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. - \ » » . records, ESTABROOK'S ~ MEMORY IN Resolutions and Addresses at Yestorday's Meeting of the Bar Aseociation. TRIBUTES TO A GOOD MAN'S WORTH of the Man as Citizen a ribed by Those Who Well-Language of His Colleagues. Characteristics rder that they might pay tribute to memory of a departed brother and co. laborer, General Expericnce Estabrook, who died fn this city last Monday morning, a large number of the members of the Douglas County Bar a‘socfation met in court room No. 3 yesterday afternoon, with Judges Am Ferguson, Keysor and Blair upon the brose, beneh, At the open session of the court last Mon- day, when the death of Mr. Estabrook was announced, Judge B. Wakel 1dge George W. Lake, Hon. James M. Woolworth, Hon. A €. Baldwin, Judge George W. Doane, Judge Joseph R. Clarkson and Judge Herbert J Davis were appoint committee to prepare port suitable re Yesterday rnoon, when the bar meeting through its chairman, Wakeley, reported the following Whereas, Our late brother, Experience Estabrook, an early and honored member of this bar, was taken from us by death, on the 26th day of the present month, and we desire ta take fitting notice of the event, it is hereby resolved, by the members of the par of Douglas county First—His assoclation with the bar of Ne- braska began with the organization of the territory in 1854, and continued until the close of his long life; although, with ad vancing years and a reputation for high Jegal ability already achieved, he had grad ually withdrawn from the activities of the profession. Second slutions. convened, mmittee Judge figure in nd state He was a_ conspicuous the legal history of the territor: of Nebraska. He was officially connected with the adminfstration of the law in both thie territory and the state, and was, at all thnes, and in whatsoever exigencies, equal tol his duty. He was eminent for the stjength, originality, persistence, and gen- erhl ability with which he conducted and préssed causes of moment, or those involv- ing special principles which enlisted his interest and efforts; and in such legal con- tests he was the peer, in force of reason- ing, in acuteness of preception, In readiness of resource and intellectual vigor, with the ablest and strongest of his competitors., Third—As a man he was of a broad and rugged type, mentally and physically. He was characterized by independence of thought, firm convictions, unfailing courage, indifference to the popularity which come from following the views of others, and a readiness, at all times, to defend the right, as he saw it, regardless of numbers or odds. He was manly, genial, tolerant and generous, true and steadfast in his friend- &hips, with little place in his large nature for personal enmities not thrust sharply upon him. - Fourth—As a citizen, while tenacious of his own rights, as he judged them, he ac- corded fully to others their own. He be- lieved in and advocated good government, official integrity, a high standard of public arid private morality, security to private Tights against invasions of the civil power, and the largest liberty of thought, belief and individual action compatible with good order and the public welfare. Fifth—Identified early and with the history of Omaha, he was, from the beginning, one of its most hopeful prophets and unfaltering friends. In its early years he was in the front among its sturdiest and most stalwart defenders. In that time it stood practically alone against the competing interests of all other local- ities. Others finaily came, by thousands, to aid in its growth and development. But, among the fast vanishing numbers of the ploneers of Omaha during its first decade, the name of Estabrook deserves to stand in the list of its strongest and most unflinch- ing champions. Sixth—It was his fortune to hold many places of public trust, which he filled with uncommon ability, and left without a stain of dishonor. It was his unusual distinction to sit in the constitutional conventions of two territories and help to lay the enduring foundations of regulated justice, equality of rights and proper limitations of govern- mental powers for two American states. Seventh—He was ‘“'so strong as to come to four score years' when his days were num- bered, and a career of exceptional length and honor was ended. The remembrance of this will be of more worth to those who bear his lineage and his blood than an inheritence of the things which perish, and which came to him, rather as an incident, than as the aim of his life. We request the court to order that these resolutions be spread at length upon its and the secretary is directed to transmit a copy thereof, with the action of the court thereon, to the family of our deceased oriend and brother. JUDGE WAKELEY'S TRIBUTE. After the reading of the resolutions Judge Wakeley, in speaking upon the subject of the life and work of Mr. Estabrook, said in r Few men in Omaha were longer known; and 1 think none have been better known to its citizens than Experience Estabrook. - He had been Identified with jts history and Its fortunes from the founding of the city to the time of his death. Vet it happened that 1 knew him and we had been friends many years before he saw Nebraska. And 1 should, deem it an ungrateful silence if I failed to say a few words prompted by the memories of years long gone by, and in recognition of his very kind words, kind acts and offices of good will toward me in our unbroken friendship of-nearly half a_century. Forty-eight years ago, in the early spring