Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1888, Page 4

OMAHA DAILY BE.(: MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1888. “—_———————M THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, i) TERME OF 8UBSCRIPTION, Dadly Mornty TER, One Yo x Months. For Three M The Omahn & dress, One bl 10%, ROOM 65, TRIBG 1N GTON OFrick, N TRENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE, All_communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR OF THE ITEE. BUSINESS LETTERS, ¥ BUILD- 513 Foun- x PU Drafis, checks and e mide payable to the order of the 06 Bes Publishing Company, Proprietors, E. ROSEWATER, EpITor. " THE DAILY BE Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btato of Nebraskn, [ piias, {88 k, seoretary of The Tee Pub- mpany, does nolpmnl{ swear that the the Daily Bee for the week B0, 1587, wis us follows: e, X weee 1 15,630 15,010 Sworn t 24 day of State of Nebraskn, &5 County of Douglass, %8 Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, says that he I secretary of Th i company, that the actual aver y circulation of the Daily Bee for the mon of Junuary, 18 for February. 1847, 117 1847, 14,147 coplos; f W for August, 1857, 14, 44T, 14, fo GEQ. B, TZSCHUCK. fworn and subscribed to i my presence’ Uils 24 day of January, A. D. 188, N. P. FEIL, Notary ¥ LAMAR'S age is evidently d go “ringing down the grooves of time” in company with the query as to who struck y Patterson and other un- solved problems of existence. Tk plumbing inspector has been in- structed by the board of health to care- fully inspect all the plumbing in the city. Was it necessary to instruct him to do what he is hired and paid to do? ITALY proposes to order steel plates for its war vessels from an American firm. Now letus return the compliment and order some war ships from Italy that will not sink at the sightof an oyster drag. BOMETIME in the dim and distant fu- ture a speaker of the house may arise whose chairmanship appointments will please everybody But we' will have bad many millions of years of experi- ence as angels by that time, — 81, JouN declares toba to be a vile weed; the Massachusotts courts pro- nounce it a drug; Mr. Blaine refers to it as & necessity aud smokers say it is mostly cabbage. Tobuceo is rapidly Dbecoming an economic enigma. KANSAS CITY claims to have an actual property valuation of 200,000,000, Its assessed valuation last year was 875,000, 000. At that ratio Omaha should have an assessed valuation of about $40,000,- 000. If the assessed valuation isdoubled the levy can be reduced to eleven mills., THE ‘‘golden goose,” hithorto re- garded as a myth, has materialized into reality in Minnesota. A citizen of that state living near Lanesboro last week killed several of his lock and found gold in the crop of each. It is supposed the geese picked up the precious metal in the creek near by, and gold fever has become epidemic in the vicinity. Mavor Hewirr, ot New York, who is troubled with chronic slecplessness and therefore inclined to be irritable, spoke rather testily about organized labor at a dinner given by the board of trade and transportation recently. His remarks were not allowed to pass un- challenged, and he has confessed in a couple of letters that he did not mean what he said. He goes so far in his re- traction as to say that labor unions are very good in their way, and even ree- ommends ‘‘resistance on the part of workmen through union, and if neces- sary, through the aid of other unions of workmen.” A politician who can’t sleep well should weigh his words care- fully. Too many retractions may be the death of him, politically speaking. THE remarkable easy escape of Harry Hall, a life prisoner, from the Nebraska penitentiary, is a matter that should be thoroughly investigated. He had com- mitted two murders. Yet he was made a “trusty” soon after his inecarceration in prison. Every effort had been made by his father, & prominent and wealthy citizen of St. Joseph, Mo., to secure his pardon, but without success. A few days before young Hall's escape his father visited the penitentiary. The question now is how did the prisoner guin his liberty? Was it through pure negligence on the part of the authori- r was there some boodle in the Certain it is that Hall simply walked out of the prison. His depart- ure was not made known until he had got half an hour’s start. No trace of him has yet been discovered. The whole affair is, to say the least, very suspicious. — Two nights ago, when the wires were sadly out of gear and specials to the Omaha papers were belated, the Her ald’s grapevine brought the news that Congressman McShane had been made ohairman of the committee on public buildings. Taking it Tor granted that this gratifying piece of news had been wired to Mr. McShane’s paper ahead of all rivals,the BEE congratulated Omaha on having a representative placed ina position where he could promote the new public building project most suc cessfully, It now turns out that Mr. MeShane is not chairman of the com- mittee, although he is one of its