Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 7, 1889, Page 13

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1880~SIXTEEN PAGES. ONTINUED FOR ONLY ONE WEEK MORE The Great Seventy Thousand Dollar Cléiring Sale Continued by Special Request, The Great Seventy Thousand Dollar Special Clearing Sale of Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and House Furnishing Goods, which began last Monday morning. and continued during the week, was the means of bringing hundreds ot buyers to the People’s Mammoth Installment House. Thousands of dollars worth ot Parlor Suites, Chamber Suites, Plush Rockers, Ingrain and Brussels Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, etec., were sold and thousands of dollars still remain unsold. & By Special Request 8 of railroad employees, mechanics, etc., who are not paid until the 10th, we have decided to continue this great sale one week longer, thereby enabling them to take advantage of our cut prices. i@~ THESE PRICES GOOD UNTIL JULY 13th. “&&j] Chamber Sets $9.50 . Chamber Suits $14. Chamber Suits $20 Chairs 28c.. .. Mattresses $1.75. Springs $1.40 .- Gasoline Stoves $5.50 .. . Ice Boxes $4.75 Baby Carriages $6. Bed Steads $1.75 Rockers $1.40. ¥ Extension Tables $3.50. Dining Tables $2.75 Folding Beds $22.50 Cook Stoves 9. ‘Wash Boilers 85¢ . Mrs. Potts’ Irons $1.25...... iNO TERMS ....reduced from $22 .....reduced from $27 ....reduced from $40 veveve....reduced from 65c¢ ..... reduced from $4.00 coveeeeee. reduced from $3.50 reduced from $12 ....reauced from $10 reduced from $12.50 -reduced from $4.00 reduced from $3.50 reduced from $8.00 reduced from $6.00 reduced from $45 .....reduced from $18 «wo...veduced from $1.75 veveeeereduced from $2.50 Bed Lounges $8.75. ......... e Y0 T Ced from $17.50 Plush Easy Chairs $7.50........... .......... TR N reduced from $15 Plush Rockers $9...........cccoeceviiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiee .. Yefluced from $18 Parlor Suits $26................cccceevviiiiiicc reduced from $45 Pl OBalrs 83 ........cciviciiiinnnniiniii soesaive <eeeeee. Yeduced from $6.00 Ingrain Carpets 29c¢ yard ............cccccoeeeeiiviiciennnn . reduced from 60¢ Ingrain Carpets 40c yard..............ccoeeeeivieieinnnncninenno . reduced from 75¢ Stair Carpet 19c. .reduced from 40c Matting 19¢ 1 ..reduced from 40c Rugs $2.. reduced from $4.50 Window Shades 45c¢.. reduced from $1.00 Pillows 38c... reduced from $1.00 Comforts 75c.... reduced from $1.75 Bureaus $7.50...... reduced from $14.00 Center Tables 95c¢. ... .reduced from $2.50 Lace Curtains $2.50.... .....xreduced from $7.50 Mirrors 75¢ .ooo... veduced from $2.00 | QUOTED DURING THIS GREAT SALE. Your Terms Are Our Terms, QUOTED DURING ‘Peoples’ Mammoth Installment House.|N0 TERMS]S Wholesale and Retail Furniture, Garpets and Stove Dealers. x 613, 615 North Sixteenth Street,-Between California and Webster. B. Rosenthal & Co,, Prop'’s. Goods sold and delivered free of charge in Couneil Bluffs, South Omaha, Fort Omaha and Florence. A Set of Solid Silver Tea Spoons with Every Purchase of $10 and Over. Open evenings unti 19 o’clock Telephone 727. THIS GREAT SALE, Your Terms Are Our Terms. POWDER RIVER EXPEDITION The Great Fight That Ohecked the ‘Warlike Arapahoes. EVERY SOLDIER A GENERAL. Hand to Hand Battle With Braves— Bquaws as Warriors—Bulleta Versus Arrows—General Con- ner's Daring—The Slaln, PART IL The following is a continuation of an account of the Powder river expedition taken from the memoranda of Captain H. E. Palmer, the first installment hav- ing appeared in last Sunday’s BEE. Seven miles from Clear Fork we came to a very protty lake about two miles long and about three-quarters of a mile wide. The water is so strongly impreg- nated with alkali that an egg or potato will not sink if thrown into the water. Underneath this lake is an immense coal vein and not many miles away is a flowing oil well. A scheme might be inaugurated to tunnel under this lake, pump the oil into the lake, set the S fire, and boil the whole body of alkali water and oil into soap. Our march down Peno creek was un- eventful. This stream takes its name from & French trapper by the name of Peno, who had been trapping for beaver. A band of buffalo close by tempted him to take a shot, which he did, shghtly wounding a large bull. The infuriated animal took after him and Peno fled for his life. Just as he renched the steep bank of the creek, some twenty feet above