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Tun widow of John Brown haa climbed
the golden stiir , and horsoul goes inarch
ing on with that of the old man.
TJIB republicans nuvo yivou lown pro
hibition. It remains to bo BOOII whether
the prohibitions will give Iowa to the re
publicans.
THE republicans of IOWA are protec
tionists in everything except the liquor
traflic. By enacting prohibition they
have voted free trade in rum and boar.
Tin : governor of Massachusetts has
boon asked by a man if lie can marry his
cousin without violating the law. The
governor says that ho can , if the cousin
is willing.
THE month of February WAS rather remarkable -
markablo for its numerous changes of
weather. Possibly it was because that
month had five Fridays. February will
not again have five Fridays until the
year 1912.
THE battle of Shiloh is being fought
over again in the columns of the Omaha
Herald , It is gratifying to know that
the gallant commander of this ex post
facto engagement was a non-combatant
during the war.
THE country is safe. Pat. Hawcs is
coming back to Nebraska to supervise
the presidential campaign. Meantime
his name will remain on the pay-roll of
the sergoant-at-armn of the United
States senate at four dollars a day as
clerk in the folding room.
KEBLV and his motor have boon loft
out in the cold. A now motor has boon
discovered in Chicago which Is to sup
plant steam , electricity and all other
forces of nature. But this is not the
motor which has moved the Chicago ,
Burlington & Qaincy to run its trains
directly into Omaha.
ScoiiE another ono for the junior sen
ator from Nebraska. A special dispatch
from Washington to the Chicago Times ,
says that Mr. Evans , of Philadelphia , a
nephew of Senator Manderson , has boon
appointed assistant kcGpbV of stationery
for the senate , thus displacing a son of
Senator George , of Mississippi. This is
a departure from the established rule.
Mr. Evans has not boon a member of the
[ < ' * Nebraska legislature.
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A IBUTURG by General Howard , ow
it'c of the heroes of Gettysburg , on the his
tory and incidents of that momorabh
fight cannot fail to bo interesting to those
who , Uko him , fought for the proiorva <
tionof the union , but aUo for all wh <
have any desire to become acquaints
with the details of ono of the greatest am
most decisive battles of the war of the re
bullion. General Howard's lecture 01
Gettysburg has received the most llattoriii ;
commendation wherever it has boon do
livorod. Ho will deliver thin lecture ii
this city for the first time on Monda ]
evening at the Baptist church.
AUOUT twelve months ago thousands o
people in this country wore living it
dread of the awful tornado that wits pro
dieted by Wiggins to devastate the lam
and Bwoop the sea. In some sections o :
the country people actually scooped on
caves for places of refuge in case the tor
nado should como. But Wiggins provoi
tobo , a false prophet , and although h
was forgiven ho was not entirely forgot
ten. L < ko the ground hog looking afto
hifl shadow , Mr. Wiggins comes out c
his hole again to make another predh
tion. Ho says the United Statoi ma
look1or a storm of the most terrible dei
cription on March 27th. WP shall nc
bo Burprisod if there is a storm of son :
kind in March , but Wiggins can't frigh
en us this time.
THE coroner's jury in the case of tl
victims of the powder-houie oxploaioi
did not harmonize in their verdict , bi
there is no doubt that there was culpab
nfgHgence on the part of the owners
the powder house , in allowing it tn r
main in an unprotected condition. Evei
powder-house and storehouse of expl
wives near the city should not only re
on a good foundation , but should be su
rounded by a high and well built fenc
with locked gates. It is not likely th
l > oy , or even men , would climb such i
enclosure to burrow under the bull
inf. As far as we can learn , howovt
thu other powder houses in the same 1
wilHy , and elsewhere- near the cltyaro :
no better condition than the ono that w
blown up , mid the horrible calamity r
palting from the explosion should be
warning to the owners to immediate
take tt p to more thoroughly jirotc
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T1IK KELT LINK ANACONDA.
