Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 30, 1886, Page 2

-ROPINGIN A DIAMOND ROBBER. Warry Brown, an Omaha Gambler, Arrested by a Gotham Detective. PDETAILS OF H1S CRIME. A Lawyers's Ghost Story—A Glanders Scene—Raillroad Notes and Inter- esting School Census— Other Loeal. He Stole Diamonds, George C. Martin, a New York detee- tivemade a capturen this city Wednesday of Harry Brown, who is wanted in New York to answer for a diathond robber, committed two years ago. Brown w he leader of a gang of burglars who tapped a New York jewelry establish- ment of several thousand dollars worth of sparkles. He escaped and was at lib- erty for some time. A little over a vear ago he was arrested in St. Paul, but tak- ing advantage of the carclessness of the officer who had him in chargs and the darkness of the night, jumped from the train between St. Paul and Milwankee, and escaped. Soon after that time he ap- peared in this city and has lived lhere gince. He served in the capacity of a cook at Jack Nugent's place for some time and has been before the police court time and charged with drunkenncss, vagrancy and other petty offenses. Detective Martin heard of him at Council Blufs and came to_ this place resterday, armed with requisition papers Yrom Governor Larrabee, of [owa, for the purpose of arresting him. Brown had illsl crossed the river and the detective ollowed him. He found him in a sa- loon in this city, and, gaining his confidence persuaded him to go across the river and have a good time at the Blufis. Assoon as they reached the Towa side Brown was placed under_ar- rest and the detective started for New York with his prisoner this morning. Brown is a young fellow, about 20 years of age, of fine appearance and was well known in sporting circles, There was a reward of $500 for his capture. The po- Jice say they have never been notified that he was wanted elsewhere or his cap- ture would have been eflected long ago. A LAWY 'S STORY. He Tell's A Tale of the Milton Ghost Mystery. It was the lawyer’s turn to tell a story. A small group of professional men in the Paxton hotel rotunda last night were ex- chunging yarns of hairbreadth escape: college serapes, ete., for mutual amuse: ment and edification. The disciple of Blackstone relit his cigar, which he had forgotten to puff during the recital of the last thrilling narrative, and started in. ‘I have never had much faith in ghosts —in fact, since my early childhood I had _much difliculty in believing in anything supernatural, But when I was a Fresh- man at college Lhad an experience which came very near upsetting all my beliefs and theories concerning the ghostly. You want to hear it, eh? All right. “The little occurrence that I'am going relate” took place twenty years ago, near a little town known as Upper Alton, in _ central Illinois. I was then just entering upon my Fresh. ‘man year at Shurtleft college, a noble old institution which 1is still flourishing and turning out. graduates every year. One day the report came that the scourge was spreading i the_little town of Milton, + some few milesto the southeast of Upper Alton. An investigation was made and it was found sure enough, that the chol- era was raging in this little village. Lyerything was done to stay the c of the plague, but in vain.® It course and before the ravages ce: town of Milton was almost entirely de- populated. The hou ¥, the ravey: was filled, ately through extra prec: taken, the cholera did not invade the surrounding town: *‘Some six months after this times there began to be strange rumc lated about in college to the efl one of the houses at Milton—or rather where Milton used to be, for there was no longer any town there—was inhabit by a host, who accustomed " to doing all s strange things. The honse which w. said to be haunted formerly belonged to an old man, who, if I remember aright, was named Reynolds. One day when the plague had ‘been ragng fiercest, he had” wandered off into the woods and was never seen thereaft His wife and daughter, in the meantime, were stricken down and died. In the midst of the ter nible scenes of death and suffering which were being enacted, little was thought about the old man’s whereabouts. It was supposed by those who gave the matter any attention at all that he had wandered” off 1nto the woods and had died of the choler: The strange rumors were confirmo* ’.H parties who went out to investigaot he old Reynolds mansion, which was I, n common with the other houses in the deserted village, would be regularly lighted up gvery night, Strange apparitions would b séen flitting from window to window. Mysterious noises, first in this part of the house and then in' that, were to be heard .nightly, There was even a report that regularly at 1 o’clock every morning, a “ysterions man_in white could be seen to mount the old horse which Re “flffi" to own and gallop wildly ov to 1 known to be unoccupi hose stories I, for one, regarded as the wildest nonscnse. W hen a party of my classmen lfiro]lum\ll to investigate the mystery, I foll readily enough into the schene, and promised to do all in my aowurwshnw what a_ridiculous myth he Milton ghost was. We went out” to tho house one dark evening and took up our post of observation in one of the rooms. There were five of us in the party, and we determined to enjoy our- Lo the best of our ability, though it | must be confessed, we did not feel extra eheerful. However, we smoked and told “8tories, fully determined to await the ar- val of the ghost. It was not long be- ¢ the ghostly noises began to be heard ‘the upper stories of the house. Lights ~were seen flitting from one por- i é\: of the house to another, Groans strange supernatural noises ~ fell on the ear and caused cold chills to n up and down the back of the listener. ~But the ghost refused to appear on the Mirst floor and so we determined that one 2 rlus must mount the stairs and make an %, nvuufuuon. Lots were drawn and I was selected as the unlucky committee of one. 1 made up my mind not to falter and, screwing up courage to the sticking | point, rushed up staivs.