Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1890, Page 3

THE OMAHA BEE COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFICE, NO. 12 PEARL ST. Pelivered hy Carrier Jo any part of the City H. W. TILTON, - -+ '« MANAGER TELEFHONES: Business Office, No. 44 Night Editor, No. 2. —— T mazom mesriey. N.Y. P. Co. Burhorn's for watches. Council Bluffs Lumber Co.. coal. Anthony Southwell, for disturbing the peace and abusing tho wife of Thomas Skin- ner, spent the Sabbath in the city jail. Subscriptions to periodicals at wholesale prices. Drop me a card and I will call on you. F.J. Hoagland, No. 1009 Sixth avenue, A party of Columbia college studonts, out on @ holiday tour, were in the city last eve ing, en soute south. They numbered thirt nine and had a special car at their disposal. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad carried 45 per cent of “all the'live stock that whs shipped east from the Soutn Omaba stockyards during 1590, apd 39 per cent of all the products, Final arrangements for the funeral of the late Alderman Lacy were made last even- ing. It will take place from St. Francis Xavior's Catholic church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Catholic ladies will glve a festival to- morrow evening at Hugh's hall. It will be a very pleasant entertainment and should draw a large crowd, for the entive proceeds are to be given to St. Bernard's hospital, The Veteran Firemen's association hold a meeting at No. 3 engine house at this evening for the purpose of making ar- rangements to attend the funeral of Alder- man Lacy. A full attendance of the mem- bers is desired. Mrs. Ryan, wife of a farmer living near the city on the Crescent road, sufferced a di location of the right arm on Satuvday after- noon by the wind blowing a door violently shutand catching her. Dr. Cleaver w called aud rendered surcical assistance yes- tecday morning. The members of Abe Lincolu post, Grand Army of the republic, attended serv at the First Methodist church last cvening. They formed at their hall and marched in a body to the Masonic temple, where the ser- vices were held. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Stewart, preached a sermon with special reference to the organization. The New Year's ball to be given by the Pythian Sisterhood at Masonic temple prom- ises to be the social event of the season. It is an invitation affair, and the committee in charge is leaving nothing undone that can add to the enjoyment of theoccasion. A royal supper will be served and music, song and dance will speed the merry hours: A small blaze was started in Lund Brothers china shop just before the store was closed on Saturduy evening. An attempt to ex- tinguish & keroseno lamp by blowing down the chimmey resulted in a minature explosion. It was a metal lamp or a serious fire might have been started. The danger was averted by throwing the lamp out of the back door and smothering the flames and whipviug them out with damp towels. But little dam- age was done and no alarm was sent to the five department, On Saturday night 250 happy children gathered in the Grand Army hall and enjoyed holiday entertainment prepared especiall for them. They were the children and grand- children of the old soldicrs and the fund drawn upon to defray the expenses was con- ) Dodge especially for that urpose. The ladies’ relief corps were out in orce and took cave of the childven. A royal feast was spread and each little one was made additionally happy by receiving a suit- ablepresent and a bag of candy. This is a new custom fuaugurated by the'post and the in- tention is to give the little people a holiday eutertainment each year. —— will 30 Wao have Just received 100 Yuns cured live geese odoricss feathers in pillows of 214 lbs each, 51 bs in the pair. The price while they 1ast, '$2.25 a puir. - We also keep on hand a full stock of feathers in bags from one to tive pound bags from a medium to the finest live ese cured odorless feuthers, Boston Store, Jouncil Blufts, e See the Boston Store advertisement and see ‘what they are offering in coats for this weck. Boston Store, Council Bluffs, First-class fresh candy made for the holi- day trade,at A. C. Dempsey’s, 105 Main st. —— Escape of a Crook. -~ € of the most desirable members of tie chain gang, and one of the most undesirable members of auy community, moved out of the city Saturday. He moved in haste, though he had shackles upon his feet. The gang was cleaning the street near the Ma- sonic temple, and OMcer Wyatt, who was in charge of the prisoners, had his attention de- voted by a team which was in the way of the men, and the driver of which he requested to move. One of the prisoners, Bd Mills, alins ‘Williams, sneaked into the alley and hobbled to the rear of the building. OMcer Wyatt marched tho gang back to the jail for safe- ln'nlvlm( while he with others started after Mills, it being thought he could not travel fast ' enough to away, owing to his shackles, Mills was more nim- ble than they thought, He climbed the steep bluff, back of the Masonic temple, like a cat, and soon was out of sight. It was afterwards learned that he jumped into a buggy on Bluff street and was driven away %‘y some one, supposed to be a confederate, he plan of escape had probably been arranged by Mills while in jall, he securing the assistance of some prisoner whose time was about out. The buggy was probably driven to a convenient spot on Bluff strect and when a prearranged signal was given, Mills made his break for llber:.ly. Mills had only been in custody a few days. He was under a sentence of thirty days for vagrancy, but was believed to be an all- around crook, against whom more serious charges were to be preferred so soon as the needed witnesses could be secured. It was pretty well established that he was the one who confidenced a Mondamin youth out of $10 in Faedisch’s saloon recently. . — Bed room and parlor suits at reduced prices at Mandel & Klein's, 320 Broadway. g get - far Mandel & Klein Have n few choice Peninsular heaters left which they desire to close