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ST. PAUL only claim * a population of
208,000. There is nothing small about
St. Paul.
November one hundred and
twenty-five railroad accidents wore
recorded In the United StntCH. Most
ot them could have been avoided by
proper care.
Tills vacant Mexican miBsion is still
unfilled. The president is probably
trying1 to find some one among the many
applicants with moral Htatninti enough
to withstand the strain on character
which this minion entails.
TIIORK democratic contemporarica
who lay the flattering unction to their
wnils that John Sherman's presidential
boom has boon called In deceive thcin-
| " " " "wives wofully. They will find it very
7 much in the field when the boom season
re proper opens up.
JACOB SiLUU' is himself again in his
country homo. The open air and u good
pull at the milk bottle have hrnccd him
up BO that ho , Is occupied with his busi
ness matters ojruiu. Ho has no doubt a
long and active career of bribery yet
before him. ni
Ixtlio way of in tor-change of boodlors
bolwecn this country and Canada the
balance of trade IB largely in fuvor of
that country. It is estimated that about
three million dollars stolen from Canada
is In circulation in the United States
while the latter has added more than
aix times as much to the wealth of the
dominion during the past two years.
No wonder the British authorities are
so reluctant to enact more comprohon-
. elvo extradition laws.
IT Is now estimated that the total 1m-
* jnlgration of this year will not bo so
large na was predictedhutt summer. It
wis then thought { hat the figures would
certainly go to 800,000 , and might reach
a million. It is now seen , however , that
thny will fall under 600,000. This ought
to IMS very gratifying intelligence to the
nntl-immigrationists who have endeav
ored to work up iv popular alarm on this
subject , even though it does materially
reduce the already light weight of
their argument. Wo look for a season
of rest in the anti-immigration discus
sion. .
( ) N"tho roasaomb'ing ' of congress , Rep
resentative Mason of Illinois will'pro -
, Bout resolutions instructing the judici-
ury committee of tho" houbo to investi
gate "trusts" and recommend btops , 11
Buy are necessary , for relief from this
form of capitalistic combination. Mr.
Mason has a proper thing in view and
it Is to be hoped ho will have no dim
oulty in obtaining the support ot the
house. And if ho shall do this ho will
be wise to keep his eye on the couv
initteo the "trusts" bo
, as may depended
upon to start a counter Investigation it
order to ascertain what "stops , " ant
how many of them , will bo necessary tc
head oil any imprudent prying iiitc
their ntTairs.
THK recent suffering and loss of llf (
Ijj in Kansas , and to a less extent in No
\ raska , from the sudden cold weather
lias naturally turned attention ti
the responsibility for thoao civ
lumitics that rests upon the coal mo
fcopollsts. The Springfield , Mass.
Jitynblfcan says that while the situntioi
has been bad enough the spirit back o
it all is woi-ho , "It is the same , " say
that paper , "that has been and is engaged
gaged in starving the Lohigh Vnllo ,
miners , and which would import Bel
gltuis to take their places , rather than
having advanced the price ot their coti
1,60 a ton , pay their men 31 cents n to
.more for the mining of it. It is th
same spirit that would extend th
monopoly of fuel by maintaining th
U duty of 75 cents n ton on hituminou
coal , that Now England manufaeturei
and pcoplo * may bo cut oil fromth
abundant supplies of Nova Scotia an
placed more completely at the mercy t
the barons. " It is tv very sad and At
' , i fc plornblo indictment that the sutrerin
I' v1' in these western states has alread
drawn ngalnst the coal monopolists , bu
there is great reason to fear that won-
remains behind. The importati
question is will congress hoed it ? Un
fortunately there is not very favorubl
promise that it will , or at least thn
those who do hood will ho uumorou
Hough to defeat the creatures of th
Wealthy nnd woll-ontronohod despoilei
| f the people.
$ ' % . '
The Flood of Bill * .
Although only one branch of congress
actually begun the transaction of busi
ness before adjournment for the holiday
recess , thg flood gates of proposed legis
lation have already been opened wldo
enough to swamp the treasury if a tithe
of the measures suggested should over
become laws. Several thousand hills
have already been introduced and the
agony hns bonrcoly begun. All arc more
or le. Intimately connected with n de
mand for more funds. Two or three
combined would make such n hole In the
treasury surplus , If passed , that no moro
messages such as Mr. Cleveland's
latest would bo likely to
emanate from the .white house
for years to rome. Pensions by the
wholesale which place patriotism in the
rtutmbles at so much a clay , pensions
singly and individually which would
override nil decisions of the pension
office and all the rules of evidence in the
proof of claims , private measures for the
relief of claim sharks who are pushing
them along on contingent fees , hills to
Itr.provo prospective improvements and
to subsidize plans and schemes bolstered
up by irresponsible adventurers , eacli.
and all find their place in the long roll
of measures which have gone to the
government printing ofllco to bo put in
cold type for the benefit of a tax-ridden
country.
