Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1887, Page 4

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Tue latest dispatches indicate that it is the whites who want to *‘break out.” We have guspected this all along. SESE— ‘THE members of the National Board of Charities and Corrections must have ob- served that Omaha 18 & cool summer re- sort. GOVERNOR ALVA Apaws, of Colorado, wants Secretary Lamar to send troops to the imaginary scene of conflict in the west. ‘The terrible outbreak has resolved atself into a possibility that tne Indians may do something. HENRY S. IVEs has been figuring out the financial situation in his case and has come to the conclusion that there will be $5.000,000 left for him when all liabilities are settled. He is bound to keep up his reputation as a financial Napoleon if he has to figure all summer. , ——— THE existence of natural gas within the city limits 1s now an established fact. It only remains to be secen whether it ex- 18ts in sufliclent quantity for practical use in heating and illumating. If it does, Omaha's future as a great manutactur- ing point is assured. C. P. HUNTINGTON, tho prince of Pa- cific railroad jobbers, says he and his fellow-boodlers have not hing to concenl that relates to the business of the Central Pacific with the government. That re- mains to be seen. Congress has a right to inquire through the Pacific railway railway commission what use was made of the immense sums of money which Huntington testifiel were employed to “‘explain things" to congressmen. His lobbyist, Sherrill, also received large amounts to enable him to ““look and see'’ shat the ‘‘interests of the road received no damage from the various branches of government.” It is this information that the conspirators will not give and which the law should compel them to disclose. SENATOR BECK of Kentucky was ban- queted a tew evenings since in St. Paul. The editor of the Pioneer Press, evidently anxious to find in the event a motive that could be urged to the confusion of a local democratic press, deduced as a hidden meaning ‘‘a deep design to put forward Senator Beale as a candidate for the dem- ocratic nomination for the vice presi- dency,’ and went 1nto something of an argument to justify this conclusion. All this might have apgeared very clever as an evidence of the astute penetration of our contemporary but for the fact that Mr. Beale is by nationality a Scotchman, and therefore as near to the vice presi- dency as he can ever get under the pres- ent constitution, Tue democratic machine in Maryland is thoroughly organized, and is under the unscrupulous management of Senator Gorman, but the republicans have en- tered upon their campaign with an ag- gressive determination which warrants a hope that the rule of the machine may be broken. To aid them in this they will have the support of the reform demo- crats, a quantity not clearly defined, but which may prove to be more considerable than is now suspected. This reform move- ment within the democratic party is a re- volt against the scandalous abuses that have been practiced under the rule and management of Gorman, the most thor- oughly unserupulous political manipula- tor in the country. It would be a great victory for honorable politics if Gorman and his following should be defeated. epE— A cAMPAIGN has been stacted in Cana- da in favor of commercial union with the United States. The opening meeting at a town near Montreal is reported to have been very enthusiastic, and the move- ment thus conspicuously begun is to be vigorously pushed. Congressman Butter- worth will undoubtedly hear of this with great pleasure and increase his zeal in behalf of the project of which he is the author, It is not impossible that he way be able to arouse some interest on the subject in this country before the next sides the practical difficulties in the way there is a great deal of prejudice to be overcome. The impression 1s that unless the conditions are changed beyond any reasonable expectation the benelits of the proposed arrangement would be mostly on the side of the dominion, while the United States would have little else -than additional commercial and econdmic problems to contend with, 2 their testimony to that given by the party in Ohio and Pennsylvania in evidence of the harmony and confidence which pre- vail thronghout the republican ranks. T'he eftect of such examples, in the reas- suring promise they convey, will be good overywhere. They strengthen the hope and invigorate the zeal of the party gen- erally. republican conventions have been en- tirely free from discord and dissentions, indicating that the party fully compre- hends the work it has before 1t and that the wisdom which has guided it to vie- tory in the past is to be again invoked, pleted its work promptly and without the control of carried on in an entirely friendly spirit, there was no struggle in the convention. The renomination of Governor Larrabee and Lieutenant Governor Hull, made without a voice of opposition, was a proper endorsement of ofticials whose ju- aicious and faithful performance of duty entitled them to such consideration. Governor Larrabee has proved his ca- pacity and worth, and it is not question- able that the people of lowa will attest their satisfaction with his admiristration by giving him an increased majority. able, but not wholly without features that will invite criticism. second planks, relating chieily to the policy in the south respecting negro suf- frage, are drawn with moderation, and yet the language is sufliciently direct and explicit to prevent any misapprenension of its mean- ing. timent of the party throughout the coun- try. form makers seem