— I won't tell you of hoy the Bl.l‘unfc ghostly noises were ated with tenfold effeet as I wandered ut the rooms on the second and third ories. It is enough to say that my th in the supernatursl began to be strongly formed. I shivered like a with the ague and longed earnestly a orisis some sort. It was not ng in coming. It was one of awful woments of my life and ong us 1 live I never shall forget it. 1 remember very fow details about it. I eollect an apparition in white rushing me, shrieking like a madman, ave » {:od look at the face of his ghostship It was the spirit of old man Reynolds. 1 bled down stairs, how, I dou't know rushing into the roow where wy companions were, fell fainting on the floor. When I became eonscious I ex- plained as best T conld, what | had seen. t didn 't take us more than thirty seconds after that to laave the house. The mystery seemed more impenetrable than ever before. “But I must not weary you with any more details of this yarn. “To close al raptly, the next day after out adventnre, I, with one of the party went out to the unted house We opened the door and went in. The hrst thing we saw, stretch ed across the hall floor was the dead body of old man Reynolds, in one hand clutch- ing an unlighted torch. The explanation of the mystery was not difficult then The old man, worn out by dises de: mented by hunger and suffering, after weeks of wandering about in the woods, had returned to find_his wife and child gon, and had occupied his honse as the ‘ghost of Milton." That was my first and last experience with the ‘supernatural,’ NO GLANDERS, Live Stook Commissioners HExan Douglas County Hors Por sey s back there has been a report in circulation to the effuct that about twenty horses had died from a con- tagious disease on the farm of Martin Cannon about ten miles from the city. The report was so damaging that parties in the neighborhood were unable to make sale of their stock for the reason that it was thonght the latter might be effected with the disease also. Accord- ingly, the State Live stock commission determined_to investignte. Wednesday G. W. Barnhardt, of Columbus, member of the commission, and Dr. Ramue- cioti, veterinary sargeon for the city wont to the farm. The horses belonged to a family named Northrup who have gone into the cattle business. A thorough examination was made. The whole farm was driven over, and but two carcasses could be found. | These, it was claimed had died from cold and exhaustion. The other horses wero found in healty condition, though thin and weak. With these facts both the examiners coneluded that the report was unfounded. fWednesday morning Dr Gerth and Mujor Birney, the other members of the commission came to town to act deci- i n the matter. But as there was no need of thewr services, ali the mem- bers ot the commission went home yesterday. Rail Notes. The heads of the pu ments of the Union Pacific and B. & M. were in consultation yesterday. An agreement was entered into by the terms of which a rebate of $10 will be offered on all first-class tickets sold to Los An- geles, Cal.,, with a $5 revate on second- cluss tickets. This makes the rates $40 and $35. This moye is made to meet the nt action of the Santa Fe in cutting enger depart- NOTES AND PERSONALS, D. B. Keeler, of Denver, Col. S reneral freight of tho Union Jnion Pacitic railw is n the city. The B. & M. headquarters building is nearly completed. The carpenters are at present working upon a fanc i rom the first to the second stories. Though Pacific coast rates have been ly advanced within th past ten has fallen oft but slightly ipated that the passengc traffic will reach the normal point be- fore the end of next wi The School Census, County Superintendent Brunner has prepared the school census report for 1886 and has made his report to the state superintendent. According to these fig- ures, the total number of scholars in the county is 15,502 as against 14,434 for last "{"‘lgs makes the net gain for the e highest per cent of increase in any rict was in 53, which is Walnut near Harris & Fisher's packing house, increase 764 per cent. The thira highest was in district 3, South Omaha, where the per cent of gain was 57, The Fare Didn'c Suit Him, Paul R. Dunlap engaged board at the home of David Hurd in South On two months ago, representing that he had fallen heir toa large estate and would have plenty of moncy. The money has mot been forthcoming, al- though Paul has never mis; W or paid cent. Wednesday he made com- plaint that the bill of fare for the cyen- ‘ng meal was not quite up to the stan- rd. Mr, Hurd shghtly remonstrated, when Dunlap assaulted him with a flicting a severe wound acro: scalp. The |1mliw-. wer mmoned and Dunlap was lodged in jai Forgery in Bosting. The list of forgers from Bos increased yesterday by the noti that a shrewd scoundrel named John P. Hildreth, who had left Boston for hi own good, was expected to he in this locality. The police were notified to be on