Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 14, 1898, Page 7, Image 7
< * r T - si fT v - > rtIJf If THE O31AHA DAILY BE'Ek VlIUKSDAY , APJtni 14 , 1808. > FROM THE FARTHER WEST COCOS ISLAND TREASURES Searchers Claim to Have Located the Hidden Gold and Jewels , AFRAID TO TAKE THE PLUNDER AWAY NOW Inland Sold to > Contnln. . Half Doaen Inhjibllnntn nnd f3U , < MOOUO The Old Starr of the Theft of 1'eravlr.n Gold. SAX FRANCISCO , April 12. ( Special. ) The schoiocr Vine Is lying at anchor In the harbor , and when her crew of six persons ntcpped Into a landing boat there was the air of mystery abaut them. The Vine nailed away from this port about the middle of November last bound , as her clearance pa- 1 > ols staled , on a. cruise to Central American porta 'anilthe Inlands of the South Pacific octan. At the time she le-ft there was much mystery about her mission. Stories were then current that cho had started out upon nn expedition that had for Its end the loca tion , of 4 treasure , and a treasure ot such fabulouc wealth as the weavers ot fiction in the wildest flights of Imagination never even dreamed of. ' Their mission , undertaken with all thc ecrecy that envelops expeditions of Its na ture , -wa to find and dig for the stolen gold and Jcweii ot a praud government , that for sixty years have 1-Jln hidden upon a rock- toound Island of the Pacific. Despite the multitudes of obstacles that confronted them the men ot the party claim they were successful , that the treasure of $18,000,000 was located , and In leas than two of It will bo dl- years from now $10,500,000 vldfd between Willis Aumock , and his wife , A. B. Graham , Edward Graham. Hugh Stew art aud Eugene II. Ayera. These elx persons claim they are the only people In the world who hold the secret , and without their knowledge It will be Impossible for any one to carry away the princely fortune that In 1838 was stolen by the crew ot the bark Mary Dca of Beaten , Mass. , from the Peru vian government and burled upon Cocos island. STOHY OF THE ROBBERY. This Is the story of the Jobbery as they tell It : In 1838 the bark Mary Dea. under the com- mead of Captain John Kwton , sailed from Boston lor Callao , Peru. The name of the flrat mate of the tark was Thompson. At that time the Peruvian government was en gaged In her bitter stfuggle with Chill and the fortunes of war were such that when the SMary Dca arrived at Callao that city was momentarily expecting an Invasion from the besieging forces of Chill. None of the war ships of the former goveinment happened to bo In the harbor at the time , and In order to cave the funds of the national treasury , the church plate and4he wealth of many private individuals , the Peruvian government sought the protection of the United States flag and Captain Kcaton wan Importuned for a goodly consideration to hide the treasure upon hla ahlp until the crisis had paused. This he consented to do and the Immense treasure , consisting of gold , silver and diamonds mends , was secretly brought aboatd the > Iary Oca and stored away. A guard waa posted to keep watch orer It. The tempta tion was more than Captain Keaton could withstand , vo , during the silent watches of the night. The guard waa overpowered and murdered , -the anchbr"-chnln was ( dipped and ' the anchor left behljid andithe'xrlmlnal cap tain" and bia band .of ( eltow jthwivoa set sail and got awiy undiscovered : "TU.ey reached Cocos island eighteen days later and burled their treasure. Maddened beyond the point ot human en durance and with their , blood boiling tor re- vcngo for the theft that had been perpetrated upon them , the government officials of Peru , as soon as they could communicate with their war ehlps , sent one of them to catch 'the ( Mary Dea. The bark was overhauled three days after leaving Cocas island , the 'crew were killed and Captain Keaton and Mate Thompson were > taken aboard the war ehlp to be carried back to Peru to tell where they had burled the treasure or to suffer the pen alty ot death. "While the ship waa returning to Callao It was becalmed. nd as fortune would have It an American whaler w > is also beclamed near It. For some strange reason Keaton and Thompson were allowed the liberty ol the deck and they saw and recognized the American whaler. They nwnagej one eight to slip past the guards and get over the rail to the water. Then they swam to the iwhaler and hero fortune again favored them , for before fheir absence was discovered a breeze sprang up and the American vessel spread her sails. When the sun rose she was out of sight ot the war ship. The two men gave assumed names and told some wolrd story of capture and harsh treatment to the captain of the whaler. The officers of'the Peruvian war ship , when they missed their prisoners , supposed that they had attempted to swim to the other ship and that they had been drowned In the at tempt , and besides the whaler having dis appeared they did not know In which direc tion to search for them. SDAltCH FOB THE TREASURE. . After eighteen months spent at sea Cap tain Keaton managed .to get back to Boston with , his secret undlvulged. The