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CONCLUSION OF & SCANDAL The Last Ch pter of Pano: in a Suicide. PHIL D. MILLER KILLS HIMSELF, A Tisticuff Near Winterset Termi- nates in a Stabbing Affray—Fail- ure of the Monarch Insurance Company--lowa News, Died By His Own Hand. Paxonra, Ia, Jan. 51| Special Telegram 1o the Bk, Phil D, Milter lies dead by his own hand, and another sickening chap ter is added to the story of Panora’s scandal- shame. Miller took ne Saturday morning shortly before < at his house on his farm in this (Guthrie) county, two wiles from Panora. Doctors anived in time toremoyo the drug with a stomach but the brain was paralyzed by the de potion, and although he lived until 11 0'clock Sunday morning he never recovered con- sclousness. He left on a desk by his bedside aletter addres “T'o my friends,” dated January 2 n which he said nothine about his int t suicide but recounted the wrongs over which he has been brood ing. He wrote that he had lost $30,00C by a Colorado man,and that a Chicago man had robbed him of $5,000. 1 ited the story of the Yale fanily and anders attendin the separation from_his wife: de- that the publication of his name as “Phil Dead-beat Miller” by the late Lew Apple had destroyed his eredit at hore and abroad, and that people had lost confidence In him. Miller was an_eccentric racter who dealt in fine stock and poultry. A Monarch in the Dust, Drs Moy Ia., Jan ~—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The Monarch Fire In- surance company with headquarters at this place failed to-day and turned its afTairs over to a receiyer. Thecompany has been doing at bussness in the east and south on up capital of but $5000. ‘lhe liabilities are 11,680.79, Ihe assets are as follow Premium notes, $44,000; balance due from a ents, eash on hand, $100; oftice furniture real estate in’ Boone county, 3,000 failure has been expected for some time the methods of the company have been r less and the nts have done some he ntly indired a whole town . Me, and a_recent lLeavy fire (00, morp! A Dirk’s Dreadfnl Work, WiNtERsET, Ta., Jan. vecial Tele- gram to the Bere.|—William Olverison, a farmer living soveral miles north of the eity. and William Weeb, an_employe at the poor farm, quarreled here Saturday and went three-quarters of a milo north of town to set- tle it by fighting. After they had drawn their conts Olverton drew ont a dirk and horribly cut Weeb, inflicting one wound two feet long, severing the ear and_extending down the hreast, auothur Oighteon inches lopg, and others in the back, breast, side and knec. Ho then coolly got into_the wazon and drove home, Weéeb's companions took bim to the voor farm near by, where he is in a_critical condition. Olverfon was arrested and jailed. Slick Burglars Successful. S1oux Crty, Ia., Jan. 8L—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—Burglars rifled the dry goods store of Alex Larsen some time after closing Saturday night and opening this morning. About $500 worth of goods were taken. The thieves put up a system of com- munication from the outside before com- mencing operations. The burglary was one of the best planned and executed e here. So far as isknown the officers as yet have no clue. The Snow Blocknde, Stoux Crry, la., Jan. 31.—[Special Tele- gram to the B —All trains north and northwest were abandoned Sunday on ac- count of the blockades. The St. Paul line was oponed to-day but no trains are running on time. It will likely be several days yet before regular traflic can be resumed. A Jarge number of passeners wero compelled to spend Sunday and to-day here on this ac- count. U. . Surveyors at Sioux City. S1oux Crry, Ia., Jan, 8L—[Special Tele- gram to the Brk.]—A surveying party run- ning aline to Sioux City for the Union Pa- cific company from Norfolk reached here to- day. They state an_ excellent course Las been found and there is every indieation that the road will be built in the near future. British Grain Trade Review. LoNDoN, Jan. 8L—The Mark Lane Fx- press says: Deliveries of Enelish wheat con- tinue to be in bad condition, making values generally lower. Corn is cheaper. Oats have declined 3 pence. Linseed gained 6 pence. Seven cargoes of wheat arrived, five were sold, eight withdrawn and three re- mained. At to-day’s market there was no demand for wheat. Foreign was 6 pence lower; Fn by 1f I bad condition, unsal able. 