of 1846, T found myself a young lawyer, with little experience and an uncertain future, located in a small village in southeastern Wisconsin. Across the county, on the bor- ders of Lake Geneva—one of the many small lakes which beautify that part of the state Mr. Estabrook had lived for some years, and already established himself in practice. In those hard times this region was but sparsely settled. But it was a fair and a goodly land; a land o* prairies and openings; of natural continuously 4 meadows and wild flowers and forests; of pure springs and clear streams—not surs passed in quiet beauty of landscape in .all the northwest. I speak of this because it has seemed to me, and I think those of you who knew him in his prime of manhood, and knew his love of all manly sports and out of doors freedom and recreations, will agree with me that such surroundings must have been more congenial to his nature than the envirouments of citles and the convention- alities of denser communitie " “As a lawyer, in the practic new and rural reglon, he was already well and. widely known for the ability and the characteristics which were more fully devel. gped afterward upon stronger and broader nes. He was In fellowship with the democratic party, then dominant in the territory and in the ‘nation, He was not wholly without political aspirations. In 1846 the constitu- tion for Wisconsin had been framed by the ublest deliberative body which has ever as sembled within the territory or state; but It was too radical and aggressive for the temper of the times and was defeated, after a violent contest. In the winter of i847-8 another constitutional convention met, in which Mr. Estabrook, with others, repre sented Walworth county, and in which he was one of the best known and most con spicuous members. By common. recognition he was not excelled in readiness, copious: ness or cogency of debate, or in intellectual force, by any member of that body “In 1848 he was a delegate for Wisconsin to the couvention which nominated General Cass for president. The question of ex- cludipg slavery from the territories and the new states had already arisen, with its men ace to the peace and stability of the country Mr. Estabrook was not fully in accord with the sentiments of the nominee upon that question, but loyally supported him as tho representative of the majorit in the . fa of an intense free soll sentime which swep! his cornty and the congres: nal district ke @ tide .a favor of Martin Van Buren Stun after this he became a member of the low r house of the legislature, holding 1his place for one term. In that body, as in ineident to a THE (Wl/\lll\ the constitutional convention, he took an active and influential part in its work and debates. His work in the convention and in the legislature had made him well and very favorably known throughout the state. In 1851 his reputation as a lawyer and for general ability secured him the nomination for attorney general upon the democratic ticket. He was elected by a strong majority This office he held for one term, “General Henry Dodge was re-elected sen ator by the legislature of which Mr. Esta brook was a member. The contest was a strong and bitter one. Estabrook was one of his warmest personal and politieal friends, and one of his most ardent and effective supporters. I know, also, that he was held in the highest esteem by General Dodge, who was of the Jackson school of politics and the Jackson type of men, and like the old hero, seldom forgave an enemy and never forsook a friend. And I have reason to think that he was potential In ring for General Estabrook the position, which he afterwards sought, as United States district attorney for Nebraska. To this mutual regard it Is due that the name of the veteran ploneer and defender of the northwest I borne—let me suy, borne in honor and with high promise—by one whom you ail know so well and who is known already much beyond the bounds of your state—Henry Dodge Estabrook Soon after his appointment Jetabrook came to the territory, reaching waha in January, 1 Since then he an 8o widely ‘and continuously known and through the state, as a lawyer, and a citizen and as a public official may well abl viate the reference to this part of his life. He was four years and more United States district attorney, a member of congress, one term the district attorney for Douglas county, reviser of the laws of the state in 1866, author of an ap: proved form book, a member of the consti tutional conyention in 1871, and a practical lawyer, until favoring circumstances inyited his retirement and failing health comp-lied him, in large measure, to relinquish und finully to withdraw from his professim [ have said that in early life he had political ambition. I was witness of this, and, were it pertinent, I could recite rem niscences, pleasing to myself, in reference to our political associations in My judgment is that he would been permanently successful as He finally withdrew from the party because he did not belleve in some of its principles, especially in its attitude upon Kome questions growing out of the civil war and reconstruction. His mind and spirit were too independent to have kept fellowship long with any political party at the sacrifice of his principles or convictions, which too often is the condition of success in politics. “Physically and mentally he possessed a marked Individuality. He was original, with an unique and impressive personalit which distinguished him among his fellow- men, and in any community where he might dwell, among any people with whom