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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1898)
o-vrvrrA T * i TT. V TUTTT. iftr-nvircn v v \ rT T T > i i n IIHES MOLDS THE HAS Crossed in a Lave Afar : Ea Fluaew Into fcho Juaclm of Afnca. NOW OWNS A HUGE OSTRICH FARM Prr PrlnizIi-N Little . fl.ini'h of Tn 3iililrrr Mllii itnil a FliM'k n Ten Tliiininnil tllnl.i. ( Mil anil Y Vultu ; fit * tiuk ami Farm. The most extensive ostrich fara In tha -vjr ! < l IB ilt'.iated ntmr thi grsnt Inkea in C"rnan East Africa anil ta tht dlrsct result of a man's illuappolnnnsnt m hla love af fair * . The farm embnusea thousands of icrw of ; land nt rh base of Mount Kilimo Ndjaro i and beuidea innumerablu ostriches Han large ! quantities at all kinds at wild trame. in . cluding elephants , leopards and hippopata- : noI. There are thousands of native black.i i In ill their pristine Ignorance , but only ana white man , mil ho Is a member af ant ; of t the moat prominent and influential families In Capo Colony. But for hla unfortunate experience -with Cupid , who decreed that the woman loved by him should became the wife of .mother , too man who has literally burled himself tn tie wilderness of equa torial Africa , -vould bo a member of thu Parliament of Cape Colony , thu highest elective office in the land. .Vmon the thousands who went to thu Kimberly diamond Helds Inhe 70s. when thera was no monopoly of rhu ditfsinirs .is thera la now , was Percy C. Prinijlc. thu son of tha must prominent man in Somerset t West. Like hundreds of other young Afri- caadiTj. he left a luxurious home < a experi ence the excitements of a rounh inininu camp , but unllku many of them , nturnetl from thu fluids with a fonunu of J.0.000. madn In leas than three yearn. Flushed by his quickiy-KoUea wealth. Prin le hastened to propose marriage to a young woman who had willingly received his attentions in their 1 ' school duys before he went to the diamond nelds. His appearance and personality had been changed tn sui-h an extent by his rough Ufa in thu mining camp that hu found but llttiu favor in thu eyes of thu woman he loved. Hoping that time might alter her views and rausti her to reconsider her refusal to become his wife , Fringiu bought .1 small ' ostrich farm in a remote part of the colony good graces of the Macks , and he can com mand them to do anything. By carefully breeding and practically tam ing the ostriches caught In the hunt Pringls has a flock that aggrneates more than 10- 000 birds. It Is Impossible to count them , aa they ara spread over a great area , the original enclosure having been enlarged and additions made to it. ao that It covers almost ten square miles. Hundreds of blacks are constantly employed in earing for thu birds , and in plucking thu feathers , which is I fraught with much danger. I A. blow from an ostrich's foot will kill | JL man instantly , and to prevent such hap- 1 penings the birds ara driven into small enclosures - closures and their heads caveral wl'ii bags ' while the operation of plucking is carried on. A HERD OF OLD BREEDS. As each bird Is plucked three times in two years and yields $25 to JIO worth of feathers at a plucking , whilu a pair of birds are themselves valued at about { 250 , Pringle himself does not know haw much wealthier the young woman in Capa Colony caused , him to became. i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I Jt imilf A Japanese young mau of education and social standing , recently became a waiter in a Sn Francisco club , in order to learn 1 English and make a living. When he asked ' tha steward for his wages the latter cursed j him and struck him with a potato masher , | whereupon ho wrotu thu following letter to thu club officials : "Through all this affair I waa never offensive ; when I wont tin-re to demand ' the money to which I am entitled he unjustly - j justly enjoined me to jet out , that is an j unreasonable movement and cannot fail to i hurt a man s fillings. "What : Without being satisfied with that ! Insult rnudo my blood boll and veins burst with successive onslaught af ignominious swear. My returning was completely es- cusable for to be indifferent to such an ig noble treatment denotes that one is a stranger to thu sense of honor ; and so he ought to have relished it with abashed sub- ! mission. And' what again ! The ton'gue , thu countenance was not capable enough to wreak his savage fury and then resorted tn thu nnal step of violence as though J - rasa a mass of < all i-'allous * ) insunsiblo to 3ls- irace and pum. " i JVvrtnli Colour fur PurTii Flli'ii. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 23. Burnett Prusan , a well known local commission merchant , is at the head of 4. movement to form a Jewish colony In Porto Rico. "I already , , , have. " hu says , "the promise of nearly afty i families to Jam me. These families can raise i from 1500 to 3,000 each to put n the van- ' I ture , and if all agree we will form a com- | munistlc colony. We hope to leara by Jan- j I > j uary 1. i I Flour MIIlt r Talk of Cuiiaollilntlnir. I NEW TORK. Aug. 03. The Journal today says.1 proportion has been made for the consolidation af tha Sour mills af Min neapolis , fuluth and New York City into one company , and. it has bren formally dis cussed bv the local siulers. No agreemeit haa yet bren madu In the matur , but > t ia , under consideration. t 'ORGANIZATION OF THE ARM' Tia TarioTU Separsnenta Gtrrorunff _ : e on a Psacs rama. VARIOUS GRADES AND OFFICIAL TI7L 5 IJntl1 * nnil PriTlliriif Dtflm-ri nml , PrtTiit-f MnrUrtl Iniprureuinnt In | j the 3tutnn of th Lutt-r In Recent Yeuri. The outbreak of war with Spain , writes Colonel Loomls L. Langdon , C. 3. A. , In ' tha Independent , found the number of en listed men in our imall army limited by la-.v to Jl.iMTO. With th - j thvera 2.SU commis sioned otScera on thu active list. The president - ident himself is thu commmandur-in-ohlef of this force. Under him 13 thu secretary of war ; and to Administer thu affairs of the army and supply its wanta there are. under the secretary , various bureaus or depart ments with chiefs at the war odea in Wash ington City. These departments ar = known as the adjutant general's department , the inspector - ' specter general's department , thu Judge ad vocate general's department , thu quarter- , master's department , the subntstenca de- i i partmfnt. the medical and pay departments , i the Corps of Engineers. tht Ordnance de- I par'inent and the Signal corps. All of these departments ara under the immediate or ders of thu secretary of war. Nearly iKH ) commissions ! officers ara on duty in these several departments , and hold commissions as belonging to what ts called thu general staff of the army This does not include the thirty post chaplains , stationed at posts on the frontier outside of the radius of city churches : nor does it include the line oiS- csrs on temporary duty In thu pension office and thu office af the rebellion records. The officers of the general staff , exclusive of the few on duty oa assistants at thu head- i quarters of the army at Washington , are assigned to duty with thu generals in com mand of thu several military divisions , into which , for military purposes , our vast ter ritory is divided. Some of these general staff officers are on duty at these division headquarten , under the orders of the gen erals commanding the divisions , while others ara stationed at isolated posts , constructing barracks , stables and storehouses , or em ployed in business centers as purchasing agents of quartermaster's , subsistence or medical supplies. Tin ? Flithtinir Force. Next comes the active or nghting force. This consisted , at the beginning of this year , of the fallowing , mentioned In thu order they come in the army register- Ten regiments of cavalry , two of which ore colored troops. Each of these regiments has twelve com panies or troops. There were then 2ve regi ments of artillery , each containing twelve ! companies or batteries. Two of the batter.es. ; making ten in all. were equipped as lighter or fleld artillery. That Is to say. there are [ ! six guns , sir capstans ( ammunition wagons ) [ and a buttery wagon containing material for repairs and shoeing horses , and medicines for the animals ; and tn each of these iruns and wagons there ara attached sis hones. Ee- ildes these the officers and the nun-commls- slaned officers , as chiefs of pieces and caissons , etc. , ara also mounted. . Thu other batteries or companies of artillery wars equipped as Infantry that late to say. armed with muskets and drilled aa Infantry but at the same time thoroughly Instructed in the drill and duties of seacoast - coast slega and aeld artillery. The course of study far artillery soldiers included much more than Is mentioned hern , but the limits of this article preclude going into detail. This force of flve regiments of artillery has I bnen by recent legislation increased , after . many years a