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    3 OMATTA DALLY 33EE : FTCIDAY. IPEBinJATlY 18. IfiOS.
I FROM THE FARTHER WEST
MEMORY OF 'FORTY-NINE '
Annual Bcnnion of a Remnant of the
California Argonauts.
PASSING YEARS MELT THEIR RANKS
Only niovcii Mvlntr Out of a llniut of
ThlrSevrn , mill Only Tlirre
lANftCltlhlcil ( II Itrrnll tll
PitiiimiN Trill.
On ttio 4th of February , 1850 , forty-eight
yearn ago , a Land of thirty-seven men , who
net out from Oalesburg , III. , for California
In the fall of the preceding year , emerged
from the "valley of the shadow of death , "
n region put down on the maps an Death
. valley. And It la truly named. It barren
stretches , parched , unbearable heat , and de
ceptive atmosphere , lured countless numbers
to death In the days of M9 , and nnuually
t swells Its record as a graveyard. Filled
i -with thankfulness for their escape they de
termined to keep allvo the memories of the
trip , and when possible to hold annual re
unions on that day. They called themselves
the Jaylmwkcrs. Most of the members sub-
sonuontly returned to the cast , settling In
Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas and Illinois. Twenty
years ago the annual reunions wcro Inaugurated -
rated and have been religiously maintained ,
though with decreased members. Out of the
original band eleven now survive , and two
of these met on the -Hli Ingt. , at the homo
of Luther A. Richards , near Heaver City ,
Nob. , to commemorate an epoch In their
] m „ lives. The remaining nlno survivors were
< kept away by Illness and other causes.
' Thp Heaver Valley Tribune , which gives
Interesting details of the historic event , re
ports that John H. Colton of Kansas City ,
the only visiting survivor at the reunion ,
onailo an Important original contribution to
the history of the Jayhnwkera. Mr. Colton ,
the originator nnd perpetrator of the reunion
organization. Is Indefatigable In his search
for facts concerning the 'I9ers and the uu-
t . -written history of the west. Ho has three
enormous scrap books filled with every hit
of Information , Incident , Illustration nnd
j narration obtainable concerning the MOcrs
! and the history of the pioneer days. Ho has
\m \ endeavored to trace the life of each member
of the party from the tlmo ho was delivered
from Death valley until the present or until
death Intervened. This task has been an
arduous one , and ho has succeeded beyond
the most sanguine hopes. The last year has
'been ' a fruitful one , and the lead ho has un
earthed , has developed a rich mine of authen
tic history of the perilous trip of 1819.
A MISSING MEMBER.
Sheldon Young , a member of the Jay-
liavvkcr party , had vanished from sight , not
Tio.'ng ' h > ard from for jeara. Mr. Colton dlo-
covcrcil a few months since that Youns died
at Mobcrly , Mo , , and from a son he ee-
curei' the old papers and a daguerreotype
of tl 6 deceased. Young had been a sailor ,
and true to his sea training kept a "log"
of the trip across the plains. The dairy
was written In pencil on the pages of a
cheap note book , end the ravages of time
had ncarjy effaced the writing. With the
assistance of powerful magnifying glasses ,
a largo portion of the record was deciph
ered , cad then transcribed and bound In
< lurablo form. The reading of this accurate -
ate history as It had been written from
day to day brought up a flool of memories
which had been dimmed by time now shin
ing out a vividly as though but yesterday.
It Is a precious document for the Jayhawk-
crs.
crs.Another
Another member of the band has been
traced successfully by Mr. Colton. This
was a man who has heretofore been listed
In the roster aa Wolf. This man
was a partner of Sheldcci Young , and died ,
at sea In 1850. It has been discovered , how
ever , that Ills real name was Wolfgang
Taubor , being a German , and having short-
oneit his name to one of a more American !
eound. Mr. Colton secured the original pa
per executed before the burgomaster In
Woldfriberg , Germany , by which the estate
of the deceased was disposed to his relatives.
Also a daguerreotype of Tanner. This , to
gether with that of Young , makes twenty-
four photographs of the party which are
now on fllo nlth the records of the aseo-
clatlon.
STORY OP TUB TRIP.
On the fith of April , 18-19 , n largo party
of men started from Galesbnrg , 111. , for
California. To distinguish'their party from
others they Jestingly took the name of Jayhawkers -
hawkers , and that name has. clung to them.
The party crossed the Missouri at the
point where. Omaha now stands , the crossIng -
Ing being made on n log raft , which landcJ
just above whcro Farmam street touches the
river. There was no Omaha then. Noth
ing was there eave a Jew squaws fiurnlng
themselves on the bank , watching the party
with , sullen Interest. Then the forty wag
ons started upon the long stretch of prairie
to the mountains , the trail being nearly the
pamo as the route now traversed by the
Unlm Pacific. Several tlmca the Jndlanr.
stampeded the cattle of the party , eo that
Salt Lake City was not reached until the
middle of August , n month later than had
icon expected.
