Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1887, Page 5

A VERY DEMOCRATIC DENIAL. A Lincoln Newspaper Defends That Account-Shaving Schome, FACTS SHOW FOR THEMSELVES. -— General Hotchkiss Starts Upon a Tour of Inspection of the State Militia—News From the Capital City. [PROM TITE DEE'S LINCOLY DUREAU. | The Democrat flics to the rescue of the cashier of the First National with the broadest possible nssertion that the Bee's expose of the philanthropic account-shaving scheme proposcd by Mr. Clark was all false and without cause or foundation. A denial of that chara does not cost more than 20 cents a line and in fact merely denies nothing, The only ppssible error that crept into the statement of the Ber was that the funds would command cash in August next, when in fact a portion of the amount will be paid in registered 7 por cent warrants instead of cash. But in the light of the fact that the accounts are shaved on an ascending scale from 20 per cent per annum upward, and from the additional fact that the accounts will e, in the eight months, one-half the ready cash that the treasurer keeps on deposit at the bank, it would look as though 7 per cent warrants on top of the gigantic discounts was a pretty good thing in itself. Of coursé, Mr. Clark says, anybody can take the proposition If they desire, but it is not every bamking institution that has the bulk of the city funds to speculate upon and undoubtedly s good many banks do not earc to embark 1n the business of shaving paper of that class, But the main thing in this speculation is the injustice it does the firemen and other ¢ smployes, to got city think the magnfi heme is the best possible means to es to get what they carn, it the scheme, cnough to mee 2 working for 865 a night and day, cannot afford he extent of 10 per cent of y month, and it is an_injus- the city can afford to let a ployes ut an average rato of & little for the other side, and if the that its accounts are at such et discount and not enough In the meantime a statement from reasurer that would show just the dition of each specific fund, and the n whose salaries are et for the fund in the coming twelve would be interesting and _instructive sat muny people who scarcely appre- ciate the condition of affairs except when ht is shown upon such royal schemes of unt as has been under discussion. 10N, cial election to vote $150,000 in bonds to aid in the construc- tion of the Lincoln, Red Oak & Des Moines raflroad will be before the public, and there are no indications at_present that point to any opposition to the bonds. Thus far but one paper in the city has been outspoken winst granting the bonds and that is Major Kleutsch's German paper, the Free Prass. The State Journal hus pursued its usual course of masterly inactivity, and the propri- etors are evidently trembling lest the orders come for them to turn loose and fight them. The remaining papers in the city have ac- corded cordial support since the proposition first appeared before the city oouncil. The projectors of the new road are confident that the bonds will be forthcoming, but they are loth to discuss the immediate steps then to be taken except to assure inquirers that the road will be constructed and a connecting line with Des Moines be in operation before the close of two years. It is_ generally be- lieved that the Diagonal road in Iowa, what is known as the Stickney system is linble to play a part with thencw line, and from the fact that no particular attention'has been given to a line east of the river it is sufe to assume that the projectors of the new line have an understanding with the Diagonal = people by means of which they are either %0 come into posscssion of the Di- agional survey from Des Molnes to tho river or that they are confident of making conuections or of sccuring the use of that road for an_entrance into Des Moines. The oft-repeated assertion that behind the whole enterprise was the Rock Island road cannot be traced to any source warranting the asscrtion, and it will undoubtedly bo de- veloped that Whatever arrangements are nec- ossary cast of the river will be made with the Stickney system, In the meantime the bonds will be voted in all probability, not so much for tho assurance of river rates as from the apparently well settled boliel that a new railroad at this particular time for the city is worth all it will cost. A SMALL FIRE, About 10 0'¢lock yesterday the department was called to a small house on Ninth streot, between M and N streets. Quick work laid the hose and the fire was quickly putout with very slight damage. The blaze origin- ated from a defective flue. The alarm was the first for several days and the fact is com- mented upon that the past two onths have been romarkubly free from alarms