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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-19

meant a real secret, such as Clair
and Cora and ! had at that cher old
conventl Something about a lover,
and nobody was 10 know but we three
girls and-somebody else. And here
You go with your old tale you done
Aole me so.'"
snow listen, honey, would 20
biieve old Sukey If she tole 20, 20 is
got a beau o a lovya-a tall, hansum
genlmun, and he's done axed 20 pa fer
70 handl and ole miss, she done cried
over it fer pain and joy-cos whyf
He's sperier genlmun. zone o 20 pc
wife trash, but he's got money and
land and niggas, and his wife foxes up
norf is quality, tell vol" .
"Oh, nanny, is all that truef
Who, who is hei What's his name,
Sukey2"
'Lawd, chile, 20 eyes done blaze up
like de stars, an dey makes 30 look
puzactly like Miss Genie when she gifts
egzited bout sump6n. Lor, chile, amt
you got no spishun bout all OATS been
agwine on heahaboutsl" And the old
woman chuckled and mouthed and was
nightly pleased at something.
"Yo is got ter know it some time or
yudda, and | feels mos bleeged to tell
20 now, seem as how egzited 20 done
got, an faint no use a palaverin longy
aboutin il nudda-yo beau-and 20 is
gwine ter marry him too, afoh dis yeah
he outn The Young lady's head was
lifted defiantly and with an air Of pro-
test, yet withal pleasant excitement
and deep interest aquiver in every ex-
~pressive feature. "His name," con-
tinued Sukey, ''is Massa Roberts, and
he wants a purity little wife to set at
his Krissmiss dinnah table dis yeah,
God willinl"
"Mr. Rob-Robertsl and a peal of
laughter choked her utterance; why,
he is old enough to DO my father
And me a little school girl only 16,
and in short frocks, too, and moreover
-no-no-I would never think OF his
wanting TO marry me, he is so digni-
fed and gravel And, ma fol, / am
sure-quite sure-l shall marry
himl But If ever | do marry it will
be some young man Of my choice,
not an old friend Of papa'sI"
Just here something happened, the
maiden seemed in distress; she had
cried out, Bon Dieu, Seigneur," and
seemed in wild excitement. Aunt
Sukey laughed until she was mos
nigh droppin' onto de yearth," as she
afterwards related.
Aggy danced with glee, and the de.
FAINT mademoiselle was laughing and
crying and choking and protesting,
with her face smothered among the
damp, rolled up clothes, whilst Mr..
Roberts, aged 80, with a few prema-
ture gray threads sprinkled through
his brown hair, and an amused smile
lighting up his fine face, declared he
should so hold the bonny head until
she retracted her cruel words.
This little down stairs scene ended
in a joyous wedding, of course, after
the lapse Of several months, and many
were the pleasant family reunions at
both homes before the young bride
presided at the Christmas dinner table
Of her happy husband.-E. S. G. In
New Orleans Picayune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-19
His Marriage q Failure.

The mention of Down East recalls q
queer couple down that way, q wife
who wore the breeches and q husband
who, through the greater part of his
life at least, seemed perfectly content
TO let her yea them. The wife took
possession of the house and had a
room fitted up for ''him" out at the
barn. She thought, she said, that il
would be SO kind o. nice an conven,
lent for John { sleep out T. the barn
and be handy & the horses and every.
thing" The old man accepted the
situation with due meekness, and slept
for some years at the barn, being al
lowed 10 come 10 the house for his
meals and ''set a while" in the even
ing. But the worm will turn. John
made no complaint, but one evening,
when the hour for his customary re-
tirement 10 his sleeping room in the
barn had struck, the old lady was as
tonished 10 see him produce q rope
from the depths of II Of his coat
pockets, and, getting a chair, begin
tying one end of it 10 a big hook in the
Deain III lne kItcl1eu cellluH.
"Johnr exclaimed the wife, what
be you a-goin' 10 dewf"
I'm a-goin' TO hang myself" said
John, in a very matter of fact way.
you bei'
Eyes, Marthy Ann"
The old lady sat silent for a mo-
ment.
WALL" she said at last, III you be
I guess I'll git up and go out I'M other
roomi"
She went out in the other room and
shut The door. The old man, left TO
his reflections, changed his mind and
didn't hang himself-that time. But
When the Time had worn on a bit, and
no ~softening Of his wife's heart had
ever come, he was found one morning
dead at the end Of his rope-not in the
bousexbut out in the old barn which
ha BEN the scene Of his solitary sor-
rows for so many years.-Boston
Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-19
nv LOVER.

