Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 4, 1888, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY OVEMBER 4, 1883 -SIXTEEN PAGES. Fully appreciate the demand in Omaha for a Firséblass line of Millinery and Cloaks at Low Prices, have rented the adjoining room to enable them to display their goods in these two departments and let the people see what an elegant line they have. ' The impression prevails among some people that dry goods stores do not carry a fine line of Millin« ery. Barr's can effectually dispel this illusion if you only look at their Parisian Novelties and Pattern Hats. No one in this country can show you anything finer or newer nor give you the uniform low prices that prevail throughout their entire establishment. Monday, November 5th. Will be a Bargain Day in all Departments at Barr’s. GENTS' FURNISHING DEPART- MENT AT BARR'S. 1 case Gents' Camels Hair Shirts and Drawers at 81.00 each; a decided bar- gain. 80 doz. Gents’ Wool Socks, 25¢ a pair. 25 doz. Geuts’ Wool Socks, 3 pair for $1.00. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 1 case 52-inch all wool Cheviot Suit- ings for 50c per yard. BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT. 10 pieces 40-inch all wool Black French Cashmere at 50c per yard. GLOVE DEPARTMENT. 80 doz. Constance Kid Gloves, plain backs, for 81.00 a pair. RIBBON DEPARTMENT. 10 pieces 12-inch Black Moire Sash Ribbon, satin edge, for $1.25 a yard. CORSET DEPARTMENT. 50 doz. *‘Paris Model” Corsets, extra length and quality, only 50c. 50 doz. ‘“Patent Seamless” Corsets, extra length and weight, only 65c. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. 25 Persian Brocade Tea Gowns for $3.50 each. FLANNEL DEPARTMENT. 10 pieces 27-inch Heavy Gray Mixed Flannel, for 124c per yard. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. 50 Children’s Trimmed Hats at $1.00 each. NOTION DEPARTMENT. We have the largest and best selected stock of notions in the city. We quote . A TEXAS INDIAN EPISODE. Btory of An Indian's Nerve and Stolcism. HE WHITTLED OFF HIS FINGER. How An Indian Freed Himself From Handcuffs—Capture and Im- prisonment of His Com- panions. An Indian Episode. Written for The Bee.] N THE fall of 1871, while traveling with a party of scouts from Fort Griffin to Jacks- boro, or more properly Fort Richardson,Texas, the writer was wit- { ness to one of the most attrocious masacres ever perpe- trated by the Nomads of the plains. The northwestern settlements of Texas in 1871 were in those days sub- ject to periodical raids by both the Com- manches and Kiowas, the fiercest of what are known as the plains Indians, and many a tale of horror could be told by the settlers in that region of outrage and murder committed by these savages. Balt Creek---in this instance very ap- propriately named--—-is a small tributary of the Brazos river, running in a mortherly direction about six miles from old Fort Belknan, and about mid- way between Forts Grifiin and Richard- son, and for some miles after leaving this creek may be seen rude headstones recording the massacre of stage drivers, settlers and immigrants, The country after leaving the creek is open, rolling prairie land, the crestsof the ridges being about a mile apart. About noon of a bright day in the fall of 1871, a government train consisting of six wagons, six mule teams and ten men was attacked by a marauding party of Kiowas under the leadership of Satanta, Satank and sig Tree, and all except three were killed and horribly mutilated. About half an hour pre- wvious to the attack General Sherman ‘with asmall escort had passed the train going to Fort Richardson and had spoken with the wagon-master. When the Indians were first seen, the wagonmaster promptly corralled his train in two parallel lines the tcams facing inwards and barricaded the ex- tremities with sacks of corn taken from the wagons and made preparations for a stubborn defence. The Indians num- bering about one hundred or more dashed down upon them, velling and shaking their blankets, in the hope of stampeding the mules, and then com- menced oircling the train getting closer and closer every moment. One after another of the gallant defenders of the little fortress le?l under the murderous, all round fire of the savages. Seeing ail hope gone three of the ten not yet injured made a break for freedom and succeeded in getting away, two of them, however,received slight wounds, before doing so. After securing the mules not killed their fire, thirty-three in mumber, e Indians rhnppuod. ‘The writer with his party came