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THE DAILY BEE THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 26 , 1885 7
COUHCILJLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOOAL NEW 8 ,
RALLYING REPUBLICANS.
CMS , stranli anfl Euin2at Nomi
nate ! for Ward
John LJonnott to JO AlilcrjuBii-nt-
Largo.
The republicans hold their caucuses
last night. They were well attended , and
by representative men. Aldermen were
nominated in the Third and Fourth
wards , and delegates chosen in all wards
to the city to-day. All these delegates
have boon instructed to vote for John
Bennett , the county treasurer , for alder
man at largo.
rinsT WAIID.
A. S. Bonhani , chairman , end Y. S.
Jler , secretary ,
alcgntoa E. B. Qardnlcr , A , J.
Bump , N. W. Williams , M. B. Brown , J.
J. Nowton.
Commlttooman E. B. Gardnlor.
SECOND WAIID.
Ed. Molt chairman , end Jacob Sims
secretary.
Delegates T. J. Evans , Frank Grass ,
Jacob Sims , Ed. Molt , D. M. Connell ,
.1. 0. Ilhodabeck , G. II. Jynos , A. S.
Olougb , W. G. Borland.
Commlttcoman J. 0. Ilhodabeck ,
TIIIUU WAIID.
W. A. Wood chairman , and G. F.
Smith eccrcitiry.
For alderman , L. E Brldemtoin , F.
O. Gleason , P. 0. DoVol , Chris Str.iub
nnd E , B. Wnshbnrn rrcro named. Mr.
Brldonntoiu nnd Mr. DaVol declined.
Informal ballot taken resulting : Brld-
onstoln 11 , Gloruon 13 , Straub 8 , Wash-
burn 1 , W. A. Wood 1 , N. P. Dodge 1 ,
J. Bennett 1.
Formal bllot Straub 20 , Gloason 4 ,
Wood 3 , Bordcnstcln 2 , Bennett 1.
Nomination of Str.iub made unanimous.
Doloeates J. M. Phillips , D. B. Clark ,
N. P. Dodeo , D. Malthoy , W. A. Wood ,
J. W. Ilodtfer.
Oommlttcerrmn John Ltndt.
Jl'r rOUUTH WAItl ) .
If Dr. Hart chairman nnd A. J. Brown
secretary.
Informal ballot for alderman E. L.
Shugart 54 , G. S. Lawson 34.
Formal ballot ShugJrt 70 , Lawson 34.
Mr. Shugatt's nomination made unani
mous.
Delegates Dr. N. J. Lawrence , J. T.
Evans , F. Wles , L. 0. Empklo , E. L.
Shuuart , A. B. Walker , A. J. Hart , O.
M. Brown , G. S. Lawson.
Commltteoman Walter Smith.
BOAKD OF TEADE ,
Ciisady Wanted Tor Govern
ment Director of the Union 1'u-
cillc Utlior BnolneflH.
At a well attended meeting of the
board of trade last evening the following
resolution was adopted :
Whereas , The eastern terminus of the
Union Pacific railroad is in the city o
Council Bluffs , and the interests of the
city closely identified with tbo interests
-of the said company , so far as compre-
, honded In the volume and character of
IP | ' butiaess transacted at nnd tbrough this
' point ,
Whereas , The importance of both and
the interests of the people everywhere
seem to point to the necessity cf a gov
ernment director In the affairs of the
road , who Is at this terminus perma
nently ; and ,
Whereas , Such officer and director
should be a person if distinguished and
unexceptionable character , of the strictest
integrity , with a wide experience in the
observation and management of our local
concerns , having an intimate knowledge
of the relations existing between the sild
- railroad company , and the other railroad
companies , doing business with the
Union PaciQo at this and
other contiguous points ; and
unquestioned qualifications and character
and roputati n above reproach and an ex
tended public acquaint jiica with business
interests and men , therefore bo it unani
mously
-Resolved , By the board of trade of
Council Blutfs , representing all those , en-
tiftl olomcnUof the business interests of
the city , that it is our opinion , that the
Hon. J. P. Casady , of said city , combines
all of the foregoing characteristics , and
in giving this oxprjseion as to bin charac
ter and qualifications , wo at the
same time , ur/o / upon the executive
department of the government his'ap
pointment as such director , in behalf of
the government of the Unitnd States in
the management of said ra Iroad com
pany , at provided by the charter of said
company and the various acta of congress
supplementary thoioto.
