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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. MAKCH 13 , 1887.-TWELVE PAGES.
rSTILL WORKING THE SCHEME
o Stock Yardt Company Making Ever/
Effort to Secnro Valuable Laud ,
kENNARD ADVISED TO GO HOME.
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The Lincoln Drlylnc 1'nrk Sold to a
Syndicate of Capitalists A Now
Corporation State Capi
tal Happening * .
IrnoM THE nr.r's tt : < cor.x nuns AIT. 1
The Nebraska Stock Yards company ,
who are seeking to gam possession by
purchase , of COO acres of valuable state
lands adjoining the city , through a
Bchcnio of purchase under a lease , arc
continuing their exertions to bring about
n passage of their bill notwithstanding
the violent opposition it met when consid
ered in the house. Since the real inward
ness of the scheme lias been given to the
public , a number of citizens of Lincoln
have spoken unqualifiedly against the
idea of allowing one * ct of capitalists to
swallow up such an amount of property
to foster their own particular invest
ments , and it is not probable that the
plan will succeed. Another hitch was
taken in the house proceedings the other
day in their" interests , by raising a com
mittee of six to personally visit Iho
ground in question and report. Four of
this committee were to make a visit yes
terday to the grounds in question , and it
is presumable that Hie tight will be on
ngam in the house if n favorable report
Is secured from them. The idea remains
unchallenged that for the state to dis
pose of these lauds just at a time when
they are liable to increase in value , would
be a reckless and uncxnlainablo act , es
pecially when the state has no possible
way to use the proceeds , except to lie
dly in the state treasury. The fact fur
ther remains that it is not to the in
terest of the city of Lincoln-
itself to build up and put money in the
purse of a few speculators to give
them the edge over other parties who
may invest money in manufacturing in
terests in the city. A good one is told on
Tom Kennard. one of the interested
speculators in QIC scheme , that when ho
was at his busiest lobbying for the meas
ure in the house , one of the other spec
ulators , reall/.mg that Konrmrd's efloru
meant death to the measure , approached
tliu timu-tried lobbyist and ucremptoril.y
ordered him to go homo and stay there.
If any were to judge from the tern per of
the house whi'ii the bill was considered
it will take more than the raising of a
committee or the sending of Kennard
home to galvanize it into life again.
ANOTHER LARGE DUAL
in Lincoln transfers was under discus-
Bion yesterday and that was the sale of
the Lincoln driving park to a syndicate
of capitalists headed by John U. McClay.
The driving park is located on the north
of R street and is inside property. It
Bold for $00,000 and the lifty-sovcn acres
comprised in the tract will , it is stated ,
be at once platted and placed upon the
market. This sale of the park necessi
tates the Lincoln base ball association se
curing a new location at once , and it is
simultaneously announced that grounds
for the ball season have been secured on
South street between Tenth and Eleventh
and that the three different street car
lines in the southern part of the city will
bo made to converge at that point to ac
commodate the public.
A NEW COlU'OItATIOX.
Articles of incorporation by _ the Callo-
way Loan and Building association wcro
filed with the secretary of state yester
day. The business of this association will
bo to buy and sell real estate , negotiate
loans , build houses and conduct a gen
eral loan and building business. The
capital of the company is $200,000 , divided
into shares of (200 each , payable on the
installment plan , the corporation to com
mence business at once and the limit of
indebtedness , made in conducting the
general business is 500. The following
named are the incorporators : C. W.
Koot , Patrick Moran , J. Woods Smith. L.
M. Hnlman , E. B. N.eedhatn , C. W. John-
eon , J. N. Yates , M. L. Sawyer and
George H. Clarke.
A FEDERAL APPOINTMENT.
Moses Opcnheimor , one of the veteran
democrats of Lincoln , has received of
ficial notification of his appointment as
store keeper at the Willow Springs dis
tillery at Omaha. Moso , as ho is famil
iarly Known , was highly delighted at his
recognition , and ho is receiving numer
ous congratulations over his good luck
in being selected from among the scatter
ing democrats in Lincoln who have not
been supplied already with olllco. It is
understood that Mr. Opcnheimer's duties
ore to commence at once.
ABOUT THE CITY.
Yesterday was a veritable sand storm
in the desert day in Lincoln , the dust
Hying in clouds through the principal
streets , so that everything at times was
obscure a distance of a block away. It
is getting to be in Lincoln that it is either
impenetrable mud or clouds of dust , nil
of which constantly argues for pave
ments. Barrels and boxes were flying
in the streets yesterday , and a number 01
serious runaways were hardly averted.
