Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1891, Page 8

HABITS OF THE OLD NISSOURI Disoussisn of the East Omaha Case Brings Out the River's Pecaliarities. IN WHAT STATE DOES THE LAND BELONG? with the Spot of Men Long Acquainte Testify to the Changes Channel and Bed of the Migrating Stream. Taking of testimony 1n the “Cut-Off island case’’ was commenced yesterday morning beforo United States Commissioners Howard B. Smith of Omaha and T. C. Dawson of Council Bluffs This testimony s for ih the United States supreme wherein the boundary line between braska and lowa is in dispute which {nvolves also the question of juris diction over the tract of land known as Cot- Of island The Towa side of the caso was represented by Attorney General Stone, Hon, Smith Me Pherson of Red Onk and J. J. Stewart, eity attorney of Council Bluffs. C. J. Greene, in whose office the testimony was taken, represented the interests of the Nebraska side of the controver: Before the examination of witnesses com menced it was agreed that maps should be admitted as exnibits, showing the meander line of the nrver when lowa was surveyed, another showing tke meander line when Nebrasks was surveyed, and a third showlng the course of the river just before the cut-off necurred These preliminaries having on Captain C. B, Rustin was first witness. Captain Rustin testified that ho had re- sided in Omaha continuously since 1564, and was in the ferry and transfer business on the Missouri river between Omaha and Council Bluffs between the years 186+ and 1872, He was well acquainted with the character and habits of the river. In 1864 the chunnel of the river was a little facther west than the meander line of 1556, gradual encroachments having taken placo on the Nebraska shoro, These encroachments and changes coutinued until 1877, when the river described u lar bend abnut tie two cities, and finally iv 1877, broke through the narrow neck of land separ atiug the two channels, and the main cureent tools the straight cut. I'hese changes were brought about by a gradual encroachment on the outer part of the bend, and s gradual filling up on the inner side. ' anges were not sudden, but were gradual They were brought about by" undercurrents and the washing of banks instead of by over- flows, us wus generally supposed. the matcrial ch ere_ made by flows. Irom 1864 to 1572 the wituess was ferrying between Omaba and Council Bluffs and ‘was captain of the boat. Owing to®the character of the bauk it was necessary to change the place of landing very often. = On the Omaha side the boat landed at various points between Nicholus and Jones streets, and on the Towa side landings were made in the vieinity of Broadway, 1t was often nec- essary to £o up around the vend to effect u landing, a distance of anout eight miles, and sometimes it was possible to run alr.ost directly ucross the river. ‘Phe witness was then submitted to a very brief cross-cxamination by Attorney General Stone, in which he reiterated his siatements about the necessity for secking a new landing very frequently, He stated that most of the laudicgs on this side were made at the foot of Nicholas street at what was known as “telegraph point,” on account of a telegraph pole standing there, This point was of blue clay and withstood the action of the water. Most of the bank, however, was sandy sofl and washed away rapidly Ou the re-direct examination Greene the witness said the cause for” these suaden changes were numerous; often a snag or a sand bar would suddenly form and se the channel to sbift. Such a change fifty miles above Omaha affected the chun- nel'here. As an itlustration the witness cited a case whero the river made a sudden cut-oft at Rockport in 1574 and this caused the chun- nel near Omaha to shift suddenly from one side of the river to the other. The chaunol changed continually and it often happened that u pilot did not tun bis boat twice in one chapuel. The witness indicated oun the map the changes which took place in the chauuel during those years, whes the chanuel fr quentiy changed from one side of the river to the other. These changes were rapid but the changes in the banks of the ri were very slow and gradual. The lines north and west of the Nebraska line were formed by slow accretions to tho Iowa shore. This completed the testimony of Captain Rustin and an adjourniaent was taken until 1:30 p. m. Mr. Greene announced that his noxt witness would be John Smiley, an old resident of this section and a former sur- veyor. it is expected that the taking of testimony fn the case will consume several days after which the matter will be taken up in Council Bluffs and the witnesses examined for the other side. When the hearmg was resumed in the afternoon John A. Swmiley was put on the witness stand. He testifiel that he had lived in Omaha since April 6, 1557, and was a civil engineer and surveyor by profession. He had smpted land on what is now North ith street, and resided in a house s )iz on the bluft where a fuil view of the river might be had from Council Bluits to Florence. His