Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1889, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1880, THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE Douglas Oounty Contests a Special Order for To-Day. BHORT SESSION OF THE SENATE. The Itemized Report of the Live Stock Commission Finally Makes Its Appearance—Gossip Prom the Capitol House. Lixcors, Neb, Feb. b Bee. | The house met at 2 twenty members absent tails were taken mp. Among the bills introducad were the Towing By Bohacek sleeping ¢ By Berlin missioners By Hungate —~To authorize the on behalf of the statc, to exc liver o the city of Omaha a d to the city the ground known square Bills on third reading were taken up for passage. The bill taxing dogs from was lost on final passage by a vole to 31 The Cady memorial to congress, asking for a suspension of entries on school indemnity land in this state, was taken up and passed (he following' bills were taken up and passed: Compelling all railroad trains to mop within from 200 to 800 feet of grade c making slight changes in the pharma lations; providing that all county supvlies of blanks, books and stationery shail be fur- nished by contract with the county and by the lowest bidder., The house went into committee of the whole and_disposed of a large number of bills. Tt forolving were recommended for passag Granting William J. Wilson, of Tekamah, 82,500 for injuries receivod in assisting o rest “Reddy” Wilson, the burglar, on } vember 10 bl state warrants' 10 be “'state sccuritic The Doug Special to Tie p. m. with about Somo routine de- fol To regulate the p of To create a board of park com- governor, ute and de conveying as Capital % 10 810 cach of 45 contest cases ¢ for 2130 to-morrow. hate Laxcory, Feb. 5—[Special Telegram to Tk B, | —The senaté had a quiet one-hour sossion, beginningat 4 o'clack. It passed the following bills: By Pdbe—Making a peuitentiary offense of an assault with intent to kill or to commit great bodily injury. By Hurd —Requiring admission to the bar 0 be through the supreme court. By Pope-Making it a criminal conspiracy when two or more persons combine to wjure the roputation of the business or the prop- o @rty of anotheor. By Lindsay—Roquiring notaries' records 0 be made to district court clerks instead of county court ¢ Among the bills introduced were: By Connor—Eor the arbitration of disputes between employers and employes. By Howe—Directing the governor to par- don two meritovious convicts on each Fourth of July. ‘The following committoes were named : . On invitation to participate in the Paris exposition—Wetherald, Sunderland, Ray- mond, Shanner, Woolback. On the proposition of Kunsas for a confer- ence to consider cattlo trusts—Lindsay, Gal- logly, Maher. To investigate senate employes—Jewott, Pickett, Ransom. Do Live Stock Commission's Reporr. LixcoLy, Neb., Feb. 5.—[Special to Tus Bee.|—The live stock commission has just sent the scnate the itemized report asked for nearly three weeks ngo. It comes too late fo influence the action of the senate; but even post-mortems are of intercst some- times. The whole appropriation two yoars ago ‘was $76,000, and $35,424 has been expended. The appropriation for salaries and expenses of the commissioners was $16,000. Tue fol Towing statement shows what they did ith it: ald to J. (. Birney,commissioner, for per diem, hotel and traveling expenscs, livery, postage and in- eidental expenses of office. G. W. Barnhart, comn per diem, hotel and traveling ex- penses, livory and incidenty) ex- venses of oftic W. W. Abbey, per diem...... 3 otel expenses, raiiro ery hire, telegraph, postagé and oftice oxpenses Stationery, circulars, use of oftice and printing blanks. 285 00 . B, Skinuer, live > 24 00 maha Republican, 1 50 W. J. Hyatt, livery 49 00 ebraska Telephone compan 100 25 ebraska State Journal compuny, and typewriter and stationery... 101 15 It will be noticed that the sums paid Bir fmey and Barnhart include hotel and traveling menses, livery hire and incidental office ox- nses. Iarther along is an item of for siwilar outl: Nowhere in the report 45 there an itemized statement of hotel, tray- eling and office expenditures, which is what $he senato wanted. Bt the foregoing state- ment does not exhibit the whole sum that went into the pockets of the commissionors, The legislature appropriated #5000 for in- ippection ut points of entry. . That fund has en paid out iu the following manner: ‘Wells-Fargo & Co.. . $ Perey Pepoon, for printing books and blaniks for pomt of entry.,,... + . E. Hull, inspector at Decatur. C. Birncy, per diem and expens . W. Barnhart, per diem and ex- penses.. .. il W. "Abbe pense Gerth, expouses On hand Here again is statomcut of traveling oxpenses, The ap- propriation included $5,000 for assistance by exports, sheriffs, ete. The following state- Ft shows who caught the plums from that $1,103 60 b 04 63 65 90 30 00 83 3 84 were 633 60 i 3,950 30 commissioner, for 2,250 00 2,340 45 190 . Ramiciotti, Omaha, . E. Wessol, Grand Isluid . A. Thomas, Liucolu.... ... M Osborp, Fr xnunl . W. Carmid ? B, Newkivk, Falls City . Trovitt, I,mwlu D, Vail Brayton, Boatrice, L. 'E. Simpkins, Kearne, D. Johason, Sidney . H. Spears, Wayne 8. Skinner, Lincoin The raport gives @ list of tho owners of the horses and mules and the eight cattle loa by the commission, together with the smounts paid such owners, These aggre- &4,550.90 out of un appropriaticn of 000, and the commissioners say thoy havo ® hundred calls that they have ot yet beon #ble to answer. Benate Investigating Committees. Lixcou¥, Neb, Feb. 5.