Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1889, Page 4

- THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ly (Morning Edition) including SUNDAY, DT!‘!"()::“V':!“. ‘llg g or 8ix Months g:" Throe Months 250 200 2 00 &, maiied to any 1 OMATA SUNI address, One Year ... WerkLY Brg, One Year. ey A c, Noa.014 and ARNAM STREET, Ot Orsicr, 16f RoOKERY BUMLDIN. gv,w Yonk O, , ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRINUNE BUILDING, WASHINGTON O¥FicE, No. 613 FOURTEENTH BTRERT. e valating (o pews and odt 11 communications relating to - tominl matter shoula be addressed to the EDITOR % BER, O THE TEE ypgrnss ZETTRRS, Al business lotters and remittances should be addressod to THE 1IkE PUBLISHING COMPANY, IMABA. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to ‘Made payablé to the order of the company. Vit Bee Palishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Circulation. tate of Nebraska, sl'ounly of lmuulll,}”‘ (Goorge i, Tzschuck, secretary of the 13es Pub- Ashing company, does solemniy swear that the actual cireulation of TiE DAILY HBEg for the Week ending March 16, 1559, was as follows. Bunday, Murch 10 . Bl Monday. March 1. Tuesday, March 12. Wednesdny, M=rch I Thursday, March 14. 18,813 i HUCK. 8worn to befors me 0 in my presence this 16th day of March, A. 1. 1880, Seal. P. FEIL, Notary Publie. Btato of Nebraskn, -, County of Douglas, {55 13, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- es and says that ho 13 secrotary ol the Beo Pibilshing company, that tho actusl average daily circulagion of TiE DALY BEE for the month ot March, 188, 19,050 coples; for April, 1888, 1874 coples; < for May, 188 18183 coples; ' for June, 1888, 102¢1 copfes; for Suly, ek, 1808, ‘coples; for August, 188, R4} coples: for September, 1883, 1410 conles: for October, 1888, 1R034 copl for Novem- Ter, 1988, 15,460 copies: for December, 1885, 18,223 coplea; for Janunry. 184, 18574 coples; for Kob- ry, copies. s oo T EORGE B, TZSOHUOK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed tn my presence this 2d day of March, A. . 1850, . P. FEIL' Notary Public, Guorge TiE weather clerk put his veto on Mayor Broatch’s edict, and a ‘“‘wet” " Sunday was the result. THE carcer of Bill Tweed casts a sickly shadow in the blazing light of Nebraska’s modern vaiders. THE Hon. Tim Flannagan, of Texas, 1s again in Washington. Itis neediess to ask what he is there for. Sroux Crry has secured another rail- “road connection with Omaha. There is a great deal of spiritual comfort in this connection. THE union depot mania is contagious. Council Bluffs threatens to plant one in the heart of the city and present it as a free gilt to the railroads. THE Republican insinuates that 1t will tell the truth and take the consequences “all for two cents.” Some public- spirited citizen should pass the hat. . EXCLUDING lobbyists from the legis- lative chambers is the essence of in- gratitude. Having shaped and guided legislation for months, they are entitled to a share of the spoils. A SCORE of duels are threatoned be- tween members of the French chamber of deputies. These encounters never produce a funeral. They are harmless wvents for national wind colic. THE post mortem resolution of the South Omaha stockmen on the defunct stock inspection bill should be en- grossed and framed, and forwarded to the bereaved parents and friends of the deceased. GOVERNOR THAYER'S message to the legislature urging the passage of alaw to suppress trusts naturally roused the wrath of the members. It would inter- fere with the plans of the bovdlers’ trust to empty the state treasury, JONATHAN CHASE, the Quaker sena- , tor from Rhode Island, has resigned. Public life and Washington dinners ‘ were too rich for his blood, and he re- tires to private life with the regrets of “his colleagues and a matured case of dyspepsia. Tue wild cries of the Indiana office hunters echo through the highways . and fill the White House corridors with mouruful sounds. Even Colonel John C. New refuses to be comforted with a foreign mission. The Colonel has discovered that he was not elected president. PRESIDE HARRISON’S inaugural message has been thoroughly digested in Berlin. The result of the operation is the assurance that **Germany is less arrogant’” in Samoan matters. The as- sembling of the American fleet in the vicinity of theisland materially im- proved her pacific intentions. —_— TiE United States court for the dis- trict of West Virginia is the center of political *‘fine workers” these days. About one hundred indictments have been found against that number of men for violating the federal election laws, and considerable fine work will be necessary to keep the democratic war horses out of pri son. Tae triple alliance in the county * board 15 uncommonly anxious to pile up investigations, especially in matters the result of which would not seriously jar the serene harmony of the ring, . Four weeks have been frittered away in a toilsome effort to reach the vault balcony, distant about three hundred feet from the board rooms. At the sawe rate of speed they would probably ! yeach the poor farm in two yeurs. Tag liberal victory in the Kensington district of London, which bhas always been regarded as n tory stronghold, fur- nishes convincing proof of the growth of home rule in England and the popu- lar detestation of Pigottism. At the ~ previous election the tories carried the district by & mujority of 570. Satur- . @ay’s contest was fought strictly on the ~ Assue of home rule, and the liberal can- ~ @idate was elected by a waujority of 630, of a total vote of 7,008, 7The victory " 48 regarded us the most important one et achioved, and confirms the prevail- ng opinion that the downfall of the tories is near, ~ THE REIGN OF ROBBERY. The reckless extravagance of the legislature knows no bounds, Thore is no limit to the avarice of the members, no restraint to their plundcving pas- sions, Every movement indicates a close conspiracy, a boodle combine, to throw open the treasury and squander the contents. Never before was there such an avalanche of plundering bills, and they are supported and advocated by men with pretensions of honesty and decency. Appropriations that are little less than bare-faced stoals arg withheld till the last houvs of the session, then to be rushed through, without examina- tion or discussion, in the pandemonium of adjournment. The ambition of every member of the combine is to out- strip his companions in the race for plunder, and plunge headlong into in- famous schemes of robbory, heedloss alike of his oath and the protests of the people. The highwayman who ap- proaches his victim by stealthy steps and takes his purse with the assistance of a revolver is acmired for his nerve and professional celerity. Compared with him the public rascals who infest the capital and pose as honest men, are detestable amateurs and masquerading hypocrites. The boldest and most shameless raid on the state treasury is that of the Lin- coln insane asylum. This institution, with proper management, should.be self-sustaining. Every county is obliged to contribute to it for the care of inmates, There is no escape from it. The supreme court has decided that the cost of keeping the unfortunates sent by each county must be charged to the county, and made it the duty of the commissioners to levya tax to meet these expenses. A double burden was thus imposed upon the tax payers. The money paid by the several counties does not appear to effect the drain on the state treasury. On the contrary it is increased, and the enormous sum of three hundred and .thirty-seven thous- and, four hundred dollars is asked to support the asylum for the ensuing two years. This sum exceeds the appro- priation for 1887 by one hundred and fifty-five thousand, six hundred dollars. A more glaring steal could not be pervetrated. ~ The number of inmates in the asylum can not be greater now than in 1887, The o« pancy of the Novfoll asylum relieved the former of av least one hundved pa- tients. The completion of the asylum for incurables at Hastings will still fur- ther relieve it, so that thére is not an honest excuse for the enormous sum asked. The managers were well aware of this and took the precaution to mask the steal in four bills. The sum total did not appall the appropriation com- mittee. These liberal gentlemen con- cluded that a few thousand more could be economically handled, and increased the amount asked by the auditor by thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. In all other directions the raid on the taxpayers is equally terrific and appall- ing. Overone hundred thousand dol- lars has been recommended for building awing to the Norfolk asylum, a job which can be deferred for two years without injury to the state or its unfor- tunates. The Peru normalschool comes in for fifty-seven thousand nine hun- dred dollars, a sum exceeding that of 1887 by thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars. If one-half the dozen or more mnormal school bills now pending should pass, it is impossible to estimate the burdens which will be heaped upon the taxpayers in coming years. The out- look is far from cheering. These are samples of scores of simi- lar bills. Salaries fixed by the consti- tution are increased by means of dep- uties and clerks, and offices created which are expressly prohibited. Sine- cures are multiplied and extravagant salaries attached in nearly every de- partment of the state government. Bogus claims are seriously considered. Ivery state institution seeks larger ap- propriations, increased salavies and a sum for ‘‘repairs” and ‘“‘inciden- .7 So runs the plundering raid. The history of past legislatures would be searched in vain for its equal in wolfish ferocity. It isthe last chance of the boodlers to fleece the public and the opportunity is too rich to be lost. A couvention of exiled aldermen could not show more shameless disregard of public interests than is daily witnessed at the state capitol. NEBRASKA AND THE OFFICES. Thus far no citizen of Nebraska has been called by the new administration to assist in conducting the affairs of government during the next four years. What's the trouble? If undeviating fidelity to the rcpublican party 15 an adequate claim to consideration, Ne- braska should have been among the first states to receive recognition. There is talent here, and patviotism, and a widespread willingness to serve the country in public trusts. It has been said that a list of the Nebraska candi- dates for office would look like a direc- tory of the state. Why is it that we are ignored, or compelled to linger in sus- pense, while Towa, Minnesota, Wiscon- sin and other states no more faithful to the cause than Nebraska are waken into the favor of the administration and well provided for? What have we done, or what omitted, that induces this neglect? It certainly cannot be charged that Nebraska has been too modest. She hud a candidate for the cabinet within twelve hours after it became reasonably certain that the republican party had won the election, and he and his friends promptly made the whole country fa- miliar with the fact. His was among the first names thrust upon the atten- tion of the