chance of fortunV Tiaa , however , separated him from Thompson ; Keaton .guarded his eccret with a "Jealous alienee , and ten years after his return to Boston he fitted out a ship to go and bring trick the treasure. The crew was a mixed , cne and they managed to get wind of the purpose of the voyage and mutinied BO the disappointed Keaton was forced to return. > He was not to be outdone , however , end five Veara later he associated with htm a Captain BoKUe , and the two again set sa : ( or Cocoa Island. They landed there safely and found the treasure , but such was Us magnitude that they were afraid to Uke 1 aboard for fear the crew would learn of it Consequently they eecreted about their per aons J20.000 apiece In gold and diamonds am atarted to return to Boston. When the shl ] reached Panama Bogue by accident fell overboard - board In twenty fatboma of water and wai drowned , and that part ot the Ill-gotten treasure that ho had with blm waa lost. Force of circumstances prevented Keaton' , ever again making aootber attempt to re " cover the treasure , but before he died be lU' ( armed his aon-ln-law. Youcg , of the eecrel ho .had carried with him all ot hla life an < ! which had only resulted In th most blttei - disappointment * to dim. Young was never U a position nor had be the meana to attempi to Search for cold. Several yeans ago Willis Aumock me . Young In Mexico and they became friends o Thla ripened into intimacy , and In a mutua exchange ot confidences Young told Aumocl of the hidden treasure and offered for a sun WORMS * * A wwrm el ht a k t loaf at U&al CUB * on UM vcene after BUT taking two CASCARETS. Thin I am sura fcas caused my bad Health for tha past three yean. I am tUU taklnc Cascarets , the only cathartic worthy ol Botlc * by aenslblo people. " Oio. W. BOWIM , Baird , Hut , CURB CONSTIPATION. to sell to him the secret of tbe spot where It was burled. Aumock had heard ot tbe treasure , but had never placed any faith In It. Young gave him Indisputable evidence. tbat the treasure waa In exlatenco and that U could be found. The bargain was consummated between the two men , and Aumock paid Young a large sum for It Ho then took Young to Dcaton with htm , and ca September 13 , 1S97 , In the city of Plttsburg , Aunrock's home , the San Francisco Mining company wa.i organ ized. Tbo members ot the compcay left 1'lttsburg September 13 In charge of Aumock and W. M. Graham. They came to llils city and remained here for eotne time , pre paring for the trip. The scheMer Vine , un der the command of Captain Johni E. Buros , was chartered tec 13,500 and freight prlvj j lieges , which amounted to $8,800 , and ca November 13 , the entire party set sail. Mate Thompson , who had been with Cap tain Keaton when they made their cucapo from the Peruvlm war iblp , made hla way to the Hawaiian Islands , where he subse quently lest hi * mind. He Is supposed to be alive to3ay. It was from him that Au gustus Orssler ot Stockton Is supposed to have gst the secret ot the treasure also , and about , ten years ago he tet sail for Coccs Island In the sloop Hayseed. This Hand belongs to the government of Costa Rica , and Inasmuch as the Peruvian government long ago abandoned all claims to the treasure , be lieving tbat It waa lost forever , the former government claimed It. Captain Geasier propcsed to nnd the hid den wcaltli If the government of Costa Rica would give him iwo'-thlrds of It. This It agreed to do , but the captain was unable to nnd It. He was , howe\er , made military [ overnar of the Mend by the government n hopes that he might some day unearth he long lost millions , but so tar he has been unable to do so. Ho has , however , re mained upon the Island , and whenever for- .une-seekers have come to. Its shores to find the treasure he has Invarlaily specified that they. If successful , muot pay the government of Ccsta Rica Us one-third and hlmsslf an eighth of the remainder. Aumock knew Ges- sler before he left San Francisco , and when Gtssler sailed he laughed at , what he sup posed was a wlld-gccse chase. LOCATED THE HIDING PLACE. Aumock and his party tell of maay Indig nities they suffered at the hands of Captain Durns. In describing tbe voyage Amouck said : "Captain 'Durns ' , the owner cf the Vine , msde a good thing out ot the trip. Ho rcated us In the most abominable manner. He promised an abundance ot good , whole some and substantial food , but Instead wo oaly got spoiled beef and ham. We kicked. 3ut It was no good. My wife did her cookIng - Ing In her room of such canned goods as I could beg or borrow from the coo't. ? he was refused hot water by the cook upon sev eral occasions. When we had been out two weeks Colonel Hugh Stewart asked for clean towels , an-l was told by Burns that ho got all he paid for. He must have cleared nearly C.OOO on the trip. He got his money In ad- vaoce. He himself ha3 good faro for his o\\n u f at everv meal , but he would sive us none of It. On the return trip he abandoned the Vine at San Jose de Guatemala and re turned here by steamer , leaving the Vine In c'.iarge 11 the first officer , A. E. SmaH. Jt took us sixty-three days to crawl up the coast to Sen Francisco. 