THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 25 , 181)8 ) ,
HOLY DEEDS OF PIONEER
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Incidents Typical of the Generosity of State
Builders of the West.
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BIG HEARTS UNDER ROUGH EXTERIORS
Saintly Olil Hlum-ri AVIio Utipturcil
roinninnilnictiU nnil Helped the
I'ticir I'nltliful VlRll of u
llnril Working .Miner.
Henry Inman , author of "On the Santa Fo
Trail , " relates ID Urn St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat several Incidents typical of the large-
hearted generosity of the pioneers ot the
west. Of the lives of some of our pioneers ,
ho says , not one person In 1,000 realizes the
texture of the manhood that so often de
veloped Itself In the mining camp , on the
plains , or In the crude little hamlets , once
the embryo of some of our great cltlea of
the west today.
The east Is firm In Its belief that the
majority of our pioneers were bad , wicked
men generally ; thcro was never a greater
error. The desperado , the train robbers and
the murderers made their adveut with the
railroad. They were men hardened to crime ,
as Achilles was hardened In the Styx.
H has been ray fortunu to ha\o known
many right royal people among the trap-
perk , hunters and miners of the long ago ,
wild , civilized mpn , a class now vanished
forever. There were women , too , among
these. They were royal , though they never
nore crowns , at least crowns not risible In
the dim light of this world. The emblems
of their royalty wcro hidden from most
mortal eyes. In the narrow spheres they
lived and died , and otily a lew besides God
Itnew of their sovereignty.
I shall llrat present the sketch of "Old
Hack Taylor , " .1 California miner ot the
early days. Whether that was his real
Jiarao nobody know. When ho made his
advent into one ot iho struggling mining
cainps his hair was already silvered ; ho
must have been then at least fiO years of
age. No one know anything of his antece
dents. In the excitement and free-hearted-
ness of those times , not many questions
wcro asked.
About him was an air of perfect content
ment. Besides his rapidly blanching hair ,
lltcro were deep Hues upon his face ; an
aluhabct from which could be spelled out
torlrs of the past excitements and trials , but
if Boriows were Included , the firm lip gave
no sign , and < tlio bright , black eyes were
nver kindly. Ho had the moods , the gea
tures and the dialect of the frontier. Ho
liked wlrd came cooked before a camp Ore ,
and. In western parlance , ho could "runlsl
a heap ot whisky. "
A Cnnip Chnrnctor.
Ho was at homo everywhere ; In the
saloons , his coming was always welcome ;
when ho met a woman on the street , no mat-
i'tr whether young or old , fair or ugly , ho
ulwavs doffed his hat. and the few children
of those early days looked upon him as a
father , or an angel. He had a cheery
hoartv , winning way , which drew all hearts
to him.
When hungry ho went where ho pleasec
and got food ; when ho needed clothes the :
wore forthcoming In any store he appltci
for them.
Three or four years before Old Zack
death a courier announced to the people o
the place that a short tlmo previously , ou
near Deep Hole , In the desert , eighty mile
away , a man had been Killed by the In
dlons. The news made very llttlo Impres
ston upon the Inhabitants , for such trage
tiles were of common occurrence.
In n few days after the report of the mitr
der was known In the place the Inhabitant
began to bo vexed by the evident presenc
of a mysterious thief. If a hunter braugh
In a brace of grouse or rabbits nnd let
them exposed for a little while they dlsap
pearod. If a string of trout were caugh
nnd left anywhere even for a moment the
were lost. Gardens were robbed of thel
vegetables ; blankets , flannels nnd grocerle
disappeared from the stores. The losses
became almost unbearable at length ;
everybqdy was aroused and on the aler
but no thief could bo discovered , thoug
the depredations still went on. This contin
ued for days , until the people became desperate
perato , and many a threat was made tha
when the thief should finally bn caugh
In disposing of him the grim satisfaction o
the frontier would bo fully enjoyed. Oh
Zack was especially flerco In his denuncla
Hans.
Olio morning a horseman dashed Into th
town , his mustang coming In on a dead run
Ilclntng up In front ot tha principal saloon
ho sprang from his horse , and to the peonl
who came ruBhlng to learn what was th
nutter ho explained that half a mlle from
town , around the bond of the hill , In the ol <
deserted cabin , ho had found the widow o
the man killed weeks before by the In
dtans ; had found her and n nest at babies
-nnd none of them with a sufficient amouti
of clothing , apparently.
Mole for the Poor.
