Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1885, Page 4

| o [ A —————— . — . e THE DAILY BEE. 8r. ©Ouana Orron No, 014 axp 918 FarNAM Nrw Yonx Orrion, Roox 65 TRISUNE Buo+ 1%NG, A Bunday. The Tabllihed every TN Sbiished In the ste. g, X #aly Monday morning dafly publis! RMS BY MATL. "u 00 | Three Months 5.00 One Month.. Months Whe Weekly Bes, Publihsed every W nesday ARMS, POSTPAID, o Year, with premlum Do Yoar, withaut promia $lx Months, withou’ premium. One Month, on trial CORRBSFONDRNCH | \ {ons relating to News and Editorlal A be s droased 1o dhe Eotron or Tua B WURINRSS LETTRRA. rs and Remittances should be e e . As, FERALYD CONPANT, ONANA: Checks and Post offios orders to be made pay- ‘ble 0 the order of the company. YOE BER PUBLISHING CO, Props. £ ROSEWATER, Epirom |_ A, T, Fitoh, Manager Daily Circulation, ®. 0, Box, 488 Omahs, Neb. Sam RANDALL seems to stand pretty nolid with Olevoland, This is anything put pleasing to Carlisle and his friends. e Tur defeat of Phil, Thompson for in- ternal revenue commissioner Is really re- garded asa black-eye to his star-eyed goddess of revenue reform, e Srrinc candldates will now please come forward and take their placeson the anxiouc seat. There is plenty of room for them. Tur Harrlsburg (Pa.) Patriol ssys: “Mr. Van Wyck, of Nebraska, calls a epado a spande. Ho aleo seems to know a land-grabber when ho sees one.” —— Sexator Vay Wyck continues to make it very uncomfortable for Mr. Teller, who, however, with an audacity worthy of n better couree, endeavors to stiffen up his ““‘Backbone” butiness. Tue trade dollars are pouring into the mints at 84 cents aplece. The holders have bacome tired of waiting for the gov- ernment to redeem them, Waar s the Republican trylng to do row. Isit trylng to go back on its en- dorsament of Mr, Boyd? Itstrlkes us that that paper is simply laying the foun— datlon for such a step. Tur ten per cent reduction in the wages of the Burlington Hawkeye printers will lead some people to believe that ex Post- master Hatton s short on stamps since the change in the administratlon. ONLY two daya more remain before the meeting of the democratic state central committee. Have all the applications tor offica been filed with Secretary May? If not, they should be sent in at once. Gov. Dawes is in New Orleans, This accounts for the appearance of his picture in the World's Exposition Daily. The governor is no doubt ragarded as one of Nebraska's greatest products by the ad- miring people of the Crescent City. TaE demand for postoffices is some- thing remsrkable. During thrze days recently 2,200 applications were received at Washmgton by mail. It is reallya pity that every democrat cannot have an office. CounTeRFEITERS have struck a new velo. They are recolning nalf dollars from trade-dollars, the profit being $24 50 per hundied. The half-dollars are of good coln, being identlcal In size, weight and composition with those issued from the mint, The profit is made on the dif- foronce In the market values of the trade and standard dollars. It certainly is an ingenious way of disposing of the trade dollars, THERE is no use trying to disgulse the fact that thera is a bilter feeling exlating between McDonald snd Hendricks. McDonald has gone to Washington tosee what can be done towards scalping Hen- drizks, and bringlng him to time in re- gard to Indlana appointments., The demccratic Hoosiers are becoming impa- tiont and don’t want the prize dirtribu- tlon to be postponed any longer. How about that two-mile probibitory belt? Why do not the officers of the law put an end to the illicit liquer traffic that is being carried on within that terri- tory? Itcerlainly is not falr to compel saloon keepera to pay $1,000 license just within the city lim'ts, and allow others to sell without license simply becaue they are located a short distance outslde of the city boundary The law can be enforced, and every person violating it ought to be punished. No saloons should be per. anitted to run within the two.mile belt, T appolntment of Miller for com missloner of internal revenue is not at all pleasing to Mr. Watterson, of the Louls- ville Courier-Journal, who made a vig- orous fight In behalf of Phil, Thompson, The appointment, 1t 1s clalmed, was made at the dictatlon of Randall, and will therefore be regarded as a viotory of that gentleman over Oarlisle, It virtually gives to Randall the sppointment and control of all the colleotors and subordi- nates In the country, This is certainly a great power, and had Thompson been ap- poiated Mr, Carllsle would have had it all in his own hands, Watterson an- nounces that he is not prepared to accept the defoat of Thompson as a declaration of war by the presldent upon the friends of revenue reform and whether this is & victory of Randall over Carliste is a ques- tion that depends upon future develop- ments. I[f Cleveland allles himself with Randall, says Mr. Watterson, it will in volve a hopeless split of the democratlo ocertainly looks as if the split had_ been pratly well started, but Mr, Watter- #on proposes to await with equanimity the courss of eyents, FRIENDS OF THE INDIANS. The redskins of the United States have fourd ttaunch friends in the “landian Rights Aescciation,” an organization composed principally of eastern philan. thropiats, whose object is to civilize the American ‘‘savages,” and to otherwise protect and promote their interests pre- paratory to ‘‘thelr absorption into the eommon life of our own