Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 14, 1889, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY B EE: SUNDAYWWIJULY 14, 1889~-SIXTEEN MR. ANDERSON WAS THERE And Showed a Disposition to Camp on Roche's Trail. HIS KNIFE AGAIN UNSHEATHED. The County Attorney Instruct>d to Examine Hooks That Have Never Bosn In Existonce ~Other Business. The County Commissioners. The county commissioners met in rogu lar sossion yesterday afternoon, Present, Messrs. Mount, Turner, Anderson and Cor- rigan, ' It became evident early in the proceedings that Anderson was loaded for bear and spoil- ing for a fight. His first attack wason County Clerk Roche, and was in the form of & resolution instructing the county attorney to examine the books in the office of tho county clerk and report if all the records required by law are boing kept up, Commissioner Turner asked what books were referred to, and was informed by Mre. Anderson that the book contajning the clerk’s account with the county treasurer was the one he had in mind. Mr, Roche here took the floor and ex- plained that no such record had ever been kept in this county, and he said, furthet, that he was now keeping up the books which had never been kept in the office before. During the clerk’s explanation Anderson tried several time to choke him off by read- g from the statutes and gesticulating ‘wildly, but Roche kept on until he haa fin- ished what he had to say, The resolution was finally adopted. It seems thére was understanding some time ago by which the trcasurer was to straighten up the delinquent taxes, and that the clerk would begin keeping the re- cord with the currentterm. The treasurer’s report has just been rendered, so that the book in question could not have been posted before this. Anderson’s next move was to introduce & resolution directing the county attorney to an once begin legal proceedings against the sheriff to compel him to muke his report to the commissioners, ‘Ihis resolution was also adopte A communication ~ was received from Architect Myers asking for a remittance of 8500 on account. It s referred to the committee on construction. The register ot deeas asked for autnority 1o repair the awnings to his windows. Re- ferred. A petition was received acking for the ap- pointment of a constable for the north dis- trict of Florence. ‘The insane board reported that they had found that Mrs. Sadie Gildersleeve, now in the county jail on @ charge of nsanity, was not u resident of this state, and recommended that she be sent to her home in New Jersey. ‘The recommendation was adopted. L Pope & Co. submitted a bill of plumbing material furnished for the county infirmary buiiding, amounting to $2,251.95. The bill” was approved by Superintendent gnutn. Referred to committce on construc- ion. Drs, Lee und Rebert presented a bill for .a0 autopsy performed by direction of the coroner, amounting to Referred to flnance Committee, The superintendent of the Institute for Feeble Minded Youth presented a bill for $22.95 against the county. Referred. A. B, Sowers asked for a refund of §16 on hus taxes. Referred. Gil Miller & Richardson presented a bill §350.20 for stationery, etc. Referred. Notice was received from the clerk of the United States district court to appear before the commissioners on postoflice site. Ie- ferred to the county attorney. Superintenbent Coots asked that the eon- tractors be directed o proceed at once in the matter of chauging the floors in the county building. Mrs, Clark, matron of the Open Door, up- peared before the board and aked for trans- portation for a woman and child to Chicago and for another woman to her home in Cass county. Both requests were granted. A number of vills for work on roads and bridges were introduced and referred to the committeo on roads. The quarterly reports of the register of deeds was received and re- forred to finance committee, The following showing wus made: [Total receipts for QUArter........ $6,584.05. Total expenditures, . Surplus for quarter, L82,647.85 ‘The quartazly repor Gounty clerk was received, showing the total receipts to Ve £1,090.65 and @ balaace on hand of $55.66. Reoferred to Auance committee. ‘The semi-annual report of the county treasurer was also received and referred to the finance commsttee. Following is & sum- mary of the report: KECEIPTS. On hand Javuary 1, 1859, Taxes collected School land, principai . School land, interest. School land, leas Miscellaneous colle M.acelluncous fees Omaha city taxes c : Hospital building, principal Hospital building, nterest. . ... .. Received from state for school &p- portionment ...... Gty Roceived from state for collocting state taxes... .. s Redewption money "collected Received from*Justice’’ (unknown) Reccived on fees on apportionment fund and not reported Total.. 44,081.44 8,205.80 DISBURSEME: Warrants redeemed.. . .8175,411.00 Warrants redeemed, ho: A 32,430.53 Phid to state trouhurer.. .. 3 47 Paid to school districts i : Paid to school bona districts. Paid to village treasurers cies Paid to city treasurer, Florence. Paid to city treasurer, Omala..... Paid to city treasurer, South Omubia Redemption monoy...........oovee Road supervisor receipts redeemed Saluries paid, treasurer and assis- tants. Total , ., wivessies Balance on hdnd July 1, 1859 ROOM l;ll SOHOLARS, The Disadvantages Which Many of Them Experience. The question of districting the schools of Omuha, with the object aud hove of relieving the overcrowded condition of some of ‘them, is demanding the attention of & special com- mitteo of the board of education, composed of Messrs, Millard, Spalding, Saville, Iees and McConnell. The problem is cot one of easy solution, Many of the schools are sadly overcrowded and the work of changing upils from one school to another, to relicve he crowded schools is u big undertaking. ‘2he board is at prescnt renting rooms at the Hickory, Pacific, Hartman, Dupont, Long sod Central Park schiools. The Central Pur] end Hart schools are being relieved by the building of additions. Six roowms are belug rented at the Hartwan school. A two- room addition is being builtand it is proposed o move two of the-addition buildings to the Hartman from the Leavenworth school, this making it necessary Lo rent but two rooms at the ‘lllrl.ulln buildiog for the coming year, The Hartman can also be relioved by send- lug some of the pu}ril- now atteiding it to she Center, Castellur und Paeific schools. 