Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 19, 1890, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY SDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 18%0. A BAD GANG AT BEATRICE. The City Taksn Possession of By Sneak Thieves, MANY CLOAK ROOMS RAIDED, The Two Police § of ceed in Capturing Them and Tney are the Grand Thieving By Wholesale. Bratnicr, Neb,, Feb, 18.—[Special to Tus Brr. | —Yosterday a gahg of sneak thioves pounced down vpon the city from the vicin- ity of luansas City and about dark began a systematic raid of clothing store duminies and hotel cloak rooms. Tneir game Was gotten onto in protty short order and two of the crooks, giving the names of Mike Mec- Guintee and Tom Bird respectively, were captured in a second hand store by Police man Bishop and lodged in jail. On their persons were found soveral revolvers, three watches and other plunder. [n the raid they had eucceeded in gathering in two or three overcoats and pairs of shoes and other habiliments, ail of which were recovered by the officers. The pair were given a trial in the police court about 8:30 o'clock last night and being found guilty, were bound over to tho district court in the sum of £,000 cach., Failing to give bond they wero taken to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury uow in session. The value of the goods they obtained ex- coeds $100, which insures them a good healthy term in the penitentisry. Another one of the sume gang stole a dummy and overcoat faom in front of Stesle's clothing store. The dummy was recovered this morn- ing, but the coat was missing. During the night, along about 9 o'clock, a trunk was stolen from the 13, & M. depot and carried to & corn crib and rifled of its coutents. A farmer durmg tho afternoon had a valuable overcoat stolan from his wagon and had to g0 home without it. “A description of the garment was left with the police and a young fellow giving the name of John Nash wus arrested on suspicion of being the thief. He will be held until the arrival of the farmer to identify the coat, which was also recovered. It is confidently believed that the backbone of the gang hias been broken by the caprure of these three, including, as appearances indicate, tho ‘immortal Mo- Gint; A Vi:orous Protest from Ravenna, ‘A, Neb,, Fob. 17.— 0 the Editor of Fora great big, wholesouled, arted corporation the Burlington has tho cake, As an evidence of this the com- pany today has been circulating a petition asking our town board 1o pass an ordinance requiring hotels to pay a license for running @ 'bus, and prohibit any any one from solicit- ing trade on the depot grouudas. Aud all this becauso the company nus built a little one-horso eating house here and is afraid a dollar might stray up town and be lost to it. The efforts that have been put forth here to rob our town of a little trade would bring a blush of shame to the face of an army mule, For genuine, unadalterated hogishness, the B. & M. is entitied to the ribbon. The 'pay- ing of a'bus license would be u great help to them, \What a master mind 1t must have been whercin was born this wonderfui thought| Tho company should keep close watch of the oficial who possesses such a mighty intellect, Few roads are so for- tunate as to secure such. It was an iosult to our agent, who is one of the very best in the company’s employ, to ask him to present such a matter to our citizens, and the one who did it is lacking in everything that goes toward the making of & man. CITIZEN. Blair Municipal salnaries Redu Bram, Neb., 'Feb, 18.—|Special to Tag Bee.] —Last night the city council cut the salaries of tho city officials from one-half to three-fourths all through. Two woeks ago the council passed an ordinance dividing the city into three wards instoad of two, as it has always been herotofore. At tne meeting las; evening tho mayor returned the ordinnnce without his approval, giving several reasons, the principul one of which was that the city's oxvenses should be re- duced 1nstead of increased. Tbo council primed” for him and immediately pussed an ordinance cutting all_the office salaries in two in the widdle, with the ex- cevtion of the mayor and one or two others, They reduced the mayor's from $300 to $25, and the city treasurer’s from $200 to $50 per annum, They then sustained the mayor's veto and immediately passed a similar ordi- nance us before to divide tue city into three wards. Whether the mayor will sign tho ordinance now is not known_yet, as to hus two weeks to decido in. The citizens are diviled on the subject. The reduction of the salaries reduces the expenses of the city wubout §1,800 por year. A Mixcare of Oolors. ' Prattsmout, Neb., Feb. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee, |—Quite an important arrest was made today, the prisoners being & colored man named Willialos and a white girl named Madison, aged about sixteen years, both from Bethany, Mo, The charge of abauction has been preferred against the man by the father of the girl. Upon inquiry 1t was found that a mau answering his description haa been trying to get work at the different hotels in this city. He was easily a but stoutly denied ms guilt. T 18 quite comely and well dr #ay nothing, either for or against the negro. Later habeas corpus proceedings were 1sti- tuted and Williams set free, but be was im- mediately rearrested on thecharge of seduc- tion and his hearing set for Saturday. This wiil give the Missouri suthorities time to get a requisition from the governor, The negro 1 o tough citizen, haviug served sev- eral torms in tue lowa penitentiary. Progress ol the Short Line, Dakora Crry, Neb., Feb, 18.—[Special to Tue Bre.]—The Short Line will this week Hinish the gradiog from the river bank fo their original grade, made last fall. As 8000 ue that is finished they will begia to lay iron and ties ns fast as possible, they having most of their material on this side of the river, They have the track laid about three and one-half miles south of the river and plled on both sides with rails and ties, Sat- urday last they begau the erection of a huge windmill uud tank on the bank of the lake, and they will draw their supply of water for engine use from the lake, which is about ten rods from the track. The Short Line does not oross the OL.aba live, by its new erade, they having bouqm. out the right of way of the Omaka line in Covington, They ulso bought the coalsheds, windmill and round- bouse that the Omaha line used before they crossed the river, Firemen bangunt, FreyoNt, Neb,, Fob. 18,—|Special to Tus Hze.