Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 26, 1889, Page 13

" Beautiful H Built as Desire On Easy Payménts! IN THE MOST LOVELY RESIDENCE SPOT IN OMAHA. Avenue Institute ME UE. The western part of this city, containing the most beautiful grounds in Omaha, has been built upw1 the best homes, and is looked upon as the most aristocratic and finest built portion of the city. THE MERCER AVENUE INVESTMENT COMPANY Will build houses, any plan desired, on monthly payments, upon a limited number of the most desirable lots in WALNUT HILL, Opposite the Palatial Residence of Dr. Mercer. Lots are 50x150 feet, 16 foot alley in rear. Now is Time! Inspect Now! Examine at Once. Reme mber. This will be the most beautiful property in Omaha. There will be all modern imgrovements. Realize. Know. No better way wa PR < It will ever offe € red to those desiring hames in Or It relieves ycu of all the worry and detail of building and irresponsible contractors. As we make contracts for many buildings, we can build you a home for less than y ou can build one for yourself. It will guarant=e you against mechanics leins. 5ive you a definite contract for the time you Instead of paying rents to others, you add a litt e ¢ As thiscompany only employs competentlaborers; the buildings erected will be strictly first class. It purchases material in large quantities, pays cash for same andis thus enabled to get lower figures. For Particulars Call on M. H. Sloman, Room 216 fst Nat1 Bank Building, or J. G. S No residence built to costless than $1,500. As no better offer was ever made than the inducements of this company. have to pay. maha, for the reasons: re and buy your own home. That your home may be complete before the summer is past. alishury That you may obtain a choice of locality, and beforée all lots are taken. The number of lots is limited. Room 610 Paxton Bld'g OMAHA'S EARLY JOURNALISM The Birth and Growth of & Political Organ. DR. MILLER'S REMINISCENCES. A Limited Subscription List—Early Conflicts and Contests—Its At- titude on the Questions . of the Day. An Editor's Retrospeotion. I have already given you in other gketches of the early newspapers and newspaper men enough te bring down the relation to the life of the Republi- ean, and T will now talk about the Her- ald, which I founded in association with Mr. D. W. Carpenter, of Council Bluffs, in October, 1865. I want to make this 80 far personal to myself as to say that the 1den that the Herald was started as any part of the Nebraskan, which was finally published by a man named Jack- son, is a mistake. That paper dieda natural death in the oftice which the Herald was printed in immediately after- wards, The Herald proprietors merely oucugiod the room in which the Ne- braskan had been published, and they had not hing of its good will, material, or any interest whatsoever, con- nected with any paper that had ceded the Herald. I will also go urther into the matter and say that the motive of the founding of the paper was not purely political. The need of a democratic paper being felt here, and robably my defeat for congress by the ate Senator Hiteheock, and also the, fact that I bad tried my hand ut news- rper writing both in Omaha and St. oseph in former years, led to the start- ing of the Herald. fturn to its files and look at the first eopy now with something like astonish- ment not unattended by chargin. It was a very weak sister, 50 to say, in its carlier days. I was its eaitorand wrote on all sides of the paper, Mr. Carpenter handling the business interests. The office consisted of a few cases of type and a very cheap hand press, and the first aasue of the paper was nad on the corner of Thirteenth and Douglas streets, west of the Millard, I take n curious interest in the com- ments and predictions that were made a8 to how lons the Herald would last under my editorial control. Various times for its death, longer or shorter as the case might be, were fixed by its op- ponents, and it had Flenly of them, even outside the republican party. The war had just closed and the bitterness of purtisan feeling was intense, and it may be said without any stretch of the truth that the political controversies and conflicts that grew out of the Herald were quite lively for a good many years. One of the prominent facts about the matter is that the Herald did not die, and snother is that it did not reach up tothe standard thas a more coinputent editor would have given it for the first ten of its twenty-two years of life under fy control, It is unnecessary to look for the fault that caused the failure. All the responsibility is taken by me cheer- folly, now, as I look over the long pe- riod in which I labored on that journal. But of one thing I think I can be sure, and that {s that the intention of the pro- priotors and editor, with respect to its work in the statv of Nebraska and the city of Omaha was never mistaken. d0 not pro) 1o sound any praises of the paper which I founded and con- ducted during the better years of my life. The verdict of an intelligent and discriminating public, after making al- lowances for mistakes, is perfec factory to Mr. Richardson, I believe, as 1t is to f. It gained a reputation state, I may say, and in the coun- try, of having o ns, and it eould have attained distinction only by having expressed them without reference to any consequences that might accrue from its independence. I don’t think that on any question of principle it ever | went wrong, either by accident or de- sign. In & minority state where the domi- naut party was two-thirds in majority over a helpless minority it seemed strange to many that adhesion to prinei- ple could ever bring with it any return to the small democratic band in our state who uphela it, but the fact was, and the fact is, that a state in an crganization of either of the parties is always a force in the national councils of any party. 