The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1896, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1896. m,vow NOCH EMORY, the merchant prince of the great Amur region | of Siberia, is a living example of what may be achieved by an American boy gifted with pluck, grit, energy and enterprise. The story of his rise from a humble boyhood 1n a_Massachusetts country vil- lage to a position of vast and commanding influence in the Czar’s Asiatic dominions | may be an incentive to some of our youth to-day to ‘‘be up,and stirring” and on the the sharp lookout for the opportunities that are constantly presenting themselves and then flitting away forever. As the ancient bard has it, Time wears all his locks before, And behind his scalp is bare. Arthur A. Smith and Thomas Freeman of the shipping and commission house of Freeman, Smith & Co. of San Francisco each had'a hand in shaping the destiny of mory, although they did not begin foresee such results as the years have t with reference to the beardless iney started out on the path 1o fame d fortune. | may observe that Emory's| was due to accident in the begin- | but it must be remembered that it is srybody who possesses the foresight | advantage of the openings made by Freeman and Smi ians before they la J on the shores of the Pacifi the Civil War the; ed themselves | the mouth a, shipping ca, and engag: e with the set- ie river above-mentioned | butaries. The Amur province, the smallest in Siberia, yet em: itory of 173,559 saquare miles, s ago it was credited with a £ 40,000. It has rich | nds, where even watermelons e short, hotsnmmer; hilly tracts forests, and mountains rich | other precious metals, 1ld_easily support a popula- wo That | 3 BV DGIAL full of duds will hardly do. And then it gets mighty cold there sometimes.” Enoch had not given these matters any thought, and Mr. Smita.took him up- town, bought a whole outfit, put the boy meet at Nikolaevsk. ‘‘We gave the voungster a clerkship at the seaport,” said Mr. Smith a few days ago. -‘Freeman and I were not much in love with Siberia and in 1870 we decided to with the Asiatic country through a trusted agent. Enoch Emory proved to be. just him in charge at Nikolaevsk. In 1872 Enoch made a proposition to us and we accepted it. By its terms we" transferred our Siberian interests to the boy we shipped from Boston as a clerk only four years previous. “Twenty-faur years have passed and to- day the firm of Freeman, Smith & Co. is the San Francisco agency of Enoch Emory | of Moscow, Russia. : To-day Enoch Emory is one of the rinan- cial princes of the empire of the Czar. He | draws his supplies from all parts of Europe | and America, and his business extends in 11 directions through | region, but throughout the 3,000,000 and more of square miles of Eastern Siberia. | He has trading posts at intervals for over | 2000 miles along the Amur and its tributa- | ries and a veritable army of agents. Seldom it is that some vessel of Emory’s is not lrading or unloading at his long wharf at Nikolaevsk on the Gulf of Amur. The Emory headquarters at this port are shown in an illustration on this page. He supplies whole settlements with anything | desired from a pin to-a steam locomotive, During the past twenty years he has made aboard ship, and told him they would next | come to San Francisco and do business the kind of man we wanted and we left not only the Amur | AR ENYERPRISING ERAEINA LHORD S0 SIBERIAS grim humor that was decidedly enjoya ble. Illustrative of this phase of his ciiaracter, some members of his staff repeated to me several amusing anecdotes, two of which— as I have never seen them in print—it may not be amiss to give to the public. T was told that when the general’s head- quarters were at Culpepper an officer at- tached to the quartermaster’s department, who was stationed some half-dozen miles away, desired to consult him on some busi- ness that he deemed of importance. The | day was exceedingly rainy and the_ roads were knee deep in mud, and to avoid un- due exposure to the "weather the officer— who was one of the old regime, with a full appreciation of the dignity of his rank— | ordered up a close carriage and, as it was | likely that night would come on before he { could return, had the lamps trimmed and hung out on either side of the driver’s seat. Then, with an escort of twelve cavalrymen, he set out for headquarters, happy_in the thought that he was proof against the fast-descending rain. Not far from Culpepper he met an orai- nary-looking horseman, attended by only a single orderly, and was about to pass him | without notice, when he suddenly-recog- nized him to be the lieutenant-general, who, in spite of the rain, was making his usual round of the army, attended by his