It was thought by the older members of
the party to bo too late to cross the Sierra
Nevada by the northern routes. The weather
being too warm , the party remained In Salt
Lake City until October 3 , 1848. Upon their
arrival at Little Salt Lake , a few restless
comrades , determined to go through to a
jwlnt nt the brad of the San Joaquln valley ,
formed a band and decided to cross the
detect at all da/xirJs. thus saving hundreds
of miles' travel via the Los Angeles route.
( For four months they were. In n trackless
waste wlioro not a living thing existed and
\\hero fresh water was seldom found. They
filtered the desert halo and hearty men and
came out living skeleton ? . Forty-eight
years hnvo passed filnco thtvy emerged from
the mountains. Cultivation has pushed for
ward onil girded the desert whcro these men
wandered. It has gene over tCjo boundary
line and with artesian wells and late ap
pliances for Irrigation Is of truth making the
Oosert "bloom ns the rose. " The maps of
tn'Jay show towns where bravo Jayhawkorn
died for want of food , Another forty years
nnd the word dcsort will bo forever blotted
from the maps of the country.
They cut up their wagons on Silver moun
tain and made- pack saddles for their cattle.
The ratllo lived on the bitter sage brush nnd
Kreasowooil , except when they ocaslonally
found an oasis with salt , alkali or nltro
water nnd n little gras upon It. The feet
of the cattle were worn down until the blood
maikcd every fitep. Then the boys wrapped
their feet In raw hldre , as they did their
own. Many died from exposure , hunger and
thirst , and wcro burled In the drifting sands
where they fell , while those who were loft
moved on , weak and tottering , not knowing
whcso turn would bo next. Hut for their
icattle. not a man could have lived through
that awful Journey. They ate the hides , the
blood , the refuse and picked the bones In
ramp , making jerked beef of the balance teal
< al < o along with them.
IN DEATH VALLEY.
The party met with the greatest suffer
ing In Death valley , a name afterward given
the region toy Governor 'Illalsdoll'who on
nn expedition discovered there the bleaching
bonea of nlno men who had been of the
original party , had turned back to the
Spanish trail , reconsidering their move , were
Attempting to overtake the Jayhawkera. The
rvallcy la a great depression- much below sea
Jevfl and with no fresh water anywhere , Aa
tht > rattle died one by ono they were eaten
for food Clot saline springs and alkali lakes
contained the only water for a distance of
100 miles The flesh of the cattle waa poison
nnd for water nil prayed. At last they came
to a small spring , christened then , and Is
Htlll called Providence aprlng. It saved their
lives , but only for further Bufferings before
Ihey reached tbo premised land.
After many desert wanderings and untold
pufferlug , they at last struck a low pass
In the Sierra Nevada mountains , and em
erged suddenly Into the Santa Clara valley ,
iwhch ! was covered with grass , wild oats and
Dowers , with thousands of fat cattle feed-
( Jng , a perfect paradise to those famished
ekoletons of men. TSiero were thirty-four
pi tbo party who lived to reach that valley ,
ifffM.
and every one shod tears of Joy at the sight
of the , glorious vision spread before them
and iho suddenness of their deliverance.
The boys shot flvo head of cattle , and
wcro eating the raw flesh and fat , when , the
ranch Indians , hearing the firing came down
with all the shooting Irons they could muster ,
but seeing the helpless condition of the
party , they rode back to headquarters and re
ported to Francisco , the Spaniard who owned
the ranch and cattle. He came down and
Invited them to camp In a grove near the
house , bade them welcome , and furnished
them with meat , milk , grain and everything
they needed until they were rccrulte < l and
Able to go on their way. He was Indeed n
good Samaritan ,
NOTES FROM. THE JAYHAWKERS1 LOO.
The next meeting of the Jaybaukcra will
bo hold at the home of Charles U. Mcchum
at Perry , la. , February 4 , 1839.
The record of the numtoer of miles traveled
by the Jayhawkcra from Little Salt lake to
the placp of deliverance was found In the
"log" of Sheldon Young. The total la 777
mllrn.
Mr. Collon remarked that In the rush to
Klondike some of the scenes of 1SI9 notlld
ho TO enacted , tout that It would be Impossi
ble for Argonauts of thla later day to un
dergo the hardrhlps or the excitement of the
days of old. That tbo march of civiliza
tion , pclenco nnd Invention his eliminated
many of the old terrors and that a trip to
Alaska waa ono of comfort as compared with
the Journey of the Jayluwkers.
The only woman In the party , Mrs. J. W.
Crier , withstood the trip better than the
men. When a traveler fell ( by the trail
It woo Mrs. Urlcr who encouraged him to
ninlio another effort. She was a delicate
llttlo woman , but the hardships seemed to
make little Impression upon her. She car
ried her two children , aged -1 and 7 , through
It all olive. Ono of these Is now a minister
of the gospel In California , and his photo
graph occupies a place of honor In the pic
torial colllcctlon of the association.