he might live, would make him known and noted, and would secure for him, with those who should know him closely and be ad- mitted to genfal communion with him warm and lasting friendships. It was this which brought great numbers from the homes and places of business of this city to take note of his final passing from among them. “There is much clse that I could say for my old and proven friend. Why need 17 He would not have wished that I or any other should stand here and utter merc panegyric, or elaborate a recital of what good deeds it might be thought he had done, or what creditable things it might be thought he had accomplished as he passed through this life to the beyond. He would have hoped that we might think well of him, and judge him in kindness and charity, as he judged others—content to let the re ord of eighty years of his mortal life speaic for him. JUDGE WOOLWORTH'S REMARKS. Hon. James M. Woolworth, a_member of the committee, in paying his’ tribute to the memory of the deceased, spoke as follows: “The delineation of the character of Gen- eral Estabrook in the resolutions which have been submittted is singularly truthful and accurate. I do not know when it has been my pleasure to listen to a tribute to the memory of an old friend, who has lately passed away, which in every expression and every word is so thoroughly justified. I cannot help but feel that I can add nothing to what has been so beautifully and aptly expressed; nor to the account of the career of our deceased friend, with which we have been favored by the chairman of the com- mittee. In adding a few words to what has thus been said, I yield to the request of those whose wishes in such a matter are law to me. “We are too mear the times when civil order was established in these regions to attribute great dignity to those who par- ticipated in that work. At the same time, we cannot but hold in peculiar remembrance the events of those times and the men who were a part of those events. Among the number of these men General Estabrook was a conspicuous figure. His personal character was impressive, the more because of the office which he at that time held under the government. His voice was heard in public assemblies, guiding the pop- ular nstincts in right directions, and con- ducting popular actions to good ends. It is certain that mot only was the course of events in large measure guided by his counsels, but that the tone and form and shape of our social and popular institutions bear the Impress of his influence; more especially is this true of the institutes of the law with which in his advocacy he was concerned. And when the institutions, so- cial, moral and political, of this state shall have become venerable by time and the loar of age shall gather upon them, the hi torian who shall be curious to trace their orjgins In the first events will In his com- memorations of those times give a large place to the name of BExperience Esta- brook.” A. O. Bildwin, another member of committee on resolutions, said: “I first met General Estabrook twenty-five years ago this month in the trial of the case of the state against Hernandes, Hernandes was charged in an indictment prepared by General Bstabrook with shooting his wife with intent to murder her on November 4 1868, General Estabrook was then district attorney, his term of office expiring in Jan- uary, 1809, but he assisted his successor, J. C. Cowin, in the prosecution of the case. At that time the general was in the full vigor of his health and strength, mentally and ph cally. The trial was an interesting one from the nature of It and its surroundings. -General Estabrook could not have made to order an occasion more desirable to bring forth and exhibit his great power both as a lawyer and an orator. in_ which he was loyal to him- self and the people he represented. The trial, T have said, from the nature of it, was Interestin the woman shot was the wife of the defendant, a mother, sister and friends the witnesses for the state. Most of the witnesses were theatrical performers of the Selden-Irwin troup, then playing in Omaha, and they each went into the wit- ness’ chair and gave their evidence with all the welght that truth adorned with cultu could give, The wounded woman was brought into court on a couch, and from It gave her testimony against the defendant The sister of the wounded woman, as well as her daughter, gave their evidence In the case, all of which, from its nature, was ex- ceedingly dramatic. The court room was crowded with anxious listeners. The oce sion drew into action all the latent powers of the general, and he used thoso powers with the greatest skill' After listening to his argument to the jury I could but con- gratulate my client that the verdict of the jury was not “murder in the first degree,' although the woman was not quite dead from the wound inflicted, nor was my client indicted for a crime other than an assaul with intent to murder. He created a last Ing Impression that the defendant was not entitled to life or liberty. “Since then 1 have several times been usso clated with him in the trial [ impor.ant cimire’ and civil cases, and [ have found im possessed of great learning, preat ability and 4 most safe advisor, Had he beer possessed of and controlled by ambition the great powers he held in reserve would have casily placed him on the topmost rung of the ladder leading to the temple of f: Short addresses were delivered by Pat O s and John I. Redick, both of whom been intimately acquainted with the ased for more than a quarter of a cen They spoke of him in the highest terms, both as a lawyer and as a man Judge Ambrese, in behalf of the members of the bench, sald that it was a painful duty to b alled upon to pay tribute to the memory of a departed brother. The resolu tions, he said, would be adopted and ordered spread upon the court records, General locally a man that I the | SHE'S AFTER BOUNTY NOW Dusky Queen of the Uannibal Islands Look- ing to the Main Chance, READY FOR ANNEXATION LILIVOKALANI Recognizing the Tmpossibility of Restora- tlon She is Willing to Abdicate Her If She's Pald for it—A Native Petitio Claim HONOLULU, March 13 (via Barkentine 8. N. Castle an Francisco, March 31.