The operations of the Union Pncifu
anaconda , bettor known as the bolt road ,
are decidedly mysterious , but they will
not mystify the citizens of Omaha much
longer. Before the term of the
present city council expires the ana
conda will swallow up several more'of
our public thoroughfares under the pretense -
tense of a right of way , without paying a
dollar to the city or indemnifying the
property owners along these streets for
the damages sustained. The outrage per
petrated upon our citizens a few months
ago , when the council gave away Fif
teenth and California streets by an ordi
nance passed at midnight , and a construc
tion gang set at work early Sunday morn
ing in order to got ahead of an injunction
from the court , is still fresh in the minds
of our people. In no other city in Amer
ica would suchn , highway robbery have
boon peacefully submitted to , but nearly
all the people vrho own property along
these streets wore employes of the rail
road orroro in some way dependent
upon the Union Pacific company. Tak
ing advantage of the dependent condition
of these people the cormorants have
given than the choice to abandon their
homos or have their property confiscated
under the right-of-way appraisement.
But this is not the worst fcaturo of the
anaconda nchoino which the Union Pacific
lias sot on foot under the name of the
bolt line railroad. For years people in
north Omaha have vainly petitioned the
council to open curtain streets went of
Sixteenth street to giyo them an outlet
to the street railroad. They vrero always
told that the city could not allbrd to
condemn the property , as there was no
money in the treasury. A change has
recently como over the spirit of
tlmir droams. Mr. Baker , who
is eimply in the council as the agent of
the Union Pacific , has ouddonly become
convinced that it'is an absolute necessity
to open some of these streets , and the
city council will , of course , pass an ordi
nance accordingly. After the property
hat boon condemned by the city to open
the street , and the money has been paid
over to the property owners , the anacon
da gang will coma in with a petition to
allow them to extend their road through
that street , and the council , under whip
and spur , will bo log-rolled into perpe
trating another villainy by giving the
bolt line the right of way through
a street paid for by the tax
payers and opened under false pretenses.
When once the railroad has forced its
way through the property , which it does
want to pay for , it will bo very easy to
bull-doze the owners of contiguous prop
erty to part with it on the terms offered
by the highwaymen who are ongssrod in
this plot , not BO much for railroad pur
poses as for the purpose of acijairing
ground which they intend to lease at high
rental for warehouses , elevators , coal
yards and factories. We are told that the
opening of Nicholas street will bo the
entering wedge by which' the Bolt
line conspirators propose to acquire
lands and lots for a more song , which
will at once become business property in
their hands. The beauty of this cun-
ningly-dovisod scheme is that all these
lands taken under the
right-of-way pro
test are hereafter to bo exempted from
sll tares. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4 DAD APPOINTMENT ,
The editor of the Omaha Republican
writing from Washington to his paper
makes the following reference to the re
cent appointment of the notorious A. H ,
Church :
"Tho appointment of the Hon. A. H.
Church , to bo register of the land oflico
at Norlh Platte , which will bo made this
week , is a victory of straight republican
ism , and of decency against indecency ,
which it does mo good to mention. Mr.
Church has the rocommondaoion of ono-
1 mios who are both vindictive and unscrupulous -
scrupulous , and they have made a bitter
tor fight against him. No weapon hat
boon too mean for them to uso. For r
time , owing to the misdirection of a letter
tor , they wore like to triumph , but for
tunately Mr. Church' ; viaication full anc
complete carne ultimately to hand , and
hia victory is assured. "
If the appointment of "Honorable1
A. B. Church is a victory of straight re
pnblicanism , the respectable and loya
f republicans will have to drop the party ,
' Honorable" A. II. Churohl Whoi
did this disreputable follow became lion
arable ? When was ho over a member o
any legislative body that entitled him ti
oven the shadow of being called honor
able ? It is true that three yoara ag <
Alouza II. Church was nominated for th
legislature in Lincoln county , but the
disgrace which overtook him in that cam
paign uont him , and , through him , th
party to ignominious defeat. Th
charge was publicly made in th
press , and fully sustained by th
sworn testimony of reputable residents <
North Platte , that this man Church ha
paid a counterfeit ton dollar bill for hi
board , which ho had stolen out of a bibl
in which it was n marker , by his rooi
mate. The bill had boon marked b |
10 Dr. Goodwill so that it should not I
passed by mistake on an innocent partj
but it turned up in duo timp and mad
the circuit among North Platte grocer ;
who liad received it from the keeper c
the boarding house on whom Church ho
passed it in payment for his board bil
It ia true that Church redeemed it , hi
ho never redeemed himself from the di
grace. This ia a sample of the characti
of the man whom the provident has bee
at induced to appoint as register i
in the North Platte land oillc
dr - The president hai evidently boon in
r , poied upon , or ho tvould never have n ]
oin pointed such a notorious rascal to a pi
inas nition of hmior and trust. On behalf <
as the republicans of Nebraska who uphol
the principals of the party ubovo par !
