Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1887, Page 5

DISCRIMINATION 1N RATES The Railroad Oommission Complains of the Lincoln Freight Charges MANAGER HOLDREGE'S REPLY. A Little Speck of War in the Horizon ~A Coanvict Murdered at the Pen—Other Capital City News, |FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLY nUReAtv.) On the 7th of the month the board of rallway commissioners addressed a letter to the general manager of the B, & M and to the Missouri Pacific railways, calling attention to the fact that ther new rate sheets dis 1 scriously and uncalled for against Lincoin and in favor of Omaha, asking the companes to remedy the matter by domg a with discriminations, and stating that they must hereafter e In response to this Manager Holdrege wrote the com- mission in a way unsatisfactory to them, and again yesterduy they forwarded a reply more emphatic than the first, It looks like a speck of war on the horizon, and the commission 18 emphatic in de- mands for readjustments. The follow- ing are the letters: OMANA, May 11, 1887.—Board of Railw Commissioners, Lincoln, Neb.—Gentl In reply to your letter of the ith in res Lincoln rates, 1 beg to submit tue following The only change made of late in reeard to rates from eastern points to Lincoln has been in favor of Lincoln, The tariff o to conform to the inter-state law, which took effect April 5, reduced the il-rate from eastern points to Lincoln without reducing the In-rate to Missouri river points. Lincoln, therefore, has grown to be a large place under rates less fayorable than those of which complaint is now made. Lincoln merchants Lave repeatedly agreed, in dis- cussing these questions, that it 1s entlrely fair to Lincoln to make the sum of the rates into Lincoln from the eastand out to desti- nation the snme as the 3um of the rates from the east to Missouri river points and out to destination. Our tariffs have for some years been, as nearly as practicable, upon this basis, In revising the tariffs to' conform to the new state law, taking effect in July, in- asmuch as the “Doane” law will then be re- pealed, it will be practicable to adhere mors close.y to the basis above mentioned, and L think that the Lincoln people will be entirely satisfied with the rates thereafter. Yours truly, (. W. HoLDREDGE THE COMMIS 3 Neb., May 16, ISST.—Mr. G, W, General Manager B, & M. Rail- road, Omaha, Neb.—DearSir: Yours of the 11th inst., in reply to ours of the 7th inst., 13 received, and the contents considered by the board. Your response is not satisfactory. Lincoln, it is true, has grown under adverse circumstances, and notwithstanding a dis- crimination agamst her and In favor of Omaha. Nosound reason can be given for this discrimination azainst Lincoln, to which your attention was called in ours of ~the 7th. Up to the time of the transfer of the At son & Nebraska railroad to the B, & M. rail- road in Nebraska or the Chica:o, Burlington & Quiney railroad Lincoln did have Omaha freight rates, but since that time a diseri: nation has been made against her. During the time Lincoln received Omaha rates her wholesale business was established, and since that time_no_ wholesale busin a3 estab- lished, and since that time no wholesale houge or manufactory has been added to her commeree, and indeed none can be added under the present oppression and unreason- able tariil diseriminations against her in 1reight eharges from (,‘m.vn,fu and St. Louis. And if it is true that Lincoln is more favorably situated in respect to her mileage distances than other points, it is no reason why the railroads should déprive or attempt to deprive her of that natural adyantage by increasing rates in or out, and it is not trie that the sum of the rates 'into Lincoln from the east and out to destination is the same the sum of the rates from the east to “Mi souri river points” and out to_destination, In your present tariff rate the Doane law is ]»rm-u«-nlly disregarded and violated in many nstances, and we see no reason for delay in remedying the wronus of which we complain in ours of the 7th inst. ‘That which we demand and Insist u}mn is, that no greater charge for hauling trelght bo made from St 1.ouis, East St. Louis to Lin- coln than to Omaha, the difference in dis- tance being some eicht miles, 2. That no greater charge be made for hauling freight from Chicago to Lincoln than to Omaha, and trom this demand there will be no retreat or turning back. 1t is just; it is right, There are many places, for instance Falls City, where Omaha rates from Chicago are are found in your tariff schedule and the di tance | reater than to Lincoln. Your especial attention is called to the recent ex- traordinary change in the tarifl rate on lum- ber from the eastbetween Lincoln and Omaha. The Lincoln rate s made 1 cent more and ha rate 2 cents less per 100 pounds, xtraordinary, ‘I'he board can see no good reason for it. “The question of local Tates within the state will Teceive attention, but before that matter is considered it is im- prtant that the matters to which your at- ention was invited on the 7th Inst, be put in process of adjustment, and to this end, if t resable to you, we will meet the ropresenta- ves of your road and other roads inter- ested, at 10 o'clock Wednesday, the 15th of May, st the oftice of the raliroad commission, at Lincoln, Neb,, for the purpose of arriving at a fatisfactory solution ‘of the matters, it Ppossible. H. A. BABCOCK, WinLias L G. L, Laws, Rallroad Coimmnissioners. 