Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1884, Page 1

=% DAiLy BEE G, APRIL 21, 1884 LINCOLN LAMPOONS. THE OMAHA THIRTEENTH YEAR THE PRESIDENGY. MOR? OMAHA, NEB. MOND was decided that without regard to indi- vidual preference, a combination in every distriot should support that candidate which had the largest apparent following. and Geronimo, in which the inhabitants of SanMiguel and the members of a pack train were alleged to have boen murdered and scalped, are undoubtedly false. The comparison of expenses, to say nothing of convenience, and incrensed illumina. tion shows that it is far cheapor than gas. Among the entorprising gontlemen JERKING A JAP. THE NEW PIKE'S PEAK. A Summary of the Situation aud Ont- look Up to Yesterday, Arthur Hag 218 of the Delegates Thus Far Chosen, The Plumed Knight Sums Up 94 and Gen, Logan 46, Edmunds 15, Sherman 5, Gresh- am 6, Tecumseh 2, How Leading Eastern Papers Sum Up the Situation, Arthur to Start Of With a Plurality of the Delegates. Three-Fourth of the Famous 306 Undoubtedly for Him, The Hawley and Fairchild ments Said to Be Keally for Arthur. A SUMMING UP OF THE CONVENTIONS SO FAR HELD, Special Dispatch to Trr Brx, ‘WasmiNgToN, April 20.—About half of the delegatos to the Chicago national convention have been chosen. All the larger states except Ohio have appointed their men, and their preferences are pretty well known here. The result will surprise those who have not been watui- Ing the sclection ‘of delegates. Blaino's friends huve been dning all the shouting, and newspipers wlich are unfriendly to the president have given «» much promi- nence to every township meeting that hay declared a Blaine sentiment as vo convey the impression that the whole world and part of the celestial regions were for him, TWELVE STATES AND TERRITORIES have selected full delegates. In nine other states district conventions have peen held. Below is a list of DEGEGATES S0 FAR CHOSEN: Alabama—Arthur, 19; Blaine, 1. 2Arknnsa\l—Arthux- (a solid delegation), Delaware—Blaine, 5; Arthur, 1 o Georgia—Arthur (a solid delegation), 4, 1llinois—Arthur, 6; Logan, 38. In [ndiana—Six express a preference for Arthur, 7 for Blaine, 4 for John Sher- man, 6 for Gresham, 2 for General Sher- man and 5 decline to state their views. The delegation as a whole agree to vote for the most available candidates with- out regard to personal feeling. In Kentucky—6 delegates are chosen— 4 for Arthur, and 2 whose preferences are not ascertained—claimed by Blaine. Louisiana—Arthur,(a solid delegation) Maine—Only 2 chosen, for Blaine of course. Massachusetts—Gives 2 to Edmunds. Michizan—Elected 2, claimed both by Blaine’sand Arthur's friends. Mississippi—Arthur, 2. Missouri—The delegation has been dis- tributed in a reckless way by the news- papers. The best information obtained gives Arthur 11, Blaine 10, Logan 6, Ed- munds b. Nebraska—2 delegates have been se- lected, for Arthur. The whole of the New Jersey delega- tion is claimed by Blaine, but Senator Sewell, the delegate at large, gives Blaine 8 and Arthur 10. aie, New York—The delegation is, and will continue to be, a subject of controversy until the ballots are taken in the conven- tion, _The president’s opponents claim, and the newspapers credit them with, delegates from whom the president has received positive assurances of their sup- port. The Blaina men concede 40 votes to Arthur out of 72, The president’s friends claim 48. In case of a direct contest between Blaine and Arthar the delegates so far elected will stand 50 to 14, D In Pennsylvania Blaine clsims the en- tire delegation, but 14 are known to be for Arthur. Quay gives Blaine 43 and Arthur 17 votes. South Carolina—Solid for Arthur. In Tennessee he has all but two, who Ina district in which Blaine's strength exceeded either that of Logan or Ed- munds, Logan and Edmunds were to as- sist in electing Blaine delegates; where Edmunds had the largest following, the Blaine and Logan men were to help elect his delegates; and in the samo way with Logan, . THE RESULT has not been at all favorable to the com- bination, for Arthur looms up with a good majority over all the other candi- dates combined, and is far away in the lead of either of them. FASTERN VIEWS, HOW LEADING PAPERS FIGURE 1T, Boston Advertiser, The present outlook on the republican side is regarded by close observers of the work of national convention delegate- making in different sections of the country as not dissimilar to the situation in 1880, when the friends of GRANT AND BLAINE divided the great mass of the republican convention, and the more progressive and independent men stood between them holding in their hands the deciding votes. Such men reason that, as these votes were not cast for Grant or Blaine in 1880, they will not bo cast for Arthur nor Blaine at the coming national convention. The development of _the Arthur and Blaine movements, howeVer, is a cause of anxiety to some observers. .