Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1888, Page 2

NRS. LOGAN'S PENSION BILL. It Croates a Lengthy Debate in the Senate. SOUTHERN MEMBERS OPPOSE IT. Ragan and Others Talk About the Danger of an American Aristos * cracy —Passed By a Large Majorit Mrs, Logan Gets a $12,000 Pension. WasiisNGroN " A bill was intro- duced by Mr. Spooner to-day in the senate, to sommerce carried on by telegraph. the petitions and memorials pre- sented and referred were the following: Of the Chicago board of trade usking for retalia- islation against France and Germany for excluding American meat; several pe- titions from Pennsylvania against the ad mission of Utah asa state, with pol, regarding experimental stutions at agricul- tural colieges. Calendar. The committee on militar, 8 bill to authorize the Western railway company to across Fort Hays military Calender, The senate took from the calendar and passed the bl iner ing the pension for total denfuess to 10 per month from &14, and allowing proportionate rating for partial deafness, It was stated that the entire in- crease of expenses to the treasury under the Dill would not exceed 100,000 4 year, . Many petitions are received from various states in favor of prohibition in the District of Columbia, and one from New Jersey in favor of licensing railroad conductors, The committee on appropriations r back to the house the bill to carry into the provisions of the act of Marc Just after taking up the Mrs. Logan pension bill Mr. Berry opposed the bill on the ground that uny bill that gave the widow of a major general a pension of 2,008 while the widow of a private soldier got only €12 a month was wrong m principle, and also on the ground that the widows of two or three major generals should not be selected to get this large pension while widows of oth major generals got only 50 a month. He ob- jected to the bill not from any feeling ad- verse to the memory of General Logan, whom he had always admired, but because he believed the grinciple to be wrong, Mr. Stewart advocuted the bill. General Logan bud boen the idol of the volunteer soldiery, On _all occasions he had fought their battles in the senate and elsewh He belioved the widows of all private soldicr: wonld rejoice in the passuge of the bill. It ‘was necessary for the country to have some conspicuous cxamples, something for young men hereaftor to emul Messrs. Hoar and | the obje Arkans, bill, Mr. Reagan stated his reasons for voting against the vill. The founders of the gov- ernment had prohibited congress and the stutos from conferving patents of nobility, proceeding on the idea that there was to_be no privileged class in the United States. For the Iast quarter of a century the principle had been disre; eral judges and military and naval offic had been retir with pensions. All this tended in the dir tion of a privileged class, to be supported by taxes levied on other people. This was un American and not in - consonance with the American system of government. Mr, Cali said he would vote for the bill with very great pleasure. There was no foundation, no reason for the objections made Lo it Mr. Berry called for the yeas and the passage 0! the Inll und the bill we pussed— 7. The negutive votes w Jolquette, Harris, Reagan, Saulsbury'and Vance, On motion of Mr, t u like bill increas- ing to §2,000 4 year the pension of the widow of General Frank P. Blair was passed, by a vote of 54 to 6, Saulsbury not voting. Mvr. Blair spoke on_the educational bill. ©On the conclusion of Mr. Blair's speech Mr. Morgan obtained the floor and the senate adjourned till to-d reported 0, Kunsas & build its road reservation. ported vis heard with regret tions made by the s r from (Berry) and warmly advogated the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Mr. Browne of In- diuna, in the house to-day, presented o memorial from the society of Friends of the United States, England, Canada and Ireland, asking the establishment of an international arbitration tribunal. Referred. The cowmittee on coinage, weights and measures reported a bill to discontinue the coinage of 3 cont picces. Calendar, In the morning hour the house resumed consideration of the bill for the sale of cer- tain New York Indian lands in Kansas, After a protracted debate the bill was pussed. The committee on foreign affairs was dis- charged, at its own request, from further considerution of the bill incorporating the Maritime Canal company, of Michizan, and the sute was referred to the commuittée on commerce The house proceeded to the consideration of the bill amending the laws ing o navi- gation. Passed. On motion ot Mr. Wise of Virginia the bill was passed regulating the practice in cases removed from state to federal courts. 1t provides that the plaintiff shall not be re- juired to give security for costs of suit if he L«uu izen of the state in which the suit is brought. Mr. Belmont of New York, from the com- mittee on foreign affairs, revorted a joint resolution aceepting the invitation of the French republic to take part in the inte national exhibition, to be held in Puaris in 1579 aud appropriating 200,000 o enable the United States W participate, On wotion of Mr. Whitthorn of Tennessc the bill was passed appropriating 817 ropairs on the United States war Hartford. On motion of Mr. Adams of Illinois the bill ‘was passod mu\ul g for holding terws of cowrt at Quiney, Iil. The speuker pro tem stated the regular order to be the consideration of the resolu- tion, setting apart February 21, after the worning hour, and cach day thereafter until farther ordered, for the consideration of bills “ Teported from the committee on publie build- ings and grounds. Such consideration, how- ever, shall not interfere with revenue and eneral appropriation bills. nally the fiu\mu adjourned until w-morrow without ac- - O'Brien Bax Dunay, Jan. 20.