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n H ? ft- * * * * ' J - . * * " J * " 3r * i l 4 fRI OMAHA rDAILT BEE : MONDAY , MBItUABY 20 , 18881 1 DAILY BEE , TERMS OF SUnsCIUPTION. ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday rli ! , One Ytsar . . . (1000 For Hix Months . . . . r. 00 For Three Month * . , . . . . . 2 CO The Omaha Sunday IUR , mulled to any ad- draw , Ono Yenr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 OMAltAOrrlcr ! . Nos.814Ai n918PAn ! AM STRKKT. NKW YORK OFFICE. ROOMS 14 ANU ir.Tnintwr. lit.'ir.DtNO. WABIIINQTOM OrncK , No. 013 FounTEKNTH STUKET. CORRKSPONnRNCE. All communication * relating to new * and edi torial matter should be addressed to the EIHTOU " ! 0rTIUtU"llnljBINES3 LKTTERS. , , , ' All litntncfs letters and remittances should 1 > k. addressed to Tint RKK ruBMHiiiKO COMPANY ; OMAnA. nrafts. checkfl and postofflco order * to be made payublo to the order of the company. The Bee FalsbiflJECipany. Proprietors E. ROSEWATER , Editor. THE DAILY BEK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I. , " " founty of Donbass , ) Oeo. II. Tzschuck , necretary of The D Pub- llBhlng company , doen Bolemnly swear that the mctimrclrcumtlon of the Dully Ueo for the week endlnir Feb. 17.1K88 , was as follows : Saturday. Feb. 11 1B.KO Sunday , Feb. 12 1IV.7W ) Monday , Feb. 1.1 16.045 TueHday , Feb. 14 15.MQ Wednesday , Feb. Hi ir > , TT > ) Tbunday , Feb. 10 IMBO Friday , Feb. 17 .INKS Average 15.BGO OKO. H. T7SCHUCK. Bworn to and Rubdcrlbrd in my presence this 18th day of February , A. D. , 1888. N. P. FKIL , Notary Public. Btatfl of Nebranks , I. . County of Douglas , f Oeo. It. Tzachuck , being first doly sworn , de- fnnm and ay that he In necrotaryof The liee I'uljllshlnK company , that thn actual average dally circulation of tne Dally Ilee for the month of Jebruary , 1887,14,178 copies ; for March , 1807 , 14.400copies : for April , 1WI7. . 14,318 copies : for May , lr > . 14.2B7 copies ; for June , 1887. 14,147 copies ; for July , 1S87,14.r l copies ; for Aucust. JfM. 14.1111 copies ; for Reptember , 1R87 , 14,849 copies ; for October , 1887,14,333 ; for November , 18H7. 15.2W copies ; for December. 1887 , 10,041 copies ; for January , 188H. 15,208 copies ; UKO. B. TZSCHITCK. 6w orn and mibBcrlbed to In my presence this 2d day of January , A. D. 1888. N. P.FBIL. Notary Public. WiinN1 contractors and boodlors band together against the taxpayers , It is high time to call a halt. TUB country appears to bo settling down to the conviction that Mrs. Sher idan knows better than anybody else when und'whoro little Phil was born. OsrAllA importers arc now able to cope with Chicago and Kansas City in expediting import shipments. So ' , far so good. But why ars Omahii * morchnnlH still hampered by discrimin ating railroad rates which give com- .pctlng jobbing centres undue advantage ' age ? THIS national democratic committee will moot'in Washington on Wednesday to name the time and place of holding "tho national 'democratic convention. | There is said to be some prospect that " . 'San Francisco may bo selected , but the Tprobublllty is that Now York will win. THERE is * very little being said about republican candidates for the vlco- presidency , but it must not bo inferred * from this that there will bo any scarcity < of material when the time comes. We ; bavo the authority of his home paper that Governor Oglesby of Illinois can be relied upon in an emergency. . . THE convicted boodlors of Chicago nro aupposcd to bo surely though slowly inarching prisonward. They have had many stops on the way. The latest is the granting of a stay till March 0 to f. determine whether their case is to bo appealed to the supreme court or not. .There is no excuse for all this delay ox- .copt that they stole money enough to snake justice a laggard. ST. PAUL and Minneapolis have started a movement for uniting them- Bolyes under ono government and ono name. Such a union will no doubt take 4 > lace sooner or later , and perhaps the oonor the better. Minnepaul would snake a grand metropolis of that part of the country. The population would bo a quarter of a million. But the trouble la that each of the cities wants to dlc- tate the terms of union , and they still ? t are ton miles apart. L Porn LEO has a perplexing problem | presented to him in the struggle of Eng land and Ireland for the favor of the Vatican , and whichever way he shall | determine to extend his influence ho > r T will hardly escape criticism. There is no shrewder diplomatist or statesman in Eurojw than the pope , nnd as ho has thus far made no blunder it is but nat ural to expect that ho will not in 'this case. It is the hardest nut , however , ho has yet been called upon to crack. J TUB rate war in the west is treated Tory intelligently in the latest issue of JJrailntnxt'a. The contest is regarded as a factor in the development of the rail road business In this part of the coun try which will ultimately bring through rates from Chicago to western and north western points to the level of through ' rates between Now York nnd Chicago. f This is no doubt the key to the whole situation , nnd can hardly fail to result in ultimate good to the railroads as well as shippers. When the billigoront cor porations become tired of fighting per manent rates will bo established nnd wo shall attain that stability without which business can not roach its best develop ment. Till ! republicans of Indiana are di vided in their choice between Harrison and Gresham , and there seems likely tc bo a moro or loss lively contest which may In the end bo damaging to both gentlemen. Already it Is charged that the friends of Harrison have boon tak ing some undue advantages , nnd the supporters of Judge Gresham have been prompt to make known their displeas ure. They nro organizing with the ex pectation of at least securing the delegates - gates