| From present indications President Ar- thur will start off with more delegates than any other candidate. The whole number of delegates in the full conven- tion will be 820, of which 411 will be necessary for a choice. Itis estimated that the Arthur men will secure for their candidate nearly every Southern delegate. “The solid South” will have in the na- tional convention just the number of delegates that atood so faithfully by Grant in 1880— 306, and more than THREE-FOURTHS OF THE 300, it is estimated, will be for President Arthur. These somewhat sanguine men also estimate that from New York the rresident will probably have not less than 30 delegates, from Pennsylvania a few, from the terrritories and the district of Columbia nearly all their 18, and from New Hampshire and the great states of the west delegates here and there, 8o that his total vote at the start will reach be- tween 30 and 350, and place him not so very far from the necessary majority. Mr. Blaine, they estimate, will have his own state; possibly as many delegates from New York as President Arthur; nearly all of Pennsylvania; and most of the delegatos from the west, except those from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin; altogethor nearly as many delegates as President Arthur—the two candidates together having at the beginning avout 650 delegates. 3 MR. EDMUNDS, his friends believe, will surely have at the start between G0 and 70 delegates— Massachusctts, Rhode Island and Ver- mont (44), a number from New York, a few from Now Jersey, Missouri, Michi- gan and other western states. The 12 votes of Connecticut will probably be cast at the start for General Hawley, 38 of the Illinois and a few scattering votes from other states to General Logan, the 30 votes of Indiana for General Harrison and the 22 votes of Wisconsin for Gov- ernor Fairchild. The candidates, other than the President and Mr. Blaine, will therefore have, according to these esti- mates, from 160 to 180 votes, and thus will have the power to decide the nomi- nation, 1t is said in Washington that if Presi- dent Arthur cannot be nominated, his mest influential supporters would like to see his strength transferred to Senator Edmunds, On the other hand it is said that BLAINE'S RECOND CHOIOK is General Harrison of Indiana, and that if, after repeated votings, it appears that the ex-senator from Maine cannot be nominated, his etrength will go to Harri- son, with the hope, if not agreement, that he can have hisold placeat the head of the department of state. The im- pression that some of the Arthur men were for Edmunds as second choice, is said to have injured Senator Edmunds' chances among the opponents of the president in New York, and resulted in some districts in the choice of Blaine instead of Kdmunds delegates. The Blaine men are saying, too, that the movements for General Hawley and Governor Fairchild are only "Arthur movements in disguise, and that at the proper time the Connecticut and Wiscon- sin delegates will be carried over to the support of the president. NEW JERSEY, Special to New York Times, TreNtoy, April 17.—On the face of things Arthur will find cold comfort in are for Blaine. In Wisconsin two delegates have been | elected—one for Logan, the other for Fairchild, The preferences of the I1dado delegates are unknown, Those frem the District of Columbia are divided betwéen Arthur and Logan. Ohio—Two delegates for Arthur. THE SUMMING UP, Of the 397 delegates elected, the to- tals of preferences are corsequently as follows: Arthur . IBl-lma . Logan. . Haumunds, g Arthur is thus seen to have a good round majority over all the candidates combined, THE FIELD AGAINST ARTHUR, A COMBINATION THAT DIDN'T 8UC 1BED. Special Dispatch to Tre e, Onicaco, April 20.—A special to a morning paper says: A combination was was formed at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, February 22, for the purpose of combining the forces of the other presidential candidates agaiost Arthur's, The leading participants were Senator Miller, ex-Governor Cornell and ex-Sen- ator Platt, The chief fuglemen of Lo- gan, Blaine and Edmunds came into the acheme at & subsequent meeting. The theory on which they proce:ded was that if they could prevent Arthur from ob- taining a muii‘unty of the New York state delegation, his nomination as president would be impossible. It is said that EVEN CONKLING AND GEANT lent favorable ears to the scheme, 218 John Sherman 94 Gresham.... 