mem- bers. The next time the Herald manu- factures Washington dispatches in the home office it should be careful not to allow its inventive geniusto venture too far into the field of tiction. We do like enterprise, but when the wires aredown it is safer to use the shears on late Chi- mgo papers. ‘Where Do They Stand? ‘What position does Nebraska's deloga- tion in congress provose to assume on the paramount issue of tariff reform? This is a question which the eitizeus of a great agricultural state are putting to themselves, and to which they are awaiting a reply. Every farmer who has studied the issue and has settled with himself that his unprotected corn and wheat are raisod at an annual cost greater by many dollars than need be except for the iniquities of the tariff, is anxiously ex- pecting relief from the present session of congress. He knows enough to kg that from the clothing which he wears, the lumber which makes his home, his barn and fences, the commonest utensils of every-day use in his home and the implements of his farm-—everything which enters into the cost of production—isaffected by the tarifl and enhanced in price by its oper- ations. He finds the price of his pro- duce regulated by the Liverpool market and the price of every other commodity which he uses regulated by the tariff tax which he, in common with 60,000,000 other American citizens, is forced to He finds his farm and those of his neighbors plastered over with mort- gages held by eastern protected manu- facturers, and looks in vain for tho money of western farmers invested in eastern notes, He protests against tho exorbitant freight rates charged to carry his produce to the seabontls and is confronted with the argument that a tariff tax of $17 a ton has made the laying of steel rails and rmlroading upon them in 1887 cost $13,000,000 more than if they were as free from protection as the farmers’ wheat. Inshort he discovers that the war tax iniquity, maintained not to pro- tect American industry but to compel oxorbitant profits for the benefits of American capitalists, is a double-edged sword, increasing the cost of production and decreasing the price of the farmers’ products. Nebraska is overwhelmingly in favor of o radical reduction of the tariff, ad- justed to the revenue necessities of the government. It would sohave declared in its last republican convention had not the unanimous report - of its committee on resolutions been met by the combined antagonism of divergent interests on bohalf of other disturbing problems. The hard working farmors and tradesmen and clerks and profes- sional men of this great commonwealth represent ninety-nine one hundreths of its population. The industries presum- ably affected by the tariff tax are too in- significant to weigh in the scale as against the vastly proponderating in- fluence of those who derive little or no benefit from the war tariff. Does Nebraska's delegation in con- gress propose to voice the wishes of tho state which they were elected to repre- sent? Will Senators Manderson and Paddock, and Represcatatives Laird and Dorsey and McShane be found fighting lustily and earnestly for an honest revision of the tariff? Cheap whisky and tobacco will not meet the issue. Revenue reduction without a tux reduction which shall decrease the cost of living and place the eastern cap- italist on an equal footing with the western farmer in the struggle for life will not be accepted in Nebraska as a solution of the problem. Where does Nebraska'’s delegation stand? Republican Disaffection. This is a most inauspicious time for re- publicans to quarrel among themselves. The contest which is to determine whether the democratic party is to re- main in possession of the executive branch of the government or be dis- placed will be no holiday affair. The well-entrenched democracy will spare no effort to repeat the victory of 1854, and every reasouable man will admit that itis at least as well-equipped for achieving success this year as it was then. Granting that the party has lost in character during the nearly three years of its administration of the gov- ernment, by reason of its failure to ful- fil the pledges it made to the people, it has on the other hand acquired the vast power that inheres in the control of the offices, and no sensible man will doubt that this power will be employed for all it is worth. Civil service rules and execu- tive orders will not be thought of in the heat of battle. Every democrat in office will be found in the thick of the fight, and promises of reward, with the means at hand to repay service if victory is won, will rally the party as one man in support of the effort to hold its grasp on power. Against this puissant army, harmonized by the possession and the hope of spoils, the republican party must array itself in an unbroken line or fight a hopeless contest. Disaffection in its ranks, however trifling, will be dangerous. It will be necessary that every republican shall be at his post in - the final on- set, that harmony shall prevail all along the line, and that