OMAHA DAILY B&E-FAIDAY JUNE 27 , 1884 ,
THE OMAHA BEE.
Onwtlifi omoo , No. MO Fiimnm Bf.
Council BluflViOmco , No. 7 1'rnrl 8t
Street , Near IJroailwny.
Now York Offlco , IU om 05 Trltmno
rablbbed erery nrornlnir , ' iOfpt Bnndaj * Th
end ) Monday morning dilljr.
HNS M MAIL.
One Year 110.00 I Three Months 93.00
SUHontns. . . . . . . . 8.00J One Month l.OC
Tcr Wcok , 28 Cent * .
( rim wxniT tni , rvBUsnro ITX&T WKENMDAT.
mus ronrrAtD.
One Tew. . 12.00 I Three Months f K
SliMonths. 1.00 | Onoltonth. . . I
American News Oompiny , Sole Agcntf , Kewidea
oil In the United States ,
AH Comrnnnloatloni relating to Newt andEdlloria
mitten should bo addressed to the KDiroa or Tn
BIT.
AHBaitlnosa letters * * nd nomlttanoos 'thonld'b
ddresnod to Tnn Bun rrjuturano OOMFAKT , qi'itA
Drafts , Choclffl and Portofflco orders to be.mado pay
able to the order ol the company.
THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROP'S '
B. ROBBWATEK. Editor.
A. rr.Fileh. > t n jer D lly ClroaUtlon , f. 0. Bo
4S3 Omaha , Neb.
Tun only man that can carry tub. solid
vote of Tammany is John Kelly.
Ir Sieve Elkins could bo induced to
take position in the pack ground during
the campaign there would bo less kiokitif
among the elements of the party.
CHICAGO is agitated over the breaking
out of cholera at Toulon , and there is
much rejoicing oyor the prospect that tin
etroot scavenger will bo ordered tn mak
a clean sweep of it.
Tnn repeal of the timber culture and
pro-omption laws by the house wil
doubtlons bo concurred in by the donate
and all public lands will hereafter bo re
served for homestead Bottlers only. This
is an important'stop in the ri htdirection
The pre-emption laws have enabled land
sharks to acquire government lawa by
purchase for a moro song and the timber
culture laws were conceived in iniquity
and born in fraud.
TUB discharge of two thousand lubor-
era and mechanics by the Union Pacific
railroad may have boon a measure of eco
nomic necessity but wo' doubt very much
whether ouch economy will pny in the
end. The choosc-paring process should
begin at the top. If Mr. Charles Fran
cis Adams would lop off high salaried
supernumeraries and nbuliali the political
Bcavcngor department , ho would inau
gurate a reform in the intorcHtof the stock
holders and insure morn amicable relations
with the patronn of thu roai1.
REV. Dn. POTTER , who has boon clod-
od by the Episcopal council to the ollice
ot Bishop of Nebraska , ns ( successor to
the late Bishop Olarkson , is an eminent
divina and educator. Ho is president of
the Union college at SchouoctadyJ Now
York. Ho comes of quito a noted fam
ily , his father being rholato Right Bishop
Potter , bishop o Pennsylvania , and a
nephew of the bishop of Novr York.Ho
is also n brother of the la'o Hon. Ohrk-
BonN. Potter , and of General Ilobort
31 , Potter , of the United States army.
If ho accents the honor that has boon no
unanimously bestowed , upon him , the
.Episcopalians of Nebraska nro to bo con >
gratulatod.
j\cconniNa to the Lincoln Journal the
indictment and impeachment of Wnypr
Chase lion boon concocted and ougiuooicd
by eomo of the Bruno men who , a few
years ago , assisted in the outrage of ihv
poaching Diviel Butler. It is in
perfect accord with the eternal illness cf
thiiigc for the paper founded by lUvid
JJutlor , witli rnor10/ filched front the
pookotw of tajc-payorrf ( > f Nobrflslcn , to
oint back to tlio ' ' "peaclimont of ita
patron saint as an outrage , notwithstand
ing the historical fact that the only aira
and object of the legislature that , im
peached Butler was to remove an olllcor
who had appropriated to hiu own uao
§ 10,881.20 of public school nx.moy ,
nnd was guilty of numerous other irregu
larities that plain-spoken people in thoao
times called larceny and bribery. But wo
cannot conceive why the indictment of
Mayor Chase and Marshal Guthrlo should
to construed a < i an cllbrt of conspirators
who vnnt to stop into their shoos ; much
leas do tro perceive the connection between -
tweon the impeachment of Chase by an
Omaha city council and the impeach *
inonfc of David Butler by a Nebraska leg-
islaturo.
