Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1887, Page 4

o T g e THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF RUBSCORIPTION ) including Bunday $10 00 5 | For Thron 3 e Omal | address, Une 200 | OMATIA OFFICE, NO. 014 AND, 014 FARNAM STREEY. | Y YORK OPPICE. 1L00M 8, TRINUNE BUILLING. | ASHINGTON OFFIC FOURTRRNTH STRAKT. CORRESFONDENCE: All communioations relating to nows and edi- torial maiter should bo addressed to tho Evi- TOK OF THE BER, BUSINESS LETTERS? All businoss letters and romittances should be addressed 10 ‘Tie B PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMARA, Drafts, chocks and postoffice orders Yo bo made payable 1o the order of the compnys THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, State of Nebrask 14k ('mlllli of Donglas. | ™ ™ Geo. B. "I'zschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Beo ;“{l the week ending April 15, 1857, was as ol Satu Sunday. Munduv A\lvrll 11 end Wednesday, April 15 Thursday, April 14 Friday, April 15... Average... 0. 1. TZSCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of April, 1857, N. I. Frir, Notary Public. ‘huck, being first duly sworn, oses and says that he is secretary of The i Publishin ny, that tlie actual aily circulation ‘of the Daily Bes for August, 156, 12,464 copie: ber, 183, 1 %0 coples; for Octobo 12,88 copies: for Novembey copies; for December, 1556, January, 1857, 16,266 copie 1857, 11105 "coples; for March, 1587, 14400 copies. fluhwrlhl'd and swi nnl to hl.furn Ina llllfl ! ;!ll April, A, D., “l Now that we are to have street signs at evory str corner men who have habit of leaning against lamp posts will know just where they stand if they are sober enough toread. Masor SAUNDERSON, who created the great uproar in the British house of com- mons Friday night, is, from all reports, a prevaricator without a peer. The wildest creations of Eli Perkins appear plausible and real compared with the statements of the misguid INDIAN AGENT E. C. OSBORNE, of the Ponea, Pawnee and Otoc agencies, In- dian Territory, reports to Commissioner Atkins that he was forced to kill a white farmer of the Otoe agency. The first thing we hear of, the government will be called upon to make a treaty with Indian agents, IN the state of Maine, under the new liquor law, the payment of a special tax to the United States government is de- clared to be prima facia evidence of vio- lation of the law, punishable in all i gtances by both fine and i:nprisonment. With Umted Stutes marshals and state officers both interested, the man who solls liquor 1n that state must be assured is dry. that his custome: THERE are several provisions of the new charter which city officials have not yet discovered. The mayor, for instance, 18 required to give written notice to the city clerk of his intended absence before leaving the city, and the time during which he is absent is to be deducted from his salary, and credited to the president | of the council. The chairman of the board of public works shall devote his entire time to the discharge of his official duties. Other oflicials are similarly re- stricted, ‘TuE latest, and perhaps the saddest news coming from Washington, conveys the information that Keifer will deliver the oration at the unveiling of the Gar- field statue, and that “it is entirely satis- factory to the committee.” The tenacity of the ex-speaker 1n this instance 1s only in keeping with his former life. If he should acindentally fall into a well, and while at the bottom gain the idea that he would please any one by comi ng out, he would doubtless remain there. Un- fortunately he has never tried the exper- ment. — In the last exght years the public school facilities of Chicago have more than doubled. In the sring of 1879 the city owned fifty-one school houses and rented nineteen, all having a seating capacity for 47,000 pupils. There have since been erected and are now in conrse of erection fifty-eight houses having all the medern appliances, When all are ready for occupancy there will be seating eapacity for at least 100,000 children: Theschools of Chicago now give employment to 1,500 teachers, against 851 eight vears ago. These are certainly very creditable facts, and since the progress made during tho admnistration of ex-Mayor Harrison he was justified in referring to it as one very good evidence that his official career as executive ofticer of the city had not been altogether bad, or improductive of any good and honorable results, In some other directions, also, the ex-mayor was able to *‘point with pride’ to the results of his public service. —— IN the cpistle recently delivered to the Mormons at the provo-conference by the church authorities it was said, referring to the Tucker bill: “Having teader con- sciences upon the subject of saying or doing anything thas would have even the appearance of relinquisiing any princi ple of their religion, our people have carefully examined this oath and fully weighed the effect the taking of it would have upon themselves, their children and the world at large. Understanding fully, therefore, all its consequences, they who can do so have generally resolved to take the oath. But their willingness to do so does not divest it of its enormity or un- constitutional character.” There is some: relief found at the close of the long epistle endorsing polygamy. ‘The habit of smoking cigarettes is seri- ously treated and condemned. Presi- dent