—(Speoial Tole- gram w0 Tuk Bee]--The sonate railroad pommitiee met this evening. Sutherland's Joint resolution instructing the railroad com- mission to make a schedule of muximum freight rates for all railrosds in Nebrasks “-was modified to a request, and will be recom- -% mnded for passage. he commitice on investigation of the ag- "lfiulmml department of the state university I meet to-morrow nlgln Envcotiaating the Collage Farm. LaxcoLy, Neb., Fob. 5.~ |Special to Tag ~Mr. Diller, chairmau of the comunit- to investigate the ooiloge or exporimental sald to-day that the cowmwmitten would #000 appointy time to visit the placs t its workings. He said there waro Ly of u conflicting nuture that raled the us members of the board, Some wanted 10 make it a “model farm,” and thL-r ml'm station. *“‘For wmy L 1 fayor of putting lho hx'm w » a practical use. 1 think that all the thous- and and ono thaories and problems that con- front the practical farmer concerning every phase of farm life, and which he has neithe the abiity, time nor means to_solve, should bo tried here under the most favorable con ditions. I meet with hundredsof things on the farm that puzzlo me, and 1 know they exist, But the cause is what [ am not able to soive. Ther is a wide fleld for practical work in connection with this farr and one I propose to see that it is fully occt and that some benefit is returned for outlay the Omaha's Share of the Indemnity, LixNcoLy, Feb, 5.—[Speci ) According to the special report of the live stock commission Omaha came in for 1ts share of the £35000 paid by the state for glandered horses slaughterad by the commis sion, Following is the list Aug. Blizen & Co F. Chandler J. Gross John I, Bre Stephens & 1 Chartes Har! Omaha H Hopy And o On Nels And. W. Dilra . J. Wear 1. S, Rol! ha H. R, v, Atwate R. Co. a H. ROR.C D. C. Hurley J. L McCague Paul Henson + Omaha I R R Co.. 0L W, C. M. Woodbridge Jerome Boardsley. . 0. Oimaha H K. He John Sulliv Omaa I1. 1¢ it. Co. J. 0. Ande Hans Rasmus. Nels Larsor R, E. Livsc 1D, Weed Arctic Ice Co Hussey & Day Andrew Connel Jane Thomas. . . Omaha H. R R. € It R. Co. rinman D. C. Aurloy.....oc.. Onnal R. R, Co. 35 A Riddle, of O and William M a, 10at animals, but were 1 Stock. ~[Special to Tue Polk has introduced a jont resolution to congross reciting the abuses in watering stock and piling up ficti- tious debts, #s practiced by railroad man- agers, and closing with a resolution request- ing congress to enact stringent laws rezals ing the issuing of railroad stock. prohibiting and_making it a erime to issue any stock, bonds or other railvoad securiti es unless cach contains a certified abstract giving the amount of stock and indebtedness per mile &ross receipts and all other data that is given i the reports. Also a statement, under outh. that none of the stock or bonds have beer issucd in violation of law. Tho resolution went over and will be called up in u few Lixcory, Neb,, [ Bik. ] —Mr. Colenma Legistative Notes. Liscory, Neb., Feb. 5.—[Special to Tui BEk.|--No normel school bills have been in- troduced in the senate, but Senator Rocho may put in one as soon as the owners of an academy at Neligh decide whether or not they will donate their buildings. The management of the soldiers' home at d Island are criticized by some of the visiting committee for appropriating the entiro front ot the building while the old soldiers ure relegated to rear rooms. Senator Robinson, of Hartington, was ex- cused from a ttendance to-day. The submissionists don’t’ know whether they are “out of the woods or not. The deublo-barreled amendment may yet be “londed’ and they are handling it “with care.”” What if both amendments should bo adopted? is the query which fairly paralyzos the whole prohibition crowd. Cady thinks that no onc_can vote for both amendments, but Olmstead and others contend that they two separate pronositions, and anyone vote for either or both or not at all on the question, ‘The opening hours of the session were rather slinly attended to-day. Fully twenty members failed to make conno ction with the morning trains, iR g e e COUNCIL M ING. Several Members Absent but Consid- erable Buriness Done. It was 8 o'clock before the eity council settled down to business last night, and on the roll being called Boyd, Ford, Kuspar and Van Camp wrre reported absent. Rulos were suspended and the ordinance making the annual levy of taxes for 1580 was read for a third time and passed. A former report of the committee of the whole was reconsidered, and . portion of it relating to changing the width of Elevonth street, re- ferved to the judiciary committec. A nuni- ber of communications were read and re- forred to the various committees; those from the board of public works, recommending the acceptanee of estimates for sidewalks, ote., omptroller, ' The inspector of plumbing was aiso A number of small m of caused report of the damage stowm of April 12, rejeetes “The president was ‘authorized o not acommittee of five to look after the city charter at Lincoln, and will do so Saturday Among the ordinances read for the first timie was one proscribing and _rogulating the dutics of the city clerk; one for the appoint- ment of city weighers, and one regulating the sale and weighing of coal. The approvriation ordinance calling for : 5 for the month of December, and 