UA/KN , chief of the signal
service , is again la trouble , this time ow
ing to his uncalled-for diacrlminatiou
ugainst a young man of color , named
Ilallot Green. It appears that Green ,
who is a recent graduate from the College
of the City of Noir York , applied for ap
pointment to the signal corps , General
Haxen refused the application , stating
that in his opinion a mixture of races
would not bo advantageous to the signul
corps. At the sauio time ho recommend
ed him to enlist in onoof tho. four colored
regiments. Green showed 'General Ha-
soil's letter to Dr. Webb , thcTprosidont of
iho Collugo of the City of Now York , who
wrote on indignant letter to Sec'rptary
Lincoln , and the uecrotary very promptly
notified Green to apply again ffr"thp
appointment , Upon the application thu
Bocrotary wrote as follows ; "Iho
aeclretary of war cannot concur in
he views of the chief olgn&l of 11 cor as to
his policy in relation to persons of orior
being enlisted or otherwise employed in
the public service. No distintiou
flhould bo made in admitting them to
the signal corps in any capacity they nro
qualified to serve. General Webb has
been advised of these views , and action
ftouldat once bo taken accordingly. "
This last cl&uso means that General
*
Hazen is to admit tbo young colored map
to the signal corps. General Hazcn ha1
"be&n properly snubbed , and hereafter ho
trill probably bo a little more careful in
ii objuvaiicu of civil rfghta ,
AND JPJifr-
The componndors of drugs and medi
cines who have for years enjoyed n lu
crative traffic In medicated stimulant * ,
are aflltctcd with much vexation of spirits
'in the now prescriptive code of Iowa
The enforcement act adopted by the
twentieth general assembly in aid of
prohibitory law has brounht on
complications which were not thought of
by the moat radical temperance agitators.
Itbegnis to appear that the law as con
strued by the law department of the filato
is Bo sororo as to interfere with sorao
transactions with which it certainly never
was intended to conflict. The druggists
find themselves surrounded by complica
tions and restrictions , which , to some of
them at least , appear so serious as to re
quire a now departure in the pharmaccu
tical department , which will appear to
many people as unnecessary and unwar
ranted. It appears that the druggists of
Marshalltown have recently , after duo
deliberation , ' , unanimously decided
that'uport and after July 4 , next , they
will neither kcop nor sell intoxicating
liquors jpf any kind for any purpose
whatever. This includes the use of liq
uora in filling proscriptions. The J/or-
shall Timcs-Jhptibliuan says :
Tli is action of the dni ginlR Is taken nftcr
mature dtllb r.iti < in and bccaiuo of of the firm
nnd honcU conviction tint no man or (1niggi t
under minting lawn , as intirprutuil l > y the nl-
lornoy general , can roiliply with their require
ments ; and because , in attempting to comply
with them , havoulcl . btcomu ' the innocent
\ictim of the ln\v'n ROUTO penalties in an hun
dred nntl ono wnjs frwn which ho would liavo
no [ protection miiroprcBcntation by pur
chaser , perjury by ncam | > n , and on occonnt of
having no means of discriminating between
the honest and dishonest purchaser ,
And this Js only the beginning of vexa
tions and trouble. The Marshalltown
druggists may , or may not bo borrowing
needless trouble. They may not bo justi-
led in imposing upon the public uunocos-
sary inconvenience and subjecting pat
rons iu some instances , to positive danger.
Jut in the language of the Burlington
llaivkcyc , so long ns custom and the rcc >
ogntzod principles of the oldest and most
'onerally accepted schools of medicine
mbitually and systematically require the
> roscnco of alcohol in many cases , judg-
nontninot not ba too hastily or too cap-
iously passed upon the druggists. The
) hrasoology of the law is very particular
and its application as foreshadowed by
ho law department is very exacting.
? rndcnt men who doiiro to avoid the im
itation of being law breakers , and to
avoid the reputation of opposing or ovad-
ng the law rnay well hesitate before plac-
ng tliuiuaolvcs technically in the
position of violators of n law
about which so much has boon threaten-
d. Beyond the preservation of their
eputation , which is of more consequence
to the reputable druggists of the state ,
hero remains the pecuniary penalties of
ho law , which are fur from trifling. The
druggists , whd prefer to have coino ono
else furnish a test case , and who there
fore conclude to stand aside until the
statute is construed , may provo to bo
overscrupulous when the courts shall pass
upon tlio questions involved , but they
lave no moans of knowing until then
whether they are or not.
THE TAR IFF PLANK.
There wns a great deal moro truth than
)0olry in the bold and blunt declaration
f Senator Sherman during the debate
over the Mexican pension bill that the
national republican platforn "had boon
muda up in n few houra time on a swol-
oring hot day by forty-tffo moil suddenly
allod together , most of whom never saw"
aoli other boforo. "
i'ho ( ioublo-eHdur totiir plank is a fair
aamjilo of such hasty and ill-digested
work. Aa a chapter of political history
nome very interesting disclosures hiwo ,
boon made concerning the poaitioti of 't'jj0
plVvform oomraittoo on thojgjor,1 , , , * iasuo
of tariff reform.
The foot is not generally known , soya
the Novt York IZucniny J'axl , in an able
editorial , that there was an animated dis
cussion in the committee on roao-
lutious of the Chicago convention
on the tariff plank of the platform.