and no fire of any magnitude has occurred within reach of the dopartment. INSPECTING THIE MILITIA. Inspector General Hotenkiss, of the Nebraska National guards, started north over the Flkhorn Valley line yesterday, com- mencing upon the annual inspection of the state militia. The coming ten days wilf be devoted to companies in northern Nebraska and the ‘inspoctor - generul is under inc structions to make his work complete and rigid. The dates and companies he will inspect are as follows: Monday, 19—Com- yuny K at Chidron; Tuesday, - Company ®, at Iay Springs; Wednesday, 21— Com- pany G, at Long Pine. The above are in the second 'regiment. Thursday, 22—Company E, First regiment, at Fremont; Friday, 23— Company K, Second regiment, at Schuyler; Saturday, 24—Company K, First regiment, at Contral City; Monday, 20—Company A, First regiment, at York; Tuesday, 27—Com: pany I, Second regiment, at Stromsburg. CAPITAL CITY ITEAS, Lincoln Lodge No. 9, A. O. U. W. elected the following officers: J. W. Mq Ian, M. W.; George H. Simmons, foreman; 5. 'B. Hyde, oversecr; Willinm Helmer, recorder; James Heaton, recorder; F, W, Havtruff, financier; A. H. Mashman, guide. “Treasurer Kent, of tho stato bourd of agri- culture, will be in_Lincoln the coming two days and parties who have not received their remiums should call and consult him while e is here, The ladies of the Lincoln branch of the Irish National league have arranged for an eutertainment of w musical character, that will oceur at temple hall to-night. Among those who will participate in the programme are Mrs. Weber, Miss Lillibridge, Miss Miss Flynn, Miss Flaunigan and srs. Corcoran, Lawler and others. Dr. Gerth and Major Birney departed yes- terday for North Platte in response to the communication from the sherift of Lincoln county detajling the rvages of an unknown diseast amolig u herd of horses at that place. Dr. Gerth will make & critical and careful investigation of the diseuse. On Tuesday noon a special train will leave Lincoln over the B, & M. for O upon whien will Le the committee to ve tho now bishop, aud who will cscort hum fo. this eity, . 8. Van Petten, Pawnee City: R. S. Utica; A S, McKay, Wriend; C. S, and, Exetor: John W. Waite, A. T. Cooke, P W. Birklauser, Omaha; M. H. Weiss, Hobron: ¥. S. Clinton, Weeping Water'; James W. Dawes, Crete; W. G, Doom, 'Ashland, were arrivals ut the capitai city yesterday. W For fear of losing a day’s work, many rsons put off taking phe sic until Sat- urduy. The better plan is not to :Iulu? t but take it as soon as needed, it ma save you a hard spell of sickness. you want the most benefit fromn the cast amount of physic without causing you any inconveniénce, loss of appetite or rest, take St. Putrick’s Pilis. Their action on the liver and bowels are thorough, they give a freshness, tone and vigor to the whole system and aot in harmony with nature. . ANOVEL BEAR TRIP. How au Ingenious West Virginia Hunter Udlized a Beer'Keg. Scranton Correspondence Pittshurg Dispateh: Mr. Benjamin Jones of Vir- il. Cortland county, N. Y., a brother of Landlord Jones of the Prospect housc, in the upper part of Scranton, has been here for n few days on hix way home from a great deer and bear hunt tn the wilds of Potwer county, near Wharton. HOur ety were out eight ¢ and we got seven deers and th 1 Mr. Jones yesterday. “But I must tell you about tht bear that made more fun than all the rest of the‘hunt ‘-uth)- gether. A week ago lust Monday we got a glimpse of an old whopper of a bear, but he scooted out of sight amony the rocks before any of us had n chunce to get o shet at him. On Taesday even- lnft all thrée of us went upon the moun- tain again. We saw the old devil's tracks nway up on the decpest side of the hill. The dogs did theiv auty as well as the uld, butall the satisfac faction they gor was to hole him in loss than an hour. He had a den in the rocks on the side of the hill and getting at him was out of the question, so we left theve right -away and weunt after deer. ‘‘There were several residents of the neighborhood 1n_ the party, and, after they had all told how the big bear might be caught alive, a fellow named Ned Griffin said he had thought of a way. Then he went on to tell how he proposed to capture the b None of us had ever heard of such a thing be- fore. We had a good laugh over Ned's peculiar idea, but he was a serious sort of a fellow, and by daylight Wednesday morning Ned wus on hand ready for business, ‘‘He drove up to the place where we were stopping in o rickety one-horse wagon, and all we had in the wagon that we could see was a lager beer keg. The first thing he did was to take the beer keg into a_little shop and knock the head out, Then he bored two holes in the other head with an inch augur, and after that he