a epoiU , TJIK BEK respectfully calls upo
Jy President Arthur to withdraw the notn
ct nation of Alonzo n. Church. Let it n <
bo said that the administration uphold
disreputable nnd dishonest men under
iny circumstances. There are surely
hundreds of re public in a in Nebraska
whoso reputation is stainless , and who
are more competent and moro deserving
than Alonzo n. Church.
MONOPOLY JIULKIN CALIFORNIA.
For nearly fifteen years California has
boon n moro province of the Central
Pacific railroad kings. They have ruled
the land with an iron rod , robbed , op
pressed and tixcd its people to enrich
themselves , while they in turn have
shirked the just burdens of taxation.
Exasperated and embittered by the out
rages to which they have boon nubjscted ,
the people of California roao in rebellion
against the tyrants five years ago , and
endeavored to emancipate themselves
from the monopoly monarch * , by adopt-
a now constitution , which conferred upon
an elective railroad commission the power
to regulate railway tariffs , and prescribe
penalties against extortion and discrimi
nation. The constitution was adopted
after a desperate fight , but when the
people thought they had como to their
own , Stanford , Iluntington & Co. ,
through their henchmen and cappers , suc
ceeded in defeating the popular will by
the nomination nnd election of n board
of commissioners , two out of throe of
whom vroro subservient tools of the
monopolists. The result wna that the
Central Pacific syndicate remained un
disturbed in ita highway robberies , and
the people of California wore powerless
bccauso under the now constitution their
legislature had no right to make prohib
itory extortion and regulating tariffs ,
that power being vested in the commis
sion , nnd when the people appealed to
the courts for redress to compel the
Central Pacific railroad to pay its taxes
the courts played into the hands of the
monopoly , to whom they felt themselves
indebted for favors. It is charged openly
that some of the judges wore formerly
railroad attorneys and owed their
appointment to the influence of Hunting
ton & Co. , white others had borrowed
money from members of the Central Pa
cific ring and wore in their clu'chcs.
Last week ono of those judges rendered
n decision which gave the Central Pacific
over § 1,000,000 in back taxes , which wore
duo to the state , and on the top of this
the attorney-general of California entered
into a compromise with the groatmonop. .
ely , which would relieve them of nnothoi
million of taxes. As soon as Qovornor
Stonoman , whom the monopoly has never
boon able to corrupt or influence , heard
of this infamous compromise ho issued n
proclamation convening the California
legislature in special' ' session on the 20th
of March. This legislature is called on
to submit to the people at the election
next fall constitutional amendment ! ] that
will enable the people to resume the
power to regulate freight and passenger
faros without the intervention of a com
mission , and constitutional provisions for
a system of railway taxation. When the
legislation convenes its first effort will
bo to tnko away from the lieutenant gov
ernor his privilege as president of the
senate to appoint committees. The
present lieutenant governor is a
pronounced corporation man. It is
singular that California has to fight
the same battle which was fought
in Nebraska , when the senate
took away from Agoo the power which
Cams had usurped and abused.
KETllIEVINO TBEIJl DISASTJUIS.
The tide haa turned in Egypt , and the
reverses which had overtaken the British
army have at last boonrotriovod by a decis
ive victory under the leadership of Con.
Graham. A desperate and bloody battle
has boon fought near Trinkitat between
the British forces , numbering about
4,000 , and the rebel Egyptians under
Oaman Digna , who had only roconty de
feated Baker Pasha and cipturcd Tokar.
