Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1888, Page 5

“AMONG STATE POLITICIANS. Poople Talked Of as Buccessors to Prosent Incumbents. THEATTORNEYGENERAL'S SHOES ¢t Would Please the Corporations to Have a Pliable Man Occupy Them—Attorney Marquette's Arnswer—Brevities. [PROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] There are growing signs of activity in state politics and arrivals of politicians to this natural center of politics in the state have been more numerous of late. Locally the city and 1ts numerous states- men have taiked politics very little, al- though the recent aggressive movement on the part of Blaine republicans caused more than a ripple upon the political surface and brought national politics to the fore. Concerning the Blaine club and the letter of declination, a promi- nent actor in the club states that the orgunization will be maintained for ef- fective campaign work without regard to the nominee. The coming session of the grand army in this city the present week, will bring many prominent in state politics together, but it will be in its work a gathering of old solgiers and it will not be part of the proceedings to vindicate anyone in politics as practiced in the election of the present department com- mander. In congressional politics the practical entrance of Speaker Harlan, through the announcement of his personal friends as a candidate to succeed Jim Laird is the opening fire in the Second distriet. There is expressed by former supporters of Mr. Laird and politicians generally, the opinion that a new man should be select in_ that district. Some parties ha ulated the rumor that Attorney General Leese was a candidate for congress, but the state- +,ment comes entively from the enemi of Mr. 1 3 from the class whos friends, the corporations, have bec worried by the earnest work of the af- torney general as a member of the board of transportation. The opinion is more often expressed that the people and the public would be most benefitted by retaining the attorney general in his vresent position, but Mr. Leese himself expresses no wish or opinion, simply confining himself to doing six honest days’ work in the week for the state— ml;vlhing that his predecessors never did. The board of transportation, under the law as interpreted by the supreme court, is probably an entirely different organtzation regarding powers and duties than the originators of the law contemplated. Of the five state oftice: comprising the board, all but Secretary Laws complete this present year their second term of office, and this board will therefore be practically a new one after the present year, and if there is not a struggle to secure the make up of the board the political signs of the times cannot be counted upon. In fact the indications point to a very interesting canvass forstate officers the presont year. Among the names of candidates for state offices that of L. D. Richards, of Fremont, has been' fre- quently mentioned for the position of state treasur Mr. Cong whose historic watch came to him much as the serenade came to Artemus Ward, frequently visits Lin- coln in the interest of an alleged con- gressional boom and Congressman Dor- sey appears to have many friends from the Third district visitors. The latest in regard to a candidate against Com- gressman McShane in the First district, came from a prominent politician in the state who said: “If I were asked to select a man with which to defeat Mc- Shane I should at once name Chief Jus- tice Reese, of Saurders county.” THE CONSOLIDATION CASE. Saturday, T. M. Marquette, attorney of the B. & M. railrond, filed the brief covering the points on his side of the case in the matter of the forfeiture of the Atchison & Nebraska railway. The brief is an extended one and covers some thirty pages in which a great deal of space is devoted to discussing other matters than the point at issue, the con- stitutional facts in the case. Several puges are given to the discussion of the l}" nt that a lease is not a consolidation. he petition in the case recites that through the lease, a practical consolida~ tion has been effected; that the lease is such only in name and that the result, in every particular, is o consolidation. The bne’:“in reply to this, states that the power to lease does not imply the power to consolidate; that the lease is simply bailiff of the real owner and that the inference made by the attorney geueral that the turning of the porsonal property of the Atchison & Nebraska over to the B. & M. amounted to con- solidation is only an inference and that the lease in question had no semblance of a consolidation. The brief enters largely upon the plea of public policy, holding that the Atchison & Nebraska road is more beuefit to the state asa feeder than as o separate line. To the point in the petition that the rates were too h and were run up under the consolidation, the brief holds that this effects merely the administra- tion of the road and not its existence as a corporation. In discussing the question of quo war- ranto in connecvion with publie policy, Mr. Marquette says that it is a proceed- ing that smacks of kingly power and should be used only when' there is no other remedy and when the corpora- tion, by misuser, has placed itself where it cannot be of usefulness to the state. ‘Therefore if