Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 29, 1886, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF SCRSORTPTION ¢ v (Moeniag Edition) Including Sunday %, 0N 3 oAt 810 00 For 8 Monthe 500 For Three Months . 5 The Cmeha Senday ek, malled to any wddre One Yoar e 200 5 FARNAN ST TR E 01N, JURTERNTR STH QuATA OFF REw YORK OFYFICE WASHINGTON OFFiC o NOR: to news A sod 10 tho e Kot Al 06 torinl 1 TOI OF munie e 2 and rom/ttanses shoutd be addressod to THE Bia PUBLISHING COMPA OMAHA. Denfts, checks and postofiice ordor o be made payable to tho order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPARY, PROPRIETORS, ROSEWAT renat All brielnees Jett R, Enrron. THE DAILY BE Bworn Statement of € State of Nebraska, |, County of Donglas, { 8 Geo, B, Trselhuck,secretary of {he Hee Pub- fishine company, does solemniy swear th; the actual cireilation of the Dallv Beo for the week ending Sept. 24th, 186, was as follows: Thursday, 24d.. Friday, Hth, Average s A Gro. B, Tzscnvew, Subseribed and sworn fo before 251h day of Scept., 1950, ) [BEAL, | Notary Publie, Geo, 18, 'Izsehuck, belng firstduly swora,de- me and says that he is etary of the Bee oublishing company, that the actual averace daily circulation of the Daily Bee for tl month of January, 159, was 10,578 copies; for Felruary, 15 coples; for March, 1886, 11 Avril, 1846, ; ) copies: for June, 1886, 12,514 copies; . B Tzsenvex, Bubscribed and sworn to before me, this 4th day of Sept., A. D. 1885, N, P, Foir, [8rAL. | Notary Publie. AN COUNTY TICKET, For Senator For Representatives: W. G. WHITMORE, F. B HIBBAKD, GEO. HEIMROD, R. 8. HALL, JOHN MATTHIESON, JAMES R, YOU T. W. BLACKBU M. 0. RICKE “or County Attorney: EDW 2 OMAHA needs a protecti fend its citizens regular police. o polico to de- against some of the WHATEVE] rt‘lp may Le short the crop of New England defaulters is fully up to the averago. GENERAL VAN WYoK's encmies admit that ho had a walk-away before the Beat- riee convention bomb shell exploded in the camp of his friends, IN no caapaign m the history of the state have so many candidates been placed in nomination pledged to the sup- port of a single sonatorial candidate. Thr Douglas county republican legis- Aative and county ticket will be hard to /amatoh. Itis composed of the namnes of @onest men, sound republicans and good 'Y conventions are nearly over and the results can be fairly well esti- mated. There seems to be no reason for Jubilation in the camp of the allied onopolics. Corpy and Church Howe make a nice team. When they were both in the sen- ate you could not tell the one from the other, except that Church parts his hair dn the middle. Mx. McSuaxe is out of town, but the wpolitical duot ot Miller and Boyd arc supporting him justas hardasif he were in B Cit7. 0oy wanv no asslatanco: from | Mr. McShancin the work of trying to eloet Chureh Howe, Wi political pirates working hard to wreek the demooratic party, and the rail- Towls united to overthrow all candiaates of both parties who will not do their bid aing, tho atmosphere of the campaign is already beginning to smell of smoke and sulphur, Pupe oontruct which Dr. Miller has taken to dofent Vin Wyok and olect Church Howe is likely to got him into more notoriety than the attempt to buy Cronin in Oregon. Jay Gould, of course, stands behind him, as he did ten years when the dootor tried to doliver over democency to Jay Gould's preferred eandidato for United States senator, Tne cronkers who do not behieye that Church Howe can be defeated without wrecking tho county and legislative tiokets may be disappointed hefore they are five woeks olde Thousands of woters iu Omaha wili decline to support the Nemaba corruptionist, who will work and vote for the excollent ticket which the republicans of this county havye ed in pomination, Church How: b nomination, criminal blunder ns it was, - does not necossarily imply the defeat of . men who have no sympathy with the ©erew with which that plianttool of the mononolies traing rr——— E eritics of the now melkods of the navy departinont aud the apologists for John Roackisin are waking merry over o cofusal of the shipbuilders of this ~ gountry to bid for the new crufsers re- & eently ordered constinetod. They point with gleo to the fact that it is two woeks singe the advertisements appearved and shut not a builder has yet takon the trou- spect the plans, Well, what of Awerican skipbuild i erawent by decliving to competo for thoy have a perfoet right to do so. ¢ ho inclined 1o question their ~ Jiberty. It siwply proves that undor £ strict wethods of business in the navy _ departcut the old gung of contractors | prefer to confine their operations to pri ecntracts, fearing that the cluse it now given togoverument work I luterfere with theie former profits. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. & M. Politic With such men as Moore of Lancaster, Holmes of Johnson, Colby of Gage, Heart- well of Adams and Lanham of next senate, that body will be no “laughing stock” for anybody.