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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : IUESDAY , MAT 17. 1887 ; .11 DISCRIMINATION IN RATES The Eailroail Commission Complains of tbo J Lincoln Treicht Charges , MANAGER HOLDREGE'S REPLY. A Little Speck or War In the Horizon A Convict Murdered at tlio Pen Othnr Capital City News. IPIIOMTIIK nr.B's LINCOLN nvnr.Au.l On the 7lh of tlie month the board of railway commissioner : ) addressed a letter to thu general manager of the 13. it M. nnd to the Missouri Pacific railways , calling attention to the fact that their now rate sheets discriminated seriously and uncalled for against Lincoln and in favor of Omaha , asking the companies to remedy the matter by doing away with discriminations , and staling that Ihcy must hereafter coase. In response to this Manager Holdrego wrote the com mission in a way unsatisfactory to them , nnd again yesterday they forwarded a reply moro emphatic than the lirst. It looks like a speck of war on the horizon , and thu commission is emphatic in de mands for readjustments. The follow ing are the letters : OMAHA , May 11 , 1S87. Uoird of lltllway Commissioners. Lincoln , Neh. ( lentlemen : In reply to jour letter ot the 7th In reiraid to Lincoln rates , l bc to submit tnc tallowing : The only change made of late In rceard to rules from eastern points to Lincoln lias . . been In favor of Lincoln. Tim tariff 'undo r to cunfoiiii to tlio lnter-stato law , which took clfect Apill 5 , reduced thu In-rato from eastern points tn Lincoln without reducing tlio In-rnto to Missouri river points. Lincoln , therefore , has giovvn to bo a largo place under rates less lavoinblo than those of which complaint is now made. Lincoln merchants l.nvu repeatedly agreed , In dls- cns ing | these questions , that it Is entirely fair to Mncoln to make the sum of tlio rates Into Lincoln Irom the cast and out to desti nation the name as the sum of the rates troin the east to Missouii river points mid out to destination. Our taiiffs have lor some years been , as neatly as practicable , upon this basis. In revising the tariffs to conform to the now stale law , taking eifcct In July , In- nsmuch as the "On me" law will tlieu bo repealed - pealed , It wilt bo practicable lo adhere moro closo.y to the basis above mentioned , and 1 tlilnlc that the Lincoln people will be entirely watlslled with the rates thereafter. Yours truly , 11. W. Jloi.imrnnn , General Manager. inn covi MISSION'S nr.i'i.Y. LINCOLN , Neb. , May 10 , lbS7.-Mr. (1. W , Holilrrgu , ( icncrnl Manager II. & M. Kali- road , Omaha , Neb. DearUIr : Yours of the llth inst. , In leiilyto ours of the Tth inst. , Is received , and thu contents coiiHldoted by tlio board. Your response Is not satisfactory. Lincoln , U Is tine , has giowii under adverse , clrcutnstaiices , and notwithstanding a dis crimination imamst her and In favor of Omaha. No .sound reason can be given for this disciiminatlon airalnsl Lincoln , to which your attention was called in oius of the Tth. Up to the time of thn transfer of the Atchison - son & Nebraska railroad to thu H. & M. rail road In Nebraska or the Clile.uo , liuillngton & Qulncr railroad Lincoln did have Omaha freight rates , but slnco that time a discrimi nation has been made against her. During the time Lincoln received Omaha rates her wholesale business was established , and since that time no wholesale business was calab- llshud , and .slnco that tlmu no wholesale liouso or manufactory has been added to her commerce , and Indeed none cnn be added under the present oppression and unreason able tailff discriminations against lier In Height charges from Chicago and St. Louis. And If It Is true that Lincoln is moro favoiably .situated in reaped to her mileage distances than other points , it is no reason why the railroads should deprive or attempt to depilvo her of that natural advantage by Increasing rates In or out , and U ID not true that thu sum ot the rates into Lincoln Irom the east and out to destination Is the same as the sum ot the latos liom the east to "Mis- river points" and out to destination. In your pie-tent tariff rate the Doano law U practically disregarded and violated In many instances , and we see no leason for delay In remedying the wrongs ot which wo complain in ours ot the Ttli Inst. That which we demand and Insist upon Is , that no greater charge for hauling freight bo inado from St. Louis , Kast St. Louis to Lin coln than to Omaha , the dltl'eieiico In dis tance being some eight miles. J. That no greater charge be madn for hauling freight fioin Chicago to Lincoln than to Omaha , and liom this demand there will bo no retreat or turning back. It Is just ; it Is right. There are many places , for Instance Falls City , whore Omaha rates from Chicago are nro hiuiKi In jour tariff schedule and the dis tance l.s much grcatei than to Lincoln. Your especial attention Is called to the recent ex traordinary change In the tariff late on lum ber from the enst between Lincoln and Omaha. The Lincoln latols made 1 cent moro and thn Omaha rate 'J cents loss pur 100 pounds. This Isoxtraoidinary. The board can sou no good ic.ison for It. The question of local rates within the state will lecelvo attention , but before that matter Is considered U is iiu- j > oi lant that the mutters to widen your at tention was Invltud on the 7tli Inst , be put In luocess ot adjustment , and to this end , If agreeable to you , we will meet the representa tives of your road and other roads inter ested , at 10 o'clock Wednesday , the 14th of 61 av , at the ollico of the railroad commission , at