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Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
a STRANGE COMMUNITY.
A Kansas Town that is OompIetely
Isolated from the Ontsido World.
JOrrespondenoe Wheeling Register.

Correspondence Wheeling Register.
Mounting my pony early In the morn
Ing, accompanied by two stout-hesrted
follows who, like myself, were bent on
penetrating Into the gloomy unknown,
we were soon twenty miles east OF the
great state Of Colorado and In the extreme
southwest OF Kansas. Hills, mount ilso
and canyons stretched sll around us.
fastening onward, We were soon In
beautiful town, the subject of our sketch.
AS the town is unknown and closely
isolated 1t viii be vel! to give locality.
1t Is southwest of Kansas. The vslley Ia
some ten miles wide at this place, and the
soil is very fertile. 1t Is called Viorle,
and has population cf LOCO
Viorle Is o distinct town. 1t makes Its
own laws, panaes sentence of death,
requisites all matters of equity, and
dictates the religious and social status.
Viorle has no hotel, no place for
stranger. BE could get nothing to eat
only at private houses. Viorle wondered
at Us getting there and sternly discussed
the p.oprlety of ojecsment 1t had been
q lorg time since strangers were In their
midst. However, after long psrley and
due oeliberation, we were permitted t.
emsln. The town was laid out and eet-
lement commenced by company of
elIgiouu bigots in the rprlng of 1868
inCe which tins select families have
been added. In the beginning It wRs
decreed that all thipgs should be held In
common, houses, however small, should
be built of brick, and extravaganza,
finery, fancy work should not be tolerated.
The people are plain, simple minded,
and very common.
To see good brick buildings With look
holes for windows and doors hewn out Of
timber; to see psopls lie on the ground
for these houses have no foors-and re-
pose on skins, to see no furniture,
not even dish or stove, Was not only odd
but interesting. Their theory Is to buy
nothing and sell nothing. All must 90 to
work very early Ia the morning and work
just SO hard and go long as they chooge,
unless an edict Is issued by the prodent
for more diligence. Now, the prudent
consists of twelve men, selected by their
own body when vacancies arise. They
hold life tenure. They settle all dis.
putes, regulate all industries, and divide
the crops. The duties Of their Office
would seem enormous, bat 1t appears
they have little to do.
There are really no stores, but there
are three large buildings used as store
houses, where the different products are
nicely kept In one of these were stored
corn and other things. In
another were stored woven fabrics and
tanned skins and robes. In the other
was whisky. The fronts of the buildings
were all door, and In the after part of the
day 1t was curious to see the throng of
people gathering their rationp. It is
strange they are go peaceable, for they
are not organized into families and have
no marcisge. At night things are as
quiet as could be, and to walk along the
streets you would think you were passing
families.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17

is msde to remove them the government
had better not send buffalo soldiers to
make the attempt for the Indians have
no fear at all of them"
'whst are buffalo soldiers, msjoi2
"Wbat, | thought you knew. Laugh
Ing That 10 term oil contempt ap-
piled by the Indians to our oolored
troops. The Indians have no opinion OF
all of the bravery of our negro soldiers
and always speak of them most contempt
uously. myself saw ak buoks put to
fight two troops of colored cavslry, and
aud as the dstkIes fed, the Elk warriors
pursued them, tsuntingly inviting them
to halt and fight
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
THE CHINESE MUST GO.

The San Francisco CaR expresses the
opinion that the massacre of the Chinese
in Wyoming has probably hurt the anti
Chinese cause throughout the country,
while another paper of that city assumes
that when the next congress ia asked to
amend the restriction act 1t will decline
To do SO because In Wyoming the miners
took the law into their own hands. The
Gail, however, maintains that the ques-
tlon of Chinese restriction should be de.
cided on Its merits, and that congress
will deal With the proposition to amend
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
TEE MESOALERO's.
An Interview with Msjor LIewelIyn
the Retiring Indian Agent.

st. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-The Republican q
correspondent at Las Cruces, New
Mexico, interviewed Major Llewellyn,
the retiring Indian agent, on the condition
of the Mescalero Apaches. There are 535
Mescalero Apaches, and 725 Jlcarlllos.
This includes young and old of all grades.
The Indians have raised this year fine
crops of corn and cared for large and
growing herd of stock. In regard to the
proposed removal of these redskins to
Ihe Indian territory the maj sc,d:
swell. as far as the Jicsl illss are con-
cerned there will be no difficulty to re-
move them at all, as these poor devils
have been moved and removed 30 fire.
quently that moving has become a sort of
hsbit with them. Besides, they are not
. very nervy style of Indian anyway.
But whenever the government attempts
to remove the Meacaloros, thers will be
war which will throw the Vlctorio war
completely In the shade. OF course,
there Is nothing published In the papers
concerning these Indians, which they do
not learn sooner or later, and they have
Airesdy been informed that the nubject
will come up before congress at the next
session, They are determined not to go,
No matter what action congrers may take.
"How can they help IT."
SPY simply remaining and fighting,
and dying If necessary. Do you remem.
ber when Gen. HoWa rd Visited them,
some five or six years sgo, and submitted
to them proposition for their removal2
Why, sir, the reply of old Nautzlls, the
old war chief, was. simply grand: 'Go
back to the great father, at Washington
said he, 'and tell him my children have
been born and raised here, that we have
always lived here, and that If we cannot
continue to live here, We will die here.
They will remain quiet and peaceable rs
long as they are permitted to remain on
their reservation, but the moment an at
tempt Is made to remove them then will
begin trouble. Truly, as Nautzilla said,
they have lived there always, and their
land is the only land In this country
which has not Spanish grant to cover
IL somewhere In its history"
"But cannot they be quietly arrested
and carried away ii necessary as pris-
oners2'
''As before stated, they are apprised
of every movement of the government,
and are thoroughly armed, How would
you go about disSrming l50 welI-armed,
plucky bucks2 Why, they have been
arms and ammunition for
the past FIVE years or more, and they
know how to use them, toe. True, Ii |
may appear absurd to say that 100 or 200
bucks will cause so much trouble to the
United States sOldiery, but if you will
review the history Of previous Indian
wars you will find that there may be some
grounds for the statement. 1 have no
motive whatever In making this state
nent, as my resignation has been ac-
,spted aud l will retire in October
% practice my profession, but + am free
o confess that do not desire to bs 10
lose proximity to the scene of action,
Then the removal OF these Indians 10 at 4
fmpted. Another thing II the attempt
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
COAST CLIPPINGS,

The police force of Carson, New, has been
reduced to one man.
A balibut weighing $50 pounds was lately
caught in Monterey Bay.
The Idahosn mine, Wood river, disbursed
SIG, 900, in diyidends among its lucky owners.
during August
1t is not probably generally known that the
'frostless belt" along the base of the Sierra
Madre produces and natures bananas of ex-
cellent quality and large size; but such is
nevertheless fact.
A company of Nevadsns has lately taken
up under the Placer Land Act the entire sur
ace OF Owens Lake, twenty miles ong by ten
miles wide. Vat5 are being excavated along
its level shores, into which, by steam power,
the water is pumped from the lake. The hot
sun of cloudless days brings about rapid evap-
oration, leaving in the bottom of the watts car.
Donate of soda
Nine miles from Walla Walla, w. T., is
situated q colony of Davisite Mormons. They
call their organization the Kingdom of
Heaven on Earth They believe that spirits
return and take upon themselves new bodies,
and that the spirit of Jesus Christ, John the
Revelator, John the Baptist, st. Peter, and
about half the other apostles, King David,
Moses the Law-giver, Abraham, Isaac aud
Jacob have returned been born over azain,
and that they now have those sacred children
in that colony, and are only waiting for them
to grow up, when they shall conquer the
whole world.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
Trade TonicR

