Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1887, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BER! MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1887, THE WEEK TN WALL STREET. Bears Lose Their Grip and Bulls Make Some Converts. TWO STIMULATING FACTORS. The Increase in Pennsylvania Divie ,dends and Northwestern Flour Rates—Bonds Advance—Invest- ment Houses Busier, 8o New Yon cwhat Improved. Nov. .—[Special Telogram to \are speculation suffered & num- ions during the week, but the general tendency was in the direction of im- The bear elements made some vigorous assaults on the Missouri Pacific and one day forced the price down 4 points, but | as the week progressed they lost their grip on this stock, und also over the the general mar- ket. In fact some loadors on the short side wore most ravenous buyers in late transac- tions. The moral effact of the increase in the Pennsylvania dividend was very marked and the good fecling which it engendered re- ceived a stimuus later on by the agreement of the granger roads to advance wheat and flour rates in the northwest. The revival of confidence and a numberof converts made by the bull side were chiefly results of these two events which undoubtedly caused some of the November interest und dividend money to drift to the stock exchange for investment sooner than it otherwise would have done. The im- provement for the wecek in a large number of stocks ranged from 2 to 61§ points. Lower prices were gencrally made Monday and Tuesday and the highest near the close. Not only did speculation broaden, so far as tho chiaracter of the buying was coucerned, but ard to the stocks iced shares hav- me prominently to the front. The rail- road bond market showed some hesitancy and irregularity dealing, when there was o further break in some of Shesapeak & Ohio's, 8143 in Kansay & as und 4¢ in Mobile & Ohio debentures, The last named subsequently recovered and { & Texas issues advanced sh ing figures for general 45 points above opening quota- the bouds having been tal nsiderable s| s clo were 13400 tion along th ptible inc demand of mortguges, and there was a greatly improved feeling in- this department of the exchange. Leading houses which transact an investment busi- ness had more orders to buy booked than for sowie time past and the inquiries come from individuals of both smal means, The inquiry was not merely local, but ex »pe, some of the foreign bank- coived cables for a number of rtgages. 1t of this tended to I Tha r ance in ses of 1 to 4 points. forcign ex- change murket laps into dullness soon after opening and a slight reduction in rates ensued, but near the close firmnoess again prevailed under a hetter inquiry f yemitters and a small supply of comm bills. Arbetrage dealing in stocks did not have much cffect, as frequently bought and sold q erators in th Good bonds wor demand ran chiet, i iken by d some demund taxation, T h © were 1ot important. firm and uniform. The to 4's, which ave still be ository t T from individ supply offe ng was po quile ate, which had o tendency to sustain JARANCE RECORD. THI C1 ansactions in the Country the Past Week. Bosrox, Mass, Nov. 6.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bem]-—-The following table, compiled from dispatehes 10 the Post from the managers of the leading cloaring-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week cnded November 5, 1557, with the rute per cont increase or de- crease as cowpared with the amounts for tho corrcsponding woek last ye Monetary CITIES. CLEARINGS. | Oflamn(l |+-oswazoaq] *Duluth Omaha. Memphis Qeveland... ddtanupoiis’ Denvor. Columbns Galveston Hurtford. Portland pringiic orfolk. .. New Havel Wichiia. By racuse Grand Rapiay Lowell Total Outside New York. | + Not included in totals, THE WHAULTYH OF THE HILLS, Ab Observing Deammer's Impressions of a Visit to the “Hub, Dravwoon, Dak., Nov. 5—{Correspond- onco of the Bee.)—On this delightful after- noon 1 find myself, together with four olly, good-hearted, hurd-working traveling men as cver ecarried ip, neatly and com- fortably ensconsed inthe robes of oneof the finecoaches of the Hurris Stage line ut Sturgi the present terminus of tho Bluck Hills exten- sion of the Frowont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railrowd. Al seated, the driver pops his whip, and away we speed at a lively gait throvgh valley and dale, up royal gorges, around the rugged and projecting cliffs of the Boulder cunon, across finely cultivated parks, boyond which woe wind gradually up the mountain side, over spurs that extend out from the main range, until we arrive at the top. Hero o grand scene is presented. Far away to the west lie hills and mountain p-aks, springing up in indeseribable loveli- ness and grandeur. To the east are valloys and_ parks; the foothills fade away into the broad prairies of eastern Dakota. Here on the top of the mountain, we find the grounds of the Black Hills Fair ussociation, the only spot where level ground suficient Tor hal mile r ca track could be found in the ontire region. Down the western slope we wend our way over a splendid well built mountain read for two niles to the city of Doadwood, the *Hub' of the Hills. The eity s beautifully located in the historic yuleh which bears the same name. This gilch vast wineral dopos dand 6 were the , ut the risk of his life, the prospec e gold. As is well known, at that time this couniry, us well us hundreds of miles In every direction, was inhabited only by wild and hostile bands of Tudians, but carricd away by the almost fabn the di 1ts which i incentives that b s reports of the richmess of the 1 ty, in the of ) the dangers attending the ) 5 woople caine by thousanas und lmw.