Some ory important manufactoring
enterprises were discussed and plans laid
which when succoisfully developed will
glvo Counsil Blulft a boom in the manu
facturing line.
Hon. John Scott presented a petition
for thu signature of thoao willing to obli
gate tliennolvoj for the sum of § 225 to
defray expenses of Iowa's exhibit at New
Orleans. Mr. S. Ilads and J. 0. Do-
Haven were appiated to secure other
signatures , thu signer ] simply endorsing ,
to that the money nuy bo advanced by
some bank , until tha legislature moat and
make the corded appropriations. Iho
move is to relieve tha financial strait of
the Iowa commission and make Iowa's
exhibit worthy of the state in all retpects
A DISGEAOEFDL KOW ,
Chief AVnltorM uiul Ono of tlio Fire
llnvo It Ilot antl Heavy.
Ycsxerday Chief Walter * , of the fire de
partment , and Charles Nicholson , en a of
the best known members of the depait-
inoat , had n set-to. It secnu to barn
grown out of the fiat that the official
positions in the lire department are being
made merely political poiilious. The
present chief in his anxiety t ? retain his
position 1s said to bo working the wires ,
and securing pledges of projpostivo alder
men , a practice \\hih other aspirants for
the chlvf alnahip ara aiid to be fo\- \
lowirg alto. Nicholson is eaii
to have aspirations fur the chltfcainship
himself , and to havu been rather working
against WaUsrs. Tuesday night the two
had { i war of word * , and yeiterJay it was
renewed on tbo street , and cu mtuated ii
blows. According to Walters'version <
tbo atTtir , ho asked Nicholson why ho
-was trying to thwart bis plans , and talk
ing ( gainst him , etj , aid NlcUohou do-
nying that ho had eald certain things ,
the two went to call on a party who
claimed that Nlchchsn had made such
remarks. On returning , Walters says
Nicholson became very abusive , was
quite drunk , and suddenly hit him two
or three blown. Walters attempted to
defend himself , and a pollcemnn coming
along Walters hud him arrest Nicholson
rnr assault. Waltcra alto discharged
Nicholson from the force tight on the
spot , and then informed the fire commit *
tee of his notion. Nicholson declined to
tell his sldo of the affair to TUB BEE re
porter. Ho Is known as ono of the best
iremtn in the city , and were It not for
bit occaslonilly Indulging too freely In
; ho bowl ho would have little difficulty In
holding a goad place In the department.
It scemi that the trouble originated
nnhily from the making the department
a more bit political machinery , Instead of
a property saving sorvlco.
IOWA 1CEMS.
Kookuk haa packed nlnoty-fivo thou
sand hogs thin winter , '
Tha loss of the whisky tax amounts to
$22,000 in Ottumwa.
Dr. Quigley , thoMt. Ayr body en.itchor ,
bn > been Indicted by the grand jury.
Thosaab , doer and blind manufacturers
of all the liver towns in the state have
entcml into a combination for the future
control of the trado.
A Davenport produce dealer bought ( n
Oatobor last 2,01)0 ) bushels of onions at 10
cents per bnehol , tolling them a few days
Bgoln Chicago for SI.45.
"Tlio Davenport Cremation Society"
Invites correspondence ) with all persons
desirous of a tropical send oil to the
other shore and provcntion of resurrec
tion.
Ransom Day hai sued the city of Mt.
Pleasant fpr $10,000 damogos. Suit is
brought on account cf an injury received
by Mr. Day from falling through an open
cellar door in front of a grocery ,
The ladies of the Woman's Christian
Tompernnco Union , of Stuarr , by the aid
of the Lord and the help of the shorlir ,
were completely ouccesaful in raiding the
four saloons of the town , securing the
self-convicting whisky in each placo.
The police of Burlington dcscrvoa belt.