the Atchison & Nebraskais still capable of usefulness to tho state its life should be spured. Several pagesare devoted to a specious plea for the B. & M. as o Nebrasha road running through the state where other competing roads are generally located outside it; conse- r\\lmully the brief holds in substance that competing lines should be made feeders to the B. & M., rounding up with the rather remarkable statement that the present price of corn and hogs in Nebraska is divectly attributable to the B, & M. and its increased num- ber of feeders. The brief point has evidently waundered from the siffple constitutional question involved of two competing lines being allowed to consolidate. Passing on the brief holds that the cause of the forfeit- ure no longer exists, as, owing to their construction of the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island roads, the Atchizon & Ne- braska now, as a part of the B. & M. is a competing line with these new roads and is a teeder better fitted to ‘compete than before the lease or consolidation. The claim is also made that the state has waived its right of forfeiture, Presumably the point in the brie! that will attract the most attention is the point raised that the law by which the Atchison & Nebruska holds its ex- istence is not of the present constitutio that it was organized under the old con- stitution and that it has not violated that law, The brief closes with several at thi pages devoted to Mr. C. G. Dawes, of cotinsel in the case with tho attorne, general, and intimates that it is a pri- yate more than a public action. T, Dawes will presumsbly be fully armed at argument on this point, and the ob- vious efforts at belittiement of the at- torney general that permeates the pages of the document w!l{ pass unnoticed. It is expected to reach the argument of the case before the court the present week. CITY BREVITIES, A new scheme in the advertising line was noticed yesterday, when an actress, who has been at the People’s theater the past week. appeared in church with A evry handsome bonnet with an adver- tisement of the company ingeniously worked in the back of it. A meeting of citizons wasgheard at the council chamber Saturday evening to take steps toward securing the next re- union. It was decided to raise 33,000, and those present pledged over one- half of it, so it is evident that the amount will be fortheoming. The dairy-maids’ festival given h)r home talent in aid of the Woman’s Christian association Saturday evening was very largely attended and the au- dience fully appreciated the entertain- ment. A large delegation of prominent Ma- sons from Omaha, Hastings and Kear- ney were in the city Saturday evening attending the session of the mystic shrine. The Omaha delegatian con- sisted of C. N. Dietz, Gustav Anderson, Victor White, M. O. Maul,W. J. Mount, T. M. Anderson, Jeff W. Bedford, El- lgwr Duke, H. O. Akin and J. M. West- urg. The railroad rate war still prevails in the city, occusional cuts heing made by the Elkhorn and Burlington, the one meeting whatever cut the other makes. Since the first fow days of the war busi- ness shows little inorease. An alarm of fire from Nineteenth and T streets brought the department out yesterday, but the fire was out when they reached the place, with very little damage done. Two parties, badly bruised up from fighting, were reposing in the city jail yesterday awaiting their hearing beforc the police justice to-morrow. -~ — FIRST SILVER IN COLORADO. The Discoveries in Clear Creek County Denver Republ ¢ Silver mining in Colorado had its beginning in Clear Creck county in the year 1859, Gold mining bad already taken root m Gil- pin county. Among the gold sockers of that day were George and David Griffith, who have passed into that great unsolved mystery which lies be- yond death’s dark river. These two adventurers started from the little kingdom towards the land of the ‘‘set- ting sun” in search of the yellow metal. On their journey up Clear creck eanon they reached what time a beautiful park stream of water, coated it were,” with a silver spray, coursing through it from the south to the north, and, like De Soto on his covery of the Mississippi river, wei charmed with the beauty of the scene. This park was found to be inhabited by wild game native to the Rocky moun- tain region, as many as 500 black-tail deer being present at one time. Other more ferocious animals, such as the different species of the bear, mountain- lions, ete., were more numerous than agreeable. However, these adventur- ers were not to be driven from their purpose; they, nothing daunted, over- came the obstacles and traversed the park and found it all that the poets could imagine and_express, and then and there determined to appropriate this new discovery for a home, isolated from the haunts of all civilization. A log cabin was erected which became their place of abode. The brothers viewed with exultation and greatness and like Robinson Crusoexclaimed: We are monarchs of all we survey!” when to their discomfiture bruin put in his appearance, which caused these Spartan braggarts to retreat to their cabin and open a fusilade of powder and ball an the approaching enemy. The noise more than their bullets frightened the animul off. These adventures were fre- quent but in time ceased to be matters of alarm. Wild animals were theironly neighbors. After enjoying this boon of nature’s wonders it dawned upon these pathfinders that they had come here for a purpose which must be attended to. Both ~ with one accord concluded to ascend the east mountain now known as the Griffith. 