Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 3, 1886, Page 8

i s AR el s X THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, WED - The Latest Obatge Against Marshal Cum- mings False on Tts Face. MILITARY BAND MUSIC. . Secretary FEndicott Enguires Into Costs—Local Base Ball-Febru. ary Weather—An Unfor- tunate Englishman. The Latest Charge. The encmics of Marshal Cummings trumpeted to the world yesterday, through | their journalistic mouthpiece, the tidings of a new crime discovered against him. In the course of a column of local mat- ter, supported by a wisely mysterious edi- torial, the Herald charges that the release of Clarles Beveridge was conmved at and secured by the marshal for the con- sideration of a bribe, Now, to those who know the facts as the reporter upon this case well does, such a statement ap- ars as the sheerest nonsens Some- hing may be need be brictly said of THE BEVERIDGE CA In the spring of 1885 Charles Beveridge a young stock dealer of Fremont, anc formerly of Chieago, forged the name of his partner on checks to the amount of 1,100, and by this deception swindled the Bank of Wahoo and the Commercial National of this city. He fled, and although a married man took with him a certain Minnie, a young school teacher of Fremont ot whom he had become enamored. Ske fell ill on the flight and he sent her to Canada intending to fol Jow. The banks at once instituted a vig- erons search and C| a de- tective of this city, was put upon the case. Meanwhile Beveridge was spotted in Harper, Kans., by a detective named Williams, and when the forger started on his trip to Canada, after clearing the coast, as he preswmned, this Williams, {omm by Emery, followed and caught heir man in Detroit. Beveridge was re- leased on n compromise and returned to his family promising reform. THE FOLLY OF THE CHARGE. The fact of the matter is Marshal Cum- ings had no jurisdiction over Beveridge— the city police never touched the man, and the marshal is to be believed in fact when he says he never saw Beveridge. ‘When Williams and Emery returned with the captive, they were mét at the train by two reporters, and the five went di- rectly to the county jml, where the prisoner was given over to the hands of the jai w days later when the father of By dge, a wealthy merchant of Chicaga mise was struck with th u%ra‘cmnnt not to.pros ably obtained. The comy Beveridge was origing out in Anderson’s court and then ken to Judge Selden, Before this last tribunal, about 4 p. m,, Beveridge, in custody of Joe Mill v: taken for hearing. Not a witne ing for the complainants, the c dismissed and Beveridge was ¢ If he ever saw Marshal Cummings™ be- tween the commission of lus crime and the hour of his dismissal from cus- tody. it is not known to Joe Miller and the reporter witness, as also to Williums and Emery. And as Beveridge was a prisoncr of “the county from the moment he reached here in custody, it is unreasonable to suppose that Marshal Cummings would be bribed to use his official powers in the man’s behalf. WHAT THE HERALD EDITOR SAYS. A BEE reporter called at the Herald ofice yesterdny and _was granted a brief interview with M. Mor; ¥, the editorial chief of that journal, in Dr. Mil- ler’s absence. The reporter attempted to inform the editor that he (the nur} was wrougl;]/(udvisud and that he (the editor) didn’t know what he (the editor) was talking about. He (the editor) atonce sat down on him (the reporter) forcibly Mr. Morrissey was sound in his tion, and knew that Cummings had been bribed in the case, the proof whereof would be forthcoming before the grand ury to the confusion of the marshal and is oflicial overthrow. Mr. Morrisey said that he had it straight that money had been lmlll Cummings for the end alleged and that he knew, upon information, that Marshal Cumhings had conducted Beveridge from the county ifail to his trial and acquittal in Justice Selden’s court. Mr. M SSey W 1 d ot sundry other matt ot in the case and W Ily on the trail for Mar: s' fated sealp. DETECTIVE EMERY'S TALK, Emery is the fortunate or otherwise author of all this rot. He was met in city jail yesterday conversing with Marshal Cammings. Graciousme, what a shock the Herald’s yarn had given him, and what an ornery shame it was that the pious marshal should be heaped with