unity of sentiment and purpose shall actuate the entire force. Otherwise victory will be impossible, and defeat may be 8o over- whelming as to amount to disaster. Having this necessity in view, the disaffection that has appeared among republicans in New York and Ohio, growing out of the organization of branches of the legislatures in those states, cannot be regarded without some concern by all who hope for re- publican success next November. In New York a combination against Gon- eral Husted, who was a candidate for re-election as spenker of the house, de- feated Him, and elevated to that posi- tion Fremont Cole. It is difficult to determine, from the contradictory views of the New York newspapers, whether this action was the vesult of a desire on the part of a majority of the republican members of the house to reform the party methods, or wus di- rected by the machine interest thut is understood to be largely eared for by Mr. Tom Platt, of ‘““me too” fame. But in any event the defeated candidate, an adroit and aggressive politician, with a considerable following, is in openly pro- claimed hostility to the successful ele- ment and threatens to sooner or later square aceounts with the men he nolds vespeusible for his defoat. Here, then, is a’breach in the most important sec- tion of the republican- forces, and it is quite as likely to widen as to close. Its immediate effect is to strengthen the confidence of the democracy and to more firmly unite them. With republicans quarreling in the very citadel on whose ground all admit the battle of 1888 will be decided, why should not democrats and their allios feel more hopeful and eling more closely together? Tn Ohio anumber of republican senators, dissatisfied with the action of the cau- cus, bolted and gave theie support to the democratie candidate. The name of Senator Sherman has been mixed up unfavorably with this extraordinary proceeding, of course unjustly. But a schism has been created, and as tho bolters are being mercilessly lashed by most of the republican papors of the state, they may be expected to seek some way of revenge. Ohio may be re- garded as safely republican, and yet the party in that state can hardly fail to be weakenod by this occurrence, which very likely might have been prevented by the exercise of a little wisdom and the spirit of compromise. Inconsequentinl as these circum- stances might be under ordinary condi- tions, they assume a serioussignificance on the eve of a contest in which the party affected by them cannot afford any weakening of its forcesor any diver- sion of its support. Republicans ought to clearly see that the success of their purty this year is possible only through keeping its forces intact, avoiding dis- sension within its ranks, and by cou ageously going forward on the lines its pledges to the country, commending itsolf to the support of those whoso purty affiliations are not yetestablished. ’ allinnce of Nebraska, at its recent session in Columbus, adopted a resolution urging the election to pub- lic offices of men who are in favor of radical reform in our financial system and our incorporated industrial organ- izations. The alliance was wisely pru- dent in the expression of its views, not wishing to say anything that could be given a political construction, but there is no difficulty in determining from what it did say the prevailing sentiment among the farmers of Nebraska rogard- ing tho leading issue of the time. These men, a large majority of them repub- licans, want relief from the exactions of the high tariff. They have an entirely intelligent idea of the situation, and they know full well that tho presgnt tavif works an injustico to them. They are not hostile to Amer- ican industries, but on the contrary de- sire that they shall bo proserved, fos- tered and increased. They are not unfriendly to labor, being themselves among the hardest of laborers, but on tho other hand are in full sympathy with tho interests and welfare of all workingmen. They have learned, how- ever, as the result mainly of a patient experience, that the present high tariff brings them no advantage, but is in- stead a heavy burden steadily growing more oppressive; that it is not neces- sary to the preservation of any industry, and that the claim of its being an ad- vantage to labor is not sustained by the facts. Nebraska’s representatives in congress will do well to consider the mild yet still significant expression of Nebraska's farmers, THERE is a very 'm contest among aspiring republicans in the Eleventh congressional district of Michigan for the seat made vacant by the death of Congressman Moffatt. There are at least half a dozen gentlemen who have proclaimed their willingness to repre- sent the district, among them Mr. Jay Hubbell, notorious in connection with political contributions, and who for- merly represented this district in con- gress. Tt is not believed, however, that the republicans will take the great risk of defeat by nominating Hubbell, par- ticularly as they have other much su- perior material, It is a