TITE OMAHA 111318 * TTTESDAV. tfOVIflMBEH 30 , 1807.
FROM THE FARTHER WEST
BIG BARBECUE IN SIGHT
Great Preparations for the Stockmen's Con-
YontSon at Denver ,
SIX LARGE BUFFALO WILL BE ROASTED
Hour , Hour , Atilelopp nml Oilier Gamete
to HP Srrtfil ( o tinIlrlcKiitc *
Mjicrlitl Trnlim for
, ( lie Uncut * .
DENVER , Colo. , Nov. 29. ( Special. ) The
local committees are busy with preparations
for the grand convention of stockmen to
ho held In this city In January next , and
they have Just made some announcements
In regard to the entertainment that will bo
furnished. Ono feature of the convention
will bo n barbecue provided by the local
dealers and others Interested. It well - maybe
bo called a Rocky mountain barbecue , bc-
cause no other part of the country could fur
nish It. Thcro will bo six buffaloes furnished ,
as many moro bear , deer by the score , sev
eral antelope and leoser gamo. It will bo a
feast for the gods and Harmcclde , a feast
which will palo Into Insignificance the
feantu of history. A. E. Do Rlcqucls has
undertaken to shoot the hear , with the por-
inluilon of the game warden ; Qcorgo W.
Ballantlne will hold himself responsible for
the buffalo , come from where they may ;
Jl. Fnlnk Hunter's strong point IB deer , the
black-tailed kind , and ho will bo the hunts
man for tint portion of the barbecue , and
Oeargo W. Vallory will use a special train ,
if ncco'aary , to rapture the llect-footed nn-
telopo. ( The barbecue will bo given at the
Union stock yards , special trains convcjlng
the guests to and from there
Replica have been received from many of
the governors of states to whom Invitations
were acrtt to bo present at the convention ,
nnd many of them have responded favorably.
President McKlnley replied through his
ptlvatc sccietary as follows
KxnrnmvE MANSION , WASHINGTON ,
Nov 2J My Dear Sir Tlio president II.IH ic-
qiifHlfil milo iii-knovv ledge the leeulpt of
jour very courteous lettci of the 18th Inst , ,
oxli'inllni ; lo him a cordl.xl Invitation to nt-
tiMid the National Convention of Slock-
crnwors ixt Denver , Colo. , Januaiy 23 to 27 ,
IS'tS '
IS'tSWhlln thn president fdnccrc'y appreciates
the lie.irtlnoss of Mio Invitation and would
IIP veiy glad to bo present on the occasion
rcfc mil lo , his ciiB-iRcmonts and public
ilullos nre Mich ns to ninke It Impossible
for him to give himself thut pleaoame.
Ti titling that the convention may be a
notable HiiLco-iB nnd th it the Interest of
Hie proat Industiy to be represented will
! ) ( > hugely promoted thereby , I am , very
II illy ybuiB. J ADOISON POUTER.
Secretary to the President.
The following letter was received the past
week from Hon. J. Sterling Morton ot Ne
braska :
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb , Nov. 23
My De.ir Sir I acknowledge fie hono'
of an Invitation accompanying the printed
call for thn National SloehgtowoiB * con
tention Inclosed to mo In jour hfehly ap-
pieclated lullci o November 1C , 1M)7. ) It
would afToid me Kre.U satisfaction to do
m > HeIf the pleasure of being present at
Unit patberlmr on the 23th , Cflth anil 2ilh
of January , 1S3S , It It vvrro possible for mete
to lcnvi < home nt that time. It would be
olio u Brent honor to have the pleasure
of complying with your deslrr by delivering
nn ncldiess before that Important repre
sentative body of stockBrowers on that oc
casion , but I cannot see my way clear lo
! ) > absent from homo on the dates given ,
and I therefore reluctantly forego the felic
ity of acipptlng your kindly call Respect
fully yffilrs. J STERLING MORTON.
Tun.vrv OP .vunrniATio.v
io olllliiis Vdojitccl ii < n MrotlnK Ail-
( Iri'NSi'd lij Maud fionm- .
DENVER , Nov. 29. Mlss Maud Gonno de
livered her address on the condition of the
peasantry In Ireland to a largo audience as
sembled In the Broadway theater last night.
Miss Goi.no vividly pictured the sufferings
of the Irlch people In the land of their
nativity , speaking of the famine and the
many other troubles theie. Her audience
followed her throughout the address with
intense Interest. Miss Qonno is the guest of
the Irish-Americans of Denver. Tonight she
will leave for Cripple Creek. The following
resolution was adopted at the Ilroadway
theater meeting , a copy of which vvill ho
forwarded to President McKlnley.
Resolved , That this meeting of citizens of
Denver indorses the action of the United
States senate In rejecting the pressed
Ii only between Iho Unllccl Stajes and Eng
land ; that ns citizens of the greatest 10-
publlc on c.irth we oppose to the utter
most the effoit.s of liny monarchy , more
putlculaily England , lo sow seeds of clls-
m union In a democrallc government to
whldi lojallsm Is unalterably opposed. Wo
hohl that the premier republic of the world
Hhould keep her glorious Ibis of liberty un-
HII lied vvllh the bloodstained banner of
England , whoso constant vvurfnio against
wcuku people and whose tyranny In India
nml liLluml In a illsgraco to civilization ,
si , vvi't TO THU
IMorc Than a Iliuiilrcil llojx In Train
ing to Ho Miirtlrr.
SAN TRANCI3CO , Nov. 2D. ( Special. )
Complaints made recently to the women of
the Methodist Mission house discloses the
fact that the system of slavery common
among the Chinese In this city with rcfo.cnco
to gills has cxti'iule-d to slavery for hoys , and
that mole than 100 male slaves are owned
liy Chinese members ot the highbinder so-
uletlevi and are being trained for the nefar
ious wo k of thoao soclot ej. Complaint made
lust week ielated to two bajs , and an Investi
gation of tlio case developed the fact that
there are fully 100 slave bays In Chinatown ,
notwithstanding the assertions of the Chinese
that thcio are no male slaves In this countrj
It hns been lie secret that there are largo
numbers of female slaves here , but hereto
fore all Chluamen have strenuously denied
the existence of males In bondage In the
United Stiitct )
The two boys In question are aged respec
tively 3 and1 joars , and It Is claimed by
the men who made the complaint that they
< wcrc recently brought In from China by a
woman who aold them to keepers of houses
of 111 fame , where they will ho raised up
amid vile surroundings and eventually be
come members of hlgl.hlnder societies.