A patition iroin loading republicans of
Now York In favoi of thrift'reform was
ituaontod to tlio cjmmittoo. It found
an earnest friend and advocate in the per
son of Mr. N. S. llurwood , the member
from Nebraska. Mr. llurwood , in u
vary , forcible apoceh to the full commit
tee approved of the petition , and stated
that ho should insist upon having full
discussion of it unless something satisfac
tory wes reported by the sub-oouimittoo.
\Yhon the aub-committoo reported to the
full committee its proposed plalformMr.
llarwood objected to the tariff plank and
ollered n substitute. Ho was seconded
iu speeches by the delegates from Min
nesota and Oregon. On the vote Mr ,
Hartrood'a amendment wan supported
by the member * from Colorado , Illinois ,
Iowa , Michigan , Texas , and by each
member from the eight territories. Al
though the amendment failed , it is bo-
llovod that tho-decided stand taken by
thu sixteen members who were in favor
of , tariir reform had thu effect to modify
Iho tone of the resolutions considerably
and to prevent the committee from yield
ing to the demands of the wool growers ,
who' insisted upon n specific pledge in
favor cf the restoration of the duties ip
they existed prior to the year 18S2. In
stead of this the wool gatherers only se
cured a promise of lfa readjustment of
the duty on foreign wool iu order that
that industry shall have full and ado.
quato protection" which may moan any
thing or nothing.
PAOA'
Aais ,
T/ic / r'ocklets dUrcgard of obligations [
to the publip on the part of common car- \
ritw , in attiULjjly iliunltu'.cd by Uiu' ' .
course pursued by the man&nors \ > f ex
press companies in disposing ofr.nclaimod
packages.
Within the past few * two of the
great express compankfl who carry on an
extensive business in this section have
given notice to whom it may concern ,
that certain packages remaining un
claimed at various stations on the line
of the trunk railroads in the state , will
bo sold at public auction in this city , on
a given day , unless the same shall bo
called for and charges paid thereon.
Jt would bo a natural presumption that
the express companies would publish
thcao notices through the most widely
circulated medium in order that the par
tics to whom they are consigned should
bo apprised of the proposed public sale.
This is , however , not the policy. Quito
the contrary. Like the divorce lawyers ,
who want as little publicity given to the
domestic troubles of their clients , the ex
press managers have purposely selected
the newspapers that are least road and
circulated.
For instance , the Pacific express com
pany published its notice of public solo
in the Omaha Jlcublcan ! while another
ox press company controlled by the same
management is advertising through the
Omaha Jlcrald. Now if Mr. Morsman ,
Mr. Huntoon or any other express officer
was te loose his pocket book or if cither of
them wanted to dispose of a horse , a
buggy , or any article of household furni
ture , or if they should want to hire a
liostlor or a eorvant girl would they
advertise in the Jfcratd or Jlcpublicant
Suppose Mr. Morsman desired to dis
pose of his household goods and furni
ture nt public auction in Omaha whore
Would lie advertise )
The aggregate circulation bf the R
mlUcan in Omaha , estimating the pop
ulation at 50,000 , is on * for every seventy
inhabitants , whilfi Ihfc evening edition of
THE BEK roach ? * ono in every fpurteon
nhabltants. If Iho object of the sale of
oxprosa packages was merely to recover
back charges it would bo an imposition
on the express company to advertise in
roadprloss papers ; but a sense of obliga
tion to the public should compel express
*
companies to vo these sales the widest
publicity. Wo say this much with no
unfriendly fooling toward Manager
Morsman or hla local agents. Wo sim
ply call attention to the abuses to which
the system of corporate favoritism and
rooklcss disregard of partons' rights have
led common carriers nnd thuir managers.
Tin : wretched condition of Farnam
street caused by the delay in rupaving
has already inflicted incalculable damage
upon storekeepers along that thorough-
faro. The street is impassable for vehi
cles and dangerous for pedestrians.
The sidewalks are blockaded with granite
blocks and oven the approaches to Far-
nam street through the newly paved
cross streets are obstructed by great
pilns of broken rock. . Now why shouH
this needless obstruction on our principal
thoroughfare bo permitted ? Why can't
the board of publio works compel the
contractors nnd street railway com
pany to expedite the work ?
The contractors claim thnt their pav
ing force is hold bask by the track layers
and incomplete curbing. It strikes us
that the force employed in traoklaying
s ridiculously out of proportion to the
work in hand. Half a dozen men can
not bo expected to make much headway ,
but oven with that force , paving could
bo begun if the trncklaying was
finished from block to < block ,
In other cities only ono block of pav
ing is done at n time on any buainn"
street , nnd traffic in not nllo7/0i ( to bo
obstructed in the rockl"d , way' in wlicl ] ]
Farnam street - ; boon blockaded. If
ns wo nro ; nfoim0i ( the paving is to begin
frP t Fifteenth atroot down why did not
the trauk laying begin at Fifteenth
street instead of Ninth street ? Why
should the whole length of Farnam street
remain torn tip far four mimtha ?