They nlppod four burqlsrs in ono day
ISBI week , nnd it wasn't ' a wsrm day
either. What is still more surprising is
the fact that the knights of the jimmy
had not been oparating In the town , and
the catch was a display of uncommon
shrowdnois.
The third sounding on tbo north shore
of the Missouri river at Sioux Oity for
the purpose of determining the depth at
which n rock foundation for a bridge
could bo toourcd , reached a depth of.75
feet when the augur broke off in tough
clay. The soundings so far provo that a
reck foundation cannot bo found at much
loss than 100 feet.
The Sigourncy News , with wfse fore
thought , remarks : As there is a preat
deal of snow on the ground all over the
slate and the states north and west of us ,
great caution should bo used to remove
all posts , \vocd , lumber , etc. , from bottom
tom land along our streams , and also to
firmly secure- fencing along the water
coursci , as the heavy snow which now
mantles the earth Is liable to go off sud
denly , which will produce an unusual
flood. A little precaution will save a
largo amount of property which would
otherwise bo swept away , occasioning uo
small loss.
Last October a horse wes stolen from a
farmer in Van Buren county. The theft
was charged to floury Spillman. Ho
was aivcuted in Missouri. Spillman
claimed and with good showing that ho
was in Missouri the date when tlio horse
was stolen , and said witnesses would
come from Missouri to substantiate tbo
claim , but they did not , and on circum
stantial evidence he was found guilty and
sentenced to three yeara at Fort Madison
and immediately taken there. Sinca
then it has been fully established that
Spillman was in Missouri and know
nothing of the matter. Governor Sher
man haa pardoned Spillman. Ij ; was
said by the governor to have been a caeo
of mistaken identity clear through , and
that the parties prosecuting were en
tirely honest in all their efforts in con
viction.
IMOUK PlttiGlOUS Til AX G
Nineteen Motnls AVorth .More Than
$1)00 ( ) pound.
Following are the names of those
metals valued at over $1,000 an avoir-
duplous pound , the figures given ropres
ennngthovaluo per pound ;
Vanadium A white metal discovered
in 1830 , ? 10COO.
Rubidium An alkaline metal , so-
called for exhibiting dark rjd lines in the
spectrum aualyeio , 89,070.
Ziroomum A inutal obtained from'tho
minerals zircon nnd hyacinth , in tha form
of a black , powder , 87,200.
Lithium An alkaline metal ; the light
est metal Iniown , § 7,000.
Glucinum A metal in the form of
grayish black powder , 55,400.
O\Iclum : The metallic bsso of limo ,
§ 1,500.
Strontium A malleable metal of
yellowish color , $1,200.
Terbium Obtained from the mineral
; sdolinlto , found in Sweden , $4.080.
Yttiium Discovered in 1828 , is of a
raylsh black color , and its luster per.'cot-
y metallic , § 4,080.
Erbium The metal found associated
with yttrium , § 3,400.
Cerium A metal of high specific grav-
ty , a grayish white color , and a lamellar
testnto , § 3,400.
Dlbymlum A metil found assojlatod
with cerium , $3 200.
Ruthenium Of a gray color , very hart
and brittle extracted from the ores o'
platinum , ( J2.400.
Rhodium Of a white color and mela'
lie luster , and extremely hard and brittle
It requires the strongest boat that can b
produced by a wind furnace for itiiuiion
$2,300.
Niobium Prevlouely named colnm
b'nnm ' , first discovered in an ore found aNew
Now London , Conn. , $2,300. ,
Uarinm The metallic basj of baryta
§ 1,800 ,
Pal'adium ' A metal discovered In 180 !
and found in very small grains , of a etee
gray cjlor and fibrous structure , S1,40C
Osmium A brittle , gray-colored meto' '
found with platinum , § 1,300.
Iridium Fouud native as an alloy
with osmium in lend gray scales , and i
the heaviest of kcowdsubstaucea , $1,09 (
The Kleotrlo lilf-ht Pool ,
CHICAOO , Feb. 20. About one hundred rep
reienti.tiven of tha various electric lightin
companies of tha United Statei and Canada
met here this morninj ? to perfect an orginlza
tlouvith ft uew to advancing their varlou
interests. Committees on permanent organ
izition and to 10 ect topics for discusiion wer
appointed uud adjournment taken until th
alternoon.
