Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1888, Page 4

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Notary ite of Nebraska, o L TN c& and says that he in- Yot The Hes Euwsmu‘ company, that the actual ave iaily circulation of the Daily Bee for the moni of Esbruary, 18, 141 i for March, T, Hay, e oo e fo. It #m for July, 1k, 1 14,161 coples: for m{u- Tor October, 1881, 14,338; oo “Tor Sumuasy, e T copten > coples; g B. t Sworn and subscribed to in” my presence this 2dday of January, A. D. 1. N P.FRIL, —_— ‘WHEN contractors and boodlers band together against the taxpayers, it is high time to call ahalt. E——— THE country appears to be settling down to the conviction that Mrs. Sher- idan knows better than anybody else when and-where little Phil was born. S ——— OMAHA importers are now able to cope with Chicago and Kansas City in expediting import shipments. So far so good. But why ar> Omaha merchants still hampered by discrimin- ating railrond rates which give com- peting jobbing centres undue advant- age? E——— THE national democratic committee will meet in Washington on Wednesday %o name the time and place of holding “the national ‘democratic convention. There is said to be some prospect that < Ban Francisco may be selected, but the wrobability is that New York will win. eE——— THERE is very little being said about wepublican candidates for the vice- ' presidency, but it must not be inferred drom this that there will be anyscarcity «of material when the time comes. We Hhave the authority of his home paper that Governor Oglesby of Illineis can be welied upon in an emergency. ———— THE convicted boodlers of Chicago are supposed to be surely though slowly marching prisonward. They have had mauy stops on the way. The latest is the granting of a stay till March 9 to deotermine whether their case is to be appealed to the supreme court or not. _There is no excuse for all this delay ex- cept that they stole money enough to make justice a laggard. — 8T. PAUL and Minneapolis have started a movement for uniting them- selyes under one government and one name. Such a union will no doubt take .place sooner or later, and perhaps the sooner the better. Minnepaul would suake a grand metropolis of that part of ghe country. The population would be & quarter of a million. But the trouble s that each of the cities wants to dic- tate the terms of union, and they still ‘are ten miles apart. —— PoPE LEO hos a perplexing problem presented to him in the struggle of Eng- Jand and Ireland for the favor of the Vatican, and whichever way he shall @etermine to extend his influence he will hardly escape criticism. There is no shrewder diplomatist or statesman in Europe than the pope, and as he has thus far made no blunder it is but nat- ural to expect that he will not in ‘this case. Itisthe hardest nut, however, he ‘has yet been called upon to crack, e ——— THE rate war in the west is treated wvery intelligently in the latest issue of Bradstreet’s. The contest is regarded as » factor in the development of the rail- road husiuess in this part of the coun- try which will ultimately bring through gates from Chicago to western and north- western points to the level of through wrates between New York and Chicago. This is no doubt the keyto the whole situation, and can hardly fail to result 4n ultimate good to the railroads as well as shippers. When the billigerent cor- porations become tired of fighting per- manent rates will be established and we shall attain that stability without which ‘business can not reach its best develop- ament. — THE republicans of Indiana are di- wvided in their choice between Harrison and Gresham, and there seems likely to be a more or less lively contest which may in the end be damaging to both gentlemen, Already it is charged that the friends of Harrison have been tak- ing some undue advantages, and the supporters of Judge Gresham have been prompt to make known their displeas- ure. They are organizing with the ex- pectation of at least securing the dele- gates from the southern portion of the state. Tne Harrison forces are also act- ive,and one of the conspicuous inci- dents already developed is the reconcil- dation of Harrison and ex-Governor Por- -ter, who have been on unfriendly terms for two years or more. The understanding appears to be that Porter will give all his influence o Harrison as a presidential candidate, pnd if he should fail of the nomination Harrison will support Porter for the second place on the ticket. Judge Gresham is not personslly ideutified - mrith what his friends are dolag, and Boubtless will not, be., 8till Questioning. The democrats ana their allies, the mugwumps, ave still engaged in ques- tioning the sincerity of Mr. Blaine’s letter withdrawing his name from the 118t of possible presidential candidates. It is interesting and amusing to read the various arguments by which they seck to prove that the letter means something different from the construc- tion which the great majority of repub- licans now give it, or that it obviously implies a reservation in the mind of its author which would leave him free to accept the nomination should itbe given him. , The fact that Mr. Blaine re- viewed the experience of the party for several years and deduced therefrom an encouraging promdse of success in the next national campaign is espe- cially held to be convincing evidence that he does not. wish to be considered an impossible candidate, and that on the contrary it was designed to impress the party more strongly