Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 23, 1889, Page 5

- BEE: LIUESDAY, JULY 23, 1889 HOMESEEKERS, LOOK SEE OUR PROPERTY! SEE OUR TERMS. See the Conditions that Protect all Owners in Dundee Place. The purest air the highest elevation, the most beautiful landscaps view and the charming homelike surroundings. Nothing equals Dundee Place in Omaha. Nothing will surpass it anywhere. : : We continue to offer the same liberal propositions that have been published before and which will enable many good business and professional men to get splendid homes of their own without laying out so much at one time as to cramp B e N N0, 1 __PROPOSITION NO. 2 200 feet frontage................ ...$5,000 ) fe R us o P Building loan for house costing $4,000. A 4,000 Building loan for house costing $2,500. 2,500 $5,000 Terms of Payment. CaREN o ine ol ereiien .. $1,600 Twelve months...... 700 Eighteen months ................ 700 Twenty-four months............ 700 Thirty months.................... 700 Thirty-six months. Terms of Payment. BB il aaiia s e v o iovntd oy BBOE Twelve months.................. 350 Eighteen months................ 350 Twenty-four months.... . 350 Thirty months......... 350 Siisiae s 1600 Thirty-six months..... 300 Fiveyears............ .... 4,000 $9,000 Fiveyears......c..oovouinees $2,600 $5,000 DUNDEE PLACE is growing very fast and bids fair to have 100 homes before the end of this season. The restrictions and conditions are some of the strongest points we have, and for that reason we repeat them again: First—The said premises shall be occupied and used for residence purposes exclusively for a period ofat least fifteen years from the date hereof, and for no other purpose whatever. Second—No residence or dwelling house or other building shall at any time within said period of fifteen years be erected, or kept wholly or partly, on any lot hereby conveyed, within twenty-five feet of any street line bordering on such lot or lots. Third—No residence or dwelling house shall be erected or kept on said lot or lots hereby conveyed, atany time within said period of fifteen year, costing less than twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars, exclusive of other buildings and improvements on said lot or lots, | Fourth—The premises hereby conveyed shall never during said period of fifteen years be used for any immoral or illegal busines: any spirituous or malt liquors be sold or bartered away on said premises during the said period of fifteen years. Give us a call, or write for any particulars desired. We will cheerfully show the property at any time. The Patrick Land Company, SOLE OWNERS OF DUNDEE PLACE, Room 25 Chamber of Commerce. W. H. CRAIG, President. N. D. ALLEN, Vice-President. W. K. KURTZ, General Manager or occupation; nor shall DUNDEE PL Bl L ¢ teristic of the Sioux to got all they could out of the government, and ha would not be sur- prised if it became necessary to appoint another commission. The captain will return to Washington s00n, and will then go _with the secretary of war to further investigate the disposition to be mado of the Apaches. BROKE HIS NECK. An Eight-Year-Old Boy Meets With a as the presiding ofiicer. Capt. Churles Por- ter, of Fort Niobrara, uppeared as judge ad- o, G YO ha prisoner, Licutenant Colonel Flotcher, was present, apparently undisturbed. Major Clap, of the Sixtecnth infantry, Fort Douglas. acted as counsel for the pris- oner. Before Colonel Fletchor could be ar raigned, Major Clap asked the officers of the court-martial to contimue the hearing of the case until 10 @. m. Thursday, owing to the absence of Hon. John L. Webster, one of the was about three weeks old. She then came to Lincoln and stopped atroom 16, in the Fremont house, and sought out Elder Howe, the city missionary, in the hopes of disvosing STATUS OF THE SALINELANDS. May Be Leased Twenty Years Sub- | 4 child for adoption. A\xm. lloxl'.llr went into = i details, telling of her intense desire to se- Jeot to Re-Appraisement. cure a boy, and of how many times she called to see about this one. She claimed that she lesitated about taking It, though, on account, of its not being vory strong, and would not eral impression was that the command- aut’s resignation should be insisted upon and especially after his arrest on the charge of assaulting one of the jumates, for which ho was fined $10_and costs. But the gover- nor and board of public lands and buildings investigated this matter, and in a measure exonerated him. At least' nothing was done in the way of asking for his resignation. Now his resignation has