|—Eogine company No. 1 of the Fre- mont fire department last night celebrated the eighteenth anuiversary of its organiza- tion with a banquet at Turn hall. This was the pioncer company of Nebraska north of the Plawte river and west of Omaha. It does not now do active service, but main- tains au organization by meeting ouce & eur for a reunion and banquet. The cels 0 last ulght was & very pleassut one, ‘The menu was very elaborate and this, with the toasts and reminiscenses of fire fighting in Fremont in the eurly days, rendered the eveniug higuly enjoyable Lo all present. A Collleion Near Norfolk, NomwoLx, Neb., Feb. 18.—|Special Tele- .gram to Tag Hee |—A ocelusion occurred this evonivg at 5 o'clock twelve miles from this oity, on the St. Paul & Owabs, Unien Paoific passenger No. 42 bad orders to meet aspecial freight at Apex, a siding station in & deop cut on & short curve. Kngineer Nor- ris of the “nm &om. acquainted d;::lh road, ran {nto the passen; - and’ Dudly . wrecikiak both 1060: tives. The wreck will probably be cleared by morning. Brakemnn Bigelow was con- sidorably soratohed and bruised, No others were injured. Mapisos, Neb, Feb. 18, —[Special Tele. pam to Tie Bee.|—The farmers' alliance has commenced operations here, much to tho discomfiture of thetlocal merchants, A car load of merchandise arrived at this place tnst evening and today the town is filled with farmers, who have ordered goods and who claim the price is from 30 to 40 per cent less than the local retailers. An effort is bolng made to have the parties delivering goods placed under arrest, but the officors claim they have no such anthority. Kearney Wants the Rennio Krarsey, Neb, Feb, 18.—[Special Telo- gram to Tup Bee|—Today Kearney citi- zens subscribed a big bonus to secure the lo- cation of the annual rounion of the Grand Army of the Republic hore for the noxt five yoars, Hesides the amount subscribed 175 of tho most lnfluential people hore sizned a RUATANLOE L0 meot demands_after this ar, A delegatioy)f 100 from hero will at tond the encampient at Grand lsland to- DIOFFOW. Masonic Ball nt fremont. Fremoxt, Neb,, Feb, 18 eclal to Tre Beg.] —The first anniversary of the dedica- tion,of the Fremont Masonio templo was celebrated by a grand ball and sociable to night. The attendance was vory larze and the affair proved to be one of the grandest social events of the season. Youngz Sittler Arralgned, Nennrasga Ciry, Neb Telegram to Tre Be murderer, was today arraigned on a charge of murder in the waived ex- amination and was bound over to the district court without bail. |—Young Sittler, the A Fire at G Ginooy, Neb., Feb, 18.—[Special to Tnr Bee.)—A fiv occurred early this morning in the Union Pacific stock yards at this place, by which a part of the yards aud several cars wero burned, Unidentificd and Buried. Nesraska Crry, Neb., Feb. 18.—|Special Telogram to Tk Ber.|—The suicide was buried this morning, without having boen identified. MRS. BLAINE'S BENEFIT. The Long Heralded Lvent ' Takes ‘Place at Last. New Youk, Feb. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tre Bre,]|—The long heralded benoflt to Mrs. James G. Blaine, jr., for which the sale of seats closed six days ago, t00x place this afternoon at the Broadway theatre, The house was filled, and the standing room was filled, and tbe lobbies outside wero filled. The ushefs were aill swells and all orna- mental; there were other young men there t9act as ushers who were useful. The pleasure of the afternoon began as soon as tho door was opened, for lying in wait with scented programmes and flowers wore six of the wost popular ingenues in New York. Some men never gotany further than the ingenues, ana, saying that it was too hot in- side, romained in the lobby during the per- furmance, buying programmes at regular intervals at 50 cents each. A feature of the performance was the conjunction of ama- teurs and professionals. Mrs. Blaine will get from this benefit just $3,700. ¥RENCH AND ENGLISH. The Dual Language Bill Debate in the Dominion Parliament. OTTAWA, Feb, 18.—In the commons yes- terday the debate on the dual language question was resumed. Laurier, leader of the opposition, made a long speech in which he defended the French population and charged the people of Ontario with wishing 1o drive the French out of the country at the point of the bayonet. Sir John McDon- ald said ' the French, as British subjects, would not be tyrannized, but would receive fair treatment at the honds of the govern- went. SirJohn, by his speech last night, has offended many supporters aud his po- sition on this question is now considered shaky. Sl The Western Freizht Association. Cuicago, Feb. 18,—[Special Tajegram to Tue Ber.|—The Westorn Freight associa- tion met again today to take up the rate adjustments made necessary by the 20 per cent reduction in the Missouri river rates. The meeting was an exceedingly tame one. Satisfactory work was done in harmonlzing the rates, but it will not be fimshed for several days. In regard to the permaneocy of the reduction, it is agreed that it will be dificult, if uot impossible, to raise the rates again s00n to the 75 per cent basis. General Manager Chappell of the Alton voted against the reduction until the last ballot, which was 17 w0 11 in favor of the reduced basis. Before the baliot Mr. Chappell said: “I see the rates will be reduced and will vote with the majority to that end, as there can be no other settlement. It must be distinctly un- derstood, however, that these are no emer- wency rates. If made they will be made to stay.” ‘The final ballot was then taken, s Ths Wool Market, Bosrox, Feb. 18.