with a sense of his availability. But could Mr. Blaine have done less, as an earnest republican, than to convey to his party under the peculiar circumstances such encourngement and reassurance as he wrote? Did it not comport entirely with the character and requirements of such a communication? Is it not cer- tain that if he had omitted this portion of his letter, and confined it simply to a declaration of his determination not to be & candidate, he would have been charged with abandoning the party be- cause he belfeved its cause to be hope- less? Mr. Blaine is still a republican leader, as loyal as ever to the principles of the party and as willing as ever to contribute to its success. He has full faith that the party will again adminis- ter the national government, and he seos in the prevailing conditions most favorable promise of victory this year. Fully understanding the effect his with- drawal was certain to have upon the party, and especially in unsettling his very numerous and devoted followers, it was clearly his duty to assure the party that it had every reason to be hopeful and confident. But what is the meaning of the evi- dent solicitude on the part of the demo- crats and theirallies respecting the sin- cerity of Mr. Blaine? Why do they so trouble themselves to find reasons for professing to believe that he was not in earnest when he wrote his letter? Such anxiety suggests a con- suming, fear that there is really benind the letter of Mr. Blaine a reser- vation by virtue of which he may still become the candidate of his party. The fair inference from the profound con- cern manifested by the democrats and mugwumps is that they do not want Mr. Blaine as the republican candidate this year, otherwise they would maintain his sincerity and urge republicans to insist upon & reversal of his determination not to be a candidate. If they are not ap- prehensive of Mr. Blaine’s candidacy what excuse can they give for their uneasiness as to whether he meant what he said in his letter? Meanwhile repub- lican opinion that Mr. Blaine was en- tirely serious and sincere hasbeen stead- ily growing. The most prominent mey, in the party have 8o expressed themselves, and the view prevails gen- erally with the rank and file of the party. It is felt that justice to Mr. Blaine requires this. Other men now command the attention of republicans, and while unquestionably there are still many in atl parts of the country who are tenacious in their devotion to Mr. Blaine, the party as a whole expects and intends to choose another as its candi- date. , And it is not without ample and excellent material from which to make a selection. The republican party is not aone-man party. It has statesmen of experience and ability, any one of whom is worthy of the highest confi- dence of the country and would wisely and honestly administer the affairs of the government. And when the party shall have made its choice, it is not doubted that James G. Blaine will be found ready to give his ablest and most effective efforts to secure republican victory. e e— The Fishery Treaty. The treaty relating to the fisheries controversy with Canada, which has been signed by the British and Ameri- can commissioners and approved by the president, may be given to the public before action istaken upon it by the senate, and itcertainly should be. This is one of the cases in which the people ought to be permitted to know what is proposed, in order that public opinion may be fully heard regarding it. The discussion of the fishery question during the past two years has made the people very familiar with its character, and they should be permitted to know how it is intended to deal with their inter- ests before the business is consummated and placed beyond further discussion. The secrecy of the senate can very properly be abandoned as to this treaty, and it is due to the people that it should be. So far as there have been intimations as to the terms of the treaty, which is understood to relate solely to the fishery dispute, the commissioners seem to have reached an eminently fair arrangement. Concessions were made on both sides, as was inevitable if any agreement was to be reached, and the disposition appears to be to regard the result as just to all interests. Certain matters which have been a source of prolonged controversy, as the boundaries of the marine league, are definitely gottled by the treaty, and it is understood that all points in dispute have been so carefully covered that there need be noexcuse for future difficulties if the treaty goes into effect. This view, however, does not umversally obtain in Canada. Some of the leading news- papers of the Dominion have sharply criticised the concessions said to have been made in behalf of Canada, and the feeling is said to prevail to some extent in official quarters that the United States got the better of the bargain, If this should prove to be so it would be the first timo in the history of such ne- gotiations. The treaty, however, is not subject to any action by the Canadian parliament, exeept as its approval or disapproval might affect the action of the British government, It will be submitted to the parliament of the Do- minion simply as: & matter of courtesy. It will.go into effect when ratified by the United States senate and approved by the government ot Great Britain. ‘When this is done the people of both countries will have renson to congrate ulate themselves upon the settlement of what has been a disagreeable and annoying, if not a