THE OM/VHA DAILY BEE , F1UDAY DECEMBER jtf , IHS" .
A POLITICAL CANARD EXPOSE !
The Story Oontoraing Marshal Onirniiingj
Alleged ttribe-taking Proven Fnlpe ,
MORRIS SULLIVAN'S SPLEEN
Clear nnil Cottvlnolng Tcstlniony-
ilcntli HroiiKli * Hiiok Iiovi'Jojr
I'tRudH Oiillly I.rfiloii ol'
of Honor , Utu.
A I.If T-Xloilf-il. |
Marhal Cummings win met yc tenln ;
by u reporter for the Hii : : mid < | ties
tloned about the iruth of the .story pub
lulled In a inormnx contemporary to tlu
cfFuot tlmt ho hail received money for tin
rcleaso of Travis in December last.
"Tho wliuloi-tory , " hu replied einpliali
cally , "in n lie from beginning to < > nd
It has been concocted l.y ) that man bull !
van , who is mul : at me hccniiMi 1 dcpo. ei
liim from the. position of captain. It i :
utterly ubumnably fulpi-.w'.lhotittt particle
of foundation to it. I'll tell you just hou
the \vholn tiling liapponed. This 111:11 :
Travis came over here from ( Joiuici !
Illiifl'i whcru liu had tried to M-euri ) if. , ' . '
on a forged elieek. Marshal .Skinner , ol
( ' ( uilcll HluftH. eaini' over henon the daj
that Travis did , and together we wort :
looking for him. I was standing near
the corner of Twelfth and pouglas
Htreeln talking with OlVieer Hull'ireen ,
when 1 saw a man stubbing liiin-rl !
n few feet away. I at oiii-ii
rn.shed to the spot , and ordered
him under arrest. Just at that time Mar
shal Slcmncr 0:11110 : up and Haul 'Why ,
that's Travis , the man I'm looking for ! '
Tito fellow was taken np to jail , ami a
doetor was called in to dress Ins wound.
Skinner , however , went away without
tiling u eomplaint nganwl Travis , The
ne.Ntdiiy no ono appeared from the Illnll'H
to lile the complaint , and I telephoned
over for Skmnor to appear ngum t thu
man , but he did not come. 1 couldn't
pro.socutc the man. He had not. violated
any of the laww of the- city or state , and
what could I do ? 1 had a talk with Judge
lUiiieke about thu matter , and he told mete
to relotiPH the man if the authorities of
Council llliill'H did not eomo for him in
four day.-i. Several timed I telephoned
over to Skinner , and as he did not
show up 1 told Gen. O'llnen
that ho could take Travis to the hospital ,
: w lie was badly in need ot care , and. act
ing , mind yon , strictly in accordance
witli .Judge JJencke's order * " . In.stend of
taking him to the hospital , O'Urion sent
him out of town. 1 could not have acted
ditierently from what 1 did , even if 1 had
wanted to. ] had held him longer than
Hie law provided , and , of course , I could
not take the responsibility of prosecuting
him for a crime committed in Conned
Hlulls. Why , the whole story is so ridie-
ulous that 1 don "I see how even such a
man as Sullivan could have sprung it.
Why would they want to oiler mo money
for Travis' release when the .judge had al
ready ordered me to _ let him go if the
Council ItliiH'u authorities did not appear
to tile tlin complaint against the man ? "
"Did Uen. O'Bnenever conutoyouand
hint that , if you would release his client ,
you woujd bo well paid for the trouble/ '
"No , sir , never , lie never hinted Midi a
thing to me in any way , shape or form.
I'll tell you. The whole story lias been
concocted , as 1 said before by that man
Sullivan. HC'H angry at mo because 1
deposed him from the position of captain.
Yesterday morning we had a few hot
hasty words , about his going on a night
beat. Ho has been on the Douglas street
day bcutBineo Connie ! ; \v.is mad , captain ,
and as wo were two men short , I made up
my mind to change him to night duty ,
lie came to me ycntcrday morning and
usked mo about my intentions witli re
gard to him. 'I intend to put von on
night duty , Morns , ' I replied. 'Well1 he
said , jl have never boon on a reguhir beat
yet. since J have been connected with the
police force , and 1 don't want to go on
ono aow , ' 1 repeated my former state
ment , anil he tlien said , "Marshal , 1 can
mnko trouble for you. I'm going to turn
the talk on you , see if 1 don't. ' " And this
is the story lie has patched up.
"Suspend him * Nothing of the kind. I
shall demand an investigation , and give
Morris Sullivan a chance to prove what
he says. Then hu or I will got in trouble
anil I'm not very anxious on my own
account , either. "
OKN. O'ltlllKN'S STATEMENT.
Gen. O'Urien ' expressed himself very
pointedly on the subject of the allcgeil
bribery. "I never gave Marshal Cummings -
mings a single cent for the release of
Travis , and that article in the Herald of
this morning is a tissue of falsehoods.