—[Special Telegtam to Tue Bee,|—There has been a fair business in domestic grades of wool and sales to some extent are expected ut about previous prices. Ohio wool has been sold at 31@32¢c for X, 33 @B4c fog XX, 37@38c for No. 1, with the vrincipal transuctions at the inside figures. Michigan X fleeces are solling at 20@203gc, No. 1 at 86c. Combing and delaine selec- tions are quite firm, but rather quiet, Un- washed combing wools have been in moder- aw demand. In territory there have been sales of fine at 56@58c, fine medium at 53@ b5¢ and medium at 50@52¢c. Scoured Oregon sells principally st 45@50¢, Clean, Texas and California.have moved slowly, Pulled wools are offered at low prices, but are quiet, with sales of super at 28@ssc and ext it 22@28¢c, Forelgn wools are firm, ————— Ane Nilinois State Fair, Cnicaao, Feb, 18.—|Special Telegram to Tae B The Illinois state board of agri- culture is at work in earnest to make the state fair of 1890 excel all those of previsus * Tbe swards aggregate nearly $20,000 in round numbers, and will ve made of the Tle judge” sya & departure from the old common style. Trotting ana paciog races will receive special attention 8ud liberal purses will be bung in this de- partment. Thers will be a purse for trotting dash Of two miles and one of $300 fora gwuu dash of one dnd one-half miles, intended as inducements. to breeders who have paid particular attentionto the devel- opment of endurance us well s speed, i Hope for Leavenworth Convicrs. Leavexworri, Kan,, Feb, 18.—|Special to Tne Bex. | —Contrary to opinions expressed officially av Fort Leavenworth, it is believed that the proposed amnesty to be extended to all deserters still at largo will be extended 1o the prisoners in the United St military prison for desertion. Cu nlu‘%w. com- mandaut of the prison, is busily engaged in muking out a report, whi il show all prisoners who would be EArdoned, If the roclamation embraces them. Over three undred men would bo turned loose, B y King Carnival New OnLeans, La, Feb. 18.—The grand street pageant of King Carnival moved promptly at coon and was viewed by crowds of all along the route. ‘Che city is crowded with people from all paris of the country, especially large numbers beiog present from the uorth and vorthwest. After tha street parade Comus and crew g-u tableaux aud ball atthe Graud opera ouse. The Proteds pageant tonight illus- trated & voyage through elfland, There were eightean brilliant tableaux, ottt s i He Nursed His Wrath, Fuaxkront, Ky., Feb. 18—A nineteen. year-old youth named Booth assaulted Rev. Michael Whisman near Compton yesterday, Whiswan once punisbed Hooth ‘wheu the latter was @ school boy and Booth never forgave the fungied wrong. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Mortgage Statistics Added to Por- ter’s Duties. PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL. Over Ninoty-Six Million Dollars Called For — The Blair Educational Mensure—Debate on tho Oklahoma Bl Congressional Proceeding WASHINGTON, Keb, 18.—Thore Was no ob- fection from the minority side of the house this morning to the approval of vesterday’s journal. Saturday afternoon, March 15,was set apart for the Jdelivery of enlogies upon the late Representative Keily of Pennsyl- vania. The appropriation committee roported the pension appropriation bill and it was referred to the committeo of the whole. A conference committee was ordered on the bill to direct the superintendent of the census to coilect statistics of farm mort- guges and indebtedness. ‘'he speaker laid before the house a mes sage from the president, transmitting wit out comment & communication from the in- terior department proposing an_auwiendment 1o the act providing for allotments of lands in severally to the Tudiuns. 1 The senate bill providing for the appoint- ment of an assistant secretary of war was laid beforp the house and the house went into comuiittee of the whole on its considers atign. _The discussion continued until 1:30, when the committee rose without action and the house resumed consideration of the bill to provide a temporary government for Ok- lahoma, Bills were introduced m the house today a8 follows: By Mr. Wade--To establish & government postal telegrapb. It appropriates $0,000,000 for that purpo! By Mr, Flick—For a public building at Croston, In. By Mr. Pickler—For a public building at Pierre, S. D. By Mr. Gest—Making Rock Island, 11, o vort of deliversy ‘The pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, which was reported to the house today from the committee on appropriations, carried with it $98,427,000, being §60,000,000 less than the estimates and $16,680,000 more than the bill for the current fiscal vear. ®Pending that Mr. Perkius asked con- sideration of the senate bili for the relief of the Sioux Indians at Devil's Lake agency, N. D., but Mr. McMillin objected, and the bouse went into committee of the whole on the Oklahoma bill. The general devate was limited to three and one-half hours, despite the appeal of Mr. Barnes and others for five hours’ time, and in retaliation ‘for the en- forced limitation they called for the reading of the original senate bill and the house subsutute, altogether 500 printed pages, one hour and twenty minutes' reading, and it was after 3 o'clock before sr. Struble of Jowa took the MHoor in support of the bill. He criticized the seoate bill because it failed to include all Creek and Seminole land purchased under the last ad- ministration. ‘The house bill embraced all of the territory not occupied by the tive civi- lized tribes. ‘L'his tract in area compared fa- vorably with the surrounding states; it was 1 the heart of the country, well watered, with 1,300 miles of railroads, with business enterprises, coal lands, agricultural indus- tries and a population of 90,000 people. The house bill proposed to organizs it into a ter- tory. The first part of the bill related to territorial officers and was similar in that to the seaate bill. For convenience six coun- ties wete to be established. Provisions were made for the estabiishment of the supreme court and for the trial of cases. Nutional banks cculd be established. No-Man’s land was to be opened to settlement and town sites would be reserved. A section. of the bill proviaed for the settlement of the con- troversy between the United States and the state of Texas respecting the ownershipof Green county. What mfight be called the second division of the bill related sololy to Indian territory exclusive of Oklaboma and created s supreme court and threp district courts to administer the law of Arkansas so far as applicable to that territory.. Mr. Barnes advocated the sonate bill in ‘prefer- ence to the house suvstitute. Mr. Springer said Mr. Baraes unintention- ally tried to misrepresent the scope of the bill. Under the treaty the United States bad as much right to legislate respecting the lands of the Cherokee outlet as it had to legisiate on any subject. Mr., Hare had read as a part of his remarks a protest from Governor Bird of the Choctaw nation against the passage of the bill as a violation of the treaty made at™ Dancing Witter in 1830. Messrs. Mansur and Per- kins voth insisted that they had had com- munications from Governor Bird asking to have n court established at a certain point. The committee rose before the debate had concluded and the house adjourred. Senate. ‘WasmiNgToN, Feb, 18.