Heal estate was Hying high In the capital
city vesterday.
J. Dan Lauer , an old time newspaper
man of the capital city , nas became a
real estate ticnd and has a subdivision of
Ills own to place upon the market. The
addition in question is located this side of
the asylum , comprising twenty acres , and
it will bo put upon the market at once.
City politics are beginning to spring
up with the warming weather , and a
number of candidates are being groomed ,
John Fitzgerald , J. D. McFarland , ol
the B. & M. , and ex-Commissioner Caldwell -
well , who , it is related , sold sonio of the
blooded .stock to the poor farm that is mi'
accounted for. are talked of for mayor ,
while the only nldorroanic candidate
talked of as yet is Hon. Bernard Dolan ,
of the First ward. The public are becom
iug somewhat apprehensive lest the non
charter will not become a law in time tc
hold the coming city election under it :
provisions.
The members of the legislature in larg <
numbers returned yesterday and the
member * from the far outlying district ;
were hopeful that it would be the las
two days' adjournment until the scsslor
is finished. The past week's business
has accomplished little in hasting tc
shorten thu session.
Work has already commenced 01
some ot the niagnitfcont blocks to b <
built the coming season and the founda
lion walls are being laid for the nev
Baptist church that will bo ono of tin
finest ediuces in this city ot churches.
Good Work by Firemen.
.Engine No. 4 of the fire department
did an excellent piece of work ycstcrda ;
morning at the Thirteenth street fire
The apparatus was partially ongulfei
through rotten ice In the street , and th
members of the department conncctei
with ' .hi division were compelled to pr ;
the wheels out and afterwards do thel
work , This they djd , and varyoffec
tually as the citi/.ens in the nnighborhoa
nro active in their praise of the com
work.
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Complimentary Concert.
OMAHA , March 11-Mr. Naban Franki
Dear Sir : JUvlnr enjoyed your artUtlo vie
lln plarlng on various occasions In this clti
ami appreciating your successful efforts t
live a worthy Interpretation to the f rei
Bidjlcal umterplec j , wo desire to ackaow
rtlito the debt tills comrannltr owes to TOO
for the pleasure and proHt thus gained , and
to request tlial yon will give us the oppor
tunity to attest our further appreciation , bv
a concert , to be irlveti at such a tlmo an < l
place as may suit your convenience.
Mrs O M Ultclicock Miss Mary Lake
Miss Julia Knlcht Miss Claire Hustln
Mlis E E Poppleton Ml ilclla Robinson
K P Hounds ( i M Hitchcock
O II Rothacker .1 r Towin
Clem nt Chase E Wakcley
W X Ualwook Frank It Morrlssey
Ww C ( Irc-jtory 0 J ( Ireone
\Vin II I jams .1 11 McCulloch
b is Riiclnmiodv E C Snvder
A H Davenport frank McDonald
Win F Bechel John E Wilbur
C r > ee < lliaru ( iuitavn Anderson
C II Schmidt E M Stenbore
{ rwlVVOray WEAnnln
11 D Eitnbroo ! : Chas E Clapp
James Neville Alfred Sorensen
Win Coburn E Kosewater
OirAiiA. March 12. To MM Popoleton.
MlM Hoblnson , Mr. Hothncker , General
Cnwin , Mr. Hosewatcr and others Ladles
and Gentlemen : In reply to jour kind re
quest nnrt considered otfer of a testimonial
concert , I be ? leave to thank you for the
saiiiu and to say that I shall be lad to nr-
r.ince for the concert vou sueicest. I name
Monday evnnlnjr , March 23 , and Boyd's
opera house as the dale and place for the per *
formation. \eryre.ipectfully ,
NAHAN FUAXKO.
COUllT CUL.L1NG3. .
Ijltlgatloim Commenced and Finished
In the Various Courts.
Tlio testimony in the Laur case will
pbobably bo concluded to-morrow.
In Judge Wakolcy's court yesterday
the jury , In the case of O'llcarno vs the
Union Pacific railway company , a suit
for damages for personal injuries , re
turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff
In the county court the Omaha Na
tional bank commenced suit against W.
H. and A. J. Beers for $ .231.77 on prom
issory notes.
Parrotte Bro . commenced a similar
action against \ \ ' . H. and N. P. Hvde for
S150.
In the county court Adolph Kline
commenced suit against the olu time of
fenders. John Doe and Richard Roc , for
judgment in the sum of * 450 tor two
gold watches which ho allcjres the de
fendants wilfully and wrongfully took
from him.