republican dis- trict, but if there should be a hot war among candidates in the convention and consequent factional antagonisms cre- ated, the election of a democrat would not be improbable. The chief significance of such a result would be that it would render the delegation of Michigan in the house a tie politically, 80 that if the next presidential election should be thrown into the house that state would not vote. Further thau this it would tie the states in the house. There is extremely little probability of the election of the next president de- volving upon the house, but it is possi- ble, and therefore gives a certain inter- est to speculation regarding the out- com of this congressional contest. — It might ve supposed that self-inter- est would impel the managers of Towa railronds to provide sufficient rolling stock to meet the demand, but for several months the supply of cars on these lines has beén inadequate, and no effort, or very little, has been made to furnish the transportation required. This state of affairs is proving a very serious matter to the farmers of north- western lowa. One of the chief articles they ship is baled hay, and it is said the farmers do not get half the number of cars they need for shipping. Thousands ot dollars of mortgages are just due in this part of Towa and they are atthe mergy of the collectors and attorneys. It ections are enforced it will ereate a panic, as the farmers have, as a rule, received credit during the season and perhaps borrowed money to get along with, with the expectation of a market for the hay and chances for shipment. The farmers are of course helpless so long as the railroads choose to adhere to their ‘damaging and outrageous policy, but the people who suffer from this cruel indifference to their welfare should not forget itand await, with what patience they can, for their oppor- tunity to get some form of redress for the abuse and loss they are now sub- jected to. — TuEe farmers of the entire country will be interested in a decision just rendered by Judge Shiras, of the Towa supreme court, which will probably terminute the existence of the barb wire fenee monopoly. A suit was brought by the Washburn-Moen company against a manufacturing concern at Waterloo, lowa, for infringement, In the trial it was ghown that the important foaturos ! of the barb wire fence have for years | been public property. It was proved that the oviginal inventor was one Al- vin Morley, aw eceentric genius who ended his days -4n an insano asylum. | Ho exhibited a scction of barb wire fence as early as 1859 at a country fair held at Delhi, Delaware county, and witnesses wore produced who were fully cognizant of this vircumstance, ono of | them, n blucksmith, who made the tools | with which Morley twisted the wire about the barhs, The question as to | priority of invention and abandonment to the public was conclusive, and the de- cision of Judge Shiras in effect declared the barb wire-fence monopoly to be o hollow shell, without a single right to exact the tribute it has been taking from the farmers of the country. Of course the monopoly will carry the caso to the supremo court of the United States, but with the insurmountable ovidence against its claim it can hope for nothing at the hands of that tribu- nal. < STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Norfolk has celebrated and dedicatod her street railway. There are 4,426 head of cattle fatten- ing in Nance county. The Blair state bank, capital $100,000, has been incorporated. Omaha takes care of the pork of tho stato while Lincoln takes care of the pen. Nebraska City’s street railway threat- ens to bloom in the spring. Allion has clinched a bargain seyenty-five barrel tlour mill. The fire-scourged court hoase at Pre- mont is to be put_lied up and puintod. The York county court house, a sple; did building, costing $75,000, will be ready for occupancy next month. The postoflice authorities have de- cidod to put mail cars on the Hastings branch of the Elkhorn Valley voad. Red Ouk and adjoining townships in Towa offer $75,000 in bonds and right of way to tho proposed Lincoln, Red Oak & Des Moines road. The total enrollment of Wahoo schools is 538, Seven of them were brought up with the gad last term, but the teachers were not arded with a raiscof salary Nebraskans can afford to keep moder- ately cool and send a chinook of checr to the frigid regions of Montana, where spirit thermometers record 52 degroes below zero. The Plattsmouth street car has suspended. An unexpected assessment on lm':\l stockholders for fodder for the mule broke their hearts and the motive power The Crete Globe rejoices ‘‘as a Ne- braska paper, in' the growth and im- provements which Omaha is making. We propose to do our hurrahing for Omaha aL every opportunity.” Dakota county Ejjorts two troasurers, Straws failed to work there, Wilkeson holds the fort and.