Since the last meeting of the Jawhawkcrs ,
Thomas E. Dreckenrldgo of Tellurlde. Colo. ,
the last of the old acouls of Fremont , the
pathfinder's , expedition of 1848 , lhas died. Of
al ! the old crowd of mountaineers and guldrs
nonu are lnmvn ; to be now living except
Jim Raker , who went to the mountains li :
1S3G and now lives on his ranub , ifvinty-
flvo mlloa from a railroad , on Snaka river
In wcttcrn Wyoming. Thtnc were of tbo
school of Kit Carson , Peg Leg Smith ,
Walker , nnd others , made famous by their
connection with the expeditions of explora
tion In the west.
Jim Hrldger , nn old trapper anJ moun
taineer , who died at New Santa Fe , Mo. , In
1890 , was the owner of Fort Drldger , Wyo.
Ho was visited by the Jnyhawkere on their
lourncv. Ills fort , locator ! In Iinnri3nl7 ( > il
territory , was the only settlement , save that
of Fort Laiamlo , between the Missouri and
Fort Hall In Oregon. Hrldger A\OS a typi
cal frontiersman and ono of that class of
characters now nearly extinct. Mr. Col
ton has obtained tbo facts concerning his
death , which was In comparative obscurity ,
nnd has also secured a copy of a private
bill now before congress providing for the
remuneration of his heirs for Fort llrldgor ,
which was taken byi the government during
the Mormon war.
LOST CO.VI * MIX 12 IX MOVI'AXA.
I own Mini ninoovorcil It Onro nml
Then Forptot Wlic-rc It U'IIM.
Every Important mining district has Its
"Lost Cabin Mine , " and the Table Is not ex
empt In this particular , says the Sylvanlto
Miner of Sylvanlto , Mont. Wo know of ono
party that put In a part of last summer
searching for It , confining their explorations
to the head of Fourth of July creek , as their
Information waa that It was located on a
stream with a patriotic name , but unfor
tunately the particular name was In doubt.
But from the description at hand the two
prospectors , both from the vicinity of Troy ,
concluded to examine the llttlo stream which
empties Into the Yank at this point. However -
over , the party was unsuccessful , and defl
nlto Information as to the exact locality o
the "Lost Cabin Mine , " locally speaking , I
as much In doubt as over.
Wo have heard It said that "Death on th
Trail" 1'roctor , who was a frequenter of th
Yank several years ago , was on a slmlla
mission , and expected to return to this sec
tlon when ho met with the accident nca
Hope , Idaho , which caused his death. J. F
Walters , better known so "Wild mil , " an
other frontier character , was associated will
Proctor In the enterprise , nnd waa also I
the Yank a couple of years ago. His cabli
near the Yabk falls Is still in evidence , an
Is known throughout the section ns "Wllr
mil's cabin. " Mr. Walters also met a sud
den death a short tlmo ago , at Colfax , Wash ,
and whatever Information or secrets thes
two men may have possessed about the mat
ted probably passed away with them
Further search may bo made for the "Los
Cabin mine" at some future time , as there
are always those who sincerely believe In the
stories handed down from the past , especially
where so much mystery and riches surround
the narratives.
But there Is a "Lost Coal Mine" fiome
whore In the Ynhk district , whlcfi Is more
tangible than the Lost Cabin mine , but ceem
Ingly equally as hard to locate. In the ' 60.
II. H. Markley , now of Cedar Rapids , la.
made an overland trip from Walla Walla
Wash. , to the Wild Horse placera In the
Fort Steele district. Ills route took him up
the Yabk river , and on ono of the branches
at the head of the stream ho found coal crop
ping out of the creek bank. It was a gooi
quality of bituminous ccal and ttiat evening
bo cooked his supper on a camp flro made
with the coal. Leaving the Important dis
covery for a future time , ho Journeyed 01
and came out at the Kootenal river at a
point somewhere opposite the Tobacco Plains
from where ho continued up the river t (
Wild Horse.
Mr , Mnrkley later returned to Iowa , but
appreciating the Importance of his discov
ery , a few years ago ho again came to thla
section nnd endeavored to locate his coal
llnd. He spent six weeks In the search ,
hut without success , Ho tried to go over
the eamo route up the Ynhk river , nnd again
tried to retrace hla stervj from the point
where ho had emerged on the Kootenal
river opposite Tobacco Plains , with fruit
less results. The country WOH wild and now
nt the tlmo of his trip to Wild Horse , as It
a to a largo extent today , and several times
10 saw landmarks nnd other objects which
mtl a familiar look , end by which ho hoped
to Identify the epot ho was looking for , but
only to bo disappointed. Ho reluctantly
gave up the search nnd returned to hla Iowa
home , Other partic , since then , have taken
up the search with no better results , W. K.
R. Drowsier and William Hawkins made a
trip on the same- mission , and John Do No
rn I o , who probably U as familiar with the
Yahk scctlcn as any c < no In the camp , also
made careful obaarvatlons during his huntIng -
Ing and prospecting trips , but all offorta
_ thus far have horn unsuccessful , Mr. De
! Nomlc has only found one locality where the
I eandatone formation and other Indications
, would po'nt to tbo existence of coal meas
ures , but was unable to locate any cropping * .