usual slender escort. To descend from his carriage and salute his chief was but the work of a moment; but the general, irri- tated by the siyle and pretension of the | officer, was in no hurry to see_him regain the shelter of his carriage. “Walk along with me a little,” said the general, ‘I want to talk with you.” With_ polished boots and unexceptiopable kids Mr. Quar- termaster did as he was bidden, and with a touch of grimness the general led hini THE HEADQUARTERS OF EN [From a OCH EMORY AT NIKOLAEVSK, photograph.] as many as nineteen trips from Moscow to the distant coast of the Okhotsk Sea. of Cossack villages have been located, a considerable degree of civilization prevails. This may be judged in a measure by the | fact that in a recent shipment of goods y millions. The firm of Free- ith landed supplies at Nikola- rom there shipped goods up the ver by boat in summer and by sled the stream became a track prospered even beyond their anticip but the Siberian climate and the remoteness irom the English-speaking world were things they didn’t propose 5 both members of the ned to this country on a visit, | business with pleasure,” as ng goes. While in Boston ual old friend 1n the person The latter was-accom- son, Enoch, a lad of 16 The Emorys resided in a little town on Cape Cod.” The tale of wealth in a comparative wilderness on the other side | of the world was listened to with avidity by the youth, and he had no sooner ! reached home than he be permission | of his parents to goalong with Messrs. Freeman and Smith to Siberia. Ina way | akin to jest the parents consented, trust- ing, doubtless, that Enoch's sudden fancy | would die out in a few days and be for- | gotten. The boy was determined, how- | ever, and he wroie to Mr. Freeman on the subject, telling him of the parental will- ess, making known his strong desire beria and as for a position | firm’s establishment at Nikola- zed s evsk. Freeman consulted hispartner, and then wrote immediately to Enoch that a posi- | consigned to Emory's Siberian agency nd a couple of hundred bicycles. Mr. Emory furnishes supplies wholesale to the Russian Government, and - his in- terests include a big share in the mam- moth enterprise of the Siberian railway, which when completed will cover a distance of 7000 miles. And ds Siberia develops in_ population and wealth the fortune of Enoch Emory will increase in magnitude, and Barney Barnato’s present lordly .pile may some small alongside the golden possessions of the Yankee boy w;n started out to conquer 8 Siberian wilderness with the backing of a resolute will and a go-ahead spirit, and with just baggage enough to fill a hand- kerchief. NEW STORIES OF GRANT. Lesson to a Luxurious Quarter- master on a Rainy Night. In the summer of 1864 I passed two days His | at the headquarters of General Grant at City Point, Va., and thus had an oppor- | tunity to observe the way of life of this most democratic of the Union command- He mes:ed with his staff and at his various members, not in equal propor- tions, but according to the rank of the THE WATER FRONT OF NIKOLAEVSK. [From a photograph.] tion would be made for hiw, and that he would be expected to be in readiness to | gail for his destination on a certain date | within a month. Days went by, and no‘ enswer came from Enoch. | “Change of mind,” the merchants | thought. The firm’s vessel completed her | cargo and was within a day of setting sail from Boston. 3 Smith was on the wharf, giving some final directions to the skipper, when sud- denly his coat was pulled by a little fellow carrying a small bundle of things tied in a handkerchief. It was Enoch Emory. “What?"” cried Smith, luughmg!y. ‘‘Are you all ready.for sea?” "An affirmative response followed. ‘‘And are those all the things you hnvhe brought with you? queried the merchant. : “‘Well,” explained Enoch, “I hadn’t time to get very much together. Had I delayed just a few minutes longer I sbould have missed the train, and then I couldn’t catch the ship.”” : “Didn’t Mr. Freeman write to you sey- eral weeks ago, though?” urged Mr. Smith. i ‘Then Enech unfolded a tale of maternal interest and aevotion, and of words that were spoken too soon for the realization of a mother's fond design. “The letter camefz" said Enoch, “but mother saw it first and suspecting what was in it, she read the contents and hid it away. The letter was kepta secret until she thought the time had passed to make it of any use to me, and only this very morning did she hand 1t to me. Mother thought it best I shouidn’t go, but I told Ler I was resolved, and so 1 snatched u these few traps, and bidding the folks goo(}-i by ran for the train.” )o you know how long it takes to go to Biberia?’ asked Smith. “No, sir.” 3 “Seventy-five days, That handkerchief various members-and in a manner satis- factory to all. There was no show of pa- radein either furniture or equipage. Every- thing seemed to be for use and arranged to economize both space and attention. The crockery was scanty and of the plain- est description, and the fare, though abun- dant in quantity, was of a quality that might be found on the table of any well- to-do workingman in the North. A chop, with a cup of coffee, served for breakfas, a bit of roast beef, with potatoes and hard tack, flanked by a dish oPnork and greens, sufficed for the 6 o’clock dinner, which had neither pastry nor dessert. A cup of tea and a slice of bread and butter completed the fare for theday. The beds were merely camp cots, some of them without maf- tresses, and all the visible toilet apparatus were a few tin wash-basins, a scanty sup- ply of towels, a bit of looking-glass and a horn comb. Every one has read the inventory of the general'sibaggage when he made the Vicks- burg campaign—'‘a briarwood telescope and a tooth brush.” City Point he had not greatly enlarzed his personal possessions. Except the three stars upon his shoulders, there was abso- lutely nothing about him to indicate his exalted rank. His clothes were thread- bare, and, despite the constant brushing of his servant, they would present an un- tidy look, due, no doubt, to his of “going”everywhere and seeing every- thing for himself. The general under- stood the kinship of cleanliness and godliness, but there was utter absence of ‘‘fuss and feathers” about him and his en- tire surroundings. Judging of him by common report, I had expected to find him decidgdly reticent, but, on the con- trary, I observed that in familiar inter- course he was somewhat loquacious, fond of & good storv, and often giving vent to a In the Amur country, where a number | | were several scores of California saddles | table sat familiarly every member of his | | military househould. The expenses of the mess, I was told, were divided among the | When I met him at | habit | through the muddiest part of the road and did not release him until he was wet to the | skin—as wet was the general himself. | Then he dismissed him with a few curt which were not overheard by the rly. Their purport, however, was con - | jectured by the general’s staff, for they ob- | served that the officer never again ap- peared at headquarters in a close carriage. | —Edmund Kir COUNTRY CLUBACODNTS, | | | The Secretary Presents His An- e nual Report to the Members, Receipts and Disbursements and the Number of Game Killed and | | | { Fish Taken. | F.W. Tallant, the secretary-treasurer of the Country Club, has submitted his an- | nual financial report to the elub, showing its receipts and disbursements, which are | as follows: REC 1PTS. Cash on hand....... Outstanding acco Admission fees ... | Dues and assessme: Board and loaging. Wines, liquors and $522 30 460 90 | Kennels, board of d | Bluerock sho as. Non - resident _guests, with shooting privilege 4000 Sale of horse. 15 0e 16,605 75 Less outstanding accounts February 1, 1896. 803 60 - DISBURSEMENTS. $4288 60 181081 General clubhons Express fr Household account, -Purchase of land.. Legal expenses. Stocking preserv expenses. a Cutting wo Rent—P. J. Shi } Payment made on lo; Interes fur; Total disbursements...... .$16, 2 Balance cash on hand February 1,‘ olssa 1896... .. 26183 $16,778 35 The game killed on the preserve was as follows Deer. ! Quad Snipe Ducks Total.... THE POTTER INQUEST. No New Developments Resulted From the Coromer’s Inquiry Yes- terday. The Coroner began the inquiry into the cause of the death of H. Cranston' Potter, the Tacoma wheat merchant, whose body | was found on the ocean beach last Sun- | day, at the Morgue yesterday. Robert Williams of 717 Hayes street told of the finding of the body. Thomas Watson, grain broker, testified to baving seen Pot- ter for the last timg at noon the Friday | preceding his death. The deceased was then in a cheerful frame of mind. The witness learned that Potter left for the i Cliff House. S. Christiansen, barkeeper at the Cliff | House, testified to serving Dr. Hicks and Potter with drinks. He had heard them discussing which car they would take, and that was the last he saw of the men. The inquiry was continued until. Weédnesday, when it is expected that Dr. Hicks of | Tacoma will be present-and testify. — e e - Lord Rosebery is reported to have said that it took him fifteen hours a day to get through his work as Foreign Secretary. FAUST—A Mephisto (to Stage Manager)— Now, mark my words. The tenor will not see his Margu Since then they bave not met. Stage Manager— 7 ‘* Soh, soh! she comes in late. Of changed tenors. Sh Marguerite— “ Thanks, Pietra! In time vou se My God! Whose voice