—Among the bills reported from committees und pluced on the calendar were the following: Making ap- propristion for a deep water harbur at Gal- veston: to establish a port of delivery at Sioux City, Ta.; appropriating $100,000 for a public building at Grand Forks, N. D,, and 0 provide for the admission of the state of Idano into the union. At theclose of the morning business, the senate at 12:50 pro- ceeded to the consideration of executive businet The doors were reopened at 8:30. The educational bili came up as unfinished busi- ness and Mr. Blair proceeded with his ad- dress. After speaking for over two hours be yielded the floor and Mr, Hale from the conference committee on Lhe bill to require the superintendent of the census to ascer- tain the number of people who own their farms and homes and the mortgage ‘indebt- ednoss thereon, made A report recommens ing that the house amendment be agreed to. Mr. Platte inauired whether the bill made all farmers and others who should be called upon to answer questions regarding their debts subject “to fine and imprisonment if they refusod answers. Mr. Hale added thav all census questions were placed in tha aame category, but the penalty did not inclnde imprisonment. It only extended to a fine of $10v. The conference committos did not think it wise to make any m-urlmmnktn,bw tween tho different classos of. questions. ‘The conference eport was agroed to, ‘The houso bill for the relief of the Sioux Indians at Devils Lake, N. D, te bill passe passed and the senate bill was recall the hou After a brief executive session the. doors were reopened and the senate adjouraed, Limited Tolegraph Servicpa WasniNeToN, Feb. 18,—The housp com- mitvee on postoffices and post roads today continued its consideration of bject of a limited telegraph service. stinaster General Wanamaker, A. B. Chandler, prosi- dent of tho postal telegraph company, D. B. Bates, forwerly ‘interesiod ' with . tele~ grapbic Interests, were present. Wana- waker introduced the subjeot by saying thut. he never had any personal ditficylty with the Western Union telegraph company. . His first hope, he said, had been to persuade that company to look at the matter of el r:mu us he saw them, but be had failed in that. simply asa study for the committee. He said he thought the civil service commussion shoukd coutrol the proposed now service, and hio would also recommend. that.the -bill be amended 80 s Lo provent e use of the wires for political purbosss by employes and others. . 3 In respoase to auestions Wanamaker said the difficulty of getting & contract flexible in its character 80 the goveroment might take advantagoof new inventions gceurring dur- ing the ten years of the contract was not 80 troublesotne as might seew. Hiw own aim a0 using the employes now engaved was to obviate the objections which had beew raised that the postal telegraph woula take » great of money frow the \reasury sud would bring in a new army of employes, Chandler, the next wituess, swid bis cow- pany could not do the work proposed at the ximum rates provided in the bill without No other cou pauy could do it without “We do not waot,” said Chandler, o 860 a government telegravh established or the beginning of a government telegraph that will destroy the I,va;.m:v -D: 0 Bob: huve iuvested in this property. raph, Ho had offered ' to Brosent the bill: think the govaruthent has the right to do that, and l'll‘ 4 that right we think it would be unjugtind very unreasonable to exercise it | Ter§re d o Substitate. * Wasmivardg, Feb., 18 o sonate coms mittee on agriulture today reported a sub stitute for thetbill introduced by Fauikner for the establi¥hment of a pure food division in the departtipnt of agriculture, to provide for the inspedkion of live atock and to pro- hibit the intraduction of aduiterated or mis branded foodtor drugs, ete. The bill as amended providles that the socretary of agri. culture snall dheanize o “food division” and appoint a chiel'nt a safary of $3,000, procure and analyze simoles of foods and drugs sold in any state other than where they are man ufactured. All manufacturers of goods in- tended for shinwment fi one stato to au- other shall mako application for a_license to the secretary of agriculture, certifving that the articles aro mot deleterious. The bill strikes out the second, third and fourth sec tions of the original bill relative to the slaughter of animais and with the exceptions noted i8 tho same as tho old bill. [t was re- commited to the committee on agriculture, Confiematl WasnINGTox, Ieb, 18.—Tho senate thi afternoon confirmed the following nomina tions: L. H. Bailey, remster of the land of- fice at Plerre, S. D.; H, H. Natwick, resister of the land ofice at Chamberlaio, S. D.; E. W. Ekio, receiver of public moneys at Plerre, S, D.; W. T LaFollette, receiver of public moneys at Chamberlain, 8. D. Nominations. WasniNetoy, Feb. 18.—The president made the following nominations today : Receivers of Public Monoys—ISdward M. Laue, Valentine, Neb,; Benlamin 5. Will- iaws, Yaukton, S. D, Nebraska, lowa and Dakota Patents. Wasnis Feb, 13,—|Special Tolo- gram to Tur Beg.