daubed the inside of the head and staves with honey.leaving a little honey on the ends of the staves at the opening. Then he drove a row of spikes through the staves about two inches from the crease where the knocked-out head had been, the sharp points of the spikes s ing through the wood probably an inch and a half or two inches towards the center of the keg. Atter Ned had hammered the bung out he handed the keg to one of our party and said: “All ye've got to do now is to take this kug up into the woods and lay it down on the side where you seen the big bes Don’t stand it on end, and don’t fasten it to onything. Jest leave it lovse where you luy it. Idon’t guar- antee that 1tll ketch a bear, but I'll say this much for the kag, if the bear gets his head in it once he kain’t get it out, and there he’ll be. It wun’t break his legs, but the more he tries to git it off his head the tighter it'll stick. That bung-hole and them holes in the end’ll give him all the air he’ll need, and if he bunts around some it wun’t hurt him none.’ “Three of us started for the woods with the keg. We put it dowp on a level spot, near where we had caught a glim, of the bear. That was Wednes- day forenoon, and the next morninfz we passed the spot and saw the keg lying just as we had left it; we did the same on Friday, but the keg was still there. ‘“When we go to the place on Satur- day morning we didn’t see the keg, but in less than two minutes we saw where the keg was: A bear had got his head in it, sure enough, and, what was bet- ter, ho was the very samo big bear that we had been after. Every time he tried to go ahead the keg bunted up against a tree and made the bear mad. He couldn’t go & rod without running foul of a tree,and when he felt the obstruc- tion he backed up quick and hit an- other tree with his rear: It was bum ety bump every time he trted to ad- vance. )nce he tried to stand up on his haunches and throw the keg over and the result was that he fell over on his back kerflop. Then he was madder than ever, and his roar sounded so queer in the keg that the bear got scared at it himself. I went up and patted him on the rump. Then one of my friends pranced up in front of him and gave the keg a push with his foot. ‘The noise the bear made sounded like low rolling thunder. He was a splen- did specimen and we wanted to take him alive. “I agreed to watch him while the others went after ropes. They were gone nearly two hours, and the bear wasn’t still for a second of the time. Once he shook his head from side to side, and struck the middle of the keg rainst o treo with a bang that made him grunt, after which he acted as if he had hurt his nock. Te kept on the move every minute until the men came back. “Four slipnooses werg made at once, but,whon we attempted toget one on the bear’s hind leg, he thrashed and flounced like the mischief, and we had to get out of the way mighty lively, After a big lot of monkeying around we finally managed to get the beast to step into a large loop of rope we had laid on the ground,and the next theng he knew we had that leg secured and then there was another great fuss. In this way we got all his legs in limbo, but it took a good while, Tho real l.u% of war came when we hegan to snake him down the hill. Ho backed and yanked and roaved, and we didn’t get along well at all. Then we put & rope around his buttocks, and two of us \\'n\kcd quite-a distance ahead of him and pulled, while the other one stcered him, *The brisk ex ¢ nearly tired all of usout, and it was late in the after- ' noon when we got him to the clearing. There we tied his legs together tight and got a farmer to hiteh his team to a stoncboat and drive up to where the bear was lying. His horses got scared and ran half way to the house with him, and it was half an hour before he could ret his torm near enough to the bear hu' us to load him on the stonebout. We finally got him on, however, and then the horses started off at such a gait that it mado the farmer’s heels snap to keep up with them, *It was dark when we reached the house. The neighbors were all on hand when wo got there. They helped us to put four or five eircingles around the Leur, and then we hung him on the steclyards in the barn and weighed him, The hoops on the keg were then knoek- ed off, and the keg brokem to pieces and weighed. The bear's actual weight was 407 pouyds. He was anoble fellow. The spikes bad pricked his neck some, but otherwiso he was as handsome as ever. We put him on a pile of straw so that he conld rest ensy, and that night we made a strong muzzle for him and boarded up a place ie the hog pen to put him in, “On Sunday wmorning we muzzled him, after he had protested pretty v lently, aud then four of us carvied Lim toa hog pen, hitched a chain to the