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Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
WAS IT SUICIDE?
A Tramp Run Over and Killed by a
b. IL nj. Construction Train

1t was at about IL o'clock yesterday
Dan Shanty, a hotel runner, saw a d.
l~spidated tramp sitteng by the side of the
st. James hotel with SLOUGH hat pulled
down over his eyes and a deep look of
dependency settled upon his face.
The stranger war noticed shortly after
ward to get up and leave his seat, pro-
ce edlng down the B. & M. track west.
Nothing more was seen of him alive.
At about five minutes after IL o'clock
the B &c M. construction train, with en-
CINE No. So, came laundering down the
track, toward the depot. The engine
was reversed, and the engineer and
fireman of course could not see In front
of them. Just as the train passed over
the bridge, 1t ran over the tramp, who
had been seen sitting neal the st. James
hotel. None of the train hands saw the
man until he had been run over. The
train was stopped and the dead body was
taken from the wheels in a badly
mspgled condition, the head being
crushsd, and arms and legs being broken.
The corpse was removed to Drexel &
Maul's, where it now awaits a possible
identification.
Coroner Drsxel at once fastened to
the scene of the disaster, and early
In the afternoon q iary was
i~mpanelled and an Inquest held. The
following is the verdict: "We find that
the deceased whose name Is unknown to
the jury, came to his death by being run
over by engine No. So, of the B. & M.
railroad. We, the jury, further find,
that the deceased either n~egligently or
for the purpose of suicide laid himself
on the track, In ouch a man
ner that he could not be seen by the
train men. We the jury, attach ne
blame to the railroad employer" John
Butler, foreman; Duff Green, Michael
Whalen, John Ryan, Morri'z Hepgen,
Frank Roberts.
The deceased was q man apparently
about 80 or 40 years of age, and poorly
dressed. There was nothing on his per-
son that would serve to establish his
identity. A small bundle which lay be.
side him was found to contain nothing
but q haif.dozsn empty liquor bottles.
Opinion is divided as to whether the
unfortunate man deliberately threw him
self under the wheel of the locomotive,
or whether he was deaf and could not
hear the approach of the train. The
former theory 10 probably the more cor
rect of the two.
LATER. 1t was ascertsined at a late
hour yesterday afternoon that the unfor-
tunate man was a Bohemian, nam ed
James Blszeck, and that be had bsen In
Omaha only about six weeks-came here
from Chicago. When picked up by the
coroner his head and body laid about ff.
teen feet apart. Blood and hair were
strewn along the track for o distance of
100 feet, and the body was badly man
gled. 1t was also ascertained that he had
thrown himself on the Burlington & Mis-
souri, track, down by Boyd's packing
house about two weeks ago when a train
was approaching. but the engineer saw
him in time to stop,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
THE Pail Mall Gazette bv its praphic

THE Pail Mail Gazette by its graphic
and detailed exposure of vice In London
has raised a lively breeze, particularly
among the uppsr tendon, many of whose
members are ''given away" While the
Gazette has created a great sensation, 1t
claims that 1t has undertaken the expos.
ure with a pure motive and for the public
good. Nevertheless, we shall look In q
few days for an affidavit In regard to the
immense circulation OF the Gazette. II
Is q question whether the evil effects OF
distributing broadcast such publications
will be counterbalanced by anything that
may be accomplished in the way of moral
reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

THAT prohibition does not prohibit in
Iowa is shown pretty conclusively by the
ststistics of the internal revenue office at
Dubuque. The collections for June In
that district, which embraces forty-nlne
counties, is $17,444, of which $7.245 Is
for beer stamps, According to the inter
nal revenue reports Iowa has 4,424 liquor
dealers, including sixteen rectifers, In
the state. Ia the last year the state pro-
duced 2,50l, lid gallons of whisky and
1897, 748 gallons of beer, upon which
there wa a revenue of So, 543, O25.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
THE C~AR-DRlyERs' STRIKE.

