Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1889, Page 22

TY-FOUR PAGE ALBERT CAHN DAY. MAY 19, 18:0.-~TWE 100 DOZEN Roger\s Knives or Forks, TEE BEST MAIDE, received many novelties in nnly S|l45 Per 89'. Jewelry appropriate for thesea- Regular price and sold everywhere at $2.50. OMAHA DAILY not waste your time in shopping about the many different Jewelry Stores, but come to us at once. Buy direct at headquarters, Within the last ten days we have EXCLUSIVE Gentlemen's Furnisher. | A complete sample line of Underwear and Hosiery direct from Tmporters and Manufacturers, ready for your inspection, containing many novelties in fine goods not to be found in any stock in the west. Al Orders Promptly Executed. Best assortment of Neglige Shirts in the city Many new novelties in these shirts. Albert Cahn, 1322 Farnam Street. monds. Our stock ot American Watches ——FOR— ducts in Solid Sterling silver. and best Silver Plated - No Trouble to Show Goods. both Silver and Gold, is by far the largest ware, especially suitable for Wedding Presents. TH I RTY DAYS ! D. W. Van Cott nd Parlor, THE FINEST LINE OF Opposite Paxton Hotel, 14th and Farnam Streets. son. Some very handsome Brooches ; and Bonnet Pins, mounted with dia- 14k Wedding Rings is so complete that we WATGHES AT COST can furnish any size and weight without any delay. We are daily receiving the latest pro- LD » MINE » DIAMONDS AT PRICES MAKING YOU A GOOD INVESTMENT! GOOD-BYE TO THE BUSTLE. G ol el FASHIONS IN THE GARDEN CITY. The Quaint Empire and Directoire Costumes—Decollette Dresses Grow- ing More Conservative—Big Hats and Flower Gardens. The Thing in Chicago. CHicAGo, May 17.—[Special Corres- pondence of THi BEE.]—The last week of genuine summer weather, which Chicago has harbored and which has toyed with the thermometers until the murcury found itself at 88= and 90, has not been without its advantages. It has at least served to give the good peo- ple of this city a little foretaste of what was in store for them in the way of summer styles. Dame Fashion has set the seal of her approval on the quaint Directoire and Empire costumes, and that is sufficient to make them exceed- ingly popular and much worn. But th has been a most complete revolu- tion in dress this spring, and nothing that was worn last year can possibly do gervice this. There is a revolution in everything, even to underclothes, which, instead of the soft white mushins, are being made of black silk, & fine soft grade being used. 1If askirt is worn at all this is also of the black silk, but the proper thing now is to wear no skirt whatever, allowing the long empire dress 1o cling closely about the figure—a funny notion, is it not? The plan will be a great boon to the servants, however, by lightening the wash. Even bedspreads and pillow shams are of black silk or some light weight material, The rule does not hold good in the hose, however, as these are being worn now to match the costume; stripped are very popular, but plain are also shown. Mamselle’s shoes are no longer plain black, the newest designs being of russet leather and light tan, prettily ornamented with patent leather, The vamp of this last pamed with cloth upper the shade of the gown makes a very smart foot- wear. The extreme i ?m\\u in every B e et impossible for one w0 |fut. ulnllung that looks loud or guaudy Green in all its shades is decidedly favored, especially the one that reminds one of County Limerick or the blarney stone. Tan is combined with this shade very much and another pretty combination™ is ma- hogany and pearl gray. Many dainty white flannel costumes will dot the scenery thisseason not only in the way of boat! tumes, but for the street as well, p‘l‘ll'h‘lln::quu empi= dresses huve de- THE FATE OF THE BUSTLE, [Rat long-abused, long-suffering, and wuch overwerked piece of mechunism. Die it must, and die it has. For monthe ust has its awful doom been tal of, hought of, and dreamed of, but it was protiy g-.-nurml_v believed thut to part with it was impossible, and to think of the dear thing as e was heartrend- fog, but nevertheless it has had to go to make room for imerensing populu- tion until now there is not a bus\lu, not u reed to seen, dresses hanging as limp and fat in the back us in the front. Sushes are in high favor, and lend the flnishing touch to the long, full, un- draped skirts, the abbreviated baby waists and big puffed staves of the em- In. of uounu. with this style gown he broad-brummsd, low-crowned hat is worn, and, in fact, the big hats are so in favor that bonnets are rarely seen. Flowers are the inevitable trimming, many of the hats looking like regular Dutch gardens. The shades of differ- ent flowers are sometimes