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FROM THE FARTHER WEST
TWO BANDITS OF ARIZONA
Qnwr Transformation of the Keelor
Erotherj on tha Frontier.
HEW YORK BOYS WHO WENT WEST
am Hnncliiurn nnil Snddenlr
Yiirnoil III livrn-iii 'ii
t of Mtnxen SliiKli'-Ilnmlotl
ItuTrurd for Capture.
TUCSON , Ariz. , March 26. ( Special. )
Fifteen miles outu of here , In the valley
of the Santa Cruz river , Is the ranch upon
which Jack and ( Bill Keoler lived for seven
years , engaged In the peaceful pursuit of
cattle raising. The property Is now owned
by Jeffrey Thompson , one of the sheriff's
posse that hunted Bill Keeler to his death
\4n Proapect canyon , nlno miles north of
Benson , In the summer of 1886. The Irony
of fate Is scon when It Is understood that
Thompson's share of the $5,000 reward of
fered for Keeler's capture , dead or alive ,
enabled him to buy the property ot the dead
bandit.
brothers , then 20 and 23 years of
age , came to Tucson from the vicinity of
Sag Harbor , L. I. , In the summer of 1873 ,
and , being entirely green to the waya of the
iwest , furnished no Httlo amusement for the
toughened cow punchers of that section
with whom they cast their lot. In every
way they were qualified to keep the pace
with their more experienced brethren ; for ,
bcsldca being big , strapping fellows , they ,
wura good natured and utterly fearless.
They took to the new life and aoon be
came among the best men on the ranch.
Both were dead shots and at the slightest
call ready for a fray. After several yeans
they had saved irJlllclent money to war
rant tholr slatting out on tholr own hook
with a well selected ranch , though a rather
'limited ' cattle supply. They were perse-
rverlng. and In the four years following col
lected a very tlcslrablo lot ot animals. It
was at this stage that the brothers dlaa-
greed about some trivial mutter and sepa
rated , the younger going further westward
and finally bringing up at Yuma , where
he fell In with a party of the toughest cltl-
' zens about the town. The Yuma peniten
tiary held a strange fascination for him
and ho frequently vlflted It. Ho made
friends of several of the Inmates who had
been convicted of highway robbery. As a
' result of his association he became Infatu-
'ated with the Idea of becoming a highway
man. Several months later there was art
scapo from the Institution , the prisoners
who broke out being the very fellows with
whom Kccler had spent so much of his
time. Ho was suspected of assisting them
and the suspicion became a certainty when
it was known .that ho had accompanied
them In their ( light. The desperadoes es
caped to the Harqua Hala mountains , where ,
until his death , Jack Keeler made perma
nent and secure headquarters.
SPOILS OF FOUR YEARS.
Almost Immediately a daring scries of
Tioldurs ccnmnienced , and although It was
generally believed that Keoler and his con
vict associates committed them. It was not
until thrco or four years Inter that the fact
was proved beyond a doubt. During the in
tervening time the band operated with un
broken success through nil the country from
Yuma to Tombstone , about which latter place
the mining excitement was then at Its
" height. None cared to leave off mining op-
eratlons where the returns were so good to
attempt a roundup of the robbers , who at
best rarely ever molested any buf those who
iwcro traveling , mostly transients , tendcrfeet
and occasslonally some lucky fellow whs
bad picked up a stake and waa pulling out
tor cood. '
V/lillo no accurate estimate could ever be
made of'thelr spoils during these four years
of plain sailing , it has been estimated from
records kept by the stage companies affected '
that they averaged In the neighborhood 'dit
95,000 a year. The band at this tlmo con
sisted of four persons and no continued until
the fight at the 11o
holdup ot the Wclls-Fargo :
' Btaza near iMarlcopa , when ono ot the quartet -
tot was killed and young Keeler desperately
wounded. The trio escaped to their moun
tain retreat only to be i10
trailed down. The
/wounded / bandit was captured , one of his
companions 'escaped and the other was
killed. Keeler had been shot through the
nccU and twlco through the shoulder and
Juns and his idd
wounds never entirely ceased
Klvln : him trouble.
Although during the operations of the
band several killings occurred , there wes no
proof that Keeler was guilty of any of them ,
and ho was simply tried for highway rob
bery. He waa convicted and sentenced to
thirty years In the puoltentlary. It wao ot
f believed at the time of hla capture that he
i- . would live to be- tried , and believing this
himself. Keeler attempted to make restitu
tion OB far as possible , surrendering several
thousand dollars ot burled treasure and all
the secrets ot the .
gang. After his recovery
bio repentance still appeared to bo genuine
, aiid he became a model prisoner. Finally ,
v.or. account ot his record as a reformed man ,
and his broken health , bo was pardoned. He
at once wrnt Into the
depths of tbo Harqua
Hala mountains and took up the life of aa
hermit.
"Whether ho still retained a portion of the
polls of his career an a highwayman Is not
known. U U probable that he did so , as bore
always had ready money for his expcruro
- and never made any effort to secure employ
ment. His cave-like cabin was always yrn
< o visiting hunters or officers , nd hla life
to all appearances waa contented if not
tiappy. Still his wound
* continued to give
him uiveaslni ? trouble and medical assistance
was unavailing. His extremn quietness In
Ills manner of living was prcbably duo lavgo'.y
to the advice ot the physlciacs ho vtaltcd , all
of whom warned him
against overexertlon or
excitement. Ho was found drad In his bed
iby n party of hunters In the winter of 180C ,
fltvl had apparently died without a struggle.