1hnn Aeona 10 my days OF youth. Z,
lmaried Q man for aye;
Incver asked II my love would last
Until We both should die
He Is grown stout and STOPPING now.
HIS head Is gray and bald;
And sometimes l half forget me
He ever was aught but old
But I had q handsome loveri
A bold, bad woman am II
How could ! resist his sweet sweet hsA
Or help Il my heart leap high
When his strong young arms nfold mo
His red cheeks laid to mine
And my soul Is drunk with loving
As men are drunk with winef
ny husband leans DER my shoulder.
He sees what I have writ;
lclssp. Ike a band. his dear old hand,
And slip my own In It.
mis- handsome and gay young lover
A well his heart has won;
And we worship him together.
For my lover is my SON
Clara p. Boss In Boston GlobA
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
Surveying a New Dakota Road.

GETTY sBuRG, OAK, May r. Special Tele-
gram TO THE BEE. The Forest City &c
Watertown Railroad company exploring
party of surveyors were absent nine days on
the Sioux reservation They sought and
readily found an easy grade for aline Of
railway in all the country they traversed.
Besides this they were agreeably surprised
TO find large bodies of timber and many
streams Of running water in that country.
They report seeing coal at many points, indi-
eating incxhaustlble bodies of fuel. This
surveying party was called back to finish
surveying the route from Gettysburg to For
est City. This will be done and the report
submitted by Friday, when bids for grading
and building the road will be asked John
Carroll an old bridge builder, is here max
ing estimates on the cost of a bridge over tho
Missouri. Captain j. j. Hcssler, OF the For
est City syndicate, left New York Sunday
night, and is expected here Thursday. The
coal found on the Fox ridge equals that
found in Illinois.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
The Irish Leader Makes a Correction
in EridaY'a Testimony.

LONDON, May THE Parnell commission
resumed its sitting to-day. Parnell, upon
taking the stand, said he desired to correct
that part of his evidence given Friday in re-
lation to the statement made by him in the
commons concerning the non-existence of
secret societies in Ireland. Upon referring
to the reports OF the proceedings of the house
of commons, he found his remarks, which
had been quoted by Attorney-General Web
ster, referred particularly to ribbon men,
aud not to secret conspiracies generally
His remarks, therefore, were fairly accurate
Ribbon men at that time practically did not
exist in Ireland
The cross examination of the witness was
then resumed Parnell said he sometimes paid
money from his own private account in be-
half of the league. He did not object to an
inspection of his accounts. He declared he
had never heard that Egan had joined the
Clan NaeGael He would regret to find
Egan had rejoined the physical force party,
but he should not think such course un-
natural. Recurring TO secret societies. Par
nell said he considered that person who
joined the league and continued TO be men,
her of the Clan Nae Gael, acted to the in
jury of .he leagues policy. Any member of
the league who would advocate the use of
dynamite would be traitor.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
FOUR HUNDRED ARMED MEN.
They March Into Lafayette, Mo-,
Under a General,
AND BOUNCE NEGRO OFFICIALS
Two Colored Con sta bies and Justice
of the Peace Resign In
stantcr to Save
Their Lives.
"only White Men Shall Vote"

New ORLEANS, La, May IA special
from Lafayette, Mo-, says: Four hundred
armed men, under General Alexan der De
Clouette, Of st. Martins parish, rode into
Lafayette this morning, took possession of
the town and demanded the resignation of a
negro justice of the peace and the negro
constables. The latter had disappeared but
the former complied with their demand The
regulators pretending to have heard that
Vignaux, prominent republican, who had
been suggested by Congressman Coleman as
United states marshal of the west
ern district of Louisiana, had
furnished arms to the negroes,
called on that gentleman, who Is now town
marshal of Lafayette, and discussed with
him the matter of his having attempted to
vote negroes at the election last Monday.
They informed him their purpose was to pre-
vent negroes from voting and they intended
to enforce their views on the subject, ana in
timated that the best thing that Vignaux
could do was TO desst from any further ef-
forts on behalf of negro suffrage. Vignaux
stated he was at the polls on Mon
day performing his sworn duty under
the law. This statement being satisfactory,
the regulators concluded to allow Vignaux
to live awhile longer. He exists by proba-
tion, so TO speak. The regulators and the
authorities finally agreed that an election
should be held next Monday for the
municipal officers of Lafayette, at
which only white men shall vote. AS this
election will not be legal, the names of those
receiving the majority Of the votes cast will
be sent to the governor for appointment
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
Five CrcInatcd.