Seal of North Carolina Smoking tobuc
co is the best.
POKER DOTS ,
Woman's limitation.
NOWJ.
"ilubby , what wcro yon dreaming
bout last night when yon said you
would atrnddlo the blind ! "
"Mo ? Strd Oh , yes , I was droam-
ng 1 was going for a horjoback ride on a
ilind liorao. "
"Oh , I BOO. That accounts for the
cst you said. Yon were going to ridoo
TorandcnU on yonr nuntlo , weren't you ,
ubby ? "
IIo Know Its Value.
'ow York Sun ,
A citizen who had been playing poker
10 night before dropped a blue chip Intone
no contribution box "by mistake. After
orvlcoho wont to the deacon who had
atsed the plate and told him of the mis-
ako. "So I'll just glvo you a dollar in
ta place , " ho Bald , "and we'll keep the
matter quiet. " "No you don't , " replied
lie deacon , Ignoring the money offered.
That's n blue chip. It'a worth So. "
An Experience nt Poker.
Chicago Nows.
A dispatch from Now York to Uio
) aity News in ralatlon tb the trial of
'ollco Capt. Williamr , who la charged
with not using moans to suppress gambl-
ng , says that the captain read a tolo.
; r m from a Chicago gentleman who
IForccl to ijlvo testimony In behalf of
r.-ipt. Williams.
The gentleman referred to If Mr. Glov-
nnl Broj&an , artist , 242 Wabaih avenue.
lo was found to-day by a reporter of the
) aily News , where ho wan busily en-
t w rk on his picture , "Tho Dream of
? aust. " Ho said ; "Two veara ago I had
ccaalon to visit Now York city. I
topped at the Brunswick andthoro mot a
nely-drcsBod man who represented
imself to bo a traveler for a silk house.
Jpon invitation I accompanied him to a
oem over a saloon to play a friendly
aino of poker. Two others were in the
, amo. Wo had plenty of champagne and
ota of CO-cant cigars. First thing I know
lost $200 in caah ; then my diamond
In wont , and at laat I staked my witch
uid chain. They went , but before I lost
hem 1 uaw that my now acquaintance
lad five cards up hla sleeve. 1 took oc-
ition to count the deck and found five
cards too many. I didn't say much , but
rent and reported the matter to Captain
Williams , who was In command of the
irecinct in which this happened. 1
; ave him a description of my pssndo
riend. Ho sent oat two detectives , when
n about two hours arrested him. Next
lay I appeared In the police court to
> rosecuto. The judge dismissed
ho man on the ground that poker-
ilayiug was not gambling. Capt. Wil-
lams took the mm aside , and , after talk-
ng to him awhile , made him glvo back
all my money , my pin and my watch and
hain. Now hero is the point. I of-
ored Capt. Williams $100 in cash for
what he had done for mo. Ho refused
o tike a cent. I afterward offered tbo
wo detectives S10 each for tholr trouble
> ut they told mo their ordera were note
o take money. That is the reason that
when I saw Capt Williams was in trouble
. ' wired him that I would be willing to
omo and testify in his favor. ' '
A Poker Story.
A good story comes from TroyLincoln ,
county , Missouri , which is told at the ex-
) onso of a landlord whose love for the exciting -
citing game of poker caused him to part
nth a well-known wallet one night dnr-
ng last week , Having ordered a leader
or two of cord-wood from
, farmer , the latter In duo
Imo delivered the same in front of his
customer's residence , when not long after
seedy-looking individual omo along
armed with a saw and buck and securing
ho job wont to work in dead earnest , for
which ho was to recolvo tbo munificent
sum of § 1. Accomplishing the task juet
, s the bell rang for supper , ho was asked
o partake of tbo meal , which invitation
10 accepted without mnch pressing. Sup
per ovoi he was passed tbo dollar for the
vood job , and loitterlng around the store
10 heard his banefictor invite sofor.il
'fiends there to join him in a friendly
amo of poker , to which they readily as-
tented. The heaver of wood looked
complacently on the game for a tlmo ,
ind addressing himself to the host re
quested the privilege of taking a hand ,
siylng that although apparenty dostl-
nto , ho would blow in the dollar , and
adding that cards were the cause of bis
> raacnt degraded position in society.