Taylor said: ‘‘God has spoke n so plainly on the subject that there is no room to question the impropriety of the practice.” Thus a neat point is given to be remembered by the gentile who blows the smoke of his cigarette into the eyes of the Mormon monster. | and put thousands of acres under culti- A Goverament Outrage. By proclamation of President Arthur, in 1884, the Winnebago and Crow Creck reservations in Dakota were thrown open to settlement, From all parts of the United S sottlers went there and took up lands. They built them homes vation, They were complying with the law. They were acting under the high est authority in the nation, They felt s cure in their position and had warrant for doing so. Bofore their first crop had matured, however, President Cleveland revoked the proclamation of his prede- cessor nud gave the settlers sixty days in which to leave their new homes. They refused to go, believing that the government should protect them in what its chief exceutive had authorized them todo. The new power in the govern- ment, however, was inexorable. The commissioner of Indian police was directed to drive the sottlers off, and as a result cabins were burned and crops de- stroyed by the red agents of the govern- ment, hundreds of settlers returning to their former homes paupers. Those who still refuse to leave, and who have been able thus far to hold out agamst the police, are to be removed by the mili- tary. A company ef infantry is now at Fort Sully for that purpose, with instruc- tions to take decisive action. The set- tlers have armed and organized for the protection of their property, serious conflict is apprehended. a deplorable situation, and the responsi- bility rests wholly upon the government. The course that has been pursued toward these settlers is despotic, cruel and un- Ju It is not questionable that the rights they have acquired by virtue of President Arthur's proclamation are valid, and they should be protected in them. They cannot be destroyed by executive proclamation, and every set- tler on these reservations who is du possessed will have a just claim for com- pensation, But more than this, it is the plain duty of the government to protect him in the enjoyment of his rights untit it is prepared to render him adequate compensation, instead of ruthlessly driv- ing him from his home at the point of the bayonet. The policy of the English government in [reland 1s not more repre- hensible than the course ot the present administration toward these settlers, and iv will be so regarded by ail fair-minded people. Buinons Reduction, In Arkansas, the late legisiative en- actment restricting passenger fare to three cents per mile, is regarded by rail- rogues and the monoply press in that see- tion of the country as a blundering piece of business, and the verdict is unanimous among that class of citizens that the state of Arkansas is ruined. ‘Thero isnodoubt that the railronds operating in that state will receive less tolls, but the people who for years have been plurdered will now receive a long needed reli The rail- road companies have formerly exacted from five to ten cents per mile in that section, and the cry that the state is “ruincd’’ because of a reasonable tariff, would seem to those who have been sub- jected to similar ruinous legislation, as very ridiculous. There may be inthe United States a few short lines of road in mountainous districts or sparsely settled sections where ten cents per mile would not be extortionate, but such places are very rare. The Southern Pacitie, the Central Pacific and the Northern Pacitic with their leased lines and branches masquer- ading under other names have for years demanded and received outrageous tolls. A few years ago California secured some relief through an unbought legislature. In some few places freight and passenger rates have been lowered, but ascom- pared with rates charged east of the Mis- sissipp1 they are still oppressive. Arkansas, notwithstanding the howls of “‘ruin” sent up by subsidized news- papers and paid lobbyists 1s in better condition under the new law to invite settlement than ever before. Two years ago when the few honest members of the Nebraska legislature managed to pass a law making the pas- senger rate three cents per mile, every railrogue lawyer in the state who carried a pocket filled with blank pass books, argued that the state would suffer by the “suicidal foolishness.”” The officials of the roads intimated that only mixed trains—cattle cars and passenger coaches —could be rnn at such ruinous tolls, but the bill passed. The consequence was, the people who are obliged to pay fare, no longer pay the extra $10 per thousand miles. More passenger trains were put on and many miles of additional roads have been constructed, while tlus year will witness more railroad extension in Nebraska than has been recorded in any previous year. No railroad in Ne- braska has been ruined, but on the con- trary increased earnings have been regu- larly returned. The loss in earnings to any railroad by reduction of passenger tolls is trivial at best and hardiy worth discussing. A Colebrated Case Disposed Of. The famous Maxwell land grant case, which had been a subject of ' contention for nearly twenty years and was gener- crally regarded as the most stupendous swindle of the kind ever attempted in this country, has been finally disposed of by a decision of the United States