Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 8, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY SOCIETY GOES ON A STRIKE Blue Bloods Seck to Interfers with Social Functions by Staying Away. EVENTS THAT ORNAMENT THE HIGH WORLD Movoments of Well Known Peopls for Cooler Climates -Littlo Prospect of Brightening Social Skies Until the Dog Star Wanes. What with strikes and tle-ups on the rallroads socfety has had considerable to talk about during the past week. In fact it has done little else but talk, as will be scen from the looks of the ety page. There were a number of pleasant plenics and lawn parties on Independence day, but they were pecullarly of a family nature, the haut monde mot being Invited to witness the fireworks at but few homes. Until August dies so- ofoty will live on the deeds of the past rather than attempt to omulate them by other functions during the present hot weather. People are leaving rapidly for the seashore and mountains and those who have not the wherewithal o take a trip have pulled down the blinds, and to all intents and purposes are out of town. Movements and Whereabouts, Miss Jentie Yates is the guest of Lemon at St. Joseph Mr. and Mrs . Henry Wyman are at Old Point Comfort, Va. Miss Loulse Nichols of Racine, the guest of Mr:, I. B. Johuson. Mr. W. H. Clark, with W. W. Fisher, has gone to New Jersey for a visit. Mr. John Clarke has returned from a three months' visit in New York City. The Ringwalt brothers had a fine fishing outfit at Noble lake last Monday. Mrs. Middlekauff of Sioux City 18 the guest of Miss Warner, at 2610 Harney street. Mrs. M. . Sears and sister left for Ver- mont Monday cvening via Minneapolis. Mrs. Willlam Rawitzer has returned after an extended trip to Cheyenne and Laramie, Mr. J. M. Wilson and son, Theodore, have gone to the Pacific coast to spend the sum- mer. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Potter and children left Omaha Thursday for Asbury Park, N. J. Mrs. D. B. Rowe and daughter, Ora, have gone to the mountains in Colorado for the summer. Miss Marle Livingstone of Chicago is vis- iting her friend, Miss Hattle Drelfus of Chicago. Miss Clara Haynes of Oskaloosa, Ta., Is visiting her uncle, Mr. James Haynes, 624 North Twenticth, Mrs, W. S. Rector has returned from a month’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Ford Scovil, at Chicago. Mme. Norrls and daughter, M!ss Myrtle, departed over the Northwestern for New York City Thursday, July 5. Mrs. Yates, Misses Florence and Bessie Yates, and Miss McKenna have gone to Hot 8Springs, S. D., for a week or so. Miss Stella Rice and Miss Corinne Pols- sant left Thursday evening for Fremont to visit their friend, Miss Maude Turner. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Evans, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. O. P. Goodman, l’:ll‘:m Friday for thelr home in Brooklyn, Mrs. T. J. Rogers, accompanied by her children, left last Saturday for the east, and will make her sojourn at North Scituate, Mas; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ringwalt and two sons left for Estes Park, Col, Thursday and will have a week's fishing in the St. Vraln river. Mr. J. H. Millard has returned from New York, where he saw Mrs. Millard and Miss Jessle Millard safely on La Bourgogne, bound for Paris, France. Mr. Warren Rogers and Mrs. Rogers have gone to Kennebunkport, Me., to spend the summer, taking the Grand Trunk to Toronto and thence by boat. Miss Kathrine Barker went down to Lin- coln on Tuesday to visit friends and after a short visit there will join a party in Colorado for the summer, Daniel Baum and family, Mrs. Frank Col- petzer and family, D. C. Patterson and family and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Burgess have gone to Lake Okoboji for tho summer. The Alumni association of the Omaha High school endeavored to hold their an- nual meeting Friday night, but for lack of a quorum an adjournment was taken to September. Miss Hattie Duncan, a popular teacher of the Qass school, Ieft on last Friday evening over the Burlington for Keokuk and points in southern and central Illinois to spend her summer vacation. E:phln Crowder and Lieutenant Quay have o Atlanticward with a view of spending the summer on the continent, but at last ac- oounts they were blockaded in Chicago, but D. V. (which means In this case *“Debs will- ing") they will leave for New York today. The following young people from Omaha celebrated the Fourth at Bellevue in a very gnjnylhls and glorious style: Rose Herzog, ary Herzog, Phoebe Hoel, Annie Anderson, Carrle Campbell, Margaret Anderson, May Leas, Albert Skankey, Andrew Anderson, Robert Campbell, Joe Hadfield, Alfred Ander- son, Will Anderson, Charles Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs, A. M. Hopkins of 816 South Twenty-second street entertained a party of friends on Friday evening In honor of Mrs, Robson of Leadville, who is Mrs. Hop- kins' aunt. High five followed by dainty refreshments was the order of the even- ing. The prizes v unique and appro- rlate. Those present were: Dr. and rs. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. and M. G. Kibbe, Mr. and Mrs. Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. Gordon of Chicago and Mrs. Robson of Leadville. A very pleasant party was given at Court- land beach on Thursday, July 5, in honor of Miss Lena Rehfeld on the occasion of her 17th birthday. The young folks were chaperoned by Mesdames Rehfeld, Lobman and Rothsebild. — Those present were: Les- ter Green, Bernhard Rehfeld, Jake Newman, Dave Degan, Willle Hoffman, Harry Baum, Mark Heller, Ed Merritt, Jul Rosenstein, Lou Becker, Mose Miller, Lena Rehfeld, Joo Lyman, Blma Rothschild, Cora Becker, Han- nah Rehfeld, Jessie Lobman, Fannie Meyer, * Allce Heller, Bertha Newman, Louise Heller. /The home of Dr. and Mrs. P. S. Leisen- rlug, on Golden Hill, was the scene of a pleasant wedding, when at noon Rev. C. W, Maggart of the Lutheran church united in marriage their daughter, Miss Matilda, and S, C. Dimm of Omaha, Ncb. They left thls morning for a tour of the coast, and are to arrive In Omaha, where Mr. Dimm is book- keeper for a wholesale hardware house, early in July. It was in that city that the doctor and his family had resided prior to coming here about two years ago, and