This plaro Is an Sheep creek , a short dis
tance from the Yahk Meadows ,
It may. bo that the lost coal mlno will
yet bo discovered , end If It should bo In
(
the locality where generally supposed
twenty or thirty miles north of Sylvan He
the find undoubtedly will be as valuable a/ )
some of the gold mlnea now developing In
the Yahk district.
Mr. Markley Is the father-in-law of E , J.
Merrln , nnd was the poitmastrr of Cedar
Rapldn under the Cleveland administration.
That he fortid the coal and that the quality
Is good , ctiinot be doubted.
Run rill n ir u lllcli Cnltl .Strike.
PHOENIX , Ariz. , Feb. 17. ( Special. ) The
shaft of the Crown Point mine. In Castle
Creek district , forty miles north of Phoenix ,
at the depth of 200 feet , has tapped on ore
body In its four-toot ledge that runs several
thousand dollars to the ton In gold. Tbo
owners of the claim era much excited over
the nnd , and have put guards with rifles
over the ore dump. The discovery has In
vited the greatest activity In nelgbborkig
propertied and prospectors by the score are
working over the hills In tfae vicinity.
for Irrlinitlcui and Iniprovpnifnt.
POCATELLO , Idiho , Feb. 17. ( Special. )
The Uonanra Power and Land company has
filed articles of incorporation with the
county recorder. The capital stock Is
placed at $500,000. The main office will bu
at I'octitello , with a branch office at Uutte ,
Mont. The Incorporators are ex-flovetnor
Ulckards of Montana , cx-L'outenant Governor
Ulerbower of Idaho , J. P. Pcrrlno , owner
of the celebrated Hluo Lakes farm ; Joseph
Wlldron of Shoshone , Idaho , and F. 13.
Thomas and J. J. Cuslck of Uutte. The
company now owns an extensive tract of
land near American Falls and Is build
ing an Irrigating ditch to water It. It alao
owns and Is operating extensive placer
mines at Ilonnnza liar , on Snake river. It
also proposca to build an electric railroad
from Shoshone to the Orcat Shcshone Falls.
HOW Till : SlOt.V WAH
Anntlirr Slnrjof ( InCIUIMP of the
AVnr for 1'oNnfnNlon tif lllnck IllllN.
Judge H. N. Mngulre and L. C. Waller of
Spokane have recently thrown some now
light on the origin of the Sioux
war In an Interview in the St.
Paul Pioneer Press. Mr. Waller was
chief of police at Illsmarck In the 80s nnd
Mr. Magutro was Judge of Qallatln county ,
Montana , when the district Included the
whole of the Yellowstone valley and ex
tended to the Dakota border. Ho was also
United States commissioner for this terri
tory. Ho participated In the opening of the
first mining camp In Idaho and Montana nnd
later of Washington nnd British Columbia ,
nnd was ono of the first to enter the Ulack
Hills , when ho represented the Pioneer
Press and the Chicago Times as special cor
respondent. Ho organized and led an ex
pedition to the Dlack Hills from Illsmarck
In the spring of 1870 for the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company , which was supplied
with two mounted howitzers , the Sioux In
dians then being on the war path nnd mas
sacring emigrants on nil the roads nnd
trails leading to the Black Hills. From boy
hood Judge Magulro has been In the gold
alid silver mining camps of the Pacific coast.
"Tho facts constituting the cause of the
war against the Sioux In which Custer lost
his life are not reported , " said Judge Ma-
gtllre , "In the records of the War depart
ment. The settlers of the Gnllatln valley ,
In fact , cpcned the war against the Sioux
In 1S74 , or two years before the troops en
tered the field In retaliation of their
marauding expeditions to steal stock and oc
casional mnssacro of whltos who had ven
tured Into the Yellowstone country from thi1
Qallatln settlements to hunt nnd prospect.
The troops stationed nt Fort Ellis , under
command of the' lamented Colonel E. M.
Oaker , were heartily In sympathy with the
settlers , the colonel extending them all the
protection ho could consistently with his
orders from the War department.
"In the spring of 1S75 a stromt armed
expedition of settlers organised at Dozcman
and moved down the Yellowstone and up the
HI ? Horn , knowing tbo laidlan.s under the
wily Sitting Dull would oppose thclrr advauco
at all points. The hope of nearly all com
posing this expedition was to force their way
into the Ulack Hills , the existence of gold
there having Ions before been known to ttio
Montana fronllersmMi , but the business men
of Hozoman and the Gallatln valley , who
provisioned and equipped the expedition , had
In view another and still more Important
object. At the tlmo their communication
with the outside world was around by the
Union Pacific railroad , reached by a trip of
500 miles to Corln.no , In Utah. They wanted
a direct outlet to the east.
"They felt they could only realize the hope
by tCiemselvcs taking la hand and solving
the problem of Sioux opposition and acted
accordingly. The Bozeman expedition of settlers
tlors against the Sioux In 1875 , a year before
the government troops entered the field ,
forced Its way down to the mouth of the
Big Horn omd then eastward as far os the
site of old Fort Fettermnn. It had ooveral
pitched battles with the hostile Indians ,
whipping them la every conflict , and re
turned to Bozeman with the loss of but two
men. They built a block house at the
mouth of the Big Horn , and a detachment of
bravo and determined men remained in It
When Custer reached that point In 1870 It
was still held by representatives of the Gal
latln valley settlers , with the national colors
floating over It.