—Lincoln Journal ‘This is a striking specimen of railrond republicanism. It shows the pretense and arrogant hypocrisy of the exponent of ght republican: in Lancaster county It affords proof positive that republican principles and republican s are, with that paper, secondary to the interests ind policy of the railronds If the candidates named were all repub lican nominecs this compliment by the Journal would have no significance beyond the fact that their candidacy was vegarded with much favor by rail- ron But Mr. Lanham, of Salino, not in any sense a republican candidate Ihe v convention two weeks ago which inated a ticket without prot of irregularity. Mr. Lanham was a dolegate in convention, and is in honor bound to supvort its choice for Mr. Duras. It is o matter of Lanham urged Duras to become a candid, ndonly at the eleventh hour, at the beek of the B, & M. railroad hosses who own hint, sought to have himself nominated by the convention in place of Dur But a large majority of the con vention east its vote for Duras, and he was unanimously deelared the ehoice of the convention. Duras himsolf has al- ways been n steaight republican of the ightest seot, He served two torms as republican tronsurver of Saline county, and until recently was one of Mr. Dawes’ warm supporters. But he does not wear the brass collar and his preference for Unite senator is not the choice of the railrd Last week tham an. nounced himself as an independent ndidate for the senate and every ilroud organ with 1l repub- lican brand in Salin county bolted Mr. Duras, the regular eandidate and eamo out with a hurrah in Lanham’ support. On Saturday last, Tobe Castor ang of railroad democrats held a so led demoeratic convention and de- ded not to nominate a democratic can- didate for the senate but to recommend Lanham to the support of the party. Naturally enough, the republican rail- road organ at Lincoln joins in with Tobe Castor and the democratic railroad gang in Saline county to support a B. & M road contractor for in the senate. A more shameless exhibition of railroad politics never seen in the state. Who ot Mr. nham to become an indepen- dent bolting candidate? 1he B. & M. railroad bosses at Lincoln. Who put up the job on the democrats of Saline county to endorse this republican bolter? Tobe ailrond right of way ain Phillips left bower. Lanham inst the andidatey The brass line county and the ilrond mouthpiece, the incoln. shallow great st the is publicans of Saline county held a nom t or shadow is Who supports regular republ collar editors of Burlington Journal at The True Story. While the war department is urgently calling upen General Miles for a detailed report of the story of Geronimo's ture, and General Howard at San ¥ cisco is angrily complairing thatno re- ports have passed through his hands as oflicial red tape demands, the Bi sents for the first timo to the public the true story of Miles’ Apache campaign. It1s interesting reading, To those who have followed the newspaper of the operations in since General Miles assumed command, the letter of our correspondent will be a stunning revelation. It proves conclusively the wisdom of the best Indian hghter on American soil when he asserted that policy would win greater results than arms in bringing in the hostiles, now that their tribe had been broken up; and that the close of the campaign would be caused by Geronimo's surrender rather than by any capture of the hostile: Our correspondent tells a story ob- tained from first sourccs and on the ground with minute details which test its trath, The unconditional sur- render of the hostiles turns out to be a surrender on their own terms after they had been sought out and begged to lay down their arms, The valorous ac- chievements of Captain Lawton's much vaunted command fade into vapor when tested by the results accomplished, and the end is discovered to have been brought about by a retmrn to Crook’s simple methods of Indian auxiliaries and diplomacy n treating with the savages, Simmered down, Geronimo has been waiting to surrender ever since George Crook sent s family and friends to Florida after the gallant Crawford had ‘‘broken the back of the outbreak” in the mountains of Sonora, All of Miles’ racket and red light campalgning was o wusto of tine and money, which was finnlly thrown aside as useless and re- placed by tuctics which Georgy introduced into Ind Revival of an Old Desire. Washington adyices report anothor subject of diplomatio eontroversy, grow- ing out of the violation by Cuba of cer- tain provisions of the commercial treaty between the United Staf and Spain, cntered into soveral years ago, regulating the trade relations between this country and the Spanish possession. A great doal of thue wns spent in arranging this con- vention, which it will be remombered geemed for a long tume likely to fail, owing chicfly to certain demands or con- ditions insisted upon by Spain, which the United States government would not eon- cede. The nogotintions were finally brought to & conclusion by a compromise of differences, in which it was thought at the time this government ylolded more than it should have done, aud perhups more than it would have done but for the clamor of certain mercantile interests that profossed 1o be suffering severely from the abscnee of some delinite com- mercial agreement between the two countries, There had been abuses under tho former treaty, owing to its having been somewhat loosely drawn, and while the advantages were Jargely on the side of , it was repeatedly vio- luted until the disrcgard of its pro- visions grew to be