to have been less cer- tain as to what was desirable to be said, or else it was found necessary to adjust tuis plank to fit more than one view. It declares in favor of a protective tariff “for tho upbuilding of American indus- tries,”’ the ‘“‘development of all our re- sources as a nation,” and the “protection of American labor,” which is in aecord with the Ohio and Pennsylvania plat- forms, but it further says, ‘‘we believe the tariff should be revised and reduced whenever this policy will allow and pub- lic interest approve,’’ and ‘‘we declare for all possible and practicable reduction of taxation, both national and state.” There is obviously here a chance for a variety of constructions and a. perplex- ing doubt as to what the cans of Iowa really desire on this sub- Jject. should be determined, and since it can- not be done from the platform it will be the duty of the exponents of the party's policy during the campaign to do so. Regarding prohibition the platform is as unequivocal as the most ardent friend of that policy could desire. compromise with the saloon, declares in favor of a vigorous enforcement of the prohibitory law, amendments to the pharmacy and county permit laws as will prevent the drug store or the wholesaler becoming a sub- stitute or suceessor of the saloon. is a virtual admission 1n this that prohi- bition i3 still in the experimental stage, and that all that was expected of 1t has who know that such is the case, and the re- volt of a considerable number of republi- cans against the law finds a chief ground of justification in this fact. ments of these republicans, whose influ- ence will be directed to the legislature, is that while prohibition has failea to pro- hibit it has been disastrous to the busi- ness interests of the cities, and they ap- tion. There squarely in on lowa Republicans. The republicans of lowa have added Thus far in the present year the The Iowa republican convention com- slightest frietion, the Except the judicial nomination, The platform is in the main commend - The first and It is in entire accord with the sen- On the subject of the tariff the plat- republi- Itis of some importance that this It rejects all and calls for such There not been accomplished. are familiar with the Those facts The argu- pear not to lack facts to sustain this posi- is no more commendable portion of the platform than that which refers to the public regulation and con- trol of railways and other corporations. The approval of the principle of the in- ter-state commerce law, and the demand for state legislation which will secure to the people legitimate protection from corporation monopoly and extortion, the lowa position republicans of the right this subject. Other questions referred to, as immigration, the owner- ship ot land by non-resident aliens, the civil service law, the course of the ad- mimstration, and the duty of the country 1o the union soldiers, receive such con- sideration as republicans generally will approve. Having thus accomplished the first business of the campaign harmoniously, and havin g wmost favorable promise that no cause of dissension or disaffection will ens ue, there 1s every reason to ex- pect that the republicans of Iowa will next November elect their entire ticket by an old-time majority. put Sonator Allison's Wise Decision. Undoubtedly Senator Allison could have had the endorsement of the Iowa republican convention if he had desired it. His great popularity was fully at- tested by the enthusiasm with which ery reference to him was received. There was ample evidence that a large majority of the candidates eagerly de- sired to formally declare their preference for Mr. Allison, while it cannot be doubted that a resolutio n approving him as a presidential candidate would have been unanimously adopted. He firmly refused, however, to permit this to be done, and his position was wisely taken. For all purposes that a formal endorse- ment could have served the ample assurance given of his popularity with the republicans of Iowa will answer cqually well. The country is as well informed as it could be by any lan guage in the form of a resolution that Senator Allison is the preference of the party in bis state as a pretidential candi- date. But the party has committed itself tono pledge that might embarrass it n the future, should circums tances arise to render expedient a change of feeling re- garding candidates. While most amply honoring its distinguished ieader with the informal expression of its confidence, and thus commending him to the atten- tion and coutidence of the country, it has remsined free to give its support to an- other if hereafter the exigencics of the situation should require it to do so. ‘There can be no question regarding the wisdom of thig position, bLoth in the in- rerest of the party and of Mr. Allison— of the latter for the obvious reason that he has considered the welfare of the party before personal ambition. ‘There was danger that the favorite son endorsement business would become so commod as'to be ridiculous, and it ay be hoped that the judicious example of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY. AUGUST 26, 1887. Senator Allison will put an end to 1it. We expect to find his course so generally ap~ proved that “‘favorite sons” of other states will docline to invite popular dis- approval and ridicule by allowing them- selves to be proclaimed in this way. method has nothing to commend it, and he shows the wisest political judgment who rejects it. The Not Likely. Our enterprising cotemporary has slightly diverged from the plain truth, when it says that the BEE has been on the point of closing its Conncil Bluffs branch because of