*Danecy is knocking for admission. A-season of warm li antion will set in immediately. The ghosts of Wyhka's empty treasu for a shattered 1 cuss and d cuss, and lie with'less grace than the oc- cupants of the disputed grounds. The McCook ‘Tribunc has discovered that this is truly Y'nn age of trusts and combinations and monopolies and of whatsoever maketh the heart of the poor sad and his pocket book lean and ompty.” The West Point Progross continues to bank on the Omaha & kton road and stirsthe moss on the back of the metropo- Jis by showing that Chicago and St. Paul are waxing fat on fodder that rightfully belongs to her. Colonel Will Visscher gave the peo- ple of Fulls City his sixty minute war experience Saturday night. The dash- ing colonel omitted his thrilling raid on the cross-roads of 1llinois with a quar- tette of beer-skinned coons. The mail carrier system has been in operation in Beatrice for three months and has proven a great convenience to the public. The number of pieces of mail delivered in that time was 38,42 and 12,405 pieces were collected. Among the notable socicty events in Nemaha county this year was cement- ing., matrimonially, of Mr. Isuac L. Plaster and The union of doubtless prove a last rrangement. Buttsfield, the Palmyra poisoner, cele- brated his ho moon_by dosing his father and moti and planting them on the hillsid His nervous e in relieving his wife of legalized parents entitles him to the pomp and ceremony of Hoffman's rope walk. An enterprising Omaha undertaker and “‘funeral director” advises the people of Sarpy county to prepare for the inevitable, and to call on him “when in need of a coffin or shroud.” A procession of customers in “need” of such garments would swell with joy tho bosom of a cemetery. The Schuyler Sun has trained its brightest beams on a group of forty lonesome bachelors, for the convenience and comfort of leuv girls. The meek and melancholy, the defiant and indifferent stand in a row, ready for the sacrifice. It is hoped the ladies will be moderate and merciful. Mr. M. A. Daugherty, a_well known Cretan and retired journalist, collide unexpectedly and feelingly with an icy sidewalk, and came out of the ruins with a broken ankle. The injury is painful and will keep Matt housed for some week It will also enable him to clip and cash his coupons, a duty much neglected of late. The retived statesmen of Gage county are killing time and’a limited mumber of constituents with ’poetry. The pas- sionate verses of Brigadier Colby have called from Major Griggs a tu N of metrical soup labelled A Thirty Years’ Dream.” The feeling is wide spread that the major when thoroughly awake will unhorse the brigadier. The Plattsmouth’ Journal condenses a volume of experience and information n the following: **For the other half of a courting match there is nothing like a widow. There’s as much differ- ence between courting a damsel and an attractive widow as there is in cipher- ing in addition and double rule of three. Courting a girl is like eating fruit—all very nice as far as it extends: but doing the agreeable to a blue-eyed bereaved comes under the head of preserves— vich, pungent, syrupy. For delicious courting, we repeat, give us a live wid- der. Tho North Bend_ Flail comes down heavily on all grades of cattle herded in Fremont, frequently from n i but generally from force of habit. Flail analyzes the annual statement of the Fremont cremery and, proves that the concern is stealing not only the sub- stance but the hides of the cowsof Dodge county. The creamery produced last year 491,696 pounds of butter, valued at 8147,508, 'The total expenses were 857,000, leaving a net profit of 60,510, or over 40 per cent on the money in- vested. The fight is a fumily affair and the figures are given to show the morits of the combutants, 1o e Sioux City has roceived surances of a §100,000, A farmer near Cherokee has lost £2,000 worth of hogs within three weeks from some unknown disease. In thefr search for gamblers Atlantio policemen find prominent business men engaged in the labyrinthian mysteries of faro and poker. Judge Connor issued thirty-one in- junctions and revoked four permits in Carroll county at the recent term of court in that county. The gentlemen of Atlantic honored the advent of leap year ing open house und giving the ladies the privilege of eadling. The invitation was generally accopted. A bill for a wagon bridge over the Mississippi at Burlington hus boen in- trduced in the senate by Senator Wil- son, und a similar bill will be offered in the house by Governor Gear. At Dubuque during the month of De- coember the sales of stamps and stampod envelopes were the largest of any one month in the history of the postoffice, showing a business at the rate of $50,000 to 860,000 per year. Commissioner Coffin has gone to Chicago to see if the railroad companies cunnot produce cars as they are neceded for shipment of grain from northwest- orn lowa. Other parts of the state are not so bad off for cars, as there is less surplus grain to ship. Dakota. The first stage conch reached Dead- wood Septomber 5, 1876; previous tothat time private parties delivered letters nt 10, 25 and 50 cents each. Dakota has already shipped 25,000~ 000 bushels