1t 1 wlno proposed Lo send some of the Leaven- worth school puplils to the Mason school, making room thoreby at the Leuvenworth for some of the Hartman pupils. The new achool on Park avenue is already crowded, as is also the Dupont schiool, By chavging some of the Park school pupils to the Mason sehoel room will be made at the Park to ac- commodate the overflow from the Dupunt school. The commitoo has not yot taken soy dedaite action in the matter. Last Night's Storm, A rain and wind storm of considorable magnitude visited this elty about niue o'clock Iast night, accompanied by thunder and lightning 1o av alarming extent. Many rsons feared thal 8 cyc.one Was comiug, ut the wind soon subsided without doing B0y great dainage. NATIONAL PLATITDEUTCHERS, They Will Assemble in Convention in T City To-Day. The Central Vernin of the National Platt deutchers will assemblo in Omaha in fifth annual convention to-day, continuing in ses- sion four days. Delegates from Chicago, St. Iuis, Kansas City, Denver and other points will be in attendance, and business of con- siderable importance will b transacted, and a general good time given the visiting dele- gates during their stay in this city. A Plattdentsch socioty was organized in Omaha five years ago. and has now about one hundred and fifty members, while the socicties in otlier parts of the state numbor about five hundred, Tho officers of the Omaha soclety are Henry Andorson, presi- ¢, and Jonn Bush, fiicers of the Central verein are Georgo T, Tearks, of Chicago, prosident ; Paul Dockondort, of Den ce president; Henry Eiper, of Omaha, treasurer; W.-Heit: man, of Chicago, recording secretary; John Jacobson, of Omaha, financial secretary. he objects of the society are to ¢ for tho sick and dependent survivors of decoased brothors. A cortain sum is allotted to sick brothers angl an assessment of $1 per mem- ber 1s mado upon the death of a member. “Ihe Central vereiu at this conveution wiil devise ways and means of increasing its memborship, Ihe local vercin has arranged an ox- cellent programme for tho entertainment of their visiting brothers, ‘To-day they give an old fashion ¢ at Ruser's park, whore o 0ld tiiwe Gorman games und sports will cnjoyed, Thiere will be a tournament, and the successful kuight who carries off the greatest number of rings on his lunce will crown the queen of love and beauty. T'he women will try their agility by running over bundles of straw while holding ay egg iu o spoon. The younz people will also have their sports and fun, and prizes will bo awarded to the winners of all con- tosts. Monday, Tussday and Wednesday will be devoted to business, and befors leaving Omaha the delegates to the Centrsl Vercin will be shown over the city and suburbs by tho proper committees., — A BOY KILLED. A Millard Lad Horribly Mangled by a Train. The 10:30 o'clock Union Pacific train yester- day morning ran over and killed a boy named Krotehwill at Millard. The lad was 13 yoars of age. He stood on a flat car as the train rushed by, lost his balanco, fell bencath the wheas, and was horribly mangled. Coroner Drexel went to the scene of the aceident iast night and held au inquest. The testimony developed that the boy had been stealing a ride on a trawa of freight cars which were being switched on to the side track at Van Dorn's elevator. The train gave a jork and the boy was thrown betweon the cars, crushing his breast and ribs into a pulp. The verdict was that he “came to his death by being run over by the cars; no ouo to blame.” DIED LIKE A DOG. The Merited Death of a Blood-Thirsty Murderer. Julius Schlauss, the janitor of Germania hall. in this city, has recewved futhor news of the horrible murder of his little daughter and four otiers near Helena, Mont., of which an account appeared in Tik BEE'S dispatehes two weeks ago. By private letter from one of the deteo- tives, who is working up the case, Mr. Schlauss learnod that two of the supposed murderers had aiready been arrested. Ono of them is & man who was formerly cook for one of the murdered familics, and the other is a4 notorious westeru crook named Wilber, The murder occurred Juue on the Judith ri not far from Helena, Mont., two men, two women and Sehlauss' ittlo’ fi ~0ld_girl being the victims. They were killed whi'e in camo for the purpose of robbery. /The bodies were not found until June 20. Tho day following the finding of the bodics Wilber was arrested for the crime and the evidence of his guilt was so_strong that the unfortunate man hung himself in his cell. An eye-witness’ account of the murderer's suicide says: It was a blood-curdling termi- nation_of tho career of the wreteh who had perpetratcd the most bloody deed in tho history of Montana. "he spectacle was one that nono who would wish w see again, Hanging as though trausfixed to the iron bar of his cell was the body of the mur- dercr. He had torn a wido strip off his blanket and tied it as a loop near the celling of his cell. Kor o hangman's rope he tore a strip off his pillow slip which was made of new and heavy cotton. With his silk hand- kerchief ho tied his right wrist and ankle to- gether. Ho then put his head into tne pre- pared noose, his body still reclining on the bed. He put his left ankle into a slip knot and tied his lefu wrist to it. Both fect were drawn up so they would not touch the floor when he fell. He then rolled himself off his bed und was soou dead. “Rumors were rife that Wilber had been Iynched until the particulars of his suicide were known, for ull knew that he was a dan- gerous character and had lod # life of crime.” Detettives from Nebras ployed by relatives of somo of the murdered eaple Who forin ivod in_this state and it scems very li all who were im- licated in this horrible deed will soon be brought before the bar of justice, TO ADVERTISE NEBRASKA. bout the middle of a have beeu em- Tne Circular Issuczd By the Development Association, On July 12 & meeting of the Nebraska various boards of trado wa s held in this city, und an association was organized, the object of which is to advertise Nebraska, Tho fol- lowing circular explains itseif: SECNETANY'S OFFICE OF THE NEDRASKA STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, OMAIIA, Neb., July 13, 1830.