been called for and tendered, which takes effect August 15, But A GREAT COURT MARTIAL, Assembled to Hear Grave Charges Agalnst Colonel Fletoher. This company secks to do a life insurancg business in Nebraska, but as yet has nod been authorized. The board of puolic lands and buildings will meet regularly every Wednesday here- after. At the next meeting the question of leasing the sahne lands will be consideredy 1t s said that trespassors will *gou tie gran Junce. AT SIX PER CENT AND A BONUS "The case of John Koller vs Henry Keller, COMPOSITION OF THE COURT. Qaptain John Bourke's Forthcoming Bookon the Characteristics of the Zuni Indians—A Re- markable Work. Before the Court. One of the most remarkable courts-martial which has ever been held in the Department of the Platte assombled yesterday morning. atFort Omaha. Tt was called to consider, among other things, charges of conduct unbecoming an officor' and gentleman, mado apainst Lieutenant Colonel Flotcher, of the Second infantry, located at Fort Omaba. BAbout the middle of last June Mrs. Coloucl Fletcher voluntarily left her husband's home with the determination of never to return to It was announced that she would sue for aivorce on the ground of excessive cruelty, but it was privately known that theve were also otherand graver reasons. which im- pelled her to the separation. On the 21st of Juno, shortly after Mrs. Colonel Flewcher had taken her departure, roports which her husband is al- leged to have circulated touching her honor end the reputation of Captain Charles A. Dempsey, B company, and Dr. Frank L. Henderson, acting assistant surgeon, reache d the ears of these gentlemon. The former called upon the colonel, who at tho time was in cowmand of Forv Omaha, General Wheaton being absent, and subjected him to a choking. Later Dr. 'Henderson, the other aggrieved party, called, but the colonel ran ut of the house by the back way, ordered R carriage and got out of th reach of hiy caller, Auother ¢all was made by tho doctor, this time nccompamied by Licutenant Wright. He presented to the colonel a written retrac- tign of the false stories which tha colonel is sdld to have circulatea and demanded th e sign it. The colonel refused, suying that the signing of one of the clauses admitting his guilt of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman would bo paramount to con- viction when the case should be heard, Henderson thereupon threw himself upon Fletcher, throw bim to tho fioor and beat m sevorely. When he felt he had sufi- ciently chastised the colonel, Henderson, with his friend, departed. ‘The act was committed while an orderly patrolled in front of the colonel’s quarters. Henderson, who is a_young man, was put under arrest. but later disoharged. The assaplt has croated the greatest ex- citement in army ci so much 8o that Ynmu. as_above referred 1o, were pre- lorred, but the name of the party preferring them would not be divulged. The action of the court Wil be awaited with the greatest interest throughout the army. The court is as follows: The detail of the court is as follows: Colonel August V. Kautz, Eightn infantey ; Colone! Matthew of. Blunt, Sixtoenth infan- ey Colonsl Heucy it Miinar, Sovensoouth nfantry; Colonel Joseph G, Tilford, Ninth covairy; Lieutenant Colonel KRobert H, flloy, Seventeenth infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Jobn 8. Poland, Twenty-first infan- try: Licutensut Colopel Alfred T. Smith, th infentry; Lieutenaat Colonel Charies Terroll, pay department; Major Dallas he, medical department; Major John W. ringer, subsislence department; Major Albert Hartsuff, medical department; Major James ¥ Randlott, Ninth cavalry Major Adoa R. Chaffee, Ninth cavalry; Capiain Charles Porter, Eighth iafautry, judge ad; Tooate. Pursuant to orders these officers met at the old hospital building in the northwestera ion of the fort grounds at 10 8. m. sharp. o interest the had aroused wus evinced by the number of commissioned cers who had gatbered in frout of the uilding. “The members of the court was & wost iu- posiug body of men. Gen. A. V. Kauta, of Fort Niohrara, acted attoraeys retained as counsel for Colonel Fletcher. Mrs. McFarland, an jmportant witness for the defense, was also absent. The court granted the prayer and the ses- sion was declared adjourned until that date. INDIAN ETHNOLOGY. The Subject to Which Captain Bourke is Earnestly Devoting Himself. Captain John Bourke of the Third cay- alry was seen by a reporter and asked for somo particulars regarding the books he has in prevaration. He stuted that the one to which he has given