people.” Accord- ing to the annual report of the executive committee of the association there are i the United States nearly three hundred thourand Indlane. The aeaociation aims to recure for the Indian law, education, and protected titles to land, It belioves that these are the three fundamental principles upon which the civilization of the Indian rests, and to accomplish the desired results the aid and co- operation of congress are necessary, and the sympathles of a large number of eminent senators and congressmen have been enlisted in the cause. The associa- tion has gone to work earnest.y and s; tematically, Auxilliary aesociations are being organized in the principal ciliesand townas of the country, and are kept in close communication with the board In Philadelphia, which farnishes them with Information uponallimportant events and questions concerning the work of the as- sociatlon, and thus they are en abled to enlighten the public upon Indlan affairs,and to bring a diract influ- enca to bear upon thelr representatives in congress. Thirteen auxillary asscela- tions hava been formed within the past year, The association has been active duriog the past twelve months in the great work for which It has mado {tself reeponsible. Under ita auspices journeys of in- vestigation have been made to the In- dian country, and larze numbers of pub- licatiors containing valuable irformation have been issued. 1n addition the aseo- ciation has given much at'entionto legis- lation and legal matters, In the way of congreesional legislation the ssssciation has been active in urging the paszage of a bill for the divislon of the Siouxreserv- ation in Dakota into sepsratoreservations and for {he relicquisbment of the Indisn title to the remainder; als> in urging the Coke bill, providing for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the var- lous reservations. This last bill received the indorsement of Gen. Crook, the great Indian pacificator, who sald of it: “‘Some sach step must be tiaken if we hope to sucseed In absorbirg the In- dian in the mass of the population, and at some time, 8s a matter of juetice, we should place in his hands hs best weapon of defense, the ballot.” A bill was aleo drawn under direction of the as- soclation to provide for the establishment of courts of crimlnal jurisdiction upon Indlan reservations, to define their pow- ers and the offenses of which they may take cognizince, and to aflix penalties to the commiesion of such offentes. The matters [mentfoned merely outline the wotk fperformed by the committee. Thousands cf miles have been traveled by agents of ihe associa‘ion. Indian sagencles have been visited for the purpose of galniog information, pamphlets and documents of various kinds have been is- sued and a large correspcndence conduct- ed with branch assoclations. The execu- tive committee concludes its report as fol- lows: In this Indian question, as In all other uestions, he firse step 18 to understand the premiees. It is the object of the Indian Rights asscciation to ‘make the facts of the Indians’ present condition, sccially and legally, accestible, to asslst the formation of a right public senti- ment, and, by means of an extended and close organization, to bring that senti ment to bear most constantly and eftec tively on the law-making power of the government. The results of the past have most Incontrovertibly shown that this method of work is In a marked degree practical and succestful, that such an organized and carefully directed force, strong in the strength of common sense, of righteousness, of justice, and of mercy, is a force that will not be galneald. Bat it is a forco made up of the indlvidaal in- fluence of individual men and women, stimulated by a high sense of perscnal responsibllity; and this personal respon. sibility, whether felt or not, lies on every man and woman in the United Siates. PENSION FRAUDS. Thore are undoubtedly upcn the pen- eion rol's the names of thousands of per- sons that are not honestly entitled to a ceént, Theee persons have been essisted in their frauds by the avariclous pension sgents. That frauds are committed is exclusivaly shown by the exposures that are made from tlme to time, el her through acc'dental dis- covery or as the result of care. ful investigation in suspected cmses. It was only quite recently that frauds to the extent of $20,000, comm!tted through a Philadelphia sharper, were discovered and exposed. The enormous sums pald out for pensions and the large number of names on the penslon rolls afford an ex- tenslve field for swindling, and unless the pemsion bureau is carofully guarded fn all its detalls bundreds of thousands of dollars will probably be distrlbuted annually among those who have no legitimate clalm to the money. ‘While the people are in favor of the lib- eral policy towards the Union soldiers of the war, they certainly bave the right to insist that the pens‘on money shall not in any be diverted for the tenefit of fiandu- lent pensioners, It has been shown by recent cases that the names of parties married or deceas:d, as well as of otheis whose right to draw penslons, has lapsed for various reasons, could be kept on the rolls for years without dlscovery. The strictest accountability shonld exiatin the persion bureau, and thorough Investiga- tions should be made in time to dlecover fraudulent pensioners for the purpose of having them dropped from the rolls, and punished if poesible, General Black, tte now