continuous shrinkage of patronage. cil Bluffs circulation and advertising have been under lease for more than two years. The lease was renewed at a higher rato on the first of this month, for two years more. furnishes all the news, and bears the en- tire expense for rent, fuel, telephone, telegraph and transfer of papers. pays for every paper he gets every Satur- day, and for his advertising space at the end of each month. the BEE can lose nothing because they run no risk. On the contrary, there has been a steady increase of earnings from that source by reason of the gradual growth in circulation, which 18 larger to-day than ever, in spite of the desper- ate efforts of imbecile, would-be rivals. Another reason why there never a thought of closing the branch office across the river is the fact that the en- tire [owa circulation of the DaiLy BEE 1s leased by Mr. Tilton and handled from that point. dailies in Western Iowa than any of our local cotemporaries eirculate braska outside of Omaha. li field. The fact 1s that our Coun- Mr. Tilton, the lessee He The provriotors of was The BEek circulates more i Ne- Weo are not ely, in any event, to abundon that The charter granted by congress to the corporation which is now applying for right-of-way at the foot of Douglas or Dodge streets, tion of a combination railroad and wagon bridge. lost sight of by our city ecouncil. plans of the proposed bridge should first be carefully inspected and the ordinance drawn in accord with these plans. now conceded that this will be the only rival bridge to the Union Pacitic that can make a landing within the business vortion of the city. interest of Omaha as cil ehould wagon bridge traffic. If, as1s suspected by many, the Union Pacific i hind this enterprise, there combination bridge, and there will be precious little competition. approaches are secured and the right -of- wav has been monopolized, strike several snags in the construction of the bridge, sumed in dilatory efforts to complete i These suspicions are There a cific partis: project to dispel doubt as to its becom- ing an active and bona fide competitor. requires the construc- This provision should not be The 1tis It is manifestly the well as Coun- the competition confined to that be Blufts, not is really be- will be no When the we may and years may be co not groundl re altogether too many Union Pa- ans interested in this bridge It is the duty of the mayor and coun- cil to impose conditions in the grant of the sure 1n perfect accord with the charter and plans, under penalties that will cause a forfeiture of the right-of-way in case the bridge company fails to comply with its charter obligations and contract with the city. T means limit the time within which both the railway and wagon bridge are to be in operation. wiil in of the bridge right-of-way which the construction at contract should by all In determining the street over which the right-of-way is granted, the only con- sideration should be the feasibility of crossings and gereral convenience of the public. All private interests must neces- sarily be made secondary. IT MAY be consistent for councilmen to stand on their dignity and refuse to re- cede from the position which they have assumed under the leadership of Hascall, with regard to the police commission, but how will any councilman who is not a self-confessed jobber explain his atti- tude in the matter of the official adver- tising. On that subject the charter is very clear. Two judges, on separate in- junctions, and after thorough argument, have pronounced the proceedings uader which the Rdpublican was designated as the gilicial paper, fraudulent and illegal. And yet, in the face of these injunctions, councilmen have ignored the law, defied the courts and swindled the taxpayers by persisting in incurring an expense for advertising in a paper that has less than 1,000 regular subscribers in & city ot 90,000 population, at the same price at which the contract of last year, which is still in force, entitled the city to adver- tising 1n the BEE, which circulates nearly 7,000 copies dnily in the city. BecAuse the Union Pacific railroad bridge has been rebuilt is no valid rea- son why the impositions to which Omaha had been subjected formerly should be revived by the enactment of & new bridge taritf. The bridge has notoriously paid for itself two or three times, besides pay- ing interest on the original investment, It was an outrageous imposition, not only on this community, but the whole state,to treat it as a toll-gate for man and beast, when 1t is operated as part of the main line of the Union Pacific and had been so declared by the supreme court. It will be very stupid for the Union Pa- cific management to revive the bridge controversy. That bridge has been the sorest spot on the body economic of the Union Pacific, and it would be a poor stroke of economy in the long run to re- open the old sore. Itisa piece of “‘an- cient history,’’ which even Mr. Adams is not anxious to rehea Mg. VAuGHN promptly denies that he has any hand in the bare-faced imposture which the Republican 18 playing on adver- tising patrons by its fictitious back-yard circulation on the other side of the river. We cheerfully exonerate Mr. Vaughn, He1s a man after the pattern of the Father of His Country. He would rather take a licking any day than tell a lie, and would not misrepresent or exggger- ate for the wealth of Jay Gould. Heisa man whose bond is as good as his word, and what is more, he has a gold-headed cane and was once mayor of Council Blufs. —— Mg. Cyrus D. BeLr will accept the graceful apology of the Herald for re- porting him as heading a petition in favor; of a disorderly house, when in