It is an enormous waste of paper and
an equal waste of representative en
ergy. Each or both of these could bo
overlooked if the waste of time in
volved in even temporary considera
tion by congress of this avalanche of
papers for impracticable legislation did
not operate to the serious disadvantage
of the country. Every session sees
measures of paramount importance
swamped in the flood of worthless bills
which sweeps down upon the committee
rooms or engulfs congress In the clos
ing days. The cry of the country for
reduced taxation is drowned by the
calls of members for consideration of
measures which may affect voters in
their districts. The appeal of unpro
tected labor for relief against pro
tected capital cttnnot be- heard against
the htorm of cries for recognition from
senators and congressmen clamoring for
a vote on private claims , private pen
sions , private subsidies and measures
which will raise or lower the price of
stocks in which they or their friends
have a private interest. Congress is
annually turned into a vast factory , into
whoso voracious hoppers are poured
thousands of bills introduced for bun
combe , which cannot bo passed and
% were never intended to be parsed. And
when a long-suffering public complains
of the neglect of its important interests
by its well-paid servants , it is pointed to
the overloaded calendars , the stuffed
committee pigeon holes and the tons of
spoiled white paper which have acted
ns an efficient barrier to the passage of
needed legislation.
The remedy lies in the hands of con
gress. It is a simple and an easy one. A
tribunal like the court of claims could
readily be created to pass upon nil pri
vate bills and relieve the calendars
from their presence. Congress could
then appropriate upon the recommenda
tion of such a court. But where then
would bo the rural representative whoso
high boast is that ho has introduced
moro bills for his constituents than any
other member ?
Cleveland' ) * Ingratitude.
The statement regarding the fooling
entertained by the late Daniel Manning
toward Mr. Cleveland is by no means
incredible. It is said that ho frequently
referred to the president as ' 'that in-
gruto , " and that on "OHO occasion ho
spoke of him as "a man who never had
a grain of gratitude in his soul. " It
will of course bo said that the presi
dent did all that was in his power , so
far as Manning was. personally concern
ed , to attest his appreciation of the de
votion and .services of the political
leader. Ho gave him the place of second
end rank in Ills cnblndt , ho is under
stood to have largely depended on him
as a political counselor , ho declined to
accept his resignation when ilrstolTorcd
and allowed Manning a long vacation ,
and ho professed great regret when
at last his retirement from the treasury
department became Imperative. All
this certainly does not seem compatible
with the charge of ingratitude.
And yet Mr. Cleveland may have been
guilty of conduct toward Manning that
warranted the latter in regarding the
president ntftin ingratc. Mr. Cleveland's
obligations to Manning wore not neces
sarily canceled by his nppointinunt as
secretary of the treasury In the hot
battle ho had fought with untiring en
ergy for Cleveland , and which , it is
now generally conceded , would have
boon loat but for the skill and zeal of
Manning's mtuingnmunt , ho had en
tered into obligations contingent upon
succcbs which it was necessary to his
own political welfare and to the har
mony of the parly ho should make good ,
Ills character as an honorable politician
and his authority as a loader were at
stake. The mon vho had stood by him ,
under conditions of mutual confidence :
in the light , looked to him for the recog
nition whichhnd boon promised them ,
If ho failed them , ho raubt do so at the
sacrifice ot their respect and of his
leadership. There can bo very little
doubt that Mr. Cleveland denied Mniv
ning the privilege of making good manj
of his political obligations. No one can
doubt that the appointments mndo In
New York during the first year of the
administration were not generally o !
men whom Manning de.iirod or recom
mended. Pearson , Ileddoii and t-onu
others were not the men whom the
leader of , the Now York democracy
would have elevated to the most impor
tant olliccs. As a thorough going dem
ocrat ho would not only have selected
men in full sympathy with the party ,
but who had done r < urvlco in its cause
Ho hud no sympathy with the mug
wump element which the adminlbtra
tion at the outlet was"so anxious tc
serve , and did servo until the wide
spread voice of dcmociatic displeasure
aroused Mr. Cleveland to a sense of tlu
oxKdioncy | ) of giving fcomu considers
tion to the claims of the momborb o
his own party.
But there is no evidence that Mr
Manning's frlouds ever received favor
able attention' , or that the president
ever felt any solicitude respecting the
political obligations resting upon the
man to whom more than nny other ho
owed his nomination and election. Hav
ing rewarded the services of Manning ,
Mr. Cleveland concluded that all claims
upon him from that source were sat
isfied , and thereafter the political leader
found himself a bankrupt in the power
to reward those who had been faithful
to him. It may never ho known with
what urgency Manning pressed and in
sisted U | > on the privilege of fulfilling
eomo of his political obligations , but
could it bo there would very likely bo
seen ample justification of the opinion
ho is said to have hold of the president.
But If there bo nothing in this state
ment regarding Manning there is other
evidence that amply" proves Mr. Cleveland -
land to bo little under the influence ot
the sentiment of gratitude. With very
few exceptions the men who mndo him
politically ho has been most careful to
banish from his friendship and favor.
Undervaluations.
In his annual report the secretary of
the treasury again pointed out the ne
cessity of legislation to free the admin
istration of the customs service from the
numerous defects which have caused no
end of difficulty , great injustice to
honest importers , immense loss to the
government , and u mass of litigation
that cannot bo disposed of in this gen
eration. The subject is as old as the
customs service , but congress has been
exceedingly derelict regarding it , al
though Us attention has been repeatedly
called to the matter and measures have
been introduced providing remedies. In
the last congress Mr. Hewitt introduced
a comprehensive bill relating to cus
toms administration and worked very
hard to got it through , but was unsuc
cessful , as had been the efforts of others
before him. The senate created a
special committee on undervaluations
which it is understood has made a very
thorough investigation of the subject of
evasions of duties. Its report may bo
expected to give congress valuable in
formation.