Lincoln , Nub , , for the purpose of arriving at a satisfactory solution of the matters , It possible. H. A. HANCOCK , WILLIAM LKKSE , O. L. LAWS , Attest : llallioad CominUsIoueri. O , P. MARON , ClIAllLKH UUHCIIOW , Secy's Hoard of itallroad Cora. KILLED IN TIIK 1'KNITENTIAHV. A murder wus committed in the state penitentiary In the past two days , In which a convict named John tileason was killed by a colored convict named Andrew Jackson. The tragedy occurred In the foundry. Saturday afternoon , at about 4 o'clockthe furnace was being drawn for casting. Jackson with a bur opened the draw , and Ulcasuii , iu lifting a ladle tilled with molten metal , acci dentally spilled a little on Jackson's foot , Before the surrounding convicts surmised danger , Jackson lifted the bar , striking ( iloason on the head and knock ing him down in the molten metal. The metal burned him on the head and arms in a terrible manner. From the scene of the tragedy Uluitbon was taken to the hos pital and Jackson to the dungeon , Uloason dying yesterday morning. Yes terday afternoon thu coroner took a num ber of citizens to the pun , whore , with the district attorney , an inquest was hold. John Ghmson , the murdered man , was a convict convicted at Omaha for robbing , in 1834 , ami sentenced to nine years in the pan. Ha was regarded as a good prisoner. Jackson , the murderer , was from this ( Lancaster ) county , aim was serving a | iyo ynaia1 nontenco for rob bery. Ho vvjl ; undoubtedly Im imliot.id for the murder and tried at the present torin of court that commenced yesterday. A sister of ( Jleason't ' , living at Atlantic * , la. , was telegraphed concerning the death of her brother and was expected labt night tq take churgo of the remains. INDtl'KHUKNOK DAY ATfllfllTE. President Foss , of the Crete assembly , was in Lincoln yesterday. Mr. Foss says that thu Fourth of July will bo cele brated on the ( Jhautauqua grounds with Twonty-flrst Infantry bund of fc'ort Sid ney will bu In altoudaiict ! and it is un doubtedly tlio lii'at baud iu the west. i > cnatora Manderaon ami 1'addock will bo Iu ututhdnnuo , a ; wil | aUo the three congressmen from the state , nnd they will spcal ; in thu evening. ( Jovornor Jhayer will presldo during the day , TIIK LINCOLN I'HUHJJir OOMMIS3IONKH , Hie freight , bureau Q ( tlio Lincoln board of trndo IIHS accuroil John K. Utl. conpral frululit ucoul o { the Hurljngton , Cedar Uaijldj & Nortliurn railroad" tlio commi5sion r of tlie Lincoln fruljrDt bureau , and Mr , Utt has acnouteil. It M ca tha ) l u will clo u hU lions with the Burlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern within the fcomlng thirty days nnd arrive in Lincoln fur Iho dis charge of hmtuties. Lincoln wholesale men express groal snllsfacllon in secur ing so valuable a man as Mr. Lll for the position. IX I1UIKF. District court for the May term opened yesterday with Judges 1'oud and Chap man and a full complement of the tar in attendance. Heaido the calling of thu docket no business was transaclcd aud courl adjourned until to-day. Commissioner Scott has gone to Cherry county to conduct thn sale of school land in that locality. There are 235,000 acres of school land in that county , and that not sold will be subject for lease after thu sale. sale.Tho body of the insane man killed near lloatrico was relumed to the asylum. The prohibition organ , tliu Now Re public , is about lo add a daily cdllion lo their publication. PROFESSIONAL DEAD BEATS. Tlio Intcr-Stnto Commerce Law Has No Terrors For 1'licso Gentlemen. ' "I 1'lttsburg Chronicle-Telegraph : have beaten the Alchlson road and cycry other railroad between Pittsburg and Vew Mexico. .I'm ' uol afiaid of being caught up on thcPcnnsylvania railroad. " \ young man about nineteen years of ige'stood calmly surveying a group of 'ailroad ' men that surrounded him at tlio jnion Station this morning. Hu had usl been informed that as soon as an illicor arrived ho and a companion would iu placed under arrest. Ho was a young _ iubro\v , who look Iho situation very coolly , and teemed confident thai ho vould escape Hie vigilance of Ihu police- nun. nun.He had iho appearance of being a oung man who had bill recently become , member of thu order of trampj. His lollies still had a semblance of respecta- > ility , and their fashionable cut had not yet been twisted out of shape. The cool-headed , recently-initiated .rump told quite an iiiluruilmg story. Hu and his companion had been tound sleep- ng in a box car on thu Pennsylvania railroad this morning. They had been incoremoniously told to seek sleeping quarters olsuwhore , and were supposed to hayc loft the yards. Jusl as Iho day express on Iho Penn- vania railroad was about to starl on its 'ast ' run lor Mow York Ihe Iwo were found smicu/.cd on top ot Iho trucks of one of the coaches. They were pulled out and informed that it was the custom to arrest men who ran the risk of being ground to pieces by riding on Iho trucks ) l fast express trains. The young Ho- lircAV , however , epoly told Mis story , and il was linally decided not lo arrest him or his companion. Tlio two bad stolen their way on an express train the entire distance from Santa Fo , N. M. They arrived at Chicago on Saturday morning. They then secured - cured places on top ot the trucks of one of thu blooper on tlio fast express No. 0 on tlie Fort Wayne road , in which posi tion they rode Ihe entire 403 miles to this city , arriving hero last night. They laid over in a box car toslrolch their stitloncd limbs and get a night's rest. When discovered this morning , the young Hebrew , in speaking ot his expe rience , said : "The greatest dillicnlty we had vvas on Iho Santa Fe road. Thu people ple on that road boast that within the last couple of years they have boon so vigi lant that no tramps have got free riues on Iheir trains. The olheials recently made a promise that they would give a new suit of clothes to the lir.st man who stole a ride over the road. 1 wan leu lo ! * ct a new snil of clolhes. and 1 was anx ious to gut back to Philadelphia , bo I made the trial. I succeeded , and wont , ftor the new clothes. Did 1 cot them ? Well , this Miit is a Httlo dusly , but it don'l look very old , does it ? 