Furthermore , I am not in the business of
going about and dropping money in
gloves. Travis was released because
Judge l ! < : nke ) ordered the marshal to
free him. "
WHAT JUnClK W.Nr.KK HAYS.
Judge Hcnoko when asked about the
Travis case remembered the circumstance
quite wejl. ' 'If 1 am not mistaken. " ho
said , "Travis was held here four or live
lays. and none of the Council Ulntl's au
thorities appeared against him. Marshal
Cnmmings came to mo and asked mo
whut ho should do with the man. Ho
told me Unit he had telegraphed over to
the Hlulls but the police authorities there
had neglected to como over and appear
against Travis. 1 then told him that i
they didn't come over and attend to th1-
prosecution , he could release the prison
cr. In the afternoon of that day. if I ro-
luemlxjr rightly , Marshal Cummings released - -
leased the man. .No , 1 do not think that
thu marshal could be Induced to take a
bribe. 1 have known him for a long time
and he has always appeared to bo an hon
est , reliable man , "
r.x CAIT. .KIJIJ.IVAN WON'T TALK.
When approached this morning with
regard to the truth of the statement ho is
alleged to have made , ox.Capt. Sullivan
refused to talk.
" 1 have nothing to say now about this
matter , " hi ) replied to the reporter's
leading Interrogation , " 1 shall prove any
statements I may have made when the
proper time comes. Until then I prefer
to say nothing. No , I have not seen thn
morning paper , and don't know whether
J was reported correctly or not. The
truth is , tliero has been too much said in
the papers about Marshal Cnmmmgsand
myself , and I am getting sick of it. Let an
investigation take place , and I will prove
anything Inmy have said. The police
court and ijail records will show up the
details of the case. "
" ' show whether
"Hut iliose records won't
ovnot Marshal Cnmmings actually took
forTravis'refeaso6uggested
any money ,
the reporter , hoping to draw out the e.v
captain.
But Mr. Sullivan refused to talk anv
furihry , ' except to reiterate that ho wonlil
talk when tlui proper time camo.
It will be seen fiom the expressions
contained in thn above niiraaraiih.s \ \ \ \ \ ,
those who Vveiu most intlinrucly acquaint
ed with the cimnnMnnccs of the 'A'r * - , . .0
cnso BCOHI.H ridiculousVjdo ! the idea
" 'Jit ' Miuvlml Cillnmmgs received a single
cent for tlm felca u ol thn man. To mini
up the testimony in a few words , Travis
wiw placed in jail at the request of Mar-
filial Skinner , of Council HlulVs , for a
crime alleged to have been committed in
that city , ami as no one appeared to pre
fer charges against him ho was released ,
in accordance with the instructions of
Jndgo Henoko. after being held in custody
ti proper length of timo.
Hot Word * .
At rojl-callhistevcuiiuf Slarslml Cum-
mingH ami tliy ex-captain liiul in the
police couVl Vopm ,
"Sullivan , " began the marshal , in
Briuly Impressive tones , " 1 thiuk it was
mighty menu of you to start that damna
ble story on me , which you know U false
after all I have done for you. You arc .1
low-lived . "
"Vo'iYp ' finolhor , " fetorlM Sulliviin
gmnl. } . "A id more , yoti'ieud Ihti
if you say that I've over said anything
about you or any olhcr man that is no
tine. "
"Vnu have acted like a snake , " con
tinued MarilmirnmmlngR , hardly notice' '
ing Sullivan's rejoinder. "LaM nlghl
you shook hands as you parted with me ,
and said. 'Marshal , I am glad to see you
getting along so finely ; you're got lhm \ -
lice force in good shape , and 1 hone you'll
have no more trouble , ' nnd at that \er.y
moment you had hud your plans to start
this miserable lying story on me. "
"That's all right , " retorted Sullivan ,
"I can prove wh.it I say. "
'You can never prove it and you know
it , " was thu marshal'- * reply , delivered
with warm emphasis. "Ion miserable
imp , you're rotten to the core yourself ,
why , all the time 1 was doing so much
for you you were working ug.iitHt mo
and trying to do me up. 1 can lell you
ofiiH ( ) cili/.ens who have come to me nnd
Haul , 'You ought to drop that mm Sulli
van , he's scheming against you. ' I did
not believe it at tlio time , but I see it all
now. You talk about your disciplining
the police force. Why , if I had followed
jour advice and done us you wanted mete
to do , there wouldn't have been u good
man on the force lo duy. All the
reliable men would have been
bounced to suit y-.Mir will. There's
a man there ( pointing to Ollicer
Donovan ) whom you wauled me lo dis
charge , because , you said , he was in I he
habit of getting drunk. 1 looked the
matter up and found hu was a faithful ,
ellicient ollicer. and 1 didn't , discharge
him That' * the wny you acted about
every policeman nguln&t whom you have
a grudge. And I want to say that I am
now going to make you prove every word
you have said agaiint me. "
"All right , " replied Sullivan , if you
can make it hot for me , go ahead and do
it. "
Marshal dimming * announced hist
( ivening that ho would suspend Captain
Sullivan from the force tliif ) morning.