Silas S. Auch-Moody , commenced suit
in the countv court against Lyon A :
Hoaly. The plaintiff cites in his petition
thar he purchased a piano from the lirm
for $250 which afterwards proved to be a
verv inferior second hand instrument
and he ordered the defendants to take
back the instrument. Ho asks for judg
ment in tlio sum of $200 and * 1U for stor
age ot thn piano.
Mrs. K. Hamlen commenced suit
ajrainst Miss E. F. McCortney for 195.40 ,
a balance paid by the plaintlft on goods
purchased by her for the defendant.
In the United States court a transcript
i was filed of the case of Helen Ling , ad-
< ininistratrix of the estate of John Ling ,
vs. the C. , B. & Q. railroad. The case
ras commenced in the district court of
lago county , and is a suit for $3,000 for
lie killing of her husband on the C1. , U.
t O. railway between Beatrice and Filler
in November 25 , 18SG. The case was
ouirneifccd hi the district court of Gage
ounty and was transferred to the United
itates court on application of the defend-
.nt.
CIIimCH NOTICES.
To-clny's Services at the Different
Churches Throughout the City.
Beth-Eden Baptist church. Services
t 4:15 : p. m. at St. Mary's Avenue
ongrecational church. Preaching by
? ev. J. M. Sullivan. Sunday school at
p. m. Prayer mooting Thursday eve-
ling at 7:30. : everybody welcome.
German Lutheran church. 1005 South
twentieth street. Service every Sunday
0 a. m. Sunday school 2 p. m. E. J.
Frese , pastor.
Saints' Chapel , Twenty-first and Clark
treets. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 :
) . m. Sunday school at 12:30. : Every-
ody welcome.
First Baptist church , corner Fifteenth
and Davenport streets , Rev. Dr. Kenney
will preach at 10:30 : a. m and 7:30 : p. in.
Sunday school at 12 noon. Prayer meet-
ng Wednesday at 7:30 : p. in. All are cor
dially Invited to these services. Seats
"reo.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church ,
corner of Cass and Nineteenth streets ,
divine service and preaching bv the pas-
tor.E. A. Pogelstrom , at 10:30 : a. in.
and 7:30 : p. m. Tuesday evening , prayer
meeting , and Thursday evening , preach-
ng of the gospel. Scandinavians are in
vited to attend all the meetings.
Unity church corner Seventeenth and
. /'ass streets. Services at 11 a. m. and
7:30 : p. rn. Sunday school at 12:10. :
Rev. W. E. Copelaud , pastor. Subject of
norniug soruion , "Henry Ward
ieechor. " Subject of evening lecture ,
The Czar and the Nihilist. "
Calvary Baptist church , Saunders
street. Rev. A. W. Clark , pastor. Ser
vices at 10:30 : a. m. and 7:30 : p.m. Sunday
school at 12 o'clock. Prayer meeting
at 7:30 : on Wednesday evening. All are
cordially invited to the services of this
church.
First German M. E. church , corner
Eleventh and Center streets. Preaching
to-day at 10:30 : a.m. and 7:30 : p.m. Sunday
school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 7:30. : All Germans
are cordially invited. Rov. II. Kineger ,
pastor.
Presbyterian church , corner Dodge
and Seventeenth streets. Services at
10:30 : a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. Preaching by
Rev. E. R. Davis , of Chicago. Sunday
school at close of morning worship.
Young peoples' meeting at G-45 p. m.
Rov. J. M. Wilson will preach at 5 n.
m. , at the United Presbyterian church ,
Park avenue.
First German Free hvangellcal church ,
corner Twelfth and Dorcas streets. Rov.
F. H. W. Bruechort , pastor. Service at
10:30 : a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. Preaching by
the pastor. Sabbath school at 2:30 : p.
m. All Gorman friends and their chil
dren are cordially invited and welcome.
Remember the now church with the
white spire.
All Saints' church. Twenty-fifth and
Howard streets , Sunday morning , March
13.
Morning prayer , 10:30 : a. ra. Procca-
Monal. Oh , Paradise.
Vemto 1st tone , 8th ending.
Harmonies by Caryl Flono.
Benedicito
Benedictuo " " "
" " "
Litany hymn"
Anthem , Oh , Saviour of the World ,
Goss ,
Kyrie , Tour * in F.
Gloria Lib ! nud Gratias Libi , Toura
inF.
inF.Hvmn
Hvmn , 3W.