from the southern portion ot the L etato. The Harrison forces are also act- $ r ivo , and ono of the conspicuous In el dents already developed is the reconcil iation of Harrison nnd ox-GovornorPor- ter , who have been on unfriondlj terms for two years or moro. The ' understanding appears to bet thai Porter will give all his influence te Harrison as n presidential candidate ( and if ho should fall of the nomination Harrison will support Porter for the econd place on the ticket. Judge Gresham is not personally identified With .what his friends are doing , am ] i will Hot be. Still Questioning. The democrats turn their allies , the mugwumps , are Rtlll engaged In qucs- ionlng the sincerity of Mr. Blatno's otter withdrawing his name from the st of possible presidential candidates , t IB interesting nnd amusing to read ho various arguments by which they cck to provo that the letter moans omethlng dllTorcnt from the construe- ion which the great majority of ropub- icans now give it , or that it obviously mplics a reservation In the mind of its .uthor which would leave him free to ccopt the nomination should it bo given dm. , The fact that Mr. Blaine ro- lowcd the experience of the party for lovcral years and deduced therefrom an ncouraging promise of success in the lext national campaign is cspo- iolly hold to bo convincing evidence .hat ho does not wish to bo onsidcrod an impossible candidate , and hat on the contrary it was designed to mprees the party more strongly with a sense of his availability. But could Mr. Blaine have done less , as an earnest republican , than to convey to his party under the peculiar circumstances such ncourngomcnt and reassurance as ho wroteV Did it not comport entirely with the character nnd requirements of iuch a communication ? Is it not cer tain that if ho had omitted this portion of his letter , and confined it simply to a declaration of his determination not to bo a candidate , ho would have been barged with abandoning the party be cause ho bolfovod its cause to bo hopo- ess ? Mr. Blaine is still a republican oader , as loyal as over to the principles of the party and as willing as over Lo contribute to its success. Ho has full tilth that the party will again admlnis- er the national government , and ho sees in the prevailing conditions most 'avorablo promise of victory this year. ? 'ull.v understanding the effect his with drawal was certain to have upon the party , and especially in unsettling his very numerous nnd devoted followers , it was clearly his duty to assure the party that it had every reason to be hopeful and confident. But what is the moaning of the evi dent solicitude on the part of the demo crats and their allies respecting the sin cerity of Mr. Blaine ? Why do they so trouble themselves to find reasons for professing to believe that ho was not in earnest when ho wrote his otter ? Such anxiety suggests a con suming , fear that there is really behind the lottcr of Mr. Bluino a reser vation by virtue of which he may still become the candidate of his party. The fair inference from the profound concern - corn manifested by the democrats nnd mugwumps is that they do not want Mr. Blaine as the republican candidate this year , otherwise they would maintain his sincerity and urge republicans to insist upon a reversal of his determination not to bo n candidate. If they are not ap prehensive of Mr. Elaine's candidacy what excuse can they give for their uneasiness oa to whether he meant what ho said in his letter ? Meanwhile repub lican opinion that Mr. Blaine was en tirely serious and sincere has been stead ily growing. The most prominent men , in the party have so expressed themselves , and the view prevails gen erally with the rank and file of the party. It is felt that justice to Mr. Blaine requires this. Other men now command the attention of republicans , and while unquestionably there are still many in all parts of the country who are tenacious in their * devotion to Mr. Blaine , the party as a whole expects and intends to choose another as its candi date. nAnd it is not without ample and excellent material from which to make a selection. The republican party is not a one-man party. It has statesmen of experience and ability , any ono of whom is worthy of the highest confi dence of the country and would wisely and honestly administer the affairs of the government. And when the party shall havemade , its choice , it is not doubted that James G. Blaine will bo found ready to give hla ablest and most effective efforts to secure republican victory. The Fishery Treaty. The treaty relating to the fisheries controversy with Canada , which has been signed by the British and Ameri can commissioners and approved by the president , may bo given to the public before action is taken upon it by the senate , and it certainly should bo. This is ono of the cases in which the people ought to bo permitted to know what Is proposed , in order that public opinion may bo fully hoard regarding It. The discussion of the fishery question during the past two years has made the people very familiar with its character , and they should bo permitted to know how it is intended to deal with their inter ests before the business is consummated nnd placed beyond further discussion. The socroey of the senate can very properly bo abandoned us to this treaty , and it is duo to the people that it should bo. So far as there have been intimations as to the terms of the treaty , which is understood to relate solely to the fishery dispute , the commissioners seem to have reached an eminently fair arrangement. Concessions were made on both sides , as was Inevitable If any agreement was to bo reached , and the disposition appears to bo to regard the result as just to all interests. Certain mutters which have boon a source of prolonged controversy , as the boundaries of the marine league , are definitely