the alert to catch him if opportunity uflorded. Climbing a Brick Pile. The salesmen of C. E. Mayne are in the habit of hitehing their horses in front of that gentleman’s office, on Farnam near Fifteenth street. One of the former, J. B. Parrott, hitched his steed at the a. tomed place yesterday morning. Infront of the h stood a pile of brick. Some- thing frigitened the animal, and, with. out waiting for an order, he commenced to climb the pile. And he suc hough he barked his limbs and demoral- 1 the buggy. The horse’'s name was Ike. It will how bo changed to **Brick- Pacific Slope Postofices. F. W. Pickens, chief clerk of the post- oflice, has returned from a three weeks' trip to the Pacific coust. While there, he visited the postofices of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramentoand Sunta Fe, and instituted comparisons betweon them and the homeoffice. His hospitable reception by brothers of the pouch was appreciated, but did not serve to warp his belief that inso far as it goes, the postoffice of Omaha is equal to best. It Might Haye Been Worse. Wednesday night as Roy Mayne, brother of C. E. Mayne, and Will Crary wore drwin{; south on Sixteenth strect, in a hgnt buckboard, the horse of Al Touzalin which he was riding with a bitin its teeth, came along at a furious g The rider could not stop hum, and the drivers of the board could not get out of the way. The horse jumped upon the vehicle, redueing it to splints and throwing Touzahn heavily to the ground. He was stunned, but not ured. It was quite a shaking up all avound. Gripped a Grip. Charles Becou, a big-shouldered man who some time ago traveled with Whis tler, the renowned wrestler, was arrested last mght for stealing a valise and roll of carpet, which he found in the waiting room. He was eaught by Oflicer Green, Wanted a Coat. Harry Thomas mode away with tl.m coat of J. Eakins, and last night slept in the cooler. He will be arraigned to-day. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY SEVENTEEN SIN-SICK SOULS. The Miserable Weather Fails to Affect the Success of Revival Meetings. About 230 people faced the inclemency of the weather last evening to attend the revival at the Exposition building. The meeting was opened by a song service in which the congregation joined with zest. Rev. McKaig offored prayer. He invoked blessing upon the mecting, and returned thanks for the conversions that are being made daily. He prayed that the conscience of 500 homes in Omah might be disturbed; that every baok- slider might be reclaimed, and that men might bo converted upon the streets and_in_ ther places of business, Dr. McKnig statod that the expenses of keeping up the revival were greater than the amount of the collections, but he was thankful that a smrit of liberality had taken possossion of the attendants upon the services, He said if one soul wero ed for Chirist it would be worth more than the expense, even it the entire build- ing had to be purchased After the singing of ‘“The Half Has Never Yet Been Told,” Mr. Joplin led in a brief but feeling invoeation of divine blessing. Mr. Biter mounted a chair facing the andience and read from the seriptures the story of the conversion of Saul of ‘Tarsus, which he said would be found to contain encourngement for those who contemplate giving themselves to God. He smd we would learn from this that we are able to hope to gain the hardest cases. We must try to save the hard cases, the miserable ‘drunkard and the infidel. Jesus had made an tle of Smul, who had hated Him and despised His snints. We want to_reach those who hate the Christians. You are afraid to pray for proud spirits, ‘I'he Lord has shown that he can conquer any power. May God convert the worst ma Omatin, 1 ize this, because d can savi he can save all th de of the Iwant God’s power to reach down e the man who is just at the gates of hell. This conversion of Paul was' ju like the conversions of to-day. The ci cumstanees may be different, but the ‘hanges of hedrt are the same. Tho same marvelous power that worked the transformation of Paul is the same power that presides over these meetings and is working upon our hearts. Thero arc o idences of this power in the 250 converts which have been made during these meetings. Following Mr. Bitler's Savage offered prayer When Mr. Bitler asked those to stand up who felt that they had been converted during this meeting, seventeen of the audience arose. Many others expressed a desive to know the truth and come to the Savior. Five of the andienco sought the solace of the inquiry room. The meeting closed” with a'song and prayer serviece, MORE MALES FOR THE MAILS, Three More Letter Carriers to be Added to the Present Forco. Mr. Coutant recently wrote to the post- master general mforming him of the aapidity of the growth of this city, and requesting an increase in the number of his letter carriers. Special agents came here to investigate and reported in favor of an increase of the force by three men. The oflice folks here think five men should have been allowed, because during the coming summer and fall the letter e rs’ work will be the heaviest they have ev xperienced. The three new men are D. C. Brown, E. L Gidding and H. H. Kirby. These men will go on duty For the Hrst year lary will be $650; for the seeond $3850, and when th population shall r 5,000 they will be paid $1,000 per remarks Rev. yoar This increase of the force will necessi- tate ing off of some parts of the 4 s distriets, ¢ taching them ritory which will now, for the first time bo