Recesjional , Heaven is My Home , Sul
11 van.
Even song , 4 p. m. Processional ,
Sinner Rouse Thee From Thy Sleep
Bonum Kst , Oth tone D , harmonics bj
Stainer.
Anthem , I Will Arise , Florio.
Hymn 330.
Recessional. Hasten Sinner to Bo \ \ isc
Services at Cynthia Chapel ( Walnu
Hill ) March 13. 1837 , Rov. A. H. Siwyu :
pastor. The History of a Plant morn
me ; The Present Moment , night. Thi
night lecture Is the tirst ot a course 01
"Our Country. " and "Somo Threalcnec
Dangers , " which will bo interesting t <
all.
all.Tho
The Presbyterians in the neighborhooc
ot Park avenue will worship in the Par !
avenue United Presbyterian church
Sunday evening at ft o'clock. Service
will be conducted by ROT. J. M. Wilson
First Christian church , Twentieth am
Capitol avenue. Rav. Jos. H. Fov , LL.D.
pastor. Serrieea to-day at the usua
hour * . Sunday school fct 0:30 : a. ra.
STORY'S ' STRIKING STATUE ,
The Last Wonderful Conception of the Great
American Genius.
SACRED SCULPTURE SENTIMENT
The Saviour In Stone Vivid Descrip
tion Drcaacd Ijlko an Arab-
Snow In Home Mor-
clll's Mahonict.
ROME , Feb. 23. [ Correspondence of
tiio BEE. ] Story's last statue , a Chrbt , is
an original and beautiful conception.
The dress is tlmtof an Arab ; the cetoiioth
or under garment , rich and full , bound
round the waist with a soft sash ; and thn
moll , au upper one , a mantle , which was
the seamless garment we read that our
Lord wore. On the head is the kiffyeh or
scarf , bound around by a fillet , which
forms a soft visor-like framing above the
brow , the en ds of this kiffyeh fall over the
shoulders and cover the long hair which
you see under the shadow of its folds ;
this is the napkin , as the English transla
tion of the bible calls it , which was taken
off , folded and laid beside our Lord in
the grave. The costume is most effective ,
for it has the rich deep folds of the ori
ental quadrangular mantle , and is prob
ably exactly like the dres our Saviour
woro.
The ncron j * that of a young mantall ,
thin , but not emaciated. The right hand
is extended as if summoning you to ap
proach. The left hand rests gently on
the drapery of the breast. They are
long , slender , refined , oriental hands ,
modeled witli fooling and delicacy. The
face is singularly tender and noble ; hand
some , with line brow and beautiful fea
tures. The eyes have a wonderful out"
look , spiritual , and as if they saw far be
yond mortal gaze. Tim expression of the
face is united to that of thu outstretched ,
pleading , earnest hand. The words
"Come unto me ye who are weary and
are heavy laden and yo shall have rest. "
i > eeni to be uttered by the lipsand yet the
intense sadness of the face is as if He
had little hope that Immunity would lis
ten to the call.
1 sat some time thr other afternoon
looking at tins impressive statue.
AVE MAKIA .SOUNDED ;
and the late afternoon shadows gathered
into the studio. The half-lights gave the
figure of the young Messiah a startling
likeness to lifo. I spoke , thinking aloud :
" 'And so He may have looked. "
"It ought to look like him , for I have
icon him , " said the .sculptorquietly.
I started , and turned to know if I had
iioard the words or had dreamed them.
"Yes , " repeated Story.caimly , hirhting
a fresh cigarette ; "yes , and I will tell you
how it was. It happened when I was
young , about twenty. I was going in the
hourly , ' as the coach was called [ kit ran
n those days every hour between Boston
and Cambridge , for it was long before
the time of the omnibus and horse car.
Of course 1 mean I dreamed I was in the
coach. It was , as all dreams are , at once
strange and prosaic. Soon after I got
outside the coach , and we had started , I
suddenly became aware that Christ was
seated ouUido with the driver ! My linut
impulse was to touch him ; so I leaned out ,
and rented my hand on his garments
when I felt sure it was Christ ! When the
coach reached the half-way house at Cam-
bridgeport , everyone got out.
AND CHUIsr ALSO.
" 1 did not , but sat looking upon him as
ic walked to and fro. There \vcreotdi-
nary , common people about , and the nat
ural profile actions of such a place' go
ng on. I was aware that no ono but
myself saw that strange being in orien
tal garments , moving with stately steps
backwards and forwards in front of tde
busy little crowd which assembles at a
half-way house when a stage arrives.