'We i etched Cocos Island on January 1 and found that Its Inhabitants consisted of seven r > ? 'Screi all Germans , two woraei , a baby and four men They were platitlns eolTee and raising pineapples and other fruits. The rainy season was over , but tne m id - > ao about eight Inches deep. Ta ? 'fluid contains , tweoty-five square miles , but only four ale under cultivation. "Gessler recognized me and asked me what 1 had come there for and I told him I was there to search for , the treasure. ' 'I found over 200 holes where former 0ek- ers of the treasure-bad. dug for \ti \ J at mcCrealized thateyen If I found thotreas4re Serslcr would never let mo bring It nway , and even It he had 1 would have been afraid to take It aboard the ahlp. He watched me very closely , but J managed without his Knowledge to satisfy myeelt as to the exact 1'ocatlon ' of the treasure and that it was there. "As" soon as I had done this we ran some false liaes and dug two boles as a blind to throw oil Oesrier. I know itrcm the location ot the treasure tbat be can never nnd U , and that I and my party are the only ones who will ever be able to do so. "The Peruvian treasure Is burled In one place , but there Is upon the Island $30,000- 000. The other waa .hidden there by pirates who burled It In caves. All tbo old land marks have been obliterated by time , but still the location of the treasure la known and It will be found. " Willis Aumoek and party -will return to Cocos Island as coon as the coming rainy season Is over , properly equipped and armed , and In a , perfectly legal and legitimate man ner will treat with "the government of Costa Rica for their share In tie treasure for the revealing of Its whereabouts. SOUTH DAKOTA XKWS. Connir Srni PlKht IB Box Dotte. HEMMINGFORD , Neb. , April 13. ( Spe cial. ) Yesterday waa quite an eventful day at this place. The county commissioners were In session for the consideration of tbe petition calling for an election for the pur pose of submitting toe question of reloca tion of the county eeat. The board will con tinue with tbe examination until Thursday , when petitioners and remonstratom will sub mit evidence in regard , to the legality ot petitions. Owing to the county eeat trouble , the com missioner * were notified today that all In surance policies on the court bouse were cancelled , hence the building will be guarded henceforth to prevent possible destruction by fire. Messrs. M. A. Hall of Omaha , J. E. Porter and Crawford and Hemlngford attor neys represent remonsfratora , and R. 'C. Noleman and. U A. Bury of Alllanco are for petitioners. f _ No Volition In City Election. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. . April 13. ( Spe cial. ) As the result of a conference between the republicans and democrats of Chamber lain , It has been decided to eliminate poli tics from the approaching election for city and school officers. The following ticket , divided ai equally as "possible between the two parties , wai agreed upon , and will be j elected next Tuesday : Mfjnr. L. 8. House ; city treasurer , J. W. Warnhulsj school treas urer , H. E. Hart ; police Justice. James Cllg- gltt ; city justice , B. C. Huddle ; aldermen from the First. Second and Third wards re spectively , M. MoAndrewe , E. L. Drory , Pat rick Henry. Members Board of Education , John A. Stroube , George Pllger , W. L. Cook , Of tbe appointive officers the republicans are to have city auditor and marshal , and the democrats city attorney and water commis sioner. The new officers will be pledged t economy in city affairs for 'the purpose of re. duclng taxes to the lowest possible limit. Aberdeen Cltr Ticket * . ABERDEEN.S. . D. , April 13. ( Speclal.- ) Tbe following nominations were made foi city officials at today's convention : Repub lican , C. J. Hute , mayor ; George Belles treasurer ; W. 0. Jones , police Justice ; U C. Turner , city Justice ; Ira Barnes , treas urer Board ot Education. Fusion , D. Me Glachlln. Mayor ; ' John Mason , treasurer Julius Flbt > eln , police Justice ; E. A. Scully city Justice ; Ben Walter , treasurer Board o ] Education. An aggressive campaign being Inaug' urated , a lively election Is anticipated. Old JHnn < rt ( or Klondike. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , April 13. ( Spe cial. ) 'Brldgewatcr ' claims tbe distinction ol aendlns the oldest man who has yet under taken tha trip to tbe Klondike. Colonel C H. Chandler , who left there recently for thi gold fields of Alaska , la 76 years of age. Settle Iw SootU Dakota. ABERDEEN. S. D. , lAprll 13. ( Special.