— Within the past week there has been = ma- terial change in the condition of affairs on the islands. Briefly, it may be summed up by saying that the natives are now coming out for annexation. Had the natives been loft to their own de there never would have been any opposition to the annexation of Hawall to the United States. The advocates of royal have come to the clusion that all hope of restoration is passed, and that it Is politic for them to acqu with good grace. It fs said ani has been* advised of the fact restoration f& impossible, and that she will advocate annexation of the islands to the United States in order to receive som form of bounty. It will be remembered that under the treaty presented by the com- missioners to President Harison Liliuokalani was to receive $20,000 a year in considera- tion of her abdication of all to the throne. It is in this in- demnity that the e to favor annexation. A petition will to vic serlous Liliuol that her claims secure is sald order to queen on be prepared and sent to President Cleveland advocating the ation of the Ha fan islands to United States, providing a sum to be tually agreed upon shall be settled Liliwokalani during her life time petition will be signed by leading natives, members of the cabinet and members of the native socicties. It has even been stated that Liliuokalani will send a trusted ageat to Washington to lay the matter be- fore the president. Should &uch be the case, it is contended that there could then be no serious opposition_to President Cleve- land entertaining a treaty of annexation, and as the right of the provisional government to make such a treaty has been recognized by no less authority than Senator Morgan, it is more than likely the president would be glad to avail himself of the proposition. Unless some ‘arrangement such as is made the ex-queen will soon be straitened circumstances, It is well known that Liliuokalani a short time ago found it necessary to place a heavy mort- gage on nearly all of her property. The provisional government remains firm in the belief that it is acting for the best interest of the people and without the least fear of being overturned. It is the intention of the government to proceed at once toward the formation of a republic and stable form of government, as evidenced by the bill lately introduced into the council calling for a constitutional convention. If it become necessary to wait for annexation till a government more favorable to that end shall control the destinies of the United States the present government can take care of itself until that period does ar- rive, The bill creating a constitutional conven- vention will receive its second and final reading at next Thursday’s meeting of the councils, There will be no delay of any nature toward carrying out the require- ments of the measure, and as soon as pos- sible action toward nominating and voting for delegates and calling the convention to order will be taken. It is the purpose of the government to emerge from the provisional state and take on a permancnt form without delay. Members of the provisional government incline to the belief that annexation Is likely to occur under the Cleveland adminis- tration, provided the proper conditions can be brought about, and it is hoped, with some degree of success that the petition of the natives for annexation will aid the government. an- the mu- upon This nex: this in - WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING. OMAHA, March 30.—To the Editor of The Bee: I see in one of your late issues an article entitled *“Woman Suffrage Vageries.” Without endeavoring to controvert your gen- eral opinion editorially expressed, I trust you will allow me to offer a few words on that part of it relating to Wyoming. You say, “What has Wyoming to show from the moral reform standpoint?” “Huve politics been purified, have crime and vice decreased perceptibly, ete.?” “Not at all,” you re- ply. Having carefully investigated the effect of woman suffrage in Wyoming, I venture to state that I am able to point out wherein the people of Wyoming have been benefited by woman suffrage, morally, so- cially and politically. As the women of Wyoming exercised the ballot for twenty years by legislative enact- ment it could have been taken from them at any session of the legislature in that time if not satisfactory, and there would have been no appeal or redress, therefore it was not cowardice on the part of politicians that retained woman suffrage during all these years. If woman suffrage conld be abolished without fear of losing political supremacy during twenty years it is not loglcal to conclude that in ‘the twenty-first year it was only cowardice that engrafted it in the organic law. Not only was it evi- denced that woman suffrage was satis- factory by It being retained on the statute books, but by the testimony of high officials, As I have all these testimonials at hand