BROTHER FOLLOWS BROTHER.
The queerest part of the story Is yet teen
come. Following the arrest and conviction
of bin younger brother , Bill Keeler , who
until that time bad hccn content with the
quiet Ufa nt a ranchman , disposed of his
property , and without explaining his Inten A
tions disappeared. His strange departure
wan n surprise to his closest friends , who ,
though recognizing In him a strain of occen.
trlclty. were at a Ices for au explanation for
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BREAKS UP It
COLDS
ta
March Colds
like March Winda ' It
ro severe ; penetrating even the vital * , so
that at no tlrno. Is " 77" more needed to ; ak
ui > a Cold or check the Grip.
Friend * of " 77" will try Dr. Humphreys'
Specifics for other diseases. Cures for Asth. of
raa. Headaches , Neuralgia , Croup , Wooplng ,
pyspepala , Kidney and Urlcary DI < cae , Dlar-
rhearhca. Dysentery , Piles , varied forms iarof
Women's Complaints , Infants' Dlseatrs , Ncr-
vwis Debility. Rheumatism. Skin Eruptions
nd other formidable and oft time * fatal
ttoeaaea.
Tbs SpeclBo Manual to bo found at Drue
ktorea or aent free , TELLS ALL.
. -At druggisls or seat prepaid on receipt of
' rice. Me , or 6 for U.0J : may be. assorted.
UuapatW Mtw Yo * .
this latest prnnk. The solution was not long
In coming. It was furnished by the robbery.
with n dare-devil lack of any attempt at
concealment , of a wealthy ranchman at
whcse bands ho had suffered pecuniarily In
a cattle squcczeout a year previous. From
this ranchman ho secured something like
$3,000 and he left him with a warning that
the country would soon bo too hot to bold
them both.
Then he went in for a career of single-
handed Btace robbing that excited the won
der of even the oldest ot the border officials.
In all his work ho was never known to have
a companion or assistant of any kind. Ha
trusted no one and brooked no foolishness
In his victims. His succcsa has never been
equaled In any part of the west. During
bis career , which was brief but brilliant , It
Is believed that his calns were far greater
than the plunder of the entire band with
which his brother had affiliated. His plan
wan to secrete himself along the mouhtaln
roadway and as the stage came In sight send
a ' Winchester bullet whizzing past the driv
er's head as a signal to stop. Then the pas-
sen er < i would bo commanded to step out
and pile their belongings In the road , while
the messenger was ordered to throw off the
express box and leave It for his examination
at leisure. All Iho time from his place of
concealment Keeler would direct the pro
ceedings with the ability of an up-to-date
stage prompter. In event of a disposition to
object he was not slow to use decisive meas
ures , nnd several murders were credited to
him in the early daje of his calling.
Once It become recognized that he would
shoot without compunction there was rarely
over any attempt .it resistance. Occasionally
ho would vary hiu pbn by riding boldly tb
meet the stage , but the general contribution
features of his
oporatlona were always car
ried out. His niwt notable feat was rob
bing early In 18SO a stage frcm Tucson con-
talnlng a party of seven armed passengers ,
who had announced previous to their depar
ture tliat they wre making the trip simply
to put nn cod to the reign of Keeler. That
worthy evidently knew ot their mission , for
ho was ntatloned directly In the road with
his Winchester In readiness , nnd not a man
of the party had the nerve to carry out the
project planned. From this robbery Keoler
secured nearly $10,000. I
LIBERAL BANDIT.
Many stories are told of Keeler'a liberality
after ho became n bandit. Money had none
of Its old-time charm for him and ho dis
tributed it freely. He was ever defcrcntla
to women and endeared himself to news
paper men by dig treatment of Jimmy
O'Kecfe , afternard editor of the comet-Ilka
Tombstone Cczettc. Keeler overhauled tha
newspaper man as ho was making his way to
Tombatono astride a mule. U developed that
O'Keefe bad a single $10 bill. Keeler bade
him keep It , and Increased It with $100 , re
marking that enterprise In that country waa
altogether too much neglected. The money
later permitted the establishment ot the Ga
zette.
zette.With
With $5,000 reward out for his arrest , deader
or alive , nnd the mining excitement -waning
about TorrUtttone , the early ' 80s saw Kcolor
more hunted than ever before. Finally a
clew was secured and a Yuma Indian trailer
put on his track. These Indians can follow
a trail with the certainty ot a bloodhound
and Keeler was tracked to the adobe of a
Mexican , who had formerly iieen In his em
ploy on his ranch. The ofllcers secured the
Mexican , a native of Sonera , named Vejar
nnd subjected him to euch tottures as wrung
from him a confession. From Information
EO obtained the officers ambushed the ban
dit. Keeler , entirely imsuspectlng , rode
Into the canyon of Prospect creek with hi
rlflo across hla knees and became the tar
get for flvo rifles. Death was Instanta.
noons.
The body of the bandit was taken Into
Benson and the
photographs that were taken
of the corpse as it lay propped up agalns
the side of the Mexican's adobe sold al
through the southern Arizona
country. Al
though search was made for his bur lee
treasure
nothing was ever recovered ,
nor t (
this day has his mountain hiding
place been
found. .It is
a subject of "regret with the
surviving member of the ambushing
Jeff Thompson , that they did not have party suffl
clcnt foresight to trail the outlaw
to his
lair
before
life. making a summary end of hi
DRAW GAME
BETWBEX
TRIBES
Xo qualllcM nnil '
I'nyuIInp * Hold
Tourney.