46 Gen, Sherman. 2|saw him last night, 1t the results of to.day'’s republican state convention. But there is a wide spread suspicion that his case is not as hopeless as it seems, The action of the delega- tion selected here to.day to represent the republicans of the state at Chicago in June depends to a considerable extent upon the will of Gen, Bewell. His in fluence was seen all through the proceed- ings and vhe preliminary contests that preceded it, nm“ it is safe to say that he can lead five at least of the delegates to whatever candidate he may see fit to support. He has declared himself for Blaine, but he was extremely non-com- mittal when The Times’ correspondent It is believea by those who ought to know that he has really contracted with the administration to DELIVER THE DELEGATION to President Arthur. Having assured himself of his own election last night, he spent all of his time to-day urging, as strongly as he knew how, against a for- mal declaration of its preference by the convention.' A Blaine resolution would have swept the convention like wildfire. None was even offered, and if one had been it would have been choked off by the ruie referring it without having it read © The delegates therefore go unin- structed, and there is & wide-spread sus- picion that if the vote of New Jersey can give Mr. Arthur the nomination, he will be able to get a large slice of it. North Platre Primaries. Special Dispatch to Tus Bxs. Noxrn Prarre, Neb., April 10,—A, H. Church and the Ries crowd were beaten in the republican primaries to-day by 160 wajority, in a total vote of 252, Carry the news to Valentine! A Bratal Murfle} and @ Lyeching at Ogden, Utah. A Discharged Restaurant Employe Slays the Proprietress. Emptying the Contents of a Five= Shooter Into Her Person, A Mob Visits the Jail at Day- light Sunday. And Hangs the Murderer's Car- cass to the Fire=Alarm Tower, The Fiend of a Desperate Record— His Victim's Death Certain, OGDEN'S SECOND LYNCHING, A JAP JERKED FOR A FIENDISH MURDER, Special Dispatch to Tie Brk. Oapex, Utah, April 20,--At midnight last night a Japanese waiter who had been discharged from the Gem restau- rant, on Fourth street, some three weeks since, ontered that place, asking to see the proprietress, Mrs. Gudgell, and de- manded that he be reinstated. The lady promptly refused to accede to his re- quest, whereupon the Jap pulled a five- shot revolver, upon seeing .which Mrs, Gudgell started to flee, the miscreant following and firing at her as she went. By the time she had reached the door he had fired three times, each shot striking her, the worst wound being just below the left shoulder blade, the ball entering the lung. She fell on the walk outside and THE FIEND ST00D OVER HER, firing tho remaining two shots into her prostrate body, crushing the thigh bone and breaking her leg. By this timo a large crowd had collected, and the mur- derer hA_\'}'ng been secured, was marched off and jailed, and a guard of three men put over him. Shortly after the shooting threats of lynching were heard, but as no demonstration had been made at 2 a, m., the mayor, who had been called home, left therefor, and everything was appar- ently quited down. At 4 o'clock a mob of desperate men, mostly railroad hands, went to the jail, forcibly took the pris- oner, HANGED HIM to thelfire alarm bell tower in the jail yard, where he was found and cui down this morning. The dead man was known as the most quarrelsome of all the Japan- ese or Chinese in this section, * He was formerly a railroad laborer and made many enemies among the railroad hands, and it is supposed they were only too glad to avenge themselves for past wrongs At the latest accounts Mrs. Gudgell is very low, and her death is only a matter of ashort time. The popular opinion is, “‘Served him right.” This is Ogden’s second lynching. e ———— WHEAT PROSPECTS. A More Than Average Crop Expected in England—Immense Amounts in Stock and on the Bea, Spocial Dispateh to Tae Bre, Loxpox, April 20.