1 am Irying to take good care of il. That's Iho rea- .son I carry this little brush with mo. I got over tlio Santa Fo road all right , where they have cowboy brakomon. I guess 1 am sharp enough to steal my way over the Pennsylvania railroad. I'll bo iu Philadelphia to-night , sure. " The young fellow fished a nickel out of his pocket , sayinc that he was going to got a lunch , but that ho would soon bo back again , Slialtfipoarcon Intcr-Stato Commerce. It docs really seem , as is claimed , that the genius of Shukspcaro compre hended and touched upon the subject ol human interest , and the future as well as the past , Hallways were , of course , unknown , and unthought of in his time ; and so were congressmen , for that mat- tor. Yet ho clearly foresaw the relation' that public otllcials were to boar to rail roads , and , as is also perfectly evident , ho was able to comprehend Ihe c Hue Is ol the lately passed inter-slato act. Evidently ho had the congressional demand - mand in mind when he ho exclaimed , in "Winter's Talc : " Let mo passl " Dr- DrWhat What ransom must I pay before I pass ? And how admirably ho phrases in "Henry V11I. " the injunction of the rail way president to tlio conductors in re sponse thereto. , Disturb him pot ; let him pass peace ably. So.too , the immortal banl had In mind the era and works of the lobbyist the personage referred to by Mr. Huntington - ton as necessary to "explain" things to the congressional understanding ; for does ho not write in "Measure for Meas ure. " of the time- When evil deeds have their permissive pai < s , Thus far all is serene enough. Hut the interstate act passes and boliold the re sult. In "Houry VI. " the applicant is told persuasively ; 1 hayo no power to let her pass. Again , in the same play ; These silken coated slaves I pass not. In "Coriolahiis" the answer is briefer and moro pointml. Yon may not puss ! And again , moro positive still : Pass no farther. In "Titus Andronicus" the response is in somewhat politer terms , but still lirin : My Lord , you pass not hero ! While in ' 'Othello'1 the command is in general terms , and so plain that no mis- lake can bo made ; Let mm not pass ; kill him rather. Ah ! Shakespeare had a head on him that WAS a head ! and not for his own age alone , but for all time. MOST PERFECT HADE A HUGE DESPERADO COLONY Three Thousand Outlaws Found In r , Secluded Homo iu New Mexico , THh TERRORS OF RIO ARRIBA. Murdering HIOl'coplo In Five Months Clinnia'ri Departed Glory lied Hill's Dance llouso VTliole- sale Funerals. Chama is situated in Hio Arrlba county , Now Mexico , about coven miles from the Colorado line. In the winter of 187U- 60 Chama was the modern terminus of the S.ui Juan envision of the Denver k Hio Grande railroad. The town at that time had a population of about U,000 , composed of railroad builders waiting for spring to open , contractors , gamb lers , cowboys , cut-throats , thugs , saloonkeepers - keepers , speculators , to.unsturs , and a few business men and forwarding agents , There were about 230 women In the com munity , of which about : i do/oii were re spectable and led virtuous lives. Uiama was a tough town. Shot guns and largo revolvers were necessary articles of men's drqs and no man attempted to go abroad without them or to go to sleep without having them in roach. The wo men , too , carried revolvers , and demon strated at reguhir intervals that they knew how to lue them. Two thirds of tlio men had no regular employment be yond killing time and each other. They had a cheerful willingness to bo shot at and an earnest and painstaking habit of shooting back. Scarcely a day passed during the months of November and De cember , 1ST ! ) , and January , February and March , 1880 , that there was not one or moro funerals in town. Christmas day , 1879 , there were throe men and two wo men buried in one grave , without collin , slioud , or prayers. The population \\as regularly reduced , but the tame of the town had gonu abroad througn the San Juan region of Colorado ami northern New Mexino.and toughs Hocked in to the the place of those who crossed tlio great divide. There wus a town marshal , but the ollico was merely ornamental , nnd was usually conferred on tlio most popu lar rulliau in the community. There were three marshals in live months , anil at no tnno could the citizens point with pride to an ex-mar.shal. The ollico of marshal led but to thu grave. The mayor had a less dangeious but a more onerous ollieo. it was a duty of his ollico to at tend all funerals in town , It ho failed in this the friends of the departed took oc casion to interview him , and after ti couple of these interviews the mayor concluded that he would not .be guilty ot misfeasance in ollico thereafter. Chama is nestled among the Rocky mountains. In winter time the average depth of snow exceeds seven feet. It is surrounded by great pine woods , nnd oc casionally old Horeas gets on a lark and makes thing * hum. At the time or which we write there \yoro three brick buildings in town , one fr.ime building , live log houses , ana a thousand tents , moro or less , of all si/.os and shapes. When a still' breo/.e came tearing down the gulches from the Rockies it was a signal for a lowering ot tents. The strongest ropes and the best braced canvass could not stand the racket , and tlio people knew it. So out in the elements tlio inhabitants of the lent went , and in order to make an even and symmetrical distribution of myscry , they invariably attacked the occupants of the few houses , and be tween the tearing of the winds tliu smash ing of signs , thu overturning of carts , the shooting of guns , tlio shrieking of women , the cursing of men. and the pit eous braying of mules and burros , the night passed. These storms were of fre quent occurrence , but seldom lasted more than ten hours. The day after the storm there were generally a few funer als , and tents were raised and things went on in the old way. The women of the place were a picturesque set. They could shoot and stab and kill nnd swear nnd habitually did so. They habitually got drunk. Some few of them main tained establishments of their own in tents , but tlio greater number huddled together jn great barn-like dance houses with canvas roofs. There were six dance houses in town and each had from twen ty to thirty women as a part of its fur niture and hereditaments. The liercost tights took place between these dance houses , If one was getting too popular or if the proprietor ot one coaxed away a woman from another , a light immedi ately ensued. Kadi of these dance-hall men had a small army of retainers , and ho needed them. In the lirst place the bar needed a guard of at least a do/.cn ready shooters night and day. The lirst qualification of a barkeeper , too , was readiness with the pistol. The dance hall proper required at least ten select bouncers. There were ordinarily ihrco musicians attached to each estab lishment , nnd those were about the only non-combatants in the town. Yel sometimes stray bullets sent a flddlar to kingdom come , and u scries of casual ties at times created a music famine. On such occusjqns an effort was always in order to win a tiddler from a rival estab lishment. Sometimes a mighty poor fiddler cost as much as ton human lives , as tlio proprietors of a dance-hall never gave up a musician without a battle. When rivalry between the dancing es tablishments ran high , it was a fancy stroke of enterprise on the part of a proprietor or manager to hire a do on fancy gunners to shoot the music of another establishment. At Just it was found necessary to build a log mclosuro within the hall and conceal the musicians from view. All the musical talent iu the neighborhood was shot. White men had long ceased to play , and Mexicans and negroes were gottiufr so nervous that f > 0 a week , board and lodging and wluskj could not tempt them. Several efforts were made by the rival establishments to hold ( ho music-stand as sacred us a hos pital in war times , but such efforts in variably failed when business began to drop oil'at one place and increase al another. The women invariably took part in the moles. All nations , nearly were represented American atii Irish women were good ami ready on the shoot , Mexicans handler a dagger with a good deal of dexterity negroes invariably had a razor con cealed in their clothes. German ant Scandinavian women could not tight worth H cent , and English women had a reputation for being very ready witl their lists. The women were full of the esprit of the establishment with whicl they wore connected. They despised the other gangs , and when they met on the streets a light was almost certain to ensue. Fights of all kinds were of daily occurrence. The people of the town hud nothing else to do. They were snowed in completely isolated from the rest of the world. The Denver & Rio ( Jrando was completed to the town , bu sometimes did not , and , in fact , could not , because of snow drifts and snow slides , genii iu trains more than once a month. Snow shoes worn the most pop ular agencies of locomotion. Women ramo in on snow shoos a distance o forty miles oyer a sharp mountain peak , and men frequently made forays on the Mexican village of Tierra Amarilla , fif teen miles away. Tierra Amarilla is a very old town and has H population o about hvo hundred , all with the excep lion of one family ( then ) Mexicans. This Mexican village was a great place for re cruitlng , and many innocent Mexican girls of the B.irao village won ; lured to Chama and their ruin. Chama was the heaven of desperadoes and they flocked to it from all parts o the compass , ' Farmiagtou , N. M. , am Jtirnngo , Col. , sent a good supply. Far- nlngton in the winter of 187U-80 was the icndqtiartcrs for horsetluevcs for nil that region extending from Pueblo and Santa Fu to Utah , and from Ouray and Hico to Albuquerque. Fnrmlnglon was a pretty [ own , but could not hold a candle to Chama. So the toughs of Farminglon worked their way over the snow to Chama , and when two dozen of them ar rived they concluded that they would make an effort to run the town. They Inid an Idea that the railroaders , gamb lers and barkeepers of Chama might bo pretty good lighters among tliemsclvn , but that when they came in contact with artists with tlio slvshnolcr who had shot their way through many1 towns , who had a record of standing oil1 Hat Mnstcrson , Wyatt Karp , Dock Holiday and Jack Uiniro , that they could cut no ligurc. The gentlemen from Karmington were mistaken. However , they tried. They agreed among themselves that they would take the dance houses m turn , at tacking one one night , another the next , nnd winning adherents from the general crowd , as they progressed , that they could own the town in a week. The idea was spirited and the o lib it to execute it was put forth with characteristic frontier dash and pluck. Twenty of the Farm- ington men entered a dance house kept by a burly runinn called Red Kill , on the night of January 10. 