|—The following patents were issued today: Dewitt B, Brace, Lin- coln, Neb., dynamo electric machine; Dens- more J. Bunco, Nevads, Ia, veterinary surgical instrument; George T. Davis, Du- buque, In., camera and electrical flash light attachments Charles B. Dawson, Angus, 1., rock or coal drilling machine; Honry M. Fisk, Pella, In., flexible carrier for tile lay- ingmachines; James A. Hyson, Des Moines, In, car coupling: John C. Hubinger, Keokuk, In., apparatus for heating water and generating _steam by _electricity; Willism B, ‘McPherson and W. Cahoon, Deadwood, 8. D., hydraulic motor; Frank H. Miller, Stanwood, Li., paper hanging ma- chine: George G. Passino, Clear Lake, S. D., railway switch; Heary W, Sprague, as- siguor of five-eights to R. . Pettigrew and E, C. Dunuwng, Sieux Falls, S, D, car coupling; Frederick Straub, Surprise, Neb., storm sashi Jacob Struble, Sioux City, as- signor of one-haif to B, Harrison, Linooln township, Iowa, erain meter; Raiph J. Woodworth, Wahoo, Neb., feed trough. Returned to hington. WasniNatox, Feb. 13.—Louise . The- bault, who, it is suid, left here with De- faulter Silcott, has returied to the city. oiel s OBIUARY RECORD. Death of the laventor of the First Successful Typewricer. MiLwavkee, 1is., Feb. 18.—Christovhor Latham Sholes,0ue.of the early settlors of Wisconsin, and ono of the best known citi- zens of Milwatkee, died yesterday. He gained a nationalTeputation as an inventor of the first sucqessful typewriter, He was one of the earliest of western newspaper men and had been state: scnator, member of the assembly and held several faderal positions. His death resulted- from slow consumption. Prsri, Feb. 118.—Count Audrassy, the well-known Hupgarian statesmun who has Deen ill for some- time, died toduy. He was sixty years old.t3u 7. .. KENNETT SQUARE; Pa., Fob_ 18.—Mrs. Re- becca Way Taylor, mother of the late wuthor and traveler, Bayard Faylor, died at, rdsdenco this” morning aflor,a brief illues: aged ninety yeirs. i A Plucking tHedHailroad Goose. CiicAGo, Fob. 18:—|Special, Telogram to Tuk BEe. t—A spoecial from Des Moines says: “Grain shippers are petitioning the railrond commissioners to know whether of notit is discrimination for railroads to charge de- murrage on cars at.one station and-not at another, . If the degision is afiirmative, thon look out foi an avalanche of suits for the recovery of demurrage paid, The railroad goose is belug unmercifully plucked on all sides,” — THEIR HOME INSIDE OUT. The Odd Dwellingof & Family in a Calitornia Forest. A hunter on_his way up Russiun river, Cal., heard a rustling of the dead leaves, as if a deer had risen to look out for the intruder. The spot from which the rustling came was hidden by a ginnt redwood, ‘or rather, several of the giant trees grown together. Drop- ping ou his hands and knees the huater crawled to the tree, and pushing s rifle ahead of him, peered around for the quarry. There rose from among the leaves, no deer, but instead a prett, 1|,vul«.leu- haired, blue-eyed, doll-like Yieelo girl, nplmrunt.ly about six years old. He only saw her for a moment. _Then she ran, with a startled cry, directly to- ward him and thetree and vanished. Not more than a dozen foet separated them when the fairy-like apparition disap- peared. The puzzled hunter sprang over the spreading’ roofs to find the sprite. There was nothing in sight. Suddenly his wonderings were interrupted by a soft voice behind him: “Good evening, sir.” He turned and sawin the dari hollow of the big tree a woman holding up a deerskin curtain, The gray skin was 80 near the color of the mossy trunk that he had not noticed it. Now he saw that the Curtain hid ‘a big hollow from which the woman had come, while from behind her dress showed the faces of several children, among them that of :,ll;a pretty child that had so startled m. He answered .the greeting, and, to cover his surprise, asked for a drink of water. He entered the hollow, and while she was dipifing the water from a bucket he ool round and saw that the place was as.; \%.;ly fitted up 83 any rancher's cabinjoWhen the hunters roturned to -towni they reported their find, and the Sak)Francisco Examiner correspondent wewt out to see the fam- ily that lived 1 # follow tree, Ha had no difficulty ag#}l in locating the big ;deood from the divections they gave m. A'thin line ofsmoke rising from the base of the tews helped to guide the newspaper man4oyhe spot. 1t was all asthy nter had described it,- and before’ curtain of deerskin stood tho motherfigf the family frying venision ehopsiyop a little stove oo a wheelbarrow,” o815 ‘The ‘tree in Diwifich their home was made was the liégest in the clump. Thirty or forty feet aboye the ground it torks into thyee branches, each of which is a tree by itself. At the ground the main trunlk 18 probably sixty feet in circumference, Some time a fire was kindled among its roots, and this fire ate into the red- wood aud burned out the hollow. It wus perhaps fourteen feet wide and nine ar ten feet deep.. Av axe bad cut its corners smooth and cleared vhe walls of charcoal, . . 6 Shelves of redwood shakes held cook- we utensils and looking-glass sud u rougn bed and crib, also of redwool, wade up the furniture of the room. Outside was a_bome-made table—a big slab of redwood on stakes let into auge! holes—with benches made in similar fushion, SARASATE-I'ALBERT CONCERT, 1ts Effact Such as Has Seldom Betore Beea Felt in This City, A ldrge and distinguished audience was in attendance at the Sarasate-1)'Albert con cert last evening. The virtu ¢ were at their best, nnd tho genial responsiveness which they kindled in the brousts of their auditors was ample evidence of the powor, the speil of suasion, that thess masters of the sweetest ‘muse wiold. Horr D'Albert, who was heard in the first number, a sonate, op. 58 in C, L. Lan Beethoven, at onco ap- phed himselt to the rendition of this brilliant vut dosultory quarto, The move- ment is lively, allegro con brio, but is largely in octaves, and thereforo lacked the more dulcet harmony of thirds and sixth Though replele with brilliant fluency, there was some lack of smoolincss and shading in the forte passac He plays with great force and consummate executant skill, buy a little more roposo or nonchalance would add grace to the general effec Tho next number, andante and variations from Sonata dedicated to Kreutzor, L. Van Becthoven, was Mme, Herthe Marx aud Senor Sarasate's initial. 