dangerous, contro- versy. — A Chance For the Monroe Doctrine, There are renewed evidences of Eng- land’s disposition to gratify her greed by seizing territory of the republic of Venezuela, which that government in- sists she has not the slightest shadow of aright to. For more than forty years there has been a controversy between the government of Great Britain and that of Venezuela regarding certain valuable territory, and from time to time England hasseized a portion of the region in dispute, until she has become possessed of the larger and most valua- ble part of it. About a year ago the Venezuelan government granted a fran- chise to a company to build a railway to the gold mines in Venezuelan Guiana, a portion of the route being through British Guiana. The English lieuten- ant governor promptly notified the Venezuelan government that the rail- way would not be allowed to pass through British territory and sent troops to pre- vent it. It is now proposed by the gov- ernment of British Guiana to build a railway to the gold mines, and this has called out a most earnest protest from Venezuela against what she claims to be a deliberate scheme of robbery. It is hardly necessary to say that the Eng- lish statement of the case does not ac- cord with this view, but really the truth in the aispute seems to be with Vene- zuela, About a year ago the Vepezuelan gov- ernment proposed to appeal to the United States toarbitrate regarding the disputed territory, claiming then as it now does that England’s course was in violation ot the Monroe doctring, and that it was the duty and policy of the government of the United States to in- terpose. ° England, however, either ignored or refused to give any attention to the proposition for arbitration and no step in that direction was taken. It now seems probable that Venezuela will again appeal to this government to take cognizance of England’s poliey toward that country, which is ot course unable to defend her territory against the power of Great Britain. Very likely, however, such an appeal would not be productive of any- thing more serviceable than a resolution in congress condemning the rapacity of England and sympathizing with the victim. There is some uncertainty as to just how far the Monroe doctrine was intended to extend, and no doubt the great majority of the American people would be disposed to draw the line this side of Venezuela, even with England as the grasping aggressor agamnst that country. Like most big fellows, we have any amount of commis- seration for the little chap who cannot defend himself against the burly bully that worries and robs him, but we pru- dently object to mixing in thedifficulty. ADVICES from Ohio represent that the friends of Mr. Blaine in that state are manifesting a very unfriendly spirit toward Mr. Sherman and that there isa good deal of trouble in consequence. Such reports are to be taken with many grains of allowance, but it certainly is a fact that there are no more tenacious followers of Mr. Blaine anywhere than in Ohio, and the great majority of these would prefer any man to John Sherman. In this particular they are implacable, and being numerous and influéntial can make some trouble. Nevertheless it is not to be doubted that Sherman will have the delegation to the national con- vention, though undoubtedly all the Ohio politicians who will be in Chicago when the convention meets will not go in his interest. S—— HASCALL calls the edjtor of the Her- ald an Illinois dude. Mr. Merritt will survive that stunning blow. E— STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska J ottings, McCook is fighting for a federal court. Phe Salvation army threatens to raid Plattsmouth. o The Missouri Pacific is expected in Hastings on All Fools’ day. A catamount weighing thirty pounds wab trapped near Indianola last week, O The vaternal caress of an obnoxious suitor is styled a coat-tail flirtation in Lincoln, The first span of the Burlington bridge aver the river at Nebraska City is completed. Farmers near JIndianola planted con- siderable whent last week. An early harvest is expected. The Schuyler Quill is rendy to shout for Senator Sherman if he will send his bloody shirt to the laundry. An election will be held in Nebraska Citv to-morrow on the question of grant- ing a charter to the Clark street rail- way company. Hastings has a non-partisan political organization composed of active young men who favor high license and active business men in office. Dr. Conery, of Neligh, collided with the heels of a horse in motion, contract- ing a fractured knee, two broken ribs and several internal pains, Napoleon is the name of a new town in Logan. Lots have been staked out and Sellers insist that “‘there are mil- lions in it,” although not in site. - Nine carloads of nails have been shipped to West Point for spring build- ing operations. Another consignment will be needed for the fall campaign. The North Bend Flail believes that with General Phil Sheridan in the-re- Sublimm saddloe the brigadiers would be riven from every trench in November. Thieves raided Mrs. McMillan’s mil- linery shop in Grand Island Thursday night, and secured enough silks and rib- bons to decorate the spring bonnets of their wives. The callow bachelor of the Hastings Democrat declares: Jorsets that will play a wedding march when squeezed would be popular among the ladies of the third city.”) Hon. J. Sterling Morton has further manifested his love for Nebraska City by purchasing and presenting the Ful- ton tract