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PORTLAND , 'Oro. , Starch 26. ( Special. )
For two days and two nights this week the
Nesqually Indians and the Puyallups were
matched against each other In a great gamDel
bllrs contest on the reservation of the
'ormer tribe , now almost deserted and far
from a prosperous condition. The Indian
passion for gambling is satisfied by several
games , prominent among them being that
known as "slahal. " It was this sort of
gambllnc that occupied the attention of the
neighboring tribes for forty-eight houre. At
the end the game was declared a draw and
the horses , wagons , blankets , articles ot
clothing and $200 staked on the outcome did
not change hands.
Slahal is played with
small irregular
bones
of animals , each , perhaps , the size of 8d
finger , or oven smaller. They are carved ;
and marked and adcrned
as are checkers or
the other tools which are employed in tba
entertainment of a fairer skinned people.
The success of' the game depends solely upon
lucky guessing. One
tribe
squat * on tbo
ground facing the other. A bono Is passed
from hand to band , concealed , and much the
same as children ask "button button
, , who
has the button , " the
bronze-tinted natives
try to guess the location of the article. Each
person has sixty guesses and the contestants
are wrought up to a great pitch ot excite
ment.
Twelve horses were wagered by the Puyal
lups and twelve by the opposing tribe. Each
put up two wagons on the contest and sev
eral blankets and articles vg.
many of clothing.
The cash stake was about $200.
But when It came to horeo racing the Puy
allups acknowledged" defeat. The Nesquallles
matched them well o.udyon' by 'three feet. !
Considerable money changed handu and the
winners were triumphant over their gains
and glory , de-orgo Lcschl was official starter
of the races. Ho loaf ono of his best ponies
at the last race nnd la
recognized
as heat
chief sport among the Puyallups.
In two months the
Indians will meet at
paw-wow the
on
Nesqually
reserve , re
a characteristic ball game will bo ed
for days , with rocea and feasts arid gambling
of Infinite variety for additional attractions.
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SUylurk Crop U Gnoil.
PORTLAND , Ore. , Olarch 2C , ( Special. )
greater number of skylarks are to be seen
In and about this city" than over before ,
These birds tiave Increased
rapidly since
their introduction several years ago. by the :
Society for the Importation of Song Birds.
They are to bo found in common with the
meadow lark in all the fields and incadowa
en the East Side , as well as at Milwaulcle and
In Washington county , 'and also at various
places up the valley on both sides ot the river.
WYOUISU Ni\VS.
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DOUOLAS. Wyo. , March 26. { Special. )
Is believed here that the agreement re
cently entered Into between the cattlemen
nnd sheen growers of Converse county by
which the range Is to bo equitably divided
will end the costly controversy which has i
been In progress between the two Interests
for the la t five .
years. The sbcop growers ;
have conceded the right of every ranchman
the range adjoining bis holdings and will
unlto to protect these rights. The cattle
men have also made concessions of territory a
'heretofore claimed as cattle ranges and
Is confidently believed that an era of good >
feeling is at hand , which will greatly benefit It
all concerned ,
To Complete I'l-nltpntlnry. .
RAWUNS. Wyo. , March 26. ( Special. )
W. S. Dow. superintendent of construction ,
tbo Ranllns penitentiary , has been di
rected by the State Board ot Charities aqd
Reform to prepare plans and specifications
for the work necessary to complete the pen
itentiary so that prisoners may bo confined
there. The approximate cost of
completing
the buiidlojr. outside ot tb * plumbing , IngU
far Qr e er Field * . be
CHBYBNNB. Wyo. . March 26. ( Special. )
John A. llartla , secretary t ( lie dem <
ocratlc otat * commute * , to la rsceip (
e a ynvaaiUoa IMA tk * watn ot
he Times at Oakaloosa , la. , to remove -
move tholr newspaper plant to this city , to
establish a paper devoted to the advocacy of
emocratlc ( irlnclplcn as enunciated by the
Chkiigo platform. The chairman of the com
mittee , Walter B. Stall , has received A prop-
sltlon from Mr. Mays ot Nebraska , a brother
r Ed Maya of the Lusk Herald , to remove
Is plant to ttio city ot Cheyenne for the same
urposo. The numerous proportions before
he committee show the belief la prevalent
hat Wyoming Is fertile cell for the prop-
gatlou ot frco silver colnago doctrine.
Sliccp Shcnrlnvr Pm .
BASIN . CITY , Wyo. , March 26. ( Special. )
* „ < Ixtenslve sheep shearing pens are being
erected at the ranch ot 3 , F , Ash , three miles
rom this place on the Big Horn river.
Twelve thousand ihead of sheep have been
contracted for the opening ot the shearing
season and over 60,000 will bo handled dur-
ne the year.
Scnrclly of Seed firntn.
OTTO , Wyo. , March 26. ( Special. ) There
s a acarclty of seed grain In the Big Horn
basin this spring that threatens to seriously
ntcrfore with planting a full acreage of
grain , especially of wh at. The high prices
of last fall Induced many of the ranchmen
of the region to sell closely and they are
now iiliort of seed.
THAI * IIOLLS IJIMV.V UMIIA.MCMICXT.
Severn ! I'ronle Are Injured In a Col
orado accident.
