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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : . . MONDAY , FEBRUARY 28 , 1887. HIE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TF.IWS or stinscntrrtoN ! DMlrMr ( < inlAii Kdltlontlnoludlng Biindfty Brr , Ono Year. . . . . , . $10 01 I'or Six Months. . . . . . . . . . . . . i . o 09 I'or Tliroo Mentis . . . 850 Die Omnhu Sunday Hun , inK.llwl to nny tuJioUno ! Year. . . . .1 . > . " 00 ( mil A Ornrr. Nn. Pit ANM flirt FAJIVAM HrncEV. NEW VmiKOnifE. KlIUM 15 , THtnU.VR HtMMIISO. WABIIIKUTOX OFFICE. Mi. 611 KOUKTKE.VTH BTIIKLT. All communications minting to news torlftl mnttor nhoukl bo tuMroMcd to tlio Kul- TOK or tint JJKr. "ut ! , ises < jr.ETTEnsr All biiilnc > Rl tl rnndroralttAneo4ihouM be MdroMcd to TIIK llEtt rimr.tsniMJ Coxt'ANT , ' 4. Draft * , checks nnd pn lofllco orders . . e made pnynblo to tlio ord ref the company , THE BEE POBLISHlSlipm , PROPRIETORS , E. KOSBWATEtt , Knrron. THIS Y HEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of. Nebraska , I .4.8. County of Doujtltv. I" < Sro. II. Tzsehnck , secretary of The Hco J'libllMiInc company , does nnicmnlv swear that tlio actual circulation of the Dally Ui-e lor tliu week eliding Feb. Mill. Ibb7. was ns follows : Sntunlav. Feb. 10 14.n'.K Milndav , Full. 'M I3,0o0 Alomlny , Feb.'Jl 11.WX ) Tiicwlny , Kiil . 22. H.1M ) Wwlnrsilny.Feb.aJ 14.0UO Tlmredav , Kcb. 24 14-ltt Friday , Fob. 23 ll. : 5 Avcrnco 14.261 liKO. 1) ) . TZSCHI'CK. Subscribed I M mv presence anil sworn to be fore me thissfllh day ol February A. D.,15S7. N. P. FKIU rSEALI .Notary Public. Ceo. li. TzBchuck , belne first duly sworn , deposes niul says tliat ho is secretary of Tlio Ueo I'ubllMilDircompnny , that the actual nv- rrneo datlv circulation of the IMllv Hee for tlio mouth of Kubmarv , 1880was 10,51)5 ) copies ; for March. 16SO , 11,637 entiles ; for April , 1S50 , 12,101 copies : lor for May , IbSfl. l'J,489 copies ; for June , IBiO. 12,2y8 copies : for .July , 1SSJ , ia,8M copies ; for Auciist , 18WJ , 12.4M rflplr.sfor ; September. 1BSO , 18.CKJU copies ; for October , 18bfi , 12,0i9 copies ; for November. I860 , T3.WS ionics ; for bccciuber. 1880.13,237 copies for January , 1S87.10,200 copies. QEO. B. TZSCHUOK. Subscribednnd sworn to before mo this 8th dny of February A. I ) . 1887. ( SKA ! . . I N. P. FKII. . NolanPublic. . THE contractors' charter will not bo saddled upon tlio people of Omaha , rattled rhetoric to llio contrary notwith standing , SKXATOU INGALLS is less dangerous as president jiro tcm of the senate than as iobbyist-in-chiof for the railroads on the lloor of tl > o chamber. TIIK flepublicun has an article headed "A Cnso of Blackmail. " Editors arc sup posed to write most fluently ubont sub jccts with which thoj' are most familiar. Cut1 lien HOWE was n saint in the eyes of the Kentucky swashbuckler until ho failed to deliver live senatorial votes. John Sahlcr is now n very bad egg. For further particulars , sco another column. v bogus and weaic insurance con cern doing business in tlio state is op posing Senator Mciklejohu'8 bill to regu late insurance and to protect policy holders. This is all the more reason why tlio measure fiiii.w \ consideration. A TURK which , according to itV'rings , " counted up nn ago of upwards of ! 3,000 years , was felled recently In the Ltvonian village of Kokonberg , Germany. A mu nicipal tree called Omaha will boat this record in "rings" if the contractors are. permitted to amend , the charter to suit their private ends. PIHTCHKTT has received a temporary iippointmont as U. S. district attorney fill interim. As Pritclictt has insisted right along that it was tlio title and not the pay of the oilico he was after be ought to bo more than satisfied , fn the temporary appointment , the ad interim is thrown in without extra charge. A MiciiuiANDKii who lives nt Vermont- villo stretched u pair of tight boots by filling them with raw beans and wator.so- curoly closing the tops and leaving the beans to.swoll. This is only excelled by tin envious coutompory which is trying to stroteh its circulation by filling it with wind without plugging up the holes in the hide. THE opposition to the selection of Gen eral Koifor , of Ohio , as the orator at tliu unveiling of the ( Jarliold monument at Washington Uity next May is very earn est , and the contention is creating a good deal of feellnjr. It Is charged that the committee making the snlocilon had no authority to do so , and iu action will probably bo set aside by the society of . the Army of the Cumberland , under vhoso ausnlcos the monument has boon erected. Jt was certainly nn ill-advised o'lolce , made more apparent by the fact > . . . , -Hiit Koifcr docs , not atop contention by declining to act. Titinn : Is food for reflection to sorrow ing bachelorhood in u newspaper item which utr.tes that the four daughters of Ignatius Higgin , of Mudisnn county , 111. , not only make their own dresses and other clothing , but spin and weave the cloth of which they are made from raw cotton and wool. Mr. KIggin Is a rich man , rated worth $250,000 , and his daughter ) are protly , intelligent , and ac complished. They live luxuriously in a handsome house , expansively und taste fully furnlshod. Homo-made nggin' Is the fudior'ti hobby , and the girls sensibly indulge him in It. "What wives they would mnko I'1 ACCOKUINU to the Now York Times , Van Wyek's departure from the sonata will bo mourned over by the enemies of jobbery , "Thero Is a considerable com fort , " says the 7Y ies , "in having a sen ator who has BO little objection in , Mr. Van Wycu to getting himself disliked by asking tronblesoino questions , anil ! t f2 a pity wo are to lese him so soon. It is evident , htflYWri that ho means to cxurciso his curiosity until his term actually cx'- plrtu , ViMcrday ho exposed a proposed "junket" by the select committed on In- tl-ui ; traitorshlp-i. This committee has existed for nine months without so much as holding u meeting , and its members now propose thut they shall spend the summer traveling ut tlio public uxpcnsu whcroovor they hko , with power to soud for persons and pupoM , , It is a rather , melancholy