- A special train of four coaches , contalnlni a large delegation of Russian Immigrants pawed here Sunday , enroute to Eureka They came direct from the old country and will settle on land In their new home. for . MADISON , 8. D. . April U. ( Special. ) Th ( directors ot toe Madison Chautauqua aaio elation have appointed offlcer for the yeai Buds * rraac Bi4at * lor tht * nr"fl u scmbly. The length of the assembly was fixed at thirteen days , June 30 to July 12 In clusive. A full program has ben prepared , but all this preliminary work , IT 111 come to naught unless seme way Is found to get the association out of debt. Stncktnrnj Elect ! RAPID CITY , S. D , , April 13. ( Special Telegram. ) The officers efected by the West ern South Dakota Stock association In ses sion hero are ! President , C. K. Howard' fimlthvllle ; vice president , H. A. Dawson. Pine Ridge ; secretary and treasurer , Frank Stewart , Buffalo Gap. The association ad journed tonight. The attendance has been large. _ XKW OIL WE'LLS ' TO UU ! MOIIEIJ. Great Actlrlly In Ih * WyomlnK Oil Klrlil Aliont Cngpcr. CASPER , Wya , April 13. ( Special. ) Good business will bo. done In the ell fields In thla part of Wyoming this year. Esti mates of the number ot new wells to bo drilled thb year range all the w.iy from thirty to sixty , with an average of fifteen barrels of oil per day for each -well. New capital Is constantly being Interested und new purchases of oil land being made. The Iba and Daln Oil Land syndicate , for In stance , has an actual ownership of 40,000 marketable acres and the sale co trot ot 250,000 additional acres , the entire area of this syndicate's oil linds being located In the great Salt Creek bisln. The holdings of this syndicate are cited as an Illustra tion at once practical and pertinent of the Immensity of the oil Interests of the Cas per region and of the almost Incalculible results which must accrue from now as- aured and rapid oil development. The Pennsylvania Oil company , with Its oil refinery at Casper and Its now actively producing oil wells In the Salt Creek basin , will add this ycir probably ten new wells , and braider will purchase the product of any wells put down In Salt Creek basin by other parties , an oil plpo line front the basin to the Ca.iper refinery being one of 'ho company's contemplated enterr scs for .his year. This company naw has a .con- ract with the King Transportation com pany wihereby 150 barrels of crude oil are delivered every three days by freight teams at the Casper refinery , with a pomlble ex ension of the contract to 300 barrels every .hrce dayt" , the refinery Itself having lately ipjvlded for a constant surplus storage ot ,000 barrels of oil. Irrlurntlnn Intiv Mrxlco. ALBUQUERQUE , N. M. , April 13. ( Spe cial. ) The territorial commission of Irrlga- lon and water rights , Vvhlch was created iy the last terrltoKal legislature , held Its Irst meeting In this city today. All mem- icrs were prreent. Including Antonio Jcseph of Ojo Oallente. president ; J. E. Saint of Albuquerque , secretary ; W. A. Hawkins of Silver City , Frank Springer of Las Vegas and George Curry ot Rojwell. The corn- nsslon ! to3k prellmlniry steps looking to a : horough and systematic examination Into : he present Irrigation systems In the ter ritory for the purpose of making recom mendations as to the best method to be employed In Irrigation and the laws re- qulre-d on. the subject. HnblillM In Onllfnrnlii. FRESNO. Cal. , April 13. ( Special. ) The most successful rabbit drive of the season was held here Saturday and a moderate esti mate gives the number of pests destroyed at over 9,000. It was what Is known as a shot gun drive , a fusillade from guns loaded with No. C shot beginning as soon as the rabbits besan to thicken In front of the advancing and Contracting lines. The rabbits were very numerous and the shotguns were piled -with such effect that the advancing line moved over htajl of , the slain animals until the corral \vas reached. At a distance ofa quar.- ter of a mile from the corral ( he word'was passed to cease firing and the flnal slaughter was accomplished with clubs. Snle of Colorado Iuilx. MONTE VISTA , Colo. , April 13. ( Special. ) The slate I ? nd board made , quick work of 7,000 acres of ctate land here ! In two hours forty-one quarter sections were disposed ot Xor over $135,000 , besides the Improvements , the list selling for an average of $21 per acre for bare land , the Improvements being paid for outside of the sale price. Mcst of the land waa bought by settlers , only about a half dozen quarters being taken by specula tors. Orrjron ! \ > TV Xoto * . The Altoona Press , In Umatllla county , expects to appear oo an afternoon paper until thg campaign Is over. A force of men hao been put to work. cleaning the big Klamath ditch In Klarr.nth county , and water will be turned Into tbe ditch earlier than usual this Mason. Business U light thle season in the Burns land office In Harney county , and that office has ceased to be a maximum office , that Is , the pay of register and receiver has fallen below $3,000 each annually , The North Yamhill Record has some flne samples of mohair , one from a yearling that weighed only thirty-five pounds after being shorn of its seven-pound fleece. This sample la fifteen and a half Inches long. There Is also a thlrteen-lnch sample from a 3-year- old nannle , and a nine-Inch sample from a 14-year-olf nannle. Felix Fremery , an expert in growing and preparing vegetable flbera , who was In Cor- vallls recently In the Interest of the- develop ment of tbe hemp Industry , hau setit-to B. Woldt of CorvalllD twenty-five pounds of bemp seed to