11 e suo violino are one. 1t is his fifth member. He has all the grace of manner which nature has so lav ishly bestowed upon the Spaniard. This number was hardly adequate to tho exhit 1o of his most moving skill, having wuch ubout it of technique and formalism, but in tho lator numbers he was heard to better advantage, Horr DiAlbert took tho third solos a., Borceuse op. 67, Kr. Chopia; ¢, Burcarolle, A. minor, A, Rubonste Valse, **Man Jebt nur ¢inmal, sig. The first commenced like an impatient nurse chiding » infant, but ended 1 tho lullaby measire with which u tender mother trains her child to happy dreams, The Barcarolle was not particularly interesting, nor yet the valse, though there were some racy transitions in it. ‘e fourth number, “Liebosfee," number, (La fee d'amour, morceau caracterisque evinced to high advantage the technical acquirements of tho Spanish ar- tist. At firat a rapia allegretto movement, the sweetness of tone and tho smoothuess of measure, was o dear delight to tho heart. Arvon he passes into the dreamiest an- dantino, and we gaze and listen enrapt with the soul language of this poet of musical harmony. Mme. Marx, throughout, lent soft mccompaniment at' the graceful inter- lude. Herr D'Albert gave the fifth number solos, a, “Norweeian Bride Procession,” op." 19, No. 12, Ed Grieg; b, ‘Tarantella, *Vene- zia © Napoli,” Liszt. The first was filled with refinement and poetic feel- ing, which effects were lost, however, at limes in the wvelocity of the arpeggio with sporzanda movement. “La Tarantella,” a dance movement, was bright and sparkling and filled with broad and expressive phrasing. Herr 1’ Atbert is a perfect instrumentalist and only lacks a little offhandedness to make him an approach to the ideal, 8o well exemplified in his illustrious conirere, tho Spanish virtuoso. This was his last num- ber, but he graciously responded to an core. The closing number, “Faust Fantasie,” Sarasate, by Senor Sarasate, was & charm- iog melody of musical harmonies, now dar- ing and inspiring, now dreamy and laugor- ous—'"twas sad by fits, by starts ’twas wild,” und moved us to the very throes of feeling. At the conclusion of this numbor Senor Sarasate bowed and relired, and the audi- ence, not recovered from the spell of the m , was slow in startio Senor Sara- sute reappeared and rendered what must have been an improvisation, a scherzo of a dance movement, 8o full of short and ex- pr e phrases as to reveal the very soul of musical harmony. The whole ¢ffect of the concert was such as was never before felt ip Omaha, and sel- ddm in America. Senor Sarasate's instru- ment was a littie faulty in the lower regis- ter and marred the beauty of some passages, but dia not materially affect his executions. Mme. Berthe Marx and Mr. Otto Gold- schmiat gave excellent accompaniment to the renditions of the virtuoso. 5 “The following Lincaln people were in at- tendauca at the concert: Mrs. A. M. Baird, Mrs. J. S. Slater, W. E. Stewart, J. A. Finch, R. J Mr. and Mrs, August Hogenow, Mr, aud Mrs. C. H. Gere, Mrs. T. J. Hickey, Miss C. R. Rector, James R. Wash, H. G. Cosgrove, George W. Gage, Mrs, G. A. Weber, Tom M. Cooke. “T'ho following Fremont people were also in attendance: F. B, Harrison and wife. George E. Mc- Donald, J. M. McCarthy, C. S. Sherwin, ‘Thomas Anderson and wife, J. B. Jones and wife and Andrew Smith. AN EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE. Methods of Destroying Life Now Pop- ular in Paris. Serenity in old age is beautiful, but sowme of us find life too hard to bear untit we reach that tranquility, writes Emile Zela in the l‘hilmflclph'\u Press. All around me, here in Paris, is evidence of this distaste for life, this craving lor the vest of the grave. An epidemic of suicide has sprung up like a plague, coming 1o one Krows whence. On some days the list mounts up to ten suicides, while the average number is two or three. The city is marked out for the scourge, with its despondent populace, its many solitary griefs, and its uproar drowning the sound of so many sobs. Despairing men come there to die, just as they would throw themselves into an ocean. But never, I repeat, has the contagion of death seemecd to claim 50 wany victims. Some, in their misery or madness, throw themselves from the bridges, and their bodies are found in the Seine, eaught under the boats. Others prefer the rope: a few hang themselves in some park in the suburbs, at Vincenncs or Boulogne, but the greater number spare themsolves this journey by tying the rope to the nearr ©st beam, Men have hanged thomselves behind doors, in garrets, along corri- dors, and latterly one has been found who, simply to avoid the trouble of climbing five flights of stoirs to his lodging, suspended himself from the raillng of the staircase, Of poisoning there are fewer instances; only women still swallow laudanum or the phosphor- ous from & bundle of matches, although the latter is sometimes a suc- cessful ‘means of suicide. Women, too,. sometimes. open the arteries whilein she bath, and death puts them gently tosleep under the tepid water. A Zh-l of sixteen years, driven mad by Qisnppointment in love, chose last week to die in this way. As to charcoalit remains the solace of the poor, a cheap and ever.ready cure for all the ills of life, Wheopever an odor of burning is- sues from under a door in the faubourgs inhabited by the working people, the first_cery is “suicide!” They break in the door, and sometimes arrive in time to save some poor wretch struggling in the agonies of death. Suicide by the knife is more rare, for it requires too much courage to plunge a gleaming blade “into Hesh, A more suitable weapon is the pistol; it demands only a slight movement of the finger—even a nervous contraction of the muscles will suffice. Morever, in case the revolver is uged, if the first shot miss fire there are still four or five balls to complete the work, Last of all, the public monu- ments are nolonger used for this deadly purpose. Scarcely one or two instances each year, can be cited of person who have thrown themselves down on the pavement from the tower of Notre Dame or the summit of the Column Vendome, and only the closest precau- tion hus saved the Eiffel tower from suicide popularity, Itisa fine death— this tremendous juwp, this leap into space—thus to plung into the yoatex of