president-elect, backed by u numerous support which had been collected with remarkable expedition. There is reason to helieve that up to within a very short time before the cabinet was announced this candidate confidently felt that Nebraska was to be honored by his preforment. He blandly asserts now, however, that he nover made any serious effort to enter the cabinet, but to please his friends al- lowed them to have their own wayin presenting his name and urging his ap- peintment. Nebraska supported a can- didate for another position hardly in- ferior in importance to acabinet official, that of general superintendent of the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY MARCH 18, 1839 railway mail service, but with a record of dismissal from that service for ample reason, and a general history of false pretenses, this valuable prize is very certain not to be drawn by Nebraska. Anothor citizen of this state with an unsavory reputation was early in the field as an applicant for an important position in the treasury, but unless he can obliterate his record he will have no part in administering the financial de- partment of the government, There are some others of similar character among those who have been foremost in seeking to represent Nebraska in the national government. Is it a sufficient explanation why Ne- braska has not been favored as some other states no more deserving, that with a few exceptions the men who have sought positions under the new admin- istration are either wholly unworthy to be given places of public trust or have no legitimate and adequate claims to consideration? A railroad attorney with an unenviable record in that car city, the tools of the corporations who have for years worked against the rights and interests of the people, and fellows whose personal, official and political carcers have been shamelessly dishonor- able and corrupt, ave the class who have been most conspicuous in representing the claims of Nebraska to honorable recognition in the government. The administration could not afford to bur- den itself with such men, and the honest republicans of this state do not wish it to do so. Nebraska will un- doubtedly be recognized as she deserves to be, but she can wait for the selection of men who will fitly represent the best element of the republican party in the state, and whose appointment wou'd not bring odium upon the state and scan- dalize the national administration. A BLOW AT PROHIBITION. The overwhelming defoat of prohibi- tion in New Hampshire is the severest blow that cause has received in a long time. The rejection of the proposed amendment to the constitution was ex- pected, as a two-thirds vote was nec sary to carry it, but it was very gener olly believed that it would get a major- ity of the votes. Instead of this there was a considerable majority against it, thus very greatly increasing tho moral force of the result, which comes at a time to exercise a widespread influence. Massachusetts votes next month on the same question, and very little doubt is now felt that it will reject prohibition, of which the state has had one unsatis- factory trial. Pennsylvania, will vote in June on a prohibitory amendment and the New Hampshire result will have a material influence there. The movement in Rhode Island to thrust prohibition out of the constitution will be strengthened by the same influence. The action of the peopic of New Hampshire is especially significant and important from the fact that prohibi- tion has had a fair, patient and faithful trial there. The experiment has con- tinued for thirty years, and the verdict now rendered by an intelligent population largely rural is in the highest degree interest- ing and instructive. It most vigor- ously emphasizes the claim of the oppo- nents of prohibition that prohibitory laws are & failure, and counsidered in connection with the efforts of the peo- ple of Rhode Island to 1id themselves of such laws, after a trial of three years, there is indicated a returning good sense in those communities that haye given fair and extended trial to prohi- bition very encouraging and gratifying to the advocates of practicable temper- ance. The result in New Hampshire makes the fitth successive defeat of prohibi- tory amendments within a year, the other four states which rejected such amendments being Oregon, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas. There is every reason to believe that this list will be increased by the additions of Mass- achusetts and Pennsylvania. The pro- hibition tide appears to be surely and stéadily receding, while high license, by reason of its success wherever tried in reducing the drink evil, is gaining in popular regard. THE latest-advices from Samoa indi- cate that the Germans had abandoned their aggressive policy, and have been seeking by insidious means to advance their interests and power there. It would seem, however, that when they ceased bullying their prestige began to wane. The knowledge that the United States had taken a firm stand for main- taining its own interosts there and the antonemy of the island appears to have invigorated the rightful authority in Samoa, and less respect is being paid to either the appeals or the threats of thc Gevrmans. The probability is that, there will be little change 1n the situa- tion pending the conclusion of the Ber- lin conference, and meanwhile the ad- vices are that the German government will endeavor to make an agreement between the three powers interested in Samon ezsy of accomplishment. THE SUNDAY BEE of yesterday was a newspaper in every respect. Its cable