The Chicago street railway strike was
caused by the discharge of fifteen old and
well. known employees who had demanded
the removal of an unpopular superintend-
emit. The cause of tho discharged en-
ployes was taken up by the entire body
of drivers and conductors on the road In
question, and a strike followed. The
difficulty, however, has been adjusted,
the men resuming work upon condition
that the Gaze of the discharged men be
submitted to disinterested parties for
hnal decision. This Is the most sensible
way of settling such troubles. Had the
officials of the company in the frat place
made such q proposition we have no
doubt that 1t would have been
gladly accepted by the men.
But instead of doing that they attempted
to defeat the employees by resorting to
the tactics usually employed in such
cases. Their obstinacy caused serious
interruption to travel for several days,
and nearly preclpitated bloody riots.
The street railway officials seem to forget
that hey owe a duty to the public, and
that they have been granted
a valuable franchise for perform
ing that duty. 1t was their duty,
under the circumstances, to have made
fair sions to their employees and to
have subm Tilted the arbitration PROPOSE
tion at the very outset. Had they done
sc, the street cars would have continued
moving with their usual regularity, and
the public would hardly have knewn that
there was any troubls. Whatever trouble
there wa would in all probability have
been settled, quietly and satiIfaotopny.
The fact Is that the of street
railways all oyer the country seem to con
slider their employees no better than
mules. They work their employees from
ourteen to eighteen hours a day at wages
hat are no better than what al average
nan should earn In ten hours. Street
L
employees have to be out at all
ours and In all seasons. The drivers
ssHculArly have q hard road to travel.
hey have to endure the red-hot sun of
lmmer and the piercing wlads OF winter.
n most cities the drivers are obliged not
My to keep clear of distractions and
stch theis seams closely, but they have 10
AXE change and see that the psCs engers
IT on and off sNfsly and drop their niakels c
to the contribution box. There ought to |
} some legislation in regard to the Opst-
ion of street railways. A law should /
passed prohibiting The employment of
y man for more than ten hours a day,
ID the street railways should employ two a
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
STRAY CLIPPINGS.

There is 1928, 900 in the Nevada school fund
FOL. investment.
A total of 1888, 09S. so worth of bullion and
ore were received in Salt Lake during the
week ending July1.
Mrs. Florence @. Cannon, Of Denver, in q
fit of dependency over the death Of an only
child, suicided last week in Salt Lake City.
The total yield of wheat and barley from
Indian farms at San Carlos for the current
season will aggregate, at a moderate estimate
700, 900 pounds.
Ia Swede named John Westberg and his son
were thrown off q wagon as the team was rum
ming away in Salt Lake City. The boy was
killed and the father s~eriously hurt.
In Lincoln county, New Mexico, near the
Pattos mountain, can be traced the walls of a
once large city. Inside the walls are growing
monster cedar trees, said to be thousands Of
years old,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

THE fact that the railroad construction
80 far this year foots up only S95 miles
which Is o much less amount than hs,
been done fer q corresponding period
during several years past-leads the Phil
adelphia Record to say that ''betweer
railroad building and wreckipg the latter
has turned out the more profitable indus
try, and the builders appear to be walt
Ing until the wreckers have used up the
present material at hand"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

The Maxwell land grant In New MerL
co, about which SO much has bsen said la
times past, was originally made by the
government of Mexico aud wss after.
wards confirmed by the Omitted State.
government. According to the Mexican
laws, however, no land grant could con-
tain more than eleven square leagues or
n~lnety-nine square miles, but tie Max
well grant, since New Mexico became a
part OF this country, has from time to
time been enlarged in It's boundaries by
Interested land sharks until now II in
cludes over three hundred square leagSss
or two million acres. While congreas
very properly recognized the validity of
the original grant, the go neral land office
has through the manipulations of lobby.
lists Issued patents ior nearly all the lands
claimed by the sharks. These patents.
according to the position now held by the
government, were fraudulently obtained,
and steps have accordingly been taken 10
have them annulled. This Is an Ina
portapt matter to the settlers who have
meantime located upon the lands fraudu~
lently claimed by the. land grabbers who
have been trying to eject them. All
such cases will OF course be decided In
of the settlers If oommw,ioner
Sparks carries out his expressed deter.
ninatiOn Of ssslpg that justice ts dORs In
his matter, |,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
Thurlow Weed,