Mrs. Dimm will therefore be among old friends, says the San Diego (Cal) Sun of June 8. The Junior Soclal club gave the second of their serles of dances at Irvington on Friday evening. The following were proes- ent: Mesars. Al Gordon, J. Gibson, F. Newcomb, C. C. Dawson, Willlam Rowan, M. A. Jones, I Brader, J. P. McMillan, W. Baxter, Lee Gamble, C. W. Parsons, Bert Coombs, . W. Hoteling, Henry Nel son, Willlam Shaw, Willlam Williams, D, Green, C. Temperly, Frank Selders, F, Temperly, W. A. Moore, Sam Ellington; Misses Jennie Flannigan, May Gibson, Net- tle Gibson, Laura Drake, Amy Drake, Ella Gamble, Dollle Gamble, Mattie Alba, Belle Alba, Minnio Berg, Gene Berg, Katlo Pitz- gorald, Edith Howe, Florence Froderick, Mollle Nelson, Lillie Cratt, Miss Purcell, Grace Gordon. A very onjoyable time was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Anderson, 3109 Maple street, last week on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of their wedding. A host of their friends were present to wish them & continuance of a happy married life, The house and lawn were beautifully dec- orated for the occasion, and refresiments were served during the evening. Many retty and useful presents were received by @ happy couple, and toward the close of another glorious Fourth the party returned o thelr homes, speaking in the highest terms of tho royal way in which they bad beon treated. Those present were: Ar. Miss Wis., is and Mrs. Charles Newland, Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Price, Mr. and Mrs. Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. John flood, Mr. and Mrs. Dilss, Messrs. W. Barton, George Cane, Mesdames Crocker, Martin, Barton, Misses Millie Davis, Pearl Cane. A delightful house warming was given Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garner at thelr new residence on Thirty-sixth strest Friday even- Ing, June 20, The home was prettily dec- orated and the refreshments very dainty. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs, Bdward Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ort- man, Mr. and Mrs. Louls Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Garner, Mr. and Mrs. James Garner, jr., Miss Quealey, Nell Garner, Mollie Garner, Annie Ortman, Pauline Witt, ~ Martha = Witt, Fran: ces Reise, Katie Keating, Learen- tia Keating, ~ Alice McCarney, Josie McCarney, Eila Fitzgerald, Grace Gordon, Messrs. . H. Langtres, Albert Gorden, Albert Ankell, C. R. Blundell of London, England; Dert Strobm, Willie Megeath, Con- rad Kelter, Otto Schlick, Carl Witt, Leonard Burgett, Leonard Quealey, Gus Quealey, Gus Roman,” Willie Keating. e igsoioss Courtland Beach (s the place to go to enjoy tho fresh air and a bath, — IN OMAHA'S SANCTUARIES. Some Summer Plans of the Young Men's Christlin Association, The evening attractions at the Athletic park are holding up in popularity. From fity 1o eighty men are on the grounds each evening engaging in the athletic sports, on the diamond, tennis courts, lacrosse grounds, putting shot, sprinting, speeding on the track, ete. On Tuesday and Thursday even- ings Director Cook leads a class in regular athletic exercises. More men use the park each evening than used the gymnasium in the winter months. A series of base ball games between the amateur nines of the city will be played between 6:30 and 8 p. m. soon. Full announcement will be made next week. The bicycle men make a “blind run” Tucsday evening. A relay race Is proposed for the near future and will be an interest- ing affair. Next Friday Ahe club runs to Lake Manawa, leaving at 6:15, taking lunch and returning by moonlight. A good en- rollment of boys Is being made for the first camping party to West Point with Secretary Ober July 17. Sunday afterncon Rev, A. W. Clark, for- merly superintendent of Rescue Hall, will speak to young men on “Bad Luck,” and his experience with men who were “‘down on their luck” will give him many a text worth enforcing. Assistant Secre Hazen has recently organized a bible cluss to meet Sun- day at’9:30 a. m. for the study of the bible and its application to men. Mr. Ober's bible class continues to attract large numbers of young men. They will consider for the sum- mer the life of Peter. The entertainment committec is busy working out a plan for a first class course of entertainments for the coming season. The gymnasium is open on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings during the summer. Tuesday evening the High school base ball nine and’ the Pacific Express nine will play a match game of ball at 6:30. Admission free to members. Briof Pulplt Forecasts. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church—The pastor, Rev. Luther M. Kuhns, will conduct divine services at 11 a. m. and preach on ‘The Duties of Christian Men as Citizens.” At 8 p. m. the Sunday school national and educational anniversary exercises. Trinity Methodist—Topic of morning ser- mon: ‘The Wonderful Name.” Song sery- fce in the evening. Westminster Presbyterian—The Mozart male quartet will sing at the early evening service. First Congregational—Contrary to previous announcement services will be held this morning. No evening service. Church then closed until further notice. Plymouth Congregational—Rev. J. A. Fisher of Chicago has accepted an invita- tion to occupy the pulpit for a few weeks and will conduct the services this morning. Members of the congregation are urged to be present. Trinity Cathedral—Usual services. Central Park Congregational—Rev. E. L. Ely, pastor. Preach service in the morning, followed by Sunday school. Saratoga Congregational—Sunday school at 11, Preaching in the evening. Pilgrim Chapel—Corner Fortieth and Dodge ktreets. Sunday school at 3 and preaching at 4 p. m. St. Mark’s Lutheran—Rev. J. C. Det- weiler will preach morning and evening. Kountze Memorial—The Mozart quartet will sing at the morning service. Al Saints—Topic of morning sermon: {oTho Duty of the Hour.” No evening serv- ce. urch Notes. The Mozart male quartet has secured Mr. Fred S. Abel for first tenor, this having been accomplished some weeks since. Be- sides possessing an exceptional quartet voice, Mr. Abel as a soloist is fine, and the friends of the organization will be glad to learn of this change. The Castellar Methodist Sunday school will be held at 10 o'clock every