out at less than cost in gmfemm‘l! to storing them for next season, Come and see them, 320 Broadway. Scott house, 22 N. Main st., Co. Bluffs, Good boara, nice rooms and beds, lowest rates, e The American District Tolegraph Co. has been reorganized and is now prepared to give prompt service. Special atteution to express and purcel delivery. i Union Pacific Employes Mys ifiad. A great deal of surprise and considerable indignation was aroused among the employes of the Union Pacific railway company in th is city on Saturday by the company withhold :;5 a part of each man's salary for the pre ing month. A cat was ade on every man, ranging from & w according to the size of his salury. No explanation was given and the men were very much mystified by it. ‘The envelopes were marked with each man’s salary in full and the amount paid was cred- ited on account, showing that uno reduction of wages was intended. Y The New Year's ball to bo given by the Pythian Sisterhood, January 1, 1891, at Ma- gonte temple, promises to bo a grund uftar. The ladies will beassisted by their husbands, who are as enthusinstio as the ladies them: selves. A splendid collation of good things Wwill be served in counection with the ball Tickets can be procured at the following pnces: W.iN. Young's drug store, J. M. canlan’s meat market, A, Roiter's store, K. Mottaz's meat market, and Kelloy & Youn- kerman's store. —— Boys Wanted. Wanted—Boys at American Distrlet Tel- egraph oftice. 1 }&(“lflmc:ll‘lllfor 't\‘.g\, l‘lu:,t;l cofits for $5.00, for $9.00, o 0 t S ) Counell Bluffs, Ko lediale T AN Cook stoves can't be beat fer their fine baking at Mandel & Kleln's, 820 Broadway, e —— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20\ 189J. 3 THE NEWS IN THE BLUFFS. Alderman Laoy's Death COanses the Most Profound Sorrow, ACTION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, Escape of a Notorious Orook —A Coun- cil Bluffs Boy's Discovery— Christian Science Lecture ~Minor Mention, The announcement of the death of Alder- man Lacy caused profound sorrow yesterday, and it could scarcely be credited. Iundreds of people visited the residence on Park ave- nue during the day and gazed on the familiar face, In the fire department especially was the news received with sorrow. Alderman Lacy was the friend of "every fireman, and each man cherished the warmest affection for him. The first thing done in the morning at all the hose houses was o take steps to show the world the appreciation the members of the department have of the labors of their deaa chief. Each' house was draped with long str ners of black. flag was run up on the staff at No. 3 vordered with a deep mar- gin of black, and suspended at half mast, and amass of black was wound around the big bell in the tower. Fellow members of the council met and discussed the sudden death sadly. Mayor Macrae issued a call for . special meeting of the council at 10 o’clock this morning for the purpose of taking proper action and deter- miue the oficial purt to be taken during tho funeral. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it will occur tomorrow afternoon. The members of the fire department will turn out and march with all their apparatus that can be spared, Mr, Lacy was chief of the department for eight years, and served five years in the volunteer department, making thirteon years of contin- uous servige. The veteran firemen will hold ameeting at No. 3 engine house at 7:30 this evening to make arrangements for the funcral, and they ask for the attendance of all the members of the association. pril e basaty Allour fovs just half price for tho weclk Prices cut in two, everything in the toy line marked fn plain figures it for yourself. Ll,whrr e 38¢ and 50 on, Boston Store, Council Bluffs, prite St 3reat reduction on ladies', misses’ and chil- dren's coats to clear at the Boston Store, Council Bluffs, The Boston Store never does anything by halves. They have put the knife in ladies’, misses and children’s coats. See advertise- ment in another column for this week. Bos- ton Store, Council Bluffs, ou can half e i ivil Only a Balief. Judge Hauna of Salt Lake City delivered a strong Christiun science address to a good sized audience that assembled inthe Western lowa business college yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Judge Hanna was a former resi- dent of Council Bluffs, having bean the junior partuer in the law firn of Sapo, Lyman & Hanna from 1500 to 1872. He has given the subject of Christian science and mental heal- ing a great deal of study and is an enthusi- astic believer in it. When he visited the city on Suturday for the first time in many years he was urged to deliver an address and con- sented. The fact was not ancounced very generally or a much larger audience would have been present to hear him, He read from mauuseript in a very im- pressive manner and produced an argument that was higbly pleasing tothe Christian Scientists who heard him. He sought to snow that evil in the world, from whence springs all the sinand misery of mankind, has no existence, and was simply a misunder- standing of the laws of our natures, both moral and physical, and was contrary to the will of the Creator, constituting in itself the reat sin that called for the presence of 6hrl!! on earth to eradicate. The universal principle that God has promulgated through- outall of his word and all 05 his works is ood. Evil isnot created mnor reflected by z0d. Allof God’s creation is good. If He created nothing but good, surely He cannot be said to have created evil. If we do say it, then we must admit that good reflects evil. If the thing called evil was not created by God nor refiected by God, whence comes it? Christian science makes the bold and start- ling assertion that evil is not here. How shall we indulge the paradox that evil and good are oneand the swmwe! How can two antagonlstic principles exist in the same space at the same time! We must give grace to one, and which shall it bet Christian science maintains that there is no evil and that all is good. We must look