Mulhall Enterprise (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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TRIED REMEDY
FOR THE GRIP.
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ROUBLES which the United
States government has had
with Nicaragua have not
been confined to recent
years, nor were Qrore and
Cannon, who were killed
some time ago by Zelaya's
orders, the only Americans
who ever went hunting ad-
venture in the Central
American republic. The
state department is full of
records of insurrections and expedi-
tions which had to do with Nicaragua!!
affairs and the United States- connec-
tion therewith.
it is said In Washington that there
was lirlng at last reports a man named
!• M. Baker, who is perhaps the sole
■survivor of the famous, or notorious,
as you will. Walker filibustering expe-
dition into Nicaragua more than half a
' entury ago.
Mr. Baker at last accounts was liv-
ing In the city of Chicago, where his
friends knew him as "Dad" Baker. Th«
full story of Baker's Central American
adventures is told by a man who re-
cently saw Mr. Baker and heard the
story of the Nicaragua expedition from
his lips.
"Dad" Baker was a forty-niner. Ho
left with a party from Dayton, O.. and
in 20 days reached Independence, Mo.
From thet place the expedition. 120
men strong, started across the plains.
When the heart of the Rockies was
reached there were Just live men left
in Baker's party, the others having
died, or deserted for other caravans
on the way. When part way across,
and before the disintegration of the
outfit, there was a hard fight with the
Indians, who attempted to stampede
the stock. This fight lasted for some
time, with heavy losses to both sides
hut the fight, so Mr. Baker says, was
not half so severe as was that which
ihpy encountered when they struck
mountain fever. "When a man has
mountain fever and nothing to eat but
bafd bread and bacon, he has the fight
of bis life and for his life," is the way
"Dad" Baker put it.
"I shaved death then," he said as
his story goes, "but I did not actually
dis' until after I had reached Califor-
nia There. In company with a score
of other*. I had smallpox We were In
hunks In huts and we had, you may
believe. none of the delicacies of the
^ason. It was there that I 'died ' The
doctor was overworked and when he saw that
I was bound to die anyway he simply «t0ppe„
sning me medicine and told one of the bovs
who was not yet stricken down Just to put
me in a comfortable position and let me die
I heard this bit of cheerful instruction
xiveu. but I was at that low ebb when a man
takes death as a relief. By and by I died
Vou may not believe this when you see how
► trong and healthy I look to-day, hut the doc-
tor said I was dead and all the others agreed
with him. My jaw was set and my eyes were
fixed. I felt dead, and yet. withal, I had a
semiconsciousness that somewhere about me
there was a spark of life, though it might be
as far away as my toes.
I was laid out there and expected in a
subconscious way to hear soon the funeral
discourse, but then all at once I began to feel
a symptom of returning life. Something like
u glow came over me—-and in a few minutes
I had strength enough to wink and move my
Jaw. It is my belief that they were Just about
to bind up my Jaw as they do after people
have died. When I literally gave them the
wink that I was alive some of them came
pretty near dying themselves. I think the
maddest man In the party was the doctor. If
doctors had been plentiful in those diggings
this one would have lost Ills practice then and
there, for by coming to life after being pro-
nounced dead by him I nearly ruined his med-
ical reputation. When you are getting ready
to die just ask some trustworthy friend to
stick pins into you or do something else like
that efter the- doctor has pronounced you
dead, to see If he knows his business, for I
give you the word of a man who lias been
there that It's not pleasant to be "officially"
dead, to be unable to move a muscle and yet
to realize, even though dimly, that you may
soon henr the clods falling on your coffin lid."
After Mr. Baker came back to life he took
up a mining claim. He worked it a day —Mon-
day—and saw but comparatively little pros-
t»ects of success ahead. Monday night two
Ihitehmen offered $600 for the claim. Baker
gave it to them and took the money. Tuesday
the purchasing Dutchmen took out $25,000
worth of gold. Then "I'ad' Baker became a
hit disgusted and struck out for San Fran-
cisco and it was not long before he made up
his miud to cast his lot with William Walker
and see what lie could do In the way of pick
ing up some money at Nicaragua.