Sunday morning until further notice. The Church of the Good Shepherd will hold its Sunday evening service through July and August in the grand stand of the Young Men’s Christian association’s Athletic park, at 7 p. m. The rector, Rev. J. P. D, Liwyd, will officiate. Good music. All are cordlally invited. Y. W. C. A, Affairs The regular monthly meeting of the Young Women's Christian assoclation will bo held Monday evening July 9 at the as- sociation parlors in The Bee building. The Sunday afternoon gospel services have been discontinued through July and August. Religlous. The Episcopal Board of Missions has ar- ranged to pension missionary bishops, who, after at least ten years' of service, are com. pelled by age or disability to resign their Jurisdictions, Tho People's church of Boston, Mass., has provided a place where bicycles will be cared for during church service, and invites peo- ple who live at a distance to come to church on their wheels. There was an income in the Educational Society of the Methodist caurch of Canada during the last year of over $19,000. There are eleven educational institutions under its direction. The aggregate attendance of stu- dents at the several colleges is about 2,000, Of these 200 are students of theology prepar- ing for the ministry, The supreme court of Alabama, In a case Involving a bequest of $2,000 to be used for the offering of masses for the repose of the soul of the deceased, has decided the bequest void bocause “there s no living beneficiary of the trust end: to be created, the soul not being an entity in law. A similar case is pending in the courts of Buffalo, N. Y. According to the Baptist Year Book for 1894 the number of persons baptized in 1893 was 176,077, The increase by baptism, by letter, by experience and by restoration amounted to 303,704, and the decr e by Jetter, exclusion (47,650), erasure and death amounted to 182,454, leaving a net gain of 12 0 for the northern, southern and colored Baptists. The value of church prop held by the three denominations is $78,605,769 and the total membership is Visit Courtland beach Sunday. PEKSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Spaulding of Kearney is at the Mer- F. B chants, L. H. Beason of Deadwood, . the Mercer, George H. Tackabury of Lead, S. D., Is at the Millard, Mrs. E. W. Codington of Bartow, Fla., is in the city, visiting her son, H. B. Ledyard. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lillie, Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Box, Mrs. F. L. Hull, Mrs. C. H Reynolds and H. C. Hansen or Norfolk are at ‘the Paxton, D, Is at otols. Barnett, McCook. Hull, Hastings M. Btewart, O Nebraskans At the Murray—A. At the Arcade—A. C H ith, Pender; Rapid At the Mercen—L. W. F. Dendy, A. B Swingley, Beatrice, the Merchants. Mrs, W, J. Abbott, Hawkey, Alda; O, Fremont; H! A. J. Briggs, Super- A Carpenter, Miss Hattie rpenter, Y Armstrong, Dwight; Charles Grimes,'J. L. Blewart, F. W. Irish, Plattsmouth; G. 'B. Spice, Columbus; I, C. Fultz, Ewing; John Johnson, Blair. b L Bathing at Courtland beach. GALLANT DEEDS OF THE PLAINS' Dy 8 8 oters. It Is sincerely to be regretted that the bloody Indian war of 1864-5-6-7 was not pos- sossed of some romantic and prolix histo- tlian who might weave from the bloody record of those days stories of equal valor with those of several years later, when the warlike Sioux were collected to their reser- vations and the only achievements to com- mand sttention or admiration were the one- sided affairs in which the Indian was either disarmed, heipless or a prisoner at some military post, or on a weil guarded and com- fortable reservation. It {s also strange, history in those days tanding Elk, White Little Bear, Red Cloud, Man-Atraid-of-Hi Horses, Big Ribs and a host of Indians wero chiefs of great hostile followings who left a trail of blood from Beauvals Crossing on the Platte ‘way up into Big Horn and past there on to Fort Henton, that such men as Jim Bickwith, Jim Bridger, Leo Pallardy, Marcus Gureu, French Pete, Jack Reshaw, Jack Morrow, Hank Milier, Old Man Van Valzah, Old Man Bullock, Captain Childs, Marcus and Jules Escoffey and oth- ers who were the actual ploneers of that section are not given the slightest mention in_these later tales of horoism. These names are doubtless unknown to a majority of the later comers to the new west, And their achlevements and heroism are dimmed by the luster of buffalo hunters and scouts whose only pioneer experience is as squaw men at the reservations or in trav« eling aggregations who delight the New England youth with hair-breadth adventures with agency Indians on New England fair grounds, Thesa thoughts were suggested by recent recountings of desperate and thrilling horse- back rides over Indianless prairies and whose chief danger lay in dodging a prairie dog_hole or half-wild cow, guarding her calf against the foray of a coyote. I would not for an instant seek to pluck one laurel from the brow of the fearless riders of the plains in their endeavor to keep from being thrown by their bronchos ring at_locomotive they paralleled the Union Pacific or Kansas Pacific rails in their mad rides against space in the awful Indian wars of the '70x and '80s. However, there who made when Spotted Tall, Mouth, Lone Bear to the men was a ride made by a trooper of the Second United States cavalry and a member of the Elghteenth infantry in the winter of 1866, the record of which has never yot been in print, yet it deserved to be given a high place among the gallant deeds of the plains in the times when It took unadulterated nerve to make a horse- back trip of €00 miles right through the heart of the hostile Sioux country, and that, too, just while the Sioux were savagely en- thusiastic over the recent annihilation of Fetterman's command at the base of the Big Horn mountains, and the desperate predica- ment in which they held the handful of troops in the Powder river and Blg Horn country as a result of the sanguinary mas- sacre at Fort Phil Kearney. The ride of which I would speak is one of the most treasured episodes of that coun- try, and is a proud incident in the heroic history of the Second cavalry and Bigh- teenth Infantry. The night of December 21, 1866, following the memcrable day when ainety-five of the garrison of Fort