28 BUSCHOW, Becy's Board of Rallroad Com. KILLED IN THE PENITENTIARY. A murder was committod in the state penitentiary in the past two days, in which & convict named John Gleason was killed by a colored convict named Andrew Jackson. The tragedy occurred in the founary. Saturday aficrnoon, at about 4 o'clock, the furnace was being drawn for casting, Jackson with a bar opened the draw, and Gleason, in hfting & Iadle filled with wmolten metal, noci- donmnly spilled a little on Jackson’s foot. Before the surrounding convicts surmised danger, Juckson lifted the bar, striking Gleason'on the head and knoek~ ing him down in the molten metal. The metal burned bim on the head and arms in a terrible manner. From the seenc of the tragedy (Gleason was taken to the hos- pital and” Jackson to the dungeon, Gleason dying yesterday morning. Yes- terday afternoon the eoroner took s num- ber of citizens to the pen, where, with the district attorney, an inquest was held. John Gleason, the murderod man, was a couviet convicted at Umaha for robbing, in 1884, and sentenced to nine years in the pen. He was regarded as a good risoner. Jaekson, the murdercr, was rom this (Lancaster) county, and was rving a five yours' soutence for rob. g;u-yA de will” undoubtedly be ingioted Jor the murder and tried at the present term of court that commenced yesterday. A sister of Gleason’s, living at” Atlantic, la.,, was telegrapbed concerning the death of her brother and was expected last night to take charge of the remains, INDEFENDENUE DAY AT ORE President ¥oss, of the Crete assembly, was in Lincoln yesterday. Mr. Foss says that the Fourth of July will be cole- brated on the Chautauqua grounds with the finest programme ever presented in the state, ‘The orators of the day will be General Morrow, of Fort Siduey, and GeneralS , . Cowin, of Oma) The Infantry band of Fort Sid- ney will be in attendunee and itis un- doubtedly the best band in the west. Senators Manderson and Paddock will be in attendance, as will also the three men from the state, and they ak in the ovuluu;f Governor will preside during the day. K COLN FPREIGHT GOMMISSIONER. The frelght burcau of Lincoln board t;!‘tvlm‘e' has -ucu;wtl‘ n&m Il- U, eneral freight agent of the Burlington, edar lhl)hf_o & Northern rdlfl.ml.., tor commissioner of the Lincoln freigit bureau, and Mr. Utt has acoepted. It 15 oxpected that he will closs [T Lixcot Holdre, Attest: 0, P, CHAl tions with the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern within the coming thirty days and arrive in Lincoln for the dis- charge of his duties. Lincoln whe men express great satisfuction in see ing so valuable aman as Mr. Utt for the position, IN BRIEF. District court for the May term opened yesterday with Judges Pond and Chap- man and a full complement of the tar in attendance, Beside the calling of the docket no business was transacted and urned until to-day. sioner Scott hasgone to Cherry to conduct the sale of school land locality, ‘There are 255,000 4 of school land in that county, and t not sold will be subject for lease after the he body of the insane man killed near Beatrice was returned to the asylum. The prohibition organ, the New Re- public, 13 about to add & daly edition to their publication, - PROFESSIONAL DEAD BEATS. The Inter-State Commerce Law Has No Terrors For These Gentlemen. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: *'I have beaten the Atchison road and eyery other railroad between Pittsburg and New Mexico. I'm not afiaid of bemng caught up on thePennsylvania railroad.”” A young man about nineteen years of agestood ealmly surveying a group of ad men that surrounded nim_at the Jnion Station this morning. He had just been informed that as soon as an oflicer arrived he anda companion would be placed under arrest. He was a young Hebrew, who took the situation very coolly, and eeemed confident that he woulll escape the vigilance of the polic men. He had the appearance of bemng a young man who had but recently become a member of the order of tramps. His clothes still had a semblance of respecta- bility, and their fashionable cut had not yet been twisted out of shape. The cool-headed, recently-initis tramp told quite an interesting stor and his companion had been found sle imgina box car on the Pennsyly railroad this morning. They had been unceremoniously told to seck sleeping quarters elsewhere, and were supposed to haye left the yards. Just as the day express on th vania railroad was about to st fast run for New York the were found squeezed on top of the trucks of one of the cosches. They were pulled out and mformed that it was the custom to arrest men who ran the risk of being ground to picces by riding on the trucks of fast express trains, The young He- brew, however, cooly told his story, and finally decided not to arrest him s companion, ‘T'he two had stolen their way on an express train the entire distance from Santa Fe, N. M. They arrived at Chicago on Saturday morni They then se- cured places on top of the trucks of one of the sleeper on the fast express No. 6 on the Fort Wayne road, in which posi- tion they rode the entire 