—A banquet was given to ‘William O'Brien at Mallow this evening Canon Wigmore presided. O'Brien was pre- sented with a medaltion in the shape of a heart,composed of bullets extracted from the Dodies of the Mitchelltown martyrs. O'Bricn spoke at some length, His br reward for his sufforings was the aficetion wnd uym]muu of his countrymen, - Declined the Honor. New Onreaxs, Jan. 26—H. C. Minor has declined the nomination of the state convention for licutenan Friends of ex-Governor Flanders, who is on the ticket for superintendent of public in- struction, say that he will decline. Before adjournmient this morning the convention elected Colonel, James Lewls, fourth dele- gate-at-large to the national convention, ot Not a Success. ReaviNe, Pa., Jun. 20.-A partial resump- tion of operations iu the Scuylkill region of a fow mines has uot as yet had any visible ef fect on coal shipments, which ure as meag B8 at any time within the past two weeks, averaging ouly fifty to seventy cars a Collieries Resume Operations, SuAMOKIN, Pab., Jun. 26, —Several collieries in the vicinity of this place and Shenandoah have resumed operations with a full comple ment of wen, Switched On the System. ToroNTo, Ont,, Jan. 26.—Cashier Allen, of the Central bank, absconded to the United Btates to-day. e MARRIED, HENSMAN—ELTON—January 25th at the residence of the bride's parents, Thirty- sixth strect and Ames avenue, Joseph V. Hensman and Laura Eiton, of Saratoga, the Rev, J. A. Milligan ofticiating. AMERICA'S SUPERIORITY. An English Lecturer Gives His Views of the Uriited Btates. (Copyright 1855 by James Gordon Bennett.) 1 .9 [New York Herald of. Hubert Herkomer had a distinguished audicnce this evening at the Roy street to hear what he had to say about his visit to the United States. vanced little that had not bee ten about heretofore, He was particularly emphatic upon what ho called “Tho pro- nounced individualism of Awmericans as com- pared with E cans.”’ He was impressed with their “Keen, nervous temperament, keen intelligence and ambition to excel. There must be something in the air to induce this pronounced difference of character. Indeed,” continued the professor, *I noticed that Englishmen residing in New York be- came quicker and thought more rapidly and accomplished more than when living in Eng- land.” He especially d\»clt upon “the American kill in physiognomy,” Speaking of social matters he commented upon the fact that “A stranger did not seem to be tested, but was cither welcomed everywhere im- mediately, or else not - welcomed.” What most impressed Prof. Herkomer was the surprising progress in architecture. Comparing the new with the comy old, he said: “The best types in the old world of architecture were accepted and are really the best found in America. In the making of anation architecture comes first in con- sequence, next sculpture, then paintin In the schools of art to-day the best produc tions are by American students, They do not come to Great Britam, though, but visit France and Italy." Prof. Herkomer concluded by averring that America will become the leader of art in the nations as of nearly everything else. The word “nearly” scemed to save the pro- fessor applause. for the audience did not alto- gether relish his encomiums. Sullivan's Daily Tlaining. (Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxnox, Jan, 26.—[ New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee.] —Sullivan to-day, un- daunted by his equestrian mishap, again be- strode a Windsor hunter and trotted off some flesh. He also took again mile breaks in the fine forest and green lanes in and about the crown lands He rather “breathes.” Jack Ashton, Geo McDonald, his trainer, Sam Blakelock, Mr, Barnett and Captain Brewer, of pigeon shot fame, accompanied him, He is now in strict training as to diet and all the minor indis pensables, but sports continue to shake their heads as to whether it is to result in an actual fight. ey A Threatemed Uprising. Dunriy, Jan. 26.—Cox, M. P., who was ar- in London, is confined in a cell in Ennis jail, the walls of which reck with moisture and the window frames are rotted from damp. Cox is compelled to stuff cloth- ing in holes to exclude the bitter winds. Donegal peasants are arming and threaten to destroy all the bridges in the country. Troops ure being hastened forward. —_— A French Steamer Foundered. Loxpvox, Jan. 26.—The F steamer suez foundered at sea after having cellided with anotherboat. Twelve of her crew were rescued and landed at Lisbon. The re- mainder are missing. AMONG THE SPORTS. Hennessey's Challenge to What Both of Th Say—Gossip. W. I, Hennessey's broad gauge challenge to Jimmy Lindsay, published in yesterday's Bee, created wide-spread comment amongst the local sporting fraternity. Lindsay was scen last night and asked what he had to say about i He replied that he would fight Henuessey at any time for any reasonable amount, providing ho would get down to his (Lindsay’s) weight which is 133 pounds. Lindsay claims that Hennessey 18 debarred from competing for the Police Gazette medal, inasmuch as he is not a resident of the state of Nebraska and has once been defeated for it. Lindday &tated that he was not a middle-weight himself, but rather alight weight and did not propose to be handicapped by any one except Jack Killett, whow he would fight at any time in publ for the medal. Lindsay further stated that he had 5200 ready to put up at any time. Prof. Patsey Fallon bore out Lindsay in his indsay— cuds. of Hennessey and Killett, as well as the two men themselves, denounse this talk by Lindsay as not only a falschood, but claim that it is a bluff on his v and that he would not dave to fight cither one under any circumstances, Hennesss claims to have resided in this ¢ for nearly three years, and says that the c¢laim that he was once defeatod in a contest for the medal is untrue. At the match at Boyd's, Killett and Lindsay were matched for the medal. Killett was unable through sickness, to ap- pear, and Lindsay claimed the medal, to which under the rules he was entitled, Then Lindsay publicly announced that he would not spar llv-nm-ss\ for the medal, but would consent to give an exhibition With him in order that the audience might not be disap- pointed. As to Lindsay's elaim that he not in the middle weight Hennessy says that this s subtertuge —on the former's If Mr. Lindsay is only a light weight w he doing with a middle-weight championship medal, and why is he forever harping on the handicap” question. he backers of both Hennessy and Kil- lett are anxious to make a muteh with Lind- say. and if he does not accept the former's challenge within the speciied time, Hen- nessy will claim the trophy and will stand ady to tight for it at any time agaiost all comers, Omaha Birds W A cocking main between Omaha and Kan- sas City birds occurred near the city Wednes- dauy night and was won by Omaha by two out of three battles. The first fight went to Omaha after a fierce contest, and the second to Kansas City in a sharp but short struggle. The third battle was decidea in favor of Omaha by the referee, but the owner of the Kansas City birds enteved a yigorous pro- test, as he claimed his bird was yet alive when the Omaha cock left the pit. The referee, howe fused to change his de- and the ‘st kes, $150 a main, were over to Omaha, Another main is nged to oceur in the near future at Kansas City Will Challenge the Winner. Drrvrn, Minn, ~[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—La Blanche, the Marine, Las written @ challenge o the winner of the McDonald-Bonuer fight which takes place here next mouth, - South Omuha Bur Mrs. O. Stoddard, of South Omaba, had oceasion to visit this city yesterday, and on her return found that thieves had broken through and stolen. The amount of the loss about &0, and on info » klayer working in the sted, However, as he borne an excellent ‘character, and as there wus & possibility of a mistake, Judge Reuther released him on a 500 bond, Which was furn- ished by Councilman Loescher. lously C ner Grocery Bu Yesterday morning at an early hour Shon- berger & Co's. grocery story, at the corner of Third and Pine strects, was laid low by fire, Loss on stock $X0, and on the building, which was owned by Mr. Schrotte, $6K0. The cause of the fire is surrounded with myster -~ Boss Barbers Organize. The keepers of barber shops in this city have formed a union with a view of protect- ing themselves against that of their em- ployes. - A sort of iron-clad agreement has been decided upon, that while they will not antagonize the principles of the union, they will insist upon their right to employ whom ned. they like, whether he be & unicn wan or not. al institute in Albemarle | THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE: FRIDAY. A CHECKERED LIFE. Melanoholy History of an Uunfrocked Pricst. Francisco Chronicle: man fell down in a at kland ferry wharf on January 12 ited but little comment among who saw the evident agony of the poor unfortunat, He was taken to the city hospital by a warm-hearted police- man, who was informed that the sick man had taken laudanum with suicidal intent- A short time after his arvival at the hospital the man expired. sut rounded only by two or three trustees, neither of whom recognized in the un- fortunate traces of the wvriesthood to which in former years he had belonged. The dead man had been a social out and his melancholy death filled no by wit sadness, ecio Augusto Soffiri was a native of Foligno, Italy, where he was born fifty- three years ago. He belonged to a good family and his parents destined him for the priesthood. He studsed at Rome and Genoa, and in due time beeame a wember of the Society of Jesus. * This was at about the time when the Sardi- nian government harbored a lent resentment against the Jesuits and which resulted in their expulsion from its territory in 1849, olari fled with his brethren, and after some time spent in New York came to San Francisco in 1850, The Jesuit college at Sunta Cle was instituted in that year and Sa entered there ne a priest aund remained for eight years, when for some unknown cause he was expelled, It is stated that ho grew tired of the lonely life and rigid discipline of the priesthood and voluntarily performed acts which he knew no religious faculty conld tolerate. If his aim was to become free it was sue- cessful, but his freedom, it may teuly be said, worked his ruin. Upon leaving Santa Clara, Solari adopted the name of August Layres, and turned to the pen for a means of livelihood. His early efforts were not brilliant, and he was not regarded in the light of a successful autho In ad- dition to writing for the press, Solari hung out his shingle as a professor of languages, and at one time taught Italian in the public schools of this city In this departure he was also a failure, and he again turned to the pen and trusted to its mightiness to ) i from starving. For some y. a harum-scarum sort of ¢ dom knowing in the evening where he would be able™to breakfast on the fol- lowing day. He wrote articles favorable to the Chinese, from whom he was therefore able to collect a few dollars. This avenue was closed to him in_time, and misfortune at last compelled him to ask alms from sympathizing friends. To cap the climax of his mise Solari, one day abovt ten years ago. married a neat little Ameriean girl.who was attracted toward him by the gentle- ness of his manier, his polite ways and superior cducation. Among all the good qualities he possessed in feminine eyes there was not the faculty of sup- porting a wife in ense and luxury. The young wife soon d wwered that fact, uml. wfter a few months of connubial he was compelled toabandon him. alins Layres, then beeame des- perate and atteibute his ill fortune to the Jesuits, who, T claimed, wer vengefully perseeuting him. In asking aid of his friends, who soon grew tired of him, he would say that he was the vietim of an atrocious plot. concocted by the Jesuits, in revenge for his desertion of their order. He even imagined that a princely inheritance was awaiting him in Italy, but he would not claim it for fear of “Jesuitical daggers.” He felf very low in the social seaie and lived in hovels, where his only companions were rats and spiders. He lost all regard for® personat cleanli- ness, and the once powerful frame became bent with disease, In his lonely squalor he woulr look forward to bright and happy days which ‘never came, and, aside from certain. dely sions which apparently affected hi mind, he was cheerful, and labored havd in writting a book on “New Rules of Grammar.” He sought to have it pub- shed, but failed, and at last gave up in despair. He wandered from place to place, living on what fell in his w: and in time he grew caveless us o the quality of his food. A brotherin | s who is suid to be wealthy, onee sent hin, through the Italian consul, 200 francs which he spent recklessly, He became sickly and suffered much from his kid- neys. He began using morphine to se his pains, but could not recover his health, He grew worse, and whether it was accident or desperation is not known, but on Jannary 12 he took an overdose of the drug. It ended in hi death, and the last act in his melan- choly life’s drama had come to a close at the morgue. San an old When e e A Clergyman in Wall Street. New York orrespondent of the. Globe- Democrat: When DBroker Sidman books were found in the Hackensack river a while ago people looked ask- anc When Sidman’s failvee was an- nounced on the stock exchange people winked, and when the suspension of Timson & Co.. man’s old m, im- mediately followed, people became i interested to know what it all meant. The reporters at the time discovered that the Rev. Charles Herr, pastor of the Bergen Avenue Preshytervian chureh, Jeefey City, and Broker Sid- man’s pastor, was painfully present in the me that he lost a matter of $150,- 000 through Sidman: that he advane the money to buy Sidman’s seat in the ‘hange, but before Sidman could oce- cupy it he was forced to secure a full re- lease of the indebtedness from Rev. Mr. Herr, incompliance with the rules: that Rev. Mr, Herr sued Sidman and recovered judgment by default for 000 beforg the failure, and now has an injunction suit pending to rest exchange from disposing of the ceeds of the sale of Sidman’s seat for the benefit of other creditors, as the money is vightfully hi antleman whose integrit questioned and who isin a position to know, gives these supplementary facts: When the Rev. Mr. Herr advanced the money to buy the stock exchange seat, it was because he knew that it would never do for him to appear in Wall street in person as a speculator. For the loun he accepted as security from Mrs. Sidman an insurance policy on her husband’s life and alien upon her home, In the face of this security he sues the stock exchange for the procceds of the sale of the seat, and before he has ured any ground for suit by return- r the papers to their owne But the friends of Mrs, Sidman are endeavoring, for her sake, to persunde the Rev. Mr. Herr to return to her the sccurities, 1f he does not Broke idman will seck to reopen the judgment for 9,000, on the ground that the clergyman holds col- lateral for the amount, and will also to have the procceds of the sale of his seut go into his assets, on the ground that, having secured from Mr, Herr a release of this debt—even though it was at the time merely a matter of form— the latter has no earthly claim on the cash In fact, thingsare so he made very lively for the preacher who tack- led Wall street. un- i Two Hearts, Eto. There was a wedding at Justice A, C. Read's court yesterday, when Mrs, Magino Ollenschlaeger again embarked on the scas of matrimony wnn Adolph Prasil as | he mate, ‘The usual congratulations Sollowed the magic wmdl. JANUARY 27, 1888, LITTLE ANMIE HAYES TALKS. Sho Says She Wants to Stay With Her Papa. A HE WILL SEND HER TO CHICAGO Omaha Turners Celebrate Right Roy- ally the TwemyiFirst Birthday of the Orddr, in Omaha— Sick in Jail, Doesn’'t Want to Go Back. “So you'll have to go back to Chicago again,” said a BEE reporter to @ demur little wmiss of thirteen who sat quictly cating her supper in the Little Gem restaurant at South Omaba last night, “Indeed Iwon't. I'd rather die first, But I won't have to go, will I Mr. Gump!" she said appealing to the proprictor, He said nothing, but the reporter took a copy of the paper & day old and read the de- cision of Judge Pendergast in Chicay “You must produce this child in court or go to Jail for 200 days.” 1t's the old story of domestic unhappiness, that finally wound up in the divorce court, and left James P. Hayes alone in the world, and his wife in custody of his two children As to how those children were kepta the little girl best tells the story. She is a pretty littlo child of the brunette tyy 1 has al ready made many friends during h short stiy. In answer to questions she : “1I'd rather stay with pap: theat me very bad in Chi but I any good clothes, and when Unele € bought a dress for me, mamma had_it up for my step-sister inst ad. never beat me much, but she got me any clothes or anything, and when 1 went down town to earn some money as a cash girl, mamma told me the best thing I could do was to go to my b, George Hayes, and [ went. Then I te to papa that T wanted to go to him and ent me moncy to buy clothes and shoes, and a ticket, so I went to him. You can't take me back—can he " once more appealing 1o the proprictor of the restaurant The reporter sought the girl's father. He admitted that the court of 1llinois had placed her in the care of her mother and that In order to save his brother, who was in no wise 1o blame, from imprisoument he would prob- ably have to surrender her to the proper au- thoritics and let her go back. He could not say that the mother had illtreated her, but the child’s own statements were sufticient to show that she had at least been ver badly mneglected. He was a speculator in live stock and earned enough to keep her well. He had sent her to school sin ie had been here and done all in his power to make her 1ife a happy one, and ker own eftdorsement was the best proof of how successful she had been. Rather than see his brother wo to jail, how he would sond her back, out' he wus sorry ho had to do it. ¢ didn’t hadn't made She neve REACHED 1 The Omaha Turnv Twenty-Fipst, B Yesterday was the tyruty-firs of the organization of the OmahaTurnyercin, and the event was delebrated in a fitting manner at Germ 11 lust evening. The members