Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 12, 1889, Page 13

{ I :&i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUND It Pays to Buy of the Manufacturer 2 22 2 2 2 4 X2 g 2 L 3 g 2 g g2 L 2 L EEEEREEEEE P2 2] oo ne S o>t 9® AY MAY 12, 1889'—SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 BROWNING, KING & COMPANY, Largest Manufacturers and Retailers of Fine Clothing in the World Southwest Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Streets, Omaha. {------------‘-‘-.“---‘ Specialties in Children's Suits § SEE THE SUITS. 4 : ; We are selling for $4 and $5. thelat- $ ost novelties in Kilts and Knee Pant * Suits, from $1.50 to the Very Best Made L 2 4 4 o J g 2 2 4 = D 35 0 5 2 0 2 2 b2 2 Mail Orders will Receive Prompt Atiention i Browning,King &Co., S.W.Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts | L b D -2 J "..--0. [ 2 ...0“““" windows. OO eroeDBTOS PPV OICIII® SEAL HUNTING IN ALASK How a Monopoly of the Business ‘Was Obtained. IS OUR UNCLE SAM A TYRANT? What a Sea Captain Had to Say About the Sefzure of Certain Vessels —The Annual Slaugh- ter. Alaska's Big Monopoly. VicroriA, B, C., May 8.—(Special Correspondence of THE BEE.]—Do you know anything about the origin of the Aluska Commercial company?” This was a quostion asked me by an old sealer while 1n Port Townsend one day last weck. Ireplied that it was a subject dbout which I was little acquainted. “‘Well, sir,” smud he, *“General Rous- scau was United States commissioner at tlie time of the trausfer of Alaska, and there was at Sitka certain buildings belonging to the old Russian Fur com- pany. General Rousseau, on account of s official position, could not be- come a party to any private transaction shat grew out of his relations with the government, but there happened to be a young man by the name of Hutchin- son near at hand, who had accompanied the general to Alaska in the capacity of private secretary, and it did not take him long to improve a golden oppor- tunity. Of course the sale of this ter- ritory to the United States ended the existonce of the Russian Fur company, and Mr. Hutchinson conceived the idea of taking possession of the fur trade of Alaska, together with the scal islands, and he readily found a partuer in the person of a Mr. Kohl, an Englishman, whose home was in Victorin, The flrm, T believe, still exists under the name of Hutchinson, Kohl & Co,, although I bave under- stood My, Hutchinson died some six years ago in Washington, D. C., leaving a cool million as the result of his interost in the enterprise. *‘The firm of Hutchinson, Kobl & Co., however, is putting into execution their plans for taking control of the fur and saal trade of Alaska, encountered a rival in their new enterprise in the pevson of & Captain Morgan of Connec- tiout, who was already in the field with expericuced sealors, and just as a fight seemed imminent, a truce was declared and the season’s catch was equally di- vided. “While the above combination was quietly pursuing its capture of the ivals, numerous attompts were made by ovganized parties to break in upon this valuable ground, but the combined ef- forts of Hutchinson and Morgan drove all new comers from the tield. The at- tention of the governwment was at this time attracted to the islands of St. Paul and St. George which constitute the Pribylofl group, and which were said to contain the only extensive seal rook- eries in the world, and in 1868 congress pussed an nct dosigned to preserve those rookeries from indiscriminate sluughter. In 1870 the Aluska Commer- cial company secured a lease from the United States for a term of twent; years at an unnual rental of $55,000, an & tax of 82.62 on each skin,and the com pany were limited to 100,000 skins e sy e Ay S year. The amount paid Russia by the United States for the whole of Alaska territory was about $7,000,00( Thus it will be scen that Secret Seward’s purchase was not such a poor investment for the United States, after all.” “Does the Alaska commercial com- paay coutrol the fur trade of the terri- tory outside of the fur seals, by virtue of any contract or lease from the United Statos,” I inquired? “The Alaska commercial company at- tempt to control the fur trade of Alaska, and they have trading posts all over the territory, but they assume this author- ity without the f‘eusf. color of right or protection from the United States gov- ernment. Thoir franchise is confined absolutely to the islands of St, Paul and St. George in Behring sea, and in this they are protected by the government, Any man can take into any portion of Alaska tecritory outside of the islands referred to, any class of goods, with the exception of guns, ammunition and li- quor, and_may carry on a traffic with the same froedom that he would in any art of the United States.” “Is the gencrally accepted theory that tho only seal rookeries in the world are at St. Paul and St. George islands, in Behring sea, true?”’ “If 1 were to answer your question from the Aluska commercial company’s standpoint, I should say ‘yes, with the excoption of small rook some- where near Peru, South America, but it 1 should answer you with a proper regard for the truth, I should say not by any manner of means. Cape -Horn furnishes uearly, if not quite as many, seals each year as do tho islands of St. Paul and St. George. Iame aware that the idea genorally prevails that seal hunting is to-day a thing of the past, outside of Behiring sea, so far as a specific occupa- tion is concerned, but the cause of the prevalence of this belief can be traced to the door of the Alaska Commercial company, which has spared uo pains to make it an establisned fact. Vhy, I understand o text book has'been tly published in which the question is asked, ““Where is the only place in the world that tho fur seal is known to live?’ and the answ s given, ‘In St. George and St. Paul islands in Behring sea.’ I hope the parents of the Ameri- can youth who are supposed to gathor thisin as a part of their education, will ascortain that such is not a fact, and instruct their children never to make such an assertion to any one not under pap from the Alasks Commercial com- pany. *‘How do you regard the position taken by the United States towards American and English voessels sealing in Behring sea? Wasthe seizure of those vessels in 1836 and 1857 justi- flable? “Come on deck a moment. You see yonder schooner? The one with a mun near the top of the main-mast painting? “That is one of the vessels seized by the United States revenue cutter Corwin in 1887, She was captured in Behring sea out of sight of land, her cargo con- fiscated and the vessel seld a short time ago by order of the court for $1,500, Her purchaser immediately sold her for $5,000, and she is now being re- fitted, and will henceforth sail under the American flag, with her name changed from Grace to that of Lucy Lowe. Itisan cld proverb thatsays, ‘A country may claim as its waters such distance from 1ts land as ean be pro- tectad by its guns on shore,’ and this is generally conceded to be a marine league, or three miles. The Grace was captured at a distance of sixty miles fromn the nearest lana. and its hunters had not taken & seal nearer than that distance from shore. Of course, I do wot think Dthe position of the United States right. On the contrary, I think the seizure of English and American vessols in the waters of Behring one of the most arbit ¢ acts of which any nation was ever guilty. Such con- dpct might have been in keeping with the maritime law that prevailed about the year 1821, when the issued an imperial ukase claiming con- trol of all the waters of Behring sea, but, if you remember, the burly Rus- prevailed upon to withdraw At attitude by demonstrations made by the United States. The case is exactly similar, only the United States »luu changed position with “‘Perhups it makes some difference whose ox 1s gored.” “Yes, and it may make some differ- ence if the ox gored may prove to be a (Johnny) Bull.” “Well, what is going to be the out- come of this question? I saw a schooner with a crew of twenty-one men fully armed and equipped for an expedition to the sealing vaters of Behring sea, spread her sales last night, and in the language of the captain. she proposed to ‘beard the lion in his den.””’ “Yes, and I understand an English gunboat has been ordered into those waters for the purpose of seeing fuir play in an oven field. I believe it will eveutuate in the government controling the seal rookerios by placing officers and St. Paul islands, ptured in the open sen strictions. If there is a profit in this industry the government should rece the benefit of it. The rookeries should be preserved at all hazards. The fur seul is too valuable luxury to be destroyed as would cer- tainly occur were men_allowsd to go. upon those islands and slaughter the seal without regard to age and sex. But they can be protected from annihi- under certain lation, ~ and at the same time men may be allowed to capture such seals as are found outside o certain limit. The lease of the Alaska commereial company expires May 1, 1890, and I believe the days of that monopoly are numbered.” **Captain, can you tell me something about the habits of the seal, the man- ner of their capture. ete.?” ““Yes, siv. The seal in June and July as regula the months como around may be seen in swarms approaching the Aleutian islunds from the wuters of the north Pacific ocean, for the purpose of breeding and shedding its [)ulugu. The old ones are known us bulls and cows, and the young, pups. They approach the low sandy beaches of St. Paul and St. George islands and drag themselves along its shores where they lie in the sun or wander about seeking comfort- able nooks where they await the hour that limits the period of their gestation. When their young are born they care for them much the same as a female dog does for its pups,and in a couple of months they are sufficiently large to paddle around the shullow coves, and in October and November ave fully equipped to join thd multitude of older seals in their exit from the rookeries. Between the months of July aud Oc- tober natives are sent out upon the beach to drive the seal to the killing grounds. The men'startinat the water’s odfu and by means of bells or other noisy device, slowly close in upon the seals, and when once headed toward these groueds they are easily guided ulong, When they arrive at their destination small de- tachments are cut off from the main herd, and the slaughter is com- menced by beating them over the heads with clubs, A earty of skinners are then brought in, and in due time the sking are taken to the salt house where they ure sulted and sorted, and soon they are ready for shipment. I will re- rof Russia | mark here thut no femalo seal is al lowed to be killed. and nonc younger than one year. The killing with clubs is the only way they are dispatched on the islands, for the™ reason that thé fir- ing of guns is thought to huve a ten- frighten s. 1 have seen s0 thick that one could cing upon t them on_these havdly hem, and T ng the estimate at sev- You known it is only during the months of June, July, Augustand September that the > in plac eral million in number. killing is done, and that 100,000 seals must be taken in that time.” M t W. ———— EDUCATIONAL. Cornell university hus put 100,000 in new buildings the past year. In Michigan university a larger proportion of women than men ure taking by choico the full classical course, More than 2,000,000 of the youth of India BRUCE. are to-day receiving an education i the English language. Michigan _university has now more stu- dents in_attendance than any other Amer- ican institution of learnin The University of Mic students, probably has over enrolled in an Amer; The opening of Cl Worcester, Mass., nounced to take in October at s meetingof the trustees. e authoritics of Holland have decreed that women cannot serve on a school board. In Sweden it has been decided that they can. Twenty-five state legislatures, hesides the national government, have mude scicuitfic temperanc \pulsory school study in their respective states and territories. The city of Cleveland pays £0,000 a additional for the special instruction in Ger- man 10 the public schools, and a wovement for the removal of this bfffden has been be- gun, Mudison university is to have a new lib- rary building, to accommodute 250,000 volumes, It will cost 100,000, and J. B. Colgate has volunteered w give this sum. Ground was broken last week for the new structure. Garrett E. Winnauts, of Bergen Point, Y., has_informed the trustees of Rutgc college, New Braunswick, N. Y., that he will build ' large and oxpensive dormitory for with 1,882 argost number n collexs % university at car that ancient and honorable institution. . The cost will probibly be §100,000. Columbia college, in New York city, will permit young women to enter an passing the same entrance i the young men. The ladics who hayve the “annex” in wind propose to furnish the money to rent or build it. There 15 still some uncertainty about eom- mencement at Columbia. Hitherto each de- partment had its own commencement, but this yoar tho trustacs voted to combine tho graduating exercises of the academic, mines and law schools, and fixed the commence- ment of thdse departments for June 12. At the last session of congress #5,000 was appropriatedt o' pay tho expenses of un ex- pedition to Angola, Africa, to observe the total eclipse of the sun, which will occur December 22, 1689, and will be of unusual duration. Rrof, of the Amherst |departu anne 2 by ation s al Astronomical ment, pointed by the secretar; command df this exvedition. W. J. Holland, 69, of Pittsburg, P accompany the expedition as naturalist. e —.