463 miles to this city, arriving here last night. They laid over in a box car to stretch their stiffened Limbs and get a night's rest. When_ discovered this morning, the young Hebrew, in speaking of his oxpe- rienee, said: “The gre st difliculty we had wis on the Santa Fe road, The pco- ple ou that road boast that witiin the last couple of years they have been so vigi- lant that no tramps have got free rides on their trains, The oflicials recently made a promise that they would give a new suit of clothes to the first man who stole a ride over the road. 1 wanted to get a new suit of clothes, and I was anx- fous to get back to Philadelphia. So I made the trial. I succeeded, and went wfter the new clothes. Did I get them? Well, this suitis a little dusty, but it don’t look very old, does it? 1 awm trying to take good care of it. T'hat’s the rea- son Icarry this little brush with me. I got over the Santa Fo road all rignt, where they have cowho?' brakemen. [ guess 1 am sharp enough to steal my way over the Pennsylvania railrond. T'll be in Philadelphia to-mght, sure.” The young fellow tished a nickel out of his pocket, saying that he was going to ot & lunch, but that he would soon be ack again, e Shakspeareon Inter-State Commerce. 1t does really seem, as is claimed, that the genius of Shakspearc compre- hended and touched upon the subject ot human interest, and the future as well as the past, Railways were, of course, unknown and unthought of 1n his time; and so were congressmen, for that mat- ter. Yet he clearly foresaw the relations that public ofticials were to bear to rail- roads, and, us1s also perfectly evident, he was able to comprehend the effects of the lately passed inter-state act. Kyidently he had the congressional de- mand in mind when he he exclaimed, in “Winter's Tale:"’ —Let me pass! r— What ransom must I pay before I pass? And how admirably he phrases in “Henry V1L’ the injunction of the rail- way president to the conductors in re- sponse thercto, Disturb him not; let bim pass peace- ably, S';,wo, the )mmortal bard had in mind the era and works of the lobbyist—the ersonage roferred to by Mr. lluntin’- on as necessary to ‘‘explain’ things to the congressionsl understanding; for does he not write in "*Measure for Meas- ure,” of the time-- hen evll deeds have their permissive Ppass, . Thus far all is serene enough. Hut the interstate act passes and behold the re- sult. In“Henry VL” the applicant is told versuasively: 1 haye no power to let her pass. ain, in the same play: ese silken coated slaves I pass not. In “Coriolanus” the answer s briefer and more pointed. You may not pass! And again, more positive still: Pass no farther. In “Titus Andronicus” the response is in somewhat politer terms, but still firm: My Lord, you pass not here! Winle in **Othello” the command is in general terms, and o plain that no mis- take can be mad Let him not pass; kill him rather. Ah! Shakespeare had a head on him that was a head! and not for his own age alone, but for all time. e THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: I'UESDAY, MAY 17, 1887. A HUGE DESPERADO COLONY Three Thousand Outlaws Found in a ecluded Home in New Mexico, THE TERRORS OF RIO ARRIBA, rdering 100 People in Five Months —Chama's Departed Glory—lted Bill's Dance House—~Whole- sale Funerals, Chama tuated in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, about seven miles from the Colorado line, In the winter of 1870- 80 Chama was the modern terminus of the San Juan aivision of the Denver & Rio Grande railrond. The town at that time had a population of about 3,000, composed of railroad builders waiting for spring to open, contractors, gamb- lers, cowboys, cut-throats, thugs, saloon- vers, speculators, teamste and a few business men and forwarding agents, There were about 250 women in the com- munity, of which about a dozen were re- spectable and led virtuous li Chama was n tough town, Shot guns and large revolvers were necessary articles of men's dress and no man attempted to gzo abroad without them or to go to sleop without having them in r The wo- men, too, carricd revolvers, and demon- strated at regular intervals that they knew how touse them. TI'wo thirds of the men had no regular employment be- yond killing time and cach other. They Tiad cheerful willingness to bo shot 1t and an earncst and painstaking habit of shooting back. Searcely day passed during the months of Novemver and De- cember, 187, and January, Fevruary and Muren, 1830, that there not one or more funerals in town. Cnristmas day, 1879, there were tiree men and two wo- men buried in one grave, without coflin, shoud, or prayers, The population was regularly reduced, but the tame of the t gone abroad through the San n region of Colorado and northe New Mexico,and toughs tlocked in to the the plage of those who crossed the great divide, ‘There was a town 1 hal,” but the oflice. was merely ornamental, and was usually conterred on the most popu- r ruflian in the community, There were three marshals in five months, and at notime could the citizens point with pride to an ex-marshal. The oflice of matrshal led but to the grave. The mayor haul a less dangerous but a more onerous t was a duty of his office to at- 1 funerals in town, It he failed in this the friends of the departed took oc- casion to