so antago- that one wonders that they don’t get into an out and out secap, ~ With mc adoption of the big hats they have tried to introduce the habit of remov- ing it at the thoaters, but the aear creatures who wear them don’t propose to take them off and put them where nobody will see them; they much prefer to keep them on and bob their their heads about to display its beauty from every angle, while the long- stemmed flowers on top dance a regular merry-go-round, as il they knew folks were all looking at them and wishing they were up there. The combs that are being worn are growing so large and pretentious that if they keep on they will obstruct the vision AS BAD AS TIHE BIG H AT, ‘When the e originated they were merely little pins of one prong worn perpendicularly in the hair to keep the bennet from sliding vack. But from acorns grow tall onks and so it is with the comb. Instead of one prong, four and even five are seen surmounted by a i semi-c bwn often of gold cious stones. These the coveted possessions of only the few, while the rest content themselves with ones of tortoise shell ornamented with silver or gold filigre Strings of gold beads are very prett, and much affected by those who able to have the: Bracelets are most ly in the style of the I wire hoops large enough slip over the hand., There as many as twenty of these all on one hand, none worn on the other, and all loose and slipping and shding from wristto elbow. Fans have grown so elabor: ulu this year that $45 or #0 does ey far. Three long ostrich plumes fualunml together with a small tuft of feathers bespang! \mh silver, gold, silve : ; of-pearl handles are very ©lab- Evening dresses are NO LONC R CUT AS LOW as formerly, and elbow sleeves are more Brides of 1889 wear their gown high neck and long sleeve, especinlly if & church wedding, and it is now looked upon as an evidence of bad taste for her to wear decoliete. The mode of wearing the hair has seen many changes of late, but the pres finds it either high on the head or low on the neck—none of the betwix and between being allowable young ladies braid the two or three strands which are ¢ oilwl 50 u8 to cover the entire buack of the head. Bangsare light and fluffy, but still cut in the V shupe. It is a pity that the style of dressing the hair changes so frequently, for no sooner does & woman grow attuched ton cer- tain wu[v. and deft in arranging it, than she finds it is “out,” and for the next month ber life is made wretched trying to coax thestray,stubborn locks into the new way. But so it goes, and each year brings about its own fancies and its own m'is and verily, we say, **Van- ity! vanity! all is vanity!” Somebody's Darling. York (Pa.) Dafly. Somebody crawls 1nto mamma's bed Just at the break of day, - Suuggles up and whispers loud, “Somebody’s come to stay." Somebody rushes through the house, Never once shuts a door, Scatters her IN\A\ things all around, Over the nursery floor. Climbs on the fence and tears hor clothes — ever a bit cares sho— ngs on the gate and muke- wud pies - Who can souiebody b Somebody looks with roguish oyes) Up through her tangled hair — “Somebody’s me,” sh s, “'but then Somevody deesu't care.’ THIS STRANGER NOT AN ANGEL A Romance of a Frontier Town in Nebraska. A BANDIT BOLD WAS M’'WATERS. He Married the Protty Daughter of “*Parson” Davis, Who Ciung to Him Until the Very Last. Wyoming's Romance. In the year 1856, Wyoming was a typical border town. Four or more hundred ‘“‘wayfa calied the place home. Some were lawless, while others were peaceable and lawabiding. This, however, was characteristic of the place throughout its history. For nearly a decade the town vied with Nebraska City to become the principal place in the southeastern part of the state—then the territor But the first station north of Otoc’s county town, on the Mis- souri Pacific, is not the Wyoming of even a quarter of a century ago, Still two miles farther north an old tumble- down stone house marks the site. This is all there is left of what was once an enterprising and thrifty little city, It wi here that 4,000 Mormons passed the winter of 65 and '67 en route to the *“Celestial City.” It was here they took up their overland routes the spring following. The stone house re- ferred to was built to store their eata- bles in during the winter, and since then it has been used as a sort of frec-for-all tenement house. When the mormons deserted the place the town possibly numbered 200 people. There were two general stores and thirty or forty wood-colored dwelling houses. A small, one-story inn, presided over by “Parson” Davis afforded comfortable quarters for the weary traveler and board by the day or week for the home- less. But