The Sabinal Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME X.
SABINAL. UVALDE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904.
NO. 2.
JUDGE A. B. PARKER
DIFFERENT OPINION8 A8 TO
HIS AVAILABILITY.
8ome Commend His Reticence,
While Others Declare His 81-
lencc on Great Public Questions
8hould Deny Him Nomination.
By some Judge Alton B. Parker
is being praised for his wisdom in
maintaining silence while so many
others are engaged in verbal exer-
cises, and by others he is criticized
for withholding his views on pub-
lic questions of c-.irent interest.
Referring to what is termed “the
Parker mystery,” the Springfield
Republican says: ‘‘After nearly
twenty year.1: of dead silence on all
questions of political interest to an
American citizu , Judge Parker, of
New York, is now admired because
of bis musterly reticence, and a
great politic.nl organization is asked
to make him its candidate for tho
Presidency. The logic of this is
that twenty years ol silence maxe
a statesman. If Judge Parker,
however, 1ms no record, his sponsor
D. R. Hill, has record to hum.
This makes an unusual combina-
tion. With twenty years of silence
elected to the Chief Magistracy,
record to burn wquld probably
•ne the‘Premier of the Admin*
on. So mncli would seem a
ity; but what more? Judge
will not inform us. If the
tic party nominates him
H must nominate a mystery, known
ronly n/ the political Company he
keeps.”
On the other hand, the New York
Times, an independent Democratic
paper, commends Judge Parker for
hU course. It says: “We presums
Judge Parker is not indifferent to
what is going on about him. But
he is not seeking the nomination.
The course he has followed has
been one of perfect dignity and
propriety. We feel sure that even
those Democrats who have wished
for some public avowal from his
lips or his pen must now set that
his reticence was wise, his refusal
to comply with their wishes well
judged. We feel sure, too, that
confidence in Judge Pusker’s mental
equipoise und soundness lias been
enhanced by his determination to
hold aloof from political discussion
A weak man i:i his trying position
would he likely to blunder. Judge
Parker has made no mistake. It
now appears that the advocates of
Judge Parker’s nomination will he
in a majority in the State Conven-
tion, and will control its action.
In all probability, a delegation in-
structed for him will he sent to St.
Louis.”
Judge Parker’s silence has not
injured him, so far as his chances
of securing the nomination at St.
Louis are concerned, if is chances
are stronger to day than they ever
were before. Cleveland is not to he
regarded as a possibility. Gorman
is out of the running. Grey is not
seriously considered. The friends
of Olney are disposed to urge his
name, hut hii nomination is wholly
improbable.
With New York instructed for
Parker, his nomination may be re-
garded as practically assured. Io
such event, Texas might a« well
j instruct for him. Parker ought to
'satisfy all clashes of Democrats.
POOR CALAMITY JANE
PATHETIC ENDING OF A RO-
MANTIC CAREER.
Woman Who Filled a Man Sta-
tion, the Heroine of Many Dar-
ing Exploits Finally Meeta Death
in a Poor House.
Fate, who is always making her-
self sport by putting women’s souls
in men’s bodies, and vice versa, whs
most completely ha Hied by a sin-
gular character who the other day
laid down the weight of life. Mar-
tha Burk was her name; but it is
by her nickname of “Calamity
Jane” that she will be recalled to
memories that go hack thirty years.
In tiie 70’h every one had heard of
her—the strange, picturesque being
who in men’s clothes (and yet
Known to he a woman), had fol-
lowed the United States flag, fought
—aye ami killed—Indians, carried
dispatches hack and forth over a
hostile country, pursued a murder-
er as one oi a posse, and brought
him to hay, und then ended—by
dropping her famous sobriquet to
take the name of a husband.
No, that was not quite the end.
The pitiful finale of masculine free-
dom, of stirring action, of service to
the State, in whatever wild fashion
performed, was a hroxeu old wo-
man, pleading for shelter in the
pr.orhouse of Gallatin County,
Montana.
“Calamity Jane’s” adventures be-
gan early. At 15 she was leit an
orphan. Much worse than that
there were four younger children
for her to support. Some girls
would have wept, or taken in sew-
ing. But Martha Cannery—that
was her real name—was loo sturdy
a spirit, too da ring horsewoman,
too good rifle thot for that. Houses
cramped her; petticoats ham|iered
her. The upshot was that a suit
of cowboy’s clothes, with an adven-
turous crop-headed girl inside of
them, rode into Fort Russel one
day, ami Gen. Custer, then prepar-
ing the campaign of 1870 against
the Arizona Apaches, had a new
scout, so good a scout that even
after her sex was discovered she
w as retained. In 1876 she was in
the Big Horn country, in Wyom-
ing. serving as a fcout and soldier
under Custer, carrying important
dispatches, and probably escaping,
by a spell of pneumonia, which
laid her up for a period, the hor-
rors of the Cutter massacre. Hei
nickname she received from Capt.
Kagan, whose life she saved in
1872 by placing him, wounded in a
battle, oil her horse and making a
wild successful daeh for the safety
of the camp. Wars over, she be-
came a mail carrier on the perilous
route between Deadwood and Cus-
ter. When William Hickok was
murdered by the notorious desper-
ado, McColl. “Jane” joined the pur-
suing posse, and, cornering him
in a butcher shop, courageously
.brought him to bay with a cleaver.
Strange must the quiet of the grave
seem to Calamity Jane!
MR. MARKHAM’S RISE
FROM SECTION LABORER UP TO
MANAGER OF A GREAT 8Y8TEM.
Hie Promotion* Followed Each
Other With Remarkable Rapid-
ity. AlwayeProved Hlmeell the
Right Man in the Right Place.
Old Newspapers.
The Sentinel always lias on hand
a qunnity of old newspapers which
are useful to kindle fires, lay un-
der carpets or foi wrapping bun-
dles./ Come around and get a bun-
dle. They aie youis lor the npk-
ing.
The railroad career of Mr. Mark-
ham is an exceptionally brilliant
one. He started from the very
lowest point in the railroad ser-
vice and in the comparatively
short space of 23 years lias risen
to/ what may be generally con-
sidereil the highest pinnacle of
success in the railroad world.
He entered the railrond ser-
vice in 1881 as a section laborer
»ith the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe in New Mexico. From
1881 to February, 1887, he served
in various capacities in the ruil—
road station service at Deming,
N. M., with the Southern Pacific.
From July, 1887, to February
1890, lie was station agent at Ben-
son, Ariz., and then was trans-
Inr red to Reno, Nev., where ha
served as agent for the Southern
Pacific until March 1891. From
March* 1891, until July, 1897, Mr.
Markham was agent and division
freight and passenger agent for
the Southern Pacific at Fresno,
Cal. In July, 1897 he was pro-
moted to be general freight and
passenger agent for the Oregon
lines for the Southern Pacific,
where lie remained until 1901.
From this post lie was promoted
to the position of assistant freight
;rafiic manager for the Pacific
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Sevier, Hal. The Sabinal Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1904, newspaper, April 8, 1904; Sabinal, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1108497/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .