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BESSEMER, - COLORADO.
Ik prudeuce of reserve and decorum
sometimes dictates silence, at others
prudence of a higher order may justi
fy speaking.
The dialect story is going eut of
vogue. Good! Life is too short to
be wasted in efforts to comprehend
something which when comprehended
doesn't amount usually to a hill of
beans.
Chicago's latest liold-up .was per
petrated by a husband whose wife
was the victim. He elovated her
heel-wise and shook her until money
concealed about her person fell to
the floor. His only possible excuse
was that he needed the money and
sho had hidden it iu her pocket.
Yale students tried to turn a Now
Haven theater inside out, and al
though their success was only partial
they were rewarded by heavy fines.
Collego traditions seem to bo fading.
The fact that a Yale student can be n •
guilty of disorderly conduct as any
ono else who misbehaves is slowly
forcing its way to recognition.
Some of the Atlantic steamer lines
have abolished the steerage depart
ment. This means, rather than the
suppression of the steerage passen
ger, that hereafter himself, his pov
erty and his microbes will travel
right in company with other passen
gers. The occasion docs not. seem
conducive to expressions of gratitude.
The manner in which several
estates hereabouts have melted away
and been recast to fit the cof
fers of the lawyers concerned
has excited, among other things,
the suggestion that the gates
of the penitentiary will swing open
for some of the lawyers. The sugges
tion is cheering, but delusive. Peni
tentiary gates do not do this sort of
thing. If they swing open for the
ocnerit of the lawyers, it will be. that
the pauperized heirs may be chucked
through as a punishment for not hav
ing moro to be robbed of.
The danger of cholera in this coun
try has not disappeared. In Ham
burg and other European cities tho
plague sleeps and will wake in the
spring. This is the opinion of medi
cal experts. Immigration, if not
properly restricted, will bring the
disease to our shores. To effectually
check immigration, so that only a
desirable class will bo admitted, is
apparently a matter that involves in
surmountable difficulties. So experi
ence teaches. Until the menace of
cholera has been totally removed the
best way to regulate immigration is
to stop it.
Great hopes are entertained in
Europe that a remedy for cholera lias
been found which is able to destroy
the microbe that propagates the dis
ease without injury to human flesh
and tissue. Sir Andrew Clark of
England has experimented with it
very successfully, and in Hamburg it
is credited with greatly lessening
cholera fatalities. The rcinedj con
sists of crystals that arc to be in
to 1 I
sition is held as a secret, hut tho ex
periments mado will fully show wheth
er the new remedy has the value
claimed for it.
Mr. Armour's magnificent gift, to
tho city of Chicago of a beautiful,
building for a manual training school
and an endowment fund of £1,400.000
in addition, is in line with endow
ments in other great cities for the
teaching of the practical sciences,the
mastery of which will enable a young
man to get a living. The more we
have of such instit • tho better.
They are even moro us< ful than tho
colleges, inasmuch as they combine
the practical with tho theoretical.
The intensely utilitarian turn of Mr.
Armour's mind is indicated by his
announcement that tho institution
will ic- provided with religion, sixteen
ounces to the po rod, lik • the host
leaf lard, but with no denomination
alism.
While our young people are deeply
engaged In the study of philosophy
and art and their elders arc the only
ones who are Aviso enough to seek
rest and amusement, it follows that
the novel will he written for the
pleasure and approval of those older
readers. And as it is a curious and
well-known fact that there is nothing
people like so well to hear about as
themselves, it is .a natural sequence
that the characters who animate tho
plot of the modern story should be
matu.-o people. We may pass an idle
hour in reading the romantic trials of
callow and sentim* ntal youth, lnu
-swhnt takes downright hold of us, the
jVt. of storjj .that wifi bfr-F&ad and
remembered and talked about by tho
readers of to-day, must deal with the
heavy trials and struggles and temp
tations uf people who are kindred to
us in age and experience.
The French-Canadian emigration
from Quebec to tho United States was
astonishingly heavy in October. Tho
emigration fever has extended to
Chautcaugay and Beautiarnois, the
two counties of the province whose
people have been supposed to he the
most prosperous and contented.
From Rio Janeiro comes the wol
come report of a revolt. There had
been nothing of the kind for a week
and fears nad naturally arisen that
the political machinery of Brazil was
out of gear.
It is stated in Paris that M. be
Lesseps knows nothing whatever
about the, Panama trial and the sen
sational circumstances attending the
present investigation. His mind, the
report says, is so impaired by ago
that he is totally incapable of con
secutive thought and he never even
asks for a neAvspaper.
A test case brought by the city of
Providence against a man for selling
adulterated milk was lost. It is al
.oged that tlic jury was confused with
technical terms and Latin woftftf
COLORADO'S LEGISLATURE.
E. M. Ammons, Speaker of the House and
Caslmlro ltarela I’reshleut pro
tcin. of the Senate.
I Lieutenant Governor Storey called the Senate
to order at noon, l’rayer amis offered by Chap
lain Thomas N. Haskell. A message from the
secretary of state, giving the names of the
newly elected senators, was read. Senator J.
A. Israel of Chaffee county was the llrst to
claim the lloor. Ills motion that a committee
of five on credentials be appointed was car
ried and Senators A. 11. McKinley (Demo
crat), A. T. Gunnell (Democrat), F. W. Smith
i Republicani. A. F. Howes (Republican) and
B. 1.. Smith (Independent-Populist) were se
lected by the chair and a recess taken until
1 ,::u. The committee then reported that all
senators mentioned by the secretary of stato
were entitled to their scats, but they cen
sured H. Clark Wheeler for violating the law,
by not tiling his list of expenses at the proper
lime. The report was adopted without oppo-
Chlcf Justice Hayt appeared aud adminis
tered the oath of office to the new members of
the Senate.
Roll-call showed that all were present as
Adams, Armstrong. Uolslnger, Barela,
IJovd, Brown. Drake, Fclker, Graham, Gun
»i<•! 1 . Ilartzcll. Howes, Israel, Johnson, King,
I.eddy, Lockwood, MeGovney, McKinley,
Merritt, Mills, Newiuan, Painter, Pease, Pry
or. Smith of Mesa, Smith of Costilla. Bteck,
Swink, Timmons. Turner, Walters, Webber.
Wheeler, White.
Senator White’s resolution that the rules of
the F.ighth General Assembly guide the de
liberations of the Senate until amended was
adopted.
The election of a president pro. tem. was
then declared in order. Senator McKinley,
on behalf of the Democratic members of the
Senate, placed Senator Casimiro Barela In
nomination for that office In a complimentary
speech and Ibe election was made unanimous
ly. Adjourned.
A great throng crowded the House at the
hour for opening. R. T. Wlllita, clerk cf the
Lighth General Assembly, mounted the ros
trum and called the House of Representatives
to order. He announced that there was a
message from the secretary of state. E. J.
Katon, secretary of state, read the list of
members who had received credentials of clec-
The next order of business was the election
of temporary clerk. A test of strength was
begun with. The leaders and their following
were eager to enter into the struggle.
R. W. Bonynge or Arapahoe, for the Repub
lican.-. placed.l. R. Wallingford of Garfield
In nomination for the office.
E. A. Bromley of Arapahoe, for the Popu
lists-Democrats, placed J. T. Smith of Lake
county in nomination.
Every member voted with his party, only
two parties being thus fur recognized In the
House, the Populists and Democrats standing
ns a unit.
At the close of the roll call Mr. Bromley
moved that all members claiming seats should
be allowed to vote for clerk. That tvouhl
have given the Populist-Democratic members
the majority. Mr. Bromley quoted the statute
on the matter. It. L. Wooten, Jr., seconded
the Bromley motion.
Mr. Ammons, Republican, moved to lay the
motion on the table.
<>. I’. Jackson of El Paso, one of the con
testing delegates from that county, rose and
insisted on his right to vote.
Several members were on the floor on point*
of order. It was insisted that Mr. Jackson i
wu- not a member of the House. Mr. Jackson
stood forth tall and grim and insisted on his
right to vote.
Mr. Wlllita promptly declared Mr. Jackson
out of order, and by a vote of 33 to 82 Mr.
Bromley’s motion was tabled.
A vote was taken on the chief clerkship.
Mr. Wallingford was elected by 33 to 33, the
vote being the same as above. Mr. Walling
ford ascended the rostrum and took charge.
The Republicans Avcrc thus successful in the
first, engagement.
Wilbur F. Cannon of Denver. Republican,
placed in nomination Platt Wicks of Pueblo
for temporary speaker.
Mr. Bromley of Arapahoe nominated W. J.
Thomas of Central City.
Mr. Wicks was declared elected by a \-ote of
33 to 82
R. F. Hunter moved that R. W. Bonynge of
Arapahoe, Robert R. Ross of Huerfano and J.
W. Lowell of Routt (all Republicans) lie ap
pointed a committee on credentials and that
the vote be by ballot as provided by law.
Mr. Bromley moved that B. Sweeney, Dem
ocrat. of Las Animas take the place of Mr.
Bonynge on the committee. He said that
was ttic only way In which the contestants
could secure any representation. His motion
was defeated and the three Republicans were
elected. The rules of the Seventh General
Assembly tvere adopted for temporary use.
This will give the speaker the power to ap
point the committees.
After a brief recess the committee on crc
tinls reported in favor of the list submitted
by the secretary of state.
The report of the committee was adopted
by a vote of :S4 to 22.
Justice Goddard of the Supreme Court then
administered the oath to the members.
The next business was the election of a
speaker.
E. A. Bromley placed In nomination R. L.
Wootton, Jr., of Las Animas. He referred
to the fact that Mr. Wootton had served tAvo
previous terms in the House.
J. Grntz Brown placed in nomination E. M.
Ammons, the Republican nominee, and in
doing so made the first oratorical effort of the
-c-sion. He spoke In high terms of the rec
ord of Mr. Ammons in former legislature*.
Mr. Ammons was elected by the following
Ammons —Anderson, Babcock. Baldwin of
El Faso, Bonynge. Brown. Cannon,Carnahan.
Dakc, Dean, Fumlerburg. Gill, Gordon. Hal
lett, Harper. Hclstcr, Herr, Humphrey, Hun
ter. Kllton. Leonard, Lowell, Norton, Price,
Putnam. Reynolds, Ross, Roth, Sanchez,
Sims, Slawson, Twombley. Wicks, Wootton
—33.
Wootton—Ammons. Baldwin of Boulder,
Bent, Benton, Booth, Bromley, Calkins, Car
ney, Cochran, Coffman, Crow, Crowley,
Donath. Dyatt. Fitzgarrald, Fitz, Garcia,
Heath. Hoav, Hurt. Hynes, Jcnks, Lynch,
McKmght. Moore. Newman, Page, Sweeney,
Thomas. Wells, We-torman, Young -32.
Speaker Ammons, after he had taken the.
oath of office, thanked the House for the high
honor conferred. —'
For sergeant-at-arms Mr. Fitzgerald placed
in nomination M. J. Casey of Denver.
On behalf of tlit* Republicans Mr. Funder
burg nominated Captain 11. A. Billows of La
mar. Mr. Billows is an old soldier and a pio
neer of the Arkansas valley, lie is very pop
ular throughout the state. Mr. Billows was
declared elected by the usual 33 to 32 vote.
Gus Swanstrom (Republican) was'elected
assistant scrgennt-at-nrnis over J. H. Wood
gate (Populist), by 33 to 32. James Inman
was elected night watchman by one majority
over R. S. Thomas (Populist).
.Mr. Wallingford’s election ns temporary
secretary avor made permanent.
On motion of Mr. Hcl-Icr, a vote of thanks
Avns tendered to R. T. Willetts for organizing
the nouse.
The speaker appointed the following a com
mittce on rules: R W Bonygne. J. E Rey
nolds;.!. -W. Lowell. <1 Gll|_ ami Pitot
Wicks. Adjourned. •- •
THIRTY MEN SHOT DOWN.
Frightful Result* or an Attempt to
Lynch Three Men In North
Carolina.
A desperate battle was fought at Bakcrs
ville. North Carolina, on Tuesday, between it
sheriff’s posse and a mob of 500 men who
w ere determined to lynch three murderers.
About thirty men were killed In the tight.
Last August, Calvin Buii>es, Aaron Wise
man and William Sneed were partners in an
illicit distillery. Isaac Osborne ami William
Osborne scented the distillery and reported It
to the revenue officers at Bakersvlllc. The
owners suspected the Osborne brothers and
laid a plot to murder them secretly. On the
night of August 22, Aaron Wlscmauknd Cal
vin Snipes went to the house of Isaac Osborne
uud called him up. Osborne came to the door
and they opened fire with shotguns, riddling
hitn with buck-shot. Wiseman was tried be
fore a Justice of the peace, but sufficient evi
dence eould not be obtained against him and
be was dismissed. Snipes was tried and held
to court for the murder. When Wiseman
heard of this he left for parts unknown.
For fully two months plans for lynching
Snipes have been in progress. Petitions were
circulated by William Osborne, brother of the
deceased, to get men to help him In the lynch
ing, aud in this he was eminently successful.
Over 500 men signed his petition and held
themselves in readiness to move upon Bakers
vllle at any moment The sheriff, learning of
this, had summoned a number of deputies,
and on Monday night had about thirty guards
at the jail to protect the prisoner from the
mob. That night a small mob did make an
attack, but It was an unsuccessful one and the
mob was soon put to flight by the sheriff and
his brave posse.
U ndaunted by 111 success, stronger efforts
were "made to organize a stronger mob
to do the work. Men from the country
districts were not slow to organize, anfi l«t
--forc night Tuesday there were 700 men in
'town ready to attack the jail.
Wm, Osborne, brother of the murdered
man, who had circulated the petitions, led
the inob. John Osborne, another brother,
was also among the number, and both of them
fell in the battle which followed.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon a formal de
mand was made upon Sheriff Moomaws for
Snipes and the Whitsons by a messenger from
the mob, Avho approached the jail under a flag
of truce.
To this the garrison responded, “We will
die first.” Then they knew there would be a
fight. The little company split up Into three
parts, one remaining In the jail and the other
occupying the sheriff's house and the born
near the main building. Winchesters were
loaded and the wait for the final struggle be
gan. The men were not long In suspense.
The night was bright with moonlight and it
was useless for the mob to wait for darkness.
About sundown tbo first attack was made.
At least 500 armed men marched up the road
and then with a howl broke on a run for the
jail. The garrison avbs ready for them.
“Halt, or I will give lhe order to fire."
tang out from Sheriff Moomaw’s mouth. No
attention was paid to the warning.
“Fire,” rang out the order, and seventy-five
rifles poured a direct and flanking hall of
bullets into the determined lynchers. They
wavered for a -moment as a score of them
'vent down, hut with the steadiness of veter
ans closed up their ranks anil rushed forward
under the leadership or a gigantic mouutuiti
cer, who urged them on with the old “rebel
yell.”
Agtdn the rifles of the besieged rang out.
and this time they were answered by a con
centrated lire from the mob. The aim was
deadly. Every window on the exposed side
of the building occupied by the defenders '
was shot out and a dozen men fell wounded
<>r killed. Their bodies hampered the depu
ties w ho Averc unharmed and only a few eould
close up to the windows nml return the volley
before the mob Avas upon them.
There was a short struggle. What were 75
men against 5001 A few- revolver shots. 100
rifles and all Avas OA'cr. The deputies with
their leader. Sheriff Moomaw, mortally
wounded, were In the hands of the mob.
There Avas no hope for further resistance, and
the fate of the murderers was sealed. With
out waiting to pick up the dead or care for
the wounded the inob made a rush at the
door of the jail, and it went down before the
shoulders of a score of stalw art men. The
three prisoners, half dead with fright, were
dragged out and hanged to trees near by, but
they had been shot to death before the trees
were reached.
Then the mob returned to look for the
dead and wounded. In the little enclosure
and on the roadbed in front of the jail twenty
five bodies wore found and In the buildings
eight more rigid In death. About thirty
others were wounded, some of them fatally,
among these being gallant Sheriff Moomaw,
who Avas shot twice through the chest and
three times through the abdomen. Nothing
definite is known of the wounded, as Bakers
ville is miles away from a telegraph office and
all news brought from there comes by cou
rier. Since tbe first news was received four
more of the sheriff’s posse are reported dead
and live more of the mob.
Another courier brought word to Marion
Wednesday afternoon that the mob, Instead
of dispersing as was expected, remained upon
the ground. The scattered handful of sher
iff's posse continued to receive accessions to
its ranks and by noon the party numbered
about 500 to GOO men. Feeling ran high and
after a few speeches the posse resolved to
avenge Sheriff Moomaw’s death. Another
battle took place shortly after noon in which
at least twenty-five moro men were killed.
What will lie the result no one can tell, but
troops are expected.
Pretty Good Idea.
Some time ago the suggestion was made in
a London paper that a society •be formed to
suppress t lie growing evil and scandal of
street profanity. It was generally admitted
tliat English tow ns were disgracefully promi
nent in swearing and cursing in public places.
Last week it was discovered that (lie statute
books actually contain an net passed in the
reign of George 11. “for the suppression of
profanity,” and the law was putin force a
few- days ago at Wcchbcch.
Penalties are imposed according to ihe so
cial position of the offender. The scale Is one
shilling per oath Avhen uttered by a laborer,
two shillings when the sinner is above n la
borer and under the degree of a gentleman,
and five shillings when spoken by any one
above tbe degree of a gentleman. The pun
ishment Is applicable whether Ihe offense lie
committed In the public streets or in a man's
house. In the Wcchbcch case the prisoner
uttered four wicked words In the street, and
being a mere laborer, iie Avas ordered to pay
n shilling for each oath and thirteen shillings
costs.
Rioting In Holland.
The unemployed of Scwartsluis, on the
Ovcrysscl, Holland, held an out-door meet
ing. and aftqr listening to seA-eral anarchis
tic speeches, began rioting In the streets.
They visited all the finest, houses, smashing
w indows and stoned several conspicuous resi
dents of the tOAvn. When the police appear
ed the rioters attacked them with sticks and
stones. A rioter was shot dead by a police
man at whom he was aiming a carbine. Two
policemen were beaten into unconsciousness
and many rioters were wounded. About
thirty rioters were arrested.
.Similar riots took place at Pekila and Snp
lermer.
The police were put to flight by the mob In
Saplermer after six policemen had been
wounded. The military were railed out and
charged the mob. They were repulsed, leav
ing behind a soldier who was almost beaten
to death. They then opened fire. Two riot
ers were killed. Five others Averc severely
wounded and many were slightly wounded.
Twenty men were arrested.
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colorado.
Electricx-ars are running iu Durango.
During 1892, 9,199 arrests were made in
Denver.
About :tOO Insurance companies arc doing
business lit the stale.
Arapahoe county has the second largest hos
pital in the couutrv.
About 1.300 citizens of Denver pay taxes oil
SIO,OOO or more property.
The tranfers of real estate In Denver during
1592 amounted to $41,750,000.
Dr. Alexander Shaw, the well known hor
ticulturist, died in Denver on the 3rd.
A linker at Grand Junction w-as fined a few
days ago for allowing boys to gamble In his
shop.
George Jensen atus fatally hurt by the cage
In the McFcrrun coal mine In El Paso county
on the 4th.
Tbe receipts from duties at the Deuver cus
tom bouse during the past year amounted to
#130,635.74.
An elevator boy at the Brown Hotel, Den
ver, was crushed to death on New Year’s
w hile intoxicated.
A regular stage line has been started, to
run between Dolores and Bluff City, on the
Sau Juan river In Utah.
The valuable new Mascot mill at Ouray ivaS
destroyed on the 3rd. The fire was undoubt
edly the work of firebugs, and the loss will be
$10,090, uninsured.
There were 788,220 acres of government
land entered during the yenr throughout the
state. The total receipts of the eleven offices
given were $339,074.70.
Denver, which already has three high
schools, Is soon to have another to be built
In Dlstrlot No. 1. East Denver. The site Is
on Franklin and Twenty-sixth Avenue.
Governor Waite, while on hU way to Den
ver, stopped over at Canon City and Inspected
the penitentiary and the state ditch. lie ad
dressed the convicts on New Year’s Day.
1 Policeman Wiggins, who Is stationed at the
Denver postoffice, has more than earned his
salary during the post year by picking up
$7,850 worth of money and goods dropped by
careless people on his beat.
The shipments of coal and coke from Crest
ed Butte for the year ending December 81,
1392, amount to 72,425 tons anthracite, 90,289
tons bituminous, and 63,644 tons of coke.
About 425 men are employed at the mines.
Some vicious person at Crested Butte stuffed
the water pipes full of rubbish, thus effect
ually stopping the flow of water. Workmen
have been digging the pipes for weeks, sup
posing they were frozen up, and now it turns
out that maliciousness was the cause of it nil.
Denver Markets—Eggs, ranch 28c, state
26c; butter, best creamery 33@84c, dairy 22c;
hay. upland baled sll@#l2, second bottom
$7.50(a59, alfalfa $7.00; wheat 8»e; corn, bulk
70c; sacked 75c; oats, $1.15, sacked $1.25;
potatoes $1.30; cattle, choice steers $2.85
($53.35, cowssl.3o@s2.o3, native feeders SI.OO
(<ts2.B9; hogs, choice $0.50; spring chickens
• Two Denver deputy sheriffs named Clark anil
M atrons had an unpleasant experience Hie
other night. They tried to arrest Dick Tay
lor, a tough man from Pueblo, but he got the
drop on them, aud disarmed them. Then he
had a lot of fun at their expense, and made
them dance till they were tired. They finally
made their escape and getting a larger force
ran Taylor In.