Helaled that his reasons for HO doing
were that he could thus prefer charges
against Sullivan , and the city council
uould then bo bound to investigate them.
Ho J/otiiKl Itcr.
Jim King , a colored detective from
Kansas City , came to Omaha several
days ago in search of his runaway wife ,
whom he believed to have entered upon
a life of shame in this city. Ho carried
letters of Introduction from well known
people in Kansas City to the police here ,
and made apnlication for assistance in
his search. King linally found the mis
sing woman last evening workin < j in a
Douglas street restaurant , which , the po
lice say , is only used as a blind to cover
the real nature of the business transacted ,
that of a house of prostitution. What
transpired between the two is unknown ,
but liiler Mrs. King entered a complaint
against her husband for threatening to
fclioot her , and he was placed under ar
rest.
AIIOKO.il Ilreucli oPContract.
The trouble about thu Buckingham theater -
ater properly is not yet ended , it seems.
Some few days ago Mr. A. I ) . Jones , the
owner of these lots on the southeast corner -
nor of Twelfth and Dodge streois , made
arrangements through his agent , Edwin
Davis , to sell the property to T. Brown
and John Merrill for tlio sum of $15,000.
The negotiations had progressed so far
that the intending purchasers had tne
money ready for the first payment , xvheii
Mr. Jones concluded not to sell. The ne
gotiations wcro then broken off
Messrs. Brown and Merritt determined
to KUO Mr. Jon us for breach of contract ,
hut have concluded not to do so. Mr.
Davis , however , says lie will sue Mr. Jones
for tlio commission ho would have re
ceived upon the transfer of the property ,
which sum amounts to if 100.
Concluded to Ilec.
15en Hart , who gave himself up in
Pliiltsmoulh while drunk and besought
his friends to secure his imprisonment as
a deserter from the regular army , so that
ho could keep away from liquor , appears
to have resolved upon tlio reconsidera
tion of llio subject when ho became fully
sober. Tuesday ho was taken out and
put to work by the oity ollieers sawing
wood for the council chamber. Ho wan
provided with a saw for the purpose , and
when night appeared Ben and the saw
were both gone. There J'H no ono in
I'laltsmoiith who cares to pursue himand ,
Iho case will be dropped.
Prisoners Arraigned.
U. L. 1'owell , the Florcncp shoolist , was
brought inlo court yesterday and
pleaded not guilty to the charge of mur
der in the iirst degree. Ho was taken
back to jail.
Carroll , who shot Tom McClainey and
narrowly missed killing him , plead
not guilty and was released on ! ? 1,600
bail.
Broke HiH Arm.
A. G. Absher , a carpenter , living at the
corner of South Twentieth and Vinton
streets , while going homo Wednes
day night , slipped on Ilia ley
walk of Sovcnloenth street near the
nail works and in falling broke
and dislocated his right arm. Dr. Pea
l-oily was called in attendance.
Tlio Abortion Case.
Yesterday the girl Lillie Ilnycs , who
is tlio victim of tlio abortion case already
alluded to in these columns , was reported
still dangerously ill and not liable to re
cover. _
CAMjIOl ) HACK.
Ilcalh , tlio Kearney I'ostal Kwbe/.y.ler ,
Ui-ouzlit In Vetjtcrdtiy.
Erwln H , Heath , lulu assistant
postmaster at Kearney , arrived yesterday
morning in custody of Deputy
United Slates Marshal Dunovnn , of
Arizona. The twain breakfasted al
the Millard , and then walked to the
county jail where Heath was incar
cerated. A reporter called upon him at
the jail , and Heath , without the least
hesitancy , told his story.
"Yes , the charge against mo is that of
embezzling registered letters lettcra in
the Kearney postolllco , but there is not
the least foundat'on ' of truth in it. I
suppose that suspicion against mo grow
out of the fact mat I drank , .spent my
money tV. : ° Iy nnd had a good time gen
erally. Now , t-iihow you thai when J
left Kearney I was UO uigltlVS ;
u fear of tlw law , ' -"ill
pjckjou n. . . -y cmrf. , , , . n was 011 tli' .
wi.i nay of August last mit-ii i rim-tcH. i' '
wont first to Plum Creek and there took
the train for Omaha , reaching here the
evening of the Dili. I staid here two days
and then went to Kansas City whero' 1
spent iwo weeks. From there I went to
Albuquerque , N. M. , where I fooled away
wo weeks more , untill I got a job from
an Arizona ranchman and went with ' m
over into iho San Francisco mr-
where 1 have been cow pu1
since. Abou three wee1 - -
< " 'TV ' & " 1 li > clt'
tVT ? ' * ra *
T he , ,
me >
c" uul
S , ' ' , ? 'n ' ' " > ll fclluw (
; , ; -"out hi-v store for several days.