'Flour was in larzesupply and 6 pence Corn was quiet. Barleys —were Outs were dull and 6 pence cheaper. - - B3 After the Counterfeiters, Whenever an invention proves itself a success there are always imitations of that invention placed on the market in ordes to reap a harvest through the bene- fits of the ndvertising of the genuine. For a week or more certain parties knowing of the wonderful sale of the Carboli Smoke ball, have attempted to sell a ball that readily passes for the Carbolic Smoke ball; but when compared with the enuine the fraud isapparent. This imi tion is filled with common tobacco and is enclosed n a red cover; there the imitation ends. The hundreds of tes timonials as to the Carbolic Smoke ball for the purpose of curing colds, catarrh, _asthma, ete,, have cvidently inspired these parties tocounterfeit it. ~ But as the Smoke ball is patented and the counter- feiters are known they will be prosecuted to the full exyont of the law. he pr of the Carbolle Smoke is $2.00, while the fraudulent imitation is being sold for 1.00 and, besides, the nuine Carbolic moke ball is not handled by agents or canvassers, but 1s for sale only at the office of the Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., in the Frenzer block, corner 15th and Dodge streets. - acres in South Omaha for sale ata IVANS & JOHNSON. e 560 Acres for Sale. We pluce on sale to-day 560 acres of very tine land one and one-half miles di rectly south of the stock ds, which will f;c sold in tracts of five, ten or more acros as the pure r may desi prices ranging from $150.00 to $. per acre. Terms strictly one-thivd cas balance on t The prices range lower than prices on adjoining property. Vo will be pleased to see our friends and talk with them concerning it, Porrer & Cosn, 1515 Farnam Street. T Notice, The South Omaha Land company have appointea C. E. Mayne sole agent for the sale of theirlots. He will show the prop- erty and furnish all desired information upon up};lu-uuym Signed] W. A. Paxron, President, e A copy of the “'Storm Chart' for 1887, by the Rev. Irl R, Hicks, and Calen- dar for 1887, mailed free to an, i dress on receipt of a two-cent ps stamp. Write plainly your Name, Post- office and State. . Tae Di. J. H. McLeanx Mepicine Co., St. Lows, Mo, Twenty acres for sa'e cheap,a bargain. Evans & JOuNsON, 624 8. 18th St., Cunningham Hall, MATTERS JUDICIALL The Opening of the Jannary Term of the District Court. ‘esterday morning the Jannrary term of the district court was opened, with both Jud, Wakely and 2 ille on the beneh., The newly carpeted bar filted with the majority of whom, however, were young men, of wl struggling, wh have Ivanced into prominence, a small attendance of spec attorney some others 1y delivered nong which we several opin the following Lizzie ve. Henry Homan. The bill of the plaintilf was dismissed, und the cnstody of the chil dren gven to the father. The plaintiff was rofe alimony, but permitted to the childrea once cvery thirty days, 1d then « to the father of twelve hours in advance of the inter view, the visit to take place in the pres- ence of a third party In the case of Webster vs the Edwards estate, the_judge decided in favor of the former. neral Webster was executor of the estate, and as such was compelled to perform legal services. For these he harged a reasonable fee, which the county court did not allow. It was taken to the district court and Judge Wakely held an executor, who is an attorney, when compelled to render Jegal services to the st s entitled to the compen tion which a prudent executor would offer to another attorney for the same work. In the case of Forbes vs William Voree, an attempt to foreclose a mortgage, the judge decided in favor of the defendant, He hela that the foreelosure was estopped by the fact that Forb 1 tranferred the property to Voree and allowed the Iatter to make permanent improvements, and at the same time re- mair ignorance of the existence of the mortg General Webster appeared for Vorec Thos. Callan on the petit jur Mr. C. S, Baldwin, from the bar com- \ppointed to© give expression to slings of the members of the legal concerning the death of the Iate General O'Brien, reported a series of eloquent and appropriate resolutions. s were then pronouneed upon the ed by Messrs. Baldwin, Chase, Bloom, Sears of Council Blufls, and J. I Moriarty. divoree as excused from serving COUNTY COURT. Betore Judge MeCulloch yesterday the attachment case of Edney & Gibson vs W. A. Hayes, was on trial. y ank wford commenced suit against rt Herrick for 200, as com- al estate. P. Rocco & Bro. commenced attach- ment proceedings against the badly in- volved grocery tirm of J. H. Johnson & Co. to sceure a claim of $13.10. . A. Armstrong began a proceeding in replevin to get possession of a hors buggy and other property now held by George Swartz, Chas. Riewe brought suit for judgment aguinst Joseph Mills for $208 for goods sold and delivered., A. C. Wakeley brought suit against Burdick & Wood Tor $120 on a promissory note. assen commenced 8uit J. C. Gladden and J. W. ifliths for $384.80 tor labor performed on u contract. 