upon the scene about an hour afterwards and must forever remember it. The wagonmaster, whose thigh was broken by a ball was captured alive. He was stripped, fastened by the lock- chain to one of the wagons and a fire built under him. When seen, one side was burnt to a cinder and the action of the fire had horribly contorted his body. The six other teamsters were likewise stripped, and scalped, their throats were cut and other nameless mutila- tions made, and it was with difficulty that the writer removed an axe from the skull of one of the unfortunate men. Upon the news being brought to Fort Richmond General Sherman immedi- ately ordered General Mackenzie in pursuit with his regiment, the Fourth cavalry, Tonkawa Indian scouts, and two companies of his rogiment from Fort Griffin met him at the scene of the massacre and the trail was taken up. General Sherman’s instructions to Mackenzie were, ‘Follow that trail, and if, as I suspect, it leads across the Red river into the {ndian territory, and you can locate the particular village. clean it out without regard to treaties.” The trail was followed into the Indian territory, but there lost, owing to vhe heavy rains. General Mackenzie then marched his command along the base of the Wichita mountains to Fort Sill, where he found General Sherman, who had arrived there from Texas some time previous. Shortly after General Sherman’s arrival, Satanta was heard to boast that he was ‘‘now square with the people of Texas,” and he, Satank and Big Tree were promptly arrested, and the captured mules found in their village conclusively proving their guilt. While General Sherman was question- ing these Indians on the porch of Gen- eral Grierson’s quarters, a dramatic in- cident occurred which nearly cost the general his life. Lone Wolf, the head chief of the Kiowas, quietly slipped by the guard, and taking three carbines from under his blanket, passed them to the three prisoners, and at the same time presented his own piece at the head of the general. Before he could fire, however, he was disarmed by the guard; but this was the second close call the general had had from the same band of Indians in the space of a few days. A requi on being had from the governor of Texas for Satanta, Satank and Big Tree, they were turned over to General Mackenzie to be broughtto Jackson for trial. On leaving the fort some difficulty was expierenced by General Grierson in getting the Indians into the wagon rovided for them. Satanto and Big ree were to ride in one, and Satank, the most dangerous, in another. All three were handeuffed and shackled and refused to get in, and finally had to be thrown in by the rear guard. On being placed in the wagon, old Satank turned to the Indians gathered and said: ““Tell my people that Satank only went half a mile on the road to Texus.” McCord, sub-chief of the Ton- kawa scouts, understanding what he said, cautioned Lioutenant Thurston, the officer in command of the rear guard, and he placed & corporal and a private in the wagon with him. The corporal sat immediately behind him and the private faced him. ‘What followed is an instance of In- @ian} stoicism I believed unparalleled. In Big Tree had secured a knife, and Yun prior to being placed in the wagon he and Satank embraced, aad in the operation the knife changed hands. Satank, after making the above mentioned remark, commenced his death song, and under the cover of his blanket, endeavored to remove his handcuffs. Fln_dlnfi his hands too large, he with his knife strippsd the quote a few: just a few of the great bargains we have to offer: Best American Mixed Pins, 5 papers for 5¢. 8 yard Embroidery Silk, por do: Nursery Pins, 3 sizes, per doz., 5c. Best Worsted Braid, per roll, 4c. Work BasketCompanivn— Contents, Paper Gold Eyed Needles, Darning Needle, Tape Needle, Button Needle, all for 3c. Dress Shields, sizes 1, 2, for 7c pair. Best Silk Garter Elastic, all colors. per yard 150. Hand Brushes, 5¢. 25 envelopes, white wove, for 5c. Langtry Curling Iron and Pinchers, for 25¢. Inspect our Button Stock before pur- 5¢. chasing elsewhere. We have the lat- est novelties in Dress and Cloak But- In faney Metal, Cut Steel, Jet 1, Pearl and Steel, in endless rom 10c doz. up to $6.00 a doz. FURNISHING DEPART- MENT. 40 Chamber Sets, 10 pieces éach, for $3.00 per set. 80 doz. Engraved Tumblers at 70c per doz. ART DEPARTMENT. 