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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1886)
TffEOMAHA DAILY BEE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 0. 1883. ffiOCKADED BY THE BLIZZARD Bttsinesa Stagnated and Railway Traffic Stopped by the Polar Weather. TWENTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO. i , . _ , --Tlio Army nnil llio Western Union Comment * ) on llio InvcstlKatlon Oinalm Ilaso liiill News. Tlie Cold nnil Snow. "Twenty below , " gasped the first citi zen astir yesterday morning , as ho shook down the b.iseburncr , shiveringly kindled tlie kitchen lire and dashed back to bed , "whew , it's a scorcher. " "Twenty below , " moaned the widow , os the blast shrieked through tlie chinks of her hovel , and tore cruelly at the thin rags , which , on her rude pallet mocked the semblance of bed coverings , "God help mul" "Twenty below , " thundered the rail way ouicial , and he kicked over the ollieo cuspidor and scattered the stack of annu al passes which awaited his .signature , "how the devil can the trains get out of the drifts ! " ' "Twenty below , " chuckled tlie iceman , as ho donned his furs and went down to look at the river , "ah ! now is the winter of our discontent made " .md Shakes peare was lost in u Hood of chuckles. Twenty below ! So it wa , and when tlio wind lotind fair action , whew , it felt like a hundred below. Hurrying , .scurrying to their daily labors the citizens ran through the early morning , and as the hours of day work came on , the streets grew deserted and no one was .seen save nn occasional Itt.i. reporter and some in dividual impelled to e.\posme by this direst necessity. The few vehicles abroad wheeled with dismal creaking through the snow , Ihe diivers nmlllcd like mum mies and the horses coated with ice and frost. At long intervals sleigh bells would come jingling down the street , and the population would repair to tlio windows to bee "what blamed idiot was out.sleigh riding on Mich a day , " only to lind the milkman or tlie baker hustling his team with desperate energy for home. Such was the day in town. ON 'I Hi : 1'I.AINS. Can you imagine jourself , reader ( gen tle or boisteioii-i , as you may be ) , exposed to such weather on tlio shelterless plains ? Can you conceive the suner'nig , if not to human beings , as it is hoped it may not be. this terrible wind and cold and snow bring to tlie herds of live stock on such a day out doors on the ranges of Nebraska ? There are thousands of animals domesti cated to the uses of man and never in- dined to such exposure that will doubt less perish away from shelter. It is not more than probable that the thaw as ever in jears previous will icveal human vic tims of the storm's severity , liiit the question of greatest interest and of great commercial importance botli to the city and .state is how range stock will weather the bli//.ard. Conversations with cattle men about town reveal dilleringopinionsfrom equal experience. Some aie gravely anxious for the exposed cattle , while others ex press themselves as confident that no bcrious loss of stock will occur. "Cattle can stand llio worst of weather for forty-eight houn , " said one live slock owner , "and if they can get anj thing to cat they can live lor da.vs through the most intense cold. What troubles mo is that wo can get no reports from the western part ot the state w hero the range country lies. If the snow fall is no heavier than here , and Iho wind lias kept up there is no danger. You * ec that the wind which drifts the snow , clears patches of ground so Unit the cattle can lind feeding ground. Jf , on the other baud , the snow is very heavy in western Nebraska , j on can rely upon it that thu loss of stock will bo great. " "mi ; oi.nnsr INHABITANT. " Again the oldest inhabitant comes out to hold up to the present tlio lamp of his past experience and draw comment on tlie .situation. "This i.s the coldest day T ever experi enced in Omaha , and have been on the spot ever since settlement was under taken. 1 don't mean to say that the tem perature is lowest , for 1 have seen the mercury freeze in the bulb. Hut what i mean to convey is that I never sivv ; a day when the cold was so sensible. You see. the climate is changing hci and in thu eaily days when wo had polar waves that a thermometer could not register , the at- ino-iiluiro was rare and dry and the cold loll let's intense. Ot late years the cli mate is changing and rains have not only become moic. frequent but the air is con tinually giowing moist. Dani ) > atmos phere : . . * , * . . lends .i i to * t- the . . intensity ; . . . ! . . .I.1..1. of cold and all assisted hy tlie wind which carries animal heat Iroin the bo dy , such a day as this is hitter indeed. Yes , 1 repeat it , this is the coldest day i over saw in Oinalm. " nu : UAIMVAY m.oricADi : . llailway trallle is almost at n standstill. The outbound "overland" ot Thursday night stuck at ( lilmorc , nine miles we.st and was dragged back yesterday morning. The departure of 3 cstci day morning stuck in the same place and was hauled back. Meantime giant attempts aio being made to straighten out matters. A locomotive crowded with telegraph line repairer * was scut out from hero in the morning , another left Columbus ami two were sent each way from ( Iraml Island. The wires are being rapidly put in shape and communication along the road reestablished tablished , It is thought at Union 1'aeilie headquarters that thu worst of thu storm is this side of North Pintle. The duo trains