of tue socisty and their friends were present in fuil force and the hall was thronged to overtlowing. A fine music calisthenie pr amme which followed a socts opening picee on the programme wit tion by the Musical Unipn orchestra, wh was followed by a song by the Turner-Quar- tette club. This was gpiendidly rendered and an encore was given, The next was “Aus- prache des I Sprechers’ by Mr. L. Heim- rod. Despite the fact that the gentleman was just off a sick bed speclully to meet this en- gagement, all agreed' in pronouncing his n{wc hone of the finest oratorical efforts had yet heard Trom Mr. Heimrod. id that while it was twenty-one year since the Omaha Turnverein was first organ ed, still the present socicty really dated h.u X to fifteen yoars ago t the time it was y So calling the society fifteen years old, it was really a boy yet in and it was not ng th hibited some boyish traits. It was incli L preferred sport to books, and with the roam- ing disposition of a half-grown boy, was con- stautly planning trips to other itic He was glad that the society possessed the fresh and buoyant spirit it did, and he congratu- lated it on its wonderful improvement and suceess in athletics, He hoped 1t would keep on growi and strengihening until it reached the full pride a of pepfect manhood. The symbols Y wer the owl, toreh and swi The owl signif watchfulness. The Turners should he on t alert and see that they were doing right and continue domg so. The torch was S, of advanceme the light of knowlec lighting the darkness of ignorance. hoped that the Turners would continne libeval-minded peopl sion. The sy s a symbol of and was a reminder to them to fight for the right, not necessarily with the war- rior steel, but with ~the cultivated brain and loyal heart, He next likened the youthful Turnverein to a turbuient cascade which, after its dash and tumblin; finally :\'illrrllll' into the still water of a calm man- hood. When the speaker ended he was too weak to stand up, but the building almost shook with the trémendous burst of appli cted his effort, The speech was in and much of its beauty and expres: 85 18 1ost in an attempted translation. H followed by Dr. J.- M. \\‘4 wburn, who ng entitled fine. condi tion and the lhh;.hh d -l\ulllun forced hun to 1rn, and he responded with *Last Night.' The elub swinging by John hrlnm and William Foye next followed and w X0 cvted in a graceful and faultless manner. At the close Mr. Henry Kummeraw, the teacher of the turner class, was called up on the and presented with a handsome pairof dumb- bells—a present from Max Meyer, Aftera couple of songs the quurtctte, the “Platishe Bilde vas presented, This was a representation of Greek statuary, and the young gentlemen -““"r part ' in it did some fine posturing. They were Messrs. Casper Buechner, F. I, Walsh 1 William Foy Different colored lights thrown on the groups and © fine. rcess of this feature was due lar sonal efforts of Mr. Philip Andr the president. The programine w rsed throughout with orchestr: The entertainment cloged with a dauces MAJORITY. For the first time, at Jeast in many dramatization of cone oMus. k. D, worth's stories was prasouted, at the Grand, to an Omaka audience. It was the oft-told story of the “Hiddén’ Hand.” Nearly a third century ago; the tale was read by readers of (the New Yor Ledger. In those days, the initial ones of successful serial literature, the story fonnd thouss m.l-.nru-hm 1t naturally reached , but its representations, in a greg rtook of the guestionable natur which charactarized the earlic ductions of Uncle Tom's Gabin. The tation of the piece, as given by ( Tassel's company, is on'hi scale of ness never witnessed in the west. The piece is finely mounted and the principal are, as a rule, ditablv here is little in the par heroine, played by Miss V requires superlative histr On the contrary, the viv and mad cap proclivities a > of bei delineated by the aves o soubrett Miss Van Tasscll acts the character with a great deal of success. She is protty, active, acious and ambitious, and was last night swarded with s SICK An O1d Man’s Unfortunate Plight—De- serted By His Son. Anold man of sixty-three, decrepit and weak with sickness, came to Omaha o few duys ago to find his relations, a- number of whom live in this city. His name 1s Seward and he catne from Scltingwood, Wis. Des- Pite his pitiwble - condition, ‘he . fajled to find assell, which nic talent greater value ascurl shelter with his relatives, and being entirely destitute he sought refuge in the city where he has lain sick for four or five day There being no aecommodations for sick people at the jail the officers have been trying to find better quarters for him The cotnty commissioners have refused to do anything for him, as they say there is no county or city hospital to which he can be taken, The assistant county attorney learned yesterday from the old man that he had a son named Thomas, who held a good position in a railway office in the city, and he tele- phoned the young man to come to the polic station. He did so, but refused to do- any thing for his sick father. The offi- cors are now in @ quandry to know what to do with the = poor old man, for the scanty accommodations and foul f the police cells are sure to shorten his days, a8 has happened to one or two othe such unfortunates within the past few mths, It is probable that some arrange- ments will be effectad to have him removed 1o St. Joseph's hospital, Broke His Ar A man with an unpronouncable name was excavating at the bottom of a fifty-foot well on the cornier of Q and Twenty-second stroots in South Omaha last evening, when the bucket accidentally became detatehed from the chain aund fell. It struck him before it did the bottom of the well, and he was drawn up with a badly fractured arm and turned over to the care of Dr. Smith. It will be some weeks before he again goes well dig- ging. PR — Chasing a Coyote. Montreal Herald: Well, at 2:50 p. m, we were all assembled, T was mounted on a tempestuous and hay brown army mule, and Captain Kingsbury, who docs not know what fear is, got on to a r-..