the hostlery has long since gone to decay. Noteven a hitching- post marks the location of its once fa- miliar face. The old town site.n beauti- ful one, too, for it covers & section or two of le land, overlooking the Mis- souri ri , is overgrown with brush and the stalky prairie sun flow: Few points in the state have UL HISTORY, of the first news- papers published in the state,was issued there in 1856, And, reaching almost up to the old town site, are the broad acres of neral Van Wyek’s beautiful home. But my story has to do with town in 1868, ~ At th day in Mareh of that y faced man with restléss, pale-blue eyes alighted from his jaded steed and asked for quarters for the night. The hospitality of ‘‘Parson” Davis was cheerfully granted. A hotel guest was too rare in the burg to be htingly turned away, and the stranger was not only made welcome, but as comfortable as the accommodations would permit, The hotel register was not in use then, and the stranger’s name did not become known until the next day., On arising he went to the stables to look after his horse, which he did with great care and solicitude, His gaunt condition evidenced that he had been ridden very hard, The good parson,how- evs was there before himand watched him curiously as he lifted the horse’s teet one by one, and then proceeded to curry and rub him down. "*Lools as though you had rode your horse pretty hard,” observed the fand- lord interrogatively, “Yes, r.n.hu " was the the old close of a dreary ar, o tall, spare reply, I rode him well-nigh a miles yesterday.” Hé seems a little the worse for the wear, and [ guess I'll have to lay up for awhile. Can you keepune a few days and furnish stable room for “Certainly,” the parson pleasantly re- plied, “but What's your nzme and where you come from?” My name is McWaters and I eame from Towa. I'm looking the andexpect to make my ¢ in Nebraska. Maybe “Good count ou can’t better your- self, and Pl treat” you well as long as u stay with m said the parson. 0 s o to breakfast, I hear the bell ringing. D wmulhph-»d into weeks and still | MceWaters, whom the boys 1 d :nty of money, e a prime T No one, was able to 1 ything of ccedents. When quesiioned re- garding them he svasive auswers or turned the subject of conversation. ame known that he w ] VOLVER, and his target practice provoked great admiration umong the boys, und some of the older citizens as well. e often mounted his horse, which proved to be a long distance runner, and put- ting him into a keen run would ride midway between two telegraph poles und put three bul- lets into e of them before getting beyond shooting distance. [t was not uncommon to him knock down a quuil or e e wing shooting then. In those days somewhat nurrow of to-duy. much mor young, ther the social circle was compured h that The outlying country was sparsely settled. Old and fore, mu McWaters wel- come wherever he went. Buth tentions were mostly directed to L Davis, the parson’s second ()nlluhh' very pi 3 ag and quietly would s thun o year it was given out that Muc and Lizzie v rybody seeined to tak or of fact, and nothing ige was thought about it. Ind almost everybody thought it a sple mateh. Barly in; 1860 they stood side by side and pledged themselyes, one unto the other,.4p love, cherish and obey “until deathy ps do part.” . Shortly after their marriage, how- ever, a sudden change became appar- ent. Mack did a great many strange and unaccountabld things, He would leave his bride of aufew weeks and be gone for duys. Abone time the weeks extended into months, True, he would return, but under strange and peculia circumstances, If his wife knew where he was during his bsences she kept her own counsel. Rimully people com- menced to talk, and some said unkind things. **Where does heget his money tolive in this way? “How 2un he afford as nicely as ho dacs?” Th and dozens of other similar questions were asked, but no satisfac- tory auswer would be given. Talk be- came loud. He was accused of being & member of a gang of outlaws. Some openly nileged that he was a mem the James and Younger band. subsequently proved to be too true. The old adnge, **murder will out,” was verified soon after. During the winter of man by the name of Hart, of Cass county, Missouri, c¢hanced to visit Wyoming, and while there saw and recogni McWaters, who, he stated, had s d with Quantrell during his desperate guerilla warfare throughout the war of the rebellion, and was then foremost with the James and Younger brothers. After this he threw off the mask and to dress his wife 1869, a gentle- hundred became the implacable enemy of every person who said hard things of him. To his friends he remained the same urbane and affable