* > ' " ' > ) > qvc ; , | | m , , ji jr0iihig | I wear
with my full lmnm engraved on the in-
? l" , ° i the band. The fellow
loiiketl surpri * > d and told mo that the
UiiUu',1 States , authorities wanted a man
of my name. . ' Up to that time i hud uovur
Btispoctod that there wa.s anything dnrl
on my record. 1 told my friend to se <
Iho United State. " nmr.ihal and find on
what 1 was wanted for. This ho did nm
when ho came back and told mo I wen
amlpiyp njy.clf up imna'dia ' { lv. I ua- -
pub in jail then for about two weeks unti
the deputy started for Omaha with me. '
licntli'd peculations run up Into tin
tliriiis.itids and It is charged , wcro farrier
on for n long lime until ho stole n Icttei
containing ? . > 00 when the postmaster wa. <
sued for the recovery of the amount am
in turn accused his assistant of il.stheft.
Heath was arraigned before Judg <
Diincly at 1 1 o'clock in the morning am
pleaded not guilt , after which ho was TO'
turned to jail.
IIOVKJOY rnRAis ouir/rv.
The KmbczzlliiKJtnonlvor Owns t'p on
Ono Count.
The United Stales district court conv
menced yesterday morning the trial ol
Howard S. Lovejoy , the embc.-/.liug re
ceiver of public moneys atXiobrara. lie
entered a plea of not guilty and Messrs.
Cowin and Hull were to defend him. After
tin- jury had been drawn , and the takingof
testimony was about to be begun , Love-
joy suddenly o hanged his mind and en
tered a pica of guilty to "embezzling and
not depositing.1 Thereupon the other
count of the indictment was dismissed ,
and the prisoner remanded to jail for
sentence.
This CIIHC is ono with which the Ne
braska public was thoroughly acquainted
during the 181 fall .session of the United
States court , when Lovcjov's ollicial
bondsmen were held for 1:2.000 : , the
amount of his defalcations. Lovejoy
was appointed receiver of the. land ollico
nt Niobraru in 1881 by President Hayes.
butjor some reason no ww not installed
until the spring of the follow
ing .Year , hovejoy , who had
been a dissipated man rapidly went to the
bad when he entered Irs ollico. The funds
In his trust were too much for him , and
it is said that ho was frequently seen roll
ing about the streets of the town , drunk ,
and \\ith tens of thousands of dollars on
his person. At last n list Irs came to a crisis
and ho was compelled to fly in fear of the
consequences of his purloined funds. This
was along in the early summer of ' 81 ! , and
for manv months nothing was heard from
him. Meanwhile the government sued
his securities and rccoved its losses. Last
spring the discovery was made that Love-
joy had located in Chicago , and tliero ho
was captured in ; i free lunch saloon
whore with other whisky wrecks ho made
Ills headquarters. Ho was brought hero
and placed in the county jail , where ho
has since remained. His confinement lias
iM-oved of vast benefit to him. Kept from
liquor ho has largely conquered Ins pas
sion and has much improved in appear
ance.
He is an intelligent man and boin .c very
loc.lo ho has been given the keeping of
the jail books as some slight means of oc
cupation , and this ho has done meal satis
factorily.
VETI3HAN OFFICERS.
Formation ol'tlio Lotion of Honor anil
Insinuation < , r Olllcerw.
The establishment of a commandory of
[ ho Legion of Honor in this city made yes
terday ono of particularly pleasurable in-
[ 'rest to a largo number of gentlemen in
this city and many abroad.
The L'axlon hotel presented all day
a scene of lively activity. Tlio rotunda
was full of gentlemen and each ar
riving train from the cast and west
brought in fresh installments. Head
quarters were posted in room No. 1 on
liio parlor floor , and there Major Brown ,
the recorder , supervised the roll making
and constituted himself a most excellent
distributing point of information. Mean
while the following gentlemen on com
mittee of management and reception
were busy greeting ; arrivals : Gen. 0. II.
I'rederick , Lieut. E. S. Dudley. Gen. S.
Breck , Capt. C. E. Squires , Maj. II. Lud-
ington.
At o'clock in the afternoon the secret
session began in which the Omaha com-
tnandery was formed and brought into the
legion. General Arthur C. Ducat , of
Chicago officiated , as the representa
tive of General Hancock , the commander
in chief of the Legion , and the following
oiliecrs were installed :
Commander Col. James W. Savage.
Senior Vice-Commander Capt. W. J.
liroatch.
Junior Vico-Commander Bvt. Brig.
Gen , Amasa Cobb.
Recorder Major J. Morris Brown.
. Registrar Capt. Win. II. fjums.
Treasurer Lieut. William Wallace.
Chancellor Capt. V. K. Moores.
Council Lieut. E. S. Dudley , Capt. II.
U. Palmer , Capt. Church IIowo , Ensign
W H.Miclnel , Capt. G. M. Humphrey.
The following is the complete enroll
ment of the commandery :
Gen. O. O. Howard , Gen. Samuel
Urock , Major J. Morris Brown , Col. J.