920,00 for January, was read a first and ‘ond time, and the' council adjourncd to meet on Saturday night as a committee of the whole. FARNAM STREET WINS, The Jefferson Square Boomers Bur- ied Out of Sight. As foreshadowed in last night's Beg, the election of yesterday resulted in an over- whelming defeat for the Jeflerson square schemers, and a triumph for the city. ‘There was a fight made by the losers, but they gave up early in the contest. There were no important incidents marking the day. Tvery proposition balloted for carried. The people declared in favor of a city hall at Eighteenth and Farnam, the oviginal site; in favor of the necessury bonds, and bonds for other purposes. [n every instance there was and unexpectedly large majorivy, Interest of course centered in the mattey of attempted removal of tho city hall site. The Farnam street site won in every district outside of the Fifth and Sixth wards, where vietory was in advance conceded to Jeffer- son square, and one district in the EBighth, The total vote in favor of the Farnam strect site was 7,302; Jefferson square, 8,757, Majority for Furnam street 8,787 —more than had been prodicted by the most sanguine ad- vooates of the latter, ——— AT THE COLOSSRUM, The Chase Oontinues Awidst Much Excitement. ‘The ercwd in attendance at the six-day ‘cycle chaso at the colosseum lust evening was much larger than on the opening even- ing, and the struggle continued amidst much eathusiasm, The riders reached the 100-mile post in just five hours and fifty-one minutes, and iu nm two days have made 102 miles and threo laps. The closing spurt last night was extremely exciting, and wouud up with Iu- vincible Priuee first, Morgan second, Knupp (RIrd and oading \ast: | '¥h the parlacca af the turf, however, a blanket would have covered the guartette. To-night ladies will be admitted rras avd the prospects are for & ¢ ‘avge attendance. ACCEPT IT UNDER PROTEST. Railroads Will Conform to the Iowa Commissioners’ Schedule. PENDING A FURTHER HEARING. A Significant Letter From President Perkins of the Burlington—The Murder Trial—Su- me Conrt Decisions. Brow pre They Are Coming o Terms Des Morxgs, Ta., Feb, gram to Tur B he come to terms with the Towa ¢ rates si go Brower's ddcision is the Burlington & Quincy. President kins has written tho following significant letter, received here to-day lington yuiney Railroad esident's Oftice, Burlington, 4. W. W. Ainsworth, esq., Railrond Commissioners, Des sir: Ibeg to inform you that while wo most respectfully but ear- nestly protest thut the ocommissioners’ schodule unjust to us, it is the intention of this comp: pending further hearmng, te comply at once with the decision of Judg Brewer, filed with the clerk of the United States district court on Saturday, February 2. We shall print schedules without delay, and shall refund any overcharges since the filing of the decision, There has been disposition _in__somo quarters 1o criticize thej managers because they have felt it to be their duty to the owners of the property to ask the courts to exnound the statute, But 1 am sagisfied this has grown out of a_misunderstanding of the situntion. It scoms to us not only proper, but of the most serious importance to the state, as wellas to the railroads, that the law i a mutter of such very great import- ancoe to all of us should be interpreted by tho hizhest tribunals. The present railroad law in this state affects a great many miilions of dollars worth of property, honesily invested, and much lod"to be protected as property of an r character, Thoe people of the state are themselves owners of prop- erty, and know that they cann blow at the railroads without all values. I have lived years iu _lowa, and while T is not the desire ‘or intention of the people 1o deal unjustly with the railroads, or to wmake laws likeiy to prevent capital from coming here, not only for railroud construe- tion but tor improvements of various kiuds, I kuow the subject of railroad transporta an intricate and difficult and th persons have been able to it sufiicio wsideration to understand, as we do, the serious nature of the con- v which has been going on. We un- dthe effect of Judge Brewer's de to .be that the last sched- fixed by tho commissioncrs should be complied with by the railroads, pending furthor hearing in the courts, anp, while we hasten to act accordingly, we desire o ex- press the conviction thai the rates estab- lished arc inadequate, and the hopo that we may bave the co-operation of the commis- sioners in the furtier heaving and the final isfactory wnlcmcnt of the whole question. mmzssioners’ Scoretary Tow Moines, e thirty know it § ent. Ofticers of the Chic Baul & Kaus Cr and Burlington, edar Rapids & Northwestern roads telegraphed this after- noon that they would also accept the rates, The Brown Case Masox City, da., Feb. 5.