Tni : recent decision of the Ohio supreme
premo court on the constitutionality of
.
the Scott law , regulating the sale of li
quor , is a most remarkable legal produc
tion. According to the construction
placed upon the law by the court no ono
will have to pay the tax but responsible
men ingagcd in the liquor traffic , Those
who have property that can to attached
will bo prosecuted , if the tax in not paid.
The low dives will continue in the busi
ness and ns they nro usually kept by ir
responsible bummers they will escape , as
criminal proceedings cannot bo brought
against them.
As the law now stands the responsible
dealers are unjustly taxed. Under this
decision it now seems probable that the
entire liquor trafilo in Ohio will bo carried
on without the collection of nny tax what
ever , all dealers refusing to pay the
same. The caao will undoubtedly bo
aguin brought before the court , and if the
decision ulroady rendered foreshadows
what is to follow * , Ohio will again have
free whisky , and nn additional $2,000,000
iu taxes will have to bo placed upon the
tax duplicate. From n political stand
point , the recent dcclson will seriously
orlpplo't ho democratic party , especial ly
In the amiiltor towns and villages , whore
the tax has during the past year more
than paid the expenses for poor and
police purposes.
CHUIICII llowjj has buon chosen by
Mr. Blaine ns ono of ( ho members of the
national committee upon whom will de
volve the responsibility of managing the
presidential campaign. This flattering
proof of.usleom and conQdonco in Church
Howe will doubtless bo gratifying to
Governor Dawos , Congressman Weaver ,
Goo , W. E , Dorsoy , and other prominent
and eminent Nebraskans whoso names
wore signed to a paper requesting the
Nebraska delegation to bounce Church
llowi ) froji Uiu national cuunittcc ,
A FAMOUS TREK.
An Historical Old Oottomvood on ttio
Banks ol tlio Missouri.
Kanc.ti City Star.
About a month ago a history was pub
liuhcd of a huge old cottonwood tree , a
landmark in Harlem , which had stood on
the Clay county aide of the river oppo
site the foot of Main utrcnt since n period
when the memory of thnt mysterious
character , the oldest inhabitant , runneth
not to the contrary.
In these days , when the great west was
an unsolved mystery , when Kansas City
had never boon dreamed of , the old tree
was a landmark for wandering Indian
trad era or adventurous Spanish explorers
on the treacherous and muddy Missouri ,
The traditions of a century had woven
themselves about the gnarled branches
of the old tree , and all Harlem turned
out to witness its demise ,
The tree was cut down May 7 by Capt.
Gilkorson and n party of his men. The
gradual encroachments of the river _ had
undermined its roots , and it was decided
that it was not safe to allow it to stand
longer in that situation.
Among the old traditions which ling
ered about the tree was one to the effect
thnt a largo amount of treasure had been
buried under the roots , In 1811 , when
the old Santa Fo trail was the great ar
tery of trade between the rich Mexican
country and the United States , a train
commardod by Cant. Chavez , still re
membered ns n trader nud explorer , was
attacked by robbers beyond the the pres
ent site of Wostport , and over § 500,000
in gold and silver bullion stolen and car
ried away. This treasure , tradition says ,
was carried across the river and buried
underneath the roots of the old cottonwood -
wood treo. The robbers were pursued
and killed , and with them died the
secret of the oxnct location of the hidden
troasuso. Thoground was turned over
for yards nnd nljou.1 ; the rooto of the tree
a few broad pieces of yellow Moxlgaji
gold turned up in the loose earth , but
the main body of the treasurolwns never
found ,
Yostorday/ovonlng Oapt. , Gilkorson ,
with u party of men , wnsiripplnij the
river Trhoroitho old tree stoodjiwhon sud
denly nquantlt'y of Mexican ailror dollars
rolled out of the bank and loll at their
foot. The dollars are in a good state of
preservation , [ bearing the stamp of the
Mexican republic , dated 1841 , nnd were
evidently quito now when they were de
posited in their mysterious resting-place.
The discovery caused great excitement in
Harlem , nnd the digging was continued
with great energy , but no trace of the
main body of the treasure could bo found.
The search will bo continued to-day , as
it is now considered that the whole treas
ure must bo buried in the immediate
vicinity.
The old tree was carried away , ploco
by piece , by relic-hunters , and no trace
of it remains to mark the spot where the
treasure of the Chavez train was buriod.
Important Session of tlio liimc-KUii
Club ,
Detroit Free i'rOBs.
Upon'tho opening of the mooting the
club took up tie | matter of , ununished bus
iness , and Whalebone Hawker called up
the case of J layfair , Driggs. Brother
Dripg borrowed an aggregate sum of § 17
From various members and skipped for
Toledo. The matter was called up In
session and his name waa stricken off the
rolls. The other cjny ( 'ho made a hit at
policy , and now desired to square up and
bo roinstnttd. Brother Howkor would
therefore move that Brother Driggs bo
permitted to pay his _ dobta and then bo
welcomed in with'opoh" arms'
"How much does ho owd ypul" asked
the president.