WEsTcuEsTER, N. Y, May 7.--rhe old
Bovine mansion in Westchcster was burned
to the ground early this morning. There
were eight people asleep in the structure at
the time-Watson Bovine, his wife, three
children and two servant girls named Dunn
and Mr.. Bowne's aged mother. The latter,
the Dunn girls aud Two of the children were
burned to death. Mr. Bovine saved the
other child and his wife but was severely
burned IN doing so. His wife and child
were well wrapped up in blankets and cs-
capped with slight injuries While Boone
was saving his wife and child he could hear
plainly the cries of agony from his mother
and his two children but was unable to reach
them and they perlshed Just how the fire
originated is not known but il Is supposed u
lamp left burning in the hall exploded and
set fire to the woodwork.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
COLORADO BANDITS.
They Engage in a Bloody Skirmish
With a Sheriff's Posse.

Ihey Engage in Bloody SkirmIsh
With SheriF's Posse.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May 7.--[Spe-
cial Telegram to THE BEE. AT F'lorissant,a
thriving town in this county, about o'clock
last night, three men entered the store of
merchant named Costello, who is also post
master, and, covering the clerks and Cos
tello with Winchesters, commanded them to
hold up their hands. They were forced into
the warehouse, and while two of the rob-
bers guarded them the third ransacked the
store and postotfice, securing over $500 in
cash. The noise attracted the attention of
passing citizen, who gave the alarm, but too
late to secure the thieves. who made break
for the mountains followed by a posse of
citizens who opened fire on them. The es-
Gaping robbers returned scattering fire,
wounding two of their pursuers severely.
Finding pursuit hopeless in the darkness,
the posse returned to town, and this morn
ing organized another company, who soon
came up with the gang camped in canon
about thirty miles north of Florissant. A
brisk fusilade took place as soon as the rob-
bers discovered their pursuers, in which
three of the posses horses were killed and
one of the citizens wounded. One of the
robbers was instantly killed and another
fatally injured. The third hid himself and
comrades more securely, and after vain en-
deavor to approach him IN his almost in
accessible retreat the posse returned for re-
Inducements. The sheriff will leave here
tonight with more men and ammunition and
is confident of capturing the gang, dead or
alive. The camp is in one of the widest
sections of the Rockies and the remaining
robber will probably make it warm for his
pursuers Some bloody work is expected
tonight or tomorrow
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
CENTRAL TRAFFIC AssoCIATIo N.
Proceedings of the Chicago Commit
tee OF That Body.

CHICAGO, May 7.-TSpecial Telegram to
THE BEE. The Chicago committee Of the
Central Traffic association decides to day
that, beginning July ., the action of the
presidents of the trunk lines in deciding to
pay three fourths Of a cent mile mileage
on refrigerator cars, shall go into effect also
on central traffic lines. Owing to the fact
that two lines had long time contracts with
private stock car companies, IT. was found
impracticable for all the roads to abandon
their use at once. The Grand Trunk made
an application tn have its dressed beef rate
TO New York made the same as that Of the
Wabash Western and Chicago e. Atlantic
45 cents. The vote not being unanimous,
the matter was referred TO the Joint com
mittee. A meeting of the freight committee
will be held next week, Tuesday, to elect n
temporary successor to Chairman Mckay,
now in Europe. The passenger committee
meets next week, Wednesday, to elect a
successor to Chairman Daniels, now With
the New York Central. The general mana
gers meet Thursday of next week.
An active member of the Interstate Com
merce Railway association is authority for
the statement that the charges Of manipula-
tiou of rates. made against the st. Paul &
Northwestern by Chairmen Blanchard and
Faithorn, will be taken up at next week s
meeting of the association. At the same
meeting the Alton will try to get its reduc-
tion in the Missouri river lumber rate
brought up and acted upon.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08