su- preme court which establishes the valid- ity of the grant. The history in detail of this remarkable case would make a very considerable volume. Brietly stated, the facts are that in 1832 two French Canadians named Beaubran and Mirandi obtained from the Spanish gov- ernment, through the viceroy of Mexico, the grant of a large tract of land then lying in the extreme northern boundary of Mexico, and now constituting a part of Colorado and New Mexico, the bound- ary line of the state and territory pass- ing through it. This grantis supposed to have embraced less than 100,000 acres, and was made conditional upon the set- tlement of the territory with French Canadians. Only a few families, however, were induced to go there, and after & time Mirando trans- forred his interest to Beaubran. The latter had one child, a daughter, who married Lucian P, Maxwell, a partner of Kit Carson in his huating, trapping and scouting expeditions. On the death of Beaubran, Mrs. Maxwell inherited the property, and Maxwell, coming into pos- session on the death of his wife, com- menced a life of extravagance that finally impoverished him. ‘Che mort- gages he had placed on the property wore_ foreclosed, and it passed into the hands of ‘a syadicate, which included THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1887 Jerome B. Chaffee, Stephon B. Elkins and others, The absorption of the land by this syn- dicate was the beginniag of the conten- tion which has been brought to an end by the decision of the supreme court. When application was made to the gov- ernment for a patent the settlers on the grant set up charges of fraud in extend- ing the boundaries. Under the Spanish and Mexican governments there had pre- vailed a very crude system of defining the boundaries of these grants, which was generally done by the land sharks. They were never segregated from the public domain by actual survey or meas- urement in the fietd. The records, also, were insuflicient ana practically worthless for the purpose of determining boundarie: 'his government, although the matter had been brought to the at- tention of congress every session, had really done very little since the acquire- ment of the new territory to ascertain and settle private land claims. The gov- ernment bound by treaty to respect the titles received from the Spamish and Mexican governments, but it was neces- sary to muke provision for ascertaining what t This situation oftered to the syndicate that had purchased the M not been done. ell grant an opportumty for ex- tending the boundaries of the grant at pleasure, and this is what it was charged by the settlers with having done. The charges of fraud, however, were not proved, and the goverament patent was granted. Subsequent]y the gran’ was confirmed by congress, on the re- commendation of the surveyor general of New Mexico. In the meantime a stock company had been formed, and the shares were sold to a syndicate of Chi- cago millionaires, among whom are Mar- shall Field, L. Z. Leiter, Wirt Dexter and George W. Pullman, and to capitalists in Amsterdam, Holland. Frank Sherwin, who engineered the schewe, gained thereby an unenviable notoriety, of which the fortunate holders of shares in this grant will now undoubtedly be dis- posed to relieve him, The settlers con- tinued to urge the charge of fraud, ng also that the government officials been corrupted. Claiming to have ob- tained additional evidence by which they could prove that the government had been swindled out of a million and a hali acres of land, the government in 1882 was induced to bring suits in the feders courts of Colorado and New Mexico to set aside the patents, A year and a half ago, inthe United States cireunit court at Denver, Judge Brender decided the ease in favor of the present holders of the grant, and the decision of the supre court aftirms the decree of the inferior tribunal. The dccision states tha there was no satisfactory evidenc of an attempt to commit fraud and still less of its consummation covere this grant con- on over 1,700,000 acres, and its value is estimated as high s £50,000,000. It is covered with settle- ments, and the tinal decision in favor of the holders of the grant cannot fail to work hardships to the deluded scttlers who believed the validity of the grant, bevond what was claimed to be the origi nai boun would never be cstab- Lshed. It is said that a syndicate was formed last February to purchase the shares held in Amsterdam, and that ex-Senator Dorsey is now in Europe for that purpose. Primary Caucuses, Where the prima; force, ward caucuses of no practical benefit, ever a true reflex of Ward caucuses are nearly always packed by intorested candidates and their personal presence has an intimidating ct upon people who dislike to oppose their neighbors or personal friends when a division is called either by a viva voce ing vote. Caucuses are very seldom atiended even by a majority of yoters who are identified withany party and the nominees of a ward caucus usually are merely the choice of asmall minority of the minority of the party. Under the present primary elcction Inw ample s given for a full and fair expression of the will of each party. The volls must be kept open for seven hours from noon until 7 p. m. The voting by ballot removes all re- straint and each voter is at liberty to vote for such delegates or candidates as will in his opinion come nearest carrying out his personal