comment upon the condition of the senate that .Mr. Van VVyok's ex- posurc of the project did not avail to de feat it ; but it no doubt reconciled tliu members of the committee on Indian tradersbips to the fuct that they are to IQUH ii rl with the I The. Htght Men Not Knslly Found. Thereis reason to belloro that the president will have no little difficulty in obtaining for llio inter-slate commerce commission just the kind of men which it is presumed ho desires , and which the country expects him to select. It is ob viously desirable that the commission shall have no hack politicians in it. Chronic place-hunters , such as the great majority of those who have sent in their applications , should have no considera tion. They hayo no claim upon the pub lic confidence and would not receive it. Very few of them are at all fitted for the duties and responsibilities of the position. Practical men , having experience of affairs , and of unquestioned character and ability , who will bo superior to any inlluciice or prejudice , should compose the commission , and the selection of such men is far more necessary now , when the law is being put on trial and the cor porations will spare no effort to make capital against it from any defects which maj be found , than will bo the case in the future , when the system is made as nearly as oossiblo perfect In lU operation , and its permanence Is assured. Hut this clans of men available for such service are not so nu morons as would at first thought bosupposod. They are either well provided for with much more profitable business , or are In circum stances that onablu them to decline a task which if faithfully attended to can not fail to bo arduous. The law requires that a memboi' of llm commission sluill Hot engage in any other business , voca tion or employment. The men are nol numerous of the most desirable class for this commission to whom a salary of ? 7,000 a year and traveling expenses will bo an Inducement to give up all oilier business , vocation or employment , and yet the members ot the commission would doubtless have little lime to give to anything else. The president is known lo have tendered a position on the com mission to only two persons ex-Senator Thurman , of Ohio , and Andrew D. White , ex-L'residimt of Cornell university both of whom declined , Neither could have accepted without a personal sacrifice. The law practice of .huigo Thurman doubtless yields him an annual income throe or four limes the amount of tlio salary ho would receive as a commis sioner , and with much less labor. Ho- sides , the travel that would bo incident to the service would not bo congenial to him. Mr. White declined for business reasons , and not without some thought of the laborious duties that will bo involved. Referring to the matter ho said : "Tho man who accepts the position of com missioner under the inter-state commerce bill with the expectation of having noth ing to do will be disappointed. The du ties will require most of his time and in volve ramifications that can scarcely bo conceived of. " These examples suggest the difficulty the president may find in making the commission what the people expect it to be , and the possibility of his being compelled to take politicians out of service and with nothing in view more profitable than the salary of a commis sioner. mini's the Fort , ( Our Washington dispatch of Saturday reported that the democrats of the house wore in a state of revolt against Randall , but while they could talk freely they were otherwise helpless. Mr. Randall is re peating the same tactics which , as chair man of the appropriations committee , ho has invariably practiced , and which the democrats not favorable to his methods have shown themselves unable to pre vent. At-tho beginning of the present congress a change of the rules was ef fected at the instance of Carlisle and Morrison with the object of defeating the plans and weakening the power of Ran dall , but that astute and tireless politician found a way to nullify the work of his opponents , which at the close of the first session he put into elfcct with complete success. He showed himself then by long odds the most skillful and adroit loader among the democrats , carrying his point with a contingent of only thir ty-four democrats who yielded to him ab solute obodleneo , Ho is operating in the same line now , and with the promise of equal success. His whole interest is in the appropriation bills , and having delayed tliosn to the last days of the session , notwithstanding tlio appar ent zeal with which they worn woritod upon during the holiday rucessso as to con voy the impression to the country that they were not to bo allowed to obstruct other business , ho arbitrarily pushes everything else out of the way for the bills of which ho has charge , ana is thus enabled to de feat measures ho docs not favor. How ever selfish and unscrupulous Mr. Ran dall may be , ami nobody doubts that as politician he is both , ho is easily the slick est manager among the democrats of the house. Canadian Mosstmoklsm tVInn , Late returns from the Canadian elec tions prove that the victory of Sir John Macdouald and the conservative party last week was overwhelming. It was a Waterloo for tha liberals. The Domin ion parliament contains 311 members , In the body recently dissolved , the conserva tives had 1)9 ! ) members , ami the liberals seventy-two. The Rio ] excitement in Quebec , the falling oil1 in Canadian trade , the heavy liberal majorities in the recent provincial elections and various other causes contributed to crcato an almost universal Impression thai the conserva tive majority would bo nearly or wholly wiped out on Tues day. Rut the results us shown prove that in spite of adverse conditions Sir John's hold upon the Dominion B almost as strong as It was in the zenith of his power. Of the 200 members elected 110 are conservatives , seventy- scon liberals and seven independents. The independents were elected in con servative divisions , and will support the ministry in its general policy. Of the eleven members yet to bo elected nine are conceded to the conservatives and two to the llbprals. This shows a conserva