residence on the land, but al
legged that when the notice OF
the contest was served on her, she was on
her way to her claim with load OF lumber
for her house, while the conduct OF the
claimant" says the hrstassistant secretary,
"might be excused as between herself and
the government, had there been no adverse
claim TO the land, the facts must now be con-
sidered in connection with the right acquired
by the contestant under the law" The de-
clsion OF the commission is accordingly
affirmed.
In the case of the appeal Of James II.
Deaver, from the decision OF the commits
sioner OF the general land office, OF March 1,
1883, dismissing the contest brought by him
against the timb3r culture enGry of William
N. Buck, for the northwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter of section 80, township %,
north, range 10, cast Neigh land district,
the f1rstassstant secretary of the interior
affirms he decision of the commissioner.
The question involved was whether Buck
had acted in good faith in breaking land on
his tract, having, as alleged by himself, be-
lieved that the land that he broke was upon
his claim while in fact it was part Of an ad-
joining claim.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BY direction of the secretary Of war, Major
Joseph p. Sanger, nspector-general, will
proceed to Purdue university, Lafayette
Ind; the university of Minnesota, Minneap
oils; Cornell college, Mt Vernon, Ia, and
tne lOWa Stdte university, iowa Clty, ID
for the purpose of making the inspections al
those institutions.
Secretary Window is so much improved il
health that he has assumed his duties at tht
department, and attended cabinet meeting
this afternoon.
w. w. Cook, of Medicine Lodge, Kan, ha:
been appointed special agent of the agri
cultural department, in charge of the sorg
hum sugar experiments.
William M. King, of Ohio, chief of th'
| seed division of the agricultural department
| has resigned, and A. II. Reeves, of Hampton
Ia. has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
ARMY ORDERS.
Major Charles Mcclure, paymaster, is re
| lieved from duty in the department of Texas
and will proceed to Sioux City, Ia, and re
| port by letter to the commanding general
department of Dakota.
First Sergeant John A. Hoben, Compan,
| G, Seventh infantry, now with his company
is discharged the service of the United
| States.
John Bergman, band Eight infantry, nov
| with his command at Fort Niobrara, is trans
| ferred to the Twonty-first infantry band
| and will be sent to the station of that com
mand, Fort Sidney. PERRY S. HEATH.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
DOCTOR JIM'S" DEPOSITION.
Appearance of the Pin Founder In
the Garter Case.
NOCTURNAL VISITS EXPLAINED.
Scandal Gossips Badly Disappointed
at the Evidence Pre- scntcd-
Kyrlc BeIlcw, tho Actor,
Tells What He Knows.
Not SoRacy as Expected.

CHICAGO, May 7.-[Special Telegram to
THE BEE, The long-expected depositions
of "Dr. Jim" Gilbert ana Kyrlc Bellew,
who figures in his statements ms Harold
Dominick Kyrle Money Belew, made his
appearance in the Carter case to-day, and
fell very fiat on the expectant audience.
DIR. Gilbert denied that he had ever been
guilty of improper conduct with the fair
Mrs. Carter. He admitted that besides an
intimate professional acquaintance with her
he had frequently gone out driving with her
and had also gone to the opera with her. He
explained his late night visits to the Hotel
Brunswick by saying that Mrs. Cartors
health was very poor ut that time, and that,
like many other nervous women, she fire.
ouently summoned him late in the evening
to prescribe for some ailmcnt. There were
one or two garing discrepancies in the doc
tors statements as to dates.
kyrle Bellcw testified that he first me
Mrs. Carter on steamer coming from
Europe. He found her to be very agree
able companion, well read etc, and they
conversed much together. Mrs. Carter
thought she could achieve something in tho
dramatic line, and ut her solicitation he ar
to give ee SeF Aeeorasy he sn
| gested that she take rooms ut
the Colonnade hotel, where they were seen
| so much together, in order that she might be
| on hand promptly for her lessons, as his
| time was much occupied. Bellew entered
| very emphatic denials to the suggestions
| that there was anything in the least wrong
| in his dealings with Mrs. Carter. At about
| this point in his deposition Below and the
| lawyer taking it were involved in o wordy
| war, the actor taking exceptions to some
| leading questions, and in the midst of II tho
| court adjourned as IL was getting late.
| At the morning session the reading of the
| deposition of State Senator Pierce, of New
| York, begun yesterday afternoon, was
| finished. 1t developed the fact that he had
| sent Mrs. Carter numerous letters, one of
which contained some very poor poetry.
| Pearce was unable to remember why he had
| sent this effusion, but was very positive he
| had not composed it. He thought he had
| cribbed il from some book
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
Distinguished Americans in London


