Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 17, 1887, Page 6

t | 1 | 1 ‘ 1 ' ANOTHER URGENT LETTER. Obalrman Suowden Again Communicates With Governor Thayer. THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. Extensive Preparations for Oelebra- ting the Contennial of its Adop- tion—=Lincoln Municipal lm- provements, [FROM THE DEE'S LINCOLY DURBAU.| The governor has received a second letter in regurd to the coming celebra- tion of the centennial of the adoption of the federal constitution, The last letter is from A, London Snowden, chairman of the comumittee and grand marshal in charge of the civic and industrial demon- stration that will be used in connection with the military pageantry in assisting in the celebration, Mr. Snowden in his letter to Governor Thayer says: Ineed not remind you that it is of the highest importance that this celebration should not alone illustrate our moral, in- tellectual and material progress within the past hundred years, but that it should be made so imposing as to leave an in- dellible impression upon the minds of our people, particularly upon the youth of the land, as to the paramount import- ance of upholding and guarding the con- stitution as the sheet anchor of our lib- erties and the bulwark of our prosperity and happiness as a people. In July, 1788, there was a celebration in this city (Philadelphia) intended not only to mani- fost the gratification of the people of the adoption of the constitution by ten of the states, but also to stimulate its ratification by all the] states composing the old confederation. “On that occusion the processional display which reccived the continuous and hearty support of the leading men of the period, representin all branches of business, industries of all kinds, as well as the judiciary, the pro- fessions and the schoolsof learning headed by the venerable university of Pennsyl- vania, was the most comprehensive and suzfmsuve ever attempted up to that pe- riod on this side the Atlantic. It devolves on us in the coming celebration to illus- trate as far as possible in the processional display, the marvelous muterial and in- telleetunl advance which has been made under the benign influcnce of the consti- tution in which the people of all the states are interested, and in which all should participate. To assure success will re- quire generous and cordial co-operation and upon this L confidently rely. With- out presuming to indict a vlan for your gudance, 1 may say that it has been sug- gested that your excellency appoint a committee to which shall be assigned the duty of directing the attention of your citizena to the subject and in or- ganizing your industries (orI articipation in the demonstration which it is pro- posed to make 1f sible, the most im- vosing of the kind ever witnessed on this continent, With such a committee or any other agency you may suggest I shall be (.ilml Lo co-operate, The governor has furnished this cor- respondence to the press that it may reach the public and that public may express their wishes if tl desire an effort made on the part of Nebraska. It the people of the state or any interested in participating in a display tor Nebraska desire the governor will appoint a com mittee as suggested by Mr. Snowdon. SET RAILWAY BUILDING. It is very evident that with the many rivate improvements in progress in the Japital City that the city the present season will see a large amount of street rallway lines built or at least placed well under way. The present line is building to connect its Tenth and Seventeenth street lines on South street and is also wushing extensions in the northeast part of the city. The rapid transit company has a large force of men at work on their hne which runs from the B. & M. depot up A street to Twelfth and thence branches south and north with a branch on North Tenth street to connect with the Missouri Pacitic_and Elkhorn Valley depot grounds. This road is doing ity greatest work at the present time in grading its line to West Lincoln, and be- fore the state fair they will have a line to the fair grounds and have West Lin- coln connected with the city proper. John H. Ames is expected home to-day from New York, where he purchased ma- terinl for five or six miles of the cable line, and much of the material 1s now enroute and this line is certain to be buiit. The Capitol Heights Street Railway com- pany have $14,000 worth of stock already subsoribed for a connecting line in the southeast, while bids have been asked for a line to tho asylum in the, southwest part of the city. A SMALL FRACAS, Malone, the driver of Ensigns baggage wagon, had an_altercation with a travel- mun named W. C. Richmond, and while Malone was getting over the rail- ing that divides the baggage room from the outside Richmond grabbed Malone and twisted ns foot and ankle so that navigation on the partof Malone was difficult yesterday. The depot police ar- rested the traveling man and received a stinging blow himself in the turmoil. Richmond was taken to police headquar- ters, where he fnvu up money for his appearance, and in the morning settled the case with Ensign. Malone was, how- ever, after a warrant yesterday for his ar- rest for assault and battery. A GOOD CHANGE. ‘The retirement of Policoman Hobson of the night forco, and the promotion of Officer Ircland to the vacant position, n}gm eaptain, is 8 movement on the part of the city council that ought to be cor- dially endorsed. ‘The removal of an en- tirely uscless appendage to the police force and the substitution of an officer who has some idea of business and busi- ness methods is an innovation that is en- tirely for the better. Oflicer Ireland has a conception of the duties of the place, and the jail record for the first time in two years is intelligent and kept as it should be. Ofticer Ireland keeps for the first timo a record of the work of the night force and visits them in the night on their beats to see that they are attend- ing to their duties. All this is made a nightly matter of record and presents a buasiness aspect. Tom Carnalian, one of the best men on the force of the former admimstration, has been appointed on