the stream, Mr. Bull caromed to his rear and knocked r Peno clear over the bank head- mmout into the oreek, the bull tumbling in after him. Fortunately the fall was more disastrous to to the bull than to the man, who beyond a fow bad bruises was uninjared. On the 28th four of our scouts encoun- tered a grizzly bear, which they impru- dently fired upon. The grizzly closed upon them, killing one of them and fearfully mangiing two others before a rolief party of the same company could drive the brute away, Just after sunset the same day two of our Pawnee scouts came into camp with the information that Capuain North had discovered an Indian vil- luge. Supper was hurriedly-eaten, and at8p. m. wo left the camp with 250 white men and eighty Indian scoufs to attack the ememy. We had expected to reach the In- dian village about daybreak, but our march was impeded by brush and fallen timbers, and the morning was rotty well advanced, when I, being in rhc lead, came rather unexpectedy from 8 ravine up a bank to a large mesa on which lay the village. The word was })lsurl back for the men to close up, to ollow the general and not to fire a shot until he fired in advance., General Conuner then took the lead, rode his lorse up the steep bank of the ravine and dashed out across the mesa as if there were no Indians just to the left, every man following as closely as possi- ble, At the first sight of the general, the ponies covering the table land in front of us aet up & tremendous whin- nying and galloped cown toward the Indian village. More than & thou- sand dogs commenced to bark, and move than seven hundred Indians made the hills ving with their fearful yelling. It appenred that the lndians | were In the act of breaking camp. They were Arapuhoes, under Black Bear and Old David, with several other chiefs not 0 prominent. The general waited until the last of his men emerged from the ravine,when he wheeled on the left into line. The whole line then fired a volley from their carbines into the village without halt- ing their horses, and the bugles sound- ed the charge. The clai notes of the bugle werealmost unnecessary, asevery man realized that to charge into the vil- lage without a moment’s hesitancy was our only salvation. We already saw that we were gfrentl_v out~ numbered, and that on desperate fighting would save our scalps. In o few moments we were in the vil- lage in the midst of a hand-to-hand fight with warriors and their squaws. for many of the female portion of this band did as brave fighting as their savage lords. Unfortunately for the women and children, our men had no time to direct their aimj bullets from both sides and murderous arrows filled the air; squaws and children, as well as warriors, fell among the dead and wounded. The scene was indescriba- ble. There was not much of the mili- tary in our movements; each man seemod an army by himself. I counted three braves who fell with bullets from my revolver. One of our men, a member of the Eleventh Ohio cavalry, formerly one of John Morgan’s ~men and the handsomest fellow I ever saw, grabbed me by the shoulder and turned me about that I might assist him in withdrawing an arrow from his mouth. The point of the arrow had passed through his open mouth and lodged in the root of his tongue. Having no sur- geon with us of a higher grade thun a hospital steward, it was afterwards de- cided that to get the arrow out of his mouth the tongue must be and was cut out. Another man, a sergeant named Charles M. Latham, was shot in the heel, He had been through the entire war in the Army of the Potomac, and wore a medal for his bravery; he had passed through many battles and es- caped unbarmed. This shot in his heel causcd lockjaw to set in a few days af- k‘niwnrdu and he died from the effects of it. The savages made a brave stand try- ing to save their families, and suc- ceeded in getting away with a large majority of their women and children, leaving behind nearly all their plunder. Thoy fled up a stream now called Wolf creek, General Conner in close pursuit. Soon after we left the village the gen- eral advised me to instruct Captain North to take his Indians and get all the stock he could possibly gather. This was done, and with nfew strag- glers I followed a small band of Indians up the main Tongue river about three miles, until they gathered recruits enough to turn upon us and force us back. General Conner pursued the flecing savages fully ten miles