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Show THE VOIKTIXO EXAMINEE T OGDEN, DSNSnOUi gjpi'l'ifv STATES AND MARKETS Xela t Dtly Hanoi E. Peery Mill la HAM Mb VORKIGN OF THE WORLD . .V. : Pinkl8 M.. ,,Yha-Piwkide- at MKUTI0 aai flmfta oa all peteU lomor-ro- Hogs Receipts today 42.00ii; sunuit; steady; mixed and inn iers 4 60 l.feil; giskl to choice Mining Quotations. 1 t- y 4.7o4.Sii; liglil 4.35 4 6u4 rough heavy 4.65; bulk of sales 4.6 REGULAR CALL SALES. Consolidated Merciir 5"i at. 25. seller 10; 500 at 25; 500 at 25; loo at 25; 2,500 ; 4.70. Sheep Receipt 3."00:sti ad ; good 5.25 5.o; fair 10 to choice wetm-rrboiie mixed 3.75 5.""; wesiern zlii'jp 4.5oi 5. Vi; native lanilis o.mi8.3u; western lambs 5.3't6.65. The accumulaYork. June tion of Ontario A Western block-I in stock market hail mure ho of an active speculation titan in stocks iii'.jiliing that has occurred Union c si nee the movements on the since the Northern Securities The general market proved almost wholly irresismsive to tins iultueuce lr spite of vigorous efforts on the pa it of small room traders to the movement luto the real of Ac the ItsL The deal intis in Ontario MeMern during the first hour made marup almost the hulk of the whole ket for the entire day. The outcome of the Incident had the cited of leaving apcculaiive sentiment more than ever hopeless over the chance of Inducing any activity in the market. The dealinga were iiuiek to drop into she condition of apathy which has characsome time paL terized Trading-lo- r The organized movement on the part of a parly of stockholdera in Ontario At Western to effect the dissolution if the voting trust by which the stock Ja held, is said to account for tho movement today. In the lethargic condition which overcame the latter market, tho feature was the inroad made at new points in the list of minor railroad stock, , . when 'Amalgamated Copper rose of the directors' withthe out opposition became known, but the gain was not held. The subsidence of the floods In the southwest was regarded with satisfaction and It was jxilnted out that southwestern railroad earnings from this time will make favorable comparlaona with the flood damage period of last year. Railroad traffic ofliclala bad no change to report In the diminished volume of truffle. Them waa rather a notable expau-aioIn the week's movement of corn. Otherwise the hand to mouth policy of business and Industry In general was reflected in the railroad traffle for the week. Movements In the international exebangea were toward the point for a movement of gold from New York 1o London. The mouey market waa unchanged. Bonds were Irregular, some of the low grille bonds falling sharply. Total aalea, par value, tl.6ft5.uoo. . U. 8. bonds were unchanged on call. Nv s - Ia-i"H- CHICAGO FUTURES. The leading futures ranged us Mess Pork. ier bbl. 11 Kept Kept Short July Sept. 11 95 . 100 6 47V, 6 65 Ribs, per 100 6 774 U lb. ....r., 6 . 75 ... . 6 6 11 72i 11 95 74 62', 6 47, 6 65 974 6 6a 6 S3 6 TT Vi 6 97 494c. Oats-N- o. 41 , 2, 44c. 414e; No. S Whiskey, lutsls of high wlnea, Clover, contract trade, $1 28. 910.75. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Article. Wheat, bbla. Wheat, bu Corn, bu. Oats, bu Prime Rye, bn. 2. Recclpta. Shipments. 25.200 31.000 583,300 210, WM) 7.000 24.900 -1 L - 1. . 15-1- 3-- 7-- 9541-98- ; 2 Corn--Jun- e 5-- 3-- 7 . pix - mrnm 2 a 5" 7.00. CHICAGO STOCK. June Cattle Chicago. 18. (ml); Hie 5.60 o.60; spM-kt-r- s 6. Rei-eiu- t 5c higher; gnoil to prine-steer6.30; jaior to lurdium 4 73 s and feeders j: Cwa 1.75S4.0O; heifers in: eanners 1.73 0: calves a ;, 2.75; bull a au. 2.25 2.25 2.23 4. I., 1.- - MEMORY First Mayor of Abilene Tells Story of Frontier Towns Redemption. white, Rye No. 2, 75 76c. Barley Good feeding. 