The ongagnmont is described by the war
correspondents of the London press as
very hotly contested on the part of the
rebels , who were armed with Remington
rifles , and whoso fortified camp was de
fended by Krupp guns , which had boon
1 captured from the British. The rebels ,
after retreating , loft 000 of their dead on
the field , and it is safe to estimate
that double that number vrorc
wounded , while the lost of the British is
f
reported at 24 killed and 142 wounded
General Graham's victory will have f
tolling effect upon the followers of tin
false prophet. Until now they have regarded
gardod their great loader as invincible
and it is mainly this prevalent belief thai
inspired among the Arabs and savaui
tribes that inhabit the Soudan a confidence
fidonco in the ultimate expulsion of al
foreigners. What the indirect effect wil
> f bo upon General Gordon , who is on hi ;
way down the Nile from Khartoum , it i
. hard to foresee. Ho and his small bam
may bo massacred in revenge for tin
slaughter of the rebels by the British , o
they may bo captured and hold aa host
ages until a truce is agreed upon. Ii
any event the effect of this signal victor ,
f ,
lo will bo felt not only in the remotest par
of Africa , but in England as woll. I
will greatly strengthen Gladstone and hi
cabinet , and will give them a now leas
of power. It restores to Great Britaii
much of the rospoot which she has loa
at homo and abroad , by the costly an
disastrous camnaign in EorvnK
A NOTAllLfi DEATH.
The sudden death of Marshall 1
Polk , the defaulting state treasurer c
Tennessee , is an event of moro tha
ordinary interest. The prominence c
the man , the fact that ho was a nophai
of President Polk , the amount of hi
defalcation , his attempted cucapo hit
: y Mexico , where ho waa interested in sllve
mines , his recapture and conviction scrv
to make his history decidedly sensational
Mr. Polk'a defalcation became knowi
in January , 1881) ) , and caused a grea
sensation , not only in Tennessee , but
throughout the whole country ,
His opoculations had been going on fen
n year or more ; but so adroitly did ho
doctor the books of his oflico that the
committee of the legislature which exam
ined the affairs of the treasury early in
1882 was deceived , and reported every
thing in proper shape. The legislative
investigating committee found that the
shortage amounted to § 400,000. Polk
immediately wont to Texas , but was
shortly captured nnd taken buck to Ten-
ncssco. Strong elforts wens made by
himself and friends to compromise with
the state , nnd although ho turned over
all his available property to the com
monwealth ho had plundered , nnd
seemed disposed to make all the
restitution in his power , it was
decided that ho must answer
for his crimes at the bar of justice. Ac
cordinqly , on the 17th of July last , nftcr
consuming moro than n week in thn selec
tion of a jury , the trial of Polk on the
indictment that had boon found against
him began at Nashville. The testimony
throughout waa utrongly against the defendant -
fondant , nnd his conviction was effected
on the 25th of that month , after the jury
had boon out forty-eight hours. They
fxcd his sentence at twenty years in the
penitentiary the full extent of the law
and assessed n fine of $300,540.10.
The verdict was unanimous on the first
ballot. Counsel for Polk entered n mo
tion for a now trial on the ground of the
incompotoncy of the jury. The case was
not called in the supreme court of the state
until last Wednesday , when it was
postponed on account of Folk's ilhfess.
Polk frequently said that ho would
never go to the penitentiary , and rumors
of attempted suicide were current every
; ow and then , but ] hysicians state most
lositivoly that his end wni from natural
lauscs.
Polk was part proprietor of largo sli
er mines in Mexico , which , it is under-
tf.od , voro recently sold to a Now York
lyndicato for § 1,000,000. A few daya
go it was hinted that , through the
wealth ho would thus acquire , Polk
ould pay to the state the amount which
.o had taken.
Polk was about 50 years old and leaves
wife , two sons and two daughteis. Ho
ivna a graduate of West Point , and was
irominont on the confederate side dur-
ng the war of the rebellion. Fighting
it the battle of Shiloh ho was shot in the
eg and was taken to Evansville , whore
ho limb was amputated. Ho was brought
o Nashville and nursed by Mrs. Presi-
lent Polk. After the war ho published
ho Bolivar Jiullelln , and while editor of
liat journal was elected state treasurer ,
rhich ofTico ho hold four years.
CITY WALKS AND TALKS.
"I have been reading THE BEE'S City
Vnlks and Talks/ ' said Charles M. Connoyer
o THE DUE'S Man AboutTown , "and Iiha\e
icon much interested in the curly-history
ketches of Omaha and vicinity. I can give
on a sketch or two that might Interest your
oaders. " "I should bo hnnpy to have you re-
ate it. You nro ono of the okl-timora hero-
.bouts , mo you not ? " asked THE BEE man.