I'ord Kent , Gen MeBride. Major
[ 'harlcs I. Wilson , Capt. AVilliam J.
Broatch , Gen. Dandy , Gen. Fred-
rick , Lieut. William Wallace , Col.
I. W. Savage , Capt. William H. Bowen ,
Capt. Joseph A. Sladen , Major Joseph II.
i'cabody , Col. R. II. Hall. Major Horace
Ludlngton , Lieut. William Cobnrn ,
Lieut. Charles II. Townsend. Cant. J. U.
Manchester , Lieut. John S. Caulliold ,
Lieut. William F. Bcehcl , Capt. Frank E.
Moorofl , Captain AVilliam II. 1 jams. Col.
J.M.Terrell , Liciit.-Cnniinanuer Henry
it. llumsey , Capt. Charles B. Squires ,
Lieut , Simeon J. Josselyn , Capt. John J.
3'Brien , Lieut. Dudley , Capt. Franco ,
len. Bates , Gen. Cobb , Lieut. Clark ,
Capt. Palmer , Major Dorsey , Lieut. Mer-
ritini , Capt. Humphrey , ten. Morrow ,
Japt. Exven , Capt. Church Howe , Major
) avis , Ensign Michael , Gen. Livingston ,
[ . 'apt. Tuttle , Gon. Montgomery , Major
[ "ranklin. Major Pierce , Liont. Harwood ,
Lieut. McClay , Lieut. Thomas , Liont.
lone. " , Major Hall. Lieut. Bell , Capt.
I'uray , Gen , Carlin. Dr. Wercer , ( Jen.
Hawkins , Lieut. Burrell. Capt Alice.
Tlio guests present from other coin-
mimicries wore ; Con. Arthur C. Ducal
UK ! Capt. Adams , Illinois ixunniandor.v ;
Col. Charles King , Wisconsin command-
sry ; Gen. S. P. Jonnison , Cant. A. Cas-
sell , Major ( ieorgo Q. White , Cant.
Charles S.Kotllefion and Capt. W. W.
iraden , Minnesotji commandery ; Gen ,
lowaru and Maier Kills. Missouri com-
mandery ; Lieut , h. St. John Grcblc , New
t'ork commandery.
It is understood that n banquet was
, jlv < m at the Paxton last evening.
Ilallroail Notcw and 1'crKonaln.
C. W. Norris , traveling passenger
igent of the Kankiikeo line is in tlio citj'
J. Van Dusun , northwestern passenger
igcnt for the Pan Handle at Chicago , is
n the clt3f.
General Freight Agent Miller , of the
J. < & M. , returned ycstcvany ironi
LJJifcagO ,
ArcWo Bradford , formerly a conductor
of the Union Pacilio , and now iu the em
ploy of tlio Northern Puciiia In n similar
capacity , is in the city , visiting friends.
T. C. Havens , recently Union Pacific
ngent nt Lost Creek , has boon transferred
Ui St. Paul , Minn.
The JJaty excursion party passed
through for San Francisco last night in
t\\'o emigrant sleepers.
A. M.I.edorlohas been appointed to
succeed Mr. Parkhurst , engineer on the
new Union Pacilio bridge , who was in
jured a few nights slneo while coasting
on Dodge street. Mr. Parklmrst's broksn
leg is fast mending and ho will bo abroad
in u Khort timo. .
Mr. Frederick F , CliNsolm , Union Pa
cilio mining engineer at Denver , arrived
in thu city Wednesday night. Mr. ClriSM lm
was on the Utah < fc Northern train wrecked
on the night of the lltfr , la which Mcfws
Klmbnll , Shelby , MorscSlebbins nn
Dickinson were exposed to danger. Th
special car containing-th oflicials was in
the rear of I he train and ill
not l .ttc the i.uls. Mr. Ch ; . , J :
WM in the regular sleeper , howevci
and went down With the wreck. His ca
turned top y turvy until it landed truok
up , but fortunately without Injury lo an ;
one. One man in thu dav coach who at
tempted to jump out oT n window fel
under the car and was instantly killed
Beyond n few cnU and brui'es recelvei
by several of the passemiors th.s was tin
only casualty that attended the wreck.
ItOY.Vr , AJKCH MASONS.
Their Anminl Meeting Conclndcd-
Olllcori ) Klcctcd.
The iiiinual convention of the Gram
Chapter of Nebraska Koynl Arch Masoii'
was in session all day yesterday in Ma
sonic hall , corner of sixteenth street ami
Cnpitol avenue. A large amount of busl
ness of n secret nature was transuctei :
during the morning , and in the afternoon
the annual election of officers was held ,
which resulted : is follows :
Grand High Priest John D. Moore ,
Grand Hand.
Deputy Grand Hljrh Priest I. T. Ben
jamin , Crete.
Grand King Enoch B Carter , Omaha.
Grand Scribe Lucius I ) . Kielumls , Fre
mont. .
Grand Treasurer John Dinsinoor ,
Sutton.