56O Acres for Sale, We place on sale to-day 560 acres of very fine land one and one-half miles di- rectly south of th ards, which will be sold in tracts of five, ten or moi acres as the purchaser may des prices ranging from $150.00" to §300.00 Terms strictly one-third cash, on tim The prices range lower than prices on adjoining property. We wilt bo pleased to see our fricnds and talk with them coneerning it. Porrer & Cosn, 1515 Farnam Street. g Ten acres for sale cheap. Evans & JOHNSON, 524 S. 13th St. ———— DARDEN DIES AFIER ALL. The Would be Suicide Dies at Lin- coln, W. G. Darden, the man who attempted to end his own life at the Millard hotel on Thursday night last, died at the Clif- ton house in Lincoln on Sunday night. The announcement caused some surprise here, as the man was in a fair way to re- cover when he was removed from the hotel in this city. He was not by any means out of danger and the oflicious detective who re- moved bim from the hotel acted without the sanction of Darden’s attending phy- sicians and contrary to his judgment. Dr. Hyde, who was 1 to attend Darden on Thursday night, found him nearer dead than alive and succeeded in saving him only after several hours’ of strenuous and skillful effort. As a re- sult of his experien wrden was nearer dead than alive and for two days was alniost completely exhausted., Dr. Hyde objected to Darden’s removal on Iriday and would have done the same on Saturday, as the man at the time had a burning fever und was very weak. Pond, the Lin coln detective, did not consulu the physi- cian, but as soon as he tound that Dar- den was able to walk hustled him off' to Lincoln as a prisoner. What affect the hasty removal of Darden had upon his exhausted system will probably never be known, as the cause of his death i overed up with report that he suc- ceeded in getting another dose of mo1- phine. Pond, the detective who came here with Maynard for the purpose of taking Dar- den to jail, is the party who attained con- -x?.l able notoriety two years ago during the last days of the last session of the legistature, It will be remembered that on one Saturday afternoon a farcieal at- tempt was made to rob the state treasury in the cap The plan was alleged to have been devised in s secret muanne and one of the alleged attending rob- bers disclosed the matter to the governor, through the agency of Pond. The ady of the governor was that the intending robbers be not arvested, but to leave them advance to the commission of their crime and arrest them at the moment of its commission, One of the robbers had a wooden leg, and rode to the capital on a white nag that could not run a mile if chased by a prairie fi His accomplice was arrested, but when the wooden legged man made his exit from the treasury, into the hall, be started to hob- ble to the entrar of the building. A few paces from the door of the treasury stood Detective Pond, with a double- barreled shot gun. The moment the robber wade his appearance Poud shouted to him to throw up his hands, T xt instant one barrel of shot was poured into the robber’s back, and a see- ond later, the other barrel was emptiod partly in the head and shoulders of the wretch, who fell senseless upon the en- trance and soon after died The victinds nume was Burke. His confedrate was aequitted, while Pond was indicted for manslanghter, triea, found guilty, sen- tenced to ten years' imprisonment, but was pardoned by Governor Dawes. A Real Estate Exchange. Articles of incorporation of the Omaha Real Estate exchange were tiled with the county clerk yesterday. The exchange is formed for the mutual advantage of the agents and owners of property of fered for sale, (The exchay will handle only such property us is placed in its was | | rectly THE OMAMA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY., FEBRUARY 1, 188‘7..7 hands exclnsively. Each memper of the exchange will be furnished daily with a report of the day's business and ail com- missions will be divided equally ampng the members. The exchange will chargg # commission of 5 per cent on each sale of $1,000 or 1 On _larger eales the commission will be &6 per eent for the f §1.000 and 2 per centon the bal ance. The partners to the agreement are: The Omaha R & Trust company, Marshal & 1l & Me Candlish, Hartman & Mead & Jamison, Gregory & W. G iver, M, A, Upton & Clark & Irench and Ballou Bros. 560 Acres for Sale, We place on sale to-day 560 acres of very fine land one and one-half miles di south of the stock yards, which will be sold in tracts of five, ten or more the purchaser may desire at pric anging from $150.00 to £200.00 per acre. Terms strictly one-third cash, balance on time. J P prices ran adjoining property. We will be pleased to see our friends and talk with them concerning it. Porrer & Conn, 1515 Farnam Street. PR, - Five acres in South Oma bargain INT A Maten on, Hadley, Cos, acres as lower than p afor sale at EVANS & JOHNSON. - (DI AR OF SPORTS. ‘or Moth—RBase Ball and Wheel Notes, Charles Moth, the wrestler, has been promised a match with an unknwn who is thought to be a member of the Omaha Turnverein. The president of that asso- ciation called upon Moth yesterday even- ing and made an appointment to meet Moth and his by v atJohn 8. Prince’s headquarters at 3 o'clock this afternoon to post money and sign the articles of agreement for a mateh. According to Moth's challenge he offers to meet_any loeal wrestler and throw him five times in an hour on a wager. The match will be three co-Roman and two ch-as- cateh-can falls, The time and place meeting will be deeided to-day. DASE BALL NOTES, Manager Farish, of the Athleties, states that his club will be reorganized this sea- son