commiesioner, will undoubtedly find his hands full, if ho gives to the bureau cannot any too soon begin the work of black listed by the different loagues, that it is now propored to get up an Indepen- dent league composed principally of such number of the very best In the land. THE DAILY BEE that attention which It deserves. He weedlng out the fiaudulent pensioners. _— 80 waNy baee ball plagers have been expel'ed players, among whom are a large Tre New York eesembly will adjoarn sine die on April 231, The membera of the Iliinois legislature will probably all die before that body gives any sign of ad- journment, Two of them have already succumbed to the hand of death, A TexaN who went to Postmaster. Gen- eral Vilas reports, **He looked at me o8 if I was a public enemy and asked me If 1 had any written charges to file against the postmaster whote place I wanted.” The office seekers af Washington, all tell the same story—they get a cool reception from the president and all his cabinet. The president's pointed refusal to accede to the demand of Vice-Presldent Hen- dricks and Senator Vcorhees for a more rapid dlstribution of spoils is in keeping with his other movements, A RESOLUTION passed by a manufactur ing association in New Jerecy that it would be to the material Interests of American mechanles to kave General Logan re-elected tothe United States senate, ssems to have had rather a dif. ferent effect upon the leglsla tura of Illinois than was anticipated. Some smart member introduced a reso- lution setting forth that it was of vital importance to this country thst Joha Pope Hodnett ba elested senator. It was referred to the committee on fish and game, Lirerarvre as a rule is nota very profitable profession. It is only a few who succ2ed fn making more than a bare living at it. So popular a serles of books a8 ‘“‘American Men of Letters” and “‘American Statcymen” will not have sn average sale of more than 3,000 to 3,500 coples. At $1.25 per copy the authors would not get mcre than $375 or $437, and yet five or six months must be re. quired to do oueof the volumes properly, This is much smaller compsnsation than the most ordivary cletk or salesman would receive. Indeed, itisnot equal to the wages of a common mechanic. It would seem, therefore, thata gosd etzady occupation or trade Is far preferabls to the uncertalnties snd dicappcintments of a literary life. Somr one hundred citizens of St Paul bhave been acting while others have been talking, and formed the nucleus of a taxpayers’ assoclatlon, with a constitutlon which they have slgued, the vbject of which Ia to bring the influenca of a numerous and powerful organization to bear in effecting a more prudent, honest and econ- omical administration ot city affalrs, and in the election of clty ofticers who will carry out thelr views. Such an organiza- tion wlll find plenty to do in almost any city. In Omaha perhaps its most im- pertant duly would be to bring about a more honest assessment, and to put upon the tax list several hundred valuable lots that are now exempted under the pre- tense that they are included in the rall- road right of way. If all thls property were taxed, as it should be, the income of the city would he largely Increased, and the burden of geueral taxation pro- portionately decreased. OF course a tax- payers’ organizition in Omaba would in- cldentally fiud plenty of other work to do. ——— ““Arnor DAy,” which was first estab- lished in Nebraska, kas borns good fruit. 1t has since been established in seven sther atates, snd a bill is to ba Introdued into the New York legislature to provide for such a day In that state, Inan arti- cle on the subject by Mr. B. G. North- rop, to appear in the Chautauquan next month, he rays: “In {ree plantiog the beginning onlyis difficult, The cbatacles are all met at the outset, because they are usually mag- pified by the popular Jgnorance cf this eubject. t is the first step that ccsts—at least, it costs effort to eet the thing on foot, but that step once taken, others are sure to follow. This very fect that the main {ug is at tke start, on account of the inertia of ignorance and indifference, showa {hat such start should be made easy, as is best done by an arbor day proclamation of the goyernor, which s sure to interest and enlist the youth of an entira state in the good work, Wken the school children aie Invited each to plant at least: ‘two trees’ on the home or school %nund:, the aggregate number planted will be more toan twice that of the children en! for parents and the public will pa:t In the work. The Peabody Fund for the Poor, The bullding fund ¢f £500,000 left by Mr Peabody for the benefit of the poor of London has now been increased by rents and Intereet to £857,320. The whole of this great sum of mune{ Is in active ¢m- ployment, togetber with £340,000 which the trustees have borrowed, A total of £1,170,787 has been expended during the tlme the fund bas been in existence, of which £80,903 was lald oot during 1884, The results of these oparations sre seen in blocks of artirlans’ dwellirgs bullt on land purchased by the trustees and let fo workingmen at rents within their means containing conveniences and comforts not ordinarily attainsble by them, thus ful- filling the benevolent intentions of Mr, Peabody. At the prasent tlme 4,551 sep- erate dwellings have been erected, con- taining 10,144 rooms, inhabited by 18,468 persons. Thirteen new blocks of build- ings are now in course of erection and near completion, Iudeed, there s no cessation in the work of fulfilling the in- tention of the nohle reauest. —— Bayard's Successor, Doveg, Del., March 17.