persistent and patient as well as most patriotic and intelligent effort by . the War department , to seven regiments of artillery. But. even as thus augmented , this corps is ridculously smiUl in numbers , if it is expected to take charge of and keep in perfect working order , to say nothing of serving , the Innumerable and immensely valuable guns that are mounted in our long line of sea-coast defenses ( , stretching from Eostport. Me. , down .hu Atlantic coast , around Florida and j Texas , and up the Pacific coast to the frozen shares af Alaska. Infantry Fnre < , Of the infantry force there won ? , at tha opening of this year , t-wenty-flve regiments. and in each regiment there were ten compa nies. In order to have an effective righting and spent three years In learning the habits ot the bird. < lnlttinir thtCountry. . Few letters passed between the two and when he returned to his former home it was only to flnd that thu roung woman had been married to another man. H sold his farm and stock , and. despite thu fact that a deputation of citizens of thu dlstnct asked him to accent the nomination , which was Identical with election , for member of Parliament. Pringlu determined to leavu the region which had for him nothing but sad memories of his unsuccessful love affair. Shortly after disposing of his property Prinule st sail m one of thu steamers plying up the east coast and carried with him only letters of credit and a gun. Being llku every one else m South Africa , a sportsman , hu decided to plunge Into the great same regions near the equator and forget his grief by such a change of scene. ( | , . When he reached thu port ot Tonga , which r lies across thu channel from Zanzibar. Pringtu was informed that ostriches were to bu found in great numbers in the regions several hundred miles inland an land owned by a German flnn. Hu straightway formed a partnership with thu owners af the land far the cultivation of ostriches , and several days after arriving in the town he had nvcured an outat of supplies and enough natives to transport it to the point where thu headquarters ware to be established. Tha jourauy was a long and tadlous one , being for the most part through territory that hail not been traversed by whlta men since Stanley and hta expedition wen * searching far Livingstone twenty years be fore. Pringle could speak all thu Arabian dialects with thu nuency of a native , and this won the friendship of tha chiefs along tha Una of march , but wild animals har assed him by day and night. By giving them iarg quantities af beads , Pringlu Induced many negroes from tribes In thu nbighburhood to assist in establishing a nation or farm a short distance north of anow-oovered Mount KlUmo Ndjoro. This peak la almost four miles high and ita aUles are so precipitous and 'he air aa cold that no one has ever been aalu to reach the summit. By thu natives it ts called "The Mountain of Go l , " a name reverently I * * ( ? * o It on account af thr f.ital r-smlts which - hiold and snow Sav * upon those I who go too far up the sides. ] Tl - Trap. ' After 3 v ral months' labar an tmrnensn ' , : snrral wa eonBtrnrted , inn large gateway bflng t ft open for the entrance of thi > os- trichM , which ware so numerous in tat ; 1 rcgitin that thousands af them could o * en ta a day' ! louray. . Leading to either s4 < li > af the gateway , high fencss a rnl ! long and w'de apart at the farthest ends | wars built through the forest underbrush , so that thu whole structure waa a huse trap , tram which ther was no escape for any animals once in it. By a liberal expenditure of beads , PP- ga-.T3 and snuff Pringle secured the co operation nf the chiefBi and : i huge hunt was instituted. Thousands of negroes wera sent i out into the forest to form a circle of ten ; miles diameter around thu ostriches and ; | goon ; , and by gradually drawing together to i drive thu animals toward the opening of the j fences leading to the enclosura. Small ares were starred -litfenmt places in the underbrush - . brush , with the result that thu smoke from these and the deafening noise made by the ! t natives threw terror into the animals that , ware within the enclosure ot human beings. AJ was expected , great numbers af the i animals broke through the circle and in j many instances killed the negroes who at- I1 tempted to frighten them back , but when the hunt was concluded and all the big ' animals killed almost 200 ostriches wera safely entrapped In the enclosure. The