most of his attention lately is an account, from actual observation, of some peculiar dances prac- ticed by the Zuni Indians. These dances are very obscene in their character, but are none the less interesting on that account, as they show very vividly the peculiar charac- teristics of the tribo. Tho book covers a field never entered before and will be a most valuable addition to the ethnology of the Indian. It was first published in pamphlet form by the government, but had no sooner been distributed than letters began pouring into the war department asking for copies and a greater cousideration of the subject, ana it was decided ‘to greatly enlarge the work by more extended descriptions and de- tails. This has now been done and the book will soon be issued. It will be an octavo of about 450 pages. Only a limited number will be issued and these will be distributed among prominent students of Indian eth- nology. "The captain was asked if he had ever ob- sorved any ccremonies of this character among the northern Indians. “Nn," said he, ‘‘mone of the morthern tribes’ have any such dances. The Sioux 1zdians have a number of danoes, however, which are peculiur to themselves. Thore is the sun dance, scalp dance, Omaha dance and a number of others, amobng them one they call the “pony dance.” "I have never been able to discover any meaning t0 this dance. The Indians gave us an exhi- bition of this dance during the time I ‘was on General Crook's staff in the western country. The Sioux mounted their ponies and rode wround singing a wild song, then they started for the quarters of our Pawnee scouts and rode over everything in sight, singing all the time, Of course the Pawnees got as much out of the way as they possibly could, but most of their belongings were pretty badly mixed. After tho Sioux had finished the Pawnees turned the tables by mounting their ponios and riding over the Sioux. Some of the half-breeds and squaw- men said tiw dance s.gnified that the Indians were riding down all enmity, but I think this idea far-fetched here were no mounted Indians west of the Missouri before the Sioux came,” contin- ued the captain in reply to a question. “The Pawnees were ‘dog Indians,’ That is, they traveled and carried all thew freight by weans of dog teams, A squaw would march n front of the team with a huge skin water bag on her shoulders ana the do, would follow the water. When the do became nearly exnaused and their tongues hung out, the squaw would sprinkle a ltile water on their tongues o revive them. “Most people have & mistaken idea about the rate at which Indians travel, that is, | mean, mounted Indlans. Peovle generally think an Indian on horseback goes tearing wcross the country like a streak of lightning. I have watched them often, when they were traveling of their own accord, with no ene- my near and no cause for alarm. They aver age only about eight miles per day. They 810p 10 shoot aud rest, and eat, i they have suvibing o eat, and take it vory easy gouer- al ey very seldom have enough horses 0 carry the entire party and consequently some have to walk. Their horses are gen- erally footsore snd in bad shape.” Captain Bourke was asked hjs opinion of the outcome of the negotiations with the Sioux. He said he preferred not to express ey opinion, but faally sald it was cliarace Frightful Death. A bright little lad, about cight years of age, mot his death in a shocking man- ner at the corner of Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets at 11 o'clock yesterday. He was crossing Farnam street in front of Schonenberg & Somers' store, when he was struck by a team attached to one of Slavin & Fanning's street-oleaning carts and knocked down, The driver, it is stated, made no attempt to stop his horses until the heavy cart had passed over the un- fortunate lad’s neck, breaking it and causing instant deatn, A number of horrified spectators witnessed the accident. The boy was picked up and carried into the store. The driver of the cart only halted long enough to see the result of Wis carelessness, and then driving hurriedly 1 the stables, ' put out his team and disap peared. An inquest was begun at 3 0'clock yesterda; afternoon, A number of witnesses were e: amined, and o continuation was taken until 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. Bell, a_plumber, saw the accident. The team came down Twenty-eighth to Farnam, slackened up slightly when they reuched' tho corner, and n moment_luter caught the boy under their hoofs. Others corroborated his testimony. Robert Nolan; the driver, gave himself up a short umo ’ before b o'clock. He is a little man with 8 grizzly dark beard covering the lower half of h His oyo was wild und his step nervous, Only his breath was strong. He had been drinking, and was unmistakably under the influence of liquor when he gave himself up. About 5 o'clock the boy was identified. He is the son of George W. Stadelmann, of 1,422 South Twenty-eighth street. All the forenoon snxious parents had been calling to see the remaina of the dead child, fearful that it was their own darling. Curious crowds hung before the door of the morgua, morbidly hungry for the shriek of anguish that should say the father has come. It was a few moments before 6 o'clock. The crowd before the street door had dwin- dled to a little group. The door ovened and o tall man stepped in, It was Mr. Stadel- mann. He stopped & moment, looked from face to face, as though to read his fate in their eyes. Half & hundred men and women had entered the place in the same way within & few hours. No mora attention was paid o him than to any one of those who had como before. A minute passed. “Whore are the clothes!" he asked. The old attendant brought them out. Mr. Stadelmann took them in his hauds and gave them a single glance. Tears started rom his eyes. “That settles it. these words he rushed 1nto -the vault below* where tue body lay. Five minutes later he came up, sald not a word to any person, but walked rapidly out of the morgue and homeward to break the terrible news. Mr, Stadlemann is one of the most promi- nent German citizens of Omaha, & man suc- cessful in business and the head of & bappy howe, of which the pretty blue-eyed boy was the light and pride. Last night the skies were very dark about that home, and their grief was sacred against intrusion. — His name is B. J. MoKinney; his residence is Woodbury, Hill county. Texas; his state- ment May, 1389: My little son was cured by 5. 8. 8. of bad sores and ulcers, the result of @ genoral breaking down of ' his health from fever. He was considered incurable, but two bottles of Swift's Specific brought him out all right. ’ Family Jars. Brown Mcllvaine, a negro, quarreled with his wife last eveuing. She threatened to kill him and flashed a big revolver with which 10 do the work. He yelled for police and an @licer arrested the pair. It is my boy,” and with | Commandant Hammond Resigns— Facts Regarding the Hoxar Oase— A Chimaman’s Rage—New No- taries Publio—Olty News. 1029 P STreET, LINCOLN, July 22, 1t is known, perhaps, that the law provid- ing for leasing the Saline lands went nto effect July 1. The secretary of state says that if he understands the construction of the law, the commissiovers of public lands and buildings has sole authority to lease the lands and not the board of public lands and buildings, as has been supposed. He sug- gests that the board has nothing to do in tho matter save to look after the disposition of the funds arising from the lands that may be levsed. It appears, further, that leases upon these lands must be made at 6 per cent on the appraised valuation, it matters not what that may be. In addition to the 6 per cent, if there chance to be two or more bid- ders for the same piece of laud, the law pro- vides that the land, shall zo to the party who will give the largest cash bounus in addition thereto, The appraisement of the saline lands s in the hands of the county commissioners, and it 18 learned that they have been at work for soveral days past. Theso lands sre all located in Lancaster county, within a few miles of the capital city, and fley number about 10,000 acres. Cowm- plaints are coming in that 'the county com- mussioners are appraising them too high. The feeling here is that the lands ought to be appraised at a reasonable sum, 80 that they could all be leased. These lands can be leased for any term of years up to twenty, but there is & clause in'the law that provides that they can be released overy five years and subject to re-appraisoment. The members of the board of public lands and buildings are one 1n the opinion that par- ties who have put improvements on any of the saline lands are. irespassers, and the feoling of the board is that such persons shall not profit thereby at the expense of any other person who may wish to lease any of the lands upon which improvements have been made. In unswer to the* quéestion, “What right had the Hathawaysite fenco the lands in controversy recently, the members of the board collectively said ! “None whatever; the gontlemen fenced the lands without warrant or authority of law, or without wargaut or authority from anybody.” LiNcorN