fact he hud presented & remonstrance. lxgnsl it. Those democratic papars always de- light in flnging mud at the calored man. A rovait looking man, arrested in the bed-room of a Couneil Bluffs resident at about 120’clock the sther night, explained that he was there hunting for work. He was nevertheless sent to jail. An- other martyr to the shiftless policy of the age! A man whose industrial faculties are 8o wide-awake that he questions neither time, locks or wisiting conven- tionalities 1n his search for occupation ought to be at large with scope for his ideas. WA is it, gentle reader, come, an- swer the riddle, that acquires age with- out respect to time, and springs, Minerva- like, into being, fifteen years old; that undermines all confidence and is yet the basis of a great ‘‘trust;”’ that prevails most when most ‘“‘put down,’’ and that is uot prohibited by prohibitiont We ex- pect the first correct answer from Iowa, where it least appears yet most abounds. — Ouvr natural gas at the Sulphur spring is not yet sufliciently developed to insure the success of an illuminating experi- ment, but if Paul Vanderbum is let loose the Grand Army of the Republic grounds will have natural gas enough to illumine entire country 1l the from Florence GENERAL Crook was elected president society of the Army of West Vir- sterday. The general, who has put in more years of continuous active service than any other man of highor low rank in the regular army, well merits the honor thus conferred. PROMINENT SONS, General Tchernaieff will take the tripod as editor of the Moscow Gazette, to succeed the lamented Katkoff. Rutherford B. Hayes is spending the sum- mer quietly at his home in Fremont, 0., tending to his bank and his chicken coops. Phe famous San Francisco minstrel, “Dave” Wambold, is spending the summer at the Grand Union, Saratoga, with his handsome wife. Judge Wellborn, of Texas, who was one of the Lone Star state representatives in the last house, now enjoys an income of $25,000 o year from his law practice, The family of ex-Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, have been summoned to hisdeath- bed, though he may last for a week or more yet. He ls dting of a disease of the heart. Ex-Governor Hoyt will deliver the oration at the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument at Reading, Penn., on September 10, and General Sherman and General Sheridan will be present. Sir George M. Pullman and fihily are at the Thousand 1slands. Mr. Pullman has a handsome place on one of the Islands and is very fond of the pleasures the St. Lawrence affords in the way of boating, fishing and cool breezes. Ex-Senator Bruce, of Mississippi has been lecturing for a year. “He entered the lec- ture ficld,” says the New York Freeman (necro organ), “on a suggestion of the late Henry Ward seecher., lle found the work very congenial, and his success has been all that he and his friends could have de- sired.” The Rev. Myron W, Reed, of Denver, who was mentioned as a possible candidate for the pastorate of Plymouth church, is de- scribed in the Louisville Courior-Journal as a man of remarkable eloquence, but abound- ing in eccentricities. Ho for many years preached in Indianapol’s, and iu the streets he looked like a well-to~do farmer, wearing a slouch hat and a countrified looking suit of clothes, Senator Jones, of Nevada, is in a fair way tully to retrleve his financial fortunes. “The Reno Gazette” quotes ex-tiovernor Stoneman of California, who has just returned from Alaska, assaying that the mines on Douglas island, in which the senator is_larzely inter- ested, is paying at the rate of $100,000 per month, and the milling capacity, hence the yield of the property, is soon to be doubled: that there Is enough of the prectous metal in MJ:I\I in these inines to pay the whole debt of the government. =t STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebras! Jottings. Auburn is to revivify its defunct brass and. Howells, with 200 inhabitants, has four saloons, Glover camp, Sons of Veterans, been establisned at Holdrege. G. J. Hess, of Springlield, has boeen ar- rested charged with embezzlement. J. C. Crimmin, a Scotia tinuer, has dis- appeared and his property attached. Eighty of the old settlers of Phelps county have established an organization. The Missouri Pacific has substituted a steam pump for the windmill at Auburn Hastings is to have another wholesale hiquorghouse opened by Cincinnati par- ties. ‘The Logan Count; first appesrance av ited by J. C. Hargrave. _A Hastings city oflicial is quoted as iving whisky credit for the way the ocal ball team has been playing re- cently. The Rev. Mr. Harris will for another year continue to labor for the conversion of sinners in the Presbyterian church at Scotia. Frank Bachus, of West Point, has been arrested for stealing hogs from a neigh- bor and stands a good show of going to the pen. Henry Butterfield, of Ulysses, will loso one of his eyes, caused by being ‘struck by a weed while feeding lax to a thresh- g machie, Hon. C. H. Van Wyck is advertised to address a mass meeting of Howard, Hall, Buffalo and Sherman county citizens at Dannebrog on September 12, . The yield of crops in Wayne county is estimated as follows: Corn, 40 bush- els; oats, 50 bushels; wh 18 bushels; n;\x, early, 10 bushels; flax, late, 12 bush- els. _Deacon Crandall, of Scotia, while sit ting astride a wire fence during a thun- der storm, had the kase of nis spinal column scorched by electricity, but was not otherwise badly injured. E. E. Baldwin, who has had general supervision of the Hulburt elevators at Springfield, has been discovered in some very tricky and dishonest transactions and has been relieved of his position. hl‘nrxuret Ward, a sixteen-year--old gir of Gireeley county, # nymphomaniao, has been sentto the reform school at Kearney 1n hopes of rescuing her from the life of shame on which she had started with the most reckless abandon. A Schuyler brute mamed West at- tempted to outrage a fifteen-year-old girl, but was foiled by the screams of his vie- tim which brought assistance, West was arrested, but was released on a writ of habeas corpus and skipped the country. During the recent bLeavy thunder shower it Bofiufrfield. lightning struck has Reporter made its ndy last week, ed- John Mowhinkle just a8 he was about to onter his house. The bolt struck him on the head, burning a small hole in his bat and singeing the hair on the back of his head. He was knocked senseless, but soon recovered. A valued subscriber, says the Lincoln Jou?