1t takes the minority states in national conventions, always, to formu- late principles and to decide upon the nominations of candidates. It is enough to say, however, that our party under the lead of the Herald asserted its in- fluence in more than one convention. This was not due to any force or lack of force which the editor of the Herald may have exercised, but to the fidelity of representative men throughout our state and section whose opinions and convictions the Herald followed. It is often & mistake to say that leaders lead in‘l)olnical affairs in the United States, and much move correct to say that we are led iuccesifullf by public men when they simply wisely follow the better opinions of the men whose views they reflect. The chief interest in the Herald ns a political paper grew out of the fact that the passions of the war and the organi- zation of the dominating power seemed to make it impossible that a par- tisan paper in opposition to the re- publicans could live at all in the community that this was at the close of the war. 1 think it may be said of the Hearld that it wag less of a political sheet, although always steadily demo- cratic, than any other newspaper that could he called its rival. The speeial work of the Herald seemed to be to deal with the interests of the Union Pacific railway and the material welfare of this city and section. The labors which it performed in that direction were very constant and led it into & great many diffoulties, especially over local affairs and interests. [ am not aware, however, that it ever yielded a conviction as to what was best for this city to any clamor or difference, and the result is satisfac- w;y to the proprietors of the paper. hero are a great many episodes in the history of the Herald short as it has been under my control that were full of interest, especially to the one rson who had to take the responsibility. 1 refer especially tothe strikes and strug- gles of the laboring masses against corporations which resulted in mob vio- lence, or the thraat of it, on various oo~ casions, und proved very costly to the Herald’s pocket. The circulation of the Herald when it began, us nearly as I remember, was filty-three. Idon’t think of that num- ber forty ever paid any money for it, but it grew until it finally had & hear- ing, and, I think, was rensonably re- spected in the state and west, There is much of personal reminis- cence that might be recalled in connec- tion with the publication of the Herald from 1865 Lo 1886, but this might as well begmitted, Of course, it was thrown in very flerce antagonism to its con- tem) ries st times, and the personal folly of rnmnnl urnalism, but I can one thing for the Heruld in closin this sketch of its history: so faras know or remember it was never pro- voked into interfering with any man’s purely privase affairs. It maintained a strong regard for the institutions that belong to the better civilizations, and especially thoso under the guardian- ship of the christian religion, and it never failed in all those years touphold a liberal toleration of all differences in reigious matters, and to advocate what- ever would do religious institutions good. ————— PEPPERMINT DROPS. A rash intruder—measlcs. Undertakers should be happy as the berry season approaches, “It's o long time between strawberries,” says this season’s shorteake, A photographors’ trust is in process of formation. Will it become a negative evill Learn the brick mason’s trade if you wish an occupation in which you can lay up some- thing. The postage stamp in lurid hue rivals that of the early applo that appeals so feelingly to the small boy. Now that the bustles are going outof fashion, it is to be hoped that the Indians will leave off their war whoops. Lillie Devereux-Blake asks: “Is it a crime to be & woman?” It is a crime to make so mueh noise over the fact. If you want to give pleasure to a pretty woman do not talk to her of her own beauty, but of the ugliness of other women. Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks, of Boston, and his brother, Rev. Arthur Brooks, of New York, occasionally exchange pulpits. Don't make an (!) if you meet u girl of the (,) bearmg & huge parasol with a handle that looks like an (1), because they're fush- ionabie. 