slander and foul ‘‘calomel.” The detec- tive had the blues over the matter, and was all cut up that he should be dragged by the ears into such a scandal when he hadn't opened his mouth. He declar that the case would be knocked sky-h when he was brought before the grand jury. An hour later, howey: and in unotlmrrur( of town the detect said that he had given Marshal Cum- mings $10, after the whole matter was over and the forger had been brought back and liberated. This money Emery alleges he gave to the marshal as a sha of the reward for his kindness in giving him access to the police telegr: the search and before Beveridge cated at all, This fact Eme mentioned to ¢ that he does not flect on the m CAPTAIN VAN Chptain Sullivan man to interview. *‘You'll not talk to me,” he said, “the marshal ought to resign,—-I swore never to speak to ureporter again, Go 'long, I don’t know anything, but you bet your life there ~ was some crooked work done in that Beveridge case. But there's no use trying to pump me; 1 understand that parties up in Michigan where that school teacher lives rote down here to find out whether Efiv«fldg« was ‘lnmlslm«l for his crime, ut bet lyour life I won't give a word away. Didn't I'tell you I didn’t know a blamed thing—you'll see the fur fly when gwxruml ury gets to working,~~but I now less than a mule about anything, and have got nothing to say.” sworn ERVIEWED. thinks he is a hard THE PRICE OF MUSIO. Becretary Endicott Makes Some In quiries—Kobbing the Indians, Secretary Endicott, of the war depart- " ment, has sent a communication to Gen. . Howard, which was reccived yesterda making inquiry about the cost of the ir fantry bands in this department., The figures will be made up and forwarded as 800n as possible. In reply to the ques tion of a reporter, Asst. Adj. Ge ~ Breck said that there were six regiment bands in the department, one for each regiment, the First, Fourth, Sixth, Suy. enth, Nmth mfantry, sad Ninth h one ot these is men, taken from the ks, and given private’s pay. 1% ndditlon to this, each member of the Dband reccives an extra sulary made up . from the post fund, vegimental fund, and eontributions of officers, Whether Sce retary Endicott desives to know the ex- . gease of these organizations in ordex to recommend their disbandment, is not known. Certam it is that one pleasant feature of post life would be destroyed Wl'l;(‘, the military bands to be done away with, From reports received here it appears that the Crows and the Piegans, who have been complained of from time to time as thieves and plunderers, are now them- selves the vietims, A Crow chief named Plenticoues, seems to be the principal sufl at the hands of the white thieves, a large number of his horses and eattle aving been driven from their mountain rrvation brayes started out on the trail of the thie o i} tracked the lorses through Pryor Gap and _into Wyoming, and finally _overhauled the g het 1 Stinking Water river and Bull ereek, The thieves had halted in a supply of beef, and when first seen had just Killed one of the stolen steers, at some distance from their camp and the horses, Plenticones waited until the men were absorbed in the operation of skinning the beef, and then took possession of the horses, londed on the saddles, tent and other camp outfit, and immn tely start- ed on the return trip, fecling very proud of having secured not only | horses, but those of the thic some good saddles and other collate When the Indians left, the men were still busy skinning the steer, and Plenti- coues was unable to report their remarks when they found themselves “set afoot” and_ stripped of everything except the beef. It is supposed that the usually silent hills eche ]l back a continuous tor- nt of the most vehement profani t 18 been he: in northern Wyoming since the discovery of Colter’s Hell, ABOUT BASEBALL. The Northwestern League—Charley Lord I8 Omaha's Manager. The Northwestern League scheme, which originated in the brilliant base ball brain of Ted Sullivan, is still unorgan- ized. Mr. Sullivan, it is believed, has re- ceived orders from his backers to drop the matter until it is definitely known whether Kansas City is to be represented in the National league. In the latter event, the Northwestern league scheme will doubtless fall through. Everybody in Omaha knows Charley d, the old manager of the Union Pa- 5. He writes to Manager Kuy, of the all park, as follows: Josepi, Mo., Fel «f. Omaha.