The lats Thurlow Weed, who was
sometimes called "The Prism Of the
Press," because he was the father of 30
many newspapers, onoe told me an In
terestlng incident Of his life which has
been inadvertently omitted from his me-
moirs. 1t was during the war of 1910,
when he was living In Cooperstown, N.
Y, the home of the yet unaedged
novelist, and was setting type as a jour
neyman printer. "t was 10 years old,
and l fell In love with Catherine
Ostrsnder, my landlady's daughter, tive
years younger than l was. Her folks OBJ
jeoted, very properly, to her marrying a
strolling printer, without money or any
thing else, and / agreed to wait.
"About this time l got Into q bad
scrape. l with three other young fell
lows, who were rather a bad lot, were
arrested on complaint of four girls whom
we met at a prayer.meeting. l had
home with them, and they made a charge
of improper conduct against Us all. The
others got bail, but l had no rich rela-
tlves and prepared to go to jail. At the
examination l told the justice l had no
lawyer and no money to pay for one,
when, to my great surprise, a leading
attorney of the town, whom l had never
spoken to and did not know, stepped for
ward and gave bail for me and offered
to defend me. 1t was Ambrose l..
Jordan. / was delighted. / did not go
to jail, and at the trial the girls voluu.
tsrily declared that I was not a party to
the offensive transac; Ion. l left town for
a while, but came hack In a year or two.
aud Cstharlne Ostrander accepted me,
and we were married. i never forgot
Jordan.
"Some fifteen years after that, when |
was In Albany In a position of some in
f~iuencs, we were making up the WING
| state ticket In convention. The principal
Off had been placed in nomination,
when somebody said: Now for attorney
general. We must have o man down In
the middle of the state
81 named Ambrose L. Jordan, and he
was made our candidate and elected.
"When he came up to Albany he said
to me: Il have some conscientious scru-
pies about accepting this office. You
gave 1t to me because l defended you In
Cooperatown when you wanted a friend.
"'Not entirely or exactly | said. Il
merely reasoned that a man who would
come to the rescue of an unknown and
penniless youth for the sake of seeing
justice done had the right ideas to make
a good attorney general"
"'Well.' he answered; Il en- not en-.
titled to the credit you give me for either
ssgacity or right feeling. | gave bail for
you and defended you simply because
Catharine Ostrsnder came and made q
fuss about you, and wouldn't give ms any
peace till | did it. Better appoint your
wife attorney general
at was the first 1 knew of her agency
In the mater. She had never told me
during all those happy married years."
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
MAJOR LLEu RlLyN's Meucalero Apa.

MAJOR LLEs EILvN's Mescalero Apa.
ehes are reported as becoming hungry
and r%estless. We don't wonder that the
major suggested q few days ago that the
Indians should be ,dlsarRed. A diet OF
pr1kly pears and Mexican cactus does
not agree with the average Mescaloro.
We are glad to see that Mr.. Lamar
has orSered the military to temporarily
them with hard-tack and sowbelly,
until their digestion has been Improved,
and to charge the came to Uncle Sam.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

Tom Bowman has failed In his effort
to step Into the shoes of Mr.. Armour,
the Council Bluff, postmaster. Mr..
Armour has made a very efficient and sat.
isfaotory official, and the president could
see nc good reason for his removal. BE
will, therefore, continue to hold the fort
for some time yet. Mr.. Cleveland prob
ably thought hat the man who owns the
Globe ought to be satisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
MONTANA.

The district telegraph service kas been es-
| tablished at Butte.
ssThe bullion product Of the Moulton mine
| at Butte, averages $50, COO per month.
The report of the United States BUREAU OF
statistics credits Montana with LOO, 00C
,'sttla.
Montana territory is negotiating for the
cont uement of its prisoners in the Bismarck
penitt utiary.
Twan,y thousand dollars worth of new
buildipgs ne IN the course Of construction at
Great Falls.
Mrs. Huyck, the wailipg widow of a Eutte
suicide. dried n, " tears in a week and married
a masher named VERY.
Twelyethousaud rubic feet of earth and rock
slid down upon the N'ortheEq Pacific track 4
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
When Blaine Was a Democrat.