Meanwhile favorable comment is
made on the bill reported by Senator
Allison , from the committee on finance ,
to regulate the importation of foreign
merchandise and secure uniform classi
fication and valuation. This measure
has evidently been drawn with great
care , and appears to provide thorough
safeguards against the difficulties and
abuses that seem inseparable from the
present system. It provides amongst
other things for nine general apprais
ers to bo appointed by the president ,
not mure than five of whom shall bo of
the same iwlitical party. Three of
these shall sit constantly in Now York
'as a board , and shall hoar and'pass Up6n
appeals from the decisions of the other
inspectors. Very thorough regulations
regarding invoices , statements , declar
ations , and other mutters of detail , are
provided , and the penalties prescribed
for violations of the net seem sufficient
to deter efforts nt fraud. There does
not appear to be any reason why this
bill cannot bo heartily supported by all
men in congress , irrespective of party ,
who desire that the customs service
shall he administered so ns to avoid im
positions and fraud that arc at once n
loss * to the government and a great
wrong to honest importers. Without
regard to opinions respecting the tarlll
system , it should manifestly bo the de
sire of every one to have the law impar
tially enforced and ab&urc equity to all.
The bill of Senator Allison has this pur
pose , and it appears to contain all the
necessary provisions to accomplish it.
TUB committee appointed by the
board of trade to induce manufacturers
to come to Omaha can undoubtedly be
trusted to promptly formulate a plan o !
procedure , so that the best possible use
shall bo mndo of the time between now
and spring for making Omaha's claim !
moro widely known. Within a few days
the committee will bo placed in posses
sion of the fullest and most trustworthy
information concerning the business o
Omaha for the present year , with com'
parativo statistics for preceding years
from which all the facts it will need tc
make use of can bo compiled with lltth
difficulty. Wo should like to imprcsi
on the commit too the importance of im
proving most fully the winter month :
for disseminating information relating
to Omaha as a manufacturing and commercial
morcial center. We feel very confiden
that if the right effort is made during
the next three months most gratifyinf
results will follow in the spring.
IT is only from people who have neve
given any intelligent study to the con
ditions which underlie the progressani
prosperity of Omaha that doubts an
heard regarding the future of this city.
Those who have witnessed the city"
growth and understand the reason
therefor arc never troubled by a que&
tion ns to Omaha's destiny. Its es
tablibhcd place among the metro
politan cities of the west will ho main
taincd and advanced. The rapidity o >
its progress will of course depend upoi
the energy and enterprise of its busi
ness men , but in any event a stead ;
and substantial advance is assured. Th
present year has witnessed a remarko
able progress , and the Indications an
most favorable that It will bo oxceedci
next year.
THE next general assembly of low
will have an undertaker among Its mem
hers. Ho will , of course' , look after th
bills which are killed.
DlTLUTH , with a population of 32,00 (
has a seven story $400,000 , hotel undo
way which will bo opened next fall
This is suggcbtlve.
The Lobbyist.
'flit Kpocli.
The average proife&slonul lobbyist
are not concerned with the big steals
Such steals are comparatively few i
number , and it would not pay the lol
byists to wait for them. Instead c
that the average professional lobby in
feeds on small bits of legislation , and i
makes no difference to him who the
the object which the hill seeks to ac
iomplish is good or bad. .Let us eeo th
way in which ho goes to work. <
When a bill suitable for his purpose
is introduced , he waits for it to bu r <
ferrcd to n committee , nnd then writes
to the people interested in its pnsaago ,
Informing them that he has an intimate
acquaintance with the clmlrmrn or
some member of the committee having
it in charge , and that for such and such
a sum ho will guarantee the bill's pas-
wige. At the same time ho writes a
similar letter to some opponent of the
measure , offering for tin equal amount
to secure its rejection. One side or
the other is pretty sure to take him
nt his own valuation , nnd often ho
pockets the money or both , nnd they
cannot object without convicting them
selves of bribery. Under ordinary
circumstances , he can inform himself at
the start whether a hill will go through
or not , and then ho writes only to the
Hide which is going to win. They prom
ise him the sum asked for if the bill is
dlsposecof in the manner they wish ,
and all ho has to do IH to allow things
to take their natural course and claim
the money when the result which ho
has foacscon is obtained.
Now whore is the peculiar iniquity of
this. Kot In the swindling of people
who are willing to compass their ends
by means of bribery , so much as in the
suspicion put upon the honest legislator
who is a member of the committee. No
matter how upright nnd incorruptible
his course may have been , ho is allowed
by the lobbyist to rest under the suspi
cion of having accepted n bribo. He
cannot reply to any charge , because
there is none. He knows nothing of the
imputation put upon him , and has no
opportunity to defend himself. If by
chance ho has a slight acquaintance
with the lobbyist in question , his case
is all the worse , for ho will bo picked
out to be victimized in future cases , un
til his reputation for honesty is thrown .
away behind his back.