—T0 the Boards of Trade and Kindred Organizations of Nebraska— Gentlemen: Wo take pleasuro iu inform ing you that a permancnt organization was offected by tho Stato Development conven- tion, held in tho exchango room of tho Omaha board of trade, on June 26, which is to be known as the Nebraska Develop ment association, The object of which is to ad- vertiso Nobraska and dovelop its industries and resources. The association to bo cou- trolled by o bourd of managers, consisting of fiftoon " porsons seloctod at dununl meot- ugs. A’ constitution and by-laws have been formulated aud adopted, and ofilcers elected for tho first yoar as follows : George W. Liniuger, president, Omaha; E K. Vu , vice president, West Point; W. N. Nason, secrotary, Omaha; J. F. Bal' linger, assistant secretary, Hastings; J. R. Clark, treasurer, Lincola. Directors—C. 'E. Baker, Beatrico, Gago county; R. B. Windham, Plattsmouth, Cass county; H. T. Clarke, Omaba, Douglas county; H.'L. Wood, Nebraska City, Otoe P. Kennard, Lincoln, Lancaster , "W, Willara, Habron, Thayor county; J. C. Allen, MeCook, Red Willow county Joel Hull, Minden Kearney Ben S. Baker, Fairbury, Jefferson M. A. Hurtigan, Hastings, Adams L. D. Richards, Fremont, Dodge State county ! C. M. Judd, Kearncy, Buffalo_county; C. A Putdam, Chadron, Daws county; J. ford, West Polat, Cumiug county; Cornell, Valentine, Cherry count C. Vice presidents—Buclid” Marti Douglas county; M. A, Dilworth, Buffalo county: J. K. Mathews, Chase county; Ray Nye, Fremont, Dodge county; M. L. Trestor, Lincoln, Lancaste county: Thomas Calfer, McCook, ILed county; W. Il Weiss, Hebron, Thay county; . O. Hedlund, Ceuter, Ciay county James A. Cline, Mindon, Kearnoy county Undor the rules of the association, each county baving trade organizations is entitled 10 0né vice president and representative in s association. ‘The feo prescribed by the constitution aud by-laws to be paid by each individual association, is #10, which amouut should be rewitted with the name of vice [renidonts sclected as early as possile, us it desired to perfect sad complote arrange- and immediately commeuce opera- JKearney, Champion, ment tions. Counties whero no board of trade organ- izations exist should orzanize oue and iden- Lify themselves with this movewent, which promises o be one of unusual importanc and evary Organization Mow OF hereafier tled with this association or intecested uccess should b ouce rewil the pr scribed fee of ton dollars (810) to the secro- tary and appoint a_strong finance committes tocolloct funds for the maintainence and promotion of the objects of the association and its nece ssary expenses Representatives of railroad lines were ap- pointed mombers of the board of managers a8 follows: J. R. Buchanan, of the Fremont, Eikhorn & Missouri Valley railroad: J. Francis, of the Burlington & Missouri railrona; W. P. Rob- inson, of the St. Joe & Grand Isiand railroad; Townsend, of the Missouri Pacific rail- L. Lomax, of the Union Pacifio hn Sebastian, of the Chicago, s & Northerns T. W. Teasdalo, of the ago & St. Paul railro Who have promised their hearty co-oper tion 1n promotion of its objects, and have al- rondy arranged for harvest oxcursion trains Mionesots, Tows, Iilinois, Wisconsin and Missouri, o all points in Nebraska at one faro for the round trip, on dates as fol- lows: August 6 and 20, September 10 and 24 and October 8. ' Tickets, good for thirty days, with stop over privileges at points’ in Nobraska, eoing or ro- turning. Which _information should 1 widely distribused, by moans of whic thousands cf people from the @ates above named will avail themselves of this opportu- nity vo sec Nobraska, that otherwise would not. One of tho cheapest and most powerful means of securing immigration is for people t0 write to their friends and local papers enst, giving dato and cost of round trip to Nebraska on thesn harvest trains, and advis- ing them that ii they will come west you will show themn and grander and richer country than they ever saw whero lands are chieap, G. W. LixisaeR, President. W. N. Nisox, Se otary. The newspapersof Nebraskaare requested 10 publish the above cireu BR TIES. Prof. P. Waldenstrom, D. D. Ph &, of Stockholm, Sweden, is naking a tour of the uited States and will be here July Tho doctor is a member of congress in Stock- holm and is & very talented and eloquent man. Tho degresof D. D. was conforred upon him by Yalo coliege lust June. He has been enguged for the last thvee years in ranslating the bible from Hebrew to Swedish. Reddy Johnson got $12 and costs, and George Wilson §16 and costs in Judge Borka's court yesterday, for larcony. Kive other vagrauts and ten common drunks were dis- posed of, sowe gettine light fines and others being discharged without fine, The Good Samuritan Social club gave a moonlignt picnic to its members and their friends at Hanscom Park, Friday evening. About thirty couples were present, spending the evemng pleusantiy and cnjoying the vefreshments, nusic and dancing. Personal Paragraphs. M. R Davey, of Lincoln, is at the Murray. H. H. Campbell, of Osceola, is at the Ar- cade. L. F. Berry, of Fremont, lard, P. W. Hemich, Barker. P. A. Heubuer, of Norfolk, is registered at the Murray. A. F. Nirus, of Nebraska City, tered at the Millard. Mus. Neimans and o guests at the Murra, L. O. Wittmer and wife, of Cnicago, guests g the Barker. Lieutenant W. A. Mercer, U. S. A, is a guest at the Paxton. G. H. Clark and Miss .. Clarlk, of Lincoln, aro guests ut the Paxton. O. J. Cooper, of St. Joseph, is among the late