It Is a good many years since the filibus-
tering expedition started for the Central
American state, ostensibly to aid the popular
side in a civil strife waging in that country,
but In reality probably to see how much
money could be picked up "loose in the
streets."
William Walker was a newspaper man, a
lawyer and a physician, but primarily, Intrin-
sically and before all he was an adventurer.
In tlii year 185:1 he started out to capture
Sonora from the Mexicans. Ho actually suc-
ceeded In gelt Ing a grip on lower California
and probably would have succeeded In taking
Wotiora but for the tact that liis supplies gave
out. Notwithstanding the fact thut Walker ac-
tually Invaded Mexican territory with an
armed force, lie was acquitted by the United
States court by which he was tried after his
arrest, of any violation of neutrality laws.
\ftor his acquittal In San Francisco he be-
. nine acquainted with Mr. Baker, who. as lias
been said. Is probably the !ist surviving mem-
ber of the expedition Into Nicaragua.
"It Is apparent from Mr. Baker's story that
the United States authorities of thut day did
not take tha same paiun 'u prevent the fitting
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Not the Proper Atmosphere.
Overheard outside St. Ann's church
yesterday:
First City Man—Are you going in
to hear the archdeacon to-day?
Second City Man—No, I think not.
It puts mo in the wrong frame of
mind for business for the rest of the
day. Manchester Ouardian.
Associate with men of good judg
ment, for judgment is found in con
versation. And wo make another
man's judgment ours by frequenting
his company.—Fuller.
no YOl'll fl.OTIIES I.OOK YHt.l.OW(
If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make
theni white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents.
To learn to
fully. Is the
Cowen.
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work and, work cheer
■en!ral lesson of life.
out of filibusters as
were taken to stop the
expeditions beaded for
Cuba before the Span-
ish war. Neither the
first expedition headed
by Walker himself nor
those which followed
with arms and re-en-
forcements had the slightest difficulty in get-
ting away from San Francisco. "The authori-
ties watched us a little," said Mr. Baker, "but
arms, ammunition, men and provisions were
put on board a steamship without any sort of
trouble."
Only 62 men went with Walker on the first
expedition. One of these men was a man
named Anderson, who was elected captain
of the forces. There is a chance that Capt.
Anderson is still alive. Mr. Baker is said to
have met liim in Kentucky a few days ago.
Capt. Anderson, the Kentuckiati, was the
hero of a remarkable adventure upon the first
landing of the expedition in Nicaragua. Like
Achilles, Capt. Anderson's only vulnerable
spot seems to have been his heel. Walker
and his followers landed at Realejo and were
Joined by a few natives. Capt. Anderson with
a few men went to a point about six miles
away and were there surrounded by a large
number of Nicaraguatis, enemies to that party
whose cause Walker had come down to
espouse. The Kentuckian took his men into
a stout sdobe hut and there, though suffering
fearfully from hunger and thirst, defied the
attacking hordes. Every once In a while Capt.
Anderson, to Instill courage into his men and
at the same time to chow his contempt for
the enemy, would go outside the door of Ills
hut and shake his fists and make faces at the
besieging hosts. They sent volleys at him,
but. like the Filipinos, they shot high. Finally
they seemed to realize the fact that tliey were
shooting at the sun and so the next time that
Anderson appeared at the door for the pur-
pose of hurling defiance at them they all with
one accord shot low. Most of the bullets bur-
led themselves In the ground about half way
to the adobe shack, but one ricocheted and
tore off the bold Kentuckian's heel. The cap-
tain retired, bound up his foot and found that
walking was impossible. Then took place the
most remarkable charge known to military
history, unless thefe be foundation in fact for
Kipling's yarn of the assault at Lungtenpen.
The beleaguered garrison In the adobe hut
was nearly dead from thirst. It was decided
that notwithstanding the great numbers of
the enemy a charge must be made and the
line of the besiegers be broken through at the
renter. Anderson couldn't walk a step, let
alone do any charging. There were only 35
men In the party, all told. The Kentuckian
said: "Boys, I'm in command here and I In-
tend to load this charge, heel or no heel. 1
want the two biggest and strongest men In
the crowd to step out here. All right there
now. You two will do. Drop your rifles. Take
me up on your shoulders. Now give me a
gun. Now, boys, we'll make a charge and I
am going at the head of the procession. All
of you yell like the devil and shoot straight.