One of the boys la at a bouse on Uartlott
* alley , between Jackson and Pacific , and ls
raid to have been sld foi < the sum of ? 3G1.
i Thu other la In a house on the corner of
Dupont and Pacific and brought $391. They
ivvoio brought over from China by a woman ,
who tojk her own boys there ar. < l left them
'with relatives , and then brought these as
slaves In order lo make her expenses. The
certificates of her children were lined for
the slave bos and U la nuppoacd that she
will send the certificates back by mall when
eho desires to have her children como over.
Mra.Jo3ephlnol'olhlllofDuoWost ,
8. 0. , had n severe case of catarrli ,
wliloU finally benamo so deep-seated
that nhoia \ entirely deaf in ono
car , anil part of tliobonoin hcrnoso
ploughed oil' . The best phyaicinns
treated her in \i\\n \ , anil sliu used
variona appli-
outiona of
sprnya and
washed to no
avail. Fourteen bottles of S.S.S.
promptly reached the seat of the dis
ease , nnd cured her Bound and well.
8. S. S. never falls to
euro a blood disciio , uml
Ic U tbo only remedy
which reacheideep seated
_ _ ojes , Gunrantetilpure-
W r ly KOttoble. Hooks tresj
it Bp cUio Co. , Itlabu , ( Ji.
Of course an Investigation resulted In nothing
moro than denials from those directly con
cerned In the trainc , but from other sources
It was learned that thcro Is no doubt about
the truth of the story- The slaves of the
Chinese colony are mainly In the handset
ot the highbinders , but thcro nro also boy
slavm In the families of merchants , where
they are bold until they servo out the In
debtedness of the parent or the debt Is
liquidated In eomo other way.
GOOD VUAH roil oiinr.o.N
Value of Product * .MitrUpteil Thin Vi-nr
Runn Inti > the Million * .
PORTLAND , Oro. , Nov. 29. ( Special. )
The Orcgonlan presents statistics from twcn-
two ot the counties ot the state , show Ing tbo
total ot products marketed this year from
these counties to 'bo ' J27.S20.030 , which la only
a partial statement ot the total for the state.
In regard to the omlsalons the Orcgonlan
mentions the following : The wheat crop , for
example , appears without Umatllla county ,
which raised 2,858,370 bushels , or one-fourth
of the state's entire crop. In 1895 ; Ollllam
county , which produced ) 828,677 bushels , and
Union county , which produced 724,228 bushels.
The Immense dairy Interests of Coos , Curry ,
Columbia , Umatllla and Union are without
representation. So la the stock Industry In
Ollllam , Grant , Klamath , Lake and Willow.i ;
the mines ot Grant , Union and COM. Grant
county Is the largest -producer of wool and
hogs. It Is not represented. The ten coun
ties not reporting would probably Increase
this total by $10,000,000. The following are
the Items In the reports from the twenty-two
countlec : >
Wheat . . ) . $ 7.4GG.014
Uvo Block . 4.300373
Hay . U < XS.fiOi ) )
Oold . 2,55S5
Klsh . 1,867,400
Hops . icifK" : )
Lumber . 1,303,915
Oats . 1KOS50
li-rillt . 1,191,020
Wool . 1.0SG.515
nutter , cheese nnd eggs . 3.0' > .12S
Potatoes . "C.SOO
OUhcr products * . G70.G50
Total . $27,520,030
Notcn.
A 'tract of eighty-five ceres of land near
Ashland was sold last week ton $50 an aero
Rev. J. S. Grlflln of Torost Grove , accounted
the oldest living pioneer ot Oregon , cele
brated his 90th birthday n few days ago.
The city council of Pendleton has made It
n misdemeanor for farmers to feed their
tcama In front of private residences In that
city.
city.A
A Buck hollow rancher raised $300 worth
of sliver-skin onions on ccie aero ot land In
Sherman county this jear and sold the crcy
for cash. " "
The ruci of steelhead salmon In Coos bay
has commenced. Quito a number wore
brought from Coos river to Marshflold last
week and were sold for 50 cents each.
John Dergcr of Bethany and William
Loulslgnont of Du\ton are thought to have
perished In the Nehalem mountains. They
wont hunting anJ have net been heard from
since. '
The people of Morrow county have made
at least $200,000 clear profit on their farm
products this ji'ar. Thla Includes 2,000,000
pounds of wool , 500,000 bushels of wheat and
many thousand iiead of cattle.
A squaw , who Is supposed to Imvo passed
the century mark long ago , died at Klamath
Tails recently. She was a relative of Link
River Jack , chief of the Klamatha at the tlmo
of the flrat settlement of eastern Oregon.
The Grant's Pars Observer Issued a me
morial supplement In memory of Hosoa
Drown , the veteran of the war ot 1812 , who
died In Josephine county on the luth Inst. ,
ot the ago of 105 jears , 3 mouths and 27
days.
days.Mrj
Mrj ( Fannlo G. Klngcry ot McMlnnvIllo
died of neuralgia of thojheart. She removed
to Oregon from South Dakota with 4ier hufl-
band three jcars ago. She left a daughter
by a former marriage , Mrs. W. E , ( Allen , In
Iowa.
Alexander Ililloy , an allottee of the Uma
tllla reservation , has brought suit , 'a a jus
tice court In Pendleton for $200 damagca
against Police Judge Long Hair and Captain
ot Police Su Klu for alleged wuseless Im
prisonment.
Lane county a few years ago produces ! a
very limited amount of even fair bulter dur
ing th9 w Inter season and the local market
was filled with the eastern product. Now
Ixino countj not only produces nil the but
ter used for homo consumption , but ships a
considerable amount.
The match hunt between the hunters of
Jacksonville and Medford resulted In pome
very good s wcn The game killed by both
sides const ited ot 321 quail , four ducks ,
twonty-flvo doves , three gray squirrels ,
twenty-six rabbits , three snipes , ten sparrow-
hawks and seven largo hawks.