gentleman, never letting an opportunity pass to do them a kind turn. In 71, however, he got into an altercation with a young doctor at the postoftice in Wyoming and shot him down. The doctor’s wounds proved fatal, but he lived several days after he received them. Mac was arrested and tried on the charge of manslaughter, but was acquitted on the ground of self- defense. But, three years later. he in- dulged in another shooting scrape at Nebraska City, following two young rmans to their death, but he managed to escape pending the trial wiy to San Francisco, he was recaptuced in 1875, Dur- ing his journey thence, however, he committed the JOLD-BLOODED MURDER I have this from the lips atives by marriage, and been given to the public. aped from the jail at Nebraska City, he was provided with a horse by some one, and he started on is race for Life and liberty westward over the praivie. On his second duy his horse gave out and he was forced to abandon him, and make his way on foot. While in Washington county, Kansas, he spied a herder rounding up & herd of cattle on_a good pony. him,he addressed him in his s and asked to examine n Winchestér rille he had in his hands. This the stranger declined to do, evidently sus- pecting that all was not right.” But Mack persevered, and finally socured the gun, ostensibly to try it on a herd of antelope. that were grazing nearly a half mile away. No sooner, however, id he get the gun into his hands than he turned and shot _the herder dead, mounted his pony and gulloped on in his journey. The body of the herder was found the day after, but_his mur derer wasnever arrested and tried for his crime. of one of his it has never When he The history of MeWater’s capture in San Francisco has not been forgotten. He was returned to Otoe county and tried for killing the German, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for o long term of years. While there his insub- ordinatefspirit asserted itself,and in 1876, in an attempt to lead an insurrection among the convicts, with the hope of securing his liberty and the lib others, he was shot and almost ins killed. Thus ended the career of of the most desperate criminal ih braska's history, Lazzie McWate STOOD BY HER HUSBAND through evil and good report. During his long trials in the district court of Otoe county o was const antly by hin side. She visited himin his lon and sought to ch him by and tender, loving counsel, itenc of the court sd she heard it with in her arms, and a wail of anguish went forth that many who were present still bave reason o re- As she clung to her husband with bitterest sobs and tears for the last good-bye, outside of prison walls, the court and great throng of spectators wiped from their eyes the 's they could not keep back When she hear of the last act in the drama of his life, she again sought him and for a tine it seemed that she could not be comforte .1 But this can be said of Mrs, McWate she never forgot honor or the christian prineiples taught her in childhood, To ast she retained the confidence and esteem of her relutives and friends, und to this day she is the Lizzie of youthful ,true and innocent.” But in . a8 in hundreds of others, time sting of grief, and five y rd she married a second fime. more worthily and to-day lives in Washington Territory comparatively happy and contented. one Ne- when was her 5, EWAN, DONATIONS OF WEAK WOMEN The Secret of the Brave General's Expensive Expenditures. HAS ONLY A MODERATE INCOME. But His Fair French Worshippers Make Sad Inroads Upon Their Own Fortunes in Order to Recuperate His. Whiat Boulangism Costs. PARIs, May 13.—[Special Corre- spondence of THE BEE.|—It has al Vs been a matter of wonder to political economists how a man can live on the interests of his debts. There are scores of ‘gentlemen in London who are erip- pled with debts, who have no visible incomes, and yet who live like million- aires. But all of these salient excop- tions pale before the car of the b general, Boulange income all told— his salary as a retived general, plus his pension as an officer of the Legion of Honor—does not exceed $5,400 per year at the outside, and yet it isan open secret that IS EXPI CrED $30,000. Laguerrei a second-vate lawyer from the provinces, one of Boulanger’ most trusted henchmen, with one-half the amount of genuine income, can af- ford to pay $25,000 cash for a morning newspuper, and to live in a manner that would do credit toa successful banker. This also may be said of Na- quet, of Laissant, and Lam. None of them have incomes in excess of $6,000, and yet each one of thew spends four times that amount. These are simply the individual items of yearly expendi- ture of the leaders of