When his story was finished men an
women , half the population of the place
made a rush for the cabin. It was con
1 4 celled from vlnvr of the road by a growt
of thick buthes , but they found the poor
woman there , end four little children. The
woman seemed like one dazed by Borrow
nnd despair. When questioned , she- replied
that she had been there five weeks. "But
how have jou lived ? " asked a dozen voices
In concert. Then the woman explained that
she aud her children would ha\o starved
had It not been for a Kind old ccntlcman
who brought her everthing that sbo re
quited. "Indeed , " she added , "h brought
me many things that I did not need , and
which I felt that I ought not to accept , but
he ovcrpersuaded me , telling me that I did
not know how rich ho was ; that his sup
plies were simply Inexhaustible. "
' When asked to describe tbU man , she be
gan to say : "He Is n heavy-built old gentle
man , wears blue clothes , his hair Is as white
aa snow , but his evrs are black , and "
Hut flio was not allowed to go on , for
twenty voices , between weeping and laugh
ing cried "Old Back ! "
The widow wa taken to the town , n house
with all Its comforts provided for them ,
and there was thenceforth no moro trouble
from the ubiquitous thief.
Living on charity himself , with the wreck
of a life behind him and nothing before him
but the grave , which he was swiftly near-
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More , than
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DB , this great-hearted old heavenly bumJ
raor and Christian thief , had taken cars
C that family , and had done It because ,
capita thn dry rot and the whisky which
ad benumbed his energies , hla soul , deep
own , wta royal to the core.
U is true that be had robbed the town
o minister to the woman and her babies ,
ut In the books of the angels , though It Is
written that ho was a thief , In the same
entcnca It was also added , "and God
) lcss him , " aud these words turned to gelds
s even they were being written. j
When Old Zack was ashed why ho did i
not make the facts about the family known ,
after watting a moment , he replied :
"i'ou see , I'\o been tossed about n power-
ul sight In my tlmo ; have drunk heaps of.
> ad whisky ; have done a great many no-
ccouno things and not a great many good
nc . Since I was a boy I have never had
a chick or kin of my own. I met the
oman and her babies up by the cabin ; they
vai a most pitiful sight as > ou ever seen ;
nd besides the woman was juat about to
? o etark mad with grief and hunger and
nxloty and weariness. I seen nho must
have quleo , nnd that the anxiety about her
ihlldren must bo soothed some way. Then
did some of the best lyln' you ever heard ,
got her to cat some supper and waited
until the whole outfit was asleep Then I
vatched 'em a llttlo while , and then I got )
curus to know what kind ot a provider I
would ha\e made for a family bad I started
out In life different , nnd that was all there
van about It. "
Is It a wonder , then , that when the old
nan died shortly after , his body was
dressed In soft raiment , placed la a costly
casket , and that , preceded by a martial
jand , playing a requiem , all the people fol-
owed eorrowlngly to the grave ; and that ,
as they gently heaped the sods above his
irenat , they sent after him Into the beyond
heartfelt "all halls and farewells ? "
Gate Awny Illn Ilcil ,
Another of these saintly old sinners was
3lllle Smith. Ho was not a miner recclv-
ng M GO n day , as were the majority of the
nen In camp , but he and his partner , a
surly fellow , had a claim which they were
developing , hoping that It would amount to
tomethlng In the future. These two men
iad n llttilo supply ot flour , bacon and cof
fee , nnd that was about all , and It was
about all they expected to have until spring.
In early January the weather was ex
tremely cold. Their cabin was a rude hut ,
open on c\ery side to the winds. Ono day
while a party was gathered In a large tent ,
called by courtesy the store , Billy came In
with a cheery smile for every one , re
ceiving a hearty welcome , as ho always did.
Ho had been there but a few minutes when
bis partuer came In. Ho was fairly boiling
with rage ; bo angry was he that he could
hardly articulate distinctly. Finally he ex
plained that some thief had stolen their mat-
trcse , a pair of their best blankets and a
sack ot flour. Ho wanted nn officer dls-
oatcbed with a search warrant.
"Oh. never mind. " said Blfly , "Some poor
devil needed the things or hu would not have
taken them. "
"Yes. but wo need them , too ; need them
moro than anybody else , " wai the rcsponie
ot hla partner.
"Oh. we shall get along , " said Billy. "We
have plenty. "
"Yes. " retorted the partner , "but what are
wo going to do for a bed ? Our hair mat
tress and best pair of blankets are gone , and
the cabin Is cold. "
"We can sow up sacks Into a mattress and
fill It with soft brush and leaves , and use
our coats for blankets , " replied Billy ,
"We'll get along all right. The truth Is , we
have been sleeping too warm of late. "
'Too warm ! " said his partner , bitterly.
"I should think so. A polar bear would
freeze In that cabin without a bed. "
"Do you think so ? " asked Billy , smiling.
Well , that Is the 'way ' to keep It , and eo if
any wild animal comes thit way we can
freeze him out. Brace up , partner ! Why
should a man make a fuss about the loss
of a trifle like that ? "
Now , the facts were these : A little below
Billy's cabin was another , Into which a
family of Immigrants had moved. They
were dreadfully poor. Going to and return
Ipg from town , Billy had noticed how things
were. One night as he passed , going home
In tbo dark , he hoard a child crying In the
cabin , and heard It sayto Its mother tha
It was so hungry and cold.