wishes and views. The ‘“‘caucus ticket’’ nire times out of ten is an imposition and a snare. It is hawked atthe primary as the “regular” ticket when in fact it i3 no more “‘regular” than any other ticket. There are no regnlar tickets at a pronary election. It is a free for all race in which every voteris en- titled to make up s own ticket if those t secms to us, ey are hardly party sentiment. gotten up by the caucus packers and ward strikers do not ropresent his wishes, It 1s to be hoped that the present cam- paign will witness the last of theso caucuses in Omaha. They are in conflict with the intent and purpose of primary elections, and in fuct are an attempt to forestall the primary election, Tuk warning to the president sounded by the New York FEwvening Post, that he must check the political activity of his subordinates and return to the policy ho promised to pursue at the beginning of his administration, -or the consequences will be disastrous to him if he shall again &o before the people, is interesting evi- dence of the growing mugwump dis- pleasure with the obvious tendency of the president to hereafter follow more closely those methods which are approved by the mafority of the democracy. The progress of the evolution of the president and the mugwumps will be watched with curious interest. T'he indications now are that the president will come out of the pro- cess a stifl-backed democrat of the most approved Jacksonian type. Such an ap- pointment as that of ‘‘Josh” Allen, of Illinois, to the judiciary bench is very significant of the drift ot the vresident's purpose. He evidently intends to test the virtue of practical politics. What then will become of the mugwumps? In what new direction will they endeavor to make mischief? Perhaps these mat- ters are not important, but they suggest themselves as incidents of the general problem that are not entirely devoid of interest. E— TuE “traveled” editor of the Boston Globe throws himself away to the follow- ng superlative degree of misrepresenta- tation: “Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota are all suffering from prairie fires. No one can understand the terrors of suoh destruction until he has wituessed it. Our western friends need all possible as- sistance.” Out of the 8,000,000 persons who sow and plag} and reap ir gion referred to ndt one out of suffered from the gavages of prai Because a fewd patches of grass have been burned off in order to mak ady for spring plowing our Boston cousins myst not think that the grasshoppers have devastated this coun- try and that we are again in nced of their old clothes. No assistance is needed. If a few unfortunate settlers happen to lose their property by fire, there are big- hearted neighbors living next door who always administer to the wants of unfor- tunate ones without exhausting their own resources. The (7/obe man well says no one can understand “the terrors of such destruction uutil he has witnessed i and he should take advantage of the inter-state law and walk out here and look the ground over. prairie GoverNor Tuaver has appointed Cap- tain Hammond, of Columbus, com- mander of the Soldiers' home. This will be a sad disappointment to General Van- derbum. By the way, what is the general doing for a living since he was mustered out as communder of the Lincoln oil rooms? 3 —_— I¥ anybody is eredulous enough to bhe- lieve that the primary election law has not gone into effect because it hasn't been “adopted” by the party committees, let him vote two or three timesat Fri- day's primary or vote on an imed name and take the chan on serving u term in the penitentinry. RerusLicANs should not forget that the primary elections tuke place Friday, between the hours of noon and 7 p. m The ofticial call, designating the voting places, will be found in our local col- umns, Itisof the utmost importance that the party should give a full ex- pression to its choice. tiER ordinance has been passed ouncil to extend motor privilege. to street railways.” Only six se propositions are now before the voters in as many proclamations. The judges of election will have a nice time in getting the ballots into the right boxe Tue postoflice will be run strictly on civil service reform rules during the city mpaign, but the gentlemen who took partin the famous banquet will all be on hand at the primarios. AvrTiHouGH the salary of eacnh police and fire commissioner is to be only 12 1 month, there aréalready about seventy- five eminent citizehs lighting for the ap- pointment. Ir the present council keeps up steam during the next three wecks there will be nothing left for the new council to do during the balance of the year, Wi scented and r to be in xmh ward republican primary ma. sweet of the Crawford are a charge BUiLpING Mmmm clevators on paper will not create a grain market in Omaha. We want something more tangible tl talk, ap not being asked to a recent party Count Radolinky, at which his d- dnuzter, Princess Victoria, appeared in the Ruise of “Yum-Yum.' Alexander I(I of Russia, vermits none of the familiarities from his courtiers which were tolerated by his father, The wurdered czar was frequently kissed by an aide-de- camp from the wrist up to the shoulder in humble appreciation of a kind sentence or two. Queen Victoria has astonished the English people by a bit of almost incredible parsi- mony. In honer of her jubiles the knights of the various British orders have