Phil Kearney wero offered up as a cruel sacri- flco to the neglect of the government In furnishing a sufficient garrison for that vast extent of country, then virtually alive with hostile bands of Indians, under the chieftainship of the most crafty and able leaders since the days of Tecumseh and Black Hawk, was the beginning of the ride. The condition of the surviving members of the garrison at Phil Kearney was perilous in the extreme. The Indians, flushed with their victory and assembled by the thou- sands in the immedlate vicinity of the post, were looking eagerly for the opportunity to complete their bloody work by annihilating the remainder of the garrison. That this would be done was very evident unless word was sent to Fort Reno, on the Powder river, sixty-five miles eastward, for reinforcements and for still more troops from the garrison at Fort Laramie, 200 miles to the southeast. How to get this word was the great ques- tion, but then great events have always great men at hand to meet them. So it was at Phil Kearney Two private soldiers, one of the Second cavalry and one from the Eighteenth Infantry, volunteered to make the attempt to reach Reno and Larumle at whatever cost. Mounted on gallant steeds, government horses, they rode out the gate with the God- speed of the devoted garrison, and disap- peared in the darkness down the Piney bot- toms on the road toward Fort Reno. Their names were Graham and Grant. They had during the late afternoon seen the ghastly, mutilated remains of nearly 100 of their comrades, and they knew they were dé- liberately riding out to meet just such a fate, unless the hand of Providence spared them. It was, however, two lives for 100, and they unhesitatingly took the chance, with scarcely a hope of living to ride twenty miles along a road that was gauntleted by a merciless and exultant foe. They reached Fort Reno just before sun- rise, but with an arrow in Graham's shoulder and tiree bullet holes in Grant's coat. The hories wero completely used up, and the couriers were given new mounts at Reno, and just as the sun was sinking be- hind the snowy caps of Big Horn, sixty- five miles to the west, Grahm and Grant started on their lonely winter night's ride of 140 miles down to Laramie. On down tho roughed brakes and draws of the tim- bered bottoms of Powder river they sped their way. Gaunt, hungry wolves beset them in their lonely ride through the tim- ber. On again out to the open country. Way over toward Pumpkin Buttes they saw the signal fires of Indians signaling toward Antelope Springs, a point they must pass a dozen miles further down the road. They rode along meditatively for a while, when the horses gave a frightened start and nearly unhorsed their riders. It was the dead and scalped body of a soldier lying alongside the road. They didn't have time to stop and learn who he was. The night was growing darker and chillier. A cold north wind betokened that the fair weather of the few days past was gone for good, and their chances for reaching Fort Laramie Wwithout encountering a blizzard were ex- tromely remote, There was a clear stretch of prairle for seventy-five miles before they could strike the timber of the North Platie, broken only by the timberless banks and waterless bed of the north fork of the Cheyenne. It rapidly grew colder and skurrying skifts of snow.: told the riders that another danger now beset them than Indians, and that was the prospect of becoming lost by the snow- fall obscuring the road, and the necessity of their traveling by night preventing them from noting the land marks that would guide them to the Platte. The thought of the beleagured garrison soon overcame any doubts or misgivings and the couriers put Spurs to their laggard horses In order to get as far over the road as possible while they could seo it. They dared not risk the danger of to camp at Antelope Springs, because it was very evident that Indians were In that vicin- ity, as was shown by the fire signals from Pumpkin Buttes, Their anly recourse was to make a dry camp on the divide several miles below the Springs for the day. They dared not leave the road very far, as it would be impossiblo to find it again if the snow continued, and as it was they had almost to feel their way. It was a cold, dreary camp the two couriers made along- side the Laramie road that morning of the 23d. It was still snowing, only a slight fall, however, and the wind had gone down. They dared not make much of a movement lest they should attract the attention of prowling bands of Indians known to have their villages along the few timbered copses of the Cheyenne, in which vicinity the cour- fers now were. ~ They put in the short win- ter day in a way, and at sundown again took up their dreary ride. Nothing of in- cldent - transpired until they reached the breaks of the Cheyenne, when the -distant barking of an Indian dog warned them of the danger of undertaking to rest there Brown's Springs was the next camp, and that was fifteen miles farther on, and their only recourse was to make It in order to waler their horses, which had not been given a drink sincd leaving the camp at Powder river and Buffalo Springs. They rode and walked the fifteen miles and reached the viclnity of the Springs just at daybreak The restlessness of their horses Indicated that something unusual was at the Springs, 50 Graham dismounted and while Grant held the horses he crept cautiously around the bluff, at the base of which were the springs, and saw an Indlan pony standing there equipped with all the war paraphernalla of an Indian. He crept on, partly concealed rying thick g7owlh of underbrush of wild nd saw ing and apparently drink- ng out of thh {Jfude box that had been built around the” spring an Indlan in full war paint. Graham raised ‘his carbine quickly and &TTfacting the Indian's atten- tlon slgnaled (hing to hoid up his hands. The Indian sta®t for his pony on a crouch- ing run and igprmbam fired. The savage tumbled Into the brush and snow a corpse. The pony, startlett by the shot, started to by a sage run, and nnulhm'(lmlla( from Graham's car- | bino quicted © Grant came hurrying around the bluff with the horses and seeing the cause of the commotion the two hur- rledly refroshedythgmselves and their horses from the spring and made a bold