interview him, and after a couple of these interviews the mayor concluded that he would not be guilty of feasance in oflice thereafter. i tled g the Roc In winter time the depth of snow exceeds seven fe surrounded by great pine woods, and oc- ionally old Boreas gets on a lark and makes things hum. At the time or which we writo there we! et in town, one frame building, five log houses. and a thousand tents, more or less, of all sizes and shapes. When a stifl’ bres aring down the gulches from signal for a rongest ropes nd the best bra canvass could not stand the racket, and the people knew it. So out in the elements the inhabitants of the tent went, and in order to make an n and symmetr distribution of ry, they invariably attacked the occupants of the few hLouses, and be- tween the tearing of the windsthe smash- ing of signs, tho overturning of carts, the shooting of guns, the shricking of women, the cursing of men, and the pit- eous braying of muies and burros, the night passed. These storms were of fre- quent occurrence, but seldom lasted more than ten hours. The day after the storm there were generally a few funer- als, and tents were raised and things went on in the old way. The women of the place were a picturesque set. They could shoot and stab and kill and swear and habitually did so. They habitually got drunk. Some few of them mam- tained establishments of their own in tents, bug the greater number huddled together in great barn-like dance houses with canvas roofs. ‘There were six dance houses in town and each had from twen- ty to thirty women as a part of its fur- niture and hereditaments. The fiercest fights took place between these dance houses, If one was getting too popular or if the proprietor of one coaxed away a woman from another, a fight immedi- ately ensued. Kach of these dance-hall men had a small army of retainers, and he needed them. In the first place the bar needed a guard of at least a dozen ready shootersnight and day. The first qualification of a barkeeper, too, was readiness with the pistol. The dance hall proper required at least ten select bouncers. "here were ordina jhree musicians attached to eagh estab- lishment, and these were about the only non-combatants in the town. Yot sometimes stray bullets sent a fiddler to kingdom come, and a series of casual- ties at times created a musie famine. On such occasions an effort was always in order to win a fiddler from a rival estab- lishment. Sometimes a mighty poor fiddler cost as much as ten human lives, as the proprietors of a dance-hall never wvu up a musician without a battle. hen rivalry between the dancing es- tablishments ran high, it was a fancy stroke of enterprise on the part of a roprietor or muuufier to hire a dozen ancy gunners to shoot the music of another cstablishment. At Jast 1t was found necessary to build a log nclosure within the halland conceal the musicians from view. Allthe musical talent in the neighborhood was shot. White men had long ceased to play, and Mexicans and negroes were gotting so nervous that $50 a week, board and lullgh\fi and whisky could not tempt them. Several efforts were made by thoe rival ostablishments to hold the music-stand as sacred as a hos- pital in war times, but such efforts in- variably failed when business began to drop ofl at one place und increase at another. The women invariably took part in the meles. All nations, nearly, were reoresented American and Irish women were good and ready on the shoot, Mexicans handled » dagger with a good deal of dexterity, pegroes invariably bad a razor con- cealed in their clothes. German and Scandinavian women could mot fight worth & cent, and English women had a reputation for being very ready with their fists. The women were full of the esprit of the establishment with which they were connected, They despised the other guu‘r, and when lficy met on the streets a fight was almost certain to ensue. Fights of all kinds were of daily occurrence. The people of the town had nothing clse to do. They were snowed in—completely 1solated from the rest of the world. The Denver & Rio Grande was completed to the town, but sometimes did not, and, in fact, could not, because of snow drifts and snow slides, send in trains wore than once a month, Snow shoes were the most pop- ular agencies of locomotion, Women came 1n on snow shoes a distance of forty miles oyer a sharp mountain peak, and men frequently made forays on the Mexican village of Tierra Amarilla, fif- teen miles away, Tierra Awarilla is a very old town and has a population of about five hundred, all M& the excep- tion of one family (then) Mexicans. 