—Dear \ learnthat vou Messrs, Canan and Hiteheock’s interest in the Athletic park and will have sole control this coming season, Should Omaha have a team in Sullivan’s Joposed. Nortiwestern Lengue, T should ike exceedingly to seeure the management of it. 1 am contident of my ability to engage a good team at reasonable money and dem- onstrate the fact that Omaha can and will a good team. I feel cularly d to judge of Omalia as a base ball d the Union Pacitics for ASONS, y to l'nfiflL’e a team cheaply nem play ball, 1 refer vou to the lle team for 1884, Tho highest salary 125 per month and the entire salary list, including all employes, was per month, 1 do not claim that cate tnat team for the same mone; claim that 1 can engage one that an excellent showing against any that can drs of they pl and at reasonable salaries. Trusting you will favor me with a reply as ear] convenient, Lam, Yours truly, CuAs. M. Lorn, St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Kay, in speaking of the matter said: “We are recciving applica- tions from baseball players all over the country asking for engagements with th Omahas. I presume I have in my de as many as forty applications. So far_as the cost of liring a club is concerned, 1 believe that a good one can_be put into the ficld at an expense even lighter than that figured by Mr. Lord—say $800 month.” 1886, —(ieorge ‘Ihrough the lave purchased THE ETERNAL COLD. Another Wave From the North and Traflic Impeded. Ground Hog Day and a scorcher. The sun shone, but it is big odds that the ground hog did not bask in its shine. The day dawned at 163° below, 7 o'clock came at 16°;10 o'clock, 15°; 12 o'clock, 12%; 8 o’clock, 10°: 7 o'clock, 11°; 9 o'clock, 9°; midnight, 5°, and a light snow falling, and at 3 o’clock this morn- ing only 8° below. Following was the temperature at va ous points, taken from the Union Pacific report: North Platte, Neb.,light snow, 82above. Cheyenne, Wyo., cloudy, 12¢ above. Laramie, Wyo., clear, 42 below. Rawlins, Wyo., clear, 159 above. anston, Wyo., cloudy, 92° above. Ogden, Utah; cloudy, #2° above, Col., cloudy, 14° above. City, Mo., cloudy, 82 above. Tont., cloudy, 202 above. Railway ‘traflic is again “slightly impe- ded by the cold. All the eastern trains yesterday, except the Sioux City, which was on time, came in late from three to five hours The Union Pa & B v five hours behind time, having been de- layed in the far west by head winds, The remainder of the t) on this road are moving on schedule. The B. & M. seems to be O. K. An immense snow-slide occurred on the “High Line'’ nc dville, Colo., yes- terday, and the trains willin conse- quence be blocked for a time. JANUARY WEATHER, Mean barometer, 50,205, Highest barometer Lowest baromel Monthly range of b Mean temperature, Highest temperature 41,8, date 59th, Lowest temperature 24,1, date Gth, Monthly range of temperature, 65.9, Greatest daily range of temperature Least daily range of temperature .71, Mean daily range of tei ature 17.4, Mean daily dew-poin tive humidity 52.9. ion of wind, northwest. Total movement of wind, 8,540 miles. Highest velocity of wind and direction, 38, northwest. Total precipitation, 1,15, No. of foggy days, b, ' “olear * 8, fair * 1 cloudy X No. of days on which 01 in¢h or more rain or snow fell, 14, Depth of unmelted snow on ground at end of month, 4i nches, Dates of lunar halos, 19, 21, Dates of frosts, 2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 10, 20, 25, 4 , date 11th, date 30th, neter, 1,047, e TEBRUARY WEATHER. A Forccast Prepared By Professor Couch. %, J. Couch, Nebraska's own and ve weather prophet, has prepared a forceast of the weather for Februar, In presenting the statement, which is made up from all available data, he sa) The object of th predictions is to impress the fact that with the necessary and-cluborate determinations the storms of winter (and sumwer) can be so foretold as'to be of value to the farmer, stockman and miners, and that the annual expend- iture_of $79,000,000 (*) to determine the weather, to be read after the snow blockade js raised, is too awfully slow for thisadvanced age; and this is also to show that common lumanity must be patient and content to work 100 years in advance of such deliberate hodies as the American peintion for the Advance- ment of Science.’ February 1—A coast stor H“’\wlhulim\ hurricane) is forming, and will moye north. In the northwest the winds will be northerly, blowing toward the storm centre, February 2—A storm center will ap pear on the Pacific coast, moving south- east, with rains and snows. February 8—Upper clouds from the south will” earry moisture north, giving fogs and frosty ftinsel in_the Atlantic states, and the ‘storm, moving from the west, will combine and give general rains and snowe, February 4—The wind in the northwest will rise to a blizzard, and, following the storms to sea, a cold wa veor norther will sweep far to the south, February 5—Area of high barometer or ring weathes February 6—Low barometer arvea will appear from the west, with eclouds and light wi b 7—Cloudy, colder, snow and wind, Februar Febru Februar) 8—Cloudy and blustery. 9—Aven of high barometer. 10—Followed by falling bar- y 11—And a wild winter storm. February 12—Cold north but astorm area from the southwest will put in an appearanco with much snow and wind. Febr 14—Temperature rising,snow softening, southern thunderstorm, heavy rain or snow. (Railrounds must not wait to clear th Februar ic the tracks, snow crusted., ruary 16—Cold and blowing. February 17—Clearing and calming. Febauary 18—Moderating, clonding. February pmeter falling, wind storm on the ; February 20—Milder, rain or changing to snow, southern floods. ature will winds. F ) winds, snow drifting. Februar sleet, fall not ~Moderating and clondy. of high barometer. ainging to falling. arming,clouding 7—Low barometer, 0w, iin or SNOW. Febrnary 28—Montk ending with snow. Svring would open early except for the snow on the ground. AN UNFORTUNATE SPOUSE. An Englishman Who is an Exile “All on Account of His Wife, William Hill is a Doneaster English- man now behind the in the city for the crime of beating his w He was arrested Monday night and would have been tried terday but for the fact that his wife was too badly used up to appear against him. He speaks with a broad Doncastrian accent, which makes his utterancy ceedingly diflicult to understand. With- out attempting to reproduce his peculiar accents, the reporte William _the benefit of his state “1 went into my house last night and withont a word of warning my wife threw bucket of hot slop intomy face and nearly drowned me. I don’t say what I did then, but I i’u»‘t want to ask you what you would have done in my place, ch? You'd a felt mighty like beating her, wouldn’t you? Mr. Hill, who 1s & man_about 4) years of age, went on to explain that he had been driven from his native country by the actions of his wife. “The gL said, “‘went around to the diffe people in our town maki and got me badly in debt. with & summons to appear at the next assizes to stand trial on account of the debts which she had contracted and which T could not pay. I knew that T would be thrown into on because 1 could not settle up the debts, so I did not answer the summons, but fled with my e to America. *‘Yes,” he councluded with o sigh, *the lass has got me into a good bit of trouble.”” THE CARNIVAL CU;\L‘IITTEE.. They Meet and Pass Resolutions of Thanks and Condolence. The Omaha Carnival committee met at the Millard hotel to finish up all busines connected with the carni- val. The following resolutions were adoptel Resolved, That the thanks of the committee are due and are hereby tendered to Paxton & Gallagher, McCord, Brady & Co,, D. M. Steel & Co., Samuel Burns, Lee, Fried & Cos, Mil ton Hogers & Sons, C.' B. Moore, Itee: Wilhelmy & Co., Conso’idated Tank Linc Co., for generous donat t supplies; to the’American District ' phcompany, for free delivery; to the Telephone company, foruse of poles for electric light wires; t the Gas company and Mr. Collins, i ger, for the beantiful arch of gas jets gratui- nteenth stree to forse and Samuel Burns, f ; premises and of their families in aiding the committoo; toesidents of Dodge street, for illuminating their_ prem- ises, ana o citizens gencrally for their Tiber- ality in generous inancial aids to the press of the city for their liberal support and ad- ising; o the city council for granting use ; all vhich _contribited to and ential in making the