with a number of new men and will be stronger than ever before. One or two of the old Union Pacities will be with the club ahd several new acquisitions will be made. The club will have new unmforms and will be orzanized in time to furnish he league team some amusement before the regular season opens i g WHEEL NOTES, John 8. Prin, v ehalienge to ride a wheel agai otting horse in A that he will publish as soon as the weather opens. T. W. Eck received a letter y from W.J. Morgan, who, with Friedburiz and Woodside, will sail from New York on friday for an European trip. A race between E and Bullock for 100 miles is on the tapis. erday 560 Acres for We place on sale to-day 560 acres of very fine land one and one fmiles di- rectly south of the rds, which will be sold in tracts acres as the purchu y desire, at pric ranging from $150.00 to §300.00 ser acre. Terms strictly one-third cash, balance on time. ‘he prices range lower than prices on adjoining property. We will be pleased to see our friends and talk with them conecrning 1t, Porrer & Cosg, 1515 Farnam Street. e — Five, ten and twent7-acre blocks, ad- joining South Omala. for sale cheap. Just right for cutting up into lots. Call at once on, LvaNs & JOHNSON, 524 S. 15th ———— FEBRUAKY ASTRONOMY. Directions For Finding the Local Stars This Month. ‘The following is the police detail for the coming month: Day Force—Thomas Cummings, city marshal; John MecDonald, deputy Thomas Cormick, captain; Pat Mostyn, sargeant; Michacl Whalen, court officer; John Turnbull. city business; Mike Me- Carty, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh, north of Dougls John Robbins, Farnam, Twelfth to Fifteenth; Patrick ~Gilligan, Thirteenth, Harney to ridge; John Brady, Cuming street; Jerry O'Grady, Twelfth street, Dougl to Capitol avenue; John Norman, Sixteeth street, Dodge to Nicholas; Dan Shanahan, lower Farnam and Harney, Ninth to Twelfth; Charles Lange, Thirteenth street, south of bridge; H. P’. Haze, 'Tenth street, Har. ney to depot; Dan Kenedy, Donglas, Thirteenth to Sixteenthi; George Trimble, patrol driver, Nignt Foree—James O'Boyle, Tenth street, Harney to Jones; Arthur Pulaski, Chieago and Cass streets; Andrew Fahey, Capitol avenu Ninth to Twelfth; Charles Bloom, Sixth and Seventh, south of tracks; Mike Dempsey, Ninth to ‘enth, north of Douglas; William White, Sixteenth, (€ Nichols Peironct, Sixteenth, Dodge to Farnam, from Twelfth 3 ward Carroll, Farnam_and ;5 Dan MeBride. Thirteenth, Har- ney to bridge; Thomas Ormsby, at large; Mike Reile; aunders , Cum- J. Donnivan, Thirteenth, outh of bridge; Pat Horrigan, Douglas, hirteenth to Sisteenth; Richard Bur' i Jones to depot; James Douglas to Capitnl . Casey, Sr, y's iodola, Twentieth, to Poppleton ayenue; Peter M geant; Al Sig Peter Son, patrol driver; Andrew Crawford, patrol conductor. ayenus ive, ten and twenty-acre blocks, ad joining South Omaha, for sule cheap. Just right for cutting. Call at once on Evans & Jounson, b24 5, 13th St. e 560 Acres tor Sale. place on sale to-day 560 acres of fine land one and one-half miles di- tly south of the stock yards, which will besold in tracts of five, ten or mor acres as the purchaser may desire, at prices ranging from $150.00 to $300.00 Perms strietly one-third eash, on time. prices range lower than prices on T adjoining prope We will be pleased to see our friends and talk with them concerning it. Porrer & Coss, 1516 Farnam § Protesting Against the Tax, A number of tax payers hiving in the Sccond and Sixth wards met at the city hall last night to y st betore the coun- cil commiltees against the propo: special levy for the constructien of sew- ers in districts No. 24 and No. They were mistaken in the understanding th the council committees met on Monday evening and consequently adjourned until next Saturday evening when the matter will be brought before the com- mitices. pet, Twenty acres for sale chean,a bargain EvANns & JOunson, 524 8. 13th St., Cunningham Hall, - Ticket Ofice lemoved. The local ticket oftice of the Minnea polis & Omaha route will to-day be re- moved trom its present location in the **Burlington Route” office at the corner of Fourteenth and Farpam streets to the | & Northwestern, w | very fine land one ang one-haif miles di | prices ranging from passenger station of the company nt! ‘-‘ fteenth and Webs strec Mr. D. Kimball, ticket agent of the Chicago | handle the Minnea- polis & Omaha company's tickets with that of the Fremone & Elkhorn route. 