dispatches were very full and very interesting, it had alarge supply of news from every quarter of our own country, its local intelligonce was com- plete, it had a number of special avt cles of u most interesting charac ter, its regular departments werve character- ized by their usual thoro ughness and accvracy, and altogether it was a com- pendium of current events the world over, and of generally instructive and entertaining reading, far in advance of any of its home contemperaries, aud we venture to say not surpassed by any paper in the west. —— THE judicial mind of Vermont has been struggling with the question whether cider is intoxicating. A judge of one of the lower courts rendered a decision which discriminated between the sale of sweet cider and hard cider, and the matter was taken up to the su- preme court, That tribunal took a dif- ferent view of the matter, deciding that the prohibitory law of the state will prevent the sale of cider, whether it has been fermented or not, thus virtu- ally declaring sweet cider to be an in- toxicant. The decision is likely to have an important etfect upon the views of the farmers the prohibitory" ermont regarding Tne Republican is erying for better nows of the nctidns’ of certain Omaha men now in Whshington. If that last resurrection miracle would dismiss its alleged funny man ‘and put the money thus squandered into an occasional Washington dispatch all anxiety would be put away. If this cannot be ar- ranged, the . f, m, should be led out midway of the wagon bridege, and com- pelled to read thé Omaha Herald for ton consecutive minutes, REFoRMS undertaken for political ad- vantage are generally carried to ex- tremes. The abolition of convict labor in the penal institutions of New York was the result of an organized cry which evenly balanced parties could not re- sist. The consequences are, that the prisons are turning out mad men and filling the insane asylums. Tdleness and confinement are worse than the tortures of the middle ages. Tre Canadian Parliment will reach a vote on the question of reciprocity with the United States tomorrow. Two years ago the northern fire-eaters could hardly be restrained from jumping across the line and annexing the states. Now the obstreperous youths are will- ing to be coaxed out of the cold. The lion’s tail has been at half mast ever since Bayard stepped down. THERE is a needless amount of worry and speculation among the would-be rivals of Tie Bk in Omaha concern- ing Mr. Rosewater’s business in Wash- ington. If these “‘tufer” journals would devote more time to their owun business, the result might lighten the shadow of threatened bankruptey and materially rveduce the daily deficiency in the cash box. Chicago Tribune. Tt is possible for a state to be too much governed. West Virginia would be much happier if three-fourths of her governors would resign. e g S Missouri 1s Willing. Kansas City Times, A Missouri delegation called on the presi- dent yesterday and expressed its perfect williogness to accept any office, however great, at sight. We Don't Want Much. Chicago Times. Senator Cullom says he will never *‘let up* till Canada is annexed to the United States. Senator Hampton_wants Cuba. Go on, gentlemen. What's the matter with the rest of the earth? —_—— You Wouldn’t Dg Here, Prince. Chicagn 108, The Prince of Wales gives it as his delib- erate judgment that base ball isn’t as pleas- ing a game as cricket. That sort of a man may do very well as king of England, but he could never succppd in getting himself elected president of the;United States. ————— Uncle Sam’s_ Shrewd Bargain. Chicago,_Intey-Ocean. ‘When the United States bonght Alaska, and paid $7,200,000 for ity many said, “1t was an enormous price.? Governor Swineford reports, however, that ‘the nunual revenues from the territory now aggregate §9,000,000.” It was not such a bad bargain after all. Ptz eyl They Couldn't Stand That. Kansas City Journal,- New Hampshire went very decidedly anti- prohibition at the recent election. Yet it was not so much of a victory for the whisky men as an indignant protest on the part of the old Granite state farmers against the ab- surdity of treating hard cider—that whole- somo, excallent beverage, hard cider—as an intoxicating liquor. Unheard of ! Aril i STATE AND TERRITORY., Nebraska doitings. The demand_for dwelling houses at West Point exceeds tho sunply. It is reported that a three-foot vein of coal has been discovered near Fairbury. J. 1. Robmson, the new postmaster at Humphray, is the editor of the Republican. The newly appointed postmaster at_Lyons is W. D. Smith, junior editor of the Mirror. The erght-year-old son of Daniel Flores, a Cuming county farmer, tips the scales at 150 pounds. The Swedish Lutheran synod was in scs- sion at Oakland last week with a large at- tendance. The steamn elevator erected at Plattsmouth in 1830 has been torn down and will be re moved to Lincoln. The new town of Lonax, in Custer county, already has two general merchandise stores ana a blacksmith shop, Boxing is the standard amusement just now, at Crete and two-story noses are be- coming popuiar, according to the Globe. Patrick Ryan, the Grand Island man who was so badly frozen recently, is alive and doing well, but both of his feet have been amputated. Z. E. Juckson, a resident of Fullerton, claiins to have driven stage in Wisconson on the same line with Jerry Rusk, the new sec- vetary of agriculture. The B. & M. road has put a car load of Italinns at work in its stone quarries near Auburn, and & howl has gone up from the laboring men of that vicinity. The boys of Kimball have