been in- vited to a series of state banquets at St James' palace. A notitieation has now been issued to the effect that each knight will be expected to pay a_eertain sum - as the price of his seat at a royal dinner table. Emperor William was not y sed to find that most of the hmlum presents he re- ceived from his relatives were very sl 2 and wholly unworthy of the oceasion, best zifts were the Dresden chi nted by the king and quecen of Saxony '||n| the Black Forest clock of the grand duke and grand duchess of Baden. The cary gol this clock was a masterpiece of the Schw: wald art, and is altogether a most belllll(lll viece of furniture. The empress of who has IJPGH much out of healtn everal months, | become worse lately. and her paysicians r ommend a thorough change of scene for a few weeks. So it is understood that her majesty is to proceed to Ltaly at the end of this month, and that she will )u\uw a fow weeks in the mneighborhood of Naples. The emperor and enipress are to make a long stay at Copenhagen during the coming sum- wer. ——— Governor Rill Commits Hara-Kirl, Phitadelyhin Pross. Governor Hill of New York pierces the heart of high license and the heart of his own boom with a single thrust of his veto pen. His action isone in which the states man yields to the politician and the politician to the special pleading of the demagogue. -— Horse Sense, Philadel i Iecor ‘The daily newspa of Reading, in com- pliance with a city ordinapce requirin; municipal advertisin to be printed in papers with the largest circylation, nave been re quired to make aflidavit to their respective circulations so that thif advertising may be properly distributed. - ‘Uhis ding rule shonld apply to all important publie notices. There is horse-sense o it. The life of ad- vertising is publicit e Sleop—A Sonnet. Chambers Journ V! for March, We sleep and dream. 2 ¥ ho has not seen and nd met His heart's desire inithat charined palace— Sleep. And hugged the hapohibss ho could not keep Or kissed an ideal he Gould never set In place of waking n. 5Y Thus from tho fret And toil of life, we of Trough the long cor L steep Our souls with xladness, wile us to forget "Uhat thoy aro dreams. Hero in the sloeping #r, wandering deep ors, where dreains, bla We come Inmtnu presence, face to face, OF 1ongings reali nere strten our hands To &m‘n some well-remembered form of And speak the words we should have spoke of Our lrlc‘:l?i passed from us into distant lands, e The Liquor Question in Michigan. ity Star. Since the prohibitory amendment was de- feated in Michigan the republican members of the legislature provose to favor the high license system. In all the states the republi- can party iscourting the temperance party. ‘This is a rule, however, that works both ways. Lo thestrong dewocratic states of the south the democratic party curries favor with the prohibltory party. The people genorally have settled the point that they have a right to regulate the liquor question by legisiation. ‘Iheir only difference on the mattet is as to the methods to be employed. The three methods proposed for controlling the liquor traflicand now claiming popular attention are regulation by license, prohibition and local option. Local option is self-government on the question, When the people are given their option on this drink question they can have high liconse or less license, prohibition or no prouibitlon, just as they may decide, —eilein STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, ar has reached the board of trade > stage North Piatte is scooping in the ele- ments of a buginess metropolis. Tracklaying has begun on the Missouri Pacitic extension to Nebraska City. Columbus has developed symptoms of a moderate boom in real estate, building and business. Tie commercial drummers of the Elk- horn valley will compare samples at Nor- folk next Sunday. Hasting's papers urge the establishment of a tannery toofiset the abolition of free passes. Leather go, Cl ‘I'he Beatrice Democrat believes that the democrats of Omaha could win with Hon. Charles 11. Brown for mayor. The Fremont Herald suggests that the railroud boycott urged by certain Omaha papers 1s due to the withdrawal of rail- road passes. The Nebraska Cit illumine the wilderne: ism, in about two wecks, with u swell addition, in which the progress and wants of the city and county will be sct out in taking colors. *“I'he wealthiest men in Omaha, re ostate agents and m‘wu) aper nn'u.' the Norfolk ette, wear st berries for scarf pins. \orfulk ‘sports a moderate imitation of the berry at a higher elevation, Miller, McDonald & Co., the contrac- tors on the Seward extension of the Elk- horn Valley rond, are pushing the work energy. ‘Lhere are about at work and sixty miles are opened up southeast of Fremont. Forty miles of the Hastings branch are being graded. The boarders of the Cottage hotel in wttsmouth were doped with poison in garden truck, Monday, and the house nstormed into a hospital a few hours after. The eyeballs of twenty vi rolled and their stomachs he agony, but u corps of handy doctors cased them with emeties, The Piattsmouth Journal ances that the building of Press promises to <of local journal- v connection with the Missouri Pacific. ie Journal urges the commissioners of Cass and Sarpy coun- 1 business men to come together and ]nl\hllu' pro, It means much good for both countie: The ¢ of Charles Jones for the kill ing of “'Pack” Stewart isin