first Omaha coasting carnival a su Resolved, That the thal d their I reaching full length of the course. Resolved, That the thanks of the commit- dered to our guests from Council souri Valley and Plattsmouth for ions sent” from their respective ey he rudeness of the Omaha eitizens kept them from the use of the main coasting track and made their visita trial rather than a pleasure, Resolved, That the thanks of the commit- tce are extended to the proprictors of the Millard for use of rooms for committee meetin The committee co) atulate themselves that, notwithstanding the destruction of the embankments and the blocking of the track by the spectators, no serious causalties were reported to the coasters, and had our rules been observed we believe no accidents would haye occurred to any one. Coasters who promised financial aid and have not yet settled, ave requested to do so0 at once. New Star at the Buckingham. Mr. C. J. Holt, of Decatur, 111, made a fine temperance address at the W, C. T U. Buckingham hall, beginning a week’s meetings Rey. E. B, Graham, pastor of the United Presbyterian church con- ducted Bible reading and prayer and gracefully introduced the speaker. Mr, Holtis himself a reformed man and un- derstands the temptations which sur- rounds “The boys,” and his peculiar power in organizing them into clubs. He rapidly traced the different tempe: ance organizations, the Washingtonian, the Good Templars, the W, C. T, U,, and the Murphy moyement, which have eul- minated in the prohibition movement, i tates the entire country to-day. tible. His pa- > He wants save th ia.“ His tribute to the W. ¢, 1. U, Buckingham home, where the tempted boysare sheltered and helped, was well received. Many signed the pledge and start on a new life. “The meetings will continue all week and all are earnestly invited espe- clally drunken men, APPROVING THE CONTRACT. The Viaduct Plans of the Marse Bridge Co. Accepted by the Oounnoil. FLINGS AT A FIRE FIGHTER. A Councilman Dissatisfied at the Con- dnct of ChicfEngincer Butler— Gas Ordinance. Passed— Other City News. The City Council. mecting of the city conneil evening, President Bechel and present Members Behm, ley, Ford, Furay, Goodman, Goodrich, Lee, Leeder, Sehroeder and Thrane. There was a large attendance of interested citizens, who remained through the long session, in spite of the fact that the council chamber was ex- ceedingly chilly. PETTTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. I'rom the mayor, approving cer dinances passed at the last meeting, in- cluding the ordinance fixing the fire limits. From the mayor, reporting that he had igned contracts in triplicate for the con struction of vinducts on Eleventh and centh streets. In explaining the ter, the mayor stated in person that the contract called for the vacating of Twelfth and Fifteenth and The regt was held Tast in the chai Bailey, remain as at present. He h about signing the contiact account of this clause, Dut after taking advice he s of the opinion that Kighteenth and ctecnth streets could be opencd at any time by aetic of the The contract was 1 mayor, and the Union Pacific, and Omaha & Southwestern railroad companies. Mr. Lee said that he thought that the contract would work an_injustice to the proporty awnors f the Second ward, as it abandons_three streets for a wooden 1t might be and a benefit ots lge on Sixteenth street. rht for the First ward oventh street. the thought the oser, in real- ) A3 by the contract He believed the proposition would be cfit to the city and to the Second 1 After remarks by Messrs, Furay, Lee | and Lecder, the mayor's uetion was up- od. ‘rom the mayor, submitting an in- demnity bond for 20,000 in accordance with “‘an act to provide for viaduets in cities of the first Approved. From the mayor, appointing W. J. Kennedy, O. F. Davisand A. R. Souer appraisers on damage by cl grade. Confirmed. rom the board of publie works, sub- mitting an opinion by the city attorney that the clause prohibiting the product of conviet labor being used by paving contractors cannot legally be inserted in fications. Refer; rom the city auditor \ange of submitiing his statement for the month of Janu: follo Gene Water rent fund Judgment fund. ibrary fund. and guttering fund. ... From the city treasurer; veporti of the insurance . comp: aying their taxes, . Referred the eity atforney I'rom the city treasurer, reported that el throngh Ernest Stuht N viption towards paying for the damages by the viaduct on Eleventh street. From the Omaha Cable railw. titioning the council to d 1 contract for building the Eleventh strect viaduet until negotiations had been made by the petitioner to_ obtain right of way over the same, Referred, From property owners on Feurteenth street, protesting against the opening of the strect under the ads to the width of only thirty feet, and asking that such a contract with the railroads be not con- curred in_by the council. Placed on file. From citizens, ealling attention to the blockaded condition of Mare; tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth by Chicago lumber company. Refer the delegation from the second ward. From the Barber Asph: Paving com- pany, submitting a proposition to extend their pavement ten feet at such north and south intersections on Farnam street as uncil may designate, for §120, on ides for cross w This ealled up a gen material, and t nam street for cross wal condition of street B nounced, but a difference of opinion e isted as to the material which_should be used in relaying them. Mr, moved that the x committee on | ing, to report immediately, instructing the board of pnblic works fo readvertise for bids for laying the cross walks, the al not being designated, The mo- led. Jmaha Horse railway com- \g that they be allowed the right of way across the Eleventh street vianduet. Keferred to the committee on viaduets and r; RE:! TIONS, By Goodman—That the city tre tender the amount of damages awarded to property owners on Eleventh street by the erection of the viaduet. Adopted, s By Dailey—That the eity clerk g notice that the council will sit as a board of equalization in the clerk’s oflice on Thursday, February 12, for the purpose of equalizing cortain special assessments, Adopted By Schroeder—That the street commis- sioner drain Tenth and Eleventh streoets south of the Union racific tracks so that when the snow melts it will cause no overflow on Tenth street north of the tracks. Adopted. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, I'hat the action of M in suspending Martin Shields from the poiice force be sustained, as the charges had been fully proven, and that the officer be dismissed frem the force. Adopted. Fire and water works—Reporting that new quarters had been secured for No. 3 company at a rent of §125, which, though dear, was the best that the commitice could secure, Adopted Same—That the suspension of Fireman Herold by Chief Engineer Butler was unlawful and improper, a8 in doing so he had violated rule 18 which provides port all suspensions to the y council, Hem made by Mr. Furay on the report, stating that as there w no charges against Herold, the only one that could be tried was Chief Butler. M Ilhuh-r was called for and stated f ries to al discussion on e needs of Far- The pany surer mayol stated fthe which he discharged” Herold was ted drunkenness under particu- arly aggravating cir employing men for the i srease the that d a man for for spite nor r y he belic sake, The the most eflicie es in cit St Ao size But, he beli ad, as soon us he beghu bickerings in regard to w be employed the efticieney of the depart- ment would be destroyed. Mr. Furay replied that sinee th adwinistration no reports had been re- LSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1886 ceived from the fire department, as was r quired by ordinance. It wasnot the chief's rrl gative to discharge men or hire hem, but that of the mayor and council, He believed that the chief should have a wide Iatitude in the matter, but should not have full control Mr. Leeder said that there must be something back of Mr. Furay's great in- terest in the ease. Once before, when a similar case came up, Mr. Furay was the man who wanted the chief engincer given power to appoint_and discharge men, [At this assertion Mr. F hook his head in al, but Mr. "Thrane imnpwl up and said it was_true.] What ind caused the change in Mr. Faray Mr. Loeder said he didnot know, there thing wrong Mr. ne moved that the chief engi- neer be instructed to preter charges Herold and present them to which was adopted. sand Ele Lights—Recommend- ing that the gas ordinance