DENVER , Colo. , March 26. A combina
tion train on the South Park & Hill Top
railroad left the track today and rolled down
an embankment. None , of the passengers
were seriously Injured , but the following per-
sons sustained cuts and bruises : Felix Lea-
vlck of Denver , T , J. Ford of Falrplay ,
George W. Hayes , William Bell. Engineer
J. B. Clark , Fireman Charles Maskel , Jerry
Marsh , section laborer , and Thomas Miles ,
section foreman.
Fnniillut * Want to Klrct n Mnn.
LEA'DVILLE. ' Colo. , March 26. ( Special. )
City Clerk Nlmerlck has refused to permit
the placing of a name to be voted for city
treasurer on the municipal ticket. In this
ho Is following the Instruction of City At
torney Brown , who says that under the law
Mr. Qoddard , the Incumbent , holds over for
cnothcr year. The populists , who have named
a candidate for city treasurer , will take the
matter to the courts.
for SiiKnr HPC ( .
PUEBLO , Colo. , 'March 20. ( Special. )
Three hundred dollars -will be distributed In
this county next fall In thirty-three prizes
to the grow cm of sugar beets , and op this
amount $100 comes from Uio Denver fund for
encouragement of sufeae beet growing and the
remainder Is appropriated by the county.
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
TOP ItiinnliiK nt Chnmlii-rlnln.
CHA'MBERLAIN , S. D. , March 2C. ( Special
Telegram. ) Ice Is running hdavlly In the
Missouri river at this point and the river Is
rlslnz. The steamer Capltola Butt left yes
terday for up river. It will probably be
caught In tbo Ice and compelled to tic up to
prevent being" damaged.
ArrcMtril on Cluirirc of Murder.
CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , March 26. ( Spe
cial Telegram. ) A man named Jones has
been arrested for murdering "Old Henry , " a
unique character , who disappeared from
Colombo Island last September and whose
body has just been found.
nolle Konrelie flank Itobbcra Cleared.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , ftlarch 26. The jury
before which the Belle Foucno bank robbcra
wevo tried , has returned a verdict of not ! T
guilty. There Is much dissatisfaction.
Sonth Dnkola New * \otr .
Six carloads of potatoes have recently been
shirred from Gettysburg to Chicago.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of new Im
provements are under way In Springfield ,
Hot Hommo county.
Ex-Insurance
Commissioner Kipp has ac
cepted a position as a traveling man for a
grocery house and Is out of politics.
The half dozen mines that closed down on _
;
account - ( - of the burning of tbo Deadwood and * r
-
Delaware smelter are all running again.
A vein of mineral paint material , oxldo of
iron , ten feet thick , has been cut in the
shaft of the Hercules mine at Two Bit.
Tests show It to contain about $1.50 In gold
to the ton and experiments are being made
to see 1 ! this gold cannot be saved.
Grcvn Hirer Soda Well * .
SALT LAKE , Utah , Sfaroh 20. ( Special. )
State Senator Nobeker has returned from
_
Chicago , where he succeeded In Interesting
capital for the development of the soda de
posits at Green River , Wyoming. Senator
Nebeker controls B50 acres of the- ground , 'all
of which is known to contain carbonate of
soda. This Is the only known deposit' of carbonate -
bonato or eoda in the United States and It
U very valuable because
of the ease and
cheapness with which , by Mr. Nebeker's
proccBS. U can bo converted Into' caustic of
soda. A * 40,000 plant -will bo erected at
ureen River soon , which will produce daily
twenty-five tons of caustic soda. This product
can be manufactured and delivered in Chi
cage at half the present price
of | 32.
Knulon PronpectH Xot flood.
BOISE , Idaho. March 2G. ( Special. ) The of
populist state convention will be held in Moocow -
cow at a date between July 15 and August I
15next. _ The state committee was so evenly
divided on the question of helping out the
democrats tlila year Idat the matter will bo for
left to some sort of referendum In the party
end as the majority of the populists are In
favor of preserving their party name and Gra
principles it is believed fusion will be Im no
possible.
'Mon ' < unil .YtMVMup .
Farmers around Chinook will plant large
amounts of barley thU year. At
The strike at the Morning mine but
wns of
short duration , the demand of the men belnj
tonl
acceded to
promptly.
A change of ownership In the MIssoula All and
water works has taken place , the bonds going repc
o Portland , and big improvements are pcora-
The state board of
examiners held a mert-
ng at Helena this week and allowed $23,000 six
marc of claims , but did
not
take
up ( bo con- Nea
ested Fetzer
claims.
and
A monument , la to be erected In Helena to to
he memory of General Thomas Francis peal
Hcagher. a gallant soldier who waj first sec
retary of the territory. fact
Lira Larson was fUhed out of the MIssoula feet
river Sunday nlgbt during the storm and levc
but for the fact that be was very drunk it Wa
believed hla bath would fcavo been fatal. nlgl
Tbo State Board of Land Commissioners
IMS reconsidered its action in refusing to
relinquish selections of 11.000 acres of state pre
lands in Ravalll county , that the arid land and
commission might file on thorn and reclaim 1884.
them under the Carey act. the
The servant glrla of Helena are about to rain
organize a union and strict rules will be pee
enforced. The trouble U not new. Twenty- the mai
years ago , at Fort Bcnton , all the servant draw
girls quit and were married. The men of the
town grew weary of a cold meal three timed pee In
day and they sent to Sioux City and Bis.