Doth dwelling and business houses are
needed In Vale , Malheur county , says the
Advocate. Every available room In town Is
occupied and the great demand for moro U
Increasing dally. Llttlo thrco and four-room
cottages that can bo built at a cost not to
exceed $200 each will bring from $5 to $3
a month rent.
II , T. Doatman , a Kansas City iniilo bujer ,
bought two small bunches of mules In Lake
county last week from Robert McKcoand Joe
Puller. There were elghty-flvo head alto
gether , and , with what ho bought In Klamath
county , wcio .started for Huntlngton. Mr.
Coalman will return In a short tlmo to get a
band of 150 head of Una mules , which ho
purchased of Shook Brothers In Klamath Ho
pajs according to the slzo ot the animal ,
pajlng $30 for mules cf sixteen hands and
less foi smaller ones.
SolillorH C'niiiiot % < > ! < In boutli Dnkoln.
STUUGIS , S D Nov. 29 ( Special. ) Thn
supreme court In deciding the contested
election case from Meade county , pamcd
upon the right of the soldiers of Kort Meade
to vote In this county. The county commis
sioners decided that Judge Polk was elected
county attorney by a majority of seven , hut
the circuit court ordered the certificate given
to Mr. McMohon , and Judge Polk appealed
The hupromo court revcrsca the lower court
and sustained the commlEtiloncis. Tneru has
long been a disputed point whether votes
from Kort Meade wcro legal or not , and on
several occasions important elections have
been decided by a few votes from the fort.
This was a question touched upon In the dc-
cltilon of the supreme court. Two votes of
the majority of Polk were found to have
been cast by persons living at the fort. The
court disposes of the matter In these words-
"Tho inhabitants of these military places
ccaso to bo Inhabitants of the state , and can
no longer exercise any civil or political
rights under the lawa of the state. "
K Ma 5 I | > rvt > NNiir } .
RAPID CITY , S D , , Nov. 29. ( Special. )
Stockmen In the western part of the state
fear that the new law In regard to branding
will result In great confusion In regard to
brands. Secretary of State ItoJdlo wants all
brands reported to him before the meeting of
tlu branding committee and then thcro will
bo an oniclal registering of the brands for
tbo vvholo state. An heretofore the brands In
the eastern and western pirts of the state
have been registered separately there Is
no doubt that the same brands are In uee
In many cases by at least two rangcmcn.
When these brands are teglatercd mid some
of the men are required to change their
brands there Is a likelihood ot trouble.
Dri'lliicx.
PIERUH , S. D. , Nov. 29 , ( Special Tele
gram ) Auditor Mayhew refused to issue the
test voucher presented by the rallroid com
mission In Us effort to draw over half
the amount In one year provided as a Iltlga-
tlea fund for the commission for the bien
nial period of 1S97 and 1S98 The commis
sion will now bring Its case before the
court of claims for a decUlon.
Co III Wiullirr ( I'lcrrr.
PIERRH. S. U. , Nov. 29. ( Special Tele-
grurn. ) The temperature went to twelve degrees -
groes below zero hero last night and Ice has
formed on the river strong1 enough to allow
the crossing of teams todiy for tbo first tlmo
this Bianon ,
fiolil Hrmlt-it Liulirrllu.
CHEYENNE , Wyo , Nov. 29. ( Special. )
Rev. Father Conwuy of St. Mary'i Catholic
church was presented with a gold headed
umbrella > ogterday Kathcr Conwaj will
take an extended vacation from his work in
the church here ,
Kri-uthtw " Mai l > Mill.
RAWMNS. Wyo. , Nov 29. ( Special. )
Messrs. Douglas and Adams , vvho are work
ing the Northern Hello mine In- the Sand
stone mining district , about fifteen miles
west of the Grand Encampment , ore erecting
a ten-stamp mill , with power for twenty
stamps , and expect to have the plant In
operation on January 1. A general average
asjay of Northern Hello ore shows ) GG to the
ton In gold Occasional pockets arc found In
which the ore runs Into the thousands In
value. A vein four feet In thickness was
'being ' worked In a 400-foot drift when opera
tions wore commenced This vein lisa now
widened to ten feet. Messrs. Douglas and
Adams have twonty-flvo men employed and
have erected a camp ot twelve buildings
The mill which Is being : placed at the mine
has a capacity of thirty tens per day. The
ore la not free milling and will bo handled
by a cyanide procefa
DroUcii Arm.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Nov. 29. ( Special. )
George Conroy , an employe of the Union
Pacific shops hero , suffered a broken arm
yesterday hy being caught between a 1,600-
pound engine holler and a hoisting chain ,
To Sell n Military 'Ili-ncri .
SPOKANE , Wash. , Nov. 29. Old Port Col-
vllle , In Stevens county , with Its military
reserve of 1,015 seres , Is to bo sold by the
government at a bargain sale on February
9. It Is one of the oldest forts In the north
west , being established over forty years ago ,
and played a prominent part In the early
history of the state , during the fight with the
rebellious redskins. Jt has been abandoned
for many years
A Tekoa justice of the pcoco fined a
woman $1 for using language Intended to
provoke an assault.
The flood In the Sknglt valley this fall was
greater than usual ruid there are few cattle
left In 'tho valley above Hamilton.
The state of Washington Is entitled to
fourteen places In the Treasury department
at Washington nnd only four of the places
are filled.
The life saving station at Westport Is
completed Captain W. C. Coulson of San
Prancleso has accepted It nnd pronounced
It entirely satisfactory.
Ninety per cent of the Washington shingle
mills have either closed down or will do so
In order to prevent overstocking of the lum
ber yards and to keep jirlccs up.
Mrs. Hattie Lockwood was granted a ill-
vorco on the grounds of cruelty nnd de
sertion from Lester B Lockwood , a promi
nent lawyer cod clubman. In Tacoma.
Joe Wlstochny , nn Indian , met John Bcr-
tholf In the road and demanded the payment
of a debt which was refused and thereupon
the Indian unhitched ono of Bertholf's horses
and rode away with It , declaring the debt
canceled.
An experimental shipment of apples from
Jefferson county to Hcnolulu Is to be made
on the schooner Robert Lowers , aow loading
lumber at the Poit Ludlow mill. The con
signor of this fruit Is the giower of the
same. Prank W Walker of Port Ludlow.