1In thesr ascent they discovered a stream of de- licious water flowing down a deep draw in tho mountain now known as Griffith gulch. To this rough and rug- ged route they climbed until they reachcd what is now known as the Griffith workings, where they discov- ered what they thought was an immense vein carrying gold in large quantities. The gold pans which they brought with them were brought into requisition, the water from the little perenial stream was utilized to wash their dirt and to their great joy and exultation gold was found in good colors. They then and there named their discovery tho Griffith lode. This was the first vein of either gold or silver found in Clear Creek county. For a time this property was worked sor gold exclu- sively, silver not being dreamed of by the early pioneers. In sinking down a foreign mineral was encountered. ‘What was it? was the all-absorbing question. Was it lead? No, for in nt- tempting to make bullets they found it refractory, it would not melt. It was finally given as beyond their compre- Nensions and was cast to one side as being worthless. They then virtually abandoned the elaim’ for nearly five years. During this time Governor R. W. Steele (who, by the way, still re- ides here), with two other friends fear- lessly penetrated the south gulch of what is now known as Leavenworth, mountains, until they reached what was known afterwards for some years as the Belmont lode, which the governor and his colleagues pre-empted. The edu- cation of the governor served him and his friends in this case and he pro- nounced the find a silver deposit. . This news soon heralded forth and attentior was again brought to the Griffith lode, and the material that was thought to be worthless proved to of the same character as that found at the surface or discovery of Bolmont, excopt that the Griffith carried some gold. These discoveries were the incentive to a boom being started in this Griflith mining district which has never lagged to this day. The history of the Griftith lode, or so much of that yast mineral vein as had been worked under the name of the Griftith, has never been written, and for the credit of the county it were better it were never written Knavery and duplicity robbed an ente: ising company composed of New Yor capitalists who were organized under the style and title of the **Wilson & Company, who were the owners 300 feet on this vein. David T. lith, one of the discoverers, unfortunately appointed in 1868 as man- ager and superintendent of this careless but lineral company, and his advice was for a long time the shibboleth of the company. His wasteful extravagance was and is upparalelled in the history of mining. The wrecker is dead, and it would not -serve any good purpose. at thisd ay to expose the acts. THE THE, CONMERGIAL TRAVELER., A Tribute to the First Vice—Ro- manoce in Real Life. A HARROWING EXPERIENCE. Tale of a Drummer—The Traveler's Mall Box—About Legitimate Ex- penses—~Omaha's Sunday Guests—Samples. First Vice of the Travelers’ Club. St. Paul Globe. There is a man with a norve like steel And a hand that's always firm; He is with the boys and for the boys, And his name is De LaVergn. His eyes they shine with a calm, blue light, His hair is getting gray; He is forcmost in all that is great and good, And always sure to stay. ‘The winds may blow their wintry blasts O'er the prairies bleak und bare, But you see old Seneca, grip in hand, And always surely there, It reminds one of the ancient days, ‘When the Romans fought for fame, But Seneca, always true as steel, Defends the travelers’ name. He has traveled the road for forty years, And is surely not a dub, He always dresses a la mode, And is first vice of the travelers’ club. A Romance in Real Life. “There is a man with a history,” said a traveler to the Bee the other evening, point- ing to a man whose ample and fashionably cothed back was turned toward us as he bent. over the hotel register. ‘‘Yes, sir,” the dgummer went on, fallimg into retrospective mood, “‘eight years ago that mau was travel- ing out of Council Bluffs and was engaged to the daughter of the head of the firm for which he worked. The old man was inclined favorably toward him, and everything seemed to be cut out just his s1ze. But he wasa wild young cub, fuller of deviltry than a cocoanut is of milk. Of course for the most part his escapades were merely those of a high-strung young fellow who went at the wild oat busi- ness with the same ambition to excel he would bring to auother undertaking; but once or twice George got into a scrape that had a firkc.r look. The old man and the girl had faith in him, however, they said, ““Just wait a little while and George will come out all right,” and Jeorge for his part, was always just on the pomt 8f coming out, but somehow never quite able to make it. In short, after a couple of years of patient waiting on the part of the girl and her father, it came to be the old story of broken promises. Unfulfilled resolutions on one side, and heart-burnings and loss of faith on the other, But even ufter the old man and