Yea , I ha\o boon In this part of the country
" Mr. "In 1835
inco 1851 , replied Connoyor.
was employed on the government steamboat
Gray Cloud , ' as a sort of assistant to the en
gineer and also as messenger boy. I was only
, 'ourteeii ' year old. In the smnmeix f that year
General llarnoy , after the fight 44 Anil Hoi-
"ow , came to Omaha with throe dr'four com
mutes of Infantry to go to Fort I'lerro by
jo.it , the Second dragoons lmIng started for
, hat point by land , across the country. The
.roops were taken on board the 'Gray Cloud'
_ md the stemwheclor 'Georgo W. Bird , ' which
was in charge of Captrin W , P. Wilcox , who
nftorwards located in Omaha and went into
the dry goods business with Mr. Stephens , the
firm being Stephens & Wilcox. Just about
ihls time the cholera was raging throughout
the country , and it broke out among the sol
diers. Dr. Sillier , who ia now the editor of
; ho Ifcmltl , was then a young practicing phy-
ician , and ho promptly responded to the sum-
nons to accompany the expedition up thomer
nnd attend to the soldiers. A great many of
Ihom wore taken sick , and quito a
number died. Dr. Miller _ devoted his
intlro attention to the soldiers , and was
greatly assisted in his work by his ulfo , who
accompanied him on this memorable trip. Wo
carried the troops through to 1'ort Pierre. The
'Gray Cloud' then proceeded down the river
to St. Louis for n load of corn and pro
visions for the troops. On the return trip up
the river the boat reached 1'oiica island , anil
was there frozen in. This was in November.
I'onca Island is twenty-live miles below Port
Handall , and twenty miles above Yankton.
Wo laid there all winter. After wo had boon
frozoi in some Urns , wo learned , through a
lalf-brocd , that the Ponca Indians were plan
ing to capture and burn the boat , kill the
crow , and steal the tmppllcs. The situation
was considered very perilous , and the captain
asked the crew for two volunteers to go ti
Fort Lookout and inform General Harneyam
request him to send immediate assistance. A
half breed named Will DoVcro and mysoll
volunteered , Wo fit utod out at oloen o'clocl
nt night , crawling for four or five miles
When wo had crawled about three miles Do
Vero'a rille caught on a grape \ino , and wont
off. It frightened us for awhile , aa wo were
afraid the Indians would pet on our trull , as
they had kept a close watch to see- that no ono
escaped from the bout. The crew of the boat
heard the report nf the rille , and they , too
\\erefiightonod , as they thought the Indian
\uiro ureimring to attack the boat. On tha
fourth day out wo came upon a camp of fou
men , who nad left the American Fur company
Two of the men had died from starvation nm
cold , and the othnrs , whoso hands and fee
were badly frozen , were actually livliij
an the flash of their dead companions
What do you think of that ? " "I have heard
at such things before , but could hardly bellov
them , " replied TUG JUic Man : "for instance
there was that fellow out In Colorado who wa
arrested some months ego on the charge a
lm\lng murdered his two companions and sub
slsting on their flesh. " "Well , this was a tewl
bio fact , for I saw the bodies of the dead men
and caw the places from which the floth hai
been cut out by the survlvora , who had no
hesitancy in acknowledging that they ha <
lived on it for several days , and that they hai
thus saved their lives , " resumed Mr. Connoyer
\N e left the men at the camp , aa they were
too weak and helpless to trael. . Wo cncour
aged them to still hope , as we promised them
tu hurry on to Fort Lookout and tend them
relief. Wo hurried on , and the next d y wo
reached ] 1'ort Lookout , having traveled 20 (
miles In fue days. We at onoo lnforme <
General Harney of tha two starring men , ant
also of the condition of affair * at Ponca Island
1 no general Imrnediatnly sent out an ambu
lanca and brought tha two men into cami
and put them Into the hospital , whore thel
liinbj were amputated. Their lives were
sa\ed. doneral ilarnoy , with two companies
ol dragoons , at once started oft for Ponca
Island to rele\e ! tha 'Gray Cloud. ' Upon ar
ri\ log at tha besieged boat he ga\o the 1'oncaa
just two hours to leave. The Poncas had ev i
dently heard of General Harney , They
only wanted two minute * , if tliul
IKJides didn't balk. They hurriedly
packed up , and were soon on the inarch
. , 'ley ' - " , ? - colue anywhere near the
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( > ray Cloud'after that. Tha Toncas moved
llT":0 : ? P0.1" * whore thelr present agency
s located. A tor the soldiers arrived at the
boat , our i > ro\Ulunt ran so low that the rations