Max Meyer & Go. have received twenty
eight cases Of goods from Europe through the
Omaha custom house, the custom duties being
$4,000.
l.. II. Hessler, of Tootle, Maui & Co., Ia
taking vacation IN Iowa ia hopes OF benefit
ting his health.
This is the first time in three years, re-
marked prominent merchant, when a jobber
could buy . case Of dry goods and feel at all
certain that the goods, would not dscrcage in
value before he received them. From time to
time 1t would seem that values must have
touched bottom, but still they kept going
down, now prices are stronger and there is an
upward tendency This fact has created quite
a little boom in the wholesale dry goods bust
ness and among the manufacturers of cotton
and Woolen goods, A great many factories
thu have been idle all summer are starting
up nIii force.
McShane Il Schroeder have shipped thirty
four cars OF butter, over million pounds,
this season. The greater part of this goes TO
New York City and considerable to Liver
pool, England, while San francisco comes in
for its share. They will ship moro as soon as
cool weathsr sets In.
j. w. Hugus, of Hugus & Co., proprietors
of supply stores at Rawlins and Fort Steele,
Wyo,, and Meeker, Col, was in the city yes
terday. He is on his way east.
A. d, Lane of Noble & Lane, Shoshone
agency, Wyo., was in the city yesterday and
bought bill OF groceries amounting to be
tween eight aud nine thousand dollars.l
@, Damn, of Blair, was calling upon the
yesterday.
Mr.. Icken, of Icken Siemsen & 90. has
zone to Norfolk, Neb., on a business t,ip. |
he carried his gun and intends to shoot few |
1raiIie chickens ii any come in the way
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The Waltham Watch company ia filling an
order for japan.
A dozen new steel works will be in opera
tion In eighteen months.
One of the Philadelphia shot makers ia put,
ting up tower in Dallas, Texas.
A Texan is putting up shop to bu'Id loco
motives to run with compressed air,
Two thousand men ars to go to work In o
few days in the Jetfersonville car works.
There is much distress among the foreign
tin'plate workers. Demand has fallen off.
A 81 900, COO company has been organized in
Augusta, Georgia, to build and equip rail
roads.
There are 279 reformatory and industrial
sehools in Great Britain, where 1874 boys
and 4,S9S girls were detained last year.
An English shop has just turned out, With,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17

its light fluffy appearance and the absence Of
all usual indications OF mineral value The
last car load taken from the Percy Chester
cave yielded seven ounces Of gold aud sixty.
three ounces Of silver per ton.
The Fort Collins Courier refers 60 the local
cemetery route as follows: "The street lead
ing from College avenue TO the cemetery is in
a cor dition 60 warrant the city street commits
siouer in making a complaint against some
me. 1t Is high time that there should bs one
route to the resting place of the dead that can
be kept dry and passable. OF course, f peo-
pc could, like Elijah, be transported to the
skies in a chariot Of fife, there would be no
demand for this route, but as it is, IL can
hardly be called fair shake 20 require n
corpse to swim TO his grave. We are in no
hurry to head a procession over this or any
other route to the graveyard, bat when we are
asked TO come up higher we DONE want to
appear in court with our robes splotched with
Laurel street mud"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17

THE city council is altogether too lem
lent with drunken policemen. When the
marshal suspends and reports policeman
for drunkenness, the council should at
once dismiss the offender. The place
for drunkards Is In the lookup, and not
on the police force. Why shouldn't
drunken policemen be fined In the police
court the same as the drunken men
whom they run In for that purpose?
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
rnE MAsK ToRN orr.

Knights Of Labor, how do you like the
treatment accorded the first OF your order ever
put up in this city for responsible position
Of trust, by the republican city oouncill Won't
you be proud to affiliate politically with the
men who make it expedieut to down you
whenever opportunity is offered Or will
you resent the wrong by tesching the dema-
eogues who in the past have fawned upon you
that you can no longer be whcedled into blind
ly following their lesd7 Scan the leaders of
the opposition to Con. Leary. Haven't they
been blatant as "fnends of laborl" Will you
trust them or believe in them Sny longer
Il Herald.
The Knights Of Labor are not politi.
cal body. The purpose of their existence
is not ofFico-gettlng or barter In patron
age. They have no desire as body TO
procure political favora or appointments
to office for any of thel; members Mr..
Lesry's appointment WAS not made at
their request, nor did they regard 1t 40 q
favor. On the contrary the executive
committee of the knights of Labor when
asked to endorse him unanimously re-
fused to do so. Had they really sought
place on the board of public work f o s
any member they would not have chosen
Mr.. Leary, who was mere novice In the
order, and had only Joined 1t less than
month ago.
If the mask Is torn off from anybody N
Ia from the boss aud dictator, who edits
the Herald. He, who has all his life
been arrsyed against labor on the side OF
monopoly, is now posing In the attitude
of friend of labor and the order
organized for the promotion of
labor interests. If there Is any
demagogism In the case of Mr.. Leary the
shoe will fit him most admirably. Mr..
Boyd himself Is not disappointed. He
asked certain men In the Union Pacific
shops to recommend republican me-
chanlc who was q representative working
man and qualified for the place. Mr..
Leary was put forward on the plea that
no worklngman answering that deScFlp-
tlon could be found, but Mr.. Leary was
recommended as popular substitute.
The Knights of Labor did not recommend
Leary, and his failure to be confirmed
will In no way reflect on them Or cause
any ill-feelIng on their part towards the
council or anybody else.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
The County Insane Tax.