—Shortly befone neon both houses of the legislature met in separate session and balloted for United States senator, Attorney General Gray received the vote of every member, Central City to Fallerton. doubtedly pushing for the northwest. *WEDNESDAY MARCH 18, 1885 STATE JOTTINGS, The Neligh gamblers have goro west, _J. Woods Smitb, of Tioup City, wents to bo United States marshal of Utab, Tt is stated a government signal station will be established at Valentine, making the third one in the state, A few of the Indians making eelections on the Santeo ro ervation are already preparing to make improvements and put in crops this spring, The B. & M. has commenced a survey from Tha road is un he homesteader who has been winteriog with enstern friends and relatives 18 now re. turning, preparatory for the spriog compaign, Down at Nebraska City municipal matters are brewing ata lively rate, There are four tickets in the coming clty election—republi can, democratic, prohibitionand people's, The extreme headwaters of the Niobrara, in Western Nebraskn and Eastern Wyoming, 18 being prospected and explored with many flat- tering reporta of ite availabilty as a grazing and farming country, The judgements rendered last wee! the city of Lincoln will foot up with costs, abont £5,000, Dr. Holmes secured a_verdict of £3,000 damages for injuries to his spine produced by a fall on a broken sidewalk, The Santee rescrvation Indians are com- laining that their white bretoren liviog ad Jioant to the reservation have boan tukleg wood from the Indian lands, and arc throaten: ing retalliation by appropriating soitlers’ live stock in numbers sufficient to make the deal even, The Omaha Republican pertly remarks: “The Rosewaters cannot get any consolation out of the work of the legislature,” The Re- publican should have added that the only per son who are satisfied with its work, was the Bors Stout gang, the State Journal and the individunls ivterested inkilling railroad legis- lation,—[North Platte Telegraph, Thero wore originally four democratic can- didates for the Lincoln postoftice. J. M. Burke played out early In the season and quit the job. M. Montgumery next put in his osr but failed to make a start in good shape. J. V. Wolfe and John McManigal are the onl, contestants in tho field, and Wolfe has botl hands up while McManigal can scarcely lift a finger and yet John is contident but very quiet concerning his prospects, and continues to pull for the goal.—[Lincoln News, The Fallerton Journal thus condenses ason: sation: For several years there has cxistod between H, ', Snider of Neoma, Boone coun ty, and his neighbor Gibbs, « feud that cul- minated last fuall in a broken mower and law- suit, and of course the breach wus widened. Cast Saturday it broke out in a new spot, which eama very near resulting in the death of Mr. Gibbs, Our informaut stated that on the afternoon of that day Mr, Gibbs and son were at Mr, Soider's after their mail that the boy was out doors and his father ineide; that Mr. Lnider came home in a state of high intoxication, and seeing tho son of Mr. Gibbs bounced him for a fight and got a couple of riunds between the eyes that some- what dampened his ardor in that direction. That ke then turned and went into the house and seeing Mr, Gibbs there, shut the door and locked it, Then seizing a ecale weight went eystzmatically at work to annihilate him on the spot; that he struck Gibbs with the weight, felling him to the floor and fractur. ing his skull; that he then used the pr strated form as a target for stone jars and other ar- ticles till parties present interfered to save vhe man from total destruction, He was then taken home and Dr. Brady tummoned from Fullerton to attend the case. The doctor pronounced the wound davgerous but not necessary fatal, At last accounts Mr. Snider ‘kv'Tl! under arrest for assault with intent to ill, e — Explaining Some Things. Chicago Herald, The world learns geograpby and many other things by means cf war. Many of the charges that have been wrought in soclety have been due to knowledge and prejudices acquired or removed through years cf conflict. If Russia and England conclude to settle the eastern question omnce for all on the boundaries of Afghan- istan, we shall presently be as familisr with the little satrsples of that far dis- tant reglon as we thought ouraselves learned on sargical terms when & presi- dent lay at the point of death. For the information of all such as have a desire to post themselves in advance, it may be eald that the Nizan c¢f Hyderbad Is an old lop- eared despot who has seven hundred wives and who slices up a mother In-law every time he wants to celebrate; that the Akoond of Swat died a few years 8go, but that the throne is now held by the Swipes of Swat, who will rulo until the young Akocnd comes out of the bull. rashes; that the Brgum of Bopul is a fat old woman weighing about threc hun- dred pounds, who fed her husband, the Bildum of Bopul, to a crocodile about ten years sgo bacause he refused to split wocd for breakfasr, and thst the Mudir of Abduramal Js the uacle of the Begum aforesald and the twin brother of the moon, With these few leading features of the situation clearly understood, i will be an easy matter to follow the for- tunes of war ana diplomacy In the far east and understandingly