The hearts of the young Indian braves and
maidens were made glad last night at the
Teller Institute by a regulation Christmas
tree which contained a gift for every scholar
at tlic Institute, says the Grand Junction
AVies. A splendid programme of exercises
was rendered by the children to a large audi
ence, a large number of townspeople being
present. Capt. and Mrs. Lemon were untir
ing In their w ork to make the exercises a suc
cess and a rich compensation was theirs In
the bright sinllcs and pleasant faces of the
Indian children who have made such excel
lent progress under Capt. Lemon’s superin
tendence-.
New Mexico.
The Cpngrcgatlonallsts of Albuquerque are
to build a new church to cost $6,500.
The artesian well company w ill cause to be
put down a 000-foot well at Albuquerque
shortly; Rev. J. D. Bush contracts to do It
for SBOO.
A party of laud buyers from Ellis countv,
Kansas, have arrived in Raton to look over
the Maxwell property Avltli a view of
purchasing farms.
Two alleged w itches were tortured to death
at the Pueblo of Zunl last week by order of
the cacique. The guilty parties resisted ar
rest by the United Suites marshal and two
troops of cavalry were ordered to assist him.
They were then taken in custody and will be
tried.
The Tcrrllorial Teachers’ Association elect
ed the following officers: G. S. Ramsey,
president: M. I). L. Buell, vice prcsidcnt-nl
large: Miss May Henry, secretary; Miss May
Gaddis, treasurer: executive committee: lb
11. Thcllmnn, Geo. Selby, Miss L. L. Kllburn.
The next mcelingwill lie held at Albuquerque.
Both branches of the legislative assembly
have unanimously adopted a joint memorial
to Congress on the subject of statehood. Ii
reviews ihe promises of the treaty of Gundii
lotipe Hidalgo, recites that the assessed valu
ation of property in the territory Is $45,500,000
while Idaho and Wyoming had only $28,000.-
000 and $31,000.000 respectively, and that the
population of New Mexico is 175,000 persons,
while Montana, Idaho and Wyoming hud only
39,000, 84,000 ami 00.000 people; that, ihe pro
portion of foreign born Inhabitants is only
seven to 100. less than tliat of any other re
cently admit led state, wherefore it Is resolved
that justice demands tlie admission of the
territory and the United Slates Senate is
respectfully asked to pass tlic House bill now
pending before it with the school clause as
passed by the house or with such modification
of the Senate amendment as will give justice
to the Spanish-speaking citizens of the terri
tory.
An important claim has been filed in the
court of private land claims by Judge Needle
of Lincoln. Nebraska. The claim is made
for Hie Heath land grant. 100.000 acres. In
Southern New Mexico. The grant to Heath
was made under the law of 1823, which was
the most liberal colonization law of Mexico.
I( was passed during the short, reign of Itur
bidc and at as in force only a few months, and
for this reason not many grants were made
under it. No case under the law: has ever
reached the Supreme Court of the United
Slates, lull the courts of Texas have several
funcs sustained the law-. It. is regarded as
one of the most important suits in court and
some new and Interesting points of constitu
tional and international law arise In tlic ease.
Mr. Needle is one of the Heath heirs. He
made several trip* to Mexico and is assured
by his attorneys that Ihe claim is a good one.
Wyoming.
The trial of the stockmen commenced at
Cheyerncon the sth.
The Arapahoe Indians arc not disposed to
sell their lands near Lander.
John E. Osborne was sworn in os governor
for tin second time on tbe 2nd by Chief Jus
tice tiroes beck.
The depositors In the defunct Cheyenne
nation il bank have received forty per cent,
so far on their deposits.
James Swisher, a former deputy sheriff, ivas
convicted at Sheridan of an assault to murder
Joseph Dale. He got three years.
In the northern part of the state the ther
mometer is reported to have been 32 degrees
below zero, during the recent cold snap.
Jackson, the Denver photographer, has
taken sonic large photographs of Wyoming
scenery which are very fine. They will be
exhibited at the World's Fair.
It Is reported that a man at Hopkinsville,
Wyoming, criminally assaulted a four-year
old girl last, week, and that the neighbors
made an ineffectual attempt to lynch him.
A commission Is treating with the Arapahoe
chiefs to secure a cession of that portion of
the. Arapahoe reservation lying near Mill
creek and North Fork. The Indians arc not
inclined to sell.
It is reported that, while making a big cut
at tbe head of the Nev’ada gulch, on the Bur
lington Sc Missouri extension, one of J. 8.
Ar.toncUPs men picked up a gold nugget
valued at $2,000.
'I he supreme court has Issued a writ of
mandamus ordering the state canvassing
board to count the vote of Carbon county,
which gives the legislature to the Democrats
and Populists. The legislature will be on or
ganization twenty-five Republicans and twen
ty-four Democrats and Populists. Two con
test'. one from Converse county and one from
Fremont county, will come, before the house
upon organization, and will be decided In fa
vor <>f the Democrats. This will give the lcg
irliiinre to the Democrats androoullsts on
•joint ballot by three votes. )
Telegraphic Brevities.
i>M'e is **iM*ro faa»ia*}lu jprifts of A^«<lcn.
Senator Kcni/»*} of Wfegt Virginia. ts very
tick, 'i v •• - (S *
Mr. Blaine' whs reported as not quite aa well
on the 2nd.
Mrs. Cleveland has gone to Buffalo to visit
her mother.
There Is an epidemic of typhus fever In
New York.
* The thermometer ranged from 10 to 14 be
low rein in Minnesota Tuesday .*
The Burlington company are to use elec
tricity for lighting their cars.