be distributed In small quanti ties. Mr. Fremery expects to visit Yaqulni bay ooon to Inspect reclaimed tide lands to ascertain their fitnesa for growing hemp. A meeting of the Ashland sugar beet com mittee was held recently to discuss the mat ter of furthering th experiments of sugar beet growing In that vicinity this UMaon , for which purpose the committee was consti tuted. The iKtmca of a number of leading farmers adjacent to Aehland who had will ingly agreed to try the experiment this sea- ton were taken and others likely to do so were also listed. Iilnlto . n > 'otr . During the last -week over twenty WU- consln families have arrived "In Lawlston. wltn the view of locating In ' the valley. They state that thousands of h'ome s"eekens from that tate will corao west this year. B , F. Hershey , a prominent attorney of Dayton , O. , Is In Eolse. He Is Interested In tbe selection ot a large body ot tand In southern Idaho tor the purpore of coloniza tion , zays the Statesman , and represents a large number cf Dunkarda and Quakers ot Ohio who are anxious to secure contlguouu farms In Idaho. The recent snow is tneltlns and the Pol- latch and Bear-creeks are onthe rise , -which will be apprechted by the tlemcn as well a the sawmill nwn. There are 18,000 tlea long the Big Bear creek , which will be floated 4o Kendrlck cs teen as there Is water esough. . btsldfa along the Potlatch river there are about 200,000 feet of Ion to be floated down. It la believed at Moscow that settle ment will ba reached when the commls- elon appointed -resolution of the last legislature confers ther with the represent atives of the bondamen of ex-County Treas urer I. C. Hattabau h. The bondamen had all been greatly reduced In clrcumstancea by the panic of 1893 and the subsequent de pression and In many cases the bondsmen are completely Imporer'ehed. Some are now working for $30 to $50 per month to support their families. They were well-to-do when tbe bond waa signed. FIRB KCORD. Biff Plate GUM Plant. IRWIN. Pa. , April 13. Lut night's fin almost totally destroyed the Immense plan of the Pennsylvania Plate Glass company The only building of the big group of struc turea that remains standing Is a small store house. The company estimates Ita losa a $700.000 , with insurance ot about $400,000 Fortunately the Block of plate gUu oa ham waa email on account of the demand for thi laat year being fully up to the capacity President Kaiin stated today that the plan would probably be rebuilt. Tbe companj mployed about GOO ran. The p'ant wai the largest Independent factory in the coun try. OMAHA'S ' CHAMPIONS IN LINE j Western League Ben Ball Olnb About O'BRIEN COMPLETE HiS REGIMENT Denny I/roan Slfuaa.to 1'lnr First and Caplnln thr Tj-jMii , nnd llrnt- ] ( , JCUhcr Come Fulil. Manager O'Brien ot the Omaha base ball team has returned from Chicago , and with htm comes information that will bo enthusi astically received by the fans who have been wondering for the last two weeks where they were at. This to to the effect that President Johnson has finally secured the contracts of nearly every member ot the team , ani that the men who have been on the waiting Hat will report for duty at once. Mcst of them are expected here today , and It is expected that before the end of the week the entire team will be on band. It has been found Impossible to secure Decker , but Denny Lyons has been secured to play first .base and manage the team. Lyons is not as hard a hitter as either Tucker or Decker , but be U as good a first basemen as any of them and his experience and Judgment will be a valuable factor In the anticipated success of the team. Both FUher and Hemming have been signed , and the Omaha club now has the fastest com plement of twlrlcrs In the Western League. As the team now steads Manager O'Brler , has about twenty plajers from which to se lect his team. There are : Catchers Mc- Auley , Blanford , Jordan and Hayes ; Ditch ers Fisher , Hemming , Hageman , Turner nnd Watktns ; Inflelders Lyons , Eustace , Roat , McKlnney , Clement ; and Grlfiln ; out fielders Barnett , Camp , Law lor , McKlbben and Whitney. No team in the league has a better let of material from which to form a championship team , and the fans are Jubilant at tbe good news. Now the thing la to turn out a crowd at the opeiatug games that will give the team an enthusiastic oend-off and convince the management that Its efforts to furn'.ib Omaha with the best base ball possible arc appreciated. RvctttH OIL tin * Illuming Trnekn. ( MEMPHIS , April ' 13. Results : First race , 'naif mile , 2-vear-old mnldens : &ca Lief won. Laurenlan second , Parker Bruce third. Time : 0:51. : Second race , live-eighths of a mile : Algel won , Horseshoe Tobacco second , Brandy- wlnn third. Time : l:03Jj. : Third race , one tn'Je ' , allowances : Isabey won , Time Maker second , Mill Stream third. Time : 1 3 % . Fourth race , three-fourths of a mile , sell- Inc : Georse B. Cox v > on , Wilson second , Henrica fnlrd. Time : 1:17. : Fifth race , one mile , selling : Basqull won , Assifinee second , Jim Flood third. Time : Sixth race , one mile , over four hurdles , selling : Captain I'lersal won , Aldonslna serond. Mv Luck , third. Time : 1:53. WASHINGTON. AWrll 13.Uesults ; First race , six fiiVlnfruR- Sanders won , The Alnnxman second , ' The Tory third. Time : 'second race , four and one-half furlongs : , ucld won , First ) Kcult second , Gasford bird. Tlme 1:23. : , " , , Tiilrd race , four furlongs : Gold Fox won , 'he Diver secondj A Jieeves third. Time : Fourth race , seven fuHongs : Louis N won , 'nssover second , " Snapshot third. Time : :33. : ' cio Fifth race , onev mile : Mazzarlne won , rherrv Leaf ecQcd)1 'Jvlng third. Time : SAN FRANCISCO/I / April 13. Weather clear ; track fast at Oakland today. Re sults : , 7 , First race , olev islktefrnths of a mile : . ly won , Alma tcoft3 , McFdrlano fnlrd. Time : ' 1OS : . v od- . Second ro.ce. malddnai six furl one a : Oahu on. Applejack second , Joe Levy third. Time : l)3. : ) , , j , .Third race , selling , three and one-Aalf fur- ohgs : Juggle won. , Hey Hooker second , Zacatosa third. Time : 0:43. : Fourth race , mile nnd nn eighth , selling : Earl Cochran won , Twlnkler second , Sweet avordale t'nlnl. Tlnlei 1S5 % . Fifth race , selling , six furlongs , purse : ? elxotto won. Lost , Girl second , Jlldlleht bird. Time : .1:13. : . - . , Sixth race , eleven-slxte-cnths of a mile : George Miller -won , Potentate second , San Matco third. Time : 1OS,4. CINCINNATI , April 13. Results : First race , six and one-half furlongs , sell- ng : Annahelm won , Practitioner second , Don Campbell third.i Time : 1:23 . Second race , four furlongs : Black Venus won. Hprmlon second. O'Emma third. Time : 1:31. : 1:31.TVilrd race , selling , ? Ix and one-half fur- ones : Bon Jour won , Stanza second. Lit tle Music third. Time : 1:23. Fourth race , selling , five furlongs : De- blalse won , Hal Garret second , John F. Voct third. Time : .1:01 : % , Fifth race mile and a sixteenth , selling : Banquo II won. Swordsman second , Carrie Lyle third. Time : 1:32 . Sixth race , six and one-half furlongs : Marlto won , Panchlta II second , C. Kelt tolrd. Time ! 1:231. : Rniinea ou the Diamond. WASHINGTON , April 13. Tne Senators used up three pitchers and two catchers In > entlng Toronto by a small margin today. Score : Washington ti 00218102-8 Toronto 200021100-0 Base hits' Washington. 14 ; Toronto , 10. Krrors : Wnshlnctort. ) : Toronto. 3. Batter- es : Washlneton , Mercer , Amole , Dlneen , Farrell and"McGulre ; Toronto , Gaston , Johnston and Casey. READING , Pa. , April 13. Score : Reading O-'O ' 00000 2-0 2 Boston 22313000 - Base bits : Readlnc. 7 ; Boston. 13. Er rors : Reading , 1 : Boston. 2. Batteries : [ leading , Woodruff. Connor. Shlnccll and flnydon ; Boston , Wflds , Nichols , Stlvetts , Hickman. Keager and Bergen. PHILADELPHIA , April 13.-S = orc : Philadelphia 50030240 1 15 S'ewark 0 01001010-3 Base hits : Philadelphia , 15 ; Newark. 8. Errors : Philadelphia , 1 ; Newark , C. Bat teries : Philadelphia , Donohue , Platt and McFarland ; Newark , Jordan , Carrlck and Nelson. JJBATII 1IECOKU. One of Freinonfii Oldent Settlem. FREMONT , Neb. , April 13. ( Special. ) ) H , A. Pierce , one of the flrot lettlers In thi ; part of the state , died after a two daytf Ill ness at his residence on Military avenue , thi : morning , aged 63 years. He was. born It Onelda county. New York. May 19 , 1829 April 2 , 1857 , he arrlfcd In Fremont , whlct then'consisted of bta'two or thiee log houses and took up 160 a&m of land which Jolnee what waa then laid'trot ca a town on thi wist , but which iuiucw mostly within th < city limit ! ) . At theUlBie ot the Pawnee rale In 1859 he Joined that' mllltai-y organlzatlot which under tbe command of General Thayei followed the raldeiU'Up to near the prceen site of the village f Battle Creek , where t small skirmish occurred and tbe trouble be tween the settlers aadnhe Indians wu satis factorlly adjusted. lonHe served during thi civil war * In compihVK , Second Nebraulu volunteers , in a I'ntlie monthicampalgi against the Sioux cfhd Orowo In tha northerr and western part ot-ttia Etnte. His compan ; took part In several small sklrmUhca ar. ( ho was present afa flgnt at White Stoni Hill which resulted Iff a defeat that kept th < Indians quiet for eonie Hlme. Mr. Pierce fol lowed ( arming untll'ftabout ' ten yeara ago since which time n6l has been In the bul nem of putting dovn cement walks and man ufacturlng bee hives and bee supplies. H was married on June Q.JS59. to Mrs. A. Mar vln , widow of Seth P. Marvin , who built tb first house in this part of < he county. H waa one of the first members the Congre gatlonal church , but changing his vlena 01 religion withdrew ffom its meraberrhlp i few reara ago. Hta wife died about slxteei yc-iro KO and of their eight children bu two , a eon and daughter , sui'vlre. ' He was i member of McPherson po t. Grand Army o the Republic , under whose direction hi funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon a the Congregational church , i William C. Blrirl. HUMBOLDT. Neb. , April 13. ( Speclal.