1830. Tlicj ordered drinks and refused to pay for thorn , lied Bill himself was behind the bar , and ho readied for a gun. lieforo he had put his hand on it he was riddled with bul lets. Indiscriminate shooting com menced. All present took a hand , and there was more than fifty , including about twenty women , in the nail al the time. Eight of the Farmington gentle men were killed in their tracks and the rest retreated. The casualties among tlie dance house adherents was not quite so bad. Word went over town like a Hash that the Farmington men had de clared their intention to capture the town. This was enough. The patriot ism of Chama , male and female , was at high pitch. Men and women sallied forth with their guns. Kvcn dance house bosses for once fought side bv side. The Farmington invaders were driven into a corral near the depot. The corral was surrounded by an insane mob. and a brisk fusilado was kept up until 4 o'clock in the morning. At that time thu major portion of tliu Chama people went oil to celebrate their victory , but a guard was left to keep wntch of the corral. Tlio Farmington fellows began to recogni/.n that tlio jig was up , and every man con cluded to shift for himself. IJefore day light all of them that were alive , save two , had .stolen out of the corral and taken to the wood. There were thioo dead and two HO badly wounded that they couldn't make oil with the others. In the morning the two wounded men , being out of ammunition , surren dered ( ircat preparations were made for a hanging bee. Thu two prisoners wore to bo strung up at 4 o'clock in the evening. They were to be kept on ex hibition at the corral until that hour under close guard. Cluirua was in high glee. It was a gala day. The dead were buried in the forenoon , and then the population began togetgloriouslydrunk , so as to properly onior the great event " sot for 4 o'clock. Tlio" ' cuards over the prisoners were frequently relieved , and whisky galore was at the'disposal of the guards and prisoners. The latter were dare-devil rascals and. though aware of their fate , took things easy. Tliey willed their boots , hats and pistols and those of their dead comrades to their favorites among the guards. A train r.rrivod at Chama at 2 o'clock , thu lirst in a month. It was to depart again at 3. The train consisted of one passenger coach and seven or eight freight cur3. It stood on the track within a few feet of the corral whore the Farm ington men were hojd prisoners , The locomotive was right in front of them. The guards got drunker and drunker and tlio prisoners held long consultations with each other. The engineer and fire men had loft the locomotive and taken a stroll up town. The guards were busy with ttio whisky jug and were not closely waiching the prisoners. The latter saw their opportunity and em braced It. In a nice , easy careless way they slipped the pistols out of the holsters of their guards , shot them dead in ten seconds , made their way as fast as their lame condition would permit them to the locomotive twenty font dis tant , climbed on it , pulled the pin con necting it with the tram , pulled the lover , and shot along the track. They were well out of town and going at the rate of forty miles an hour before tlio town woke up to the situation. The lit tle engine climbed up and rushed down bleep grades. It turned sharp curves at a lightning speed. It plunged through newly gathered snowdrifts. Once , about twenty miles from Chama , it struck a baud cur where some section men wore repairing thu track , and sent it whirling doWn a precipice. The conductor tele graphed to the different stations to head off the engine nnd the Heeling despera does. The station men signalled them lo slop , but they wouldn't , and at last , forty miles from Chuma , while climbing a steep grade , tlio little engine , sans coal , sans water , sans steam , petered out , and the fugitives abandoned it on the track. Next day an engine was sent up trom Del Nortu to nick it up. It had suffered no injury. The fugitives were not heard offer for sometime afterward. One of them was lynched at Socorro in 1834 for kill ing a mining engineer. The glory of Chama has departed. In 1880 the railroad was pushed on to Durango - ango , and the people who mudo Chama lively went with it. Chama is now a quiet little village with a population of a couple of hundred , mostly Mexicans. The graveyard has grown green again and the crack of the six-shooter is not often hoard. A reputable railroad con tractor informed the writer that during the live months in the winter of 187U-8U 100 people were killed at Cliauia. Ami for this slaughter there was not a single person called to account by law. A LUCKY QUARTER. A Millionaire' * ti.VCoiit i'lece In a $1.000 ( Jnso. Now York Mail : In that part of Fifth avenue whore all the houses are palaces there is one owned by a millionaire from the i'aciliu slope , who , after amassing a fortune , came to this oily to enjoy tlio luxury witli great wealth put at his dis posal. Doyond the parlors , which are tilled with rare objects. , of art from all over the world , tlio rich man has his study. Thu mo.it noticeable thing in the room is a small table