It is difficult to conceive of a speciea
of mankind moaner than this last typo
of lobbyist. Ho is a robber , black
mailer and swindler all rolled Into ono.
So long ns ho is permitted to ply his
trade undisturbed , the really honest
members of a legislature of whom
there are perhaps more than is supposed
by the sceptical public will have only
themselves to thank for the general dis
belief in their probity. Any legislative
body with nny regard for the preserva
tion of its own reputation should make
it its first duty to drive oil this swurm of
professional vermin.
STATE AXU TKItltlTOnV.
Nebraska Jotting * ) .
Sewnrd county presented a nc'w poor
house to the indigent of that section
last week.
The Fremont board of trade has
closed a bargain for the establishment
of a Canning factory.
North Bend enjoyed a healthy holi
day boom. Five now babies arrived in
advance of Santa Glaus.
A cracker factory with u capacity of
thirty-live barrels of flour a day , has
been started in Central City.
The democrats of Kearney are danc
ing a lively hornpipe over the official
-brognns of the late Postmaster Wat
son.
son.Tho Kearney mills remembered the
poor substantially on Christmas. Fifty
socks of flour were distributed among-
them.
Prof. Loach , of Howard county , who
attempted to toachthei young idea how
to shoot the ballotT was bounced as an
offensive partisan. ' * '
Hastings boasts oT iibr readiness to
boost , with from $1,006 to $50,000 cold
cash , every institution starting in the
city that will give employment to work-
, ingmen. , ,
Nebraska , CityV82,000,000 stockyards
has dwindled down to a $200,000 water
ing station. In announcing the change
the Times cheerfully declares that the
city will not outrival Chicago for a few
days yet.
Grand Island whisks past Hastings
with 200 more school children and 800
moro names in the directory. The
queen city has not called the roll since
the Missouri Pacific cleaned out the
town treasury.
Mr. W. C. Dibble has dropped out of
the management of the Dakota City
Argus. The change will enable Father
Martin to spread his literary mush over
every column , and feed it with a shovel
to the griping intellectual bowels there
abouts.
The Nebraska City papers are , meta
phorically speaking , dancing on the
collar of Senator Mandorson because ho
omitted the city in'his bill dividing the
state into United States judicial dis
tricts and naming the towns in which
court shall bo held.
Ono of the belles of Nebraska City has
her understandings enveloped in "huge
moccasins of lluxsood , hoping to draw
them back to their natural size. She
wont to a ball in shoes three sizes too
small nnd contracted the swellings. She
is considerably puffed , up over the affair.
O'Neill registers a solid kick against
the present train facilities between the
city and Omaha , and particularly
against mail management. Omaha
papers reach there the day after pub
lication , and the residents rebel against
the delay in securing their chief intel
lectual ftfast.
Dakota county furnished St. Paul her
Christinas beef. Two carloads of chief
feeders , averaging 1,000 pounds each ,
were sent and served to the hungry sin-
sors of the town. The juicy libers so
enthused the residents that they imme
diately proclaimed a population of 208- ,
000. St. Paul beefs loud.
1
The Norfolk News is convinced that
if Mr. Blaine had adopted as his watch
word , "Protect American industries ,
and protect all our people from the
rapacity and greed of corporate monopoly
ely in all its forms nnd disguises , " ho
would have found a responsive chord in
, the heart of every true American citi
zen ,
"Perhaps the most phenomenal part
f of Nebraska's progress can bo found in
the history of South Sioux City ac
cording to the holiday Sun , founded in
March of this year ; already possessing
500 population , with the proswet | of
1,500 in the spring nnd5,000 by the
close of 1888. " The-building record for
the year foots up $72,000.
The Beatrice Dombe.rn't declares that
Mr. Potter , the prospiit manager of the
Union Pacific , is trying to see how few
trains ho can run , how little accommo
dation he canglvo the traveling public ,
and how much money he can earn for
the stockholders. Thbro4s such a thing
ns saving nt the spiggot and wasting at
the bung. ; "
The York Times issued an illustrated
holiday number , ghowlhg the principal
business , religious i and educational
buildings in the city. Although a dis
astrous lire chastened Its progress dur
ing the year , the record ot the town
shows a total of $110,000 expended in
improvement. All the modern incon
veniences and comforts tire represented
in the town waterworks , electric
lights , telephones nnd gas.
A wooly individual from the sheer
Holds of tinge county has purnly/ad the
if Beatrice Democrat with a peremptory
order to "stop my paper" because it ap
it proved the tariff utterance of President
Cleveland. The Democrat recovered In
time to shear Its ox-patron and market
the clip. Mr. Marvin has dispensed
with editorial luxuries , and by adding
a. few necessaries to the free list , prom
ises to weather the gala IB a linen dus
ter.
Iowa Itctni.
Dos Molncs is negotiating for a cottpn
factory.
Oskaloosa boasts of nine flourishing
literary societies.
The high price and scarcity of hogs
1mvn closed the paekorles at Davenport.
Davenport hns organized a new Busi
ness Men's association , with an Initiation
fee of $25.