tive majority o ! flfty.tUWj counting the indepniulonts on that side , and of lliirfy- nine on any question in which tho.v vote with the liberals , On the strength of the victory thus won Sir John can now shako hands with Jiismarck. Hut both ewe a great deal uf their suuco * * to the Catholic vote , Hoth made the Issue practically ono of absolutism. K Canadian view of the fisheries dis pute differs in some respects not only from the United StiUvi View , but also from the British view. The Toronto Ulobe , und o.thor Canadian papers , for in stance , criticise the homo government for its attitude in regard to the matter , , quite as sharply as they inveigh asalnst this country. The Globp of Thursday said"It is evident that the Dominion must soon bo engaged in a very serious effort to preserve her rights against aggressors on the ono hand and against llio pusillanimity of Downing si-cot on the other. " There is some evidence , it says , that "tho men now in power at Ottawa are prepared to surrender on any basis that may bo satisfactory to the Uritish authorities. " A Victory Kor the Colored tllnn. For some time past the serious question whether or not colored students should be admitted to Chattanooga university , a Methodist Kpiscopal institution , has been agitating the councils of that denomina tion. The Methodist church has 400,000 members in the southern states about equally divided between whites and blacks. When the university was estab lished there were applications for schol arship by colored students. The matter of granting ( ho appllimis admission wao never finally decided , At the last session of the national conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church , held In t'ldludcl- nhla , a special board was appointed to consider the question of admitting col ored students to the university , and the mooting of this board , held at Cincinnati , seems to have noun precipitated by the recent refusal of ono of the university to shako liamta with a colored minister of Ins o\vil \ vhurclu The special board , twenty of its twenty- one members being in attendance , decided that no applicant to the Chattanooga uni versity should bo limited admittance to the institution on the grounds of "race , color , or previous condition of servi tude ? . " It is also emphatically de manded that the local board of directors of the university ask for and insist on the immediate resigna tion of the member ot tlio faculty who refused to shako hands with his church brother on account of his color. These conditions must bo complied with within sixty days , anil failure to do so will re sult in llio board of mauagor.s notifying the trustees of the univornily of the ter mination of the contract. Tins very proper action marks an advance which cannot bo too heartily commended. Its Immediate consequences doubtless will not be to tlio advantage of the university , but the church , with a membership iu tne south about equally divided between whites and blacks , and while seeking and accepting the latter into its fold , could not permit Ron.sidcrations of pres ent expediency to outweigh the obvious requirements of justice and stand against the majority sentiment of thn age. Kvun though the university should have none but colored students , the duly of the church to take the position it has done on this question was plain. To have dona otherwise would have boon a relleu- tion upon its Christian character. Tun silo selected in Jackson Park. Chicago , for the final resting place of General Logan , is one of the most pic turesque and beautiful to bo found in the several line parks of that city , and when a suitable monument , shall have beSTi erected there its attractiveness wfll bo greatly increased. It is a proper con dition of the arrangement that the re mains of Mrs. Logan shall rest be.sido those of her husband. The monument above the tomb of the dead soldier will commemorate his military career , and its expense will be berne largely by the members of the ( Jrand Army of the Re public. It is understood that the Army of llio Tennessee will providn for the erection of a Logan equestrian statue at Washington. STATK AND TKIUUTOUY. Nebraska Jot.tlncH. Ashland is now pulling for a street railroad. "Cub , gentle spring , cthoral mildness , cub hither quick ! " Rushvlllo has nlattcd a five aero ceme tery , neatly mounded. McKay's elevator at Friend burned down Saturday morning. Rushvillians who talk waterworks color the breath with lemon peel. Hastings is negotiating for the incan descent system of electric lights. A mm : named Kalc.y , living in Red Willow county , was caught under a fall ing tree and lost a leg. The body of an unknown man was found in a freight car at Talmagu last week. The unfortunate was loaded and went off. Frumont claims to have sent the lartrost delegation to the Patti concert. The claim is rejected and the pennant awarded to PlutUjinouth. Work lias commenced on the proposed extension of the ICIklmrn Vidloy road. The stakeholders and drivers moved out from Fremont last week. Red Willow county docs not bank heavily on coal veins in that region , but she trots out u lead minu three leagues ahead of anything in the state. Gonrgo Stambaugh , a former resident of Ashland , was frox.cn to death nour Julesburg , Colo. , during the late storm , Ho loaves a wife and ono child , The authorities of Wahoo have boon asked to tame the wild character of Sun day observances there. The animal might bo transplanted in tlio proposed Lincoln y.oo. Tlio loading hotel at O'Noill ' has sc- cured at great expense a clerk with a hundred dollar diamond. The town is never backward on style , polish or brilliancy of enterprise. A lively lire warmed Chadron Saturday morning , and riishod through town with the uncoil of an approurlation bill in the legislature. A moderate calculation places tliu loss at 925,000. The North western Miller , of Minne apolis , contains complimentary mention of the Nebraska Millers' association , its members , ] purpose and prospects. President White impressed the reporter as the whitest mnn In the state , with his apron on , The Rising City Independent declares that mciii In that vicinity squander