. A month later his majesty had granted the pardon, and a pro- tecting arder was directed to lssue from the War office to Private —, No. 3461, Second company, Thirtieth Foot of his majesty’s regulars, thereby relleving the Nebraska statesman from further military duty to his majesty the king of England after an en- llstment covering fifty-three year: Early In the month of April, 1902, there sailed from New York on a White Star liner bound for Liverpool a venerable looking old gentleman, with flowing white locks, of some three-score years and ten. His gait was ! steady as that of a young man of 30 and in his face beamed a look of happiness and contentment. His measured words and clerical bearing attracted the attention of his fellow passengers, who among them- selves came to the conclusion that he was a missionary on his way to some forelgn land to teach the gospel to the heathen, but be- coming better acquainted they learned thelr mistake, for before the end of the voyage was reached he had told" them his story. This benevolent looking old gentleman was the Nebraska farmer-statesman, formerly Private No. 3461, Second company, Thirtieth Foot of her majesty's regulars, re- turning to ““Old Derbyshire,” the home ot his birth, to clalm the legacy left him by his ancestors QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFB. Herolsm in saving the life of a companion nearly fifty years ago reaped its reward last week when Horace Dring, a carpenter of Evanston, Ill., received word from Eng- land that he had fallen heir to §25,000. The money was bequeathed to Mr. Dring. by a wealthy merchant of Hull, England, who dled a week ago. Mr. Dring had received no word of the whereabouts of his former companion since he left England forty While returning from school one day the boys were attacked by a savage dog. The beast severely lacerated Dring's companion and would probably have killed him had not Dring rushed to the rescue. A Philadelphla man who had lost his much-beloved wife consulted a stone mason in regard to the erection of a tombstone with a sultable epitaph. After having a numbef of lines suggested he finally selected the following: “The light of my life bas gone out.” A short time afterward the widower fell in love with a very charming girl, to whom he became engaged. He immediately felt concerned about the epitaph upon the tomb- stone of his former wife and again con- sulted the stone mason, to whom he ex- ined the circumstances and stated that the epitaph would have to be changed. He intended to leave town, returning on the day of the wedding, and implored the mason to take the matter in hand and alter the epitaph so that the feelings of his pros- pective wife would not be hurt. This the mason promised to do and when the widower returned he visited the grave at once, find- fog that the mason had been true to his word, the epitaph now appearing: “The light of my life has gone out, but I have another mateh." The village of Fleming, N. Y., la shaken by an exciting rivalry between its grave dlggers. For years David Hasbrook had been the caretaker and grave digger, but recently a new man, Willard Pinckney, was appointed to the place, to the great di His Past O Back, Last July he learned that the last of his ancestors had “‘crossed the river” and that there was left in old Derbyshire property interests iu which he should rightfully share, but to do so would require his re- turn to England to prosecute his claim. Then for the first time in more than fifty years he fully realized that although a cit- izen of the United States he was still No. 8461 of the Becond company, Thirtieth Foot, nl r majesty’s regulars, with six years rve, and while his reception would Mubt.dly be cordial, his detention might be for a longer time than he would care to ledve his Nebraska home. Concluding that unless & pardon from his majesty the king could be obtained he must abandon the trip to the home of his childhood, he sought the counsel and advice of a promi- nent Nebraske attorney (an ex-dlstrict Judge), who was an old friend, and to him confided his past history. The attorney be- came interested and promised to communi- cate at once and place the facts. before Major Church Howe, United States consul pleasure of Mr. Hasbrook and his friend; Since then the village has been divided into factions and flerce eumity has developed on either side. The deposed sexton has been charged with visiting sick people, prospective patrons, d making bargains with them for their burial, but Mr. Hasbrook denies it, saying that his visits to the sick have been prompted by nelghborly sympathy only. The Hasbrook faction say that a burial permit, which they think was devised by the Piockney people, has been circulated, permitting the burial of Hasbrook and gi ing as the cause of death statements which e sald to be slanderou: Hasbrook's sympathizers are giving him orders for thelr graves im advance and the Pickney followers are standing by him loyally, saying that Hasbrook shall never dig their graves—they will lie on top of the ground firs At St. Louls & movement has been started to organize the 6,000 Pullman con- ductors and. porters. They want more wages, the conductors naming 3§70 a month. 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Our book of pdu THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1902. “On Every Tongue MEDALS MEAN MERIT Impartial judges awarded GOLD MEDALS to HARPER WHISKY at Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1885; World’s Fair, Chicago, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. 