All advice on the part of the
ilaycra for the fellow to hold on
o his only dollar proved unavailing
, ud finally ho was admitted to the game.
.a ' a shirt limo ho found hb winnings
swelled to $50 , when exasperated , one of
ho rarty raised the pot to $200 , thlnk-
ng by that means to froeza the follow
out. Going do-vn In his baot-lrg ho
pulled forth a roll and covering the bet ,
non found , to the dismay of the crowd ,
that the "boodle" was again h's , A
sono followed which at ono time prom-
sed to became a cause colebro at Troy ,
jut tbo check of the wood-sawyer carried
liiu successfully through the woods. Ho
was surrounded by the crowd and threat
ened with death , arrest , cremation , pul
verizing and oven a dose of dynamite did
"ic not return their money. Did Ii9 do
t ! Not a bit of it , bn * > drawing a pair
of Smith & Wesson ] ho defied them all
and threatened the "wholo crew" with
irrcst for running a gambling honsa. No
arrests were made , and the slick gent
: akicg the train for St. Louis bade the
Toijacs a gentle "ta-t , an rovo'r , " until
next time.
Dig Hotting.
San Fran cisco Call ,
"Faro was well enough for a light
diet , " said an old time gambler , "but the
great pamo at the Comitock mines in the
early clays was poier , and it was played
strictly on the honest , and for oil it was
worth Thoio may have been more or
less hogging In the potty gamer , played
by outsiders , but I mean that evoiyihlnj ,
was above-boaid when the great poker
sharps met in council. Their regular
game was unlimited as to stake ; , aud a
$20 onto apiece , when only three or four
were playing , and a 8100 ants from the
dealer when five were phyln ? , and the
latter case the deal passing to the winner
Those were the days when you saw tiij
bluffing , or guessed nt it rather , for you
rarely pet a chance to look into the
player * ' hands
"I have seen § 1,400 bet on a pair of
kings and take the pot with $000 already
in. 1 can DOW call to mind two lively
games I saw In Bill Gibson's home. One
of them was a small game in which there
were five blayow , but where the ante was
only 820 from the dealer. Tom D. was
dotting , and old 0 , cimo in on tire pairs
tens aud eights , and riUod the pot to
$120. Throe staid out , but D. baring a
pair of kings , made the pot good , tud
ama back with a $100 nlao. Old 0
chipped in , drov ono card tint was n
good , and patsad. D. took three cards
took a peep at h's draw , and bat $900
which 0. callwJ a ] quick as a shot , ant
est his money , as D. had captured an aca
and two fives , "
"The other g mo was ono In which
Jowett A , Steve J , Old 0
and Bill Olbson were playing. Each man
antled $20 every tlmo , and each man had
passed out three times , so that there were
four antes , all around , making $1,230 in
the pot. Old 0 was dealing and all
passed to him when ho opened the
sot for § 320 , making It § 1,000 In all
Jowott A called the bet and so did Bill
Gibson , while Slovo J. wont § 800
better. Old 0 called this , but other
dropped out. There were § 3,200 then in
the pot , and J. draw one card , while 0.
draw throo. After the draw J. tapped
limsolf for § 1,000 , which was all ho had
on the table , and 0. called , as there was
10 room for a raise , J. showed down
ices and fen , 'and C. raked in the § 0-
00 with a pair of sixes dtawn to the pair
if aces ho had held up. You can bo-
love mo that for two-pair betting that
vas pretty lively sport.
"Stove J. made the largest winning at
mo poker winning that I saw on the
Jomstock , ou which occasion ho pocketed
a good § 10,000. Bill Gibson lost in two
nonths at poker jiut § 15,000 ; § 9,400 the
itst night and § GGOO the next. The
work of those two n'ghte , by the way ,
oat him a htij o fortune. Ho had just
ot a sure pointer on Crown point , wnlch
tas then selling at § 7 or § 8 , and started
[ own town to glvo an order for as much
as his § 1GOCO in cash in hand would
: ovcr. On the way ho stopped
nto hla house and found the boya
raiting for him to open a poker gamo.