\m cavulry horse and signaled the ray. The sixty-four dogs were ranged in a half moon behind the trap, ench held by a private clad in - government blue. Each dog had been led up to the trap and dosed with all he nted of that fragrance which distinguished a live coyote from a turkey buzzard, and the was full of enthusiasm and strength, The hospital steward opened the door of the teap. but the coyote did not come out. He seemed to be satistied where he was. The hospital steward tilted up on one end of the trap, but the coyote merely wailed, dug his toe-nails in, and braced himself. The hospital steward reached in and tried to cateh him by the tail, but the coyote seized the hand and shook it warmly for several seconds while the hospital steward made as much noise as a case of murder in the first degree, Pinally the nssistant hospital steward came: outwith a kattla of . hot water, which he trickled firmly through the vear slats, and the coyote cnme forth. He did not come forth violently, but merely as one who wishes to take long, carnest look at the sl 1d seo whether or not it is going to rain, Then he looked at me and smiled, looked at Captain Kingsbury and smiled, and then with a thougntful and somewhat siud air, struck a soft-footed trot in the thedirection of the staked plain, which happened to be in the opposite direction from the dogs. We waited until he had got 100 yards away, and then Captain Kingshury gave the signal and we started—Captain Kingsbury, th h cavaley horse. I, the mule, and sixty-four dogs.all started together p The covote also started. The moment he heard the concerted yell with which the dogs were loosed his mefancholy scemed to leave him in large streeak, and he 50 scemed to loave the to tory in large streaks. I never saw such a change come over an animal, and o change which moved him from county to county with such rapidity and pre- cision, Captain Wetmor, up alongside and eng: conversation until the other drgs ecame up. Then there was trouble, The for- tunate dogs who were first to arrive formed a civele, in the center of which the coyote sprung avound like a buzz saw, filling the air with dogs’ meat and excitement, while the outside dogs, be- ing unable to get a hack at the coyote, threw their whole soul into a gencral frazas, settling up every old score which had existed in canine cireles at Camp Supply for two years. For ten min there was a half-nere of dog fight. during which the private: got in some fine work with clubs, and then we su gray streak on the hili, and the chase was resumed. Again the greyhounds coyote, and ahout twenty up and joined in a rough while [an|~ half a mile dozs were locked in private mills of their own: and then there was another melee involving the Camp Supply thov- oughbreds in more trouble, and when the dust and enthusinsm was at its height the coyote slipped out and left the dogs to enjoy themsely For two miles the coyote had things hisown way. followed by one greyhound and somewhat remotely by Can- tain Kingsbury and the th cavalry horse, me and the army mule. The greyvhound was game. He fol- lowed and followed, knowing that that coyote must soon drop. The coyote did drop. He dropped on the greyhound. He dropped on him sadly, but carnestly, bit off his nose, chewed off his ear, ]uun-d both hind legs, clipped his tail, ve him a sore stomach and a raw Imn I, all in less than four seconds: stood upon a risg in the p iptain Kingsbury and T ved in time to take the tinal depgsition of the then with a smile, half tender and ietant, softly bade us good-by and faded nway There were only two dogs reported for duty next morning at camp .‘fup\nll\'. and they had been inadvertently tied up the day befor Of the subsequent corre- spondence between Captain Kingsbury and Captain. Wetmors ning how $400 worth of gre asted on 6 cents’ worth L will not spealk. greyhounds pulled zed the coyote in turned the dogs canght wid-tumble, ik the other of coyote, GLITTERING GOLD. A Box of Foreign Coins Found Under of a Deceased River Pilot, phia dispateh to the Globe- Edward Maull, the Nestor of pilots, who was well known I men in Plaladelphia, Mr. Maull left an es- tate O, principally invested in Philadelphia city bonds. The legal vepresentatives of the dend man have found among his papers a letter ad- ssed, which throws a curious and ro- mantic light upon his character and hubits. In this communication he in- formed his family that in addition to his honds and other investments he had ac- cumulated a large box full of gold coius, and that the glittering treasure would be found buried beneath his house at Lew Del, The communication ex- plained that this money had been col- ted from time to time for forty years or more, und consisted of every foreign gold coin he had ever received for his services as pilot, Explieit directions were given as to where the strong box, with its golden fortune, could be found The old pilot had never counted th coins, but had tossed them in from time to time as he received them, and then reburied the box, He said that the treasure would amount to s thou- sand dollars, Upon scarcihng, as dirceted, the heirs found that the box there, and, upon breaking it open, found it ]u\.