blessed with mail delivery. The delivery as n consequence will perhaps be slow and irregular for a few days, but will_disappear when routine | blished. The force with this accession will comprise twenty-four men. Even that is inndequate to the demands. Many of the carriers are overworked. Although they are not required to carry more mail than can be deposited in their sac yet it is a frequent occurrence to see them with » stack of lotters and papers as b eyes. Denver has twenty s and Omaha could safely me number very bus Deci as it is now intended fo give some par (irnu- city as many as five deliveries per day. There has been an unprecedented in- erease in the number of ps nd- led at_this oflice, and during the past year, it has equalled about 334 Per cent. About 20,000 letters ave handled dail and the number of people to handle them is no greater than itwas when the about a fair day’s work to perforn. Another fact suggested by an exami tion of the place in company witl: s and Superintendent of is that the oflice is now too small for its uses, E ible space is occupied. 1t is ther ques- tion how the furniture requi by the proposed increase of the foree is to boe accommodated, These are questions which are shortly to be submitted to the authorities at Washington They are becoming more important daily. The office people claim ctable hearing when they appeal shington because last year tt ss of the oftice netted $85,000 to the government, LLIE LAUER'S GOODS. Where They Are and Where They Are Not. Until recently, the house in which the tragedy of Sallic Laucr was enacted, re- mained untenanted, as it was on the day of that unfortunate girl’s tuneral. kor about & week back it has been in the po- session of a family, the nume of which is not material in this connection. About a month ago, however, application was made to either buy or rent the house, but both were declined. I'he hounse could not be sold, because, having been the property by her husband's act, of Sallie Lauer, it comes into Lauer’s pos- session only to be used during his life time, and at his death to descend to Mrs. Lauer's heir or relatives, It was not for rent, it was claimed, because Lauer did not 'desire to do anything with the place until he should’ get out of his trouble. It was a surprise, therefore, to many poople when the chaigo took plice and the property was rented. Now comes the question, what became of the property of the Lauers. L'he house still stands, but the furniture and other effects are seattered to the tour winds of the heavens. With this scattering there has been no small amount of dissatisfac tion among the friends of the deceased lady. In a furniture store on Douglas stréet, is quite a number of picces of the household furniture. Inside the door, stands the magnificent mahoguny cham- ber set for which now $150 are asked. It is as good as new. t a scratch defaces” it. Aund yot, “feels e could almost trace the very line across the foot of the bed made by the deadly bullet as it sped to its fatal objegt. Near by, an ebony hand-painted fire screen, a gem in design and execation, which sold originally for §75. It cannot now be bought for less. OA a table there is a case of china dessert fresh as if just from the works. They will com- mand a fair priee, ng over the velvet a pivot, bed is & chairs which revélves on with a back Iado out of Texan stoer horns ingenjously combined. Th was a gift to Laugr from_the nail works men. In another part of the store is a beautiful clock, and & plain chamber st that which belonged to the roomin which Minerva Laner ¢lépt. Upon all of thege, the dealer expects to realize a handsome profit. When' it known that the goods were to be so di posed of, the membors of the Gootschius family beeame indignant. Some of them visitod the store, aAnd gave expression to severe censure thut goods which had been ‘ii[l«u[mlu-lw to sflfi,\- on her wedding day should be so wncermoniously dis- posed of. It left sthem completely with- out a souvenir of her, uuless, indeed, they bought hack their own gifts. Itis stated that at the house not long tod plush since other of the eoffects of the poor | »sed of, among them in the nail works. Sim th the disappearance of these goods was also noted the absence of Mrs, Lauer's jowels. It was known that she possessed komo gold ornaments and diamonds, But these are not now to be seen. Whero are thoy? Some people claim they were buried with their owner, and others that they are being held as security by a hig firm in this city for “ac- commodations,” while a third class sa they have been put on the market just have the lady's othor goods, Whatever may have been the disposition of them cortain it 18 some people hold that Lauer has acted injndiciously in disposing of property which did not belong to him. His wife's goods were his only in_trust, and could not therefore be sold. It was no excuse to say that Lauor needed money. Whatever may be his fate, he will not want for pecuniary assistance The question is an open one, and yet it cannot be answered by the nearest’ rela- tives of the victim of that awful shot on that fateful November night. woman were dis] being soma st ultanconsly v Butterime and Butter, A reporter for the BEE, in passing along ono of the business streets, saw ad- vertised what was claimed to be butter: ine. Butterine might be oleomargarine for anything the seribe knew, so he en- tered to gain needed information. “What is butterine?" he queried. “Butterine is a composition, about three-quarters lard and one-quarter but- ter. 1 will guaaautee that, to any one who is not an old fogy, butterine will satisfy him just as well E regular butter now does. Congress is not attacking_our material, neither is Mayor Boyd. = You must not confound butterine with oleomargarine. They are two different things entively A package of my goods is always branded. Oleomargarine is not. Since last Febru- ary, I have sold over 1,900 packages of butterine. The people knew what they vere about, and accordingly bought w second and third time.” “Do you sell to consumers? “Oh, no. Tonlysell to dealers.” '{:hml de Sell to the peoplo?” s, sir,”” “Do you know, pf any groceryman in this town who sells bytterine»” “I know of a dozen of them.” “Will you give me their names?’ - “No, 1t is none of my business if they choose to keep th rons in the ark as to what they are selling. If the consumer buys alleged butter'which is Ily butterine, and galls for it n, it proof, isn’t it, ghat pither he can't tell the difference between: butter and butter- ine, or clse he is s ied with what, under other ciroumstances, he would deem an impositién,’” “Do many commission men in this town handle buttering?” “Everyone of them, with perhaps one exception. “ “Where do they get it?"” “Qur house furnishes nearly three- fourths of what is consumed throughont the state and city."” “What process do you use in making butterine?’” “We make alternate layers of lard and butter, and then churn them in sweet milk.” “At what rate do you sell?” “That depends upon the quality. My best 1 am selling at 28 cents per pound. 1 have other grades ata it figu “Why have you more than one price “Because otie of our grades of butter- ine contains_le bufter and more lard than the oth It is decreasing now, because the manufacturers feel that dairy butter is losing its hold, and that drops down because we do not get a chance ur game, 1 the grocers detect butterine if it is m\-}nl as butter?” “Why don’t you sell butter?" “Because I know butterine to be better than it.” The reporter left with the impression that many of our people are consuming Tard when they think they are using but: tor. THE BLIND GODDESS Tracks a Rapist From Wisconsin and Brings Him to Trial. Last night another fugitive from justice came to grief in Council Bluffs. His name is Edward 1. Walk and his home is in Juncau county, W He is charged with rape, and for nearly six months has been fleeing from the oflicers of the law, whom he knew to be upon his track. The assault was made on the 19th of September, 1835, On the pretense of bringing a young woman to his wife to seeurc a position as housemaid, he in- duced his vietm to’ share his carringe with him, and when a certain part of the road had been reached brutally eflccted her ruin. Since that time the young wo- man has b a dangerous condition, in fact, injured for life. A warrant was issued for the brute's ar . Before it could be seryed, he left his home, wife and children, to eseape punishment. The authorities, however, have spared no 15 or expense, They have followed him in one or another to Illinois, Towa, Dakota, Nebraskdand finally to Council Blufts, His stay in Omaha was of short duration and preseded his capture by but a few days. The tyacking and arrest have been skilfully performed by Sheriff 0. G, Loomis, of Junpau county, who made the arrest, and ywho will leave this morning with the erintinal. In Wiscon- i, the Tightast ReRRLG. fOF Fapo 18 ton Yours. Mr. Walkana :'Y;uncl: of escaping Tho same 15 not of the most encouraging order. - Dunlap, in gimbo, Young Dunlap,the lad who eracked a friend’s head witly fa* gha last on Pine street,,wap yesterday fined $10 and costs. H6 had not the money to linJ ate, and in gompany with Officer W n, looked uj sofl&u of his relativ to raise the assessment. But his uncl wouldn't contribute. The young man therefore hed to go to the county jail, The Freight Depot, At an hour too late to obtain them, the articles of incorporation for the construc- tion of the new freight depot in this city were filed 1n the county elerk’s oflic terday. resd es- The substance of them mu»l’ be ved until this afternoon’s Beg. Brevities, R.C. Lange, of this city, has sued Henry Haubens for $150 because of in- juries sustained during an assault by the atter. The case will be heard by Judge McCulloch. iVery rioh finds of placer gold are said to have been made near the headwaters of Crow creck, Col. An Editor and Correspondent Gives Stight Information, WASIINGTON, April 20.—John pher, ex-member of congress from leans, was examined by the telephone com- mittee to-dav, and ho said he had suggested to E. N. Hill the compilation of the newspa- per articles mentioned in evidence yesterday. An article had been prepared for the New York Tribune by the Washington corres- pondent prior to this, Witness did not re- ard as confidential anything that had oc- curred between Hill and Casey Young. They drank together, slept together, played poker together, and did other things. He marked that he had taken Hill's statement for what it was worth. Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune, was (e next witness, The first article con- cerning Attorney General Garland’s connec- tion with the Pan-Electric company had been prepared by Major Clark, one_ of the Tribune’s correspondents. Witness had no detailed knowledgo where Major Clark ob- tained the information, The Tribune had not paid anything for the matter. e did not own any Bell telephone stock, and had no communication of any kind with any ofticer of that company, In reply to a question from the chairman askingif the Tribune had not given a politi- cal cast to the matter, witness said: 1 think vou will find we generally eall at- tention to the political bearing, ~ We put our interpretations on the facts, which you will find in editorials.” Chairman—Y ou had seen Mr. Garland’s de- nial and published it? Witness—I think so, I should not take the yiew that Mr. Gatland’s statement freed him from censure. Whatever statement Garland made on Hie subject, I printed in full and at once, Witness had no personal feeling what- ever against Mr. Garland, T, C. Crawford, Washington correspondent of the New York World, was the next wit- ness. He said the facts' on which he based the letter in_evidence, he obtained from a United States senator and must decline to name him without his consent. He had ob- inal history of "the case from E. ¥, Hill. The committée then adjourned. FORTY-NINTH OONGRESS. Scnate. WASHINGTON, April 20.—The fourth of July claims jbill, after some debate, was passed. T'he postofiice_appropriation bill was then taken up, on which Mr. Beek had the floor, A long debate ensued in which Messrs, Beck and Plunb joined. Mr. Beck occupied the floor, thougli with considerable interruptions, three hours and a halt. Mr. Hale then addressed () of thie am ent appropr En)‘ for carrying the m o Central and South America, Australia, China and Japan. But before he concluded the senate went into executive session and wien the doors re- opened adjourned. Hale Sy- senate in favor ting $800,000 to House, The committee on coinage, weights and measures reported the bill for the retirement and recoinage of trade dollars. Placed on the house calendar. It provides that for six months after its passage trade dollars shall be received at face value in payment of all dues to the United States, and shall not be again paid out or issued in any other man- ner. The holderof trade dollars on presenta- tion for sale may receive in changs an equal amount of standard silver dollars. Trade into standard silver dollar The then went into committee of the whole, Mr, Wellborn in the chair, on the river ' and harbor appropration bill, the pending ~amendment being - oné providing that the appropriation for tho Missouri river be cxpended un- der the direction of the secretary of war, without the intervention of the Missouri river commission. The amendment was_re- jected, but it was acrecd that a vote should be allowed on it in the house. The paragraph making an appropriation of 0,000 for the nent of the lower Mississippi having clied, the committee rose. Mr. Van Eaton, from the committee on public lands, reported the bill to_grant the right through public lands to any canal or diteh company formed for the purpose of ir- rigation. Placed on the calendar. Tho house then adjourned. The Historical Association, WASHINGTON, April 20.—At to-night's ses- sion of the Historical association, the Iast of the meeting, the committee appointed to wait on President Cleveland and request co-opera- tion In securing the proper comwemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the dis- covery of America, reported that the presi- dent assured the committee he felt an inter- est in tho matter, and intimated ne would take pleasure in bringing it to the attention of congress in bis next annual message. A resolution was passed thanking the re- tiring president, Hon, George Baneroft, fc the sorvices rendered t sociation by his presence and sympathetic interest. “The following oflicers for the ensuing year ver ted: “President, Justin Winsor, ibrarian of flarvard university presi- dents, Charles Kendall Adams, president of Sornell university; William ' F. Poole, of hicago public library; secretary, Herbert B. Adams, Johu Hopkins university: treasurer, Charles Winthrop Bowen, New Yorl The following were clected mcmbe Chief Just ito, Senators Evarts, Hav ley, Platt, n,' Hon. William ' Henry Smith, general manager of the Associated pross. . Commodore” George k. * Belknap, Imitéd St Adjourn Miles is After Them, WASHINGTON, April The adjutant general of the army has received the follow- ing el eneral Miles: The Apaches in s numbers lave been commiiting serious d redations in the country adjacent to the S nora raiiroad, thirty to fitty miles south « the boundary,‘and to-day, tlie killed one man north of the line, néar Calabasis, Ariz. Our troops and thirty men of the Mexican troops are in active pursuit, both crossing the line, ) Concerning Chinese Sea WASHINGTON, Apil The treasury de- partment has decided that Chinese seamen do not fall within the prohibitory provisions of the Chinese restriction act, and way be al- lowed to land tempoiarily i the ordinary pursuit of their callmg for the purpose of )DINg 0N & YELUIN YOYaEe A5 5001 A5 POS- 1 house committee on rules agreed to re- port a resolution, fixing the hour of meoting of the house at 11 o'clock - Military Assignments, WASHINGTON, April 20.