Navigation on the Ohio Hlver Is practically
closed from Pittsburg to Louisville*
The thermometer registered 30 degrees be
low zero at Winnipeg, Monday night.
Dr. Ralph Butlerileld, a Kansas City miser,
has left $185,000 to Dartmouth college.
A large number of men have been arrested
at Eric, Pennsylvania, for robbing freight
ears. yNBHfI
There is a bread war in Omaha, and the
bakers are selling thirty-six loaves of bread
for sl.
The Mexican demand for American eorn is
said to be satisfied, and corn Is a drag on the
market.
••Deacon" S. V. White, the New York
broker who failed for f 1,750,000 has paid all
his debts.
A vein of natural gas has been strrick at Os
wego. New York, aud the drillers had to <Un
tor their lives.
More trouble IA threatened at Codl Creek,
Tennessee, and the military authorities We
preparing for it.
A beer war is on in St. Louis between the
brewers’ trust and tho new brewers. They
arc cutting prices.
8. L. Gilmore, a prominent whisky faan,-
■ays Kentucky will produce 50,000,000 gallons
of whisky this year.
The strike of telegraph operators on the
Kock Island system has been declared off, as
It was not successful.
The delayed Cunardcr Umbria reached
New York on the Hist. She had been delayed
by broken machinery.
A drunken New York woman threw an in
fant into the air the oilier day and it fell In
the street, fracturing its skull.
Of the foreign powers taking part In the
World’s Fair the little republic of linytl was
the first to complete its building.
Chicago will 6oon have another drinking
fountain, the present of Joseph Rosenberg of
Ban Francisco. It will cost ¥IO,OOO.
The Illinois steel mills at Joliet, Illinois,
will close down January 1 until April for re
pairs and to settle tho scale of wages.
Secretary Elkins will give instructions for
an unusually large number of United States
troops to assemble at Washington, March 4.
Ground was broken on the 3rd for the $lO,-
000 building at the World’s Fair to be used
jointly by New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa.
A peculiar disease lias attacked horses In
Pittsburg. They fall down without having
given any previous sign of sickness and die
within a few minutes.
The Traction company of Philadelphia has
won its trolley suits In the supreme court.
Tills decision means that all the lines in that
city can use the trolley.
The Algcnia coal and coke mines in Mc-
Dowell county, West Virginia, arc on fire.
The mines are extensive, and are located
three miles from Elk Horn.
There was another explosion of dynamite
in Paris on the 23th. A pollec station was
the scene. No one was hurt.
Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, American min
ister to France, Mrs. Coolidge and Miss Cool
idge gave a brilliant New Year’s reception nt
their hotel on the Avenue Mnrccnu.
The New York Presbytery lias noquitted
Professor Briggs of the charge of heresy by
a majority of seven. The en.-,e will be ap
pealed to the General Assembly.
Senator Allison, Secretary Hale aud Mr.
Morgan, the representatives of the United
States at the monetary conference nt Brussels,
arrived at New York on the 30th.
It Is said the Canadian Pacific road will
soon transfer Its big steamers—Empress of
India, Empress of China and Empress of Ja
pan—from the Paeilic to the Atlantic ocean.
Cholera continues to spread In the north of
France. In the town of Gravel I lies, near
Calais, three deaths and one new ease were
reported on Wednesday and three deaths on
Thursday.
E. W. Lewis, who during the war was adju
tant general of New York and was for a long
time prominent In the politics of that state,
lias just died In the Clinton County, lowa,
poor bouse.
Mrs. May brick, who was recently reported
to be dying In an English prison is getting
well. The doctors declare that she did not
have a hemorrhage as stated, but that she at
tempted suicide.
The President lias proclaimed a definite ar
rangement of commercial reciprocity with
Salvador, concluded on the 23th ultimo. The
arrangement Is to take effect from and after
December 31, 1H32.
Convicts in the Arkansas penitentiary cou
• 1 imc to suffer from tlie disease which was
supposed to be the result of poison. It Is now
thought to lie something akin to cholera niul
the penitentiary lias been quarantined.
The Democrats in the Montana house of
representatives have united with the Popu
lists and elected n Populist for speaker and a
Democrat for chief clerk. A Democrat will
probably be elected to the United States sen
uto.
A Panama dispatch nays an expedition has
gone to seek treasure supposed to have been
hidden somewhere in the Mangauatc moun
tains in the time of the I liens. The believe
they have recovered lost traces of Valverdc’s
route.
The statement of the Chicago,- Burlington
Quincy for the month of November shows
an increase In net earnings of $23,337 as com
pared with a year ago. The increase in the
net for eleven months muling November 30 is
$000,318.
The mayor of Limerick gave a banquet last
Monday evening to Pnrncllite and antl-Par
ncllitc priests. The principal toast of the
evening was “Ireland as a Nation.” All the
customary toasts to the Queen, etc., were
omitted.
All reports of the speech delivered by Em
peror William at the New Year’s reception
Sunday concur in stating ihat his majesty, In
referring to the army bill, said that the
Reichstag would be dissolved if the bill was
not passed.
The big trust formed by the prominent wall
paper manufacturers of the United States.aud
known as the National Wall Paper Company,
contemplates an Increase of $18,000,000 In Its
capital stock, which will make the whole
amount $80,000,000.
There is a serious riot of coal miners in the
Saar district, Germany. The leaders arc very
aggressive and have drawn 22,000 men Into
the strike. A large force of troops has been
dispatched to the scene to put a stop to the
excesses of the strikers.