BUREAU OF THE OMATA Has, } The Hoxar Case. Sunday morning’s Hee made mention of a case of supposed chid poisoning in the family of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hoxar, who live at Seventeenth gnd W strects, this city. As to the alleged poisoning, nothing definite is known as yet, as Prof. Nicholson has not finished his chemical tests of the stomach. Tux Bee man called at the Hoxar residence this morning and had a talk with Mr, and Mrs, H., and a Mrs. Menard, whom they called in 88 a wituess in their-behalf, Though there are many suspicious circumstances, it is nov believed they are guilty of administering poison to the child with criminal intent, The child was born in West Lincoln on May 2. The mother came to this city some weeks before that and went to the Home of the Friendless and asked to be taken in and cared for during her confinement, but, as she says, was refused, because she would not agree to stay a year. She then went to West Lincoln and engaged .i work in a boarding house, where she yed until a few days before its birth, whes she woved 10 8 neighbor's and stayed uutil the child do 80 until the mother agreed to go to her house and stay a week or so. This she aid, aund on June 28 papers of adoption were made out between Emma A, Bowman, the mother, and Mrs, Nellie Hoxar, witnessed by Mrs. C. E. Burdick and Miss Minnie Lytte, Mrs. Hoxar's daughter. Emma A, Bowman claimed 1n these adoption papers to be married, and to be a resident of Lancaster county. But at the time of the alleged adoptivn, James Serven, a piano and organ dealer of Hiawatha, Kan., was pres- ent and assumed to be master of ceremonies. He told Mrs. Hoxar that she should under- stand that the chiid was no d—d pauper, and that if iv lived, would be raised in wealth, ease and luxury. He agreed to and did deliver to Mrs. Hoxar a Kimball organ, supposed to be worth $75 or $30, Mrs. Hoxar giving her note for $25 in payment therefor, if the child lived. If the child died, she was to pay the doctors and the funeral expenses and the organ was to be hers absolutely. Of course this looked like offering a premium for the death of the child, but sne has an ex- planation, which 18 satisfactory to herself, The mother left on July 8, and went bacl to Hiawatha, wheve it was said she would be housckeeper for James Severn, whose wife is Emma Bowman's sister, and said to be & confirmed iuvalid, Mrs. Hoxar re- ceived a letter from her this morning, in which inquiries were mado concerning the health of the chiid and the hope expressed that e might be getting better. In this sho tells of having a forty-mile bugey ride with Mr. Serven, and asks, jocularly, if Mrs, Hoxar has walked over any more railroad bridges lately, There aro several very singular things connected with the case. Emma Bowman claims to have been married, and that the Dboy is @& posthumous child, her husband, Henry Bowman, having been killed in Kansas City; that they formerly lived in Friend, Neb., where he deserted her and ran away, He is said to have beon such & good looking man that he was a masher from birth, and couldn’t help it, and as worthless and vrofligate as he wi handsome; that he be- came too intimate with a married woman in Kansas City, and her husband took advant- age of a row and shot him, for which he was never punished, She claims further to be twenty-six years old, though her pen- manship indicates a school girl of some seventecn or eighteen summers, In spite of all these things there is an _ablé-bodied sus. picion extaut that James Seroan, her hus. band’s brother, is the father of the child, and that she was sent up here until after her con. finement to avoid publicity and scandal in the of Hiawatha, ‘There is something peculiar about the Hox- ars, also. They have lived in Lincoin a couple of years, and have adopted three children, all of wiiom have died shortly afterwards. They have certainly been *ingularly unfortu- nuté in their solection of mfunts, Again, she has been a mother, and her husband 1s a stout, healty-looking man. Wiy should she be 80 anxious to adopt a childi When asked where they eame from to Lincoln, he said Omaha, and from Chicago to Omaha. ‘They did not stay in Omaha long As fur- ther questions were being asked of their an- tecedents, she spoke up and said that be neean’t answer the questions, as she did not see that they concerned the alleged poison- ing, Elder Howe believes the Hoxar innocent of any wrong in the whole transao tion, Commandant Hammond Resigns. The fact has hardly passed from the pub- lic mind that the managementof the soldiers' and