||:.d up with gold pleces of every nation. some of them wi old coins of much sties than for their e the comme died lJast weel intrinsic worth. California 25¢ piece, coin worth hm'nmirml\ about .00, No one is to his heir dition to their fortunc, Mr. Maul was over s when he died, and Delaware pilots, a totally unexy renty v but though he only humor seized him. He most as much a Phil Delawarean, and was one of the ch ters of marine life in Philadelphia. left w will distributing his proy among his three children, but mad mention of his buried gold in it The letter which abouts of the found for sev troasure-box - was lucky accident, been entirely looked. The smallost coin was and the largest a 50, Their total ualue will amount to about dreamed that the old pilot had such a hoard of wealth about the premises, and the curious collection ted ad- oars old the oldest of the notwithstanding his age he was 1n active service, al- piloted vessels as thy was almost as delphian as a arac- He herty ¢ no 1. revealed the where 1 al days after the old pilot had been buried, and might, but for the over- NEGROES OF THE WOODS. Wild Life Led By the Dutch Guina, New York Sun were taken to Panama a while canal. These negroes, the York Sun, became inxolved rly month in a row with stones, m into the iy of the black mon ra wonds. — The Panama n papers say that they threw aw clothing, abandonep plotely 1o harbar rnd at last had sent a br smoand unlawless; aecoun the force to repress ak of African slavery. These negroes evedently prefer rude enjoyments of Africa nnd the lives of comparative idleness they led there the per- y on remosed Atlanti would find congenial society where pro- dueed in the western hemisphere the to handling picks and_shovels in great diteh, They will hardly be mitted to found a savage communit the isthmus, but if they were about 1800 miles down the coast they in the for thousands sts of Duteh of their own Guinna, have customs of savage Afri Onany good mup of South may be found in Duteh Gu names of a number of savage tribe cabiting the wooden and of theinterior S . Bekoe and blooded negroes, many of whose tors were brought to Am centuric the coast plantations of their masters, Terribly maltreated ecarly days of the colony, took refugre in the almost i solitudes of the forests. they found me still in bondag mountuin valley. a sorry joke upon their master when Admi Cassard at in Now und to join in weked Thebondsmen pl Africans of Some native Africans ago to join the thousands of laborers on the New last other canal-dig- goers, and, after a fight with knives and n off new! their themselvefl com- ness, government this out- Amer| in- 1y uplands Among them the Aukan, Bonis are full- 2o in slave-ships to labor on Dutch the of them ceessible then ns to tempt their friends them in the d 17 the Duteh settloment and hundreds of slave: interior cam were hurried into the cealment, Peace soon were few negroes to for ohey preferved wild life with friends near the head-waters of the of Guinna to deadging their lives on coffec the numbers of self- aradually increased, an ants have lived ever since from the Indians around tnem as the whites of the coast. They have parently not grown in numbe many years, 8,000 of them. and they the negroes of the woods. This story is perhaps unique ir istory of “human migration. It of wild a wide sen to for *, but nd tobaceo plantations. od are new world, where the roturn to the const, their wes transported ae cor away So Afvicans I their descend- distinet from for but there are now about known as N the isa )ss thoy ned control of their persons and activities and reproduced amid new roundings the habi of their native country alone has faintly p of their fatherland, but have they turned a Ameriean into a sembl negro’s native hoine none the e preserved the pure negro type shown lit'le aptitude for improvem and are very low in the so Like muny wn Afvican missio has fraitlessly toiled his life aw Moravian hrethren have labor years among the negroes of the w with little apparent result. sentinls they » to-day like t negroes of the west const of Afviea have had considerable white race. s rectangular huts of wood h, built along the wate are almost exaet counterparts of t that are found on the lower Congo sur- itions and customs Dim tradition creed the memory less bit of tropical of their Jet-black in color prognathous and thick-lipped, they b have ve ent, 1 sc oods 1 hos who contact with the and OUrSes, hose and among some tribes of the Ogowe river., Like the great Pahouin tribe of I they divide their by thin partitions into two comy ments, one of which they use for sl g and the other for culinary purpc Like many Afvican tribe th woo! into many little by arm and leg ornaments of coppe and iron, and adorn stri of beads or the teath of animal Like the equatorial Afr they tattoo thnu' bodies without adjunct of color, which is not ur mon among the Indians, butispr in Africa by only n few tribes, like Pahouin. In_their villuges they generly naked, and they wear co coverings only when they visit white sctilements, where their attive of ornaments and pa Le tolerated, Tk have their native custom of sle ground for the Ind they weave out of fibers, Whiteanen very ravel Africans of the forest, ch because their streams, which, to the sea, are the only highw the interior, are handc on pin visit t Vs very difficult of ascs the huts it - )503. their necks with wild ican the om- iced the tton the seant nt would not med the » hammock, which hese fly, perhaps, flowing into ent, The negroes dislike to mingle with the whites, and they never leave their age homes except when the need of and amunition drives them to the s ments. Then the lazy men, who ally engage 1in no toil exeept and the chase, cut down o fow tr skillfully fashion the trunks into ca and float them down the erecks rivers tosell them at the towns, still they make little rasts of varieties of timber and invest ceeds o powder and ball bad liguor their trade v These dred tribes in J Kinglets, 1 some of them take t names from chiefs who led them in wars the Duteh long waged upon t eseaped slaves, only with the resu driviug them farther into the They live chielly upon v which the women raise and They muke no pottery, not scended from tribes in Afri killea in this art, Calabashe urds are the ceptacles for their and ¢ The fact is sially n worthy that these negroes of the w are more buoyant in spivit than t kindred who for ger tions huve tinued to toil on the coust pla They are all of the origir afford another proof of the that man can far better best physieal and mental state of savagism th where e is. simply condemned hopeless life of unrequited drudgory val th heads prey being L that qualities getable fo mudi perpetunte suv- rum ttle- usi- fishing e and Oftener le pro- and s out “\h heir tof 0l s, nre. de- ar of rice 1oL s h - ations, and faot his ina n under conditions to a THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS, ‘Wheat Shows