grasp the de- velopments from day to day. e — Concerning Mr, Cleveland’s Speeches, Buffalo Commercisl Advertiser, A dispa‘ch frem Washington says that Mr. Cleveland spoke his Inaugural mes- sbge from memory., Itis an old habit with him te wrlte out ard memorize what ha has to say. Ho did so at the meeting of the bar cilled to take action on the death of his friend Ossar Folsom, when he mede a touching and beautiful specch 1t was thought to be impromptu; but the reporters knewctherwise, as they already had the manuscelpt, word for word as he dolivered it. When, as mayor, he was called upon to deliver the address at the laying of the corner-stene of the Young Men’s Christian Astociation bui'dirg, a reperter approached him fo cbtan a pledge of the manuecript after the ad- dress was delivared. *'Oh, here it fs; you can take it now,” said the mayor. “'I wrote it out, acd I know it by hesrt.” Itwas the sawe way with his speech at the seml-centennial auniversary cf the clty; a'so with his speech at the dedlcation of Fitch lnstitate, ; ——— Ex-President Arthur, N, Y, correspondence Philadelphia Record, It must be specially gratifying to our eminent townsman Mr, Arthur to read the eulogles pronounced by the metro- politan press, withont distinction of party Ilnes, ugon his official career, and he wonld be still more gratified could he hear the unanimously favorable opinions expressed in all quarters, public and pri- vate, He has surprisad his friends aad disappointed his enemles. Before his nomina ion a8 vice president he had the reputation in clty ciccles of belng a gay man about town, & rather sherp and un- scrapulous politician, and a 1adical rather than & conterva'ive, That he thould have overthrown this opin'on of bimeelf during his term as president, and shown himselt to be conservative and wiee in his high office and & most courteous gentle- man undos all eircamstances, has 50 sur- prised his political opponents here that to-dvy they are as loud in his praise gs hs fsdends, and are willing to ocncede that the result at the ballot-box might have been different had Arthur been nominated instead of Blaine. He will be a porular mar: when be returns to $als city. His modest residerce on Lex- ington avende, which has been rented for the last thres yesrs, will come again into hls poseession on the lst of May when he Intends to resuis his law prace tice. Th's time he will hang cut a shingle for himself—having no connec- tion with his old pattners, Ransom and Knevals, It bas been whispered about that he was to make & partnership with the Hon, Roscos Conkling, but the story lacks confirmation. Mr. Arthur knows 83 well as the next man, (hat Conkling is apt to prove & balky horse in a double tam, A generous llver, the new ex- president has not saved much money, and has llttle proporty outside of his homeatead, and if he can have anythiog like the success of ‘‘our own Roscoa™ it will be & welcome boon to him, e THE RETIRED CABINK What They Propose to Do—Some In- tercating Gossip. The Washington coorespondent of the Springfield (Mas,) Republlcan writes: 1 locked the oatinet over Saturday, as it sat geouped tcgether, an incongruous as- semblsge of menjwhom no other president would ever bave called tcgather in that oapaci'y. Frelinghuyeen looked firm and respectable, as usual: McCulloch smirked and smiled, a fat, jovial old man, who cared nothing for Archur or the re- publican party, but a eafe, decent man, with tho ideas (f an old-fashioned bank president. They are both conservative men. The othersara s strangs assort- ment. Chandler, with his round Derby hat in hand, gazed furtively at the galler- fes, with his nervous firgzers in constant motion, & veri‘able wousal. Browster, — T the lady to an advertisement in the Oln- cinnati Enquirer for an anobymous cor~ respondent. Henry at that time was & private in the United Siates cavalry sta tioned ot Jefferson, Mo. Their corre. spondence, which began in 1870, was con tinaed through the differont stages of formality, frlendship and love until their two heatts, though far apart, beat in unison, and they Jooked forwerd with rapture to the time when their joys and sorrows should be united The following letters, which were obtsiacd aftor much persuation from the youry lady in question, will be read with inter est, The first /s dated at Lady Feadklla Bay, Aagust 9, 1881, Prefacsd by many affectionate expressions, it continues: “Hore T am in this barren, cold and deso- late region. * * * On the 7th of July we left St. John, Newfoundland, and in ten days, three of which were very stormy and rough, saw us in Disco, Greenland, where wo remained for four days, having lots of fun with the protty Esquimanx girls, and attend ing a dance every night, gotten up for our especial benefit, From here we went to Upernavik, the most noriherly inhabited sottlement in the world, where we remained for five days, being royally welcomed and entertained by the governor, Herr Blberg, There weo took on two native hunters and thirty-two dogs, with a quantity of sea'skins for clothing. The firet day out from U we encountered a small ica flos, and upon it we L had the honor of saw our first polac bear. utting the first bullet in him, and Ro was finally . dispatohed by Lieut, Kislingbury, . The next day we killed a oAl From this time (Tuly 0th) until wo arrived within twelve miles of our destination, wo had n» further trouble with the ice, but then we met with a large mass of with his yellow.flowered