" 'Labon dollars , sah. "
"I thought it was about dat way or
you wouldn't took sioh a deep interest
(
in the case. However , do case 'will not
bu roopouod. Do man who borrows
money on do kalkllashun of roturnin' it
when somebody leavca Jam legacy , or
ho makes a hit i by gamblm1 , am dranin'
it altogether too fine for dis club. Brud-
dor HowVor , you am fined $800 for boin1
willin * to sacrifice do honor of dis dub
for tip sum oh $13. "
sat dbwh in a chill , nnd
during the rest of the ovflning iio was busy
figuring how long it wonM take n man
who could lay by twenty vo cents per
week to pay the fine nanrod.
The keeper of the museum reported
the receipt of the following valuable arti
cles :
A jowsharp supposed to bo 2,000 years
old. Samuel Shin had played ono tuuo
on it , and had a boil on his tongue that
lasted him : i month , j
A alodgo-hammor used by Miles Standish -
dish to keep order in ilia first Sunday
sjhool established in Now England.
A s\\oid supposed to have belonged to
Gonurul Montoilm. If it didn't it must
have belonged to some other general , who
got tired und loaned on it and broke off
the point.
Givoadam Jonoa then offered n resolu
tion to the cfl'oct that the committee on
science and anatomy bo instructed to en
ter into a series of experiments to provo
the effect of udultor.itod food and drink
on the human system , and suggested as
follow * :
That Trustee Fullback bo experimented
on with collets adulterated with beano ,
peas , corn , rye , burnt leather and saw
dust.
dust.That
That Pickles Smith offer himself ai n
sacrifice on the nltar of lager boor brewed
from rice , and adulterated with aix kinds
of slops.
That Elder Toots tackle brown sugar
adulterated with sand , glucose , and In
dian meal.
That Way-down Boboo imblbo a quart
of champagne made from sour elder ,
brown sugar , acids , molasses , and throe
kinds of iizA
'That Judge Cadnvor tackle n tumbler
of the "pure current jelloy , " made of
gelatine , sugar , acids , and mashed po
tato.
tato.Tho
The resolution was supported by n dozen
on different members , but the President
waved them down , and snld :
"I shall declar' do losolutinn out of
order. Consistencyjun jowtil. When
wo go to do n job of whitowitahing wo
adulturato our lime wid whitin' ' or chalk.
When wo black a stove we skip do logs
an' do hind side. When wo bent n car
pet wo make a great fuss an1 strike all
nroun' do dusty spots. Bruddor Jonoa
will sot donn nn1 do incelin * will go
on. "
Aid lo tlio Injured.
Now Vork Life.
1 , Bites of all sorts are painful , and if
net treated with expedition nud skill they
Bomotinu's prove very dangerous. The
most common kinds are these received
from dogs , mosquitoes and boars. The
rarest kinds are trilobltos and Jacobites.
2. Ono seldom if ever gojs u bite when
out fishing.
J. If about to bo bitten by a dog , while
sornnading or foraging In a melon-patch ,
immediately take some violent exercise ,
in crJur ( o prcturviva g.od circulation.
For instance , run a mile or BO without
stopping.
4. Noycr stop running because there is
a man with a club apparently chasing the
dog sometimes ho is encouraging him.
C. If this docs not accelerate the action
of the heart , climb the neasost troo.
C. Do not got down for the purpose o
rescuing the sample of your trowsors.
This is ono of thn dog's perquisites , and ho
wants it for his scrap-book.
7. When n mosquito begins to bite do
not slay him. Some authorities insist
that you should lot him finish and then
offer him N toothpick nnd nn after dinner
cigar.
8 , The above rule applies strictly to
mosquitcs and must not bo extended to
dogs or boars.
I ) . On suddenly entering a parlor where
the mistletoe hangs you may surprise n
young man apparently in the act of biting
the cheek of n young lady. The symp
toms which follow this generally include
blushing and a tendency to talk about
the weather. The most popular remedy
is ajsolitairo ring applied to the third finger
gor of the young lady's left'hand.
JENNISON , TH13 JAYH/VWJCEH.
Dcutli or a IVTau Famous In Kansas
T\venty-nvo Years ngo With Ossn-
watomlo Brown ,
Col. 0. It. Jonnison , the noted Kansas
"jayhnwkor , " passed away Friday , after
a lingering illnpss of many months.
\Vhat troops of memories does the men
tion of the name bring up , says the Kan
sas Oily Times , Connected with the
nnmo of soldier on the border is there
such a romantic history
Colonel Jonnison came to Kansai to
practice medicine , but the doctor's bul
lets wore moro powerful to kill than his
pills to euro. The doctor opened up on
the border at Ossawatomio , In Linn
county , with old John Brown. Ho soon
got into a controversy upon the political
questions thoil agitating Kansas and the
nation. The shortest nnd quickest way
to end the controversy , ho though * , was
for his opponents to leave the country ,
and consequently ho peremptorily ordered
thorn to do si > . Moreover , ho noting
the court , in consequence of its undue
ind unnecessary alacrity In enforcing
bogus laws , that the people could
llsponso with the court. Not taking the
bint , Col. Jennison rode into Fort Scott
with forty mon and dispersed the United
States court. Judge Williams , "Flddiing
Williams , " as ho was reverently called ,
never returned , but always Insisted that
Jonnison had 2,500 men on horseback ,
and therefore , instead of taking the two
hours' leave granted him to stay in town ,
departed in a fraction less than sixty min
utes. Gen. Harnoy was sent with 1,500
dragoons , and Gen. Frost with 1COO "mi
litia , to protect Missouri and arrest Jon-
nison , but ho was never arrested.