Grand Secretary Win. H. Bowen ,
Omaha.
Grand Chaplain P. II. Van Fleet ,
Hebron.
Grand Lecturer Edwin H. Itlclmrd-on ,
Cn-le.
Grand Captain of Ilo t Charles A.
Holmes. Teeumseli.
Grand Psineipal Sojonrncr Frank 11.
Young , Cu < ter.
Grand Hoyal Arch Captain Benjamin
F. Kuwait. Hastings.
Grand Master fhlrd Veil-Charles B.
Stillman , Columbia.
Grand Master Second Veil Koss Gam
ble , Kearney.
Grand Muster First Veil-Albert W.
Crites , Plattsmonth.
Grand Stewards Jacob L. Miller , Red
Cloud ; William Gereehe. Norfolk.
Grand Sentinel William J. Mount ,
Omaha.
Late in the aflernoon llic meeting ad
journed , lo meet next year at Omaha.
Nearly all the visiting members left last
evening for their homes.
KBMPLI-3 , TUB UUZZAKD.
The Pope , the Vleo-Prcsldcnt anil a
Deputy nil In Ono.
A hatchet-faced , lantern-jawed individ
ual , witli a little tuft of dyed hair nn his
lower lip , invaded the United
Stales marshal's ollieo yesterday.
" Leonard the Buzzard
1 am Kemplo ,
zard , " ho announced as he calmly strode
behind the railing where the marshal and
a crowd of deputies were talking. "I
am from Stewart , and if I ain't
the best deputy marshal and the slickest
detective in Nebraska , then levant to re
sign from living. " With this lie tossed
his grip sack into a corner , thrust both
hands in his pockets , spread his legs wide
apart and glanced loftily about the apart
ment. "More than that , I am the new
popu and my headquarters are at Wash
ington. 1 jii'-tgot my commission , " and
lie produced n Western Union blank- upon
which some one had written in load pencil.
"Mr. Buzzard. ( Jo to Washington and
act pope. Signed , Leo. "
"And that's what 1 am doing ns fast , as
T can. 1 know I shall bo pope or Jill
Hondricks' vacancy. Now this concern
hero owes me two years' salary
as deputy marshal and I want
the money pretty suddenly. " After
Iho man made this declaration
ho grew annoying and replied to each de
nial that the government owed him any
thing by storming about the room jo.st-
ling everyone and insisting upon having
liis claim. At la > t one of the deputies
gave him a slip of paper upon which was
written , "Pay bearer what the govern
ment owes him. " He was instructed to
take this note and make collection upon
it at every store in the city. This met Ida
fancy and taking the order and his bag-
giige hastened out. This may explain to
many merchants how they _ happened to
bo bothered by the visitations of a
crank who demanded moneys which were
his dues.
"Old Buzzard" came in on the Lincoln
train yesterday and raised such a dis
turbance that the train men threalcned
to eject him.
"I'd like to ECO you put Old Buzzard
off"yelled that individual. "Why , I'd
stop the old train and make you all walk ,
I'm United States marshaland the biggest
detective in the state. Stand back , slaves ,
and keep your train a humping lill you
get to Omaha. "
And so the train men desisted and the
"lynx-eyed detect've'1 remained onboard
until he reached his ( Instillation.
A Word to luc-I'nckcrN.
Editor of tiio BIE : : The Missouri is
again covered with its old-r.tylo winter
sheet , and Mr. Frost is doing his best to
wards making that crystallite garment asj
strong as possible. That the enterprising
ice men have already been seen lo venture
out thereon to stake out their claims , and
they are getting quite popular with the
laboring people just now , who are trying
to get solid for a job.
