Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1887, Page 5

END OF A TOUGH'S CAREER. George Botts Kiiled at Lincoln ‘While Resisting Arrest. S8HOT BY OFFICER HUDSON. How the Capital City People Cele- brated Christmas—Convicts, Insane andFriendless, Given an Hxtra Dinner—Other News. [FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] George Botts, a colored man and well known hard character to the officers of the law, was shot in the head y yesterduy morning while resisting arrest. Through the day yesterday he laid in the main corridor of the city jnil in a stupid condition, and at £:30 in the afternoon he died and the re- mains were turned over to the coroner. Early Saturday evening Botts was about the city under the influence of liquor. Bétween 8 and 9 o'clock he entered Waltemade's saloon, where he brewed trouble st once, knocking down an old gentleman named Helwig and assaulting Waltemade. About 10:30 he appeared before the new Burr block on Twelth and O streets, whero ex- Policeman Collier is employed as watchman Botts had it in for Collier, and drew a re- volver to shoot him. Coll however, escaped him, and notifled the police, who went in search of him but did not find him. Between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning a telephone from the Depot Hotel restanrant stated that Botts was there and Oficers Peterson and Hudson were detailed to make the arrest. Reaching the placeand approuch- ing Botts, Ofticer Hudson ordered him to throw up his hands. Botts’ response was to reach for his gun in his hip pocket, when Hudson fired, the ball striking Botts just below the left eye, felling him to the floor. The wounded man was conveyed at once to the station and Dr. Beachley called, who probed for the ball, a heavy one from a fourty-four caliber revol- ver. But after probing three or four inches In his head the doctor failed to discover the whereabouts of the misscl and abandoned finding it. Botts, as he lay in the corridor of the jail through the day in a comatose condi- tion, was a frightful spectacle, the wound swolling rapidly. No possible blame can be attached to the officer, who knew tho charac- ter of the man and the necessity of certain work in securing him. Botts has a criminal history that covers almost the entire time since he came to Lince here he served a tes » Mis i penitentiary. He was in the pen here for a year and was a refractory charge, marvel ously escaping being shot by one of tho ards. Some three months sinco he came for a term in jail and had not been out twelve hours until ho made a haul on somo clathing.” Ofticer Mitchell had o hard struggle in ar- resting him then, and had to shoot at him to capture him. For this he sorved about three months in jail and has been out about a week, When they searched his clothes after carry- ing him to jail they found an_ivory-handled thirty-two caliber revolver in the pocket that ho was reaching for when shot. He had $6 in cash and a watoh, although he had nothing when he left jail. The coroner will hold an inquest over the remains to-day. CHIUSTMAS AT TIIE CAPITAL. Christmas day was evidently a prosperous one in Lincoln. Crowds filled the streots until a very late hour Saturday evening, and the trade of the day was immense. A num- ber of firms in the city pronounce the holiday. trade this year the greatest in the history or the city, Church services were hold in the differont churches yesterday ||:J)mprllw to the day and were largely attended. At St. Theresa Catholic church Father Kenuedy was assisted by Bishop Bonacum, and tho services, commencing at midnight and continuing through tho day. were very improssive. ‘The music was & spccial feature of the day und was of an exceptional high oraer. At the First Congregational -church Rev. Lewis Gregory, the pastor, ached a sor- mon appropriate to the to a large. sudience. The music was of especial merit, with Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond as organist ® double quartette numbering the following well-known singers: Mrs, Weber, Mrs. Dow, Mrs. Raymond, Miss Churchill, Messrs. Easterdy, Cameron, Churchill and Harmer. Rev. O. A. Williams addressed a very large sudience at the services of the First Baptist church at tunke's opera house, and the other churches in the city were largely at- tended. To-day will be observed in the city as the Jogal holiday and the postoftico will observe only holiday and Sunday hours. The banks will close for the day. 