"Tho settlers of the Gallatln valley , " con
cluded Judge Mnsulre , " have never bcon
accorded the credit due them for the im
portant part they played in subjugating the
bloodthlraty Sioux and opening eastern Mon
tana and western Dakota to settlement and
civilization. "
MET O.V TIIK IJOrVUAKY MXI3.
tiovpriinri * of 'Arlr.Gtiu nml Hnniiru Rii-
tortnlneil In ' .ViiKiilCM.
NOGALES. Ariz. . Feb 17. ( Special. ) The
uuy uii LUU uounuaiy jinooetween tno united
States aad Mexico has bean this week the
scene of a poclal gathering of more than
ordinary Importance , which In Its conception ,
scope and execution has arisen to the dignity
of an International affair. Under the Invita
tion of Colrnel Willis P. Harlow , Judga ad
vocate general on the staff of Governor M.
If , McCord of Arizona , Governor McCord and
Governor Ramon Corral , chief executive of
the state of Snnoro , Mexico , have been guests
of Nogalcs and the two distinguished citizens
of the adjacent nd friendly republics have
been the recipients of lavish attention and
entertainment such as Is seldom witnessed
cvon In places where the most punctilious
observance of social forms and ceremonies
Is the rule. Uoth cities , Nogalw , fonora , and
Nogales , Arizona , separated by the width of
a street only , 'were ' gayly decorated with
flags bunting and triumphal arches and at
night a marvelous array of electric HghU
mnrV thn strcots of tbo city a scene of un
wonted splendor. Governor MeCord and
party , the guests of Governor Corral , will go
to Guayinas , the oommercl.il metropolis of
Hnnora. Remaining there today , they will
return ns far as Hermcslllo , the capital ;
Friday and Saturday Governor McCord will
return to Arizona , ,
MiiNniilc Aid . \NHiu < liiHoii.
YANKTON , S. D. . Fob , 17. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The .Masonic Aid association of Dakota -
kota , at Its twelfth annual meeting In this
city last night , elected officers and director *
for the ensuing years as follows : L. U.
French , Yankton , president ; D. II. Wheeler ,
Omaha , Neb. , vlco president ; W. II. MeVay ,
Yankton , treasurer ; G. F. Stevenson , Yank-
ton , secretary ; J. T. Wooley , .Minneapolis ,
Minn. , general .igent. Directors : I ) , W.
Wright. Denver , Colo. ; L. U. French , Yank-
on ; D. II. Whnclor , Omaha ; U. D , Slaughter
lyiiiuuui , i\uu. ; ii. u. nice , ituron , s. U. ; J ,
I. Johnston. Mitchell , S , D. ; H. B. Wynn ,
Yankton ; W. G , Scott , Winnipeg , Manitoba ;
iV. J. Bcardnian , Butte , Mont. ; O , W. Klngs-
ouH on 11 Illw- fin n.
ALBUQUERQUE , N. M. , Feb. 17.-Spe- (
cUl. ) On ono of the cars of a through
freight train passing here there waa onn
of Undo Sam's latest peace-makers In the
shape of a modern ten-Inch 'brosch-loadlng '
ritlo , thirty feet In length , weighing about
forty tons. The huge gun was being
shipped to Snn Die o , Gal. , from the gov
ernment proving grounds at Sandy Hook , N.
J. U was made at Bethlehem , Pa. , nnd
appeared to bo a very formidable piece of
ordnance- . The
surface of the gun was
covered with Inscriptions , such as "Tako Mo
o Cuba , " "I will soon free it , " "What
Cuba Needs , " etc.
NtocUmuii Hire ' \VoIf
CHAMBERLAIN. S. U. . Feb , 17. ( Special. )
For some years the Standard Cattle company -
pany of Wyoming has regularly employed
a professional wolf hunter to exterminate
ho wolves on Its range , but James Phillips ,
a Bad river stockman , U tbo first stock-
nan so far aa known In this state who has
> een similarly enterprising. Besides \pay-
ng a bount } ( of J5 foop each wolf killed , he
ma recently engaged tbo services of a pro-
osslonal wolf trapper by the year to rid
ils range of these pests.
The I'ttHnliur of Ailuljih Sutro.
SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 17.-Spcclal.- ( )
'ho appointment of a guardlau for ex-Mayor
Adolph Sutro baa caused much comment , as
t took ttio public by surprise. Although tboso
who saw Mr. Sutro realized that his mind
voa falling , it eeemed Impossible to realize
tot ho had actually fallen Into a second
blldhood. For twenty yeara he had been
ne of thti foremost conspicuous figures In
city life , and for the last ten years he had
been specially prominent , As mayor ot Sau
Francisco ho was overeat disappointment , as
ho possessed tew utjthe qualities of a good
executive. Some or his plans were- excel
lent , but bo had eo many visionary schemes
and ho was so blttCT'ttmard thoce who hon
estly opposed hlmrttvU ho soon lost all In *
flucnco. Political * wMrfare and worry over
private financial sJTjs Induced recent at
tacks of paralysis , which brought on parcels.