away from our spiritual qualities and endeavor to understand the characteristics of good and evil. Christ's blind man was not alone blind. All others like him were blind in a spiritual sense, and His mission was to open their eves tospiritual truths. It was by a purely human process that the error that brought evil into the world crept in, The whole teaching of the gospel 1s to turn men away from the evil, 1f this is so, the Creater through Christ is en- deavoring to reveal his laws and correct his errors. How inconsistent! Creating evil to counteract good; telling men that if he fall into the trapset for him he will surely be damued, I think it time that men should take the responsibility of their own sins in- stead of shouldering it all upon God, Does the murderer commit_his deed because God prompts him! Does the burglar break into your house because God told him tof God is responsible for the evil if He created it. In order to reconciie the glaring inconsistency men have been com- pelled to create a personal devil, who holds the balance of power, whose hoofs, horns and fiery tail are more potent than the smiles of God. Why don't men look into themselves? There thoy will find him. The only devil is tne devil of human thought, filled with ter- rorand ignorant superstition. These were the devils Christ exercised. Why should God create evil to destroy His beautiful tem- let God never created evil. Mean conjured t up from the denths of their own hearts. God made only the law of good, and that good is reflected in us just in proportion, as o open our heacts for ‘its reception, and all the ills we suffer spriug from our refusal to do so. ——— C. A. Beebo & Co, ave going out of the re- tail trade and will close out their fine line of ladies’ writing und office desks, book cases, chiffoniers, parlor tables, parlor and chamber suits, folding peds, plain and fancy rockers, cabinets, mirrors, elc., ete. for less than cost. —_— Patronize Home Industry and All Will Fe Happy. «The enterprising firm of Mandel & Klein carry tho most complets line of household goods, consisting of chioice furniture, carpets, stoves, crockery blankets, in fact, au‘ryl\flug rertuining to ‘houseliold good. We' guar- antec you lower prices than you can obtain outside of this city, besides you help build up our own city. Comeand ‘see us when in want of anything iu our line, We will treat you well, and if you have not all cash we will extend you ‘a liberal credit, so as to en- able you to’ enjoy comfort. Remember the place. MaxpeL & KLeix, 320 Broadway. Found a Petrified Man, A copy of the San Francisco Examiner of a recent date conveys the intelligence that a Council Bluffs boy has discovered a valuable curiosity near Fresno, Cal. The young man is I. N, Barrett, half brother of C. W, At- ‘wood, chief clerk in the Wabash offices in this city, Mr. Barrett is spending the winter with frienas in California and while building a dam, exhumed a petrified human body of gigantic size and wonderful preservation, In alengthy account of the discovery the Ex- aminer says: “Thebody lay on the hard vock and was covered with earth that had the appearance of wash, parts of it being covered to the depth of twelve feet. The body was per- tectly straight, measuring nearly ‘seven feet, and that of & man physically perfect. “The face i3 clearly defined, nose, eyes and forehead, as well us mouth and chin, being in a perfectly natural shape, 2 neck is long and sits on broad, mus- cular shoulders, The arms are long and shapely, the left being foldea high on the breast. the hand resting body and rests on the stomach, which is deoply sunken, showing that the viscera had decayed before pc(rlfil'n(inn began. ‘“T'he hair is gone, but the ears are clearly outlined. The hands are perfect, the naiis and wrinkles in the skin of the fiugers being as natural as in life and beyond the power of the sculptor to produce, and the same may be said of the feet and the ten showing the contraction familiar to ph from steychnine or tetanus. The body weighs about six hundred pounds. “In removing it to the city the left leg was broken off near the knee aund the right at the ankles and across the instep. At the frac- tures the process of petrifaction Is clearly discernible, the bones being easily traceable. “The measurements are as follows: Length, 6 fect 10 inches: across shoulders, 10!5 inches: about chest, 48'¢ inches: arms, shoulder point to elbow, 1815 nches: elbow to wrist, 1214 inches: wrist to tips of fingers, +9'¢ inches ; second finger, 5 inchies: about the neck, 15% inches; head, about the forehead, 24i¢ inches: leg, hip joint to heel; 411 inches; hip to knee, 19 inches: knee to heel, 2215 inches; thigh, 199 inches: and calf, 141§ inches; length of foot 1s 111 inches, and 4 inches ncross the ball of the foot. “Cantua canyon is dry most of the year, being wet only in winter, and the indica: tions are that the body had been buried for ages, the creck slowly covering him up and the action of alkali causing preservation and subsequent petrification. +Tn th same canyon is-a petrified forcst, one tree being 30 feet long and 4 feet through, and many 24 feet long and under. Recently a petrified toad was also found there, but tnis is the first body. “1t is supposed to be the remains of an T dian or an early Spanish _explorer, The s tion is one of the roughest and most inaccess- ible in the country. A glanceat the body, as well as the his. tory of the discoverers, precludes tho idea of afraud, such as the Selid Muldoon giant fraud in Colorado, The curiosity will proba- bly be sent to the California Academy of Sclences.” o, Get our prices on ladies’, misses’ and chil- dren’s coats, Boston Store, Council Bluffs. ek J. C. Bixby, swam neating, sanitary en- gineer, 943 Life building, Omaha; 203 Mer riam block, Council Bluffs, The Manbattan sporung headquarters, 418 Broadway. All our £30.00, $33.00, $35.00 and $39.00 plush coats reduced to $25.00, Now is the time to buy your plush coats, ull guaranteed Waller plushes, best London dye, at the Boston Store, Council Bluffs, Great success, Reliable goods. Fair dealing. Bottom pri At C. B. Jacquemin & C . 