But that did not seem strange to me , nor
was I surprised at bin dress , so unlike
anything i had over looked on , for , at
that time I was not familiar with the
Arab costume ; I simply thought , 'There
is Christ'and ! every sense in my body
was alive.
"Then came the bustle of starting , and
then the whole dream ended the vision
disappeared ! For jears anil years that
appearance has haunted me , and
over and again I have tried to give form
and shape to that face and person , which
I saw as plainly as 1 sue you now. "
A GREAT PICTUlin.
No wonder , with the vivid memory of
that marvelous vision , our celebrated
sculptor has been able to give us such a
noble semblance ot the Divine Master.
The now plcturo of the great Italian
painter , Morolli , is attracting much at
tention. It will bo finished in time for
the Venice art exhibition , which opens on
April 25. The canvas is over five feet
large. The subject is Mahomet invoking
Allah before a battle , surrounded by his
follower * . In front of him are the kneel
ing faithful ; they form a brilli-mt mass ,
made up of oriental draperies , many
colored flags and banners , spears , arrows ,
etc. A figurp with a green turban is
conspicuous ; it is Sceicco , the father-in-
law of the prophet. Beyond this crowd
stands Mahomet , hands and face up
lifted. Around is the immense desert , a
superb distance. The sparkling , fiery
sunlight , the tender , soft white air are
given with marvelous power of tech
nique , and land and sky arc united by
that
STRANGE IRRADIATION'
of the hot sandy ground peculiar to the
east. The picture is remarkable for sen
timent and deep fcelins. as well as for
color and techniques. Morelli's funo ; and
ability were long ago acknowledged by
his king and government. Italv was
honored , some years ago by Morclll
being made senator of the kingdom.
Komn has Ipd many exciling incidents
occuring this winter. A massacre of three
or four hundred Italian soldiers in old
Ethiopia , which news throw uarliament
into a wild hysterical state. The parlia
ment house nt Monto-Citorio was sur
rounded by a large military force for two
days. Of course the fall of the ministry
followed. Then came such a snowstorm
as has never been heard of in Home. Last
week
THE SNOW LAY dN THH STREET
nearly a palm high. Crowds flocked to
Pincio and Janlculum hills. Many pho
tographers also went , in order to pho-
graph the most unusual sight of Rome
and iU environs covered with snow. A
merry sculptor modeled a snow figure ol
a "Froii-Frou" on top of one of the studio
buildings in ViaMarguotta : The effect of
the long tram of the dress , the tournure
and full drapery and high head dress as
seen from the Pincio was very droll. It
had a strange sort of life in it. The
workmen of the studios of Piazza Bar
berini made some hughabia snow statues
also on tint piazza.
The Itoman forum and coliseum were
ghostly and ghastly lookinc. The snow
lay on the columns and gathered in little
heaps under the arches. The Palatine
palms and other trees were grotesque ! )
outlined. The baroque Roman churches
had strange forms ; the snow made capri
clous arabesques on their facades. The
fountain of Truvi , too , was a weird sight.
But the dreariest place was the Roman
cainpagna with the curiously-shaped ole
vatlon of ground , the ruined tombs
sparse trees , aqueducts and miserable
cabins swathed in snow.
But the hot sun soon melted away the
unwelcome vUltor. On Sunday after
noon , when I drove out on the oampagna
over Monte Verde to Portix Portese , I saw
the ground which a few days before had
been covered ) with snosv almost a foot
leep , carpeted with "crim on-iipped
lalsies" and golden buttercups , and
he soft blues Icy was "full of larks. "
HAMPTON BHEWSTEH.
HUIlllAUS AND HOMICIDES.