'This Mexican village was & great place for re- cruiting, and many innocent Mexican irls of the same villuge wore Jured to hama and their ruin. Chama was the heaven of desperadoes, and they flocked to it from all parts of the compass. Fermington, N. M., and k buildings Durango, Col ., sent a good supply. Far- mington in the winter of 1879-80 was the headyuarters for horsethieves for all that region extending from Pueblo and Santa Fe to Utah, and from Ouray aud Rico to Albuquerque. Farmington was a pretty town, but could not hold a candle to So the toughs of Farmington their way over the snow to and when two dozen of them ar- rived they _concluded that they would make an effort to run _the town. They bad an idea that the railroaders, gamb. lers and barkeepers of Chama might be lm»m good fighters among themselves, but that when they came in contact with artists with the six:shooter who haa shot their way through many towns, who had a record of standing off Bat M erson, Wyatt Earp, Dock Holiday and Jack Ringo, that they could cut no figure. The gentlemen from Farmington were mistaken. However, they tried. ey agreed among themseives that they would take the dance houses i turn, at- tacking one one night, another the next, and winning adherents from the general crowd, as they progressed, that they could own the town in a week. The idea was spirited and the effort to execute it wus put forth with characteristic frontier dashand pluck, Twenty of the Farm- ington men entered a dance house kept by a burly ruflian called Red Bill, on the night of January 16, 1830. They ordered drinks and refused to pay for them. Red Bill himselt was behind the bar, and he reached for a gun. Beforo he' had put hand on it he was riddled with bul- lets. Indiscriminate shooting com- menced. All present took a hand, and there was more than fifty, including aboul twenty women, in the” hall at the time. Eight of the Farmington gentle- men were Killed in their tracks and the rest retreated. The casualties among the dance house adherents was not quite so bad. Word went over town like a flash that the Farmington men had de- clared their intention to capture town. This was enough. Thi ism of Chama, male and high pitch, Men and forth with their guns. Even dance ha bosses for once fought side by si i Farmington invaders were driven into a corral near the depot. The corral was surrounded by an insane mob, and a brisk fusilade was kept up until 4 o’clock in the mornin, At that time the major portion of the Chama people went ofl to celebrate their victory, buta guard was 1 keep wateh of the corral. The on fellows began to recognize iz was up, and_every man con- Tuded to shift for himself, Sefore day- light all of them that were alive, save two, had stolen out of the corral and taken to the wood. There were three dead and two so badly wounded that they couldn’t make off with the others. 1n the morning the two wounded men, being out of ammunition, surren- dered Great preparations were made for a hanging bee. The two prisoners were to be strung up at 4 o’cloek in the evening. They were to be kept on ex- hibition at the corral until that hour undor close guard. Chama was in high 1t was a gala day. The dead wero lin the forenoon, and then the population began to get gloriously drunk, 50 s to properly enjoy the great ovent set for 4 o’clock, The' guards over the prisoners were froquently relieved, and whisky galore w the disposal of the guards and prisoners, . latter were dare-devil rascals and, though aware of therr fute, took things easy. They willed their boots, hats and pistols and those of their dead comrades to their favorites among the gus A train errived at Chama at 2 o'clock, the first in & mouth, It was to depart again at 8. The truin consisted of one passenger coach and seven ov eight freight co It stood on the track within a few fect of the corral where the Farm- ington men were held prisoners. The locomotive was right in front of them, The guards got drunker and drunker and the prisoners held long consultations with each other, The engineer and fire- men had left the locomotive and taken a stroll up town. 'The guards were busy with the whisky jug and were not closely watching the prisoners. The latter suw their opportunity and em- braced it. In a nice, easy earcless way they slip})ed the pistols out of the holsters of their guards, shot them dead in ten seconds, made their way as fast as th lame condition would permit them to the locomotive twenty foet dis- tant, climbed on it, pulled the pin con- necting it with the train, pulled the lever, and shot along the track. They were well out of town and going at the rate of forty miles an hour before the town woke up to the situation. The lit- tle engine climbed up and rushed down steep grades. It turned sharp curves at a lightning speed, It plunged through newly gathered snowdrifts. - Once, about twenty nules from Chama, it struck a hand car where some section men were repairing the track, and sent it whirling down a precipice, 'I'he conductor tele- graphed to the different stations to head off the engine and the fleeting dospera- does. Thestation nien signalled them to stop, but they wouldn’t, and at last, forty miles from Chama, while climbinl; a steep grade, the little engine, sans coal, sans water, sans st petered out, and the fugitives abandoned it on the track. Next day an engine was sent up trom Del Norte to'igiukil up, It had suffered no injury. The flufmvcn were not heard of for sometime afterward. One of them was lynched at Socorro in 1834 for kill: m% a mining engineer. he glory of Chama has departed. In 1880 the railroad was pushed onto Dur- ango, and the people who made Chama lively went with it. Chama is now a quiet little village with a population of a douple of ‘hundred, mostly Mexic The graveyard has grown green ag: and the crack of the six-shooter is not often heard. A reputable railroad con- tractor informuddlm writer that during the five months in the winter of 1579-80 160 veople were