The next morning ho waited until his
partner had gone away to the mine , then
rolled the mattresses around a sack ot flour
then rolled up the mattress In his bes
pair of blankets , swung the bundle on his
shoulder , carried It down the trail to the
other cabin , there , opening the door , ho
flung his bundle Inside ; then , with his finger
on Ills lips , ho Bald lu a hoarse whisper to
the woman ; "Don't mention It ; not a word
I stole the bundle , and It you ever speak o
It you will see mo lynched , " and In another
moment was swinging down t'ho trail , sing
Ing joyously some old refrain.
Billy In the mountains gave up his bin
and his food. Ho not only had not a cen
to draw against , but he bad not a reason
ably well-defined hope.
When nt last the roll call of the rea
royal men of this world shall be Bounded
If any of you chance to bo there you wll
hear , close up IP. the head of the list , thn
name of Bllllo Smith , and when It shall b
pronounced , If you listen you will hoar a
very soft but dulcet refrain trembling alont ,
the harps and a murmur among the enter
aid arches that will sound like ttie beating
of tbo wings of Innumerable doves.
Poor fellow. Ho was shot through the
brain by a ruffian Hhortly afterward , but I
was said that he was so quickly transflxe (
that In his coffin the old sunny smile was
sill ! upon his face. Probably the stnllo enl >
came as the light went out here he av
the dawn and felt the hand-clntip on th
other side.
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A Onnililpr'n Collection.
In Nevada , n. great many years ago ther
was a gambler who was known as And
rilnn , though It wa said that for faun ,
reasons ho did not pa'w under hli real name
For n long tlmo Andy had , In sportln
parlance , been playing In the worst kin
of luck for a professional gambler On
afternoon ho found that hla whole estat
WA reduced to the sum o * only $15. H
counted It over In his room , slipped It bac
Into his pocket and started up town ,
llttlo way from hU lodgings he was mi
by a man who begged hlrni to step Into tha
house nuir by and see how destitute Its in
mates wore.
Andy mechanically followed the mnn , who
led the way to a cabin , threw open the
door aud ushered Andy In. There was a
man , the husband and father. III In bed ,
while the wife and mother , a delicate
woman , and two llttlo children were , In
scanty garments , hoverlns around the ghost
ot a ftra.
Andy took one look , then rushed out of
doors , the man who had led him Into the
cabin following , Andy walked rapidly
nway until out of bearing of the wretched I
people In the house , then swinging on his i
heel for full two minutes , hurled the most
appalling anathemas at the man for lead-
lug him , as Andy expressed It , "Into the
presence of tboaa advance agents -of a
famine. "
When he had paused for breath the man
said quietly : "I like that ; I like to see you
fellows , that take the world so careletsly
and easily , stirred up occasionally. "
"Easy ! " eald Andy ; "you had better try
U. You think our work la easy ; you arc
a mere child. Wo don't get halt credit.
I tell you to make a man an accomplished I
gambler requires more study than to
acquire a learned profession ; moro labor
than Is needed to become a deft artisan.
You talk like a fool. Easy , Indeed ! "
"I don't care to discuss that petal with i
you , Andy , " slid the inan , "I expect that
you arc right , but that Is not the question.
What are you A hU , strong fellow going
to t do to help these poor wretches In the
cabin yonder ? "
Andy plunged his hand Into his pocket ,
drew out the $15 and was juit going to pass
It over to the man , when a thought struck
him. "Hold on , " ho said ; "a man Is an
Idiot that throws Away hU capital and
then has to take his chances with the
thlercs that fill this camp. You come with
me. I am going to try to take up a col3
lection. By the way , " he said , shortlj"do
you ever pray ? "
The man answered that ho did some
times. I "Then , " said Andy , "you put In
your j very best licks when 1 start my col- |
lection. 1 " I
Not another word was said until they
reached a famous saloon , Going to the
rear , where a faro game was In progress ,
Andy exchanged his $15 for chips and be
gan to play. He never ceased ; hardly
looked up from the tabln for two hours.
Sometimes be won and sometimes ho lost ,
but ) the balance was on the winning side.
Finally he ceased playing , gathered up his
last stakes , and , beckoning to the man who
had come with him to the saloon and who
had watched his playing with lively Int'erest ,
ho led the way Into tbo billiard room.
Andy went to the window on ono side ot
the room and began to search his pockets ,
piling all the money ho could find on the
sill of the window. The money was all In
gold and silver.