4043-- ; fair to choice malting, 43 46c. Flaxseed No. 1, 1.0o; No. 1 northwestern. ILO64. Mess Pork, per bhl., I11.65Q11.70. laird, er 100 lbs., $6,374. Short Riba Rides loose), $6.50 6.75. Clear Rldea I boxed), $6.50 Sliort e , MARSHALS 3, 17.700 322,400 284.100 121800 ...... 4 mercantile paper 1 9.000 Barley, bu Sterling exchange strong; bankers 4.8770 (or demand and at CHICAGO PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 4.85754.85H0 for sixty day bills; postand 4.8861-3- ; comed rates 4.86 On the produce exchange today the , mercial bills 4.85 blitter market waa ateady; creamery, 13 4 17VVc; dairy. 13 16c. Bar sliver 85. ' Mexican dollars 44 Egga Firm, 144T5,c. Cheese Steady, 74 9c. Money on call easy; highest and lowest and mllng rate, last loan, cloning NEW YORK BONDS. bid and aaked at 1 per cent. Time loans easy and dull, sixty and ninety days Stfl-- 1 tier cent; six months 3631-3- . U..S. refunding 2a. registered... 104', 17. S. 105 refunding 2s. coupon U. 8. 3a, registered W'OOU 105"; . . t 106 U. S. 3s, raupon i 1324 St. Louis, June 6. Wool steady ; ter- U, 8. new 4s, registered 1324 ritory and western mediums 164731; U. S. new 4s, coupon 106 U. 8. jld 4s, registered floe medium 10617; line 1517. 107 U. 8. old 4s. coupon 101 4 SUGAR. Atchison general 4a 91 Atchison adjustment 4a New York. June Raw Atlantic Coast Line 4a 954 1014 centrifugal Baltimore and Ohio 4a quiet; fair reflning 3 86 test 3 molasses sugar 3 Baltimore and Ohio 4a 954 Refined steady; crushed 5.45; pow- Central of Georgia 5a : 1074 73 dered 5.03; granulated 4.95. Central of Georgia 1st Inc COFFER - Steady; No. 7 Kin 1044 Chesapeake and Ohio 44a Chicago and Alton 3',;! 78'; 95 LEAD AN1) COPPER. C. B. and Q. new 4s 109 C. Rl. and St. P. pen. 4a New York, June 6. U-aeasy, 4.3S Chlmgo and North w. consol 7a .. 1274 67 4 C. R. 1. and P. R. R. 4s (j4.u5; copper, quiet, 12 R. I. and P. R. R col 5a .... 78"; C. C. C. and 81. L. gen. 4a CHICAGO 1RODCCE. 994 73'; Chicago Terminal 4s 60 Chicago. June 6. Wheat; No. 1 red Consolidated Tobacco 4s 1.06 824 Liu; No. r, rcil 1.113 1.08: No. S Colorado and Southern 4s hard 91 1.0 1: No. 3 hard 84 34 ; No. Denver and Rio Grande 4a 994 1 northern 9841.01; No. 2 northern Kris prior lisn 4s 98'; No. 2 spring 85 96. Erie General 4a 844 Close: Wheat -- Julv 87 old 86 Fort Worth and Denver CHy 1st. 105 Sept. 81 5 8: old 83 14. Hocking Valley 4 in!', 47 3 4; lamia. and Nash, iinilled 4a .... I'M I July 48 47 4 43 103 lec. Manhattan consol gold ,6cpt. 62 Oats June 41 July 39 5 8; Sept. Mexican Central 4s 81 18. Mexican Crnlral 1st Inc. 12'; 95 Pork -- June 11.75; Kept. 11.95. 4s Minn, and Kt. 98 Lard July 6.45; Scpl. C.65. Mo. Kan. and Texas 4s 71 Ribs July 6.77 Mo. Kan. and Texas 2nd Kept. 6.95 1 2. Nat. K. 1L of Mexico. consol. 4s .. 74 foil Rv- c- 67. N. Y. Cenlrsl gen. S'fa riax- - cos 131 . N. J. Central acneral 5s j2. Northern Pscitii: 4s Timothy 3.05, I'M'; '. Clover 10.75. 72 Northern Pacific 3s 36 51. 4a consol Nor. and West, 984 Harley 95' O. S. L 4s and partic STOCK. KANSAS CITY Penn. conv. 3 Us 95'; 9 Reading General 4s Cattle-Rc-eeiKansas City. June 6. St. K and Iron Mtn. consol 5s... lit1., 4.000. Market IVc higher; na- St. U and San Francisco fg. 4s.. 82 tive steers 4.50' G.o5; make piiwb and St. l.otii Southwestern 1st.... 92' heifers 2.50 5.35; stockcrs and feed- Rralxmrd Air Line 4s 70 ers 3.2544.70: bulls 2.73 4.25; calves Row hern Pacific 4s i'O; 5s . v 2.734f4.75; western fed steers 4.75 1154 Southern Railway western cows 2.50 5. J 3. 116 Texas and Pacific 1st lowct ; Toledo, St. U and Western 4s... 70', Hogs Receipts 5,tain. 6c b:i!k of sales 4.4544.611; heavy 4.55-1044 Union Pacific 4s 4.63; packers 4.50 4.60; pigs and Union Psclflc conv. 4s 974 4.00 4.50. 73 U. S. Steel 2nd 5s 'lights 'j . 2.000. 57 .Snecp Receipts Strong: mutt- Wsbssh Deb. B on-, 1.75 5 75: lambs 0.25 7.25: ranve Wheeling and luike Eric 4s .... 8't vc.heri 1.25 3.00;- lambs 3.3u 4.75. 