progre: Piattsmouth. The crime was committed on Christmas day at ulmnnr give home of St invited guest, invited, came toe: ,and became involved in a quarrel with Jones, which U‘\Illlwl - the death of Stewart. Lhe expect to show that Pack o strike Jones with a plow n the latter picked up the bourd and struck the fatal blow. lowa Mtems. Creston has been without a death or ice February 26. £ Calamity Weller will sue Hon. W. H. Chamberliin for ¥100 for campaign work done lust fall, Des Moines capit, in a buse ball clul grounds west of Chie ists have put $10,000 d tixed up the finest 280, Dubuque is in mourning. Not a single theatrical troupe has visited that eity since the inter-state commerce law went ct n well water at M nZo* and found to contiin mineral quantities of great power. It contains similar propertics to the water of Colts The manufacturers and whol ale ship- pers of Davenport have joined with the citie on the other side of the river into sociation for mutual benelit and a \ent organization will be effected The fathier of th killed by Ouk recently Matthews boy, who iroad accident at Red 1s settied with the receiying $1,000 and portation. The to company will be about romd compan miles ol trs to L pense %,200, ¢ Cotorado, in Denver last week agregated $500,000. Prack-luying on the Denver & Fort Worth road is progressing at the rate of one mile a day. A mining commi to the List of state oflic $2,500 and $1,200 for expenses attached. Work has been resumed on the state capitol buillding in Denver. The amount of money alrendy aporopriated for the building i> 750,000, of which only $17,~ 193 hus been disbursed. A great land sale cr: ver wild. ‘The Berkloy firm in North Denver sold 1,200 acres for §1,000,000; land there brings #900 an acre. Another bigsunle was Wyman's subdivision on Col- fax avenue for $300,000. Real estate oflices are going up like saloons in a DeW minng caip. Montana. llun ;m: contracted for waterworks $11,000. ¢ has made Den- B to ¢ Two thousand dollars have becen sub- seribed us a nucleus of a library fund in Butte, It is estimated that about 110,000 Mon- tana sheep froze to death duringg the past winte Preparations for widening the Northern to r progressing rapidl, where 5007 men day for the ¢l ah & 1 gauge rou xd Tl » has not been set, The law recently passed uuu\uuninu the killing of ground a hounty for e: lively war on t wnto eficet on the 5th of April and during the next four days 1,400 were Killed, Agents of the Indians in Montana have titied by Commissioner Atking tion will not b.-| 3 m:wl Lo visit those of another reservation; that the practice must bo broken up, 4s 1t gives them oo great an opportunity for plotting against the wintes. The great Drun during the half y ammon mine product cuding December 31, 1536, “was 0,000 woit of precious metal, The directors’ ort for this period shows that the capacity of the re- duction works the period it cove a8 been doubled during that tie total output duced §1,71 penditures for tho same year were but F783,850.81. R A Workman Injured. Yesterday afternoon at § o'clock a man named Geo. Watkins, residing at the corner of Fourteenth and Leavenworth strects, while knocking down the west wall of the burned Barker building, was struck some 4|“| gz bricks and precipitated to the cellar a distance of thirty feet. He was badly cut about the head and attended by Dr. Crowell, at Saxe's drug store. GIRDLES OF THE GLADIATORS Some of th o Belts Which Obampicn Fight ers Haze Won, TOUGHS' TRIUMPHANT TROPHISE ola from Cribb to Sullivan— ty-Six Years from George 1L to Grover I.—Olde Time Fistiana. Syn S The propositlon to present to John L Sullivan a belt, which shall be emblem- atical of the world's championship at eparring or prize fighting, brings to mind some of the trophies which have been given to great athletes who have lived in the long ago. There have been emblems which represented nothing more than the personal admiration for the recipient, and in one or two instances the athlete has made himself a present of the trophy which was supposed to carry with it the title of champion somewhere or other, Pugilistic history shows that many helts b been awarded as marks of ap- preciation of certain men's prowess or pluck, while other guerdons have been given as a sort of badge which should designate who was the real champion or head of the prof n, Unfortunately Pierce Egan is silent on tho value of these belts, so that it is purely u matter of conjecture as to what they were worth, The first mention of a belt as symboli- cal ot the boxing championship was made to Thomas Cribb, who flourished ‘in_the Cribb's y of the from the no- bility ant some we .lllhy admirers among whom were gentleman Jackson, himself a retired champion, and George 11, In addition to this belt Tom Cribb was p sented with many other tokens of admi- ration, but the gr.