killed at Chama. And for this slaughter there was not a single verson called to account by law. e A LUCKY QUARTER. A Millionaire's 253-Cent $1.000 @ase, New York Mail: Inthat partof Fifth avenue where all the houses are palaces there is one owned by a millionaire from the Pacific slope, who, after amassing a fortune, came to this ety to enjoy 5w luxury with great wealth put at his dis- posal. Beyond the parlors, which are filled with rare objects of art from all over the world, the rich man has his study. The most noticeable thing in the room is » small table which stands next to a big rosewood desk, There is noth- ing on the table save an exquisitely carved gold case with a glass lid, In- side the case, resting on the soft velvet, lies a common averyfiag quarter of a dol- r. A few days ago,” while a reporter was interviewing the California million- aire on 8 question of western politics, he found it im ible to keep his vyes from wandering to the $1,000 case sad its 25- cent piece; 'The millionaire, seeing the reporter’s evident curiosity, took the piece of money from its satin-lined rest- m‘dplua. and handing it to the reporter, said: id: *‘You see that this coin is marked in such & way that there is no mistaking it. [The letters G. W., with a star before and after them, were deeply engraved in the center of the piece of money.] 1t was first given me in San Francisco, in a saloon. I gave the barkceper a $5 gold piece, and among the changel noticed this marked coin, [ picked it out, putting it in another pocket remarked to my frivnds that I would keep it as a }:ockut-plm. 1 was as poor as povert, n those days, but, like everyone else, had money o stack of chips. That Piece in a played faro every time enough to bny night I got around to Jim Moon's gawe, and, ns nenal, bofere Tleft [ was cleaned out aud had not a dollar left 1n the world. The next morning when I wentto work 1 was told that the man who_employed me had decided to move to Sacramento and my valuable services were no longer needed. I had had no breakfast, and be- gan feeling in my empty pockets for some stray coin to got a cup of cofle my intense surprise | found that quarter I then sat down and argued with myselt whether Ishould spend my last cent to Kot something to eat, or if I should go back to the faro bank, where I had lost my money the night before, and make a final etfort to pull out square. “Ihe gambling passion was strong in me forty years ago, and 1 decided to take the chances and bet my last guarter, Back to the gambling-hell I hurried The game had just opened and the first turn of the cards was just being made Dollar chips were the smallest in use then, So I threw down my quarter be- tween the six, seven and eight, and then went over to the sideboard and poured myself out a glass of whisky—determined to have a drink for my money, anyway. When [ went buek to t?u- tavle, 1 found two chips in the place of my 25 cents. reached over to pick them up, but be- fore I could do =0 the dealer turned the cards and again 1 won, I played with- out thought of my empty stomach for three hours, and quit with $100. Before leaving the table I paid the dealer $1 for my marked quarter. Then I went out and had a breakfast fit for the gods Every day for two weeks l:::\m!nlmr and v day I won. I kept that coin always and soon had over $2,000 in a . One night, as [ was leaving T met an old woman who heg- ged me for money enough to get some- thing to eat. I had, as usual, been win- ning and was fHlushed with success. To refuse a woman money for food when luck was all running my way seemed heartle s0 1 reached down in my pocket and gave her the first coin ['met. When I reached home I searched everywhere for my luck-viece, but it was gone. I had given it to the beggar woman. The next day I lost heavily and determined to play no more until I had found my quarter. -~ It scomed a hopeless sk to find one particular piece of money, but I never gave up hope and always looked carefully at every picce of money 1 received in change. At ast I was succeseful. In the same bar- room where 1 first. got my quarter I re- cewved it again. I'was so elated that 1 treated the house to champagne. That night, for the first time in my life, I gambled at cards and won $3,000. 1 went to Ne 1 soon after and began to speculate in mines, and in the course of time 1 made what people call a bonanza fortune ‘“I'he only other time that quarter ever left me 1 lost the best friend I ever had. Poor fellow, he never had any luck; everything he touched failed, and when Imet him in Virginia City two years after his arrival on the Pacitic slope he was in as hard luck as any man 1 ever saw. I put himin the way of making some money, but everything he got he lost at faro.” One day he heard me tell the story of my quarter, and asked me to loan it to him to see if it would ange his luck. He promised not rt witn the coin, so 1 granted his re- quest. He went to the game and put a %5 picce with my quarteron it in the pot, that is, between' the ace, dence, king and en. He then folded his srms and sted his head on them. Turn after turn was made, yet he never once looked up. As card after eard was turned murmurs of surprise passed around the table. The men on each side of my friend nudged him, but he never raised his head ‘he whole four cards won out, and when the deal was over my friend had *“’1 piled up in the middle of the tuble. The deal- er asked him to rake down the money and let the new deal begin—yet he never moved. Someonc thinking he was drunk and had gone to sleen shook him rougly by the shoulder. Heavily he fell to fiu: floor. Every rough man was shocked to find him dead. 