Four Bail Men' Who Made n Spsc-
Inlty oT Handling Guns ,
An El Paso ( Tex. ) correspondent says :
When Luke Short , a bad man with n
record , shot Jliri Courtwright , another
bad man with n record , at Fort Worth
recently , ho reduced the professional
killers of the west to a quartet. The list
stands at present , in order of precedence ,
Bat Masterson.DocHolliday , Luke Short ,
and Wyatt Earp. There used to bo more ,
juttlie same wise Providence that disin-
ccratcd the Jesse James gang and di < -
.rlbutcd it among the cemeteries , ueni-
cntlarics and dime museums of the land ,
la ? elected that bad men eventually kill
each other. Thus the supply has been
; ept ahead of the demand. The interest
hat attaches to those men is purely trans-
lory ; a dead killer is as quickly forgotten
is a knocked-out pugilist , but the quali
ties of nerve and desperation that brought
them to the surface in a country where
everybody carries u "gun" and people
GO TO OLOItr EVERY DAY
without a benediction or a bootjack ,
stamps them as rather extraordinary
characters. Bat Mastorson first became
\ border celebrity through this paper , in
which a correspondent rehearsed his
pcdmree some years ago. Since that
; imc inure lias been written about him
than all the other three put together. He
is the Maud S. of man killers. Nobody
das ever lowered his record , but he
claims that the twcnty-siv or twenty-
seven inmates of his private graveyard
were all sent thither in pursuit of his
dutv as an otliecr. All his lifi > has been
spent on the frontier. He was lir t a
cowboy , then a scout in the United
States employ , and afterward marshal !
in several western town , notablv Dodge
City , Kansas , and Tnmulad , Colorado.
Personally , Masterson is the best extant
specimen of the gentleman desperado ,
copyrighted by Bret Harto. He has
trained the voice that erstwhile
YELLED TOR COWS
down to a low , gentle baritone ; he al
ways dresses in black , wears no jewelry
save a slender gold thread of a watch
chain ; a white cambiic handkerchief
peeps from the breast pocket of his four-
button cutaway , and he is carcfuj about
Ills boots and ties. A friend who invaded
Ins room when he was here recently
found tvyo six-shooters and a manicure
sot on his bureau. Ho never blu.sters.
\ \ hen lie gets mad his mustache croons
up under his nose in a peculiar smile
that has no merriment in it , and ho
reaches for his revolver , which he car
ries thrust in the waistband of his
"pants , " ' directly under the lower but
tons of his vest. It looks like the irony
of fate that such a man should gravitate
into a theatrical /husband. Such , how
ever , was tho'jdestiny of Mastcrson. Not
long since he ma'rr.ed JScllio McMahon ,
a western .soubrotte ; and now he carries
the pug and "wears fur on his overcoat
collar. Mrs. 'Mastcrson ( nee McMahon )
is not troubled with mashers.
DOC HOLLIDAY WAS A DF.NTIST
at Tombstone , Arizona , before lie be
came a killer. When he gave up the
forceps for the Six-shooter his old pa
tients said it was simply a change of
method. The glare of publicity first
struck him in , 188U , in an article in Har
per's Monthly , descriptive of a trip
through the territories , and detailing , in
connection , a street tracredy at Tomb
stone. At tho'timo a deadly feud existed
there between the gambling fraternity
and the cowboys. When killings were a
matter of almost daily occurrence , a
long , lean man with a straw-colored
moustache and a facile six-shooter sud
denly bloomed out as a leader of the
sports. This was Doc Holiiday. He
killed three or four cowboys and his
careless indifference to danger made
liim conspicuous even amoiitr his dare
devil associates. He did not know what
fear was , and when the town became too
hot to hold him , calmly walked out ,
down the length of the main street ,
through a continuous cross-lire from both
sides. But the friends and relatives of
his victims were relentless. Warrants
were sworn out and he tied to Durango ,
Col. The leading men of that place
feared his presence might discourage im
migration and determined to get rid of
him. Accordingly one night at 12 Holh-
day was awakened by the deep-tolling of
the boil that called
THE VIGILANTE COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
He knew that a lynching was on foot ;
realized that he would probably furnish
the subject , and quietly jumped out of a
back window. Everythinz grew still and
ho was slipping out of town when , at the
end of the street he saw the motionless
figure of n man on horseback barring the
way. Tne horseman sat hi ? saddle like a
statue of bronze , and the fugitive marked
the dusky barrel of a Winchester balan
ced acro93 the bow. Every rend had been
guarded in advance. Holiiday treaded
his way back , Keeping in the shadows.
He felt the circle of pursuit closing on
him. His haunts were being rnnsuckcd ;
the sound of opening and shutting doors
came to him on the night air , and then
thn tramp of men. It came nearer and
nearer , when of a sudden his eyes fell
upon a wooden gutter crossing almost at
his feet. In an instant he had crawled
underneath , and a moment later ami his
pursuers passed over where ho lay. Ho
stayed there all that night , all next day ,
and the following night walked over a
mountain pass toward Leadvillc , where
society was less exclusiveAn effort was
made to get him back to Arizona , but the
governor of Colorado refused to sign the
requisition papers , and he has since lived
at Lea villo and Denver. Ho was at Colorado
rado Springs lor a while , but was not re
garded as a suitable accessory to a health
resort , and got the hint to leave. He ekes
out a livelihood as a faro dealer and
"stakn player , "
LUKE SHORr ILLUSTRATES Till' FACT
that a bad mm ( the term is used in its
conventional ieiue ) can acquire a rcnuta-
tipn without "killing a great many men.