27 Main street et S The Light of the World. The Fifth Avenue Methodist church is one of the youngest in the city. The exterior of the building has been admired by many who have given it a passing glance, but a very small proportion of the population of Council Bluffs has ever been withm it. Those who have not visited this church would be agree- ably surprised to find'it on aSabbath moruing suich & comfortable and attractive place of worship. While there is yot need of further work on the building, especially in interior decorations, yet it is very pleasantly arranged. The congregation yesterday morn- ing numbered one hundred or'more. A cnorus choir with a large cabinet organ led in the singing of bymms, Rev. Mr. Brewer, a con- paratively new preacher in this city, is a clean-shaven, strong-faced man, with & face in keeping with a well-rounded voice. 1n the rmpu his earnestness, evident sincerelty and his clearuess of thought and diction holds the attention of all, rather than any marked ele- gance or eloquence of discourse, Yesterday morning's sermon was on the words of Jesus: *I Am the Light of the World.” The preacher’'s endeavor, well car- ried out, was to show that spiritual light, life and joy come through Christ. Many Mes- siahs and false Christs had arisen, and some of them made fully as strong claims as_did the true Christ, but he alone had vern uble to vindicate his claims. The Christian religion, wherever it prevailed, brought light, life and oy, such as resulted from no other. t was a H%M that ‘‘lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” Even the heathen, in their darkness, caught some rays of this light by the medium of conscience, and if they lived up to what little light they thus got they were doubtless saved. The speaker believed that thousands of heathen were suved yearly. Then why spend so much money and strength in trying to enlighten them! If so many were saved who had but a feeble light, how many more could be saved if they had the full light# This was his an- swer, It was then shown that from Christ alone was réceived the light revealing the common fatherhood of God, and consequently the brotherhood of all ‘men. Even the pious Jews looked upon the Gentiles as mere dogs, but the light of Christ showed all to be brothers, the black man of Africa, the China- man with his cue, the Indian—ail brothers, Christ was the light which had revealed also the loye of God, and His mode of gov- ernment by a scepter, not of iron, but of righteousness. He had thrown light upon the future life also, revealing the immortal- ity of the soul, Christ had given what the wisest of men could not give—a perfect code of morality, He had given precepts for man's guidance, and had Himself been an example of perfect. living. It was easicr to preach than to prac- tice, but here was the perfect man,practicing the precepts he taught. The speaker's closing appeal was for his hearers to selves where they could et tho fully light-giving, life-giv- ng, joy-giving sun. The good housewife, in this ‘winter secason, placed her plants in the south windows that they might catch the sun- light and get from'1t the light and life they needed. The heart of manshould notbe kept in any curtained room, with the sunlight of God'’s love shut out, but should be where it could catch all the light ana life possible from the great sun of righteousness, which was shining ever and freely for all men. See our prices on coats in another colgmn, Boston Store, Council Bluffs, e Onr Mottoes “Best Quality of Goods for the L.east Money,” “Special Effort Made to Please Every One,” “No Trouble to Show Goods and Give ' Prices,” “Prices to Sult the Times,” “Live and Let Live.” Read and profit by buying your holiday goods at the old established house of E. Burhorn, 17 Main street, e Buy your coal and wood of C. B. Fuel Co., 539 Broadway. Telephone 135, Fine Holiday Presents. Every person in the city and surrounging country is invited to call and examine the fine line ot holiday goods at the old reliable | business house of . Burhorn, 17 Main street. FETTIG REW'S BROTHER ILL, The Senator Summoned from Wash- ington to His Bed Side. Sioux Faris, §. D., Dee. 28.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee.]—Senator Pettigrew arrived from Washington this morning in re- sponse to a telegram informing him that his brother, Justin A., was seriously ill. The sick man has been suffering for two wecks, and this evening he is reported to be in a very low conaition. ‘The senator Is now with his brother and has secured the ablest medical talent to be found in his effort to save his brother's life. {:;;":'lll remain until thereis a change for the . pab - RN Burned the Prison PRINCETON, Ky., Dec. 25, Gatler, coloved was arrested at Kuttawab, a village twelve miles from here, and placed in the lockup. A short while afterward the prison was discovered to bo ;on fire. Before the door could be forced open the roof fell in and Gather was burned to death, The larger bones of his body was all of the un- fortunate man that could be found. 1t is sup- posed be fired ihe lockup himsel to escave. e leaves & wilo at this place, et o i A Woman's Terrible Leap. CuATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 23, —Thls morn - ing Mrs. Brunlo, to elude arrast, jumped from the third story of a building on Poplar street, falling ou the broad of her back, dislocating her hip and recelving other injuries which near tho throat, | while the right comes diagonally across the | 7 75T will prevent any athlotic exercise for a long time, and may kill Hor. Koo Brunio, her husband, o tough, 8ogdythe police were after him. The officers came fo his room and were stood off by the wifd, . Who would not onen the door. When Wbthority was ob- tained to force an, entralice the” man was gone been lowernd to the ground by his wife, who then follwed by jumping. The womAn, who is an American, was asked why she did so reckless a thing, and she said she could not stand the disgrace of secing her husband arrestod and Jailed. She was thought to be dead when picked up, gored i DISCRIMINATIN A Move to Bring the Express Com- panies Under the Interstate Law, Wasmixatox, Dec. 95, pecial to Tue Ber.)