' mai
marck' and importea a steamer load of glrla. maiII
was only a lew mouths
until they were all this
married , too.
troi
Seniuillo * ! Carter Cnnc. cut
SAVANNAH , Qa. , March 26. The testi tlbo twe
mony of Lieutenant Rees of the engineering taj
corrs at the Carter court-martial today yet
created a sensation. Ho referred to an at
tempt by Captain C. E. Gillette to try and slti
control his testimony In the case. Soon after sha
comln : to Savannah be said he called upon flft
Captain Gillette * , who told him he under side
stood be was partial to Captain Carter. He side
told him to be careful what teatlmony be dre
gave ; that be and Captain Gillette would wo
In ther engineering department long after illea
Captain Carter left It , and It would be wetl
for tUutoaant Reea to stand by b.1nj. . He
Gillette ) was looked upon as the author of
the charge * , and waa a hard Bgfater ; no one , son
QllletU aald , uittt itaad in al * wajr.
! < "K.f Wr * Cff2v " -L > rt3-'v.
While wo claim to ntul do carry "nil
sell the best pianos PTPT mnde we never
nsk fancy prices for thrnm then , too , wo
show n line of incdlnin grade Instru
ments that we've nvJccd at $120 from
that up to $183 WM .do not carry the
cheapest grades in.tdo lor we never nsk
our customers to ncceprfrom us n piano
that wo can't recommend It's not how
cheap , but how good-live can give you
for the money expended There's satis
faction . In knowing you can depend upon
what your dealer tells you.
A. HOSPE ,
MUSIC end nn 1513 Douglas
, . . .
This . Cartridge Kodak Is provided with
a rising , sliding and falling front , two
view tinders , one for vertical nnd one
for horizontal exposures , two sockets for
tripod screws , and Is equally perfect as
: i hand or us a tripod camera. It liua an
Index for focusing and when used with
plates may be focused on the ground
glass If de.slred When used with lllm
there are no projecting parti , no attachments
, „ „ (
ments to
. . become lost , no extras to be
mislaid ! Our stock of nuiatucr supplies
Is complete.
TheAloe&PenfoldCo
Amntenr t'lioto llnnnc.
HOS Farnam Street.
Opposite Paxton Hotel.
We're proud of the navy this great
country of ours Is getting together , and
we don't believe In taking a back seat
for any one not even in dentistry Wo
know that our years of dental experience
have placed us In the front ranks We
makn a speciality of making a complete
set of teeth In one day so ns to make It
possible for our out-of-town friends to
come and return without staying over
night We furnish three classes a sot
at $5.00 that we guarantee and they
are equal to most $10 sots A set at'$7.r > 0
same teetli as our $10 kind , plates are
different At $10 our. thin elastic plates
-No ono else makers them Lady at-
tcudeiit. i i.
BAILEY ,
13 Yearn 3d Floor Pnzton Dllc.
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lUth u'u'U Far num.
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FLOOD IS GETTING SERIOUS
L . t
) utlook Along the Ohio River Becomes
Uicheartoning. ,
Nci FEEP 'ABOVE-THE DANGRnLINE
Kali Continue * to Pall anil thef Indi
cation * Point ( o a Hi-cord-
Urcakvr tn the Flood
Line.
CINCINNATI , March 26. Tonight the outlook -
look for a great flood In the Ohio river Is al
most , disheartening. As predicted last Tuea-
flay in these dispatches , and reported on
Wednesday when it reached that point , the
flood hero touched the danger line of forty-
flvo feet on Wednesday .forenoon. The total
absence of definite news of the terrible ex
tent of cloudbursts In the interior of Ohio
and Indiana demoralized all forecasts.
Rlvermen who habitually underestimate
great floods , set the maximum of the present
enc at fifty-one feet. None were more sur-
p'rlsod than they when the river at noon to
day passed the fltty-flve-foot mark here , ten
feet above the danger line , and rising rap
Idly.
idly.What
What , with the appearance of light rain
this afternoon , transformed tonight into a
heavy rain , they arc filled with apprehension
a flood record above the disastrous one of
18S4 All depends upon the extent and se
verity of this rainstorm now coming from
the southwest.
theH'
Hero ' Cincinnati merchants from Second
street and from Wcat Plant street to the
rive are moving goods from Inundated eel-
lara as rapidly as possible , with the prospect
having 1 to remove them to the second
stor . Street railroads are flooded between
Newport and Dayton and botwecn Covington
and Ludlow , Ky.
River navigation is embarrassed here because -
cause of a flooded landing. The only place
landing 1 gcods Is at the river anil railway
transfer station in the west end. As pro
dieted In these dispatches last "night , the
Grand : Central depot has been flooded so that
trains can enter It since noon. Trains
entering that depot all have emergency sta-
tlonA " outside which they are using.
At "C o'clock tonight the Ohio river was
rising at all points from Gallopolis to Cairo ,
'
10 1 o'clock It was ntationary at Gallopolls ,
rising rapidly at all points from Catletts.
bun to Cairo. At Cincinnati at 10 o'clock
tonight it was fifty-six feet and Ux-tenths
still rising one-tenth of a foot hourly.
points on the Ohio river above Gallopol.'o
report a receding river.
WHEAT CROP DESTROYED.
PORTSMOUTH. O. , March 2 . The Ohio
rive nt thij potat realtors flfty-slx feet
Inches , and lj rising one Inch an hour.