560 Acres for Sale We vlace on salg to-day acres of rectly south of the stock yards, which 11 be sold in tracts of fi ten or more a as the purdhaser may desirc, at $15).00 to $300.0) T'erms strigtly one-third cash, nee on time. T'he priced range Jower than prices on adjoining property We will be pleased to see our and talk with them concerning it Porrer & Cons, 5 Farnam Street. - - They Are Going Lots in Randolph Place South Omahy for sale cheap Evass & Joussoy 621 S. 13th Strect, Cunningham Hall. —eicmese Revenue Collections The revenue collections for the month of January were as follows: On lists . Beer stamps. . T'ax paid stamps Ci-ar stamps Tobaeco s Special tax... . Total L The collections yesterday amounted to $8,670.88, friends ast. addition to Ten acres for sale che ANS & JOTNsON, 524 S, 13th i i Polica Pickings. Wm. Anderson was arrested last even- ing for threatening, while erazed oy drink, to shoot two expressmen, Noss and R. Keef, who were unloading goods on Harney street, A hackman named Wm. Arron was ar- rested Jast mght for violating the hack ordinance by ch o stranger &1 for taking him from the B. & M. depot to the Union Pucitic depot. A Stranger's Death. A young man aged twenty , died at St. Joseph's hospital yesterday at 9:30 o'clock. He had been in the institution but two ds and bad come from the Rosebud agencey, His expenses were guaranteed by a Peter O'Donohoe at that place. ‘Lhe remains are now at Barrett & Heafy's undertak- g rooms and O'Donohue has been tele- graphed to ascertain what shall be done with them. Thor Suing the City. In the district court yesterday Ellen M. Davis commenced suit against the city for damages. The petitioner asscrts that in April, 1835, she fell through a defective sidewalk on Seventeenth street, near Nicholas, and sustained injurics that have rendered her incapable of work. Sh ks for damages in the sum of O Brev There will be for ealled for tri distriet court. collections for the month of wary are reported by Treasurer Buck to have been very large. Cora Niles and Miss Grace Swearinger, of Council Bluffs, are in the city, the guests of Miss Lucy Diexel. The Chinese *‘boys” will display their fireworks in front of the W.C.T. U., Buckingham, Tuesday ‘evening at 6:50. Mr, and Mrs. Sol' Bergman have re- turned from their wedding tour, and are now at home at 710 South Eighteenth street. Bert Goodell, a typo formerly weli known here, 18 to be married on Wed- nesday evening to a Miss Louise Walker, of Cheyenne. Major Burt, Colonel Fletcher and Major Butler started last night for Fort Du- Chesne, to attend the court martial trial of Major Benton. News was received in the city vesterday of the death of Frank Powell, infant of Lieutenent Frank Powell and the Mrs. Maud Powell, at Boise barracks, Coroner Drexellyesterday afternoon re- cerved a telegram from Zeigel's s Denver, to embalm the remains of her brother and hold them until her arrival. The following bailifls have been se- lected for the present term of the district court: Henry Grebe, Lows Grebe, J. H. Phillips, Frank Bonhauer and George Carpenter. The Parnell social club will give another enjoyable hop at Cunningham’: hall Wednesday evening ne Members of the club and their guests are assured a pleasant time. John and Martin Swift, of Washington, Ia., arrived in thiscity y ‘morning in response to a cuil to the bedside of their uncle, Mr. John Swift, whose lfe is despaired of. They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Swift, Dr. Haughawout has taken a change of venue in th s brought against him by Miss Chase from Justice Anderson’s court to that of Justice Berk M Chase promptly retalial by taking a change of venud in Dr. e against her to Justice Anderson from Jus! Berka. hree criminal eases at the present term of the Personal Paragraphs. W. IL. Brevoort, of Chicago, Erhardt, ot Atchison, Kan,, ar city, Colonel Champion S evening for St. Joseph, where he will at- tend the Missouri Valley In State Commer Bill convention to-day as a delegate from the Omaha board of trade E. F. Wilson, who bas herctofore held the position of forewan in Mark & Brothers saddlery establishiment, has re- signed his vosition and aceepted a simi- lar position in the employotf the Omaha Saddlery company. - They Are Going Fast. Lots in Randolph Pla addition South Omauha for sala cleap EvVANS & JOHNSON, 524 S{ 13th Street, ifhingham Iall, - 18 Appraved. WASHINGTON, Jan, he president to-day approved the actgranting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war; also the tollowing: An act providing for a school of instruction for cavalry and light artitlery; i ction of GuATirs, barracks and stables at certain army posts. - — ie Pacific Roadyinvestigation, WasHINGTON, Jan, df.+The senate com- mitiee on juaiciary had guder consideration this morning the house repolution providing for the investization of the books and ac- counts of the Pacitic railroads, but reachad ue conelusion. nd Lew in the o loft last to £ i An Alderman's Big Booale, WiLkespaiie, Pa., Jan, —Alderman (. 5. Groff, of this city, received intelligence this afternoon that his family had just be- come heirs to an esiate in Hollaud valued at §16,000,000, ST Nebraska and lowa Weather. For Nebraska and lowa: Fair weather, warnier, S A young man of Brunswick, Ga., went duck hunting lust Sunday, and while at least # mile away from the city fired a duck with a breech-loading rifle ball cawe to the eity und went through the door of a residence on Newcastle sireet, just missing a child d. THAT NEW LAND POLICY, It is Genorally Endorsed by the Aotnal Settler. A GREAT VICTORY FOR SPARKS. The Causes and Character of His Reform of the Land Service ~Letters and Encourage- ment from the People, WasiniNaroy, Jan. 20.