of wheat, Conl and tin are what Rapid City peo- ple mostly talk about. The Watertown Courier, with much enthusiasm, says: ““Dakotawill soon be able to supply her own markets with coul, and then wo ocan snap our fingers in the faces of the extortionate coal burons of the enst.” The Sioux Falls druggists have pub- lished a notice declaring that they will not sell intoxicating liquors of any kind except upon the written prescription of a physician, and agroe mutuul‘y with cach other that any one who shall vio- late the agreement shall be prosecuted by the others. S A MINING CAMP PREACHER. Thrilling Experience in the Career of Rev. Thomas Uzzell. Denver Correspondent New York World: The best-known mining-camp preacher in Colorado is Rev. Thomas A, Uzzel. He was pustor of the Methodist church at Leadville during the great carhonate excitement, and has expeori- enced ‘more of the wild and rugged scenes of life than probably any preacher in the United States. He was born at Lebanon, I1!., in 1848, and was a wild, recklessyouth. He was a great dancer, horse racer, and when atfending camp meetings would fill his pockets with corn and peas to throw at the worshippers. At the age of twenty- one he changed his manner of life, but could neither read nor write, and his only earthly possessions were a span of mules. In 1 he was graduated from Asbury university, Indiana. The first four years at college he sawed wood for his board and the last two years he made his expenses by using a razor. as he was later in preaching and handling the He was rdiined by Bishop Simpson in 1876,and sent to Fairplay, Col.,in the fall of 1877. he went to Leadville, that mining camp then having about 500 inhabitants, and was just beginning that wonderful ex- citement that attracted the attention of the whole world. The rush was just be- ginning and the young parson that first night in Leadville slept in a dry goods box. s The next morning he started out among the saloons and gambling dens, inviting the inmates to church. They were polite, but laughed at the idea of going to church, They invited him to take n hand at poler or try a deal at faro, and some wanted him to be social and take a drin But there was a erowded audience in the little impro- »d cabin church that night, the ceil- ing of which was only six feet high. In speaking of the event Mr. Uzzoll snid to the writer. oy seat was taken. The rear of the cabin,the aisles upto where I stood were filled, and when the hat was passed for the collec- tion it was shoved through a rude win- dow to the large crowd on the outside to give them an np{mr!unily to put in something. There had been preaching in California Guleh, but this was scrmon _in Leadville after it scame known by that name. Men were standing up within two feet of me; and right in_front, where I could lay my hands on them, stood two burly Irishmen smoking their pipes. I made some reference to Mr. Beecher's theology, whereupon one of the Irish- men, nudging his friend and pufling at at his pipe. said: *Hist, Pat, he boafter yer moin,’ for it would seem that Pat was an admirver of Mr. Beecher. [ quieted them down, and again touching on the same topic, the ishman again nudged his friend, saying: ‘Eh, Pat, look out, the parson is after yer moin agin.’ The next day Mr. Uz among the miners to build a church and met with a liberal response, but he wanted more and again started for the gambling dives. Saloon men, gamblers, sporting women—all gave something. In one saloon the proprietor said that he would not give any money but would donate a ten gal- lon keg of fine whisky, the proceeds of which could go to the proposed new 1, and seemed a_little chagrined Tr. Uzzell womd not accept the gift. But quitea collection was realized in this saloon,whercupon one of the num- ber, who was about half drunk, invited Mr.Uzzell to take a drink. Mr, Uzzell re- fused, the gnmbler became offended and said, **We have done the fair thing by the parson, and now he must drink with " The gambler then threatened to and just as Mr, Uzzell was in the act of pulling off his coat to defend him- self the bartender leaped over the bar and swore that, if necessary, he would take & hand in the affair himself, for *‘if Mr. Uzzell didn’t want to drink he needn’t,” and quiet was again_restored. *One of the most notorious dance-hall men,” said Mr. Uzzell, *“‘was shot in 1875 and I was ealled to attend the fune- I was afraid that I had not preached \in enough to the people of this class ;.:Lhu-m. although I had always tried to do my duty as a Christian minister, and on this occasion [ preached the Gospel square at them. As was customary on occasions all the gambling-houses ere ¢ 1, and there were about one hundred and fifty of the sporting ele- ment at the funeral. At the close of the sermon [expected to havealittle trouble, for I laid down the Gospel pretty hard on them. But imagine my surprise when the partner of the dead man came up, in the presence of them all, and with tears flowing down his face said, *Well, Tom. you gave us h—1, but 1 guess we needed it. He n-dollar bill.