of state land to the city for park purposes. Gno'rlge L. Miller is a numerous gen- ius. He is a prohibition preacher in Lincoln, & doctor in Laramie, a pub- lisher in Dustin and a life insurance manager in Omaha. The Hamlnsl::d Gude, published at Hemingford, Butte county, is the Iatest journnlistfe miant. J. S. Paradise is editor and publishor. Gleanings from Paradise ought %o ‘prove & profitable venture. o The Crete Globe announces that its facilities for turning-out spring poets is unsurpassed. A torm sheller with an enlarged hop‘wr, tun by steam power, is conveniently loeated for the reception of both author and product. Sister Colby’s [ribune announces that there will be a grand series of suffrage conventions in the stato next October. Miss Anthony, of mellow memory, Mrs. Saxon and Mrs.” Wallaco will take & hand in the fall campaign. Falls City is moving to catch and an- chor a few of the floating industries. A meeting of the board of trade will be held to-night to provide means for ad- vertising the city and show her natural advantages to an anxious world. The Blair Republican is tearing around 1n a narrow and barren pasture i Washington county, and raving against an imaginary raid on taxpayers for a bonus to help '.f)\'o Omaha & Yank- ton rond. The Republican is an ama- teur gymnast and its present harsh and hollow tones is Volapuk for ‘‘Come and see me.” The judicial somersault last fall took place a few hours after the friendly visit of Ballou & Co. . A farmer in Madison county has dis- covered a new hog cholera remedy. Experiments extending over several months cnabled him to locate the seats of the disease. Beneath the tongue he found large valvular cells coataining poisonous grunts. -These he carefully cut out with a cold chisel and sledge hamms The operation requires great delicacy of touch” and precision, and is generally successful. +o expediate re- covery the I[armer urges that the animal’s tail be wrapped in red flannel for two days. There will be some lively railroad building in north Nebraska this year, unless all signs fail. The Omaha & Yaukton road will penetrate the north- eastern counties and the Elkhorn Val- ley and Omaha & St. Paul road will en- deavor to limit its usefulness and hedge it in 0 narrow strip of country, The Hartington extension of the latter road will be extended to the Missouri river opposite Yankton, a distance of about forty miles, while the Creighton branch of the Elkhorn will be pushed up the Verdigre to Niobrara. The Omaha & Yankton road will be contined by these two lines. The Yankton & Southwest- ern, recently incorporated, will prohnbl v do some building this year. The Illi- nois Central is likely to cross the river at Decatur and build into the in- terior as well as to Omaha, The Omaha & North Platte extension of the B. & M. will be extended northwest from Schuyler to a connection with the Broken Bow line, known as the Grand Island & Western. A branch of the latter will be extended in the direction of the Black Hills, while the main line will cross the boundary line into Wyo- ming this year. The indications point to a year of unusual development and prosperity north of the Platte river. Towa' Itéms. The Snooks coal mine at Newton has been closed by Inspéctor Smith for non- compliance with the mining laws. A fruit tree peddler'was run in in At- lantic last week fot trying to dispose of his nursery stock to a frail woman. Muscatine and. Davenport talk of try- ing the beet sugar: industry, the former having a company ready to invest $400,- 000 in it. A syndicate in Sloux City is endeavor- ing to tap the board of aldermen for natural gas. The privilege is equivaj lent to a fortune. . The Independent American, of Cres- ton, is out in a spring tile of tasteful cut. The I. A, is a staunch supporter of the farming and laboring classes, and shows every evidence of well-earned prosperty. The school board of Oakland is in- vestigating the muscular development of a local pedagogue who fans intelli- gonce into unruly boys with a stiff ruler. The parents of the boys naturally object to interference with their prerogative. An Ottummwa man was fined 810 and costs the other day for a hilarious drunk. He gave as reasons for his unseemly conduct that a baby had been born’at his house and his sister was married, and he couldn’t stand so much prosper- ity in one day. Men employed in boring a well at the hotel in lferndon struck gas at a depth of 125 feet Wednesday. The noise made by the escaping gas was heard two miles away, and when highted the flame leaped at least thirty-five feet high. The citi- zens are elated over the discovery. Some time ago County Superintend- ent Taylor, of Des Moines, was called to the country to settle a trouble which had arisen in a school, The differences arose over the fact that a young lady teacher had severely flogged three young men who were attending school. The superintendent made due investi- gation of the case, got acquainted with all the parties and settled the difficulty. Since then the superintendent has re- ceived an invitation to a wedding, and to his surprise the parties were the yuunF lady school ma’am and one of her unruly pupils whom she had chastised. There will be Mttle question in that household who is the woman of the house. Wyoming. Large deposits or lodes of galena ore have been discovered on Slate creek, twenty miles west of Uva. During the past vear 284 glandered horses were killed in Wyoming by or- ders of the territorial veterinarian, and $15,000 paid to