2 “The young lawyer graduate 18 nowhere besido the sweet girl graduate,” suys o piece of comparative anatomy. But he will be beside her whenjshe graduates. A month hence American tourists will be found everywhere in Kurope except on the thrones of the various more or less effete monarchies of that interesting continent. Ben Butler and Admiral Porter are still ruking up each other's record with a fine- tooth comb. 1t must be confessed that they are bringing to light some very queer things, Yale is to have another professor. What a senseloss aud useless expenditure of money! Why not avew eight-oured shell, ora Pmlesliunnl pitcher? A new professor! Bah! There are wany ways of acquiring celob- rity; you can paint a picture, write a poem, save soveral hundred peoplo from a watery grave, or eat fifty-throe fricd Oggs at one meal. A St. Louls literary man declares that “‘the Americans ure incontestably the most melancholy people in eivilization.” Life from a St. Louls standpoint is very melavcholy, for a fact. Admiral David D, Porter will celebrate his seventy-sixth birtndsy June 8. No con- fidence is violated in stating that the name of Benjamin F. Butler is not on the list of invited guests. ‘The collapse of the Oklahoma boom has been sudden, but complete, Property can now be bought anywhere in the Oklahoma country at prices as cheap as those prevail- ing In the southern California boom towns. New York is now looking for a pot of money with which to build a marble rainbow at Washington square. The city thinks that if itcan find Captain Kidd's treasure 1t will succeed in carrying out its laudable design. Mr. Calvin S, Brice seems in a fair way to be made chairman of the national com- mittes, If he succeeds, all that will be noeded to complete the circus in 1803 will be the nomination of David Bennett Hill, “Bvery male child born in America,” says @ writer, *stands a chance of becoming resident of the United States.” Js this all hat the ambitious American youth may as- ire to! What's the mutter with his becom- g & curve pitcher! Something eotirely new in tea-go wns is a costume havivg five straight breadths fall- iug from neck to foot and only confined by & yol Qrdla that 1 pointed in front and opens V-shape in the back. The, girdle curves down under arm, and is held together in front by large bows. GREATEST OF THE MATADORS The Distinction Enjoyed in Mexico By Ponciano Diaz. HE'S WORTH A ROUND MILLION. A Graphic Description of One of His Brilliant Performances During Cinco De Mayo—A Won- derfal Somersault, King of Bull Fighters. MEXI1CO CITY, May 16.—[Special Cor- respondence of THE BEE.]—An ordi- nary bull fight is not such an extraordi- nary affair as it is usually cracked up to be by visiting tourists and corre- spondents. curs that makes the whole town talk, and such was the case on the occasion of the recent Cinco de Mayo celebra- tion here. The bucareli ring, owned by Ponciano Diaz, the champion bull fighter of Mexico, was the scone of the contest, as the natives term it. Diaz has made over $1,000,000 in the bull fighting business, and when he honors the **colonna” or ‘‘coliseo” rings with his presence he gets $250 for his sery- ices ns “matador.” He isa very hand- some young fellow und the Mexicans adore him. His habits are good; he neither drinks nor gambles. and as he sticks closely to bueiness he has had lit- tle difficulty in accumuluting his large fortune, which he has judicisusly in- vested. On entering the Bucareli ring you find_two classes of seats—those in the shade and those in the sun. Theshady ones are marked *sombra” (shadow), and you pay $1.50 for the privilege of sitting on a board bench without a back. But you soon lose all sense of your dis- comfort in contemplation of THE SCENE BEFORE YOU, The ring is about, thirty feet in diam- eter, and hus two large and four small openings, the two large ones being near together and thesmall ones equi-distant from each other, around the circle. The small gates are protected by plank screens, which offer a retreat for the fighters when too closely pursued by the bull. The lprge gates are for the en- trance and exit of the bull. The ground has been paclked hard and sprinkled, so there can be no dust. It looks almost as clean andsnooth as asphalt. The day is cinco de mayo and FIFTERN AHOUSAND SPECTATORS are present.'Men, women and children, all are imholiday garb, and the laugh- ing and chattering of the multitude al- most upsets's “stranger’s nerves. Two thousand soldiers are present in fuli un- iform, andithey are so stationed that if they were'to Tive their shots would cross at right *sdgles and dq very deadly work. Theyare here to quell anything like a riot, and-the people all know that they would not hesitate to shoot if the command were given by the officer in charge. There is a momentary hush in the crowd, the band strikes up the national air, the people rise to their feet and a gruud cheer is given. In a box—just eneath the pole on which foats the Mexican flag—appears & gentleman in light clothes, accompanied by a bugler, in uniform, 1itis the “judge” of the fight, an appointee of the city. Quickly the crowd is seated and a long, clear blast of the bugle summons THE PELFORMERS, Through one of the large entrances they march in Pouciuno Diaz in blue velvet and silver; Zocato, Spanish champion, in tan-colored velvet and But once in & while one oc-, gold; Pepe-Hillo, champion of the “terra caiientes,’” or hot lands, in green and