sailors’ home of Grand Island was severaly criticised by some of the members of the house committee of public lands and buildings, last winter, when the joint com- mittee of the house and senate made its tour for the purposo of inspecting the state's insti tutions. Among other things Comwaudant Hammond was hauled over the coals for fail- ing to institute prover sanitary regulations at the home and for failing to control his temper. For a time it secmed thal walters were running riot b the home und the gen | the governor gives no intimation as to whom his succesaor will be. The Heathen Rage. About 3 o'clock this afternoon Yoo Lung, who owns all the Chinese laundries in the city, called at the laundry in the Ledwith block on North Eloventh street to_settle up with the man in charge. Some disputes arose over the items in the settlement, and Yeo Lung clnh!\cd that the superintendent had cheated him out of $10. Warm words fol- lowed and Chinese oaths. Blows followed words and a large crowd gathered to see tho fun, When Tk Bez representative arrived on the ground Yee Lung was seated at the desk examining the accounts, and the floor was covered with pieces of broken chairs and smoothing irons. The superintendent bad beaten o hasty roireat and made his es- cape by the back door. The superintendent was scen after the fight, and he donied that he had stolen any money, but said that Yee Lung wanted to run an_opum joint and he would not consent to it, and that the row graw out of this fact. He claims to be a partaer in the business. New Notaries Public, Governor Thayer to-day made the follow- ing notarial appointments: D. P. New- comer, Blae Hill, Webster county; Charles E. Apgar, Hastings, Adams county; C. S, Polk, Plattsmouth, Cass county; B, B, aldwin, Elkhorn, Douglas county; George Kendall, Oshkosh, Douel county; H. 8. Showalter, Fairbury, Jefferson county; John M. Bruner, Elkhorn, Douglas county; G, Norberg, Holdrege, Phelps county; Samuel §. Penepacker, Arcadia, Valley county. City News and Notes. Secretary Garbes, who wok in the firo- men,s tournament at Red Cloud last week, roturned to his post to-day. Governor Thayer left on the Burlington fiyer to-day to attend the Chautauqua assem- bly at Long Pine. From there he goes to Kearnoy, and will be from home the most of the week. The Massachusetts Benefit association has filed @ statement, with the auditor of state. on errors from the district courtof Clay county, was filed for hearing before the sus preme court so-day. Smith Calawell, of Edear, chief of the coal oil gang, was in the city to-day. It is said that Smith s training Jackc McCall for the race for governor., Some of the boys in @ position to know, however, insists that ho expects to boost Secretary Luws into the governor's chair. Mrs, A. C. Prescott and daughter, Miss Elma, of McCook, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John S, Finch. Andrew J. Grisham, of Rook, Pope county, Il., sa; “T tried Chamber- lain’s’ Colic, Cholera and Diorrhces Remedy in my family'for summer com= plaint and cholera morbus and it gave the best of satisfaction, It also proved good as a preventive of flux. I praise it very highly and think it is the best I ever saw for such complaints.” All of the leading druggists in Omaha sell it NT A CLEARER PROPOSITION. Action of the Union Club o Depot Mattor, An important meeting was held at the Union club rooms last night. The uniom depot was tho subject under discussion. Messrs. Hascall, Bedford and Lowry repra- sented the city council and Messrs. Kimball, Holicombe and Holdredge their respective roads. Dr. Miller introduced the very interesting question at issue in a speech of some length, Others who participated in the desultory debate that followed were Messrs, Herman Kountze, James Creighton, Thomas Bruner, Mr. Morse, of Morse & Bruner, Fred Gray, Max Moyer, G. M. Hitchcock and E. Rosew water of Tie Be. Though not all were agrood as to the methods to pursve in securing the much der sired union depot, the meoting was prace tically unanimous that the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads present n clearer prom» osition, especially in rogard to allowing other roads 0 join in the entarprise. the Union ULLWEIGH d PURE r Used by the United States Government ud Public Food Analysts, as the Strongest aking Powder docs not contain Ammo: tracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Almond, Kose, eic., dc PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities est and most Healthful Dr. Price's est and | v. 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