—[Speeial Tele- n to Tne Bel T |l\‘ evidence in the oWn Case is to a decided change. The defense to-day have been directing their efforts to prove the assertions made by Mrs. Brown at the time of the coroner’s examina- tion, that there was three reasons why she thought her husband had a motive in com- mitting the crime, jealousy, financial aifi- culty and threats, ' and in proving the evi- dence implicates Mr. Brown us the of guiity of the crime. Several testified to his jealous — aisposition. He acknowledged financial difficulty, and witnesses will be put on the stand to testify to threats made by him. The defendant is clearing the points aiust her by the state, and before the trial is through with many are looking out for some startling evidence, were tiled by the supreme court to-da; C. H. Wara & Co, appellants, vs, S. A, Robertson, Polic district; afirned. Martin Bartlett vs. Firemen's Fund In- surance company, appellant, Muscatine dis- wrict; a2irmed. John Millhop, Sons & Co., appellants. vs, B. F. Seaton et al, Linn district; aflirmed. Jonas Rice, nt, vs. Henry Schlapp, Lee district Charles W. Stewart vs. James MeArthur et al, appellants, Leo district; roversed. Mary Parks, appeilant, vs. William Gar- ner, Pottawattamie district; afirmed. Cornell's Oratorical Contest. Mr. V 1., Feb 5.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bre.|—The oratorical contest at Cornell college took place last night in the presence of a large audience. There were four contestants for the honor of represent- ing the college in the state oratorical contest, which will be held here February 35, V. B, Dolliver of Iort Dodge, had for his subject, “Lincoln and the >Lnn and received the highest 1 B. L. Renick, of Waverly, took second honors. Mr. Dolliver is ‘a brother of Cougressmau-Elect J, P. Dolli ver. Worse Than an Injunction. Misbey, In., Feb. 5.—[Special Te to Tue B A crowd of toughs, mischiet, entered the saloon kept by M. Rowecker this afternoon, and, after fright- ening the proprictor into submission, pro- ceeded to fill up on his wet goods and help themselves to cigars, After satisfying their appetites they concluded to break up his business, which they su ed by throwing empty ko: ndows und demolishing the No arrests have as yet been made, Pleuro-Pneumonia Among Hors es. Forr Dovar, Ia, Feb, 5.—[Special T gram to Tue Bee|-—Favmers in this se tion of thoe state are considerably exercised over the appearance of pleuro-pneumonia among their horses. John Schmaker, a farmer living eight miles north of this cty, lost 2,000 in horsoflesh during the past throe days from this discase. s sl Blown Down by the Wind. Foxwa, Ia, e, Special Telegram to |—A heavy wind storm arose here yesterday about 3 o'clock and the wind mill of the Des Moines & Northwestern railway wis demolished A Failurs at La Porte. WarEnLoo, Ta., Feb, 5.—([Special Telogram to The Bee. he firm of Walker & Ashley, doiug a grocery business at La Porte, failed yesterday, the liabilities being $35,000 and the assets §,000, Arms For the lnsu rgents. PRILADELPIIA, Feb. 5. —Mr. S, Preston, of New York, Huyti's chiof representative to this country, to-day requested Collector Cad- walader to stop the English steamship Wen- sleydale, which is suspected of carrying mysterious packages coutawning arms and ammunition to the insurgents in Hayti, but the message came too late. The steamer startod for Cuba early this morning with a cargo said to bo coal, and passed out of the capes last night. — Almost A Miracle. Washington Critic: Translated from the French: She: Do yousee thathandsome woman across the room? He: [ have eyes, my love, She: Well, she is deaf and dumb. He: Dumb? She: Ye was born so. He: Mon dieu! Thare is nothing impossible with Ged! he has neverspoken. She LILY LANGTRY'S LIFE. She Intends to l\fllo 1t With Her Own Paie Hands, inkloy the New York World's critic, says: Hearing that y Ihd been for some time employing hef*Tdisure in writing a I was curfons to know if it could rue, and thendd in suddenly one worning at het gate in Twenty-third street with the futenition of finding out. I found her in'thdt house of boudoirs where one walks én cushions ar down on tapestryy, lyivg like an Or princess on a . eouch of Himalayan furs with an absurd hlet and equally absurd gold pencil in her hands, “Yeos, ~ln-m|ht “look at that pile of manuseript. Perhaps you can’t im- agine that [ have anything to say. But Thave. 1 believe everybody hut my- self has written about n Don't you think [ ought to take a little interest in a subject that appears to interesy ey body else?” “Lam quite sure of it, + but T only came to if you w doing it yourself, or onl nd to s your name to it S ALl myself,” sho replied, “with my little peneil. 1 suppose some people will thinh I have grudges to_ventilate. I haven't. I don’t believe I have an enemy in the world; at any rate I hope not. But I have got such n mass of unique experiences in society and in the profession that I have always felt that I ought to put them in shape and tell them as pleasuntly as I can, as bravely as [ dare. You once said to me that [ began with princes and ended with posters. That was one day when you had the dyspepsia. 1 forgive you, because there is # - certain amount of truth in it. T have found that there are princes among bill-posters. T don’t think I should have found it out if 1 hadn’t come to Ameri 1 think this charming woman m write a charming book. There fascinating unprateniousness about her that, once got upon paper, would ar attention, and if coupled with candor in telling all she knows, it would be read with avidit nt rht S A Well Bred Cat. Says the Detroit I'ree Press: Mre. G Loreh, of Larned street, has just re- turned from Germany, where he went with the hope of inducing his aged pur- ents to remove to this country, but without succ His father Is cighty years of age and his mother a fow years Younger. They would not leave the fa- therland. They live all alone, with the exception of a cat. **Y.ou ought to see that cat,” Lorch. *“It's as big s a dog, and is the most wonderful feline Iever saw. When my parents sat down to a lunch of wine and biscuits, the cat would sq on n chair at the table, where a little cup of wine and a biscuit had been placed for her. Just as daintily as a human being she would reach out a claw, secure one of the biscuits, dip it into the cup of wine, and eat it with great relish. Wondeful cat.” aid M. S Afcer Ning Yeara. ful reunion of a brother and sis- a separatiott of nine years oc- curred at the residence of Mr. James H. Smith, clerk of the probate court, at at 2421 Woodlapd avenue Thursday, says the I\An»«'héll.