Jim Courtwright was only his .second.
Something about his manner , diflicult to
describe for he is by no means a brag
gart convino'd 'people ' that ho was a
good man to'llet ' alone. He was always
cool and imperturbable. The lirat man no
killed was Clarioy Storms , a gambler.
Storms begac shooting at him from
across the srect , and Short , quietly
dropping on bnu knee , aimed over his
elbow and ntr a bullet through his
heart. Luke ahQrt is a gambler by pro
fession. He M very small , about five feet
four inches tall. at\d weighs somewhere
near ISO poutds without- his gun. Ho
obtained natftrial notoriety some years
ago through luing exiled by the authori
ties of Dodire City and returning with all
the noted deiperadocs of the west to
claim his own Such a collection of bad
men was nov > r scon in ono spot before.
They all mads their headquarters at the
"Long Branch , " Short's saloon , and
promenaded the streets in a body , armed
to the teeth. The expense of pur
chasing clotLcs , food and whisky
forttus congnss of killers evotitua ll.y
forced Short to leave Dodge and he wont
to lort Worth , Texas , where ho became
interested in i rather gorgeous saloon
called the WIUo Elephant. He is the
most popular man of his class , and ,
when not professionally engaged is re
ally disposed t ) bo quiet and pleasant in
his manners. Oddly enough ho is a
well posted biblical student , and fond of
arguing on religious topics.
AN INCIDENT THAT WILL ILLUSTRATE
the fcarlcssneis of this man occurred al
Salida , Col. , ic 18dl. A foot racu had
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been arranged between a couple of local
sprinters. Short bucked one and had
lixeu things to win by what is technically
known as a "double cross. " Tnat is 10
say , his man agreed to sell out to the
other side to lose the race but had it pri
vately understood with Short to win any
how. The referee got a tip and prom
ised to sec the thing through. On the
day of the race tlio track was lined with
the toughest kind of western sports , and
upwards of f 3,000 was bet on the result.
All , however , did not come out accord
ing to programme , for , as is customary
with sprinters , the crooked racer decided
to double cro : > 3 Short himself , and actu
ally did lose the race by about four feet.
Amid Iremenduous excitement the
referee , stakeholder , and winners ad
journed to a neighboring saloon to di
vide the spoils , but before the _ money
was produced Short strode in , his hand
on his pistol and inquired :
"Who won that race ? "
"Why , didn't you see ? " asked the
referee.
"Who won that race ? " repeated Short ,
"I guess your man won it by about a
foot , " replied the referee , getting out of
raiiKO.
" 1 thought so , " said Short , coollv tak
ing the sheaf of bills out of the nerveless
h-ind of the stakeholder. "Tho fact is ,
gentlemen , " he continued , as he moved
toward the door , "you know my man can
win , but \ou dill your best to rob meand
I just reversed things on you. ' ' by next
to a miracle lie got away with the money.
The following day John C ad , tlio
referee , was poisoned by unknown
parties.
JIM couimvniGiiT ,
the man Short killed , was a tall , rawboned -
boned individual , with K legs , a sus
picious stare , and a thin , sallow face. Ho
was the sort of a man who -almost in
separably connected , on the frontierwitn
an ollicial star ; in fact , ho was a life-long
ollicer , having been a sheritl' . marshal ,
detective , and agent of the department
of justice , UtiitcaState ? . His record as
a killer was a long and gory one , but In
cluded a number of Mexicans and In
dians , whom the border authorities do
not count , but threw out of the returns.
Durius the Into great southwestern rail
road strike ho added a coupla of
homicides to his tally , and at tlio
time of his death the New Mexican
authorities were trying to get him to try
for murder. Nobody reali/.ed better the
danger of having a record , and lie always
carried too heavy revolvers. Noblesse
oblige. A bad man may bo called on at
any moment to defend the title. Short's
defense was that Courtwright reached for
his revolver.aud to allow him to pull it
was death. So it seems that every sort
of greatness has its drawbacks.
Wyatt Earp , the last of tlio quartet ,
was evolved from the license , liberty ,
turmoil , danger , and outlaw that ho al
ways fringed the ragged edge of civili
zation with red lire ,
HL'niUH AND HOMICIDE.