The result was that ho eat down to play
with them for a little while , took a header
n bad luck aud dropped his cash , entirely
orgottinS the pointer that had brcn given
iim. Crown Point wont up to § 1,000 , so
bat Gibson , If ho had carried out his
irlglnal Intention , would have cleared
.nywhero between § 3,000,000 and § t-
100,000.
"If I had tlmo to think them up I
ould toll you any number of gambling
torlea , but yon would scarcely ciro to
mvo too bi j a bunch of them in ono lump ,
ml so I'll ujk you to excuse me , as I am
xpcctcd homo about now. Before soy-
ng j ood-by , however , I'll take the Kb-
rly of giving jou a piece of advice
* fovcr play poker with a stranger , and
ou't bet at taro unlpts your Income Is
argo enough to permit that serb of thing
s an occieion.il amusement ; and doa't
vcn do it then if yon find you have not
trongth of mind enough to quit when
have lost a certain amount. "
Poker Sumps at Sea.
Vow York Sun.
A recent London cablegram in the Sun
aid there was a revival of the outcry
giiust gambling on the Atlantic etoam-
bips , and many letters have boon pub-
ithed giving instances of passengers ba
ng fleeced by card-shatp3. It was also
xmjcctnrod thatsoino 01 the professional
; amblers , having boon starved pat of
his c'.ty , were ply ing their vocation on
.ho steamers. These traveling sharpers
are sometimes called ocean tramps. They
are not confined to the male sex , and
were crossing and rocrosslng the Atlantic
) oforo the poker sharps aud brace gam-
ra were driven out of tholr favorite
dens by the police. Two of these sharpers
are slender , bright girls who are familiar
, o ocean travelers In the summer season.
! Tot long ago the writer taw them on
) Dnrd a fast steamer for ono of their per-
odical lound trips , and they appeared
'ery pleasant to the eyo. They were
imply yet richly dressed in becoming trav
eling suits. One of them had an alligator
lonriat'a bag slung over her shoulder , and
the other , with equal grace and archness ,
carried a pair of marino glasses. The
mall , snug gray hats that surmounted
liolr pretty heads of neatly dono-up
lair , their close-fitting jackets and strong
ret shapely phoes all bespoke experienced
ravelers. As they stood at the steamer's
rail watching the busy , jostling crowd
Jioy were the cynosure of all eyes.Thpy
were not unattended. Looming np In
he background with a bland face was
; he male guardian of the pretty pair. As
ho younger men who were going to bo
heir folljir passengers eyed them with
11 concealed admiration the gray-mons-
ached cbaperono frowned in a manner
.hat was discouraging to the moat auda
clous.
As the reporter gazed at the picture he
was startled by feeling a huge red hand
upon his shoulder , and hearing a voice in
its car that sounded as if it came from
he depth of the eea , It said :
"Well , eld manl"
Turning around , the reporter saw the
rotund form of the jolly chief officer of
ho steamer , tha flagship of the line.
"What , are you looking at UIOEO girls ,
oh ? "
"Yep. I wonder who they are Eng-
Ish girls going homo with papa cfior
doinc ; tbo states , I suppoeo ; or , may bo ,
.hey'ro Boston belles abandoning their
crude and barbarous native land. They're
> rotty girl ? , anyhow , and I feel jealous
already of that gaunt , round-shouldered
dndo who is making np to the fair-haired
ono in opito of her father's tcowl. " , y
The jolly officer burst iato a peal of
auqhtor , which reached the oars of the
jeantloa at the rail. They turned , looked
it htm , crimeomd with resentment , and
laughtily left the rail to go below or got
out of the way of the officer's eyes.
"English swells rr Boetjn bel 03 , eh ?