At another time ho rode into Fort
Scott on a double quick with forty-live
mon , captured the town , defended by
two hundred troops , released a friend
hold in durance vile and leisurely rode
out of tho'place. His battles , always
victorious , were won by his alacrity and
rapidity of movement. Ho was recom
mended for the appointment of briga
dier general by General Hunter , by Geir
oral Charles Robinson and a host of
other leaders in the military and civil
service. Except for his lack of confid
ence in General Denver , which induced
his resignation , the mind grows dizzy at
the more conjecture of the height to
which ho might have risen had ho re
mained in the military service.
As a politician ho was a wonderful suc
cess , having served two terms in the leg
islature and once in the senate , twice
mnyor of the city of Loavonworth , and as
a public caterer ho had few equals. As a
stockgrovrorlio was a success. Ho gave
quite as much to churches as any mun in
the city. Ho could not bo recommended ,
liowover , as strictly orthodox. Ho was
ardent but not steady in his devotions.
Still , in active business the little Jaw-
hawker had grown corpulent and
flabby. Once cordially hated by
ti7ery Missourlan , there is proba
bly uovr not pno ban toward whom
ho chef jfthes an ill will. Born of honest
Baptist parents , good , conscientious , '
Christian people , having a wife accom
plished and cultured , a daughter of a
graduate of the Leavenworth conserva
tory of music , and now the wife of a load
ing business man on the Pacific slope , J.
N. Patton , secretary of the Pacific Mutu
al Lifo Insurance company , tracing life
lineage back for sixteen generations , born
to a n'tful fnto and fortune , no history of
the early days of K-msas will ever bo
written that does not contain many pages
rccitincj the exploits of Col , C. 11. Jen-
nison , the bold trooper of the bordor.
In parts of MiesoUrl to this day the
rmmo of Jennisoii , the jayhawker , is hold
in vovy much the same esteem as that of
the James Brothers in Kansas. But hero
Jonnhon way still a prominent citizen ,
nnd nt ono time his fame filled all the
land , and no noldior reached a higher
fame for splendid military dash and ge
nius than Col. 0. R. Jonnison , and none
hold so high a place in the popular confi
dence and esteem. At the perilous horir
of the Lawrence reid , all eyes turned in
stinctively to Jennison and the governor
of the state. lion. Thomas Cixmoy , the
old war governor , issued the following :
LKAVENWIVUTH , August 21,18(5:5. ( : Col.
0. II. JonuinRb Sir : The nbto i f Kan-
ens is invaded. To meet the invasion
yon nro hereby authorized in ralso all the
dfeutivo men you can. I call upon all
loyal Kansans to Aid you. Kansas must
bo protected at all hazards. The poplo
of Loavonworth nnd of every county in
tlio fltnto will rally to avenge the lawless
and to punish the rebel invaders .of thu
stato. Your obedient servant ,
TUOMAS OAIWKY , Governor ,
{ fllvansas City Jpnrnnl , Juno 24th : Col.
Charles 11. JoiinifKm died at Loavonworth
on Saturday. Had this event occurred
twenty years ngo it would have caused n
scntiation throughout the Union. Flo
had then a national reputation. Ho
came to Kansas from Wisconsin about
1805 or 1850. and at once becatno promi
nent on the free state side of the strug
gle then convulsing the now territory ,
When the call to arms came in 18G1 ho
was ono of thejCrst to respond Ho bo *
came lieutenant colonel of the Seventh
cavalry , and soon made himself H terror
to rebels and their abettors on tlio bor [
ders. Musourinns had rnided Kansas
and Jonnison boliovcd in retaliation.
Iio was the chief of the Kansis Jay
hawkers , nnd his nnmo has caused fear
and trembling in Platte , Clay and Jackson -
son countiuj of this state , lie believed
iu the abolition of slavery and never
swerved from that principle. After the
war closed Col. Jonnison served two
years in the legislature. Ho had faults
but his generosity was unbounded. All
old Kanaans will regret to hoar of his >
death ,
A CARD. To all who are niflcrinf from wren
and ludlscietloin ofjouth , nervoui wtmUnu * , early ,
dottty , low of inanh'H * ) . eta. I will Mind a rccluo Uut
ftill cure you , KllKB OP CHAUGK. Thli great rem
edy v > ai olecoierud by a ulrtioncry In South Ameri
ca ho'ld fill' ' addrcjwd imvtltfjn to llur Jodiiru T ,
L , bu.Uou Is. * it * * Vvfiu U ) c sa t c.U :
COMBIODOKE OAKHI8OX.
Tlio Itcmnrknblo Curccr of tlio Octo
Konnrlan Financier How Iio
Brought Jay Gould to Terms.