from carp,when he found himself accompanied by only fourteen men; our horses had all be- come so0 fatigued and worn out that it was impossible to keep up. The gen- eral balted his swall squad and at- tempted to take the names of his brave comrades, when the Indians, noticing the paucity of his numbers,immediately turngd upon him and made a desperate efforl to surround him and his squad of soldiers. as possible, contesting every inch, rein- forced every few moments by some stragglers who had endeavored to keep up. With this help they managed to rewurn to camp whero Captain North and myself had succoeded in_ corraling bout 1,100 heud of ponies. We gath- They foll back as rapidly | ered up the Indian supplies and burned them and allowed the flames also to consume the bodies of our dead com- rades to keep the Indians from mutila- ting them. During our halt the Indians pressed up close to the camp, made several desperate attempts to recover their stock, when the mountain howitzer, under the skillful management of Nick O’Brien, prevented them from comple- ting their aims. At half past 2 we took up the line of march for the train. The Indians pressed us on every side, sometimes charging up to within fifty feet of our rear guard. They seemed to have plenty of ammunition, but did most of their fighting with arrows, although there were some of them arined with muskets with which they could send lead in dan- gerous proximity to our men. Before dark we were reduced to forty men who had any ammunition and, these only a few rounds apiece. The redskins fol- lowed us until midnight, when they fired their last shot, and as we subse- quently learned, hurried left. Having completed my work I halted by the side of L*\u trail and waited for the gencral, who wus with the rear guard. Almost the moment I touched the ground I fell asleen. While I was in this condition the last of the troops rode by and must have been fully three miles distant when I was awakened by m. horse dragging me by the lariat, which was wrapped around my right arm. At first I listened for the general’s troops but could not hear a souad. s.umc,.fy the peril of my condition flashed upon me. The troops had passed and I was probably in the midst of silent, pursu- ing savages. The darkness was impen- etrable, ~ Groping with my hands I found the trail and discovered that the footprints of the horses went in a certain direction. Taking that as my course [ rode as rap- idly as the darkness would permit, and after several miles hard riding I over- took the general and his rear guard, who had passed me while I was asleep. I had been given up for dead and all congratulated me on my narrow es- cape. We arrived at camp at daybreak,after marching fully one hundred and ten miles without any rest or refreshments, except the jerked buffalo that the boys had filled their pockets with in the In- dian village, The other incidents of this fight would all make interesting reading. Many acts of personal bravery cannot be recorded. Suffice it to say thatevery man was a general. Not a command was given by the general after the first order to charge. Not a man in the command but that realized bis life was in the balance. We must whip the Indians and whip them badly, or be whipped ourselves. The Indians firomly outnumbered us and our main ependence was upon our superior equipments. As for fighting qualities, the savages proved themselves as brave as any of our men. Although when the struggle ended we were fighting on the defensive yet we had a mplished a grand victory. Two hundred and fifty lodges had been burned with the entire winter supply. The son of the principal chief (Black Bear) was killed, sixty-three warriors were slain, and about 1,100 head of ponies were cap- tured, Two of our soldiers were found among the dead and three afterwards died of wounds. During the chase up Wolf creek with the general, one of North’s braves icked up a little Indian boy that had en dropped by the wayside. The little fellow was crying, but when picked up by the soldier Indian fought like o wildcat. When asked by a white soldier what he intended doing with ] the pappoose, he reptied: “Don’t know ; kill him, mebby.” He was told 10 put him down and not to injure the bright little fellow. The Indian obeyed®and at least one pap- poose owed his life to the kind-hearted soldier. On the 4th of October we reached Laramie with the spoils of war, and I had the honor of accompanying