-n and aspirations realized, Wis not a myth, but un L many hardships and pri ‘o balunced by the well filied bag of shining nuggets at the clearing Lp at the close of .3 weok. The guleh and tributaries were wieh with placers and overy availabie spotof | ; 1, and since then it has reworked and yet it pays largely. Soon after the discovery of rich placers, partics began prospecting for leads and thelr endeavors have proved to be profit able, and their explorations, together with those of & more recent date, have developed one of the richest mineral districts in tho round was w heen antiny tim, world. Anyone familiar with placer mining knows thut at the head or along the sides cach gulch where pla. cers ure found there must be gold in leads or fissures. In the solid formation surrounding the city of Deadwood in direction those leads have been discove be vastly rich, Many camps have developed into towns and cities, supported by the i smense capital of mining operators and miners Deadwood is the natural center of supplics for all this extensive region, and she boasts pre-eminence over all competitors, and will maintain that lonor as long as the moun- tains themselves exist. Millions of dollars, both crude and in_coin, radiate from her coffers every year, in consequence of which she is always lively, business of every kind 18 prospering and public Improvements of every description {mpress the stranger, us well us the citizen, that prosperity is at ' all times within her domain. ‘The wountains are not half prospected, these hills are full of gold ' unfound, and to-day await only capital and labor for development. A brighter future is pre- sented to-day to Deadwood and this entire mineral district than ever before. The rail- road is but fourteen miles away, and be fore another year will be within her v limits, and thus the sufferings and inconven- iences of a long and tiresome stage trip will become for things of the past on tho pages of history. The coming of spring will he the event of next to the greatest boom in Deadwood’s existence JON e Indiana Politics, WasniNGToN, Nov. 6.—{Special Telegram to the BeE.]—Indiana has been counted upon to second General Black’s nomination for the ice presidency. Mostof the Indiana men here in official positions are for Black, and the general's friends have ontertained the belief that Indiana was determined on hav- ing second place on the ticket, and while it might present a candidate for first place, would not present any for second. But some of the Indiana democrats are confident that Governor Gray has got to be reckoned with, They do not profess to know whether ho wants the vomination, but they say if he does want it nothing ean prevent his getting a solid delegation from his state. [t is a little significant that Congressman Matson was heartily for General Black when he went home from here last spring and he has come back for Governor Gray. The governor has somo claim on the gratitude of his party in his state. Last winter he declined to be a candidate for the scaatorship when his friends were confident that he could easiiy be elected because his election would have promoted the re ) lieutenant gov- ernor to be till remembered against Sej he got Lieu tenunt Gover and take an_internal revenue collectorship, und so leave the wa publican to s open for the elcetion of a re- him, although this result of course wus not anticipated, but Governor Gray's friends t him with a singlo act of self-abnegation in refusing to allow his to be used in the senatorial governor's hold is not entirely wstute politician and much force and his friends believe no combi- nation can prevent his getting the state dele- tion and they are inclined to think he will ant it and that there will be a popular de- mand for hin that will 1nake it unnecessary for him o excrt himself much. Trouble Over Towels, Wasminaton, Nov. 6.- [Special Telegram to the Br cling has en it toward the sc wditor of the treasury because that oM fuses to andit unts for Ling towels. The secrotary of war pre- sumed to have the washing done last year under the emergeney clause, but the auditor ider ond thut inga clean towel in the was not an ‘“‘emergency,” tol to-day publishes an advertise- bids for wash towels for the war department and editorially says a Chinaman will probably get the job. STORMY AND CAL Two Trans-Athantic Steamers and Their Opposite Experiences. [Copuright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.} Loxpoy, Nov. 6—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.]--The Umbrin, which arrived to-day at Liverpool, had a v stormy pussage, Wwith heavy gales and dis- asters to pussengers, but the Gascoigne, which left New York and arrived at Havre at the same time, reported fine weather. This is due to the fact that the Gascoigne kept to the northward while the Umbria steering further south and in fact within the line of the Gulf Stream meteors, met with u hurricane. . The advertised Cun- ard sailing course nonsense of going south to avoid icebergs causes them often to be over- taken by the Gulf Stream gales which the French steamors avoid by kecping further north. In other words, the Gascoigne crossed tht ocean, from port to port, in calm seas, while the Umbria, pursuing the Cunard ad- vertised track, met with heavy gales. O'Brien Resists. DusriN, Nov. 16.