I will quote from three governors: Governor John W. Hoyt in his official re- ports said in 1878: “*Attendance upon school is obligatory; teachers are equally paid, male and female alike, for the same service.”” In 1882 he sald Slsewhere objectors persist in calling this honorable statute of ours ‘an experiment.” We know it is not; that under it we have better laws, better officers, better irstitutions, better morals and higher social conditions in general than could otherwise exist—that none of the predicted evils, such as loss of native delicacy and disturbance of home relations, has followed in its train; that the great body of our women, and the est of them, have accepted the elective franchise as a precious boon and exercise it as a patriotic duty—in a word, that after twelve years of happy experience, woman sullrage Is 5o thoroughly rooted and estab- lished in the minds and hearts of the people that, among them all, no voice is ever up- lifted in protest against or in question of it.’ vernor Francis E. Warren, in 18 1887 and 1889, officially reported the good results of woman suffrage, and the fact that the women nearly all voted. Governor Barber, the first state governor, says: “Woman sufirage ennobles women and brings out all the strong attributes of true womanhood." The last legislature of Wyoming not only memorialized congress to pass a woman suffrage amendment to the national con- stitution, but also adopted the following, hich they ordered sent to the governor of ry state and territory in this country: Be it resolved by the legislature of the state of Wyoming: That the possession and exercise of suffrage by the wom in Wy- oming for the past quarter of a century has wrought no harm and has done great good in many ways; that it has largely aided in anishing crime, pauperism and vice from this state, and that without any violent or oppressive legislation; that it has 1 peaceful and orderly elections, good govern ment, and a remarkable degree of civiliza tion and public order; and we point with pride to the facts that after nearly twenty five years of woman suffrage not one county in Wyoming has a poor house, that our jails are almost empty, and crime. except that committed by strangers in the state, almost unknown, and the result of experience we urge every civilized community on earth to enfranchise its women without delay.’ '0 your quostion ‘‘Have erime and vice decreased perceptibly?” I answer as follows “The population of the United States has DAILY BEE: UNDAY., "APRIL decade 24.6 per cent 1, Increased in the last That of Wyoming has Increased 127.9 per cent. But while the number of criminals In the whole United ‘Stafes has increased 40.3, an alarming ratlo—far. heyond the in crease of population—ndtwWithstanding the immense increase of popufdtion fn Wyoming the number of criminals ks not increased at all, giving a relative decrefse, which shows a law-abiding community #nil constantly im proving condition of the fstblic morals. In 1880 there were confined i the jails and prisons of Wyoming 74 ®fiminals, 72 men and 2 women. The census of 1890 shows the same number of erimindls, 74, as against an average number of crimitials in the oth estern states of 645.8)1 This remarkable fact is mad> more interestitiz because the 74 in 1890 were all men, awd ‘thus the scare crow of the viclous women in politics disappears. Wyoming being the only state in which the per cent of criminal women has decreased it is evident that the morals of the female part of the population improve with the exercise of the right of suffrage. The fact that while crime is increasing nearly twice fast as the population of the whole United States, it has a_relative decrease of about four-fifths in Wyoming should make every patriotic citizen give thoughtful attentlon to woman suffrage as a possible remedy for national deterioration It is generally considered by moral that the growing frequency of divorce dicates a tendency to laxity of morals the domestic relations in our national life that threatens o destroy the existence of the lome, which 8 its foundation. From statistics published by Carroll D. Wright it en estimated that the ratio of divorce sming is to that of the whole United States as one to three, and to that of other western states as one to four There is something very interesting about of insanity and idioc The proportion of insane in Wyoming as com- pared to the east is only about one-fourth as compared with the ncighboring states the same conditions is only about enths. While in Idioey the propor- tion is much larger in favor of Wyoming, as, for instance, there are nearly three times the number of idiots in Idaho to the popula- tion that there are in Wyoming. More over, voting would seem fo especially in crease the intelligence of women, for in other states, both east and west, the pro portion of female idiots to male idiots is about seven-tenths, while in Wyoming it is only about four-tenths. In Wyoming alone is there a provision that women must be equally paid for the same work as men. In Wyoming alone do the laws for the protection of women dovetail and afford complete protection for all age and in Wyoming alone is there an educa- tional qualification in the suffrage clause. By all the testimony from citizens ryoming, who certainly are qualified judge, the twenty-five years of woman suffrage have conduced to good order in clections, purity in politics, the improve- ment of the educational system, a decreased proportion of crime and divorce, and an elevation of the personal character of both sexes. CLARA BEWICK COLBY. L IMPROVED COUNTRY ROADS. sts in- in of to March 30.