the owners of the same to hlcmnl’y them for their loss, The success of the Laramie chemical works is said to have induced parties representing $60,000 capital to decide upon the development of the soda beds in the upper part of Carbon county dur- ing the coming summer. Large bodies of iron ore are located in the Platte canon mining district, twelve miles from Cottonwood, the present ter- minus of the Cheyenne & Northern road, in what is known as the Hartville range, which contains the celebrated Sunrise cu};pl-r mine. Here is found an iron belt of about eight miles in length by two wide. Wherever the cap forma- tion is broken immense croppings of iron ore are discovered, the largest out- crop being on the Sunriso mine, which shows a body of ore 'in 'sight estimated at over two million tons. Capitalists of Cheyenne propose to develop this vast body of natural wealth and estabtish blast furnaces and roller and steel nug- get wills to reduce fhe product to mer- chantable iron. The noted William Nye writes to the Cheyenne Sun that to the best of his knowledge and belief the credit of his discovery belongs to his mother. **My wife also mildly protests that she was partially responsible, and others seem to be willing to shoulder the responsi- bility, but it doesn’t matter especially. I am more glad that [ have remained discovered than ever anything else, for Ido not forget that every inducement was offered for me to crawl into obscur- ity when I left the west, and also to pull the obscurity in after me. But for the west, however, I would have been born to blush unseen, and the friends who stood by me'when I needed it so much have got a warm place in my heart, as th?- will find if they give me a chance to demonstrate it.” RUAI } A HONT FOR BUREED COLD. Adventures of n-s;;dlmte of Troas- ure-Seekors. THIRTY-SIX KEGS OF DOUBLOONS The Strange Story Told at a Dinner Party in Washington — The Boodle 8aid 1o Be Burled in Honduras. New York World: A ploasant little party of politicians and lawyers dined ata private residence In Washington ono day early last summer. In the party were ex-Judge A, J. Davidson, of San Francisco; Congressman J. Floyd King, of Louisiana; Lawyer Charles S. Beardsley, of New York, and several others. It is said that ex-Quarantine Commissioner Thomas C. Platt was also one of the diners. Over the wine and cigars some good stories were told. When it came to ex-Judge Davidson's turn, in a quietly earnest manner con- vincing to his auditors he told this ve- markable story: He was on a pleasure trip round the world in his yacht, being & man of wealth, and was bound from an Aus- tralian port to San Francisco, when he was applied to by the United States con- sul at the port of departure to take a sick man with him on his vessel to San Francisco. The man was an American, and though merely a seaman, was a person of more than ordinary intelli- ence. The United States consul had been led in consequence to take more interest in him than he ordinarily felt in seamen coming under his care. The judge found that the sick man was & mason, and, being one himself, he consented to take him along with him, He was a man about sixty years old and evidently in the fast stages of consump- tion. On the passage across the Pacitic the judge became interested in his pas- senger and made him as comfortable as possible. The yacht, was, of course, well found in all respects, and every delicacy that could possibly be required for an invalid was freely furnished him. In the occupation of caring for his pas- senger the judge found relief from the tedium of his long passage 0s8 the ocean. En route to San Francisco the t touched at Honolulu in the Sand- h islands, the one objectof the judge in going to this port being to procure fruit and vegetabies for his invalid pus- senger. On arrival at San Francisco the judge procured the man a passage to his home at the east by way of the railroad across the continent. After landing, however, despite the best of care, he failed very fast. The party had settled in their chairs and were giving all their attention 1o the judge's story, divining from his manner that the interesting part was yet to come, One day, continued the judge, his sick passenger said to him: *T feel, sir, that I shall never reach home alive, even if Ican retain suf- ficient strength to begin the trip. You have been more than kind to me, and I think, perhaps, I may give you some information that may be of value to you. A great many years ago, when I was o young man, I was one of the crew of a brig engaged in the West India trade, and we sailed from Neburyport, Mass. On the return trip from De- merara the brig was overhauled by a pirate vessel and all of the crew of the PR te liled except myself. Iwas spared, probably, on_ account of my my youth, and I served on board of this vessel for several years, during which time she made many captures. “‘The atrocities committed by this pi- rate vessel at last became so notorious that the British government fitted out a cruiser on purpose to capture her, and, finally,after a hard fight with this cruis- er, we were crowded close in to the coast of Honduras, and the skipper was obliged to look for some place where he could beach the craft and save the immease amount of plunder that was on board. They finally ran through a small opening in_a reef and made a landing on a sand key, where the treas- ure was landed. Here we dug a pit and buried thirty-six kegs of Spanish doub- loons, covering them up with conch shells, Two