Gen. Gown returned last night from
Lincoln, whittier he went Tueadhy to file
hts answer, on behalf of Douglas county,
to the suit instituted by Attorney Cen
eral Leese, for some $4,000 alleged to
be due on tie Insane tax levy.
Gen. Gown says that tho supreme
court ordered that a time bs agreed upon
for the hearing of the case, ind that ten
days be taken for the deposition of testi.
mony, and the making of arguments.
This time has not yet been fixed upon,
but will be very shortly.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
For Highway Robbery.

The examination of James Manning
and Tom O'Bren for the robbery of w.
b. Archer last Sunday, was held before
Judge S:enberg yesterday afternoon.
George e. Prltchett appeared for the
prosecution and P. o. Hawes for the de-
fence. Ths men were bound over for
trial 10 the next term of the district
court, and their bail fixed at 81, 800 each.
They were committed in default. w.
b. Archer and James Givens were put
urd der bonds for appearance against the
men as witnesses.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17

THE Chipess government Is evidently
determined to introduce the rail- way nyH-
tenn into that country on an extensive
scale. 1t has arranged With Berlin and
London financial houses for loan of
$4,000, 000 for that purpose. Hereto
fore the Chinese have been opposed to
the railway and to labor saving machinery
generally for fear that these modern I'm
provements would tend to further cheap n
labor In that country. This may be true
for awhile but that the railway and
machinery will open new industries and
prove of great benefit to thst country
there is but little doubt. One thing is
certain, and that Is that labor cannot be
made very much cheaper in China than 1t
Is now. 1t ia also admitted that the rail-
read will csuse q social revolution In
China and that Its introduction will mark
an era OF progress In that celestial en-
pire that will astonish the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
COLORADO.

OOLOhADOs
The Pueblo land office gathered in $4,000
cash for land sales In the month of August.
There are more than 1900 stock brands
recorded Ia the office Of the secretary of state
of Colorado.
ground that his wife is a religious crank, and
that she gave zest to har piety by lampooning
him with q rolling pin.
There is larger demand for land in Colorado
Just at present than ever before, and all choice
are also being leased by Nebraska and Kansas
people.
A Bonanza woman went out for raspberries
last week, riding an ancient plug; The ap-
pearance of q bsar rejuvinated the animsl,
and the woman was quickly deposited In front
of bIuin on the ground, This bear had seen
1t rain everything but women, and left much
disgusted and disturbed.
Colorado was the first state to send In her
interdecennial census. 1t shows a population
OF 243, 9l0-an increase of 49, ,583 over the CEN
sus of 1880, The number of farmers in tbs
state is nearly doubled, there being s 474 to
1886 In 1880. The $50 manufacturing estab-
llshmsnts In 1850 have multiplied to I,00i.
The Farmers' Protective association, which
was formed at Fort Collins about q year ago.
and bought the elevator connected with the
Hotel mill, bad O meeting Saturday after
noon and declared dividend of lz9 per cant
to the stockholders. The dividend was de-
clared after all running expenses, as well as
the cost Of office furniture, had been paid.
The tale ore discoveries in the quartzite at
Red Cliff and elsewhere are still the theme of
animated discussions among mining men.
The belief is gaining ground there Is regu-
larity and system In the occurrence of these
caves in the quartzite, and that intelligent
for them can be carried on. This
tale ore has been found at intervals of about /
300 feet for more than half mile at Red
Cliff, and hence prospectOrs are greatly en-
outraged to search after It. The grade of
his ore is an astonishing feature considering
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17