hundreds af buffaloes , giraffes , antelope , gazellu. water-buck and other ammuls that were elfher shot by Pringle , who was staoned near ; he entrance of the enclosure , or killed by the assegais and irraws at the blacks , were dragged to the native v.lluges. where tor days afterward 'her was feasting such as they had never had. This hunt established Pnngle in the force : on thu western frontiers , where Indian hostilities might be expected to break out any day. the companies of infantry serving there wera kept In numbers above what they wera entitled to as an average ; and to keep within the law which limited the number ot ) enlisted men in the army , some af the com i- panies of infantry serving In the Interior wera "skeletonized , " that IB to say. they existed only on paper , thu men being trans ferred to other companies , and the officers assigned to duties on detached service , such aa recruiting for tha army , instruction at the torpedo and other postgraduate schools , or to all vacancies caused by other company i- pany officers being temporarily absent from their proper companies. Thu enlisted men of two of these regiments of Infantry ara colored men. And right hers should be paid a well-mented tribute to tha colored soldiers of our army. The experi [ ment of employing colored men as soldiers was entered upon with some misgiving by , officials af the federal government friendly [ to the colored race : but the conduct at these mean , and the efficiency they have de veloped as a desirable flaps of dghtlng men. have fully Justifled the action of thu sovern- ment tn availing Itself of their services. Thu newspapers in rhe west , where these troops i havu- been generally stationed , have often . expresseed the opinion that there are no bet ter behaved troops than the colored soldiers of thu regular army. Tha various grades of the individuals com posing the regular army , provided for in the "Table ot Pay. " ana mentioned tn the order at their rank from the head at tha list to the foot , are as fallows' Lieutenant general - eral inane at present ) , major general , brig adier general , colonel , lieutenant colonel , major , captain , regimental adjutant ( a first lieutenant ) , regimental quartermaster 'a ' Unt lieutenant as a rale , this officer performs - forms , lisa , the duties of assistant eammls- sary of subsistence i , drst Ueutunant. * cund lieutenant , uhanlam. All holding positions aa a&ovn Indicated are called "officers : ' * they bold aommiwiona. Thu trm officer appliwi only to .Toramis- sirned officers. Bv law - sulation and custom of service , whenever word officer is used , * means a omauBslaned officer. The following named are warrant , or non- commisslonp-l nr-r ifbo gn t ttonpral ; sti-warl. oogpit.itirpfi. . inniin ' " wi'ont. . "nrnmlMorv 3 rfnnt. pnat < i nr'rna ter mrs'ant. if a r-im it wr-cant major , j quartermaster wrmu. . mtldtir wr iMWi ( cavalry alone i. p run-ion I musician < und- | ' leaderof I "he .omnanr drst or arlir ! . i rvin ; . JWHMnt , jorporal. APer thew some two muilolans far ch sngineer .ir- Hilary i and Infantry company. .1 trumpeter for .t cavalry troop or company .vn on < * r for a company of artllterr. aavalry and in- fnntry | ; an artificer far a company of , r- tiltery and infantry : a blacksmith and far rier for a troop of fflivalry. and a laddler for ach cavalry troop. TinI'llrntc. . And last of all eom a the private. In thu artillery , cavalry and Infantry thers Is but one class of privates. In the engineers and ordnttoce , huwever. thu privates ara di vided , according to their skill. iiwralnps . mil length df service , into nrat and second cla g. Some citizens ara also regularly employed , as vpterinary surgeons , one for each -av.iiry resimunt , from the First to thu Sixth reei- ment inclusive , and two for oich ofh Seventh. i Eighth. Ninth and Tenth r ? i- ments. a honpltal matron for each hospital , who has chan ; of the hospital laundry. The ' citizen clerks are divlded- into three classes , thu mast of them , distributed amann the various department offices at Washing ton , while each military department or di visional headquarters ia entitled to thu scrr'ces of two or three clurk3 ot this de scription. This la a ? oed place to stata what w'll be endorsed by every staff. oiScer n the army namely , that there is in thu regular army of the United States no aioro mtelll- gsnt. Industrious , fouthful men than the general service clerks. One af their du- ues Is ta be thoroughly posted as to or ders , laws , resulations. correspondence , cus toms of servtcf. official records and laca- rtoii of individuals and organizations. A mistake Is not tolerated , either by oue'a superiors or one's acmrades , and a reporter or memorandum franished by one af these clerks may be considered absolutely per fect and accurate. ' Lastly comes the mesBen ers , a small number of men , generally superannuated aoldlura out of service , distributed amanjj the dWarent headquarters to carry messages for thu generals and his statl officers. < r < miniiiml * r-tn-r. Ekitaf. 