land extended across the bottoms almost to the river buuk and he had watched the course of the river very closely during his residence here. The withess indicated on the maps the changes whicn had occurred in the river bed and particularly thoso which had taken place near his land, ‘I'be width of the river varied but little, ho said, as a cut on one side was offset by fill on the other sido. These changes wero all gradual and slow in their nature, except the cut-off which occurred in 18 On cross-examination Attorney General Stone sousht to broak the witness down on the nature of ‘the changes, enaeavoring toshow that many of the chunges were rapid, but the witness hield to his statement that the changes 1 the viver banks had been gradual in theie nature, Ho combatted the proposi tlon that extensive sand bars wero formed by high water and that large t of new land were made when the water was high, *oc* George Smith, the veteran county surveyor, was put on the stand and_testified that he cime to Omaha w - April, 183, He had been couuty surv of Douglas county from 1803 until 1857, and bad been deputy surveyor since that'time, He stated that ho hua been a closo observer of the river duri bis residenco hero and was familiar with it. The changes occurring durine those years were made by aceretions and erasions and wero gradual in their nature. In some vears the changes wero more rapid than in othe Pho witiess de- seribed in dotail the manner in which theso erasions and accretions were made. He stated that he had made surveys of these now lands at different times, but had not run the lines to tho river bank. He was ablo to say, however, from close obsorvation during numerous hunting and fishing trivs that the banks of the river had changed gradually from their original position. He described in detail theaction of the water in washing away the bank, and described the nature of the 80il compesing the banks, He indicated on the maps the chunges which had oceurrcd aud interspersod his testimony with many ploasing reminiscences of those times, On cross examination the witness stated that tue soil at tho bottom of the river cou- sisted of almost everything. It was o sort of muck of unknown depth. In some places it wus known to be over sixty feet in depth, ‘The soil forming the river bottom was not of the permanent nature of that forming the bluffs on either side, Asido from the Platte rivor the witness knew of no river which was similar in its haoits to the Missouri, and bad never seen or read of any similar river. ‘This concluded the witnesses on hand and an adjourument was taken until this morn g case court Ne- and use in the been decidod called as the by Mr. DeWitt's Little Early Risers; oniy pil to cure sick beadache aud rozuiate tho be.vels -~ Liveryman Mentor Quits, Charles J. Mentor, the liveryman on Day- enport street, between Thirteenth and Four- teenth, made an assignment to the shoriff yosterday aftornoon. Tho assots aro 83,000 and labilities $,000. Montor claims that ho will be on bis feet again in the course of few days. B s De Witv's Little Early Lusers, best pull, TWO SUNDAY FEATURES. Paris is a nevor onding and fruitful sub- ject of interest to Americans, In that mer. curial people our own nation finds much to commend, much to admire, notwithstanding that thay belong to a race far removed from that of the English speaking world In thoir modes of lifo traveled Americans find a great deal to praise, and Paris to them is a Mecca as attractive as that olden city toward which the Mohammedans turned longing eyes, Mr, Rosewater, imbued with the spirit of the traveled American, writes his last letter fram under tho shadow of the Bastile and brings to bear a close observation which makes this last lotter the best he has yot | written en tour, morals with M. “Pross Par- Ho discusses American Pout-Jest, one of the directors of the Circle,” a man who ranks very high in isian literary and art circles, and talks pro- hibition with the casy grace of a man thor- oughly familiar with every phase of his subject, The farms and the farmers, the peasantry of France, the profound provlem of wages, the employment of women in different businesses, tho market houses of the repu- Mr. Rosewater's making a text-book almost upon lie, are all touched upon in best N, French life This lotter will appear in it day, August Y, Whilo Mr, Edwarda Rosewater, editor of Tue Ber, devotes the major portion of his Paris letter to a discussion of French morals, his son, Mr. Victor Rosewater, writes very interestingly of the French chamber of dep- uties and gives soveral woll cbnsidered pen pictures of the notables who make laws for the government of the French, Tne Palais Bourbon is describod and comparisons made with the parliament buiidings in London and our own capitol at Washington. Mr. Rosewater attended tho closing hours of tho last session and was an interested observer in the doings of the chamber of deputies, especially in tho defeat of the mi- nority over tho large appropriation asked by Froyeinet for the Poivtechniquo military