—Reports from all the ports of the United Kingdom indi- cate the prospect of a wheat crop this year above the average. The plant has been benefitted by the recent rains, though somewhat discolored by the east wind that has prevailed for the last fort- night., The crops of I'rance and Spain will be above the average. The require- ments for consumption in Great Brita for the next three months are 6,000,000 quarters. The prospective receipts from ndia are quite uncertain; from Russia nearly the whole crop of 1883 is exported; from Australia 20,000,000 quarters; 1,000,000 quarters are now on passage from California. The receipts of wheat and flour at waterside are 4,000,000 story is alleged to have been brought to Correspon- dents of the Denver papers at Albu- Albuquerque, New Mexico. querque know nothing of it. il Nk THE OUTFLOW OF GOLD, 1t 'wall Bonds for the 1st of June. Spocial Dispatch to Tie Bre. How Wasninaron, April 20.—Although the treasury surplus is 8151 000,000, and from this is to be taken $10,000,000 the 1st of May, yet with daily receipts of over §1,000,000, there will be $151,000-, 000 on hand on the 1st prox. This should, under ordinary circumstances, justify a bond call to mature June first of at least $10,000,000. None have been made, however, and the postponement of action by the secretary causes much un- easiness in financial circles, The rapid decrease in the gold reserve is given by many as the cause of the sccretary’s cau- tion. For the first ten days of April the decrease amounted to 2,260,000, and from the highest in March a reduction is shown of nearly $6,000,000. Yester- day from New York, $3,000,000 in gold was taken to Europe. As the called bonds must be paid in goid, the hesitation of the secrotary to still further deplete the reserve will be understood, and until tho golden tide takes a turn no call can be expected. —m— ST. LOUIS SOLDIERY. Gen. W. T. Sherman Appointed to Command that City's Militia Companics Special Dispatch to the Bre. Sr. Louis, April 20,—General Law- rence has resigned command of the St. Louis militia, according to arrangement with the governor yesterday, and Giener- al William T. Sherman was appointed to the position. The appointment was made in the interest of harmony, as the state militia have been quarrelling constantly ever since General Lawrence was placed in command, about a year ago. Thereare two infantry regiments here, and there is considerable rivalry between them. Lawrence's promotion from one engen- dered opposition from the other. The colonel of the opposition regiment refus- ed to obey General Lawrence's orders last fall, and was tried by court martlal and acquitted. The ill feeling has been growing ever since. It is not known yet whether the general will accept or not. —— DE WALT IN DURANOCE, The Absconding Leadville Bank Pres- ident Captured in Ohio. —_— C1LEVELAND, April 20,—A special to the Herald states that Frank DeWalt, the alleged defaulting president of the First National bank of Leadyville, Col., was arrested early this morning at his mother's house in Canton, and has been taken back to Leadville, wherp a reward of $5,000 had been offered for his arrest. Three months ago the bank failed for a quarter of a million, and De Walt disap- peared. Investigation indicated that he took SBO.COO_KM_ BRISTOW ON ARTHUR. Honest, Earmest, Painstaking and Industrious. New York Horald, April 18th, Benjamin H. Bristow, ex-secretary of the treasury, and a lawyer of great emi- nence in this city, being asked his opin- ion of President Arthur, said: “‘I am out of politics, but as a citizen take great in- terest in public matters, and although re- lutant to appear before the public, feel it my duty, when called u{;on, to expreas my opinion in matters of such great in- terest as the selection of our next prosi- dent. The administration of ~ Mr, Arthur has been singularly pure and upright. All of his public asts can be attributed directly and solely to considerations cf public interest and the rightful performance of his duties as a public officer. His judicial appoint- ments, in which 1, as a lawyer, am spec- quarters, and on ‘pnngo 2,000,000 quarters—enough to last the country the next three months, The stock ot wheat on hand in Great Britain at the present time is 60 per cent more than in 1883, and double that of 1882, o ——— ANGRY APRIL, Gale and Wrecks on the Northern Lakes -Hail, Snow, Rain and a Norther Reported from Texas. Cuicaco, April 20.—A heavy gale from the northwest, accompanied by snow which melted as it fell, prevailed all day. The lakeis exceedingly rough and fears are entertained for the safety of vessels along the west shore. In this neighborhood, & number of lumber lug- gers shipped their casgoes and lost deck loads, but no wrecks or loss of life are reported, Ganvesron, April 20,—The News' 8] from all parts of the state report heavy rains and a norther, and probable damage to crops, Hail and snow are re- vorted from several points, A severe norther and rain set in here this morn- ing before daylight, unprecedented at this season of the year, MiLwaukeg, April 20,—The brigan- tine 1. M. Hill went ashore in a gale this mworning on the beach, a mile south of the harbor pier, The crew of seven men wero taken off by a life saving crew. The vessel is pounding heavily, and may go to pieces, She is valued at about §3,000, the cargo of lumber at $1,000; owned by Burnhams, Milwaukee, S — Locomotive vs. By, . Winuiasssusa, N, Y., April 20.