which stands next to a mg rosewood desk.j There is noth ing on the table savc ( an exquisitely carved gold case witli a glass lid. In side the case , resting on the soft velvet , lies a common everyday quarter of a del lar. A few days ago- while a reporter was interviewing the California million aire on a question of western politics , lie found it impossible to keep his eyes from wandering to the f 1.000 case and its 'A5- cent piece ; The millionaire , seeing the reporter's evident curiosity , took the piece of money from iu butm-lined rest ing place , and handing it to tuo reporter , said : "You sco that this cojn is marked In suoh a way that there is no mistaking it. [ The letters ( J. W. , with a star before and after them , were deeply engraved in the center of thu piece of money. ] It was first uivon mo in San Francisco , iu a saloon. I gave tlio barkeeper a $5 gold piece , and among the change 1 noticed this marked coin. I picked it out , nnd putting it in another pocket remarked to my friunds that I would keep it as a nocket-plece , J was as poor as poverty In those days , but , like everyone else , I played faro every time 1 had money enough to buy a stack of chip. * . That night I ot around to Jim Moon' game , nnd , as nsnnl , bofcro I loft [ wns cleaned out and had not a dollar left mtliq world. The mixt morning when 1 wont to work I was told that the man who employed me had decided to move to Sacramento and my valuable services were no longer nctuloa , 1 had had no breakfast , and be gan feeling iu my empty pockets for some stray coin to got a cup of coffee. To my intense surprise 1 found that quarlor. 1 then sat down and argued with myself whether I should spend my last cent to got something to cat , or if 1 should go back to the faro bank , where I had lust my money the night before , and make a Html elfort to pull out square. " -The gambling paon ! was strong in me forty years ago , and 1 decided to take the chances and bet my last quatter. Back to the gambling-hell 1 hurried. Tlie game had inst opened and the first turn of tlio cards was just being made. Dollar chips were the smallest in ti o then. So 1 threw down my quarter be tween the six , seven and eight , and then wont over lo the sideboard and poured myself otil a glass of whisky determined to have a drink for my money , anyway. When I went back to tno table , I found two chips in the place of my M cents. 1 reached over lo pick them up , but be fore 1 could do so the dealer turned tlio cards and again I won. 1 played with out thought of my empty stomach for three hours , and quit with f 100. liuforo leaving the table 1 paid the dealer $1 for my marked quarter. Then I went out and had a breakfasl lit for the gods. Kvery day for two weeks 1 gambled and every day 1 won. I kepi lliat coin always with me , and soon had over $ ' . ' ,000 in a canvas bag. One night , as I was leaving the game , I mot an old woman who bog ged mo for money enough to gel something - thing lo oat. 1 had , as usual , been win ning and was Hushed with success. To refuse a woman money for food when luck was all running my way seemed heartless , so 1 reached down in my pocket anil gave her the lirst coin 1 mot. When 1 reached homo 1 searched everywhere for my luck-niece , but it was gone. I had given il to the beggar woman. The next day 1 lost heavily and determined to play no more until I had found my quarter. It seemed a hopeless task to liiul one particular piece of money , but I never gave up hope and always looked carefully at every piece of money 1 received in change. At last I was successful. In the same bar room where 1 lirst got my quarter 1 re ceived it again. I was so elated that I trcaled Iho house lo champagne. Thai night , for thu lirst time in my life , I gambled at cards and won $3,000. 1 wont to Nevada soon after and began to speculate in mines , and in the course of time I made what people call a bonanza fortune "The only other time that quarter ever left me 1 lost the besl friend 1 ever had. Poor fellow , he never had any luck ; everything he touched failed , nnd when 1 mot him in Virginia City two years after his arrival on tlio Pacilic slope ho was in as hard luck as any man l ever saw. I nut him In the way of making some money , but everything ho got he lost at faro. One day he heard mo toll ; he story of my quarler , and asked me to , oan il lo him lo sec if it would change his luck. He promised nol lo part witn the coin , so 1 granted ills ro- quest. lie wonl to the game and put a f ? piece with my quarter on it in the pot. that is , between the ace , deuce , king and queen. Ho then folded his rnis and rested his head on them. Turn after turn was made , yol ho never once looked up. As card after card was turned murmurs of surprise passed around the lablc. The men on each side of my friend nudged him , bul he never raised his head. The whole four cards won out , nnd when the deal was over my friend had $10,753 piled up in the middle of the table. The deal er asked him to rake down the money and let the now deal begin yet ho never moved. Someone thinking he was drunk and had gonu to sleep shook him rougly by the shoulder. Heavily he fell to tlio Ijoor. Kvery rough man was shocked to find him dead. The strain had been too much for him and his heart had stopped beating. Later I cashed his chips and senl the proceeds to his mother , who died thinking her son had earned it by hard work. I had to pay the gambler (100 for my quarter , audit has never left The blood must bo pure , if the body would bo in perfect condition. Dr. J. 11. Melcan's Strengthening Cordial ami liiood Purifier makes pure blood , and imparts the rich bloom of health und vigor to the whole body. City Treasurer liuclc expects to give up oflico to-day to his recently elected successor , Treasurer Rush. The board of education will hold a meeting tonight - night , at which the oflicial bond of the treasurer-elect will piob.ibly be presented and approved. Tl'l boautlful Ulimd , uo3r famouj as one of tlie most utiructtvo summer rojoru on the Kistern cu.isl lesln I'imiim muo'Mv ' bijr. oir the coa t or Maine lutveun tlio miunlnoil anil Grand Mimun bit tint n shore frinUuire of tlilrty-tlve mile * , deoplj domed bi numo.