\ Times: Nine years ago Samuel W, Harris, a brother of Mrs Smith, then a boy twenty years old, left his home here and went west to seek his fortune. He has been a cow- boy in colorado itnd Texas, a gold dig- gerin Idaho and Nontana, and has wandered from Manitoba to Mexico in search of wealth. Having acquired 'm his loag seareh whizadsome competen he returned to the home of his wmh and hunting up 'his only sister mad himself known to her. She had look upon him as dead as no word had boen veceived, and her joy at meeting him was unbounded. el Where He Had the Advantage, go Tribune: “One advantage > over you, Smithkins,” ns, the socicty reporter, “is th ave nothing but facts to deal with, while you have to draw on your im- agination. I presume, now, I cin write ten or fifteen columns of society doings while you are writing a column of one of your magazine stories. You have to do all your " worlk out of your own head., you kuow.” The magazine contributor picked up Jenkyns' hat—siz one-quarte nd looked into it, he laid it lown. 1 think u are right, Jenkyns,” he mused. “*You are fortunate, indeed, in never being required to do any work out of your own head,” e William and Bismarck Confer, St. Louis Post-Dispateh: It wasnight, The wind was ving o fugue in Hohenlinden. Emperor William and Bismarck w ated in front of a table; Count Herbert had just rushed the growler: an empty “‘stein® was in front of each. A fewdéwy amber drops hung from the premier’s huge mus- tachio: The *'steins” were filled and emptied, William pulled the cotton out of his ears to hear bettor, and lift- ing the growle d it insinuat- ingly towards Bismarck's beaker. ing Have Sumoa?” “Samoa?” said B. “Samon? Why. cor! the stewn to be vefilled —-— pnsistenc Philadelphia Record: First Ph —What utter idiocy! Heve are o lot of merican actors protesting agninst the importation of foreign actors,’ Second physician—'*Yes, justlike the ignorant luborers who want theiv own countrymen shut out, 50 as to keep up wages. But we must be going.” it won’t do to be lute atthe medical convention. Our votes will be necded to help keep these impudent women doctors out.of the fomale wards of our hospitals; and besides, we want o big majority on she motion to debar young i Wiseman for advertising in the papers.” rrt - SPARKS PFHOM THE WIRKE, Representative Baker, of Illinows, pre- seuted 1 the house @ petition asking that steps be taken to set forth at the Paris ex- position the value of the corn crop of the United States. The pekition bristles with statistics showing the wonderful yiela of this crop and its imwense value The death of Gengrul Greisenau, of Berlin is announced. i 57 L. A. Croll, vice-npesldent of Gottysburg coliege, and professqr, af mathematics and astronomy at that igssieution, died of con- sumption, uxed 1fty-Ave, The workmen the glass Chareroi, Belgium, “have gone on a strike- A uumber of collisions huve occurred be* tween the poiice and the strikers, and many persons were wounded. The secretary of the navy and Mrs, Whit- ney eutertaned ths president aud Mrs, Cleveland, with members of the cabinet and others, Governor Hill, of New York, was also present. ‘The indications are that the Illinois senate will refuse the joint “submission resolution. A cureful canvass shoyws Lwenty seven sen ators in favor of it, which is seven less than the necessary two-thirds - Starving by the Thoasands, BuaNGHAL o 'he seyerity of the winter s increasing the distross caused by the famine in Snan Tun d Manchitria. 1t is estimated that 239,000 porsons ure stury ing iv Chen Kiang. absently six and Then ronsing himself; nd he held out wor - Beechaw's Pills act like magic ou a weak stomach, THE RO\{\\CF 0l‘ WlCl\ED\hSS Rev. Ben Hogan and His Bxtraord- inary Career of Orime. AN ALL-ROUND MEPHISTOPHELES He Was a Shooter, a Gambler and a Bounty Jumper, and Did Some Very Creditable Work as a Pirate. Antecedents of an Evangelist, Tt is well that Ben Ho, has had a stormy and sensational caveer, the Oil City Dorrick, and to obtain some new points in rogard to his eventful life, the Derrick has had a brief chat with the once bad man and present evangelist. “Iwas born in Berne, Switzerland sald Mr, Hogan, “in 1542, whero my father and mother also were born. [ was raised in Whittenberg, Germany, until I was eleven years old, and th came to this count ¢ with my father was brought up in the densest ignor- ance; was Wl you eall a wharf rat, surrounded day and night with de- bauchery and crime. I never went to school, hardly knew there was such o thing, and I was nearly forty years old before I could cither read or write so much as my own name. At the age of thirteen I shipped on a sailing vessel and wont to sen, where T was for three vears and a half. During this time 1 went to Havre, do Graco, France, “Before th war [ left Charleston, and with six other characters as tough as myself, we bought a