of our men having been badly wounded 1n the fight of the pre- vious day, ead died, and their bodies were placed on top of the covering of conch shells and and then sand was shovelled on top of all. We then all re- embarked on our vessel and put to sea, hoping to be able to elude the cruiser, but in this we were disappointed,for the next morning we discovered her close aboard of us, and, the wind dying oult entirely, we were at their mercy. “They lowered their boats from the British vessel and were soon alongside of us. The casmun of the pirate and his crew made a desperate resistance, and finally, some of them, finding capture inevitable, jumped overboard and were drowned, and at the close of the action only myself and two others were left alive. e were taken on board the man-of-war and the pirate craft was run ashore and destroyea. I stated to the captain of the man-of-war that I had been captured by the pirate from an American vessel, and was permitted to serve as one of the crew of the vessel until we arrived at Portsmouth. The other two men had been woundedin the attack of the boats, and both of them died before reaching England and were buried at sea, so that the onl left alive of the whole crew was m, & The dying sailor then chart, on’ which was the position of the key where the ti ure had been buried, and gave to Judfiu Davidson certain marks by which the spot where it had been buried could be entified. A day or two after this the man died and was buried in San Fran- cisco. The judge was a moderately wealthy man, and though he often thought over the strange story of the dying sailor, he did not give the subject of the buried treasure very much consideration, He put away the chart, marking the spot where ‘the treasure was supposed to have been buried on the island, and al- most forgot it. A few yearslater he be- came involved in speculations and lost nearly all he had. While attempting to retrieve his wrecked fortunes he be- thought him of the buried treasure and determined ho would satisfy himself of the truth or falsity of the sailor’s story, and if he found it true, to attempt its recovery, He came east to New York city, and took a steamer to Honduras, ewhere he took passage on a vessel engaged in sponge-fishing among the West India reefs. Taking a small boat he got the natives to take him to the Key deseribed by the sailor, He was landed and, alone, he located the spot. finding all the marks described bythe dying sailor. Hedug through the sand, and to his joy came upon the skeletons of two men, and underneath them the conch shells. This discovery raised his spirits to the highest pitch, ver"ying}{u it did port of the sailor’s story. e dug on, throwing the sand out rapidly, but below a certain depth water flowed into the hole so fast and in such quan- tities that he found it impossible to go down any further after the treasure, -Agent John B. Peck. even {f it was all there. After repeated trials he got up the attempt to get at the doubloons for the time being. He covered up the hole with sand, ‘?unlng tho conch shells in as he found them, and threw the supposed bonesof the pirate in also. He returned to the sponge vessel and, bly easy stages, reached this city again. He spent most of his time "between Washington and Now York engaging in various business vontures, giving the buried treasure an occasional thought; always expocting he would some time be able to fitout an expedition and go and search for the doubloons in a business- like manner. As the judge finished his story, there was o dead silence for a moment. He answered all questions his curious audi- tora put to him, He said he wanted to get up an expedition to search for the troasure, but {¥e story would appear so strange to every one that he scarcely wished to propose it. Still, if a party of men would fit out an expedition he would ask nothing but his share of the wealth, which, he estimated from the sailor’s statement, was at least 81,500,000. Nothing definite was said at the time, but there was no doubt the treasury story was believed by the ma- jority of those who heard it melated. The story grew on several of those who had made up tho dinner party. especially on Congressman J. Flnyci Jones. e made inquiries in rogard to the ex-judge’s statements about himself and found them to be accurate. Then he consulted another interested member of that dinner party, and they decided that there should be some verification of the sailor’s statement; so their attor- ney wrote to the British admiralty in- quiring if there was anv record of the ca{)ture and destroying of a pirate ves- sel, as described by the ex-judge, and also if there were any prisoners taken at the time, The British admiralty, after a dignified delay, replied that a pirate had been captured in the man- ner described and that three prisoners were taken, one of whom was a boy who stated that he was forced to join the pirates under penalty of walking the plank if he did not. The verification so encouraged the inquirers that they set about forming a syndicate to get that buried treasure in the shortest and most business-like manner. Different mem- bers of that dinner party went eagerly into the scheme when they heard of the veriftication of the story that had been secured. A pool of $10,000 for expenses was made up. The largest amount of money, it is snid, was put up by Quaran- tine, Commissioner Thomas C. Platt. Congressman J. Floyd Jones 1s said to have subscribed about $2,000. Lawyer Beardsley in the neighborhood