Nearly 200 families have been driven out ,
the school '
bulldlrigr'uavo been opened
the sufferers. All railroads but the Chesa
peake & Ohio on the south side of the Ohio
hay suspended all operations. Mmy manu
facturing plants are lu the water , and two
more will close downoall of them. The
levees at Da via , LucU'vUle ' , Clifford and
Wakefleld ! were broken * by the Scloto last
night and 3,000 acres of wheat were de
stroyed. -
M'CONNELLSVILLE'-O. . March 26. The
present : deluge was ffeur-feet higher here ,
over one foot higher < at Beverly than In
. while at Lowell ltcdld not quite reach
mark of that year. , Over .five . Inches of
fell in a little oVifc ° a week. Hero 500-
people were driven frqnF'jthelr ' homes and
many have lest all that , possessed. Part of
bridge over the MusKMgura here and the
at Beverly werp.carrl d away. Many
people alt along the rlv r are homeless and
destitution , and unlo.p relief Is furnished
many are threatened with atarvatlcu.
MITCHELL. Ind. . March 26. The flood in
locality promises to be the most disas
trous known for years. ) Medora U entirely
eubmerged. Traffic baa been abandoned be
tween Mitchell and Seymour. The water la
tlbout fourteen Inches higher than it was at
time last spring , cud tbo worst is not
yet.VfNCENNES. . Ind. , March 26. The flood
situation here baa assumed en alarming
shape. The Wabaab river U higher than for
fifteen years. Bussocon levee en the Indiana
and Bellgrado Itvcee on the Illinois
have broken , flooding all lowlend. Hun
of farms are submerged and people
worked : all last night moving stock and fam.
to highlands. .
Hoilerr Company Knbarraccrd.
MU3KEQON , Mich. , March 24 , Tie Ama.
Hoalery company baa announced Itself
tnactclally ea barra a d-aua applied tor tat
appointment of receivers. Manager George
W Powell and Thomas Hume have been ap.
pointed receivers. C. H. Hackley and Thomas
Hume are sureties for the company's secured
iadebtednes * . amounting to $180,000. The
concern has $223,000 cr.pltal and employs 800
people. It is the largsst of its kind in the
world.
I
DEATH UECOIID.
Molnntnr of Widowed Mother.
CLARKS , Neb. , March 26. ( Special. )
Harvey Mitchell , son of Dr. Thomas Mitchell
deceased , was burled at this place today. He
was1 21 years of age. Harvey Mitchell was
born and reared in this village , but for the
lost j three years has been employed in the
offices of the Meyers Bros. ' drug house at
St Louis , where be was rapidly rising as a
reliable ! employe. The funeral occurred from
the Congregational church , which was beau
tifully decorated with flowers In appropriate
designs. Relative * from St. Louis , Columbus
and otheroolnts were In attendance at the
funeral. The deceased was an exemplary
moral young man and the mainstay of his
widowed mother , who has the deepest symGc
pathy of this entire community.
Henry Ilurtletf.
BEATRICE , Neb. , March 26. ( Special Tel1
egram. ) Henry Bartlett , aged 71 years , died
this ovcnlns of Brlght's disease.t Deceased
was a antive of England and came to Boston
in 1855 , four years later removing to Illinois.
He had been a resident of Beatrice nineteen
years. Although havlnc been married four
times , but one eon , Ed Bartlett , > a well known
farmer who lives seven rajlea west o
Beatrice , survives him. His last wife is stll
living. The funeral will bo held at 10 o'clock
Sunday from the Lutheran cburcb.
W. T. Smith.
ST. LOUIS , March 26. W. T. Smith , ono
of the wealthiest citizens ot Scranton , Pa. ,
died at the residence of bis brother-in-law ,
Judzo Elmer B. Adams , 25 Westmoreland
Place , yesterday. Ho bad been in the south
for some tlmo at a health resort and arrived
In this city only a few daya ago. Mr. Smith
wau one of the brst known financiers In
northeastern Pennsylvania and was one of
tbo largest anthracite coal operators In that
region. The remains were taken to Scranton
tonight.
Andrew WUhnrt.
ATLANTIC. la. , March 26. ( Special. )
Andrew Wlshart , a Scotchman , aged 81 years ,
died here Thursday and was burled today
at Wlota cemetery. Mr. Wlslmrt and family
came from Scotland and settled in Cess
county in 1870. Eight children survive him.
among them being Mrs. Anna Rltcbart of
Grand Island , Neb. , formerly of South
Omaha.
Colonel P. Hunch.
PIERRE. S. D. , March 26. ( Special Tele-
; ratn. , ) Colonel P. Bunch , ono of the oldest
settlers of this city , died last night from a
paralytic stroke , with which bo was seized
yesterday. He bad bis coffin prepared over
two years ago and had made all preparations
for his funeral at any time hla death should
come ,
G. Ilraun.
DUNCAN , Neb. , March 26. ( Special. ) 3.
Q. Braua died yesterday near Hosklns of
diphtheria and it la reported tbo body will
bo brought bere for interment. Ho was a
eon of Rov. J. B. Braun of Duncan and was
principal of the Hoeklns schools last season.
Kdrrurtl Maion.
HASTINGS. Neb. . March 26. ( Special. )
Edward Mason died yesterday morning at
the home of bis parents In this city. The
funeral will bo held at 2:20 : tomorrow after
noon from the family realdenco.
Flvv Year * for Hniliexzlement ,
CINCINNATI , 0. , March 26. Sherwood S.