—Brigadier eral Ruger has been assiened to the e of the department of Dakota, and_Bri General Potter to the department o Missourl, adier the H. Purdon, Dublin, is a Paxton guest. E. W. Murphy, of North Platte, is at the Paxton, Rev. J. Milligan, of Princeton, Ill., is in the city. N. W. Paddock, of Mankato, Minn,, is at the Millar: J. R. Buchanan, of Missouri Valley, is at the Millard. F. 8. Parm F. W. Vosswinkle, tate agent, was in the eity Judge Stenberg disposed of a important cases in police court yester Detective as. Emery left yesterday on an _important business ~trip in castern Iowa and Iilinois, W. W. McBride, of Adams & Mclsride, returned yesterday from Obio, where he was called about & month ago by the iliness of his father. Y W. B. McKinney, of the Wells-Fargo and American Express companies, re- turned yesterday from an extended trip to the Pacific coast. He says Omaha and the state of Nebraska beal auything he could see in $ho west. ening. A DEFENSE OF GEN. CROOK The Poet of the Sierras Criticizes the Newspaper Writors, Joaquin Miller, writing from Los Angeles to the Chicago Times, says: down yonder within a hund miles of the Mexican line, wind blows so hard that it whistles down tho telegraph poles with the sharp little stones which it whirls through vhe air, where men are soare and women come not at all, and where life therefore must bea bit dreary, Ieame upon the camp of an old soldier, whom I had known and loved for thirty years. ‘This most endur- ing, patient, and honest of all our many true soldiers was being abused like & pickpocket by the many people whose lives and property he had given the best days of his hfe to protect. On thoe second page of the Daily Tomustone for April 1, fi counted fifteen false and insulting puragraphs about Geo. Crool Other papers, in proportion to their i significance, were as insolent. And that is saying they wero as insolent as limited capacity could make them. The fact is these petty papors with their falsehoods keen people out of the country, Their recent accounts of the terrible “Apaches and Gen, Crook’s patient attempts to ot them back on - the res ion, where the large number of well-disposed Apaches re doing so well, would Tond s 10 ho- lieve that Arizona'is a_dangerous land to @ in. Let us look at the facts. Two or threo dozen drunken and badly-disposed In- dians—almost as bad as some bad white moen—advised and influenced by bad white men, left the resorvation a year ago. 'They became outlaws and com- mitted murders. But it issafe to say that at least nine out of ten of the iurid and gory stories about the recent Apache out- Tages were fabrications. The sensational telegraph must be fed by that wonderful novehst, the ‘“‘special ~vress agent.’ What if it is not true? Why, at the worst it will only have to be contra- dicted. And that will make more news! But without stopping to say more about this, let us look at the closing campaign with which the sensitive press of the Arizona border is finding fault. A man who has done as much for the border, to say nothing of his great record in the civil war, is entitled to now and then have the truth told about him. Briefly, then, about the end of this Iast campaign the fugitives from the Indian reservation, who_ were over the line in Mexico, sent. word to Gen. Crook, who was clos their trail, that they wanted to sc and talk about terms of surrende was a dangerous thing. ‘T'he murder of hby by "“}’ Jack and sinnlar s are not forgotten. But w better could be done?” Spend your life in lava-beds, as Gen. Crook has; hunting Indians, and you will be slow to wish for renegade Indians to come down from in- aceessible heights and flght you fairly on the plains. When only two_oflicers, some scou and some friendly Indians, this old sol dier, certain that death not far off and 'might meet him_ ar like Canby and Meac! midst of these murders down nd the Mexican line, and heir promise of surrender Having accomplished this Gen, Crook had the Indians pack up and follow on after him, while he rode on ahead and from Fort Bowie telegraphed to the gov- ernment the glad news that the Indians had surrendeced to him in Mexico and were now coming in to_return to the res- But at the Mexican line the alted and refused to come on. mped there and that night left the eamp. Wh, Iwill tell you why. A white man furnished them drink, for Mexican moncy, with which to glad- dened his mean heart; and then he read them the Arizona papers stating that they would all be hung. So you it is the newspaper men, and not Gen. Crook, who is to blame be- cause the Indians ure not again on the reservation. These papers have persist- ently insisted that the Indians would and should be hung. The renegade whites can read, if the Indians oaun not. The announced the su nd bloody editions de- claring that no Gen. Crook, the governor of the territory, not eyen the army of the United States, could save these In- dians from the rope, but that the last one should and would e hung. And so Citizen Lo, sipping his coflee a8 he sat in his red blanket safe on the Mexican side, read these enterprising papers. ‘Lhen he laid them quietly down, after ho his breakfast, in the langunge of get up and dust, I take the responsibility of ving that if these sers that have been try- ing to insuit this noblestof all our oflice had attended to their own busines: him attend to his, the Indian war in v would have been over long vages safe back on the reserva- ns I ought to add that I for the s m, calmly, in the there be- received tion. alone Gen, ( anything of ti Young Ulysses in Luck After / Mr. Rothaker, the editor of the V ington (D. C.) Hatehet, who has recently returned from Colorado, publishes tiie following paragraph concerning the es- tate of the late ex-Senator Chaflee, of Colorado: “Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., has been out in Colorado attending to the details of settling the estate of his father- in-law, the late Jerome B. Chafiee. The value of the pr ty which is le Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant cannot be_del wined, is the bulk of it is in mining