small vessel and entered upon the business of ROBBING ~ AND PLUNDERING THE SEAS, T was in this business for two years, and at the end of that time my sharve of the spoils was #0,000. Some time after this soventeen of us formed a pool and bought a larger vessel with which to run the blockade at Charleston, Our cargo was whisky. tobaceo, quinine and such things as could be readily dispc of to the soldiers, We ran the bloc! ade and sold our supplies to General Beauregard’s army. When we through with this business wo had & 000 in gold and silver und about $3,000,- 000 in confederate money. In endea- voring to get the boat out of the on our last trip we were pounced upon by four United States vessels, well manned and armed. The blue coats boarded our v and then began a haund to hand fight with handspikes, hatchets, und whatever we could get hold of. We weere largely outnum- bered nd our crew were falling on every side. Threo of us jumped over- board, and not being far out at sea. we swam ashorve, and as far as | could cver learn the rest of our crew of seventeen were killed or taken prisone: As it happened the three of us who jumped overboard were the custodians of a arge part of the mouey. and this we divided. I took my share ef the con- federate money and went to Canada to sell it, the Canadians at that time be- lieving it was pretty nearas good their own money. I sold it at Montreal, Toronto and Kingstgn, realizing cents on the dollar. A ROBBER ROBBED, “Coming back from Kiugston I had a strange experience. A New York crook, disguised as a woman, got aftor me and made desperate love. [ got sea sick on the vessel, and thisattentive female took ¢ of me. and in th meantime went through me for about $10,000. When I got to New Yorl my old cronies there had the laugh on me for the way 1 d been taken in. This blockade enterprise, after deducting all expenses, including loss of the boat, ed me $100.000. In Nasnvilte [ worked as a spy and general detective for General Mille and Provost Mavshal Brooks, of Cinecin- nati. I nad permit to go where [ plensed on the railroad and [ carried on strole of business for myself and mm(.mx' persou or two that [ do not care I had an arrangement whereby ed $1.400 for every soldier [ would enlist in the United States army, I onlisted a great many, most of whom but this made no gave cach recruit $100 and kept $1,000 myself, 1 made at this busi- ness as high as $10,000 a week,and r along averaged #10,000 a month. This money went about as easy as it came. | wus on a train that was held up by Mosby’s guerrillus and robbed of a lurge sum and & lot of valuable clry and dinmonds that I had invested iu, “Under the leadership of Jim Col- bert, o noted New York burglar and crook, now dead, who kept a resort op- posite Havey Hill’s, a band of fort, us were engaged in bounty jump We were KNOWN AS THE ‘FORTY THI I took thirty-six bountiesat $600 e The man who jumped his bounty and ot back first to headquarters received a cash premium extra. These bounty jumpers took desperate chances in caping from the soldiers, who were slow to use their muskets. T had de- serted so often that in Washington eity I wus sentenced with some others to be shot, My father was then alive, and he made a great effort to save my life, although I had no hope that he would succeed, The culprits had been led out and we were sitting on our coflins wait- ing for the order of exccution, when Lincolu pardoned me. It happen, that my father had known Lincoln pe sonally, and through his intervention my life was saved. That was closo enough for me, und 1 quit the bounty- jumping busin IS FIRST SHOOTING SCRAPE, “The first shooting scrape 1w ever in, was in New Ovleaus, before the war., There was asouthern man the who said he could whip any man in New Orleans, who had come from the norti, T don’t think he intended to include me, as there was nothing in my German accent to indicate that I had come recently from the mnorth. But we vretired to° a favorable pluce and had it out. It wusn’t thought much of an offense at that time to kill & northern man, and the evident intention of this fellow was to kill me. At all eventn, he got out his revolver during the fightand fired at me. | took the pistol away from him aid shot him, though not fatally, I got away from New Ovleans as soon ufter that as possible. +My next shooting scrape was at Mo- bile, where n gaug of sports tried to roh me at a game of cards, I saw them put up a band on me. 1 had #00 on tno table, and when [ u|u|~n'|ud one fellow suid:0* D——d you, you've got to stand it,” and in the scufle that followed he shot at me, but instead of hitting me, shot his partner in the arm. 1 got my money all right, and then we had a geneval melee, in which we used the butts of our revolvers on cach other. 1 wis always a pretty good hand ata rough aud tumblo, and got away with u whole skin, known snys ON BEN (G0ES TO OILDOM. “1 arvived at Pithole during the great oil excitement there, and had a stormy time of it. A man known as ‘Stone- house Jack’ was the leader of & gang of vely tough veople whose special object | soomed to be to get me out of the way. Thetr threats to kill me wero frequent, and several times they attemped to make theso threats good. These fellows were thioves and footpads, and I had the permission of the Burgess to run them out of town if @ could, ‘Stone-houso 'k’ shot at me once, and the next day 1 met him in a saloon opposite the Chaso louse and strack him in the neck with the butt of apistol. Some of the gang left town, but the others remained. At Pithole a fight was arranged between me and Jack Halliday. The fight came off at Balltown, and tho crowd was pretty much all on horseback. The tough gang was thore to do me up, but the business men were on my side and kept the ‘Stone-house Jack' crowd down with pistols while the fight went on. [ think we fought seven rounds when Halliday famled to come to time, and [ was de- claved the winner. 