—O'Brien resisted an at- tempt to force him to put-on the uniform of Tullamore jail to-day. The prison doctor then directed the governor to desist on ac- count of the unfavorable state of O'Brien's health Dillon spoke at Castlerea to-day. He entreated his hearers to swear with him that as long as life and liberty remained they would do everything in their power ‘‘to avenge O'Brien and to make suffer the hate- ful class who consigned this beloved and mifted Irishman to a felon’s cell.” —~—— e and Balfour. Labouch Loxnox, Nov. 6.—Labouchere writes o long refutation, s an eye witness, of many of Bal- four's a ertions made in his Birmingham ofense of the vitt addressed a meetin, at Carvich Shannon, T t he termed Bulfou No Cholera on the Bergundia. v Yok, Nov. 6.—The steamship Ber- from Gibraltar, arrived to-day. A thorough inspection disproved the rumor that she had cholera aboard Lansdowne's Successor. Loxvoy, Nov. 6,1t i sported that Lord Stanley will succeed the Marquis of Lans- downe us governor general of Canada. —~—— The Death Re ord. Patensos, N. J., Nov. 6.--A cablegram from Macclectield, England, to-day, an- nounces the death of John Ryle. He was the father of the silk industry in_this country, and was on a visit to his birthplace, Craviox, N. Y., Nov. 6.—Baron Wolverton died suddenly at his hotel ut Brighton to,day. vecszl el A Steamer Reported Lost. Quenke, Nov. 6.—Considerable excitement was occasioned here to-night by rumors that the steamer Oregon, carrying the English mails, had foundered offt the island of Anticosta. The rumors ave discredited by the ugent of the line here. = o 2 The Weathier To-Day. For Nebraska and va: Coldor, fair weather: light to fresh shifting to northwesteriy, stern and Centry weather, fresh north ds, Colder, fair A rin Fails. Detrorr, Butterfield & Co., propri of the Detroit Paper company, vesterday filed mortgages aggre W to secure confidential debts. 1hout §0,000 and ting $43,- Liabilities sets about §45,000. i geibiiidond Lynching in Alabama. Moxteowery, Ala, Nov. 6.—A mob of sked men broke into the jail at Opelika sht lynched George Hart, a colored rderor, N THE FIELD OF - SPORT. The Very Game Banquet at tho Millard Saturday Night. SPORTSMEN EAT AND TALK. The Omaha Gun Club's Affair a Mem- orable one—A Grist of Interesting Gossip Concerning Local Sporting Events. The Game Banquet. The banquet served at the Millard Satur- day evening by the losing side of the grand fall hunt indulged in by the Omaha Gun club was clegant, even to the smallest detail. A bettor idea of the spread cannot be gained than by reading the following meny, served by the chef of the Millard cusine in a style unsurpassed : The banquet will be in_every sense a game affair, Here is the menu: Oysters au Natural Celery Ponted Canet POTAGE Bouillon of Turtle Steak St. Julian POISSON. Mountain Pike Pomme de Terre ROTL Saddle of Elk, Currant Jelly Wild Goose, Spitted Squirrel, Jardiniere Olives Snipe on Toast Water Cress Fillet Quail Sweet Potato Croquetts Mallard, Red-head Ducks Stuffed Chestnuts. ‘Peal, Canvas Back, Jack Snipe, Biue Bill, Butter Ball Ducks Green Peas Punch a 1" Ambrosia Moet and Chandon Champague Suturne FROTD Game Salad, Ruffed Grouse, Prairie Chicken Veuve Clicquet Champagne CIRUITS ET DESSERT Flanning Pudding Glaci Grapes Kisses Prozen Cream Fromage Roquefort dam Cafo Noir Eau de Vie “Let good Digestion wait on Appetite, and Heatth on both.” The table, which was beausifully decorated with flowers, was &ct in the shape of a letter T, with President inghes scated at the houd of the cross, with Mayor Broatch on his right and W. C. Bechel, president of the eity eoun- cil, on his left. and the remainder of the E nged along the main table. Among o the following: Captaing William and F, S. Parmelee at the heads of . Whitmore, E.C. Snyder, George T. H. Colter, John Thompson, John King, Join Field, Dr. H. W. Hyde, G. F. Brucher al Geor . Smith, Lee H sey, Hugh McCaffrey, C. C. Willlams, W linm Krug, H. P. Kennedy, John J. Hardin, H. A. Penrose, H. C. Kellogg, Dr. J. H. Pea- body, B. E. B. Kennedy, Dr. H. A. Worley, Jefft W, Bedford, C. C. Hulitt, W. 8. Dim- mock, (. K. White, Erastus Young and I Fairfield, After all had regaled themselves of the princely repast President Hughes set the ball rolling by exeusing himself from any orator- jeal flight by ealling upon = General George S. Smith for a speech. - The goneral responded in his usunal felicitons vein, and concluded b ting that the captains of the respective sides should be heard from. The general also read a letter of regret from Judge George B. Lake, wno, while he wus ith the banqueters in the spirit, was pre- by a pressof important business from in person. He is one of the abers of the elub and has always i interest in its affuirs Instead of calling on the captuins as the general had su ed, President, Hughes next called upon Mayor Broateh; who is also @ member of the club. He exprosed himsolt ns happy. to e present und egpeciatly. glud se e was on the winning side, The r wis an active member