their time and credit in draping their "shapo. " This Is ono of the dubious blesslnc * of evolution. A few generations ago'nlno tailors were required to make a man , Ono is ample siilHcionay nowadays , Frontier county Js torn in two by a county scat war. Stockvillo and Curtis are tlio candidates. The former is backed by central ioeatjon and numerical strength , the latter by UiS H , & M. Town- site company. The rebellion is limited in area but red-hot , J3oycoltmff and bulldozing have been resorted to , and at last accounts there was an elegant chance for a funeral. The South Omaha and Papiilion Times is the latest dual addition to the ranks. K. O , Muyfield promises to hold the stock yards end of the concern , and tlio Hancock liros. will do the coarao handwriting - writing m the seat of Saruy county. This Will materially Aid in bringing Papiilion within smelling range of tho. stock yards and stiffen the price of lots. The Farmers' union , of Oakland , has commenced driving noils in thu colliu of th& elevator1clfqud thereabouts. The foundation of tha union is the grave1 stone of middlemen , and their profits and measurements no logger stand between the producer and his just dues. The first effect of llio revolution is an advance of 4 cents n bushel in the prlco of corn. Hero's to the union forever. The Ord Democrat has made public a mild and mellow chunk of advltts "to Grovcr Cleveland , president of the United States , Unar sir and fellow citizen. " The Grcolcy County Statesman wants Sam Randall chopped down and cut oil' from patronage as a traitor to the larilf plank of Iho democratic platform. This is the essence of the desire of nine-tenths of the democratic papers of the state , but Sam uel clings to tlio president's ear and pil lows Iil3 head on fat commiss or.s. Spare your lungs , brethren , and bring forlli.tho black list. ThcMoDotiaugh of O'Neill clings to ( ho champion belt of Holt county and re bukes familiarity and pretension with dukes as deadly as n mule's hcol in action. liver since the Mac strode through the streets of O'Noill , with thumbs in his armpits and a galling nestling peacefully on his hip. white- winged peace hovered near , but tliu horizon zen continued ominous and lurid , Mean- tlmo Mathews , of the Free Press. cultivated a loooness of lung and tumbling n ditty that in Hated iiU head beyond the limited dimensions of his hat band. Ono round was sufficient to re duce the swelling and wrlnj ; from his bruised mug the wailing ery , "For mercy's sak , let up. " Kyu witnesses test that Matthews tU'Ver tt.yp.LWl US racefully as vi6M ! ho ImrWl ins chin May's maulers. Ills p citors wore neatly draped and hi. ; smi'ller wrapped in court plaster. The manly art is progressing. The railroad spotter has long sincn earned tin modal as UicQmonncit creat ure that crawls on the earth or rides on a free iwas. Ho mortgages Ins soul on accepting the job , and devotes his on- orgius and narrow gunge mind to plotting , datamation and devilment. No honest and faithful employe is safe from the contagion of his vile breath. Sus picion and dishonesty veils his vision. He moves in byways and shade vs , and dreads the sunlight. His hand shields the stiletto with which he stabs his vic tim m the back , and his footsteps are those of the thief ami assassin. His work is masked in the archives of the Head quarters and rarely sees tlio liuht of pub lic print. A fiv weeks ago .two of this class worn kicked out of a job , and we note the fact with considerable pleasure. Two faithful engineers on thn North Plattc division of the Union Pacific were chosen victims. The charges of incom- potency and ago wcro made against them , but a thorough iuvesti < ration proved them false and groundless. Tlio engineers were reinstated and the spotters bounced instnntcr. Give them u boost down grade. _ IOVV.1 ItCIIIH. The spring campaign is already on. The Horiidon gas well is a lurid suc cess. cess.The The bnlvation army has attacked DCS Monies. Servant girls arej scarce and pert in Ilurlinglon. The sexes in Davenport are pairing at a rapid rate. ' Otlumwii exorcises her drunks and va grants on a stone pile. A barrel and tub factory is a late addi tion to Sioux City enterprise. The Catholics of Mason City are build ing another parochial school. Might weddings were performed in DCS Mpines Tuesday of Jasf week. , The big distillery at Dos Monies has linen plugged by jetty constables and blackmailers ami will be moved to some other city. R. 1 $ . Flonnikcn has offered to build a $10,000 fifty-barrel roller mill at Marcus , providing the citi/uiis subscribe to ? 7i 00 worth of stock. The butchers of Hurlimrton have car ried to the supreme court the contest over a city ordinance forbidding the peddling of meat on the streets of that city. S'itc Auditor Lyons is now engaged in investigating the insurance companies of Iowa to ascertain if any of them are ac cepting business from other states through brokers and without compliance with the laws in such states. To the State library has just been added a work of creat beauty and value , the History of Rome , by Victory Duruy , an edition do luxo , handsomely bound and finely illustrated. It consists of twelve volumes and makes an important addi tion to the library. Prof. Parker , of KcoKnk , has invented a geographical and musical ohavt which ho intends to patent and place upon the mnrkot in the cast. On ono side is a map of the United States and on the other a musical composition. It is constructed of various sincd pieces of wood and the puzzle is to so arrange them that they will form n perfect map. Dakota. The hog crop Is short in southeastern Dakota. A double wedding and six babies is Kimball's ' record for the past week. Wood thieves arc so numerous at Deadwood - wood that powder has been planted in the wood piles Local and traveling nurserymen report largo sales of trees for spring delivery in the lilack Hills country , A purchaser has been found in New York for thu Spoarlish water works bonds and the plant will be built as soon as possible. The Aberdeen public schools have an enrollment of J00 ! since the January term oogan. The high school will graduate a class of six