is that? Stay! Wait! I cannotyet. Manager— * Madame, you must ! She’s on the stage. The audience notés. “ See! Looks to his eager eye! His voice vibrating, pa See, see! ’Tis but @ moment, 19 MEMORY. [Before the overture.] * To-night, there’ll be a play within a play. ‘How’s that? vou say, Because vntil upon the stage they meet erite. Those two were lovers once, they even wed, Then suddenly they wrenched apart instead. To-night they meet. Rehearsal none—He, Faust; she,{Marguerite.” e shall not hear Gad! but fate is queer.’” [The opera has begun.] e we've dressed, Think you to-night I'll look and sing my best? : There! There! ‘The call. How well I love this part. My heart! my heart! I’m sick!” Quick.” A subtle tragic start All closer watch the part. ‘“ Look, Jook! he trembles. How still is she, vet beauteous, eve: Th’ acting, it is fine! y line!” She, as if against her very will, Mesmeric thrill. ssionate and sweet, Entreating, pleading, Faust to Marguerite. == No Signor, notaladyam 1 noryeta beauty, Not a lady nor beauty < She's gone. “ I love thee, love thee, lo-ove thee!” ‘Whilst he—they hush him as'he *“ Where is she? Stelln mia—she i Mephisto sings. - “Now * She would not hear me.” on—it is “ If but I knew. Sing that to her, as but 8 B, S el et U S "Twas Faust and Marguerite, sad Mayhap the audience sensed a ra The housa was silent, breathless, That passionate appeal No gesture ’scapes him. Oh, surely, mind to mind, it can All that repressed contrition. 40 love, forgive; I plead, 1 pray—; Is life with love denied me? The act is drawing to the close; She turns—her arms and lips are Rushing frj As one in mad despair or frenzied )‘g He cried, “I cannot play to-night; my brain’s on fire!” * How 502’ Mephisto bastens to inquire. Will she forgive—forgive? I loye her, as I do repent and live.” 2 * Then take thy chance of cffinces, man; The mwimic play plays on. His soul 1s in his eyes—*Can I atone?”’ He toses no inflection of her song; N And donot need an arm tohelpme on my way: He must sing on—a few bars more, He scarcely keeps the stage till it is o’er Then The audience went simply wild again, rushes on, s gone.” * Come, come, be calm; youw're nearly due,” your cue.’” m the stage, 2€, in ‘Faust’ you can.” * X ox % @ , sad and sweet; rer treat. as the two Worked through the theme, the nearer as it grew. Was ever music thus intensely sung? from soul outwrung! She sings alone. ‘“Love how long?” convey It coula say: forgive. Let me live To prove to thee man can with love atone. Sing—look at me, oh, wife—mine own, mine own.” ’Tis just a few more words of mimic throes. quivering some; She looks, then flings her arms toward him— “Come." At morn, at morn, Ahspeedthounightaway. Hewill return, Come Morguertta, =SS TES Come Come. 2 : e = ¥ = = gfamt flfl;’ i _:;/.’ Margueiita Theret Ha * The curtain’s down. !'hat hatha' ha! A Well, "twas a treat. Well played—this Faust and Marguerite!" PETER STUDLEY. A FAMOUS KENTUOKY DUEL. Its Memory Revived by the Recent Death of Colonel William Duke. The sudden death of Colonel William Duke, at his home in Danville, Ky., brings to mind the tragic details of his historic duel with the noted Confederate General, Roger Hanson, of the famous “Orphan Brirade,” over the beautiful Caroline Hickman, Hanson’s cousin, and afterward Duke’s wife. . The duel took place in 1843, sHortly after Duke had returned from the Mexican war, having enlisted with Humphrey Marshall when 18 years of age. Hanson, then a brilliant, dashing young fellow, was in love with his cousin, Miss Hickman, and when he heard that she was the promised wife of Duke he bad an interview with her in which he used language which was in- sulting to Duke. Duke heard or the denunciation, and feeling his honor assailed promptly chal- lenged Hanson. Duke was within a few weeks of 21 years of age and Hanson was two years older. The bearer of the chal- lenge was James Jackson, whose wife was Duke's cousin. Hanson not only accepted the challenge, but at the same time re- eated his denunciation of Duke. Lafay- ayette Dunlap, then representing Garrard County in the Lezmatuu, was chosen by Hanson as his second. The seconds chose sunrise, January 17, as the time, a narrow strip of land on the Indiana shore opposite the mouth of the Kentucky River as the place, and dueling pistols at ten paces as the weapons. Han- son and Dunlap speedily repaired to Frank- fort, where Hanson, already an expert, oc- cupied himself in dnilv)v istol practice. Duke went to his father’s home, in Scott County, and there, in the presence of his kinsmen, Le fired 100 shots to the satisfac- tion of all. He had never used a dueling Eiaml, but_his quickly acquired skill gave im confidence. 