the night force to fill the vacancy cansed by the suspension of Hobson. One of the needed lwmvmmuu near- g completion is the addition to the city jail and the increase of cell room n the new building. Twelve new cells and a large corridor will soon be ready for use and whon it is occupied the present quarters will be used only for female prisoners. IN POLICE COURT, For some time past a well appearing young man named Stevens has been at work at the Capital hotel. For good rea- sons ho was discharged Thursday and that night he went through the room of another employe and secured $33 in cash. He was suspected as the thief and the marshal visited the B, & M. devot and arrested Stevens, who was already on the train ready to proceed to Omaha, Yesterday he was arraigned in police ecourt where he plead guilty to taking the money, which was recovered and re- turned to'the owner. Stevens was then fined $25 and costs and sent to the county jml to serve out the sentence, A man named Frank Crow was before the police judge charged with carrying concealed weapons. Upon his examina- tion he plead that he was from Kansas City, and that it was pecessary to fio wrmed there. The judge tined him §10 fHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: and costs, which he will work out# not taken in chlr%e at ofice by parties who want him for horse stealing. J.W. Luin, J, Hamilton und H. Long were three parties jailed for drunken- ness. They were fined %, each and costs, and their friends wer: Xing ef- forts aftor their sentence o « ‘e their rclease. g ABOUT THE CITY, . The grader is at wor' *+ the irst pav- ing district - tound for paving. *actor for the paving, 1 Il the en- ergy possible wying the concrete foun 4 ocks at once. 7 time has fur ‘e business, Harry Downs 9 & Ffor .2 been engaged Iu‘tfi e has arrangements nearl$ completed for the opening of a new billiard hall in the Masonic temple building that will be one of the befnggpointed roums in the west, The wreck at Havelock, east of the city, 15 practieally cleared away and the dis- mantled locomotives have been raised ready for a visit to the company's shops for a general rebuilding. John Sheedy has let the contract for the building of his new brick block on the north side of the government square, This will be one of tho handsome and substantial buildings crected the present season in Lincoln, and will cost complete some §30,000. Ex-Attorne; Dillworth re- turned to Hastings yesterday after an interview with Governor Thayer in relation to some party in the penitentisry whose commutatiou was sought. The governor has the Hoffman case on hand now and a decision must be reached in a fow days. Railway Commissioner Alger and Mr. H. M. Warring, stenographer, have been at Reynolds, Neb., investigating a com- plaint made that the railway company in the construction of grades has blocked a water course and caused adjacent coun- try to overflow. From 4 o’clock until 7 every evenin, these days a thousand penple “surrounc the bulletin board where dispatches from the Topeka-Lincoln ball game are re- ceived, and the crowd swa from hilar- ity to soberness as the returns vary. General i i Cowboy Dictionary. Pony Bill tn Drovers' Journal, ge rooster, n, A tough old sagehen., n. Corruption of sauce, 2. Girlt, courage, fortitude, endurance (See leather), Salted Plums, n. _Olives. Saddle pads, Pads of different shave to favor sores on horses’ backs and protect .. same from pressure and pain. Sadale Blanket, n. A blanket to protect & horse’s back from veing galled by the £ saddle. Salt Bags, n. A thin “roundyp” cotton sock fit for briet wear only and too cheap to £ pay to wash. Saddle Bow, n. The fork of a saddle. Saddle Skirt, n. The large leather housings R under the saddle troe, bastos (foreign.) Saddle Housings, n, All the leather fittinegs on a saddle. These include the Span- ish bastos, auquera, sudidero, tapaderos, lientos, contanas, and alforjas, Sagebrush, n. Artemisea, white sage, dwarf v sage, black sage. Sagebrusher, n. A Nevadan, Sage tlat, n, A level flat of country covered with a growth of sagebrush. flat n. A flat, sandy stretch of land. nander, n. A shirk given to snoozing out in the hot sun, the wa'er lizard, see . Water Dof and Waufaloota. See-More Coat, n. A coat with short coat talls or no coat tails at all. Self-sharpener, n. A ver{ lean hoz with a long, sharp nose see Wind-splitter and Self-pointer, California for cut out. See Part Out. 'I'o separate live stock. Secret V, n. Oregon for an old marverick, slick eared ~ (forelgn) mallet-head Harry Dick. An old unbranded un- marked bovine. Sign n. Footmarks, trail, Sign-rider, n. One who rides a regular beat and looking for a sign or trall of strayed cattlo, follows them up and_ returns them to their proper range. See Line- ~ Riding and Line-Rider. Size-up v. To estimate. Sign n. Quantity, proportion, extent. Sisal Rope, n. A rope made of sisal hemp. Sick-shooter, n. Six-shooter. Sider. n. A cowboy who rides alongside a herd and prevents animals from scat- tering. Referred to as right-sider and left-sider. See Flanker, _Slster, . Any woman or female animal. Sign-riding, n. See Sign-rider, Line-riding and Line-rider. habitual Sore-back, n. A Snru-u‘s:‘:"el«l. ad). Cross, cranky, ill-tempered, Sand, 5 Sal discontented grumbler, sonk.]v.mlaiwt lr:'nu'v:‘n. t:w de) -ds“ n; col- o Al cur| got dea runk. Soak, n. A habitual drunkard: Sorrel-top, n. A blonde, Sotol, n. " Mexicans for bulbous succulent plant indigenous to Texas. Soapweed, n, A plant indigenous to nearly all the I’lufifi country which has strong soapy qualities, and will wash the body . aud clothing nearly as well as soap. Soap-root, n. A plant "indigenous to the Pacitic slope, the root of which has the same qualities as soap-weed, So Ilr. n. Bacon, see overland trout, Missouri turkey, ete. Sooner, n. A dog, see halser, Sod, n. Turf. Sod-house, n. A house bullt of sod. Socks, n. Old fellow, old socks, Buck n, v. and n. To swindle, to defraud; a cheat, a fraud, a swindle, Sun-dogs, n. 1lelias, bright spots se sky during vurr eold weather, Supe, n. Vaquero linzo for a tenderfoot greenhorn, a contraction of the theatri- cal super, utility