vett, big whito silk hat, and gorgeous cravat, would be a *roaring swell” save for his horribly de formed face, with Its terrible leer and ghastly scars. Beside them atoop ehoul- dered and narrow-faced Teller, the Col- orado attorney, whom no one under- stande, and whose beet friends acknowl- edygy that scme of Lis ways are inexplicable. These threse men, ely, reserved, ncrvoue, and looked upon wi'h a queer mixture of suspicion and admiration for their braln power, sat thera, after long continuancs in most fm- portant oftices, very lerzely the cause of whatever Jack of confidince the Arthur administration suffers under. Aa for the other two, Lincoln and Hatton, both youog and competent men, be it to their credit said that tkey bave acted liko ca- pable and honest public officers, in places whira no great houor wasto be won. They are not big enough to shape politics or (ngrgs in groat operatlons, but within their ecopes they have done well. There you bave the cablnet. Two respectable gentlemen well slong in yeare, three alert, active men who have certainly looked out well for thelr own inferests, whatever may be sald as to their devotion to the credit of the aiministration of which they are a part, and two busy ad- minlstrative officers. % Frelivghuysen is going back to kis New Jereey home, where he can live in luxu- rious ease upon his famlly estate. He has pat his son-in-law on the court of clsims. McOulloch will eimply resume the even tenor of his wey, gravitating Detween his town houre in this city and nis Maryland farm. He bas no family eave a dav ghter or two, and no future de- algns upon his counfrg. Lincoln, like & respectable attcrncy, has ordered his house in Chicago made ready, and b, Aprll 1 his clien's can consult him dally at his law oftice. Lincoln is one of the men who msy and way not come to the front sgaln, with the chances that he may. Brewster has loet the confidence of everyone here. He wanted to be made a judge, but Arthur positively re— fosed to do it. Brewster has filled the department of justice with epies, in- formers, and personal adhercnts, Money hasbeen rquandered prodigaliy. Brewster basin pubic places made most wretched exhibitions of himself. He has grown rich, and, while pretending to reopen his law office in Philadclphia, will hereafter live very much at leisure. He put his stepson, a man of the town, into a place a8 assistant attorney general at $2,600 a year, and & fow weeks sinca induced the president to appoint him a lleufenant in tho army, to the disgust of the officers In the regiment to wh'ch he was sssigned. Teller went Into che senate March 4, Chaffee and Routt having bronght 1t abont with the ald ¢f the un- blushing use of the interlor department patronage by Teller. He is the only one sure of a place In *‘public life,” and that {s due to the strange Intricacles of poli- tics absut Denver. During his incam- bency Tellor has put his brother and ssv- eral relatives Into lucrative potitions. Teller's good luck in getting Into the senato is the object of cnvy by his col- lesgue from New Hampstire, for Chand- ler has long teen desirous of getting into the eenate, and will make a desperate effort that way in June. By a twenty years’ life in Washington, Chand- ler 18 well on toward being a millionsire. He lives handsomely in a house of his own, where ell the New Hampehire men who ccme hera are mathematically catertaived at dinner. If he dces not get to the senate, then he will resume his formor ralations with cer- tain _in'crests which can afford to pay handsome salaries to thsir congreselonal agerts, When he weut into the nayy department, Mr, Chandler’s friends an- nounced that he would caase bis connec- tlon with John Roach. When the sec- ret:rship expires, he will feel free from apy restraint in reruming his connection with the former asscciates Whether Mr. Ctandler can caplure ths Granite stato legislature in June Is not probable, though he Is meking a desperate canvass to secure it, Any way, he will continue to remsin & permarent resident of this city, owning the National R+publican to mold public sentimant Ina healthy direc- tion, and keeping on pilirg up a tortune. — — PilIVATE HENRY. A Romance of the Greely Expedi, tion—His Travels and Battles, and a Love Affair, 4 Parxerscurc, W. Va., March 12— Another sensatton is added tothe already overburdened Ust with which this city has been rurfeited] durivg the past win- ter, The facts which give rite to it are «f more than 1:cal interest and are there- fore presented t> the readers ¢f tha Com- mercial Gazatte, that they may at thelr lelsurs enjoy soms ( f the pleasures which a peraeal may furnish, The Jccount of the horrible and almost iibuman mynner in which Private Chas. B. Henry, «f the l.te Greely expedltion, came to his death, isstill fresh in the mincs of newspaper readers the wirid over. Bat little could be obtsived at the time corcerning the his- tory of this ill-fated man. That was of “genera! intereet, aud the fast of his heroic service and terrible death was atout all the worli was desticed to know of him, bad not a combination of circam stances led t) the facisstated below, For what follows your correspondent is largely indebted {o the enterpriss and good fortune of a State Jourral reporter, 1t seena thi t a lady of this city, whose name through cocricsy is not divu'ged, was the batrothed cf Henry. quaintance ceie about through a reply f Their ac |in this. ice. extending as far as the eye could