5 The Duke and Hanson parties left Frank- | fort on the same steamer the day before the duel. Mutual friends, fearing that Duke was recklessly endangering his life, endeavored to conciliate him, but their overtures were spurned. The boat steamed away, leaving a large congrega- tion of legislators, State officials and cit- izens on shore. Where the encounter was to take place only thie principals, seconds and surgeons knew. Reaching the town of Carrollton, at the mouth of the Ken- tucky, the two parties went ashore to await the coming of the following day. Early Thursday -morning Duke arose, wrote a brief note to Caroline Hickman, and in a short time word came that the Hanson party was ready for the journey. Just at daylight they rowed across the Ohio, and at suririse ‘were ready for the word. The ground was stepped off and the pistols handed to the principals. Two prominent gentlemen in the party, in a spirit of mutual friendship, approached Hanson and asked him to apologize. He refused, and Dunlap gave the word to pre- pare and fire, The pistols cracked simultaneously, Hanson firing too low, Duke too high. There was an interval of ten minutes, Jackson won the second toss. At the sec- ond firing Hanson’s ball went near Duke’s head and perceptibly startied him, but Duke's went wide of the mark. There was another interval of five minutes, and at the next shot blood was shed. Hanson's clothing was Eierced under the left arm and Duke’s right hand was spurting blood, This time the principals did not change their Yositions while the pistols were be- ing reloaded. Dunlap asked: ‘‘Gentlemen, are you satisfied ?"” *No,” came promptly from both. Richard Hanson, a” brother of Roger, here left the field, and stood near the river bank until the duel was declared at an end. The fourth round Duniap won the word and gave it more rapidly than be- fore. Both fired at once. Duke stood un- moved and untouched. Hanson was seen to throw his pistol into the air, leap for- ward and fall headlong to the earth. The large ball had crashed through the right thigh bone, making a horrible wouna, and breaking also the l¢ft thigh. The tumult of a moment before subsided, and, horrified at the spectacle, friends and foes stood dazed in significant silence. Duke and his friends recrossed the river, leaving Hanson horribly mangled and in great -agony, in care of the surgeon. Hanson was taken to Major Butler’s house and there remained in care of Dr. Blanton until moved to Lexington. He wasa member of the Kentucky Legislature at the time. Duke, accompanied by a few friends, went to Louisville, and then to his home. ' Eleven days later he married the singularly beautiful Caroline Hickman, who became the mother of five handsome daughteérs and two sons, The pistols used by Hanson in this his- toric lFIlel belonged to Andrew Jackson, and were unsed by him in several encoun- ters. Duke’s were Henry Clay’s, and were presented to him by a French nobleman. It was the same pistol with which Clay had fought John Randolph of Roanoke. Hum- phrey Marshall and James Jackson had. also used the weapons. The pistols were similar, very long, single-barreled and car- ried very large balls. Haunson recovered, but was lamed for life, the right leg being somewhat shorter than its fellow and slightly deformed. Lexington veing the home of Hanson and Duke living near, they were frequently in company, but their former friendly rela- tiens were not then restored. Duke was engaged in farming in Scott County, and Hanson entered actively into the practice of law and soon r distinction, be- coming Commonw, Attorney. When the Civil V gan Hanson and Duke espoused the uthern cause, Duke going with Morgan and Hansen on the staff of John C. Breckinridge. At Knox- ville Hanson was created a brigadier-gen- eral, and gave promise of a record on the field as brilliant as he had made in the forum. When he was promoted a sub- scription wasstarted {0 present him with a horse, and Duke contributed to the fund. Hanson gracefully recognized this magna- imity, and cordial relations were once more resumed. Hanson fell in the famous disastrous charge, led by Breckinridge, at Stone River. For many years after the war Duke lived upon a fine 500-acre blue-grass farm near Danville, and during the past few years had resided in this city. When his rst wife died he met and married Miss a. Duerson, a beautiful and gifted man of Louisville, and she preceded him to the grave several years, leaving no children. Colonel Duke always spoke kindly of General Hanson, and never talked of the duel except with great re- luctance.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. e A G Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio is said te have struck it rich in California gold mines. 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