—A Long Ieland city train on the North Shore branch of the Long Island railroad due hereat 7:30 p.m, ran into a buggy in which were two men, at Thompson Ave- nue crossing. Both men were struck by the locomotive, and their bodies terribly mangled, Alleg: Apache Outbreak. Dinves, April 20,—The reports of an| Apache outbreas in Mexico under .luh(-uiuide was, ially interested, are far above the average ana havo given universal satisfaction to the bar and to the public. I feel that in his hands the public dignity, honor and welfare are safe and will be upheld at a high standard, He has elevated the tone of official position and is rospected by every one, both as a public ofticer and a thorough gentleman,” “Is fia faithful?” “He is earnes ing and honest,’ “These are good business qualifica- industrious, painstak- ‘‘Every business man of my acquaint- ance without an exception is anxious for his re-election, and 1 am fully convinced that the best intercsts of the country would be subserved by continuing him in office for the next four years,” “‘Is he a true civil service reformer?” **He has done more for civil nervice re- form than any other man. It isa well known fact that the time of the depart- ments at Washington is not now taken up as formerly with hearing applicants for office, and that no good oflicer has been removed or harassed in his position for either political or personal reasons.” *‘And his motives?” “The only criticism by his opponienty ie as to his motives, but n this I am un- able to coincide. I judge men by their actions and the resuits of their conduct, Prevent a Callan ot Mr. Gere, of Tnu Jourl;al, Gefsa Hall Colomn of Castigation, Tom Potter’'s Recent Visit to Ne= braska to '‘Get Acquainted.” The New Electric Light an In- stantaneous Sucoess. The Prohibition Viotory Proving Barren of Any Results. Inconsistent Temperance People Who Let to Saloon" Men, A Bit of a Row Between Barney Baumer and Hattle Kellogg. STATE CAPITAL. PAL ENTERPRISE, Correspondence of Tik Bre, Linconw, April 20,-~The week ended has undoubtedly been the most significant for practical and progressive municipal enterprises of any in the history of the capital city. First came the successful completion of the mammoth well and the assurance that henceforth there would be an abundance of the beverage that cheers but does not inebriate for residents and visitora, households and manufactories, public and private places, health, com- fort and fire protection. This means a city in reality as well as in name. It means the reduction of insurance and the certain advent of manufacturing in- terests which never would come as lon, as tho establishments had to be erecte on a tinder box and be liable to be swept away at overy whiff of a brand-bearing breeze. Then there has been a BUSINESS CALL FROM MR, POTTER, third vice presideut and general manager of the Buriington system of railroad, and his associates, and it is with pleasure that it is recorded that they gave substantial ovidence of their high opinion of the flourishing condition of Lincoln to-day, and its bright prcmises for the future. 1 say business visit advisedly and wilfully because the Hon. Chawles Hennery Geor who sita up aloft on the editorial tripod of the Journal has seen fit to call my tel- egrams in regard to the Pottor visit, mis- statements. On Friday morning this distinguished gentleman came out with an article which he well knows in the first place was false, and in the second place, he mst have taken all his readers. for consummate asses if he thought for one moment that his saying that Mr. Porter and party came all the way from Chica- go in this delightful “budding and blos- soming” spring time for a pleasure trip through Nebraska, and to have a social time with the prominent men of Lincoln, Omaha, or any other place in the state. How reasonable it seoms that those rail- road officials, who to-day have more bu- siness matters on their minds, especially regarding their extreme westera lines than any class of men in the country, should spend nearly a week GETTING ACQUAINTED with the peopla of Nebraska, as Chawles would have it? Out upon such editorial generalitios, They injure the very cause they pretend to sustain, Your correspondent told tho truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the aforsaid visit to Lincoln and what re- sulted therefrom, Hon. C.H.