of yesterday morning and evening - ing hnth'Camo in about ? o'clock hint night In the tow of a do/.un locomotives. Thu out bound "overland" > vent out determined ) o make the trial. The II , iV-M.is completely stuck and has not turned a wheel since Thursday. The wires are in a wrecked condition and few facts can be obtained. Of tlie eastern roads the "Q" is the only one which is operating in the least , The regular morning arrival came in only an hour late. Hut all the trains attempt ing to get in ami out of Council Dlnll's are stuck in the yards. Thu 1C. C. train duo hero yesterday morning anivcd in the alternoon. Nothing moving since. Thu Missouri Pacific is at a complete standstill since yesterday morning. The Chicago , St. I'aul , Minneapolis & Omaha is snowed under complete _ . The Noithwestern trains duo hero Thursday night and yesterday morning urn stuck near ( Hidden , 100 miles east of Council HluH's. There were no coaches to bu had yesterday morning to make ni > an out-bound train. The tiam wiiich left Thursday morning is stuck at Carroll , this side ot ( iUddcn u short distance. The ono that left Thurs day night , and being the only train ea.st was crowned with pi scngers , Is biiowcd under nt Dunlap , lifly-seveii miles cast. No movements in bight. The Sioux City train duo Thursday night reached Missouri Valley and btoppcd. No train was put on either way yesterday. The \Vaba \ > h outgoing of Thumhiy stuck in thu Council Ululls transfer jimis nnil was htuudiug theio all yesterday with n dead engine on each end. Lvery- thing else in tlie same shape. On the Milwaukee tlio train duo Thurs day night was dragtied in at 10 o'clock yesterday uioruinjj. No btait cast was made Thursday night and no movement lias since been attempted. Thursday's Uoek Island due is stuck ten miles out of Council lHulTs mid not another wheel is turliing. Freights everywhere aie abandoned and the telegraph lines east and west are in wretched shape. AT Till : SinXAl. OFFICE. At 7 o'clock yesterday morning the sig nal service thermometer showed that the temperature was 20J degrees below zero. At noon it registered IS degrees below- zero and at ! ) o'clock 11 degrees. The average rate of the wind was 29 miles an hour. In the west and northwest extreme cold weather prevails. At Bismarck yesterday morning the temperature ) was ! Jo degrees below zero , at Hit ford ill below , at St. Vincent , Minn.18 oelovv and at Yank- ton 20 below. From the western stales no reports were received , as the wires Mere down. curxKs OF icn Kriilroad trulllc is almost entirely sus pended. The wagon roads into the clly arc all blockaded. Dr. 1'itrkcr is sun'ering from a pair of severely frost-bitten cars. Superintendent Tierce of the poor farm had his ears fro/en jestcrday morning. Itusincss in the postolllce is very slow. There was no mail distributed yesterday. A man inspecting the river for an icn company yesterday morning had both hands fiw.cn. This mean temperature of the day was If1 below zero. The rate of the wind was about twent-eight miles an hour. The policemen , cab drivers and hack drivers suffered most from the blix./.ard. The-street car drivers wore also grumb ling slightly. A man named Hancock , driving a delivery - livery wagon for the Singer Sewing Ma chine company , had his lace and hands fro/cn jcslenlay morning. The police court business was very light yesterday morning , and if tlio iher- momeler falls much lower , the court room w ill probably be closed. The street car company has been mak ing heroic ell'orls to keep up operations but the odds against it have been too heavy to maintain schedule time. The river is once more checked and the st.irt for a good coat of ice is spread over Iho channel from shore to shore. Icemen watch the phenomenon with ab sorbed interest , ami cutting will begin as soon as the weather moderates sulhcient- y for men to stand the exposure. An old woman , about 00 years of ago , slipped and fell in frontof Caullield's book store on Farnani street yesterday morn ing , breaking her leg. The patrol wagon was summoned , the stretcher was ad justed , ami the unfortunate was taken to the St. Joseph hospital , where her injur ies were attended to by Dr. Ualph. She is suHering severely. "Say , friend , " timidly spoke a shiver ing individual to a business man rushing down town from his suburban residence yesterday morning. "Have no time for beggars this morning , " sharply retorted the latter as he swept onward. "J only wanted to tell you that jour nose is froze , " shouted the tram ] ) as the busy citizen fled on his way. The Western Union vyires shared ( lie dcniorali/.ation of the railroad telegraph ic service. No direct communication be tween Omaha could bo obtained and whatever of business transacted came and went by the way of St. Paul and Siouv City. Western communication is completely cut oil' and all matter lor the 1'acilie coast , usually repealed from Omaha , was sent through bt. Paul by the Northern P.ieiliu wires. C SAM'S TKhKGKAMS. Jfcw Orders from tlio Secretary of "War About Their Transmission. "We have received a queer order from the secretary of war relative to paying ' " said General for telegrams' , Adjutant lirccK to a reporter yesterday. "Here it is" said he , handinir it to the scribe. Tlio order reads a.s follows : "If the Western Union or any other independent companies build or mainl.un a telegraph line which runs alongside of and occupies the same territory as one of the bonded P.ieilie roads , it i.s intended that every paymaster shall refuse