wan. Suck, v. To fondle, to flatter, to flawn on another for sellish purposes. Suacker, n. A desplcable fellow who relies on ll":!lnfi for appreciation and ad- vancement instead of work or personal merit. The above Is n polite abbreviation, Slack-wad, n. A shirk, a lazy fellow. Skin game, n. An unfair, cheating swindle, a dishonest game. Studebaker movements, n. A sarcastic term for the movements of a cheap watch. Stove up, adj. Stiffened, staved up. Sneak, n. A crafty, cowardly, treacherous pem-;, s backbiter. Soake, v, Fo pull, to jerk, violently, to ereep like a snake. Snaxe, B. A libertine, s treacherous person, a fit of delirium tremens, soe jim-jams, Swell, n. Style, a fashionable person, sn un- dulation of ground. Scrub, v. To work hard and live penuri- ously, to push one to his work, to fight another. Scrub, n. An under-bred person or animal, a person of no character, Serape, v. To scrub, to work hard and econ- en In the om er together, to eifect. Serape, . A dilemma, a difiiculty. Squaw, n. A female Indian, & Klootchman, (Chinook). Squawman, n. A white man who is mar- rled to or maintains a squaw. Spot, v. To place, to designate, to detect. Spot-out, v. To point out or designate a mo:mt or string of cow-ponies to a cow-boy for his sole, especial use. Scour, v. 'To complain. Scourer, n. A chronic. habitual, diseon- tented growler. System, n. Body, anatomy. Scheme, n, A plan, a job to defraud. Scheme, v. To vlan, to plot Scabbard, n. A sheath for a rifle, A sheath for & pistol is called a holster. genital organs of a male animal, Sheath,n. A leather case for a knite,butchers’ steel or other belt, rig of a trepper. Splint, n. A fracture ot the surface of bones of animals. Swallowfork, n. An earmark, Bnln, v. To separate, to part. plit, n. A separatfon, a divorce. Squarebit, n. An earmark. Slaughterhouse Steak, n. Porterhouse an, n. San Antonio for beef- steak. Slaughter-i steak rare. Stack of Whites, n. A gambling phrase for a pile of white ehips, a pile of silver, Skipv,. ‘To leave surreptitiously, amble, git, pull out R The Presidential Party. Urioa, N, Y, July 18.—The special train which conveys the presidential party to the ‘Thousand 1slands left Utica this morning. Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild boarded the trainin Utica. At Holland the party was Jjoined by Miss Rose Elizabeth Cloveland, L. L. Yeomans and wife, brother-in-law and ister of the yresident, and Miss Carrie E. :;d ;lln Mary L. Hastlogs, the president’s neices. HOW THE BOYS WONTHE FLAGS The Bravery ‘Required to Capture Oolor Trophies. DARING DEEDS REGCOUNTED. Stirring Stories of the Days When me was Sought Even at the Cannon's Mouth—Some Incidents, Considering how much has been written concerning the provosal of President Cleveland to return the confederate bat- tle flags, says the New York World, it might seem surprising that mnothing has appeared about the men who eap- tured the flags and the valor they dis- played. First in the honor should come the late Tom Custer, or “‘Our Tom," as the widow of the late General Custer af- fectionately speaks of him. Tom, the general's brother captured two flags in different battles, and is the only name on the honor list of flag-captors credited with two such exploits. The general, it may be mentioned, eaptured the first flag taken from the confederates while he was serving a8 aid-de-camp on General Me- Clellan’s staft in 1862. In all military matters the Custer were on strietly mili- tary terms with one another. 1f Tom came into the general’s room to report he was received in the most formal manner. Business over, they fell to jok- ing just as they had done in their boy days on the old farm in Ohio. Tom's first flag capture was at Namozine chureh, April 2, 1865 General Capehart, who commandea the third brigade of the third di and saw Tom take his sccond flag at Sailor’s Creek, April 6, 1865, says_that it was acharge against Gen al Ewell's corps. Having crossed the line of tem- porary works on the flank of the roa the union soldiers were confronted by a supporting battle line. It was from the second line that Tom wrested the colors, single handed, and only a few paces to right. ‘om approached the colors he received a shotin the face which knocked him back on his horse, butin a moment he was again upright in his saddl Reaching out his right arm, he grasped the flag whilo the color-bearer recled. The bullet from Tom's revolver must have pierced him in the region of the heart. As he was falling 'fom wrenched the standard from his grasp and bore it away in triumph. ‘‘For in- trepidity 1 never saw his conduct sur- passed’, MAJOR FARNHAM LYON, who was a stafl oficer of General Cus- ter’s at thut time, recalls T 0 over the rifle pits at Smlor creek and his being wounded in the cheek. “I know I felt at the time 1t was a great wonder he escaped his life.”” As Tom reached (;um:mr Custer’s _side he called out: ‘‘Armstrong, they've shot me, but I've got my flag.”” Tom wanted to charge again, but the general ordered him to the rear. Tom, however, was so full of fight no ordinary request checked im. Then the commanding officer’s tone was assumed, and the general, secing the necessity of instant obedience, ordered him in arrest and to the rear. Poor Tom, hearing the order, which is the extreme resort of nilitary discipline, had nothing to do but to report to a surgeon. In the Cus- massacre Tom fell beside his brother. His heart was cut out by Rain-in-the- Face, a chief whom he had once made prisoner and who thus fiendishly revenged imself, In the repulse of Pickett's charge, Sergeant-Major Wilham B. Hincks of the Fourteenth Connecticut volunteers, distinguished himself by capturing a confederate flag. Sergeant Wade, who saw the bold deed, thus describes it: “‘After the first fire from the union side ad taken eftect, Sergeant-Major Wil- liam B. Hincks of the Fourteenth saw Flnmed in the ground some distance in rout a rebel flag. Around and on a line with it were a number of unwounded men who had thrown themselves down to avoid the heavy fire. He determined to capture the flag. Leaping over the wall, with nothing but a short sword in bis band, be ran straight