'The county offices, with the exception of the judge's office, ‘will be closed, and the state house will also observe the day as a holiday. To-night West, Lincoln people will enjoy the fruits of a CLristinas tree, and it Lancoln will have Christmas doings at Grace M. E. church. A large number of business firms remembered their employes with_appropriate gifts. The carrier boys of the State Journal and Br were remembered, andoneof the novel recos mitions of the day was made by M. L, Trester who presented each family that had located on his addition with a turiey for their Christ- mas dinner. At the penitentiary no special observance Ellnmdn beyond a Christmas talk in the orning and an extra dinner to the convicts in which turkey played a prominent part. At the home for the friendless the eighty little folks were all made acquainted with the du, and at the hospital for the insane a spe dinner was served to the inmates. A LARGE DOC ' > ‘The supreme court docket forthe term commencing January 8 is a large one, there being 200 cascs on the printed docket. Of theso cases, us is usual, the second district leads in the number appealed and the third district js second on the list. The number of casos by districts are: First district, 24; socond, 47; third, 85; fourth, 16; fifth, 193 sixth, 15; 'seventh, eighth, 27; ninth, 11; tenth, 18; and twelfth, 23, maki tricts 209; In the call of the cases two weeks urc given on the docket for cases from the first, second and third districts, one weok for the fourth, two weeks for the fifth, one week for the sizth, one week each for the seventh, cight and ninth, one week for both the tenth and eleveuth districts, and one week for the twelfth. The finul week of the term, us en- tered on the docket, isthe week commenciny April 10, Commencing with the new year, Judge M. B. Reese advances to the post.of chief justice, Fhdge Mazwol), re-gocted: ving completod his term us chief justice, and entering upon his now six yours' term as associate 1uuL-c. The rulesof the court ure printed in full in tho docket. CHRISTMAS ARRESTS, About 4 o'clock Christmas evening the police raided the he of the notorious character kuown as “K. C. Ann” and locked her up in th Bastile, where she made life miserablo through the day. The police court records show that two men, named Fred Meyer and Charley Roberts, were found at her place and @ charge rested ngainst them for frequenting a house of ill fame. Three lodgers, who gave their numes 88 Joseph Kuuffman, Thamas Healey and James Rivor e furnished lodging fo night, und the half dozen inmates of the jail serving out their term of commitment lud ample epportunity for reflection upon their worthlessuess us they wore the day away in the outer corridor. e Rev. Williams' Aftiction, The funcral of the child of Rev.John Williens, which died Saturday, has been postponed until Tuesday morning at 10 o'cloed. A second child was not_expected to t, and there being no hopes the intention 1o bury the L Leland hotel, Chicago. e A LONELY VETERAN. The Last’ of the Houston Spy Com- pany. San FPrancisco Chronicle: There is to almost every day in the vicin- ity of Second street! taking his custo- mary walk, & man who has sven more of the tented field than perhaps any other pow living in the state aud who has had an eventful carcer such as fulls to 4Ahe lot of few. . His hair is almost white and his figure is bent with the weight of his more than three score years, but is mental faculties remain ns keen and alert as ever. C. O. D. Kelly is the sole sgurvivor of Sam Houston's famous spy company in the Texas war of 1835, 8 veteran of 1846 and a charter member of the pioneer socicty. It wus he who carried the tidings of the massacre at Almo in 1836 to New Orleans, and thence to New York, after encounter- ing difficultios as great as those which have made the names of some of our latter day war correspondents famous, But_Mr. Kelly is a modest man and hardly realizes the fact that he has done anything out of the way. A Chronicle reporter was introduced to him yesterday at the Montgomery hotel, with whoin he conversed for a short time on the incidents of the vet- eran's early carcer. Mr. Kelly was born in Mayo. Ireland, in May, 1802, and is now in his eighty-sixth year. “You will recollect when Waterloo was fought,” said the reporter, after a few introductory remarks. “Perfectly well. T was living with my parents in Liverpool at the time. During the nighs I was wakened by the noise and shouting in the streets. Everybody was wild with exci 3 bands paraded, bonfires were lighted and fusilades sent off in every direction. *Yes, it was a great night. I came to this country soon and time with ‘& Quaker carpente York. From there I went to N leans, and when the revolution broke out in Texasin 18351 voluntecred for servi joined the Mobile Grays and ) the front. One day a scout came into the camp from Colonel Crockett to procure assistance. I was one of the thirty boys who jumped in with Mo loy Iaker’s regiment to go to the r We got o the headquarter es, when there was another call made for s to press on to Crockett's be- tive of us jumped out of the ranks at once, headed by that prince of scouts, ¢ Deaf’ Smith. "We got to San Leon all right, but there the Me ns