After many years of outlawry Ramon Noure,
one of the most desperate bandits in Mexico,
lias been captured and will he shot. He aud
Ills band of brigands committed many rob
beries and murders, tbtflr last exploit being
nn nttnek on Hacienda dc San Rafael.
The return of Dr. Edward McGlynn to
communion with the Catholic Church was
the cause of great rejoicing among the par
ishioners of Ills former church, St. Stephens.
Ills old parishioners collected a purse of
$2,500 ns a Christmas present to Dr. Me-
Olynn.
Two guards In pursuit of a deserter made
a scene in the streets of Berlin Tuesday. On
Ills way to the military prison the deserter
broke away and ran. The guards followed
Bring, although the street was full of pcdcs
trlans. By mere luck nobody was shot. The
decerter was caught.
Charles E. Hardin, the Adams express
messenger, who was taken in custody by
Wells-Fargo detectives under suspicion of
having stolen the packages containing $35,-
000, has Hied suit against the Adams and
Wells-Fargo express companies jointly for
$25,000 damages for false imprisonment.
It has been discovered at Toledo, Ohio, that
a systematic robliery of city natural gas has
been going on for some time. Connections
had been made with the line to several fac
tories and many private houses surreptitiously.
Two members of the municipal reform com
missioners are among the number. Suits
will follow.
Adrian Fairchild, a diver employed by the
dock department at New York, met his death
Friday while under water in his diving suit
ramming a charge of dynamite Into a hole In
the rock. The charge exploded prematurely
and Fairchild was killed. Ills helper wm not
aware of what had happened until he
saw a disturbance In the water. He gave the
usual signal to the diver, but there was no re
sponse and the diver was hauled up dead.
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ADDRESS: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THE STRANGEST TRIBE
LEGENDS AND CUSTOMS OF
THE PIMA INDIANS.
A Sacred Spot In the (lllw Valley of
New Mexico—-The Live* mid IInl»-
Ite of a People Descended
Prom the Axt*r»<
In taatty Ways tlio Pima Indians
are the most peculiar of any in the
United States, and it can be said of
them as of no other tribe that they
are the only onos that have not at
some time or other borne arms
against tho whites. They number
about 5, 000. and have increased very
littlo since Coronado lirst discovered
them in his search for tho pueblos of
what Is naw Now Mexico. This is
due in a groat measure to their in
cessant warfare with the Apaches, in
which thoy havo lost many people,
says a correspondent of the St. Louis
Republic.
Thoy occupy tne same country they
had when lirst discovered and confine
themselves to tho rich bolt of agri
cultural land lying between the >Sait
and Giles rivers, and extending from
about 60 miles above down to the
point of confluence.
Thoy manufacture alias (a kind of
earthen jar) and a peculiar basket
which are the chief articles of trado ;
with tho whites. These baskets will
hold water, and an Indian will devote
two week's tlmo to tho construction ,
of one basket and sell it for 50 cents.
In physlquo the I'imas are tho finest
spoclmons of manhood to bo found in
tho world. Tall, lithe, well formed
and fleet of foot thoy are rather
handsome, unlike the Apaches. Dur
ing the many wars which the whites
have had with the Apaches the Pimas
havo proven invaluable as scouts,
and one is living to. day who often
made tho mountain trip. 108 miles,
from Ph t nix to Prescott In 12 hours. !
Though since Father Kino ex
plored this country in 1670-71 thoy
havo been staunch friends of the j
white* they refuse to adopt any in
novation, either in religious or social j
customs, and aro tho snmo they wero
L 000 years ago. They koep their
sacred fires burning with the same
zeal and foster the same legends. '
though for hundreds of years tho |
most seductive promises of the church '
havo been held out to them. Their !
greatest peculiarity lies in their re
ligion and their legend*, which are
altogether dllToront from those of any j
surrounding tribo. Like all tho other
coast Indians, except tho Apaches, j
who aro infidels, they aro sun-wor- (
shippers; and while tho story of their 1
origin, as given by themselves, is nl- I
together different from that of either
the Zunis or the Moquia one will at
once notice Its similarity to that of 1
tho ancient Aztecs of Moxico*
••Long, long ago—so long, indeed,
that the wise men have utmost for- 1
gotten tho incidents—Montezumu waa
as he is now. tho great fattier of
everything, and Chiowhatmahka was
one of his asslstunla or the earth
prophet. This assistant upon the in
struction of Montezuma mado the '
earth, which appeared in tho begin
ning like a spider's web stretching .
thin and fragile across tho blunkness
of space. Then the earth prophet
flew over ull tho lands in the shape of
a butterfly until he came to the place !
that he judged fit for his purpose and
there he mude mau. Ho took a lump.'
of clay and kneaded it with sweat ]
from his own body, and aftor blowing
on it it took life and became man.
••This creator had a son named
Szenkha wha when the Gila Valley .
was becoming pretty well peopled, j
lived here. There was also a great
prophet whose name was banished ;
from the annals of the tribe. One '
night a great eagle came and beat
against his door and said: ‘-Arise,
thou that healest the sick nnd shouldst
know the future, for thero is a great
flood upon us.’ But the prophet
turned over and slept The eaglu
came the second tlmo even but with
no better rosulta and the flood camo
and drowned ail tho peoplo except
Szenkha, who escaped in a ball of
rosin from tho mesqulte tree. When
the waters fell. Szenkha landed near
the mouth of the Salt river, where
one may still see the cave in which ho
lived and the tools ho used nt his
work. He wiys very angry with tho
eagle whom he blamed for the flood;
so he made a ladder from a kind of
vine and climbed up to the eagle's
cave and slew him.”