his friends had given him up, the girl stuck to George. She forgave him as soon as he came back to her after a spree, and pitied him when he told her what a miserable ‘wretch he was, and believed him when he promised that from that time forth never should a drop of liquor pass his lips or a card touch his hand, and cried over him when ho told her how hard he tried to keep the last promise and haow miserably un- happy he had been as soon @s ho broke it, and said what a lucky fellow he was to have a girl to love him. And George, no doubt, shed a few tears himself during the recital, and when it was over with, felt meekly, conscious that he deserved a great deal of credit for making a clean breast of it, and tried not to be proud when she praised him for it. Then Georgo would go out on the road again, with the best of intentions— for e really loved the girl—and in duc time he would be at his old lunes. Well. finally even the girl lost hopes of him—for she had a strain of good, common sense in her make up—and they had an inter- view which she told him it was his last chance. Of course, George swore, with tears in his eyes, that it shouldu’t be thrown away. He went out and for three trips was as straight as a judge. The oid man lent him $100 on the strength of it and the girl would have been perfectly happy it she could have stopped reproach- ing herself forever doubting his manhood. ‘Then along came the 4th of July, and a lot of George's customers came in from the coun- try towns around—and (ieorge's promises went glimmering again. He went right to the girl as soon as he got over it, with all the old trick of tears and penitence—but, though sho could still pity him and cry over him—it woulan't work; she said it was all over. George wept copiously: he denounced him- self in unmeasured terms; he declared he wasn’t fit to kiss the hem of her garment— and she had the sense to take him at his word, Then with the prospect of really losing her right before him, he discovered what she was to him, and he got wild. He swore she was heartless and only wanted to jilt him, and, in fact, they had a regular scene of it, and George loft the house a sadder and a ‘wiser man in respect of his belief that a little wheedling would always bring a girl round. He left protesting to the grl that he would reform in earnest and win back her respect and confidence, and she told him that when he did that he would find her waiting for him. He went down to the store and told the old maxn that he was going away to begin new. He gave him his note for the $100 and swore to him that he would some day redeem it with 85 for every one the note called for.” “Then George dropped out of sight. Rumor said he had gone west but nobody heard a word from him. Of course, as soon as he was out of sight, the girl forgave him again and renewed her shattered faith. There wero plonty of other follows around, but none of them got any encouragement—she could wait she told her father when he re- monstrated.” S0 two years passed. Then one day the old man got a letter addressed in a hand that made nim rub his glasses and look twice. He tore open the envelope. Inside was a blank sheet of note paper and wrapped in the note paper a #8500 bill. The envelope bore the vostmark of a r in Montana, not a word of writing, He 1 the packet home and gave it to the girl, a mute testimonial of Lonest effort and remembered promise. Who ith and humility; for he had plainly moved the possibility of receiving forgive- uess by reason of this act; heplainly said to them that he did not yet consider his tion complete. Not n word was y either, but after the old man had stood the girl's yearning face, greeting him every night as he returned from his office, for a month, he took the envelope, paper and bank bill just as he had received them ana gave them to a detective, with instructions to find the sender—and not' to mind expense in do- ing it.” The narrator shut his eyes a moment and vieldod himself to revery. *Yes,” he went on musingly, “last month the girl was married. She was not 8o young, certainly, as she was when George first won her, but far more beautiful to my eyes, for I knew the constancy aud true-heartedness that had brought the sad lines about her mouth, and given the almost pathetic look to the dark eyes. It wasa y wedding. As the father watched the bride I could see that in his expression was mingled a dumb prayer for forgiveness for his part in the sorrow sho had borne, and a re ng that he had helped her brave out the trial until this happy end had come at length. The bride was happy in her husband, and he was certainly blessed in her. Lucky Fellow! They are east now on their wedding tour, and—-" 1-::: East! Why, [ thought you said this ) here——7" “This man! What, the man that married the girl? This fellow{ Why, bless your soul, no. 1 forgot to say, respecti this fellow, that the detective returned from Montana with evidence that would have landed the festive George in the penitentiary for com- plicity in a stage robbery—that's” how he got the $500 bill, you see. This fellow, George, is 4 common gumbler wow. The detective soon found that he bad been going to the bow-wows ever since he left Council Bluffs, and on this proof the girl figaily did give him up for good. Oh, no, the girl married a busi- ness man of Des Moines.” The reporter