-oji tuyu. utianuij ami niluK wkll nthe Interior ubotuidi In Jolty and iloniioly woodt'c IhllU lhut offer rare cuarmn to tlio lovers of Iho pic fh Unit ovorliuDU the cca for many miles arc truly wand. Tno vie * of thosu mlithtr nd Hwe-ln iplrlnK rocks. towering trali'ht up out of thu Bern will alone repay tlio visitor fort bo Journey there , The Hotels , to be Opened July I , are the tlneit to ba fuund cunt of llojt'iu. ' Tbcr nr < beautifully furnished miilupuolalee inrou/hout , und In butboxterlorund luturloruuyoanul lr of bu comfort nnil rptlncmo-it Keldom to bo foil ml. There are some fony mlloi of ro dn on the iiland and the drltua uro vnrlo.l and Imeremlntf. Tin tables ure well equipped with woll-lialned JUU uuUdrlvliudiurjoi. 'I ho bo itlnc and flsblnznro ercellout , mid csnoeJ with ImllunciildoB.urauIwiiyflat band , HOW TO OKT TO UAHU'OIUUXO , Tnko tliuntoiimors or the International I.lno. lenv Inn lIuHtun Monday , Wcdno'day n d Irl'Uy at ai u iu. , ( irrhliiKiit Eastport tU follonlun morning u B o'clock. An tionox U ) tnor connects witli all steamer Ju KiiHtport forCiinijiobollo , two miles illsunt. Tlio xtcumcrH of the Intcrnatlolinl I.lne nra nev n < M HKI the HnGstcimttwIfte ntuamers Horn llostnu. Uy r.i 1 Kovlu Hoston unJ Mxluoor Kaiturn It. U tc Callus' thcncohy itt'IimcrtlOirntho bo-iutllill S.Crol : rl'ur , or by cnrrluxo tnKmtport ( > inllu * . Il/ either route bJKguva miy be choikol tbrouglj loCumpobollo. From Bur Harbor ( o Cnmpobcllo. T , < ka slimmer ut liar Ilarb > r fur Machlai. wh r ( vrrlUKC" ma > ulna/tbd found In reuillne-u , Drive U I < iibcc,2S inilfa thence hy Jerry to Cuuipou lo (11 ( mlloi ) . The ilrlvo li cany und dullKhllul. AiiplUullon fur roonn > nuy buiim'lo ' to T.A. UAll KKU. hofl inn-nicer , at thooaicoof the undcr < lKncd Illuitrutoil buoki vrllh rillroi < l unil eUiumvr time tuliluj , plans of the hotel and miipj of the IlluiK may bound , HM well ua full Ini irm.illon reenrlliii the property ontppllcatlnn to AMCX S. 1'OHTKH. lion. Mauauer Cu < a | > obtllo ! liluud Co , 27 8UU ) SI. lioaton , Slass. MALT WHISKEY Bpeclillr Olitlllid for Medicinal Vt . TJJI BfSI TGMmi UNEOUALEDfor CONSUMPTIOI WASTING DISEASES y\i \ OINERAL DCBILITr. PERFECTS DIGESTION DB. XDW. L. W1I.USO , ( or gton ID Chief , Mllioul Qutrt of N.wril i ! "Mr U nUoa VM ulled U rnur K ; iton Mull Whbkyjr 1 } Vtr. L lor , Vnitfil , of Tunton nd I bar * UIM * fuw totllM with fa bIUr bflstt tbu knr } t Tf liftdi 1 flifl f6C091tDCUdu2C jour ftrtleb In mj prfcctlce , ao2 Q7 TM Otnolct fcti th * Blfettvrv a auxin a iiiKutuoii " " " it < i' EISNER * MENDELSOH , l ol AIMU l r Ui V ) 816,313 and 820 Kaet St , Philadelphia. PA. Sopdman Drnjr Co. ttanl.Accnta.Omali , Nebra k * . IT IS WOKD RFUL o\v cnsilv rhcumatUtn begins , nnd ho\y in- ulioutly it grous in the Astern until one s startled to rind himself Us \ ictniln ! , cither he acute or chronic form , He thru lenins he fearful tenacity of its grip and the utter io\\erlii < ncss of the ordinary remedies to ; ive relief. I'lob.tbly to no disea e have physicians ; ivcn more study , and none ha moie com- iletelv bnlllcd their cll'orts to provide .1 pcciticj and until Athlophoros a < dts- ovcred there was no medicine that vonld ure tlicutnalNm , neuralgia nei vous or &lek icadache. Thousands of testimonials like he following prove beyond question that \thloplioros U the only reliable icincdy , ml that it will do all that is claimed for it , Englewood , Kansas. Athlophoros has done me inoicgpoil than .11 other medicines put together , for I \\as great sufferer from ihciitnatism and neti- algia , and can say to-day , I am free from > othcomplaintMRS. . MARIA STONE. W. S. Hopkins 19 C Avenue , Cedar lapids , lovvn , sayr : "My wife and ilaugli- cr vveic both stricken \vith inflimmatory hcumatUiu 'at the same time. The lower lml ) vvero much swollen ; the pain seemed nuch hc.voiul eailuiancc ; 8leej ) wns out of I'C question , they sull'ercd so much that to novc or even touch the sheet on the bed votild cause the most violent pain. They vere conlined to the bed four \vecks Dnr- ng that time and previous I bought many > lnds of medicine , then I cnm'oycd a phy- ician , but nothing gave iclicf until I heard 'f ' Athlophoros. 