M McCarthy , Walla Walla , formerly lieu
tenant colonel of the Second regiment , Na
tional Ouaid , Washington , has received no-
tlco that ho has li en awarded a spacfal
medal by congress for personal bravery dut-
ing the Ncz Pcrco Indian war of 1877.
A Grays harbor fisherman says that the
falling off of the catch In sllvenside salmon
there this season Is fully 50 per cent The
pack of the csrmery at Aberdeen is only
10.000 cases against 21,000 last ye.ir. The
new hatchery on the Chchalls river will , it
Is expected , check this diminution in supply
and restore the Industry.
The Beard of County Commissioners at
Seattle passed a resolution reducing the
rale of Interest on county warrants from 7 %
to 7 per cent per annum. By a general es
timate about $2r > 0,000 annually Is paid In
warrants The amount of direct saving
based on this amount will bo $1,250.
By the breaking of a sheer boom at Stan-
wood , In Snohomlsh county , tbo other day ,
between 6,000,000 and 6,000,000 feet of logo
went out Into the Sound , sod that of this
amount probably 000,000 feet will go out to
sea through Deception paas. The boom com-
piny expects to be able to save all except
those carried out to sea hy the tides.
Afler seven months , ending October 31 ,
the Skamokawa creamery has closed down
for 1897. During this time there was re
ceived milk to the amount of CS2.4GS pounds ,
from which was manufactured 27,218 poundo
of butter , for which was paid In caih
$1,388 SO This Is a little more than one
pound of butter for each twenty-five nounds
of milk , and a fraction more than IS cents
a pound , or 30 cents a roll , for the season
Chief Joseph of the Swlnomlsh reservation
took unto himself a charming bride Monday
one of King George's daughters she being
from British Columbia. Pather J. J. Grlb-
bln unlled Ihe bravo chieftain and the dusky
maiden of 30 or moro siimracis In the bonds
of wedlock nnd the chief's numerous friends
on the reservation did the rest such as
making Rome howl for a short tlmo Monday-
evening , by firing off guns and pistols , yellIng -
Ing and making other hideous noises on
various Instruments.
THORN TRIAL IS CLOSED
( Continued from PIrst Page. )
Thorn while In the Queens county prison.
These have been printed boforo. Mrs. Nuck
suggested that they get something to end
their llve-s with. Thorn In his letter said he
hid a prescription , which , If It could tie
filled , would end his life Ho did not wish
her to die. Ho wished her free.
"You were willing to die jourself and save
the woman ? " asked Mr. Wellor.
"Yes , " said HIB prisoner , "I loved her and
was willing to die for hor"
The prosecution seemed taken by surprise
by Thorn's statement. In this letter , which
never reached Mrs Nock , as It wes cap
tured by the ofllccrs , Thorn said : "If there
Is no other way out of It I will see to It
lhat I ahall only suffer and jou will go free "
When Thorn left the stand the defense
rested.
.Mrs. Walley was recalled and slid she saw
Mrs. Nack leave the cottage about tv\enty
minutes after she had gcoe In with the man
In a light suit She saw Thorn about 12
o'clock enter the carriage.
Threii witnesses testified to seeing Mrs.
Nack at her homo on Ninth avenue , this
city. July 15.
This closed the case for the people and tbo
defence.
Court adjourned until 9 o'clock tomarrow.
T\MPI > U DOM3 WITH AIR.
rompri'HMciI Ur I HCil in lOi-ji dip
Itoiullii'il of HnllronilN In Rcnnlr.
An army of 200.000 men Is kept constantly
at work upon the roadbed of the rallroada
of the United States The Importance of
this work , MJS the Now York Sun , may bo
Judged from the fact that theo men have
about 550,000,000 tleg to look after and their
labor alone costs the railroads nearly ? 70-
000,000 a jear. These are the section men.
Approximately , there Is ono section man
ompoeil ! for each mile of tpack
A generation ago , when the heaviest loco
motive did not weigh moro than fifty tons
and a freight oar load v > aa tea ' tons , a good
dirt roadbed sufficed. Toda'j , with 110-ton
locomotlvea tearing over the roads at sixty
miles or more an hour , with trains of Pull
man cars or hauling freight cars with loads
of from 00,000 to 80,000 pounds each , the
etraln on tbo track end roadted Is something
which an old railroader never thought of
One hundred pound steel rails have replaced
the old Iron fifty-six pound rails , atone road
beds luvo replaced these of dirt , acd ties
are put only about half as far apart as they
uaed to be. With all these Improvements
section men are constantly at work keeping
the track In proper shape. Where the de
pressions are found tbo rails are raised by
forcing earth or broken Btone under the- ties
with tampUig Irons. Thli method U crude ,
ud there are many objectlona to It. One of
i m i 'hat ' It nvotvn the "soaking up ot
the t > ' of osch tlffjl.aUrh J Now an In
to lor rii i8 forwarcnr T pri.ix.scg to do the
vvorl : s > in i ch rcorri < 0,1 i,0us , y that n tav-
ins of mc.ro th n ? fWl ) ut > o worth of tlmo
can bo effected eVcty Kar
The machine consists of a Root blower
driven at the rate ofrliaps | SOO revolutions
i mlnutp. It U 86t on top of one rail , and
has two small \\heel.7iltin which It can bo
trundled aleag the r-oll llko a wheelbarrow
When It Is to be uiMI i lover clips It fast
to the rill Attached , .to It Is a hose about
twelve feet long , ending In a metal feeder
for the broken gtonojltyhlch has a hopper at
the top , where the stone or other suitable
ballaotlng material lr Tehoveled In , nnd a
bent end at the bottpnii which Is put under
the tics to direct flip otroam of filling. In
inilng It none of the binhst between the ties
need be removed A ( shovelful Is removed
at ono end ot the raUod tlo until the bent
end of the hopper tube can DO poked under ,
and then the fllllnq material Is blown In end
packed tight by the machine. Experimental
machines were kept nt work nearly all sum-
men , sometimes on the Hudson River rail
road tracks ead sometimes on these ot the
Now1 York , Now Haven & Hartford line As
a practical result the reports say that a
progress of about eight and one-halt feet nn
hour can be made tor each man emplojed ,
while the railroad text books say that by the
ordinary methods from two and one-halt to
four feet an hour Is the beet that can bo
done. In placing now tics It Is claimed that
Its work Is equally ahead ot the older
method.