silver. These three great matadors lead. Behind them come six capeadors (so named because they carry scarlot capes with which to tease the bull), dressed in the brightest of colors, and then six picadors, or lancers, on horse- bagk. Two lasso throwers come next on horseback, then three horses yoked together and gaudily decorated with plumes and ribbons. The ‘‘butcher” and a man with a wheelbarrow follow, closing the possession, which advances to the judge’s stand, and aftér thac official bows to them the large gate is opened and the wheelbarrow man and the three yoked horses disappear from view a8 the gate closes. The butcher takes his station at the large gate fac- ing the judges, the capeadors move to different parts of the ring and assume statuesque poses. A hush again falls upon the entire multitude, the 15,000 people sit breathless. ‘“TA-TA, TA-TA, TA-TA.” the bugle rings out clear and sweet. The butcher in charge of the gate touches his forehead in military salute with his right hand, while with his left he springs the bolt, the gates fiy open, and *‘el toro,” the bull, comes rushing into the ring. He is a mngnificent beast, Spanish bred, and raised ex- oressly to be killed in the ring. His horns run 10 & sharp point, and are wide apart—a sure sign of o particularly ugly and vicious brute. For an instant only he paws the earth, for he catches sight of a red cape in the hands of one of the capeadors, and he dashes at it. The man, just as the bull seems about to toss him in the air, jumps dextrously to one side, and flaunts his ‘‘capa” over the bull’s head. But *‘el toro” is not to ba 80 easily gotten ridof, he turus quickly and the man makes a bee-line for the enclosure. THE BULL I8 IN HOT PURSUIT. The capeador drops his cloak in the hope of diverting the animal’s attention, but the ruse does not avail, The hot breath of the infuriated bull touches the calves of the capeadors legs as the sharp horns are lowered to toss the unfortunate in the air, It is but a step to the plank fence which sopurates the ring from the small en- closure in which the paraphernalia of the fighters is kept. By & superhuman effort the man reaches the fence and vaults it, just as the BULL'S HORNS GASH HIS HOSE, drawing a little blood. But El Toro is too much infuriated to give up the pur- suit, and with a magnificent bound he clears the fence and comes in upon the capeador, who is resting, and the ns- sembled spectators, ‘There is a wild cheer of delight from those not in danger, and a scattering of those near the animal; a section of the fence is lifted out of place, and the bull returns to the ring, while the capeador retires to dress his wounded limb. And now the bull catches sight of half a dozen men, dressed in yellow plush and gold lace, mounted on horses. These animals have a leathern apron of audy red to protect them from the ull’s horns, but they are such skinny, worn-out specimens of horse- flesh,” you almost involuntarily hope they will get killed. With lowered head el toro charges upon the nearest horseman who receives him with a short lance, the point of which is only long enough to cut through the skin without producing a deep wound. Either the lancer’s skill was deficient or the bull particularly fierce, for the next instant the horse wus completel disemboweled and the rider lay heneath him with a broken leg. The crowd cheerea lustily and the band STRUCK UP A LIVELY WALTZ, This seemed to encourage the bull to fresh ondeavors and within a space of five minutes four other horses were | killed, the riders escaping by what seomed like miracles. The one picador who saved his horse and resisted with his lance, r pica, the charge of the bull, was cheered s he left the ring. Again the judge’s bugle sounds and four men, on foot, appenr in the ring. In the mean time the bull has been rest- ing and now looks as fresh as when he first came in. The men carry in each hand a bamboo stick about two feet | long, gaily ornamented with colored ribbon streamers. In the end of each stick is a barb, the size of a large fish- hook, just enough to sustain the weight of vhe sticks, which are cailed bande- rillos, The rules of the ring permit the fighters to place the banderilles in the bull’s neck only when he is changing upon the fighter with head down. Some idea of the dexterity required to do this may be formed when it is re- membered that the barbs must bein- serted simultaneously, one on each side of the neck, just in front of the fore shoulder. The first two were successful bus the third got caught on the bull’s left horn and was carried out insensi- ble. He is now convalescing in the hospital. What cheering there was as the poor fellow was taken FAINT AND BLEEDING FROM T RING. Several men and women in hear- ing declared it ‘‘one of the most inter- esting fights of the season.” And now the bugle sounds for the last act, and Pouciano Diaz stops forth. He carries in his left hand a red satin cape thrown over a light bamboo rod, in his right the Matador’s sword, a long, curved wenpon with a double’ edge. He bows to the judge, throws his hat in the ring as a SIGN OF DEFIANCE TO THE BULL, after which he bows to the animal ana steps out to the center of the ring. That