the law without reference to the Wyom-
ing outbreak. The nsx. congress will
certainly be asked, By the Pacific cosst ct
least, to ameud the present restriction
law 90 40 to declare in plain words that
the right to 60 and come conferred by
the treaty will expire after certain date
The law, as amended, will assume that
all Chinese who desire to avail Themselves
Of the privilege to return Will be In the
United States when the amendment goes
Into operatlon. After that date there
will be no previouaresldencs pretext to
serve as a bssls for their ingenuity In
fabrloatIng testimony. The Gail goes on
to ssy:
Congress should pause rn ,ment and con-
slider this suggestive fact, that wherever the
Chinese 20 the same opposition is manifested
against them. 1t does not always take the
same form, but IL always exists. Beginning
in California, where the first Chinese lodg-
ment was effected, the opposition to them has
spread ss their number has increased and
scattered over the coast. In British America,
In the northern territories, in Wyoming, half
way to New York, the white population have
but one opinion in regard to the policy OF ad-
mitting Chinese. OF course, facts of this
nature will not teach eastern cities anything.
The voice which speaks in these eastern cities
is mostly the voice of capital calling for
cboapar labor Rut nonpress rnDresents all
localities and interests 1t does not meet TO
devise wsys and means to increase the profits
of capital
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
ONCE more the Yankee yacht comes to

ONCE more the Yankee yacht comes to
the front winner. The race yesterday
was twenty miles to sea and return, and
the Puritan crossed the winning line one
minute and fifteen seconds ahead of the
Genesta. 1t WASN'T much of beat, but
1t was enough. 1t had been claimed tina
the Gsnests was the better sailer in q
high wind, but notwithstanding the fact
that the wind was from fifteen to thirty
mlIes an hour the Puritan outsailed her
with smaller spread of canvass.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
TELEPHONE LITIGATION.

Tho American Bell telephone company
has so far been victorious In the nume-
rous suits that have been brought against
1t to test the validity of It's various pat.
ents, but its litigation is by no means
ended. Perhaps the most important suit
that has yet been instituted Ia that which
hos just bean started In the federal courts
In this case 1t Is the United States gov
ernment that Is the plaintiff, sin behalf
of itself," as the pstltion states, "and of
all the people and inhabitants of the
United States and territories" Up to
this tlme all the suits against this
company have been instituted
by other corporations, or by
rival inventors and claimants
The object of the government pro cee6lpg
Is to show that Bell was not the inventor
of the telephone. The evidence upon
which the suit Is based Is furnished by
w. Van BenthuyHen, president of the
National Improved Telephone company;
Charles p. Huntington, of Mississippi;
J. r. Beckwith, of New Orleans; and
George CAN'T, Of Memphis. all of whom
petitioned United States Attorney Nc.
Corey, of Tennessee, to have steps taken
to settle this important question. That
their evidence against Bells claims Is
strong is shown by the fact that the de-
partment of justice regarded 1t as suffi-
cient basis for the institution of this suit
and for making the government the
plaintiff. In addition to the claim
that Bell did not invent the telephone. +.
evidence will be produced showing how
the Bell patents were obtained. 1t sal
legged In the petition that the informa-
tion by which Bell got his frat patent
was "given away" to him Illegally by q
patent cffice official. On the same day,
February Ia, 1876, that Elisha Gray, of
Chicago, filed a osveat, Bell applied for
q patent, and the contents of Grsy's
caveat was communicated to Bell. 1t
appears that Gray assigned his caveat to
Examiner WILDER, of the patent Office, who
notified Bell that, owing to the fact that
there were con nfllcting claims, his appllca-
tion had been suspended for three months.
Bell, however, claimed that his application
had besn fled an hour ortwo before Gray's
csveat, and thereupon the order was re-
voked. Bell then took advantage of the
information received from WILDER and re-
constructed his application for a patent,
which was granted to him In the course
of few weeks. To substantiate these
allegations the affidavit of WILDER is pre-
sented. This evidence, If not shaken, Ia
likely to prove disastrous to the Bell tele.
phone monopoly. In case the govern
ment sustains the position it has taken,
Bells patent will be revoked on the
ground that 1t was wrongfully obtained.
snch result will undoubtedly destroy
the telephone monopoly, as 1t will let in
all other inventors, and We shall have
multiplicity of telephone companies in
the field soliciting public patronage at
reduced rates and with improved facili-
ties. There never was greater monop-
oily than the Bell Telephone company,
which In few short years has made more
millinaires than any other corporation
ever known.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
UTAH.

The Knights of Labor Of Ogden have coaxed
the Chinese residents to pack up and leave.
Ogdenites are atill anxiously waiting for
work to begin on the promised unitn n depot.
For tho week ending September 9 the banks
Of Salt Lake City received $50, eos G5 in bull
lion and ore.
A vast quantity of timber cut from govern
ment land has been seized by tine land Ulcers
at Salt Lake City.
The Mormon hoodlums vent their spleen by
throwing filth at the residences of United
States officials and daubing the gates with
sewage.