Cunning , receiving teller of the first Na
tional bank , wfco pleaded guilty to the em
bezzlement of $28,000 from the bank , \\aa
today sentenced to five years in the penlten
tlary by Judge Holllster.
Capture u Votortou * Slurderer.
GALENA. Kan. , March 28. After months
of search another member of the murderous
Stallleback family has been arrested. Sheriff
Sparks returned from Billings , Mon. , today
with Charles nVIIson , . husband of the no
torious Nancy "Stuffleback. " or Wilson ,
who with two sons In serving a life scntonci
in the Kansas " penitentiary for the murder
of Frank" Galbreuth , a p ddler , who wa ono
of the several men supposed to have been
murdered In the Stafflebacks' dlvo near Ga
Jena. Wllxon was Implicated in the killing
ot the peddler.
Eatragf ( Jolil for Import.
NEW YORK. March 2The Bank o
North America hM engaged 00,000 in colt
for Import * ' ' '
We wnnt to llpht your wny to the plnco
vhcro the gootl hardware things nrc sold
t the rteht kind of n price : For 4S cents
re will give you u lantern that will shed
bright light upon nil the world nnd
rtlcnlarly upon our Inrge mid complete
IMC of builders' Irani ware Omaha hns
icver seen such n display We make It
n point to furnish llgures on any sized
ol > that bilngs the t ratio to us If you
are going to build wo would like to hare
you come nnd BOO what we luive mid
icar whn.t our prices are.
A. RAYMER ,
WE DELIVER YOUR PUR01IASE.
1514 Furimm St ,
There's only ono report from the
ard of Inquiry Into the Maine disaster
and It can't bo called u good report
but the report from the public on
our In ill o $3 tan .shoes loaves no
uncertainty wo've never sold a tan
shoo at these prices that near equaled
: hese Wo'vo them In turns welts -.A
heavy llexlblo soles fact any kind of n
sole you may want In the plain brown
loth or fancy vqstlng tops also kid
ops All the latest fads In toes In width
fioiu aa to o and sizes 2& to S-the largest
and most complete line qver shown In
Dnialia It's easy for us to lit all sizes of
feet In these 3 tan shoes.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Ouiulin'B Uii-to-dnto Shoe HOUKC.
1419 1-ARNAM STREET
Nothing about your home offers the
opportunity for nrtestle effect and
beauty so much as rugs you get more
real satisfaction out of a line rug thuii
any other article of house furnishing
the finest designs In Oriental rugs are
now within your reach Genuine Im
ported Turkish nnd Persian rugs n ne\v
lot just received showing entirely new
patterns and colorings exclusive designs
shown only by us the prices we've made
on thcise rugs are the lowest ever made In
Omaha , when you consider the genuine
ness of them.
Omaha Carpet Co S
Oinulia'.s Exclusive Curpst House ,
1515 Dodge St.
DODGE STREET SCHOOL SITE
Reminiscences of the Location of Deep
Local Interest.
GROUND IS BECOME ALMOST HISTORIC
Once an Inillnn Grnvoynril nntt Later
the Sccire of31 u ell Humnnlturlnn
Work b'mler Dlrecllon. of
Ouiuha Cltl cu .
Tbo transfer of the Dodge street school by
tbo Omaha Board of Education to the city
for . Jail purposes calls to mind the fact that
this portion of the city was once the center
of events in Omaha , .not so meuy ycare ago.
Qolmg back to the very beginning , it waa
near the slto of this school that T. B. Royce ,
an Indian trader , erected bis log trading
post in 1825. Royce is supposed to have
been Omaha's very first eettler. The ro-
malns of bis old post at the corner of Ninth
aid Capitol avenue was a curiosity to tbo
settlers at the time of the founding ot the
city In 1854 , and- remained en object ot In-
tcvett aa late as I860.
When the workmen were excavating for
th foundations of the Dodge street school
In 1876 they unearthed many Indian skele
to . Tbo locality was , Indeed , an Indian
grave yard. The fact that Omaha at this
Dol&t aeems to have been the resort ot the
mound builders. The Lewis and Clark ex
pedition from the Mississippi to tbo Pacific
ocean la 1804 an expedition recommended
by Jefferson and ordered by congress spent
a short time In tblo vlctalty In July , 1804 ,
end made mention in the 'diary of the
mounds to be found here.
SITE FOR MISSION WORK.
It was on a Sunday morning in the year
1876 when the bells were calling the people
to church that Mr. and Mrs. J. D , Jardlno
passed the Dodge street school house on
their way to the sanctuary from their home
stead on Tenth street. The old frame school
building waa standing In the street. It bad
been removed from Its foundations to make
way for a flno new brick structure. Mrs.
Jordlne tailed her husband's attention to the
old . frame school house and remarked that
1. was just what they wanted for the City
Mission Sunday school work. Mr. Jardlnc
thought so , too. The name "City Mission As
sociation' " had Juiit been adopted. For oov-
eral years the organisation had been laborIng -
Ing under ' the name Christian Workers' as
sociation. The mission society at once ap-
piled to thu Omaha Board of Education for
the building and the old frame waa sold to
them for J100 , It was removed to the lot
owned by the Monell estate on Tenth street
next tbo Jardlnc homo. Mr. Jardlno and bis
boyd went to work and patched up and
shingled the building. It is. still standing
and will in all probability be used for edu
cational purposes long after the line brick
building which took its place shall have
been turned into a- city Jail. Could tbo old
building tell Ita story there would bo a
most interesting chapter added to American
mission labors. The minion society that
bos had Its headquarters there lias been the
Kidnty anil Uric Acid Troublts Quickly Cured.