90 Wisconsin Central 4s 69' C. F. and 1. con. 5s OMAHA STOCK. II was SALT LAKE MINING QUOTATIONS. Omaha. June 6. Cattle Receipt a JOc Higher; native steers The dosing quotations and sales 4.75 5.80: cows and heifers 3.50 5.00; .eanners 2.0u3.35: Mocker and feed-e3.00 4.50: calves 2.75 3.3n; bulls and stag a 2.75 2.85. Hogs - Receipts 7,50u. Weak to 2 cenis lower: heavy 4.55 4.65: mixed 4.52 light 4.40 4.47 ; "Ik of sates 4.47 Fheep Receipts S.iitiO. Active.steady Wertern yearlings 5.00 5.50 ; weth-er6. 00 jj 3. 50; ewes 4.75 5.25; common and stackers 3.00 3.00; lambs 3 - e 100 at 4.10. Grand Central 100 at 4.75. seller in. Star Consolidated .VMt at 12. Unde Sam Consolidated 1 .5(10 at 16; 1.0"U si 154: 5"0 sf 15U. 3". Century 100 at 71 ' Mdlcr 30; 300 at 72';: ltn) at 72. seller 3n. New York Bonanza 2.C0O at 4;. lbs.. 67c; No. 2 red, tl.04l.Uti. Corn No. I, 48',sfrIlac; No. 2 yellow, MONEY AND EXCHANGE. 1-- 24. Daly-Judg- OPEN BOARD SALES. Colorado 2.00 at 2. Star Consolidaied 1.000 at 12. Tetro 5"0 at 32; 200 at32; 5"0 at 32Sc 600 at 324; 500 at 324: 700 at 33. Yankee Consolidated 200 at 32',; 208 at 32, seller 30. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm. Wheat No. 2 spring. 94 97c; No. n Close: 11 50 72',, laird, per July 3-- New York, June at HONORED July in ihe pas.ied beyond Abilene spring of 1867, the first to penetrate Kansas. There were then practically IO railroad west, of the Mississippi south of the Missouri, save the Missouri not a single mile in all Texas. Isolated and remise from markets. that state from the first had made rattle raising its ciiief industry. Federal post cation of the MiKtisaippl during the war had shut in Texa and an enormous rattle holding had there. The genius, foresight ami enterprise of one man. Joseph U. of Springfield, HI., conceived the idea of trailing those cattle to the near-er- t by railway available, and tbern-shipment to flie markets of the east. Accordingly the "fhiBholm trail was laid front the Rio Grande to Abilene a thousand miles, llete were built by the McCoy brothers the great shipping in the fall yaids, and the traffic os-neot 1867. "The first two fecavoiis no effort was made to control the disorder and suppress tiie brazen lawirnrss Here. On September 6. 1869, the probate court of Dickinson county grained the petition to incorporate Abilene, and named J. It. Khane, T. ( Henry. Thomas Sher-ra- n. T. F. Mersey, and .1. U. McCoy aa trustees. The board oiganixed and I was chosen chairmau, with duties to mayor. We adopted ordinances but the season was so nearly closed by that time active government was not attempted. The spring following the board reorganized, myself again chairman and W. Faneher. secresaloons were litary. Thirty-tw- o censed, closing hours were enforced, dives and Inmates forced out and back from renters, and the more flagrant crimes punished. Gambling and minor vices were disregarded, for at best barely more than a semblance of decency was hoped for. Such law aa were half tentatively ventured, pf course, required executive enforcement. The office of town marshal was created, charged with . that were pubfunction. lished and the fact proclaimed that law and order thereafter should govern. The usual ordinance prohibiting carrying firearma within the town limits bad been adopted, and large bulletin boards were erected at the main roadways entering the town, upon which It waa conspicuously lettered. That Abilene was to be redured to a "peace footing" waa heralded from mountain to the , plain. Nearly the first applicant for tha marahaieahlp was Tom Smith himself, lie came down from Kit Carson, Colo. He was Indorsed by a reputable citizen of Abilene, wuh knew of him, aa the accredited leader of the famed Bear river riot in Wyoming. Albert Smiths personal appearance belied hia reputation and hla credential! w ere