scarlet satin cape is more than the buil can tolerate and in an instant he is after it, Diaz is a most accomplished athlete, and the way he plays with the bull causes the spectatsr’s heart to stand still many a time, The rules of the ring require thut the bull shall charge three times before he may be kiiled, and that he must not be touched with the sword except when he 18 in the act of charging, with lowered hoad. The rules also designate that the sword must enter at a certain specitied point, just ahead of the foreshoulder and must pierce the lungs and heart, 80 asto cause speedy death. With a wide- awake, angry, Spanish bull this 1s some- thing of a contract to undertake, but Diaz walks out with such a self-assured atr that you remember he has already KILLED MORE THAN KIGHT THOUSAND BULLS and he proposes to do this one up in the most approved style. Look at that! The bull has come with lowered horns to smell of the cape and to investigate He may not be killed under such cir- cumstances 80 the matador suddenl places one foot between the animal’s horns. The bull togses his head quickiy. Diaz turns a complete somersault and STANDS FACING THE ASTOUNDED ANIMAL. Again the red cloak is flaunted, and this time the bull comes to his death. Diaz has retreated twenty or thirty feet, and as the animal’s horns touc the scarlet cape, there is a flash of steel through the air-—so quick you can scarcely see it-—-the matador leaps lightly aside, and you see that the sword is buried to the hilt, and that al- ready the animual is dropping to its knees in the throes of death. The mat- ador bows to the judge, and amid the wildest of cheering hundreds of hats, silver dollars, cigars and other valua- bles ure thrown to Diae's feet. He puts the hats, one at a time, on his hedd,and throws them back to the owner. is valet gathers up the money, cigars and other things and takes care of them. It is a great honor to have Dinz put youe hat on his head, and some men_ are willing to pay him to thus favor them. The butchér has come forward while the honors are being showered on Diaz, and severed the bull’s spinal column, attaching a rope to his hind legs. The yoked horses now appear, the bull is dragged out and the man with the wheelbarrow smooths any inequality in the ground caused by the pnw“nz of the brate. 5 THE FIRST FIGHT is then over. Four more follow, but they are very much like the firsty ex= copt that in one Diaz puts_in the Lnn- derillos on horseback, riding without saddle or bridle. The fourth bull that was brought in seemed to lack courege and would not show a sign of fight. Diaz eame into the ring, stood with his back tothe bull and lassoed him by both hind feet the first fling. Of course several other men were hurt and, all in all it was quite a brilliant atferncon even for Cinco de Mayo. Cuas. A e Wearing of the Green. Detroit Free Press., Ob, Jennic dear, did you hear Fhe news that's going round? One cotor must, by fashion’s law, In our fair land abound. It is not meant to call to arms, Save maiden’s arms, I ween, But every living olive branch Is wearing of the green. L met with cousin Katy, and I took her by the hand, And said, “I hardly knew you, You look so fine aud grand.” “Oh, 1t all the fashion now, my dear,” She answered quite serene “Ana every girl and woman here Is wearing of the green." Oh, there's lizard green and serpont green, s Totila toaen aadieanat! There's beetle green, and apple green, The color's all the rage. It's well 'tis a free country here, "Twould make a dreadful scene If anybody shouid forbid The wearing of the green. H. WELLS. ——————— CONNUBIALITIES, Judge Park, of Norwich, Conn., granted twelve divorces in one day recently. Chi- cago had better look to her laurels. The divorcod wife of a Chicago man has ' married a baron, which shows there are bet- ter things in life thau beiug a noblemau. A young Indy nimed Huker, who died 1e- cently st hor home, noar. Frooboidy No 95 to the to be left » good portion of her P"“Dflflg gentlemun 0 whom she was engago married. Gardner Carr, s Wyoming county widower of seventy, in visiting Dalton, Luzerne county, for the first time, met Mra. Gray Adams, a widow, and in three days they were married. A dispatch from New Haven relates that couple were recently married in the highe way in the town of Harwintou, Conm,, “under circumstances which show the genius of young people on marriage bent," ‘The rector of a church iu Oriskauy Fails N. Y., eloped with the belle of tho town and got married, and the couple are now spend- m’- their honeymoon In Syracuse. ‘The bride, who is ouly niueteen, is seid to have money. A romantio couple in Indiana were mar- vied on horseback in the middle of the and then they took s gallop into the in lieu of a bridal trip. The bride, whe on}{ sixteon, suggested the horse faature, and 1nsisted that both animals be cold bisok. There was uo opposition o the union, A young Baltimore lady who married sho 1ok 10 be a German barou last about w:l': .::nl ‘;‘liddu;m of him, | appears also 8 victim of misplaced fidence, for he thought she was weslth, she {s0’t. On thelr way to Eurowe, wedding la Baltimere, the * had the IArTiege OSremou, this city by the wayor for elv'll Purposes. 3