for it. At the same time two or three others of his regiment had started for the same goal. One of these, an officer, was brought down by a bullet ere he had run ten yards. Hincks outstripped all others, reached the spot, and with a yell, seizos the colors by the staft, and, waving his sword over his head, was on his way back before those around could divine his purpose. In- stantly a shower of bullets came all around him; he was also exposed to a scattering fire from our troops. It was ‘running the gauntlet’ indeed. Hiucks, 1 his dash across the neutral ground scemed to bear a charmed 1 As he ncared his own lines he saw the men standing up, regardless of the leaden messengers behind, and a8 he mounted the wal!, trophy in hand, the regiment to n man wildly cheered the gallant fellow.” It proved to be the colors of the Four- teenth Tennessee. A number of flags were taken in the battles before Nashville. Lieutenant Thomas P. Gere, Fifth Minnesota fantry, thus tells the story of his capture of a flag: “The command,”" he says, ‘‘swept through the carnage, over the works, capturing everything. In forming for the assanlt in two lines an interval was left between our brigade and the troops on our rzfiht.which subjected the brigade to an entilading fire, but by sheer mo- mentum the assgulting column CUT STRAIGHT THROUGH and landed beyond the opposing line. Quickly discerning that the enemy this intervening space were our pris- oners we swept down their flank, push- ing them to our rear. This is where the capture of these colors took place. I reached the works near the right of the brigade, but my horse could not cross the abatis and wall, so with the troops hurrying along the enemy’s works to our rui" t, we came upon the colors. I was a httle n_advance in this movement. The color-bearer leaped over the works to our rear with the others, leaving the colors behind the works. lcoul& not reach them,but compelled him to racross and deliver the flag.” Corporal Harrison Collins, First Ten- nessee, also made a gallant fl; onPture in the fighting about Nashville. “You sce,” he says' “when General Hood ad- vanced toward Nashville [ saw that flag ly to the front. For thirtcen days we fell back in good order before the enemy, The flag seemed to be in sight nearly all the time. Ishot atit every time I gota chance, sometimes under embarrassing circumstances, It got to beso provoking that [ made up my mind it we ever got a chance we’d pay them- back for flauating that there flag in our faces. After our army rested at Nashvillea week we ad- vanced on the enemy, and it was now therr turn to fall back,awhich they did so fast that on the second day 1t ended in a big stampede, On the third day I caught mxhlt ?l wy {‘)ld friend, thus flag. was on duty with my regiment su reing a battery. The enem, mudeas&m llgl creek which was “bridged In our front, Part of them, with the flag, tried to cross lower down. Then I saw my chance, Some of us charged. I was soon close to the fiag. The contederate officer or- dered some of his men to dismount, and ‘fight on foot.' Our party halted here, but I forgot everything but the prize, and riding through the dismounted enemy, overtook the color-bearer aud demanded ¥ the flag. He threw it on the ground. I dismounted angl pieked it up. By thig time I was some distance in advance,and as our bugle Was sounding the ‘rally’ [ turned baok with my tro“hy," How bravely tha southerns defended their flags appeart from Sergeant Miller's experience at, Gettysburg. Miller be- longed to rnmunnl' G, Eig ith Ohio volun- teer infantry. He hag already sent soveral prisoners 'to the rear, when he saw, a short distance away, SOMETHING TEMPTING, It wasa conm’erme flag in the center of three or four ''pine knots.”” At that mo- ment a shell exploded just over their head. A prece struck the color-bearer and brought him fo his knees. The colors were not sufferea to touch the ground. A young oflicer sprang forward and grasped the staff. This man was alteady wounded. Covered with dust, the blood trickling from a gash on his forehead, without a hat, his eyes blazing, hoiding his torn but precious standard aloft in one hand while he guarded it with his bare rnvier in the other, he seemed the living impersonation of valor. But he was almost alone, his revolver vmplf, and his line of retreat nearly cut off. He backed toward a gap in the fence near whien he stood. Once on the other side he might reach his own lines in fety. But the foeman was upon him. The Ohio soldier confronted the brave confederate and bade him surrender. Nine out of ten would have done so, But no! Holding the fag behind him, the officer parried with great dex- terity the thrusts made by the sergeant, who was loth to shoot the gallant youth But there was no time to lose: if he anted the flag he must act promptly. Surrender, or I'll shoot!” he cried. 1n response the point of the slender blade pierced his wrist. Miller had to shoot. The southerr hero fell backward upon his banner. 8o tight was his grasp upon the stafl' that Miller had to tear off the flag. 'olonel Vifquain performed a valiant deed o B]nk-lu'\' in taking the works on April 9, 1865, Th colonel jumped on the should parapet; the toe could see him from his knees up. le quietly drew his sword and allowed them to empty their ritles at him, and then gave the word. Before the cnemy conld re- load their guns the union soldiers were upon them, rolling down the hill like an avalanche and up the other side with great force. Vifquan made for the bat- tle-flag on the works, with the color com- pany right upon his he d while he cut the hallard of the flag with his sword and in the actof pulling it down the color-bearer planted the union tlag. For a second or two Vifquain hid by the folds of the victorious banner mingling with those of the rebel standard. The unton color-bearer was killed on the spot. The same night the regiment slept in the fort where the foeman’s battle flag stood in the morning, and General Canby sent Colonel Vifquain a note in pencil, which ran as follows DzaAn 1CoLo! ¢ Thank you and may God bless you and your brave boys. E. R. 8. (go,‘zm'. Major-General Commanding. In