aottled by the treaty , nnd it is understood that all points in dispute have been so carefully covered that the re need bo 110 excuse for future difficulties If the treaty goes Into effect. This view , however , does not universally obtain in Canada. Some of the leading newspapers - papers of the Dominion have sharply criticised the concessions said to have been made In behalf of Canada , and the feeling is said to prevail to some extent in ofllcial quarters that the United States got the better of the bargain. II this should provo to bo so it would bo the first time in the history of such ne gotiations. The treaty , however , Is not hubject to any action by the Canadian parliament , except as its approval or disapproval might atlect the action o ( the British government. ( It will bo submitted to the parliament of the Do minion simply as , a matter of courtesy. It will eo into effect when ratified by the United States senate and approved by the government oi Great Britain.- When this is done the people of both countries will hnvo reason to congrat ulate themselves upon the settlement of what lids been a disagreeable and annoying , if not a dangerous , contro versy. _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ A Chance For the Monroe Doctrine , There are renewed evidences of Eng land's disposition to gratify her greed by seizing territory of the republic of Venezuela , which that government in sists she has not-tho slightest shadow of a right to. For moro than forty years there has been a controversy between the government of Great Britain and that of Venezuela regarding certain valuable territory , nnd from time to time England has seized a portion of the region in dispute , until she has become possessed of the larger nnd most valua ble part of it. About a year ago the Venezuelan government granted a fran chise to a company to build a railway to the gold mlnefs in Venezuelan Guiana , a portion of the route being through British Guinna. The English lieuten ant governor promptly notified the Venezuelan government that the rail way would not bo allowed to pass through British territory und sent troops to pre vent it. It is now proposed by the gov ernment of British Guiana to build a railway to the gold mines , and this has called out a most earnest protest from Venezuela against what she claims to bo a deliberate scheme of robbery. It is hardly necessary to say that the Eng lish statement of the case docs not ac cord with this view , but really the truth n the aispute seems to bo with Vene zuela. About a year ago the Venezuelan gov ernment proposed to appeal to the United States to arbitrate regarding the disputed territory , claiming then as it now docs that England's course was in violation ot the Monroe doctrine' , and that it was the duty and policy of the ovornmont of the United States to in terpose. England , however , either gnored or refused to give any attention to the proposition for arbitration and no step in that direction was taken. It now scorns probable that Venezuela will again appeal : o this government to take cognizance of England's policy toward that country , which is ot course unable to defend her territory against the power of Great Britain. Very likely , however , such an appeal would not be productive of any thing more serviceable than a resolution in congress condemning the rapacity of England aud sympathizing with the victim. There is some uncertainty as to just how far the Monroe doctrine was intended to extend , and no doubt the great majority of the American people would be disposed' draw the ino this side of Venezuela , even with England as the grasping aggressor against that country. Like most big fellows , wo have any amount of commis- soration for the little chap who cannot defend himself against the burly bully that worries and robs him , but wo pru dently object to mixing in the difficulty. ADVICES from Ohio represent that the friends of Mr. Blaine in that state are manifesting a very unfriendly spirit toward Mr. Sherman and that there is a good deal of trouble in consequence. Such reports are to bo taken with many grains of allowance , but it certainly is a fact that there are no more tenacious followers of Mr. Blaine anywhere than In Ohio , and the great majority of these would prefer any man to John Sherman. In this particular they nro implacable , and being numerous und influential can make some trouble. Nevertheless it is not to bo doubted that Sherman will have the delegation to the national con vention , though undoubtedly all the Ohio politicians who will be in Chicago when the convention meets will not go in his interest. . HASCAT.L calls the editor of the Her ald an Illinois dude. Mr. Merritt will survive that stunning blow. STATE AND TKUHlTOItV. Nebraska Jottings. McCook is fighting fora federal court. The Salvation army threatens to raid Plattsmouth. The Missouri Pacific is expected in Hastings on All Fools' day. A catamount weighing thirty pounds wa's trapped near Indiunola last week. D The paternal caress of an obnoxious suitor is styled u coat-tall flirtation in Lincoln. The first span of the Burlington bridge over the river ut Nebraska Cltj is completed. Farmers near Jndianola planted con siderable wheat last week. An early harvest is expected. The Schuylor Quill is ready to shoul for Senator Sherman if ho will send his bloody shirt to the laundry. An election will be he'd in Nebraska Citv to-morrow on the question of grant ing a charter to the Clark street rail way company. Hastings has a non-pnrtisau political organiiution composed of active young men who favor high liuouso und active business men in ollico. Dr. Conory , of Noligh , collided witli the heels of a horse In motion , contract ing a fractured knee , two broken ribs and several internal pains. . Napoleon is the name of a now towt in Logan. Lots have been staked oul and Sellers