General Conner to Denver, where we had been invited by the citizens to a reception in honor of General Conner. We were received with all the honors that could be bestowed and the best people of Denver, almost en masse, turned out to the reception. As a summary of general results I can only say that even with the disastrous ending of Cole’sexpedition, the Powder River Indian Expedition of 1865 was not afailure. The general’s plan to “‘carry | the war into Egypt” succeeded admir- ably, and the warrior element of the savages were (‘nm]lm\lmi to fall back to protect their families. THE END. ———— EDUCATIONAL. The Alabama superintendent of schools speaks glowingly of the progress of educa- tion in that state, and predicts that in a fow years it will equal any other state in the uuion as to general intelligonce. Prof, David Swing, of Chicago, has been elected one of the trustees of the North- western university, a Methodist institution. There was some opposition to him on the grounds that he holds heretical opinions. The university of southern California, lo~ cated at L.0s Angeles, proposes to establish an observatory on Wilson's peak. It is ex- pected that the apparatus wiil include a forty-inch glass telescope and a twenty-four- inch photographic instrument. The growing importance of electrical knowledge has been recognized ap the Co- lumbia coliege school of mines, where a special course in electrical cngineering will be established under the tutorship of Prof. Francis B. Crocker, The course will re- quire two years, 2 Dr, McCosh, of Princeton college, is one of the few men who has enjoyed the priv- ilege of being present at the unveiling of his own statue. When this ceremonial took piace atv Princeton the other day the vener- able subject of the moemorial was present and made an address of thanks. At the recent graduauion ceremonies at the university at Edinburg the honorary de- gree of LL. D. was ¢onferred on David Dud- ley Field, of New York, the president of the American Bar association, and Brof. Whit- ney, of Yale. Prof. Whitney was appointod to the chair of Sansknit and comparative philology In Yale in 1864, The Providence Journal says of Brown university's new presiden “Elisha Benja- min Andrews, D.D,, L.L. D., is not unknown or among the great ! 'He has a varied expori- ence as a student and teacher, having made special studies in several departments of science and philosophy, and having taught in many institutions’ of learning of widely different grades and ¢haracter.” ‘The gift of $50,000 (to the astronomical ob- servatory of Harvara college by Mrs, Cath: arine Bruce of New York, & lady greatly i terested in this science, wus announced yes terday, aud it is to be applied to the use of photographic telescope having an objective of about twenty-four inches, with a focal length of about eleven feet. This telescope has been designed by Prof. E. C. Pickering, the director of the observatory, Dr. Magill, who has junreuifnml the pres- idency of Swathmore college, Pennsyivania, has loog been ong of the leading educators of the country. He is a graduate of Brown university., He became professor of Latin at Swathmore in 1809, and upun the death of Edward Parish, the first president, became its executive bead in 1571, which office he has since flled. Dr. Magill will sail for Europe in August and remain away a year, He will be succeeded by William Hide Ap- pletox, who is & graduate of Havard. i Mrs. John Wood will produce Mr. Pinero's new farcical comud{ at the London Court theator at the conclusion of Mr, and Mrs. Keudal's engagement. BLAINE AS A STORY-TELLER, ‘Whether New or Old, His Yarns are Always Entertaining. THREE PRAYERS FOR A QUARTER Sol Smith Russcll and the Dims Mis- slon—Gladstone'’s Recreations— Cardinal Mazarin's Pa- thetic Death, Current Anecdodes. One of the most interesting men in Washington is Mr. Blaine. I've seen a reat deal of him, and the more I meet im the oftener [ want to meet him again, says Marshal P. Wildaw, in **People | Have Smiled With.” He has a way of making a fellow feel entirely at ease with him, which is wonderfully pleasant—if you chance yourself to bo the fellow. He takes your hand—if he likes you—in a way that makes you feel that you’re his long lost friend, and he chats with you as freely and merrily as if he hadn’t a thing to door think of but make himself agreeable, And how he can tell stories! Tots of other men do it, but after a while you begin to