muzzle and the other end to & post, and then took the ropes off and let Lim up, He was as angry ns over, and he pulled and yanked at”his chain every little while, until he found he couldn’ budge it, when he laid down, We lelt the bear with the farmer, — - Leland hotel, Chicago. Items of Interest to the Men on the Road. HOSTILITY OF THE TEXANS. w4 Hits the Nail on the Head-What Traveling Salesmen Enjoy—Busi- ness is Business—Omaha's Sun« day Guests-— Samples. The drummer tax question promises to figure as prominently in the future as it has in the past. The discharge of Robert Stock- ton in Texas by Judge Sabin, of the United district court, has not intended in the least to relieve the drummers who visit that state of the unjust taxation. Tucsday, December 13, Hon. John Ireland, of Houston, ex-gov- ernor of the Lone Stay state, issucd alengthy communication in which he severcly criti- cised Judpe Sabin for his decision in the Stockton case. Governor Ireland is re- gurded us un able lawyer and his influenco With the people of his state will naturally prompt them to follow his udvice. The gov- ernor says: “The federal district and circuit courts have no jurisdiction in cases like the Stock- ton case, which originated under a state pro- coss. And nowhere can you find the slightest authority for any court of the United States inferior to the supreme court taking appellate or other jurisdiction of a cause pending in_the state courts, either civil or criminal. Iknow thatu derisive smile passes over the faces of men who have no real con- ception of our dual form of government when they hear persons talkof the sover- eignty of the states. I trust our prosterity will never consent to the idea that because sovereignty in its broadest sense nnd with reference to all governmental affairs is not claimed nor conceded by statesmen, that therefore the states have yielded up their claim to sovereignty in all things. When that time comes our destiny as a free republic will ‘be sealed. When states and stato officials become mere automatons and the citizen has to look to a central power for re- dress in all concerns in life, we will Beao longer republic, and a claim to such will be mockery.” A telegram from Austin, Tex., dated De- cember 12, says: “Regardless of the recent decision of the federal court at Galveston de- claring the state law taxing foreign drum- mers to be unconstitutional, the state comp- troller has issued fresh instructions to county officials, dirccting them to enforce the law untilit is ropealed by the legislature, or until congress by express enactment denies the right of the state to impose such tax." By this it secms that the trials of traveling salésmen are by no means ended in the Lono Star state. In view of the ample evidence of this law’s unconstitutionality the next legis- lature of Texas will render the citizens of its state a favor by a prompt repeal of the ob- noxious statute. .As a precautionary moas- ure congress may yet be called upon to enact a law appropriate to the occasion. Hits the Nail on the Head. Nonrrovx, Neb,, Dec. 16.—To the Editor of the Bre: The following is an item cut from a local paper: ‘It is said that the postmaster general has issued an order that postal clerks shall cancel no more stamps on trains. 1f a letter is mailed on the train, it is put into a rack to be thrown oft at the next postoftice on the route, where the stamps are cancelled and it is remailed. This delaysa letter one mail, 8o you had just as well mail your letter at home and let the postoffice here have the benefit of the cancelled stamp. By doing you benefit your postmaster hereand in- creases the salary of this office.” A good many of “Our Boys" have seen this article, and so have others, who of necessity aro obliged to handlo bur mail, (hotel proprietors and clerks). The articlé in question was written with the intent to deceive, and has already caused some troublo and annoyance. From necessity we are often obl!fed to write up our orders and business at night ufter the local postoffice is closed, and in order for our business to receive its proper atténtion it should go on first train. The mail caris a railroad postofiice. The man in charge is obliged to receive all first class mail properly put up and stamped then forward by quickest route to its destination. H. A. Smitu. ‘What Traveling Salesmen Enjoy. Every traveling man kuows that there are many very pleasunt features connected with his vocation, 1t is pleasant to get out of funds and be compelled to either waste your employer's time waiting for checks or try to induce an unwilling customer to lend you money. It is pleasant when getting to a town to find that the goods sold on your previous trip have not been delivered yet. . 