acceptable, the idea of Inaugurating the reign of good government through the agency of such a person seemed Inconsistent and objectionable. Hla application waa rejected and nur choice was made from home talent. It was truly surprising mawhat a supply of terial waa ready at hand! One after another was appointed and successively failed us. Conditions grew steadily worse. Disdain for tha law and Us oflhfrs Increased. As the active executive head of the town government, I waa the recipient of ridicule and abuse. Threatening letters were sent me anonymously. The blinds protecting my office windows were lorn and broken. My business associate. Captain Shane, an .union xjlficer. a tear-lessresolute man. was partlculary outraged by slurs and threats presumably emanating from those who had been "on the other side. Growing cowboy insolence waa ex-i- ll s .ed in various ways some and laughable. The poeted ordinances were viewed with a mixture nf awe and eurioslly fat the outset. Gradually their significance and purpose were comprehended. Finally, failure otherwise to enforce order was contemptuously and concretely celenrated by the cowboy horsemen taking shots at thte abortive firearma ordinance aa they gaooped by, uni 11 the city fathers themselves could not retrace the lineaments of this municipal offspring. Mr-t'-t- ty nun Futures and San Francisco and Salt Lake Chicago TUESDAY MORNING, 1'ai-ifl- UTAH. OGDEN, 'Jfgv . an- - Utah National Bank. ILL STREET UTAH, Abilene, Kan., May 30. This city did something today no western town ever did before devoted the prlndpal rt of the Memorial day ceremonies to the laudation of a man who waa never In war, and whoae claim to. fame waa that he subdued the cowboys when they were rulers of this rattle town. This waa Thomas J- - Smith, an early marshal of Abilene. So general was the sentiment In favor of such action that the G. A. R. united with the clti-xecommittee In giving up the day to frontier reminiscences. In the morning the graves ot the veterans were decorated, and T. C. Henry of Denver, the first mayor of the' city, made a abort talk to the old soldiers. Then all gathered at a monument placed over the grave of Thomas J. Smith, and W. 8. Stambaugh of forgo, N. D., an attorney here la frontier times, unveiled the stone, presenting It for the citizens committee to the city. Mr. Henry said: Again we assemble to renew our tribute to the heroes, living and dead, by whose valor the Integrity of this republic exists unimpaired. IJps far more eluquent than mine have many times before told the story of the struggle out of which has grown a political entity, whoae grandeur la unrivaled in all the history of nations. No words 1 can summon are adequate to tell the heroisms or measure the services which saved the altered cause of human liberty. Nor, soltllera of the Grand Army of the Republic, can I voice the unfathomable gratitude we cherish for your preservation of that glorious flag which symbolises the everlasting we trust of Christian government May the generations following you ever espotixe with like ardor and prowess. If need be, (be cause of right, of Justice, of humanity, and thereby righteously merit the imperishable heritage won for them by your patriotism, by your sacrifices, by your courage. "But Tciue hath her victories, no less renowned than war. It is our privilege this day, and here, to pay double honor honor l those who preserved the institutions of liberty plant ed by our forefathers, and honor in one whose unsurpassed bravery subdued disorder, conquered lawlessness and mede clear the way for the of peace and prosperity whose fruitions you people of Abilene, the beautiful, PEN rilTURR I IF SMITH, and Dickinson, the grand, enjoy. "Thomas J. Rntilh was born in New Yivk Oily about the year 1810. Ills pa I mtn were Irish by birth. His Critic showed in physiognomy