insist that "there nro mil lions in it , " although not in site. Nine carloads of nails have beer shipped to West Point for spring build ing operations. Another consignment will be needed for the fall campaign. The North Bond Flail believes tha' ' with General Phil Sheridan in tho-re- publican snddlo the brigadiers would be driven from every trench in November Thieves raided Mrs. McMillan's millinery linory shop in Grand Island Thursday night , nnd secured enough silks and ribbons bens to decorate the spring bonnets ol their wives. The callow bachelor of the Hasting : Democrat declares : "Corsots that wil play a wedding march when aquco/.cc would bo popular among the ladies o the third city. " Hon. J. Sterling Morton has furthoi manifested his love for Nebraska Oil ; by purchasing and presenting the Ful" ton tract of stuto land to the city foi park purposes. George L. Miller is n numerous gen ius. Ho is a prohibition preacher ir Lincoln , a doctor in Luramie , a pub lisher in Dustin and a life insurunct manager in Omaha. The Homingford Guide , published a ! Hcmingford , Box ButVe county , ia th < latest joumnlisUrrfnant. J. S. ParatHso is editor and publisher. Gleanings from Paradise ought "Hd " cprovo a profitable venture. ' \ Lt The Crete Globe Announces that its facilities for turaing out spring pools is unsurpassed. A l-ort sheller with an enlarged hopper , run by steam power , is convonioimylocitto'd for the reception of both author aiul product. Sister Colby'stCribuno announces that there will bo n grand scries of suffrage conventions in thp slate next October. Miss Anthony , of mellow memory , Mrs. Snxon and MrsV Wallace will take a hand in the fall campaign. Fulls City is moVlng to catch and an chor n few of the floating industries. A meeting of the board of trade will beheld hold to-night to provide means for ad vertising the city and show her natural advantages to an anxious world. The Blair Republican is tearing around in a narrow and barren pasture in Washington county , nnd raving against an imaginary raid on taxpayers for n bonus to help the Omaha & Yank- ton road. The Republican Is an ama teur gymnast and Its present harsh nnd hollow tones is Volapuk for "Come nnd BOO mo. " The judicial somersault last fall took place a few hours after the friendly visit of Ballou & Co. A farmer in Madison county has dis covered u now hog cholera remedy. Experiments extending over several months enabled him to locate the seats of the disease. Beneath the tongue ho found large valvular cells containing poisonous grunts. Those ho carefully cut out with a cold chisel and sledge hummer. The operation requires great delicacy of touch and precision , nnd is gcnurallv successful. To oxpediato re covery the farmer urges that the animal's tail bo wrapped in red iluuncl for two flays. There will bo some lively railroad building in north Nebraska this year , unless all signs fall. The Omaha & Yankton road will penetrate the north eastern counties and the Elkhorn Val ley and Omaha & St. Paul road will en deavor to limit its usefulness and hcdgo It in a nnrrow strip of country , The Hartington extension of the latter road will be extended to the Missouri river opposite Yankton , a distance of about forty miles , while the Croighton branch of the Elkhorn will bo pushed up the Verdigre to Niobrara. The Omaha & Yankton road will bo confined by these two lines. The Yankton .V Southwest ern , recently incorporated , will probably do some building this year. The Illi nois Central is likely to cross the river at Dccutur and build into the in terior as well as to Omaha. The Omaha & North Platte extension of the B. & M. will bo extended northwest from Schuylor to a connection with the Broken Bow line , known as the Grand Island & Western. A brunch of the latter will IMS extended in the direction of the Black Hills , while the main line will cross the boundary line into Wyo ming this your. The indications point to a year of unusua development and prosperity north of thp Platte river. Iowa' ' It&us. The Snooks coal1 mine at Newton has been closed by Inspcictbr Smith for noncompliance - compliance with the mining laws. A fruit tree peddlbr'Was ' run in in At lantic last week for trying to dispose of his nursery stock tb u frail woman. Muscntlne and. . Davenport talk of tryIng - Ing the boot sugar- industry , the former having a company-ready to invest $400- 000 In it. A syndicate in Sioux City , is endeavor ing to tap the bpurd of aldermen for natural gas. The privilege is cquivaj lent to a fortunes . ' The Independent American , of Creston - ton , is out in u spring tile of tasteful cut. The I. A. is a staunch supporter of the farming and laboring classes , and shows every evidence of well-earned prosperty. The behool board of Oakland is in vestigating the muscular development of a local pedagogue who funs Intelli gence into unruly boys with u stiff ruler. The parents of thp boys naturally object to interference with' their prerogative. An Ottumwa man was fined $10 nnd cobts the other day for a hilarious drunk. Ho gave as reasons for his unseemly conduct that n baby had been born' at his house and his sister was married , and ho couldn't stand so much prosper ity in one day. Men employed in boring a well at the hotel in Herndon struck gas at a depth of 125 feet Wednesday. The noibo made by the escaping gas was heard two miles away , and when lighted the flame leaped at least thirty-five feet high. The citi zens are elated over the discovery. Some time ago County Superintend ent Taylor , of Dos Molnes. was called to the country to bottle a trouble which had arisen in a M'hool. The differences arose over the fact that a young lady teacher had severely flogged three young men who were attending school. The superintendent made due investi gation of the cas > o , got acquainted with all the parties and settled the difficulty. Since then the superintendent has re ceived an invitation to a wedding , and to his surprise the parties were the young lady school ma'am and ono of her unruly pumls whom she hud chastised. There will bo little question in that household who is the woman of the house. Wyoming. Largo deposits or lodes of galena ore have boon discovered on Slate creek , twenty miles west of Uva. 