at the end of the school year. In tlw > business , of the ten United States land nlliccs in the territory , as reported to the commissioner on immigration , 1837 opens with a less acreage of public land newly entered , but a larger area ao- quired by final proof dining January than the previous year. There wtiro lour min eral applications and tour mineral entries recorded in thu Dendwood land ollico. B ro .a Metnoas In 1 < 11113,1 ? , To the Editor of the Bui : ; May I oc cupy a small space in your columns to explain olio railroad method of bull dozing the farmers to obtain right of way and part of their farms at their own price. After voting subsidy aid and giv ing bonds for several thousand dollars the work of grading Is under headway. The right ot way men employed by the railroad company come and settle with part of the farmers , where tlio damage is very light , by giving them $20 per aero for the amount of hind used in grading on the side of the farm close to the sec tion line ; but tli ore their work seems to bo completed , Where the line damages orchards , yards and farms to a consider able uxtent the county judge appoints three railroad men to act as commission- nrs , who ride along the highway assessing damages us low as $ lfj per acre and con demning from twelve to sixteen acres lying between suiit railroad track and section line at the same price , depositing the amount in the county treasurer's oluco for acceptance or appeal within ten days. All this is being done while the farmers are waiting for ttio eommiesionors , who make it a. very private matter. 'If not discovered within ten davs tha farmer is compelled to ac cept tlfoir oOor. In behalf of the farming community 1 would ask , is this justice ? Is it lawt And can a mun have no will iiisaying for jyjjat and { 9 wlipm Jij gl\nll \ sell his idnd that ho has earned by the sweat-of his brow ? Somo-of mv neigh bors have sued for dumat'es. When the matter is settled you-iuay'hcar from ino again , A VICTIM IN LYNCniNCS IN IEADYIUE. Two Timely Hangingos by Vigilants for the Sake of Peace , REFORMING ! REVOLVER RULE Jim ProdsJinm's PcrocloiiH Fight for Jjlfo Sail Fate of a "Tcmloi- foot" Wclril Sccnn In ft Onll. Days Gone By. Matt Rlx in How York Star : When the first and only lynching hi the camp occurred I was llio cll.v editor of a pre tentious daily in Lcadvllle. Everybody was so busy digging out silver or other wise making money that ho hadn't time to give his personal attention to needed reforms. Pat Kelly was chief of police. He was distinguished for the political virtue so reverenced in modern times of standing by his friends. Anil ho had many. " 1 % Kd Burns , " the Chicago outlaw , was his Pythias. Burns' vlcl'ms ' arc more numerous to tradition than these of either "Bat11 Mastcrson or "Doc" . ' saloon Halliday. Kelly's on State street was the rendezvous of an in comparable gang when the notorious Jim Frodsham. of Wyoming , came to the Cnp : , and nil around it were duns crowded with confidence men , pick pockets and highwaymen. Up and down the street a thousand Itinerant bull and mule whackers caroused every night parting with sense and purse before morning. Lcadvllle rapidly bceame the mecca of robbers as well us murderer ? . Young men of shiftless ways and good connec-tions in the cast weie insensibly drawn into the vicious swim. TKNl iilFOOT : 1-OOTPAD3. Among these was Charles Stewart , a fair-haired youth eighteen years old. Impoverished and friendless , ho ono day met a congenial highwayman , who opened up to Him the possibilities of the road agent profession , and Stewart joined it , scarcely realizing the cravity of tlio step. The footpad became the picturesque success of the hour. Ho was unrecognizable by day and omni present by night. Citizens wcro "held up" in the very glare of the gasljghts , until no man who had a cabin distant from the center of the camp was consid ered of sound mind if he du ! not take the middle of the road alter Biinsct , with pistol in hand , and run at the first sound of a footfall. Meanwhile Frodsham had found an exceedingly profitable pursuit. 'Within a few weeks ho had earned lor himself the distinction of being the most intrepid lot jumper that ever contested the sovereign eign right of a squatter in Colorado. Under the shelter of a legal controversy between the settlers and the owners of the mining domain , he was driving people ple from their houses at the point of the shotgun , and selling the titles which he assumed to the highest bidder. His dar ing appalled every one with whom ho came in contact. When the c.vodus was tardy ho shot , and often with effect. KKAL KSTATE DOOM. Lots 25x100 feet wcro increasing in value from $200 to $ , " 00 : i week. The city site was originally two placer claims , owned respectively by virtue of purchase by Stevens & Loiter of the iron mineand the Harrison .Smelting works. The squatters maintained tlmj tlio mining laws 1M rol Vest llio rigliWf mete liie Super ficial area in tlio owners of a placer tract which was not to all practical in tents and purposes , a placer mine , and set up possession as nine points of the law , which they obeyed. The purchasers contended that the good faith of their in vestments and the undoubted placer qualities of the gravel underlying the city amplified their titles. The wealthier speculators of Lendvillc , advised by the local leading authorities , supported the syndicate owners to the extent of buying lot claims at $23 each , with the remote chance in many instances of securing possession. Among those investors were ox-Senator Tabor ; his fiduciary agent at that tunu , William 11. Bush ; Simon 1-oss , now a cattle king in Indian territory ; Hunter & Trimble , the bankers , and any number of merchants on the two main thoroughfares. The history of the bloody war that ensued would make a volume of tragedies. AT Tin : nr.voi.vr.u's MUZZLI : . One morning , In front of the Clarendon hotel , Bush's brother killed a young man named Arbucklo , n nephew of ex-Chief Justice Miller , in a quarrel over a lot which Rush claimed to have purchased , and upon which Arbucklo had built u shanty in tlio night , liusli sold the lot not many