arrivals at the Barker. J. N. Pecblos, of Decatur, and G. S. Har- ris, of Pendor, are stopping at the Millard. M. T. Linshi, H, A. Tebbetts, E. P. Wells and G. F. W. Schivake, of Lincoln, are at the Paxton. Georgo B. Wakefield, who seriously ill for the last few typhoid fever, is convalescing. Robert 3. Daley, of Tekaman; phreys, of Stanton, and J. A. Haruon, of O'Neill, are registered at the Arcade. £. H. Fawcew, A, S. Tibbets, B. F. Perinco and wife and J. R. Brinker and wife, of Lincoln, are guests at the Millard. Eugene Moore, of West Point; W. H. Kil- hgar and J. M. Gallagher, of Auburn, and Georgo W. Wainwright, of Biair, are at the Millard, Charles H. Muy, of Fremont; E. J. Force, of Lowsyille; J. P, Duuham, of & d, and V. C. Shickley, of Geneva, are rogistered at the Paxton, Tarse Gordon, of Ravenna; J. L. Chamber lin, of Louisville; J. H. Chumbers, of Beat- > T, Buckley and John Buckley, sr. trombergan, are stopping at the Arcade. Uuited States District Awtorney Pritchett leaves to-day for New York to serve personal notices on partics resident in that state who are concerned in the condemnation proceed- ings of the postofiics site. Painiing the Fostoflice. Custodian Jordan yesterday opened tho bids for painting the rooms of the postofiive. Three bids were submitted, as follows: Henry Lehman, £05; Omaha Paint and Color company, $527; Heard Bros., §305. The Curious Side of Lifu. An undertaker in Madrid, who lived over his shop, one night gave a - grand ball. At the height of the festivities a gentleman in full evening dress joined the company. He danced with the hostess and her daughter, he danced with the guests. He seemed to enjoy hiwmself thoroughly. The undertaker thought hoe recognized the face, but didn't like to be rude and ask the stranger’s name. By and by all the guests departed and only the uuknown was left. “Shall I send for a cab for you?” said the host, at last. *‘No, thank you; I'm staying in the house.” “Staying in the housel Who are you, is at the Mil- of Columbus, is at the is regis- ild. of Schuyler, are are has been weeks with . K. Hum- Why, don’t you know me? I'm the corpse that wus brought in this after- noon.” The undertaker in horror rushed to the mortuary chamber, where in Spain it is usual for the dead to be removed. The coftin was empty, His wife and daughter had been dancing with a corpse. . But it turned out that the gentleman had only been in a trance, and had sud- denly recovered. Hearing the revelry above, and being posscssed of a keen though ghastly sense of humor, he had ot out of his coffin and joined the fos- tive party. He was presentable, for in Spain the dead are generally buried in full evening dress. Lepers in the Himalayas, The death of Father Damien has drawn attention to leper settlements in various parts of the world,and it is well not tooverlook English men and women who, in India and elsewhere, are proy- ing to be true friends of the leper, says the Pall Mall Gazette. *“A few days ago,” writes a correspondent of a Man- chester paper,**I met Rev. Henry Coloy, of Almora. He says there is & leper settlement near him, in the Himalaya mountains, where there are on an aver- age 107 inmates, in addition to others who even in their misery prefer froe- dom in their own village homes to the more regular comfort provided in the asylum, Refering to these lepers, Rev, J. Hewlett, M. A., who (like Mr. Coley) labors in connection with the London Missionary society, says that recently he welcomed to church fellowship nine- ty-six of these lepers, who, under God, owed all to the instraction given and the brotherly help shown by another Euglishman, Kev. John Heury Budden, I do uot want to pluck one flower from the gruve of the Belgian priest on the shores of Molokaj,but I think we should not overlook the work which is being done so well by agents of the English free churches in various parts of the world,” ONE OF NATURE'S CENTLEMEN o Goeneral Briebin's Recollections of the Late Simon Caferon. WHEN HE RAN A COUNTRY BEANK, The Farmers Preferred Mis Notes to Gold—How He Helpell Young Men — His Relations With James Buchfan, A Grand O1d Man “Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is dead.” So reads the Associated Press dispatch. Only six words to tell the tale, but what associations the name of Simon Cameron calls up. Born before the present century begen, for more than fifty years he was a central figure in American politics and his name wag as familiar to the American people as that of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Web- ster and Benton,who were his compeers. 1 have known Simon Cameron all my lifo and he was forty years old when I was born. One of my earliest recol- lections is that of seeing General Cam- eron come to Bellefonte, where his daughter, Mrs. Judge Burnsides, lived. He was then president of the Middle- town bank and used to bring a trunk full of gold with him to exchange for Middletown bank notes. He was very shrewd and understood the nature of our Penusylvania-German farmers per- feetly. They believed Cameron’s Mid- dletown bank notes were just as good as gold and preferred them to all other money. This was when we had many wildeat banks in the state and it was something to have a bank that wus re- liable. Every year Cameron came to Bellefonte to see his daughter and would then redeem as many of the hoarded Middletown bank mnotes as he could get the German farmers to give up. They had stockings filled with Middletown mouey and so it happened that when the country was flooded with bad money and shinplasters, as they were called, which sold for twelve cents on the dollar, the notes of one bank were A8 GOOD AS GOLD, made so by the honest name of one man— Simon Cameron. I printed a little country paper theu just across the street from Judge Burnside’s re: nce and when up in Bellefonte on his annual visit to his daughter, every morning after he had eaten his breakfast, Gen- eral Cameron would coma er to my ice und read the exchinges. I wus sty poor and the office had not a single comfortable chair in {t. Indeed there were only two chairs of any kind, I re- member horrowing from a lawyer’s office ¢ an arm chair so that’ the gen- Al might be more conifortable while reading, and that chaiy was the best in- vestment [ ever made? It was a little act of courtesy, but the great man no- ticed it and spoke of “it. Nor did he ever forget it. If every inch of wood in that chair had beenaihundred doliar Middletown bank note it would not have returned me as much as Sumon Cameron has since then. Of course, I was a Cameron man, and anyone who kuew the old gentleman as I did could not help, being a Cameron man. He was delightful to converse with, and so full of stories and interest- ing reminiscences of bygone days that I loved to eit and listen to him. Gen- eral Jackson was his friend, and he would talkk for hours about Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton and many other statesmen. One day, spenking of Calhoun, he told me the following remarkable story. I have related it before, but so long ago that most people who read it then must be dead, and it will not be stale now. General Cameron was not present at the table when Calhoun told of his dream, but he vouched for the correct- ness of the narrative. He said: CALHOUN'S STRANGE DREAM. It was during the nullification days when Calhoun was preaching disunion and old Andy Jackson was vowing by the Eternal he would hang Calhoun and his crowd of disaffected nullifiers if they did not stop. One morning Calhoun came down to the breakfust table looking pule and worried, as well he might, for those were hot days for him. He sat down at a table where several other gentle- men were eating, among them Toombs of Georgia,who was then quite a young man. It was observed v.} w Ca houn kept frequently rubbing his right hand and would brush the back of it with his left in a nervous and excited manner. “Does your hand pain you, Mr. Cal- houn?” asked Mv, Toombs, in his most dignified manner, % No, sir,” replied Calhoun, seemingly annoyed at the question and at the fact that he had attracted the attention of others by his strange actions. Then, after a few moments’ silence, he added: “Pshaw! It was nothing but a dream and I should not mind it,” “Pray what did you dream, Mr. Cal- houn?’” inquired Toombs, with a show of interest. \ T dreamt last night,” said Mr. Cal- houu, “that T had u Targe black spot on the back of my vight hand; a large spot, black as ink, but of course it was only an optical delusion in a dream, You sce there is no spot there,” and he held out his hand for them to look at it.” “But there is,” said one of his ac- quaintances, jokingly, Instantly Cal- houn turned deadly pale and could get his breath with difliculty. After the laugh which the remark hadoccasioned had subsided and the ?lhcru had assured him there was no spdt'on his hand, he became composed and snid: “How foolish to let stieh things annoy us, but mine was certainly a most singu- lar dream.” . ¢ “What was your dream like, may I ask,” said Toombs. **Lam not supersti- tious about dreams; but sometimes they have a great deal of meaning in them,” {0 “Then you had better hear it,Toombs, for you are in the , , SAME BOAT MITH ME,” said Calhoun, but he paused. Of course the curiasity of the whole company was by thias time aroused, and they all begged MrsCalhoun to relate his dream to them, Again Mr, Calhoun brushed the back of his right hand with his left, and then uuik: “Last night T was very tired, as I had been busy all day, I wentto my room late, but late as'it wae I had some let- ters to write. One, s very important one to an old friend about this unfor tunate difference between South Caro- lina and the president. So I took off my coat and fell to writing at once, I suppose I must have fallen asleep over my desk, for I was surprised to see a stranger enter wy room and take a seat opposite to me near my table. As I raised my head the swanger looked at me and asked: “*What are you writing there, senator from South Carolina? Amazed at the stranger’s impudence, L'was about to reply by ssking “What PAGES. business is it of yours, sic?” but some- thing restrained me. 1looked the stranger over_ carefully, and saw he was a_lurge and powerful man, of most dignified bearing, Ho kept his face from me, and was wrapped up in a thin cloak, such as they wore dur- ing the Revolution. SWhat are you writing, senator from A letter to a friend proposing a plan for the dissolution of the American Un- ion in certain contingencies,” I replied. “Senator from South Cn look at your right hand,” and as the stranger spoke he rose and TOOK MY RIGHT HAND IN MIS, 1 had po power to refuse him. “Look at your right hand, sir,” the stranger continued. d looked, and thero was a large black bloteh on the back of it “What is it?” I inquired, “That,” he said, “is the mark by which Benedict Arnold is known in the other world where I come from.” Mr. Calhoun’s agitation had now become extreme, and was shared in by the whole company. “Go on, man, for heaven’s sake, go on,” cried Toombs, *‘what was the out- come of this strange dream?’ I looked up, gentlomen, and there, before me, stood George Washington,” said Calhoun, with an effort. 