payment to said ndopendent companies for messages re ceived or sent over such lines. " Another clause provides that messages .shall be sent if possible by the subsi'li/ed lines in preference to non-subsidi/.etl linos. "This order will make si very complicat ed mess ot it when we come to settle up accounts with the telegraph companies , " said Clou , lireek. "According to this or der if a telegram is sent over two differ ent lines , one of them : t subsiili/ed line and another a nou-subsidi/ed line , as lor instance llio Western Union , we should have to refuse payment to this latter com pany. Again , if some one .should send us a telegram from some point on tlio Ui.ion Pacific , over the Western Union , we shall beeompeljed torcfiiso payment thereon , because it might have been transmitted just as well over the Union Pacific limi.'M Col. J. el. Dickey , manager of the West ern Union , was nuesnioned by the re porter about the matter. Hemd he had not received a copy of the new order but siipiioscd that he would shortly. " 1 suppose this is another phase of an old question , " said Mr. Dickey. "Some lime ago the government isniied an order tb.it it possible all telegrams sent by federal or milit.iry olli- cials should bo sent by sub sidized liuesinsteatl of the non-sub-idi/.ed. Those subsidized lines are heavily indebt ed to the government , and thu business they traiiMUt i.s credited against their ac count. That is all right so lar sis the other lines are concerned , hut the Wesl- erm Union owes nothing to the govern ment and in not bound to it in ani way. " " .Sunposo someone at North Platte should send a telegram to army head- ipiaiter.s hero over the Western Union , when he could jn..t as well have sent it over the Union Pacllio line , the govern ment would then refuse to pay the cost of the message ? " "Vcs , in all probability. Of conrso T can not h'v : what would bo thu result of sueli a policy if it were closely followed out ; I can not say what the Western Union would do to defend itself. 1 don't think , however , that there will bn a nip- turn between the company and the gov ernment on this account. " TiltIK HKl'OItT J'llK Tlio InvestlijaHu Committee Meets JjabtXiulit Wlwt Ford SUJ-H , Thu investigating committee appointed to report upon the elimination of the charges preferred by Sullivan against Marshal Cummings , mut last night to deliberate on thu matter. Their report will bu submitted at tlio next council meeting , and will be awaited with no lit tle interest. "It is pretty certain , " said Chairman Patrick Foru to a reporter , befoio the committee met , "that there will be two reports on this thing , ono a mi nority leport and tlio other one from the majority. " The meeting was , how ever , a strictly private ono , and after it was over neither Mr. Ford nor any of the other members of thu committee would say a word except that tlio ptiblio would bo obliged to wait until Tuesday before learning the result. The words uttered by Mr , Ford pre vious to the meeting last evening may bo interpreted to mean that ho supposed that strict party lines would bu drawn that Messrs. Leo , Thranu and Furay would vote in favor of ex onerating Marshal Cummings ami condemning Sullivan4 and that Messrs. Ford and Dailv would v otc just to the contrary. It is possible that his ex pectations were realized. Hut it is also probable that they were not. Councilman Daily who has taken a keen interest in the investigation , watching carefully the development of the testi mony , was ab cnt Thursday. He ex plained to Mr. James Crcigbton that lie was disgusted with the flimsy charges which Sullivan Had trumped up against tlie marshal , and couldn't nffonl to waste anv more time in investigating them. This appears to bo the sentiment of other democratic cotincilmcii. Council man Ooodrich.for instauce.rcmarkcdto a reporter that the second day's testimony completely knocked the bottom out of Sullivan's charges. " 1 have no doubt , " ho said , "that Cummings is a perfectly honest man , though in point of ability ho ought not to bo at the head of the ponce force , " The repoit or re ports of the committee will bo submitted for approval lo the councilami it isnot believed thatthcminoiily reportif there bo aii3' , will receive by any means the undivided support of the democratic members of the body. HAIIjWAY NOTKS. Home Items ol' Unllroml Interest Uo- vcr.sed n Iitttlo. The local organ which carries its party name at its head has a great railway col umn. It is a marvel on general princi ples , but yesterday it was literally a stunner. Appended are a. few matter-of- fact corrections without comment : The Santa Fo is reported to have com pleted its line to San Francisco , where as a matter of fact it ends in thoMohavo desert , 332 miles south of San Francisco. Thu Santa Fo ( or correctly speaking , tiie Atlantic & Pacilic ) and the Southern Pacllio are not working conjointly.butad- versoly. The D. & II G. is not a branch of the "Q. " any more than it is of the U. P. and Santa Fe , both of which lines receive from it and deliver to it San Francisco business. The Northern Pacific is not building or thinking of building to San Francisco. The Union Pacilic is not building n line from North I.oiip to Lout ) City , but has finished its line from bt. Paul to Lotip City. 11 is not building : i line from Marys- villo to Garrison Montana , but from Marysvillc , Kansas , to Garrison , Kansas. It is not building a line from Denver lo Uouhler , sixty miles , but operates two lines betvveeii the two cities , the