1 was seconded by Jim Blliot, who was killed a fow ye \go in Chicago by Jere Dunn. Aftor the fight Elliot challenge and w fought the next day. There w n- eral shooting match around the rin and the fight could not procecd. Th toughs were arrested and fined %25 cach, Elliot among the number. From Pithole 1" went to Babylon, the Tidioute field, and that I think v the TOUGHEST TOWN I EVE There wis an organized waymen in that country and they quently attempted o ¢ One night & purty of the to wo through™ me fight with them. number of shots fired sides. Four of the gang and one killed, They stole $ w and some dinmonds, rested the next morning. the charge of murder. The officer arrvested me was Mr, Scott, still lives in Tidionte. 1 wa on the ground of self-defens lon I was making 5300 a day. “vom the old country 1 went to Sa and opened a gambling house, pa 0,000 for my plac I was grettin, »well'when French Kate, oe ‘ounle. made her appearance This womun wias once ench count. She owned property in us worth $500,000 and we ! this. [ had met her in Washington City. I think, with- out doubt. she was THIE WICKEDEST WOMAN ON FARTIL She had o great deal more to do with the plot to assassinate Lincoln thun Mrs. Suratt had, and ought to have been hanged in place of her. She wa jealous, revengeful and vindictive to extraordinavy degre and she an- nounced her presence in Suratoga by firing at me through the window. This me that my customers did not enjoy and it broke up my business ratoga. Went to Albany and trained Adock and Payne,whodefeated Woeston in the grent pedestrian contest at Troy, that was witnessed by 50,000 people. s 4 GOT INTO, m made ¢ and [ There was a on both who who I thiul acquitted At Baby- e STOCKTON SAYS IT His Reply to a Detroit T Plaginzism. 4 duate of the De- School, suys a dispateh to the York World, stated that he thought Frank Stockton a plagiarist. He gave the result of his investigation to-night at the commencement exer- cises of the classof '59. Hesaid: ““About 1835 N. M. Praed,an English law, and poct of some ability, wrote Question of Gravity, a story which was very original and whic cted some attention at the time. Ttis now very seldom read. 85, fifty years after the pub- lication of Praed’s articl Irank Stockton, one the most pleasing of our writers, wrote and published illed *A Tale of Negative Jastory so closel mbling IS BOSH y's Charge of troit all it, a coincide Both made ts who by co or their heroos much study sded in constructing i et all gravity from their bodie: This was at onco the be- nning of their trouble and of the pumlwr slmll.nl(\ in the stovies, “*Both heroes were accused of ind both were enabled o per pderful feats as athletes bee: ightness, Both jumped h unable to get down and both finally be- gustod with their danger invention and decided not to gi public the rather doubtful ben This is probably the only 1 that the problem of flying has never been more successfully solved than by Darius Green.” Stockion’s story can be found in a book entitled eyeio- pedin of Good Literature,” Vol. A World veporte led on My ton at his apartments in the Fotel Albert and showed him ihe dispatel. Mr. Stockton looked just a little bit annoyed as he said: “UChat charge is nothing but the most perfoct bosh. In the first place, [ neverheard of the hook veferred to and said to have boen writ- ten more than fifty years ago; but | which to plagiarism. retived scient and labor aching to tock CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Tho Oklahoma Bill Reforred to the Territorial Committeo. NICARAGUAN CANAL MEASURE, An Animated Discussion on the Quos tion of Civil Service Heform Inter-State Co Law Amend nato the house biil for the establishment of a to- n Oklahoma havin presented, Mr. Platte moved its roforence to the committee on territorios, and Mr. Dawes moved its reference to the committeo on In dian afrair After a long debate the Oklahoma bill was referred to the committ by & rial government son territories vote of yous B9, nays 12 Mr. Hawley off sundey appropraation bi ferred to the committeo on for the payment of £,000 to General Sheridan T'he house joint resolution for of $30,000 10 the representatives of the lato Jawes B, Bads was taken up and passed Tho logislative, executive and judiciary ap. propristion bills wore then taken up, and the amendments reported from the commit tee on appropriations eed o, Thoy were fow and pimportas tho ouly noticcable one being that increasi the salary of the president’s privato se from $3.500 to £5,000. An amendment d by Mr. Hawley to increase the cleri cal foree of the civil service commission, pro- voked discussion on tie stion of civil s reform, in the cotirse of which Mr. Plumb contended that “‘partisanship of the most desperate cha "hadbuen practiced {nthe udminstration of the lay Stewart characteri: i Before the discussic cnce report on the bill ameadatory of r-state comme law was presented The conferouce committoe having 1 on the house amendment w referenco oriation of oil, Mr. Sherman to concur in that amendiment, as jng an the line of the intor-state commerce law wiich the senutor linois (Cullom) had fathered and car successtully Platte argued amendment to the which was re military affairs, the widow of i an the payment the nd nst the amend- o aiscussion was still in progross, b have an exceativ S to remove the obhigations of from tho proceedings on tho British extradition treaty, but a motion to adjoura prevaiicd. neither U nor the legislative apy 4 ving beou disposed of House, WASHINGTON, Peb, 5.