The bank capital of Iowa amounts to
$ . ! .000.000. nnd the capital Invested in
stock is $ .525,450,791. ,
Prophet Foster advises ice harvesters
to gather the crop before the 1st of
January , ns ho will turn loose a warm
wave tno first week In the month.
Davenport is going to have ample
railroad facilities. The Chicago , Bur
lington < te Quincy has opened up a
freight house there , and the Northwest
ern is making an effort to buy the new
Davenport & Duhuquo , ten miles of
which is completed west from the city.
Wyoming.
Cheyenne will turn loose in honor of
the Burlington road next Tuesday.
The Wyoming Hereford association
has passed into the hands of a receiver.
The railroad eating house at Chey
enne has been closed by the Pacific
Hotel company.
The prison board of Ohio has refused
to approve the contract to board and en
tertain Wyoming criminals and the ter
ritory will now bo compelled to keep
them at home.
A Chicagopyndlcato , with a capital of
$ 5,000,000 , has been incorporated to
work oil and mineral claims in the ter
ritory. The organization already holds
title to more than 6,000 acres of coal and
oil land in Carbon county.
Frank Georgea railroad employewas
killed by the cars at Lur'amio last
Thursday. The unfortunate young man
wasomployed in the car repairing depart
ment nnd was at work upon a box car
that had boon jacked up nnd was to bo
loaded onto a flat and sent to Omaha.
Frank was working nt ono end of the
car and between the rails of the track
above which it was resting on blocks ,
when a switch engine backed up against
it at the other end and knocked the car
oil the block , tipping it over on him
and crushing and mangling him in the
most awful manner. The crown of the
coupler struck him on the head about
the base of the brain and severed the
entire upper part of the skull as cleanly
as if it had been done with an ax.
Montana.
Bullion shipments from Butte last
week amounted to $103,360.
It is expected that there will bo a big
rush of Immigrants to the fertile Flathead -
head valley next spring.
The schools in Lewis and Clarke
county were kept in running order
during December-with $58,000. ,
Ten mining companies of Montana
paid dividends during the first eleven
months of 1887 , aggregating a total of
* 2,830 , 78.
Tho4total receipts at the government
assay office in Helena during the year
amounted to $1,354,667. The mineral
output of the territory for the year will
approach $30,000,000.
" Gallatln county has thirty-five school
districts nnd 1,905 children of school
age. The school fund amounts to
$13,440.55 , or an average of $0.80 per
capita.
A DAGGER AT HIS THROAT.
The Revenge of a Mexican Girl "Whose
IJOVCT Was.Sluiu in a Duel.
Sau Francisco'Examiner:1 : In the fall
of 1839 a party of Mexicans were travel
ing through what is now Butte county ,
their destination being the valley where
the town of Chico now stands. The
train of horses nnd wagons with which
the men and women were journeying
in the slow style of that day belonged
to a Spaniard named Lapcznda. Ho
and his family constituted the principal
portion of the party. He had many an
acre in Alttv , Cal. , and on his lands
grazed innumerable horses and cattle ,
but his most prized possession was a
daughter , who was then , nt sixteen
years of age , the very embodiment of
all that soft beauty and sensuous grace
peculiar to the women of Castilian de
scent.
It was natural for men to fall in love
with her. Like all girls with the warm ,
passionate blood of Mexico coursing
in her veins , her bodily development
had boon rapid , her affections had
ripened early , and at sixteen years of
ago she was already a woman.
Among those who were her worship
ers were an American named Thomas
Lansing , who had been born in Ver
mont , and a Scotchman named Harvey
McGruitran. They were constantly
near her , and the influence of her pres
ence never allowed their love to cool.
MeGruignn had moro opportunities
than Lunsing to bo in her society and
advance his suit , since ho was secretary
to Don Lupezadtv and took his meals at
the table with the family. Lansing was
the wagon boss and had general charge
of the caravan while on the road. Both
hud lived in Mexico and among the
Mexicans for a long time and wore ns
familiar with the language as tv native.
McGruigan was a pleasant wooer , be
sides being much handsomer than Lan
sing , and soon the hitter saw that his
rival was smiled upon , while ho himself
had none of the girl's regard. Naturally
fiery tempered. Lansing conceived n
violent hatred for the Scotchman and
never missed a chance to seek a row
with McGruigan. Throughout the
journey ho had repeatedly endeavored
to involve McGruigan in trouble. It was
thus matters stood when the valley in
which Gridloy is _ situated was reached.
There Lansing insulted MeGruignn in
such a manner that the latter yielded to
hjs angry feelings and challenged the
other to n duel. This was just what
Lunsing desired. Ho had boon waiting
for the moment when ho might kill his
successful rival over since the lovely
sonorittv had let the Scotchman know
that her heart was all his o\yn.
None of the usual formalities of the
codo'was. needed for such an encounter
as the men proposed. They repaired tea
a grove of a timber then occupying the
site of what is at present the town of
Gridloy , and there , after a short space
had been measured oft , began shooting
at each other with their pistols. Three
shots were fired by each man. The third
bullet from Lansing's pistol was effec
tive. The ambition of his hatred had
been satisfied , us the ! leaden pellet en
tered McGruigan's brain and ho fell
down dead. Lansing himself had ro-
colvod u bullet in his loft arm , nnd ono
shot from McGruigan's weapon had car
ried away the lobe of his right oar.