strike for the bad lands, through which they had to ride ten or twhive m!les to Sage Creek The trail through the bad lands was broken and extremely rough, and the entire stretch through them afforded an infinite number of ambush points far Indians that they almost Invarlably occupled. Therc was no choice to ride at night now and the risk must be made at daylight at whatever cost. The kill- ing of the Tndian at Brown's Springs would s00n be known to his comrades, who would be drawn thither by the report of Graham's carbine. The two courfers had not ridden far before they' discovered in the freshly fallen snow the tracks of other Indlans, and it was evident, too, that there was a con- siderable body of them. There was a stretch of two or three miles to make over an open prairie before the breaks of the bad lands could be reached. Luckily for them the storm renewed itself and the blowing, drifting snow almost ob- scured them in a very short distance. Their horses had made the trip often before and were familiar with the trafl, and the couriers wisely left them take their course, only urging the animals onward by spur and voice when they seemed to lag too much. They reached the decline down Into the bad lands without adventure and stopped a while to blow their horses and reconnoiter. Everywhere were evidences of the recent presence of Indians. Near them lay a dead pony, its back galled and sore from recent riding, and whick had been Killed because it was of no further use. The arrow with whioh it had been killed was still in the body, and it was the shaft of the Arapahoe make, a sign quite familiar to the men of the plains becausa of the peculiar and somewhat different wrapping of the sinews around the feather guide. This discovery gave the couriers to know that the Indians from the South Platte were allying with the Sioux and that the advance guard of the Arapahoes were now in their vicinity and they would virtually have to cut thelr way through them, if not in bad lands, at least along the timbered bottoms of the North Platte, where they had doubtless pitched their villages for a rest before making the big dash across the divide to the Powder river region. The couriers knew, too, that to leave the road through the bad lands was only to in- vite a more certain death by freezing and starvation, so they manfully determined to take their only chance and go on through, let come what may. They were alrcady stiffened and sore from their long ride, and the lowering temperature promised no re- liet. Their buffalo fur caps and snow-clad raiment gave them the quasi appearance of Indians, and this partial disguise served them well. The bad lands were a serles of broken ravines, along and through which were thousands of fantastic-shaped bluffs, isolated pillars of lavalike earth, surmounted with fantastic caps, the whole assuming any and every shape which the human imagina- tion or fancy of mature could devise, re- sembling in all respects the collosal ruins of a city of Titlans. From these mounds and pillars, and chasms, and bluffs the In- dians had successfully withstood thrice their number of whites and left the trall- which led through' the bad lands marked at every rod with the grave or bleaching skele- ton of their witless foe. The two couriérs’ had experienced more than one disturbance'in this debatable ground and were momentarfly on the alert for its repetition. They Were now in the bad-linds a mile or two and 'had about come to the hopeful conclusfon that they were to escape an_attack, Inasiuch as they were perfectly indisposed to invite one, when the well known “Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yoop-Yoop” was wafted to them from thelr rear. It was in a second echoed from their front, and the long signaling ells from all ‘around them was the vidence ' that ! they were now about to engage in the liveliest experience of their lives. It may have been cowardice to run. But they thought of the scanty garrison at Phil Kearney and the certain reinforcements the Sioux were receiving from the Arapa- hoes and Northern Cheyennes, which meant the extermination of the devoted little army at Powder river and the forks of the Pineys or Phil Kearney, so they laid aside their false courage and gathering their loins drove their rowels into their horses and plunged through the yielding quiet snow, with the wind at thelr backs, for the southern outlat of the bad lands and Sage Creek. The good Lord was with them. Several times they observed Indians picking their way up and down blufts or from behind the lava knolls, but they were fortunately unseen by their foes. Once a big buck straggled down onto the trail ahead of them and was heading his pony directly toward them. Graham and Grant dodged behind @ protecting knoll and awaited his coming. ~ The wind was blowing clouds of fine snow squarely into the Indian's face so that he could not see them had he been looking in their direction. If he passed them without discovering them they would let him go unharmed, but did ha make the slightest movement that he saw them it was thelr Intention to kill him at that instant. The kind providence that directed the Indian's eyes from the hiding couriers saved his life and he plodded on until lost to view behind a series of knolls northward of them. Assuring themselves of their safety from observation from that source at least they struggled on southward for several weary hours, alternately walking and riding to save their faithful animals as much as possible. They finally began the ascent out of the miserable section and were soon on the high prairie again, Almost simultaneously with their reaching the high ground the snow clouds lifted and they saw thoe setting sun and the timber copses of the North Platte some fiftcen or more miles southwest of them. Their road, however, led in another direction just then, and after a ride of a couple of hours they reached the camp at Sage Creek. Sage Creek was but a series of water holes at the foot of a low bluff, and they were fringed with a stunted growth of willows and sage brush. It was the custom of all parties going or coming, who camped here, to leave a stick or two of wood for the benefit of beleaguered campers. The Indians had piled up the entire quantity of wood and set fire to it. The fire