school, and his story of the day is well told in Tue Bee of Sunday, August 9. Bee of Sun- = sk i stension of the stomach which many 1 after cating, may be due to im- er mastication of the food; but, in most cases, it indicates a weakness of the digestive organs, the best remedy for which is one of Ayer's'pills, to be tuken ufter dinner. - IMPROVING BLMWOC Tho ¢ peaple f [ Park Commissioners Inspect Work on the New Park. Dr. George L. Miller and Mr. (. W. Lin- inger, members of the board of park com- mission visited Elmwood park Wednesday afternoon and inspected the bridgos that have just been completed, The threo bridges are completed and will be accepted by the board. “I'have nothing new to give you about park matters,” swid Dr. Miller yesterday to a reporter tor T Ber, “but vou may be on the lookout for a very important matter in the near future, When Mr. Pratt gets ready to report upon some matters have been committed to him I suppose tho hodrd will then take up the subject of asking the council to submit a boud proposition for the purpose of purchas- ing additional land for pavk purposes. The question of selectine land, its location and the amount to be purchiased, will all be mat- ters of much interest to the citizens of Omaha, The members of the board are sim- ply the agents of the people and we aro desiwons of doing the very best thing with the money placed at our command when the bouds shall have been voted.” “How much ao you think the board will ask tae council to provide for! “That is n matter of consideration as yet. We are allowed_by law to ask for £00,000 in three years. Some think that the board shoutd” ask for the full amount at onco and then expend it judiciousiy, setting forth definitely ulways to the public the exact plans and objects of in- vestment. But wo are not fully decided as yet about the number of acres we had better purchase adjacent to Elmwood park. Some think we should have two or three hundred ucves more out there, and others believe that 100 acres in_addition to the tract wo now have woukd be suflicient. \When theso ques- tions are decided we shall be in better con di- tion to make an estimato of the funds wo should have voted at the next bond election.” Small in size, great n_rosuits: DoWits Tittle Barly Risers. Bost pill for constipa- tion, bust forica hi1licas, bist for sour stomuch, e Mountain Marvels. From the car windows of the trains of the Denver & Rio Grande railvond can be seen the grandest spectacles of na- ture’s wonders presented by any rail- road on the globe, on aceount of which this rond has gained the much merited title of the “*Scenic Line of the World.” Tho Rio Grande is essentinlly the tourists’ line, and over it the traveler secures cqual comfort and speed with the added pleasure of beholding sights and scenes uncqualled for grandeur, beauty ana_sublimity anywhere in this countiyy or Europe. No American should miss the opportunity to sce the granduve of his own country as seen only by a journey over this line, and by so doing hang such pictures on the walls of memory that all the attempts of the most celebrated artists will seom wenlk and trivial in the presence of naturve’s majestic works among the snow-crowned petiks of the Rocky mountains. If any of our readers desire toknow more about these stupendous works of nuture, write to K. Hooper, general passengor agent, Denver, Colo., and he will sond you, free of cost, elogantly illustrated Yooks giving a full eription of the warvels of the “Scenic Line.’ R RIGHTS. Bidders of Berea Sandstone for Curb- ing Go Into Court, The board of public works has o lawsuit on its hanits, ove that ties up tho curbing of all of the streets, the contract for which was awarded July 20, Oa that date it will o re- membered that the board opencd bids for curbing. P, H. Mahoney and J. W. Furnas bid on Berea sandstone, winlo othor con- tractors bid on red and white Colorado stone. Muhoney & Furnas were the lowest biade but they did not secure the award. They huve now brought a mandamus suit, to com- pel tho board to awurd them the Coutract They have also secured an injunction to pre- vent the contract from being swarded to the parties who bid on the other stone. Argu- ments ou tno injunction will bo neard by Judge Wukeloy next Wednesday morning. WANT TH Sl An Tmportant Work. Mr, Andrew Rosewater returned from Washington yesterday. [lis work as a mom- ber of the government com:mission to inquira into and report upon the bost systems of con- Auits for municipal electric wires, water aud gas pipas, and upon munici- pal control of franchised corporations, will ba completed in a few months. ‘This report, by the way, will meclude considerations on all subjects und will form one of the most wnter- esting state reports ever mado by tho gove went. Mr. Rosewater stopped at Ottawa, I, on his way home. He is under contract to provide a sewerage, grading and paving system for that city and the work is well under way, Mr. Rosewater's famo as a civil engineer extonds througbout the count 3 R DeWitt's Little Barly itisers for the liver s i, That Everlusting Stench. Health Ofticer Sherar yesterday afternoon $wore out a warraut for the arrest of the five county commissioners. They are charged with maintaiuing & nuisauce within the city limits. 