reach, and more than eight feet in thickness, Since then (August ) until to-day (Augutt &), we have been battling with ice cver since, but have made 1o progress, and geo no postible chance for & epeedy delivery, * Trom time to time I will add a few lines to this let- ter, but T am kept very busy, doing all the writing for the commander, and keeping the stores and provision account, All on bearu are well, ; August 15, —Arrived at Diecovery Bay, August 11, Tmpossible to write more; am hard at work unloading, Good by until next yoar, when you can address, “C. B. Henry* cara chief rigral officer, Washington, D, C.” This was the last _communication from Henry, for nothing from the 18 h of Au- gust in that year was known of, the ex- pedition uxtil those who had gone to the resouo arrived, when Henry was toaud amorg the dead. The next lotrer which was written by Henry to his betrthed at tho time when the corressordence began, i3 perhaps the best evidence of his former life yet pub- I'shed. An attempt was made by the deprrtment at Washing'on to eecure if, but without suczess. # % * +Thereis no uge of dwelling on my boyhood days or college scrapes. When the F'ranco-Prussian war was declared in 1870, T was living with my father in Hanover, (zer- many. He puniched 'me severely for a fan- cied misdemeanor, and I concluded to run away from home, ' The Germsn government called for men for the ambulance corps, and I enrolled; although T had considerable trouble to pass on account of my extreme youth. but with a few tears of persuasion I moved the heart of the doctor and I started oa the field of adventure. After beine assistant nurse in the hospi‘al at Hanover fora few weeks, I volunteered to accompany the Thizteenth reg- iment of Lancers’ and oue fine moroirg was packed away to the front, Had several nar- row escapes st Metz, Toulon avd Sedun, was resent when the haughty Imperor of the French surrendered. At ehe close of the war T returned homo clad in rags, but decorated with the ‘Iron Crors’ of which I felt prouder than the oldest veteran, My family, with the exception of my father, received me with kindness, After u week or 8o of rest I con- cluded to come to America, €0 July 1, 1871, T engaged passage in the North German Llyod ateamer ‘Hanen,’ and arrived in New York on the 1iith, sfter a pleasant voyage. Here in America I had not a sivgle friend. The first work I obtained was in a I'rench-German rcstaurant, After remwaining there four months I bought a through ticket for San Francizco, but only went as far as Macon City, Mo., where I was engaged by W. W Watkins as night clerk in the North Missouri hotel. Here I remained eight months, an leaving him is my only regret, as my dearest relative could not have been kinder than he. Desirous of perfecting myself in_the English tongue, 1 next learned the art of printing in the office of the Daily Enterprise av Moberly, Mo A® roporter, Mr. L. Browm, wa3 stricken with paralysis, and I was pronioted to bis place. ~ After remaining in that capac- ity for a year, I was offered a situation ss re- porter on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, ac- cepted it, and made quite a suczess us trans- lator from German inte English.” He then dwel's at large cn his travels In various parts cf the world as a news paper correspondent and then continues: “In 1875 my desire to join the U, S. army and write descripticus of the eame induced me to enlist. I was assigned to the Seventh cavalry, then at Louisville, Ky., awaiting re- cruits. My officer soon discovered my object and profession and treated me with kindvess and reepect. My articles on ‘Raids on Illicit Distilleries,” and the ‘Ku Klux’in Louisisna brought iu a handscme revenue. In the early part of 1876 we were crdered to Dakota, and arrived theic in Febiuary, at Bismarck we moved into winter quarters.” The young lady in the cases nalurally is the subjcct of much inqulry, but so far she has succeeded in concealivg her secret toall but a trusted few. Henry's last visit to this city was In June, 1881, at which time the one who now bholds sc dear every memento of his affection at- tempted to dirsuade him from the peril- oos undertaking in which he was about to engsge, but all t> no purpore. He wes thrilled with the desire of an Arctic adventure and depaited, only to termin— ate his life ip a manner so terrible to contemplate, ——e DR, BURCBARD'S DENIAL, He Fays That None of His Congrega- ton Left on Account of tne Famous Alliteration, New York, March 10.—The Rav. Dr. Samuel Burchard hss been pestor of the Marray Hill Presbytcrian church sivcs [ i) 1879 “‘Net a single member of my congrega- tion,” sald Dr, Burchard this morning, “has left on azcount of what has been t:rmel ‘the famous a lteration.” 