You May Have a Sample Bottle of the Great Discovery of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Sent Free by Mail.
Men and women doctor tbclr troubles so1
Dfteit without benefit , that they get dls.
couraged and skeptical. In most such cases
serious mistakes arc made la doctoring and
In not knowing what our trouble Is or what
makes us sick. The unmlitakoblo evidences
of kidney trouble are pain or dull ache id
the back , too frequent deslro to pass water ,
scanty supply , smarting irritation. As kidney -
ney disease advances the face looks sallower
or pale , putfu or dark circles under the
yes , the feet swell and sometimes the
heart aches badly. Should further evidence
be needed to nnd out the cause of sick
ness , then oet urine aside for twenty-four
hours ; If tbere Is a sediment or settling
it is also convincing proof that our kidneys
and bladder nee.t doctoring. A fact often
overlooked Is that women auffer as much
from kidney aud bladder trouble as men
daDr.
Dr. Kilmer' * Swamp Root Is the dUcor-
ery of the eminent physician and scientist
and to not recommended for everything , but
will be found just wLat to seeded ID catos
nucleus for much of the work among the
unfortunate as well as among the boys and
girls of the rospcctablo working men and
women of the downtown district. Charity
work of every name baa been tallied about
there , and teachers and workers have Ratio
out Into the streets and homes to do u ) ; 001 |
turn to many a needy one. When the Sal
vation Army llr t bcxan Hklrmlshlng about
Omaha the leaders went to Mr. Jardlno for
bltt help and influence in securing the mis
sion building for the first meeting. It was
characteristic of him and < hls wife to ba
helpful In every work for the moral uplift
ing of tbo community.
PROMINENT HELPERS.
Numbers of business and professional men
liavo at one time or another been connected
with the City m Union and lent their aid to
the noble leader , the woman who HUggcstcd ;
the purchase of the old school building.
Many of them have gone out and founded
missions in other parts of 'the ' city. Wil
liam Hlgglns for eomo years conducted a
mloslon on llieaouth side ; the Goodman sla
ters took up the work at tha Mission of tha
Carpenter in the southeast corner of ithn
city. Alex Charlton and v/lfo have lent
tholr aid to the cauue. 'Mies Anna Mlllanl
nnd many of her friends were workers there.
Charles E. Reynolds spent no less than a
dozen years In the field , nnd his wlfo a
numbed of years. Mr. Alf C. Kennedy , son
of Omaha's first school superintendent , la
bored tbero and Is still president of the as
sociation. Generations of teachers ( have
given what Influence they could aa long aa
they could. Providentially the supply never
falls and the good work goes on.
on.W. . O. B. .
FUSIOM.HT3 D1VII1K THIS SPOILS.
W. K. Kltiir , n Pop u 11 Hi , | H Nominated
( or Governor of Oregon.
PORTLAND , Ore. , MarcCj 26. The Joint
conference committees appointed yesterday
by the democratic , populist and ( silver re
publican conventions on the distribution of
state officers reported today ,
The populists are given the governor , attor
ney general , state printer and superintendent
of public Instruction ; the democrats get the
state treasurer , Juatlcn of the ftuprrrno court ,
and the congressman from the First district ;
Whllo the silver republicans get the congressman -
man from the Second district and accrotary ot
state.
E. King ot Baker county was named for
goveiucr on the 'fifth ballot by the populist
convention. King U at present state senator-
from Baker county.
MARION. Ind. , M&rch 26. The pcpulhta ot
ttils , the Klevcntb Indiana congressional dla-
trlet , met here today and nominated Kdwitcd
Wllscn ot Miami county for congreis. Tim
resolutions endorsed the Omaha platform of
1SUS and declared for Cuban Intervention.
I nun I urn ii I Tmln >
FORT WILLIAM. Ont. . Muic'i 2C.-A
Canadian IMclflc railway train , mndo up
principally of colonists' cnrt ) , bound for thu
I'acltlu roast , linn been wrecked at
river. Frank Munlliiii of Dot roll ,
was kl'.lod and ( . ' . W. .Murks , nl o of Detroit ,
wad seriously Injured. Among the neven-
teen puseiiKi'rs slightly Injured In tlivreclc
were : C. A. Downcs of Detroit ami II. S.
Bhackfonl , and J. C. Clurk of Windsor , Ont.
'Favor * Lux
HARTFORD CITV. Ind. , .March . 2fi.-Dy &
vote of H5 to 2 the Methodist corifcrencu
voted to equalize lay And ministerial repre
sentation In the general conference.
of kidney and bladder disorders or troubles
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bold urine and smarting in passing It , and
promptly overcomes that unpleasant neces
sity of being compelled to get up many
times during the night.
Tbo mild and extraordinary effect
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fifty cents and ono dollar. So universally
succesiifU Is Swamp-Hoot In quickly curing
even the most dlitrcsKlng cases , that toprovo
its wonderful merit , you may have a tampla
bottle and a book of valuable Information
both tent fibiolutely fruo by mall , upon re *
celpt of three two-cent etaoips to cover coit
of postage on the bottle. Mention Tbo
Omaha Sunday Bee and send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co. . Blnghamtoa , N. Y , This
ecnetoua offer appearing in tbla fflper la
guarantee at fenuinenwM.
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