'I'ho nuisance complained of is tbe cvss pool at the county hospital. The war- rant will bo served this morniog. Use Hallor's Gorman Pills, the great 0o a stipation aud liver regulator, . THE OMAHA DAILY BE RATES SLASHED BY THE ALTO Worst Fears of Finlay and the Assoofaticn Confirmed, PICNIC FOR HARVEST EXCURSIONISTS. One Fare for the Round Trip is An- nounced by the Boyco ted Road ~Will Force General Re- ductions at Once. Ciicaco, Aug. 6,—~The general passeneer agents of the lines in the Western Pussenger association have beon on the auxious scat ever since they agreed upon rates and ar- rangements for harvest excursions, in appre heusion of some radical step on the part of the Alton. Thoy will be relinved of their sus- pense and their fears will be confirmed to morrow for the Alton 1ssued a circular this evening announcing three harvest excursions instead of two, the number decided upon by the association, and making the rate ouo fare for the round trip, instead of a faro and athird, Cuairman Finley will reccive the following characteristic letter from General Passenger Ageut Charlton in the mornine You and your association have carefully avoided piacing the Alton on a footing of equality with its compstitors in the decision of the question of harvest excursion rates and have just as carefully taken steps to place the Alton on a footing of iacquality in the territory east of the castern boundary line of your associution by ailing cas boycotters against us aud have thus, ind ually and collectively become parties to this illegal and unamerican boyeott fore find it necessary to take ind action. Having been urged by public bodies and farn.ers of the west to make harvest cursions 1 the interest of western localitie: we are unable to understand why you have clected to make one wd a third instead of one fare. Wi ualiy unable to uu- derstand why you havo accepted only two of the thr tendered by the Transmis- souri association and why vou have excented somo points to which you have baen asknd to sell those reduced wte tickets, or thes excursions we shall make a rate of one fare for the round trip from all points on our lines, and shall add to taat the rates ten- dered us by our connections m our ter- minals to all pownts beyond. In consequence of the boycott, and of your indepenacnt and adverse action which aids it, we find it nec: essary to make excursion rates of a siuglo fare for the round trip between our terminal ponts. This, as vou have alveady been ad- vised, will nceessarily be our policy in all cases in which you ‘take action that know- ingly expose as to loss.” The dates on which the Alton will run har- vost excursions are August 25, Scptember 15 and September 20, Only the' first and last of these dates were fixed by the association. The Alton’s tickets will be good to many move points than those embraced in the asso- ciation, ineluding in fact, nearly all points in the wost, northwest and southwest. The Alton's competitors in all probubility will now meet and adopt the rates and conditions aunounced by that road. WOULD BENEFIT BROK portation committee of the Na- Al Wholesale Druggists’ association has written to some of the gencral passensc agents of western roads usking what objec tions there are to the issue of 5,000 mile in- terchangeable tickets for the use of traveling salesmen. Goneral Passenger Agent Eustis of the Burlington rephed at some length to the letter. He says one obstacle to the selling of interchangeable milcage would be romoved if ail the railroads could agreo. But there were sevoral other diticulties and chief among these was the existence of the ticket broker. Most of the dificulties would disappear if business was conducted in this country as it is in Can- adn, where by law agents aro compelled to sell tickets at reasonaole rates and all others are prohibited from selling thom at any rate, Mr. Kustis conzends that the Natidnal Drug- gnists’ association and similar orzanizations control this anestion, as it Ts in their power and not in the power of the railroads to aboiish the ticket brokers, ANOTHER ALTON THREAT. Tt is claimed that the Jacksonvilie-Souths eastern line, the St. Louis connection of the Atchison, is agam demoralizing passenger traflic by stocking the brokers’ oflices of St. Louis with cheap Grand Army tickets 13sued in_such away thatthey are good for tno golngz passago and a stopover until August 18, The Chivago & Alton proposes retalia- tion on_the rates between Chicago and Kan- sas City. ns. RATES TO GO TPy Advices received here today are to the of- fect that at a_ meeting of the ‘I'tunk line and Lake line managers in New York yesterday it wns agreed to restoro all west-bound treight rates, taking effect August 17, An advan chst-bound grain rates, lake and vail, are to go into effect the same date. RATES FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR The exceutive committee of the World's Columbian exposition has adopted resolu- tions requesting tho railroads to muke half rates in both dirvections on exhibits to the fair. The roads tad previously decided to charge full ratos going to the exposition and return free of charze. Grand Trank Affairs. New Yous, August 6.