When his pockets were emptied , with the
quickness of men of his class , he ran tbo
amount over. Then , taking from a billiard
table a bit of chalk , he , with labored
strokes , wrote on the window sill the fol
lowing :
liul sum J26J 50
starter 15 oo
dee ter cod J.M3 GO
Ho picked up a $10 piece and a $5 piece
from the amount , then pushing the rest )
along the sill away from the figures , asked
the man to count it over. He did so , and
said.
said."I
"I make altogether $218,50 , Andy. "
"I susnect you are correct , " said Andy ,
"and now you take that money and go fix
uu those people as comfortably as you can.
Tell ' -era we took up a collection among the
hovs ; don't say a word about It on the out-
Ride. And see here ; if you ever again show
ran as horrlblo a sight ns that crowd makes
In that accursed den down the street I'll
break every bono In jour body. "
"But. " said the man , "this Is not right ,
Andy. It Is too much. Titty doltiirs would
bo a most generous contribution from you.
Qlvo mo $50 and jou take back tbo rest. "
"What do you take mo for ? " was Andy's
reply. "Don't you think I have any honor
about me ? When I went into that saloon I
promised God that It ho would stand In with
me his poor should have every cent I could
make lu a two hours' deal. I would be a
liar and a thief If I took a cent of that
inonev. You praying cusses have not very
clear Ideas ot right and wrong attor all. "
Faithful Ifnlo Heath.
There was another old fellow by the name
of Baxter In Amador county , California , In
the dajs of ' 49 , who worked In a mine al
$3.60 a day. Ho came there In the fall and
worked eight months. His clothes were al
ways poor. He lived In a cabin by himself
and such miners as happened In his cabin
at meal tlmo declared their belief that his
food did not coit 50 cents a dajHe never
joined the miners down town ; was never
known to treat to as much as a glass o
beer. Ho was hated , cordially hated , by all
as he was looked upon as a miser so avar
icious that he was denying himself the com
forts of life. He was the talk of the mine
and many were the scornful words which
he was made to bear and to know that they
were uttered at his expense. Still he was
quiet and resented nothing that was said
and there was no dispute about his belns
a most capable and faithful miner. At last
one morning aa the dally shift were waiting
at the shaft to be lowered Into the mine
Baxter appeared , and , after begging the at
tention of the men for a moment , eaU1 :
"Thero Is the dead body of an old man
up In the cabin across from the trail. II
will cost $60 to bury It In a decent coffin
The undertaker will not trust me , but II
twenty of you will put In $3 each I will pay
you all when pay day comes. "
Then he was questioned , and It came ou
at last that Baxter had found the old man
sick a few days after ho came to work n
the mine , and of his $3.CO a day had spon
$3 In food and medicine and medical nt
tendance upon the man all through the long
winter , and had , moreover , watched with
him twelve hours out of the twenty-four
It was not a child that something might bi
hoped for ; there was no beautiful young
girl about the place to be In love with. I
was simply a death watch over a worn-ou
pauper. I think It was as fine a thing as
over VM > S done.
Sixty men were on the mine. They put It
$10 apiece , wont to Baxter In u body , bcgget
his pardon and asked him to accept 11.
With a smile , he answered : "I thank you
gentlemen , but I cannot take It. I have
wasted much money In my time. Now :
feel as though I had a llttlo on Interest , an <
I shall get along first rate. "
Talk about royalty ! Baxter was an em
peror. Ho did have something on Interest
something for this world and the world to
come.
nullillng iv Church ,
Bishop W wanted to establish a church
and his first work wan in select men who
would act and be a help to him as trustees
"It Is nothing to get trustees for a min
ing company here , but t church Is a differ
ent thing. In a church , jou know , a man
has to die to fill his shorts , ami then , some
how , In these late years men have doubts
about the formation , so that when a man
starts a company on that lead any moro ho
finds It mighty hard to place any working
capital. "
At the time It was just about Impossible
to get a full staff of trustees that would
exactly answer the orthodox requirements
But the bishop was a man of expedients It
was sinners that he came to call to repent
ance , and It did not take him long to dis
cover that right there was a big field. He
went to work at once with on energy that
has never been abated for a moment since.
He selected all his trustees but one , and
looking around for him , with a clear In
stinct ho determined that Abe H should
be that one It he would accept the place.
Now Abe was the best and truest of men ,
but ho would swear sometimes. Indeed ,
when bo got started on that stratum , he was
s holv terror. But the bishop put him down
nn trustee , and. meeting Abe on the street ,
i Informed him that ho was trying to organlro
I a church bad taken thu liberty to name him
* trustee and asked Abe to do him the
honor of attending a trustees' meeting at 1
1 o'clock the next afternoon.
"I would bo slad to hci'p you out , bishop , "
said Abe. "but. It . I don't know. I
run run a mine or a quartz mill , but I don't
know auv more than a Chinaman about run
ning a church. "
But the bishop pleaded his case so ably
that Abe at lencth surrendered , promised to
attend the meeting , and , having promised ,
like the sterling business man that ho was ,
promptly put In an appearance.