\nl, relates a most touching story of the devotion and unselfishness of a pet snake whicn sacriticed its own Lfe' to save the property of its master. The #nake was fourteen feet long and was given to the gentleman by his father, Who charged “him 10, take care of it 43 - 'SUICIDE OF A NQTED GAMBLER. though it were a child. Having a loving | disposition, the snake soon became a household pet, and all sorts of caresses were lavished upon it. The other night a storm occurred, and the lightning was terrific. Several buildings in the neigh- borhood were struck and destroyed, and the snake, seeing the havoe, determnmned that it would save its bene- factor's house. It took the tine ofa pitenfork in ite mouth, erawled up to the roof, and stood on end with the tine poinllns upwards, acting as a lhightning rod for four hours, when the electric cur- rent struck it and it fell to the earth a corpso. Towa. Dubuane employs eighty-seven school teachers in its public schools. A company with a capital of $10,000 is organizing at Shenandoah to prospect for coal. The Iowa annual conference of the Methodist church meets at Newton, Sep- tember 7. The Davenport Baptists are kicking ainst having a saloon started opposite their place of worship. J. R. Updyke, a young man hving near Jessup, was drowned while fishing in the Wapsipinicon near Otterville. At Clermont, Ed Darland, a yeung rough, committed rape upon the person of a Norwegian girl sixteen years of age. Miss Ida Schucler, of Davenport, re- cently reccived first prize as a smger and lyric voealist at the Vienna conser- vatoire. . Andrew Harris, a resident of Delaware county for over thirty years, was found dead in his garden, where he haa gone to do some hoeing., He was sixty-si years of age and highly respected. A joke has been perpetrated on W. F. Hudson, of Davenport, now_a clerk in one of the departments at Washington. g president has received a letter from him ing him that he recommend him as u eandidate to the Bulgarian thione. Hudson declares the letter to be a for- gery. Dakota. Miss Lamson of Aberdeen has departed for India as a missionary. Redfield has a night watchman since the recent burglaries, Stanbury, who was charged with rape at Ipswich, has been declared innocent. Brown county’s total revenue by from the railroad companies last year was $3,4: M. H. Deihl, living in Hoover town- ship, n Plankinton, was instantly killed by lightning. The artesian well at Buffalo Gap has been sunk- to a depth of over 800 feet without striking water. It will be con- tinued downward. Nick Ivanovitch, recently tried for the robbery of Fink, the pawnbroker, at Lead i eaded guilty and was sentenced to nitentiary for three years. While Mrs. J. H, Miller, of Warner, was lighting the gasoline stove her cloth- ing caught fire and burned her body so severely that she died four hours after- ward, She was conscious to the last and seemed to suffer no pain after the first ten minutes. She leaves a heart-broken husband and a pair of infant twins to mourn her lo: = He Wants His Corresp dressed in Care of 4 James A, Brown, an eof New York city and a noted gambler, committed sui- 4\ {e the other night in Virginia City, Ad- Nev., taking morphine. In his lne { vere few men - on the Pacific coast better known than he. During the flush mining duys he was the vproprietor of some of the largest ~ games in the state. He was proud, daring to the point of recklessness, and at one time was in- fluential in polit circles. In character and temperament he might easily have been the original of John Onkhurst. Brown left a long letter in which he suy: Life has now become a burden. trying an experiment. shall be happy. Tam If it succeeds, I T have started for those realms of shade where each must take his chamber 1n the silent halls of death, all correspondence in care of atanic Majesty. He is a personal friend and I think the oldest resident of the camp [ expect to visit. and therefore can make 1t pleasant for me." In giving di ions for his funeral he say: 2 S Just put me in a box, and as you are about to plant me drop in a small flask of whisky straight. No ice, unless it is puritied.”" - A Skeleton Fed On Dynamite, A man in Atlanta has been literally fed on dynamite and been keptalive with the dreadtul explosi A living skele- ton has been the in te of the Benev- olent home for several days past, and this man of skin and bones, with not a par- ticle of flesh on his shriveled and atten- ed form, has slowly starved to death, the tlickering flame kept feebly burning by the absorption of mitro-glycerene ‘I'his morning a reporter called at the Benevoient home, in Waverly place, with Dr. Van. Goldtsnoven, and was ushered into a small room containing a single bed in one corner. Upon the cot lay James Terrell, who has been starving to death for several months. ‘The man was a living