Having satisfied himself that Mc-
Gruigun was dead and would trouble
him no longer , Lansing turned to leave
the spot. Ho had replaced his pistol in
his belt and given a fast hasty glance at
the face of the dead man , when from behind -
hind the trees ippenrod the girl herself.
She crept up behind Lansing and
stubbed him in the neck with a stiletto ,
Hovuring the jugular vein. Ho sunk on
the gram , and died. The girl hud
noticed the two men leaving camp , had
been attracted to the scene of the duel
by the sound of the firing , and hud ar
rived there in time to ace the man she
loved fall lifeless to the ground. The
fate of the girl herself soeina td have
boon forgotten. . ' ' ,
DANOEKOUS CRANKS.
Note * lYom the Kipcrlence of White
Hondo Detective.
Correspondence of the Globe-Demo
crat : Detective Henry Kolb , who has
constant supervision of the white house'
at Washington , is ono of the best
ixvdod men on cranks and their pecu
liarities in this country. Ho can loll a
great many now and interesting stories
of his experience at Washington , but ,
as he Is a quiet , modest man , it Is rarely
that ho can ho induced to talk on the
subject. It was Kolb who first pointed
out Guitcnu to Secretary of SUite Blaine
and warned him that the future ni , ns-
sln of President Garfield was a danger
ous crank. The dotcutlve allowed him
self to bo interviewed by a Jert-ey
friend the other day , however , mid
what ho said is worth making public.
Keforrlng to the subject of cranks , ho
said most people suppose they are shab
bily dressed creatures , with long , unkempt -
kempt hnlr and bristling beard. This
belief ho characterized as being far
from the truth. Ono class of cranks is of
the above description , but there are nu
merous classes. Tito poorly dressed , un
kempt cranks are usually from country
places. They are poor * and come to
Washington to collect amounts of money
they imagine the government owes
them. As a rule this class is w * * very
dungorous.
"The fellows most to bo feared are the
well-dressed , oily-tongucd , who draw
enough income from somewhere to sup
port themselves , and who imagine that
they own the earth and have a first
mortgage on the sun , moon nnd stars.
Gttlteau belonged to this latter class.
He wanted tv high position under the
state department , and used good and
parently sensible language to con-
ice Mr. Blaine that he was entitled
to the place. Failing in this , God or
dered him. so ho said , to remove Prcs-
'dent Garfleld , which ho did. "
CltANKS AT THE AVH1TE HOUSK.
While at the white house Detective
Kolb was compelled to use great vigi
lance to keep the well-dressed smooth-
talking cranks from entering. Their
stories were plausible and their appear
ance respectable. The fellows with'tv
week's growth of nappy hair and heard ,
and wearing clothing faded by the
storms of many seasons , could be driven
away like an old woman "shooing"
chickens in many instances' The for
mer. however , stood on their dignity ,
nnd it was frequently necessary to' use
force to got them off the exectuivo
premises.
"Ono afternoon , during General
Grant's first term , " said Mr. Kolb , "a
tall , stylishly-dressed man , about forty-
five years of age , came to the main
door and in a very dignified manner de
manded to see tlio president. Wo in
formed him that the president was not
that . 'Ah ' he
receiving day. , rejoined
with the utmost sang froid , 'General
Grant is always at homo to republican
members of congress. ' It was during
the session of congress , and believing
that the caller was what ho represented
himself to be , I pointed out the way to
the reception-room up-stairs. Ho
quickly disappeared up the velvety
stairway , and wo resumed our conversa
tion. Pretty soon there was a commo
tion at the head of the stops , nnd the
usher up there sang out : 'Come up
herOj Kolb , quickl' I bounded up-stnirs
nnd into General Grant's ofilco , and
hcro was the congressman gesticulat
ing wildly , talking loudly , anp follow- !
idg the president about the apartment
in u very excited manner.
WHAT TIIK CUANK WANTED.
"The president was as cool as . a
norther , but there was an angry gleam
out of his.oyes. 'PutthU follow out ! '
ho commanded , imperitivoly , and , as I
seized Mr. Congressman , ho quietly re
sumed his scat and continued nt his
work us though nothing had happened.
After a brief struggle I got the fellow
to the head of the stairs and I told him
I would throw him down if ho did
not go peacefully. Ho went. It
was several days before I learned
the true cause of the disturbances. In
the meantime the president rebuked mo
for not being moro careful who I ad
mitted into the building. 'I am not
afraid of such fellows , ' ho said , 'but they
annoy mo andoccupy valuable tuneall of
which you could avoid by not admitting
them. ' Had I known at the time what
the fellow did I would have handed him
over to the polico. I learned the par
ticulars from one of the children. Ho
came in and claimed that ho had been
elected to congress from the Baltimore.
district by 1,000,000 republican majority
and notwithstanding tliat fact his seat
in the house was still occupied by a
democrat. Ho wanted the president to go
to the capitol with him at once and de
mand that the democrat ho ousted forth
with. The general not only refused to
do this , but ho touched the button and
summoned the doorkeeper. In the
meantime , bcforo my arrival on the
scone , the crank followed the president
about , threatening the most dire ven
geance unless ho wont to the capital
with him at onco. 1 have always be
lieved that General Grant narrowly
missed being assaulted or perhaps as
sassination on that day as the crank was
in a white heat rage when I fired him
out of the white house. "
AVOUKVIXU THK SKCIIin'Ar.IKS.