- ) H'llliam C. BUwIl , a well known reilden ci this city. w found dead In his eas chair last evening , at his borne In this city He waa discovered only when a member o the family attempted to waken blm at be time. He waa (8 ream of age at the tlm of Aili death , which waa caused by beai failure. A peculiar feature of the case li tbnt while Mr. Olssell waa able to come up town and vote last Tuesday , be has for come time been anticipating his death and left with a friend a letter containing Instructions rertrdlns the funeral and matters In that connection. He especially asked that no dis play be made and , after designating the pall-bearers , asked that they wear no badges , gloves , or other badge of mourning. Mr. Blerell was quite wealthy and spent much of his money and time In fighting1 secret societies , to which he was bitterly opposed during bis llto time. Mr * . SfirMh MnrDnlrtnld. Mr * . Sarah MacDlarmld , wife of William MacDkirmld , general foreman of the World- Herald mechanical deportment , died Tuesday night of heart disease at the family home , 914 Mason street. Mrs. MacDIarmld hid > een In Impaired health for several years. She waa the daughter of the late Rev. Mward W. Breckenridge of Blnghamton , N. Y. . and oarne to Omaha with her huiband wenty years ago. Three sons , Jcha , Stuart md Leslie , and her husband , survive her. ttrs. MacDIarmld wan a women of ntrong Christian character sud Influence , and was devoted to bcr hcnie and church. The fu neral will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. Srcrrlnry Oilcniro & Alton Hand. CHICAGO. April 13.-Charles H. Foster , [ or nearly twenty years secretary and treas urer of thn Alton road , U dead , of peritonitis , do had been 111 and absent from his office only three or four days. Twn sons and a dauchter survive him. Mr. Foster was also secretary and treasurer of the Mississippi Bridge company , as well as secretary to the Jollet & Chicago and Louisiana & Missis sippi railroad companies , both of which are auxiliary to the Chicago & Alton. A little boy asked for a bottle of "get up In the morning as fast as you can. " the druselst recognized a household name for "DeWltt's Little Early Rl * rs. " and gave him a bottle of those famous little pills for constipation , sick headache , liver and stomach ach troubles. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Quite a number ofVomcn who reside In the eastern part of the city are taking up the fight for better street car service and pro pose 'to assist the East Side Improvement club In Us effort to have the Thirteenth street car line extended to 'Missouri ' avenue. The women who are pushing the matter have Instructed an attorney to draw up a petition in which each signer pledges to donate the sum of $3 toward helping to pay for the dc- slrcd extension. Members of the East Side club do not take this view of the matter. They assert that they are entitled to n car line and unless the promises made by the company's officials are kept they propose to see to It that the property of the street car company In this city Is assessed at Us full valuation. Tracks of the street car company extend through several mles | of the streets and should the assessment be made at anywhere near the full value the taxes would be considerable. Last year a protest was made toy citizens against the assessment made and the council sitting as a board of equalization taxed the franchise of the company. This was the first time In the history of the city that a franchise had been taxed. One year ago the property of the street car compaay here was assessed at $8,500 , the taxes amounting to J37S.23. Business men and others Interested here as sert that this Is not enough. On account of the service given South Omaha people are virtually prohibited from visiting Rlverviow park and as the gates of )7ndicate ) park arc kept locked there Is no place for the people to go for recreation. From N street to Rlvervlew It Is a nine- mile drive , while from the same point It la a walk nf one mile and three quarters. By tbo , grading of < I street betwecrvTwelfth ana Thirteenth streets -street has been placed In. a flrst-clasa condition and there Is uo\v a good road from 'toe 'heart' of the city to the Burlington tracks on. the east. The Burling ton people have promised to erect a depot at or near the foot or iMlsourl avenue as soon aa a car line Is built to coined the eas , side with Omaha. Several conveniences thin hinge on the decision of tbe officials of the street car people In this matter. ti > ( lie Vlmlnct. By the dcclelon af the United .States su preme court la the Omaha viaduct case the right of the city council here to compel the railroads to erect and maintain viaducts across the tracks Is established. All of the city officials are greatly pleased at the de cision. as the Question has been a vexing one. The two viaducts now In use are regu lar white elephants OB far as expense 1 : concerned , and the taxpayers have up to tin present time been compelled to pay for all repairs made In addition to raying for the flrat cost of the big bridges. Several at tempts have been made within the last fou years to Induce or compel the railroads tc txilnt and repair the viaducts , but without avail. Since