Avmr > TIIIJ STARS KHM , .
Murnt Hnlntcnil Hoi-nil * Hln lloylioocl
. Miinorjof the Sltflit.
I nm of the few vvho can tncak as eye
witnesses of "Tho Night ot the Falling
Stars , " November 12-13 , 1S33 , writes Murat
Hdlstcad In the Cincinnati Commercial-
Tribune. Those vvho beheld the wonders of
that tlmo were dazed by the awful splendors
and long spoke ot them as of some majestic ,
supernatural vision. The sleepers through
the night wcro nggrlo\ed and could never ho
sure that their friends , who were favored
with views ot the astouudlmj spectacle , did
not conspire to magnify the maivels ot the
sky when aflame with meteors. It was the
night Edwin Booth , the famous actor , was
born. My age was 4 jcars and 2 months , and
point of observation a valley In southwestern
Ohio. Ono ot the treasures of our house was
an astronomical atlas , with mjstcrlous maps
of the constellations , over which my parents
pondered ; and the strange animals drawn
among the stars were figures the more In
comprehensible the more they were explained.
My parents were much given to studying the
clouds by day and the stars by night , nnd
ono of my earliest recollections Is that they
would call each other's attention to celestial
phenomena , so that I was something of a
"star gazer" myself and know when a 4-jear-
old about "Job's Colun" and "Orion's Belt , "
" " "Tho " "Tho North
"Tho Seven Stars , Diaper ,
Star"and the star of the morning and even
ing. (
My father , the day before the memorable
cilght , had "killed a mess of young squirrels , "
and out of deference to mo had not shot them
as a marksman should , through the head , for
my favorite diet was squirrel's brains. My
passion for this dainty dish was Indulged at
supper and during the night I disturbed the
house shouting for alleviation of sharp pains ,
resulting from too much brains In my In
experienced stomach. Aly mother , aroused ,
MVV a strange light glaring at the windows ,
and lo ! It was evident enough the unlverbo
was afire. My father seldom allowed any
thing to astonish him , but that did. If ho
had not seen It he , would not have believed
It. and yet ho did list think the last hourc of
the. globe wo Inhabit had como and "the
Judgment" at hand. Tlio hour was after
midnight and how long the stars had been
falling could not ho ascertained. It was very
good of my parents to , think It worth while
to have mo take part as a watchman of the
tiemendoufl Illumination , Just lo see whether
I could remember I't as long as I lived I
have so far , clearly , a It It had hstpencd a
few days ago ; and it Is sixty-four years' My
face was washert to clear my ejea from tears ,
perhaps , and , wfiiprpetl hr a blanket , I was
carried Into the > 'artl'tjri'Hie north side of
the house. The view to the north was some
what obstruJtcd by a w lid cherry tree Hast-
ward wan a low hill covered with hickory ,
maple , wa'aut ami sassafras trees , and that
was where the morning star peeped through
the lofty fringe of naked boughs and trunks
of the trees In the winter.
Special attention was given to pointing
things out for mo to fix In my memory , and
the amazing scene Is before mo now , though
that was long before photography. I do not
recollect that I looked westward at all
Observation of the east fascinated mo , and I
do not think I turned my face In any-
other direction. There wcro Innumerable
lines of light , drawn as If by Invisible pencils
with points of fire , strangely straight lines
sweeping from near the zenith to the horizon.
My clear Impiesslon Is there wore no cross
lines ; that there seemed to bo a monstrous
stream of fiery hair , a vivid blending' of sun
and moonlight , pouring from a stupendous ,
exhaustless urn ; some of the bright lines
fading as they swept far down , fainting Into
the serene depths of the sky. There was a
certain majestic serenity about the exalted
oo'illagratlon My parcntn were rot alarmed
or greatly agitated , but enjoying every
moment I recall their low tones and some
of their exclamations of surprise and admira
tion. All the boys and girls of the house
were called , and they wanted to know
whether It was really the stars that wcro
falling ; and my father reassured them by the
lather unsatisfactory statement "No ; It's
nothing but metocrs" How It happened
there was sueh a flood of them was a matter
not deeply gone Into. The Idea lhat a comet
had exploded and our world was whirling
through the dust left floating In. the abyss
ot space , was not at once evolved , ami It
was some tlmo before < mr weekly papers
mentioned that there had been other s'artllng
showers of meteors ; that this thing happened
several times , anil might , and probably
would , again.
The silence that attended the dazzling dis
play the apparent flight of all the stars from
tliol.coiirbcs the mighty movement , Inr-x-
picsslvo save In the swift darling of coles-
Hal arrows that flashed Into apace and made
no sound , most Impressed the beholders-and
was always mentioned as something mys
tical an apparition of glory inconceivable
Itwas InsulHtanllal as the noi thorn lights , and
yet what more could happen after ono had
econ the vault of heaven Incandescent , with
a thousand sti earns of palo lightning all still
as the frost that glistened on the grass.
The dome of the edifice In which the world
is as a toy was the fountain from which
sped sheaves of long-drawn ahatts of light ,
r If tionio sudden volcano In the blue had
sent forth a radiant array of spectral spears ,
putting out the stars The commotion
among the people In some country neighbor
hoods was as If wainlng had been given that
the day of burning wprlds was at hand
Thcro were horns blov.\n-r-alwas In the west
In rural regions a signal of alarm at night
or on Sunday and ( messengers ran from
lioufo to house. It was , n long tlmo before
the full restoration erf , the confidence of the
people In the steady'piocecdlngs , as of old ,
of tbo sun and moon ami the. coimtellutlons.
Tlio stories of the diH.trartlon ot southern
Degrees furnished Iwf. fof many years. The
amount of loud praying reported of them was
remarkable.
It was a relief to thd watchers my eyes
were soon weary of the /Irownrks / , and BO I
have only hearsay for * It when the fl'st cold
white , then losy , light of morning ramc , and
It was eecn the hills' had not skipped , nnd
that the brooks bsbblcd on In their accus
tomed way ; and the chickens that had
cackled and crowed and given slgnu of
app-ehcnslon on their roosts , came down
and found the earth aa they had left It the
overling before ; nnd tlip , farmers act forth
as usual to husk torn In the fields When
the evening shades fell once moro the veil
of the meteors had vanished , and there wcio
gladness nnd giutltudo that the majcstlca !
overhanglm : firmament vvaa still there ,
frolled with the golden fires of the familiar
stars
Sililll | > l.eflVItl ] | | - .
SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 29. The detect
ives have now i cached the conclusion that
Andrew Satto , ( ho New York railroad man ,
who disappeared a few days ago , wus not
murdered , but ha Blmply deserted blu
wife. Mrs. Satto admits that lie left her
once before under bomevvlmt similar cir
cumstances , and ailils that this time ho took
with him * 3uO of htr money.
Deserving Confidence. There la no article
which eo richly deserves tlio entire confidence
of the community na Brown's Bronchial
Troches. Those suffering from Asthmatic
and Brochlal Disease * Coughs and Colds ,
should try them. Price , 25 cen'a.
IIAYTI PRESENTS ITS CASE
Attention of State Department Drilled to
' the Mnttor.
NO PROBABILITY OF INTERFERENCE
StntPN Will Not Olijcot to Any
Action of ( lurninur ,
but Wotilil ItoniuiiHtratc nt _
llnmli S
WASHINGTON , Nov. SO. The attention
of tlio Department ot State has been formally
directed to the friction that has arisen be-
tweoa Germany nnil Haytl as a result of the
arrest by the officials ot the latter country
of a halt .blood . turned Lueders , While the
detiarttncnt has been unofficially watching
the matter for some tlmo past It was not
until today that the case came formally
*
before It through the appearance thero'of
Mr. Logcr , the minister from Ilajtl to
Washington The minister came to consult
Assistant Secretary Day and the attitude of
Germany In the Lucders case was discussed.
The Information won given out at the State
department that this govcrnmout so far has
gone only to the length of Instructing Am
bassador Whlto at Berlin to watch develop
ments and keep hla government Informed.
Ho will lodge a protest only In the event
of the performance by Germany of some act
that Is not consistent with Justice
and International law : something that
IB not anticipated ) here. In other
words the Stale department docs not feel that
It has a right to Interpose BO long ns the
demands ot Germany for redress are kept
\\lthln the bounds of sound practice In In
ternational disputes , following In this the
precedent net by the last administration ,
when It permitted tbo landing of IJrlttsh
troops at Corlnto , Nicaragua , to secure In
demnity to- the llltrcatmcnt of IJrltlsh con
sular officers. It does not follow from thla ,
however , tint the administration will look
with unconcern upon any harsh and unjust
measures that may bo sought to bo put In
force by Germany toward the llttlo Island
republic.
PACTS HAVE BEEN DISTORTED.
The department has been Informed that
the statement of facts that h'as been made
In the case of Luoders Is somewhat mislead
ing. In that It makes bomo Important omis
sions. For Instance , the foundation of the
claim of Ilnjtl that It had the right to pun
ish the man ns It did lies In an desertion
that ho was a citizen ot Haytl. Lucdere was
bom In Ilnjtl , of a German father and a
native Haytlan woman , and , according to the
laws of the republic that mailo the child a
full-fledged citizen of Haytl. Again , as an
explanation for the apparently severe treat
ment of Luciloro that Haytlan government IH
prepared to show that ho had been twice ar
rested and convicted of the same offense ,
namely : resisting and assaulting an olllccr.
The first ofToneo was committed a llttlo over
a year ago , and the Haytlan law , like that
In our country , In some cases , piovldcs for a
much more severe penalty In the case of a
second conviction. Also , as an Indlca-
atlon thcro was no discrimination practiced
toward Lucders on the score that ho was a
German subject. It can bo shown by the Hay
tlan Rovcinmcnt that the person arrested
with him at the eaira time for the same of
fense , n native full uloodcd Haytlaci , was
subjected to exactly the same penalty $500
line and a year's Imprisonment that was
meted out to Lueders. Altogether the case
is regarded at the State department as one
that might properly be adjusted thiough the
icgular channels of diplomatic negotiations
Instead ot through the strong means of
demonstrations In force , particularly In view
of the fact that Lucders Is now at liberty
and In Germtny and the acute phase of the
case has been passed.
The Hajtlan minister states that the re
public Is preparing for an eventuality , con
sidering that Us honor Is lavolvcd In the
present trouble and that It cannot yield to
demonstrations of force by a powerful na
tion. The mltilstor says that Hnytl's porls
are unfortified and that the country has no
navy , but has an army of fair proportions
Naturally It could not expect to contend
against om > ot the most powerful nations on
the globe , but with the honor of the repub
lic at stake ho declares It would resist to the
last and iwcferrod to bo crushed rather than
yield to what It regards as an Injustice. The
Haytlan authorities consider that the Monroe -
roe doctrlno applies to the present case and
for that reason expect the people of the
United Stairs will not approve the crushing
of Havtl bv a powerful European govern
ment or that the authorities will not remain
Inactive If the Monroe doctrlno becomes In
volved.
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Drulscs. Sores , Ulcers , Salt Rheum , Fever
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Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and positively
cures Piles cr no pay required. It Is guar
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MIM.Vft FOR WHISKY.
Unique Knli-rprlm- ( InMlHNoiirl
Nour IciniiM ordi.
Whisky mining Is now under way at a point
along the bank of tbo , Missouri river between
Leavenworth and Kansas City , and un"effort
Is b'lng made to secure from 200 to COO bar
rels ot 40-year-old liquor that Is said to have
been hurled In the sand since IS.'G.