sighted hough we were outnumbered by nty to one, we showed fight, but were forced to retire threc timesin succession. We remained in the woods ting anxiously for the sound of our annon at Alamo; but not a sound was heard; the fort .had fallen the night hefor Only Captain Dickinson’s wife and child escaped. They were sent to the settlemeut with a proclamation that all who would be friendly to the consti- tution of ‘24 would be well treated. We met her ana the child in a sad plight, poor woman, near the fort, and it was rom her that we learned the news of tho massacre. The first thing to be done was to got the news to headgaar- tors, and Captain Snell, Licutenant Wood and myself undertook the task. I bought three fhorses from a Portugesc? and we started off. We were sum®™ rounded by the enemy on every sido; we had no provisions, und in a strange country. “I can tell you,” aid Mr. Kelley, as he mused on the ‘moving incidents of half a century ago. *‘I feel a cold shiver running down my hack even now asI think of that ride from San Antonio to New Orleuns. It took us about a weel and an account of the marvelous es- capes we had would fill a newspaper. My companions wero almost dead with fatigue, but I did not feel so bad,as I was used to hardships all my life, so I loft them on the road and hurried on to the Picayune office with the news, and from there took the first packet to New York, and I was the first man to carry the tidings to the editors of the New York papors. “I started back at once to join my rogiment and revenge the cold-blooded massaere of our fellows. And we did it thoroughly under Sam Houston’s com- mand, who was one of the best and bravest men that ever handled a sword, Houston, ex-Governor Pcase, Judge Waller and I celebrated the battle of San Jacinto in 1880. Houston died a year or 8o ago, and I am now the only survivor of the Houston Spy company of the Texus Rangors. “‘Did you take any part in the war of 4627 ? *‘Of course T did. Doyou think that when 1 fought in '38 I would stay away in 467 No, sir, I was among the first to answer to the call, though unfortunate- ly I did not see much of the fight. I was wounded in a guerilla skirmish be- fore Vera Cruz and was sent to the hos- pital, but before my wounds was dress the vegiment was off. Major Ds s gave me a wagon and I drove to the cit of Mexico to join my company and ré- turned with it to '] 3 S0 came to California in the early part of *49.along with Colonel Hayes, one of the heroes of '46. We had a hard time of it crossing. the plains and we thought we were never to see the Golden Gate. We left our mules and baggage on the rond and had to make a great part of the distance on foot, I can tell you when we got here wo wer more dead than alive, butthe gold fover caught usand we soon revived.” “Of course you would not remain at home during the civil war, Mr. Kelly?” “Well, I did talke a hand in the job. I was back in Texas, in_ Havris county, when it broke out and I assisted to put up and pack the two steamboats that captured the Harriet Lane, with 850 prisoners. That was the last of my ex- ploits on the warpath, and I returned to this, city, where I intend tospend my. remaining dnys.” Mr. Kelly, considering his great age and the hardships incidental toa life such as his is remarkably vigorous. He has never had a day’s sickness, unless from wounds, and s memory is } cellent, His eyesight is somewhat in paived and he has all the pionecors scorn for spectacles. Ho still, how- ever, takes an attractive interest in polities and sets forth his opinions in a manncer that brooks no opposition and with u brogue as rich and rare as ghluugh he had just stepped from Erin’s isle. YU\L WEIGHT PURE Itssuperior oxcellence proven In millions of Bowmes for more than a quarter of & contupy, T¢ | 18 used by the United States rament. ” En dorsed by the heads of tha great naiversities, ay Strongest, Pureot and Most Healthtul. Dr, S the only Baking Powder tunt does not i Lime or Alum. Soid only in woxBAKING PowpEn Co., Chica fo Louls, cans, New York, 'y ' fHE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY DECEMBER ' %, 1887 THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Items of Interest to the Men on the Road. AN OLD 'TIMER IN NEBRASKA, Proctor Knott on the Drummer—A Good Suggestion—He Ranked Him —Small Orders—Omaha's Sun- day Guests—Samples. An OlA Timer. “I made my first trip through Nebraska in said a drummer to a Bee repre- e. “Iwas traveling for a Chicago house and had the whole state for my terri- tory. 1 could cover it easily in those days, t00. The Union Pacific was completed to Cheyenne. Omaha was a rustling young city of 20,000 or 80, Lincoln a promising bantling of 2500 and Hastings unthought of. Pretty nearly the whole South Platte conn- try was a wilderness, too lonesome to howl. 1 suppose I might just as well