intolerable. The pres ent treaty was intended to do away with the ubuses, and to reduce tie chances of violation to the minmum. It app however, that few and slight as these chances may be, they have heen taken advantage of to the extent of threatening a diplomatic controversy between the govermments of the United Slates and Spain. Nothung scotus to be more natural than | that atine in the | | very considerable number of the Ameri | the fair and fertile island of the | been | sions of Spain | ing for ¢ 1 such an fasue should suggest | the iden of this government standing a A protectorate over the island of Cuba can peovle, particularly in the east and | couth, scem to thoroughly imbued | with the conviction fhat this country | ought to in some way possess or control Antilles, | four centuries has short intervals, the 1 the colonial posses Thirty or more years 0 schemes were planned and ex ms organized in this country hav ! the conquest of the the be which, for nearly with a fow most important o years pedit cir object island, and within a year sensational report of the sailing from New York of an expedition under the direction of Cuban patriots, intended to with an_insurrection ary forco in Caba. The insurrec tion of 1869, which lasted soven years, was regarded by Spain, doubtless not altogether unjustly, as z its long continuanes, 1f not its n, to American influence and aid quite half n century the desire to get possession of Cuba, which wasshown in the proposition oi President Polk to pay $100,000,000 for the istand, and at a Luter date in tho Ostend manifesto, which elaimed for the United States the right to take and annex the island if Spain refused to sell it, has at intervals been manifested. Of late years, how- over, its expression has not assumed very serious form, and the report of its recurrence at this time need not eause any annoyance to the Spanish govern- ment. Nothing could be more improb- uble than any serious effort on the part of the American people at present to deprive Spain ot her richest possession, and f there arc in fact any organiz tions of conscquence in Cuba~ the object of which is to sceare release from Span- ish domination and annexation to the United States, they can have out small hope of any aid from the people of this country in the near future. The sentiment thut now controls in the United States is not favorable to anv enlaracmant’ of ferrltorial posses sions. But the propinquity of this rich and must still be regarded as a strong temptation to national cupidity, and the time may come when a less conservative feeling than now prevails, stimulated by interests more urgent and powerful than those now existing, will assert itself in a formidable eflort to guin possession of the coveted prize. In order to prolong this time Spain will find that cou the wisest which comprehends a fair and liberal commercial policy and a strict conformity to treaty obligations. P Was a co-oper six or nd The Business Situation. The clearings table evidences tie con- tinued improvement i the business sit- uation throughout the country. Omaha, as usual, heads the list in the ver cent of incrcase, making a most favorable show- ing for the tributary banking and busi- ness territory and for the jobbing and retail in ts of the city 1f. The jobbing trade of the principal cities in all scetions of the country is active. and the distribution at most points 1s lurger in volume than it was at the corresponding period for several years past. Nearly all the local markets show satisfactory activity except for flour and grain, which continue comparatively dall. The slug- gish condition of trade used slight decline in grain pric has been a partial reaction from the pre- vious sharp advance in the markets for coffee and hog products. On the other hand, an improving tendency is noted in the prices of coul, iron, lumber, wool, cotton, and some lincs of textile manu- factures, and in all of these branches of business there is an increased demand, with the promise of sustained firmness and activity for some time to come. Receipts of wheat at primary points have fallen off, but exports have contin- ucd light, and there has been a further increase of over 2,600,000 bushels in the visible supply. The latter now aggre- gates 47,540,668 bushels, against 43,830,204 bushels a year ago, and the supply of wheat and flour on passage to the United Kingdom and continent is 8,000,000 bush- ols larger than it was this time last year. The steady growth of sto in sight and the increasing offerings of home-grown wheat in the markets of Europe have prevented any urgency in the export demand and the dullness has discournged speculation for higher prices. Another element of weakness has been the increas searcity of ocean freaght room and the advancein carrying es, due in part to the d ion of ves- sels from the grain to the cotton ports. Prices are 1 to 1 cent per bushel lower in all markets, Seeding in winter wheat sections is progressing favorably, The corn erop has passed the point of danger from frost, and the markets o ruled wenk under inoreasing supplies and a sluggish condition of trade; closing fig- ures yesterday showed a general decline of § tol cent per bushel. The price of pork in Chieago has receded from $10.10 a week ago to $0.45 at the close of