—Sir Heary Tyler, president of the Grand Trank railway sys- tom, arrived in New York yesterday from England on the stoamar Majostic, He was accompanied by bis son, H. G. 5. Tylor, When interviewed by a veporter, Sir Honry said I will take a run over tho different lines of the Grand Trunk systom and seo what can ba done in the way of improvement. [ shall go diract to Port Huaron to sco how onr tunnol under the St. Claiv viver is_getting on. The tunnel s finished, but we are having much trouble with the approaches, the grouad 1s so siippery that we cannot say wheu we will be able to ol 1t “What truth is there in the rumor that you propose resigning after the election of the uext board of dircctors i e whatever, 1 have no intention of resigning. There is no foundation for any such story.” “It hus” been intimated Trank may becomo whsorbod derbilt syStem.”! ““I'hat also is mere talk. There is nothing init. The Grand Trunk is ready and will- ing to co-operate with the Vanderbilt or any other American railroad system for tho par- poses of trafic and a fuic division of profits. But the Grand Trauk will preserve its autonomy us a railroad. Thero will bo no ab- sorption.” Aro 1ot the relations between the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacitic more cordial than former " “Yes, [ miy say they are, When tho Cana- Qian Pacific’ was first built they paralleled our lines and tried to cut into the business we had bad exclusively, Naturally thoro was o fierce rivalry and not a good feoling. But tho Canagtian Pacific is now a rvailroad and has come to stay. It would be poor policy for the two Canadian railway systems to fight and cut each other's throats. Tue ofticers of the two roads aro now in accord and we will each do business without secking to {njuro cach other, ‘There is enough for both.’ He was mot here by General Manager Sar- ot of the Grand Trunk. They left last uing via tho Central for Suspension bridge. Ho will go to Chicago before visit- ing Toronto or Montreal. 5 that the G into the and Vau- Union Pacitic’s Floating Debt, New Youk, Aug. 6, —=There was consider ble talk yesterday of the Union Dacific hav- ing troubio with its floating indebtedness. The report was that the company had not been avle sell its new collateral trust bonds and o had boen borrowing mouey on them, Some of the loans had been called, itwas said. A mooting of the executive committee of the company in President Dil- lon’s oftice lont color to the story. Directors Atkins and Dexter cameover fram Boston on purpose to attend the aud it is said that the floating debt was discussed. President Dillon said to a reporter: “‘Loans have been called, to be sure, but we have alreaay plenty of money on hand to moes them, | Auditor Brown at Omaba, fn. forms me that he bas seat to the office at Boston earuiugs amouunting to $1,300,000 for [ the month of July.l For August they will amount oo, 500,000, So 1 presume vou seo we are not sufferingfor want of monoy.” Mr. Dillon woulds aot say how extensive the loans were thats;had been called, But the company was mewer in better condition, far as ithe Expenses mave beon be said, so cernes operation cut was con- down to the lowest notch sitiee he todk charge and the not returns arelfar bettor than ago. a year Statement ofithe Denver & Gulf. Dexver, Colo, of the Denver & Aug. 6. The annual report I railway to December 1800, was filed in the recorder's office yester day by S. M. Dodgey president. followiug statement of the road condition : 1,313,847 has The amount been actually of the exist debt, including fiest mortgage ,000, less the bonds company and bonds in trust S1,418,000, leaving £20,315,000, floating debt 1s 807142814, holds in the treasury &34 actual amount of ecapital stock p 06,000 capital stock the I & Denver Ci of DeWitt's Littie karly Risers: IR owned amounting to Ihe 800 abov It gives the s financial Capital stock 36,000,000, of which paid in funded bonds, is by the total company the in and Worth best little pills for dyspepsia, sour stomnach, bad breath, SOUTH OMATLA, Bohemian Singing Socicty. The Bohemian Singing society has been or- ganized and adopted the n which means “country lover," ¢ ed officers as follows : Boh Hosdel, secretary urer, ana_ Joseph ohn Knutsky, 10 Viastimil, 1 has elect- August Papez, prost Joseph Diask, enkyr, Vastar trustoes, isler was electad toachor The society will meet for Wednesduy evening in Natio every fortnignt thereafter, inass meetings will be day of each month at oon. A0 H Division No. nians, met in St, evening, ond avtend the fourth party to be eiven Syniicate park, th, Hon. Joseph mor and Thomas ted a committen to v divisions in Omaha and Council Agnes’ hall annual pieni Neitl The reg: held on the first Sun- 2 o'clock in tho