--[Correspnod ence of the Ber.]—In the Ber of May 20, 1886, was printed a review of the first an nual report of ( Sparks, commis- sioner of the general land oftfice. In that report the general exposed the disgrace ful demoralization into which the land service had fallen through the imbecility or maladministration of his predecessors in office, and supported the exposure in the evidence drawn almost wholly from oflicial republican sources, Hundreds of millions of capital, associated over a vast area, under the control of a multitude of land grabbing organizations, had long been employed by the “eattle kings," by “railroad” and “timber bosses,” by manm- moth “surveying rings,” and by swamp nd desert land thieves—by land grab- bers of all ilks—in the systematic spolia- tion of the public domain. The nation and people had, for years, been plun- dered annually of millions in money and land. General Sparks clearly realized L duty in the premises, nor did he hesitate in its cexecution. Recognizing and ap. preciating, fully, the prodigious power of this immense associated ¢ nd conscquently the manifold — offensive agencies of the plunderers for resistance, the general nevertheless determined on a cteristic effort to purge the land service of its complicated corruptions and erimes. He promptly resolved on heroie measure” as the only probable effectual remedy. Guided by carly pre cedents in like eme ies, the general, by his order of April suspended all entries of publ nds'in the ter tories and land states notoriously in- fested by “land grabbers.” He required $ proot of “'the good ' in the matter of residenc 1 cultivation contemplated and demanded by the laws, APPLAUDED BY ACTUAT T The results anticipated quickly fol- lowed, At first a vrolonged tempest of denunciation and obloquy ereated by the guilty spoilers under ‘the somewhat thread-bare mask of “‘honest mdigna- tion’ at the impending ruin of the poor but hardy imigrant engaged in settiing and eivilizing our western wildern. in conjunction with the eflorts, as per: sistent and shameful, here in Washington before congress and the departments, to defeat the new policy of the land de- partment. But the department stood firm; the land grabber was routed. Henee now another result, anticipated with eq confidence, be upon the intelhgence and pr the veople, follows in the amplest and most attering justification and applause by “clouds of witnesses,” comprehend- ing all ranks and classes of our citizens. Thousands in number, and apparently wholly independent of all partisan bias, and nfluenced only by patriotie consid’ erations—all attesting, not merely the absolut of 0 measure too long delayed, but its justice and beneficence in its certain and _enduring eflvets upon the most important intercsts of the re- public. In this last annual report on pages 50 to 6, Gen. Sparks prints quotations from many voluntary endorsements of his action by the press as ‘e thousands of similar tenor.” dates and the names and residences of their authors are given. It will be no ticed that their authors In what follows I condense afew as characteristic of all and valuable evidence of the certain drift of public opmion upon a matter of such vital importance. “YOUR ORDER OF APRIL 3, 1885, meets with the approbation of all good in this land (Dak.) of golden nd by 1t,"—"“ventilate the Your order works no hard- 4 "Yonr order is no detriment or disady the poorer classes’’—'‘the bona_iide settlers”—* tion.” “Your orders have met pproval of every eep on with the nobly maugurated.” *“I'ie people of this “vicinity (Weld county, Colorado) ail with joy your land rulings. *We el o great pride in the fearless and fair administration of the land department.” “Your rulings areamove in the right direction, fully one-fourth of all land cluims in this “district (Huron, Dak,) are more or less fraudulent,” **What difer- ence does it make ether lands are patented in one or ten years to people honestly secking homes, it 15 only the Iand thieyes who fight against you," FARMERS GENERALLY UPHOLD parks.” “The actual farmers not afrmd ot any decisions you have dered.” W rmers 40 endorse your actio and de cisions and will stand by you.” “We, the farmers and citizens of Brookinzs and Moody counties, Dakota, join in de- claring your rulings just and proper and for the best protection of farmers and actual settlers, but a bitter dose to those residing in towns and holding clai “I feel deeply interested in your g work, as this question of homes for our children will absorb our actions in the near future.” **Keep up your kicks.” 