bu; ness yesterday, making a total of %! per barrel from the hij, figures re- ulative home trade in ased a condition of the market. Discouraginig Democratic Hopes, The New York Zumes, which if yot af- focting to be an oracle of the president s poliey, has generally been quite accurate in forecasting his course, said in a recent fssue that democrats who are expecting radical changes in the policy of Mr. Yleveland ingeversl important divections are certain to be disappointed, It assur these expoctants, who constitute a nu- merous elemont of the party, that the prosident experienced no change views during his vacation regarding course he had pursued. and that would vontimue to steadily and firmly udbere to it. The hoped for *‘elean sweep” wili not be made, though of course republicans will give place to dem- ocrats ns opportunity o do so shall be presented; the declared policy of the ad ministration regarding silver will not be chunged; there wil! be no recession by the president from the stand he has taken respeeting eivil service reform; and the foreign policy of the administration will vot be infused with a spint of belliger- oney, but will continue in the even and placid tenor which has thus far character- ized it. Perhaps the 7imes only assumed all this, but in view of 1ts past success as an oracle something must be conceded | of the party to its present forecast. 1t will carry widespread disappointment to the dem- ocracy, for the party organs of high and low degroe, o reprosents the Times, havo been for the past month promising that the return of the president to Washing ton would mark the beginning of changed condition of affairs more in har mony with and present desires of the demoeracy, and better eal culated to promote the unity and welfare The were, of conrse, the traditions lines to b those which the 7 says the president will not follow. democrats who confide in the party organs were Jed to believe that there wonld be a general and generous redis tribution of the spoils, that the civil ser vice reform barrier wonld be so redunced asto be surmountod with comparative * that the hostility of the administra tion to the majority of the party on the nes The silver question would be abandoned, and | that in our foreign relations we would give England, Mexico and the rest of the world to understand that we don't pro pose to stand any nonsense and are pre pared to back our opinions to any ex tremity. And if Mr, Cleveland really does not intend to do any of these things, what is 10 be the effect upon the demoerats who have been led to expeet that he would do them? Will they be satistied with repro- bating the organs for mislonding them and cbntinue to hurrah for the administ Or will the disanpoint ment so aggravate their displeasure al- rendy manifested in the rejection by their constituents of a number of congressmen who had been staunch sapporters of the adwivistration, that they will strike a blow at the president wherever they ean doso? Inaword, will these expectant demoerats, if their hopes shall be blasted as the Zimes assures thom they will bo, continue to meekly wear the Cleveland voke and see the president follow the mugwump direction, or will they throw off'the yoke and range themselves 1 nder the banner of a leader whose ideas ot true democratio methods are more nearly in consonance with their own than are the president’s? The answer to these questicns eannot be made at onee, They be to someé ¢xtent indicated in the results of the fall campaign, but the real test will come a year hence in the elec- tions preceding the presidential contest. In the interim it is more than probable, notwithstanding mugwump opinion to the contrary, that the president will con cldue that it is expedient to pay more at tention than he has thus far done to the wishes of a majority of his party, or at least of that very large element with which he eannot dispense without put- ting m jeopardy his chances for a renom- ination, TiERE S no danger that the school board will be left out in the cold in the city ball building. In the first place th Lav contenet with the eity by which one-eighth of the property, including the ground, beeomes thers in fee. This con- tract 1s a matter of record in the county clerk’s off In the next placo, the plans which were submitted to and approved.by. the board be- fore the council adopted them show on their face that the whole third story signed and will be, constructed ex- for the accomodation of the board. ns now in the vaults of the court ave been voted on. and approved by the people, and will have to be car out. It 1s not likely that Omaha will re- fuse to finish the city hall after the base- ment is completed, and it is decidedly iprobable that the legislature would re- fuse Omaha the priyilege of crecting a public building with her own credit. The advance which the board has made is in fact simply returning to the ety the money which the council has caused to be collected by a special school levy. 1t does not in any way allect the school fund or crippte the board in its educa- tionul wor Tue Republicas is very much exercised the refusal of this paper to support a common swindler, bribe taker and blackmailer for congress. But why does the Republican, which prides itself on being “straight,” bolt the republican leg- islative and county ticket? Was there anything ir ar in that cony Does not every candidate hold title to the nomination he has received at the hands of a republican convention at which not o single seat was contested? What excuse 1s there for refusing support to men whose integrity nobody dares as- sail and whose fitness nobody questions? Is not the refusal to support this ti of the same picce with the bolt of the re publican candidate for mayor eighteen months agoy Tuk Bex prints a fou cut of the five- story building to be erected by the Y, M. C. A.