Nearly every man , woman and child living
along the Missouri river from St. Louis to
Omaha , relates the Globo-Dcmociat , has
heard the old story of a boat laden with
whisky sinking , always close to the town
where the story was told , and of the great
wealth In store for the person who would
resurrect these splilts from the deep and
place the same on the market. From tiuio
to time reports have been circulated that the
steamer had been discovered , hut at lost It
can truly bo said that such la the case , and
tbo hulk of the old boat will soon ho exam
ined and whatever It contains will bo brought
to light
On August 1 , 185G , a largo sldo-whci'l
steamer the Arabia , left St Louis for Omaha
and Council Bluffs loaded with pork , queens-
ware and whisky , the wet goods now esti
mated from 200 to fiOO barrels The trip was
made without Incident or trouble until I'ark-
vlllo was reached , on August 20 At this
tlmo thochannel , of the river wan n mile
west of where It Is at prrscnt , and In at
tempting to got Into the I'arkvlllo landing
the boat vvaa snagged and began to take
water. The pilot lost his head , so the story
runs , and swung the boat Into the stream ,
and after drifting down , as the engines could
not hold her against the current , she struck
on the opposite side of the river. The watei
was not voiydeep and the pilot house , cap
tain's cabin and thu roof of the upper deck
wore out of water , and whllu tlio excitement
was great the passengers and ciew were all
crowded on to this part and afterward they
wcro taken off In small boats ,
The upper pait of the steamer remained
out of the water for over a year , and the
following spring divers were put to wotk and
the engines and part of the other machinery
wore removed. The whisky and quefiiswarc
could not be secured , as they wcro In thu
hold , which filled with sand dining the win
ter , and 111 tlmo the boat was lost to sight hy
Eiiul washing over It and th channel of the
ilvcr changing The spot whore It sank was
forgotten , and after a hunt of years it wati
only discovered a ifow days ago ,
The work of hunting for the boat begin
In a systematic manner nearly a year ago ,
when a com piny was formed with G C
Hi'iurn as president ; T J Jteese , treanurer ,
and W II. Smith , secrctaiy. Their firot
move was to secure rights from farmers
living In the bottoms west of rarkvlllo to
eearch and dig for the boat. Early In the
spring they hired a man from Kansas City ,
who claimed to bo able to locate water ,
mineral or almost any thing hidden In tl'o
bowels of the earth , and ho spent several
months with hla magnetic Instruments ,
passing over the place where the boat wan
burled tlmo and again without dlscover'ag
an > thing ,
"Dad" Ilenson rigged up a contrivance , or
hla own Invention , whereby ho was able to
sink en Iroa rod Into the sand for a depth
of forty-two feet , by using Iidders , and
many soundings could be made In a day.
Starting at the edge of the water , over 2,000
sounding * were made , covering several
square miles , and a twig was placed at every
Praise for Meffldne that Cures
After all Other Remedies Fail Dr. Mile's
New Heart Cure Restores to Health ,
OT yenrs Mr. Howard Morgan
FOR made Wnterlnirff , N. V. , his home.
Ho is known throughout thut bcctlon
nq nn honest ruul upright cltl/oti , nml
his word is us good us his note. With
tlicso qualities combined with Industry
and a shrewd business tact , Mr. Morgan
lias ncciumilntcd u comfortable foitune.
lie has an ideal farm home , and fortunate -
tunato indued is the stranger who may
chance to seek its hospitable shelter. I-'or
a number of years p.ist Mr. Moigan lias
been alllleted with heart trouble , a dis
ease &o prevalent that it affects one-
-fouith of our entire people. Head what'
ho says :
"I had what thu doctors called 'sym
pathetic heart tiouble , bhortness of
breath , oppressed feeling In chest , sharp
pain in left side and hhoulderweak
spells as if I would faint. These made ;
mo most mlser.iblo. I was unable to do
even light woik , or exert myself in the
least without becoming exhausted. I
was treated by our local phjslcians , but
seemed to get no better. Finally 1 beg'in
taking Dr. Miles' New Heart. Cure and j
before the first bottle was half gone I
could see thut I improved. After using
a number of bottles I was completely
restored to health. AVoids cannot ex.-
piess my feeling of gratitude that this
gicat medicine should have bevm placed
within my reach. Myvlfo has taken
DJMiles' Nervine with the best of le-
stilts , and she thinks it lias no equal to
soothe the tiled and weak nerves. AVe
both take pleasure In recommending li. I
Miles' Itesloiutlve Hemedlos whenever ]
we hear of 11113one alllicted ase have ]
been , and \ve shall continue to do t-o for
we know j our medicine lias hue eur.Uiv e
merits. " i I
spot where the rod had been sent down
Many logs were struck and false hopes
raised , and the men were about to glvo up
when they sounded out among the wlllowo
and iindci brush , fully a mlle from the pics-
cnt river bed , and at last hit on what thej
say Is the sheet-Iron roof of the boat. The
rod was sent down repeatedly and the out
lines of the boat were located , borne jaits
of which are under twentj-four feet of sand
and the remainder thirty-six. After finding
the boat the brush was cleared off , so that
a patch Is now cut out of the foicet of wil
lows the shape of a steamer.
The men are enthusiastic , and they believe
that their fortunra nre made Oco of them
stated that members of the company would
not sell out for $75,000 , and that before
spring they would reallio far Ijejond this
amount. They expect to incite their money
out of the whisky reported to be In the hold
of the beat.
UISCIMIII KIICMI icr.tJS.
ITllONUMltlltlOIIH \ Yoi'UlTNVIlONC -
VniTHlors Milled KliiRiliiins.
There Is an unwritten nobility In the
United States , a nobility that Is proud of
its blue blood , Its origin. Its forefathers
who held exalted rank and woto titles that
were In some Instances royal. A fcoclety
was quietly organised some years ago , says
the Now York Mall nnd Express , with the
avowed purpose ot regenerating those
neglected and forgotten spiles of nobility
and tiaclr.t ; the family trees to Ihelr very
roits , uncovering the secrets of an ancestry
that might extend hack to the crnsadcra
This society made considerable * headway
and exposed the royal connection In very
many Instance ? , and the icbearclies so
thoioughly satisfied a certain i umber of their
blood so Intensely blue was It that thej In
turn formed thomt > clvoi Into a second
society , consisting of those whose line ex
tends back to the throne to bomo throne
uhnsij Importance among the then nations
of the earth was not considered , bo long as
It was a bona fide throne , with a guiulno
ruler sitting thorecn , wielding a scepter and
wearing the imperial purple.
The members of this Inner clicle are , for
thu most part. Now Yorkers by birth and
rcsld nco. The most conspicuous , probably ,
Is James Oordon Bennett of the Herald.