— Millions In It There is a big fortunc in those cash railroads we see in all the ludies’ sho ping stores, says the New York Sun. One company has gobbled up ali the best devices of the sort, and is reaping a great harvest, because no enterpris- iog storekeeper pretends to get along without them. The own- ers will not sell the apparatus. They put it in a store under a lease at #18 a year fora station, a sta- tion being each one of those stopping places over the clerks’ heads whence the baskets are sent to the cash desk. Some New York stores have as many us 250 stations, and cousequently pay 84,600 or more a year for the use of the device. has been ap- of the navy to take The Rev. Dr, will Others ask you $15 and $18 for same quality. You will see samples of these 4 bargains displayed in our 15th street [ i the Ind SO OO OO PO PDIVDIVTRPIROID MEN’S SUITS, Which We are Selling for e 2 2 2 Z Z & 2L L 0 0 2 04 tor $1.50. >SS0 V90D “«' Money Cheerfully Refunded if Goods do not Suit. S SO TOOOODP PO OT Seeeoe UUR HAT DEPARTME Is replete with the newest and most desirable shapes in Silk and Stiff Hats. All of which are fresh, new gords. We call your attention to Our Light Derbys, which we are selling Other stores ask $2 and $2.50 for the same They are beauties. hat. 1 i i -’--»-’----D‘«“‘---‘-.‘ [ d a d d g d d 2 g d d g g a g 2 g 2 22 2 2 B 3 5 852 25 NS P Py JaInjaejnueqy 8y} o Ang o} sked || TW0 ARE LEFT FOR TORTURE A Brutal Practice of the Govern- ment's Indian Agents. RATION DAY AMONG THE SIOUX. The Noble Red Men Parposely Wound Cattle to See The Suffer and Then Eat the Livers Raw. A Revolting Scene. CHAMBERLAIN. S. D., May 10.—[Spe- ciul Corrvespondence of THE BEE.]J— Saturday is the great holiday among ans as on this day they draw their rations and provisions for the week. This is the only day in the week that they urise early. The Indians that live the farthest away from the agency come in the evening before and camp out. By 10 o'clock almost every Indian both large and small is at the agency ready to take his place in the line at the tap of the bell, At 10 o’clock the line is formed and they pass through the ration house and draw their rations. They are divided off by families, bands and tribes, each head of a family having a card with his name, number in his family, number of the band he belongs tound what trive. The tickets are issued quarterly and have twelve numbers on them, one be- ing punched every time he draws nis rations. Atthe ration house, sugar, coffee, flour, beans. crackers and pork are issued to him, After the provisions are all issued, the Indians all repair to the corral, about one-half mile from the agency, where about thirty head of wild Texas ste waiting to be killed. The killing is done by one of the agency employes who stands in & box in the corr d shoots the cattle until all but one or two are dead when the In- dians commence fiving. They do not try to kill the remaining cattle but just wound and ENRAGE THE POOR BEASTS who go tearing around the corral tr in vain to find something to wrecl geance upon, the Indinns meanwhilo Keepiug up an unearthly yelling and howling. After having as much fun as they can out of the poor beasts thoy kill them and then everybody makes a scramble. The tongue is, in all cases, cut out first. After this ceremony is one through the are partitioned off to the different tribes and they im- mediately commence the division to the different families. No part of the beast is left unused, the entrails being a very delicate morsel for the noble red mau. As s00n as the liver is reached it is im- mediately divided and eaten raw, I saw one old hag with & piece of raw liver tied around her neck, one end of which was in ber mouth. She was un- doubtedly making time count, as she was eating and carving at the same time. This killing scene was the most sickening and disgusting one that it has ever been my lot to witness, The Indians are naturally of a very barbarous nature, and the sight of the blood and the poor tortured beasts is very grati- fying to their sight. The government should furuish each agency with a butcher, who should have the cattle all killed aud cut up for the Indians on ra- tion day. After the return to the agency from the corral, I bad a long tall with number of prominent chiefs, includ- ing Iron Nation, Useful Heart, Little Pheasent, Medicine Bull, Noga and:Left Hand Thunder. These chiefs all de- n-\r:u'cd themselves as radically in favor of THE SIOUX RIS tVATION BILL passed oy the t congress, and their willingness to sign. ms to be some misunderstand- ing between these chiefs and their fol- lowers on one side and the half-breeds on the other. The chiefs say that thoy want the commission to hurry up and get to work, and say that in the con- ferences the, ant to be heard as well as the half-breeds. These Indians seem to be pretty well posted on the vprincipal events of the day, and I was surprised to hear them