—The fact that the Fifty-second con- gress will becrowded with men who owe their election to the farmers® alliance move- ment is likely to lead to several very import- ant amendments to the interstate commerce law. ’ Up to the present time the express com- panies have not been brought within the pro- visions of this act, owing to the construction of the same by the board of interstate com- merce commussioners, and the result is that the long and short haul clauseof the inter- state commerce act has no terrors for the ex- press companies, «During the past weok, when so many members have been compelied to remember friends with Christmas pres- ents sent by express, the discrimination against the small towns by tne express com- panies has been forcibly brought to the atten- tion of the legislators. Of course there are a great many among the more influential of these gentlemen who are never troubled about express charges. They are well taken care of in vhe way of franks by the corpora- tions, and consequently are never called upon 0 go into their pockets for the freight bills on their packages, but there are otliers not s0 fortunate, who found themselves quite heavily taxed when they went to send their *friends reminders of Christmas time. Only the other day a congress- man who has friends in Iowa went to send _a small package to a town through which only one railrond runs. He was charged 90 cents for the carriuge of 4 three-pound box. An hour or two later he had occasion to send another package weighing about half a pound Iess to a point fifty miles bevond in the same state, which point was reached by three dif- ferent lines of railroad and two express com- panies, He paid 50 cents for the second yackage, This set him to thinking, and he has prepared a bill extending the provisions of the interstato commerce act over the §aoress commnios, Hesaia today that he had reconsidered his st determination of introducing it at this time but that ke will do 50 48 his firstact in the next congress. " own of Buoy inthe state of Mary- land is about half way between Baltimore and Washington. Tho express company’s charge for 100 pounds from Washington to Buoy is50 cents. The same company will take the same package twenty miles further to Baltimore and deliverit to the addressea for 25 cents. The consignee in Buoy, besides being compelled to pay twice as much as the Baltimore man, must” go to the station to carry his package away. A ‘page wight be filled with instances of discrimination of this character, but these sufficieni to show that there is a field stigation by theinterstate commerce commision., TARIFFS, s SHROUDED IN BRIDAL ROBES. A Deserted Girl Dies on the Day Ap- pointed for Her Wedding. New Youx, Dec. 28.—A wreath of white roses, tled with white and black ribbons, hanging from the door bell ut No. 48 Marey avenue, Brooklyn, marks the house where Lizzie Ortkey died on the day appointed for her wodding and from which she was carried this afternoon wearing the robes fntended to adorn her at the altar. Miss Orthey was the complainant in a suit recently brought aganst Julius Scharmann, the wealthy agent for the Scharmann brewing com- pany, for botrayal under promise of mar- rlage. The case was tried belind closed doors, and itis only now, when death has stepped in to shield Miss Orthoy from shame, thut her mother has decided to make the facts public. Two years ago, according to Mrs. Orthey's story, Scharmann asked Lizzie to marry him, and vesterday was the day fixed pon for the céremony. About twelve months ago Mr. Scharmann, it is_alloged, took advautage of the girl's love. When her condition revealed the truth to her mother Scharmann came, Mrs, Orthey says, to her and confessed the wrong he had done and de- clared that he wonld marry the girlon Christ- mrs day. Miss Orthey “besought him to marry her before it was too late to save her good name. He promised to do so, but gradually e ceased his visits and finally stopved them altogether. In court Scharmann admitted that he was the father of the unborn child, but said that he had promised marriage only when tte girl begged him to save her from shame and her mother's wrath, He offercd to pay the ex- enses of her sickness and to care for the uture of the cnild, Justice Goetting's decision dismissing the case was given about four weeks ago. Miss Orthey took to her bed as soon as she arrived home after leaving the court and did not again leaveit. A child, a boy, was born fif- teen days ago, and Christmas the young mother died. Early in the morning she sent aletter to Scnarmann, begging him to come and bid her good bye. He either did not re- ceive it or did not care to reply. Certainly he never came, and the young girl died without seeing the author of her misery and with the words, ““Tell Julius I never loved anyone else,” on her lips, e KING KALAKAUA, He is Said to Be Anxious to Confer with American Politicians. Nrw Yorg, Dec. 25.—A letter dated De- cember 12 has been reccived by a gentleman in this city from a friend in Honolulu in which the following interesting information is given concerning King Kalakaua and hls probable movements while in the: United States: It s still the intention to have the king visit Washiogton. The denial of the minister of forcign affairs to the effect that the king would mot visit the American capital was made to allay the fears of the natives. The scheme as it stands at presentis: The king will go to the state of Washington to benefit by its climato and enjoy its scenic wonders, He will be- come interested in the Canadian Pecific rail- road and will be induced to travel overit. At the other end of the line he will be met by old friends from Washington, who will pre- vail upon him to take a run down to that city and renew old acquaintances, Then the American and Hawaiian politicians will gt their