eternity. One woman after eight days vmuly spent in seeking for work, oblained on crodit & bushel of charcopl, to which she set fire, aud then lay ‘down, clasp- in her arm her two little children. The pext duy the three corpses were found, stiff and livid, and locked in close em- brace. Two other people of eighty years, husband and wife. in their de- #pair refused to wait until death should como to jthem, they were eager to go and they wanted to go together, so they inflicted horrible wounds upon themselves with a razor. -— COWHIDED IN COURT. Mrs. O'Brien Cha 1 her Lord and Was Fined for Contempt Mrs. Agues O'Brien whipped her husband with a rawhide in the court of criminal correction this morning, and for the contempt of court thus exhib- iwd was fined $50, says a St. Louis dis- pateh g the Chicago Hoerald, The O'Brien¥ arve well todo and separated somo time ago. Divorce procecdings ro ponding. Recently O'Brien swor outa warrant aguinst his wife charging lowd conduct with John Cummings. When the case w alled this morning Judge pbeil dismissed the com- plaint, Mrs. O'Brien stationed herself at the doorway of the court room, and as Charles O.Brien, hor husband, passod ghe suddenly drew a cowhide from he clothes and struck him across the faco with it. The rawhide cut a gash in his right cheek and the blood began to flow freely from the wound. Mv O'Brien drow back her weapen again and onco more brought it down on her husband. This she repeated about twenty times, being nrged on in her work all the while by Mrs. Does- troph, who was crying out: “Give it to the brate, good.” After the first blow O'Brien threw up his hands to protect his face, und then endeavored to hold his irate spouse. The nowse was heard in the court room, and Judge Campbell ordered the deputy sheriffs to bring in the offenders. The racket was also heard down stairs in the police depurt- ment, nud Chief Huebler rushed up the stairway and was the first to reach the struggling pair, He jumped between them and wrested the cowhide from the woman, who was screaming at her hus- band: ““‘You have persecuted me, you brute, and I'll maks you suffer for it.” She was pale and shaking with excite- ment and rage. A deputy sherif grabbed her and ushered her into the court room, When Mrs. OBrien wa brought before Judge Campbell and the case explained to him he said he would fine her $250 for contempt of court. Being informed that a fine of 350 was the' highest that could be imposed for contempt, Judge Campbell reduced the fine to that amount. The fine was paid. el ote Short Bird Stories. New York Sun: A very small bird of South Africa is the Mahali weaver, hut it lives in a_very large house shuped like an oil flask, which it builds itseif. On the West Spanish peak, Colorado, R. 1., Smith trapped a _bandsome gol- den eagle that measured seven feet four inches from tip to tip. The parrot has not the monopoly of the nower of talking among birds. The mynah, a species of starling, is very im- itative, and says *‘good morning”’ very plainly in response to a salutation. | The tailor bird makes its nest of long leaves, which it sews together with the fibre of a plaut, first piercing the holes in tnem with its beak. The bottom of the nest hasa heavy layer of cotton. A dudish bird that lines its nest with the down of certain flowers is the Peculiar Peculiar in combination, proportion, and preparation of Ingredients, Hood's Sarsapae rilla possesses the curative value of the best known reme- 9, dies of the vogotable Hood Skingdon. Pecullar in its strength and economy, Hood's parilla is the only medicine of which can One Hundred Doses One T % uliar In its medicinal merits, Hood s Sarsaparilla accomplishes curcs hitherto une known, H andhas i Sarsaparillajii the title of *The greatest blood purifier ever discovered.” Peculiar in its “good namo at home," —there Is more of Hood's Sars parilla sold In dowell than of all other blood purifiers, Pecullar in its phenomenal record of . sales abroad no othier P€CUl AL Teparation over altained o rapldly nor held so steadfastly the confidence of classes of poople. Peculiar In the brainavork which it represents, Hood's Sarsaparilla com. bines all the Knowledge which modern s 70 1tself dverope, scienco has with many years practical experienco in leines. Be suro to get only preparing med s H Hood’s Sarsaparilia 8old by all druggists, §1;elx for £5. Prepared only by C. L. HOOD & CO,, Apothecaries, Lowell, Masa 100 Doses One Dollar BRITISH EXTRADICION TREATY, Ratified By the Senato Amend nis, WasHINGTON,. Feb, 18.—~The sonate today ratitied the British_extradition treaty. Lx- tradition is not to bo had for political of- fenses, nor shall any person surrenderdd by cithor party bo tried for auy other offense than the one for which estradited. Thy treaty doos not apply to any orimes com- mitted before its ratification. ‘The discussion lasted two hours And two changes of importance were adopted by the senate. Tho word “voluntary” was inserted Defore the word *manslaughter,” thus limit- ing the dogroe of that erime made extradit: able, The paragraph relating to the crime of obtaining money or bouds under falss pro- tonses was substantially modifled, if not stricken out. With these changes tho treaty 15 8aid to have met the approval of the demo- cratic senators, and the voto 1 its favor, it is understood, was practically unanimous. The Spickardsville Uranks, SrickARDSVILLE, Mo, Feb, 18.—The con- stable today arrosted sixteen crusaders— thirteen ladies and threo men—charwed with malicious destruction of property. He mot with no opposition, the ladies having deter- mined to submit quietly to their martyrdou as they call it. All bond in the sum of 50 each for their appearance next Friday. Fired Into a Prayar Mooting. LEBANON, Fob, 18.—During & prayer mest- ing at Edward Randall's, five miles south of here, last night, an unknown miscreant fired a shot through the window, fatally wound- ing Mrs. Randall. The family is one of the most prominent in the county. ng for th Y., Keb. 1 With Two Wor ALnaNY, N. Fair. .