introduced at the last meeting pass. Adopted, CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT BECHEL By unanimous consent of the city council President Bechel introduced the following resolution, which was unani- mously “Where Herald has am not acting of the city of but he Omaha ged that 1 a councilman therefore, slved, That the city attorney be and is her lireeted to make a full and complete investigation of sail charg and |‘l]mx'l at the next meeting of this i d that he introduced the his own vindicati lonor and honesty ha and he wished the fullest invest THE MORSE PLANS ADOPTED, iaducts and rai rs—Recommend- ing that the Morse Br |{‘~: 3 blic plans as adopted L with certain’ modifications by the o, be accepted, Adopted. solution by Mr. Goodman was then adopted that the hoard of public works be instructed to make a contract with the Morse Bridge company for the v sleventh street, subject to the proval of the ralltoad companics o the report of the hoard of public works and the committee on viaduets and rail s, the cost not to exceed $82,800. ORDINANCES. Making appr tions for the pay- ment of lial i during the 'y from the yarious funds olution for Fire fund. Judgment fund. Curbing and’ Guttering fund Paving bond fund........ District paving fund. Grading,fund Total ...... . vers Providing for the closing of Twelfth and Fifteenth s s aeross the present right of way of the railroad tracks. Passed l(ln-;_vnlznin;_fl the and fixing the pric feet. l’mfi-d. The co uncil then adjourned. Shannon Letter Bill File, Filing Cabinets and Cases. Sehlicht’s 8 «d Index 219 12th street, opposite Neb. Nat'l Bank. Remanded to Jail. deon, the B. & M. clerk, od with forging and altering rail- ots, was brought before Judge Stenberg yesterday for preliminary hearmg. He w nination, and in_default of § was taken to s in the city 5 per 1,000 John L. chary road t Route. rsions! ! Round trip tickets, good for six months, $100. Finest scenery in the world. Stop at Denver and Salt Lake. Dates—Tebrua , 17, and March 3. Also popular cheap excursions every Wednesday. $45 pays Return when you ple back about the same, For further particulars write P. S, Eustis, General Passcnger and Ticket Agent, Oma! N es coming THE GRAND JURY. It is Considering the Case of Lafay- ette Powell—Court Notes. That august body, the grand jury of the term of February, 1886, entered upon its labors yesterday morning. The first ca aken up was that of the state vs Lafayette Powell, charged with murder. A portion of the publie will s remember the circumstances of How Powell, as he claims, way home from church in Florence w at- tacked by a gang of roughs, headed by Charles Leslie; how he drew his revolver , hitting Lesli nd how after weeks of suffering, th m of the af- fair died, aftermaking a statement which implicated Powell, as malicious wretch, who had brought on the trouble by black- guarding his (Leslic's) friends. A number of witnesses were ¢ both from Florence and Solomon and Reber nature of the wound received by Leslie, and the probability of his having been able to recover from its effects, 1 Gunnison and a number of other wit- nesses testified as to the circumstances of the shooting and the relations which pre- viously existed between Leslie and his The time of Judges Wakeley and le was oceunied yesterday morning \g motions, rendering decisions, he civil docket will be taken up to-day. TO-DAY'S CALL, The following is the eall before Judge t al vs, Sexauer et al, Rose. vs. Board of County Com- 5. vs, Dorman, Hall vs, Hartig Carroll et al vs. OCTOBER T At the October term the district court made a final disposition of 226 civil and 83 crmnal cases, and heard and isposed of 406 motions and demur- vers. These do not include numerous matters that were argued and submitted court and taken under adviseme amount for which judg red, aside from dismissals gate in round numbers the sum_ of $127 000. There were 285 civil and erimi cases commenced between the bth ¢ of September(the time at which the dock- was prepared for the October term) and the 81st day of December, when the court adjourned ine die. 3 hie tollowing is an approxim ment of th ses of the te to be defr: Regular petit ju Grand jury.. ... . Witness fees in erimi lerk’s fees in erimin piscellaneous fee Sherift’s fees in crin moning jurors