The detective also described how the
late Secretary of State Frolinghuyson
was grappled'by a cranky German , who
wanted to bo made n special envoy to
England and Canada , for the purpose of
working a secret scheme to overthrow
the English government , raise the
stars and stripes over St. James' castle ,
nnd declare England , Ireland. Scotland ,
Canada and the other provinces to bo
additions to the republic of the United
States. When Mr. Frolinghuyson or
dered this fiery and extremely cranky
diplomulo from his office the latter
seized him by the hippol of the coat ,
and would have assaulted him but for
the presence of a doorkeeper and mes
senger , who hustled the fellow out.
Kolb said a crank called on Secretary
Lamar hist week and wanted 1,000,000
acres of land in the west to establish anew
now "Land of Canaan , " whore the fol
lowers of the "unborn lamb" could wor
ship in pence , away from the vices of
civlli/ation. Ho termed himself the
high priest of the now order. Secre
tary Lamar jokingly informed him that
the festive red man was ( .till a predom
inating feature in the wild west , and
that the followers of the unborn lamb
' slightly moro
find the scnlping-knifo
unpleasant than the vicosof civill/.alion.
.
AteOUT WYOMING.
A Trip With Governor Moonlight In u
Correspondence of the Boston Adver
tiser : The first thing that struck the
governor in his travels was the way in
which land-gobbling had boon carried
on in the territory. "I was amazed , "
said ho , "to find cattle and homo ranches
claiming thousands of acres of land un
der and by virtue of the various classes
of entries permitted and granted by the
United States laws , and much of It by
virtue of discovery only. In con
versation with the United States
land officers at Cheyenne I havn learned
that many of these entries have been
made by men and women , citizens of the
territory , and by men nnd women who
have never set foot in Wyoming , and
never had any knowledge of the lands ,
its locality or its surface appearance.
. . . The home-HUe principle of
land for the landless has degenerated
into the monopoly practice of mpro laud
for the land-owners. There iOfitas ( d
have been nil epidemic rnglng In Vfy *
oming to secure this supposed to bo
worthless land , and then there scorns to
have been another epidemic to got rid
of It , not by returning it to the .govern
ment like so much conscience money ,
but by disposing of whatsoever rights
they supposed they had obtained to it ,
to individuals , companies and corpora *
lions who were willing to assume all
risks for the sake of gutting immediate-
possession of the lands. "
Governor Moonlight , the further ho
traveled , grow more familiar with this.
Hy the time he had finished his trip ho
was thoroughly disgusted. "There
seems to htivo been , " says ho , "ft senti
ment that all you can got out of the gov
ernment you have a rightto gotand not
IK ; over iKtrticular about it. There seems
to bu also another Hontlmont , that , as
much of the land is of little value , the
government ought to ho glad to get the
money for it , nnd not bo too particular
and exacting alxutt residence , cultiva
tion , reclamation and timber culture. "
But things are changing now. It is a
ease of reaction , owing to the Abuses.
There is to-day a healthy sentiment for
tv frank and fearless enforcement of the -
land laws looking to actual settlement ,
nnd , strange as it may appear , many of
those who are in possession of large
bodies of land are desirous of selling1 ,
but men will not buy unless the tltlo
from the government is ) > crfect.
One thing which would help im
mensely to settle this would bo immi
gration. This is what all the people are
looking forward to. The government
complains that , while the western states
and territories are industriously and
persistently advertised , Wyoming is
not. To the ono colonization society at
work there he gives the benefit ot the
wide circulation of his report us an ad
vertisement , gratis.
And what are the Inducements Wy
oming and Moonlight hold out ? First ,
an agricultural boom , the buggy rldo
showed In some of the ranches , "a strong
tendency to gardening" and some of the
finest vegetable gardens to be found in
the country. There has been two big
cattle shows this year , and in each ot
them was found the trotting track so
familiar to frequenters of the Massa
chusetts festivals. The Wyoming
horse , the governor says , is a peculiarly
hardy creature. "I have never , " ho
adds , "seen a Wyoming-bred horse with
poor feet. " There is a good deal doing
In tho. way of soda , and something in
glass malving. Window gloss is the
sort turned out , and the ono factory in
the Territory is the only ono west of
1 Joule Island. Illinois. The bed of sand
which supplies the factory is perfectly
while and apparently inexhaustible.
There is n little coal mining in Crook
county , but the oil field is perhaps the
richest in the territory. There are
wells in the Shoshotio basin , in the Jlat-
tlesnuke basin and near Powder river.
A syndicate has been organized in Chicago
cage and Milwaukee to work the field.
The value of the deposits in this region
may readily bo calculated when it is
observed that the Standard Oil company
at once sprung to grasp all their chances.