1is cloak had fallen off, and there was no mistaking the face and figure before me. It was the FACK AND FIGURE OF WASHINGTON. He was dressed in his revolutionary costume, such_as you see up in the patent office.” ““*So, senator from South Cavolina,’ ” he asked,*** you would use that right hand to siyzn a_‘paper di claring the union dissolved,’” they oppress my state, yes,’’ swered. ‘‘ ‘But only in certain contin- gencies of the most urgent nature, " I added, sesing him frown. “Look at you hund now,’” hesaid. “1did look, and the black spot was red ns blood.” “*He said no more, but drawing from beneath his el asmall skeleton, laid it on the paper whore I had been writ- ing, and said: ‘There are the bones of ac Hayne—he was a South Carolin- ian, and so are you, but there was no bloteh on his hand,’ and with that he vanished into thin air. I started up from contact with the skelcton be- fore me, and in doing so nearly upset my chair and awoke. I had fallen asleep over my table and dreamed. But really was it not a most remarkable dream?” and Mr. Calhoun rubbed the back of his right hand and looked at it carnestly. This was the whole story and that Calbhoun did have a dream and relate it just as it occurred there is no doubt, but that there ever was a red or black sploteh upon the back of his right hand isa humbug. Some yeurs afterwards a sensational writer got up a cock and bull stor aying that while Culhoun was velating his dream the red splotch reappeared on the back of his hand and remained there and was then on Cal houn’s hand as large as asilver dolla but the correspondent lied and there never was a spot on Calhoun’s hand, but the dream worried bim for some time, though he never again referred to it to auy one. Simon Cameron was A GREAT ADMIRER OF CALIOUN. and thought him in many respects the ablest statesman we had. In 1824, when only twenty-si s of age, he wrote a strong letter, urging Ponnsylvaniu to favor the nomination of Calhoun for president. but the tide for General Jackson was too strong, and Cuameron, of course, yielded to it. When be did 2o to Juckson it was with a rush, and his zeal at once attracted the notice of the old hero, who became his friend. ‘When Jackson’s first term was about to expire he was greatiy embarrassed on account of a foolish letter he had writ- ten, saying he would not run again. At General [aton’s request Cameron, who was then building theLakePonchartrain canal at New Orleans, was sent for, and Jackson laid before him his embarrass- ment. Hesnid he thought when he ran the first time he never would want to run again, and he had not changed his mind, but circumstances had arisen nce his first election by which his first term would be a failure unl he was re-elected. He could not go back on his letter, and thought the best thing that could be done was to secur some good man who would carry out his ideas of reform. ‘But the peonle want you to carry out your own reforms, gen- eral,” suid Cameron. **How can I, in the fa accept anothe Juckson, tartl *Oh, we can fix that ‘easily enough,’” juuntily replied the young ‘Scotchman, “the country needs you and you have no right to refuse to serve 1t.” “Refuse to serve my country, sir!” roured Jacksod, **where, when and how did I ever do such a thing?” ““You never did, and_you just stick to that letter and leave the rest to your friends until the right time comes, when you must give in and again obey your country’s demand for your se vices,” Cameron then posted ovor to Hurris- burg, where the lagislature was in ses- sion. He drew up u long series of reso- lutions requesting Juckson to run again, and had the legislature pass them. Other legislutures did the same and AN UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM was created for Old Hickory which even he could not have withstood if he had tried. The letter was a thing of the past and no longer an obstacle in Jackson’s way. He never forgot tho service Cameron rendered him, Cameron was only forty-six vears old when he first went to the United States senate from Penusylvania in 1845, He had been in the canvass of 1844 when James K. Polk and George M. Dallas ran on the one side and Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen on the other. Polk and Dallas were elected and James Bu- chanan, then a senator from Pennsyl- vania, was 1nvited by Mr. Polk tobe his secretary of state. Cameron had helped to elect Buchanan to the senato, but with his usual egotism Buchanan had forgotten who mude him. GWhen he got Mr. Polk’s letter inviting him into the cabinet he sent for Simon Cam- eron and asked his opinion He said: “Polic wants me for his secratary of state. What do you think about it? Should I accept? Cameron, who knew all about Polk’s letter and that Bu- chanan was tickled to death at the idea of being invited into the cabinet, re- plied: “Certainly, Mr, Buchunan, you should aceept so great wn honor.” “If T do,” said Buchanan, in his most dignified and pompous munner, **it will leave the United States senatorshin from Pennsylvania vacant and we must try to find *a suitable man who will fill the place with credit aad houor o our great suate, sir.” “Yes, [ huve been thinking about that, Mr. Buchanan,” seplied Cameron, “and I think I know & man who would suit.” ] *Who, then, would succced me as senator?” asked Buchanan, putting a heavy emphasis on the *me.” T think Simon Cameron would be about the right man,” said Simon,with« out changing the tone of his voice, Buchanan started, “He was amazed, He had not thought of young Simon's mbition, and evidently had sowe oue e of my letter, nomination?”’ inquired | Buchanan, but he loved the frank and South Carolina?”’ again asked the voice. | slina, lot me | else in mind for the place. Heo sid not aword. There was blood in the Scotch- mau’s eye, and he did not care to en= counter him. Cameron was clected, but he and Me. Buchanan were never friends after that interview. Cameron could not have been the friend of such a man as fiery Calhoun, sturdy old Jackson, gen- tle Henry Cla; and, above all, the simple but great naturo of Ahraham Lincoln. Often has he talked to me about these men, and told me things about them I nover knew or heard of before. I would love to repeat some of these anecdotes illustrative of the character of our great dead, but space forbids me to do so here. Mr, Cameron became knowu throughout tho nation for his kindness to young men. There aro hundreds, [ might say thousands, of men living in the Unitod States to-day who owe their first start in life to Simon Cameron and 1 am one of them. Ho would do almost anything to help o voung fellow along, often LOAN HIM HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS simply on his note. T asked him one day if he did not los money by his generosity to young men. “*No,” hé replied, ‘‘you will be aston- ished when T tell you I havdly ever loso anything that w I am a pretty good judge of human nature and when [ seo young fellow who is honest wnd has snap in him struggling along I help him alittlo aud he always pays me back. Some fellows [ have helpod are now large business men and ofton put monay in my pocket so if [ lose anything on one fellow I am_pretty sure to make it up on another.” The last time I saw General Cameron was some years ago at his homo on the Susquehanna. 