It Is probable thai-Mr : Sutro's children will
carry out ( its playfor giving to the city
the valuable llbrarr'wlilch ho collected. H
Is extremely rich Ju..early Americana and
In documents pertaining to the dt.icovery
nnd settlement of thlVcoast. Whatever maybe
bo Mid of Mr Butro's course In public
affairs , ho has glveti'-niore to San Francisco
than any other man , not excepting Jamoa
Lick , and ho has done more than any other
to develop the suburbs cud to make great
pleasure grounds at Cliff House.
SCUM OMAHA NEWS.
People living In the vicinity of Mud creek
nro ngoln complaining about the horrible
stench which has arisen from the creek dur
ing recent warm days. The people of Sarpy
county , who llvo In the vicinity of the creek ,
are indignant and assert that suit against
the city will bo commenced before long un
less something Is done to prevent the packIng -
Ing houses from using the creek as a sewer.
For a number of years this question has
been coming up with the regularity of clock
work and Just as regularly the city officials
have promised relief , but nothing beyond
an Investigation has over resulted.
Ono prominent resident of Sarpy county ,
whoso property lies along the banks of the
creek , was In the city yesterday afternoon ,
and made a complaint to ono of the city
officials. Ho stated that ho proposed pre
paring a petition , signed by Sarpy county
residents , who are located along the creek ,
urging some action , and If this does not avail
ho asserts that suit for damages will bo com
menced.
Last spring when the same question came
up a committee of the council Investigated
nnd found that the parking houses were to
blame for the condition , of the creek , but
before any action was taken the Armour ex
citement came on and the residents to the
south were promised that a sewer would
bo built from Armour's clear to the river
and thus do away with the creek entirely.
'As ' far as can bo learned the Armour people
have taken no steps to build the promised
sewer , and It was stated yesterday by one of
the officials In charge of the work that no
plans for such a sewer had as yet been made.
\Vnr A inn n cr 'Milk ' llenlrrn.
At n recent meeting of the local milk
dealers' union It was decided to take stops
to force nonunion dealers to cither Join the
union or else go out of business. The plan
Is for the association to follow the routes
of dealers not members of the association ,
and endeavor to Induce consumers to trade
with the union by offering more milk for a
specified amount.
When the association was organized It was
decided to sell eighteen quarts of milk for
? 1 , and up to this time th's has been done by
all the dealers In the union. It has been
found that several dealers who refused to
Join In the movement are now selling twenty
quarts for $1 , and It IS the Intention to put
on a wigon that 'will sell twenty-two nnd
oven twenty-four quarts for the same sum
to obtain customers How taking milk from
non-union peddlers' .
It was stated yesterday that the extra
wagon of the union would start out in n day
or two and make 'a thorough canvass of all
routes now covered by dealers not In the
trust. Ono well 'known ' milk dealer , who
refused to Join the movement , gave as his
reasons for declining that ho was a member
of a former union,1 nna when It disbanded a
number of debts were1 left for him to settle ,
and ho now rcfuseao have anything to do
with the new ortfan1zntlfc.ii until the old
debts are squaied up. The union is after
this man In particular , ' nnd propose to canvass
his route thoroughly4 In order to force him
to Join or else quit the business.
Mnurle City Guislp.
Councilman Caldwell Is now the manager
of an express lino.
Bora , to Mr. and Mrs. F. Jaros , Twenty-
third and O streets , n son.
Heavy draft horses are selling at from $90
to $125 at the yards these days.
Mrs. J. Houfek Is seriously 111 at hcc
homo. Thirty-third and K streets.
S. S. King of Emerson was a business
visitor at the exchange yesterday.
Harry iMrJMlllan has pone to Chicago to
look after some 'business matters.
A son has been 'born to Mr. nnd Mrs.
Harrlty , Twenty-fifth and Q streets.
Jimmy Llnuaey , the ex-puglllst , was a
visitor In the city yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Uryant McEcldo of Evanston , Wyo. , Is
tbo guest of Mr. and Mrs. George McBrlde.
Dr. A. J. Wilson has moved to this city
from Wyoming and will become a resident.
"Delsarte Philosophy of Expression ( Prac
tical ) " Is the topic of Prof. Warman's lec
ture at the First Methodist church this even-
Ing.
Ing.Rev.
Rev. J. M. Vawter of Omaha will preach
thio evening at the Christian church on the
subject , "Am I a Child of OoJ ? "
A meeting of the Third Ward Republican
club will bo held this evening at Evans'
hall. Twenty-eighth and R streets.
W. E. Hamilton of Swift and Company ,
Chicago , Is Huciidlni ; a few days with friends
In the city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred 'M. ' Smith will enter
tain the Drive Whist club at their home
this evening.
John Sturgeon , a prominent stockman of
.Mlddletown , Mo. , was a visitor at the stock
yards yesterday.