in- terests. Carefully nursed, however, it will agerogate probably All this will remain her husband is | debts of Grant & W H lost her dower of $100,000 and a ce which her father presented her ailure. Chafiee lost #500,000 of securities which he had on deposit. Ulysses, will be comfortuble for the rest of his life, nevertheless. He and his wife live upon a farm in Westchester county, owned by the late Mr, Chaifee.”” LLL A Bk, A BAULKED GAME, for the A Blackmailer's Ruse Destroyed by Coolness and Nerve, On the crest of one of the hills near the new court house of Douglas county, is an abode which 13 sometimes styled aden. This den has an inmate or two, neither of whom, beeause of fucial comeliness or symmetrical form, would ever aspire to a Joseph. And yet, the path to the den hasinot been uumurked, unfertalized by human bones. Strunge though it B human bones, symbolized in mor, al weakness and blastod reputatation- mark the path trodden by careless feet. The song of the siren has done its work, and continued to do it with impunity, un- til a short time since. had lured a man to his ruin. The ad searcely shut both n and vietim in from the world with- out, when the panel resounded with a knock. “My husband!” exclaimed the siven, in accents of mingled amazement and dread. ‘*‘He must nof see you." The vietim drew his revolver, “If your hushand is in front of that door one minute from this, he'll never know what hit him."” My, m meant what he gaid. Husband went away, and siren and sinner parted with glances like Hashings of Lightning. e ‘The Protest Keceived. WasHNGTON, April 2.—A memorial from the legislature of lowa, remonstrating against the ecaucellation of the bond- ed indebtedness of the Unio 3 railroad was presented in the K, W, Brown, of Milwaukee; 4. Riley and wife, of St. Vaul; W. C. Duggan, of Topeka, Kan., are at the Canticld, Thinks Love is Pay Enough. A Wife, in Boston Globe: In all our marriage services, if [ remember rightly, some such stipulation is made as that we ghall “love our husbands.” Tt is asl understand it, the principal part of the contract. Lot those wives who are cla- moring for pay ask themsolyes if they understood this part of their obligation Let them ask their woman's heart if they know what love is. If they do not they are not wives, and if they do ',lmf' will be sl.fuliiml. Tennyson says in ‘‘Locksley all:" Love took up the natp of life and smote on all its strings with mights Smote the chord of self that trembling passed in musicout of sight. The wife who values her labors for her husband at so many dollars and cents has not lost self in herlove forhim, She has not yet experienced the holy joy of giv ing all and asking nothing. WVhen his mind and body are alike wearied and overcome by tle toil and care. the disap- pointments and injustice, the never-c ing contlicts of life,he will not be refr and streaghened by the society of such a woman. He will have to turn to the wine-room, the pool-room, or still wor<e hav ng_no one toremind him that he 1s hettor than an animal), he will finally seek distraction in somo form or other, for thore are very fow men who can quietly eat their hearts out in silence, as we women often do. The wife who al- lows her husband to seek these distrac- tions find they cost something, too. She will got less and less mon him 1n consequence. ry way to love him out of them. Save him from his very faults—it is easier than many think. Be his better, nobicr self. Even if she cannot succeed—alas! there men whom an angel cannot reclaime— verily she will have her reward, in that she shall be an angel. In nearly every- thing I think we are not the equals of men, but let us remember that in our capabilivies of serving and suffering wo are far higher. Just so long as women become W for any consideration, or ense, or anything loss noble than u pure love, just so long there will be mis- erable, disappointed and ill-paid ‘wives. bt A canvass of the house of representa- tive: id to show 153 members in fav: of the bankruptey bill, 79 29 non-committal. ——— He Gave it Away. Detroit Free Pres “Madam,” he id after a long survey of a flower stand al market” yesterday, “could d me soimcthing to place Aravi “Ithink so0." she answered, as she looked him over, “low long has she ainst it a Maurried again?'? “What is that to you?" “Oh, you needn’t be so eranky. I've dealt in cemetery flowers for the last i id I know about how If you are still a widower you want about §1 worth of flowers and border of moss. I1f you are married again you'll pick out a 25 cent rose bush id beat me down to 15 cents, and send it to the cemetery by a car driver.” He pretended fo De v indignant and went to the other end of l']u- market and bought two feeble-looking pinks for seven cents apice ——— It was recently decided in a Cincinnati ng society that a man 1s not neces- 1 Irishman because he wears a cork leg, s e it Throat trouble—dangerous. Red Star Cough Cure, safe and sure, 25 centsa bottle. e EL S The number of pictures sent in for the spring exhibition of the Paris salon is 5,000, but there is room only for half of them. S — Halford Sauce makes cold meats a luxury, Kansas’ winter wheat ac 7018 placed at 16 per cent below that of last year. About 40 per cent of the sowing has been Kkilled. —— Halford Sauce for family use. where, Sold every- Al e Temperance speakers a into Rhode Island, and a_great effort 15 to be made to earry the prohibitory amendment, -—— 0. H. Holberg, Paster Woodhaven M. E. 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