skeleton. He could not move, and spoke with difficulty, but ap- parently heard all that was said by those around him. His eyes were deep-set in their sockets, his ears were like wax, and his teeth could be seen and counted through the skin closely drawn over his emuciated face. He wasa young man, not more than thirty years ot age, and he was quite tall, ‘probably six feet in height,. He looked as if he might have once been a well made man, but now he could not weigh more than thirty pounds. Dr. Van Goldtsnoven suid to the pro- prictor that the man was afllicted with o cancer of the stomach, and the dresdful disease had eaten entirely away that or- gan. When he came here he was a mere skeleton and could eat nothing; not a drop ot any kind of liquid could be sus- tained on his stomach, and so tue doctor tried feeding him on dynamite. ‘I fixed a solution,”” the doctor said, “‘containing 1 per cent of nitre-glycerine, and ery four hours 1 placed one drop of it on his tongue where it was quickly absorbea and did not reach the throat. This small particle of nitro-glycerie is equal in effect to one ounce of brandy. But for this the poor fellow would have died several days ago. “‘Seventeen years ago,” continued the doctor, “the man's left arm was broken between the elbow and shoulder. The bone never knit together, yet strange to say, he had perfect use of the arm, could lift' the heaviest weights with, it and could wind it aroun his body in the strangest contortion: “When did he speak last?' asked the raporter, “Yesterday morning,"”’ replied one of the nurses. *‘He talked a great deal,and said he felt very well. The nitro-glycer- ine secemed to revive him just after tak- ing each dose. Yesterday afternoon he called for water, and I gave him a spoon- ful. He was so nauseated that he was thrown igto convulsions, We all ex- m(‘u'-d t!mt%m would die several days ugo."” n speaking of his past lfe ‘Terrell stated that he was born in Coweta county 1 1854, and lived there until 1876, when he married and moved to De Kalk county. Here he lived happy for several years,and then his health began to fail. "He grew rapidly warse, and was soon unable to work., His wife deserted him and he came to Etlanta to scek medical md. = Be. fore the dreadful disense manifestea itself he was remarkably bealthy, had u strong constitution, and was in every way & splendid specimen of plysical manhood. THE RUSH TO EUROPE. Passengers Already Being Booked for Passage Next Year The rush to Europe this year has ex- ceeded anything thathas been scen_be fore, says the Boston Advertiser, Very early in the season the New York steam- ers began to sail with erowded lists, and for three months the chief lines found it almost impossible to make arrangemants for all who applied for passage. The boats sailing from Boston, not so fast or 50 modern as those from New York, have also been well filled, and it has seemed as ifthe mania was prevalent this sum- mer to pass a vacation, even though short, abroad. Various circumstances have combined to bring this about, some of them confined to this year, but some of the lhmmlhl})lim‘s are already book- ing passengers for 1888, when the hegira promises to bo still larger, The amount of money spent abroad by Americans is growing almost fabulous, but the rage is clearly on. The current disposition in certain circles for every- thing that is English or foreign may account to a degree for the increase in the proportions of the volume of his travel, but we are inclined to think that it is based upon a more rational founda- tion. With the wonderful improvements made of late in the ocean stenmers, the comfort of the voyage has been in- creased. This has always been the chief drawback to a foreign trip, a1d now it is becoming a decided attraction. Only a few {em‘n ago those who went abroad dreaded the passage, and many were de- terred by 1ts fear. To-day the the chief attraction to man nd hun- dreds cross for the complete isolation from business which is afforded in the time from port to ‘mrL With the tele- graph and the lightning express it is practically impossible in this country for aman of affairs to get away from his business, but he is sure to do so the mo- ment he leaves _the picr until he reaches Queenstown. No matter what happen he is secure from disturbance or anxioty. ‘The appreciation that the sail can thus be made one of the most desirable por- tions of the whole journey to a very large portion of those who naturally go to Europe has aroused the passenger lmes to fuirly outdo themsclves in the luxuries which they furmsh on their ves- sels, The time 15 coming when they will begin to cater for passengers, wnfn the idea that the voyage out and back is the great attraction of the trilp. There is every reason why this should be the case, and why within a very short time a sumple sail to Europe and return will be recognized as one of the standard ways of spending a short summer vacation, st sty AN UNWELCOME PENITENT. A Texas Willie Goat Raises Cain in a Meeting House. The Colonel: Down in Gonzales the other day a Willie goat of good temper and size and with & sweet exprossion and big horns assisted at & protracted meet ing. The goat was a great favorite in the neighborhood, and liked to toy with people in that frolicsome fashion so com- mon to goats. His favorite pastime was feching for things about the pistol pock- ets of the male inhabitants and sizing up the overskirts of the ladies. Willie had a beard on him like Aaron’s and a pair of immense horns. It was Sunday, and the family had gone to church. Knowing the innocent playfulness of the goat, they shut him up in the kitchen, lest he should wander into the sanctuary and