Nearly all of a certain class of laborers
are out of employment , now , and as work
has not been so very plenty this last year ,
most of them are without means to carry
them through the winter. This , of course ,
the ice men know well , and , us the ma
jority of them were not any more liberal
with wages last year than they were
forced to lie. it seems natural lo presume
Unit they will taho every advantage of
the poor laboring men's reduced circum-
BUinces this winter , and put the scale of
wages even lower than over. The consequence -
sequence will bo that none of the men ,
especially tiiqso with families , can po.ssi-
lily lay anything aside from their earn
ings , and thus when tlio harvest is over wo
will bo just as empty-handed us before It
started. Then what will wo live on the
rest of the winter ? On hope , 1 biipjjocu ,
for what V For he t lor times iioxt sum
mer , and that ice will bo cheep because it
was .stored up cheap. That kind of diet
111113 * look quite puhiUmble , but I for my
part would prefer something a little more
substantial. And look here , fellow labor-
isrh ! J think wo ought to have a httlo bit
to nay in this ice hufiuusx. i am sum it is
our own fault if we don't ; If wo all Mick
together and make the ien men under
stand that we will neb work for less than
fl.7.r per day , 1 cant co how
they will manngo to get out of
" " ' ' '
- ovun tTiey
iry uTstarvo us o'lit. I guess wo eW : stand
Iho siege ns long as they can , for they
know by experience that it IK niwaj's
handier to get Ice roun < J Rnmit Now Years
than later on in iiifl year. I suppose ainie
think that $1.73 per day is rather high
wages in winter. They would not think
so though if they just tried to puck ieo a
few days , working terrible hard and being
wet all over with sweat and blufeh all the
time ; 1 think Ihoy would call it just if
the ice consumer had to pay a cent or
two more for a hundred pounds of ice
and thu laborers got the bcnolit of it , thus
enabling them to earn a little morutjian
Just fwnn hand to mouth while the work
m going on. I hope that the majority of
tlio liberal-minded people will llnd no
fault with us , when wo try to got a rea-
foiiublo compeiibation for our hard ana
chilly work. . ,
1 should like to KCO somebody elw * say
oonceimpg this subj/et , ami
Attractions this week at the Misfit Clotlrn' ? Parlors , being the sale of 4
the first consignment this season which consists of the latest novelties ,
If you think of buying an
Pay us a visit at your convenience , and make your selections ; by so
doing you can secure first choice. You will find any cub that is made
for man , If you would be provided with an overcoat and your need
would prove a
STTXT
Don't fail to embrace this golden opportunity to save yourself from. 50 to
100 per cent , and secure the best fabrics , made in the latest styles for
the approaching season , yo'i will be greeted with the sight of more ele
gance in Overcoats. Suits and
Than ever was seen. Just pay a visit , invite your friends to accompany
you and satisfy yourselves that tin 3 is not published to gull you in , but
purely a business established for every man's benefit. This
Was made wite instructions TO BELL and give every purchaser an
eye opener for his friend who has not paid a visit. Let him see that to
wear best for less than can be furnish ed by any other establishment on
the continent for double the money , that his duty is to trade
AT THE ONLY MISFIT
1119 Farnam Street.
Open evenings until 9 o'clock.
an agreement made among nil the men
who intend to work on the ice not to go
to work for Icsstlnui the above mentioned
wages. As but few arc working these
days , no valuable time would bo thrown
away by us meeting at bomo place on the
river bank , to lake the matter under con
sideration , and como to a conclusion.
Yours very tnilv ,
AAOiu ICE PACKCU.
CO to 75 per cent loaned on improved
property. Sec advertisement of Mr.
Kennudy'H , of New York City , Oth page ,
1st column.
Thn Halt Emkn Situation.
One of the officers on Gen. Howard's
stall' received a letter yesterday from a mili
tary man stationed in Salt Lake City ,
which conveys information that while af
fairs in Salt Lake City are still quiet , there
is really a great suppressed excitement.
Thewriter says the Mormons are ready
to spring to arms at a moments notice ,
and are gathered together in a very short
time , by the peculiar system of signs
used by'their leaders , whenever there is
any excitement in the brco/.o. It is his
opinion that the crisis is not pas pd yet ,
and that the action of the authorities in
retaining tlio troops there was a wise
one. _
A K vjl Kstnto Muddle.
James E. KTley and II. J. Davenport
commenced suit in the district court Wed
nesday against Morse & Hrunncr , the real
estate men , to secure the payment of
$2C)00. According to the petition liled ,
a non-resident property owner placed a
certain city lotjin tlm hands of ( iiirloy &
Uoano , to bo sold by them at a given
price. He also placed the properly in the
hands of Morse & Urunner. J'hc plain-
tills allege that they bought this proportj"
of Gnrloy & Doane , and made the first
payment , thereon , the real estate Jinn in-
lorming tlio owner of the properly of the
sale by telegraph. Subsequently , Mor. = o
it Brunner announced that they had also
sold the properly to another purchaser ,
and for a larger price , and thus induced
tlio original owner to retract his contract
with the plalntlll'H. The hitter claim that
Moi > o & Brunner have never sold the
buid property , and that their action is
simply for the purpose of forcing the
plaintiffs to purchase the land of them ,
& Bnmner ) , and thus secure their
percentage. They , therefore , ask a ver
dict against tlio defendants for tlm value
of the property of which they were de
prived , $3,500. , _ _ _ _
A Correction.
BniTOU DAII.V Uiit : : The statement thai
employment had been found for 70 pirls
by the matron of tlio Buckingham Lunch
Hooms , and about us many inoro by the
matrons of the \V. C. T. U. 16th street
rooms , was omit te.d in the report of the
work done at the Buckingham , which ap
peared in lust evening's lii ; * : .
E5 23 X CA. . 3J .
DOCTOR McMENAMY
. op THE
Omaha Medics' bml Surgical
.
CUIUiEK 13ru ST. AM ) C.U'I'IOI , AVENCK.
T rjlT ALL -
Chronic and Surgical Dleonsoa.
or > 3 = ci .tt.x.'rrEe :
noforinltlci. , DIakfH of Wiiim-n , J'rlvHt i
lIlM-iiM-M , riles , L'utiirrli , ll "f li
J.unc , J.her. Kliln < > ) ' * "I"1' HKIn ,
Stonmrli , MTV * * , liyo wnU I'.ur.