work in. This is the local programme up to date, but, of course, it is. subJect. (o ontive slier. tion by the Hawaiian: cabinet or the king's whim' A great deal will also depend upon whether some one or some government will offerto pay s expenses, The majority of leading Hawallans_enter- ! tain a thought born of the wish that he may not return alive, as his health 1s poor and your winters are severe. . The king is unpop- ular, for notwithstanding his many social qualities ne is a politigal rogue aud is the di- rect cause of all the misfortune of poor Hawaii since he became king, so if he dies while in the United States'do not gush out any eluborate sympathy for us, for you may Jniow tht i U brogshof tho mujority of tho Hawaiians the “Gloria i Excelsis' of his requiem will bo felt with double meaning. Under a now regime there will bo hope for Hawali and Hawaiians, b s MRS A Notorious Crook Killed, INviaANAroLts, Ind., Dec. 28, -The killing of the highwayman on @strect carin this city last night bas developed some startling features today, resulting in the identification of the dead man, He was Alexander Cronin, & notorious crook born and raised in Louis- ville, Ky, Since 1 o'clock this morning large crowds have called at the morgue to see the body, and several persons gave ita partial identification, At noon, however, Thomas Hoben, & potato peddler, recognized the remains as those of Cronin by two scars on the face and forehead, Hoben said that Cronin came to this city about three weeks 4go, but did notknow where e had been stop- | Ping or who he had been associating with. In S the dead man's possession was ‘s 82-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, some cartridges, and asmall memorandum book. In the latter were written “Danville, [IL.>* and “Mike" and “Richurds,” each belng over a tow of figures. There was also found an open-faced vatch, Coroner Manker fonnd on the e of the watch the name “D, °E, It wasnotengraved, butscratched, s if with a knife. As soon as it was known that the dead man was Cronin, an effort was made to further establish his identity, A dispatch wis sent to Detective De Forres tor of L. ville, which brought the following repl ‘I know Alex Cronin well He served one term in the Kentucky peniten. tlary; also two terms in the Jefferson- ville penitentiary. He was born in this city, His father is living in St. Louis, His mother is dead; haa a brother named John, who was shot aud killed in Chicago about five years ago while in the act of sand- bagging a man. Cronin has been a crook all of his ife. His first term was for one year in our penitentiary: his second term was for highway tobbery of an old man named Featheringill, on'the Knobs, near New Al bany, Ind., for which he reccivedthreo years, His third term was for a burglary near Cory- don, Ind., which he received his second term for in the Jeffersonville penitentiary.” Cronin has been seen about the saloons and dives of this aity for tho past three weeks, Hisslayer, Theredore A. Seeley was discharged from police custody, it being proved that he shot Cronin in self.defense, His course is com- mended unanimously by the people of this city, A Husband Commits Suicide Because of His Wife's Impending Death. Nevapa, Mo, Dec. ~TL.ate last night Cyrus Cox, a blacksmith of Milo, this county, committed suicide by cutting his throat with arazr. Cox's wife was very ill, and it is supposed he was led to the fatal step by a statement she had made during the day tha she believed she couid not recover, His body was found some distance from the house and carvied to a neighbor's store. His wife, despite the efforts of friends, gotup and went to her dead husband. She was carried back to her bed in a swoon, and her death is momentarily expected. They have ono child, mst Battle, 28.~A sheriff's A Desperado's New Onteans, La., De posse which went to Daviston, Miss., tonight to arrest F, T Favreon a charge of murder, met with a.most desperate resistance from the outlaw and his friends. Favie ws killed instantly und his brother, Thomas M. Favre, wounded, Sheriff J. M. Shivers was shot through the rignt lung and Cap- tam T, White, & member of the posse, wis dangerously wounded. oth’ aro thought {0 be dying tonight. On December 33, at o country frolic near Red Top, Miss, J. I\ Favre shot three men —Parker, who has since aied, Neal Steapan and Jonn Hickman. Fayro was arrested aud committed to the Ellisville jail for sate keepiig. The justice of another district authorized his release and he‘was set at liberty on_ 8300 bonds. When Sheriff Shivers, in whoso cusiody he had been, learned of the release he suminoned n posse_and proceeded to Daviston to recap- ture the murderer with the result notsd above. ————— Swipes Won the Fizht. New York, Dec, 28, —“Swipes, tho News- boy,” of this city, and Jack Brennan of Brooklyn, fought to a finish on Long Tsland today. Brennvan is a strapping big fellow, nearly six feet high and weighs 150 pounds. Swipes s a bantam of about 120 pounds, and when the two men eutered the ring the contrast was ' somethug re- markable. Swipes recsived a terrible facer in the first round and Brennan could have tinished him, but stood still until Swipes recovered. In the second round Swipes was knocked through the ropes and in the third round Bremnan back-heeled Swipes and threw bim heavily to the floor. Swipes was marvelonsly gameand now began to play for the big follow’s heart_and wind. In the fifth round Swipes had Bremnan so weak that he was able to attack thelatter's head and face. He had Brennan falling all over the ropes and would have knocked him out before the close of the round had not Brennan's seconds thrown up the sponge, —_———— A Supposed Smuggler Captured. Key WesTt, Fla, Deo, 28,—The United States revenuesteamer McLane has sent into this port with a prizecrewthe ship Angebita. There has been much smuggling done of late and the McLane came across the Angebita, flying the Spanish flag, lying off Sanibel island. Her captain had no manifest or reg- ister, and although nothing contraband was found it was decided to scize her. Failure to be provided with register alone was sufficient cause for procesdings agaiust her, When the ofticer announcea the vessel seized the Span- ish captain made a fuss and called on his crew to fight, but the presence of gthe boat's crew armed with rifles and cutlasses had a de- teriatory effect. The vessel will be sold. ——— Shot From Bahind. Trayer, Mo, Dec. 2.