July, 1862, Gongress instituted a medal niv honot. ‘This medal award. ed for deeds of ' valor on the battl and many of the captors of confedel flags were decarated with it. The medal was instituted Jargely through the efforts of the late Adjutant-General Townsend, who gives an agcount of the matter in his ““Anecdote ot the Civil War." As soon as the néws of the civil war in the United Stites became known in Europe, many 'persons who had been of- ficers in foreign armies came to offer their services, to, the government. It frequently happened that these gentle- men brought uue;‘s of introduction and testimonials of their military carevr. Sometimes they came accredited to our department of state. They usually paid their respects to GGeneral Scott, and not unfrequently on'such an occasion wore their uniforms; with all their decorations —medals or orders. There were many in our volunteer service who had served abroad, and it was quite the habit amon, them to display on their uniforms such marks of distinction if they pos: | them. Often they were objects of envy to many young American aspirants for miltary glory. In the Mexico war the honor of brevet was so often persistently sought for throngh political influence, sometimes without any special military medal to sustain it, and this suggested to General Townsend that the same evil, in n i ged form, would arise during the civ war. It was very desirable, therefore, if possible, to pre tually happened—the de: practical benefit arising from the bri systom. Instead of tardy and some- times indiscriminate recommendations for brevets, why should not our generals in command of armies in time of war be clothed with the power of rewarding distinguished acts of bravery on the in- stant by issuing orders conferring a medal for them, such orders to be as soon as possible confirmed and executed y the war department? Mistakes y. if ever, be_made, and the effe a prompt recognition would be excel- lent. Karly in 1861 General Townsend urged the institution of a medal upon General Scott and upon the chairm nate military committee, the s 'y of war and others in influence. They objected that it was to the spirit of our institutions to w decorations, and therefore the measure would not be popular. When, however, it was instituted 1t was eagerly sought for, and doubtless a desire for the medal inspired many of the deeds of honor. AL e EATS PEAS WITH HIS KNIFE. @ Serions Accusation Regarding Col- onel William Cody. London Society: Lion hunters scem to have gone clean stark raving mad over the burly charms of the American circus man, Nothing is to good for him, from the box seat at Charlie Beresford’s coach to asent at the supper table of any fad-mongering hostess who is fortunate enough to work a mutual adyertisement by securing the buffalo person's presence at dance or reception. Now, against Buftalo Bill himself, we have not a word tosay. As a showman he is a distinct success. and | the very fact of him getting hmself asked to London drawing rooms, proves that he 13 not only a circus manager, but an ‘“advance agent”—that is the dorrect Americanism —of more than’eommon enterpr it does seem passing strange that lad should go out of their way to ask to th hmm.-s' 4 man whoprofesses not only to have indulged freely in the uncleanly outrage of siinmm:t e heads of his fallen foes, but to have treasured the rolics of such nasty surgery. _Apart from this, Jill is said to carry his firm belief in the knife into the supper rooms of his new friends, givi ence to that im :Iufimut 0! the purpose of “trajling” round his plate, and finally conve; to his mouth the new peas and other Iuxurics with which he is suppiied, his maneuvers being watched with open eyed admirati the other priviloged guests. Buffalo Biil reign in the very same rooms that a year or two ago were the temples of the sunflower and Oscar Wilde. After all, Buffalo Bill for choice. ——— Another Trust. NEW YORK, July 16,~The principal en- velope manufacturers in New York and New England, representing fully nine- tenths of the profession in the United States, and making from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 en- velopes per day, have entered into an ar- rangement for advaneing the price of their g The new corporation is called the tandard Envelope company. It 1s claimed there is no intention of raising the prices to aD unreasonable figure, ‘The estimated in- crease ls between tive and ten per cent. SUNDAY, JuLY I7. Al : i KINGS, QUEENS AND ENAVES. Some of the Court Oards at Victoria's Jubilee, SKETCHES OF THEIR MAJESTIES Some of the Characteristics of the Royal Personals Who Honored ngland’s Queen—How They Looked. — New York World: I had an oppor tunity tho other day of seeing all of the visiting royalties when they were not on dress parade, Itwas upon the occasion of their tast Monday's visit to the Wild West show, where a private performance was given for their benefit. There was not a striking looking person in the group with the exception of the Prince of Wales. The king of Saxony is a very ordinary looking man. He has the appoarance of a retired merchant with a small income who lives a peaceful, narrow life. He is of medium height, with sloping, round shoulders. His hair is gray; his complex- ion sallow; his cyes cold gray-blue; his nose large and straight; a snowy white mustache and white side-whiskers con- coaled in a measure the weak character of the lower part of his face. Ie wore a black frock suit with a light spring over- coat buttoned up tightly to his chin. His hat was a high silk one; his gloves were dark yellow. He very rarely spoke and appeared to be half asleep. He was one of the first to move away from the per- formance, although the shouts at one time appeared to w: im up. The king of Belgium is the most force- ful-looking of the visiting sovereigns He was tall, straight, with o full chest and broad shoulders. His hair is a dark brown-black, and when he lifted his high hat to some of the princess: they ar- rived I saw that it was parted exactly in the middle. His oy ro dark, set deeply under very straight eyebrows. His nose was straight; full, sweeping brown mustache