—To the Editor of The Bee: The reply of The Bee to Comp- troller Olsen’s argument in favor of di- vorcing Omaha from Douglas county can- not fail to meet with ‘the approval of all citizens who have studied the mutual re- lations of the two. Litfle as many seem to realize the fact, yét'it is a fact that much of Omaha’s future prosperity must be drawn from Douglas(county, and The Bee has struck a keyhote in its advocacy of the division of farmg with the cons quent intensive agriculture. As a prelim- inary to this nothing, j5 more important than the construction of a complete system of good roads, and I am’one of those who believe that In no way could $500,000 be gpent to better advantage than in the con- struction of such a system In this county. What plan should be adopted Is another question. I trust that The Bee will par- don me for stating, as my own opinion, that tramways would at present completely fail to satisfy the requirements. Whatever else we do, we must have ' system of wagon roads; this is of primary importarice, and admits of no dispute. ~As far as paved roadways are concerned, that, too, is a matter” for future consideration, for it is a fact that there is mot in Douglas county a road of any length that is worth paving, owing to our monstrous system of locating roads on the section lines, wholly regard- less of the topography of the country. If Douglas county is to have a system of good roads, it is absolutely imperative that a new, complete, comprehensive system of scientifically located roads be built. Two hundred miles of such roads should be built—by experts, mind you, and by men who are compefent to look over the petty boundaries of a single road district or precinct—forming a network so complete that no individual need drive more than one mile from his door in order to find himself on one of these roads in direct communication with any market that he may choose. On such a system of roads serious hills would wholly (Uwupl‘l?fll’. It is a fact that has been demonstrated by surveys that roads can be built in any part of this county: and that with no increase over present dis- tances—on which the grades shall be quite as easy as the grades on Sixteenth street from the fair grounds to the viaduct. I have lately scen a survey for a road over one of the worst divides in this county with A maximum_gradient of three and one-third feet per 100. This Is secured by careful location, not by excessive cutting and filling. This is an extreme case, for better results can be obtained in almost any other locality. It is by the method of scientific location, and by that method alone, that we can sc- cure good roads in this county at the pres- ent time. Such roads must be built before we even think of tramways or pavements. ‘We have the necessary money to build them, and now is the proper time to do so. The only question is, have we the courage and resolution to turn our backs on a stupid custom, and, by facing the problem squarely and boldly, strike out on lines that shall make this county the peer of any in_the west? URTIS C. TURNER. Lo An Excellent Med ne. Our druggists sell a preparation for rheu- matism that has performed some remark- able cures. Frank Shepardson, an engincer on the Southern Pacific rallway who resides at Los Angeles, Cal., was troubled with rheumatism for a long time. He was treated by several physiclans, also visited the Hot Springs, but received no permanent relief until he used Chamberlain’s Paln Balm, which 1s the medicine referred to above. He says it is the best medicine In the world for rheumatism. OMAHA, OF WIND AND WAVE, nce af 'Shipwrecked ¢ essel Keeled Over SAN FRANCISCQ, March 31.—The ship John C. Potter from;¥animo arrived in port last night, having on’board Captain Dawson and eighteen of the crew of the British bark Archer, abandoned off' Cape Flattery, March 18, The men tell a glory of almost incredi- ble hardship and of thrilling experience and narrow escape fromta capsized bark only after great difficulty ¥nd dange The bark left Victoria March 17, After leaving the strait March 18 a heavy snow storm was encountered. The main topsail was carried away. While the men were aloft an unusually vidlent squall struck the ship. The ballast shifted and the ship listed. The men managed (0 reach the deck just as the vessel was overwhi¢lmed by a tremendous sea, turning her clean over on her broadside Andrew Anderson, “oarjenter, and B Evans, seaman, were drowned. The crew succeeded in climbing outside and clung to the poop Their position was one of great peril, and to add to thelr terrors fire broke out in the Kitchen. The ship seemed to be sinking. Finally a seaman, Will Royden was lowered into the cabin and managed to put out the fire. An attempt was made to launch the life boat. As the boat left the vessel four of the crew sprang aboard, leay ing their unfortunate companions holding to the side of the wreck. With much effort a life buoy was rigged to the log lne und then passed to the 1'feboat. By noiding onto the buoy and swimming in the water the men were one by one hauled aboard the boat Fortunately the ship John C. Potter hove in slght half ‘an hour after the escape from the vessel and took the men aboard. dentist, ors Progressive Dr. Bailey, ¥ i It Will Be block, IBSH--—T\\'I"N'I‘Y I‘A(‘.EH. M. Z0LA'S (RHThhT NOVEL Presented to Readers of The Bee at an Early Date, OF LOURDES AND ITS MIRACLES The Promises to Be the Sensation of the Year—Clean, Healthy, Fascinating Fiction — Beauti- fully