longer of which is forty-six miles. It is not building a line ton miles long to Ord , Kansas , but is building from Lotip City to Ord , Neb. One hundred and thirty-five miles of line from Lincoln , Neb. , to Salina , Kan. , is not being constructed by any line , but the Union Pacilic is building from Sulinu to Lincoln , Kan. D. MeCool is not president of the St. Joseph & Denver , but isgoneral manager of the St. Joseph & Grand Island. A SOI/DIIiU'H St'fjKBX. Col. Stewart lias u Sklrinisli ill tltc Hospital ami Is Discharged. "Col..James Stewart , the "old vet eran" who has been lying sit St. Joseph's hospital since last Satm day because of the "heartless" treatment received at the hands of the G. A. K. , is again at the cen tral police station. Since his exposure as a fraud Stewart has been growing morose and ugly , and yesterday ho was roaring mad. In spite of the efforts of thu sisters in charge , he arose from his bed , and ran out into the hallway , threatening every body who came in Ins way. He was v io- lent and abusive and evidently intended to do all the injury lie could to anybody who opposed him. Neither force nor persuasion could control him , ami the sinters were finally obliged to telephone for the police to prevent his dcstioying everything ho could lay Ins hands on. Two ollieers and tlie patrol wagon re sponded to the call , and the "colonel" was loaded in on a stretcher and carried to the police station. There he quieted down and would not leave the stretcher which was placed beside the stove. This morning he will be taken to the county house. Stewart is certainly sick and per haps era/.v , sis his actions at the hospital would indicate. A saiAijij rum. OIIlcoi.it' tlio White Loud AVorlcN DC- Htroyod I''rosl-IJlttou Firemen. A detective Hue caused the complete destruction by lire yesterday afternoon of the oilier ) building of the white lead works , with nearly all of its contents. The dep-irtment was called out by the telephone about 1:30 : o'clock , but. did not reach the scone until the building was nearly consumed. Four horses were at tached to No. 3' cart , and made the run of over a mile in quick time , despite thu coiulit on of thu loads. The liosn was not unreeled from the cart , as no water was obtainable , and the building was no near ly destiojul th-it nothing could be ac complished. The loss amounts to about $ ott ) ) , insured. None of the Ihvmen were frost-bitten jestertlay , but at the lire the tlay belore 'Driver lllake had his chin fro/.on , Driver Webb ncarl. ) lost his ears , I'ipeman Noo- nan had one hand nipped , and Chief Duller and Fireman Auder.sou each had one ear solidly congealed. Alter the lire had been couiplott ly extinguished ihu thoroughly elnlied firemen were invited by Mr . Hall into her homo on Georgia uVemio and were furnished with hot colfei ) . Thu tliougiitfuliii'ss of tin. lady was highly appreciated by thu boys. Till ! The justices of the peace who wore not fortunate enough to meet favor at the hist election are not willing to relinquish their hold upon their official duties. Judge Andres is a marked exception , he bus brought up his records to the last day and turned overlo his successor , Judge llerka. The rest , however , still hang on , each after his own fashion. Luther It. Wright ol the Third ward went MI tar us to tile his bond , which dofumunl the county commissioners rejected , thus stumping Mr. Wright in his dibits to quality. None of these justices seem inclined to undertake further business. .Judge Weiss , for example , says that although he will lake no more cases , he intends to finish his docket. Others will attempt nothing further , but refuse to give up their books and papers , claim ing that they have no in- strutions as to whom these documents revert. They till nhieo them selves in the attitude of awaiting thu ac tion of the supreme court upon their ap peal from the constitutionality of thu new law. If the court ratifies their position they will claim tlio right lo continue , and if , on the other hand , they lose their point they ccitainly must submit. Army Notes. General Carlin , commandant of Fort Omaha , has applied and secured a three month's leave of absence. During liis ab sence his position will bu filled by Major Kent. Advices from Fort Douglas are to the effect that diptheria is raging in Salt Lake City so violently that all communi cation between the post and city lias boon cut oil' . Colonel Henry weathered the bravely in coming to head" . tonlayj but had fil * n TIIE GREAT -SIOUX NATION , Dr. Savillc , in nn Interview , Corrects Some Recent Publications. The History of < MitifAtVnlil > or > Ills * Hoi-se The Chieftaincy Sttcccs- elon liullnu Names. Dr. J. J. Snvillc , of this city , who was formerly agent at the lied Cloml agency and had ample opportunities to study the cliarnctcr of the Sioux , takes some excep tions to the statements in n recent inter view with n Pine Hidgo trader published in tlio Hiu. : The doctor is n thoughtful , scholarly gentleman , and in his study of the Indian reached conclusions that are rel'ablc ' nmUif interest. In a convoca tion to-day with a reporter , liu said- "I notice in i our is uo ol the Slitli hist , nn Inti'rview with nn Indian trader , giv ing information relative to Indian cus toms and names. Ills statements , in some respects , are quito erroneous. 