cast & glance of withering scorn at the narrator, jammed his hat down over his ears and wandered out into the gloaming alone. Out of His Sphere. A well known commercial traveler sends OMAHA DAILY . BEE;. MONDAY. to the B ne%lng interesting account, of his upefhn;fl. ( Charlie S—ie 18 traveling for a drug house in Chicago Before entering that line of business he had studied medicine, grad- uated in & college, and had had some experience in the'practice of that profession. But finding that the disagreeable greatly overbalanced thz agreeable portion of @& physiclans life, hé concluded to give it up while he was ¥6t young and able to muke a new beginning, | Although he had become a traveling man he was not less interested in medical science, and nothing suited him better than to assist & surgeon insome delicate operation or to discuss with a number of medical men some disputed point in that science. 1 was on the vead for a stationery house at that time, and it happened that Charlie and [ often met, and became very good friends, Ono evening in November we were sittin, in the smoker of the M. L. & W, railroa nearing & small Lake Shore city in eastern Visconsin, Charlie had something on his mind that he wished to tell me. He hinted about an interesting and unusual adventure and at last under lhe’Frnszu of profound secrecy told me this: ‘“This evening I have promised to assist Drs. R, and C. in procur- ing a body for dissection, We need another man to assist us, and if you are willing you can go with us, if not drop the subject, and forget that I said anything about it."” 0O*Charlie,” said L, rather solmenly, “if any doctor or student should rob the grave of a near relation of mine and be caught 1 would like to see him lynched.” “Youwould feel difforently if vou had studied medicine, we look at w body without sentiment. It is clay returned to clay. The soul of Mr. 80 and s0 has disappeared and & corpse or ‘‘stiff,”’ remains, which will soon be rotted away, worms and maggots will take the place of 'brain and muscle, Why not save the body for dissection and stu ‘What difference will it make after a few months are over. Besides this is the body of a sailor, who has washed ashore, and could not be identifiea.” The thought of digging up a grave in the dead of night made my flesh crawl but Charlie said I might hold the horse while did the work,—I consented to share the nture. i fad vt o o4 It is nearly midnight, cold and dark as the “hinges of hades.” The wind is lislung und moaning through tho tall pines, and ‘a fine, drizzling rain helps to increuse our discom. fort. Charlie, two doctors and myself have alighted from s two-scated wagon. Charlie carries a dark lantern, Dr. R. a shovel and a gunnysack, Dr. C. a rope and an ax. [ was to hold the horse, but would not have re- mained alone in that uncan spot for $1,000. Every ghost story I had ever heard fitted through my brain. In every tombstone I de- tected motion, and in the rustle of cvery leaf an unearthly whisper. ‘‘Well, Bob, you remain with the horse,” said Charli ¢ will not be gone long." “No, Charlie,” I replied, trembling with fear and cold, *I would rather dig (a well, thought I) than remain here. Can't we tie the horse " “Not very well,” responded Dr. R., “some one must’ remain to sce that we are not followed. But 1 ,will remain if you don't wish to.” With that he handed me a gunny sack and axe,and lighting a viggar, buttoning up his overcoat and bidding us “be quick,” he sat down on a bench where he was somewhat Au'uh‘«‘led by a large tombstone, from the wind and rain. Charles took the lead with the lantern, fol- lowed by Dr. C., who directed him. I brought up the reer, holding the shovel be- hind me as a sort of shield. I would have given worlds to have been comfortably abed in the hotel, but I feared ridicule as much as 1 did ghosts and kept quiet. I watched Dr. C.'s back, for I dared not look anywhere olse. At'lastwe found a new made grave at the foot of a tall pine. “The head must be here,”” explained Charlie, “towards the pine. You begin Rob," dig away the loose dirt 8o we can get at the head. Make the hole about two feet square, that will give us room enough.’ 1 dug about one'foot and handed the shovel to Charlie, who, after digging two feet deeper reached the cofin. The doctoravith his axe, easily broke the cover, exposing the face of the dead sailor; the wide open eyes staring at us, as if he was about to utter a curse for being disturbed in his everlasting slumber. The doctor now slipped the noose at the end of the rope around the neck of the corpse and draged it out of the coffin, Ino longer assisted. I could not bear the idea of treating a corpse with so little respect. My two companions undrossed the body, dropped the clothes into the hole and filled up the grave. The body they bent so that the knoes and chin came together and squeezed it into the sack. The end of’ the rope was tied around it, and the doctor and Charlie dragged the body to the wagon. I lead with the lantern. Dr. R. was still smoking when we returned. Throwing away the stump of the cigar he assisted the other two doctores medicinar in lifting the vacated domicile of the departed soul under the back seat of the wagon. We now drove to the office of Dr. C. where the body was carefully concealed. Here the adventure ended. Iwill only add that