have owned a dozen or two counties now if I'd had a lick of sense then; but then I would have grown haughty and dyspeptic probably and might not be enjoying life half so well as I am to-day. I remember a year or two after that first trip a friend of mine bought a lot on_upper Far- nam street for 00 and I laughed at him for o sucker, He sold it a while ago for $15,000. I used to drive from Omuha_ to Lincoln by way of Fremont, Wahoo and Ashland. We thought then that if Lincoln got a railroad she mlght make a pretty good town in time, Columbus and Grand Island were struggling illages, Sidney waa a holy terror, though. Tough! well, Ishould It was the out- fitting point for the Black Hills and when a wagon train of those freighters got in from the Hills the way they made things jingle was a caution. Why, even after I had been going there for a number of years, one morn- ing the landlord called me out on the porch before the hotel to show me a couple of fel- lows dungling from a telegraph pole. Saloons and dance houses! The woods were literally full of them. One particularly disreputable one was kept by @ man named Joo Lane, about as impervious a gentleman, I suppose, as was ever turned loose. He'went from Sidney to some placo in Idaho, and after a year of his society the inhabitants passed him over the range with their compliments—that is, they lynched him. Lane ran a saloon and dance house ina build- ing made of rough boards, a story and u half high and about a hundred feet long. The windows up stairs were asingle panc of glass stuck in the wall of the house. That old shanty was the nest of perhaps the most abandoned batch of humanity, malo and fe- male, that ever got together. I was solling cigars and I had made a dozen trips to Sidney before it ever occurred to me to try to sell to Lane, Oneday s customer of mine asked me why I didn’t go down and scll Jo Lane somo goods. I told him the climate was too severe—L was afraid half a dozen or so bullet holes through me might let in too much raw wind. ‘You come over with me,’ he said, ‘and I'll guarantee you will scll himn a good bill of goods. Hardly anybody tries to scil him, and you can get whatever price you are a mind to.) Well, finally I went over and sure cnough I did sell him a big bill. Cigurs that 1 was selling for $35 1 put up at §70and so on. The housoe refused to ship the goods. The prices I had put on staggered them. 1 wrote them that Mr. Lane was sure to skip the country or be iynched some night, and as in either event they would losc whatever he owed them at the time, I had thought best to create a littlo sinking fund as we went along by getting tho price of two bills in every one, They concluded to take the chances and shipped the goods. Isold Lane for a long time after that and the house made a nice thing on his trade, as I always got the same prices. I always managed to go down to his place in the day time, generally in the fore- noon, when things were quiet and the chances for bringing away a whole skin were niuch better than at night when things were in full blast. One day Lane said to me, ‘Charley, ‘why don’t you come down some night to a dance? I tell you we nave — nice times here.’ I told him frankly that I had never been educated up to a proper ap- preciation of the peculiar style of joviality in vogue there; that I was unused to having my attention distracted by being shot at while dancing, and so might not behave in a manner to do credit to him as my host. Lane laid oncarm affectionately over my shoulders, —he was at his low-water mark of insobriety, too—and declared ‘The first cuss who dares 10 annoy you in my house will get his blamed hide so full of lead it won't hold bran.’ I ap- preciated his kindness, but felt obliged to decline the invitation nevertheless.” “But things have changed since. then, the drummer continued reflectively. *‘Soon after the 8. & M. was built and the South Platte country opened up. I worked the B. & M. out to Hastings then. From Hastings 1 would drive to Red Cloud and through the Republican valley. Yes, sir, things are dif- ferent now. Then a man could work up a solid trade. 