days afterward for some thing like iJG.OOU. Its cost , additional to the human life , was $25. The machinery of the sheriff's and city marshal's ollico was employed to oust thu squatters. There wcro no legal proceedings in the dispossession ; everything w.ts deliber ately done at the revolver's muzzle. Ono resisting squatter was killed by Deputy Sheriff Miller , rtiid Miller was speedily acquitted. Ho celebrated the event ono night by ' 'snulling ' the lights" in a dance luUl und sending a bullet through an in nocent bystander. All this timol-rodsham and the wild Irishman , Mike Mooncy , were jumping lots , regardless whether a millionaire or pauper held the proprietary interests. Something decisive had to bo dono. Lot jumping anil highway rob bury must bo stopped. So tlio specula tors , capitalists and merchants quickly formed : i vigilant committee. Tha big gest men in the camrJ were its active promoters meters and its adherents to the last. Ono hundred black cloaks and masks had been niado by the wives of some of the mem bers , when a startling event disturbed thfc prosy life of a Herman barber named Bockhouscr. HKUO OK THE PA5II * . While ho was passing down lower State street toward homo ono night two figures advanced from the shadowed sidewalks on cither sido. Ho ordered thum to halt , and wlien they paid no heed to his com- Infiml ho blazed awrty nt on.Q with a 32-caliber revolver. There was another and another shot , then nilu.itli cry , and ono of tha footpads foil. The other nod and the barber emptied his revolver after him1 People rushed out of the surrounding houses , half dressed , and joined in the pursuit. Two blocks away the fugitive dropped in a faint from loss of blood , lln had been shot in the arm. The mob was surprised to find such a boyish high wayman. It was young Stewart. The identity of his companion was never de finitely determined. Stewart know him as Frank Sunders , of Illinois , but no ono over claimed kinship , and the body was buried in n pauper's patch. He was killed with a forty-eight caliber bullet , which entered Ida back nbovn llio right shoulder und took a diagonal course downward. Bockhouser's revolver was a thirty-two , and Stewart's wound was made by a thirty-two caliber bull. The presumption was that somebody saw the attempted robbery from an elevated window and shot Sanders. Uockhoiiser awoke next morning ( o find himself the hero of the hour , Ho was home through the streets on the shoulders of a dozen sturdy admirers , with a howling procession behind , A citizens' purse of § 730 was expended for an appropriately inscribed gold watch , and before noon a performance at the Olympic theatre was advertised in darn ing posters for his benefit. WY1NING The community was at hist aroused , and the moment for the action of the vigilantes had come. About 4. o'clock ; in the afternoon four deputy sheriffs clinched Frodshaiu ou Ilarruoa ayeauo and disarmed him in K Hash. Ho in stantly dlrlnrd his doom. "What is this , boys ? " ho asked , "a lynching bee. " "No , Jim , " replied the spokesman , "you're arrested for disturbance of the peaco. " "That won'l go down , " ho muttered , "I'll never sec to-morrow's sunrise. " Kvrrv effort to find Moouci * failed. About 8 o'clock in the evening ho stopped into the dingy , partitioned editorial room pale , quivering from fright , and with a halting speech wont on to toll mo that everything was up. He bogged that I procure him soma ammunition , which I did and then ho loft as ho had come , in Iho shadows , to return ( o Leadvlllo no more. The information ho had imparted set mo on tlio track of ( he plot. The now brick comity jail was In the suburbs , surrounded by nine tree slumps and boulders , and half a milo away. The first attempt to reach it was frustrated about midway by a masked man and n shotgun. The order to face about was peremptory. A second and a third en deavor were alike unsuccessful. The printers were nodding over their empty composing sticks when , for the fourth time , at precisely ! t:80 : o'clock , 1 started out with a sinking , distressed sensation at heart. No ono accosted mo , und I soon reached the vicinity of the jail. 1 remembered that n wooden annex to the jail , at its entrance , was being roared , and when the black brick mass appeared Iwforo mo I picked my way around to this structure. I reached for a match lo light mv way. anil could find n 1'iTr. .l.vit.Hu's ' STouV. Stumbling up on the sill of tlio L door , 1 imagined the angle necessary to follow iu order to hit the tail door proper , anil stretching out mv hands as feelers , I began - gan to move along cautiously. Thn next moment my arms had half encircled a human boilv. It swung from mo nnd the rafter above creaked. It was the body of I'rodsham , who had been hanged by the vigilantes. With every muscle quivering anil my pulse movements sounding like ' drum bents , I edged around until 1 thought my course was cloar. 1 had taken three trembling stops when my ankle turned on a fragment of jolstlmr , and 1 almost plunged into a second body. I pounded and kicked the door for full ten minutes bcforo it turned about six inches on its hinges , and the jailor stam mered : ! ' \ \ hat do you want ? " I never saw a moro thoroughly frightened being as ho told mo the story of the lynching , SlierifV Watson had been drawn lionib by a decoy the report of his child's ill ness. Shortly after midnight the vig ilantes came and threatened to batter down the door unless it were opened. Frodsham leaped around his cell like a caged lion. "For God's sake , jailor , give mo a gun and turn mo loose in the jail , " ho cried. It was a single , largo compart ment , with an open space between the top of the cage and the roof. The jailor opened the cell door , but gave the des perado no weapon. Frodsham climbed to the roof of the cage with the agility of a cat. The jail door was then turned ana the yelling mob rushed in. One after another scrambled up after Frodsham , and around over the top of the cage the doomed man KOUG1IT WITH KiiiOClOl7S : UHSl'r.lt.VTlON' , tearing off masks , scratching , biting and pounding his adversaries at every turn Twenty men mounted the cage