> " During the sune year,while attending positive as- union depot to cost toughs in the mining camps. 0 ell went again se money to a funeral on Fryer hill, whisky was sorved quite freely, and s the crowd was beginning w{ 1 quite jolly and be- came boisterous, Mr. Uzzell's sermon was cut short by having to interfere and aid in quelling a general fight which was taking place. Mr. Uazell hu(lg many amusing inei- dents marrying r»..,m-. and as the mar- ringe laws were loose, but little was re- quired in the way of questions to make everything satisfactory. One day a Ge man with rather a good-looking middle- woman leaning on his arm, eutered the preacher’s study. “I have just boen let out of jail,” said the man, “and borrowed a saw and buck and went in search of work. When 1 asked this woman here by my side for a Job she said she had no money to hire a man, being a poor widow woman, 1 told her I would saw the wood and take her for pay, and sho said ‘all right,! and here we are now to get married. but T haint no money,parson, to pay tho bill.” Mr. Uzzell married the couple and puid the recorder’s fee out of his own pocket. On another oceasion & gambler and sport named Charley Smith, and a_fur- tune-teller known as Mme. La Prue, whe had made quite afortunein thatline of business, entered his study to have the marriage ceremony performed. After the usual questions “had been sat- isfactorily answered he requested them to stand,and then turning to the woman he said: ““Wilt thou have this man to be thy lawful and wedded husband, and wilt thou love, honor and keep him”— “Hold on, parson,” exclaimed the womun, “I'll be derned if I'll keep any man.” Mr. Uzzell then explained to her that it meant that she should love her hus- band, take care of him in sickness and gave n goneral explanation of the mar- ringe vows. But she was obdurate and refused to be married unless the core- mony was performed after her own wishos, \\'Morl Mr. Uzzell refused to do. “Parson, you have lostjust 850 by not marrying me the way I wunted,” ex- claimed the woman as she ordered her curringe and drove away. Tho man was worried, but the woman was not. In 1879 Mr. Uzzell was visitoed by Rev. Dr. Warren, now Bishop Warren, of the Meothodist Episcopal church, and Chaplain McCabe. Oue evening there was a quick, sharp rap at the door, and u moment later a rough-looking fellow entered. “Parson,” said the stranger, “I've come to ax you ter murry ono of the boys way down thar in a tent.” Bishop Warren and Chaplain McCabe asked to accompany, a8 d.uy desired to sce a mining camp wedding, and their request was granted. They started out for the_tent, the stranger leading the way. When about fifty feet from the house the venecrable mother of the mountain preacher came to the door and shouted out: “Oh, Tom! You forgot your revolver.” Mr. Uzzoll, thinking nothing strange of the occurrence, returned to his house for the weapon, and a mément later re- joined his reverend friends from the cast. They were both amased at what they had seen and heard, and one of them exclaimed: “Why, brother Uzzell,do missionaries carry pistols in Leadvillo?” “Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Uzzell. “When I go out after dark I carry a re- volver in one Pockot and a prayer book in the other.” e was a great deal of trouble in rly days at Leadville over lot jumping. Mpr. Uzzell had obtained four lots for a Methodist, church. and threo of them were still vacant. These lots were jumped, and Mr. Uzzell later found the jumper unloading logs on them to build a cabin, The preacher ordered the jumper to remove the logs, but the latter swore he would not, and Mr. Uzzell, pulling off his coat, pre- pared to defend his church property, nd, squaring himself in the attitude af John L. Sullivan, said to the jumper, ;«vho was just beginning to unload more ogs: ‘If you get off that wagon I will thrash you.” *Parson, you wouldn’t fight, would you?” replied the jumper. “I don’t want to fight, but if you put another log on thislot I will thrash you, or you will me.” “Well, what do you want done?” “Drive away with the load of logs you now have and then haul off the others already on the lot.” The lot jumper complied with the ro- . for a parson with his coat off aitening a fight was something he had not counted on. “Did you have any fights in Lead- No,” replied Mr, Uzzell, “1 always bluffed them out and don’t know what [ should have done if some fellow had taken me up. But my experience with the lot jumper was & great help to me, as it gave all the impression that I would not allow anyone to impose upon me or the church. This reputation cn- abled me to keep good order in the church. Some times a tough fellow would start a row in the rear of the church and T would request the boys to put him out, and always found enough to stand by me. And while they were doing this T would have the congrega- tion sing ‘A charge to keep I have'or something like that until quiet was stored.” *Did you ever see any lynchings?” **Yes, the hanging of I'rodsham, the lot