1'vo had many a customer who would wait a week, maybe, for me, or send his order into the house, rather buy of an- other house. Now a merchant usually buys of the first man that comes along and has ‘what he wants.” Proctor Knott on the Drummer. Hon. Proctor Knott, ex-governor of Ken- tucky, at a reeent gathering of the traveling men at Louisville showed his appreciation of the craft by the following: “But commer- cial tourists, travelers, evangelists or drum- mers—call them what you will—I like the craft. Ihave met them many a time and oft during my wanderings the last twenty years, and have always found them a genial, whole- souled set of fellows,’as well as intelligent, energetic, honorable business men. In fact, I have been with them so much I know them by their backs, Do yousee that fellow curled up on the car-seat there, sound aslecp, un- mindful of the roar of the train, the yell of the brakeman, or the ingress .or egress of the passengers! He's a drummer. He rode forty miles last night through wind and rain @nd mud to make his point, and he made it. That debonnaire young man who is helping that poor, tired-looking lady, with her numberless bundles and her sick baby, he's a drummer, too. And the bright, jovial-faced youngster who is rising to give that vencrable old gentleman his seat, is a drummer also, and 8o are those four fellows at the rear end of the car who are amusing each other aud everybody around them with their flashes of wit and humorous stories. They are all drumm the closest observers and the most ecntertaining narrators of curious and interesting facts in the world. f th ding characteristic: ) r from Sinbad the st prototype of the profession n to my jovial aud esteemed friend, eph. Mulhatjon, who, in that respect at least, is said to be far more gifted than the illustrious father of his country.” An Important Notice. The board National of directors of the Trav- elers Protective association has issued the fol lowing important notice to the members of the organization : At the St. Louis convention resolutions were adopted appointing a committee to for- mulate a plan of accident insurance and pre- sent the same to the national board of di- rectors at their December meeting. Unfor- seen circumstances positively prevented the meeting of this special committee, conse- quently no plan was presented to your board : but in view of the overwhelming vote in its favor at the national convention, and the universal demand from all parts of the country since that meeting, your board has deemed it imperative t take immediate nction. Before a charter can be secured for an ac- cident association under the laws of Illinois, a paid-up capital of 5,000 must be shown, and all its officers must be citizens of the state of Ilinois, Owing to the impossibility of the Travelers Protective association to comply with such requirements under its present organization, board has entered into contract with ain capitalists of the state of Illinois, who will advance the necessary capital to or- ganize an accident association under the Inws of the state of Illinois and in the inter- ests of the Travelers Protective association, At least ene member of your National Bord of Directors shall be elected to the directory of the Insuranco association, and your nall nal secretary to be their secretary. The insurance department will share the offices of the Travelers' Protective ‘associa- tion, and shall pay for the same one-half of the running expenses, including one-half. of the secretary’s salary, clerk hire, rent and all incidental expenses. The general plan of this msurance associa- tion ‘shall be similar to thatof other first-class accident associations, a8 she enclosed appli cation will show, and its benefits the same. All_members ' of the Traveler's Protective association in good standing will receive, upon application, an accident policy for &,000 and §25 weekly indemnity free of admission fee. All members in arrears shall receive a like policy free of admission fee ipon making ap- plication and paying their Travelers' Pro- tective association dues. Any person eligible to membership, and who shall make application and be accepted by the Travelers' Protective association at any future time, shall receive a like policy free of admission fee, ¢ person not a member of the Travelors tive association desiring to take a in the insurance department can do so upon payment of £ admission fee, Your board of directors feel that the interests of the Traveler's Protective asso- ciation are fully protected by contracts en- tered into and on file in this office, and which every member is invited and urged to in- spect, and that they caunot too strongly rec- ommend and demand the cordial support of y member having the good of our asso- at hourt. in good standing are urged to make immediate application for their policy. A tangible_benefit is now offered to every member of this association in good standing; lot those whose dues are still unpaid at once forward the amonnt to the national secrotary and treasurer, and bo in position to_receive this and other jmportant benefits which we have reason to believe will be attained in the near future, A Fool Official. Philadelphia Ledger: The comptroller of the state of Texas must be a_democrat, und, as such, ought to know a little more about the constitution and state rights than to re- sist a decision of the federal courts declaring alaw taxing drummers unconstitutional, He has directed county officials, it is said, to enforce the law until itis repealed by the legislature or “until congress