(ere, editur, regent and retired delegate to Chicago to the contrary notwithstanding, It may possibly be however, that Tug Bee man who watched the movements of the man- ager of the Q" from the time he enter- ed the Commercial hotel, his short pri- vate interview with Mr, Imhoff and his hurry to get back to his car, when with overcoat on arm, he had hardly time to be introduced to the other prominent local gentleman present, did not see the alleged *‘merly social visit,” that Mr, Gere saw the railroad manager and the Lincoln leading citizens may have had a regular old stag social together, some- thing that notwithstanding the unusual press of business on the time of the former, they had anticipated with unal- loyal pleasure for wecks. The editor may be justified in pronoumcing incor- rect the statements of the correspondent and after all some private letters of the visitors may turn up substantiating that tho former has endeavored to make the public swallow, for no benefit, no use, no reason. Yes, it would not surprise me in the least to hear of one of those gentle- men who came nearly a thousand miles to *make acquaintances” writing home about the exquisite social time they had and especially the DANCE DE BTAG, concluding after the manner of Bret Harto: “Of the steps that we danced to one fiddle, The dress of Our (UOSE Vis-a-vis And how we once went down the middle, With that sage of the press, C. H, G.” THE ELEOTRIC LIGHT is another of Lincoln’s grand achieve- ments of the week. It was publicly tested last night for the first time, and notwith ding many little inconven- iences arising from imperfect belting on the machinery it worked splendidly. The night was unusually unpleasant but # greut number came out to see the “lamp that would light them through dignity’s way.” This electric illumina- tor is of late invention and is pronounced and do not attribute unworthy motives (the most perfect system at present un use. to a man who is constantly doing what is | 1t was succeesfully completea and do- right.” *Then, you favor his retention 7" voted to public use about eighteen wonths ago by one Hochhausen and is “*Mr, Arthur has risen to the dignity |owned and controlled by the Arnoux- of his position, and & change would be | Hochhausen Electric Light company. 1ts misfortune, As 1 said, 1 ain out of poli- great merit is the arrangement it has for tics and speek as a citizon, 1 have only |a complete, perfect and conveniont regu seen Mr, Avthur once since his election |lation of the current of electricity Ivis —at the Union club recption—and my |in operation now principally in the south opinion is founded upon & close cbaerva- | and Pennsylvania, but if it accomplishos tion of Lis acts and from the unanimous {all that is claimed for it there is no voice of all with whom I have conversed {doubt but its introduction will be gen- on the subjeet.” eral in the citics of the United Stated. essrs, Pilcher & Co., who introduced —— M, A Sulcide OF & Buspension Bridge. | the light here, have control of Nebraska, Crxcinsari, April 20, recovered, A neatly- . dressed man, apparently a wurkmn{. Blutis, Des Moines and Lincoln are the lesped from the suspension bridge into | enly western cities that have it in use the Ohio river at b o'clock this evening, Up to midnight to-day he has not been ! ey t is mot known who the{putup in this city sud sn addit Kansas, lowa and Missouri, Council now. Already there are THREE MILES OF WIRE who have placed their electric lamps on the outer walls in this city, and some of them on the inner walls, are: Humphrey Bros., hardwaro and_implement dealers; Eying, the king clothing man; Harley, the plumed knight of the mortar and pestle; H. W, Brown, wholesale drug- gist; 1. L. Lyman, the Phelan of Lin- coln billiard room keepers; Mine host Tmhoff of the Commercial, who is always found first and foremost in laudable entorprises inaugurated for this city's good; T. P. Quick, whose name indicates his movementa for the public weal; Wm. McLaughlin, the Parnell of the capital city; Hallett & Prescott, the well-known jowelors, and a number of stores will illuminate during the present week. Already THERE ARE FORTY SUDSCRIBERS and Lincoln has now taken forward steps to maintaining the great commercial posi tion which it fully deserves by reason of location, railroad advantages, high social character and the citizenship of thorough- ly active and