1 Thu president is thu highest commander in thtf army. There have been no man- than two or three instances in thu Ufa af , this nation af the president's delegating i { to another , and then only by authority ot i a special act of can'r aa. "full power to 1 command all the Oi-mlfs In thu Held. " Such an act was passed toward the close of thu great rebellion , at President Lincoln's own request , to jrire General Grant control of all the armies hu had shown such ability to command. Thia act of tai president , authorized by congress , was indorsed by the whole country. The presldi-nt has the right to select tram the major generals the particular major general he desires to command thu active army in the aeld. The general officer who happens to be at the head af thu list 'hat ts to say , the commanding general cannot claim as a right the command of the armiea operating in thu theater of war. The pro priety of this restriction , the power of se- lection , the centering of authority in the person of the executive- elected by the peo- pie , will commend itself to the student of history. Even the general reader of current , news must hava had occasion to observe how. In other countries , where the military has become too powerful a factor in shaping public opinion , a chieftain not in harmony with the civil head of government becomes very troublesome. It is easier and causes ( less friction , to withhold a power than to grant If and then bo obliged to withdraw it. Besides having the selection of the 1m- mediate commander In thi > neld , thu presi dent gives direction for the issuing of the most important orders , whether general or personal. These , while beinir issued by thu - secretary of war in most cases , state that they are published by the author.ty of the pn-sldent. Ee. too. Is the last appeal in im portant matters , whether his action is prescribed - scribed by law or not established by prec- edont. His approval is necessary before th sentence of a general court-martial , m- voivtng imprisonment , dismissal , cashier'ng i or death , can be carried out , and mitiga tion of sentence or pardon for offenses in such cases lies with him. Everofficer's commission , from that ot i general down to additional Jneond lieutenant. Is signed by the president himself. Di-jjiirtmi-nt WurU. The routine work of the War department ia carried on by the secretary of war and his assistant secretary , aided by the adjutant - , tant general's department , which is under his orders. Thu secretary of war estab- | lishts and modifies , from time to time , thu regulations for thu governance of thu army but even these must have the formal ap proval of thu president. These regulations prescribe methods of discipline , rules tor making out requisitions tor supplies , rendi tion of quarterly reports of property for which officers are responsible ; they enumer- j ate offense's and thu penalties attached to them , and in effect give rules for military | conduct In general. The secretary of war also has control. j through thu chief of engineers , of the Engi neer .ii'partment. which IB charged with the construction and improvement of the per manent and other fortiilcations of our const line. line.The The other commanders whose duties re main to be described ara the major generals , brigadier generals , colonels and captains. The .lutics pertaining to these several grades ara almost identical In character , varying mainly in the extent of thu command or limit of Jurisdiction in cases involving mill- itary law. In time of peace thu ranking major sen- eral commands the army through the divl- jsion commanders. The other major sen erals and the brigadier generals ara as- signed to the command of the geographical ' divisions into which our country is divided , ; i or other command of thu departments into ' i , which the divisions are subdivided. The , colonels command their regiments , unless assigned to command a district , a subdtvl- i ' sion of a department. The Heutnant colo- , aels and majors have ao administrative reg- j , ' Imental command , but when not assisting | the colonel in the instruction of the rpgi- i munt are in command of posts garrisoned I by detachments from their own or other ; . regiments. j ! But whatever may be the extent ot the | I authority of any one of these officers , it Is his j l ltduty to see that the men under him are j i properly fed , clothed , sheltered and tn- ; structed. The preparation for all this be- j gins with the captains of companies , who | i make out timely requisition for supplies of t ! ' food and clothing. These ara consolidated I j I by the colonels or the post commanders , and 1 their several estimates aru revised and con- | solldated by thu division commanders , and then thu anal and timely requisitions made on thu supply department by thu command- ing general. It > ? t'iiril * anil H.-itimi * . The adjutant general's department la the Bureau of Orders and Records. Through j this department pass all the orders isauwl by tha War department or army headquarters , rHera the mu r rails are preserved , and 1 srecords of appointments , promotion ? , raslg- nutons , deaths and burials. In short , ail Information oneeraing the personnel and th movement * and stations of the army ! Any one. .Imiring information relative to | ' isuch matters ran obtain : t by applying to j tha ad'.utanr general. Caned States araiy. war office Washington. D f The quartermaster1 * Jepamnent provides Ithe means ot 'ransportatan. : either by land JOBBERS RKD OK OMAHA. AST GOODS P icturt Moldings. Mirrors. Frames. Backing * nd Artt-f EOIL R A.ND ate-iJiTlRUN WORKS Williams KnctitfiNori AVlImm Jt Drakr. Sfanufa t-jr-n V u-3. iranio r n K.I ind fir tilings , presai re. rendering , ihuen dip. , ai l . nd wa ri.iKa. . . ( her taui-s .1- uta.-it 4' in hand , set ml li.iad joj.en 3rms' > i' ' and * rjil Snwiru i i ir m-.t j fepnlra In city or cnuntr ? 13th and Pierce BOOTS-SHOES-HUBBEHS. G merican Hand J V Sewed Shoe Co M'frs Jobbers of Foot Wi. n AOBSTS ron h Joseph Boolean 3-ubber Co. F H , Sprague & Rubbers and Mackintoshes. CUP. Eli-T.MitU .C Furnuuifi. . . Oniulia. F.P. Kh-kgndaH S Go Boots , Shoes and Rubbers aalnroami UK-UOi-tlM Harnrr atr-H. . Hews Co , Boots , Shoes , Rubbers , AT WHOLESALE. Office and Salesroom tllS-H-r : Howard St. BAGS 2 2mis O alia Bag Go Importer * and Maaufaccar r > BAGS [ 6r-r6-rS Sautk nth Strut j ' j ! CHICORY ha American I Chicory Go. j ml manufacturers ot all rormi nt Chlcnrr Cmah 1 CROCKERY AND GLASSW ARE H , Biiss , Jmparur amift Crockery. China , ( 3Ilver ? lated Wars. Looking Glasses , Chma > ' " r. -3 . Chimneys. Cutlery. Stc. 1410 FAaAAM ST. I | CREAMERY SUPPLIES Tha Sharpies Gampaay Creamery Machinery -ad Supplies. Pollen Engines. F ed Cooken. Wsod Pui. leys. Shaftinir , Heitlne. Eutter FacJt- ajas af all slnd * KTT.B03 Jones St. - - - - - - DRY GOODS. . E. Smith 4 , Go. _ > porten 4nd Jobber * of Zry Goads Furmshmg Good's NOTIONS. or water , whether by contract or ia Itind. It furnishes the animals and supplies them ; with forage : supplies clothing and camp I equipage ; builds and charters ships , boiits. docks and wharves ; supplies stationery , illuminating oil ; builds barracks , storehouses - houses and stables ; in short , attends to all L matters connected with moving thu army , , and also supplying it when not supplied by other departments. The subsistence department supplies thu faod for the army. This Includes mess sup plies for sales to officers , thu building or construction of bread ovons. and the supply ' of beef cattlu on the hoof where fresh beef | cannot be obtained from contractors. I1 : also supplies fresh or desiccated vetfcta- ! bles. j The Ordnance department furnishes guns , t j muskets , arms of all kinds , field batteries. ' horse equipments and the ammunition needed for the s rvtce. Officers of this department - I partment are also constantly on duty , test ing ordnance and the various explosives purchased - I chased by thu government or orfared to it by , manufacturer. j In thu limits allowed a sketch like this t' ' Is Impossible even to enumerate thu duties incident to thu various grades of the enlisted , j , ' sen in thu service : but we must say a few words about the private soldier. It got-a without saying that he is thoroughly dlsci- alined , and also thoroughly instructed in thu use. af his arms : but m addition