1t is pleasant when a customer breaks his appointment (which, of course, seldom hap- pens), and comes along about’ an hour later and spojls your sale to another one. Itisnice to find your baggage about twenty pounds overweight, which the gentleman in charge compels you to take out, and while you are hard at it—cussing inwardly- your train slowly but surely sliding out. leau! Tt is pleesant, when one of your leading articles is beingsold by a man who is just ahead of you for 10 per cent less, to receive aletter from your house stating distinctly that “‘on no_consideration must you break the price on No. —, as wé control the whole production and’ own every dozen that has cen manufactured.” It is plousant when, after repeated efforts, you have finally brought a desirable customer to the house, to find he has in some way been snubbed or made to feel insignificant by either the head of the house or the book- keeper, neither of whom having the slightest idea—as a rule—how difficult it often is to “iget” u good, new account. Busin is Business, Two passengers on the train became in- volved in a very heated controversy, which finally waxed so hot that one of them called the other a liar. “l\\'hul's that, a liar?” and he was on his e *Yes, a liar,”” was the emphatic respouse, “or my'name ain't John Smith, of Smith’ ville.” “What, the hardware merchant?" ‘“T'he same.” “‘Mr. Smith, I'm delighted to know you. 1 ropresent Mossrs, Sharpedge & Co., of New York, and can show you a line of samples that will make your hair curl,” Omaha's Sunday Guests. There was the usuul Sunday rush of travel- ing men to the hotels yesterday, and'a jollier and happier lot of geutlemen never came to- gether. The majority represent boot and shoo houses, clothing manufacturers and gentlemen’s furnishing goods, and the raid upon the merchants will begin in earnest to- day. The boys are carrying some very hand- somo samples of epring and. sumuer Koods, and report large and liberal sales. The urrivals at the Millard were: George A, Ellis, Boston; 8. P. Broadway, Kausas City; Dave Langsdorf, Philadelphia; Ben. Trwin, St. Louis; W. A. Underwood, Detro S, P. Urner, New York: J. O. Medberry, New York; H. A. Wood, New York: James Forsyth, New York; R, T. Sheduess, Chi- i M. 5. Schuter, New York; Le New York; George A. Kaester, Albert Kahn, New York; R. Lien- Springer, Chicago; erield, Chicago; H. H. Bainbridge, York; Ed. Mauheimer, Chicag M. Veit, New York; H. A. Bode heimer, Now York; R. L. Brett, Bosto W. A. Brown, New York; I'. Wickham, Bo ton: J. P. Voorhees, New York; W. M. Kel nard, Dayton; Thomas J. Blocher, Chicago; Jobn' M. Heimbaueher, St. Louls; H. S. L New York; W. MeFarland, ork; E. De Cel u-‘New York; W. R ard, Rochester; J. W. Herr, Ro Gedrgo Krug, St. Louis; Thomas nunnné-i J. 8. Dunl lin J Becl Ve 3 A ; Robert G. Kerr, A.W.Buuts, Chicago; B.H. Downer, B A mu.fl e, Yorks M. Toab, Jincinnatiy . Stevens, Chic Toward Do Matt, Minneapotis: . 1 Treat, Chicago; John B. Doyle, Baltimore; L. King, New York; Saumuel Gutsman, Bosion; F. A. w, Chicago; H. B, Hines, Boston; . H. New Yoik; 'W. D. Collyer, New G. E. Fulier, New York; S. C.Abbott, THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Now York; B. A. Ostrom, Loulsville; H. B, Goldsmith, Cincinnat, The arrivals at the other hotels were: G. M. Scott, Salt Lake; M, A. Newhouse, New York: M. Horton, Chicago; F. B. Woodruft, Chicago; H, E. Hackman, St. Louls; W. E. Rathburn, New York: A’ S. Hay, Cincin- nati: . Watorman, Cincinnuti; J. C. Mus- ve, Bt. Joe; W. O, Frazer, Now York; C Heck, €hicago; C. W. Wooten, Philadel- phin: W. R. F. Bush, Detroit: M. Gluick, Now York; 8. M. Rosenthal, New York; G W. Ward, Detroit; T. L. Pierce, Boston: J.' F. Ag Rockford; M. Rosenfeld, B. Fargo, C i D, Boston ; burg; J. T. Renfro, Now rk; R. R Bucannun, Chicago; E. M. Campbell, Boston: J. W. Woodard, St. Paul; §. M. Watson, Chicago; . T. Lawrence, New York; L.'L. Higeins, Topeka; ¥. Law: New 'York; C.. M. Patterson, Chi- d ortz, Boston; F. Benjamin Brown, cinberg, Chicago} E. Nelson, Chicago; is: D, ot, Cennduy ew York: D. ™Pholps, Mer: ien, Conn.i J. Getche, New York; E. F. Wiibur, Louis; G. H. Hurney, Des Moines', C. Solomon, New York: T. Q. At- kinson, New York: I'. R. Nundy, New York; H. L. Shinkle, Dayton, O. Samples. ‘The following unique heading graces the letter head of a well known _hotel not 1,000 miles from Omaha: “No bedbugs and the proprietor always sober.” Mr, C. V. Bainsford, the energetic and go- ahcad gentloman who represents Peycko Bros,, has been making large sales the past week and reports prospects for the future good. Omaha numbers among her many enter- prising business men many former ‘kmghts of the grip.”" Few more successful or popu- lar salosmen ever registered from Chicago than William Bennison, now