Boulangism, The cause itself necessitates an annual out- lay of $250,000. “*Where does the money come from ? Lvery one knows that Boulanger i simply a tool in the hands of r and imperialists, who hope, by pushing him to the fore, to create anarchy and dissatisfaction, out of the Count of Pari Napoleon may reap suc Republi- canism 80 far has been a failure in Francs, and the cry of the people has for aman. hose who expect to reap o hurvest from the approaching svolution taking advautage of the renchman’s love of hero worship, > disaffected, and they wants of Boulangism juts so long s this passing ence suits their purpose. Apart from the personal intercession of the Count of Paris and of Count Dillon with Mr. Campbell and other leading Eng- lish banker by which over £30,000 ster- ling was borrowed upon the contingent of Boulanger’s election o the presi- denc; general’s most munificent supporters have been a lot of WEAK AND SENTIMENTAL One gave him 50,000 francs 8g0 upon his mere promis Catholic cause when he into power. Another made him a present of 150,000 francs, and fitted up an exquisite little apartment wherve she could re ceive her hero without being disturbed, This gem of a retreat furnished upon time—various notes boing given to furniture dealers. As the time of payment drew near, the woman who had given her lust penny to the general, was unable to provide for their pay ment, and to save a ludicrous exposure, her friends came to the rescue An Italian * known to d 5 the world over, keeps a bric a brac shop in Paris, which is celebrated for its rare and cOstly treasure. A WO not lon to aid th | l!nulunp‘m over and n\mvn legiti- friend of mine, also an _Italian, droppe in not many d since en passan Meanwhile a'carriege, perfect in all of its appointments, drew up before th door, and a woman, elegantly attired; alighted. She told the proprietor nms she wanted a handsome bronze to fi into a corner niche. One was shown her for 1,600 france. “Have you nothing more elegant?” A pair for 12,000 francs were brough| out. She still asked for somethin, more expensive. Einally the propries tor exhibited the most beautiful collecs tion in his shop—a pair of figures foll 50,000 francs. She paid for them at once, and asked that they be sent to tha residence of General Boulanger, but re fused her own name as the donor—al anonymous present of $10,000. Th Duchess d’Uzes, whose name is so often linked with that of the general, and i a manner which must be embarrassin to her grace, has been so lavish in hew 5 thut ler own income is soriously erted that Boulanger ved in money or present FROM THE WOMEN OF FRANCE 50,000 francs, and that Laguerra out a miserabie existence upon charity to the amount of 100,000 france or over per year. Boulanger’s cigan bill averaged” over $100 ner month; whilo the celebrated restaurateur Dus ; imed in dinners given by tha friends to the various members, oyer #40,000. An approximate ide may be gleaned from the following ese timate: Irancs, 150,000 100,000 50,000 50,004 50,000 50,000 1,000,000 . 500,008 wite Boulangism . Other expei Total, This is a v ate estimate, Count Ditlon, who received on a coms mission from Boulanger 4,000,000 francs, when the general wus secretary of war, is now almost a pauper. Tie trease ury of the national party has run out, and there is a great oufery foo more money. Itis a muatter of grave doubt whether England’s bankers will D to make any further advances on such questionable sccurit lvery day that ad ds itself to the life of the re- public we 18 Boulangism, and if the exposition proves a success it will be a nt for the government. made a fatal mistake in run- the first murmur of y th are scores of rs from his ranks X rs begin to wonder if t s a battle, who pref on publie charity, and whose conquests are among women, is, after all, & man count upon in the hour of danger. H. R. B, indred Yenrs Old institution has re- <|.l|||qu||\ from the It is a **jade” ring, about ten inches in diameter and one- eighth of an inch in thickness, with a hollow center about four inches in di- ameter, It is of a pale hue. _The ring is known as the ** jowelof the dynusty of H time monarch of 8,500 years ago. officials of that day when an audience was accorded them by the emperor, held the ring with voth hands and thrust their fingers into the opening to moving their handg sing the throne. the em- phasizing of theiy arks by flourishes hands presumably being contrary The ring was used submission or respect sovereign, It was cently un= 'thed from a sepuleher, haying been buried with the owner. Alting Thirty-five Smithsonian Han Pek” an old- Court - B YNewspapers in leeianid. The newspupers published ar in Iceland, of costi