was still smouldering when the cour- fers reached the camp. It afforded them a much longed for opportunity to make a cup of coffee and never tasted nectar more sweetly. The baying of a loafer wolf broke the stillness of the clear night. The horses were fed a generous feed of corn from the store brought with them It was too dan- gerous to attempt,to rest here very long, 80 about midnigat; the couriers pulled out again toward Hridger's Ferry, the point where they were tocross the Platte and the first point where they expected to meet a military garrisou, They traveled several miles and then reaching a basin of several acres in extent concluded to rest there until morning. The horses were securely picketed and the couriers epjoyed their first hour of genuine rest sindg Jeaving Reno. It was too cold to remain quiet long and at sunrise they were off agalfi' béating southeast toward the Ferry. The¥ 'cbuld see the low flat bulldings t dfforded quarters for the company that garfisoned the place from the crest of the hills hordéring the river at least ten miles bofore phdching it cold, fcy wind began blowlii fown the river valley with the ascendifg' sun and the courlers urged on their hoffds eager to get to the shelter of the houkesat the Ferry. When they were nearing th® place they were struck with the ominous dfehce of the place and the utter lack of evidences of life thereabouts, As they reached them they found the build- ings, three in number, unroofed and partly burned. The rope at the forry had been cut and was dangling down the swift cur- rent of the river. There were a few smoul- dering embers of fire in the barrack building and over and across at the ruined stable were the dead, frozen and scalped bodies of two soldiers. Both were naked except their bluo pants and were namelessly mutilated. The ferry boat, a sort of flat boat, had been cut loose and set afloat and was ob- served stranded on a sand bar half a mile below. The only recourse left the couriers was to swim the river with their horses, and in a rapid current this was extremely dangerous. There was nothing left to do but for them to try, and both plunged boldly iuto the stream 100 yards above the ferry crossing and after a most chilly and thrill- ing experiencs they succeeded in reaching JULY the other side at the ferry landing. They had scarcely reached dry ground and were | Just climbing up the bank when they were met with a volley of arrows from the blufts above them. Fortunately they had kept thelr carblnes above thelr heads while swimming the river and these weapons wero | loaded, being of the old Spencer pattern, with seven good shot. pach A bunch of timber came down (o the banks of the river here, and Graham and Grant knew that to 0 back Into the river meant sure death, so it was simply a chofce of deaths to seek the shelter of the timber and stand the Indlans off just as long as they could. The horses were sheltered as well as possible in a little ravine nd the two men began reconnoitering a little to get a sight of their assailants, The Indians evidently, through cowardice, fell back into the timber, but not until they were discovered to be a party of five young bucks, who were possibly intending to join the parties to the north of them, and through whom the courfers had passed in the bad lands. There was a sort of swamp at this point that extended parallel with the river for several miles, and through which the military had built a corduroy road. There was no passage through this swamp oxcept by this road, and the courfers knew that In the winter season, unless it was very hardly frozen, that an ambuscade by the Indians off this road was next to an impos- sibility. So the couriers determined to take that road and reach Horse Shoe station that day, or perish in the attempt. The resolution was no sooner made than adopted and they remounted and started on their mission, As they expected the five Indians were heard down the road a short distance and the boys held their carbines in readiness to open out on them as soon as they hove In sight. With all the fabled bravery and' cunning of an Indian, it is a fact that he has a cowardly dread of a man that he knows is after him. His likeness to a coyote in this instance accounts for their superstitious reverence for the scay- enger of the plains. The road lay across this swamp and was probably a mile in length. Then it skirted the swamp for a few miles until it reacehd Horse Shoe creck, along which Its course continued for five miles, when it crossed the creek right at Horge Shoe station. Graham and Grant were desperate. Thelr horses were nearly fagged out and there were only five Indians between them and their goal. There was but one thing to do and that was to take after the Indians and scare them out and off the rond and into the swamp, where they could have them at their mercy, before the Indians came to the same conclusion. So with a yell and a whoop they started after the fugitives. They caught sight of them in a moment or two and lct drive a shot or two after them from their revolvers, The Indians were terrorized and broke off the road fn a hurry and floundered around in the half-frozen swamp until the courfers came up. They were partly hidden by the trees and undergrowth, but that did not pre- vent the couriers from sending several bul- lets in their direction as they passed. With what effect they did not care to ascertain It was long after dark when the two men, leading their completely fatigued horses, pulled up at Horse Shoe station stockade. There was a small garrison there and they had been besieged by prowling Indians for several days. They had heard nothing from the north or from Laramie for two weeks. Graham and Grant were generously fed and warmed and given new mounts and at day- light Christmas day they started out on their final ride of fifty-three miles to Fort Laramie, to finish their duty. The day was intensely cold. But they were undaunted and after cutting their way through a small band of Indians whom they found camped on Little Bitter Cottouwood they reached the fort just at dark and delivered their mes- sage to Colonel Palmer, then in command of that garrison. The only mishap of that mo- mentous ride was that both men had their feet badly frozen and had to have portions of them