of the 6ld Omaha Sportsmen’s club, wh was or- ganized in 1503 and re ins intact to the present day. His reminiscences of the hunt- ing in the early days were immensely en- joyed by all, Captain Parmelee, of the losing side, was next called, and rising he claimed exemption from any declamatory effort inasmuch as he did not *‘go out”” on the day of the hunt. President Bechel succeeded. He was pro- fuse in his thanks for such a square meal, and hoped they would i His views on the propag of fish and game vite him_next y tion and protection struck a responsive chord in the heart of ¢ sportsman present. B. E. B. Kennedy, president of the State fish commission, and the original president of the old Omwaha_ Sportsman’s club, was next called upon. His remarks were devoted exclusively to the old days when the buffalo, the antelope and tho prairie chicken was golere almost within the present f ity. Mr. Kennedy's effort enjoyed and frequently up- was plauded. Dr. J. H. Peabody also recalled the.days of auld lang syne, ing numerous pithy, humorous comparisons and happy: hits. Captain Brewer, the winner, was called upon, but was too full for utterance. Ex-President Bedford was clamored for, but in a graceful way, declined to orate, A number of other speeches followed and the banquet adjourned at an early hour this morning. Sullivan Arrives at Liverpool. Loxboy, Nov. 6.~Sullivan, the American pugilist, was met by his friends in a special tug on his arrival at Liverpool. On landing an enthusiastic crowd tried to usharness the four horscs of the carriage waiting for him, A reception was given at the Grand hotel this afternoon which was attended by fight- ers, among them being Greenfield and Bevan, Thé_customs officers retain Sullivan's belt, pending tne payment of duty. Sullivan will start for London in the morning. Sporting Notes. Captain O'Malley will open books on the great international heavyweight prize fight, 1o take place some where in Spaiu, January 3, between Jem Suiith, the champion of Eng land, and Jake Kilrain, the so-called cham- piou of this country. A cocking main between Omaha birds and sniatives of Council Bluffs is being ar- 1 for Thanksgiving Day. Tho Omaha Chess and Whist clubs have fitted up cosy apartments in the Ruwuge block. The Clow-Gover fight comes off in Minne- apolis next Tuesday night, A large delega- tion of Omaha sporting men will leave for that city Thursday evening to wituess the will “I'he proposition of Manager Selee, of the Oshkosh base ball team, to transfer his club to Omuha for next season has been practic- ally settled, as money to bind the coutract wits expressed to him yesterday. The Omaha wheel club has been rather for a month pust, but the members are le. New names are being constantly ded to the splendid organization, and it is already one of the strongest clubs in the ountry. During the past weelk the weather has been really superb and the bykes were to Lo scen spinning away in all directions. The site of the prospective toboggan slide will probably be in the western part of the city, near Thirty-tifth street, between Farnam and Douglas. Mr. John Petty, although on the losing side, made the largest individual score of any of the hunters who participated in the late club hunt. He killed forty-nine mallards, thirteen widgeon, four redheads blue bills, ageregating a count of ore of the best shots and most successful geese and duck hunters in the whole west. John 8. Prince, the local has 1 the six days’ bi 1, Minn., and will leave for that city surse of ten days, he architect is engaged in drawing the plans and specifications for the new athletic hall, which is to be built this y t the ner of Nineteenth street in the avenue, The busin a have responded very liberally in subseribing for tickets, and the ojectors say there 1s mation of nothing now to hinder the consur the enterprise, The Sporting News, St. Louis, states that Bader, left flelder for this year's Owmahas, will probably fill the same position for the St. Louis club in the tew Western association the coming ) The ten Johnson, the 1 .g(.nn betwoen McHenry ok Star,” formerly of this ity, now of Cingunati, and Jim Welsh, the Covington, k \,,,.I‘,k.«num. has b fixed for Nover by and is to take vlace within forty miles of Covington. The “Black Star" will proye an casy winne Pugilistics in Omaha_are at a low ebb, About the onl entatives of the short- haired gentry who,yet remain ark Prof. Fd. Miller and Tommy" Miller. The fatte to St. Paul Thugsday to witness the Clow Glover fight. | The franchiseof. the Omaha Base Tall club still remains in statu quo. How the dif ficulty is to be strafightened no one seems to kuow, but the hopo is that it will shortly be satisfactorily adjuste National Jockey Club Races. Wasiisaroy, Nov, 5—The weather at the vy City course to-day was clear and cold and the track good. One mile: Telie Doe won, Barnum second, Bess third, Time—1:421¢. One andan eighth_miles: Dunboyne beat Lelex by & neck. Time—1:56lg. Only two starters, ‘Three-quarters of a mile: Patrocles won, Joe Cotton sccond, Ovid third. Time—1:16, One_and one-sixteenth _miles: Telie Doe won, Glenmound second, Frank Ward third. Time—1:4047, Three-quarters of a mile: Valiant won, Bronzomarte second, Krankee B third., Time Z1:161, National League and the Brotherhood. New Yourk, Nov. 5.