—Herald. The Herald would have printed the same eut had it not been mn use by the Bee. It was furnished to us by the Y. M. C. A, If the association succeeds, as wo hope it will, in erectihg a four-story building, such as is represented in the cut referred to, it will be doing very well, A five-story building, however, will be much better, and we hope our citizens will subscribe liberally enough to provide for the fifth story s a good deal beng said about the proposed new road to the northwest, but one thing may as well be considered us settled, Douglas county wiil vote no subsidy to any railroad ,which does not torminate in Omaba and will not be operated in the interests of Omaha, THERE Tue injunction lawyer 'was a little too slow this time. He should get up earlier in the morning, ‘ Sp——mem ‘Tue city hall will ibe. built this year without further oppositioh, He Doesn't Drink. St. Albans Messcnger. he most successful “anti-saloon” man is the man who doesn't drjuk.’ =i, A Far West Concelt, Leadvpille Democrad, The importance of sending brains to the leislature shonld not be lost sight of. ey No Use for Others, She Means. New Haven News, You often hear s woman say, “There's no use talking,” but she doesn’t think so, just the same. —— The Usefulness of Slang, Chicago Times ie residents of Chestnut street, Philadel- phia, Penn., have petitioned to have its name changed, - A Big Denver Tribuie-Iepubilica Brother Blaine scews to be a bigger man than the deinocrat dministration, the dem- ocratic party, or the prolibitivuists all rolled iuto one, pursucd | Keep 1t Bofore Republicans. The republicans of the First district should ask themselves whether a man having such a record as that of Church Howe has any rightful claim upon the support of any decent republican. Leay: ing out of question his corrupt methods and notorion weappeal to ro publicans to aind reflect they put a upon party son ond conspiracy against its very venality pruise tren st premivm ence T'en party wason the verge of disaster, and every clectoral yote cust for Hayes and Wiceler was needed to retain the party in power, Clurch Howe ontered into a conspiracy to deliver republican braska into the hands of the This infamous plot is not a mere conjee ture. The proof of it does not rest on surmise or suspicion, It to bo pooh-poohed or brushed away by pro nouncing it one of Rosewater campaign slanders T'he records of the legislature of which Church Howe w a member in '76-37, ain the indelible proofs of the treas: onable conspir: and no denial can stand against evidence furnished by his own pen. Briefly told, the history of this plan to hand over the country to Tilden and democraey is as follows In 1876 Nebraska elected Strickland, Amasa Cobb and Connor presidential clectors | 81,010 a8 against a vote of 16,951 cast for the Tilden and Hendricks clectors, After the clection it discovared that the canvass of this vote could not take pls under the then existing law before the legislature convened. The electoral vo had to be canvassed in Docembe at the Iatest, and the reguiar se: sion of the legislature did not begin until January, In order to make a legal canvass of the clectoral returns, Governor G v ealled a special session of the legis! to convene on the5th of December, at Lincoln, for the pur. pose of canvassing the electoral vote of the state. The democratic effort to eap- ture republican clectaral votes is historie, Tilden’s friends, notably Dr. Miller, had been plotting for the capture of one of the clectors from Nebraska, and it 1s also historie that a large bribe was offered to one of the electors, Gener: trickland. The call of the legislature broke into the plan of the plott and they found a will- ing and reckless tool i Church Howe. When the legislature convened ut the capi- tal,Church Howe filed a protest which may be found on vages 6, Tand 8 of the Ne- braska House Jour of 1877. The fol- lowing extract makes interesting reading: *I, Chureh Howe, a member of the legisla- ture of Nebraska, now convened by procl mation of his excellency, Governor Silas Garber, for the purpose of eanvassing and laring the result of the vote cast m N ska for electors for president and viee dent of the United States, hereby enter lemn protest against such act, denying that the governor has power to call tns body in special session for any sueh purpose, or that this body has any authority to cany or declare the result of such voteupon the following grounds: First. This legislature now convened hay- ing been elected under what is known as the old constitution, has no power to act in the premises, the new constitution of the s having been i forco since November, 1875, The second and third clauses deal with technical objections and are somewhs