Besides Abe and the bishop , there were
nU otneri. When all had Resembled , the
blshoo explained that bo desired to build a
church : that bo had plans , specifications
and estimates for a church to cost $9,000 ,
with lot Included ; that be believed $1,500
might bo raised by subscription , leaving the
church but $7,500 In debt , which amount
wou'd run at low Interest , and which In a
growing place Ilka their new town the bUhop
thought mlglht bo paid up In four or five
years , leaving tbo church fret. He closed by
the sensu of tbo trustees as to the
wisdom and practicability ot making tbo at *
tcmot.
There was a general approval of the plan
expressed by all present except Abe. who
was silent until his opinion was directly
asked by the bishop ,
"Why , It , bishop , " said ho , "I told
you that I knew nothing about the church
business t , but I don't like thn plan. It you
were to got money at 15 per cent per annum ,
which Is only halt the regular banking rate ,
jour Interest would amount to nearly $1,200
a year , or almost as much as jou hope to
raise for a commencement. I am afraid ,
bishop , you would never live long enough
to get out of debt. You want a church , and
It , why don't you work the business ns
though jou believed It would pay ? That Is
the only way jou can get up any confidence
In the scheme. "
IcvlnR nu .Vimcnxnicitt.
Abe sat down and the bishop's heart sank
within him. With a smile ono of the other
gentlemen asked Abe what his plan for get
ting a church would be. j
"I will tell you , " said Abe , "I move that
nn assessment of $1,000 bo levied upon each
of ths trustees , payable Immediately. "
It was a startling proposition to the
bishop , who was just from the east and who
had not become accustomed to mining ivays.
With faltering voice ho said :
"Mr. E. , I fear that at present I cannot
raise $1.000. "
'Never ' mind , bishop , we will take yours
out lu preaching ; but there Is no rebate for
any of the rest ! of you. If jou are going to
serve the Lord j'ou have got to be respecta- |
3)0 ) about It. Your checks , If you please ,
gentlemen , " |
All were wealthy men , the checks were
laughingly furnished with joking remarks
that It was fho first company ever formed
In the town where the officers really In
vested any monej- .
Abe took the checks , added his own to the
number , begged the bishop to excuse him ,
remarking as ho went one that while he bad
every faith In the others , still ho was nnx-1
lous to reach the bank lu advance of them
and started uptown.
Ho met this man and than and demanded
of each a check for from $50 to $250 , as be
thought they could respectively afford to
pay.
pay.When
When asked how long he would want the
money his reply was : "I want It for keeps ,
It. I am building A church. " In forty
minutes he had the whole sum. Ho took
the checks to the bank nnd for them re
ceived a certificate of deposit In the bishop's
name.
The bishop had seen him coming nnd an
swered the summons In person. Handing
him the certificate , Abe said :
"Tako that for a starter , bishop. H won't
bo enough , for a church Is like an old quartz f
mill. The cost alwajs exceeds the estimates I j
a good deal ; but go ahead and when you
need moro money we will levy another asj j
sessnienll on the Infernal sinners. " i
I
The bishop preached and prayed over Abe's
dead body three years after ; he took a last ,
long look at Abo's still , clear-cut , splendid
face as It was composed In death. Abe never
joined the church , and I am told that he
swore a llttlo to the last. His part In build
ing the church was simply one ot his whims ,
but for years ho was a providence there to
scores of people. No ono knew halt his acts
of bountiful , delicate charity , or In how
many homes hitter tears were shed when hu j i ,
died.
died.But the bishop knew enough to know and I
feel as he was praying over the remains that
whllo It was well as a matter of form , It
was quite unnecessary that so far as Abe
was concerned ho was bate ; that in the be
yond , where the mansions are and where the
light Is born whore , over all , are forever
stretched out the brooding wings ot celestial
peace Abe had been received , nnd that upon
his coming , while the welcomes were sound
ing and the greetings were bolng made to
htm , flowers burst through the golden floor
and blossomed at hl feet.
Dr. Bull's Cough" Syrup cures .1 cold and
stops the nose running. Trice , 25c.
SAYS MELCHERT WA S INSANE
Vcrillct of the Coroner' * Jury in the
CiiNe of Murder mill Suicide
in Simple.
A coroner's jury retnirned a verdict yes
terday to the effect that John Melchert , who
phot and killed Lillian Morris and then him
self Sunday morning at Rlnehart's photo
graph studio , had died by a pistol bullet fired
by his own hand and Chat his victim had
died from the effects ot a bullet wound In
flicted by Melchert.
The jurors advanced the theory that Mel
chert was temporarily Insane at the time.