before ho was overcome. When dragged down he was moro dead than alive. " There was nothing artistic about ( ho job. Only a common clothes line had been provided. A noose was slipped around his neck , the rope was thrown over one of the roof beams of the wooden L , and he was dragged up and down until strangled to death. ( Sornc QUO sj > qlvcpf joung Stewart. an < ] a rush was maflo for his coll. Ho pleaded piteously on account of his mother and sister in Ohio. The jailer implored for morey for the lad. Tlioro is a samones.s about the fury of mobs , though this ono i ljrcsentcd a higher order of respecta bility nnd intelligence. The strangling operation was repeated , after which the vigilantes prepared in disguised writing the names of tha notorious lot jumpers and hichwaymon who must leave Load- villo before the setting of the sun. and pinned it on the back of the dead Fred sham. They took their time , remaining at the jail two hours and three-quarters. That morning Pat Kelly's place w&s barracadcil ; the desperadoes threatened to destroy the city ; the militia was called out and the greatest excitement prevailed. In a week it had died out , and with two exceptions the threatened men had fled. One of them is now an Alderman there. From that memorable day to this not a lot has boon jumped nor a highway rob bery been committed in Lcadvillo. Ol the 100 vigilantes fourteen have mot vie lent deaths , twenty have died from ex cesses , and moro Uian thirty have lapsed from conditions of riches and plenty into poverty and distress. The fnto of those 100 men will some day make an interest ing chapter of frontier history. Sonic Queer Hallways. In a book on railroads , published Eomo time since , are to bo found descriptions of many odd methods of construction and operationsomo of which wo append , for those of our readers who take an in- torcst _ in tlio iron horse , and wo fancy tills includes them all. One of the novel ideas noted is that of grading a railroad through a foiost with a cross-cut saw , and laying the ties on the .stumps. This has actually been done in Sonoma county. California. Here the trees are sawed oil'and leveled , and the ties ; aru fastened on the stumps , two of which are huge rosowopds , standing side by side , anil sawed off sovonty-fivo foot from Iho ground , So firm is this support that cars loaded with heavy IOM can passovur with perfect security , It is not generally known that in 183 ! ) no loss than tifty-tv/o miles of projected road of the Ohio Railroad company wore laid on wooden piles , which were from seven to twenty-eight feet long , and driven ton foot apart , in lour rows , No train , how ever , was over run over this traak. Several wooden track railways , on the other hand , are operated in tlio United States and Canada. Onn of tliosn , in the provmco of Quebec , Is thirty miles long , and is used in the transportation of tim ber. The rail : ) arc of manic , and the trains pro snid to run over tliettti with re markable smoothness , at the rate 01 twenty-live miles an hour. Another wooden track railway , moro than fifteen mile. ' : ! long , has been constructed on the gradings of the abandoned South Carolina lina Central railroad , In order to carry the products of thu turpentine distil- leriea to a market. Still more curious are what the author would call the bicycle railways , whore the car wheels run on a single rail. One called the ' 'steam ' caravan" was begun m Syria , between Aleppo and Aloxan- dret'ta , but iippnrcutly { ) ° ver JiuUliud , In the case of this experiment tlio rail wits raised on n wall of masonry twenty- eight inches broad. On this ono rail worn to travel the wheels of tliu locomotive and the carriages attached , but It was in tended to brace the engine and the last car in the train by obliquely placed leather-covered wheels , running along the sides of the wall , wliiuh wheels were further to servo as brakes , A single rail or bicycle road has aUo been built iu the United States , und was in operation at Phoinixvillo , Pa , , in 187U. Since that data a two-wheeled locomo tive has been made in Gloucester , N. J. , for an elevated rail ro.id in Atlanta , On. With theao blcyclo engines may bo com pared the railway ycjocipcdea , many of which , we luarn , tire used on western railroads. These , which have a wheel on each trade , can be propelled by the feet and hands of tho' rider at the rate of twenty miles an hour. In 18'7(5 ( , al Paris , one Dr. La Combo exhibited the model of a submarine rail way which ho proposed to lay on the bottom tom of the channel between Dover and Calais , Ua road bed of concrete , throe gftlvnnlzcd Iron rolls wcro to bq placed , two for the track and one for tlio conlor. To Iho center rail the car was ( o bn attached by rollers , In order lo prp vent it being derailed by the waves. The t > oat car was to bo airtight , and driven by a propeller screw worked by eom pressed air. Fresh air was to bo supplied to ( ho occupants of ( ho car by a tulm running up to the surface of the water , where it would bo ntllxcd to a buoy Finally , a series of buoys on the surfm-i- would mark out ( ho track of the cat which in case of an accident , could In cut loose below , whereupon it would ri nj to the surface. A CURIOUS MISHAP. An KiiRlncor Starts Ills Undue WliHo Asleep. Late Saturday night Dennis Manic , en. glncor on a switch engine in ( ho yards nf ( no Lnckawanna Iron and Coal company n this city , ran his engine Into the uugitu < house , writes a Scrantou , Pa , , correspon dent of the Now York Sun. As ho was 'o go on duty again at 1 o'clock Sunday morning he lay down in the cab of Ins cngimt to sleep until that timo. Just before 1 o'clock workmen in tlio yard were startled by a great crash at llio en glue IIOUHO , . which is a frame building Looking in ( ho direction of thn hous < > they saw ono side of it give way ami Mack's engine conio tearing out of thn breach. The engine ran a slim ) distance over thu ground and then toppled over down an embanknjunt twenty feet hteb. . it rollo'i ' dver'nniloverln the descent , ami was badly wrecked. The workmen know that Mack was on the engine , niul expected to find him dead In thu