—A letter has been re- ceived by President Young, of the National Base Ball league, from President Ward, of the Player's brotherhood, saying if the brotherhood is not accorded a hearing before the 15th of November, the 125 members will take the refusal to be final, and after that date consider themselves absolved from all allegiance to the league. The Spofting Times will say editorially in reference to the Jetter: At the next mect- ing of the League on November 16, the Brotherhood question will come up for argu- ment and an answer will be submitted. Be- fore that date it is safe to predict that Ward will not learn anything regurding the attitude of the League.” Minch Lowcrs Her Record. Nasnvitie, Nov. 5-—-Thy Nashville fall méeting closed today with @ large attend- a Tlie track was: very fast and the weather fine. Six furlonga: Bell Storrett won, Roddy Pringle ad, Avery ‘third. Time—1:1014. Wive furlongs: Rambler won, Flmira sce- ond, Quotation third, Time—1:0317. and one-half furlongs: Little Minch aner socond, Banki 1. The 5, which Jow e e other two, the last of not only Minch, but which finished tn 1:867¢. One and one-sixtcenth miles: Florence 1. won, Vice Regent second, Elgin third, Time Liasig. The Hoosier's Race. Bostox, Nov. 6.—The 100-mile bicycle race bere to-day was won'by 8. P. Hollingsworth, of Indiana. Time-S hours, 45 minuf and 40 seconds. . Racing at Sah Francisco, SAN Fravcisco, Nov. 5.—The Pacific Coast Blood Horse associution closed its mecting he weyther was cloudy ond warm, ack good und the attendance 7,000, ourths mile: - Welcome won, Glen Susié' S third. Thne, 1:1614. Mile and a hi veur-old fillies: stawon, Notidie sccond. Time—2:43. Two starters, One mile, gentlenén riders: Bryant W vood ran o dead heat in in 143, Two In the run pff, Elwood won.” Time 4914, Two und one-cizhth miles: Narcola won, Adeline” second, Triboulet” third. Timo-- 84714, i One mile, all ages:” Kenney won, Grover Cleveland sceond, Lizje Dunbar third. Time 42, Haif mile: Sléepy Dick won, Johuny .y second. Time— 04 Racing at Kausas City. KANsAs City, Nov. 5.—The racing season at Waldo park began this afternoon: Three quartgrs of a mile: Gisotte won, Hilda sccond, Clonoe third. Time—1:174. One and a quarter wiles: Florimore won, Wary socond, Miss Ford third. Time mile heats: Gold Flea won, Dad sec- Pearl Jennings third. Best time—— On ond, 1: “Five furlongs: ‘Wheeler T won, Los An- second, Persimmons third, Time— 0814, Onc and @ _guarter miles, over hurdles: Ascoli won, Tennessce secoud, Visit - third. ime—2: Flour Mills Burned. Avngrt Lea, Minn., Nov. 6.—Fhe Albert Leavoller mills burned last night. Loss, £90,000. - Another Discrimination Complain GraNp Ispannp, Neb, Nov. 6.—To the Editor of the Bl Again| Do the railroads discriminate against Omaha and Nebraska? They have on November 1, issued to Chicago commercial men 2,000 mile tickets at two cents per mile. The writer asked for one good in Nebraska und was refused. ““Iney are good only in Mlinois and Iowa,” was the answer. The roands which do this are the B. & M., Rock Istand and Union Paclfic railroads. The Northwestern alono . grants reasonable demands. Why should not Ne- braska men who travel have the same rates as Chicago uen? = How can wo' huild up Omaha business and have to suffer by rail- roud discrimination? Please “stir up the animals” in your columns, These ure facts and can be proved by letters in my ‘posses- sion. The BEE is the poor man's friend and the people look r columns to ventilate don a lang suffering ¢ score them. J. H. Burgerr. A MEXICAN ADVENTURE. Youth's Companion: Mr. FEdgar Wood had two thousand silver dollurs in ton dollar rolls nicely packed in a valise with a fow toilet articles, and twelve thousand dollars in bank notes and bills of exchange snugly sewed into a thin belt worn arcund his person. In an outside belt, elegantly embroidered, he wore a superbly jeweled revolver, warranted to be useful as a weapon at long range in the hands of a sell-col- lected man resting under safe shelter. As to other personal furniture, his comfortable figuro. was adorned with a fino gold watch possessing a national reputation for beauty throughout the republic of Mexico, aud a hat cover with gold lace and bangles that made it the envy of all the beaux in town. Under these comditions Mr. Edgar Wood entered the ten-mule stage, that stood in the patio of he Hotel Iturbide, for a trip down the country to pay off three thousand laborers a month’s wages, The stage started out amid the usual hubbub. The driver gathered up his lines, shouted at all the mules together and at each one by name. The assistunt driver seized the whip and added its re- sounding crack to his vociferous en- treatios and denunciations, The two outriders ran along the sides of the team, shouted and swore and pelted the mules with stones,while ten bows of cow bells snspended above the ten collars added their clangor to the confu and the whole cortege rolled over th roug hest cobble-stone pavement on the American continent, awakening an angry city from its comfortable slum- e 'he wealthy contractor was alone that morning, and he occupied every sorner of the stage in such rapid suc- sion and varied positions, that if the City of Mexico had been twice as broad a8 it was, he must have been a disagree- able jelly before reaching tho suburl As it was, however, the grand exhibi- tion of style and enterprise was soon over and the team settled down to the comfortable habit of the country, a very slow trot on rather soft r while the passenger settlod himself i the corner, lighted a Vo Cruz cigar and began to indulge in the ploasurcs of immigration. “This month,” he considered, ‘‘will cost mo $20,000, for which outlay the government pays me £100.000, which is 380,000 clear gaim, In two more 1 shall be in good trim, and then I shall ask old Juarez for Emilia. 