That's your way of reckoning it , is it ? "
laughed the jolly tar. "Why , my dear
Mlow , jou'ro all oil' . These are the
three cleverest swindlers that work'tho
liorring pond. I presume you've hoard
of the card sharps and confidoncs opera
tors who spend tholr tlmo during the
summer months between Now York and
Liverpool fleecing tholr fellpvr-paason-
gers. Wei ) , that's tbo slickest trio
in the business. I have had 'em
twice on this ship , and on the second
voyage they got so deep into the pock
ets of two youog Englishmen western
bound that the skipper got thwart their
hawsa and confined them to tboir state
room for the rest of the passage. You
see , they book as a father and two
daughters , and as soon as the ship's in
bine water they begin to throw out eig
nals. First ono and then another green
horn runs alongside and makes fast.
Then they sound him. If ho is cleverer
on short allowance they sheer off and lot
him alone. But if he's what you Yan
kees call well fixed , they make fast to
him , flirt with him , drink fizz slid brandy
and soda with him , smoke cigarettes with
him , and in duo time play poker or nap
or biccarat with him. The poor dupe
thinks they are too awfully nice for any
thing. All the other lady passenger *
are below , or off the wind , and ho thinks
it a charming American characteristic ,
this freedom acd audacity and good fel
lowthip. The cover that's the oM
harp he makes a pretense of shorten
ing rail once in a while , but it's only a
blind , my boy. Then , the first thing
you know , just as you make the light
ship , Mr , Greenhorn is cleaned out of
evaiy shilling , and may have chucked in
half a dozeu clucks or promissory notes
beside * .
"They're the hardest clasi of frauds to
Uckle , because no skipper 1 kes to run
afoul of a lady ptsengers. Suppose he
should iiiskg a mUUks aud order a young
< * * . .
lady wboso worse fault is that she Is
little P&PI to keep to lur iUtoroom , as h
can , under British law ? Why , she might
make It ai hot us o'll Uarr/ for the
company ; for such an action would ba
false imprisonment of the worst kind.
' 'My old man took hh chances though
and the dameol will give our line a wide
berth when thpy are operatiug in tin
Future. Some of ! the agents ha\o black
listed a lot ol the [ most noted of thoio
longcs , but now ones appear every now
md then , and as long as there ara geese
.hero . will.be foxes , It seems almost im
possible to keep the poker sharps elF the
icoan steamers , but wo do our boat to
scop cur patrons from being swindled
oven at " the risk of tabooing tbo wrong
loraon.
A MYS IKKy SOIA'ED.
Neither Murdered Nor a Murderer.
Jew York Sun.
Capt. C. T. Cutlar of Clailon Mills Pft. ,
purchased a ticket for Omaha at a rail
road ticket office In this city yesterday.
"That ticket , " said he "is for a man
vho for twenty years has believed himself
to bo a murderer llooirg from justice , and
whoso friends , ou the other hand , h.ivs
or twenty years thought ho was the
'Ictira of the man whom ho believed ho
iad murdered. His name is Alexander
3aer , and it was only a few weeks ago
.hst ho found out ho was not a murder
er. "
"Baor worked for a ma In 1803. Ho
vas paying attention to a girl named
Hathaway , aud I thihk they were on-
; ngcd to bo married. She was a soivant
, t thu lumberman's . ( .boarding houto.
In the fall of that year a good.looking
young Scotchman by the name of Gray
Cameron came to my mills to work. Ho
> elonged eotnowhoro in Stoubon county
tfow York. Ho soon cut Aleck Baor out
with the Hathaway girl , and the result
was that the two became bitter onomioa.
They wcrkcd in the same logging-
camp.
One day in the winter of 1804 Cameron
carne to the settlement with a bloody
'ace. Ho said ho and Baor had got into
a quarrel over the Hathaway girl and had
come to blows , Baor haa knocked him
sonsolcs ) with n club and when ho came
hoas unable to find his rival. Baor
lad not appeared in the settlement and
wan cot soon again about any of the
nmpo. As Baor had nearly § 200 dn
lim from our company , and had left § 100
n his trunk at the boarding house , his
iisappearancohadan air of mystery about
t that puzzled us The suspicion was
irttty general that in the fight bo'tweon
lim and Cameron the Scotchman had
dllod his rival , and , fearful of the consequences
quences , had secreted his body. Oamor-
m was awara of these suspicions and of-
'orod to pay for the fullest investigation
of the affair and all expenses of a search
'or tlia whereabouts of the missing lum-
) orman. Ho employed an officer to fol-
"ow every clew ho could find that might
cad to clearing up the mystery , butnoth-
ng could bo learned.