by express en- actment denics the right of the state to im- h taxes.” That is an absurd position 1f congressional action should be founded upon constitutional limitations it would be unnecessary; if not so founded it would be inoperative and of no cffect. The comptroller of Texas had better be guided by the federal court, at least until he has had time to read—say the first chapter in our constitutional histor. Omaha's Sunday Guests. There was a very small representation of the commercial travelers' fraternity at the hotels yesterday, the boys all who could, going to their homes to pass Christmus. “Those, however, who were forced to_put in the day in Omaha were grandly cared for at the hotels, where luxurious meals were served. The arrivals at the Millard wero: Ben Kohn, Newark; G.E. Morrison, Chicago; Fred W. Taylor, Baltimore; Mantz, Chicago; G. L. Coon, Philadelphia; John M. Comstock, Chicago; H. P, Miles, Bostor G. C. Perkins, Boston; H. R. Seymour, Chi- cago; J. J. Luken, Chicago; Walter Collyer, New York; H. Leyser, Milwaukee; Charles Bridge, Albany; A. M. Kellogg, Now York; Ben Einstein, Chicago: Themas W. Johnson, Peoria; W. O. Everott, Milwaukee; Jamos Rafferty, St. Louis; R. C. Glark, New York; J. H. Parsons, Binghamton; F. C. Fisher, Chicago; Andrew Thompson, New York; C. W. Batell, New York; E. P. Estics, New York; A. 8. Trucsdale, Syracuse. The arrivals at tho other hotels were: C. B. Chase, Chicago; C. E. Rood, New Yorl S. H, Kohn, Chicago; J. E. Stewart, Now- ark, N. Y.; 'A. Acherson, Naw York;-J. L. Mandell, St. Louis; A. ¥. Holden, St. Louis; Wm. Dickson, New York; M. Sa- linger, New York; W. B. Wentworth, New York; J. E. Kreybili, Kansas City; J. D. Ripley, Now York; J. S Davison, New York;'S. P. Pollock, Philadelphiai J. T. Wertz, Boston; H. L. Terrill, New Yori G. M.'Scott, Salt Lake; A. Martin, Denver} S. M. Watson, Chicago;, A. Ballenberg, Chicago; W. H. Axtater, Rochester; W. Merrill.' New_York; C. W. Manning, Bos- ton; H. M. VanDuesen, Westfleld; G. H. Harney, DesMoines; W. R. Gilbert, 'Colum- bus; D. Talbut, Camden, Me.;J. W. Grace, Baltimore; T. R.Muaady, New York. A Good Suggestion. To the Editor of the Bex: There is quite alarge number of traveling salesmen who make Omaha their home. It has been esti mated that 300 is not too large a number to mention as living in this city. As yet there i8 no local organization of these salesmen in this city. In other towns of importance traveling salesmen are organizing, and the result is beneficial in more ways than one. During the holidays many of the Omaha representatives will be in the city and I sug- gest that they spend an hour or two of their time in taking steps towards the organization of a local post. A meeting held in the parlors of the Millard some day the coming week might result in a permanent organization of this kind. Iam sure if some one takes the initiative and makes a start he will find hearty co-operation on the part of the sales- men of this city. TRAVELER, He Ranked Him. Detroit Free Press: As a train was ready to leave the Central depot the other day a drummer who occupied two seats, or had pre- pared to, left the car to say good-bye to some one. When he returned he found his luggage on the wood-box and u strange wman in pos- session of the seats. “What does this—this'er—mean?’ he de- manded, as he drew himself up and took in the situation, “Drummer, ain't you?" queried the other. “Yos, sir.” “Drummer on $1,200 a year?” “That's my salary, sir; but what has that got to do with this case?” “A great deal, sir. I'm a lightning rod man on #1,500." And he calmly crossed his fect and un- folded his_ newspaper, while the drummer sighed, gathered up. his things and went into the next car. Small Orders. In October a St. Paul firm who employed a number of traveling salesmen determined to enconomize, and discharged two of their men. One of these was on the road at the time, and the house wired him to bring in his trunks as they had no further use for him after November 1. The salesman responded that his contract expired January 1, and that when dismissed without cause he would in- sist on full pay to that date. In the same communication he reported the collection of several hundred dollars which he would re- mit from a certain paint, When the drum- rarrived at that point Mo found awaiting him a letter from the hot8e reiterating the instructions and thier determination that he should cease operation, in their name. The traveler retained the mouney collected, ro- turned home after finishing lis territory and demanded a just settlement from his house, He was threatcned with arrest and every effart used to get him to yicld. He was ob- durate, however, and the house made settle- ment with him, paying him the full amount demanded. The inaugural meeting of the Kentucky branch of the N, T. P. A w6 held