hurt the teclings of those with whom he was not acquainted. Like all goats with a christian _edueation and a prying dis- position, William pried open the window and escaped. The minister had just got all the chris- tians around the altar in piles and heaps, praying that the sinner might be con verted during the meeting, when there was u lull for only one moment, and then the shouting began. When the shouts tirst broke out, the yisiting minis- ter, who had preached that day, thought it was the result of his effort, and he shouted, ‘‘Bless God, brethren! Let it come.” And it did come, but not from where heexvected. It took him in the rear, and lifted him over the altar rail- ing. It was that goat. He had heard the singing, and went over to enjoy him- self and lend hig humble aid in~ making things lively. He succeeded. As William walked up the aisle he spied the brother who was leading in prayer throwing his arms around like the arms of a Star windmill, and he took it fora challenge. Willie had been trained up not to take a dare, so he put his head down and struck the devout deacon in the small of the back. The prayer was cut off right in the wmiddle of the word ‘damnation.’ It caused a sister to_raise her head with a frown of horror. Willie took this as a playful nod,and he knocked the sister silly with one butt. It was at this point the shouting made the preacher think be had raised the spirit, and when William so rudely sent him over the rail- ing he landed on top of a fat brother, who yelled like bluzes and used language which never ought to be used in church, By this time there was a general stam- voyage is pede, Women began to s n, old men to yell and rush for Willie and the latter would meet them on half-way ground and toy with cach onea moment, and frisk them about and mix the sisters and brethrén up in a style that was scandalous, and jump on the mourners, and batter the younger sisters, and lam the life almost out of the oflicers who tried to put him out, and carried on as it he was initiating a whole community in the sacred rites of Masonry instead of assisting in a religious meeting. Finally the owner of the gay and frolicsome goat rushed in and called to William to comoe to him, and coftidence was restored. The goat was bought next day by the grand odge of the Sons of Montezumus, He is 18 now actipg as lgh grand vouncer every week. - Searching for Treasure. Cape May Letter: If tradition be true there are countless millions in gold | doubloons, “picecs of eight,” and 1ngots hidden beneath the wa that luve this long cape, and conceal » shattered hulks of vessels wreeked in years long gone. The bottom of Delaware Bay in the vicinity of Lewes aand this place is reputed to be almost covered with these treasure-ships. A compauy has just been formed in Philadelphia for the purpose of finding this sunken go!d. Among its i re men well known in finan ial eircles, including the Pan coasts, Halls and Biddles. The company has a capital stock of $500,000, and has already begun opera- tions by searching for the wreek of La Delgrade, a Spanish brig, which, after being captured with £2,090,000 in gold on board, was sunk off Lewes during a squall in 1814, 'The privatecr which cap- tured her was also sunk. The Phildel phia capitalists claim that they have memoranda made at the time by an old Delawarean, which show the exact loca- tion of the wrecks. ‘Tuey feel confident of success, and expect soou to be in pos- session of the treasu Another party of Philadelphians are at work along the Seven-mile beach in an attempt to recover the treasure of the ship Guatimozia, The Gulf & Coast Wrecking company, of Somers' Point, found the wreck last summer and began removing the sand from about 1t by & hydraulic process. Recently the ow of nuv«:u—ml‘-- beach ordered the w ing company to pursue its se further, and compeiled it to cease opera- tions just as they had succeeded in uncovering the corner of an iron-bound oaken box, such as sbips uscd to carry. Chagrined’ at this turn of affairs the company determined to block #s much as possible the aperations of other treasnre seekers by throwing rubbish 1nto the excavation, and the iron-bound box will probably flever be recovered. The - original invoice, saved from tt wreck and showing the preseuce of gold in the lost cargo, is still in the vossession of u family living in this county. The Guatimozin was bound from China to New York, and was wrecked about the beginning of the present century. She was reputed to have had on” board £100,000 in coin, Whether or not the soveral treasure seeking companies will recover the lost wealth is, of course, uncertain; but the majority of people hercabout are in- clined to believe that the capitalists concerned know what they are about and will be rewarded by the recovery of many thousands of dollars. prativhodr 'FRISCO'S STATUE OF LIBERTY, 1t Will Be Complex and Will Speak Volumes of Allegory. Adolph Sutro has let the contract for the construction of a monument of Lib- erty for San Francisco harbor. The tig- ure and pedestal will be forty feet high. A powerful electric light will be thrown from a torch held in the hand, like that ot the Bartholdi statue. The monument will be placed on the higher of the Twin Peaks, 8o that the light will be 1000 fee above the level of the bay. The Twin Peaks ocoupy almost a central position, being equidistant from the bay on the north and east and the occan on the w est. ‘The chief tigure will be that of a woman eighteen feet high holding the torch aloft in the right hand, and in the left the sword of Justice. At her feet will be the fallen figure of Despotism and Anarchy, which, from its recumbent position, en- deavors