1 had dined with him, and when 1 went to come away he asked me: “When will you be east again?” “Not for about four years,” [ replicd. “I am going away out to Montann.” “Ah! four years is a long time, espoc- ially to an old man like me,” he snid, and then added after a pause: *‘I may not see ydu again.” *T hope you will tive to see me many s, genoral, and I am sure you will, vou are looking hale and h "1 replied. “Yes, but you forget T am an old man and that four years is a long time in an old man’s life.” How old are you, now?” he suddenly inquired. I gave him my age and he said: vou have not begun 3 You won't enjoy life until you get past fifty, and then one of your chief interests in life will be to sit 1n your boat as you float down stream and watch the fellows who are ahead of you GO OVER THE FALLS.” ‘‘You have seen nearly all who were ahoad of yougo over the falls, general,” I remarked. “Yes, yes; and o great many boats with their frail freight come up from hehind me, pass on and go over the hile I still linger in the stream,” lked to the gate with me, and stood there with his white hair aming in the setting sun, ho said e bade me good-bye, *You wili write to me sometimes.” “What is the use, if you are going to die off Like that,” I said, laughingly. “Write anyway when you want any- thing, and if Iam gone Don will opén the mail.” Tcan see him now standing by the gate as [ went up the strect, his white hair, tall form and noble face in silhou- otte ngainst the sky. Now he is gone. A noble gentleman, a great statesman, a true friend, & good father, and a de- voted husbund—in him nature had blended all her best elements to make a perfect man. JAMES S. BRISBIN. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Railroad Oollision. Engine 1016, on the Union Pucifie, with a train of ico, was run into at the Summit Saturdoy night, at 11 o'clock, by an extra following 1t west, breaking the ice train in pieces, At South Omahan long string of the stray cars came down, and, striking the ico train, did considerablo damage, jamming up several cars. Switchinan Stephen Maloney was riding on the train and was knocked off and severely injured 10 _the back. A brakeman whose name could net be learned was badly cut about the head, and was taken up town on the aamwy. A O Call for His Life. Frani H. Cantlie, employed at the Armour- Cudahy packing house, had & narrow cscape from death Saturday afternoon. Being in- formed that the elovator wus below he looked down the ehaft and, while looking down, the elevator came down and struck him on the hack, not seriously injuring him, but coming within an ace of knocking him dowu and killing bim U.O.7. 8. P South Omaha Lodge No. United Order of Treu Bund, will meet at Kuight of Labor hall a 1 0'clock Sunday afternoon, and, pre- ceeded by the Union Stock Yards Cornet band, will march to the Union Pacific depot to mect the visiting lodges from Omaha, Council Bluffs and Plattsmouth, and the Hi- bernian band of Omaha, Aftor the arrival of the 1:25 dummy the line will be formed, and marching up N strect to and north ulong Twenty-fourth strect, will go ut once to the Germania gardens, l)nucln!g will coumence at 2 o'cle music by the Hibe- uian band, of Omaha, At 3 o’clock the race to cateh the shaved pig will take place, The suck race is announced for 5:30 o'cloclk, and at4 o'clock the young Misses will *‘break the crock.” 'The committes have procured suitable prizes. Iu tife evening the gardens will be beautifully illuminated, be. Temperance Aributa tions, The temperance tent was filled Sutarday night with a fine audicnce, The members of the Y. C. I\ U. und Temperance league had 1aid in a bountiful supply of palutable viauds, aud bad all arrangoments completed to serve their friends in an acceptable way, buy a 9 o'clock the terrible rain und wind stori blew the tent down and notenly drenched the hun dreds present, but raincd all tho provis- fons, KFora few minutes it looked as though tent, ropes, platform and peopie would sl be blown over the ewbankmeut mto Twenty- sixth street, a distance of ten or fifteen fect. Notes About the Uity, Rabe Eliiott rafliod oft bis valuable fast horse at the Exchange Saturday afternoon. One hundred tickets at ) each were sold and ticket No, 97, beld by Hon. J. H. McShane, of Omaha, drew tho prize All members of the Baptist chureh congre- gation are urged to meet at the residence of Isaac K. Brayton Sunday siteruoon av 2:30 o'clock, L. J. Ryah and W. A. Paul have taken rooms in Miss Austa J. Clark’s building, No. 2419 N street. Captain John Barry has roturnsd from California. Mauager John F. Boyd and family left for tho easy Saturday evening, They will go as far east us Philadelphia. Jacob Gould bas got the gola fever aud left Friday for Rodersburg, Mont. G. W, Garaer hus gone to county. Miss Woodring, rosiding on Eighteenth strect, 1s suffering with a Lad case of poison- ing of the lower Limbs {row poison piants, Camp . K. Walls, Sons ¢ rans, hore- after will meet the first a evenings of each mouth iy ball, and on the other Monday evenings in the ofice of E. K. Wells, A man, wliose nane tained, got into a row in Sarpy county, just below ‘Albright, Saturday evening, sid was badly, if not seriously iujured. A’ surguon Was summouod, who dresyed bis wounds. Harrisou uld not be ascer- o great deal of | LINGERED WITH HIS LOVE Tragio Olroumsatances Under Which Mrs. Tyler Was Oourted. . 