lengthy. The coucluding sentences of this precious document are as follow: “For the foregoing reasons I protes against any canvass of the clectoral yote of the state by this body, and demand that this, my protest, be entered upon the journal.” (Signed) Church Howe, member of the legislature of Nebraska. “The democrats did not respond to the call of the governor and there was barely @ quorum in the senate, while there were several to sparo in the house of which Howe was a member. The protest en- tered by Howe was doubtless prepared by the ‘Lilden lawyers in Omaka and Howe had the glory of being the sole champion of Sam Tilden. The legisla- ture ignored Church Howe, spread his protost on its record and canvassed the electoral vote in spite of it. When the legislature convened in Jan- uary, 1877, the presidentinl contest was at its height i Washington. Chure Howe had changed places from the houso to the senate. Early in the session, a resolution was introduced expressing the conviction on the part of the senate that Hayes and Wheeler having received a majority of the electoral votes were en- titted to their seats. This resolution zave rise to a very lively debate which lasted two days. Church Howe askea to be excused from voting when it first me up and was so excused, On the final passage of the resolution the record |page 876, Senate Journal 1877,] shows the following resuit: Yeas—Ambrose, Baird, Blanchard, Bryant, Calkins, Carns, Chapman, Colby, Dawes, Gar- field, Gilham, Hayes, Kennurd, Knapp, Popoon, Powers, Thummel, Van Wyck, Walton and Wilcox—20, Those voting in the negative were: Aten, Brown, Covell, Ferguson, Hinman, Holt, Church Howe and North—8. During the same session of the legisla- ture, Church Howe's vote on United States senator for the firstthree ballots is recorded as haying been cast for E. W, Thomas, a South Carolipa democrat, [pages 108 and 208 Senate Journal.] All this time Church Howe professed to be a republican independent, republican on national issues and a tomperance granger on local issues. We simply ask what right a man with such a record has to the support o f any republican, years ngo, when the republican onemy. is not s malicious Silas A, A H W vote of Postoflice Changoes in Nebraska, Postoflice changos in Nebraska during nding Scptember 25, 1886, fur- nished by William Van Vieck, of the postoflice department: Established—Dolphin, Knox John Dolphin, postmaster, Name changed--Somerset, Frontier, county, to Eustis, Marion Hughes, post: county, ntinued—Bushberry, Cass county Cherry Creek, Buffalo county. Luray, Red Willow county Postmaster appointed—Ryno, oounty, Mighael Conley. Postmasters appointed in Towa during tie week ending September 25, 1856: Cahfornin, Harrison_ county, dJ, Wood; Chilticothe, Wapello' county, David Ray, sr.; Morsmun, Puge county, Mus. Sarab M. Moyes. —— Ohautauqua Ulrcle, At 8 o'clock Friday evening, October 1, the Chautauquu circle will mect at the board of edueation rooms, for the clee tion of oflicers and new members, Mr, H. F. Bundy will give an tline of the readings for the coming y and Miss M. L. Kllen will speak of Chautauqua as a summer resort. All porsons desiviog to become members of the cirele are re- quested Lo be present Custer | MILES before | H. f WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1886, A THEATRICAL CAMPAIGY, The Inside History of Geronimo's "‘Uncon= ditional 8urrender.” FORCED The Red-Handed Apache ChiefG the Best of the Bargain-Much Wind and Little Wool-An lnportant Letter, T0 TERMS rts Cave respondenee past Geroni Lawton and the been the Gurast, A of the General a Milc 1" Ch all absorbing topic tory, nlike amor army. to have captut n i this ter civilinn inhabitants and the Apnche campaign is suppose ended, and i in the eastorn papers, its parting volley has enveloped General Miles in a halo of glory. 1f the correspondents who have been so hberally stuflfed with bogus information aro to be believed poor Geronimo, worn out and weary with the “relentless pursait’’ of Miles” T3, “surrendered’ on the field of and threw himself on the merey of to bo dealt with as they saw fit, I who know THE ACTUAL STATE OF especinlly officers who have part i the campaign, make no attempt to conceal their disgust at the nonsensieal veports with which the castern paners have been flooded for the sole object of concenling the true state of aflirs, Th facts are bound to come ont ofliciall Let me presend them as they are and as they will be proved to bo before many days have passed Geronimo's — surrendor Crook —in Ml and sequent eseapo . are well remem- bered, It was followed by General Miles’ arrival in the terrtory. Miles came to this country of mountaing and canyons fresh from a command which d'to deal with a ditferent class of In- 1s. Entirely inexperienced in Apache arfare e myde his fiest mistake i his toud bousts of what he proposed to do “by reversing Crook’s methods.” Ac cording to his fuglementhe Indian scouts were to b bhandoned o un- trustworthy, the regular cavaliy were to do the pursuing, and the Apaches were to be worn out by a relentless pur- suit into “‘unconditional surrender” or annihilation in the field. The papers were loaded with statements of the organization of his campaign, of the additional troops called for, the enrvoll- ment of fronticr