1 think she ad* mired me last night when I said my adieuy” and he looked at his pistol, his fine watch and elegant hat—a riflo-ball whistled through the coach window lowed by a command of (halt.) There is no dis given under such circumstrnees. It was not possible for Mr. Wood to say just how he looked, but he felt very pale, when apleasant,gentlemanly voico at the window inquired, “Have T the honor of addressing Scnor Edgaro Wood?" ‘““That is my name, sir.” “Ah, Don Edgaro, 1 am so sorry to have to molest you in_your journey, but won’t you do me the favor to alight for & moment?” Now, if thero was one quality on which that gentleman prided himself more than on another, it was the su- periority of manners. Ho was known as the polite American of Mexico, and s0, when addressed a simple request in such courteous terms he was fain to comply. He therefore aiighted and tried to do s0 promptly, but his motions were not so graceful as usual; there scemed a trem- ulous excitement, almost a stagger, in {lisnw\‘cuwuls, when he looked about him, Four men armed with cutlasses, rifles and revolvers stood ready to receive him. The upper half of cach face was ed with a black mask. They wero lently natives save one, whose head, ader than the others at the temples, and ruddy face below the mask, ended in a thin, frouzly, tow-colored goatee, seemed to indi glishman. Mr Wood, nating him v.thought h had seen him before, but failed in eve attempt to place him. suor Wood." said the spokesman, cancing, L am pleased to moet you gret that you are not able to re- ciprocate the cordial sentiments Ten- tertain for you. I must say, Amiguillo, you w charming hat and such things are s0 commin to you that T am 8y n ing such an order hore will be no obstacle to ex- change. See whata peor plug T wear, and so unsuited to my yes and posi- tion in society, it fits too. And also, Senor Wood, you are said o pos- soss an excellent wateh; that, siv, would be an extremely convenient article to have that I may be ting the stage and thus 1 will accept in my profession in rapidly learning to adapt himself to circumstances, He he must submit to being stripped, iteh with the possible he said, with a smile and i bow, *“May I present you with a pistol, as good us there is in the lic, except your own.” A, senor! now you flatter me; T ac- cept in_your name, Amiguillo.” * And, ulso, senor, T admire your coat; exchange. Your trousers, o, will fit me nicely, and your boots, even if a little large, will be better than these. Have the gooduess to be seated on my old coat and we will assist you in removing them; we wre oxperience valets,” To have observed the face of Edgar ‘Wood now you wonld have thought he was engaged in a froli 1 have heard him say, in telling this story, he 1t all through tho performance as if he vere boiug joked by a friend. **And now,” continued the ladron, “‘we will trouble ycu, Senor Wood, to pass out your valise, if you will be so obliging.” Mr. Wood hesitated for tha first time and looked around, but there was no mercy; the muzzles of the three pieces looked iuto his ayes, while he roplied, ory well, gentlemen, if you insist.” nded out the heavy e, which repub- - ken aside by the Mexicans, while the Iinglish looking thief kept guard at the stage door. When the cargo was removed to a_ short ‘ll stance from its owner, the sentinel muttered to him in English, “If you will give me 000 unsecu, from your belt, you can save the rest; otherwise, I'll fix every dollar you've got.” Mr. Wood felt sure be had somowhere seen the face, of which the mouth and chin were exposed, but if he suspected the truth, he kept it to himself, and quietly handed over the money to the man. In a few minutes, the nearly empty valise was returned, and the party bade tho - traveler adieu, wished hima pleas- ant_journey. In his di cenble fix he could only ride till he met the return stage, and go with it to the capital, under sheltor of a shawl lent him by a sympathetic lady among the passen- gers,, with whom, at noon, he cutered the patio, from which he had so exult- ingly sallied in the early morning. The idle populace, as usual, rushed in with the stage, and witnessed the discomfit- ure of the american, he darted across the pavement and made his way to his room. When Mr. Woods emerged {herefrora he made his way to the English bank, to deposit the papers saved in his belt, and there encounter the second sur- prise of the d Aler, who re- ceived and with the amount, was the counterpart of the ‘nglish robber of the moruing: but he had no beard, nor conld Wood recall hat he had ever seen himadorned with ymptom of manhood. It was im- possible that he should be a lad.on; his position in the bank, his casy, self-pos- sossed manner, not brazen, bt natural and innocent, No, it was & mistake. The next day, there being several n merchants to start for Vera Mr. Henry Yorke of Wood & was dispatched with them in the i > He went well armed, ime of beinga fighting But as yot no erowd of Mexican s frightened a band of robbers from its enterp: sunrise, Yorke discovered squads of horsemen bearing down on the stage from opposite dircctions. “The are six of them,” he suid, “and are nine men, with only one woman. we to fight gentlemon or shall we nder?’ Mexicans never survender,” cricd one of them, “We will fight to the last qu of blood,” “Yos, alwnys,” answered the other eight. ST shall killea!” woman., SWe shall defend you, Senc declared, The horsemen drew near. All were masked and armed, One party passod the conch, wheeled and in- stanily returded. Meanwhile Yorke sprang from the stage, which had been stopved, and calling to his fellow-pas- sengers to join him, fired hisrifle at the nearest of the %flnf and killed him. He then began discharging his revol- ver, as they closed in on him, and look- ing about for his companions discosered man. passengers b 3, and 80, a. two small be shy I shall be frightened siohs the " they all in theirscats, pallid spectators of his recklessness, In an other instant a pistol ball struck him aown, Fvidently the ladrones had only con- tompt for the Mexican passengers, for they rode dircetly forward to the American, whose body was merc hacked in pleces with their sabre a warning to all those who resisted thoir robberies, The entire treasure of Wood & Co. was taken from the person of Yorke and his valiso; and the passengers, the lady not excepted, were robbed of overy - ticle they possessed, even to their outer clothing. When the ladrones left, their captain opened an embroidered jacket, revealing the form of & woman. and cried out with asneer, “You are men, Adios.” When the stage, veturning, entered the patio of the Hotel Iturbid, with the body of Mr. Yorke, it was met hy Mr. Wood, to whom the lady passenger de- clared that his partner had been killed by an Englishman of the band, whose lower face was ruddy, narrow and thin, ending in a little shadowy beard; that he had reached into the coach and shot Yorke in the back, through the open doorway of the opposite side, as he was firing rapidly at the gang, and that, as he withdrew his head his beard dropped from his chin and ghe had sccured it, At 10 o’clock that morning he went to the English bank with the woman, and presonted a check for payment: As the teller laid down the money, he saw the little wad of beard on the counter, picked it up and looking at it euriously, said: “What is this?” At the same moment Mr. Wood discovered that his companion trembled violently and was becomingly alarming pale. and lost no time in leaving the bank. The woman was sure of the identity of the man, and would listen to no pos- sibility of her mistake. As for Mr. par Wood he was confounded, but he d the eustomary thing, @ an nglish detective on the track of 'y Carlos Watfils* the teller of the English bank of Mc 0, The next payment went to the line in charge of a paymaster and & mounted guard, of whom the chiel wus one of the most successful ladrones of Mexico, and who gave safe conduct to the treas- for which he was well paid. 0 months passed. No outward sign any depravity ou the part of thils. ~ He lived modestly seemod a vetiving, rather studious . His sole dissipution was his horseback ride each morning and night. The time had come for another pay- ment to the men of the contractor, and again he determined to goin person with the money, and by stage. This time ho sclected a day when a fair com- plement of Mexiean men, having com- mercial relations with Vera (' would Ly nd went accompanied: also by two Americans armed with rifles and revolvers, The he Fnglish delective with com- panion, both well armed, rode out in the same direction -a half hour aftee the stage left. The road had not so infested of late, but the Ame understood the danger to which they were exposed_in - the transportation of treasu and made their disposition accordin panion o« coach looking man of the Mr. Wood and one com- the the “upied to ety front seat of the reary the third with the driver, s being a e hot with a Winches- terr When they stopped for coffee, at 8 o'cloek, no one had appeaved o molest the slage or ereate suspicion. As thoy left the little inn the detectivo appeared in sight, but the stage made no delay, and the party were again on their way. Suddenly the inside passengers de- tocted the effort of the driver to stop his cumbrous team, and heard the voice of an American by hisside shout to him, SO you stop, VL kill yous drive on and drive hard Then a rifle shot and another shout us he passed down his rifle, and called for a fresh one, which he received at once. Mr. Wood and his eompanions, look- A G e O e s sued by eight horsemen, who were now within 200 yards at_the rea Leaning from the coach window he eriod out to the driver, “1f those fellows cut you are a dead man!” The thi wonderfully on the speed of the team. Meanwhile the band approached and the three Amervicans fired together, throwing the ladrones into confusion and foreing u halty but they rallied at once and horsemen of the ecight were drawing near when the driver’s companion by another shot brought a man to the ground. At this mowent the detective and his guard appeared in the rear of the band and M. Wood ord- ered the driver to slow up. The rob- bers discovered the trick, for turning