tallke of things that happened twenty or thirty ycars ago. One of these Indians was saying that he didn’t like one of the agoncy employes, whose folks reside in the south. I asked him if he didn’t use him well, and he said he did. I then asked him why he didn't like him and received the unoxpectod answor that he was arebel. I explained to him that the gentleman was not old enough to have served in the rebellion, and he answered that that might be, but that his parents had owned slaves and that the gentleman thought that people with colored skins were not as good as white people, and he was afraid that they would want to make slaves of them. This agency, Lower Brule, is sit- ted about five miles helow and oppo- > Chamberlain, and is reached by boat from this The agency con- sists of about twenty buildings, and is made up of residences for the officials, burns, a carpenterand blacksmith shop, store, a church, which is presided over by Rev. Luke Walker, a full-blooded Indian---a school employing five teach- ers, and other buildings, The Indians live mostly in log houses built by the government. Thoy are very lazy and shiftless. Some of them are dressed in the goverament clothes that are fur- nished them, but the most of them dress the same as thoy did twenty-five years ago. There are a few who have been off to school who dress just the the same as white people and who are quite smart. Most of the Indians un- derstand and talk the English lan- guage. At this agency the [ndians have orgamzed a court, of which FIRE THUNDER I8 CHIEF JUSTICE and Spotted Horse prosecuting attorne; To illustrate their sense of justice I will tell you of a trial thut took place here recently, A young Indian who lives on White river was arrested and brought before the court charged with rape. After examining a number of witnesses and consuming hulf day in arguments the case was finally submit- ted to the judges and the prisoner found guilty and the chief justice was instructed to sentence him., He said that this being the first time that the prisoner had beon before the court and us he was & young man the sentence would be light. Hethen sentenced him to threa duys in the guard house on bread and water, The government furnishes a squad of policemen at each agency to keep the seace. These policemen are picked rom the better class of Indians, and are furnished uniforms and. revolvers and paid a wonthly salary, These In- dians would soon {:u('unm civilized eiti- zens if the proper course was pursued. They shouid be given a farm and their rations taken away from them. They know that as long as the government furnishes them provisions and elothes that they do not have to work unless they are forced to support themselyes, e u; Prof, George 8. Morris of the chair of philosophy in the Michigan state university, died Satirday night, after an illness of sev- eral woaks, AN INFANTILE AVENGER, He Shoots a Burglar and Wondert What His Girl Will Think. Charlie Taylor, thirteen years of age, who says he wants to be” a plumber whon he grows up, shot a sneak thief 1ast night, says & Chicago dispateh tg the Now York I ald. Charlie is the son of Chief Clerk J. C. Taylor, of the Wabash office, and lives at No. 1301 State street. Two weeks ago thieves got into his father’s shed and kitchen and removed every portible object. Young Taylor suspected two youhg men who were ostensibly peddlers. After the first robbery the thefts con- tinued almost every night. ‘When young Taytor came from school resterday he found his father's 32 calis re revolver. Ho concoaled the weapon, and at night hid himsel! be- hind a door in the shed. After a whila a man entered. The stranger felt b way around the shed, putting a quan- tity of rags and carpet into & s When be left, Charlie followed. The man Charlie was close behind, while a crowd of several hundred youngste rs brought up the rear, At the entrance to an alley an eighte con-year-old youth ran up to young 'l'uy‘lur and tried to throw ¢|im off the trail. He started up the alley ahead of Chars lie, who claims he heurd him say: *If you come in here I'll kill you.” Charley drew his revolver and fired three shots, After the last report he heard some one cry, “I'm shot.” He went in and found the young man lying in a pool of blood. Young Taylor puf the weapon in his pocket,walked home, washed his faco and hands and waited for the police, The wounded youth was taken to the county hospital, where a bullet was exe tracted from his hip. He gave the name of James Riley and said he was not thief, but was merely assisting.young Taylor in the chase. Riloy’s wound wna not dangerous. 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