in_Louis- ville, Kentucky, Tuesday, December 20. The affair was an enjoyable one. Five hundred traveling salesmen from all parts of thesouth were present, and 120 new members were received. President O. P. Pindell of the N. P. T. A. delivered an address which is char- acterised by all who listened to it as one of the best ever delivered on a similar occasion. The St. Louis post of the Travellers' Pro- tective association held an adjourned meeting Wednesday afternoon. About forty commer- cial tourists were present. The meeting was held for the purpose of receiving the re) of a committee appointed at the last meeting to obtain the money left over from the en! tainment of the travellers last summer. The committee appointed reported that the mone,z, amounting to $592, had been paid over to them by the entertainment committee. The executive committee stated that they would be ready to veport on the club room in two weeks. " It is said that the room will be cstab- lished in connection with the Western Com- mercial Travellers' ass tion, Remembered at His Wedding. C. W. Wright, the popular d of the Pacific hotel, Grand Island, was married in that city on Christmas eve to Miss Jessie F. Hedges, The traveling men, with whom Mr, Wright is a'great favorite, made the happy couple some very valuable presents, Samples. Mr. H. J. Miner, of this city, has accepted a position as traveling salesman with Vine- yard & Schneider, dealers in wholesale notions and gouts' furnishing goods, and will represent the firm's Interests in Colorado, Mr., Miner is a gentleman of experience, and will doubtless be successful in his new field of action, In the next issue the Bee will resume the publication of biographics of the traveling salesmen of this city and state. Th interesting feature was temjpo suspended on account of the difficult securing the necessary information, dt rasure to the extreme modesty of the the craft. The entire list will receive attention, and in order to be correct and render mistakes impossible it will be well if those interested will send to this de- partment at their earliest convenience the data for these sketches. Among the gentlemanly knights of the rrip who have journeyed from this city none have been more successful than L. P., C. W. and W. D. Pruyn. For the past four or five years these energetic commercial tourists have carried the banner of the Mound City Paint and Color company into every city and hamlet from the Mississippi to the Rocky mountains. And it 1s safe 1o say that where the Pruyn Bros, could mot place an order none other need apply. Two of the brothers L. P. and C. W., have gi are now engaged in occu- pations in which _thelr _ usual suc- cess attends them. Mr. W. D. Pruyn, the youngest brother, is now the only one upon the commercial highway. W.D. is a bright young man and holds up the high reputation of the brothers, RCOring & NOW success on sach recurring trip, Mr. Pruyn's territory is Nebraska, Colorado and southern Dakota. A MODERN ENOCH ARDEN. An Avsent Husband's Return and Mis Startling Discovery. A special dispatch to the St. Louie Globe-Democrat from Philadelphia says: Anthony Schuyler, of the Arlington hotel, sat in the snug little parlor of his hosterly this afternoon and told an och ‘Arden storv, in which three of his neighbors were the principal char- acters. Arlington is a little village over in Jersey on the Morris & Kssex railrond, Landlord Schuyler’s story dealt with the adventures of Thomas Harkins, who formerly occupied a farm on the back roads, about half way be- tween Arlington and Caristadt. The farm was used for dairy purposes. His houschold consisted of his wife and his hired man, James Callen. One day in the early part of last spring, Harkins came home from New York and his wife called his attention to the fact that the water was beginning to risoe on the meadow. Having some grass stacked at a point near the edge of the river, he concluded to go out and see if he could sccure it in case of a flood. He rot into & boat some distance below his destination and rowed up the river. He did not return that m‘fM. ‘When morning came and the day wore on, and still no tidings of him reached his wife, sho became greatiy alarmed. During the night the water in the river had risen rapidly. and the mead- ows were covered with several feet of water. In the afterncon a thorough search was made along the river by several of the neigh- bors in boats. The search was kept up with vigor until a late hour in the aftzrnoon, twhen one of the sobarchers came across a boat wedged be- tween the piles of he bridge of tho GmenwomFLuke rond that crosses the Hackensack. On examining the boat it was found to contain Harkins' coat, This discovery confirmed the fears of the searchers that the occupant of the boat had beendrowned. The search for Harkins’ body was kept up for some time without