Charles J. Collins , resident superintendent
of the Omaha Water company , has gone cast
on n business trip.
Ilnlnii , th ( young son of Mr. and 'Mrs. W.
S. King , Is rapidly recovering from a severe
attack of pneumonia.
Peter Jon&cn of Jensen , Ncfl > . . brought In a
largo shipment of sheep yesterday , which ho
sold at satisfactory prices.
Dan Cameron , superintendent of the
Cudahy Packing company , has returned from
a business trip to Sioux City , la.
Over 7,000 sheep wcro received at the stock
yard1) ) jcstcrday , being the largest receipts
for any ono day so for this year.
Miss Mary Godfrey has leturned to her
homo at Washington , D. C. , after a visit
u'IMi hnr hrnfhnrr TV finilfrnv.
Thonws Smith of Gfnnd Island Is flick and
In destltuto clrcuir-fjtancea , and to being
'
cared for temporarily'Ijy Mayor Ensor.
Knoxall council of the Royal Arcanum will
give a grand ball. at. the now exchange
dining hall oTi the uvgnlng of February 22.
Workmen were i engaged yesterday In
plastering the new exchange building. The
building will be ready /or occupancy April 1.
The Ladles' Sodality- St. Agnro tCuirch
will give a eoclal at 'the chuceh this evening.
A general Invitation Ij extended to tile puo-
llc , - ,
Savon vagrants were before the police
Judge yesterday afternoon cod they were all
discharged upon a promise to leave the city
at once. * '
Friends of Courrcllman William Bennett
are urging him id1 announce hlmsolf as a
candidate for city tr'crfnurer on the repub
lican ticket.
Lou lUter , quartermaster sergeant of the
local camp of Sons of Veterans , has been
elected Junior vlco commander of the state
encampment.
The 'Rebekahs ' will give a ball at Masonic
hnll this evening for tbo purpose of raising
funda to assist In the erection of an
orphan's home.
Old Sergeant Daly waa discharged Itorn
custody yesterday by Judge Chrlstmaun upon
his promise to keep away from South Omaha
for three months.
Max 'Lund , Twenty-fifth and Q atreeti , re
ports to the police that his chicken coop
was broken into Wednesday night and sev
eral fowls stolon.
The drill team and twenty members of
Modern Woodman ledge No , 1005 will go
to Oretr.a Saturday night ( or the purpouo
of Instituting A new lodgo.
Yesterday afternoon flro destroyed the one-
story cottage In the alley between Twenty-
third and Twctity-fourth streets and O and
P ytreota , occupied by Otto Roanl. A gaso
line tttove caused the blaze and the losn la
reported at flre department headquarters aa
25 , i
CHILLY BLAST FOR FUSION
Senator Morgan Opposad to Sideshows in
the Democratic Oiroas.
THE LATCHSTRING OUT FOR POPS
A AVnrm AVrlrnmo 1'rniiilnril < < > All
Who Sulifturlhp to Dcnux-ratlo
Kiinliui Unite-
nlrnlilu.
Senator John T. Qlorgan of Alabama dis
cusses democracy and democratic duty In a
signed letter printed In the St. Louis Re
public. The letter Is Interesting chiefly bo-
causa it reflects southern opposition to what
the senator politely calls "amalgamation , "
or what Is known aa fusion In these parts.
But the populists and stiver republicans will
bo given the glad hand It thby march Into
the democratic tent.
The letter reads as follows :
"Tho democratic party Is the strongest and
beet established political organization that
has existed In any country. It Is almost co
existent with the llfo of the United States.
At the beginning of this century , with Jef
ferson allvo to aid In Its formation , It was
established on H distinct basis of the true
Interpretation of the constitution. At that
tlmo the first ten amendments to the con
stitution the peoples bill of rights had
been added to that great charter of liberty.
"This bill of rights established the sovereignty
eignty of the states within their sphere and
the rights reserved to them and to the poo-
pic , nnd In it is found essence of the creed
of the democratic party. So , In framing a
platform on which this party can meet In
common agreement the truths established In
the beginning of the century and laid down
as cardinal principles by Thomas Jefferson
I and his democratic colaborers are the true
tests of democracy.
INSISTS ON STRAIGHT GOODS.
"I would have the party stand on the im
mediate principles , which are Its life. I
would Invlto no amalgamation of parties. If
other parties desired to fall in with us and
vote for democratic principles I would wel
come them , but I would have the democratic
party stand for principles , Irrespective of
sucresd of a temporary character.
"Tho platform of the party as laid at Chicago
cage nearly two years ago had some features
in it which created , unnecessarily , some
ground for criticism among a class of dem
ocrats who are not grounded In the faith
nnd nro more anxious for power than they
are for the right. It was charged that the
plank which forbade the Interference of the
federal authorities by the Ube of troops in
the affairs of a state was placed there to
catch the votes of the mistreated and In
dignant people against whom this authority
hod been exerted.