'TWAS CUPID SAVED HIS LIFE. How President Tyler Escaped the Explosion of the Peacemaker and Afterwards Married Quoenly Gardiner, He Stayed Below Dock. The death of Mrs. President Tyler brings again to public notice the story of her marriage. Until tho last ad- ministration she could claim the honor of being the only woman who had ever married a president. But she was not Mr. Tylet’s first wife. He had been mide a widower in the second year of his term by the death of his wife. Mre, Lotitia Christian Tyler. Her death ins creased the cares of the president, who had already been repudiated by his own: party. The second winter after the death of Mrs. Tyler, Mr. Gardiner, of Gardiner’s island in Long Island Sound, a wealthy and distinguished man who had boen traveling over Kurope with his young and accomplished daugh= ter, Julia, brought ler - to Washington. She became at once the bello of the city. The widowed prosi- dent found soluce and ralaxation in the society of this cultivatea girl whom he soon bogan to woo. Tragedy was so mixed with the loves making that the pair were able to keep it secrct until it ended in marvinges The president, the cabinet, with other invited guosts among whom wero Mr. Gardiner and his daughter were invited by Captain Stockton to & sail upon the Potomae in the war-steamer, “Princeton,” 10 witness the testing of the ‘‘Peacemaker,” a mnew cannon. Before the ceremony the guests sat in tho cabin jesting andsipping wine. At length the captain announced that alk roudy. The gentlomen, with the xceptionof the prosidentsprang to their feet and went on deck. A second time word was sent to the president. Slill! he lingered with the beautiful girl. The men on deck grew restive. The captain gave the word; the gunner did his duty; something was wrong, somes boay blundered; the ball burst the cunnon. The explosion and the shrieks of the wounded roused the president from the love dream that probably saved his life. Two members of the cabinet, and Miss Gardiner’s father lay among the dead, Their bodies were taken to the executive mansion, and there the funeral services were per- formed. Miss Gardiner went to New: York with the body of her father. A few months later’ the president ans nounced that urgout business called him to New York. The day after his arrival, he took Miss. Gurdiner to the Chureh of the uscension, and in a strictly private way made her his wife. It was the sos i tion of the time. The presi-- dent’s “‘urgent business” was ended and he at once 1nstalled his bride as mis- tress of the executive mansion. Thes lady received guests with a queenly gruce and brought a gleam of sunshine- upon the Tyler administr The spring after the pr riage bis term of office oxpired. He re- tired to Virginia und died in 1862. He lies in an unmarked grave in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, where his wife- has lately been laid to rest. His estate was ruined during the war and his. widow forced to roly upon a pension from congr A few years since, she bought a beautiful place in Richmond,. which was her home up to the time of her death. dent’s mars The Rise of the Dr:xels, To-day Drexel & Co. can raise more- money in twenty-four hours than any financial institution in tnc United States, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Yet it is not a great while ago that old Francis Drexel was a poor portrait, painter. Somehow orother the old man about fifty years ago got an order to- paint a picture for a Brazilian grandce, and went down to that country to do the work. The Brazilian took @ fancy to the poor portraif. puinter, and’ not only paid him a good price for the picture, but let him in on some money-making scheme out of" which Drexel realized quite o sum, He returned to Philadelphia and went into the money-lending husiness. By cares ful investments he realized a big for< tune, and his three boys—I'rancis, An- thony and Joseph—increased 1t. When the old man_died he was worth about £,000,000. “When ['rancis, the oldest boy, died, he left %25,000,000. Joseph' left about 8,000,000, being less of a money-maker than she others, and An- thony, the only one left, is estimated to- bo worth anywhere from $20,- 000,000 to $50,000,000. Nobody really- knows how much he is worth, but the hLouse can raise $50,000,000 or more in twenty-four hours, if nccessary, whicl is something no other institution in the- country, outside ¢f the United States treasury, can do. When Frank died he left three duughters. All arc under- twenty-five, one only is married, and they have each an income of abouf. 81,000 a day. The fellov who married one of them was a young lawyer with- out a dollar. ———— A Ride Across Europe. A correspondent in Paris sends mo an interosting account of Lieutenant Agseyofi’s ride from Lubni, in Poltava, to the Paris exhibition, says the Pall Mall Gazette. He is only iwenty-five vears old. When he determined to go to Paris he followed the Czar Nicholag’ method of laying out a route, with difference. He did not use a ruler; he ook a thread, aud stretching it across a map from Lubni to Paris, marked off his route in a straight line, Then he started on horseback alone., Lieutenant Asseyefl rode one horse and led another,. on the Turcoman system, riding each horse on alternate duy Onostecd was, half English and half Don Cossack, the other was of pure Russian breed. He rod2 on an average a litle over fifty miles a day, and covered the whole dis- taace in thirty days. The cost of rid- ing ncross Europe with a couple of sad- dle-horses was only £30, or about 208 & day. If it can be done as cheap us this, equestrian tours will become common, The Eliott family will be the leading feature at the Eden Musece the coming weak , This interesting family will appeir upon their unicycles, ~ The Karll family of acro- bats apd gymnusts, verhaps the youngest in the world, will prove good attractions. In all paits'of the house there will be good at- tractions, and though the woek will be & wost expensive one to the wanagement the samo old popular price of one dime to wlh will hold good. i Straw Board Lrust Broken. Youx, July 18.—1t is reported among paper box manufacturers that the “straw board trust” hae given up the fight, aud that @ questicn of a fow days when the pool will be broken. The ruwor is partly ufirmed by the decling in the past week of $12 per ton iz bhe prive of slrew