acquired the habit of throwing eggs on the streets, and an ordinauce prohibiting the pastime is about to be passed by the village board. lowa. Dana will soon hgve a lodge of Oddfel- lows. One of the social features at Grinnell is a ladies’ whist club. ‘Workmen are busily engaged demolishing the old Julien house at Dubuque, A forty-six-inch vam of coal has been dis- covered on the Cnaplerplace in West Fort Dodge. - - Storm Lake will soon have waterworks if the agitation started by the business men succeeds in 1ts object, ‘The Dubuque Art assoclation’s exhibition next May will be the 'most elaborate and notable 1n the history of that organizytion, Alexander Levi, the first foreigner natur- alized in Towa, and the first Mason initiated in Dubuque, reached his) eighticth year last Wednesday, 1 The farmers of Douglas and Greck town- ships, Webster county, are considerably alarmed over the appearance of the hoof dis- ease among their cattle, here afe said to be gt least widows residing in or near Iowa City. This includes many who are there temporarily o enjoy the advantages of the stute university for their children. Dakota, The postofiice at Maverick has been dis- continued. Five out of eight township ofllcers electea at Iroguis are Methodists. It is claimed that every sidewalk in Sioux Falls is now in complete repair. The grown-up boys of Forest City indulge in pony racing as their only pastime. The ladies of the M. E. church at Yankton hn;u decided to bold their bazaar April 3, 3, and 4. Prominent stockmen of the Hills have commenced spaying yearliug heifers for the purpose of clasing out the large herds. The rapid settlement of the country and the de- wand for blooded stock are the prime causes. The Farmers' and Merchants' bank at Iro- quois contemplates erccting a two-story brick buildiug for its bankiug busiuess. THE OAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER. For two years I had been mate of the schooner Jessie, Captain Martin, plying regularly bevween Sydney, New South Wales, and Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, says a writer in the New York Sun. We had a trim craft, easily han- dled, and our crew never exceeded six men. There was no second mate, and the captain stood his own watch, A year before T engaged with her she had been captured by convicts from the penal settlements, and when recovered after two or three days she had boen supplied with an arsenal. The trip which gave rise to the inci- dents T am about to relate brought the captain’s daughter on board for the first time, she having been away to school for a couple of years. The schooner was named after her,and if a vessel could feel proud of anything, thén the Jessie would have ‘been puffed up over the good looks of the girl whose name she bore. Miss Martin was a typical English girl, and just as handsome as the best of them. She was then nine- teen years old, in the best of health and spirits, and it was as good as medicine for a sick person to hear her sing and laugh. As our voyages were short and safe we had been able to keep the same crow for a long time, but on this trip we were all broken up. Two of the old men had been taken ill while we were loading, » third had mysteriously absented himself, and on the day we were to sail the cook walked ashore in a huff, There was no trouble, however, in filling the four va- cancies. Indeed, they were applied for assoon as vacated. The cook was acol- ored man with good recommendation, while the three sailors were English- speaking and of English nativity. When a crew is sent from . a shipping office the master must not find fault with their personal appearance. If they are what they claim to be that must satisly him, no matter 1f the whole lot are bow-legged, cross-eyed, bald-headed, and bump-backed. It is the same when the mate engages men at the wharf. If they satisfy him that they are sailors, he does not find fault with their looks. The three sailor men I engaged for the trip were hard-looking fellows, and I would not have trusted them not to rot me, but [ took them just the same. Ab sea they would have their stations and their orders,and the discipline of a ves- sl discourages all exhibitions of impu- dence toward office: Our crew was now composed of six sailors, captain, mate and cook, and the girl Jess brought the number on board up to ten. [t is a run of over five hundred miles almost due south from Sydney to Hobart Town, but until ing Cape Howe we had the const in view, and knew where shelter could be had in case of a storm. Our crew went cheerfully to work, the weather favored us, and for three days everything went as smoothly as you please. I had two of the old men and one of the new in my watch, and on the fourth night, as we just held steerage- way during my watch, the man at the wheel, whose name was Needham, and who had been with us several voyages, fussed around for a time, and finally said: “Mr. Loring, I'd like to speak with you about a matter.” “Very well. What is it?” “I.don’t like them new men, sir.” “For what reason?” “They've got their heads together too often, sir, and they’ve talked to Bill and Tom, my old mates, until they’ve quite upset them.” “*About what?” “Well, sir, about pirates, and islands, and treasure, and such stuff. I didn’t take to ’em, and they didn’t take to me, and so they don’t trust me, but I can’t help but think there’s something wrong in the wind.” I wasn’t startled—not even worried. Sailors are always talking such non- sense among themselves, and aboard of every craft there 15 always a tale- bearer who wants to curry favors. Needham was distant