and bin at. In temperament, character and hearing he was thoroughly American. He was nearly 5 feet 1 1 Inches, wrighed 170 pounds, broad shouldered, erect, aihletlc. physically superb. Of fair complexion. auburn hair, light mustache, grey eye with a bluish tint his most expressive feature when aroused. His manners were gentle. unobmive and simple; his dress, uiipreienlioiis and and evensensible, his voice ly modulated, Ids language plain and direct. In the presence nf his official superiors he was deferential, almost diffident. "lie was fairly well educated; reared Catholic: clean of sioecli I never heard him utler a profane word or em, ploy vulgar phrases. He neither drank, nor was in the least othHe was singularly erwise dissolute. and perhaps signiflcantly reticent as to his early life. I cannot learn that he ever mentioned Ids family, nor war it ever known if he had any living relative. He had hern well ami good blood coursed In Ills veins. Konis sorrow or tragedy, mayhau. early drove him from home and friends out a'one iron the far west. It is n curly authentic tied that he waa a victim in the Mountain Meadow massacre and left for dead. Certainly a little later he was in Western Utah and Nevada. 'Perhaps, in a general way. I should here briefly refer to the Texas cattle trade and it relation to Abilene. The eloquent speaker who is to follow will detail more vividly than I can je net. and events which mii.'e Abilene il,e mK-- t famed and godlej.st lirtfe cirt a third of a ivnmry 'll 'liis as "Among the nuiutrous tiuns'i'i omi railrtisls projuted was tty' i now the Union Bardic, wiiiJu was l;oi to old-tim- e prln-rlpl- . bloK-dng- s ' low-ton- el gain-hied- lu-o- !i-- s ly ludl-crou- AN EMPTY CALABOOSE. Of course we had to provide a calaboose. A central site was chosen and we began to build of atone. When the walla were nearly up the cowlmys made a raid and tore it down. By the aid of a guard day and night, we repaired It an.l bolted on the roof. The first occupant was a colored boy cook from one of the cattle camps tip on Mud creek, eight or ti miles out. He waa disorderly, firing his pistol, etc. His 11 cantp companions, learning of this affront. rushed to town, frightened away the marshal or marshals, iterhaps blew off the Jail lock, opened the door and freed I heir greatly wronged prisoner friend. The band, pretendingly outraged by such official pusillanimity and Instill, then directed the business houses to ckise. in some instances enrol ring the mandate by mounted Invasion nf the premises.. This laudabln performance accomplished, the squad, yelllns and shooting their pistols In the air. rode past Ihe little office on Ruck-ryopposite the present site of the Union racifle hotel, orritplej hy Captain Shane and myself, and on to the stockyards half s mils east. We hurriedly gathered an armed posse nf citizens at nur oflli-- and awaited ihe exported return or Ihe outlaw, fully determined to rail their halt. Fortunately, ihey took another route to ramp. horses and started We then mount-nut to capture the gang. Word of our purpose was sent ahead hy some confederate, tmt we hronght. hack several -r nf them. The negro cook and the escaped and never reappeared in Aldlene. The proposition to hang our captives was finally voted down. The cdsode. however, waa soon forgotten and disorder reassunted sway. Succeiudve marshals were tried, failed and in tnm resigned. The chief of police of S'. Louis was implored to send 11s a couple of men competent to come and run the town for us. In a few days they apneared. vouched for to fill our order. Their identity and mission were soon known over town. Every device lawless deviltry could contrive was let loose that day. The brace of tender-feet.