Cor. CINCINNATI Commercial.
When a boy Blaine was a democrat.
Two of his youthful chums were the
e wiugs-Tom and Boyle. During a
presidential campaign (t was when
Taylor ran, MIR. Schultz thinks), young
Blaine and the Ewing boys took a trip
to Columbus from Lancaster In o wagon.
Opposite the Blue Ball tavern, In Fair
field county, a democratic pole had been
erected. AS the boys passed 1t in their
wagon young Blaine aaluted 1t by wav-
ing his hat and giving three rousing
cheers. The Ewing boys chlded him,
saying that their father was q whig can
didate for IN important position, aud that
it was highly improper for anybody
travelling with them to salute a demo-
cratic pole; and they warned him not to
repeat the offenss on the return trip,
or they would "shellroad' him. After
remaining In Columbus for several dayr,
the party logged homeward In their
wagon. In the meanwhile nothing more
had been said about the democratic pole
incident. None of the boys had forgot.
ten it, however, and when again opposite
the pole Boyle Ewing pulled up the
horses and said, grimly: "Well, Blaine,
what are you going to dol"
I'm going to cheer" dauntlsasly re-
piled Blaine; and he did cheer.
The Ewing boys kept their word and
"shellrosded" their companion and drove
off. Fer ten minutes, as long as the
wagon was In sight, young Blaine stood
in front of ths pole and voclferously
and then he trudged home to
Lancaster-a full six miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
Jim Lsird in Chicago.
,hicago Herald.

chicago fferAIu,
"Stop the trainl stop her" shouted an
excited passenger on board an Alton train
q few days ago, as the cars passed through
Bridgeport. The conductor pulled the
bell. rope and then inquired:
whats the matter2"
~ want to get off here" said the Ok.
cited passenger. "The darn fool that
sold me my ticket said 1t would take me
two days to reach my destination, but
here we are in less than an hour. Where
am l goiug2 To Sinking Water station,
Nebraska, and If this amt the place 1t
had better take in Its sign"
But 1t WASH t the place.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
THE DAILY BEE.
x. RosEwATER Editor.

COUNCILMAN FURAv thinks that Mayer
Boyd wants too much turkey. No one
can blame Mr.. Boyd for taking all the
turkey he can get, but Mr.. Furay objects
to the council being fed on crow all the
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

Mr.. buren, SHERMAN, governor of the
great prohibition state Of Iowa, started
out to pulverlzs the rum power, and end.
ed up by attempting to pulverlze Auditor
Brown. According to latest advices he
has lamentably failed to do either.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

THE saloons In Dubuque continue to
do business In spite Of the prohibItory
law, but the keepers are now being
threatened with 3 cyclone of prohibition
injunctions, which may possibly cause
them to pull down their front blind!,,
and open up a rear entrance.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

THE city council has taken the proper
stand In regard to the Thirteenth street
bridge. 1t require, the Union Pacific to
make the bridge the full width OF the
etreet, thus leaving the th%oroughfare tree
from distractions. Now let the Union
Pacific proceed to do Its duty In the prem
1aes without further delay,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
The Hurrah for Ingalls,.
Chicago News.

Senator Manderson's nomination of
Senator Ingalls, for the presidency Ia not
received with that outburat os popula
enthusiasm which should greet the peo-
Plies choice. Senator Ingalls, is a great
and good man, but his disposition was
spoiled In early youth by a habit he had
of sitting down on tacks.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

MAoK1N, the Chicago fine worker, has
been denied n new trial, and must go 10
the penittnt'ary. under a fve-year sem
tence. As he is q well. behaved gentle
man, he will probably graduate in less
than four years.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

MAYOR BoYDs appointment of Mr.. j.
e. Houss to the position of chairman OF
the board of public works will no doubt
preve satisfactory. Mr.. house Is well
qualified for the place, and will make q
good official.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09
short dis.snc, ives. Of Livingston last satur-

Iron Bull, q noted Grow chief, turned up
his toes recently. He was one Of the Indians
present at the driving Of the golden spike and
attracted agood deal Of attention. especially
from the foreigners present, by his handsome
bearing and elegant trapplngs. Iron Bull
was one OF the twenty-six chiefs of the Grown
recognized by the Indian Department.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

THERE will be two democratic state
conventions in Iowa this year. One will
be held by the democrats, and the other
by Mayor Vaughan, of Council
Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

During the first three months of this year
French manufacturers imported boots and
shoes to the value OF "a 700 600 or about ak
times as much as the United States sends
abroad in whole year.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

A French lion tanner is providing a new
sensation for Parisians In allowing them tt
accompany him in the lions cage at the rate
Of 100 francs the TIP.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

New YORK has her Bartholdl statue
and Council Bluffs has her Vaughan.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-09

Judge Dundy was Ill yesterday and
unable TO appear in the United States court.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-09-24
The Presidents 3rother-in-Law in
Office.
From the Phila. TIMES.