think they’ve been out nutting and found all the chestnuts. Not that [ object to chestnuts, I've gathered some myself in my time, and found that peo- enjoyed them when properly served. Mr. Blaine enjoys them himsélf, appar- ently, for I've seen him listen to the same story four or five times in as many days, and laugh heartily each time. And how he can laugh! Should he evs go into the entertainment business he’d knock out all the rest of you. Because he has been & public man and politician a great many years Mr. Blame is supposed by some ~people to be very thick skinned, but it is impos- sible to be with him a little while with- out seeing that he is nothing of the sort. Heis quite as sensitive as an other gentleman, and any rude remar] grates unpleasantly upon him, even if it has no personal application. The time [ever heard him speak of himself was one day when he brought me a car- icature of myself which some one aboard ship had drawn. “There Marshall,” said he; “how do you like that?” “Great Scott!” I exclaimed, making a face at the picture, ‘‘does that look like me?” “Well,” said he, ‘‘that’s exactl the question I ask myself when the il- lustrated papers caricature me.” Speaking of his father’s physical recreations, Herbert Gladstone says, in the Birmingham Times: *‘He used to be chiefly fond of rowing, riding and shooting, but during the last twenty or twenty-five years he has had to give up those forms of exercise, and, as1s well known, to confine himself mainly to cut- ting down trees, which he does habit- ually, He also was a great walker, and not more thad fifteen years ago he walked thirty-five miles over the hillsin Scouand, In my opinion he 1s still good B L e 2 e tached the greatest importance to phys- ical recreations, and he 10s t no oppor- tunity of encouraging us in them. He has proved their benefits, and I think, is not a bad specimen of their value, But it was only in manly sports and games, in rationul recreations, that he stimulated and led us. What did he do as regards mysell? ife sent me to Eton, and every one must be pretty well satis* fied that'a lad at Eton would get anough phygical recreation.” One of the best stories of white- haired, white-checkered, courteous Cal vin Record, is about a mellow old law- yer who used to live on the banks of the Androscoggin, says the Lewiston Jour- nal. The squire was given to deep tations, and was famous for his fine d tinctions, It is said that in special pleading he could split a hair even moro elosely than Mr. Rocord can him- self. But often affer the shades of night had fallen, the squire might have been seen struggling home so boozy that he apparently could not split a shinglo, to say nothing of a hair. One night when he was drunker than usual he staggered completely out of his course and could not find it. Real- izing that he was lost, and drifting into unfamiliar regions, he called at a house and asked for information. ‘‘Madame,” he Emvely said to the lady who came to the door, ‘‘tell (hic) me where Squire Blank lives.” “Certainly,” she said, and gave him full directions. But as she talked and looked, and as her candle gradually brought out the foatires of the man before her, a puz- zled expression came into her face and she finally asked, “‘Butisn’t this Squire Blanl?” “Madam,” replied the old lawyer, s’ suming a judicial air, “that is entirely (hic) immaterial,” The Rev. Dr. Cunningham. who su ceeded Dr. Tulloch, as principal of St. Andrews’ university, Scotland, is a man of marked individuality. A few years ugo when he was the pastor of a country church, he horrified old-fashioned Presbyterians by advising his congre- gation to take advantage of a dry Sun- day to getin their crops, instead of going to church. And in the general assembly of the Established Church of :otland, which was recently held at Edinburgh, he moved that the A postles’ creed be dropped from a certain book of devotions. That he is still a minister in good standing of the Established church is ovidence of the toleration that obtains in that body. Sol Smith Russell tells of a dear, pious old lady residing in this city, says the New York World, who has followed his career with great iutorest, though regretting that it was within the con- fines of the stage: “*Won’t you give usa dime for our mission, Mr. Russell?” *'A dime! Nonsense,” said the come- dian, ‘“‘Here’s five dollars.” But the old lady was firm. *‘We only accept a dime from any- one, and