- " without tendering their farewell compliments, took the midnight return train for Missouri! It had become evident hy this lime that neither the home brand or the Imported eastern article was adapted to our stress. Wr had been foiled hy our prerequisite standards of moral and personal worth demanded. Our primal Instincts. Insteal of turning the other cheek." etc., now craved a couple of eves for one rye, several teeth for one tooth. We hun erred for someone who to paranhrftse a rule of "David Harem ethics." do to others what was doing to us. a nil to do thst first. Therefore I wired Tom Smith to come." e, rlng-leadi- JUNE - 7, 190L ly, but without a word proceeded on . my hint. It wae nearly sundown when I saw Smith mming lan k. 1 stood bareheado ed in my office doorway aa he ached. He declined to come in, but remained standing outside, hat removed. 1 inquired what ho thought. Ho said he believed he could handle the town. What plana do you propoae to accomplish that? 1 asked, curious to get his Ideas and to size him up. He replied that firearms must be given up; that whisky and pistols were a combination beyond control. As well contend. he said, with a frenzieJ maniac as an armed and drunken cowboy. Hia logic waa well grounded, but tha image of that obliterated target ordinance was equally Impressed; besides, ray recent study of cos boy nature and training had matured convlctiona respecting Ihe Inherent difficulty of determining whether a cowboy and hia gun were separable elements even under normal conditions: Bul l mastered my rising skepticism and inquired 'if he really thought he could enforce that ordin. ap-pr- ance. Yes." he said. I think I can." When do you want to begin?" "Aa well at1 once, " he. quietly plied: re- Then I recited the oath of office to him as we stood there alone. How well 1 recall the scene at that moment! I was about a foot above 'the ground, The bright northwesterly. (Scing sun athwart gleams of the setting ' Smith's square right shoulder struck me in the face.' 'At ha rallied hia hand for the oath in response to my own, the blinking glimmer of the rays made me lift my othpr to shield my eyes aa I peered aearchingly Into hla own. If I could but picture vividly like a klnctograph tha full perspective spread before my vision then, what a priceless treasure for your archives It would be! Silently bn moved off. and I watched him, with misgiving, disappear down town, a third of a mile away. Almost Immediately he encountered Big Hank, a cowboy desperado, who had made himself particularly obnoxious to former marshals, and waa loudest in hia boast that no one could disarm him. Wearing a belted revolver, he approached Smith and tauntingly asked him if he was the man who proposed to run the town. Smith said he was employed as marshal and that he should try to maintain order and enforce the law. What are you going to do about that gun ordinance?" See that It is obeyed," replied Smith, and then he quietly added, I must trouble you to hand me yours." With a coarse oath thla was refused. Characteristically cool, Smith again made the demand and again waa met with profanity and abuae. Instantly he sprang forward and landed a terrific blow which placed Big Hank horn de combat. . The marshal took away the pistol and Ordered its owner at once, to leave fbr camp, a command heeded with crestfallen alacrity. COMING OF THE SECOND. The news of this encounter before midnight waa heralded over a radius of many milea throughout the country. The unique punishment employed was wholly new to cowboy warfare, ' and every phase gf the combat was debated. In n ramp out on n branch of Chapman creek a wager waa laid by a big, burly brute that he roulj go to town and defy surrender of hla gun. Promptly next morning, 8unday, Wyoming Frank was on band to fulfill hla boast. 