Coroner Swannon examined the following
witnesses : J. Beuchoft of 170S Jackson
stioet and Ed Hcgo of Washington , clerk
for tbo Indian congress , both of whom were
In the reception room adjoining the dress
ing room whern the tragedy was enacted at
the rime the shots wore fired , F. E. Illne-
hart , the photographer ; Dr. Elmer Porter ,
Otficeis Morris Sullivan and Whalen nnd
Dorcas Morris , mother of the murdered girl.
Nothing was brought out In the testimony
that ! was not published In The Bee's account
of tbo olfulr yestcrdaj. Arrangements have
not aa yet been completed for the burial of
the body of Miss Morris.
In re ponse to a telegram announcing the
death , < x brother of Melchert' will arrive In
Omaha from Chicago today to take charge
of his remains.
When you call tor DcWlti's Witch Hazel
Salvo , the great pile cure , don't accept any
thing else. Don't be talked Into accepting a
substitute , for piles , for hnres for bruises.
THREE NEBRASKA MEN DEAD' ' ;
<
One of Them Wts on His Way Home from 4
Manila When He Died ,
OTHER FATALITIES IN OTIS' COMMAND
Of Tliouc on the Mut One DentilVna i
Due to Wouniln Hccplveil In
the riKhthiK In Front ol
( lie City.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 24. The following
dispatch lias boon received at the War ilc-
(
partment.
MANILA. Oct. 23. To Adjutant General ,
Washington rationing deaths since last re *
port. October 16 : Quartermaster Sergeant
William D. Glllcsplc. Klrst Idaho , gunshot
wound. October 10. Corporal Christopher
Rockefeller. Twenty-third Infantry ,
drotvncd : Private Jonas B Adams , band ,
Eighteenth Infantry , alcoholism. September
17 , Private George F. Hanson , Klrst Ne
braska , tjphold fever. October 20 , Privates
Ira Orimn. First Nebraska , typhoid fe\er ,
Charles II. Kuhl , Second Oregon , meningitis.
October 21 , Coiporal William II. Jones , Klrst
Idaho , djsentery , Musician Thomas P.
Kltzgerald , Twenty-third Infantry , diar
rhoea ; Private Sago rrecstrom , First Cali
fornia. pneumonia. October 22 , Prl\ate
Daniel McElllott , First Montana , dysentery.
IJato unknown , sergeant John A Uiover ,
first Nebraska , pnsumonla ; Privates Henry
A. Stube. Klrst California , dysentery , Frank
v * . JucKer , 'twenty-third miantry. typnom
fever , Edward S. Flske , hospital corps , djs-
ontery : last four died between Manila and
Nagasaki on transport Hlo Janeiro.
No George F. Hanson appears on the
original muster roll of the First Nebraska.
There are- two Hansons lu the regiment , F.
E. , of Company L , Omaha , and Charles E. ,
of Company F , Madlaon. It a Grllfln belonged -
longed to Company E , David City , but his
residence Is given as Valparaiso. John A.
Glover was corporal of Company A , York ,
and his homo was In that city.
GOT INTO SEVERAJTPURSES
Dlnlioncnt Ilc-tllioy U Arrmtril for
HteitlliiK Money front Onotn
of n lintel. *
Delegates to the Liberal Congress of Re
ligions suffered n considerable Inroad upon
their finances owing to the dishonesty of a
bellboy at the Dollono hotel. Early In the
session Miss Helen C. Jones , sister of Presi
dent Jcnkln Lloyd Jones , noticed that (10
was missing from her purse , but supposing
that the money had been lost , did not speak
of the disappearance. Soon afterward , how-
ever , her sister , Miss Jane Lloyd Jones ,
found that $35 had been taken from her
pocketbook during her absence from the
room and an Investigation followed. When
the. occurrence was mentioned , other dele
gates reported losses , J. H. Palmer and C.
D. Van Vcchten of Cedar Ilaplds , la. , having
missed $20 and 14 , respectively. Allen C ,
Clark , a traveling man from Chicago , was
also unable to locate a package of gloves.
Suspicion was finally directed toward Jnck
Hatch , a bellboy who naJ a pass key , and
he was placed under arrest. A partial con-
tension was obtained from him and a sum
of the money was recovered.
Yesterday miming young Hatch made full
confession of his stealings , which ho ad
mitted ho had carried on for some time. He
confessed that ho had robbed the delegates
to the Uberal Congress of Religions of the
amounts they reported they had lost. This
money and sums he had taken from other
guests , amounting to $80 , he said ho had
. laced to his credit at the Omaha National
bank. He made the statement that Mr ,
Coates , manager of the hotel , who had ex
pllclt faith In his honesty , had set him to
watch the other help several weeks ago
when tha petty stealing from guests began ,
He abused this confidence by stealing
clothes , satchels and such articles from
guests' rooms , which ho rifled and placed
In the rooms of other employes , thus avert
ing suspicions from himself. Ho Bald that
a great many employes on whom he played
this trick were discharged for dishonesty.