'During the past year 284 glandered horses were killed in Wyoming by or ders of the territorial veterinarian , and 815,000 paid to the owners of the BUIUO to idomniiy them for their loss. The success of the Luramlo chemical works is said to have induced parties roprebonting $00,000 capital to decide upon the development of the soda beds In the upper part of Carbon county dur ing the coining sumtner. Largo bodies of Irbn dro are located in the Platte canon mining district , twelve miles from Cottonw > od , the present ter minus of the Cheyenne & Northern road , in what is knqwn us the Hurtvillo range , which contains the celebrated Sunrise copper mine. Jloro is found un iron bolt of about eight miles in length by two wide. Wherever the cap forma tion Is broken immense croppings ol iron ore are dibcovetedj the largest out crop being on the Sunrise mine , which shows a body of ere in 'sight estimated nt over two million tons. Capitalists ol Cheyenne propose to develop this vast body of natural wealth and establish blast furnaces and roller and steel nug get mills to reduce the product to mer chantable iron. , The noted William Nye writes to the Cheyenne Sun that to the best of his knowledge nnd belief the credit of his dibcovory belongs to his mother. "My wife also mildly protests that she was partially rosponbiblo , und others seem to bo willing to shoulder the responsi bility , but it doesn't mutter especially. I am moro glad that I have roinuincc discovered than over anything else , foi I do not forgot that every inducement wns offered for mo to crawl Into obscur ity when I loft the west , and also to pull the obscurity In after me. But for the west , however , I would have been born to blush unseen , and the friends who stood by mo'whon I needed it so much have got a warm pltvco in my heart , as they will find if they give mo a chance B to demonstrate it. " A HUNT FOR BURIED COLD , Adventures of a Syndicate of Troaa- uro-Soekors. THIRTY-SIX KEGSOF DOUBLOONS The StrAtiRe Story Told at n Dinner Party in Washington The Iloodlo Said to Ho Burled in Honduras. New York World : A pleasant little | > urty of politicians and lawyers dined nt a private residence In Washington ono day early last summer. In the party were ex-Judge A. J. Davidson , of 3an Francisco ; Congressman J. Floyd King , of Louisiana ; Lawyer Charles S. Benrdslcy , of Now York , and several others. It is said that ox-Quarantine Commissioner Thomas C. Platt was also ono of the diners. Over the wino and cigars some good stories were told. When It cnmo to ox-Judge Davidson's turn , In a quietly earnest manner con vincing to his auditors ho told this re markable story : He wns on a pleasure trip round the world in his yacht , being a man of wealth , and was bound from an Aus tralian port to San Francisco , when ho wus applied to by the United States con sul nt the port of departure to take a sick man with him on his vessel to Sun Francisco. The man was an American , and though merely a sentnun , was a fbon of moro than ordinary in toll i- ? once. The United States consul had been led In consequence to take more interest in him than ho ordinarily felt in seamen coming under his care. The judge found that the sick man was u mason , and , being ono himself , ho consented to take him along with him. Ho wus u man about sixty years old nnd evidently in the lust stages of consump tion. On the passage across the Pacific the judge became interested in his pas senger und made him as comfortable as possible. The yacht , was , of course , well found in all respects , nna every delicacy that could possibly bo required [ or un invalid wus freely furnished him. In the occupation of curing for his pas- bongor the judge found relief fiom the tedium of his long passage across the ocean. En route to Sun Francisco the yacht touched at Honolulu in the Sand wich islands , the ono objcctof the judge in going to this port being to procure fruit and vegetables for his Invalid pas- bcngcr. On arrival at San Francisco the judge procured the man a puhbiigo to his home at the east by way of the railr6ad across the contlneut. After landing , however , despite the best of care , he failed very fubt. The party had settled in their chairs and were giving all their attention to the judge's story , divining from his manner that the interesting part was yet to come. Ono day , continued the judge , his sick passenger said to him : "I feel , sir , that I 'shall never reach home alive , oven if I Can retain suf ficient strength to begin the trip. You have boon more than kind to me , and I think , perhaps , I may give you some information that may bo of value to you. A great many years ago , when I was a young man. I wus ono of the crow of a brig engaged In the West India trade , and wo sailed from Noburyport , Muss. On the return trip from Do- morara the brig was overhauled by a pirate vessel and all of the crow of the brig were killed except myself. I was spared , probably , on account of my my youth , and I served on board of this vessel for several years , during which time she made many captures. "Tho atrocities committed by this pl rate vessel at last became so notorious that the British government fitted out a crulber on purpose to capture her , and , flnallyaftcr a nurd fight with this cruifa- or , wo were crowded close in to the const of Honduras , and the skipper was obliged to look for some place where ho could beach the craft and save the immense amount of plunder that wns on board. They finally