a number of years ago all bodies for dis- section were procured by medical students in this way. Butat the present time in most states paupers’ bodies are given over to the doctors for scientific study. So Charlie, told me. 1'wonder whether any other traveling man ever assisted in body snatching. i “PERKINS . Travelers Mail Box. To the Editor of the Bex: Do commercial travelers have to pay a license to travel and sell goods in the following states and terri- tories: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Dakota, California, Oregon, Idaho, Washing- ton Territory, New Mexico, AB. Under the state or municipal laws the fol- lowing is the tax levied: _Arizona, #200 per year; Deadwood, Dak., 83 per week; Luwis- town, Idaho, £ per trip; Montana, §00 por { San Francisco, Cal., $25 per quarter. f any of these, attempt to enforce Drummer tax.” 1f all or any of these and torritories exact & drummer’s tax nse, it will be m violation of the con- tion of the United States, and under a sion of the supreme court, render ly or quite a year ago, such a law where- existiug is void. The position of the court was that a drummer's nature of a regulation dire ter-state commerce, and therefore repugnant to that clause of the constitution which gives ongress the sole power to regulate com- ‘ce between the states. A drumme ax or license cannot be collected in any state or territory if stance is made to it. “Tovrist: New York passed a bill in 1356 providing that commercial travelers should not pay any license or commercial tax. OdAiiA, Feb. 23.—To the Editor of the Bee: Where can I find the decisions of the United St supreme court affeeting the tax on nime COMMERCIAL TRAVELER, Robbins vs. Shelby county taxing district Teun., United States supreme court reports, hage 459 et seq.; Fargo vs. Michigan, 121 Dikited States supremo court. repores, page 230 et seq. ; Philadelphia and Sonthern steam- ship company vs. Penusylvania, 122 United States supreme court reports, page 326 et seq. Legitimate Expenses, The Men's Outfitter has an interesting ar- ticle on the much vexed question of ‘“legiti- mate traveling expenses.” It says: In the minds of many young travelers there appears to be a lagk of clearne: expenditures are properly char employers. Perhaps this vagu head is not confined to young U they at least have a right to be informed both as to the customs of the road and the why: and wherefor thereof. The objec a traveler's expenses is not to relieve bis all the costs and charges to which he m; accustomed Lo indulge at home. His tastes and habits are not assumed by the firm, nor are his employers bound to provide him ' witk recreation or amusement. Every expe made directly in the interest of the hou: chargeable to the house. All fares, fr express, excess baggage, carting, postage, telographing, statione this class. It not infrequently happe that the interest of the house can be fu thered some quite unusual The s of dissipation are o part of an em- ployer's provisions fora traveler. About treat- iug customers there are various opinions. W don’t believe in bribery of any sort, and have small respect for w merchant or buyer who can be whecled into buying goods by the per- suasive of smoke or drink. We have known sme who were. Undoubtedly the use of these elements has promoted some trades, but the novice who thinks he can further his con- nection by & diseriminate bestowal of these attractions will get “left.” The attempt to bribe is too plain and {8 resented, as it ought to be. Quite different from this, however, are the triffling inter-changes between buyer and seller who kuow each other's tastes.to be wa-hl. and such courtesios often ac utions of and are y ble th . ow, putting theso ications one side, let us remember that there are two sound nciples that should make it easy for any honest man to see his way in this matter. These are honor and self-interest. Omaha's Sunday Guests. Hundredsof commercial travelers scrawled their autographs on the pages of the hotel registers yosterday and enjoyed the hospi- tality afforded with presentable degrees of ease and comfort. The arrivals at the Millard were: H. E. Whitney, Chicago; W. A. Barnett, Dayton, 0. Julius Lyon and Dauiel Lyon, Keokuk: E. V. Pinkham, St. Louis; W. H. Casé, New York; H. J. Wood, New York; D. T. McMillan, Chicago: George W. Parker, New York: C. M. Johnson, Chicago; W. H. Butcher, Cincinnati; Gus Reiss, New York; L. E. Weill, Buffalo; B. Hillman, Chicago! W. M. Funston, New York; George D. Bennett, St. Louis; F. B. Hooker, Chicago: F. O. Magin, Milwaukee! B. P. Roborts, Kansas City; H. B. Goodwi Chicago; H. 8. ltobbins, St. Louis: S. Don’ dingor, Milwmukees R K. cago; B. A, Camp, St. Louis; B. T. St. Louis; M. B. Seavill York: Boggs, Chicago; W. A. Purdy, Chi Leland, Chicago; S. L. Gilbert, St E. B. Hodgman, St. Louis; A, S, New York; A Pennover, New York; Thomas Neal, Detroit; H. A. Palmer, St. is; George Spagenberg, Boston: M. 'Applebsum, Pittsburg: J. H. Ryar, Chicago; J. W. Hurbu Chi- cago; T. J. Little, Chicago; R. N. Pelimere, Rome: W. H. Murphy, Rochester; S, M. Coe, Chicago; L D. M, Lobdell, New York; L.C. Recd, Chicago; 4. M. Snyder, Balti® more; J. H. Richardson, Chicago; J. irkbx. New 'York; W. Miller, Chicago; D. A. Goodrich, New Yorkr,T. White, Chicago; H. J. Epping, New York; C. B. Howard, Chi- ria; R, Y. Walbank, 5’ L. Goff, Chicago} Towsley, Chicago; FoJ hicay 0. 