New York Timoc.
Commodore 0. K. Garrison's carco
has boon a remarkable ono. From pov
orly ho arose slop by stop to n position o
wealth and power ncldom achieved oven
by great capitalists. Ho was born non
what is now known iw Garrison's , on the
Hudson river , about 1800. Some of hi
biographers have erroneously put tin
date of his birth nt n htor period. Hi
father , Oliver Garrison , was at ono time
quito wealthy , but ho lost his entire for
tune when Cornelius was only a child
Young Garrisonwas an onorgotio lad , nnd
wont to work at odd jobs on the river
boats at the ago of 13 yonrs. _ At the ngi
of 1C ho came to this city , at the desire
of his mother , and studied architecture
for throe years. Ho then wont to Canada
and spent five years in the active business
of a builder of houses and stoambonti. II
was during this period that ho married
lady from Buffalo.
Mr. Garrison went from Canada to St.
Louis , where ho became largely inter
ested in matters connected with the nav
igation of the Mississippi rivor. Ho was
captain of a steamboat on that river , and
hence his title of commodore. It is said
that ho was for a while engaged in' mercantile
cantilo business in St. Louis. When
gold was discovered in California Mr.
Garrison wont to Panama nnd established
a banking house which wan very success
ful. Subsequently ho accepted the
agency of the Nicartigua Steamship line ,
in San Francisco. His extraordinary
business achievements on the Pacific
slope from 1853 to I860 form part of the
history of San Francinco itself. As
agent of the steamship company
ho received a salary of about $00,000 a
year , and ho got about § 20,000 additional
as the representative of various insurance
companies. Ho put a great amount of
energy and executive ability into his
work and effected n. complete reorganiza
tion of the steamship company. Ho ac
quired public popularity , and waa elected
mayor of San Francisco within six months
nftsr his wrival { hero , His administrn1
tion waa ono of vigorous nnd effective re
form. Meanwhile he started the movo' '
monHhat led to the organization of the
Pccific Mail Steamship company , and
urged the exploration of a route for the
Pacific railroad. His benevolence and
public spirit at that'timo nro said to have
boon great. To his encouragement am
aid ouch mon as Ralston , D. 0. Mills ,
and other capitalists owe much of their
success.
Upon his return to Now York in 18GO ,
Commodore Garrison embarked iu n num
ber of extensive enterprises , all of whlcl
were financially successful. His fortune
was then reputed to be several millions ol
dollars. During the war of the rebellion
Mr. Garrison fitted out , principally by
his own exertions , what was known as
"Butler's ' island "
Ship expedition.
Among the great enterprises with
which Mr. Garrison has boon promi
nently identified is the ono now knowr
as the Missouri Pacific railway. Ho had
invested quito largely in the securities ol
the road , which was originally known a :
the Pacific Railroad of Missouri , and
was the principal owner of the third
mortgage bonds. After the panic ol
1873 the company became embarrassed ,
and in 1870 was sold under foreclosure
of mortgage scoured by the bonds hold
by the commodore.
The road was reorganized , with the
commodore ns president , and out of this
reorganization has grown the Marie-Gar
risen suit. Peter Marie claims , that ho
would have prevented the foreclosure ,
and consented to waive his objections on
the promise of a bonus of 30,000 shares
of stock in the new company , which were
never delivered to him. This suit , it is
said by the commodore's friends , has
been the occasion of incalculable worry
and anxiety to him , which has been
greatly intensified by the decision of the
supreme court of the United States in n
suit brought by the Pacific railroad of
Missouri to sot aside the decree of fore
closure in 1870.
When the old road was sold it was
bought by n nyndicato which included
Commodore Garrison nnd Russel
Upon the reorganization , i\ \9 gy ,
sold ncontrollug interest to Joy Gould ,
with , it is sald ( 'c'no personal gunrftUteo ol
the comtCodoro to the validity of the
title. The stockholder of tlw old road
tialmod that the foreclosure proceedings
were fraudulent and tfco retfout decision
allowp thu suit to bn bled on its merits.
This transaction "with Jay Gould wns
characteristic o * cho bluff old commodore.
When Mr. GiV.ld found that it wan alwo
lutoly wwSljary for him to tecuro the
MissoujgSaftfic to complete his south-
iTosterpl * in , ho approached Mr. Garrison -
risen ' of ltd him how much hu woult
take AJ interest. Mr. Garrison
iHiuKyJBgf ETwhich Mr. Gonld said was
too f ir. Garrison refused to come
lo < ivw.ri andMr. . Gould wont away
" ? ho next day , however , Mr.
i on the commodore nud sail
j baiiconcludtd to take the property.
' , 'JBut I won't neil It at the price
named yesterday , " said Garrison.
"AYhy not ? " said Mr. Gould.
Becauio it is worth $500,000 moro to-
' < ! Pooh , pooh ! " said Mr. Gould , end
again wont awity. The next day he ro-
tubiod.nnd eaid that ho would pay the
increased price.
' Well , the property is worth $500,000
tnoroday than it was yesterday , " said
Garrison.