and peculiar, as T heard the men say, and that was why the trio had not taken to him. I thought the matter over for some time, and then thanked the man for his in- formation and asked him to keep his eyes open. We had a light breeze all night, and the next day was very mild. Wo got a stiff breeze from noon to mid- night, and on the morning of the sixth day we were below the cape. Then the wind died out flat and deal, and all day long we hand’t enough to rufile a feather. [ had been watching the new men closely since Needham stated his suspicions, but nov a thing could I dis- cover to confirm his statements. They were choerful, prompt and respectful and I quite dismissed any thought of conspirac If Needham had heard or seen anything further he had not re- ported it, although invited to do so. The captian’s trick that night was from 8 to 12. At 9 o'clock I was asleep in my berth, the captain was lounging and smoking, and Jess was in the cabin after some article of clothing. There was no wind yet, while the night was soft and starlit. There was a man at the wheel, but this was mere form’s sake, he having nothing todo. Allof a sudderd, as the captain paced the quar- ter, some one in the fo'castle shouted “Murder!” There was & scramble and a rush, followed by a splash, and a choking voice from the water gasped out; “Tt's mutiny, captaing look out!” 1t was the voice of Needham, who had been stabbed and flung overboard. Next moment the captain saw e other man before the mast adeancing aft armed with capstan bars and belay- ing pins. Tho old negro cook was with them, and the old man was not long in realizing that something worse than mutiny was on. Instead of ordering or arguing or waiting for explanations. he leaped down into the cabin and bolted the heavy doors behind him. I had slf were together aft, and a soners at once. **It's mutiny, g!” shouted the captain, as | the cabin. ‘‘Arm yourself, and we'll teach the rascals a lesson not to be forgotten.” Ho had scarcely ceased speaxing when a bullet steuck him in the right shoulder and a shot fired at me grazed my head. One of the mutineers had fired through the open skylight. The captain stoggered to the sofu and in a jifly 1 had the lights out. Then I pulled the heavy sash down and secured it, and we we safe for the moment. It needed no explanation to satisfly me of what had happened. The créw hud seized the- schooner and Needham had been murdered because he would not join the conspiracy. I had arevelver, and I started for the deck, but the cap- tain stopped me. “Come back, Mr. Lurinf{. no show. ’l‘hu{ would kill y you got on deck.” j<? “ltluv. we must get the schooner back, You have ou before said, “Certainly, But we can’t do i throwing our lives away. Wo ar for the present. Help e off with my cout and attend to this wound. Jess, you take my revolver and stand in the Companion-way to guard the doors.” I got at the wound as s00n and us care- fully as I could, and was rejoiced to find thai the bullet had struck the boue uud lanced off. Indeed, it fsll out of the esh as I washed away the blood. It was thus a painful but not dangerous wound. Isoon had it attended to, and the cap- tain thought he would not be provented from handling a revolver. I had just got him fixed up ween some one rapved at the doors and a voice exclaimed: "I'zylow, there! I want a word with u “What is it?"” demanded the captain, ““The schooner 1s ours, as you, of course know. We don’t ant your lives. You can have a boat and start off as soon as you please.” “But we don’t propose to go.” “Don't get cantankerous, old man, We've got the schooner and we know enough to keep her. We don’t want you h If you*accept our offer, all right. If you want to (!{;I\L it out, then look out for yourselves.” ““That’s what we pro plied the captain, an quiet. [ erept to the head of the companion stairs and heard the mutineers convers- ing in low tones, and, while I sought to catch what thoy said, a man ran aft to the wheel and the others began to make sail. The calm was broken. I knew the course they would make without soeking a sight of the eabin compass, They would head to_the west, probably for King Island, and while between the south const of Australia and the north const of Van Diemen’s Land, a stretch of over 200 miles, there would be no fear of meeting with any craft larger than a counster, owing to the numerous shoals and shallows. The breeze came up live- 1y, and the schooner went dancing away as lively as if all had been at peace. “They won't try to get at us for a time, and perhaps not until morning,” said the captain, “‘and we must make ready.” We first made a barricade at the door of the main cabin, using the sofa, table, and chairs. Then we got out and load- ed five muskets, placea three cutlasses handy. and in addition each had a re- volver. We worked in the dark, but we knew where everything was to be found. You might have looked for the girl to break down, but there was never a sign of it. Indeed, she ex- pressed a hope that the men would not give in too soon and seemed to desire an attack. When we had done all we could we sat down and waited for the night to pass aw “*Below there! “Well?” answered the captain. “We will give you another chance to leave. You can have a boat, oars, sail water and grub, and no one shall hia- der your going.” “Suppose we refuse to go?” “Then your blood be upon your own h . Rather than surrender the schooner we'll burn her and you with her! I'll give you half an hour to think it over.” We didn’t want two minutes. We were determined not only not to leave the schooner. but to recapture her. We