after- Will Turn Out, Ancient Orvder of Wednesday decided to turn out in force to and Saturday, Aucust St . murshal, | wore on all the A, O, Bl practice next hall nd v bus- Hiber- lawn , 0 Agnos’ ap- and induce them to turn out on the occasion A Pamntul Chief Engineer Frader packing plant painful and singular acident. \ ing with the en tric rod was forced tensing an ugly nole cl and just passing round the bone, was summoned, who dressed Mr. Wulthers ty-soventh and R streets, Accident. through Child Lo Willie Ashburn, aged three years, siding at tho brick cit; whe Charles Ashburn, 1 in the southea-tern B. & M. track, near et of the the place ck Walthers of of Switt & Co. met aile w ne, in some way the ec is left forear n, v through the arm A surgeon the wound. was taken to his home, on the th @ ™ Twe son of as tho © the sewer emptics into the river, wandered away from home & ful search hus missing child. tracted, The Union Picnic. 9 o'cloek this morning. alled to give any trac The purents are almost dis- care- of the The Union picuic held yesterday in Syndi- cate vark, by the several Sunaay schools of the Christian churches in Omaha and South w one of the largost that ever gathe gave as much sutisfaction to its An Eight-Hour Test Casc. assemblages 1in that pleasant park, and promoters as it gave pleasure to those present. Suit has been commenced in Justice Breen’s court by John Bagley under the eight-hour law to for ove is pethaps tho fi recover from the Presbyterian church time at the rate of double puy. t caso.brought in the state. This Justice Terry will handle the legal side of the case for the plaiutif Presbyterian Enter Unde Sunday school, an entert “Pna Christian Soldier” day evening. the 13th. 1 be given additional rinment. tho auspices of the Presbyterian nment entitled ill be given Thurs- The entertainment terest by a fine literary and musical programme and some fine tableoux. A Consignment of' terday consigued to B. reshipment to England. Bufr: Six buffalo were received at the . Farnsworth The buftalo were 10. ards yes- for shipped by Lyneh & Glassman of Culbertson to C. J. Leyl Montgomeryshire, England. Notes About the City. Valloy, Ta. has goue Jus Rieff has gone to Missouri Cyrus Martin of the yards, Chicago. Mrs. J. C. doah, Ta., 10 vi The Maroons Sunda; it friends. rpy Mills. Councilman Andrew B. Haley has g A two weeks' visit, Clinger of the canning departmont Marquetts, Mich., fora far 1 for a private park in Kerry, to Thomas has gone to Shenan- and Albrights will play ball to of the Cudahy Packing plant, is daugerously sick Miss Cora Pond of Madison the turned home, Miss Myrtle Foster of Lincoln, been visiting her sister and Mr. and Mrs. i, O, Mayfield, home. who -in-luw, has returned the who has been cuest of Miss Jeunie Morton, has re- has The Omaha tennis club won three and the South Omaha club two games in ing's contost on the grounds, Tw and H straets, v, even- uty-third Mary Smith,littlo granddaughter of Mr, and M yesterda buried in this city in the afte Miss Maggie been the guest of Mr., weber, has_returne and Mes, homs A H. at the Benson house, vesterday taken to the county house. A tele this morniug much better, A. E. Morris of Johuston, who on yesterday's market, brot 0ats meisu feer and 5 Cherry county waus badly Last but gives crops this year. aunounced that had ht in a sheaf of ches in drouth promise of bountiful . Otto Hirseh, formerly of this city, died ¢ in Omana of diphthoria oon. Ward of Chicago, aud was who_has ank Woll- and was panied by Miss Margaret Muria Wollwe Leach, the man who took morphine evening was hona mes he w accom- or. cattle length, stri ken Albrignt has a novel and successful chicken thief. A tub, turned bottom-sido up, is used as a trap and aften the chickens are lured in by reed the tub iz d way twenty out of ‘one flock of spped_down, Ta this -four chickens have beenidost to their owaer. An Emine YT believo Dr. W. P, Rensselaer the world.” Prof. chemistry Troy, N. Y. e s Bullding Permits, The following permits w superintendent of ‘buildiy Louls Slobod s, 902 Capitol avcnwe od Johnson, two-stor ih N ony: il trame. dwelling, 1) hol, one o dwelling, 1 Troun, one-story frini IxXth und Purk strects or pernits frame Total. Polyt. the forro-manganese water of Rozent spring to be the best tonic waters in Inst, issued by the sterday : p-story brick store, # 1,000 dwei- senth street [ story venue 2 f story Phirtieth wvenue cottuge, FRIDAY, AUGU [RUN BY AN INSANE CAPTALY. Romantio Story of failors Just Arrived From fouth Ameriow THEY WERE CHARGED * WITH MUTINY. But the Skipper Blew Out His Brains and us Saved His Crew a Trial-A Thrilling rience, New Yong, Aug 6.