cut off in the hospital a few days later. Tho reinforcements were sent to Phil Kearney and Reno and before the winter had closed orders were received from the gov- ernment to abandon that section of country as untenable because of the hostility of the allied Sioux tribes. The little army as it evacuated the country it had suffered so much to hold left its line of march to the Platte dotted with the graves of nearly an- other hundred of its members. New trails have since been laid throug] that region and the old “Bridger Cut Off is but a memory fraught with the saddest recollections, and whose course is blazed with the graves and bleaching bones of un- coffined and unhonored martyrs. A cooling ride—to Courtland Beach. OFF FOR THE FESTIVAL. Omaha Swedish Singing Socleties Leave Today for the Big Concert. Tomorrow at 5:30 p. m. the Swedish Singing Soclety Norden and the Scandinavian Glee club of this city will leave for the great Scandinavian singing festival at Sioux City. The start will be from Washington hall. The Idea of unifying the Scandinavian singers of the northwest originated with the Minnehaha Mandskor of Sioux Falls, S. D. They decided to attempt the experiment of merging the singing socleties of the Scandi- navian nations, the Swedes, the Norweglans and the Danes, Into a musical union, and thereupon arrange singing festivals at stated Intervals, the purpose being partially to draw. the Scandinavians of the northwestern states, as well as those of the east, into closer re- lation, and to bring the Scandinavian com- posers and their work before the American public. An invitation was issued to the different singing societies in the northwestern states and the first meeting was held in Germania hall, Sioux Falls, September 24, 1891, at which meeting the association was formed. In 1892 the first grand festival was held in Sioux Falls, July 12, 13 and 14, when eleven socleties participated, with about 250 singers. At the convention held during the festival it was unanimously decided to have the next singing festival at Sioux City in 1894, The growth of the association has since that time been beyond all expectation, and today the Northwestern Scandinavian Sing- ing assoclation is proud to state that the number of socleties has reached eighteen with a membership of about 600. At a conven- tion which will he held at the singers’ head- quarters, it will be decided when and where the next festival will be held, and it is likely that Omaha will come in for the honor. The Omaha officials are C. A. Jacob- son, second vice president, and Ernest Nor- din,- leader. Letters inviting the assoclation to hold Its next meeting in Omaha have been signed by J. E. Utt of the Commercial club, 0. C Holmes of the Manufacturers and Consumers association and by Msyor Bemis. —_ A Bilious Colie. Those who are subject to attacks of this diseaso will be Interested in the experlence of Mrs. F. Butler of 22 Fillmore street, Fairhaven, Conn. Sha says: “I suffered for weeks with collc and pams in my stomach, caused by billousness. One-haif teaspoonful of Chamberlain’s Cholle, Cholera and Diar- rnoea remedy effected a cure. For sale by all druggists. ST Popular music at Courtland beach, - rringe L 508, The following licenses to wed were issued by the county judge yesterday: Name and Address. Kristen Peterson, Omaha......... May Nellson, Omaha....... ‘rank M. Frazief, Omaha reda Utemark, Omaha. John Me! Scranton, Ia Busle Sylv: Scranton, -~ You'll enjoy a boat ride if you go to Court- land Beach' today. Ta. Real ABSOLUTELY PURE ACROSS THE DEEP BLUE SEA Distinguished Men and Women Seen Aboard the Floating Palace, REAL LIVE. BUT DISAPPOINTED PRINCE An Omaha Lady otalls Incldents Voynge fro New York to Eng- land - First Glimpse of Land— A Chatty Letter. Ocen TORRINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, June 28.—(Correspondence of The Bee)—"What do I care about improvements in the eco- nomical condition of Russia or a reduction of from 4 to 6 per cent,” said Mr. Willard, who, with femon colored face and glaring &ye, paced the deck with unsteady gait, in answer to some query advanced by the “con- versational flend” on board the Paris Amen! thought I, as I my eyos and held ou to a chair—as tho ship rolled like a log—it is quite enough to mind one's own business at such a time, It is quite interesting to watch the effect the different temy closed of sea:ickness upon ra- ments—sometimes it is the disposition, and then again the Imagination, but usually the liver. Some ar able to see and do a great many things that, when related to friends, seem marvelous indeed, and the most astonishing thing of all is that after a few days you learn that not one of the passengers has been i1l at alll One always receives this intelligence with per- fect gravity and evident faith, and acts ex actly as if it were true. Among the celebrities on of the most noticeable figures, was that of Mr. Wilion Barrett, the actor. He always seomed well, and his geniul face seemed to carry happiness to every quarte He walked with the ladles, talked and smoked with his gentleman friends and wrote sev eral hours each day. He fis busy with the new play, “The Mauxman,” which will be brought to America this winter. Mr. Sothern his company were on board, but the was Indisposed nearly the whole time, and could therefore add but very little fuster to the general light. The ladies, however, were somewhat pacified by the presence of a real live prince. Prince Poniatowski seemed to be what we Americans call a “good all around fellow. To be sure, he changed his clothes several times a day and kept us in a constant state of wonder as to what would come next until we became somewhat acquainted with his different styles of apparel. He seemed to be a modest, elegant gentleman, and was much admired for his culture—and hand- some blonde mustache. A lady, who had some acquaintance with him, told me that the prince had gone to America expecting to marry one of our girls, but that the young lady had thought better of the mat- ter at the last moment and refused him. I was pleased, too, at this evidence of the decline of the disposition on the part of American girls of wealth to exchange that wealth—and often too much happiness—for title, and sometimes not much else. We lett New York