of $2,300. Alfred A. Horne, E. B. Richards, Prof. Baker, of Washiagton, and several other friends of the most iiterested par- ties, took a flyer in the ‘‘treasure syndi- cate,” contributing various sums of money, from $200 to $2,000. The next thing to do, enough money having been put up to pay expenses, was to get the right kind of vessel to carry the adventurers to the Sand Key, where the treasure lay buried. Inlook- ing for a vessel to charter, in Septem- ber, 1887, the syrdicate, to their lasting sorrow, came across Special Treasury e was 50 active in looking for the right kind of a vessel for the expedition, and talked in_such sailor-like fashion, that the syndicate selected him as the captain of their boat. Captain Peck chose for the ox- pedition the steam yacht Maria, which was in the hands of Courtlandt H. Bliven, the yacht broker. The yacht was owned by Mrs. Mary F. Blanchard, of Boston. She fhade Bliven her attor- ney and as such he chartered the boat to Peck for one month for $600, with the rivilege of an indefinite extension at 20 per day. The yacht was well adapt- ed for the purpose, thougu she was an old boat. Three weeks before the date of de- parture Peck, with whom the arrange- ments for provisioning and fitting out the vessel for a sea voyage had been left, took in a large stock of fresh meats, poultry and eggs. He stored them in old. The weather was warm, ‘Wihiile Peck was fitting out the vessel ex-Judge Davidson had a coffer dam constructed by which he expected to reach the treasure in case the sea- water should flow into the hole when they dug for it. It was stowed away in the hold of the Maria. Another mem- ber of the syndicate spent his time buy- ing rifles, pistols, ammunition and tools with which to oveacome all resist- ance on the part of hostile natives, and to dig through anything that came between them and the treasure. A fair sized howitzer was also obtained and fastened on the deck of the Maria in case in should be needed, In the mean time Yacht Broker Bliven found himself introuble, and, fearing the yacht chartered by the syn- dicate would be seized by his creditors, he for $1 gave Peck a bill of sale for her, 80 that the vessel was practically his. After various sethacks the day of de- parture, October 19, at last arrived; but i the meantime the extraordinar, secresy observed by all concerned an the fact that the Maria was heavily armed aroused curiosity and suspicion, and it was rumored that the party were bound on a filibustering expedition among the West India islands and Hon- dnras. Captain Peck *fixed things’ all r%vht, and on October 12 the vessel cast off Pier No. 6 North River, where she had been moored, On the way to Sandy Hook the fresh supplies in the hold (now three weeks old) began to be offen- sive, and at the captain’s orders they were thrown overboard. Captain Peck’s first officer was an old yachting skipper named Ward, who is well known around Gowanus bay. The crew consisted of three men before the mast, a mate, a steward and a cook. The passengers were ex-Judge David- son, Alfred A, Horne, E. R. Cichards, Lawyer Charles A. Beardsley and Prof. Barker, of Washington. i Captain Peck had laid in a plentiful supply of the best whisky, of which he was a capital judge, All the members of the syndicate who remained at home saw the vessel off with high hopes. By the time open water was reached the adventurers began to see that Peck was a poor skipper. The fresh pro- visions spoiled, the ice in the hold melted 10 the chest and the water tank was leaky. A few days out rough weather was experienced, and by a des- rate effort, in spite of the captain and his whisky, the yacht made a safe har- bor under the lee of Great Inagua, one of the Bahama islands, and the crew set about to refit her. Water and provisions wsre obtained and she proceeded to Kingston, Jamaica. There ex-Judge Davidson and Messrs. Rickardson, Bsnrdnle( and Horne be- came so dissatistied with Captain Peck that they resigned from the expedition and came back to New York. Peck was furious at their desertion, especially as ex-Judge Davidson had never parted with his secret of the name or precise location of the treasure land. He swore he would find the island and the treas- ure if he searched evar{l island in the West Indies, and when his passengers deserted they had about made up their minds that Captain Peck would prob- ably pecome a pirate, rechristen his yacnt the Black Rflnrin and scour the Spanish Main. When the adventurers who had de- serted the expedition at Kingsdon reached New York u-Jugtm Davidson. after impartiug the news of the end of ‘violence of the shouting. the Mariah_expedition ae thr -es 4fi2 syndicate was an his intention of going to find the ure alone, by tho same route, he he had takenyears before when be almost reached the treasure. Thonext hoard of tho yacht Mafta was in the latter part of Decembey when she put in at Koy West, This, i is said, was to let Prof. Barker off, 3 a fow days after she sailed for Honduras. Before she sailed it w: again rumored that she was on a filibuse tering expedition, but the credentialg Captain Peck carried as special trenss ury agent prevented trouble, and the sort of modern “Flying Dutchian” hag not been seen since. There is no doubt that when Captaln Peck found he was not going to the treasure island under Ju Davide son's guidance, he made up his mind he would run the Maria wherever his will dictated. At Kingston he drew on New York for money, which was sent to him by telegraph. He