1,000 pounds Imported Saxony Yarn, at 124c a skein. TRIMMING DEPARTMENT, 24-inch wide Mohair Braid in all best shades, 40c per yard. LACE DEPARTMENT, 54-inch Point D’Esprit Net, all colors, 45¢ per yard. variety, HOUSE ENDS. An elegant line of fine Apron goods Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co., Sixteenth and Douglas Streets. o We can only at all prices. HOSIERY DEPARTMENT. 80 doz. Ladies’ all wool Ribbed Hose, merino heels and_toes, at 25c per pair. BLANKET DEPARTMENT. 60 Grey Blankets, extra size, for $1.00 o padr. PRI DEPARTMF 50 pieces German Blue Ct yard. 100 pieces Best Canton Flannel in Omaha for 10e per yard. LINEN DIC%*AI{'[',\”‘\"F. 50 doz. Fancy Bureau Scarfs, 14 yards long, at 50¢ each. SILKS. 5 pieces Black Faille Francaise, guar- anteed all pure silk, regular price $1.25; we offer them Monday at 75c. Our evening department is now re- plete with an elegant line of noveltios just imported. flesh and little finger from his left hand, still chanting his death song. Suddenly he whirled around and stabbed the vm‘goml in the thigh; the corporal tumbled out of the rear end of the wagon and the astonished tumbled out of the front end. g the corporal’s Spencer carbine, aseven- shooter, the desperate savage sprung the lever to throw in a cartridge, but as there was one already in the cham- bor of the piece, this rendered the gun useless, and while he was working at the lever he was shot to death by the guard. There was another casualty however —Lieutenant Thurston, commanding the rear guard, seeing the affair while Satank was working with the gun, rode uF behind him and withina pace or two of him fired with his revolver, missing him, but hitting in the head the team- ster, who fell under his mule; he was not seriously hurt, however. On_reaching Jacksboro, Satanta and Big Tree were tried and sentenced to be hanged. The sentence was, how- ever, commuted by Governor Davis of Texas to imprisonment for life. After serving for some time the sen- tence was remitted and they were re- leased; but the old habit was too strong for them; they went again on the war- path,were rearrested and sent to Hunts- ville' penitentiary. Big Tree is still there; but Satanta, tiring of restraint some years ago, threw himself from the topmost tier of cells to the flags below and was killed. A suicide is regarded as debarring a red man from the happy hunting grounds, Satanta must have been desperate indeed. In person Satank was as vicious a looking specimen of humanity as could be conceived. Ferocity was stamped all over him, Low, receding forehead, grizzled hair and wrinkled face, with eyes that gleamed with fierce hatred. e was even conceded by his own tribe of which he was at one time chief, to be a bad man. Satanta was a very large and powerful man, the war chief and most noted ora- tor of the tribe. His gift of speech was wonderful, and it is sald that when he was to speak the Cheyennes, Arapahoes ll"'“l other tribes would flock to hear him, Big Tree, the youngest of the trio, was physically as fine a specimen of In- dian manhood asthe writer has ever soen. Six feet tall, boautifully propor- tioned and with a handsome face, he carried within him the heart of a devil. Entwined in his scalp lock he carried the golden hair of some glnor little white girl whom he boasted that he had outraged and murdered. Such is a brief history of a massacre that created an intense excitement through western Texas, and made many settlers agree with General Sheridan when he remarked thatif he had to live in hell or Texas he would sell Texas and live in the other place. HENRY D. GREGG. IMPIETIES. ‘The way to religious reform is often illum- inated by proselytes. Bright boy (to visiting pastor)--Now try it on me. Masays you can put any one to sleep in five minutes. “The Lord giveth a oheerful lover,” mur- mured Miss Wilker, *'No, that isn't right,” she added, “‘but yet it has a pleasing sound.” Bob Burdette offers to give up writing for newspapers if the Baptist brethren will give up reading them. In that case both would be losers. An Arkansas minister tally the other day. -Pm’ 0 be valued adjun in Mr. Garland's state. Talmage advises young men to strike out. ‘This is particularly advise if the young men mean to go into the newspaper business. strike out nearly every- write. “My friend, do you search the scriptures” bbed a man fa- sas_toothpicks to pulpit work “Yes; been searching 'em all morning.” #And’ did_you find anything consolingi” “You bet; I found a lot of postage stamps I left there last winter.” The religion that will not allow a human Deing to have any pleasure in life, and is al- ways crowding & man to preparation for death—when he does not want to die—is a religion that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Yes, my son, Samson’s strength scems to have been in his long hair, H'm! Yes, yes; it might be a good_thing for you to let your hair grow long. But you must remember, you'll have to have Samson’s hand for 1t to row on. That's tho reason why every corn octor isn't a Samson. The most useful member of the church chior isn’t always the one who can sing the loudest. It is often the soft-voiced little woman whose alto can't be heard beyond the front pews, but who knows how to keep the peace between the leading soprano, the or- ganist and the tenor. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO. Mantell is in the south. Rose Coghlan is in Canada. Fanny Davenport is plying *‘La Tosca" in Toronto with great success, Mapleson is coming here again, and will bring with him an Italian opera company. “A Logal Wreck" is in its fourth month of success at the Madison Square theater, New York city. M. Gounod will personally direct the per- formance of the_revised edition of his opera of “Romeo and Juliet,”” on November 28. Mr. Daly's adaptation of “‘Les Surprises du Divorce,” which he has called the *‘Lot- tery of Love, is drawing good houses at his beautiful theater in New Yorik. A pair of pink tights in a transatlantic en- velope addressed to Lydia Thompson were seized in the New York postoftice and sent to the seizure room of the barge ofice. “The Tigregs," tho play based on Ramsay Morris' novel “*Crucify Her," has neen pro- duced in Louisyille with Selena Fetter, Ram| say Morris, and Blanche Weaver in the lead- ing roles. Clara Morris, it is reported, was never in Detter health. She is playing *“The Martyr," SL'Article 47, and *“The New Magdalen' in the east with' Frederick de Belleville and an excellent company. Agnes Huntington, the handsome contral- o, who will sing in' *“Paul Joues" at the Prince of Wales theater in January, was a member of the Boston Ideal opera company last season. A new feature of Dockstador's show is M. H. Rosenfeld’s song ‘“The Bugle Call of Gettysburg,” @ stirring composition that was sung with great success beforo an audience, including many grand army men, in New York recently. “Camille” has been produced i New York, Mme. Hading playing the title role and M. Coquelin appearing as Pere Duval. Mme. Hading’s conception and interpreta- tion 18 said to be wmarvelous piece of Bt trayal fraught with, deep pathetic feeling and great redeeming love. A new star has just appeared in the oper- atic firmament. Her; name is Fraulein Re- nard, and she has recently been engaged at the Vieana court opéra.” She lately sang in “Mignon," and the Vienna critics ‘declared her to be one of the best singers on the Ger- man operatic stage. ‘Sho is 6aid to possess & fine soprano voice, which she uses with faultless method. A scion of the sewing mcmra Sluger fam- ily will soon celebrate his edming of age in Devonshire with great state. He will pro- duce “Faust” on a scale of lavish magnifi- cence in a private theatre. He intends to play the part of Mophistopheles in person; Milo. Van Zandt gets 10,000 francs for com- ing specially from Paris to sing twice as Marguerite, and both Lafarge and Mme, Trebellr will Kroblbly be in the cast. The Duc and Duchesse Decazes, Mr. Singer's relatives, will help to do the honors. “Mr, Barnes of New York” has been dramatized by the author, Mr, A. C. Gunter, The play was produced at the Broadway thoater, Now York, and made @ deoided nit. The dramatist is said to bave handled his material with sagacious lightness and conj summate skill. It is not a profound or strik- ingly original play, but the pictorial charac- ter of the representative seems to have re- deemed all defects of conception. Mr. Gun- ter, the management, the company and the scenio artists were all called out by an en- thusiastic audience. OUR SLAVES OF THE LAMP. The Artisans and Nondescripts Who ‘Work After Nightfall. HANDLERS OF ELECTRICITY. The Forces on the Newspapers. Those Behind the Bar, and Those Who Sport on the Green—Etc., Etc. Tolilers of tho Night. The whistles are blowing and the bells are striking their evening chimes, sweet melody to thousands of weary souls. It is 6 o’clock, and the day’s work is practically over. The low- dropped sun is already slanting bars of shimmering gold athwart the tall spires, and the electric lights along the streets have begun to stand out in their incandescent brightness, as the shadows of eventide hover and thicken over the city. Many of the stores and nearly all the shops and offices have closed down, and in one steady stream