When Hatch was taken before Judge Gor
don for arraignment , Miss Jones , Mrs. Van
Bochten and Rev. J. H. Palmer , his most
recent victims , had a long , earnest talk with
htm , in which he promised to refrain from
stealing In the future. The result was that
they withdrew their charges against Hatch.
He will , however , be held on the charge ol
petit larceny. Hatch went to the bank
after his talk with the women , In the cus
tody of Detectives Dunn and Donahue , am !
withdrew his deposit and returned to his
victims the amounts he had stolen. He will
plead to the petit larceny charge tomorrow.
Iliickleii'ii Irnlcn Sail e.
THE BEST SALVE In the world for Cuts ,
Bruises , Sores , Ulcers Salt Rheum , Pe\er
Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands. Chilblains ,
Corns aud all Skin Eruptions , and positively
cut ex Piles , or no pay required. It 1s guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Prlco 23 cents per box. For sale
by Kuhn & Co.
Until on Andrew Wai I'd Home.
Thieves broke Into the home of Andrew
Wall. 4206 Nicholas street , shortly after
midnight ami succeeded In removing goods
to the valutj cf 5:30. They gained an en
trance to the house bv breaking out the
window KlaM. The articles purloined were
silverware , clothing and two music boxes.
There is not a headache In a dozen o
Cook's Imperial Champagne It's extra dry
bouquet fine. Record , half a century.
' A New Candidate
I Its Dfos Slioonmn'n winter tan
sliops at only S250 You hear a Krcat
I I deal of talk nnw-a ilnys about winter
tuns at $3.r > 0-but It's loft for Dn-x 1 > .
Shooiimu to tell yon of a genuine Inter
tan shoe for ilii > men at tf'J.riO lliey'ro
I the heavy double extended sole Kind
I In the new foot form shape and btjllali
1011111 ] toes -These shoes have the \\cnr
In them of the usual $ : 00 and Stl.riO
offerings and nil the style of the much
advertised ! ? ri and $ (5 ( kind Just I'orne
In and examine thin nhoo and see If you
ever seen anything before like It for
the nion-y.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Oianhn'i Uli-to-clnit ? SUne House.
1'ARNAM STREET
Ranges In General
Some ranp-s are clepant lookers more
nlcklo than s efl about them-lt Isn't UW
j way with the Jewel Steel Hango Just
I enough ornamentation to act it off but
cany to keep clean then It's the range
that's made of steel cold rolled steel of
the rlfrlit wnight aud thlckne&H no heot
Iron used to warp and pot out of shape
while the oven Is perfection made In
four sections with llanio edges riveted
together so that It can't warp thus In-
surlug you n perfect baker always you
can burn hard or soft coal or wood lu
the Jewel Steel Hnnges.
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4
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MINING IN THEBLACK HILLS
_
Item * of Infrrcnt from the Illoli Mln-
rrul llt'Klnnn of .South
Drikodi.
DKADWOOD. B. I ) . . Oct. 24. ( Special. )
Another rich BtrIKe of fre > milling 010 has
Just been made In the southern Hills , about
five miles north of Hill City , on Marshall
gulch , by a prospector named Illll I'cttlt.
who had been grubstaked by Joe Sharp.
A small stringer of ore was found In the
surface and this was followed down to n
depth of about forty feet. Here the shoot
of ore widened out to two feet and a half
and the ore IK exceedingly rich , even better
than the Holy Terror. The rock IH yellow ,
with stilngers of gold. The average value
of the shoot Is said to bo $40 a ton , which ,
for free milling ore , is unusually rich. About
a rallo south of this strike Is the Sunnjsldo
mine , lu which an eleven-foot ledge of free
milling ore was struck about two weeks ago ,
This ere Is also very rich.
An Important mining sale was made this
* veek at Keystone. Al Amesbury of that
place , bought of Tom Blair nnd associates
the Chllcoot claims , two In number , for a
consideration of $40,000.
Ono of the best mines In the Northein
Hills Is 'he Doley properly , In Blacktall
gulch. This was the Matt Carroll group of
claims. D. C. Holey of Chicago was instru
mental In organizing a Chicago company ,
which has purchased all of the claims.
There are about 2,000 feet of underground
workings and five distinct shoots of ere
have been opened up. The largest ore body
Is a vertical and averages about twenty-five
feet In width and the average value ot the
ere Is about $25 a ton. A new vertical was
struck last week , which has been crosscut
twelve feet and assays $25 a ton In gold.
The ere Is hoisted through the Maggie shaft ,
which IB 170 feet deep.
Over the divide , south , in Sheeptall gulch.