and very full brown beard descended upon the breast of his black fi suit. He wore a ds over- coat: on his hands he wore brown gloves, He was very formal and very stift’ in his movements, Although there were not above twelye or fifteen persons present a8 8P tors _outside of the royal per- sonages, the Belgian king moved exactly as if he were upon dress parade. He is a frequent yisitor to England. His son is flnih to be a suitor for the hand of one of the daughters of the prince of Wales. He is received with great favor in Eng- land; he is secking to establish close re- Iations with the knglish government be- cause he fears that his country is being threatened by the prospect of a renowal of the struggle between the French and the Germans. The king of Denmark is tall, with a broad e mpact figure. He wore a high ar to that worn by all of the s, and the same dark frock suit. He has the face of a sea captain; hia com- plexion is very red, his face hasnot much expression and his features are irregular, He wears a mustache and side whiskers, which are of an iron gray color. His shaved chin is square and positive in its lines, There is nothing about any one of these royal personages, with the excep- tion of the prince and princess of Wales to suggest their holding high positions. The King of Denmark might have been the captain of a merchant ship on shore on leave. The king of Denmark, has seen hard times. He was, until his ele- on to the throne of Denmark n_ 1862, very poor, He did not evidently have the abiiity himself to con- quer any favors from fortune. He was obliged to live in the most narrow and economical ways. ‘Then came the change in his life of so great a character as to suggest the wand of the magician in the fairy tales. Erom poverty and obscurity he reached the throne, while three of his children occupy the most prominent places in the royal circles of Europe— one duughter is the empress of Russia, & second the princess of Wales, while his third child 18 king of Greece. His fourth daughter is the unfortunate duchess of Jumberland. His sixth son is married to the daughter of the Duc De Chartres, His son, the kingof Greece, who stood near his father, isvery tall and slim, with a dull, heavy face, sleepy, blue eyes, thick, straight” nose, and a droop- ing, brown mustache. You would find hundreds of more distinguished and bet- ter looking young men in almost any of the business offices in New York. The Princess of Wales1s the most in- mreslinf member of this Danish family. She looks every inch a princess. In the first ])Iacc she is very handsome, with regular features, fresh, clear, plain com- plexion, and a dainty manner of refine- ment, which is her chief charm. Her tigure is as trim and gracoful as that of a young girl. She dresses with the air and grace of a French woman, while she has a dignitied earringe and the manners of reserved northern people. She has as democratic tendences as her husbrnd and she is as fond of appearing in publie as he, and if royality continues in Eng- land after "the death of the queen, continuance will be owing largely to _the populanty ot the prince and princess of Wales, They are popular with people simply be- cause they take pans to please. THe princess of Wales was one of the later arrivals at this morning’s verformance. She came walking down the platform in front of the grand stand in company with Major John E. Burk, the agent of Cody. The three little princesses pre- ceded their mother. These three young ladivs are very plain. They have noue of the beauty of their mother, neither have they the ease and vivacity of their parents. They are plain, stiff, young inglish girls,who never speak unless they are spoken to, and who stand about in a stolid way that no American girl could by any possibility assume, least of when in the presence of@uch an exciting enter- tainment as that of the “Wild West.” The prince of Wales was the only man in the group who was at all easy in his mauners. Ho wore a light gray frock suite, with a drab overcoat buttoned up tightto his throat. There was a pink rose in the short lapel of his overcoat. He wore a high white hat, which was the only white hat in the group. White hats are not popular in London, and even the powerful influence of the prince of Wales upon London fashions is not sufficient to make the London swells wear these white hats, except for country drives and for visits at country places. Ido notthink there was a funnier sight than that where the princess of Wales came forward with the sweep of a school girl and climed into the Dead. wood coach without any assistance. Then the kg of Saxony and the king of Greece climbed in after her, 'The crown prince of Sweden was on the box and l’rinm’ George of Wales, a dashing youn, nava! officer, was upon the back part of the coach. Prince Albert ictor, of Wales, the heir-apparent to 1bo English throl fter the prince of Wales, sat in- side the coach. and putled cigarettes al- ternotely in s mother's face and in that” of the king of Denmark. In- deed, smokers who have been re- stricted for their lack of manners in en- joying the weed in the presence of ladies w!)u. have plenty of examples to justify their course among the royal members o this group. All of the men smoked their eigars or cigarettes. T smoke was puiled straignt into the faces of the ladies of the group without apology from the | W ANTHD. A responsible, active man with good referen- ces, to remresent the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, of New York Assets, $11,310,000 Good Contract; Ea Address, Surplus, $2,300,000 "lans, Popular Policies Written, GEO W. RIGGS, Western Agent, Masohic Tem ple, Des Moines, Ipw smokers or protest on their part. With the exception of the prince and princess of Wales, who are always graceful and easy, I think that this group of royal per- souutx s made up the most stiff and awk- ward-appearing group of people that I have ever seen in public together. Mr. Cody, when he was presented to them, appeared much easier and more at home than any of the distingmished gronp. Another very good sight of the morning was the riding of the royalties on the switchback