1893 Louisville, Ky., U. S. A, GREATEST NOISEEVER HEARD | 8ir Robert Ball's Duaription of the Ap- palling Eruption of Krakatoa. NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE EARTH'S ANNALS A Demonstration of Voleanie Energy Corresponding in Many Particu- lars with the Recent Events in Martinique. The following is an extract from Sir Rob- ert Stanwell Ball's latest work, “The Earth’s Beginain, just published by D. Appleton & Co., New York: There has been much difference of opinion as to the immediate cause of volcanic ac- tion, but there can be little doubt that the energy which is manifested in a volcanic eruption has been originally derived in some way from the contraction of the primeval nebula. The extraordinary vehe- mence that a volcanic eruption sometimes attains may be specially illustrated by the cases of the great eruption of Krakatoa. It is, indeed, believed that in the annals of our earth there has been no record of a vol- canic eruption so vast as that which bears the name of this little island in the far eastern seas, 10,000 miles from our shores. Tintil the year 1883 few had ever heard of Krakatoa. It was unknown to fam: are hundreds of other gems of glorious vege- tation set in tropical waters. It i not in- habited, but the natives from the surround- ing shores of Sumatra and Java used occa- slonally to draw their canoes up on its beach. while they roamed through its jungle in search of wild fruits that there abounded. Geographers in early days hardly conde- scended to notice Krakotoa; the name of the island on their maps would have been far longer than the lsland itself. It was known to the mariner who navigated the straits of Sunda, for it was marked on his charts as one of the perils of the intricate navagation in those waters. It was, no doubt, recorded that the locality had been once, or more than once, the an active voleano. In fact, the island seemed to owe its existence to some fright- ful eruption of bygone days; but for a couple of centuries there had been no fresh outbreak. It almost seemed as If Kraka- toa might be regarded as a volcano that had | become extinct. In this respect it was only Iike many other similar objects all over the globe, or ltke the countless extinct vols canos all over the moon. Flame and Fame, In 1883 Krakatoa suddenly sprang into notorfety. Insignificant though it had hitherto seemed, the little island was soon to compel by its tones of thunder the whole world to pay It instant attemtion. It was to become ‘the scene of & volcanie out- break so appalling that it is destined to be remembered throughout the ages. In the spring of that year there were symptoms that the voleanic powers in Krakatoa wei once more about to awake from the slum- ber that bad endured for many generations. Notable warnings were given. Barth- quakes were felt and deep rumblings pro- ceeded from the earth, showing that some disturbance was in preparation and that the old volcano was again to burst forth after its long period of rest. At first the eruption did not threaten to be of any seri- ous type; In fact, the good people of Ba tavia, so far from belng terrified at what was in progress in Krakatoa, thought the display was such an attraction that they chartered a steamer and went forth for a pleasant picuic to the island. Many of us, 1 am sure, would have been delighted to join the party who were to witness so in- teresting a spectacle. With cautious steps the more venturesome of the excursion party clambered up the sides of the vol- no, guided by the sounds which were is- sulng from its summit. There they beheld a vast column of steam pouring forth with terrific nolse from & profound opening about thirty yards in width. As the summer of this dread year ad- vanced the vigor of Krakatoa steadily fn- creased; the noise became more and more vehement; these re presently audible on shores ten miles distant and then twenty miles distant, and still those noises waxod louder and louder.until the great thunders of the voloano new so rapidly t of | | developing astoniehed the imhabitants that dwslt over an acrea at least as large as Great Britain. And there were other symp- toms of the approaching catastrophe. With each successive convulsion a quantity of fine dust was projected aloft into the clouds. The wind could not carry the dust away as rapldly as it was hurled upward by Krakatoa and accordingly the atmos- phere became heavily charged with su: pended particles. A pall of darkness thus hung over the adjoining seas and lslands. Such was the thickness and the density. of these atmospheric volumes of Krakatoa dust that for 100 miles around the dark- ness of midnight prevailed at midday. Then the awful tragedy of Krakatoa took place. Many thousands of the unfortunate inhab- tants of the adjacent shores of Sumatra and Java were destined mever to behold the sun agaln. They were presently swept away to destruction in an invasion 'of the shore by the tremendous waves with which the seas surrounding Krakatoa were agi- tated. Belching Th On the night of Bunday, August 26, 1883, the blackn of the dust clouds, now much thicker than ever in the etraits of Sunda and adjacent parts of Sumatra and Java, was only occasfonally illumined by lurid flashes from the volcano. The Krakatoan thunders were on the point of attaining their complete development. At the town of Batavia, 100 miles distant, there was no quipt that night. The houses trembled with the subterranean violence and the windows rattled as if heavy artlllery were belng discharged In the streets. And still these efforts seemed to be only rehearsing for the supreme play. By 10 o'clock on the morning of Monday, August 27, 1883, the rehearsals were over and the perform- ance began. Aun overture, consisting of two or three i:troductory explosions, wis succeeded by a frightful convulsion, which tore away a large part of the island of Kra- kotoa and scattered it to the winds of heaven. In that final effort all records of previous explosions on this earth were completely broken. The supreme effort it was which produced the mightiest noise that, so far as we can ascertain, has ever been heard on this | globe. It must have been, indeed, a loud noise which could travel from Krakatoa to Batavia and preserve its vehemence over S0 great a distance; but