From the Phila- TIMES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The Presi-
dent to day appointed N. B. Bacon to
be superintendent of Public Buildings
at Toledo, o. Bacon was candidate
some time ago for Supervising Archl-
tect of the Treasury, but it was said at
the time that the President refused the
appointment because Bacon was his
brother-in- law. Since that time 4 can
didate for post office In the West Laid
great stress upon the fact that hls name
was Cleveland and he claimed 10 be a
cousin of the President. The latter, in
refusing to make the appointment, said
that he didn't know whether the appli-
cant was cousin or not, but for fear
he might be relative the appointment
could not be made. 1t is said that Ba-
cons appointment was made at the SOL
iciation of Mr.. Manning, Bacon being
a very competent architect and an eX-
cellent man.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-09-24
q Theological Treasury Clerk.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 1900 The
brightest preacher in Washington is a
Treasury clerk by the name of Wright.
He is Doctor of Divinity and grad
uate also of the Columbia Law School
of this city. He came to Washington
four or five years ago, expecting to Sc
cure mission abroad where he desired
to live some years, but failed in this
and there being NO consulate obtainable
through Mr.. Window he got a clerk
ship in the Treasury, where he has proy-
ed a most efficient accountant. This
summer he has been temporary pastor
of The Foundry Church, and the con-
gregation is wild with delight oyer him,
there being some talk of securing him
permanently. He is profound schol-
ar and most eloquent speaker. He
preached number of years in Mime
sofa, but was obliged to abandon the
pulpit on account of illness.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-09-24

mand for their products industry is
slowly but surely commanding better
wages and is increasing It's consump-
ton; the general and crushing indebt-
edness that prevailed among the peo-
pie of all conditions of life ten years a.
60, has been reduced to the minimum;
money is called for to enter into the
productive enterprises of life and COM
mands solvent and prudent borrowers,
and there is not o channel of industry,
commerce or trade that is not to-day
sensibly affected by the general and
healthy Improvement of the times.
There will be no return to what is
often thoughtlessly called the prosper
Gus times which prevailed from 1861
to 1878. They were the inhamed
fevers of diseased system, and could
be followed only by fearful prostra-
ton. The standard of. money was
degraded by the necessities OF war
imitation ran riot in oil channels of
business speculation reached flood
tide and swept all classes into its fatal
whirlpool proiligacy debauched So
ciety, politics, religion and business,
and integrity and economy were
shamed by speculation and shoddy.
The inevitable return to honest busi-
ness landmarks was tedious and cost
ly, but it has come at last Tens of
thousands are left behind as the
wrecks of imitation aud business de-
moralization but the survivors have
the lessons of experience, and nearly
ten years of business depression have
schooled all in the safe methods which
are the only sources of prosperity.
Money will never again command
more than half the income it COM
manded twenty years ago; fortunes can
no longer be made in year or doz-
en- years in legitimate business, and
only legitimate business can now
promise success stocks can no longer
be watered or bonds multiplied in
speculative concave, to tax the pro-
ducing industry of the land, and the
old channels of our fathers, frightened
and quickened by our intelligent and
honest progress, are to become the
fountains of fortune and of the great
er wealth OF content. Legitimate
business with its thousands of chan
nels of enterprise, will make each the
channel of thrift, and employer and
employed, producer and consumer,
will enjoy alike the blessings of q re-
vived prosperity that promises to be
as substantial and enduring as it is
welcome.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-09-24
An Organ Factory in Flames.

BosToN, Sept. 1S.-Shortly before Z
O'Clock tonight a fire broke out in the
manufactory of the Smith American
Organ Company, corner Montgomery
and Claredon streets. The building is
a fve-story brick structure, $50 feet on
Montgomery street, with an L running
back some rs feet on Claredon street.
The fire originated on the third floor.
The fire spread to the fourth and fifth
stories very rapidly. Numerous streams
were brought to bear On the fire and tie
flames on the third floor were soon sub
dued. In the meantime, however, the
fire had reached The varnish room, on
the fifth room, and soon the entire up
per floor was a mass Of flames, burning
with the greatest fierceness IN the l..
The fire at this writing (8.45 p. m.) is
still burning fiercely. There is no dam
ger of the fire communicating to the
surrounding buildings and the peculiar
situation of the burning building is
most favorable to the fremen. The
loss will probably be heavy.