1 think that Indian history is not n matter of so little imnoitnticc but that cortcut statements on tliu Mibjcut are of interest to tlie public. "The giving t > f natiips is not a matter of such trivial importance among the In dians as your informant < > oems to think Names often contain within themselves a history of events of impoitancu to nn In dian family. "vot'.NO-MAx-AntAii-or-iiis-notns. ! " Such is the name of "Man-Afraid-of- Ills-Horse. " referred lo by your inform ant. 1 will give you the history of tlio namu , as i elated to mo by the lather of the present ehiuf. The auovo expression does not correctly convoy thu idea in tlio .Indian nanio. A more correct transla tion is ' " 'Thoi-Arc-Afrai'i-oMlis-Horse. ' The French trappois and hall-broods , who are usually interpreters , use the word man for tlio pronoun they , m such expios onsastlie indefinite , "They say" etc. When asked for the meaning and origin ol his name , the old man told mo the following story. His father ( grand father of tlio present ehiet ) was a bravo anil successful warrior and hunter , and was much beloved by his people , When a young man , having just taken his fathers name as chief ol the Ognllalas , incompliance with Indian customs ho wont to tlio top of a moun tain to fast and pray. After fasting four days and nights ho fell asleep. In his sleep n man appeared to him and told him that he would In-come a great chief and successful warrior ; that ho should take the nnmo "Thoy-are-Afraid-oMii.s-llor.-o" because ho would bo so terrible in battle that his enemies would bo afraid oven of liis horse. When ho awoke ho called a council and related his vision. 15y eon- sentof the council he took the nnmo given him m the vision. OltlUlMXO A CIIir.F. "To appreciate this story one must knovy the customs rula'.ivu to the ollice of chief. The Sioux polity is a military oligarchy. The council , representing n legislative body of civili/.od govern ments , is uoniio-i-tl ] of the old men and pimcipnl warriors of the tribu. The chieftainship is partly hereditary and partly elective. That is , the chief is elected from certain families. The son of a chief i.s preferred , but ho must have inlluunco of some kind to .secure hi- , ejection by the council , and ability lo maintain luni'-oll in the posi tion or some other candidate of more in fluence or ability maj bo put in his place. Therefore when a chiol grows old , and he lias a son whom he wishes to .succeed him , ho endeavors to abdicate in his lav or , in order to use his inlluoneo while ho lives to maintain bin son in his postj tion. This ia ilono bj' consent ol the council when the young man takes his father's name. This name ho may retain all hii life , or he may change it , as in the ca-jc of "Afraid-ol-Ilib-llorsus/'abovvyiv- on. on.When the young chief has taken his father's name ho goes toomo lonely place , usually on the top of a hill oV mountain , takes with him nn ollcring to ' Vakan Tankn" the Gieat .Spirit. Ho strips oll'his clothing and without water or lood spends his time prating anil walking around within a Miiall space until fiom exhaustion ho falls asleep. \ \ hatovor he ilivainsiii thisslcop he takes as a revelation from the ( iroat Spirit. The medicine men intorpiut his divam , and this ho takes as a guide for his future life. MAKING A VVAIII'IOlt. Every Indian i.s a soldier as soon as ho is old enough to handle weapon- , with ell'oet. He is always required to perform some act which will -how his ability to u-o his weapons. This i.s usually i-oino feat of hunting , lie brings the evidence of his skill and .submits it to the council , and if theythink it sullieient he takes a new name , either of his own choice , or it may bo given by hi > > friends or thu coun cil. Ho then goes through the ceremony of fasting and praying , as above do- seribed. Tiiis is In ? initiation aa sol dier. Ho 111113 chains his iiitmo to mem- ori/o any h-.it or cvi nt that ho may think impoitant , but k ii always done by con sent ot the council. The father of Iho present chief took his father's name under the following oir- cunifttanoos , as lelated by him ; Ills father had grown old nnil was anxious that his son should become - come chief before ho tiled. Ho had perfornnd many deed- , which ho thought should entitle him to bin lather's name , but in council llio old men would rccilx hilalhor's exploits and tell him that hK lead wont but tlio-o ol a boy compared with his siro's. Finally ho lead a war ji.irty against the f'.iwnct'i. The ! biou\ were worsted in the battle and compelled to retreat , olo-oli pursued ly the I'awnooi. In order to coyer llio retreat ho remained in tiio rear , charging Iho pursuers when they eamo up , every time killing a man. llo was riding a sorrel hor-o spotted with white , ono of the spoton llio hip re sembling the head and shoulders of a man. Tlio 1'awnees hoeing fiis hor.so coming would fall baok , and ho thus Micci-i'ded in covering the rciicat and saving many ol his men. On the strength of this exploit ho claimed the right to take his lather's name. Someone ono in the council suggested that it was not ho but the "man" on his homo's hip that his enemies mint atrnid ot. This raised n laugh at his expense , but lhoy consented to lot him take Ins father's namo. TI'ltlltU.r.M' lii ! : > OI.OIM ) . How the present chief received his name 1 have cause to know , as it is sisao- cinted with some of llio greatest dillioul- ties that I onconntorod in llio innnngo- mont of Hed Cloud ngonoy. Ituforu the Sioux war hi ok out , Airiiiil-oMlU-Jloi-BO , tathor ol thu present ohief , was chief of the Ogallala-s , and presiding chief when all thu tribes joined m a council. Ho was , a bravo vvainor , aswell as a statesman , so far as such n term 111113 * ho applied to nn Indian chief , and foresaw that a war with tlio whites could result only to the disndvnntngo of the Indians. Ho there fore , with many ot his followers , oppo-ed the war. 15od Cloml was head soldier of the Ogallalas under Afraid-of-His-Horsu , and was leader of Ihu war party. The contention among the Indians was quilu bitter , but the war phrty prevailed. Afraid-oMIis-Horso adhered to jiis con victions tinil jniiillUjincil tin ttlitudo of opposition , Red Cloud cnrriCCi ° " t'9 ' . ' war , whilu Afraid-oMlis-Horeo romaine ; passive , except oc'casionally showing Ids friendship for thu whites by assh'ing parties of emigrants lo oludQ the war parties of the biouv. 