For the killing of the eagle the
warrior had to suffer penance, which
was that he must nover again scratch
himself with his nails but must use
a small stick, which tho Pimas ob
serve yet, renewing the stick every
four days. After he had slain the
eagle he looked around and found the
ASTHMAS
JLIU'&.TftSK. t CTIIII AI cue
Ing for breath, seeming as if each ■ IInIfILFIIP
one would be your last, you have■ IllVmhhlllli
only to take* few doses AsthMalene whm thespasmlsbroken.thebreathfngbecomes
easy and you feel as if an angel of mercy had unloosed the iron grasp of the fingers
of death. The happiest moment of your (if; v/ill be when you have used a few bottles
of Dr. Taft • ASTHMALENE and it has cured you of BBSApife 38108 pro**
Asthma. Wo mail to any Asthma sufferer a trial bottle ■■ Bar 7 Am B— that’lt doA'
Sold by druggists, Df.TIU BfUI. M, Co. f ROObOlttr.N.Y I Im Ki B
mutilated bodies of many who had
boon earned away, lie restored them.
to 1 ifo again and sent them away to
ropeoplo tho earth. In the eyrie of’
the oaglo ho found a woman, whom,
lio luid taken for his wife, and a child.
'4’hcto Ito also sout on tho r way. and
from ihetn aro descended that great,
peoplo called ••Hohocnm. ” or • an
cients.” They wore led in ull their
wanderings by an oaglo. and finally
passed iff''' l Moxico and foundo.l tho
great eirijdio- One of these Hoho
cam by name .‘'ivano. built tho Cnsa
Grande, of which 6J much lias boon
said and written’/ V
They say that Morli*??..""* will come
again somo time, though Jhoy know
not when, mid that ho will coJ IO with
the rising of Ilia sun and that all who
aro ready will pass with him into th*»
Goldon West whore pence nnd plenty
will prevail forever. They keep alias;
filled with water and parched Leans*
ready for tho long trip across the
desert when Montezuma makes his.
appearance: aud in tho center of.
every village is a large wickiup on
top of which tiio sacred fire, given,
by tho god is always kept burning.
This is tended by a sentinel who at.
sunrise* calls ••Mouethtawana.” or*
•Ho is not come.” For a thousand.
years these people havo waited with ,
patience nnd tho sentinel lias always
been nt his post but Montezuma him
not come, but they fay that when ho*
doei come, liko a flash of lightning,
they will bo well prepared to go.
WASTED BANANAS.
The linmsnio Quantity oT the Fruit
Which Is Spoiled.
A correspondent of tho Now Orleans
Picayune, writing from liocns unL
Toro. Colombia, says:
Tho country most extensively cuh
tivated for the growth of bananas,,
and which for tho past three months,
has so distinguished itsol by tho un
usual quality and lino dovolopment of
its products, is situated in the re
public of Colombia. Bocas del Toro
being now tho shipping center and
principal attraction for planters and
merchants engaged in the industry.
Thero at tho present timo. tako at
a rough estimate, no less than 18,00 J
acres of land devoted entirely to the
cultivation of bananas, from which
can bo shipped weekly 1,0. 000 bunches,
all averaging 2)0 bananas to each
bunch. Those are termed •■whole*
bunches'’—-besides which about 2,600'
bunches of a smaller size, averaging*
200 bananas each (which mo tormedi
hal\es) still remain uncut nnd at the*
expiration of anolhor week attain-,
their full size, when they also aro
ready for shipment. At the lapse of
tho same .length of timo peChaps twice
tho quantity of bunches aro ready to
he cut mid so on from week to week,
month i.o month and year to year.
Now plantations tiro continually start
ing up. taking ten months from the
timo the • ■suckers, "or plants, aro fir*, t
put in tho ground to tho timo the/
comtnenco to yield.
Mr. Heins, a German, is tho largest
planter at the present timo Mr. Pedro
Lopez, a native of Boons del Toro is
second, and Messrs, llyley & Snyder,
both Americans, oo:r.o next on tho
list i't principal banana growers-
These own between ilium 6. OUJ acres
of land all in course of cultivation
nnd within e isy distance of tho ship
ping center.
At present, I am told, thero aro
15.000 bunches per wook spoiling, or
obliged to bo cut and allowed to rot
on tho plantations owing to tho stag
nation in tho trnfiic between this
country and the United States of
America.* Why this should bo tho
cuso seems very strange except that
tho country has not ns yet become
thoroughly known to speculators.
I when bananas nro now selling in the
United Stales for the inrgo sum of $2
; gold per bunch and can bo bought in
j Bacas del Toro at the low rate of
| thirty cents Unitod States currency
I or forty-five cents Colombian money.
The natives, who are quite content
i with this price, seem confident, how-
I ever, that thero will be a great do*
j mand for their fruit at tho commence
-1 inont of tho coming year and
j guarantee to any speculators in this
| business fair treatment to insure them
j certain success for tho purpose of
opening up steady business commu
: niention botween tho two countries.
Egyptian Operas.
, Tho Egyptians hud opora9 and en
; joyed thorn. The first use of the
: term, “opera in musica," which sub
! sequcntly gavo place to ,l opora. ” was *
1 in 1656. tho first ••opera" performed
i being the ‘Orpheus of PorL"
Horse Armor.
A completo suit of horse armor
comprised tho champont, head pieoe;
manifairc. nock picco; poitrol, for the
shoulders and croupier over tho hips.