"I remember that several years ago , when
the democratic party was not In control of
congress , a rider was placed on an appro
priation bill forbidding the use of the army
as a posse comltatus. That was a great and
notable event. Mr. Howltt of New York and
other noted democrats In both houses con
gratulated the country with eloquent en
thusiasm on its return to the teachings
the democracy In the true Interpretation of
the constitution of our fathers.
EXECUTIVE DISCRETION.
"To the superficial observer this plank in
the Chicago platform meant but little , but It
was vital In Its restraint over executive dla-
cretlon. I had nothing to do with the mak
ing of that platform. I was not In the con
vention ; but I feel sure in this particular
the gentlemen framing It had nothing in
view but an earnest desire to return to
democratic first principles , and they acted
wisely nnd courageously.
"I would give to no president the power of
us.'ng the army ns a posse comltatus. That
! o a civil power and it belonga exclusively
to the states. It Is too dangerous In the
hands of the president.
"Nor do I countenance the unlawful deeds
of the Chicago people whose , violence and
defiance of law caused President Cleveland
to send the army ! mo the state of Illlaolii
before ho had been asked to do so by the
governor of that state. Their violence
could excuse but could mot Justify any usur
pation of power by the president on hla
private Judgnumt.
"I would have alj tariffs laid for the pur
poses of revenue only. The Incidental pro
tection which would follow would bo no ar
gument , In my mind , against its propriety ,
but would give to a tariff law n wholesome
effect.
"Appropriations for iIvors and harbors
should bo expended first in the ports and
trade for the benefit of the people. Congress
had the right and In It ls > a duty , within the
limits of a Just and wlso economy , to Im
prove the Internal waters of the United
Stales , I mean those water courses , not
private property , which are dedicated by the
otatea and the United States for the pur
poses of navigation.
STATE HANKS OF ISSUE.
"Tho national convention which nominated
Mr. Cleveland the first tlmo had in Its plat
form a plank which I should like to see
adopted again. ThU plank favored the rs-
peal of the tax on state banks , with such a
system now the money qucetlon would bo
solved , so far as our Internal financial policy
Is concerned. I think with the experience
wo have had the states would be able to
furnish aa good security for their issue ns
does the national system , They would tot op
In their vaults the specie protection for these
notes of isaup , gold and silver alike. Such
a policy would' release the business man and
the leal estate owner from the grasp of the
money monopolists. Under the present na
tional banking law no national bank can ac
cept a mortgage on real estate as security
for a loin.
"I fully believe In , the immutability of
democratic principles. The party and Its
principles have lived slnco the foundation of
the government and 2,000 years from now , If
the republic still exists , there will 1)3 found
In It a democratic party , founded , as now ,
on the true construction of the constitution.
INCIDENTAL VAGARIES.
"It would bo OH ilKIleult to reconstruct the
geology of the United States as to romavo
from this great party the underlying piln-
clples upon which It rests. Fcr thcso ica-
BOIIS I do not fear for the future of the
democratic party , no matter what Inci
dental vagaries may occur , because It Is
hullf nnmi thn tirlnplnln * nf tint tathnra nnd
In adhering to them it rises otronger after
ovcry defeat , and will do so as lungas It
remains the exponent of the constitution
and the dcfentler of the rights and liberties
It secures ,
. "No other national party has a croej.
They have favorite measures , which from
tlmo to tlmo they advance ; but In the end
the people will always test them by the
democratic creed and will discard them If
they do not conform to It. "
tliin Army Hrrvlrrn ,
The Salvation Army held special Borvlnea
at Us barracks last night. The cold wave
rmulo the attendance much smaller than
UHunl , The local olllccra were especially
worry of this , for they were misdated In
the services by the following out-of-town
olllcers : Captain Hlnckledgt ? . Fremont ;
Cuptaln Lynt-n , Norfolk , Captain Grlllln ,
Grand Island ; Lieutenant Storey. Norfolk ;
Lieutenant Swanson. Fremont. Thexe oill-
ct-rs were In 'the ' city en route to General
Booth's meetings at KansaH Pity.
On March 12 , 13 , 11 nnd IS the army ttx-
perts to bold special Jubilee meetings , end
ing with u erund hallelujah wedding thu
night of thi ) 15th.
_
ll.-lil fur Trial.
The trial of seven men occurred yesterday
In polled court on various chawx connected
with the operation of an alloyed Bumbling
resort on .North Sixteenth Btrt'ut. Joe
Parka ijnd Viifcco Oruhum were nhnrucd
with keeping a Rambling room and , nlont ;
with James Uutlpr. of currying on n lot
tery. George Russell. Leo Travis , Ab
Graves and Andy Woodii were charted
with celling lottery ticket ) ) . All of tins men
waived examination and were bound over
to the district court ,
Drill ) H tilt * 'Merry Iliuiulni ; .
SPRINGFIELD , III. , Fob , IT.-Ohrls Merry.
the peddler , who was to have , been Imaged
In Chicago tomorrow for wife murder , was
today granted a respite of xlxty d.iya liy
Governor Tanner. Thu condemned man's
luwyprit usked for tlrno In order to perfect
an appeal of the1 case to the supreme court
or to take it before tliu State Hoard of I'ai.
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