11 ono occasion ho wont o far as to res cue u woman captive from liis own iiooplu ami duliveroJ her safely at lort Lnramio. , , Although t.ikingno active part in the war , he was still recognised as chief bj his people. At the treaty of Fort Laramie , througl the connivance of some traders am "squaw inon , " Hod Cloud was iceogui/eil as chief by llm commi-sioiiei.s making the treaty. This was in opposiMonto tin wishes til a large majority of the Jndiaus , After some weeks' contest , the Indian' acquiesced in the appointment of Kotl Cloud , but called him the white man's chief. Tim CIHEl'TAINCY SL'CCr.SJlON . When I took clnugo of the Hed Cloud agency , 1 found the Indiains divided in to two factious , followers of Afraid-of- His-Horso and Hcd Cloud respectively. Whatever ono patty favored the other op posed , so it was impossible to come to nn understanding on any subject rotating to their government. I set myself about reconciling these factions. 'Micro were several young men who would be candi dates for the chieftainship at the death of Afraid-of-llis-llor e. The most prominent of these were Cra/.y Here ami the son of Atrad-of-llis-lhn ! > c. The old man wished his sou acknowledged by the tribe as Ids successor before ho died. 'Mils lied Cloud and his followers opposed. After several months effort I succeeded in in fluencing Hed Cloud to consent to this arrangement on the condition that the jouiig man should not claim the place of ohief till Hed Cloud's death. A council was called and with the usual Indian cere monies , the young man took his father's name , They-Are-Afraid-oMlis-Horse. 1 made a feast for the chiefs in honor of the occasion. At this time 1 learned an Indian custom which is signillcaut as indicating some- ing of the past history of the tribe. The tlay alter the young man was made chief , I drove to their camp expect ing to lind feasting and rejoicing. Half : i mile from Ihe camp i met the old man walking over the lull , drc.-sed onlv in an old ragged blanket. On expressing my surprise , ho informed mo that it was a custom of his people when a voting ohiel look liis father's name that the old chief gave all ho possessed to his .son. The old mail had , therefore , giving everything to his eon , retaining only the old blanket which he had on. The Indians call their chief Atti Pat her. lie nominally owns all the prop Ci'ty of tlio tube. So the old chief gives all Ids propelty to his son , signifying that he has become a subject of the now chief. This evidently points to a patriarchal form of government in the early history of tlio tribe. The young man was oil'on a hill going through the ceremony of fasting. Some days afterwards 1 visited the camp and found that the young man had restored liis father's property , but his lepco was marked as that of chief. M'OlI.MCUDUy'S WOIIK. The result ot this compromise has been ol great importance to tlio agency. It enabled me to number the Indians which had been resisted by them fiom the time of the Foil Laramie tieaty. It lias also enabled Agent All J Hicuddy to depose Hed Cloud and piilAitaid-of-llis-lIoraeiu liis place , which , L think , could not have heeii done had not the latter already have been acknowledged as superior to ited Cloud. Without this , such an at tempt on the part of the agent would liave resulted in increased contusion and factional feeling among the Indians. It will thus bo seen that a name is of quite as much importance- among the Indians is it is among civili/.ed people. INDIAN NAM1.S. It is an error to say that Indians give their children vulgar and indecent mines. Such names are nicknames , and not the proper names of persons. Jl you isk an Indian liis name , .sometime- the spirit of humor , he will give you one ) { these nicknames. 15ut ask for his > roper name and you will always find ic lias a name that is not indecent or .rivhil. Among several thousand names which I have on record in taking a census it the agency , there is not one of such a jliaraeter. . K.YCUltSlON TO IjOS AXGl-XES. [ ioinul Trip Tickets $ IOO Kvciirsloii IJCUVOH Omaha January 1:5. : Tlio fourth of the series of winter ex cursions to California will leave Omaha mil Council Ululls via Union I'aeitie rail way Weibif.