Wednesday, June 6, on time in a fast lowering cloud. Before noon the rain began to fall, and as the evening shadows decpened about us the rain came in torrents, accompanied by considerable wind. Our ship rolled industriously all night, The rain continued all day Thursday and through the night, and visions of mermalds and sharks floated through my mind. By way of diversion I inquired of one of tho mates (who was an Englishman) it boe had seen anything of the ark floating about? He looked at me for some time, without a change of expression, and answered very politely: *“Ah, no, madam, by no means; they don't use those any more—don't you know?” (““Noah T learned afterward that he thought me a little unbalanced in my mind, and that I must have referred to some old English ruin. T have also noticed that, although the English are seemingly obtuse, that In almost any attempt al a joke with them you are sure to come out of the engagement in dismay; not that they grasp your point, but they make some response (hat amuses the bystanders immensely. Mrs. Amella B. Barr and daughter, Alice, were fellow passengers. They spent much of thelr time in the saloon, where the authoress attracted much attention. She is a qulet woman, and her extreme gentieness to her daughter and kindness to those about her was very pleasant to see, Some of the ladies quoted to her extracts from her pub- lished books; others asked her questions about her different books, while one elderly woman, with small, black eyes, pale, sad face and sleelc black hair pasted down smoothly about her forehead, asked Mrs. Barr if she roticed anything romautic in the faces about her. The authoress replied: “Yos; seems to have a story in it.” “Oh, madam,” said the clasped hands, ‘it has nine! At this point I went out on deck. time afterward I felt a gentle touch upon the arm, and looking up saw Mrs. Barr. “I heard them all,” she sald, “but they are old, very old. As wo near the end of our journey cvery- body begins to enjoy themselves, and there 1s a great bustle and stir. We have long since become used to the uncertain motion of the boat and feel at home. Monday night, June 11, there was a fine concert on board under the management of Mr. Wilson Barrett, made up of sclections given by members of the different companics —some from Mr. Willard’s, and Mr. Soth- ern’s and Mr. Barrett's. The entertainment was given for the benefit of the Orphan's home at New York, and for the children of sailors at Southampton. Four hundred and fifty dollars were_collected, this being the largest sum of money ever raised in a like manner upon any of the steamers. Tuesday, June 12, the mail fs hauled cut of the hold, together with all the baggage— and we wonder, while watching, how one boat can carry so much. There are 1,600 souls on board—350 saloon passengers, 250 second class, 400 stearage, and 400 of the crew, and our amiable ships surgeon, J, I Hadley, says they seldom carry such a load of celebrites and prominent people. Among these are Mr. Richard Harding Davis, Mr. Wilson Barrett, Hon. Anthony Howells of Ohfo, consul to Wales; General Miguel Mon- titto of 8. A., Prince Poniatowskl, Mr. 12. H. Sothern, Miss Maud Stumm (the artist) of New York, Mrs. Amella Darr, Mr. E. S. Willard and the Countess Sidonle MacCaffrey. We were about ten hours late on acount of poor fuel, and did not reach port until noon on Wednesday. Those of you who have made an ocean voyage will remember with what delight you see the land again after being for days upon water, and how strangely beautiful the English coast is to one who sees it for the first time. As we enter the harbor the Isle of Wight {8 on the right, and we pass close to the Needles, while on the left is the mainland, where the wash of centuries has made little cavelike places under the cliffs, and the bright green flelds form a background, with here and there a lighthouse. Away in the distance you see a fine villa, looking over the water, 80 green and biue under the mornin sunlight as It is thrown up in little ripples along the shore; and then the ‘“miles of ship” with strange flags, and later on, when we have taken leave of our friends and we are at the whart, you feel a pang being in a strange land, but are soon lost in the hur- rying mass that fills the ‘‘custom house.” Then the good-natured (?) officer looks into our luggage, and finding no brandy or (o bacco there, Elves us over to the English board, and one your face woman, with Some- Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U, S. Gov't Report, Baking porter, who leads us of peopl the cab through several miles and luggage and porters and tells tIght here, ROSE E. STRAWN. —_— Visit Courtland beach Sunday. — e ANDERS MARRIED. Commonweal Commandor Captures 4 Pretty Young Girl at Leavenworth, LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 7,—Goneral John Sherman Sanders of Commonweal fame, and Miss Etta Bell, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Boll, were martied yostorday. The bride Is 20 years old, acomplished and &0od looking. Sanders met hor a month ago At church In this city. Tt was a case of love at first sight. There was strong parental opposition, but the girl declared she would clope and the old folko gave in. Sanders ;:lll'rm\\ abandon the Commonweal movi nent, GENERAL g WL Give the Messinh Dance. GUTHRIE, OKL, July 7.—The Sae and Fox Indians are preparing to give tho Messiah \\‘v"lll' on their reservation, A party of New orkers is sojourning at the agency, through flattery and rowards ur'.‘,‘.‘:J.‘.‘}'h:'é'.' porsuaded the” braves to give the dance, These dances are always attended with more or less troublo, but the authorities hope to keep the brav In check The Messiah dance is one of the most weird and grotesque affairs over witnessed by the pale faes, elve Injured. s been received of the derailing of a passenger train bo- tween Lesanal and Bilbao, the capltal of th province of Biscay, six mlles from the mouth of the Nerva. ‘Ten persons are reported to have been killed and twelve injured. - - Boating at Courtland beach MADRID, July TELEPHONE 1366 WHEN You wAani VISTA WATER. Telephove 1366, VISTA MINERAL SPRINGS €0, 312 8. 12th St., Omaha. Delivered Datly. BLISS RECEIVERS SALE Millmery Stoek — OF — J. J. 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