legions, the equipment of a corps to signal the trial of the wnd the tremendous efforts which to be made to e riies AFFAIRS, ken General his sub- to TMMENS NT_OF BUNCOM all for public effeet, a large disi wasted ener; AL usel without resuits, and tinally a su nder of the ches on th own terms, pl e yesterday of talking 1 officer reeently in the field about close of the campaign, and zend you his statement, given to me with no of its publication. He said There has been so mu mis sentation in mino’s ‘unconditional’ sui is diflicult for one to talk y 'of igns lap trap and rd to G ader, that it bout it \vilhuui annot De aceused of prejudice, Dueanse 1 am not personally acquainted with either General Miles or Lawton, the two of the hour. I do not desire one dota from the glory fuirly won by cither of them or 1 y other soldier. But I happen to know THE FACTS surrender and departure and of all the proceedings before thosd events,and if there is not & boomerang in store for somebody, I shall be greatly surprised. [ fail to understand why the should be vplaced in_a false light the truth must certainly come out in time. The despatches sent out have been carefully worded to correct the ‘coming in’ of the hostiles with the op ations of Lawton’s command and have conveyed the impression that the hostiles ~ were cornered and sur- rendered unconditionally. Nothing could be farther from the truth, About two months ago Second Licuten- ant Brown, of Captam Lawton’s com- mand, with a detachment ran upon o hostilé camp down in Sonora and got a few horses and some camp baggage. There was nothing remarkable in this, s itis something the troops have done u number of times since the kostiles went out nearly two y 1o, But to read the dispatehes” printed and furmished through Miles’ literary bureauone would have thought that the achicvement was stupendous. As a matter of fact, result- less as it was, this was the only time that Lawton's command T k Indians. e marched a , worked hard and sistently Jike everyone else who has had anything 1o do with field service here, but he didn’t bring in Ger- onimo, beenuse he was not yet ready to admit that the Apaches could not be cap- tured and would not surrender except upon their own terms. Lawton did not do the service of the command of Davis and Crawford last year. Still the cffort has been made to identify him wholly with all that has been attaincd out here when, and mark my words, he never had a fight, never drew blood wnd NEVER CAPTUKED AN INDIAN. For these reasons there was no _oppor- tunity afforded Miles or Luwton for the lorous _achicvement and gallantry with which the country is heing dosed, It finally began to dawn upon Miles that if anything was to be done it could only be ugcomplished by n return to Gen eral Crook’s old and woll-tried methods, The disearded Indian scouts were tu up, and the oflicers i to understand t be bronght in on any terms, in withont deluy. Accordi tenant ewood with two Ch 1 N scouts set out on the mission of finding Goronimo and treating with him fo r ins surrendor, He had o difliculty in finding them on this basis, nERUL0 you. Gerouimo hud been anxious to treat ver since he got oyer Ins seare with d his faniil £ent by that to Florida, uten. ant Gatewood got o tulk with the Lidisn, and pe o tiat it would he quite si them to come into ithe neighborhoad of Lawton's counn Geronime and Nutohes positively rofu to surcender to Captain 1, reasons well known to & They \\rml:lhiuhulhinr more than agre to u couty with Gene Miles, and upon the u sentations of Liw- afnly ‘skip eneral came down, Mi v 1 possinlo to hold Lhe conference utime Geronimo in- formed Lawton that if Miles ed to iim he could be founa at Skoleton Canyon, and at that point seversi days later the couference wus held. There the treaty or bargain was made,” The conference opencd by Miles hauding Geronimo n clg ! liaus wero clearly and deffnitcly given to under- staud that they would be sent to Florida to join their people there and that THEIR LIVES WENE IN NO DANGER. They were urged to follow wral Miles Dback fo Bowie, mnol as prisoners of war, but 08 parties to an agr ent mula on terms to suit themseives. . Gieronimo frankly admitted thet he would have come i of Geronimo’ out’ unl posted ofl the reports which 1 read | | thirsty talk of Miles lieve that he would be butchered it caught, He said he was anxious to «cu his wives and children, and that his plo he did. Everybody fam: with these Indians has known all that this was the casiest and most cable method of getting them in. 1t v precisely the poliey of Crook, onl was ier for Miles than' Cy beeause the Iatter band hadevery indue ment to join their relatives and’ fy And this was the famous ‘uncondit surrender,’ & surrender on Gero own terms, mado in his own camp wi | e was free to do as he pleased and | Miles and his oflicors at hismercy. A the conferenco was ended, Geron Natchez and five others rode into Bow | atonce i company with Miles hims Lawton followed with the remainder the Indians, the Apaches marching alo: with him under no _restraint whatev just as they eame np from San Bernardiy Leforo. And now for a little pi ( | information, At a campaboutnine m from Bowio Lawton ecamped oy mght. In the morning when the India wore rounding up their ponies propar tory to marching, seven