of the firm of Bennison Bros, Billy's stook of pleasing stories scemed almost _inexhaustible and his unique way of telling them is remembered by many old salesmen, Almost every man, wonian and ghild in the “badger state’ has Philadelph . Finlay, Pi aghan, Lou Minneapolis; J. W. B. Mack, Boston; J. P. F. Collins, St. L A. Acherson, heard of Billy Bennison. An Unrivalled Record. ALLCOCK'S POROUR PLASTERS have proved the best, safest, and most offect ual remedy for Spinal Complaints, Inci- pient Consumption,Diarrheea, Plour: Asthma, Bronchitis, Epilepsy, Lum go, Debility, Rheumatism, Gout, Sc tica, Loss of Vigor, Dropsy, Paralysis, Loss of Voice, Hysteria, Nervousness, Indigestion. Palpitation . Fosne s Five Minutes of Terror. When Patrick Pallon sat down to his dinner last Sunday in his cottage at Little Ferry, Bergen county, N. J., his curly hair was brown. en his Thanksgiving dinner was given to him he lay in bed in the same cottage; the dark hair had turned almost white. Pallon is a laborer and he has been in the habit of walking home aloug the tracks of the West Shore railroad. Last Tuesday night he was going to Little Ferry over his usual route and had just reached the middle of a long trestle- work when he saw 4, wildcat coal train approaching. He saw he had not time to reach the end of the trestle before the train would catch him, and he was about forty feet above the ground. ‘There was not room for him watci) ide and let the train pass him, so he lowered himself between the ties and hung suspenced by his hands. The henv{ mogul"locomotive thund- ered over his head #hd about half of the train followed it. Pallon was congrat- ulating himself that'in a minute or two more the entire train would pass and he would be able to disw himself up and relieve his arms which were growing tired, when the train came to a suaden stop. Pallon thought it 'would move on in a minute or* s0, but still the cars stood over his head. Five minutes went by. They secmed an eternity to the man who hung forty feet above the rock- strewn bottom of the ravine. Then the train moved slowly on. The rear truck of the caboose passed over his head and Pallon tried to raise himself, but to his horror he found thav his ‘strength was so far gone that he could not do so. He called for help, but no one answered. For a minute or two more he hung there and then his numbed fingers slowly lost their hold on the crosstie and he fell to what he thought was cer- tain death, Half an hour aftorward a party of la- borers who bad walked through the ravine found Pallon lying on the ground unconscious. A rough stretcher was hastily made and he was carried to his home, where it was found both his ankles were sprained, three ribs were broken and that he had sustained con- cussion of the brain. At first it was thought he would die, but he is gradually recovering. When Pallon was first picked up his hair was as white as it is now, and it must have turned in the terrible moments when ho knew that he must fall. _— An Old Town in Mexico. Correspondence New York Star: We orgot our struggles to eat when we went nut for a prowl in the town. The still- ofess was something sostrange in a place of its size. The clatter of the tiny feet of the long file of burros coming in from the country laden with marketing make little noi There was not a vehicle in Jalapa. We saw only one pair of wheels, the huge wooden ones of the country, without tires, and to these were attached oxen hauling several long beams from the mountains, where the trees grow to greater size, The only other subterfuge fora ve- hicle were the two poles fastened on either side of a pony and lashed to- gether near the end by thongs, on which were strapped the burden. 1t is the same contrivince used by our north- ern Indians, The ruinsof a convent that is very old were wonderfully cffective. It dat back to Cortez’s time, as Jalapa was the first town settled by the Spani The lichen, mold, hir plants and vines cover the ruins and soften, with the grays and greens, the time-worn stones. The adjoining church, erumbling also, is very much the samé Kind of architecture seen all over Mexico. Most of the churches have a Moorish dome, covered with Spanish tiles, the luster of whose inimitablé blues and greens is un- dimmed. There is'also the airy, grace- ful, open campanile, with sometimes three tiers of bells, now covered with rust and verdigris, but a charming con- trast to the soft color'of the stucco. We suw few church edifices that had not the flying buttress, and all these shapely ruins were covered ‘with moss and vincs festooning the empty casements, drap- ing the arched entrances. The people were so simply and so kindly ‘in “their hospitality that we penetrated to their pretty courts, where n the poorest