to pull down the arm which grasps thesword. The pedestal will be twenty feet high and will rest on the o cut in the solid rock of the pea The entire structure will be of bluish sand- stone, quarried at the San Miguel ranch, The base of the pedestal will be cleven feot square and the hgure will rest on a platform seven fect square. The idea has given the greatest satis- faction to these who have heard of it, and all are loud in their praises of the under taking which shall help throw the light of liberty from ocean to ocean. The figures will cost 5,000, and the work is being done now on the base. st 8. ATKINS, A Large and Imposing Funeral—F ral Decorations—The Last Rite The funeral of Sumner S. Atkins took place yesterday afternoon from his for- mer place of abode, the residence of Mr. J. W. Whitmarsh, No. 1311 Davenport street. The obscquies were conducted under the auspices of the L. 0. 0. F. The Union tacific band headed the funeral cortege. At the house the Episcopal burial services were read by Rev. Mr. Patterson, of St. Mark's church, South Omaha. Several beautiful tloral pieces were placed on the casket and around the room by sorrowing friends. Among them were 8 white tuberose cross by Mr. A. Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Edholm; a white rose harp, by Mrs. C. J. Marks; a pillow with the word “Rest’” and an an- chor with the initial A, from "'Work- men,” his fellow-laborers; also a beauti- ful floral star. His aged mother from Mitchellyille, Ia., and his sister, Mrs, Bal- Jiot, of Nevada, la.. were in attendance. These are his only relatives, he being a bachelor. The following were the pall bearers: Alvin_Metzler, Joseph Rainer, Edward ichelicu, Earnest Stuht, Frank Wooley and Louis . The remains were interred in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. Atkins was born in Northfield, Mass., November 15, 1844, and early ap- plied himselt to the trade of a machimst. For a long period he was in the employ of the Illinois Central in Illinois. He ar- rived in Omaha in 1861 and began to work for the Union Pacific the next month. His thorough competency as a muchinist and his reliability earued for him the position of foreman, which place he filled at the time of his death. He had special charge of wheels and axles and his serupulous fidehity to duty in this most exacting branch of the roliing stock made him seem almost indispensa- ble to the company. His fellow work- men liked him. His manly and courteous bearing ¢ndeared him to all who knew him. The large number of railrond men and acquaintances in attendanco at the funeral attested the strong hold he had on those with whom he came in contact He amassed a neat little property by his industry and thrift. —~ POWELL, THE SWJNDLER, Effort to Release Him Yesterday on a Point of Law. A. F. Powell, the man arrested several months since and who_has been confined m the county jail for swindling Dr. Dinsmoor and the Commercial National bank of this city out of $4,500, was taken before Judge Wakeley yesterday after- noon and an eflort made by his attorney to have him discharged from custody on the grounds that there was no law cover- ing the offense. The attorney put in tho plea that Powell did not obtain any money frandulently from either Dr, Dinsmoor or the Commercial National bank; that it was the signature of the doctor that was obtained by fraud and not the money, and for that reason he asked for the prisoner’s discharge Judge Wakeley, however, took a diflerent view of the case and ordered the prisoner back to the county jail to await trial in the fall term of the district court. Powell conducted himself with that same cold demeanor that 8 char acterized him sinco his reera- tion. Legal proceedings have been in. stituted in Minnesota against J. J. Har- rigan, Powell's side partner in his deal with Dr. Dinsmoor and the Commercial bank, for the recovery of the 3,500 paid to him at the Windsor hotel, in th ty, by Powell. Since Powell's imprison ment, his brother, John F. Powell, tried to obtain from Jailor Joe Miller a pri- vate and conlidential interview with the prisoner. He went to the jailor and re- quested to be aliowed to see the prisoner alone. The jailor refused to do so with- out an order from the county atlorney Powell left the juil and went to Mr. Sim- cral for the order. He got one to seo the prisoner: but it contained nothing re- garding a private interview, and Jwlor Miller refused to allow him to enter the jail. Heo left and has not been in the city since. e A Had Eze. 3. H. Day, of No. 1019 North Sixteenth street was taken in tow by Court Oflicer Whalen yesterday afternoon for beating and kicking his wife in a mos* bratal manner, Six years ago, at Detroit, she left him on account of cruelty, and heim- mediately installed in her place another woman, He afterwards came to Omaha and enthroned in his home a third female but tiring of her he wrote a most touch- ing letter to the first Mrs. Day, besecch- ing her to forget the past and come back to him. She ecame, and since then hay had to support herself by running s bonrding house. Mrs. Day 15 au attract ive and Intelligent woman, and the story of her wrongs, told by herselt, 15 most pathetic, e Rov. Willard Seott of this city, de- livered & sormon at the Highland~ Con- regational church, Boston, Mass., on Sunday last, which has attracted con- sidgrablo faiorabie comment, Referting to Mr. Scott's effort the Boston Journal terms it striking, practical and original sermon, full of strong, practical and sanctificd common sense." L. Wessels, uncle of 1. Wessels, jr., of the Lincoln Ceurier, arrived here yester: day from New York city, on his way to his buwe in Lincoln, “a