Come on."
And out of the hut they poured, breaking
a little to the right and the left, while In
their center, borne on the stalwart shoulders
of two soldiers, went their captain, who, from
his elevated perch, took a pot shot at the
enemy as soon as Ills head cleared the door-
way. Such u sight as this had never before
greeted Nlcaraguan eyes. A lot of hated,
straight-shooting, howling Americans, led by
a man riding on
the shoulders of
two other men and
making faces that
were nothing short
of demoniacal. Cen-
tral America cour-
age could not stand
this. The besieg-
ers let loose one
volley that may
have cut the clouds somewhere and then fled,
while the triumphant Kentuckian, with fre-
quent changes of mounts, led and rode his
men back to Realejo.
After the fight near Realejo Walker and
his followers had two battles in close succes-
sion at Rivas and Virgin bay. The Americans
and their native allies were successful In both
fights and the city of Oranada soon fell into
Walker's hands. Mr. Baker has said that
there was but little opposition made to the
entrance of the troops at Oranada and that
the command he was with lost but 25 men.
He has told what took placo after the filibus-
tering leader had firm possession of the town.
Corral was the leader opposing the American
adventurers and their native friends. He
made a treaty with Walker October 15, by
which Corral was to be made generalissimo
of all the forces. Walker said this would be
a very nice plan and Corral donned his uni-
form as generalissimo. Two weeks later Cor-
ral was a prisoner before a drumhead court
martial, of which Walker was president. The
Nlcaraguan generalissimo was shot at duy
break the next morning.
"You see, shortly after this," said the Chi-
cago survivor of these troublous times, "Costu
Rica took a hand in the fight on account of
its fear that Walker's example might be fol-
lowed and that all Central America might be
made the object of attacks by foreign adven
turers. The Costa Rican army came up and
there was a terrible fight near Oranada As
a matter of fact, both sides were licked and
licked hard. In a second battle nt Rtvas, how
ever, the Americans had the advantage and
hostilities ceased and then Walker went to
work to rule things."
It Is curious at this duy to read the com
ments that were made by Spanish-Americans
nt that time and to compare thetn with com-
ments being made by the same people at the
present day. There was the same fear exist-
ing then that Anglo-Saxon America was go
Ing to try to dominate Spanish America that
seems to Iibvo hold of the Central and South
American peoples now. Public men of Latin
Amerlcn said that all iner the United States
prayers wore being offered for Walker's sue
cess and for the progress and domination of
the English-speaking race One Journal salil
that the sufferings Inflicted by Walker were
ten thousand times more dreadful than those
Inflicted by Raveneau Do Lussan, who de
sceuded on Oranada In 16X5.
Now when one reads what Lussan did some
lilen can be gained of how Walker, ten thou-
sand times worse than Lussan, carried on. Ac-
cording to history, Lussan told the people
round about. Oranada that he came solely to
rlvlllte thetn. He then ordered the chaplains
to celebrate mass. Immediately
after which he slew 345 natives as
the initiatory step to civilization.
Then he stole everything portable
in the country, had some more
prayers said, killed another thou-
sand of the Inhabitants and then
cleared out. Some of Walker's
followers succeeded In making
their way back to the United
States, among them being the Chi-
cago man. Baker, A vast majority
of these men believed when they
went down to Nicaragua that they
were going there for the simple
purpose of making certain a demo-
cratic form of government. They
had no hand in pillage or outlawry.
"Walker." said Mr. Baker, "final-
ly saw his finish. He caused him-
self to bo elected president of
Nicaragua and by his arbitrary
acts not only provoked a domestic
rebellion against his authority but
brought on a war with some of
the surrounding states. He finally
tied with 16 of his officers and
gave himself up to Capt. Davis, of
the old sloop of war St. Mary's,
which Is still In the service as a
training ship. Walker was taken
to New Orleans, where ho was put
under bonds to keep the peace, but
in November he went to Nicara-
gua again. There Commodore
Paulding. V. S- N.. captured l.lm with 132 of
his men. and took them to New York. 1 resi-
dent Buchanan said that Walker's arrest on
foreign soil was illegal and he was liberated,
lie sailed again with a new expedition from
Mobile in a vessel without a clearance, but
was captured in the Gulf of Mexico, taken to
New Orleans, tried and again ncqulttcd. In
June. 1S60, he formed an expedition to go to
Honduras, a place which he reached only to
be seized by the authorities and shot.