were reuucod to one quart of corn tier nun
1 hat wa > all the food wa h d , and Ve could
< * ? * M'V I any ntylo we pleaaVd. There were
f'1,0 ' f Italian , on board the boat , and they
ia i ? 1.6iblter.tha" 1 the rwt of us , M they
ftUghtnJltkerat/on tha steamer knd ate
"Int'M much as they ould
Tile proYi8lojls ftt i'ort Look-
ut wro short , nnd the soldiers' hordes had to
ul Ut on cottonwood Hmlw. On Christmas
lay I started on horseback for St. Louis to
urry a mesiAgo to the quartermaster in that
ity , I hiving volunteered to make thn trip.
Vftor being out 31 days I retched , TcfTerson
City , Missouri , the nearest point at that tune
whom I could strike n railroad. 1 took the
aln for St. Iouls , and found the quartormas-
or to whom I delivered the moflsaco. 'llio
juartcrmattor sent an order to Dr. Miller nt
Jmaha , and n German miller nt Council
Muffs to purcliMS a boit load of corn and
ia\o it ready for delivery for the first boat up.
: went to St. .loo , nnd there took
ho boat for up the rlvor. This wan in April.
At Omaha Dr. Miller and his wife came on
> nard and accompanied ui up to Fort 1'icrco.
iVhon wo reached 1'iorro wo found 0,000 Sioux
indians there , with \shom General llarnoy
nada a treaty. They delivered to him Spotted
Tall nnd two or thrco other noted Indians ,
who had taken part in the massacre of the
imlgranta on the plains just bcforo the Anli
ilollow fight. The boat soon returned to St.
[ . .ouls. Wo took Spottnd Tall and the other
Indian prisoner down to Fort Loavonworth.
Major JIowo was also n passenger , or rather
k prisoner , on the boat. lie WAD charged with
laving xold army rations to the Indians. Ho
was court martlaled at St. Louis. The next
, rlp tip the river wo loaded with lumber and
carried It to Fort Handall , In the construction
of which it was used/ / "
"Tho first land fight that occurred in
} maha took place in 1851 , " Bald an old-timor
who was talking about the early days. "A.
D. Jones , who , aa everybody knows , was ono
> f the earliest _ pioncoi-3 , mimed a piece of
and in the vicinity of the spot on which Mr.
T , L. Khnball's residence is now located , A
HYcncbman named Vounsoau , a big stout fel-
ow , had taken possession of the land nnd do-
iod Jones and all other claimants. Mr. Jonas
rather than tackle the big Frenchman , sent
down into Missouri for Cam. Itcovos to como
and 'do him up. ' Nothing suited Cam , bettor ,
and ho BMon arrived. When it bncamo known
> hat Cam. Keevea waa going to oust the
frenchman great txcitoment prevailed ,
md a big crowd followed Jones and
ioovej over from Council Bluffs
a eeo the fun. Brown's ferry boit had to
make three tri ] > s to transfer the crowd to this
ido of the river. The crowd , hoadcd by
loo\o < j , proceeded to the disputed piece of land
and found the Frenchman 'at homo , ' ready to
eccivo Kcoves , of whoso coming ho had boon
nfoimcd. Without much ceremony , the two
non commenced fighting. Ycunscau soon
throw Kcovos , and hold him down and pound ,
od him , but Itoevoa bolne n young nnd wiry
nan outwinded his opponent and finally man
aged to lovorso positions. Hooves now being
on top , ho punished the Frenchman very HO-
vprely. The Frenchman at last gave up the
contest , and breaking loose from Iteovos ho
an down to the ferry boat and escaped to the
"ovva side of the river. Ho never came back ,
md Jones took possession of the land and hold
t without any further contests of that char-
ictor or any other nature. That's the way
.hat a great many of our old settlers , who
mvo grown lich by holding on to their prop
erty , settled their land disputes , and got pos-
easion of valuable tracts of land. I could toll
ou a hundred coses in which the claim club
ottled disputes in this way in favor of its
nombers. Some other day I'll tell you some
if these pleasant little incidents of our early
lays. I know all about these old land grab-
> ers in Omaha. "
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"I wan talking with Herman Kountzo
ho other day about real estate in this city , "
aid a well known gentleman to the BEE'S
Man About Town , "and I found him to be
quite enthusiastic about Omabav Mr. ICountzo
said that , compared with the price of two years
ago , real estate might seem high , but not any
nore so than the price of two years ago would
Boein high , when compared with the figures of
'our years ago. Ho said there had been a
steady appreciation of property of 33 to 100
> er cent during the past year. The only prop
er criterion is to compare our pticns with these
of other cities. 'In Denv or property is fully
Ifty per cent higher than in Omaha , said Mr.
