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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
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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 ,
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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.