gave some splendid entertainments at Kings- ton, and the governor goneral of l‘\e place was often his guest on board. Ree cently the syndicate were put in a fever h{ learning that certain bankers in this city had roceived 8,000 Spanish doub- loons coins of half a century ago and of the value of 815.93 each. The coins, it was loarned, came from the West Ine diess. It was thought that perhaps the Maria and her crew had discovered the treasure, It would appear from the official doous ment sent by Secretary Fairchild from the treasury at Washington to_Collec- tor Magone that Sccretary Fairchild has been informed that a i‘mm answering the description of the Maria is approache ing this port. From information he sus« cted that the vessel and her crew has en o"fi“fi“d in a filibustering expedi- tion, and that she had been committing depredations on Honduras. The col- lector is warned to keep asharp lookout, and if the evidence warrants 1t to ar- rest the alleged pirates and seize the vessel, The strangest part of this strange story is that nearly all the members of the syndicate of treasure-hunters are convinced that their failure to realize their golden dreams is due entirely to the incompetency or worse of the man to whom were intrusted the details of the expedition. That a vast amount of gold is still lying buried at the place in- dicated by the dying seaman they are still firmly convinced and that they will eventually get it. The statements contained in the fore- going narrative, which fairly rivals Demill’s Treasure island iu “old Garth,” are related by two prominent members of the syndicate and are vouched for. Thus is the mystery of the cruise of thq steam yacht Maria cleared up. B N A Mistake. 3 St. Paul Pioneer-Press, In common, as we believe, with all thoughtful republicans, anxious for the wisest action at Chicago next June, we regret deeply the action of the sub-com= mittee charged with the preliminary arrangements for the convention, in de« ciding to made no change from the old custom of 1ssuing an immense number of tickets of admission. That custom, every man of reason is convinced, is en« tirely without merit or excuse, and tends, as far as it has influence at all, to sway the convention by forces which should have least weight in its deliber- ations. The committee seems to take pride in announcing that it will hold firmly to excluding all but about 8,000 persons from the convention. If that is wise, why would it not have been just as much wiser in proportion to keep out all of the 8,000 except delegates. There is not one valid reason for issuing tickets to anybody except reg- ularly chosen delegates und represente atives of the press. Every card pre- pared for another person is either a token of favoritism or an assistance in overawing the convention by the clamor of packed galleries, In either case the discrimination is unrepublican and unwise. There will be, a8 we well know, more than 100,000 people in Chi- cago next June any one of whom would would be willing to pay a good price for a ticket to the convention. Every re- publican among them has just as much right as any other, no more and no less, to be admitted. If this privilege cans not be granted to all it should be re- fused to all. The selection ofa prive ileged fow is an abuse, and a danger- ous one. There will be,it is under- stood, about 850 delegates. Each of these, it is stated will receive thre tickets. The alternates present wil not be nearly as many. Alter supply- g all of these, there will remain sev- eral thousand tickets for general dis- tribution. To what purpose will they be applied? The experience of the pasu shows ex- actly what will happen, The possession of these extra tickets, by delegates and others, will be made an opportunity for a vast amount of intrigue to beat down free deliberation and forestall the pop+ ular choice. The organizations repre- senting the interests of particular cane didates will spare no efforts to get hold of as many tickets as possible, 'I‘hox will bestow these upon men instructe to pay for them by the loudest and most prolonged howling of which human vocal organs are capable, whenever that candidate’s name is mentioned. There will be the regular pandemonium when candidates are placed in nominution, and the stock of this man or that will go up or down according to the comparative It is a prac- tice utterly unworthy of reasonable hue man beings, and utterly out of place in the great constituent™ assembley of a party which is to choose its representas tive to do battle for control of a nation’s affairs. The election of a president this year will be a business not of bom- bast and noise, but of hard and earnest work. In selecting a man for this great duty and honor, there should be all the calmness, the dignity, the delib- eration and the discussion of every ad- vantage and disadvautage which find place in the weightier business affairs ot every day life. The present practice of admitting several thousand specta~ tors, mostly organized into paid cliques, makes this impossible. Its continuance is a grave and may prove a costly mise take. —— Destroying Sewage With Electricity Electricity is about to be put to a new use. The emptying of the sewage of London into the Thames has nocessar- ily poluted the river: in scarchin for some means of prevs r this pole lution, it has been discovered that elece tricity transmitted into the sewage produces the equivalent of a chemical change. 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