Send for Hook npim ll di CUM * frtf. HOOIIIB and
Hoard tot I'ullvMt , Write for
PRIVATE CIRCULAR TO MEN ,
on I'liivATr. Hi'rruL nncl K .1 ° * J .IIrWllf , { ! * " } '
Ull | . O It-it ,
iuul WcskiK-BS. HiK'nintoirlwa , Hyj
blricturc , Varlcotrle. und all I Uedsenuf Iho Lrni- .
iry n 8 T.u l rpun.
jiowlencr. or | i r oually. Cotiiiaeiitlal.
to liidltuu-
itbyniall 'rfi | > t M wllbout murki
.P , l.ru. . ' . ' . . Tr M , .nd
r.ll llr : l cf Mfdlrul uud Musical Apji'lenci-f , uiau-
utf.cturi' l und for tuli ; , AiVUn- * all I lltr lo
OR , McMENAMY ,
Or OuU ilKDICAI. * M ) M'llUllAl. J.1JTITUT * ,
43tU St. , Cor C jil' ' Avtuuc. ulu L , l ,
THE ONtY DIRECT IMl'OIlTEKiJ OK
DIAMONDS , PEARLS ,
AKTO OTHSB PBEO1OUS
OMAHA.
An Inspection by counoisbcuvs or others coiitoniplntlng purchase * will convince tlmin
that they can save from 10 to 2.1 per cent , by making tlielr purchases direct from Importers
besides having by far the largest and finest stock In tlio West to select from.
Our direct Importations of I-KKNCH CLOCKS , IWON2K3 , MUSIC HOXK8 , OPKHA
GLASSES , Ktc. , ami ART GOODS from PARIS , VJKNNA , and other leading markets , ex
ceed the combined stocks of nil other Omaha jeweler * .
Our stock of WATCHES , JKWEMH , S1LVK1WAUK , Kte. , stamlti svltlioiil a vivid In
this city la point of elegance aud variety , and all at
ZPOIPTJJL.-AJK , S
ALL GOODS 3LMIKED IN PLAIN' J'IGUIIK.S. Be sine to consult your Inteiot
inspect ! lie out stock before purchasing.
An Early Infection Invited.
Mail and Telegraphic Orders Will Itecclvc Prompt Attention.
Cor. JLltli and Farnam Sts , , Omahaf Neb.
tiaralogn Chips.
SAUATOCA , Dee. 17. The third regular
meeting of the Saratoga Lilcrary and De
buting society was held in the school
house last evening. This society , in the
twentieth year of ils existence , has n
world-wide reputation , and its decisions
on important topics of Iho times arc anx
iously awaited by an expectant public.
After a short and somewhat enervating
literary programme was listened to , the
subject of governmental ownership and
control of railroads was debated in n fpir-
lied and scholarly manner. After duo
deliberation the judges decided that the
government should not own and control
the railroads of the United States.
The question for next Wednesday evening -
ning Is , Hcsolved , Tlmt the dead should
bo cremated. I would remark in cloning ,
that though the discussion will h warm ,
grave issues are involved. GIJMUO.
Tin ) Omiilm Fair.
SecrotaryVhe.oJor \ , of tlio Fair associa
tion , said to a reporter for the Hr.B yes
terday that u committed of prominent
citi/.cns had bcon appointed to inspect
tlio books and accounts of the association
and to recommend a time for holding the
fair next year. This committee will meet
next week , and their report will bo acted
upon at the annual sof.siin of the stock
holders and directors in January. " 1 m
of the opinion , " said Mr. Wheeler , "that
our fair next year will ho hold in connec
tion with tliosu of St. Joe , Kansas City
arid Marysville , on some bert of u circuit
arrangement , "
Tlio CnllioiiM Fair.
A fair and festival for the benefit of
St. John's church began at Calhoun ,
Washington county , Wednesday , and will
cloho Saturday night. To acconimodaUi
u largo number of Omaha people who
have purclmfcod liekets the iiKimigcrs of
the fair have arranged for an excursion to
run from Omaha to Calhmm Haturdaj
evening. The train will leave tlio Omaha
depot at 7aouiid ; ruturn iiboiti mulm/Jit
The TroulindoiirN.
The Troubadours closed Ilieir sn.ason
IHTO last night , in "Tom , Dick and
Harry. " The house was not large and
the performance nnt strikingly meri
torious. Mr. Salisbury is always clover ,
and tool , the load in fun making. Thi-
goddess of liberty diviw , cut prinoe.sso en
traine , with ICli/.abelhan ruche and a
wide slit up the skirt which e.\po > cs llm
lady's lower bones from Iho line ! up to
the hip joint , ought to bo niipprtitriud ,
The falsr imprisonment es.so of Mol
Ho ( iituoii against C' . W hdgorton fc\sw ;
continued yesterday until ihe fliUi ,
Absolutely Pure *
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