reed cnges mocking birds sing among the jurs of rose love birds flit about in their aimless way or a parrot screeches its welcome, The stuccoed houses are tinted pink, green, blue and red, and look perfeetly in keep- ing with the narrow strects and the bright sky. The plaza has its fountain, of course, with benches shaded by oleander und orange trees. The public fountain has its huge basin lined with Dblue Spanish tiles, and as we watch the women in clean print skirts, rebosa folded over one arm and following the other t was raised to hold the terra- cotta water jar poised on their shoulders, they are very Egyptiansud studies for an artist. A A~ RECKLESS DESPERADO. Bill Brazzleton's Peculiar Robberies in Arizona. KING OF WESTERN HIGHWAYMEN. | A Remarkable Marksman and & Scholar — His Col y Toward Women—Rtiddled With Bullets by & Sherif's Posso. The most recent train robbery near here, says a Tucson correspondent, was the one about twenty miles east, on the Southern Pacifie, when two men stopped A passenger train about 10 o'clock at night and took $71,000 from the Wells- Fargo express messenger. It was the most daring train robbery yet perpe- trated, inasmuch as two men did theen- tire job, notwithstanding the presence of any quantity of guns and pistols among l;‘fc railway officials and passen- gers. The robbers got away with their booty and have so far eluded every ef- fort at their capture. They were fol- lowed a day or two, when rain obliter- ated their trail and that was the end of it. But ifl the days before railronds,when stage coaches answered the purposes of the heavy travel, there were even more daring robberies than this. Tucson had the honor of producing a man named Bill Brazzleton, who made a business of robbing stages single handed, and inall that goes to make up the wary, skilful and successful highwayman ‘e took precedence of all his kind and yet holds it. I bave heard many storvies of Braz- zleton. He was killed only six or seven years ago, and most of the people here inew him well. While he was not a native of Tueson, he came here when he was a young man and worked in a livery stable. e was naturally of a wild and untamable nature, and had a siquethat was the perfection of power and symmeotry. k and agile as a {mutlwr, ter of any horse he ide. . His occupa- tion was well suited to his taste. It fell to his duties to escort travelers on long distances through an uninhabited and dangerous country, and in many of the journeys there would be hazards and privations as are kuoown ouly to the hardy trontiersman, He could ride a hundred miles a day over a desert and through mountain passes with as much ease assa Londoner can canter down Rotten Row. He was so superb in every entinl of physical prowess that a traveler always felt safe under his guardianship. He could drive as well as he could ride, and he became fami- liar with all the stage routes of the When at home he spent all ire in practising with his riflo and revolver, and became the most cer- tain shot in all the region. 'This was an accomplishment to be proud of in a community in which the art of shooting and was carried to the highest degree of ex- cellence. People used to wonder why Bill Brazzleton practiced shooting so much. It was almost a mania with him, but he afterward had need of all the skill he acquired, and who knows but he even at that time had an eye to the Dick Turpin style of life that he after- ward lived? He could do what I have never heard of any other man doing— stand fronting a target, turn a somer- sault and hit the bull’s eye three times out of five us he came up. This was done with a revolver at twenty paces. A shot by him from the same weapon while standing, walking, running or riding at full speed would inevitably £0 just where he wanted it.and any man whom he got the ‘‘drop on” was as sure to fall as the bullet left the chamber. Bill was nearly thirty years old before he went into the business of robbing stage coaches. He was possessed of un- usual natural sense, had read some and knew a good deal about the world. It may be said with the utmost truth that he reflected credit upon his profession. His robberies were all perpetrated in the most approved manner and with lit- tle or nodanger to his vietim, beyond the loss of their valuables. He was the first and only man in Arizona who ever robbed age coach alone, and in this particular he surprised even the daring of the two men who ‘held up’ the train on the Southern Pac a few weeks ago. Brazzleton never had an assistant in any of his robberes, and, s0 far as known, never made a confidant of but one man, and this man finally be- trayed him to the posse of law ofticers by whom he was killed. They knew of him, and had started out from Tucson Hmruu{;hly armed. Brazzleton, no