of them, thr bucks, three squaws and a boy, ‘skipped out.! This was not known for som time afterwards and the cavalry 1 am told have been out after them over since On the night of the 18th 7008 o1 and reported that these Indians hy stolen twelve of their horses on the prev ious night near Camp Emmet Crawford and had Killed & number of cattle, The troops and scouts are still in pursuit. ‘T'hig has been JAREFULLY SUI'PRESSED beeanse it will not hitch well with that story _of unconditional surcendor, Miles hus acted likea the; mannger in the whole business, thing possible has been done to 1 b Geronimo's surrender a personal teiamph. When Captain Lawton ived at Fort Bowice the Fourth cavalry band, which had been sent for the purpose, discoursed thrilling martinl — music, I'he Indinns were placed under no res: traint, although I notice in the news- paper reports that they were in frons in the guard house. ‘Lhey were treated with marked consideration in every respeet, and paraded themselves around a8 if they owned the post, Geromino, as big as a lord, togged out in store clovhes and a new hat, strutted to and fro, the hero of the hour, One day General Miles had pickets put ont around the post, but it was to eject citizens and to keep them from ‘s g’ the Indians. Threo troops of aley marched down to Bowie with the Indians, the band playing them out of the post. They have gone cast to thewr friends and families; gone wheroe they have been anxious to o ever since Crook broke the back of the outbreak by exiling ninctenths of the band and wh they could have been sent months ago if General Miles had not been more anxious to pose before the public than to wind up the campaign.” Let me summar General — Miles failod miserably until_he adopted every one of Crook’s methods, scouts and all, Geronimo surrendered to Gatewood and on his 0wn terms. Sinee poor Crawford’s death not an Apache been killed, wounded or captured, and Geronimo would still be skipping about in the mountains of Sonora unless Miles had survendered his much vaunted policy and yielded to the Avache’s der PROMINENT PERSOM Fred Douglas is to be made a great lion of abroad. Mus. Langtry’s cabin fare on the ste Russia this trip westward is a round §: Mrs. Gen. Cusier is now at work ona hook on Kansas and civontier life just after the war. mer . Biiss, of Chieago, who has made a ne by lucky fliers, is an old telegraph Griswold, Bert Harte's delightful concert singer, has taken London by storm. ce Bismarck is said by a bold Berlin joarnal to be “equally tond of the Bible and egiven ch to the London fuud for the bene- Charleston sulerer: . Gladstone A letter again de- ng the persistently repeated report that he bout to joln the Catholie church, Herr Kracker, a momber of the German reichstag, has been fined 1,500 marks for an infraction of the anti-socialist law, nz Liszt said that all the Hohenzollerns he had known cared nothing for musie, “Old Prinee Albert once told me,” added “that hie looked upon music us an ex- pensive noise,” Blondin, the tight-rope walkes quictly in Peoria, with hair by his sixty-two years, 5, J. W. Mackay has wet with a eheck in pirations in London, and is loss desirous of buying an expensive res dence. Mary N, Murfyee ( ! says that she witl and then marry a'l'ennessec farmer. that she will, Nilsson, it is announced, will sall for Amerien shortly after her wedding. Next 1o her husband she loves the enguavings on our is living omewhat sile Craddock™) in she wont The chanees are 1 national currency, “The wealthiest colored gentleman in the United States is Tonlo Lufton, s French quadroon of New Orleans, 1o can sign his cheek for a round million, Colonel Henry Mapleson, writes to s London paper: *Madaine Marie Itoze did the enre, and hus derived the gereatest benefit therefrom, although at pres: ent sho s sulfering from aTagiig oot -~ ¥all Symproms, Pudk, Heetie signs of rosy posy wll all shining everywhere, ery rose 18 dying, sighing ometling of otlier on the air, Sl boys with the apple grapple In the orchards stil and rip And wo hear tho pleasant plivsant Chant bis plainti meersciaum pipe, ust from Viehy, All the woods are mellow yellow Save the portions hrown and Now the suinach’s blowing g Like the servant-lady’s | ture's we Soom Wil it il yilt= Naturo's i Ler daisy hacy, o Luzy wnzy crazy quilt, A Now s01mo tme past nono of tha South Omaha has squivements of & ng a chureh and Tong-felt want” 18 500m 1o be supulicd by an establishiment to bo oporated by Yedda & Youug, He: Voss is drawing up plans for the buitd- ings, whicn s to cost $40,000, Work will be conmonced at once. Three More Storios, A large force of men is engaged in ecting thiree more storics o the din- i of tho Miilard hotel. W hen i is finished, which will be in & ks, the extensive improvements by the present masage- be completed. stern Mal no mail from Chicugo York Monday night. All letters former city hud been dotained soy- al hours by an accident on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, and none of us from that city to this point scheduln tune, sourt yesterday afternoon, L. W, was tived $26 spd ting & fellow dago, few wes contemp! ast of any time Guring the pasttwenty woeks on these couditions, but that the bived- The latter puia #10 ald cost for diawing & revelver o Veuw.