1 do not know of a single member who has left the church on account of the part 1 took in the last political campaign, What I said crested no disaflec'ion in my church, The outery made agaicst me in the press on ac- count of my address for Mr. Blaive fan't a factor in this care. 1 have republicans and democrats in the church, You may go to every one of the elders, and they will tell you, ove snd all, that there is no diraffection, There is not a church in the city which is less divided, Ancther charg e is that ‘it had been a common com- plaint that Dr, Borchard's parochisl dut'os were not over zaalously parformed’ and it was intimat:d that be preferrcd viei iug euch of his parlstioners as live in brow-stone residences, like himself, to the exclusion cf the less favored of his tlock in polnt of wu:ldly posszselon, In regard to the other part f the charge, I might say that | wyself sugges ed thac 1 ehoald resign aod thet & young man who I ad the mis.ionary spirit—one who woull be willing and able to go to Afiica or Indls if need be—should be appoiated in wmy plece, The same paper says that these twojparties the ‘Burchard’ and ‘anti- Bur:hard' partics, are forming in the church, ard tost there ere prospic's of dissentlons, Thers isn't & word of trath 1 suggestod the ttep which has baen takeu by the presbytcry cowmittee, — L —————— ] L explalned to Dr. Oroshy that 1 was phytically unable to pertorm the sort of misslonary work that was need to build up the congregation. Grant and His Cigar Memphis Avalanche, The smoker rode without a word, his cigar atill unllt, and perhaps tho tame ho had_in the morning, still botweon his tecth. There waa an appearance of fitm- nesa about the man and about ev erything about him. The cigar seemed to be fast. rooted in the man, the man in his saddle, the saddle to the horse, the horse to \he solid carth. We have never forgctten the impressicn of power, or that there wan with it an expression of simple good will and kindness which was as distine- tivo a tralt an firmness without severity. OF the cigar we had never heard, but it made an impression. It was a feature, Grant {s not all of Grant without it. — amation, March 11, 1885, To the end that Jefferaon simplicity and adminlstratlve reform may thoroughly leaven the lump known as the national government, the followlng orders are promulgated: All heads of departmonts are expected to reach their respeciive dopartments at 8a. m, sharp,and {o romain at thelr desks untll midnight. They will bring thelr lonch with them in a tin pail. Ten minu‘es will be allowed fr lanch, and half an hour for dinner. Kach member of the cabinat will by sllowed one night in the week cff, provided he makes up forloet tihme by werking Sunday after- noon, Cablnet ministers will refrain from having pie for dinner without first ob. toining a written permit from the white house countersigned by Col. Lamont, And in order that the cnervating Influ- ence of the etiquet of effete monarchles may aa far as possible be counteracted, they will eat with their koives and dis- persa with the frivolty known as the napkin. All tinger-bowls now in use in any of the families connected wich the f:deral service must be ccnverted into soup dishes within ten days, under penalty of confieca'ion. Imported cigars will ncte be tolerated in any branch of the adminlstraticn, Those manufactured in the Connecticut vatley and p'aced on the market at six for o quarter are prescribed for the use of the cabinet. Officials in eubordinate po- sitions will confice themselves to a clay pipe and janitora will smoke cigarets. The members of the cabinet will work in their ehirt eleeves, wear the ends of their trouzers in their boote, and call one another *‘old hesy," in order that every- body msy realize that this Is a plain, blunt administration. The Hon, William S, Holman cf Indi ana. Is hereby cmpowered to examine the ntate department and report upon the feasibility of further reducing expen* ses by abolishing them. Pending the preparation cf this report the carth will continue to revelve on ifs axisonce every twenty-four hoora, By fhe prerident, Daxier S Layonr, Private Secretary. e EuMAHDI Tae Warre Hou How He Looks and Acts, Dr. A, M, Cotte, in the Catholic World. Tmsgine & wan sbout 40 years, of age of medium height, as lean—as the ssying ls —as shotten herring with a mahcgany com plexion, coal-black beard snd eyes, and three vertical slashes on his palid cheeks; add to this a long cotton shirt as a gar- ment, a narrow turbsn as a hcad-drees, a pair of wooden sandals, and in the hands ~dry as thess of 8 mommy—a string of d | pinety beads, corresponding to an equal number of divineattributes, and you have the Mahdi. ~Thote who have seen him say that Mchammed-Ahmed plsys to per- fection the part of a visionary dervish, waving bis bead when walking ard mur. mating constant prayers, his eyes fixed on Heaven. His father was a carpenter on Naft Island, In the Nuoblan province of Dongola, and about 1852 came, with his four children, to Chind{, a small city on the barks of the Ni'e, south of Berber. When still very young he was placed as an apprentice under the care of one of his uncles, a ship bailder of Chabakab, opposite Sennasr. It scems that the future prophet was nct without his fail- ings, for one day his uncle thcught well of flogging him in a regular French style, The procoeding was not appreclated, and the child ran away until he arrived at Khartoum, where he ontered a sort of school or convent of bepging dervishes who were in chi of the monoment. o —— As He Was Saying, At one of 1ha theatres the other even- iog a wan, who hai a seat between his wife and daughter, left it at the close of an act for a trip down.stsirs. When he returned he found a vacint seat two rows back, betwesn two women, and dropped into 1t with the remark: “*As I was saying when I went out, itsnone of your pudding what other women wear. Beeauss some one else mikes a fool of heree!f by wesring cot- ton stockiogs in winter it doesn’t follow that you muet do the same.” “8ir!” came from both sldes of him at oncs, and the way he vacated that seat msda the soles of his hoots rad-hot. 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