-mu-( honor ever shown this British pugilist was when he was made a page at the coronation of George y July 19, 1821, CRIBI AND TOM SPRING, a latter day champion, were the guards at the entrance of Westminister hall. One of the staunchest friends of Tom Cribb was Lord Gwydys, who gave a dinne the pugilists and then presented them gold medals. One of the historical things connected withTom Cribb's belt w it was the outcome of his international battle with ‘T'homas Molineaux,an Ameri- ean n who went to England lu do battle How the was tre Enghsh ¢ that he was out-i tought, but some eye-witnesses are out- spoken in their opiion that Molineaux did not re fair play. So much did the English people think of Cribb thut they erceted a monument to him in Woolwich churchyard, It is a lion standing erect on with nis yaw on an urn. ‘The lion is supposed to he grieving over the ashes of u Bratish hero. “Tom Spring, vho wa and followed' nim, w: many cups, but no belt wa. Spring, who many of the real scientil e of boxing. He came from a first class family, and was far better educated than most athletes of his time. a pupil of Cribh < the recipient of nued to OLD TIME SWINDL The next belt that *Fistian treats of was that which was presented to Jem Ward, whose fighting career was be tween the years 1824 and 1835, This ath- lete begun under very bad tutelage, and one of his ealiest lights was a swindle Ward having sold out to the opposition ‘This almost ended his career as a pugil ist, but he finally fought his way to th front, and by defeating every one re deemed his lost prestige and so endeared himself to the lovers of fair play that he was deemed worthy of a champion’s helt. In addition to s pugili Ward was an artist of no and muny of h exhibited in the English exhibition The picture which made him most famous is the bat- tle between Tom Sayers and John C. llnm i at F ugh twenty-seven ago. Ward lived to a good ol {50), but he dicd in stroilehed stances and was aninmate of the Li London at th tic talent n caliber, daughter of Jem W the musical wnrl«l pupil of to have been |~pu-mlm pi iltae The belt ento Jem Ward was his own property when he retired from the ring, but the old war horse handed it to William Thompson (Bendigo), who was retired. a_champion after had Thompson {1 1835 and 1845, One of the things connceted with the athlet was that he was one of three rlnl«ir.-n ut a birth, and as twins and tri ed to be the embodiments ()! we ness. he was aliving refutation to this ancient law, as William Thompson was a most powerful and symmetric came from a good it d was educated for the ministry. \\ hy he was called *“Bendigo,” no one seems to know exactly, but many claim that it was beeause ho so supple in his body and limbs that he could bend about in any shape he desired. OLD “DENDIGOY This elasticity cost him one or two tights, as his shifty style in getting down to avoid punishmd used his disqualifi- cation on more th wais a seientific pugilist, to get hurt or have his bes but did not v spoiled. After fighting all the groat pugilists of his duy Thompson retired, and realy joined the ehurch, doing good sery ong the tough east enders of London. His death was brought about by a sad acei- 1o fell down the st of his own . breaking thrce ribs. The long splinter of one of them penetrated one of Thompson’s lungs. What became of this champion’s belt is not known The next championship tiophy given tof his time was elt presented to Niciholas ready spoken abou St trans ferable belt ever to, and many elaim that is the one now in the possedsion of Jem Mace, but this is a mistake. Nick Ward's claiim to a niche in the line of belt holders, 15 ut best a thimsy one, but as he was a champion he cannot be passed over, — Many think that he was deficient in the most essential gualiti tions of a prize tizhter, numely pluck. HEENAN AND SAVERS. The belt which Tom Sayers won when he defeated Wil Perry, the Tipton \( been o new tros 5 destined to 1 thing of 1its L is said 3 ther, me Lthe most ¢ kind cver s Sayers kept this belt for u long while, but the outcome of his fight with John' C. Heenun caused kim to part with the trophy. Those who fol- low up pugilistic matters will doubt- less remewmber that this fight en w draw, and as the referee's ision made one man s good us the other each was entitled to a share of the belt. It was proposed to cut the belt in two and join two new halves to it, so that each combatant should have half of the trophy. Then it was proposed -to make two new facsimiles of the disputed belt und give each man a copy of the prize. This wus partly done. The old belt was taken awany, and subseriptions ted to give Sayers and Heenan a belt, The British pugilist got his, but poor Hocnan, belng in Americdn, was de- franded of his prize The old belt was put up for competi- | tion, und the first puir of boxers to try to b d for it, were Sam Hurst (the Stalybridge infant) and Tom Haddock. Hurst was's tall, powerful young athicte, who had made a !_rn-'n repntation as a wrestler, while Paddock, though at one time & splendid boxer, was a poor, broken down old man, ; MACE AND KING. Hurst won the belt but soon gave it up to Jem Mace, who,though holdiug it now, has | aken from him on several ¢ I'ne_ first to wrest it from 'om King, who in turn had to give it back to Mace. It was put up for competition shortly after this, and then Joe Wormald defeated Andrew Marsden for the trophy. Mace again came on tho scene mnl ot the belt by default, but as he and Joe' Goss fought a draw for th emblem it wag again put up for competi- tion ald again claimed the belt, Dasing his claim on the forfeit received from Ned O'Balawin (the Irish giant), Mace finally got hold of the belt, and still holds as he really was the champion trom 1861 to 1872, Speaking of M alls to mind that he has been the recipient of more valuable trophies than any other boxer that ever lived. Some years ago Mr. Wyndham gave the champion boxer a gold oup valued at 500 guineas, and several of \hu'- 's admirers haye presented him with valuable belts, which now form his stock n trade. All these belts and trophies will seem insuflicient when the Sullivan belt is fin- ished and presented. It is proposed to put £10,000 into this emblem, which will will be’ & mass of precious stones and F"“ Pounds of gold, not ounces, will he 1, and at least sixty karats of jew- els will be required to complete the work, which will take three months to finish. e o ooty Some Real Old Settlers, The first permanent settler in the colo- mu was the settlement at Jamestown, by the English in 1607 under Captain Juhu Smith, Mussachusetts was first settled at Ply- mouth by & company of .