Is the American Express group of claims ,
owned by W. S Elder of Deadwood and
II. S , Jamison of Seattle. This mine Is pro
ducing twelve tons of ere per day , which
has an average value of $25 per ton.
South of this property n. E. Ilosster | of
Deadwood has commenced a ciosscut on one
of four claims lu which ho Is Interested.
Thp crosscut has been run ninety feet and
four shoots of ore have been cut through.
One shoot Is nine feet wide. This crosscut
Is to be run 300 feet to strike a large vertical
of ere known to exist farther under the
capping of the mountain.
Three miners naraod Mix , Stumis and
Glassburn have struck a fine shoot of era
on the Mormon Chief claim , upon which
they have a lease. The shoot is bolng cross
cut and seven feet have thus far beeen cut
in ore. The outside rim assayed $11 a ton
lu gold.
A party of miners has a lease on some
school land which Includes the townslta of
tlio old town of CrooK City. Thli was at
one tlmo a rich placer district , on Whitewood -
wood Creek. The gold has been worked out
of the stream on both Bidet ; of the town ,
but the gravel has never been worked
under the old site. The lessees have sunk
a shaft to bedrock at ono place nnd rim
a dilft to fifty feet. They lm\e found considerable
siderablecold. .
William and Joseph Swift and W. C ? .
and Henry Pennypacker of Wilmington ,
Del. , havn been In Dctidwood this week.
They ore the principal owners In the Deadwood -
wood & Delaware smelter of this city and
they nlso onn several millions of real cstat
In the city and county.
Several capitalists arrived In liolln
rourcho Monday from California. Among
thorn Is GUI SpreckclB , son ot the sugar
king of California. They are furnishing
money for the railroad which Is being built
from Belle rourcho to the Hay Creek coal
mines.
South DuKota > cm > Notci.
KlnRsbury county's tax list this year U
but one-fourth ns laruo ( is last year.
The state supreme court has decided that
township boards have the right to locate
roadR at nuv time on section Hues of land
Hied jirlor to 1886.
The Vcmllllon Republican has made
pell of the stuto and asserts that 0,000 dom-
ocrts will this vear cast their votes for the
republican congressional nominees and the
state ticket.
Jthn Hart holds the CUD for the largest
vleld of corn In the state. He lives In
the Missouri rlvrr bottoms near Vermllllon
and his corn averaged ntnoty-threo bushels
to the aero.
Bruin county has restored the wolf bounty
on scalps taken In that county. As a mat
ter of economy the bounty was suspended
some tlmo ago and the wolves have been
accumulating very rapidly.
The WcBsInuton Spring Republican de
clares that while the nrlco ot the farmern *
corn crop in South Dakota if * not as largo
riH usual they will at least have the con-
i solallon of bolim paid for It In 100-ccnt
dollars.
The Northwestern company In South Da
kota is building a large number of dams ,
which will bo filled wlUi the water from
melting snow In the spring and will furnUti
watering holes for cattle drivers to and from
the shipping points.
A stubborn cougn or tlexllUR In the throat
yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless
In effect , touches the right spot , reliable and
juat what IB wanted It acts at once.
llohdon Arrive * In lloston.
BOSTON. Oct. 24. The steamer Beverly
arrived at Its dock here at 7 o'clock thta
morning , twenty-four hours late , having on
board Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob-
uon , who Is enroute to Philadelphia to par
ticipate In the peace Jubilee.
To Ilu Conttint unil
Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
Tha Factory Cost
On ni > w pianos that's the way wn'ro
KoliiR ( o sell them this week Just lo
K t our lloor.s cleared HO vvu can brine
In our exposition exhibit and Midwaj-
rented pianos This stock romprI cH the
taudliig makes In all the various solid
nnd veneered .onMJS There aru Knabn's
KlinbuU'b Kranlch & nuch's Ilallnt
& Davis Co. s Krpll's -HobjioV How-
nril's Si'lirliner t ro.'s-Lliuli'H's-
NVhoclc'i-h rnltcd Makers' nnd Victor's
-babv eranrt and upright plnnos-WWl
pianos for $ ! l72-Sr > 00 ones for ? ai. : > - ? ir > 0
pianos ? ! - ? 1W ) plnno ? ' M)8-00 ) : ! pia
nos $2-18 Some as low as $118 EiiMjr
terms.
A. HOSPE ,
Music Dd An. 1513 Douglas
A Handsome Face-
is not disfigured by our line eyeglasses ,
hut your beauty nnd eyesight Is pre
served nt the came time. Don't negleet
the Impaired or Imperfect eyesight ! It
Is a great mistake , and none know It
better than the experienced ocullnt or
optician. "A Htlch In tlmo saves nlno. "
Wo will test your sight free of all charso
and what we furnish you will bo
under the direction of a skilled optician
We grind our own Ions , thus Insuring
correctness , which we guarantee.
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