—The world's fair agreed on the report to be presented to the Jegislature tomorrow, which is in accord with the Depew proposition, -~ filinois Press Assoctation. lanceolate huouey-eater. The nest is shaped like a hammock suspended from twigs, and is very deep. The ground- work is of grass and wool. The sociable weavers will unite to- gether in building a thatched-roof prior to nest building, the structure some- times being twelve feot square. Undor this a dozen or more nests will be built, each pair of birds building its own, and cach nest being shut out from every other. A tame crow belonging to Mrs. Hev- rietta McPherson of Herkimer, N. Y., will whip any dog in the neighborhood, and amuses itself jumping upon a chair with a spool of thread, picking the end loose and unwinding the spool in the face of the cat. As the cat jumps for the running spool the crow will laugh like a child. A number of sparrows with a nest over the coorway of the Nutt house, sat_in judgment over one of the and deliberately hung it. One end of a piece of twine a foot long was tied securely about the bird’s neck and the other end fastened to the nest. The sparrow fluttered at the end of the string for at least ten minutes, the others picking and pulling at it continually until it died, During the Chrisvmnuas festival in a church in England the children had just finished the first verse of their Christmas carol when a clear, rich, joy- ous song from a robin burst forth among the green branches. No one had seen him, but the minister raised his hand for silence, and the bird completed his song. Then the rector, in great soiemnity, opencd the Bible and .read: ‘*Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for her- solf, where she may lay her young: Thine altars, O Lord of hosts!’ *This time,” said the minister, “‘our favorite bird, our little robin redbreast, hus found a'todging and breakfast in the church, where we come to pray for our daily bread. Snow isall around, covering the ground and bushes; he was cold and hungry, and might have perished in the storm, but the good All-Father, in His pitying love and care, guided the tiny wings hither. *The little bird praises Him in its joyous song. Shall not we, with far greater reason, praise Him gladly?” ot Give Chilaren Plenty of Water. For the reasons given, I advocate, under ail conditions, a plentiful addi- tion of water to children’ food, says a writer in the Archivgs of Pedirtrics, In this connection I would lay stress upon the fact that, as a rule, mall chil- dren receive water onlli' w8 they get itin their milk or milk food. Alike in sum- mer and winter, it is probable that the fact seldom occurs to a mother or nurse that a child may be thirsty without be- g hungry at the same time. Cer- tainly many a discomfort and even sick- ness in a child is conditioned upon the Iact that it has been compelled to eat in order to get its thirst satisfied, and often has to suffer thirst because the over-stimulated and injured stomach will take no more nurishment at irreg- ular and too short intervals, s s An Exbibition of Microscope s, ']l‘ku ‘‘tercentenary of the invention of bmpound microscopes” will be cele- brated by a universal exhibition of bot- any andgnicroscopy, to be held at Ant- worp ¢Mifing the present year, under the dMspices of M. Ch. de’ Bosschere, president, M. Ch. Van Geert, secretary and Dr, H. Van Heurck, vice president, says Public Opinion, It is proposed to organize an historical exhibition of microscopes and an exhibition of the instruments of all makers, and of ac- cessory apparatus and photomicogra- phy. At the conference the foilowing subjects will be discussed and illustrat- ed: The history of the microscope; the use of the microscope; the projecting microscope and photomicography; the microscopical structure of plants; the microscopical structure of plants and wonimals; microbes; the adulteration of food substences, ete. Communications are to be addressed to M, Ch. de Boss- chere, Lierre, Belgium. Pronia, Il Feb. 18.—The Iilinois Press association convened in this city tonight, Its sossions will be continued until Brfday, when the memoers will leave by spevial trawn for Mexico and the west, Business Tronbles. Provipexce, R. L, Feb. 18, —F% H. Rich- mond & Co., paper dealers, have assigued. They formerly did a large wholcsale busi- ness. No statoment of the liabilities und as- sets is available, il Quarrelsom» Socialists. Benwiy, Feb, 18.—At Muhlhausen. Saxony, there was a fight at a socialist meeting and the troops were called out. Thirty persoiis were wounded. -~ Puzzied by m Gold. A well-known scient! geotleman has been experimenting on a metal resembling gold for nearly a year, and has now gol it down almost to perfec- tion, says the London Court Journul. He stumbled on it at first accidentally while analyzing some metals, and when he realized what he had found he went to work and produced a metal which puzzles the best ol jewellers, is as heuvy e gold and toall appearances is thoe precious metal itsell, When the gold test is applied to it the acid_boils upa little but gives no other ovidence that the metal is other than gold, and whe wiped off rio mavk or spot is left, asis the case when applied to brass. It cun be manufactured at a comparatively small cost. Formentrd by Ghosts. The stir in Montgomery county over the ghost scare continues and the mys- i deepens, says a Charlotte, N. C., dispateh. About three months ago the wife of Thomas Fuller died, It is re- ported that her married life was not happy, and now, since her death, Ful- ler sdys her ghost torments him every night., When he retires he can hear all sorts of noises in his room. Fuller cannot longer sleop alone, but has some one to remain in the voom with him. The mysterious ghost gives him a great deal of trouble and has rendered him wholly unfit for bus.noss or work of any Absolutely Pure. This powder never var} strengih and wholesomeness. More sconomicul than the ordinary kinds, and’ cannot be soid by competition with the ‘multitude of low test short welght alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in tincans, ROYAL BAKING PowpER CO., 100 Wall 8¢, N.'¥. A marvel of purity H. W. TRUEHBART, JOBN ADRIANCE, UOTAN MINOM. . H. M. TRUEHEART & 0O, Real Estate Agents, At GALVEST , TEXAS, ESTABLISHED 1887, Galveston ts the Besport that issud i to be e Great Northwest, Iuformation and aps furnished. 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