Ho came to the front easily and naturally *
and has many of thn qualities of a leader
about him. Ho was the cause of numer
ous tragedies , but it can bo truthfully
said that his presence checked a good
many more , for ho was an ollicor when
his killing toolc place. His record was
made in Arizona at about the time Doc
Holiiday distinguished himself there , and
since that time ne has lived in that terri
tory , Texas , and New Mexico. Personally
Earp is tall and slim. He has red hair
and wears one of those long , drooping
moustaches in which a section of tlio
beard is worked in to bring it to the edgn
of the jaw. He is the last of thrco broth
ers , territorial vendetta having disposed
of the others.
Of late years Earn has been a gambler.
His lost exploit in that line was at Tomb
stone , Ariz. , where ho t-irned up with a
Chicago sport named Hamilton , and a
couple of companions , and shortly after
bezan plaving faro with phenomenal
success. The party won so much and so
regularly that it was soon apparent that
they had. some sort of an advantage over
the game , but what it was nobody was
able to discover. They nearly broke up
the gambling M Tombstone , and thu
games were tinally barred to them , U
subsequently leaked out that the edges
of the cards had been marked , and wcro
read by means of a convened mirror at
tached to the sleeve of a man who sat
next to the dealing box. Ho guided the
other by his bets , and as ho only played
a few chips at a titno he was not sus
pected. To those who understand I ho
cheerful game this explanation will bo
reasonably clear. Since this episode
Earp has not figured much on the sur
face.
o
Meaning of "Sublime Tortc. "
A phrase often seen in despatches from
Constantinople is thus explained by M.
Julliard in his article on Life Beneath
the Crescent , " m the March Cosmopoli
tan :
The building of the portc. called sub
lime , is , or was , a kind of long , low bar
racks , without style or beauty. A lire
destroyed some of it years ago.
The phrase "sublime porto" is applied
to both the building and the administra
tion , two things that are important , but
neither the ono nor the other is sublime.
This word has , however , a very ancient
origin. When the Turks , long before
the conquest , were only hordes of
Tartars and nomads , their chiefs
or sultans were in the habit of dis
pensing justice at the door of their , tent.
There the cadis assembled and hoard the
complaint and then the defense. Tne
sultan appeared upon the spot only at the
conclusion of the trial to get the opinions
of the judge and to render his decision.
To go to the porte was for the Turks the
equivalent of seeking justice at the handset
ot the sultan and his counselors , .
As to the pompous epithet "sublime , "
coupled with this poor porto. It is ono of
those oriental spcecnes that the flattery
of the weak has bestowed voluntarily
upon the tyranny of the strong. The
Turkish language abounds in these qual-
iticatipns highness , excellence , divine ,
celestial , subumo wliich in our day and
in the west oflend the dignity of those
that receive them , and of those who bestow -
stow them , but which one in the cast can
freely bestow upon high personages with
out laugiiing or making thorn , laugh.
Firing the Largest Gun.
Pall Mall fJazctte , Feb. 10 : A further
trial of the 110-ton gun although only a
singio round took place yesterday at
the butts of Woolwich arsenal. On tlio
former occasion , it will bo remembered ,
the powder diaraes , commencing with
000 pounds , were increased toSOO pounds.
The tiring was made yesterday with a
cylindrical shot of 1,800 , pounds weight
as before , but with an increased powder
charge of 8. > 0 pounds. The highest
pressure to which the gun will bo sub
jected in service is intended to bo about
seventeen tous. In proofs , however ,
higher charges than service charges are
frequently used to test tho.quality of the
weapon. This OUR round has already
proved the sulllcient strength of the new
weapon _ for the service requirements.
Although the pressure rose beyond antic
ipation , the velocity was not increased
proportionately , the estimated velocity
being sliglltly over 1,200 feet per second ,
while the actual mu/zlo velocity attained
was 2,078 feet. The recoil of the gun on
it carriage was thrco feet three inches
only , its compared with four feet six
inches with the ROO pounds nowder charge
on the former occasion. The remainder
of the programme , to lire 000-pound and
IViO-pound charges , will moit probably bo
carried out with slower burning \Valtham
Abbey powder.
Hanley-I'd ninnuhe.
Tlio match between Hanlpy ind ha
HIanrhe will take place at the St. Paul
Crib club on Monday night. It will be a
fight to a finish with two-ounce gloves
for a purse of $300. Hanlcy and his
backer , Ed Rotliery , leave to-night for
St. Paul.
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