TCOpBight 1889 bH James Gordon Be,ulett.l
LONDON, May 7.-TNcw York Herald
Cable-Special to THE BEE. Among the
more distinguished Americans now in Lon
don, are the Hon. w. c. Whitney, Mrs.
Whitney and Colonel Oliver "A. Payne.
They are at the Hotel Bristol. "We had a
very pleasant trip across" said Mr.. Whit
ney, last evening, when questioned by a
Herald reporter. 1--WE are on the trip merely
for pleasure and rest, and shall not bother
ourselves with business at all. Next week
we go to Paris for n while, but on our re-
turn which will be some time IN June, we
intend to stop in London some little time.
l visited the house Of commons, day. and
was very much interested in the debate
on the navy bill That is a subject, you know.
to which have paid considerable attention
during the last few years. ! want to express
my appreciation of the London edition of the
Herald. II is welcome on account of its
American news, especially, and l shall be
faithful reader of it while l am on this side
of the Atlantic ! am particularly anxious to
read about the centennial celebration in New
York"
Another distinguished American now in
London is Senator John G. Spooner, of Wis
cen. He arrived yesterday and IS stopping
at the Metropolitan. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Spooner.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
The woodruT County Case.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May lit IS probable
the conclusion of the Woodruff county case
IN the federal court will end in criminal
prosecutions before Judge Caldwell. This
morning it was announced the appropria-
tioE for the payment of the witnesses in the
government cases had been exhausted. A
letter 10 that effect has been received from
the attorney general by United States Mar
shal Spellman, In summing up the matter,
Judge Caldwell said the prosecution of the
government criminal cases was practically
ended. The grand jury would be discharged
because no further business could be trans.
acted without men TO testify. No,hwith-
standing all this. the fact exists that there
are number of cases on the docket which
will have TO so over to the next term of the
federal court. From this it Will be seen the
prosecution of the alleged frauds against the
ballot-eox must cease for while.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WASHINGTON, NJ ay 7.-[Special Telegram
to The BEE. Pensions granted Nebraskans
Original invalid-George French, John Muir
phy John G. Ne lson, Whitefield Crawford.
Restoration w. Huffman. Increase
Harvey NJ Morg an, Willis L. Bird, Georg G
Il. Delozier, Hiram Harris, John 7. Smith,
George II. Gallor, Samuel King, Charles
Kim, John Coniey. Original widows, ETC.
Esther c., widow of John Hunaman.
Pensions for Iowans; Peter S. Lee, Will
lam f. Davis, James w. Emerson, Issac G.
John NJ Harris, David H. Pepper, Alex John.
son, Ezekiel Bogart. Increase-t'rederick
Huffman, William Il. Torbet, Freeman
Shores, Winford J. Clark, Warren o. Mar
tindale, William Rose, John Martin, John H
Snyder, Wilson II. Hutchngs. Fleming
Work. Reissue and increase-Theophil V
Griggs. Original widows, etc.-Rachael
widow Of Ebenzer N. deadley.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
LEGALIZE POOLING.
Depew Before the Interstate Con

Depew Before the Interstate Conn
merce Investigating Committee.
New YORK, May 7.--Chauncey NJ Depew
was the first witness examined by the senate
committee which is investigating the work.
ing of the Interstate commerce law. The
witness gave his opinions on the subject.
To question as to what amendment he
would suggest to present to the inter state
law in order to protect the American roads
he said that the roads dong business in this
country, whether Mexican or Canadian,
should be made to comply with the condi-
tions of the law as the American roads must
do. Pooling, he considered good
thing. and thought it should
have been permitted. The tendency
OF all roads is toward lower freight rates
and no amount of pooling could affect this
tendency. The Interstate commerce bill by
making the roads publish their rates had
given the stronger roads more business and
taken it away from the weaker roads pro-
portionately.
''The inter state law will never be effec-
tive" said he, "until in some form or other
you have legalized the pool"
Regarding the practice Of using Canadian
cars on American roads and vice versa, De-
pew stated that American and Canadian
cars are used indscriminately on both sides
of the line, without regard to the imposition
of customs duties upon them.
Depew was followed by General Manager
DIXON, OF the Grand trunk railroad. DlSOh
described his road and its terminals, and
acknowledged that the Grand Trunk road
practically controlled the rates between Chi
cago and Portland. Their business in the
United States was carried on in accordance
with the spirit of the interstate law, and
they made no increase in local rates in order
to recoup on the possible losses of the longer
hauls.
Chairman Cullom asked: "Suppose we
made it obligatory for the Canadian roads to
obey the interstate law."
~ think that would be an international
question" replied Dixon.
The last witness of the day was First
Vice President FELTON,, of the Erie road. His
discourse was largely explanatory of the
Erie's methods and it's losses since the abol-
ishment OF the pool. In his opinion legal
lied "pooln under the control of the inter-
state commission would be an excellent
thing, both for the shippers and the rail-
roaIa