8. Cook, Chicago; . Maul, St. Louis: E. Swartz, New York; W. E. Webster, San Francisco: F. P. Brow- nell, St. Louis; W. S. Wright, Chicago; W. L. Miller, Cincinnati: E. L. Cobb, Philadel- phin; J. H. Steele, Chicago; C. S. Blackman, Chicago; J. Calmond, Chicago; T. W. Crow, Kunsas_City; S. Exstein, New York; H. S. Bers, New Yorik. The' following names were registered at Paxton: Charles H. Tuttle, Chicago; John Cole, Chicago: K. A. Potter, Chicago; Wm. Schack, Chicago; Theo Sheldon, Chicagos John E. Sewolf, Chicago; A. Shultz, Chicago; C. H. Moy, Chicago; C. it. Hooker, Goo. W. Powell, Chicogo: cago: B. A. Potter, Chicngo: J. R. Smith, Chicago; . P. Wallace, Chicago; H. H. Scott, Heinly, Chicago; H. Hodskins, B. Hooker, Chicago; H. Sparr, 0; 8. C. Kelly, Cl ; §. Goldstein, Chicago; Dan Gahan, ir., Chicago; ‘W. A, Comb, Chicago; Ralf Wolf, Chicago; . S. McKenney, Chi- W: H. Squires, Chicago; _J. " 'Foley, = Chicago; = E. H. ' Mo Clery, Chicago; H. A. Perkins, Chicagos A. Carson, Chicago: J. K. Kellog, Chicago: G. J. Simonfleld, New York; R. B, Cowley, New York; C. H. Mills, New York; P. Smith, New York; E. H. Brown, New York Frank Lawton, New York: Q. J. Rosenthal, New York: H. J. Roberts, New York; Owens, New York; G. W. French, New York: P. H. Young, New York; M. L. Holton New York; H. Polasheck, New York; C. M. Jobson, New York; Arthur Acheson, New York: Max Hammel, New York; A. J. Douglis, New York; H.C. Fanigler, New York; Geo. E. Waving ir., New York; Fred A, Gebhard, New York: New York; M. Epstein, New J. E. Frason, New York: P. J. Sheri w York; R. H. Krauss, Now York; A. Fruman, New York; A. New York; Ike Lembru, Guthrie, New York; John Jones, St. Louis; C. W. Martin, St. Louls; C. W. Martin, St. Louis; M. Beaban, Louis; E. Hackman, St. Louis; C. A. St. Louis; E. E. Brande, St : 0. Milwaukee: P. L. Bridgwan, Zeigler, Boston; H. C. Kellor, rth; G. W. French, New York Des Moines: George Baxter, ) F. G. Howald, Columbus, O.; incinnati, O.: BE. H. Noble, Stone, Worcester, Mass.: W. : John J Cincinnati, O. E. C. Brown Buchanan, Chi- F. L. Hill, Chi- Wines, G. T FR ) St | St. Joe; S. W. Lisell, it; C. P. Bowles, Rhode_Island; O. M. White, 'Winterset, In.; S. A. Biengton, Win- terset. Ta.; W. E. Ratliff, Winterset, Ia.: F. L. Shaw, Minneapolis; P. L. Davis, Cl O.; Theo. Salzman, f George W. Baxter, Cheyenne; F. W. Har- rington, Boston; C. E. Winslow, Warsaw, Wis.; George L. Shoup, Tdaho; F. D. Topliff, Osl Wis,: J. B. Graves, Grand Rapids, Mi .R. Stephens, Kansas City; A. T, Pinkham, Manchester, Conn. Samples. The Denver drummers have organized a luf.ul post. Now, let the Omahans do like- wise. It is expected that within the next twenty txl)sy‘: Omaha will have a local post of the T. 1t is estimated that there are 25,000 travel: ing salesmen in this country and that the, do an aggrognte business of nearly two bil lion of dollars. The manner in which the traveling sales- men have reapondod to the appeal in bebalf of the Nebraska heroines will be a lasting cradit to the fraternity. The liberality of the ubiquitues drummer can be depended upon on aljoccasions. A Chicago traveling salesman who was robbed of $300 recently in_Kansas City, has brought suit against the Missouri metropolis for 5,000, claiming that the duty of the cor- poration is to afford security to the lives and property of citizens and visitors. A petition of 4,000 names has been pre- sented in favor of the passage of the drum- mers' bill by congress, and the wholesale dealers and traveling salesmen of tho United States are a unit for it. The bl is substan- tially the same as that introduced by Mr. Jawbes in the last house. It was, it is said, written by Senator Evarts on the back of an envelope, and Mr. Farquhar took it to Sena- tor Evarts this scssion and asked him if it was strong enough to cover the question. The senator read it carcfully over and then summed up the ends desired and the applica- tion of the bill to them. He finally said: “Yes, that covers every point, and if ihe bill is passed it should remedy the evil.” ———— “ROCKY' MOUNTAIN NEWS. Joe Mulhatton's Twin Brothers Heard From in Remote Parts of Colorado, A Denver special to the Chieago Times: Colorado is noted for the dar- ing of its early settler It takes little inducement (two fingers and one lrmp) to open the floodgates of reminisences, and then the best performances of a sworn circulation clerk arve thrown far beyond sight. A real earnest 1858 Col- orado liar, when he fecls well complish a great deol ina short space of time for the edification of his “tenderfoot” brother from the east. Here are a few of his samples, sent by a traveling correspondent: Jim Schiles, of Piedra Parada, in Archuleta county, which adjoins the New Mexican line, came up to Denver a few days ago with areal “hair-curler” in the shape of a bear story. According to the entertaing little romance that Jim gave the local papers, it was so cold in his neighborhood in January that bear, de coyote and antelope came down from the range and were as thick as bees about his cabin. Two of the bears were frozen to death, and he swears that the thermometer was 58 degrees below, This is regarded as a pretty fair single-handed fable by the old timers, but they scoff at it as being as mild asa Howells romance to ono of