doubt, heard of it through his confidant, who was one of the hands at the stable where he himself had worked in for- mer days, and he determined to give these seven men opportunity to defend themselves. He posted himself out on the rond about twenty miles from Tucson, and about 11 o'clock he saw the conch coming. He. was just over the brow of a hill, and could not be seen by the driver or passengers. He sat on his horse, evelled his rifle and as they came over the hill they saw both rider and gun and they knew at once who it was and what it meant. He commanded them not to move a hand and they obeyed. The revolvers hung unused at their sides and their rifles lay idle in the bot- tom of the coach. They knew it was death to somebody the moment a move was made, and they sat transfixed with fear. He commanded them to get out one by one, lay down their arms, stand in a row and divest themselves of all their money and vali- ables. They did this, piling about $12,000 worth of treasure up in a heap before them. They were then told to get back in the coach and drive on. Mr. Brazzieton taking possession of evervthing that had been left behind. This story sounds incredible, but some of those who were in the coach at the time still live in this country, and they verify it to the letter. Brazzleton took particular delight in this style of robbery. It was a passion with him, and he seemed to indulge it more for the pleasure it gave him than for the money he secured. He cared nothing for money for its own sake, and spent but little, as he neither drank nor g'.::nnhlcd. It was no uncommon thing or him to rob people and then return art of all he had taken. He once ran z‘ml o(uuu\\'spa;}fll' man who had but $10. When Brazzleton learned his business he gave him back 85, with the remark that he would probably need it, He had a great regard for women and would never rob a stage conch where any of the passengers w women. If he ever killed anybody I have not heard of it, bt he was, nevertheless, the ter- ror of the country while he was at larg and he was huntea for mouths like wild beast. The sheriff of the county in which Tueson is situated, resolved to destroy him at all hazards, for he wus doing a great deal of injury to the business of this part of the territory. Finally after one of his robberies, he was trace Dby & peculiar shoe on his horse. The trailers iu Arizona are the most expert in the world, Professicual trilers are of two classes, Tndians and Those who are most in de- mand are Indians of the Yuma tribe, Many of these can ride s horse at full gallop and follow a trail through the bushes and grass and over a sandy One of these was set on the trail of Brazzleton, vight into Tucson and up to the ve stable where he had formerly been em- It was then settled that he had an accomplice in the stable. but one man upon whom suspicion could fall. He was taken out and made to con- fess by being hung up til he was almost ed to conduct the sherifl's 2zleton’s rendezyvous on con- dition they would not take their prisoner . said he, “If you don't kil him They promised com- pliance with the condition, and he theh said he would not have shared in any of plunder Brazzleton had taken, but had given him information him his meals. he will kill me.” He had been compelled to do this, and believed he would have been killed if he had He said he was to take Brazzleton some- thing to eat that very ni, they would accompa see him and kill hir The accomplice piloted the party out miles 1o the southwest of They came into a decp pre- cipitous mountain gorge, where there was a heavy growth of timber. habit was to go to n fallen trec and wait there for the coming of Brazzleton, who always rode off with his revolver in his hand ready for an emergency. The entire posse of six lay down behind the tree and_ waited for the coming of the great highwayman. personally to the sheriff and all of his By and by they saw him ap- He rode out of the thicket brush into a little opening with a gleam- ight, and that it him they could was known h hung rather carclessly Those who were there at the time have told me they had never be- fore seen so superb an equestrian as leton was at that fatal moment. He looked hke some wild animal that had just come forth from his 1 to leap on his prey. wat to endure for’ but a moment, for at the word of command by the sheriff the ire party delivered their fire and zzleton threw up his right hand in a vain attemps to shoot, and rolled off his horse with big holes through his Thus died one of the most reck- less and successsul robbers of this or He was strapped on his horse and taken down to Tucson, where he was set up against an adobe wall the next morning and photographed. 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