Ilustrated, Story Literary The Bee has entered the New York Herald, secures the exclusive right tion In its territory of M. Zola's latest and greatest novel, based on his recent trip to Lourdes, This work will undoubtedly be the literary sensation of the year., The first in stallment will appear in The Sunday Bee at an early date, and will be beautitully illus trated. The s is a fascinating romance based on the character studies and witnessed at Lourdes by the author, who visited that place Part of the action takes place holy grotto. It fs clean thinker on the which cussion. to that les at of the years ago since a over the now of the small tered irr grouped, as it into a contract with whereby this paper for the publica- scenes brated as a pilgrim in the famous healthy throws wonderful are sure to create dis It is sure to attract great attention already most attractiv which the embouchure of th valleys Lavedan, in France. It is eighteen fine church was erected ous grotto. One saw the town of Lourdes scat an uneven surface were, in defiance of order at the base of an enormous rock, entirely ixolated, oft the summit of which rises like gle a formidable castle. At rock, beneath the shade of poplars, the Gave hurries its foaming waters pebbles and noisy wheels fiction, and the interesting great lights Lourdes some ide occurrences at widespread spot seven houses gularly o on the nest of an e the foot of this alders, oaks and rapidly along, breaking against a bar of ing in turn the three or four mills built on banks. The din of these mills and the murmur of the wind in the branches of the trees are mingled with the sound of its gliding wave In the environs of Lourdes the scenery on the banks of the Gave is sometimes wild and savage, sometimes dreaming; verdant meadows, cultivated ficids, thick woods and lofty rocks are re- flected by turns In its waters. Here the eye gazes over smiling and cultivated farms the most graceful landscape, the high road to Pau, continually dotted with carriag horsemen and travelers on foot, then over stern mountains in all the terror of their solitude. It was a place well fitted o ex- cite the imagination of others besides the young girl who has made it celebrated. About the y 8 Bernadette Soubirons (who died in a convent in 1880) was a peasant_girl about 14 years old. ~ She al- leged that the Virgin Mary had several times appeared to her in a grotto and ordered that a shrine should be erccted on the spot, to which many would visit for prayer. ~ Lovers of the marvelous and pil- grims soon flocked thither, at first the neighborhood, then from all parts of France, as well as from abroad, many of them, doubtless, drawn by the reports of the miraculous cures attributed to a spring issuing from the rocks of the grotto. Now not a day passes in the season without pilgrims arriving, either singly or in large orgaifized partics. The interest is so far kept up that from every quarter special trains are despatched, especially in the sum- mer, bringing thousands of passengers, ail- ing ‘or not, to pay thelr devotions and to satisty their curlosity. In 1893, as he was returning from Cauter- ets, M. Zola passed through Lourdes. There he was struck by the peculiar feeling that animated the pilgrims to this sacred spot. They included in their ranks sincere beliey- ers and many unfortunate people who had been drawn hither by the hope of finding re- lief from their sufferings. Believing that he had found a new field in which to continue his social studies, M. Zola made up his mind to return to Lourdes, not as a mere tourist, but as a philosopher, a thinker, in order to seek there the elements —of which he felt sure there were many—of a new novel. The result of this journey will shortly make its appearance in Paris. Nowadays some 300,000 persons annually make a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Among these there are always not less than 1,000 sick per- sons—peasants, artisans, bourgeois and mem- bers of the nobility, who, given up by physi- clans and having found no relief from their sufferings at the hands of science, seck help in that belief in the supernatural which is the last resort of the afficted, and, full of faith, ask of the waters of Lourdes the restoration to health which they no longer hope to find anywhere else, The pilgrimage lasts five days and M. Zola’s new work is divided into fiye parts— the departure, the three days spent at Lourdes and the return. What moral, lumanitarian or social conclusions does M. Zola, who has been a pilgrim fo Lourdes himself, draw from the scenes he took part in, the observations he made, the hopes or disappointments he witnessed or which were confided to him? He refuses to reveal this in advance of the publication of his work because he wishes his readers to find it out for themselves. He will only say that it has been his endeavor to explain Lourdes from a human point of view in exactly the same way as Renan explained, from a human standpoint, the life of Jesus Christ. He adds that the feeling which resulted from his pilgrimage to Lourdes is one of great commiseration and of immense pity for human sufferings. It will be interesting to see how M. Zola treats this peculiar subject. The presence of the incessant procession of visitors, pilgrims, men and women, whole populations, who now come from every quarter to kneel before that grotto, entirely unknown thirty-three years ago, 1§ curious. One cannot but feel an ear- nest desire not only to search for the proofs of the supernatural fact itself, but also to trace in what manner, by