ran through a small opening in a reef and made a landing on a sand key , whore the treas ure was landed. Hero wo dug n pit and buried thirty-six kegs of Spanish doub loons , covering them up with conch shells. Two of our men having been badly wounded in the fight of the pre vious day , end dlod , and their bodies were plnced on top of the covering of conch shells nnd and then sand was shovelled on top of all. Wo then all re- embarked on our vessel and put to sea , hoping to bo ublo to elude the cruiser , but in this we were disappointedfor the next morning we discovered her close aboard of us , and , the wind dying oilt entirely , wo were ut their mercy. "They lowered their boats from the British vessel and wore soon alongside of us. The captain of the pirate and his crew made a desperate resistance , and finally , some of them , finding capture inevitable , jumped overboard and were drowned , and at the close of the action only myself aud two others were left alive. Wo were taken on board the man-of-war and the plrato craft was run ashore and destroyed. I stated to the captain of the man-of-war that I had been captured by the pirate from nn American vessel , nnd was permitted to servo as ono of the crew of the vessel until wo arrived at Portsmouth. The other two men had been wounded in the attack of the bouts , and both of them died before reaching England und were buried ut sea , so that the only man left nlivo of the whole croW was myself. " The dying bailer then produced a chart , on which was carefully marked the position of the key whore the treus uro had been buried , and gave to Judge Davidson certain marks by which the spot whore It had been buried could bo identified. A day or two after this the man died and wus buried in San Fran cisco. The judge was a moderately wealthy man , und though ho often thought over the strange story of the dying suilor , ho did not give the subject of the buried treasure very much consideration. Ho put awny the chart , marking the spot whore the treusuro was supposed to have been buried on the island , and al most forgot it. A few years later ho be came involved in speculations and lost nearly all ho had. Whllo attempting to retrieve his wrecked fortunes ho bethought - thought him of the buried treasure nnd determined ho would satisfy himself of the truth or falsity of the sailor's story , nnd if ho found it true , to attempt its recovery. Ho came east to Now York city , and took a steamer to Honduras , where ho took passage on a vcs.sol engaged in sponge-fishing among the West India roofs. Taking a small boat ho got the natives to toke him to the Key described by the Bailor. Ho was landed and , alone , ho located the spot , finding all the murks described by the dying sailor. Hodug through the sand , nnd to his joy cnmo upon the skeletons of two men , and underneath them the conch shells. This discovery raised his spirits to the highobt pitch , verifying us it did pai t of the sailor's story. Ho dug on , throwing the sand out rapidly , but below u cortuln depth water flowed Into the hole so fast and in such quan tities tlmt ho found it impossible to go , down any further after .the treasure , ' " ' ' . " . ' ' . . ' . . ' , _ . / * * , . ' ' ' ' ' ' - < " > if it was all there. After repented trials ho got up the attempt to got nt the doubloons for the time being. Ho covered up the hole with sand , putting the conch shells in as ho found them , and throw the supposed bones of the plrato In also. Ho returned to the sponge vessel and , by easy stages , reached this city ngiiln. Ho spent most of his time between Washington nnd Now York engaging in various business ventures , giving the burled treasure an occasional thoucht ; always expecting ho would some time bo able to lit out nn expedition und go and search for the doubloons in u business like manner. As the judge finished his story , there was n dead silence for a moment. lie answered all questions his curious audi tors put to him. Ho said ho wanted to got up nn expedition to search for the treasure , but tfco story would appear HO strange to every ono that ho scarcely wished to propose It. Still , if a party of men would fit out nn expedition ho would tisk nothing but his share of the wealth , which , ho estimated from the sailor's statement , was at leant $1,500,000. Nothing definite wns said nt the time , but there was no doubt the treasury story was believed by the ma jority of those who heard it related. The story grow on several of the o who had made up the dinner party , especially on Congressman J. Floyu Jones. He made inquiries in regard to the ox-judge's statements about himself and found them to bo accurate. Then ho consulted another interested member of that dinner party , and they decided that there should bo some verification of the sailor's statement ; so their attor ney wrote to the British admiralty in quiring if there was any record of the capture and destroying of a pirate ves sel , as described by the ex-judge , nnd also If there wore any prisoners taken at the time. The British admiralty , after a dignified delay , replied that a pirate hud been captured in the man ner described and that throe prisoners were taken , ono of whom was a boy who stilted that ho was forced to join the pirates under penalty of walking the plank If ho did not. The verification so encouraged the inquirers that they set about forming a syndicate to got that buried treusuro In the shortest and most business-like manner. Different mem bers of that dinner party wont eagerly into the scheme when they heard of the verification of the blory that had been secured. A pool of $10,000 for expanses \\as made up. The largest amount ot money , it is buid , was put up by Quaran tine. Conimibslonor Thomas C. Platt. Congressman J. Floyd Jones is said to huvo subscribed about $2,000. Lawyer Beurdsloy in the neighborhood of $2,300. Alfred A. Home , E. B. Richards , Prof. Baker , of Washington , und several other friends of the most interested par ties , took a ( Iyer in the "treusuro syndi cate , " contributing various sums of money , from $200 to $2,000. The next thing to do , enough money having boon put up to pay oxponbes , was to got the right kind of vessel to carry the adventurers to the Sand Key , whore the treasure lay buried. In look ing for a vessel to charter , in Septem ber , 1887 , the syndicate , to their lasting sorrow , came across Special Treasury Agent John B. Peck. He was so active in looking for the right kind of a vessel for the expedition , and talked In such sailor-like fashion , that the syndicate selected him as the captain of their boat. Captain Peck chose for the ex pedition the steam yacht Maria , which was In the hands of Courtlandt H. Bllvon , the yacht broker. The yacht was owned by Mrs. Mary F. Blanchurd , of Boston. She made Bliveu her attor ney and an such ho chartered the boat to Pock for one mouth for $600 , with the privilege of an indefinite extension ut $20 per day. The yacht was well adapt ed for the purpose , thougu she was an old boat. Three weeks before the date of de parture Peck , with whom the arrange ments for provisioning nnd fitting out the vessel for a sea voyngo had been left-'toolc in a largo stock of fresh meats , poultry and eggs. Ho stored them in hold. The weather was warm. While Peck was fitting out the vessel ox-Judge Davidson had a coffer dam constructed by which ho expected to reach the treasure in case the seawater - water should fiow into the hole when they dug for It. It was stowed away In the hold of the Maria. Another mem ber of the syndicate spent his time buy ing rifles , pistols , ammunition and tools with which to ovoacorno all resist ance on the part of hostile natives , and to dig through anything that came between them and the treasure. A fair sized howitzer was also obtained and fastened on the dock of the Maria in case in should bo needed. In the mean time Yacht Broker Blivcn found himself in'trouble , and , fearing the yacht chftrtercd by the syn dicate would bo seized by his creditors , ho for $1 gave Peck a bill of sale for her , so that the vessel was practically his. After various setbacks the day of de parture , October 19 , at last arrived ; but in the meantime the extraordinary socrosy observed by all concerned and the fact that the Maria was heavily armed aroused curiosity und suspicion , and It was rumored that the party were bound on a filibustering expedition among the West India Islands and Hon- dnras. Captain Pock "fixed things" all right , and on October 12 the vessel cast oft Pier No. 0 North River , where she had been moored , On the way to Sandy Hook the fresh supplies in the hold ( now three weeks old ) began to be offen sive , and ut the cnptnin's ' orders they were thrown overboard. Captain Peck's first officer wns nn old yachting skipper named Ward , who is well known around Gowanus buy. The crow consisted of three men before the must , a mate , a steward and a cook. The passengers were ox-Judge David son , Alfred A. Homo , E. R. Cichards , Lawyer Charles A. Beardsloy and Prof. Barker , of Washington. Captain Peck had laid in a plentiful supply of the best whisky , of which ho was a capital judge. All the members of the syndicate who remained at homo saw the vessel off with high hopes. By the time open water was reached the adventurers began to see that Peck was a poor skipper. The fresh pro visions spoiled , the Ice in the hold melted in the chest and the water tank was leaky. A few days out rough weather was experienced , and by a des perate effort , in spite of the captain and his whisky , the yacht mode a safe har bor under the lee of Great Iniigua , ono of the Bahama islands , nnd the crow sot about to refit her. Water and provisions wsro obtained and she proceeded to Kingston , Jamaica. There ex-Judgo Davidson nnd Messrs. Richardson , Boardsley nnd Homo be came so dissatisfied with Captain Peck that they resigned from the expedition nnd came back to New York. Pock wns furious at their desertion , especially as ox-Judge Davidson had never parted with his secret of the name or precise location of the treusuro land. Ho swore ho would find the island nnd the treas ure If ho searched every Island in the West Indies , , and when his passengers deserted the ) ' had about mudo up their minds that Captain Peck would prob ably Docomo a pirate , rochriston his ynont the Black Maria and scour the Spanish Main. When the adventurers who had de serted the expedition nt Kingxdon reached New York ex-Judge Davidson , after imparting the news of th " < 1 of the Maria * xpfltUoa iw fer M 4fil syndicate wna coaoomod , ftnteuflcod his Intention ot going to find the treat/ / tire alone , by the snmo route , ho said/ ho had takcnyoars before whou b0 feat * almost reached the troasuro. The next hoard ot the yacht Mftftft wns In the latter part ot December when she put in nt Key West. Thl , it is said , was to lot Prof. Barker off , and a few days after she willed for Belize. Honduras. Before she Balled it wa4 again rumored that she was on a flllbua * terlng expedition , but the credentials : Captain Peck carried as special troas * ury ngont prevented trouble , nnd the sort of modern "Flying Dutchmaa" lia not been scon since. There is no doubt that when Captain Peck found ho was not going to the treasure inland under Judge David * son's guidance , ho made up his mind ho would run the Murlu wherever his will dlctutod. At Kingston ho drew on Now York for money , which wus sent to him by telegraph. Ho gave some Hplcndld entertainments at Kings ton , and the governor general ot the place wus often his guest on board. Re cently the syndicate were put in a fever by learning that certain bunkers in this city had received 8,000 Spanish doub loons coins of