debris. Tlio\ found him last in Iho wreck , ami although ho was hold so that it took them some tluu- lo extricate him , he was found to havi < received but a few slight Injuries. Matk could not explain what unused the engine to start , but it is supposed that ho started up in Ins sleep and pulled the throttle open. Tills singular occurrence recalls the fact that one of ( ho most ( urriblc railroad disasters that ever occurred in tins eouu try was caused by an engineer starling his engine while ho was asleep. It was in Jiilv , 18UD , on tins Eric railway , at Mast Hope station , on the Delaware ill vision. The track was then a single one on that part of the road. Conductor , Iiul Brown hail orders to lie on the switch at Mast Hope until fast express train No. ; t , west-bound , passed. James ( Jritlin was tlio engineer of the freight train. As the the express train approached the Ptatiou at midnight , running thirty-live nnh'3 an hour. Conductor Brown was horrified to FCC his train pulling out on the main track direotlv in front of the express , mid a terrific collision was the result. The cars on the express train were piled on top of ono another , and caimlit firo. Many passengers were killed outright. A dozen others were held in the wreck , and burned alivo. The de.pot caught lire and was destroyed. Grilliii discovered the situation in timn to jump from his engine. Ho fled , but afterward surrendered himself and was lodged in the PiKc county jail. Ho was tried for manslaughter in September , 180t. ! Ho was defended by the late Chief Justice ( Jcorge W. Woodward. It was proved on the trial lip had been on duty twenty- four hours without sleep , and the point niaile by the defense was that while wait ing on the switch ho was overcome by the strain and fell asleep. Ho was pur- tlally awakened by the approaching train , and pulled open the throttle of Jus engine - gino before he knew what he was doing. A sympathetic jury acquitted him , against the charge of Judge Barrett to convict , and were publicly consul ed by the court. IllO disaster mjule tliOJlrtrnoot.Miis.tllppc so notorious all over the country that the railroad company changed the name of the station to Pine ( Jrovo , which it re tained until a few weeks ago , when It was changed back to Mast Hope. The remains or several of the victims of the catastrophe wcro never identified. The disaster cost the company $100,000. A HIGHWAYMAN'S CAREER. The IiiKcnioiiH Scheme by Which Ho Manured to Ilol ) n Stncc. Albany Journal : Henry White , alias Henry w. Burton , the "road agent" of the southwest , who was discharged from the penitentiary Thursday , where ho was serving a Jifo sentence on an order of Judge Cose , of the United States district court , has during the past dozen years led n life that would quality him for a dime novel hero. Nothing is wanting in his case from the alpha ot good birth and breeding to the omega of chivalrous dis crimination displayed in robbing stage conch passengers. His family occupied a good position in society in his native place in Texas , and it was onn of these southwestern feuds for the vindication of family honor that furnished the motive power for ousting White from his position ami poiicoublodt- izen and making an outlaw of him. Once banished ho appearto ) have tak n quito readily to st.igo robbing for a liveli hood , and soon won for himself the dis tinction of being one of the most daring and successful mad and stage coach robbers in tlio west. He begun operations in his native stato. and was doing a very good business there , when , becoming too bold , ho fell Into the clutches of some of Uncle Sam's retainers and was sentenced to lilo imprisonment. After nerving a while he was pardoned by President Hayes , and instead of reforming he returned to the west and his "road ' business. In .Sep tember , 1881 , ho "held up" the Alamosa and Pueblo stage In Colorado , and it was for this little piece of work that ho re ceived the sentence from which ho has ju.st boon released. His "holding ui ) " this stage was char acteristic of his daring. Ho was short of funds and without companionsbut gaug ing his risk by the traditional courage of travelers ho built an army of dummies and screened them in the biuhes at the sldu of thn stage road and armed them with sticks. When the coach arrived , 11.1 general in command of the dummy army ho called for an unconditional surrender of the coach. 'Iheni wera Mxtooii pas sengers in HID stngo , live of whom were armed , Imt none were prepared to strug gle against mich "overwhelming odds" and surrendered. With all the passim- gurs : it Jjismercy , Whito.with ( ho chivalry of u regular tun Cent here , tlodincu to touch tlfoir personal property , but con tented himself with rilling tliu mail bng.s ot $1(10 ( which ho took to pay the lawyer who defended him on a former occasion. Not Jong after this lie was in I'ueblo. when the city marshal recognized and arrested him. The attorney general , learning of his arrest and the circum stances of the erimu , was satisfied that tlui prisoner must be White , or Hnrton , us liu was known at the timo. Ho was JjeUl to answer ou Information filed by tlio district attorney , tried , and sentenced lor life. On October 11 hevns \ removed from the government prison at Laramlo ( o thu Detroit house of correction , the authorities fearing a rescue. On June 'J , lH-iv' , th | ) authorities removed him to thu A Jiin.y penitentiary lor still greater se curity. A short time ago soiim friends of thu prisoner rcimwcd their efforts to ob tain his release , and tlio casu was placed in thu hands of Katon it Kirchwuy , of tills city , liy a recent decision in the United Status courts thu prosecution ol a prisoner fora crime like White's can not i o conducted except on a regular indie- mont by Iho grand jury , whereas White's prosecution was on information. ancHt was on this that Messrs. Katon & Kircjiwey procured his roleuse , White is a gentlemanly-appearing individual who resembles n plain , ovory-day gro cery clerk rather than u wcttcrn "terror. " T/io / pecullnr purifying and building up powers of Hood's 8arsaparl.Ha mak < it-tho very best mediciuo.ta take at thu season.