'The strain had been too much for him and his heart had stopped beating. Later I cashed his chips and sent the proceeds to his mother, who died thinLlng her son had earned it by hard work. I had to pay the gambler $100 for my quarter, and it has never left me since.'’ - The blood must be l)uro. if the body would be in periect condition. Dr. J. H Mecl.ean’s .strumilhuuiug Cordial anc Biood Purificr makes pure biood, and imparts the rich bloom of health and vigor to the whole body. - —— City 'I'reasurer Buck expects to give up oftice to-day to his_ recently elected successor, Treasurer Rush, The board of education will hold a meeting to- night, at which the official bond of the treasurer-elect will probably be presented and approved Campobello lslan This bosutiful island, Dow famous us one of the mosL ALIrCLIve suDImer FON0Tts 01 the Kastern coast e PassamauoddyDiy, of'the coast of M aine, ‘the mulnined ol ‘Grand Manan ‘nahore froftag of Chirty-ve milea, deaply deuted bs numoroas Gurs chasms and iniuts, wiile nthe interior sbounds in lofty and donssly waoded ihills that offer rare charms to the pic- s thut O verhaug the sca for many miles aro The viow of those mighty end awe-n- ho lovers of ol truly wran wpirlow Tocks toworlng atrabeht up out of o vea, willalone repay the visitor forthe Journey there. The Hotels, to be Opened July |, are the finest to be found east of Boston, They arg beautifully furnished wnd uppoiotes I-hfllll’hmu. nn in bothexterior und iuterior g&vu an air of homelike comfort und refinement seldom to be foumd. Th ome foriy milos of ronds on the island, and the drives are ‘vari a Interesting. e stables sre well ipped with well-trained saddle and driving horses 'ho boatiog und fishing are excellent, and canoea with Indian guides, are always at hand, HOW TO GET TO CAMPOBE oston Monduy, Wednesday e ., arriving ut EStport the fol Bo'einek. ‘A snnox stoamor conngcts with all steamers at Etport for Campovello, two milos distant. "Tho stewmers of the Internatiohnl Line nra new B By olther route b i toCampobolio: 2 ¥rom Bar Harbor to (,nmPuh«-llo TPakeo stoamer at Hurbor £or M €8 miay iiw found in reud I lenco by ferry to The r'-v. 18 casy und Alulunllm‘ Dustratod boo tables, plans of the hotel wid i mny bohad.ns well s full” informution ro tho property onapplication 1o ALEX 8. PORTER, Gon. Mugacer Campobullo. I8lund”Co., 27 Blato Sb., 5. MALT WHISKEY Specially Distliled for Modicinal Use. DR. XDW. L. WALLING, goon in Cbief, National O of N.J, writes My ‘attention was ealled & tone Malt Whiskey by 5. Lalor, Druggiet, of Trenton and 1 have used & fow bottler with far better effect thas any J ave bad. I aw recomum, 1o in my practl it very satistastory.* SIWARE OF IMITATIONS, Goruloe bas the Gigratare @ BISNBE & MENDELEOW Bals. 03 Ahe Label EISNER & MENDELSON, (Bole Agoeis or tha U iladelvbia, Pr. 6, 918 and 820 Kace 8¢, Co. @Genl A ha .oanun Drn&;;m.k: gents,Omal IT I8 WOND¥RFUL low easily rheumatism begins, and how in= sidiously it grows in the system until one is startled to find himself its victim,in either the acute or chronic form, He then learns carful tenacity of its grip and the utt powerlessness of the ordinary remedies to give relief. 'robably to no disease have physicians given more study, and none has more com= affled ‘their efforts to provide a ; and until Athlopheros was covered there was no medicine that wou re rheumatism, neuralgia nervous or sick adache, Thousands of testimonials like the following prove beyound question that Athlophoros is the only reliable remedy, and that it will do all that is claimed for it Englewood, Kansas Athlophoros has done me more good than all other medicines put together, for I was a great sufferer from rheumatism and neu- ralgia, and can say to-day, I am free from both complaints, © Mrs. MARTA STONE, Hopkins, 179 C Avenue, Cedar Rapids, Towa, saysz My wifeand daugh- ter were both strick with inflammatory rheumatism ‘at the same time. The lower limbs were much swollen; the pain scemed much beyond endurance; sleep out of the question; they suffered so much that to move or even touch the shect on the bed would cause the most violent pain. They were contined to the bed four weeks, Dur- ing that time and previous I bought many Kinds of medicine, then I emp'oyed a ph sician, but nothing gave relief ur of Athlophoros. I bought a bottle at once, and am glad tosay in a very short timefthe swelling was reduced, the “pain gone, and they were entirely well.” Every drugmst should keep Athlopho- ros and Athlophoros Pills, but where they cannot be bought of the druggist the Athlophoros Co., 112 Wall St., New York, will send either (earriage paid) on reccipt of regular pri which is $1.00 per bottle psia, in- o diseRscs mpiite alled. f men, oons lood, ete. . Athlc & T Q0SS SIOES Embody the highest exellencies in Shape liness, Comfort and Durabiltty and are the Reigning Favorites in tashionablecircies Our name is on eve- rysale. J. & T. Cousins, New