-day morning , January i : ) , I8SK. Hound trip tickets 10 Los Angeles md rctuin , good for six months , only fiJOO. For full pailiculars call upon or uidress J. W. Muiten , General Tass'r Ag't U. 1' . Hy. . Omaha , Xeb. UMTHI ) STA'inh COUKT. I'he Ijciiilitoii i Clark Case AVliy l c- Kiiurd Was Not Sentenced. Judge. Dundy resumed the hearing of tlio A'lgliton iV : Clarke insurance easesyester- lay mot ning. Witnesses for the insurance companies were still on the st.uul and estilied to various alleged -eliemes on he pail of Mr. Leiirhton to make laNe -dilation of the condition ot the stock liter the lire. Among the convicted malfaclors before he last United States district court was ono Jno. H. 1.egnard , whose ease at- raeted the greatest attention and was he most , impoitunt ol them all. Leg- uird had been in various schemes to se cure government lands and by frauds in he Niobrara land ollico obtained a large r.iet of Nebraska range territory valued it § . * 0OOU. He. was indicted on the wo counts of .subornation of perjury md conspiracy to defraud the govern- nent. lie was convicted on the last omit and laid liable to a line of not iioro than > ? l ) ,0)0 ( ) or imprisonment tor wo j ears or hoth. On 1 ho day of sentence 10 was nut in court , ami many questions is to the reasons for this fact have reach ed this ollieo. i\lr. \ Lamhcrtson yes- erdav explained that Legnaid willfully tilled away either by neglect or deaign m the regular tlay , and January I was ixed as llm day of his .sentence . Le- rjiiard was then in Denver.und started for Jmalia on the third , but did Kit reach here until HID filth. I'he lerm having then expired ami the com I being restricted in the present extra siMsion to the trial of the Leighton cV : Clarke case alone , nothing could bo done vith Legnard. .He is out on heavy bonds md will bu sentenced at thu Lincoln erm. HI ? IS NOT DIOAD. SelHintinn ltc It Spinning His Indian Vni'ii in tlio lOahl , .Sebastian Heck whoatlcr being written ip on a score of occasions by the local iress , was recently reported dead , turns ip in Philadelphia and is interviewed by ho Times of that city with the same iiiilling details us of yore. Old Sebas- Jan's yarn is always inti-n-stmg and as it ast appears , is given below : "This is a very H range story of mine , " said a nueer old man to si reporter yester- lay. His garments were filthy and ho was old and feeble and wretched looking , ' .My name is Sebastian Heck , anil in Ib7.ri , luring the lilack Hills mine excitement , 1 IcflTluladclphia with a parly of men md their wives and children to go in search of gold. 1 have list coma back. Wo worked veins in iVvoiding und Dakota , and had amassed HO.HSiri worth ol gold nuggets and were ust starting a colony when ono day 5.000 Indians swooped down on us , took Mirgold , and blindfolded us and strapped is on ponies. Then the chief , 'Ulack Moon.1 wont ono way with tlio women md children , whom wo never saw alter- waiv- ! ' . ' . " "I bluing Hull took us men into Montana. i"or ten , vears we wore knpj with the Indians snul almost became In dians ourselves. In their battles with the whites wo were oompo'ltd ' to take mut , and were dressed like warriors , with paint , feathers , bow * and arrow's , and tomahawks. I was pieaint at the nuusacro of Ucn. Cu-tcr , and hud on my MOST PERFECT MADE The UsiSted Slaves Covernmeni Placca Dr. Price's at tlu head of Iho entire lint. ( Sou NATIO.VAI. I Jo uu > 01 * HUAI.TH lluuarriN Supitlrmrnt tG , jxiytf AJ , Washington , D.C. ) TSie C Qovernment Places Dr. Price's at the head of the entire incut ) , Cm i ml n , .Vjull ilnl , ! , ] . ) It is the pin-eat and strongest. l i'o from Ammonia , free from Lime , free from Alum , and in recommended , for general family use by the Heads of the Great Universi ties and Public Food -Analysts. Poisons doubling the tuithfuluess of thh can wiltonnyof the ChcmUts nnmed : t'lof. U. 0IK\T ( ! noiM'.MPS , JI. 1) . . L. I , . 1) . , lU-llevue Medlwd Collesc , New Yoik. 1'ior. 11. C. WIMTM. htiito Chemist , UutveiMty ( ieoiclu , Athens Ca. 1'ief. It. C. KKDXIli l.nto 1'iesldeiit Stale Hoaid nl lleallli , UiishiL' , .Mich. 1'iof. II. : if. .SCIIUI-'J < 'iK. : Aualvtlcal Chemist. , , , o. . I.oiiN. .Mo. 1'iof. ( MIAI5Lia : 1C. DNVKJin * . Aiialjtlciil Chemist , Wheeling , W. Va. Vior. JAMiS : JHAHCOCJIC. . SUto Assnyor , HoMtm , Mn . ' -'Al.'il'WlV'.l'-H-Chea.lsHo : ! ! " ' ' ' . the Dn.'t of llealll. . . Ihooklyn.X T. niniisvvlck.X.J. nusvlvaiil.i , 1'liila- paint and feathers and did my share of tlio whooping and lighting. " 1 was made chief of a band of Indians , and , according to the rules ol the tribe , had to marry a Mpiaw. Some time ago , while fishing. I .sighted one of the ollieers of Fort Walsh , and , calling him , told him my story. He helped me escape from the Indians' , and when 1 reached the fort I could hardly make them believe 1 wasn't an Indian. Kver since my escape 1 have been working my way eas > l. " Police Court. John Seaman , a wretched-looking in dividual , was arraigned before Judge Stenberg yesterday on a charge of stealing an overcoat from Pat O'Connell , a gentleman boarding at the Hotel de Ford , on Tenth street. 1'at swore that Seaman had entered the house on Wed nesday night , and stole a valuable over coat belonging to him , and worth about ? 15 or $2. ) . Seaman had no c\cu e to present , and Judge Stenberg sentenced him to twenty days in the county jail. .lames Daily , : i young man w iio had been on a spree , was arrested on a charge of intoxication. He was released. John Maloney faced the judge to an swer to a charge of being a suspicious character. He said that he was working in Higgins' gambling rooms as dealer and superintendent ot the ha/.ard wheel , and was earning an honest living. He was held to await further investigation * Frank Keene , the young man arrested for running a branch of the Louisiana State Lottery , is still in j : 11. His ease came up for trial in tlio police court yes- terdav , but at the request of his attor ney the ease was continued to this morning. The law and order league men were on hand and were rather disgusted because the continuance was allowed. Nasal Catarrh , Throat and Kar , suc cessfully treated. Chas. Impey , Jl. 1) . cor 15th and Ilarnoy , WithncH Ulock. T. F. JIart'n , of Albion , Frank M. Dun ning , of Tecum-seli , K. J ) . Wilbur , of St. Edward , K. O. I'lulJips. ol Lincoln , and ( ' . W. 1'itts , of Plum Creek , are among the very few slate people who registered sit the hotels yesterday. 