Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-31


merchant princes wishes. She shut herself
Nh in her beautiful marble palace on Fift
avenue, and from that time until A. 4. Stew
art was laid away in his costly mausolcum in
Garden City there was nothing OF love U.I
little OF Interest between thcm,n
THERE appeared inthe BEE of October Is,
a rather sensational article, exhibiting u
diagram showing the exact location Of a treas
ure-boX, supposed to be buried six or seven
feet in the ground. 1t all grew out of note
which was picked up in the street and which
was reproduced in the BEE. The owl
ginal was turned over to the police who madc
thorough investigation, searching and
digging for the treasure according to the da
gram. Nothing came of it, however
and the matter was dropped. a
representative of the BEE, however htS
been working up the case ever since, and his
efforts have been rewarded. He has s, c.
cecdcd ii finding the author of the note, Il
motive which inspired it, and all the fac,S
bearing on the case IL was first learned tlnt
a schoolboy not over fifteen years OF age
wrote the note, made the diagram, ,nl
dropped IL upon the street. The H.,
tive, however was not as easily ascertanCt.
Upon learning the names of the boys chums,
they were each questioned closely, and 1t
was found that the author of the plot had at
tempted to play practical joke on his class
mates, and put the muchtalked-of missiyo
upon the sidewalk just before they were eX-
pected to come that way. For several days
he watched in ambush for them to commence
digging at the given spot, but they came not.
What was their discontinue, then, upon
seeing the BEE with full account of tho
matter, and day or so later to see two po-
licemcn digging for the treasure. Their
august presence frightened him so much thnt
he said nothing about the matter for several
days. Ii Is supposed that he got his idea of
the plot from some story paper.
THERE is "a merry war raging among tho
Boston Ideals, who are to appear in Omaha
again this season. The principals in the
war are Manager Foster and Miss Hunting
ton, and the scene Of the latest conflict was
Buffalo. Mr.. Foster took occasion to reply
to the Buffalo Courier's criticisms, based on
the casting of Mile. Lablache rs Bertha in
"'rhe Maid of Honor" instead of Miss
huntington. MIR. Foster, among other
things, said that Miss Huntington envles
Mile. Lablache for the great reputation the
latter enjoys, and he accused Miss Hunting
ton Of incivility. Fosters card called out a
handy with the pen. She ntimated that
Fosters wrath was aroused because the
Buffalo papers did not boom his favorite
Iclie De LusSan. as much as he expected
Some Omaha people, who know thing or
two about the Ideals, will probably side with
Miss Huntington In this issue. They know
that Foster when he was here last year, en-
deavcred to shove De Lussan to the front in
every possible manner-by word and deed,
through the newspapers and otherwise-and
that lie tried to ignore Miss Huntington. If
we remember rightly Miss Huntington car
ricd Off the hOnors of the engagement all tho
same. If we are not mistaken our impress
sion at the time was that Foster was
laying his plans to make De Lussan
the star of the Ideals this season,
but if she is not entitled to the place on her
merits she will not get there. The public
generally knows on whom to bestow Its
praise and applause, and 1t seems, from tho
eastern papers at least. that Miss Huntington
holds her own IN spite of all efforts To the
contrary. Mile. Lablache who has taken
hand in the fight pitches into Miss Hunting
ton III Il rather vigorous style. as follows:
"But when sang her role for the fiji st time
she acted differently toward me from what
would have treated her. Naturally Miss
Huntington. who sang the same part, was in
a box dressed in q whitebOnnet and carrying
a white fan. They attract an artists atten-
ton when perhaps nothing else would. If
the case had been reversed, and was an
older member of the company, and Miss
Huntington was to sing my role | would
have stayed away from the theater on that oc-
casion, for would have been nervous. At
the welcome expected. They all sit at
other tables, and never invite me to the same
table, as though my character was not as
good as theirs. My private life Is open TO the
world. and | feel that IL Is good
ones"
w. IL. KENT, formerly well-known nows-
paper man connected with the BEE, and now
editor of the Laramie Boomerang, was an
enthusiast upon the subject of a railway
through Alaska and Siberia. His plan was
to build railroad from the terminus of the
Northern Pacific through Alaska, to Beh-
rings straits, thence under the straits by
means of tunnel, connecting Alaska
and Siberia. The Siberian road was
to connect with the Russia system.
Kent was always regarded as dreamer OH
this subject, but the day may come when his
dr., ans will be realized. lie even went SO
far as to correspond with high Russian Off.
cials upon the subject, and he received
answers to all his letters. lie
had pamphlet published upon the
subject, and he succeeded in getting several
prominent American railway officials moro
or less interested in the enterprise. Mr..
Martinovitch of this city, while in the east.
ran across recent copy of the
NorOye Vur,nyc New 1imes), the official
organ published at st. Petersburg, and in it
he found long article advocating just such q
railroad rs had been contemplated by Kent.
This paper proposed a railroad to connect the
two continents, and gave figures, estimates,
etc The cost of the proposed road would be
Sl25, 5,OOO,O 900. The value of such road TO
Russia. especially for military purposes, was
seriously discussed, as well MS Its importance
in securing the commerce of China and
India. The only thing lacking was the
capital, which the NOUOUe Vdrmye sug-
gested might be obtained from German
and French capitalists 1t may be that
Kent's suggestions are at last about to be
acted upon by the Russian government. If
that government should build road through
Siberia to Behring's straits, some enterprs-
ing Americans might meet it with road
through Alaska and under the straits. In
this age of wonderful enterprise such thing
would hardly surprise any one,