Firmnesa at tho Opona ing and Closo. CORN HIGHER IN THE MORNING. A Decided Improvement Wi in Provision Trading—Cattl Fair Demand But Less Brisk —General Quotations, nessed in CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Ciiieac Specinl Telegram to the Bee | t market showed firm ness at the and agzain at the closing of the morning session, but along in the mid- dle there was a very weak spet and the lowest point yet reached since the November advance was touched, However, May wheat the 0 opened and elosed at exactly the sameo price, and that was ‘e higher than yesterday close, ‘There was not much in the news re ceived to effect prices, and, in its absence, the strength of the pork market exerted o noticeable influence, To that cause was at- tributed the carly strength of May wheat, opening at 817 7e and then advancing to 817, Then came a raid which sent the price down 15e to SI%C in short order. Ream was a promincnt seller, and, with the feeling very weak, considerable quantities of scattered long wheat came out and helped the decline. At the lower range, however, there was good buying by local shorts, who are be lieved «to have pretty well “evened up' in the operation. At the low point, too, Kent's brokers were froe buyers ami started the market up again, and on the advanee May wheat touched 813 closing at 1 o'clock at 81, At opencd at d down to 75 ¢ and up o ine, \\'lnrh W the price at 1 o'clock. The result of the morning’s speculative trading i corn was to ieave prices u little higher than they closed yesterday, There Wus 1o noticeable weakness at any time and at about noon there was a sharp advance, caused by the covering of frightencd shorts, and which was not, therefore, maintained. There were indications of an attempted raid here as well as inwheat, but it was not suc- cessful, and nators of it wer obliged to buy back their short grain at some advance, The corn market is civing s support from outside speculators, and there is sufticient close nuection: between o and pork to make the strength in th market reflect upon the former. May opened at 527.¢, and ranged between that price and 5255¢ until about noon, when the price advanced to bilee, doclining to Hi¢ at the 1 o'clock close. Foebruary corn opened nominally at 43¢, advaneed to 48¢ and closed at 1 o'clock at dse 1 ! s market was dull but quite Art for Muy dolivory; swhich opened at s, sold down to s and up to s closing at 1 o'clock at S sk e ¥ vats sold o In provisi ment in the 4 by et Fob- s a decided improve- yesterday's bear raid on pork having fai ult in @ permanent 4Iu|n ssion. Quite an increase was witnessed ¢ in general buying. Shorts, including a number overed Ay, and of pork, lard vibs large purchuses ) ¥ outsiders, The leading sellers of pork were a prominent floor speculator and a packing house credited with being the principal support of the market of late, Tho oduct of all deseriptions was bullish, and *s closing, |m|l\.||l ..1... k an advance of 25 of nd short ribs of 5 AFIERNOON <toN W Stige for May, sold at 814 on the split, then sold at 8 closing at SIS Corn ts steady, Pork was a s sand ¢ old at %1 psed January and Februar, W 14,521 closed nominally at. $14.120. Lard was o uml Iebruary mul '\l At opened at 1 STy @81 ige but sparingly, i« for May' eas at H 1. but not were rather stiff in their views, holding their property up to a value that to them seemed only reasonable, but buyers were slow at first to follow the upward tendency. Yet they finally concluded to pay the slight ad- vance asked, so that finally trade beeame brisk, the general market” closing 10@l5e higher than Monday. Some special sorts may be quoted even higher than the figures show. Big, heavy cat rts L yot nice 100-1h aver were not ne market ike to bout Lin the advance. There were no'l tioning on the market, hen best varictios of native butchers ‘stock, » s, sold stronger. s, 1,850 to 1, 500 T, Vet d 60 4 Stockers and foed- 5.50; cows, bulls and mixed, #1850 M), Texas grass steers, orn-fod, £3.0000.30, all ¢l 31000400, 2400072 He turn of about an argely at &) 3 mxcd, # 5.40 for light_and Bost heavy, #.30 with one lot réported ut, 35 for best and # wedinm mixed ; asso light light und pigs, #4800 LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Jan. 25, —The Dr horts : bulls #2400 trong und be higher; 53 hxhl' and 1 mixed, 5403 Texs 0y Hogs - mixe 5,000 Sh 200005 @h.00; laumbs, § National Stock Yards Jan. 26— Cattle — Rec shipments, 400: market strong a choice heavy native steers, 3 1o good native steers, &3, g 0320110 stockers St . 1,600 but and Tecders, $2.00 " shipments, 2.000; choice heivy and 5 packing, and hi tions, ht gr 3 1sas City, Jan Roceipts, none; ng and n-fod, feeding butche 6,000 market strong and S 10 choice, $h.15hAD; sKips 4.60, shipments, higher and pigs, 03 mmon 1o #1.00@ FIN NC AL New Yonrk, to the bin stocks ut the to-day and a highe Jau. 2. S Special ‘Telegram firmuess in was continued cosued cd by inereased business, the sales up to noon being 0,800 shares, A small gain was voted in the amount of out- side trading, but the bulk was by pro The bulls had more conurage and cx- aress 10 legislate favorably to Wall 18 is said that withina forte introduced ~onc to 100 cents on and authorizing Jf the treasury Lo buy bonds , they claim, wol'd induce buyers to ith the sume are now tuking bonds. 18, aud the ad- vance of @1 per cént was mainly the re f their buying to cover. 1t is said that ivance in St Paul in the ruings is due to the oper- pegeed the stock offerings at that afraid to all Letter, Ks—The esterday cunge of close y prices and was accon fose sionals. pect cor strect interests. night two bills will b allow national banks to 1ss ho: tho seeretury with th make money cuter the freodom with “Phe shorts 1s deposited the other surplus. I cheaper and ot for thoy re ne hich sult the cause for the 1 of decreased ation of the pool, who hav at absorh all th figzure 50 rapidly that the shorts sl it down, Gould's stocks w Manhattan advancing 24 and Missouri. Pa- cifie e, but Western Union only 3 § at, The sensational feature was the sticuglh and