Ivonntze ; 'Last year I sold a corner business
lot , 50 by 125 feet , in Denver , for 850,000 ,
which is at the rate of $1OUO per
'ront foot. The highest price paid in Omaha ,
; hat I know of , was barely half of this. I
joliovo the Merchants' Kational bank bought
; ho northeast corner of Farnam and Thu-
.oontli , at about $500 per front foot. As to
> utsldo property in Omaha I don't consider it
ligh. In lionver they are soiling lota , located
as far from the business center ns llanscom
lark is from the Omaha postoilice , at from
5700 to 81,010 , which is almost 50 per cent
moro than is asked for the same- kind ot pro
perty in Omihi. Denver has moro wealthy
non than Omaha , ' continued Mr. Kountze ,
'but Denver has not the country back of it to
draw from like Omaha has , aca I hav o rea ° on
, o believe that the location of Omaha , the in
crease in her industrial employments , and her
rich surrounding country guarantee t7 her a
nuch brighter future than Denver can ever
iopo for. Mr. Kountze evidently 'banks' on
Omaha. "
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"Talking about real estate , " added the
; entleman , "reminds mo that Senator Pad
dock has just made a good thing in that line.
Some t\\o or three years ago ho bought a tract
of land near the west fond of Farnam street
: or $2.000 , and the other day he sold It to Her
man Kountee for 820,000. 1 hi t was what I
call a pretty profitable investment. Some
ir.ay think that Mr. Kountzo paid an extrava
gant price for it , but Mr. ICountzo would
never have bought it unless ho know that he
could make money by the deal. It shows ono
thing at least , that ho has unbounded faith in
Omaha , and that ho thinks that real estate is
yet a long way from the top-notch price. "
"By the way , do you know if there Is
any truth In the rumor that Kzra Millard has
purchased tha northeast corner of Douglas and
Fifteenth streets for 875,000 , " asked W. A.
l'a\tun the other day of tha BEE'S Man About
Town. ' 'I understand that there's nothing in
it , " was the BEE man'd reply. "Is that property
worth Mr. I'nxtonj" "It
erty 875,000 , cer-
talnly is" said ho , "and I'll give 875,000 for it.
It is 132 feet square and I consider it ono of
the very best pieces of property in Omaha. I
don't know of a corner that I would rather
havo. Look at the location ; It is as near the
business center of the city as any place I know ,
and there Is no other corner that has mort
travel paulng It. " The property referred to is
owned by a gentleman named fiyerc , living in
Loavonworth. It haa been leased to Sam
Orchard over slnco 1801. Mr. Orchard owns
the wooden shells that cover it , and his rent
has probably never boon less than 8300 or
8350 per month from these build *
IngH , all of them put to
gether not being woith over 82,000 or § 3,000.
Byors had some notion of putting up a brick
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owns a lot adjoining , but as Senator Baunders
backed out for some reason or other , the pro
iect waa ibandonod. It seems fitrango that
liyerH does not either toll or build , as he only
receives ground rent from the property now.
The ground Is too valuable to remain unim
proved , and It is n disgrace to hafo It covorei :
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