and COUTt. s s Total . A warrant berg yesterc Flyun on a chi 1 cases’ and al cases, suin- attendatice on was imsued by Judge Sten y for the st of Mike rge of assault und batter, ARIZONA JACK, THE SCOUT. A Obat With a Man Who Has Seen the Wild and Wooly Wost, *Mid Howling Adventures — Complic ments for General Crook —A Custer Reminisconce. “Arizona Jack" (John Dickinson, if you want his right name), chiof scout for General Crook, 18 in the city, up from Ft Whipple, A. T, on a leave of tempor absence. A reporter of the BEg met the gentleman at mulitary headquarters yes- terday afternoon, and enjoyed with him a lengthy conversation upon the wild west as it is read about back east. A SCOUT'S EXPLOITS. “Arizona Jack™ is about forty years old, a man of medium stature, rather full of form, wears a broad slouch hat, top boots, u blue shirt with a knotted hand kerchief at his throat, cultivates a dime- novel mustache, and drenches his curly locks in high scented “har's grease.” He is a Pennsylvanian by birth, but years of association with the Mexicans” and continuous use of their nguage have siven his English a crippled accent. Lis history would, if written, read like a Cooper romance, © Wandering from the rustic home of his birth and boyhood he has given his life to valorous frontier- ing. He has slept on the lonely plains “with the sentinel stars as his only can- opy, 1) ed the mournful nowl of the prowling wolf; he has tamed and conquered the wild horse; he has met the re in the open field of conflict, and fought him in the treacher- ous ambuseade; from twelve gaping wonnds he has shed his blood for ivilization nd the sears upon his rugged breast are his proudest tro- phies; he has roamed for days the arid, rainless southwest desert, and felt the angs of thirst long unassuaged: he | {lenged the grizzly slain the mons heard the calliope toot in the ¢ ) ngle bo rear, address to move in society he knows, all the sam ground from the Rio Grand to the Sonata Valley down to the Mexican line and elean over into the White mountains. « RAL CROOK AND 1 “What is i oma Jacky itely. Oh, T'm just off or haven’t got nothing on hand. Where's Gen. Crook? Why, he's up to Fort Whipple, in the norih'n part of Arizos And_ the Apaches? Oh, they're over in the White mountains, in western Arizona, Why ain’t Crook after ‘em? Well, ] dunno. You'd better give me till to- morrer to think up that point. You beteher life, Crook is ud enn fight Injuns hke a ter blan gov'nment at Washington or somewhere ‘ud let nim alone he'd hring the red skins to terms ‘pend on th ches ain’t always a » tarnally pestifferous enough and hard set, too. Ev'ry tl n cireles, every foot of ed the reporter, po- furlongh and the Injuns and m’ h—l and hair and the military read the riot act and get after 'em. ‘Thé Mexica: done up sudden, you bet, but th shes run up f-ille and there’s where the inter- the gov’nment from blocks The scout wenton pi o great Indian fighter and showing how inter- meddling superiors made 1t impossible to check the outrageous Indians asked after a time whether he had mpaigned in the northern Indian ¢ and afte ying that he had been in Rosebud expedition made an inter- tement relative to the massacre ttle Big Horn and the death of ve and inteipid Custer. 10 Custer nid the scout. Custer took yin’ ‘dam the orde tore 'em u cked them away without readin The next morning he swooped upon_the Sioux village whe he hisself and his whole command. 1 then strikin’ back 'cross the country for Miles and save my cacon, 1 gues thing 1 never cv' unde'stand, makes me smile when I sce the picers show the massacre with the men hacKin’ at the Injuus with their swords, and that , fur some on Custer ordered all left in camp, and every man went nto that fight with only his pist'land car- bine. No, I ean’t explain Cusie tion, \bre is apurty good w close quarters when ca’tridges give out. But J'{( chop oft’ fer to and talk some more to-morrer.” We sums of ten days. J. lost es in ) within Still in Jail. Cena Hanson, the young girl ace of stealing a silk dress and seve articles of value from Mrs Strasberger, i still in the county jai vaiting a | Mrs S50 sire not ute t 1it is probable that the a be dropp:d, as all the stolen roperty has been returned, Sylvester V. 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