what logical con- nection of things or of ideas the bellef in it had been so widely spread. How has It been produced? How was an event of such a nature accomplished in the middle of the nineteenth century? How could the testimony of an iiliterate little girl with regard to a fact o extraordinary, touch- ing apparitions which no one of those around her saw, find credit and give birth to such astonishing results as are seen at Lourdes today ? There are persons who have one peremp- tory word in answer to such questions, and the word *‘superstition’’ is very convenient for that purpose. Whether the miracle be true or fals?, whether the cause of this vast concourse of people is to be found in divine agency or human error, a study of this kind does not the less possess the highest inter Later The Bee will make defipite announ:e- ment of the date of publication of Zola's story. - Cronp and Whooping Cough. “I have three children who are subject to roup, and have found that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will cure them quicker than anything else 1 can get. I you do not be- lieve that this remedy will cure the croup, do as I did, try it, and you will soon be con- vinced."—R. M. 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For weeks he has been selling off his furniture piece by piece to pay for bread for his family. The bodies of the entire family of six were found stretched on a few blankets in a back bedroom. First in the row of bodies was that of Mrs. Kloetzer. Her throat had been cut. Second was that of the daughter Freida, 12 years old. There was a ghastly gash across her throat. Kloetzer's body was next. It had a big gash in the throat and a knife wound in the heart. Next was the body of the G-year-old Elize. There were no marks on her body. She and another child had been poisoned. The last body was that of the 3-year-old Bruno, with the head nearly severed from the body. Kloetzer's head lay on the body of his daughter, Elize.. There are indications that the crime was arranged betwecn band and wife. There are no indications of a struggle. FIRE TO COVER THE CRIME. Texas Fiend Cut the Throats of a Woman and Two Children and Burned the House, SIMPSON, Tex., March 31.—Albert Dur- ambus left home to® work for a neighbor. His wife and children intended spending the day with a friend, and when Durambus left at 8 o'clock they were dressing. At 11 o'clock Louls Ramsey discovered the house in flam and approaching found the charred bodics of Mrs. Durambus and the two children, their throats having been cut. A razor was found near the bodies which may lead to the detection of the fiend, Matters. Mr. Macdonald has given official notice to Dr. Saville of the Board of Health that he is now supplied with horses, wagons and other necessary contrivances to carry out his contract with the city, and that if the board does not turn over all notices and complaints to him he will hold the board and the city responsible. In the past Macdonald has been turning over the orders to other men, as he had no teams and wagons of his own. This was the reason that the Board of Health gave the notices to other persons. Dr. Saville informed the gentleman that in the future le would be recoguized as requested 5o long as he did the work satisfactorily. The inspectors report that the city is be- ing rapldly put in a first-class sanitary con- dition, : Leliis Over on the Lucanta, YORK, March 81.—The Cunard Lucania arrived today after a re- fast pasage of five days, eighteen thirty-two minutes. Owing to lce she took an extreme traveling some 130 miles more than in her usual course. Among her passengers are Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont and family, Hector Cameron, Sig- nor Foli, Harry 8. Foster, M. P., the earl of Kintore, governor general of South Aus tralia, Major Crane, A. D. C., Fred Rem- ington, th and Countess Wacht- Cu NEW steamer markably hours and the pr southerly course, valence of ella Nicolaus Will Go on the Stage, WABASH, Ind., March 81.—M. H. 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Hefore her death the woman executed a will, by the terms of which all of her property, aggre- ing about $30,000, was bequeathed to an adopted child, a little girl 6 years of age. At this time the relati of the deceased are contesting the will, alleging that when the me was exccuted Mrs. Ramacclotti was not in her right mind, and, therefore, was incapable of disposing of her property. - 4 Keturning 1 . ch #1.—J. J. Phelan, dock commissioner of New York City; Oscar B, Webber, a r of the general commit- tee, and T, nmins, three prominent members of y hall, are visiting this city on thelr way home from the Midwinter falr. Commenting on the political situa- tion in New York, they Insisted Tammany was as strong as cver, notwithstanding cers tain recent setbacks Land TUCSON States court handed down del Valle, grant grants The ot Tammany DENVER, Ma - rants Declured Void Ari March 81.—The of private land claims has a decision in the San Rafael Babacomarl & Nogales de Ellas favoring the settlers, The declured vold United cases were Fou MUSCATINE e March 31.-(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—The son of Isanc Gipple was found dead on the road near his home at Grand View this morning. He was elghteen years old. It is supposed his horse fell on him - - Collared the Township Funds, FRANKFORT, Mich., March 81.—Thie broke open the safe in the office of T. J. Hill, township treasurer, and secured $3,000 of township funds and other money and ses Supposlog 1t (o be @ | suritica