Mr. Bennett is a direct dcHcendrnt on his
mother's fide of Edwaid I. ( if England , ami
tl.o probability of his sitting one day on. .
the throne of Great Britain Is , It must bo
confessed , not altogether clear , although It
Is not outside the limits ot possibility Ho
Is the forty-seventh In the line of heritage ,
and a revolution might bring him much
closer As to the present mode of nddrea-
sing Mr Bennett , as ho has practically be
come a Parisian ho would no doubt , prefer
Son AltoS4 to hl3 hlghrBS , tlioulil he r > n-
cludo t claim the title which It Is ccrtai.u
his descent gives him every right to use
As a relative of Mr Dennett , the distinc
tion of ro > alty naturally belongs also , to
Marmaduko Richardson , who U duke of
Schombcrg , and has voluminous documents
to prove not alone his regal Uncage , but the
actual personal claim he potscBsea to the
title of duke It musa bo ujule-stood that
In corresponding between the various mem
bers of this society their unctsufll titles are
always emplojeil and they are addressed
as "My Dear Prince" as In the case of
Mr Bennett , for example , or "My Dejr
Duke , " as with Mr Rlchardso'i And many
members have letter paper emblazoned with
their Individual position.
George McLean , an official In ono of tin
large fire insurance companltn on BIOJ-
way , Now York , U a. leading member of Ihcf
society , and he onjoja the title of carl ot
lena , a dlitlnctlon that lus been recognize ]
through many guneratlomi of hl family.
McLean U possessed ot document i showing
a descent fiom Ixmla IX of Franre. whosi
crusadoj In the establishment of ChrU'lin-
Ity and vvhceo tlrcliw efforts In the llrcctlon
of civilization earned him the immo of St.
I/ouLa. Thla ruler made hU nephew lord
the Holy Isle * , warranted to employ the
of earl ot lona. Charles Heldsl
known la New York , Is , la reallt
discovery and nnnonnccmont by
T1IK Franklin Miles , that the hoaltli
of the whole or any pint of the body ,
depends upon the Mate of the nervous
systenv very much moie than upon any
thing else , has been received by many
of outmost eminent physicians as scien
tifically correct. There me many others
In the piofesslon , who lluoufih Ignorance
or ptejmliee or both , .still aefuse to ac
cept the moie nioth'tu theory , but con
tinue lo tr > at tlie kldneyq or other organs
with nostiunis which lultate , excite and
inflame them be.vond their strength ,
while the heart and brain are starving
for proper nottiMmient. Dr. MlleV
IJemedles lestorc the lost energies o ? life
and build np the system quicker anil bet
ter and .stronger tlian any oilier known
medicines.
" \Vc \ me glad to hear fiom our old
friend. Dr. M. W. Shepard ol I'ltint City ,
Kin. lie writes : "I hav > used the Dr.
Mlle.s New Ileail Cure and the Restora
tive Nervine for neatly throe years with
the best ol lesults , and shall continue to
use them when required. I am particu
larly pleased with the Nervine , anil have
obtained leMtlts ftoin it In the treatment
of Insomnia and nervous ptostrntlon
that me truly marvelous. I have also
used your Antl-I'aln I'llls and llnd they
are the b-st tlilug I ever tried lor head
ache and neuialf'la. "
Dr. Miles' Heine- ,
dies me sold by all Wiles'
chnwlsts under a
positive guarantee
lirst bottle bcnellls
or money lelnndetl.
Hook on the 1
and nerves sent Iree on reiiucM. by the
Dr. Miles Medical Co , , Klkhait , Ind.
Hehlslcck von Ravensberg , Inheriting his
title from an old Gemini : family of great
distinction , and whoso eatalcs were at ono
period the most extensive on the Rhino.
The artlt Thulstiup , now making a tour'of
Scotland to complete n aeries nt Illustrations
for a work to bo biought out by the > Harper
Brw shortly , Is Comto de ThuUtrup , al
though ho never makes use of the honor ,
and few of lil.a acquaintances ate even aware
that ho pobfesses It In fact , to glva him
entire credit , he Is authorized to algn him
self "Gonernl Comto do 'Ihulstrup. " Con
nelly , the well known hatter , modestly con *
coals the fact that ns a direct descendant ot
the last .Irish king ho Ii none other than
Lord Connelly , although It Is doubtful ( hat
ho has ever Bald GO outsldo the society of
which ho has long been a member. There
are a hundred otheis enjoying , If It ho an
enjo > ment , the possession of a title , while
apparently only unassuming American cltl-
7eiu , but these Instincca are eufllclont to
Indicate that we really have an unwritten
nobility.
( M.vitnG nA iitiunint MV.STKIIY.
PoIIlMrillll < ) ! < Iloil } Of VI I'M. I'll II11 MO
\li-rr > .
CHICAGO , Nov 20. The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of Mrs Pauline
Merry from her homo at CO Hcyo street was
solved yesterday by the confession of Thamaf
Illckcy , who was arrcntcd en suspicion.
Hlckey told a lovoltltiK story of how Chrlu-
t'l > her Meny fhakeil and belt hla wife a week
ago last Kilcla > , then , finding It Impossible
to restore her to consciousness , Illckoy says
tbit : Mcny decided to put her "out of her
mlsorj" by beating out her hrilns with a
poker. Uito jeiUerday afternoon Illikey led
a , arty of pollen to an uninhabited portion
of the city near Eighty-seventh street and
Western avenue , where Mra. Merry's body
was found burled beneath a few Inches ot
loose dirt hy the roadside.
Do.ective Colleran today received n letter
fiom Paul Dorian , 711" Walnut direct , Kansas
City , asking whether It was his daughter
who bid been murdered The descilptlon
Blvon hy iBoilau of ills daughter tallies ox.
nelly with that of Mrs. Muiry , an I there In
little doubt but that the murdered wcmaa Li
1 In daughter. Dorian writes tint hla
daiiKhler's maiden name VMJS Pauline and
that she came to thliu-clty about three years
ago , anil vvioto to him that she had marrlo-l
r. peddler of the name of Merry. 'Iho pollm
will forward Information to Uio writer cud
rujuret him lo come here at once.
Sl It-urn for KorK 'i' > ' .
MttMI'HIti , Nov 29-J. M. Thomas , ullaa
'lluirmun , the forger and Jail breaker , vvaa
today ppiit. need lo six yetirH In the penl-
tinlhiry.
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'J here may be
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