—News has just reached here of a shooting scrape at Myrtle, Mo, eighteen miles from here, in which an old man, John McCannon, was instantly killed. John McCanunon, his son Henry, Cap- tain Brewer and his son “Doc’’ were all drinking on Christmas evening, when the voung men got intoa fight. Old man McCan- non interfered to stop the row, when Captain Brewer pulled a pistol out of his son's pocket, and shot McCannon from behind. Brewer went to Allen yesterday and gave himself up. He was followed by a lynching party, who went back when they found their man in custody. The killing of McCannon was en- tirely unprovoked, ———— Texas Road Agents. SAN ANToNI0, Tex., Dec. 23, —Postal In- spector Stevens, who has returned from a trip to Boerne, brings the information that a dozen or more robberies have occurred be- tween here and Leon Springs within the last fewdays, In several instances they have been accomplished by two men, who ridein a buggy, and in nearly every instance there are two men engaged in the ~work. It is be- lieved that an organization of hixhwaymen are operating in that vicinity, who may be a part of the same old gang who formerly had their rendezvous around the vicinity of the celebrated *‘Robbers’ cave.” e Agrieved Saloonkeepers. Decatug, Ill, Dec. 28.—[Special Telegran to Tk Bek.]—There is consternation among the Decatur saloonkeopers over the fact that on April7, the day of the big parade in con- nection with the meeting of the Illinois de- partment of the Grand Army of the Republic and the celebration of the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the order, will oceur “the annual township election, when, under the sta te law, all saloons must remain closed. Saloo nkeep- ers say they will cut down their subscriptions unless concessions are made. ey The Tomb or Alexander the Great. The announcement some timeago that the tomb of Alexander the Great had been discovered at Sidon created consid- able interest and gave rise to much dis- cussion, says vhe Scientific American, “I must confess,” says Dr. Waldstein, “that at the time so startlling an an- nouncement not only caused me to be skeptical of the whole report, but even prejudiced me against the works of ancient art that had then been discovered, Since then T have been at Constantinople and have been shown the photographs of the sarcopha- yi by Hamby Bey. As my own preju- vdices” have been compleiely removed, andas I find that my colleagues here are as yet not frec from them, I think it isright to record my eonviction that the discovery seems to me one of the most important made in the present gen- eration, Nay, I venture to believe that, except the Elgin marbles and the Hermes of Praxiteles, no work of an- cient Greek art has been found of greater artistic interest and vulue. There are several sarcophagi of vari- ous dutes, showing an interesting de- velopment of tombs of the Lycian type, some reminding usof the monuments llrum Xanthus in the British museum. Jut supreme beauty, It has pediments con- taining relief in whichthe polychromatic additions we wuudurl'ul{y proserved. one_of these stands apart for #ts | Lwent w0 the var These reliefs are unique in character. 'Gngnn wont to San Franolsco and got In style they remind usof some of the friezes from the mausoleum of Hall- carnassus, and can hardly be later than the beginning of the third century be- fore Christ, The subject of Jthe one pediment—a representation of a lion hunt—is quite clear inasmuch as it contains an_ un- doubted portrait of Alexander. Now, when we remember that, according to Pliny and Plutarch, the group of Delphi representing the famous lion hunt of Alexander is attributed to Lysippus and Leochares, it isphighiy probable that some relation subsists betwecn this relief and the famous Neapolitan mosaic, and, if I remember rightly, hend on the right in this relief is replica of tho head on the gold statue of Philip. The other pediment, also containing a portrait of Alexander, represents the execution of some warrior or prisoner. About this Iinlu not venture to offer any interpreta- tion. Hamby Boy does not assert that this fsactuully the tombof Alexander, but I feol that ho will be justified in pointing to the possibility of such being the caso. My acquaintance with the works s merely based upon the photographs which Hamby Bey was good onough to show me. The works themselves are in cases st Canstantinople awaiting the completion of the museun which is being built to house them. We may also hope that before long his pub- lication of these works will make them properly known to the public. Mean- while, I feel assuired that he has done all in'his power to ot in the interest of scionce and of his own country, It is right that we should all sympathize with patriotic feeling in others. - JAMES GAGANS GOLD MI! The Metcoric fCarcer of a Tramp Frinter in the Forties. The town of Meadow Lake, N county, Culifornia, was an entorpr city of 15,000 inhabitants in the exciting duys of *49and 0. It was surrounded by some of the richest placer mines in California and theve were those who got the idea that the town was destined to bo the metropolis of the west, but the mines wero finally oxhausted and the fortuno seckers drew away from tho spot. James Gagan was the editor and pro- prietor of the Daily Herald. Ho was a Jolly Irish printer. Gagan had worked his wuy through the printing establish- mentsof the gulf coast to California, and, gotting the gold ecrazo, he aban- doned typesetting for a time and set out for Moadow Lake on foot. * He had a hard trip over the mountains, and when, at the end of four weeks, he walked to Meadow Lake, he was a sorty- looking sight, weather-beas