"When the lee broke up in the spring
some boys who wcra fishing for suckers in
; he north branch of the liver were at-
.racted by a peculiar-looking object that
: ame along with some ice and they drew
t it to shcro with a plko pole. On draping ; -
ing it out they saw that it was the half-
ilotbcd body of a man. They hurried to
ho lumber camp and told the men at
wotk there what they Ind found. The
lesli was entirely missing from
.ho fsco and head of the
dead man and rccrgnitlon of the features
iras Impossible. There yrero ramnants
of a plaid coat , or jacket , on the body.
Alexander Baer was the only ono In the
ho region who bad worn such a coat.
The plaid was made by broad strip.s of
ureeii and black. An inquest was hold ,
at which the remains were declared to be
hose of the missing lumberman. The
Inding of the dead body aroused anew
.ho suspicions that ho had been killed by
Damoron. The verdict of the coroner's
jury was that tlio man had como to his
death In a manner unknown.
"Baor's friends demanded the arrest of
Cameron. A warrant was issued , and
Cameron ran away. Every ono then be-
libved ho was goilty of Baor's murder.
Ho was pursued and captured , bnt while
ho was being taken to the county scat ho
escaped from the officer and was never re-
captutcd. It was believed that he had en
listed in the army , and a soldier in the
slxty-eovonth Pennsylvania regiment eont
home the news in 18G5 that ho had soon
the dead body of Cameron among thoss
who had died in Libby prison. At all
events , nothing elsa was over heard of
the alleged murderer , and the incidents
connected with the tragedy wera grad
ually forgotten.
"A few days BRO a stranger appeared
at the Clarion Mills and asked for me.
To my great surprise ho told me ho was
the missing Alexander Bier , and ho suc
ceeded in establishing his identity beyond
a doubt. Ho told a singular story. IIo
ea'd that Cameron's version of their fi ht
was true. When ho knocked Cameron
senseless with the club ho became fright
ened and tried to revive him. Falling in
this , he believed ho had killed his rival ,
and , without a thought of anything elsa ,
led from the place t } escape the consequence
quence of his crime. Ha nut
on the edge of the camp a
man named Perry , who was in
the habit of maklcg occasional visits to
the lumber rcgiom for the purpose of
buying up waste and rags of all kinds.
The man was very drunk. Knowing that
If ho was advo.Used bis coasplcuous plaid
coat would load to his detection , Baor
traded it off to Potry for a castoil"coat
lie wai wearing. Perry had told Baer
tint ho was going to crocs the ica at the
eddy aboro on his way to Orotty'a Mills.
Ho had undoubtedly broken through or
stepped into an air hole and was drowned
and hla body , with the remnants of
Bacr'a plaid coat on , was the ono the
boya found next spring ,
"Bier went to PJttsburg , where ho
onlltted in the army under an amumod
name. After the war bo wont to Cali
fornia and other western atatcs , never
having heard a word from the mills or
settlement since ho fled until the later
part of last December. Then he met In
Denver a man named Philip Craig , who
was working for me at the time of the
supposed murker. They recognized ono
another , and Craig told Baer the story of
thoaflalr , greatly to Ills astonishment and
relief Baer worked his way gradually
east to rovitit the old scene , and set
things right. The Hathaway girl , over
whom tbo two men quarreled , was nmr
lied in 18(17 ( , and died laat yaar. Her
son , a strapping chopper , 17 years old ,
works for mo at thn mills now. Baer
worked a day in the old place , but con
cluded ho preferred to go back west , and
he's going on this ticket. "
High Ijlcciuo 1 Minnesota.
CHICAGO , III. , February 25. Notwithitand-
iog tie passage of a high license liquor law by
u Jlinnesota legislature , later aJvIcea announce
nounco Ita defeat night before last in the ten
ato. It panud thu h&uae and a majority o !
the aaoate pledged themselves to etaud by U
The failure ol the measure lit ) accordingly
excited much aurprUe. Steps will bo taken to
bring the bill up again ,
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