to this ho is wpll "set up. " The physical training he receives is Invaluable. The first year af , ' his enlistment hu is obliged ta attunil school I , ' where he is instructed under the supervl- , iion of an officer. In the artillery branch "t' | ' the sen-tea he is taught thu us of instrtl- , ments for obtaining angles and distances. , , ' All jra mstructfd in signaling , and ar - , fully taught , at thu least , thu rudiments t' , I a common jchool education , if found dun- ! cient in this respect. I Of late years there has been a maricad . improvement tn the status of thu private | i soldier , duu ta a better class af men enlisting - ' ing : and today there are no better men ! found in any walk of Ufa whera men earn their own living 'ban thu private soldier af , ; , thu United States army j ' I VELI.OWyrO.'VE HILL'S UIC DUEL. Cruwlt-il Into n Hole Wlitr < * : i Huml if' Indian * Wax D ni * tn n Fliilnh. Martin Frank Walker , better known as Yellowstone Bill , an odd oharai-tar who llvwl for i number af roars in a cavern in the heart af th city af Minneapolis , arrived in Denver a few lays ago on his way 'o _ : : - ton. He baa built a home at L.tilutan . nd interda p. .l a here jennaneniY ! - lIe r- stonu Bill ia tail and broad .ihouMer * ! and In ajpeoranra ' "sembics a typlcai westerner I DRUGS. ishanhon Drug Go , J'.iCXSOrt St. . T. C. RICHAHSSON. Prrst. C. 3 * . WSLLZIl , V. Prtat , , pa faa ] Co. Hum. siirdul " ( M-tiu/an ? -7 > iir ( Jn + i * 1ntt fnr t ittatuyii * , Lb ratarr , --'J Uo ini 3L , E. Bruce & Co. Cram , Wlnm in Xtii ma Hrnev .1trn-ta. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. Es ! 1rical i _ IfcTic ' .T'-nj- ! . s and fu.ta U'ii i < V I'nxsCNMcr JtlO Howard 31 .VN3 IliiTAII. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES . at , jofen T. Burke , CO.VTR.ICTOR FOR. ELECTRIC LIGHT and PO WER PLANTS m South 15th St. FRUIT-PRODUCE. WEOLE2AI.3 Commission Merchants. 3. W Garner CtJt and Howartl Sla. SZemberu af the Natcn.ii L * s ua of Caxntnt ton itarciiaan at Uia Cnltnl Slate- GROCERIES. M cCord-Brady Go. 13th and Loavenworth St. StapU and Fancy it * ANB cofTU stusnas. CM. M sysr & Haapke , V TVHOLE3ALB FINE GROCERIES > Tea * . 3j > 'cc ' . Tobacca and Cls Ai HARDWARE. Pectsr & Wilhtiiay Co Wholesale Hardware , O in alia. I -Glark u Han3wart Go \ Wholesale Hardware. aioyclaa mil Sportlnf Coeds. : of the foorllght variety aays th Denver N'ews. Ha bos a huga mustache , eight .nchea from tip to tip , and a deep baritonu voice , While ho lived at Minneapolis , hu stopped In the big cave for thu saka of notoriety Bill is 3S years of ago. but loolu much younger. ' Ho has traveled all over 'hevorid ' .n com- \ i puny with his wife. In tan early days of thu west hu served ' as scout in Reno's com mand. One of thu stories hu tells is auffi- , cient to raise the hair upon the heads of the timid. In the early tJO's he visited Tallow stonu valley in company with Charlt-s Co- , villu of New York City and William * and ' Frank Bailey. "I left thi < party one afternoon , " hu said , , "and got into a little canyon. You go through a gap about three feet wide , closed at the top , and you find yourself in a can- \ yon of about twenty acres , walled in by high , solid , perpendicular rock , the only outlet - let being the gap where I got in. I was cruising around the place and the drat thinij I see waa a bunch of about twenty Indiana comn ia the gap. Thuy had me and had mis ' nght. Thu minutu they see mu they knew , IL There was only that way to get out and they wnr twenty to one , the worst odds I was ever up against. I see a holu in thu ' side of a rock , about three feet up. In I > gots. The little cave ran sin feet In the rock and then turned squaraly to tha left for another sis feet anil there stopped. I j was jtuck tight. The Indians bud rushed up meanwhile and clew * ! the hole. They had me duod to rights. I played a waiting game and so did they. Th y built a rtru in front of the hole so that the reduction i shone in thu lltt ! cave. lighting it up , but' ' I .vaa protected in tliu second chamber. . Finally I put my hat on thu end < it my ruin and stuck it out JUJK far enough far i them to sve it. j "Every laat one of them Ursil at It , those ' that had guna and tboiMi that had arrows. I drnppwl the gun anil the hat fall and they upp s ti that I must be dtutd. Ev ry last anu of them rushed pell moll Into thu hole , nllad it full , climbing over each other ! 