they saw the reinforcements in their rear and lost no time in leaving the road and making off across the valley towards the mountains. The stage met no further adventure, and Mr. Wood was able to réturn to Mexico in a week. The afternoon ot his arrival he accompanied the English bank manager and the de ve to the hospital of Gaudalupa and found there, s surprise of the manager alone, the teller, Mr. rlos Watfils, suffeving from a shattered leg., 1t is not my intention to m reader nor to prolong uncerta tions in this little sketch. Lay,there- fore say, without morve ado, that Mrv. Watfill’s churacter had been known Lo the detective who had followed him to Mexieo to get possession of his person, if possible,for uttering counterfeit Bank of England notes. And now an_oppor- tunity offered by which Mexican government could rid i the if of & rogue, and do a courteous act toward a nation whaose good will it desired, although diplomatic relations between the two countries were suspended If Watfils was tried in Mexico it was Dy no means certain that a conviction could be secured under those laws. It was indeed, a chance if the Americans might not be made 10 suffer for killing men who had not attacked them, In this view of th o Mr. Watfils was sent across the water with the English officer, and having been convicted in London of the erime of counterfeiting, was sentenced to twenty years’ penal scrvitude, - A Desperate Jack Crawford recently told areporte the following blood-curdling sto “well, Dl you, but you mustt it awny in print. [t occurred in 1856, when Geronimo was on the wal path with his murderous Apaches, 1 was out deer hunting near a range of wountains west of my home, and about noon unssddled my liorse on a me of high table land, and ‘keting the animal out in the g to eat some cold lunch fr pocket. finishing the luded to let the horse graze and leisurely strolled out on of the mesa, the sides of which were very precipitous—a sort of perpendiculur wall extending for fully 500 feet to the plain below. lunch [ ¢ for a while a long ar 1 stood there gazing from the giddy height for several minutes, and, then loolced up. Tmagine the uneasy feeling which crept along my spine whon [ saw a row of at least thirty savages between me and my horse ere I was utterly lofend myself, my rifle and pis with my saddle, a great o on three sides of me and that rrm-ip' band of Indians in front. To jamp over the clift would be certain Ceatls o rush ] upon the Indians unarmea and singles handed equally ns cortain in result; and it 1 remained where I stood it would be only amatter of a fow moments before they would advance and kill me. I never was worse seared in my 1ife, My blood scemed to freeze in my veins, and my long hair stood up like a ship's masts, Tome it soemed there was abe solutely no escape from sure and torrible death. “1 observed that the Indians were holding w discussion among th, and soon gaw thom drawing onee divined their purpose. discovered that 1 was ent and were drawing lots to s should advance and dispateh mo with a kni The lot fell on rior with a hidoously painted face, and with a long knife in his hand he ad- vanced toward me. 1 ever man made good time in reel- ing off a prayer, 1 did just then. Ithink I must have beat the record by koveral points, Lthought I knew that I must die, but just when [ was about to give up in despair a cold calmness camo over mo, and [ resolved that the fiend should not murder me without a struggle. When he got near me I sprang upon him with the ferocity of a tiger, und we were soon engaged in a desperate hand- to-hand struggle. The savage band stood quietly _enjoying the sport, for they knew | had no weapon. During the struggle Tobserved to my horror that we we were nearing tho edge of the cliff, and almost before [ could realize it the s grasped mo by my long hair, bent me backward and over we woent down, down to certain death on the rocks below!™ “*And you fell on top of the indian and escaped?” *Noj the Indian foll on top of me,with fingers still locked in my hair, and over und oyer we rolled, clear across the room.™ “The room!™ the bed-room, You s it was dream, and in my desperation grabbed my wife and she retali- ed by entwining her flagers in my hair. In oo desperate struggle we volled out of bed, and after I awolke my wife held on with her death-like grip until I explained. Then we both laughed until the echoes stirved up the whole Rio Grande valley, forgave each other and went back 1o bed. T'hat was the most desperate fight in which k ever took a hand, but 1 have been in faw more dangerons ones.™ - COMMERCIAL UNTON, Progress of Reciprocal Relations with Neighboring Republic WASHINGTON, ¥e B n to the 13kE.-—Substanti made in the estahlish ceial union between the United States and spublics af Soath and Contral America, Under. existing 1aws thoes ies can be negotinted by the postmaster gencral and the president without the consent of the s Postmaster Gen eral Vilas has taken advantage of this pro- the law {0 - ope i wment in South ant Vost Tndics, with by means of postad treativs, e establishing intercons. of the custom hows, treated with, The letting dow stat In tho post en 5, Of COUTRE, POWe o promise any reciprocal action on the part of the Uni- tod S S the matter of custom housge re- strictions. 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