practical men. More solid work has been completed during the last week for the fair tame of the capital city than has been done in years befre. All honor, say we, to the ‘‘men in the gap who are holding the fort of trade.” It was thought that the squally temperance weather about election time would have have thrown the alcohol crafts on the rocks and reofs of public opinion. Such is not the case, however, for while the prohibitionists claim to have the solons de jure, their opponents have the SALOONS DE FACTO. Four new maisons de drink have started up this spring, and certainly their vroprietors would not make such an in- vestment if they thought that the tem- perance poople had so ‘strongly molded public opinion as to seriously injure the traftic. Thero is considerable excite- ment in the cold water camp here at present. They find that they have been preaching and praying while their oppo- nents are practicing and prospering, A new departure in the temperance cause is to be taken at once. Instead of con- tinually abusing the saloon-keeper, who is certainly a legal merchant when his license is paid and he fulfills the condi- tions of the law, there is a movement on foot to go for the bondsmen and theown- ers of the buildings in which some of the saloons are kept. Some of these gentle- men are distinguished church members, and even some are out and out John the Baptists inthealcoholic wilderness. Their right lung is all sound for proclaiming prohibition to the world, but when it af- fecty their pocket, THEIR LEFT LUNG is terribly weak for temperance talk. Hence it is that our esteemed pioneer Lincolnite, Dr. Latta, dean of the eclec- tic faculty of the medical department of the university, has incurred the displeas- ure of his brothers and sisters of the red ribbon, It seems that he has rented one of his stores on Eloventh street to a cer- tain party who in turn let it to a firm who will open a saloon. The doctor says he did not know it waa to be used for such purposes, but the Long John Went- worth of the Nebraska press, Col. Tom Hyde, numerous correspondents of the twilight tickler, the News, and the tem- perance men generally, say the doctor made the lease with the full kncwledge of the sub-lease. ‘We are told that Bishop Skinner, the temperance leader here, who is a very very pointed man in his expressions, and who can use much more vinegar than honey in his oratory, even if he does not catch as many flies, is considerably ex- cited about this LATITUDINARIAN LAXITY of Latta, M.D., when it was hinted to him that there might be some mistake as the doctor was too strong a temperance man for any such practical opposition to what he preached; that he was a dean; he was prominent in all religious move- ments and would not allow a fruit cake to be sold at a church fair unless the sworn affidavit of the good housewife who do nated it and a chemical analysis from the university accompanied the same to show that even fermented cider did not enter into its culinary lprop-ntion; in fine that these things could not be; the bishop re- marked that he had found out by years of arduous labor in the cause of tempor- anco that the loudest talkers were some- times the most indifferent workers, and that a man might be a dean of an angelic faculty and still be a sardine in the tem- perance fish poad. Your correspondent sincerely regrots the fall of the esteemed doctor from grace among the temperance folks, It seems that his prominence as an eclectic in & professional line should also give him a similar right of choice in commercial affaj ‘Why should a doctor more than a member of any other partic- ular school of medicine be prohibited from indirectly encouraging a conservative use of stimulants, A DIFFICULTY WITH HATTIE, Last night Barney Baumer, a fiery res- dent of this city, had a difficulty with Hattie Kellogg, who resides in the same building with him. ‘When she attempted to get some coal nto her apartments Barney interfered. He became an ob- structionist, and drove the coal man and the woman away with a butcher knife. A warrant was prooured and placed in the hands of Policeman Messxvey. Bar was arrested and on his way to the lock- up he endeavored to eecape by running, Mesarvey called to the fugitive t> halt, and his demands not being heeded the officer fired in the air to attract Barney’s attention more forcibly, The ehot failed in its mission and & second one was sent after the fugitive, This *‘winged” him in the leg, to use one ot Pat, O'Hawes' Irish bulls, and he is now laid up with a painful but not a dangerous wound, with the warrant of arrest still