York. AB() Cors SOMETHINC NEW. Warranted l? neither break down ot roll up in wear. CHICACO GORSET CO. CHICAGO. NEW YORK, remature Deellne, oic, tesil ion L W uncchs Mlud e aan, by (16 AT MARSTON TIEATMENT, Arated book we: ¢ A ms froe. Ehould be read by Fatlers Replete with Inforisgtion of vaus to ull o s ARSTONREMS DY CO. 19 Park Piace, New Yorks Ment ion Omaha Beo TAROID mzs‘.';fil' RHEV 'A now mothod of som- oAl 08802 ch o, or money o airete ot g olicet Bold Dy CO., 18 AB0, Price: 83, About $wenty years ago I discovered o Uttle ‘80 00 my cheek, and the doctors pronounced 1 cancer, Ihave tried a Bumber of physiclans, but without recelving any permanent benofit. Among thenumbor woroons or two spectalists. Tho medicine they applled was 11ko fro to tho sore, causing intense pain. saw statement in the papors telling what 5, £. 8, had dono for others similarly afileted. § procured some st onco. Beforo I had used the second boitle tbe, nelghbors could motico that my cancer was healingup, My general health had beon bad for two or threo years—Ihad & hacking cough and spit blood contioually. I bad severe pain fn my breast. After taking six botties of 8. my cough left mo and I grow stouter than I Liad beon for several yoars. My concer has healed over all bus alittlo spot about tho 8l20 0f & halt dime, and 1t 14 rapldly dlsuppear- . I would advise every ouewith cancer (0 Mus, NANCY J, McCONAUGHEY, Asho Grove, Tippscanco Co., Ind, Fob, 16, 1856, Swift's Spocific {8 entircly vegotabls, aud soems to cure cancers by foreing out the impu- ritles from the Llood. Treatise on Blood and Bkin Diseascs matled free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC €O, DPRAWER 3, ATLANTA, GA. u o atire Docay, ou cle., having (rled in vary ovary o a swplo @eif-cure, which e will se 4 his folow wiiTerer~, 8. C.J. MARON. Post M. Now Yock Ol Our trade on your Tansill g Puncl is stcud by incroasig, takny last month as a basis. Wo hope to handie at joast 20,000 por montt Mook, ALk & Co., Drugg sts, Bult Lake City, Utih, ADDRESS, A. W. TANSILL & CO., CilARD Having just received a lot of new goods inthe following departments ==Fans, Parasols, Gloves and Cor= sets==and to dispose of this lot at once we will place on sale to-day some of the greatest bargains ever shown in Omaha, FANS. 1000 black hand-painted fans 25¢, worth 75¢. 500 elegant feather fans, all shades, 4 worth $1.25. White satin fans,only 47 ¢; reduced from $1. Beautiful white satin fans, hand- painted, §1; worth £1.50. Plain black satin fans, 63¢; reduced from §1. GLOVES 200 dozen ladies® lisle gloves, 23¢; worth 35¢. 50 dozen ladies’ black silk gloves, 47¢; worth 75e. Ladies’ silk taffeta gloves,35¢;worth &0c. Ladies’ thread embroidered black kid worth 75¢e CORSETS. 100 dozen Beauty corset, 19¢; worth 35¢ 100 doren Monogram corset, 28¢; worth 50c. 50 dozen Llla corsets, 35¢; 60c. 50 dozen Elsie corvsets, 50c; worth Toc Also a full line of Irench weven corsets. worth Parasols. We have all the late novelties in plain and faney parasols. Alsoa complete line of childrens’ purasols. HAYDEN BROS. 16th Street, Near Douglas. WoodbridgeBrothers BTATE AGENTS FOR THE Decker Brothers PIANOS. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, Nebraska National Bank OMAHA, NEBRASKA, Paid up Capital. . Burplus . ... H. W. Yates, President. A, E. Touzalin, Vice President. W. 1.8, Hughes, Cashier. V. M Gohn 8. Colli W. V. Morse, ohn 8. Collins, H.W. Yutes, Lewis S, Reed. A. E. Touzalin, BANKING OFFIOR: THE IRON BANK, Cor. 12th and Farnam Sts. A General Banking Business Transacted, DRS. 5. & D. DAVIESON 1742 Lawrence St.,, Denver, Colorado, Of the Missouri State Museum of Anatomy, St. Louis, Mo., University College Hospi- tal, London, Giesen, Germany and New York. Having devoted their attention SPECIALLY TO (’i‘;fl! TREATMENT Nervous, Cheonie and Blood DISEASES, More especiatly those arising from impru- dence, nvite all 0 suffering to correspond withiout delay, Diseases of infection and contagion cured safcly and speedily with- out detention (rom business, and without the wuse of dangerous drugs. Pa- | tients whose cases have been neglected, badly treated or pronounced incurable, | should not fail to write us concerning their symptoms, All lett.rs receive immediate attentior JUST PUBLISHED, And will be muiled FREE 10 an; ! on receipt of one 2 cent stamp. “Practical | Observations on Nervous Debility and Liysical Exhaustion,” to which is added an ay on Marriage,” with important chap- 's on Discases of the Reproductive Or- | gans, the whole forming a valuable medical treatise which should be read by all young men. Addre DRS, 8. & D. DAVIESON, 1742 Lawrence St., Denver, Colorade, 1707 Olive St..St. Louis, Mo. address By lovosting in the following bargainy in eoul estats offored by AITKEN B oy Room 28, Richards' Block, Lincoln, Neb, A flue K acres adfofuing Touzulin's new town of Jlardogk, where the i, & M. K. R. are about 10 locuts extensive shops, and noar the Wes- ieyan univ ite, §: Au i adjoining the stac i " he Asylum, fourtli mile | of propused streot ar termiuas louding 10 | neyfumn, §200 per aore, 1 Mhose threo traots are offered at these low flirires for u fow duys. They are all nvailuble for platting, und epoctators can double their | money in (bom ns eary K LIFBIDZ OVER YOUP | hand, Correspondence luvited,