—The steamship Finance of the United States and Brazil muil line arrived av Brooklyn yesterday with the crews of two vessels, One crew belonged to the barkentine Steadfast, which recently went ashore on the island of Santa Cruz. The other crew was made up of the alleged mutinous suilors of the Norwegian bark, the Hugo Fortescue. One of the Foriescue's sailors tells the following romantic yarn about the voyage of that bark “We were bound from Savannah for Maceio. Our troubles began when we were off Cape St. Roque, We were nimazed at the peculiar actions of tho captain, a Swede, whose nama | do not remember. He began to steer the bark in every direction. He fol- lowed no course and let her drift at the wind's fancy, Ho kept this up for throo days. Then the eaptain suddenly steered for Mananham. When we sighted the light- house at the entrance to that harbor the cap- tain bogan torun the bark on rocks, Then the secoad mate took the whee!. The captain did not resist. He went below and there became very violent, “When we cane to anchor the captain and his wife went, ashore. ‘I'he captain did not return to the ship. Several days later the Swedish consul came aboard. A charge of wutiny hud been made against us. When wo appeared before tho consul the captain 1s there also, He said we mutinied bo we wern short of provisions. There > plenty of provisions on_the ship. We then told of the eaptain’s conduct. The con- sul ordered us to return to the ship and await the result of his inquiry. The day after the investization the cuptain came sboard of the burk again, ““Ihio day after he returned, about noon,we were alarmed by the rapid discharge of o pistol. Tho mato rushed 1o the cabin. W found the captain lying on the fioor smoky revolver was at his stde. \We wy then convineed that the captain had been in- sanc for some time. fler the captain death, his brother took charge of the vessel. He shipped a new crew. We were dis- chiarged and sent here on tho Finance,” The erew of the Steadfast had quite a thrilling experience. They were wreeked on asmall reef, The crew had to remaiu on their vessel for ten days while she was being Then th ado their way to Santa Cruz, a port s d many miles away from whera their vessel met with disaster, There the American cousul took charge of them and sent them to New York. - The Wo:ld's Champion Diver. Will give an exhibition in Lake Manaw: in front of Manhatten beach on Fric Saturday and Sunda Mr. Joseph Leuvenmirk of the royul swim- ming school of Stockholm, = Sweden, rh:unpiun high diver of the wo:ld, will make one of his famous leans, head foremost from a lofty lower, expressly crected for the occasion, into Lake Manawa, between 6:30 and 7 o’clock each evenin Mr. Leuvenmark will wlso give an exhibition of fancy swim- ming at 4:30 o'clock Sunday. DMISSION FRIEE. Round trip tickets sale on cars, at hotel new: Tuke your baskets and pienic delightful summer res - COMPLECE RE to the beach on stands, H0c. at this TION. False Charges of Disreputab) Fully Expluned. Ta., Aug. 6.—|Special Bee.—In reply toa number of (alse charges against Mr. Wheoler, the republican guber- natorial candidate, made by a disreputable correspondent of the Omaha World-He and Chicago Herald, the Odebolt Chro this week prints a complete refutation of the statoments made and roproduces the follow- unication which was seut to the 1-Herald but which was not published: laving reaa the account of the special spondent in regard to the mortguge on Wheeler's farm, his way of doing busi- ness, cte, we find a good many stat meuts that ar not correct. W do much ousin with Mr. W] er, und think we know perfecily as'to his financial condition. A part of Mr. Wheeler's farm is mortzaged for 50,000, which he obtained from the Northwestern Mautual lifo msuranee company at 6 per cent, without commission or other charges. This is all there 15 against his favm, He has never given a mortgage on his crops or on any y sonul property. While the records show §i0,000, he has paid £10,000, and as a matter of fact'owes but 350,000, Wo kiow thut Mr. Wheeler roceives each year, in payment for his importéd horsos, long = timoe note running one, two and three vears, to the extent of $1),000 or more. Our uaderstanding is that he carries the mortgage on his farm for the v posc of obtaning money ata low rate of terest enabling him to carry his ducts to such factory We know that he often carried the products of his farm for a year or more be- fore marketing them. This also cuables him to carry his bills receivable, Mr. Whecler has 75,000 worth of real estata here on whieh there is no encambrance, and wo know of nis having purchased rvoal estate to the value, we thinlk, of mere than $100,000 within the last ten years, outside of his' holdings here, and the same is unencumberel. Mr. Wueeler now has an agent in Kurope purchasing fifty-five horses i Prance and Eugland, which will bd hero next month, and ho has nine imported horses ou hand, He has 1,000 cattle, mostly +Polled Angus grades, 150 herses and mulos and n largo amount of bills receivable, all of whicn amount to over §100,000 in value. Since we have known bir. Wheeler he hus not been engaged ju any other business but farming, excent that of importing hovses, It simply amounts to this: That Mr. Wheeler, in 1581, PUt £60,000 mortgugo on his furm o enable him to'develop nud stock the same. He has been abundantly avle for some years o pay off the mortage, but it is not business to do s0, us ho can use tho toney at tho low rate of iuterest churged and = bencfit himselt by 50 doing. The other misstatement wo wish to correet is this: **Although a lurgo cousumer he seidom buys auything in Odebolt.”