the supreme court decision wat handed down the old talk of painting the viaducts has revived , and It Is more than Ilklv that the structure ? will be treated tc a coat of paint before I rag at the cxpcasa of the railroads. The decision also settles the question as to whether the council baa authority to order viaducts , and Inasmuch a tha power Is given by the court it Is more than likely that the council will lake etpps to have a viaduct built acrois the track ! al either N or O streets. This matter hJa been under consideration by the stok jarda com pany and the Union Pacific people for same time , but no decision haa becci reached. Possibly the council may save thr.ie comrd- fllej any further worry by ordering ihe brldgf built. Certain officials of tbo atok yasd : company favor the digging of a tunnel undei tbe tracks Instead of a bridge , on the g'ounJ of economy , but the people do not seem tc take kindly to the Idea. HHctli In tliv Council. The difference of oD'alcn existing betweer the mayor and the president ot the councli in regard -to the appolnt'cig ' of the commit' tees caused a great deal of talk on the streets yesterday. The law plainly sajs tha the council shall meet on the first Tue2 < i ] after the election for the purpose of or- BMilzldg. Whether tbe word o"ganl.e rneani to elect a president and for the president ti appoint the committed , or for the electic : ot a president only remains to bo seen , at different persons look .it tbe mattro in dlf fercnt IlghtP. At any rate the organlzatloi Is In tbe bands of the republicans now , cnc thn committees named by the trayor wll not be confirmed union a number c changes arc mide. The republicans cMlni li have the best of the lurraln juu now. whlli lihc mayor places himself In tbe attitude o the man from Mlrsurl he insists upon b ? Inc ghown that be la vronc in tbe stani ho has taken. Possibly an agreement ma ; be reached before tbe next meeting. Important to Liquor Iletilern. Councilman Kelly stated yesterday after noon that he would Inalet upon the enforce SeeThatStamp ! It is the Government Internal Kcvcnuo Stamp over the Cart and Cap sule of every bottle of i Certifying to the Age and 1'urity ol the WhUky. NOTK. It J * the Government" ! Guar. ante * that gor * with th > * bottllnr. bro that the name W. A. UftUi & CO. U printed on the tarop. ALL DEALERS SELL IT merit of the resolution pasted by the council In regard to liquor denier * urcurlng their licenses before May 1. The 1S97 licenses ex pire on thp date mentioned and new llccntes must be obtained or cite the saloons will bo clcopj. The chief of police has already been InstructH by resolution ot the council to clcsc all raloons on May 1 where this year's licenses have not been procured. Mr. Kelly asserts that be will Insist upon the enforce * mcnt of this rule. ComlHInti of Cltr Hall. The new members of the city council "were surprised ah the condition of the city ofllcee and It was announced ycsterdsy that the landlord would be given notice to make some repairs at once. The council chamber , as wcl ! as the office * upstairs , need painting and papering and this will be Insisted upon. One member of the council said last evening that If there was no ether way to force the landlord to place the offices In a habitable condition the rent would be withheld until sueh time as the offices were nt for occu- pancy. V. Oil. O. A. Oin < rr . At a meeting of the committee of manage ment of the Young Men's Christian associa tion the following officers were elected to serve until January 1 , 1899 : T. C. Marsh , chairman ; Jay Lavcrty , vice chairman : Dr. J , E. Crothcrs , recordtnc secretary ; J , M. Westerflcld , treasurer. On Thursday evening another meeting of the committee of man agement will be held , when the committees will be appointed. Anniversary exercises will be held May 1. Cll.v S. Arnsteln hag returned from a business trip lo Chicago. Henry Mies returned yesterday from R bus iness trio to Tccumscih. Dorn , to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ward , Twenty- slxt- and K streets , a eon. Fresh asphalt Is being placed In the holes In the Twenty-fourth street pavement. Anthony Karlo will be trlod In police court today for selling milk without a license. The losses occasioned by the Masonic block flro are being adjusted by the Insurance men. A son was born yesterday to Mr. and Mra. George Hays , Thirteenth and Mlsurl a\c nue. nue.Mrs. . L. L , . Work of Spokane , Wash. , Is the guest of Mrs. J. L. . Ilarnett , 924 North Twenty-third street. City Clerk Carpenter was engaged yester day In preparing the certificates of election for the new members of the council nnd other officials. The Woman's Homo Missionary society of the First Methodist church will meet this afternon with Mrs , Cressey , Twenty-second and I streets. Botb the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant nnd refreshing to the taste , nnd nets gently yet promptly on the Kidnoysj Liver aud Bowels , cleanses the sys tern effectually , dispels colds , head' aches nnd fevers and cures habitual constipation. 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