jumper, and Stuart,the foot-pad,who were strung up by the vigilantes. A member of the church came to me dur- ing the afternoon and seriously asked me if I thought it was wrong to engage in a lynching bee, stating the case. The camp was very wild then and lawlessness was getting the upper handand I told him that under the circumstances a lynch- ing might be productive of much good, but it was a strange question for a man to ask a minister. He went away and about 2 o’clock that night T received a message saying ‘come on, parson, if you want to see the fun, for it will soon be- oin.’ 1 hastened over and arrived just s they were steinging up Frodsham and Stuart.” “Many amusing things occurred in my Leadville study,” continued Mr. Uzzell. T was always there Monday mornings to meet people who called. One Monday morning 1 saw a man mak- ing straight for my door. He was in grout hurry. I thought to myself, *Well, there is a fellow T hit in my sermon last night. He is probably from an eastern home,became h)hwlpuh-d and now wishes to reform.” With these thoughts in my mind, T turned to my bible to haye i text ready for him. "He bolted right into the study room, crying as though bis heart would break. — I began to talk to him, giving him christian advice, when he broke in saying, ‘Et’s not that, parson, that I want. A run off with my girl and can’t you help me get her back? Ef T catch that — — ——1 will kill him. I loved that girl back in Ohio.followed her out here, Causing my people to cut me off, and now to think that some — — — — — has run off with her, Yes, I will kill him if 1 find him.” T found that texts of Scripture did him no i,mn(i owing tohis violent condition, and further told him it 1 could not assist himin finding his y fellow was mad and broken- — == = — has What were some of your most inter- ssting servicos?” ‘[ used to preach to the men at the Moose Mine on top of Mount Lincoln, far ubove the timber line. More atten- tive audioncos T nover had than those miners, and the collections takeu up would sometimes average a dollar for every man present. ‘But when in Leads ville every congregation was a wonder- ful audience. I think, though, that the most thrilling scone I ever witnossed was when preaching the funeral sermon of tho child of an outeast. I will never forget it. It camo about this way. One day a woman named Maggio Mays, who ran one of the most notorious houses in Leadville, came to me and said that tho baby of ono of her girls was dend, and asked mo to attend the funeral. 1 re- plied that T would do so, whereupon sho said she had another favor to ask. “What is it T quired. ‘Can _we have the funcral in the church?’ she asked, and I told her she could.” There were fifty women at the funoral, all of them rvichly attivede in black silk drossos. The floral decorations ordered from Den- vor wore handsome, as thoy always are at funerals conducted by this class, 1. N, Rogers,now coroner here at Denverand myself, were the only men prosent Those women, hardencd as they were, all eried like children as 1 talked to them. I talked plainly, too, telling them there was a heaven to gain and o hell to shun. T talked to them of their mothers in eastern homes, who possibly did not know the lives some of them were leading. I never saw a more thril- ling scene in a church, There was not adry eye in the house. 1 stood thore in the pulpit erying like a_child myself while talking to them, and the under- taker eried a little, too. OId thoughts and memories secmed to have been re- ealled by those women of sin, and the scene was a most affecting one. I often attended the funcrals of women of that class, and time and timo again have rid- den through the s to a funeral with ove sitting o d They came to me to bu + dead, and T never refused an outeast a funeral. I buried but few church membersin Load- ville, but tunerals were numerous iu tho early days there. T have attonded as many as six funerals in one day. As to letters,” continued Mr. Uzzell, ST received them from every state and territory in the union, fromall the great cities, and even from foreign lands and the islunds of the sen, asking about hus. bands and sons, who had followed the mad rush to Leadville. Many of these were from moth asking sbout absont sous. C.C. Davis, now of the Leadyille Press, and Colonel John Arkins, now manager of the Rocky Mountain Nows, Denver, were in Leadville then, and as they frequently published my sermons, and always made the church nows a prominent feature, many thus learned my address. Some of these lotters, and I often received a dozen in u day, contained piteous appeals to look after husbands and sons, and guard them against the temptations of the wild lifo that prevailed thero. Some of thoso husbands and sons nover roturnod, but are sleeping in Leadville's silent city.” Many a sick and dying gambler and dance-hall girl has the preacher visited in sinks of vice, and one n listening to the incidentsof the shadows of lifc of that great mining-camp as he saw them. 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