expected to be attacked by tha firstsky- light, but this was a small affair and did not command but a vortion of the cabin, And as we afterward as- certained, the only firearm among the mutineers was a doublo-barrele pistol, which had already been dis charged, and could not be reloaded for want of ammunition. They would also batter in the doors of the companion- way, but we hoped to hold them at the barricade. They could not come at us by way of the hold, for that was full. We got a little to eat rrom the pantry, had a glass of wine, and by that time were hailed for our answer. The cap- tain replied that,we would not go, and defied them to do their worst. We hearda them moving softly ubout, and at her own request Jess was allowed to pull away o tion of the barricade and creep upstairs to listen, while the cap- tain and I stood with our guns ready to repulse any attack by theskylight. Jess was returning to report when a batter- ingram drove in the doors hardly an arm’s length away, and the mewx who had wielded the spar raised a yell at sight of her. Not one person in ten thousand, man or woman, would have done as she did. Instead of springing over the barricade, she leveled her re- volver and shotone of the men, the leader of the mutiny, through the head as he stoodabove her. As he threw up his hands and fell she shouted to us to come up, rushed up the stairs, and we heard her fire twice more before we got. over the harricade. ‘When we got on deck no one but Jess was to be seen erect. Two dead men and one wounded untodeath were lying on the deck and the otherthree had fled to the forecastle. Two minutes later they were begging for theis lives, and they crawled like curs as they eame up to be bound. Jess had killed two of the new men and mortally wounded the negro cook, end the mutiny had been § put down and the craft retaken before you could count a hundred. Her mov, ments had been so swift and her aim 0 fortunate that e hing had to go before her. Tt would have made your hair stand up to listen to the coufessions of those rascals, The seizure of the schooner bad long been contemplated, and a part of the plan was to get hold of the girl. Hud we accepted the offer of the boat we would have been killed as soon as we reached the deck, The leader was an ex-convict named Ike Reese, and he proposed to turn the craft into a regu- ar pirate, strengthening his ciew from such small craft as he might overhaul. The negro died within an hour and we hove the three bodies overboard with- out ceremony. During the forenoon we worked the schooner to the east, and about noon got a couple of hands from an English merchantman and put into Melbourne to report and deliver up our prisoners, One was hanged for the crime, but one died before the t and cuped and was shot dead by s in pursuit. so to do,” re- then all was Lour C A v dence of Trie Bek.j—Loup City has or- ganized a board of trade, the purpo of which is to facilitate and encou the further advancement and uphuild ing of Loup City and Sherman county. The following representative business men were clected officers of the organ- P. Culley, president; W. president; J. W. Long 4 J. C. Edmonson, trc G. W. Kittell, H. M. Mathew, Stedman and C, L. Adams dive The organization began active o tions by circulating a petition for a dge across the Middle Loup river vest of town, and starting out a committee with a surveyor o nsc tain the practibility of building a c from the river into'the bluffs northc of town. It is thought that we have natural advantages which far surpass those of Kearney for such a purpose, as we shall only have to make a ten- mile canal to run the water into a largo draw, which, when filled with water to the required depth, would malke ano mile loug by one-hall a mi and would range from one to fort, ¥ 18 quite enthused 0! this enterprise and scems to be very much determined upon its accompliski- ment. Dan Harper ——— iving near Colman, says a Cuthbert, Ga,, daispatch, was shot Thursday night by an unknown party. His dog barked in the yard, and- Dan, on walking out, was fired upon and killed. His mother fell dead inside the Louse upon hearing the news. l LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. Later Developmants In Conneotion With Erio Eriokson's Death, A STRONG SUSPICI‘ON OF MURDER Extensive Proparations are Being Made For the Traveling Men's Oamp Mecting—A Kejavens anted Fire Engine. Lixcorx BUREAU oF T OMATA Han, 1020 P Staeet, LixcoLx, March 17, Tt is now known that Erio Erickson, the young Swede who died at his home six miles northwest of Lincoln about a week ago, camoe to his death from a wound he received at the hands of a prostitute who resided this city, His death at the time was sup- posad to have been the result of sicknoss, The deccased, however, just before his death gave up the truth to a friend, but persist. ently refused to name the party who struck the blow or to locate the place. These faots wero rumored on the strects yesterday, but generally they wero not given any credence, But to-day there is little doubt of the truth, The facts are now in the hands of the polico authorities, and the trail is warming up sharply. A number of the demi-monde aro under very close surveillance. Two sisters are under very strong suspicion as having full knowledge of the crime. The parents of these girls live in Kansas, and they alter- nate between here and there, ana at home ard rogarded in the light of semi-respect- ability. This, however, is only a matter of keen suspicion. The circumstances of the tragedy are sub- stantially as follows: Erickson came to the city about two