"I won't pay it , " said Mr. Gould , an
ijrily.
"All right , " wns the reply ; 'The
priu'u will udvanco $500,000 a day while
you are making up your mind. " Mr.
Gould bought the road then nnd thero.
Among the other enterprises in which
Commodore Garrison bocaino heavily in
volved was the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad , which was started to ntford an
outlet from the coal-fields of western Vir
ginia and northeastern Ohio to the north
west. * According to the statement of his ]
counsel ho ha.s locked up in this enterprise
<
prise very nearly $3,000,000 , which , as
the road is earning little or nothing , is
ontlrely unproductive ,
Mr. Garrison has for yooraboon largely
Idontiged with the manufacture of gag in
the principal cities of the United States.
Ie was tlio founder of the People's GasLight -
Light company of Chlcsgo , which for a
long time was unprofitable and which fig-
ired in the courts for several years.
Many of'tho bonds which were icsuud
relieve its embarrassment were cold in
Kuropo and received no interest for n
long time. It we * navod from wreck
inly by the personal efforts rf the
jonnnodore. who paid the coupons
pens after a long period of liti
gation nnd carried It along until the
iowth of the city enabled it to become
lolf-'sustalning. Ho was also the prime
never in the Equitable Gau company i f
Baltimore , which has been attended with
he curse of litigation which has marked
ill his ventures for the past fcw ° * years.
their is now a suit pending against him-
cI ! nnd the cs > p2ry , brcujjht liy Henry
Y. Attrell , of No. 35 Broadway , to fd-
coyer 8160,000 , though it la claimed that
a decision against him will involve the
pnymtnt of a much greater sum.
The old commodore1 * real estate in this
city is estimated to bo worth § 5,000,000.
IIo hna boon supposed to bo the owner
of several millions of dollars worth of gas
stocks , but some of it is tied up in litiga
tion , and most of thn remainder has boon
put up as collateral for loans obtained nfc
the banks.
Mr. Garrison became a widower many
years nqo and was married a second time- -
in 1878) his second wife being Miss Han-
dall , of St. Louis. JBy his lirst wife hcf
had seven children , but the only oiio now-
living is Mrs. 13. U. Van Aukou , of this
city. Melville 0. Day , the commodore's1
confidential legal advisor , married ono of
his daughters , who died spmo years ago.
Tiio old gentleman has lived in comfor
table style of late years in a handsome
house in Park iwonuo. In the same block
nro the residences of John 0. Eno and
llufus Hatch. The commodore's sum *
mor residence at Elboron , Long Branch ,
is a very handsome ono and wcs built at
n cost of about S150.000.
PRINCIPAL LTO
rnow
CHICAGO , PEORIA &
nv WAY or
OHAHA AND LINCOTJt
011 ' .
KANSAS CITY A j-ATOHlBOK to DENVER ,
CoiinrotiliR V.i Union Depots nt Kansas City ,
Oinalm n < i Dunvertvltli through truins lor
And nil polnta In the Gicat West.
Connecting in Gmnd Union Depot , t Chicago
\\itlitlirouglitnilnslof ,
2TEW YORK , ajf
'And nil KtUtoru'Cltlfcs :
At rcorl x with through trains lor Imllannrf-
oils , Uiiiciuu.itl , Columbus , nnil nil points in
tliu south. Dtst. At St. J.ouls witli through
trains lor nil points South.
KlPHiuit Day Coiehes , I'm lor Curs , -with HP-
riming Ch lira ( -scuts lice ) , Smoking Cars \ \ 1th
Revolving Chairs , I'lilliiiiin 1'ul.ico Sleeping
Cara anil tlio Minolta c. 11. &Q. Dining Curs
run Unily tonnil from Chicjigo nntl Knns w City.
Chicago and Council Jllulls : Chicago and l > ii. >
Molnuj , Chicago , St , Joseph , Atulilson und
TorcU.i ivltliont clmiiKi * . Only tluoiiRh line
nnniliKT thoicmn trains between ChieaKo ,
Lincoln unil Denver , ami Chicago , Knnsna
City and Ucnvpr. Through cai-s between
Inaiaiinpolls nntl Council llinir , via 1'coiiu.
GOING A'CIIITII AND SOUTH.
Solid Trains < > t lllosimt Day Couches nnd.
Pullman I'nlacoSleeping Cms uio run dally to
und ftom fat. Louis ; vin Hannibal ; Ouliicy ,
Kcokuk , llurlliiBton , Cedar linnlds nntl Albeit
LcatoSt. 1'tiul und Minneapolis ; L'mlorCnra
with Ilccllnlnir Clmird to mid fioin St. LouliJ
nnd 1'coria. Only ono chaiiRO of curs between
St. Louis nnil DCS Jloluci ? , JQ > TH , Lincoln , SQ ,
brosltn , nnd Denver. Colomilo. '
It is utsu the only Through Line hetwecn
ST. LOUIS , HIKHSAEOLI3 and ST. PAUL
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'Through Tickets vin this line far sale atoii
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