avail, Meanwnile Callen took charge of the dairy and ran the farm as usual. He had known Mrs. Harkins in Ireland befors she married Harkin Six weeks ago the supposed widow be- came Mrs. Callen, and about two weeks after the marriage Callen was taken sick with pneumania. Two weeks ago, about 11 o'clock at at night, a knock came to the door of Callan’s house. The man, who had par- tially recovered from his illness, went down. When he opened the door he saw Harkins upon the swo[:. The sight was too much for the weak state of the invalid and his superstitious mind, and Callan fell in the hall in a faint. This brought Mrs. Cullen down stairs, and when her eyes rested upon the visitor she uttered a piercing scream and also dropped upon the stairs in a swoon. It was a long time before the man and woman regained consciodsness. ‘When the pair had recovered them- selves Harkins was informed of the con- dition of affairs amid the tears of his former wife, who believed him dead. Yor a time Harkins was dazed at the information and remained speechless. He could scarcely believe that his wife had forgotten him so soon. After hear- ing the story, and assuring himself that he was not dreaming, he turned ab- ruptly around and walked away from the house, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Callen in a state of intense bewilderment. ‘‘Harkins came to my house,” said Mr, Schuyler, ‘“‘a week ago last Friday, and for two days remained in his room, hav- ing his meals sent tohim. On the third day he sent for me, and I went up to see him. He then gave me the above facts and related to me a remarkable story of himself. It appears that, as was at first supposed, on the day that he had dis- appeared, Harkins was caught in the strong current and after endeavoring in vain to get his boat toward land was swept on down the river. . By the time he reached the bridge it was dark. Suddenly he received a severe shock fromstriking the bridge, and from that time had no recollection of what had transpired until he found himself wandering about the streets of Pitts- burg. All was blank to him. He had not the slightest idea of how long he had been away from home or how he had reached Pittsburg. He was suffering from a stinging pain in the head, When he had fully recovered himself, his first thought was of returning home He re- membered that he had friends in pitts- burg, and at once began to hunt them up. He was successful in finding them, and soon had the means with which to return home, which he did at once, after being seven months away. ““His discover ing home, he said, almost unnerved him, and he was at a loss what to do under the circum- His wife’s apparent forgetful- ness had been a great shock to him, and he intended 1o go away and leave hor unmolested, Harkins askedme to go to the house that evening to get some \m pers and other articles for him, When I reached his former home I found that Callen had died the night before. The exposure and shock had been too much for his weakened condi- tion. He was buried on the following day. On day evening Harkins sent me for his former wife. I re- turned with her and ushered her into Harkins’ room. They had a long inter- view with each other. What l\"“ d between them of course T do not know. On Saturday morning Harking went to Newark, and when he came back he told me that he had placed the sale of the stock on his place in the hands of yer, and that it would vemain in charge of the new hired may until sold. He also stated that he had condoned his wife's fickleness, and that they would | both goto live on a small farm that he owned 1 Sullivan county, New York, They both left here for their new hame on Sunday morning. Harkina, how- ever, expects to.return in a short time to wind up his affairs.” ‘What Busted his Trade. Thero never was a madder man in seven states than was old Jako Kaiser the other day. Jake Kaiser is a wholesale dealer in cigars and manufacturer of what he called a superior brand. He had just consummated a trade in which 10,000 cigars were involved, and the money was about to be paid when he heard a familiar voice on the outside. Juke and his customer procecded to the door of the factory and the follow- ing conversation ensned: I say, Juke, here vas der cabbages, Dem leaves vas more biggor asder same size dot you hafe for tree mouthsalveady et Old Kaiser was gesticulating wildly trying to got the cabbage dealer to stop, but the latter continued: ““Holy Moses, Jake, look mit on dot bunches o shplainded goo! Faka grow red and hissteoth fately ground each other, but the ¢. d. would not understand that he was Kkilling trade. your eye leaves; it vill shmoke st took you puid_der though dhey tollars.” The customer now began to suspect something, and turning to Jake said he would call again in the morning. 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