8mith was rather late In appearing. The desperado, Impatient and drinking, began vaunting that the marshal had proliably heard that he waa in town and he "reckoned that he had lighted out." Finally Smith came quietly down the middle of the street, aa waa hia wont, and presently confronted the advancing bully. Quite aa Big Hank the evening before, hebegan chafing. Insolently, with the idea of involving 8mith in n quarrel ns an excuse for resisting the demand he knew would be made. Divining hia purpose. Smith guardedly requested surrender of the gun purposely displayed. Of course this was refused, but somewhat daunted hy the peculiar, sleelyllnt of Smith's eye. he began backing aa Smith advanced quietly railing for hia gnn. Frank steadily retired, maneuvering for time and spare- in which to draw hia pistol and thus have the drop on Smith Bit he was balked by the latter's close reach. Finally they backed Into a large saloon, where the crowd attracted gathered, surrounding them. In the center Frank came to a stand, facing Smith. To hia courteous but firm demand Frank exploded an Insulting oath and vile epithet. Quick as a flash Smith vaulted and. with a terrific double Mow, sent hla antagonist prone to the floor, and with the unbelted pis' tol vigorously brlaliored the brute's body. Then, standing him, said: "1 give you five minutes lo get out of this town, and don't you ever again let me set eyes on you. The latent demon in Smith blazed defiance, aud every spectator saw why Tom Smith waa leader in ihe bloody Bear river riot. COMPLIMENT FROM THE BAR. For an instant all stood dazed and speechless, whereupon the saloon proprietor stepped from behind tha bar and said to Smith: "That was the nerviest act I ever saw. You did your duty, and that coward got what he deserved. Here is my gnn. I reckon I'll not need it so long as yon are marshal of this town." That waa a signal. Every one pushed forward proffering Smith pistols and overwhelming him with a profusion of compliments, expressions of admiration, etc. He quietly thanked them and aald: "Hand your guns to the bartender to keep until you want to go out of camp. From that moment Tom Smith was master. Tha cowboys, aa a tribute to his marvelous nerve and gentlemanly were hi allied and loyal friends. No guns thereafter were openly worn on the streets of Abilene; nor waa Smith ever again publiely affronted. Of couroe, there were drunkenness and quarreling; dens of iniquity flourished; some murders even occurred, but hie tact, courage and good Judgment were always adequate to minimize consequences. and without resistance. Smith was alike uopular with merchant!, gamblers, citizens and saloon keepers. In a short time he ruled Abilene practically without oversight. ... Silverheels. his beautiful grey, and asked permission ti Into the rountry and aid his d rest a man named McConnell time before McConnell had killed a neighbor In a quar some crop damage done by U cattle. - He said McConnell wa to be a desperate character; TOM SMITH SMILED. the depnty did not Intow the It wcz on Saturday morning late in there, twelve mile across (h May. isro.tliaf Snrth reapieared at I suggested that he look arr try office I related briefly tlie story of town, see who was In from tl ml if the prospects seemed otir troubles, and Intimated that he better firi look over the situation, for. for a auiet dsv we would He later pon'ihH. h minlu not care to under- - clisui-es- . take the job. He smiled rather grim take the risk. Withreported a tip o and a smile he rode away fated to he his last ride. t MISSION COST HIS LIFE. I shall mi Jlstrese your feelinga by relating the story of the tragedy which ended the career of that generous soul: that brave and dauntless officer. The mission which coat him his life waa prompted by motives of friendship. He himself took over and served the writ. The impulse to ehare where danger lurked led to hia own sacrifice. Unawerviag loyalty to hia friends and fearless devotion to duty, twin characteristics throughout hts