? This is untrue ‘and unjust, and we have t the trouble to look the matter up. The merchants of the towu furnish proofs of the falsity of the ¢ " pors Obenont, to Tue corr M, Sure of Salvation, Forr Donak, Ia., Aug. 6.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Brk|—-Mrs, J. H. Goddavd, wife of a hard working mechanic of this city, swallowed half an ounce of laudanum lust ovening in an attempt to commit suicide, Physiclans were called in timo to save hor life, Muvs, Goddard has becomo a monoman- iac on religious subjects of late and when asked the motive for her act suid it wus desire to take ashort cut to salvation, stel Burned Special Pelegram wus Tndian N IxniaNony, Ta., Aug. 6 Tue Bek, |—The to adison house "PRICE S m Baking (/_g%Powder Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard, burned to the ground this foronoon. The up- stairs was all ablazo before it was known thero was a fire in the hotel. The furniture was saved for tho most part, but the building was an entire loss. The houso was n fifty- room hotel and had thirty-five boardors, The loss is estimated at 8,000, mostly cov- ered with insurance. It was' the only hotel in the city of any size and capacity and leaves Indianola without a public place for enter- taining visitors, Broke the Towa Record. Forr Donar, I, Aug. 6 —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber, |-—The record in somnam- bulistic feats has been broken by Honry Lynn, a Quecermore farmer, Mr. Lynn arose in a somnambulistio trance at an early hour this morning and walked 18 miles be fore he awoke, It was well ulong toward noon when the sleeper came to himself and foun that he was plodding along tho high way near Alroaa. Several neighbors met the man during his long tramp and ex changed greetings with him without wrous ing fim. We ALGONA, to Tue: Brr G. Spencer K of Contidence M y Aug. 6.~ [Special elegram I'wo men giving the names of and William Clark are under arrest hero charged with robbing David King, a prosperous farmer near hero, out of 2,000 A confederate who got tho money is still at large. The two men under arrest proposed to buy King's f Thoy started for town and meta supposed drunken tramp with asatchel. Ho exbioited a lurge sum aud proposed to gamble for £2,000. Furmer King was induced to put up the money and lost. The men are held under bonds of £,500 cach Augast 11, i IRMY ORDERS. RECENT Changes of Tmportance T the Western Depa WasiiNGroy, Aug. 6.~ Special Teleg to Tue Ber|-The following orde 1ssued today: Leave or absonco month is granted Fiest Lioute O'Neil, Twenty-fifth infantry, of Pirst Licutenant Cha cavalry, r the course of instruction at the | Uniite s infantry and cavalry sehool at | Leavenworth, Kan., to commence September 1, 1801, @5 revoked, 'and Second Taeutenant Alex Dade, Tenth eavalry, 15 _detailed in his wl. Licutenant Dade will report on the dute specitied to the commanding ofiicer of the sehool, Leave of absence for two months, | to teke effect on or about August 6, [N, 1 granted Captain Addison Barrett, mil storekeeper, U , Brig adicr Genoral — Adolphus W, Greeley, | chief signal oficer U, S. A., will “proceed to Munich, Bavaria, to attend the meteoro- Al ‘congress and the international polar commission which meet in that place in August and Scptember, 1861, respectively, and upon tho agjournment of the mecting of the polac commission in_September next will s return to his s*ation in this city. Major A. C. rd, surgeon, is relic from duty at Fort N ako ct upon the final adjouramentof tho army Al board, of which he s n member, now ion in New York city, N. Y., and will then proceed via Fort Niagara, N. Y.. to Iort ieridan, 11, and report at that post for duty. The assignment of Cuptain John O. Skinner, assistant sureeon, to duty at Fort Clark, Tex., department’ of Texas, is con- fivmed, roughout nents, am were for one ant Joseoh 12, The detail rles G. Ayres, Tenth | SUhat v in Wise Who Lrovs 1 in £ty Froper Time” are suffering from constipition, siek-headiehc, dyspepsiv. or any stomachie or liver troubles, you will do wise by using the rlsbind Spradel Saltowhich s imported from i shid. 1S Nuture's own reme fy. 1o sure to bhuy the uine articie, which must have the siznature of “Eisner' & Mendelon Oo., Agents, New York.," on every bottle Farnam Street Theater One Week commencing with Sunday Matinee Auzust dth, EUNIGE GOODRICH Supported by w thorou thly competent com- ; vocof bili nizhtly. Popular prices MANHOOD R:*Tu[‘sP e v the Spanict, < sold With o - ralzs’ and power of the Organs, tu Betore & A‘(or Use. Photographed from Hfe. over-exertion, youth use ¢ Atlmulants, Which ul lend fon and 1o in cary in the ke, or 6 for 86, With every awritton itec to cure or money. Sent by mail to any address. r. Address, “ MADRID, CHERICAL €O, Tiranel OfTce for U, 8. 0 St CHICAGO. 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