PROGRESS IN AERONAUTICS
Consul Talbot .I. Albert of Brunswick makes
the following report on the plans of the new
company organized In Germany to operate
airships:
This age will soon see passenger ships nav-
igating the all. The projected German Air-
ship Company, already mentioned in Daily
Consular nnd Trade Reports, has become an
accomplished fact. The organization of the
Deutsche Luftsclilffahrts - Alitlengesellscha/t
was effected In Frankfort on November 16,
1900. The 3,000,000 marks ($714,000) neces-
sar> was over-subscribed; one-sixth each of
the stock was taken in Hamburg. Frankfort
and Munich, while in Baden-Baden 100,000
marks was subscribed privately and 50,000
marks by the city. The company Intends to
promote aerial navigation generally and the
operation
veyauce of passengers. The president Is chief
mayor of Frankfort, while there are 26 other
run vol KKKi.r
n ..ttujwu • .. «••.<! roiulnK«»n by taking a frw <1ohps
.if / Vrry Itovu' I'.itnki'ler. It IhlnMUT I hu ii Qiilnint*
u li<) safer. The largo NW- bottles are t he cheapoHt.
Some cemetery janitors, unless
closely watched, raise vegetables in
the rich graveyard mold.
1'II.F.S <1 HK.II IN O TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMkNT In guarantee*!
%to M duyh or money refunded. M)o.
The world is all gates, all opportuni-
ties, strings of tension waiting to be
struck.—Emerson.
Lewis* Single Binder, the famous
straight lie i igar—annual sale 9,000,00U.
Health may be wealth, but that Isn't
what makes the doctors rich.
G tiara*;
Accidenfs Will Happen
And when they do—they hurt.
HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL is the
one instantaneous relief and eure
for all wounds, bruises, soies.
cuts, sprains and abrasions of the
skin. It forms an artificial skin
covering excludes the air instant-
ly, stops pain at once. There are
many oils, but none like HUNT S.
The action is different, and the
effect as well.
. . HUNT'S . .
LIGHTNING
Always have it in the house. Take
it with you when you travel—you
never can tell when HUN I S
LIGHTNING OIL may be most
needed. 25cts and 50cts bottles.
For Sale by All Druggists
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Texas
OIL
SEEDS
Write for our new 12* ]»»*«* catalogue of
HONOH BRAND SHEDS.
SPECIAL OFFER
We well send pontpald for 55 cent*, the follow
ing M-ed*, 00 centa for 26 cento.
1 nkt. Onion f>c 1 pkt. MaiUrt
1 Wiin-rniflon. 5o I " A*ter M
f airships as vehicles for the ron- | \
Carnation
Forge t>uio~ not
directors from Ouesseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart, |
Ksscn. Elberfeld, Mannheim. Munich, Leipsic i
and Hamburg. It Is proposed to establish air- |
ship stations in the cities mentioned. Frank
fort w ill be the seat of the company and re-
ceite the two first airships, namely, Zeppelin
IV. In April, IMO. and Zeppelin V. In June,
1910. if the airship station there is finished
If not, in order to make the enterprise lucra-
tive. passenger trips will start from Fried
rlclishaven, the uriKlnal and present, station of
the Zeppelin ships and the first, halting place
and stations will be Haden-Buden. Amide cap
Ital has been supplied at that city to lay out
nn airship station and anchorage ground as
vast as that projected at Frankfort. The next
station will be on the coast of the North sea.
probably Hamburg Daily Consular nnd Trsds
Report*.
TRUE STAGE REALISM
"Talk about your realinm. this show looks
awful natural to inf."
"How much?"
"Six months have elapsed since toe piigr
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housework yet."- Louisville Courier .luurnsl.
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