and r:\-,:uv%. but not at all down hearted, for ho was @ typical tourist printer, and his spivit wasulways among the clouds, Gagan had money enoughin his pocket to enable him to purchase a mining out- fit at second-hand, and, friendless and alone, he set offfor the diggings back of the town. Inuremote canyon, through which ran a(smull stream of water, Gagun suked off a claim and set to work, Hestruck “color” at the first blow of the pick, and atthe close of the day he had taken out $3,500 worth of gold dust, Atthe end of the fourth week he was an immensely wealthy man. With a leather belt full of shining gold, he re- turned to Meadow Lake and made his rich find known. In the gold-dust he had ample evidence that his story was true, and he found no_trouble in dispos- ing of his claim ata price that ran his wealth into the millions, The population at Meadow Lake had now grown to 12,000 inhabitunts, and as yet the field was open to newspaper en- torprise. Gagan was quick 10 see this after he was out of the mines,and he set about establishing the Herald. In a few weeks the building was ready for oc- cupancy, and Gagan set out for the east for the purpose of purchasing a news- paper plant. It was nearly three months efore he returned, but he brought with him a first-class outfit, includinga cylin- der press and u steam engine. & [ndue time the Herald was issued,and it was a perfect newspaper ty pogruphi- cally, ~The business men of the town pationized it liberally, and_every man in the town subscribed for it. Single copics sold at four bits, or 5 cents ench, and the subseription price fora year was §100, The cireulationof the tlerald at one time reached 8,000 copies daily, but Gagan was sinking money in the venture very rapidly. To get printers to come to that town and work he was obliged to pay them $20 a day, and his other employes were paid correspond- ingly high wages, “aper laid down in the Herald estab- lishment at thatearly day cost a great deal, as it was bought in the east, shipped around the Horn and carried to the town on pack mules. Gagan was obliged to keep a train of twenty-five mules, with half as many drivers, on the road between Sun Irancisco and Meadow Lake weel in and week out. This cost & good deal of money. Gugan was the leading man of the town. If there was a dispute to hesot- tled, Gagan was the man to settle it. The case was laid before him, he took it under advisemont and reviewed the case and announced his decisionthrough the editorial columns of the Herald, If there was a family in the town that needed financial aid an appeal was made to Gagan and the assistance asked for was always granted. If there was a murder, and there were many of them in thoso wild days, Gagan was invariably called upon = to preach the funeral sermon. If there was a celebration, Gagan was always the orator of the day. Gagan wasa lib- eral liver, and when the mood came over him, which was often, he would walk into a saloon, purchise the con- tents and invite a erowd in from the streets to help themselves, He was a tall, slightly built, agile man, and he dressed in the most fault less style. His hair, as black as night, fell about his shoulders, and his waxed mustache and pointed imperial gavo him theuppearance of a quack doctor of the present day. He wus generous to a fuult, and one time, when a small pox epidemic struck the town, Gagan bought a building, turned it into a hospital, hired nurses, bought medicine and paid the bills out of his own pocket, His good luck got the best of his senses, and at the end of three years Gagan found the end of his purse strings and the Herald susnended, By thut time the placers were nearly exhausted and hut a few hundred people remained in the town, The last issue of the Herald came out on the morning of July 3, 1856, The column rules were turned und the piper was heavily draped in mourning, Under the announcement, at the head of the editorial column, that that would be the lust issue of the Her- ald were the following scriptural quota- tions: “A's for man, his days areas grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth, “For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.” Two days later the remainder of Meudow Lake’s population, with Gagan at their heud, left the townand when the Sacramento valloy was reschod tho members of the Imrly separated and ous wmining camps, vada ing employment as a printer. He worked at his trade in the varius printing offices on the const until 1877, when ' o died in the hospital at Sacramento, | m niless, Romarkable storles are told of Gi am’y extravagance while he was in the u ne . He was in the habit of standing on uie street corners in Meadow Lake inthe evening and throwing small scks of gold dust igto the roadway to be fought overby the young urchinsof the town. On one occasion, the Fourth of July, he printed a special edition of the Hearld and paved every street in Meadow Lake with them, > teams were allowed on the streets that day. Tho Herald plunt wis never removed from Meadow Lake and todny the press and engrine, rust-eaten and “worthless, stand_in the Herald office just as thoy were left nearly forty yearsago, Boils and Pimples Are nature’s efforts to eliminate poison from the blood, This result may be accomplished much more eflectually, as well as agreeably, through the proper exeretory channels, by the use of Ayer's Susaparilla, “For several years I was troubled with rbuneles, In urred o me that Ay parilla had been used inmy father with excellent suceess, and 1 thought that what was good for the father would also be good for the son. Three or four bottles of this medicine entirely cured me, and 1 have not since— inmore than two years - had boll, pimple, or any other eruptive trouble. I can consclentiously speak in the highest terms of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and muany years’ expexience fn the drug business en. avles mo to speak Intelligently.” -C. M. Hatfield, Farmland, Ind. Ayer’s Sarsapatilla PREFARED BY DR. 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