~u~Yumlisls from England, They landed December 21, 1620, Rhode Island’s first wuh-mcnl was at Providence, in 1636, l(ogor Williams, who had been dri prosecution from the Mnsmchuscus (‘u ony. The first settlement of New Hampshiro was made by the cstablishment of two fishing stations at Portsmouth and Dover first xnnlml by mnni~ achusetts at Wethertield 3 brook colony sent out from England scttled at the mouth of the Conneeticut river in 1635, w York was settled by the Dutch, 0 established a colony on Manhattan island in 1623. They callad the colony New Amsterdam, but it reocived the name New York when taken possession of by the Enghsh in 1664, Settlement was hegun Maryland in 1634 by Leonard Calvert, a brother of Lord Baltimore, who founded a colony nearthe muulh o( the P otomac and called South Carolina had an carly settlement by the Freneh, at Port Royal, in 1562, which proved' a failure. A permanent settlement was made by an English colony near the mouth of the Ashley v in 1670. Georgia's first settlement was by an English colony under Jamcs (l"h'l[uo]w in The first settlement in North Carolina i sont_out by Siv 1y ; I been o fa A small cnlun\ from Virginia had ure pushed down the coust of Albemarle sound, about 1650, but the first colony proper was formed by a_compauy from the Barbadoes, which settled the in 1665, lirst permanently set- d by the Swonlen who built a fort near mouth of Christiana creck in 1638, The Dutch a colony be- tore this in 1630, ne but the In- dians had destroyed it. continued claim to the country,however, and cnnquorcd the Swedish™ settlement in il and it passed also into the hands of glish in 1664, The first settlement in Pennsylvania was nlso made by the Sw who plant- ed a little colony at Chester in 1648, The settlement of the colony proper, however, be, o in 1681, with "a colony sent out by William Penn, who brought another company himself in the follow- ing year. 'Their first settlement was on the site of Philadelpha, this city being laid out and numed by them in 1683, near . The Pacific Coast. There were 1,420 children of school age ., in Uwmatilla county, Ore., that attended no school last year. And yet there were eighty-cight public schools taught and 153 t s employed, besides several private schools. In th icinity of Point Rincon, Santa Barbara county, can be seen acres upon acres ){L\Illurnm poppies of a pretty orange color, wiuch, at a distance, pro- duces a beautiful sight. ¥ The Atchison, ‘l'u])ukll & Santa Fe road mined to build to San Francisco. od_for 45,000 st, laid down, Mojave is the present ter- $1,000,000. minus of the line, and the distance is about 400 miles, Preparations have been completed by the executors of the Lick estate to carry out the provision of the will, providing Francis Scott Key, poem, ‘“The Star for a monument to the author of the Spangled Banner.” The memorial will ted i Golden Gate park, San 1t will be fifty-five feet high. tue proper stands on a squarc with sumilarly shaped projec- tions at the corners, the whole resting on threo diminishing . steps, ba pancls pedestal broad enough to admit of striking bass- reliefs, portraying the events mentioned above under which the song came to be suggested. The pedestal and steps are of a warm-colored stone, found in quarries in the nity of Rome. Upon the pedes- tal 15 rearcd’ a marble canopy of very lassical suggestiveness, the vaulted roof ting not only on four exter Jori |u;h|mn~ but also on ci columns of a plainer architecture, They carry the arches of the four ens, oench stone of which is treated in rien designs. At each of the srners of the canopy-roof is an wings, and from the ceater rises the figure of America, grasping the pommel of a sheathed sword at her left, and holding in her right a stafl from \\hu-h hangs the r spangled banner,” the folds of which fall bemnd her head 5o s to give the apex of the monument a pyramidal offect. Tnis ated effigy of y, with his eyes fixd in & mnu-m;.luuvn stare nto fu- turity, his teft hana dropving from tho rather high arm of the chair upon his thigh, and the right supportine the chin. Top-boots incase the feet, Ihe roof of the canopy is studded with iron masks, from which run to the cagles eight gar- lands, with a star below each musk, s o spangle to the four fronts, 2l L The Exposition Association, At a meeting of the directors of the Omguha Exposition Building assoc ast night, the old umu-n (ullu\v Max Wi . troasurer.’ dto issuc $15,000 worth of stock ard place it upon the market, lt wus new ‘nn Arlr\llum-nl to be The stercopt . E. church next given at the Lou Grebe, the energetic. and aecom- modating young deputy of the district court, was yesterday remembered on his birthday by & most beautifully mounted inkstand trom sumc friends, R