the orowds of humanity who have been kept busy the live long day, within these grusome walls, come pouring forth out upon the street and homeward bound. Their hearts arve light and footsteps bouyant over the thought that one more day’s work is done. That seems to be the one idea occupying the mind and soul of these swarm- ing thousands as they hurry on and on forever; and never comes the realtiy to them that, with the fleet- ing day. another mile-post has been passed on the way to the grave. But thus it ever has been— “And forever and forever, As long as the river flows, As long as the heuat has passions, As long as life has woes—"" thus, it ever will be. As the evening wears on and the shadows fill up the cracks and crannies and ungles of the streets, the lamps are all ablaze and the electric light vies with old Sol in lighting up the 5 another class takes the place of that gone home with laugh and song and jest. Another class is moving in the streets and about the public places, and the life of day takes form atnight, though in a less elastic, more somber way. The toilers of the dark hours have crept forth for their turn at the wheel that keeps up the rumble of com- merce and trade. and keeps the world moving on. There are thousands and thousands of these, t0o, but, of course, comparatively few with the multitude that slumbers after the toil of day— thousands who work away just as busily and just as me from the setting "until the rising of the sun., What a panorama, what thrilling scenes are being presented about you during the silent watches of the night! But everybody cannot see them It takes eyes, a heart and soul, to see the life of a night. And how few of the poor creatures possess these at- tributes! Look at that labyrinth of red-hot wires flashing their messages of news and business; of pleasure and sor- row and death, t0 all quarters of the world. It takes wakeful, watchful eyes, sturdy hearts, active brains and busy hands to run this component part of the great night machinery. At the West- ern Union and Pacific telegraph offices, at the railroads, hotels and numerous other points, & large force is kept en- goged at night. Owing to the half-rate granted after 6 o’clock, a great volume of business is then done,and in addition to this the inconceivably large amount of news published by thé morning news- papers goes over these wires from city to city until late in the morning. All this enormous lot of work re- quires many skiliful hands to exe- cut it; in fact, some of the trustiest, the most dextrous of the craft have night sits. There are fifty night operators in Omaha, and among them are some very skillful men at the keys. As a general thing, young men fill these positions, but many a gray head is to be seen bending over the board, as he maintains the monotonous song click lick-click — click— click-click- ick, throughout the long dreary of the night. The hours of the uigh!-wh'gm{)hcr, however, are short, as they should be. Seven and a half hours is his allotted time, and for all work performed over that time he receives extra compensation. Several years ago the Western Union brought on a disastrous strike by lop- ping off this extra recompense, and for a time the company was run entirely by “plugs” and *‘sticks,” but it eventually restored the extra. ‘elegraphors as a general thing, are bright and intelli- gent men, fine penmen, and good readors, yot occamonally a *am’ creeps within their ranks, as he does in those of all trades and professions. The newspapers furnish an army of night toilers—editors, reporters, print- ers, pressmen, messengors, mailing clorks, proof-readers, stereotypers, jan- itors, and soon. The three morning newspapers in Omaha furnish _employ- ment for probably 200 men and boys, & little world within themselves, which, of course BEE suppli greatest number. majority these arve the printers. Asarule the “print” is a pretty bright fellow, up and up on _polities, sports and_current matters. He can converse intelligently and readily. The “cas€” isa curricu- lum that would shame that of many a college. The halcyon days of the tramp typo are gone apparently forever in the big citi urement and nowadays. The barkecper and the gambler, too, must be rated among the toilers of the night, “but not now so muech as they used to be,” as one of the former observed to me last evening. The midnight closing law, which is a good one, has cut down the numbers of the former a thousand-fold, so much so, in fact, that they cannot be classified with the masses of all-night workers. Their labors cease at 12 o'clock, that is. active work over the bar, and, after a hasty “‘reading up” of the bottles and glassos that have been in_constant use all through the evening, they doff the white apron and vest, take a night-cap, and go home liko any other ordinary citizen. Yet there are all-night houses yet, right here in Omaha, quite & num- ber of them, who, in spite of police sur- veillance, run and ply their unlawful trafic. Several of those shops have & pull with the roundsmen, who know the way by the back door, and who utilize their knowledgo by frequent trips that way. Whisky, to & policeman in these laces is always free. He drops n, sneakingly, of course, nomi- nates his liquor like a man intend- ing to pay forit, hoists it, smacks his lips, and with a pull at his glove, re- marks ‘‘kind o' sharp out ter night” and walks out. No more either is the nighter. Like Othello, his occupation is gone except on the quiet. The faces of the “high rollers’” and the ‘'skins” and the “pikers” and ‘‘sure-thing men" holding of & glmhler an all . were erstwhile as familiar as that ol the copper or the wiener-wurst man on the night round, but they, too, owing to reformatory laws have found thefs vocation gone* The smiling features ol the all-night sport have faded away Like a dream within the last two years, and so I strike him from my list of dark.« hour toilers. To be sure there aro many private and secret games yet, both at faro and poker, but there is not that battalion of hangers on, that was to be seen in the days when everything was *‘wide open,” when it was nomore of a crime to gamble than it is now to play a friendly game of billiards or take a drink. Now, all games are conducted with the utmost secrecy, and instead of being an outdoor all-nighter, the sport is under lock and key, at work with the pasteboards or at_the box, like & ma cracking a safe, Ho fears the cop, an: the_less seen of him upon tho street at night, the less the official suspicion. The bakers are & profession that fur nish & numerous army of toilers of the night, and in Omaha there must be several hundred of them kept oon- stautly at work. At Garneau’s cracker factora there is a large force,and white« capped, white apron and covered with flour, they form a picture that is a novel one among those less fantastic of the night. "f"hcn. there are the fleet-footed mos- senger boys, poor little fellows, whose young limbs should be stretched out im a trundle bed, instead of being com- pelled to carry them here and there, at all hours, fair weather or foul. The wiener-wurst man is an owl, and the hackmen are a numerous class who swell the active world of night. The restaurants and chop houses of the cheaper grades, are also open all through the dark hours; then there is the police force and the detectives, the street sweepers, the beggers, skylarkers and scores of others, both legitimate and illegitimate, who contribute to the low hum-drum of the life of the city at night. SANDY G. V. GRISWOLD, B PEPPERMINT DROPS, Vote straight, if you vote, aud drink straight if you drink. No matter how much a candidate may itch for oftice he goesn't like to be scratched elea tion day, The newest stylo of dude collar is called “The Pirate,” because it 18 an adept a cut ting throats. Custards have been bamshed from prohibi- tion households because they are genorally in their cups. The sidewalls in Salt Lake city are twenty feet wide, s0 that & Mormon elder esu g0 walking with bis wife at his side. Mrs, Langtry asserts that she loves to mend her own clothes. It muy be romarked that her olothes are Worth mending. That was an old game played on believing spiritualists years agoby those Rochester sisters—the old game of Fox and geese. A man in Nebraska is in jail for stealing a quantity of sausages. The evidence against him is said to be conclusive, Nota Lok is wanting. In a few woeks the red bandana will go outof use @s @ campaign emblem. But it can be dyed black and used for mourning man marry comfortably on ar? asks a correspondent. Yes, ho n; but he will be deucedly uncomfortable afterwards. At & Buffalo “half-off" sale it was proyed that cashmere worth 69 cents per yard was sold for 48 cents by placing it on the ‘‘bar- guin"’ counter. Now does the thonghtful man understand that wise provision of uature which orders that he should grow thinner in _summer, for the cardigan jacket can be stuffed under his coat without bursting the buttons, e el 8o Quickly Deud,"s five-minute buriesque on “Ths Quiok or the Desd " by Dookstad- er's minstrols has made & hit