1 have had my final receipt for over u year, but do not growl at your not issuing patents.”” “Stand by your rulings; no honest man is complaining; only the rogues are hurt,” *“You hit the nail on the head, aud, judging from the way the agents and attorneys squirm, you have t rd.” ““Give ithe honest poor man rs and landd who how.” ntage to bulk of our salva- ith the dent— bu have so are F “The money loane thicves are the only oncs Your report TO THE ROOT OF THE CURsE,™ rtily thank you for the remark- 1ze that has come over the spirit of the United States land ofice. That so vadieal a change should at once be wn- nounced is as startling as thunder in a clear sky, and brings rehief to thousands who have been bound down, hand and foot, uncer a mighty curse.”” "“Your re- port goes to the very root of the curse.” ssomewhere in the Old Testament one of Israel’'s prophets was commanded by the Almighty *to pay justice to the ling and righteousness to the vlummet.’ 1 think you have read the text.” anxious for their homes ery, ( you in fighting for the right.”’ *Continue the work you have begin so fearl and energetically. Whet the sealpel cut elean the barnacles that have plat their plundering fungi upon the people's domain,”’ = CREPUBLICANS AS WELL DEMOCRATS wrmers of all parte in southern Kansas, et you. ‘'L have hereto fore supported the republican party with m ulir publican, as 1 am, [ can neyer thank you for the stand yon have taken to save the public land from thieves I'he grand work you are doing in upearthing tink and anp lund ieves wmeels the hearty approval of all parties on dhe Pacilic const.™ *'1 not a demwocrat. I lave been o repabli- ean sinee the party existed; but T am froe to say youraction should have been taken long, long ago. 1 believe you are right.” “1 haye always been a republican. 1 am fifty-five years old, but [ believe in est government, an honest admi tion of the laws, think Grover Clove! administration good, and_am_willing to sustain all such men “We like yo we did President Cleveland, on ace of the enemics you have made.” A tinguished German, of Chicago, 111, do clares: “1 can ure you of the undi- vided support of the German-Americans, not mercly of the democratic party, but of the whole race, irrespective of party.'’ The Knights of Labor, of Atlantic,la., by a formal ution, “tender the thanks of their assembly to General Sparks for using his influence and authority to pre- vent corporations and syndicatea from monopolizing the public domam,” And the editor of the Lodi (Cal.), Sentinel writes: “You are endearing yourself to the heart®of all honest Americans, * * * You are doing more to justify demoeratic ascendancy than any man of the re- public.’ EFFECTS UPON CIVILIZATION cople of the east cannot realize the great injury perpetrated on the woest My two sons(twenty-two and twenty-five years old) are foreed to rent a farm (here in Minnesota) or go west, with thousands of acres unocenpied here in the nands of speculators.” “IHere are m self and other tamilics who have school children in this vicinity (Appleton, Kan ) and we cannot support & school, whilo the first parties who proved up this land itin the land agent’s hands for sale at $1,200 and $1,500." “And the rejoic ing is general ov the banishment of these facilities,” “perjury - frand, ™ through which “a chicken coop can be broved to be a dwelling house, a ateh cultivation, a pateh of weeds o high as & man’s shoulders, with a few straggling sprouts, could be ealled a tre claim, with suflicient enltivation.” SUCATTLE BARONS' AND COW BOY ENTRIFS, “The shot gun and bullets have bee appealed to i this country (Lodi, and I send you to-day (Jan. 6, 8¢ of the Stockton Mail; giving det specimen fight over the lands.” old settler in - Arizona attested grant frauds of the eatt] bling the publie lands.” es of lind in southw are nnlawtully approp. tle kings." “Owne employ cow boys to file claims, to take charge of the land, sometimes build a sort of house, furnish the money to prove up, and iy e cow boys a stipulated fee.” “Runeh gwners say they buy the claims of their men as they choose 1o sell.” “There is nothing unusual now in the matter of a squad of cow boys coming to Suadanee, Wyo, to muke final proof on claims under the pre-cmption laws for the sole benefit of their emvloyers,” “A few months more, not years, will see all the choteest portions” of the poor man’s heritage i the s of soulless corporations and bloated eattle ki % ‘The cowboys, in their contempt for law, boldly avow their They announce deaths dare to interfere with rights.” Citizens of Kelle; deseribe areign of t “You do not Know what jo Pr Cleve brought to onr hearts when we r :ply to the cattle barons and their rop- resentatives.” “We are at the me the eattle Kings, We fear their cowboys more than the wild Apache Indian Only a few days ago a netghbor was lo on the road for dead on ount of his knowledge of land frands. What we speak for ourselves we speak for hundreds of others. We diseu this when we meet on the road or in town. We eannot meet in church or school honses for we have none. The eattle Kkings stole our inheritance from us by their cowbovs. Therefore, they give us cowboys with si for ministers and the long hor| n cow for school- masters. Wo send this letter by express, as it would unsafe if it was known that we gave you information. Our caftle Kings have thus appropri ated, at a merely nominal cost, vast ares of the richest pasturage of our public