hanging over him as & curative plaster. Quin Nouxe, ti— The Bicycles Beatthe Horses, Sax Fraxoisco, April 20, The six day horse vs, bicycle tournament, riding twelye hours a day, terminated at one o'clock this morning. Anderson had charge of the horses, John 8. Prince and Miss Armaniod alternated on bicycles, The two latter made two hundred and seventy-three miles, the best on record, beatin the horsos by & mile and a quar- ter, 5 e Victorla ot Darmstadt, y Dakvsranr, April 20,—Queen Vie- onal | toria attended church this wmorning and 'vmu.hcr of wiles will soon follow, for & ‘_v.uku drive this afternoon, Colorado's Connter-Irritant for the Ceonr D'Alene Craze, A Guloh Abandoned 18 Years Ago the Scene of New Exocitement. A Bag of Gravel Containing 30 to 100 Ounces Grold Per Ton, A Sunken Shaft Develops a Thon- sand Dollars a Ton. The Entire Body of Gravel Pans Out to Be Pay Ore. The Assay Indicating the Possibility ot $8,000 to $15,000 Per Day Per Man. NEW GOLD FIELDS, A PROSECTOR'S RICH FIND. Leadyville Special, There is con iderable excitement to- day in this city over a new gold discovery that has just beeh made. The country of this latest craze is located west of Pike's Peak, about twenty miles from Colorado Springs, thirty-five miles from Canyon City, and from Leadville about eighty miles in the most direct line that could be traveled. EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, it is said, the same gulch was overrun by prospectors and miners who were enticed there from the surrounding coun- try by tho report that rich pla- cers had been found. With the exception of a few encourngin, colors of gold nothing was developed, an the excitement died out. For and years nobody visited the isolated region, save a few hunters, Two years ago Mr. 8. J. Bradburn, a former Denver drug- gist, who had turned his attention to prespecting, was informed by a South Park ranchman about the early excite- ment, and his curiosity was aroused. He obtained the information ne to guide him to the gulch. Starting out alone he made his way to the place and sank a shaft. At a depth of eight or nine feet he struck A CEMENT-LIKE GRAVEL, and after having made several vain at- tempta to pan gold from it, returned to the valley. Since that time he has wan- dered around the country without mak- ing permanent locations, The mere he thought about the peculiar formation which he had discovered the moae he became convinced there was something init. So impressed with this belief, he went back to the gulch about four weeks ago and obtained a sack of the graveland came to Leadville, where he it tested with the most astonishing results. The material yielded from THIRTY TO A HUNDRED OUNCRS in gold to the ton. Being without means he enlisted a number of Leadville men in the scheme, and lead some of them to the soena of the find. The shaft was contin- ued to a depth of eighteen feet, the greatest secrecy being maintained by the people interested. The next set of sam- ples gave about the same roturns of gold, the average being over $1,000 to the ton. In sinking the shaft the large and barren- looking pebbles and rocks encountesed were thrown to one side as worthless, but one of the party, curious to know if they contained any mineral, took away a sack- ful with him. The assay of these peb- bles gave an average of ten ounces of gold to the ton, This proved to them that the entire body of gravel was PAY ORE. The gravel was found at a depth of eight feet beneath the dirt, and the bed- rock has not yet been found. The expe- dition with which the mineral could be mined may be imagined. If the ore is as rich throughout as the assays indicate, anywhere from $8,000 to $15,000 can be produced per day to the man employed m the workings. Taken altogether the discovery is the most marvelous and promising that has been made for years, In the twelve locations made in the gulech the discovery shafts have in ava? instance penetrated this gravel after having passed through from six to eight feet of dirt. The mineral belt has been exposed for a distance of five miles, and there is no telling its exteny, or how many other gulches there are in the country of equil resource and[richness. Quite a number of reliable authorities huve visited the camp, and all pronounce it a wonder. Among these is Mr. Arthur Chanute, There is a large quanti'y of the ora in Loadyille in the hands of assayers and samplers, e —— The Seuthern Overflows. ARrkANsas Crry, April 20,.—The river has been rising steadily the t two weeks; many houses are again sul An appeal for md was forwarded to con- Y| fong M., Dl Bode, il 2