weeks ago and went on a spree. He remained in the city over night n one of the houses of ill-fame, but his con- duct was such that he was refused admit- tance on the occasion of his next visit, This led to a quarrel between tho parties, and to escape his clutches, the girl stabbed him in tho groin with a pen knife, or somo sharp nstrument, from which injuries he died a few days later. Erickson's friend gives sub- stantially the story as stated. He related it to the police authorities yesterday, since- when thoy have been quictly workfng up clues. It (s probable that an investigation will be held at an early day. The body of Erickson will probably exhumed, and the shadow of a crime followed until the murs derer is located. As Good As New. Tn a bran new dress and as bright as a dollar, the old engine Chapin arrived home vesterday afternoon at 4 o'ciock direct from U 1by factory, aud the fire department is declared to be better “fixed” than ever, The repairs on the old engine cost the city $2,000, but as it 15 said to be as good as new, and a new eugine would have cost the city twico that sum, the amount will most certainly be paid cheerfully. The old name was saori- ficed, and instead appear the initials ‘L. I, D.,”” which are said to signify the Lincoln Fire Department. It is just to say here that Lincoln owes Council Bluffs a debt that cannot be vaid very easily, When in need that city kindly granted Lincoln the use of the engine Rescue, ‘‘without money and without price,” anc it came in good play o two or three different occasions. The works and Brown Bros.” elevator fires might. have proved very disastrous to the oity with only the T. P. Quick engine to_subdue thom. Lincola tenders Council Bluffs unqualified thanks for the kinduness bestowed. The Traveling Men. The committee of traveling men appointed to arrange for the Cushman park camp meet- ing met at the Capital hotel this afternoon and appointed one traveler from each jobbin, house on _their programme committee, an adjourned to meet again next Sunday afters noon at the same place, after listening to a few of the arrangements being made by Man- ager Andress for the entertainment of the boys, one of which was the announcement of a #50 prize to the winner of a *‘nigh five” con- test. It was unammously conceded that there were no insects on the management of Cushman park. Transicnts, as well as all resident travelers, are nvited to attend next Sunday’s meeting. Annual [Ball. ‘The third annual ball of Capitol lodge, No, 170, Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, will be held at Masonic Temple to-morrow evening. Nothing has been left undone to make it & success in every sense of the word, and all who attend may rest assured of an evening of perfect enjoyment, City News and Notes. E. P. Roggen, proprietor of the Capital hotel, will leave for Hot Springs, Ark., next Weduesday for a month or 80 of recreation. He hopes to recruit failing health by the visit, ‘The prohibitionists will nold their conven- tion for the nomination of city officers next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Primary election was held last night. The convention will be held at Red Ribbon nall. Ninety-five aelegates aro entitled to seats in the conven- tion, six of whom are ladies, viz.: Mrs. Hub bel, Emma Creighton, Mrs. Rhoda H. Stew- art, Belle Bigelow, Phabe Elliott and Mrs, Dram. A mass meeting of laboring men of Lincoln was held at Union hall last evening, ana tho following candidates were put in nomination for the Mayor, George A. city lias Baker; city clerk, S, Kant. Imen —First ward, W. R, Wi Second ward, J. K. Robinson; T ard, R, W. Maxwell; Fourth ward, osman; Fifth ward, I N ard, J. H. Chaddock, ly stated that the Nebraska will be issued us a_daily at high noon ay from and after March 25, pt St y. Itisalso learned that tho of the paper will be removed to Bo- n’s block, and that the mechavical work med by the Lincoln Newspaper paper will come out with an s dress and will labor early and ) pure democracy. of the Bannister & Scudder grate, Mr. O. C. Bannistor, of this city, was sdjudged in sane yesterduy afternoon and taken to the hospital for the insane. It is supposed that ry over his invention, which is manu- fuctired bere, caused him to lose his mental alance, His friends, however, hopo and be- lieve that he will recover and be restored to perfect health, oun; late for Sim The inventor Angostura Bitters, the world re- no South American appetizer, of »xquisite llayor. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, Ask your druges gist. ch ut Schuyler, has re- of failing health and will torate on April s e : Chokiilg Catarrh cnel from a disturbed sleep with wil'the horril tons of au Assassin clutening your throat wid D Life- Dreath from your ti noticed the lnu, close lis Have you aw ssing the re tug_nfluence it and strange nolses! v tho nusal pasvsg L. luugs of this pois ify who are afficted with How Wit 1o protoct tho system ngalust its further o x the lungs, 1 kidneys, crible dis: 1o, When all 'S Rapt- 1ho who grate- ) fellow-sullerers, No anrding 10 that cannot be w08l respectubly and ro- ¢ tatein: substantinted by the s roeferonces. ot containg one bottle of the RAbI: @ STRAINS, SPRAINS, PAINS. X Mixure by th gant, fustantaneous und 1 e Antiiote to Lalv, Intiam. mation and Weakness, the CoTCUIA ANTIPALY PLASTEIL Tho first only pal: subdubng plaster. ‘e wost elcacious, the lnost Bizrocable and thio moxt speedy Of Bl ¢xternnl agcents for e reliet of Puin ard Weaknews. AU all driuggluts 2 conts: By (or 1.9, 0, bos (ree, of POTIEK DUvG A0 CLEMIUAL Boston, Muss.