'in a wild scrambln to be the nrst tn get m ; ssalP- 1 "I lumped Into them with my hatchet , ' slashing right and l ft and laying out sev- | sral of them. Thsy were too surpnsod at , ' tha imliien attack to defend thumiMilv s. j ' Thasn that could seramblmt out. I S' ' my gun and killed a coupU * of thwi ; . Thcr , nvenwl up things a I1H1 . Then 'bey | | < watted , t lay Mill for a long time and i ' i then took aft my ciaibac. v n my * _ lrt and | uuM-cojtin * . and rluxaa up a 'lummy T aiuek i .t nut and 'hey all plugged .t. T dropped it imrtt and 'hun wallopped : t around ud 4hooK ir.d utivpfMl . ' . aait .et > ra.r \ \ 1 , . | not tnakrf a aiovc but fh Ind.una waited _ il 2 aU j' ' n before thuy madu anothar it- HARNESS-SADDLEHY. J H-Hansy Go. -U'fn 1r .f.l-DDC.T.l .1.V73 CriLX.lAJ J"nWnrr Lrathrr , s'lN/J/it1/ ; r-li ir , ta W < -illicit your onler-i. 1313 Hu--ird 5V LIQUORS. Mciss & Co WTluuEiALE LIUORS. ProBrtttors of A " 'IG.vn. .tND < 3Ctdl ca auuiii .n.i at. Piley Brothers , Liquors and C : * ilia J.-m East India Bitter * Go I am 3h willow 3prvie . n r * Harrnr atrtn. John Bo khoff . . . . . . . . . , . . . WHOLESALS Wints , Ltquars and CJ-41S 3. 2t2i atraat. OILS-PAINTS .andarii . Oil Go. Z. X Moffet. 1st V.cr Prss. i. J. Enlte. Gn Ma _ OILS - GacoUnc. TUrBennjip. Asie Gruinr. Etc. Omaha Branch ami .V enclM. Jolm D. Ruth M r. PAPERWOODENWARE. . Paper Co Printing Paper , Wrapping Paper , Stationery , earner ! U > n4 Sowxjn itrtm , STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES. rane-Ghurchil ! Co. iai4.tOId Do U ! < u Street Vanufacturen nd Jobbrn at Slemm. Cu Water Supplies of All Kinds. United Stalls u Supply Go. . . . iroS-itio Harnev St. Steam Pumps. Ensines and Boilers. Ptp b Wiad Mills , Steam and Flumbln * Material. Eiiltiru : . Eos * , stc. TYPE FOUNDRIES r r ai Wisfsrn Type Foundry Sncn-or Cbp r Miznl t _ * Hawant Per an up-to-date Westers Newspaper ead T Omaiia Bee tempt to come for thu scalp. I let them ; ? et m and then I went for them a aln. E dldn t have any clothes on and I sjuess thuyi thought I waa a ghost. Beteween my hatchet and my rille I at all but threa od them. Those thr a sneaked anil after us while I sot out I waa afraid they werej In ambush and It took mu thrcu hours tcj set out of that canyon , crueplni ; from buHfc4 to bush. I told the boys and In the mam- ( mi ? w went to thu place , but thu Indlanif had been thera before us and had taken thif. bodies. N'othini ; remainud but blood. " Yellowstone Bill tells of a duel bo halt with a circus acrobat , in which ha and hifl antagonist each used seven-Inch daggers. " % Vd both were In the hospital for fseveral ' .vwks. " says Bill . "and one morning at : o'clock I skipped. " Cnnul En-ini ; r WASHIMGTON. Auu. 23. The Navy .lo- partment announces thu retirement ot Clvl Engineer A. G. Monacal , to date from S n- > teniber 1. under fhH age provision of thu law. Eusjineer Menocal has be n prom inentlv identified with thi' duv lopment o La-J Mrara ia canal project. At present h < f la under suspension from luty as a reaul of a ' ; aurr-mar ial investiifation of his con necMouvtth the defective constmctloa 01 the Mew York dry dock. The retirement bei carnu < peiativi > , it ia understood , wlthou , referencu to the suspension. \ nrrt * * tM lit OniinttiY Cane. SAX IHIANCISCO. Aug. K. So far n arreita have been maile in the Dunnln , poisoning casa by ( Thief of Police Lees a this city or by the shurilf of San Jouqui county , in nbich county Mrs. Batkin , wb. bos been aa prominently menucncd in th * anair rezidea. It is very evident , howavei that thu pol.ce ara ready to act at a moment * notice , ami as aonn aa word comes from th Delaware authorities , suspected persons bu taken into .Sttrttiry iC Cubit CiinintinHlun. WASHINGTON , YJK. 32. Lmutenoc fnlonel anil Judtja AJ ocafe John W Clar ban bwm designated aa secretary and rti snrdar for rhu - u-nminibsloti fur ihu sovarr ment of Oaou. Th olur1er has b n Porto Rlro witii the araiv uf invasion as will reach this oountry in a 'lay ' or two. SHAKE INTO YQUH SHOES Allen's Foot-Eaitf. a powler for the fct It uiir s painful , swoll-n , jmartinif. nervoi f t ami ir.HLantly uikau thu ntin > f out oorau and bunionn. It's tn rtnti it "nn ft rt < iiiK-uv ry of the S" Ailon s F < JI > Kaitu maUen ' : nt ir new dhood fJl Has It in i rirtAja ur- for nwmin - , 'jiiloi ana hi.r. . t-.rwl .11 nin - f ! Try it todii oiit by .ill ilruKK.Hia and sbou dtareti. t , mul ( or .Sc .n stamps. Trial P-I. ka iKE. Aaureaa A l n _ . olmsted. i _ Ku -V T. .