railrond. In one of the cars which pitched up and down the inclines there sat the four visit- ing kings, the princess of Wales, her three daughters und two sons. The four kings sat up as solemn and stiff’ as so many wooden men. The only movement made DAY any one of them was an ocen- sional clutch of their high hats. Prince Albert Victor puffed his stornal cigarette even during this exciting ride, but it was the prince and princess of Wales who ap- peared to enjoy this part of the porfor- mance the most. She held up both her hands and gave a real feminine scream of delight us the car plunged up and down the course of this switchback rail- road, The princess of Wales comos out very often in the morning for tho crowd at the “Wild West” show and appears to enjoy the very freedom and absence of formality that she encounters among the managers of tl hibition, MagorJohn Burke is a great favorite of hers and reats her exactly as he would Mrs, Smith, When 1 saw him walking with her at the performance he kept his broad-brimed hat upon his h from first to last. He slightly lifted it as she (irst approached, but he did not uncover, as did some of the people connected with this show in vresence of m'mllics.'1 C. CrawroRD, Pl TR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. The Faith Cure and {ts Operations in Missouri. Globe-Democrgt: Mrs. Louisa Sorib- ner, the christian scientist, or faith doctor, ~ who effected some _ ver, remarkable cures in raising the afflicto from their beds and mslorinf their health, during last March, is in Mis- souri City again treating the many per- sons that come-—great distances often —to_see her, and many claim to beg reatly benetitted. Amonfi the most important oases Is that of Mrs. Mattie J. Rowlin, who lives several miles east of here, in Ray county, and who was visited by the writer yester- day. Mrs. Rowlin was found in a sittin, osition on the bed, reading Science of ealth, the standard work of the scien- tists, whilo b{l her side lay the bible. *1 was confined to my bed four years ago last January,” began Mrs. Bowhn. “Previous to receiving troatment from Mrs. Seribn with the exception of about two months during the summer of 1835, 1 have been bedfast during all that period. No one knows what L have suf- ferred. M,Y disease was neuralgia of the stomach, 1 could scarcely eat anything, neither meats or vegetables, and my only food a greater portion of the time was light read and milk or water warmed, THE FIRST TREATMENT. ‘Mrs. Scritner’s first visit to me re- sulted in an improvement in my condi- tion. [soon felt much better, and the following day after her visit I got up and walked across the room, although I had not been on my feet before in two years, My appetite improved so that it bec almost ravenous. 1 was told to cat [ wanted, which I did, of course. then [ have always eaten very heartily. My appetite is perfectly good and almost any kind of food agrees with m “Each treatment from Mrs. Scribnor benetits me so much that 1 am gradually gaining strength. Of course, being con- fined to my bed so0 long has reduced me to almost a skeleton and made me very weonk.” “How often have you been treated?” was asked. ‘1 have received three present treat- ments and a number of what are called ‘absent treatments.’ 1 don't think I have ever been benefitted by the absent treat- ments, I pay $1 for each treatinent.” re you free from pain®'* No. Iam not entirely relieved from that, but T have the utmost confidence in my comylete restoration to health, I use no medice at all, and Mrs. Scribner will not treat a case where the patient 1nsists on using it. I am thankful indeed for tinding relief at last and to be able to walk around and leave the room in which h 3 lain so long and suffered so is Mrs. Rawlin’s story. A num- ber of other persons in the same neigh- borhood express themselves as being greatly benefitted through the services of the Christain scientist, Others sny they have received no benel On the way to the Rowlin farm the Globe-Democrat correspondent stopped at & house for a drink of water. The lady of the house asked: ‘‘Are you from Missouri City?'’ She was answered in tho aflirmative. “Well, I wish you would do me the favor to inform Mre. Scribner, the faith doctor that my niece to whom she gave one treatment is no better. She is sub- ject to fits, and before being treated sho had them only every other day. but since tie treatment she had them “every day, and somctimes twice a day. INTERVIEW WITH THE SCIENTIST, Mrs. Scribner was in this city to-day. She is a woman of more than ordinary conversational powers, intelhgent and well versed in scrivture. **The opposition to Christian science,” said Mrs. Seribner, “'is so great that very rarely will the newspapers publish ac- counts of our cures. 1 know that in Bos- ton, which 1s the headquartess of the christian scientists, the vress will not publish anvthing favorable. Wo have therefore found that it is best to keep our cures out of the newspapers, believing as we do that we wall make more rapid prog- ress, as the papers declare our works to be witcheralts,or the result of mesmerism and the li We are contident, anyhow, that we will be understood and known by our works in time. “The great trouble is our theory is misunderstood, and people form the opinion that christian scientists claim the power to eure humanity of its wany ills. Ve do not elmm to possess any such power. Any ous, by study, can do what we do.* “Do people have to be taught how to pray?”’ was asked, “No, and yes, too; for there conception of God’s word, d wron understanding of his teachings christian i ts claim that the bible teaches erything which is real and good comes from God. There if God has sent the afllictions of di upon us, should we try to heal ourselves? No, for we would be going directly con- trary to the teachings of the bible. Dis- ease comes from other sources and through the errors of health. 1 will heal us by answering our prayers if we pn.L properly.’’ *Don't you suppose,” she was asked, cmbers of this | our sins, but he did not place thom | 1 one predicted its entire that many a mother upo bed, with a family of childy ing her, has prayed as earn cerely to be spared from one vmlll:..lholllh their pra ered ! hy, certainly, 1 do; b Jod through the wrong belief thi fhcted their ills npon them. As fore, God will heal disease and fo us, and we must not expect throug misunderstanding of his word to re s blessings,” Do the followers of Christian scid believe in doing away with medioint *Yes, and it cannot be found drugs were used until the third ced aftec the death of Jesus. In el fractured limbs, where bones are the service of & surgeon or an o onced person in such cases i8 consi ne ry to properly set the b lmmlw‘, but no medicine whate! iul you ever trent such n case?™ *‘No, but I have treated very bad off of burned Hesh very successfully,' i TRUSTING TO SPIRITS. Intercsting Tips from “The Undis- covered Country." A well known citizen of this place, snys the Lewiston (Me.) Jon'xrn:\l‘ who has spent many years of his lifo investigat- ing the mystorivs of spivitualism, but is no believer atall in that cult, tells the following story: . ‘‘Just after the war broke out there was a man by the namo of Hosea B. Emery, who lived 1n the town of Milford. He kept a store at Milford and was post- master in the adjolmng town of Bradley. He was also interested in the manutac- ture of lumber and owned a Iarge share in the sawmills in Bradiey, in company with Jostin Little, of Portland, “Mr. Little ched about the time of the outbreak of the civil war, At that time, asis well known, the southern confed- eracy put their privateers on the ocean and rendered 1t exceedingly hazardous for our merchant shipping to go down to the West Indies and along the Klorida oonst. At that time it was almost an 1m. possibility for them to get a vessel in- sured that was going along this route. “Mr. KEmery was a very strong spirite ualist. A man by the name of John Blek. ford ncted ns clerk and nssistant post- master for him at this time. Mr. Emery came down to the store one morning and said: ** *John,I am going to charter a vessel load her with shipping boards and som to Cuba,’ ‘'John looked up from his accounts and stared at him and said, ‘Are you crazy, man, or what's the matter with you? Don't you know you can't get a vessel insurod in three days on account of those blasted privatecrs?y’ “Said Emery: ‘I'm not going to ber insured at all, and neithor am lunatic. Little's spirit tells me to load the vessel, and she'll go to Cubaall zht.’ *‘Well, Mr. Emery,’ snld Biekford, ‘T suppose if 1 bolieved. the spirit and. the unknowable 1 should follow the advice of my spirits; but your vision is all moon- shine—see 11 it don’t turn out s0." “Mr. h‘mur{ only smiled and said he was going to Bangorto charter a vossel and load her. Ho did so and chartered o brig. Ithink her name was tho Mar: Ann. The Mary Ann was loaded *witl lumber, and off’she went to Cuba, “‘Some little time thereafter Mr, Emery came down to the storo and greeted Bickford in this wise: ‘Well, John, 1 heard from thoe brig last night.’ ‘I want to know,’ said 30!1: ‘Have you got a letter from the eap'n? He knew he hadn't, for he had the “handlin; of ail the mail himself, and no letter h; come for Mr. Emery since the brig went out. Said Mr. Emery: ‘No: ['vo no let- ter, but last night I received a communi. cation from Little and the world of spir- its, and Little says that the brig is so out, at such a logitude and ide, naming the dogrees. She oxperienced a very hoavy gale yester- day and carried away some of her” small u:\d’ No very serious damagoe was sus- tained, so my communication tells me, and the brig kept on her course.’ “John said to him: ‘Well, Mr. Emery, I guess I'll make a mnote of that. took down a little memorandum and made a minute of the communication, just as Mr. Emery gave it to him. A few days afterward his employer came down to the store in the morning, and tho first thing he said was this: ‘Well, John, the brig's arrived in Cuba.’ John said again, ‘Ah, got another letter from the cap’n?’ Mr. Emery chuckled a little and an: swered: ‘No, but Little has sent me ane other communication.’ ““I'he cap’n says in Little’s communi- cation that he has been offered $37a thousand for s cargo, but is going to hold on a few days to get a better price.” ‘Well,’ snid John, ‘L guess, Mr. Emery, I'll make A _minute of that, too.' Some days thereafter John opened the meil in the morning and found a letter post- marked Cuba for Mr. Emery. *‘Mr. Emery came in after his mail, and seeing this lettor post-marked Cuba he openea it then and there. Bickford all whe while had his eye on him, to see 1f everything was bona fide. In a few moments he said to John: ‘Did you make a memorandum in regard to ‘the brig?' “‘f]nhu said ‘Yos.' “iGet it and let's see what you've written down,’ “John took down his memvrandum, and the letter and memorandum com- pared to an iota. “The cap'n smd in his letter that so many days out, in such a Iatitude and such a longiwde, he experienced (he‘ffll referred to in Little’s communication, and lost the sails and spars there spoken of. He wrote that the brig arrived in Cuba on the same day as told in the com- munication, and that on the day of his arrival he was offered $27 u thousand for his lumber. “Emery made a clean $6,000 on that single cargo. He entered into the dar- i scheme wholly on the strength of tualism and the reality of Little's t. No one at that time but he would ¢ thought of such an undertaking, as srybody predictgd that confederate ors would gobble up the brig, umber and ull, : “Mr. Emery was one of the wealthiest and best known inmber operators of the Penobscot for many years, At the time of this wonderful expedition it created a big stir in Penobseot county, and every- failuro. Some Euiery was 1nsine.” L 3 Russia's Reply. stANTINOPLE, July 15.—Russia has replied to the circular noto in relation to the Bulgarlan question issued by the porte. The reply states that while there is personally no objeetion against Prince Ferdinand as & ruler of Bulgarin, Russia declines to accept the declsion of Lhe present sobran, Germany, Austria and Italy reply th they will acecpt any solution of the question which is based upon the Berlin treaty. people thought Mr