a prayer will be said for you.” “Well, that’s a cheap investment,” replied Sol, as he handed her the 10 cents, Shortly after, when writing from the west to her, he said: “Ihgpe the mission is prospering. I haven't a dime about me, but please accept the enclosed coin. 1 suppose its the usual reduction—three prayers fora quarter,” “During gold days in California,” said Colonel Ingersoll to a crowd of lawyers the other day, “it was the law that the holder of the claim should be liable to lose it if he let it remain idle for ten days in succession. Well, there was one fellow who had been working faithfully, when he fell sick and had to take to his tent. Another fellow came along and jumped his claim. The first man pleaded and argued, but the other was not to be moved. So when the first man recovered he sued the interloper. “*The case came up before the justic. Ho was very sorry, ho told the plaintiff, but the law was absolute on the ques- tion, and the defendant could not be ousted. No sooner had he finished than the plaintiff jumped up and hit the de- endant a stinging blow behind the ear, The defendant «fell ov plaintiff jumped on him pummel him soundly. ran up and was trying to part the | fighters, when the judge arose, and, pounding on the desk, yelled to the constab! , and ‘the nd began to The constablo The law is the law, but if the gentles men want to_compromise they mustn’s he interfered with.’ " We never grow tired of stori Washington, especially wh as good as this one, which is vouched for by the Philadelphia Times. Afte the battle of Monmouth, the American army was camped on the farm of a cer- tain’ John Vance. - Washington, with his stall, was quartered in the farm, house. During supper he set the e: ample of caution to his officers by cen versing in an undertone, retiring a soon as the meal was finished to own chamber, which adjoined the di 4 om. about they are he had gone, howevedhios, pirits of the young men rose, s o gotting their orde th began to sing and laugh uproarious! n midst of the fun the general’s door opened softly, and Washington enterod the room and walked noisclessly on tintoe. He crossed to the fire-place, took a book from the mantel shelf, an: as silently returned without u word, nodding u smiling good night as he closed the door behind him. The officers stood ashamed and re- buked, not onlv by his consideration for the sick girl, but by his gentle courtesy of silence to themselves, I was walking in the new apartment of his palace when I heurd, owing to the noise which his slippers made, that Cardinal Mazarin was coming, writes Count do Brienne in his memoirs. I hid myself behind the tapestry, and L. heard him spealing aloud. “Ahl I must leave n]* this,” and he halted at every step, he wus s0 weak, looking on one side, then on the other. Glanéing at the articles which struck him most he exclaimed, sighing from the bottom of his heart: *“I must leave all this. I had o much trouble in acquiring these things, and I leave them with ‘Fegret. 1 uhulll not soe them any more where I am going to.” I sighed heavily that' 16 hoard me. *Who is thors?! he saids *Ut is I,V I replied. “I was waiting” here to speuk to your eminende of wn important letter.” “*‘Come,” he gaid, in a piteous tone—he was only attired in a furred dressing-gown, with & nighteap on his head: “'Give me your hands I sin very weak.” He would not lot me speak to him on business. ‘I am no longer in a fit state,” said he; “speak to the king, and do what he 'says. Look at this Corregglo, this Venus by Titian, and this incomparable pleture of the Flood by Caraccia, I must leave all these, Adieu, my dear pictures, which T have liked 50 much, and which have cost me 80 much mone,” * * Four or five days before his death the cardinal had himself shaved and his mustache eurled. He was so thoroughly smotherad with paint that he never looked so white and so pink, He then took a turn in the garden in his sedan chair, whereby he accelerated his death, which drew from the courtiers the heartless vomark that ‘‘a bypocrite he lived, and a hypos ecrite he died.” ———— HReward For a better or more pleasant re; the curc of consumption, bronchial cough, oroup and whooping cou, SANTA ABIE, the California king of sumption, Every bottle warranted, If would be cured of that digustin catarrn, uso CALIFORNIA CAT ROU 14 jar; by mail §1.10. Santa Able t-Cure are sold and warrante a Drug Co. bt $5,000 — you, sir, leave them alonel * #