1 bought a bottle at once , ml am glad to sny in a very bhort tiincjihe welling was reduced , the pain gone , and hey were entirely will. " Kvery drnpcist .should keep Athloplio- os uiul Atlilolioros | ) 1'ilN , but whcrothoy annot bu bought of thn dniCKiM thu Vtlilophoros Co. , ll'J Wall St. . Now York , vill send cither ( carriage paid ) on receipt > f regular price , which is f 1.00 tier bottle or Athlophoros and 60c. for I'ills. Tor liver nnil kidlioy ill oisi" : > , ily popiH , In- liri'Sllnii , wouUnusi , nervous lUihlllry , ilNcn i" ? IMIIIHM I , roivitlpatloii , lio.idiioh'i ' , iniiiiiu 'looil ' , cta.Atlilophuioa I'lllsiiro uiu iunlle < l. J. Jmbody the highest exultancies in Shape liuetsComfort and Durability rtnd aic the Reigniiig Favorites n fashionable circ'es Our name is on eve ry sale. J. & T. COUSINS , New York. SOMETHING NEW. Warranted to neither break down or roll up In wear. loll GrnnlDe without hlBO ilimpfd on Inilde or Ccntt , Try II ! It will OB ! you noibloir If noi rfpc nl j. CHICAGO CORSET CO. CHICAGO. NEW YORK. MJir rlnff from I..OM WEAK MEN i f3 "ii r. ir Jk uff _ _ _ _ _ - - - - I * v91 * pin nut , l rrm * < urcnrII tti decretal ting flora luJficiellontor CXCrXfifft , rurwd wltltnut Mloutui l > AJ * Jlrlu * by ll4 Gilt AT MAUSTON THEATMKNT. H * al d book * frr > bbotiM t rent ] bj Katlifrs : MAOE STRONG - Rcnlt-lo vlili InFurii tlnn of riUiu ) la ull uion. 1AKSTONREMSDYCO l9ParkPlac , N wYork. Mont Ion Omaha Dee PILES , RHEUM end nl | aklndlsenoen. A new method of torn- liounilioc Tor. A Cure miaratitood , or ) iioney > (3fiiD0l. ] Hold liydruKSltW , end atthoolUcooI TAR-OID CO.,78 RilMlPHst. CHICiGO. " ' " TRIED IX TUB CRUCIBLE , About twenty yiari ago I dtacorored a llttlt gore on 07 check , end the doctors pronounced H cancer. I liavo tried a Dumber ot pbyilcluu , but without receiving nny permanent benefit. Among t bo number iroro one or two ipecUUlsti. The jucJIcUio they applied wet Illco Ore to the tote , cauilng Intemo pain. I taw a statement tn th pnpcrj tolling what S. 8.3. had dona for othsri similarly afflicted. I procured some at onco. Before I had u > ed tlie second bottle Ibe neighbor ! could notteo tliat my cancer wai healing up , Uy general health bad been bad for two or thrco yean-Ibad a hacking cough and spit blood continually. I bad o eevcra pain In my brcut. After taking clz bottle * of 8. S. S. rny cough left mo and I grovr ( tonter than I bad been for lercral yeari. My cancer hu healed overall butallttlotpot about the alu of a half dime , and It U rapidly UUappear- Ing. I would cdvlse ertry ou.with ameer to giro S. 8. 8. n fair trial. Mm. NANCV J. UiCOXAtHUlEY. Aiuo Orore , Tlpj ( .anoo Co. , Ind , Feb. 16 , ! 55 . Swift's Gpoclflfl U entirely vcgeUM * . and Eccma to cure coneeri by forcing out tlio Irapu- rltln from the Hood. TrcatUoua lUuoJand Bkln IHieanc * malted free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO , , DRAWER 3 , ATLANTA , OA. WEAK ' - fr ihlii | > : inepiitp.iit.cvror SMiKiTirr vriiXMUt. dr. uuuiBilld , uolhlrgcurr nU of all vok | > arlrfttor- Binden EloctrioCo. IC'JLaSalictl. , Ariel In ol M niVIIUWU iTimuurii 'vac ' * ' . Scrim IkliUltr , Ixj.lMwibuo-l.ttc. , L tln ( jlbdla rui ivkrknuAn rcmdf. hit illiwov * riri iriupJtj luchb * wlllK-llU f NeC UjUlfellow uirfr.r- . OnuAccnt ( Mermanjonlr ) wontM inrvirr turn fur OurtruUo on joiir'i'ttiiMU' * Pnnoh U steu < Jil\ Increasing. Inking lust mnntti n * u I n U. Wl hniiotolmcilla ill ( imsl 80ftW I'Or inmitii , MoOBB-A" " IDDHESS , / ? . W. TANSILL & CO. , SUlCld ll < tvliiijitst rrrclvcrt a lot of new s In tin' follon'liiii < h'iKirfincnts J'uraituls , Vlorc * and Cor- * ctn tnnl to < / < * / > , of tltta lot at it'c will ) ttarc on uttlo to'day anna of the itrrntcat barutiiits eeer tn Oinuha , FANS , WOO bind ; Jinitd-jtaltttnl fans H3c , worth 7 > c. GOO elcyant frathfr fntn > , nil shades , Vffc ; worth jil.yn. White satin faun , only 47a reduced from $ J. licuntlful white Mitinfatifi , hand * ] > < ( tnt < ' < l , / ; worth fl.XO. rtttln Mark Mttlnfitnn , 03c ; reduced from fj. GLOVES 200 dozen ladles' lisle threat gloi'es , XUr ; worth title. GO dozen ladles' blade silk olovesf t7e ; worth 7fic. Ladles' sill ; taffeta ylovesflSofWoi'th XOc. Ladies' embroidered black A'ft ! gloves , 6'Jv ; worth 75c , CORSETS. J.OO dozen lieauti/ corset , Wa worth 1 Of ) dozen Monogram corset , worth tiOe. til ) dozen lUla corsets , 3Sc } worth GOc. 50 dozen Elsie corsets , SOc ; worth 75c. Also a full Hue of French woven corsets. Parasols. We have all the late novelties tn plain and fnneu parasols. Also a complete line of childrcni > ' parasols. HAYDEN BROS. 16th Street , Near Douglas. OM.\flIA NUB. WoodbridgeBrothers STATE AGENTS FOU THL Decker Brothers OMAHA. NE1WASKA. Nebraska National Bank OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $900,000 Burpluh 4O,000 H. W. Yatr-s , President. A. E. Tou.alinrir.e President. W. II S. Hughes , Cashier. UIJIECTOUS : W.V.Morse , JolmS. Colling U. W. Yates , Lewi * 3. Rood , A. E. Toussalla. BANKING OFFICE : THE IRON BANK. , Cor. 1'Mi and Farnam Stu. A General Hanking HusmosH Transacted , DRS.S.&D.DAYIESON . . . 1707 Olive St. , St. Louis Mo. 1743 Lawrence St. , Denver , Colorado , Of the Mik&ouri State Museum of Anatomy , St. Louis , Mo. , Univerbity College Hospi tal , London , Giescu , Germany and New York. Having devoted their attention SPECIALLY TO THE TREATMENT OF Nervous. Chronic aod DISEASES , More especially those arising from Impru dence , invite all so tuffcnn to correspond without delay. Diseases of infection and contagion cured safely and ( speedily with out detention from l > ut > ine s , and without the use of dangerous diugs. Pa tients whose cases have been neglected , badly treated or pronounced incurable , should not fail to write us concerning their symptoms. Allied-.rs receive immediate attention. JUST PUBLISHED. And will be mailed FREK to any address on leceipt of one 2 cent stamp. "Practical Observations on Nervous Debility and I'liyslcjl Exhaustion , " to which is added an ' Kbk.yr on Marriaj'Ci" vxitli important chap ters on Diseases of the Reproductive Or- gan1- , the whole forming a valuable medical trcatUe which should be read by all young men. Address. PUS. S. & D. DAVIKSON , 17 > 2 Lawrence St. , Denver , Colorado. 1707 Olive St .St.L < niU , Mo. 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