—-In the house this he senate amendment to the house bill retiring General William 1. S thorizing his retirement wit major of engineers) was conct house then proceeded to the con the ¢ ference report on the canal bill, Mr. Cobb of Alabama, * thought that the house owed to itself to reject the report. Ho declared it was n prent gov- ernment lile the Unit to put the power into the hands of uset of men to go broad and get money under falso pretonses There was willions in it to the incorporators 1f the enterprise is a success. There was to be o lons i£ it was i fuil He then pro- 56 had no consti Lutional atthority to orect private bisincss corporation. Mr. Rayner defended the action of the conferees in veceding from the amondment requiring the printing of the obligations of the company and a statement of the govern- ment’s Lability, 1t s an_amendment which was intended to kil the bill. It was intende o intimidato investors. Ho also justificd the action of the house conferees in receding from the amendment requiring that shares, stocks, bonds, certificates or othor sccurities shall be disposed of only for cash. It would bo impossible to raiso §2,000,000 in cash Mr. Cobb suggested that the engincers had stated v the canal would cost 260,000,000, Mr. Rayner said that if the en mated it 0,000,000 it would cost $200,000, Buy even 8,000,000 wis d deal of ‘ouching the uction of the lingg from the amendment » United States to fix tolls sanal, M. Ruyner suid that rates to be fixed in concession, and tho n government was to reccive ge of them. of Missouri in that it cling bill an amendinent which inthe house upon his motic the government the right vo "o tolls. - Thiere ought 0 bo in tho bill provision securing the rights of the United ates under the Bull Clayton bills. Pending further debate the house took a 43, the o 1z session to be for consid- jon of district busin The evening session of the house was de voted to consideration of Iistrict of Colum- bia business, and at 10:40 adjourned. incers esti iticized the con ro - Tay Remove AL i continued sion of the tobacco Li L action was taken provi for w memorial 2 a vemoval of the tux on to- Want the Tol - Weather fndications. not surprised to hear that there hi been other works similar to my boo respecting the use of ‘negative g is simply another term for Stedman in his *Air Ship publishicd in Seribner, used it s wundreds of others and so will probubly huna more, but I elaim novelty and originality for my story, just the 4 new stor know, the iden of & mun ' him in a small bag cnough n gravity to elevate hiz body is new, are the situations in which the man finds himself. Love isun old them old ode, but every one who writes story is not necessurily a plagiar For Saving a Hy Probably for the fivst time on r a man is to be rewarded for suving the life of a hyenu, says n Philadelphin dis- patch. At the annual sossion of th lndies’ branch of the Socioty for Pre vention of cruclty to animals next Wednesday. Keeper Shannon of the Zoological pardens will be awarded a gold medul for his bravery in ng W eage containing two hyenas and pre- venting one of them from cholkin death on a chunk of meat, On Noy ber 24, while the Carnivera houst flled with visitors watching the fc of the animals, the hycnas, whi young and unusually ficrce, be fight over the shave thrown the n: nh-nly one of the brutes to choke and it was found that he had crushed his teeth into & bone and that the meat attached to it had partially slipped down his throut and was steangling him. I the animal was to be saved something would have to he done quickly, Shannon grasped seraper and without hesitation opened the door and sprang into v The hyneas mado a dash at the daving , but he beat them hack, while sper Byroe elubbed them with a broom handle Both animn hod at the fangs 1 netad though they re rabid, Wa'ching his opuortunity Shannon finally suceeeled in striking the ehoking anlmul 04 the jaw and loosening the bo: 1 it fell ‘out upon the floor of the cag 1 the mea still attached, The plt per - aged to get out of th without being injured und his idness in suving the life of the auimal is con ding are 10 Headle eved worthy of the sueiety’s gold medal, a, Dakota aud lowa: D, veather, variablo wiads, geacrally ott 1 wl:nlw']x!n.l Record: ] hiengo Policeman—**1 sny, Shorty, some folkn hintin that mayhe ot is i Chi WO Socond liceman (after deep thoug My niybe s I metn young lookin 1 the other day that notonly woulidn't notice e but looked kind o’ scared when | tried to Mlirt with her.” how s Acceptable Presen “Pommy, what would birthduy?" “1d like dimmy u good An Paris Pig you like for you you to give brother beating.” SCROFULA I3 that impn nnsightly lu which can 5, or fect; which ¢ Y08, 0AYS, OF B deatness; whie!t is tl cerous growths, or “ L fng upon the hings, can (. 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