do- main. Establishing their herdsmen and herds along both banks of our water conurses or streams, their ranges covering milos on either bank, they monopoliz both the water and this land, and pro- hibit all settlement by excluding ae- tual settlers—that indurtrous yeomanry, upon whom our eivibization rests, and the permanent wealth of the nation is built. OUR “CATTLE KINGS,”" IN RAPACITY and violence, rival the ancient Hyks Ihe IHyksos, or Shepherd Kings. w their hérdsmen or cowboys and herd were one of the earlicst and heaviest curses of ancient Egypt. ‘Lheir rapacity was not eclipsed by the modern Mame- lukes, Those nomadie despots, those Chal cattle’ kings, s, and reduced its people to tributaries to their ins o groed. Their tyranny, supported by erueity and crimes, by san’ guin violence, ‘beeame unendirable ind thity were violently expelled by an outraged people, aroused (o arms by a multitude of wrongs. Our Hyksos, our shepherd or tle kings, with their cow- boys, & numerous and_formidable body of ‘mounted bandits, rude imitations of the spiendid but rapacious Mame- lukes, the modern spoilers ot Egvpt, in their cruelty and erimes, in their con- temptuous defianco ot the national au- thority, and in the sanguinary tyranny with which they so audaciously main- tain their plunder of our richest” lands, emulate their Chaldeau or Phaenicean prototypes. Like those ancient nomadie spots, our Hyksos have literally becomue curse. Combimed with our timber and ralroad princes, wiclding an nnmense D e i e IR A multitude of minor s, land speculators, unprincipled g knaves of every ealibor and grade every- where infesting the pablic lands, and foes to the honest and aetual or perma- nent settler, foes to civibzation and the progress and prosperity of the republic, our Hyksos and their ilk have established on the domain of the people a powerful semi-barbarous oligarchy, which if not uprooted and destroyed, 'will put a ter- minus to the future progress of civiliza- tion towards the setting sun. Our Hyksos and other kingly plunderers must b SUBJECTED TIHE NATIONAL LAWS, Hence, our shepherd kings, our rail road and timber princes, with all the multitudinous land grabbing ilk, must be subjected to the penalties of the national laws—must be eoereed Lo disgol their plunder, and they and their eriminal en terprises subordinated to the welfare and progress of the republic, T is the ravamen of the new policy of the Jand department—that the resolve of General Sparks supported by his superiors in oftice, and thousands of our people of all political parties, in papers on file here in the general land oftice, solemnly pray SGod speed you (General Sparks) in your and and patriotic work.” “God grant you may not bo overcome by your en mies!” “God protect you and “the chief magistrate you represent, to save for our children théir birthright.” Tewrox, Ay tern Kan ated by the tock ranches the fraudulent acts. ainst all who their “'so-c! . New Mexico, be The Russian I'he Empress life of the empr simple. She has Paris Gaulais is active and very climated at the court, all sorts of lish costumes; black cloth, sombre-ce ored jucke i little hats, ornamented with wings riscs early, walks a great deal; goes to bed late, reads enor mously, and although she loves dress and dancing passionately, she busies herself, at the proper times, with works of charity, which sk nerously patronizes. During the holidays she does not change Lier Liabits, except by the distribution of alms and long sions at church, which re wore frequent than usual. The eveu st is always the same every duy | simple, leds The grand duke and the grand dnchess dine at the palace, Among the visitors, who are not members of the family, but who are frequently invited, are the covntess of SkobelefMand the countess of Stackelber also the ar adress of England. Tho evening toilettes are as brilliant as those of the morning are Tho empross wears a great many toilettes, Her robes are covered with costly laces, and the court mantles sparkle with gems. The cmt lias one fur mantle which costs half a million francs. - stest Steawn Spair Journal: 8pain, reckoned among the first of European nations in naval matters, at presont possesses the fastest steamer in the world The name of this of t smart vessel is El Destructor and she is atorpedo cruiser which can steam with her full armament on board at the ¢ of twenty-threa knots, that s, out twenty-seven miles an hour, Among her other accom- plishments she is able to turn quite round in a space of four or five times her own length while going at full speed he chances of our fastest steamers, such as the Umbria or Etruria, escaping her if onee they wi ited, \\mm\ bo small indeed: for their best ocean speed is nincteen knots, and the Spaniard can run 700 miles at full speed without res quiring fresh conl supply. ‘This formida ble racer was not built in- Spain, but on the Clyde. She is ounly the first of a tleet ot similar erunisors ordered for Spain, RED STAREUUGHCURE NO OPIATES, NO POISON. 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