1C. JC. Myers , the architect , of Detroit , arrived in Omaha last evening from Den ver , where he has been superintending tlio plans for the new court house ol Arapahoe county. J\Ir. \ Myers stales that the nlans for thu now city hall building will arrive here nc\t week , when every thing will bo in readiness to receive bids for tlie erection of the building. Shannon Loiter Hill Filo.Filing Cabinets and Cases. .Sehlichl's Standard Jndo\os. i.1'J ' 1-Jth street , opposite Neb. Nat'l Hunk. Itrovillos. The clearings yesterday were ij.IOril5 : ) ( M Jacob Sehreiner , the Sixteenth street livervinan , i.s reported to bo very ill so Jow"in fact , that his life is despaired ol School of elocution , winter class , opens January ? . College ollice , 1 11 1 1'arnam street. Address , ICllaMclJride , Principal. Marshal dimming * received yesleiday a letter from the marshal of Clmnton , Iowa , making inquiry conci-ming Jack Ford , a man fit ) > c.ii of ago , who left his home a few davn.igo because ho imagined that ho was to bo put in an insane asylum. His wile is nearly frantic over her husband's dir.apparaucu. < . Ford is d to bo in ( Jmalia souiuwheie , 3.C S3 33 S O .A. Iw . DOCTOR McMENAMY n or TUB Omaha Medical and Surgical I3TH bT AND C'Al'lTOI ' , A THKAT All , Chronic and Surgical Disonocs. Icrc > rmltlrx , IH < : IM'X tiT Wninrii , I'rhiUo DUcains , 1'llrn , ( 'atiirrli. Din UKL'B uf lliu J.IIIIKH , l.ltiir. lvtiliui\H , , Illiuiil , Sl.ln , Stnumcli , .NITVTK , lljci ami Kar , Send for Hook upon oil 01 < < free Itoumv anil Hoard fur rntknu Writ" for PRIVATE CIRCULAR TO MEN , nn I'mVATf , Srrcui. unit Nriuoua Dl ict" , Bern- lunl Winl.mss , Hmrinntorrlia-n , Byi'hllK ' ( licit. hlrlcluri' , Vurkocilo , mid all lilicows of tlio Urln. ory nnd ftcxunl Organ * , ( 'ascs Iriudd by uirrn liondcncc , nr personally , ( 'onllclcnllil Midli-liif * tent by mull ur txprcti ultliout iimrJ.u to Indicate contents t > r tender. llaltt'ilr * , Inlinlrr * . llraer * . Triinsrn , nnil all kind * i f Mcdlc.il and Surgical Appll.n.cic , uiuu- ufaiturcd and for iintr. Adilrcf i all Jellcru to DR. McMENAMY , Or OHJUIA Mrim'Ai. AND SURUICAI. INSTITHTK , ] 3lli bt. . Cor. Uupltol Aunuu. Omiilm , Hi b. VdilMet inmle. Kidm rui FKnlmt Riding withoni DeJ ? ia"ilito UT * prliiB InifliUra r4 US W SJu V yM KIHI iiuiii uy The trinl of C. S. Jlipgins , for soiling liquor aflor midnight , en mo up in polloo court yesterday. Tlio cn o vvn.s dis missed , by n < ! ; iv ( moiit ofIrshil ] ; : Ciim- miiigs , on Iliygiiis' ' pnying tlio costs. Mr. Dormsm , of tlio South Tliiitoontli * struct llrm of IJorniun & Co. , lintl the plciisuro yesterday of seeing n iipgro waltz away with a pair of rub bers , which hung on tlio out- t-ide of tlio More. Ho gave eliuso. The negro saw that he was losing ground anil dropped Ids booty. Mr. Dorman htill pursued and thu negro turned savagely , w lion brought to b.iy , and drew u knife ) threatening lo kill Mr. Uorman , Thu latter concluded not to force tlio light. Absolutely Pure. Tills ponder never vnrlc ? . A ninrvrl or puri ty , slMMiutli Mini ulinlr'imicMi-si. Mine ( rnnoin- Icaltlinn the oiillmirj l < Inil , mul muniot bo Fold in ( .nmpHIMon nltli | | m mullitulo ol low t'-tt Mmrt uc' < lt ! , alinii or iiliovplmlo | > iwtlcis. Bnlil onlv In runs , I loyal lliiKiiif , ' I'oHdor toinjinny WullSlirot , N. V. ARCHITECTS. F. M. ELLIS & CO. OMAHA , NEB , and DE3 KOINES , IA. Ollico , Cor. lllli anil rurimm Sticols , Itouin 10 firown : licuMMi.ioi-.nltli K M. Kills. HAMBURG - AMERICANA A niitiicr LINK roit nd France 3 Germany. Iliuhtuiiiiblilpsol this Hull know ii line m uall oflton , luvatur dKlil cuiiiiitiiniiuiitH , miilio- lunuMii il willi mrijilnnn In niilliu Urn puii w > liulli Hilu ami UKiti'ithli ) . They I'liuy llm LnltiMl Huleiimil r.inopemi ni.ilU. mul luuvuNew VIM k 'lliiirwlaia mul ftalmilnys lur I'Umniilh. tUJM DIJ.SJ , OH-I lioilir , il'AKlHiiiKl UAMIUJIKi' ' . Ittuub i'lidl uiblii , tW * IW. Btoumt'o to Vuik ARE YOU A DEALER IH SEWING MACHINES ? vou wimt In lui ill'tlioliost ' scmlnx urn- chlni ) Unit inoiun uitu ImW II so , lui | inr > tluiiims , tunns u d j > uctu , million , 16th Street Omalia Nebraska 206 North , , , At llio WoiM'H HvpHftlon.Kow OileiuiH , llio Inluii toning miii'limi WHS mvmilcil Ut I'roml inn mul dolt ) Mutiilovi'i nil i ( > mj.i > l | ; < ) iH , tin llio In ouil claim ot blip -iiui.0 " " " i > ' ily ! Eowilief it Uoik'liml In Invent n mini | > ossehf > Ch M lllni > politic ) < m ivlildi Jim lm\u no ooiiiputillon , It is the Only Macliino that has Reverse Feoil , Kunbliiif , ' Hi" Operator lo Sow Hack- wards or For.vanlH Million ! clnuialnsf or Mopping llio iniichl.ic. 'niNlMllMtlllOIIUJWWl-O.llh VIllllO f 1 1)111 J.I 10 f.uovi | oiilliiui ) nmoliliioaln lliu iiytftoOviry oiiMomrr. , II > uumuiittoi1llro ! tiidiriffclvo ill n or mill iuit to tuuiiilo a innililiiu llnil " 111 Imiuito ) our undo mul ploiisu > oili tu-loiiicis , HI Hi ) lorpuitluiliiio tu Union Man'fg Co. , 206 N. 16th S' ' , , Omaha , Neb. DUEXEIi & MAUIi , ( Kuiccs-mistn J. 0. Jncol'8,1 AND KM1JALMKUS. M the o tlaiiJ I1U7 r.iuium St. Order * by uk , iupi ! lieu iJ "tiJ piumptly aUdi < ii.U to , 'i ui | boil' No. 'i