half n century ago and of the value of $15.93 each. The coins. It was learned , cnmo from the West In- dlcss. It was thought that perhaps the Maria nnd her crow had discovered the treasure. It would appear from the official docu ment sent by Secretary Fuirehild from the treasury at Washington to Collec tor Mugone that Secretary Fuirehild has been informed that n yacht answering the description of the Maria is approach ing this port. From information he sus pected that the vessel aud her crew has been engaged In a filibustering expedi tion , and that she hud been committing depredations on Honduras. The col lector is warned to keep a sharp lookout , and if the evidence warrants it to nr- rest the alleged pirates and seize tha Tessol. The strangest part of thin strange story is that nourly all the members of the syndicate of treasure-hunters are convinced that their failure to realize their golden dreams is duo entirely to the Ineompotoncy or worse of the matt to whom were iiitrustcd the details of the expedition. Tlmt a vast amount of gold is still lying buried at the place in dicated by the dying flcunmn they nro still firmly convinced and that they will eventually get It. The statements contained In the fore- i\ \ going narrative , which fulrly rivals , y Domill's Trousuro Island in "Old Garth , " are related by two prominent members of the syndicate and are vouched for. Thus is the mystery of the cruise of thq steam yacht Maria cleared up. A Mifltakp. St. Paul Vianccr-Prn * . In common , as wo believe , with all thoughtful republicans , anxious for the wisest action at Chicago next Juno , wo regret deeply the action of the subcommittee mittee charged with the preliminary arrangements for the convention , in de ciding to made no change from the old custom of issuing an immense number of tickets of admission. That custom , every man of reason is convinced , is en tirely without merit or excuse , and tends , us fur us it has influence at all , to sway the convention by forces which should have least weight in its deliber ations. The committee seems to take pride In announcing that it will hold firmly to excluding all but about 8,000 persons from the convention. If that is wise , why would It not have been Just as much wiser in proportion to keep out all of the 8,000 except , delegates. There is not ono vulid reason for issuing tickets to anybody except reg ularly chobon delegates and represent atives of the press. Every card prepared - pared for another person is either a token of favoritism or un assistance iu overawing the convention by the clamor of packed galleries. In either case the discrimination Is unropublican and unwise. There will be , as wo well know , more than 100,000 people in Chicago cage next Juno any ono of whom would would bo willing to pay a good price for a ticket to the convention. Every re publican among them has just as much right as any other , no more and no less , to bo admitted. If this privilege can not bo granted to all it should bo re fused to all. The selection of a priv ileged few is an abuse , and a danger ous one. There will bo , it Is under stood , about 850 delegates. Each of these , it is stated will receive three tickets. The alternates present will not bo nearly as many. After supply ing nil of these , there will remain sev eral thousand tickets for general dis tribution. To what purpose will they bo applied ? The experience of the past shows ex actly what will happen. The possession of these extra tickets , by delegates and others , will be made nn opportunity for a vast amount of intrigue to beat down free deliberation and forestall the pop ular choice. The organizations repre senting the interests of particular can didates will spare no efforts to got hold of as many tickets as possible. They will bestow these upon men instructed to pay for them by the loudest and most prolonged howling of which human vocal organs are capable , whenever that candidate's name IB mentioned. There will bo the rcgulur pandemonium when candidates are pluced in nomination , and the stock of this man or that will go up or down according to the comparative violence of the shouting. It is n prac tice utterly unworthy of reasonable hu man beings , und utterly out of place hi the great constituent ubsombloy of a party which is to choose its representa tive to do battle for control of a nation's affairs. The election of a president this year will bo u business not of bora- bast aud noise , but of hard and earnest work. In selecting a man for this great duty and honor , there should be all the calmness , the dignity , the delib eration nnd the discussion of every ad vantage und disadvantage which find place in the weightier business affairs ot every day life. The present practice of admitting several thousand specta tors , mostly organized Into paid cliques , makes this impossible. Its continuance is a grave and may provo u costly mis take. Destroying Sewage With Electricity Electricity is about to bo put to a new use. Tiio emptylnff of the bowiigo of London into the Thames has nocosHiir- lly pointed the river ; and , in bcarchinff for Borne means of preventing this pol lution , it has been discovered that olco- trlclty transmitted into the Bowugo produces the equivalent of u chemical change. The electric current sots the particles of matter in a circulatory mo tion , and the result is that the organic matter collects at the top in a Heml- solld form , so that it can easily bo sep arated from the transparent fluid bo- nouth. The experiments have so faa been conducted on a limited scale , but if the plan should provo to bo a cheap and practicable ono it would go far toward solving .a problem that uglUtoa every largo city. Near Mitchell , Dak. , the local prsacaer Buns a faro bank during the week , lie U raid to give the squares ! dual In the country , itber in the pulpit or behind the box.