The metal chiefly found in the Wy
oming mines Is copper. Only ono mine
had been worked at all extensively at
the time the governor took his buggy
ride. "Tho ono great trouble in the
mining developments of Wyoming. " ho
explains , "is the cost of living. The
moment the agriculture productions are
such ns to sustain the people engaged in
afl kinds of business men will feel able
to turn their attention to prospecting ,
but the cost of living is so high nt
present that bare prospecting will not
pay them. That the precious metals
abound in Wyoming none will deny , but ;
until some rich paying district is struck
the mining interests will drag along ,
awaiting the favorable turn of cheap
food and cheap transportation. A big
find cares nothing for cheap living , for
all is u boom and all is on the high pressure -
sure order. "
Ono of the thriving and most promis
ing agricultural enterprises of fertile
Wyoming is the construction of the
Mammoth canal. This canal is to bo
constructed at once , and will give irri
gation to 270,000 acres of rich soil of the
Green river basin. The canal is to bo
located on the drainage of the Green
river in Frcemout and Sweotwater
counties on the western slope of the
"ontinont , thirty miles west of and
directly facing South Pass. The lands
under the canals for nearly fifty miles
tire crossed by the old 1fSouth Pass
trail , " famous in the days of Oregon
and California travel , and it
is a significant commentary ,
indeed , on modern progress and
civi/.ation that the old "South Pass
trail , " famous heretofore only for its
record of toiling , travel nnd desert
privation , is soon to be the center of a
region which will blossom as the roso.
Wyoming has a state educational in
stitution. It is a university , of course ,
although it consists of ono building. It
was opened September 1,1887 , and Gov
ernor Moonlight contents himself with
reproducing its prospectus circular. In
fact reproduces everything nice about
the territory which he can discover ,
evidently being determined that if
colonizing companies will not advertise
his dominion ho will not let it go longer
unknown. <
BABY'S ' SKIN AND SCALP
Cleansed , I'lirlllort and nnniitlflcd by
Cutiuurii Krtncdics.
Last November my llttlo boy , nxcA throq .
. fell tiKiiliiftt tlioutove wlillo ho wiw run.
youih.
ulliK , aiui ml lil lit-ail , nnd right utter that , 1m
liroko out all over hib liund , luco ixml letttmr.
1 hud K Kood doctor. Dr. - , to uncivil him ,
liilt UuKut worM ) , nnil the doctor could not turn
hint. IINwholo In-art , fuco mid left enr weni In
u fem fill htiite , nii < l ho sulleicd tun llly. I caught
thw iliM-uso from him. and It npro.id all over my .
fucH nnil neck and ovtui Kft Into my eyes. No.
body thought wo would over get lettor. I felt
sure d weia illsilKitrfil for lit" . 1 hoard of the
Ciiiicunv JII.MBIIIPH , nnd procured a IjottlooC
CtiriCUHA ItKHOI.VK.NT , ft box Of ClJTICUIIA , Blll (
nriikn of C'liTicriu ho AT , and tifacd thorn con
stantly day and iiluht. After tisliiK twoliuttlew
of ItKMU.VKvr , four lx > xos of CUTIUQIIA , and
four cakort of SOAIwo are pcifocllr cured with
out a HC ar. Jly boy' * hklu Is now like tln.
. KITING.
: i7Kilandhtreit. L1LL.1K
Swointo , bi/foio'me , 'this S7th day of March ,
ISM. Uir.llEUT 1' . JtOUIMiON , J. 1 * .
THKVOKHT 8OKK IIKAII.
Have been In tun drug nnd modlclnobuslneM
for twenty-live years. Have be-on ftelllug your
CUTICIWA UKMEIIU-H Hlijta they came vest.
They lend all other * I" their line. W could not
wjite norroiild you print nil we have heard mild
In favor nfthot'uiMJUiu ItKMKlilKH. One year
PRO tlioC'UTiCi'HA nnd Ko Ar cured n little Klrl
In rnir house of the w oret Mora head wo over tin w ,
and the Itr.HOt.vrAT and CDTICUHA are now cur-
Inu H young Kentlcimm of u tout le . while thn
plnnlcluns are trytiiK tohavu It amputated. Jt
will Have hit ICK and perhnim lili life. Too mucli
cannot b- < said In favor of CUTICUKA HKMKIIIKS.
b. It. BM1TI1 & , IlltO.
CoviNQTOS , KV.
CUTICUHA , the Krent nkln ( ure.J.md CUTICURA.
So IP , mi cxiiUlte akin benutllkr , external ly.und
C'tiTJCintV ItKsni.vr.NT , tliu new blood purlllt-r.
Internally , are u positive euro for every form ot .
kln wud blood dlseuBO. from iilmplus to ittro.
fill a.
Sold ovcryn hern. Price , OIITICUIU. We : BOAP ,
" ' ) c ; ItKsot.vRNT , II. 1'repared by the I'uTTKii
Dlll'd AM'lIKMCCAr , C ( ) , HlMtOIl , MftSI.
Jtybend for "How to ( jure Bkln Hbeascu , " 01
pagea , 60 Illustrations , and
' ) 0 Skin and Bcalp prewrved and boatltl *
lied by CiiTiuimA MKIUCATEU BOAT.
STRAINS , PAINS
In the Hack. Kidneys , Hip , flldci or
cheM relieved in ( INK MIHUTR by th.
( 'UTlCimt ANTI-I'AIM PbAMTKU. TH
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