we should form a | very Inadequate conception of the emergy of the eruption of Krakatoa if we thought that its sounds were heard by those merely 100 miles off. This would be little indeed mony which it is impossible to doubt. Westward from Krakatoa stretches the wide expanse of the Indian ocean. On the opposite side from the straits of Sunda lies the island of Rodriguez, the distance from Krakatoa belog almost 3,000 miles. been proved by evidence which cannot be doubted that the thunders of the great voi- cano attracted the attention of an intelll- gent coastguard on Rodriguez, who carefully noted the character of the sounds and th» time of their occurrence. He had heard them just four hours after the actual explo- sion, for this is the time the sound occupled on its journey. Extraordinary Vehemence. We shall better realize the extraordinary imagine a similar event to take place In localities more known to most of us than are the far eastern seas. It Vesuvius were vigorous enough to emit a roar like Krakatoa, how great would be the consternation of the world! Such a report might be heard by King Edward at Windsor and by the csar of all the Russias at Moscow. It would astouish the German emperor and his subjects. It would pene- trate to the seclusion of the sultan at Constantinople. Nansen would still bhave | been within its reach when he wi north near the pole. It would have e tended to the sources of the Nile near the equator. It would have BYeen heard by Mo- hammedan pligrims at Mecca. It would have reached the ears of exiles in Siberia. | No inhabitant of Persia would have been beyond its range, while passengers on haif the lines crossing the Atlantic would also catch the mighty reverberation. Or, to take another lllustration that I Bave some years Ago In the Young People's Joursal: Let us suppose that & similar earth-shaking even took place in a central position in the United States. Let us say, compared with what is recorded, on testl- | It bas | vehemence of this tremendous nolse if we | | in | people behela the moon draped in vivia “1 waat to tell you how thankful I am that I took the ulviaof my friends and tried your Wine of Cardui, after the best medical skill failed to toalleviate my sufferings from s pressed and meastruation which I m suffered for years. But relief came soon after taking your medicine and I continued taking it unfil I bardly realized when the menstrual period came. Every woman who is troubled as I was should certaialy give it atrial and I am sure that she will soon be conviaced of jts efficacy.” (OMEN as a rule appreciate ad- vice and are more apt to fol- low wise counsel than men are. 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It would certainly startle not a little the inhabitants of Colorado far and wide. The ears of the dwellers in the nelghboring states would recelve a consid- erable shock. With lessening intensity the sound would spread much further around— indeed, it might be heard all over the United States. The sonorous waves would roll over to the Atlantie coast; they would be heard on the shores of the Pacific. Flor- | Mda would*not be too far to the south, nor Alaska too remote to the north. If, indeed, | we could belleve that the sound would travel as freely over the great continent as It did across the Indlan ocean then we might boldly assert that every ear in North America might listen to the thunder from Pike's peak, if it rivaled Krakatoa. The reverberation might even be audible to the skin-clad Eskimos amid the snows of Greenland and by naked Indians swelter- ing on the Orinoco. Can we doubt that Krakatoa made the greatest nolse that hae ever been recorded? Volcanic Dust Around the Earth, In the autumn of 1883 the newspapers were full of sccounts of strange appear- ances in the heavens. The letters contain. these accounts poured in upon us from residents of Ceylon; they came from resi- dents in the West Indles and from other tropical places. All had the same tale to tell. Sometimes experienced observers sured us the sun looked blue; sometimes we were told of the amazement with which green. Other accounts told of curlous halos and in short of the signs In the sun, moon and stars, which were exceedingly unusual, even if we do not esy that they were entirely unprecedented Those who wrote to tell of the strange hues that the sun manifested to travelers in Ceylon, or to planters in Jamaica, neves dreamed of attributing the phenomena to Krakatos, many thousands of miles away. for example, that an explosion occurred at Plke's peak %8 rescuant as that from In fact these observers knew nothing at the time of the Krakates eruption and probably few of them, if any, had ever heard that such a place existed, It was only gradually that the belief grew that these phenomena were due to Krakaton But when the accounts were carefully com- pared and when the dates were studied at which the phenomena were wi ed In the various localities, it was demonstrated that these phenomena, notwithstanding thelr world-wide distribution, had certainly arisen from the eruption in the little island in the straits of Sunda. It was most as- suredly Krakatoa that painted the sun and moon and produced the other strange and weird phenomena of the tropics, Atter a little time we learned what had actually bappened. The dust manufactured by the supreme comvulsion was whirled around the earth in the mighty atmospheric current into which the volcano discharged ft. As the dust cloud was swept along by this incomparable burricane it showed fts presence in the most glorious manner by decking the sun and moon in hues of un- accustomed splendor and beauty. . The blue color of the sky under ordinary circum- ances 18 due to particles in the air and when the ordinary motes of the sunbeam were reinforced by the myriads of motes produced by Krakatoa even the sun itself sometimes showed a blue tinge. 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