sop's fables when sized up against some of their own experiences. “Jed” Wiley, who is in town trying to place one of his Arizona properties, authorizes the correspondent to give one of his adventures up near Laramie twelve or filleen years ago. 1 was holding down some fand for a big cattle company that until recently had oper- ated extensively in Wyoming,” said Jed, fixing the date and his side drink, “and had nothing to do but keep squat- ters off. The land that I bad in charge is west of Laramie, on the great plains, and T got to know every foot of In going over P 8, about four miles from my shack, one day I stumbled over, or at least into, a big holein the ground, and. was surprised at its depth apd peculiar formation. Its open- ing on the surface of the ground was probably ten feet in diameter, but four or five feet from the: ground it spread out, as I afterward discovered, for twenty or thirty feet, making a big chamber, This spot was twoor three miles from the ‘hills,’ and marking it as best I could, I returned to my shack, in- tending to return and explore it further, The winter set in right after that, and [ forgot all about the hole until the spring, when [ set out for it. As I approaced I saw a black object covering the top, and —3:1}1\3, say, yow'll think I'm lying.” %0 “Well, over that hole there was noth- ing but animals—all dead; frozen so stiff thot the warm spring weather hadn't thawed 'em out. I'counted eleven dead bear and a dozen decr. It seems that, when the winter began to raise eterything but the mercury, the ani- mals had left the hills a looked for shelter. They stumbled ecross the hole, and a good many fell into the chamber and died of starvation. The rest tried to gel in, but three deer becamo locked tegether over the entrance and choked it up. The other animals fell on top of them and froze to death. Me and my rtner counted over forty animals rozen and starved.” Dunk Blair, 8 big Scothman, who with his squaw and hal(-breed sons lives midway between Meeker and the Utah line, on the White.river, at a point where it presents its most sinuous to- pography, is noted all over the White river country as & man whose word is as 0od as hisbond. He has been in the eart of the Rockies for thirty years and, having a squaw wife, who is cousin of Chepeta, the widow of old Ouray, is hand and glove with the Indians, par- ticularly Colorow’s outfit of renegade Utes. F)uring the disturbance last year he was held under arrest, and was used as a decoy to entrap the Indian The correspondent visited Dunk at his ranch at the base of a big mesa, and although he refused to leaa me to Colorow for newspaper puposes, he told me, when I had opened my sample case, what I have stamped the chef d'ccuvre of western fairy stories. ‘‘See that big black hogback that runs to the mesa,” he said in developing his roman “Well, from here it looks as if there was not a break in it. But there is, and a big one; at least & big aroya, probably twenty feet deep. There’s where T got my wife of squaw in the winter of 1869. Let's see, that's nearly twenty years ago. Johnny, that’s my son, he's eigh- teen now. I was hunting up on the range with my brother, who ruusa store at Rock Creek, Wyoming. We started out”from my place down the river a few miles to hunt elk and bear. One day a big storm comes up, and we discovered tracks of Indians. They were not friendly then, and you bet we kept out of their way. Night was coming on, and we had struck that hogback without starving unf‘ deer, and were about to come down to low ground for the night, when I saw a dozen elk eating the sage brush a hundred or two vyards away, and started after them. I struck the aroya, which was between me and fhe deer,and was about going to the place, where it was not very deep, when I saw just before me, in the bol- tom, a_horse, lying on the prostrate body of a squaw. Springing to the bot- tom of the hole, I walked up to her, with my gun ready for use, to see what was the matter. I goesup to her, and pulling round my can, souscs her with water. She came round all right, and T found she had been badly nurt by her horse falling on her. She told me, in Spanish, that her horse had gone over the aroya and fallen on her. Her peo- le, with whom she was traveling, be- ieved that she was dead and left her there. Well, the squaw was young and good looking, and I took her with me, She’s making the coffee for you now, and though her skin’s not white, and she’s wearing out, I'll stick to heras long as I live. She’sbeen worth more to me than most wives are to their hus- bands.” The point that Dunk describes is one of the most desolate in the Rocky moun- tains, and in 1869 the nearest settlement was Denver, over four hundred miles away. Blair, Bill Baker, and a few of the pioneers were the only white men in the mountains for hundreds of miles. Blair is now a rich man, or, at least has a good ranch and thousands of head of cattle, His nearest neighbors are at Raugeley, six miles from which the en- gagement between the Colorado state troops and Utes occurred last summer. —— Itssuperior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century, 1| 18 used by the United btates Governmen .' Kn- dorsod by the heads of the Great Universities ns the Strongest, Purest and most Healthtal. 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