life, unhappily made for him his martyrdom. The members of the town government convened and adopted these resolutions: "Whereas, our valueJ cllizen.eslerm-e-d friend and brave executive officer Thomas J. Smith has been taken from onr midst by tha hand of violence, and "Whereas. In hla decease we have Inst one whoae place we feel cannot be filled; one who at an officer bad no superior; brave aa he eras generous; death, nor the fear of death, ever caused him to shirk from the performance of hla official duty. As a citizen, he was devoted to law and order, always raising his voice against violence of every nature; aa a friend be waa true and faithful, ever ready to si orifice himself for the good of others, as hia heroic death bears ample testimony; therefore, "Resolved, That we deeply and aad-l- y mourn hla death, and extend our sympathies, and through this branch of our munlclal government, that the citizens of the town of Abilene, to hia relatives and friends; "Resolved, That tha members of the town government attend the funeral of the deceased In a body, and that a badge of mourning be worn fbr thirty days." The day after the public funeral took place. Business was entirely suspended. Every manifestation of profound long grief waa exhibited. Slowly theSilver-heelconcourse of citizens. led by followed the remains to the spot which this occasion consecrates. LESSON OF A LIFE. What la the lesson which Tam Smith's character and career teach? He was not a great man. Hia intellectual endowments or sympathies were meager. 11a was neither skilled, cultured nor accomplished. His plane of ambition hte moral aim waa not exalted. Probably be held no positive convictions upon any. of the leading political. Industrial, sociological questions of hia time. I doubt if the philosophy of the contest In which he was so prominent a factor, transforming local social and material conditions, was even vaguely apprehended by him. Clearly he waa the unconscious instrument chosen for divine purpose. Some-waer-e, somehow, had been plantel deep In hie soul a strong sense of plain justice, a grave regard fbr the law and fbr the rights of others, and a sturdy discharge of official duty. These be Inestimable virtues, indeed not ao rare, however, but that apart from school and college graining they can be unfolded In the hearts of the common people everywhere and always. The first, perhaps may have been transmitted to him aa a heritage from the injustice and wrong for two centuries Ireland haa suffered. The sources of the other may be conjectured from such fragments of his personal history prior to Abilene as I have been able to gather. He waa on the police force of New York. I have shadowy detaila of his wanderings over Utah and Nevada. Thence back to Iowa with wagon trains, hauling railroad material west ward. Next, out on frontier Nebraska and employed in various capacities followed the Union Pacific construction. What n world of experience such rugged schooling brought him! Finally, and authentically, he was engaged with n large contracting firm whose headquarters in 1868 were at Bear River, Wyo where' many hundred employes were congregated. The business men there had organized a town government, adopted lawa of their own and appointed n marshal. Naturally. many outlaws and desperate characters collected, and crime and lawlessness abounded. A young man from Smiths camp, hla friend, merely disorderly under the Influence of Uquor, was placed in jail where there were, three others who had Just before gnrroted and robbed n couple of men In open day. The citizens, exasperated by this fresh Iniquity, and incited by n fugitive newspaper, housed In n tent on the outskirts, organized a vigilance committee, dragged the inmates forth and ignomlnlously hanged them nil near by. Infuriated by- this atrocity. Smith's camp companions Invaded the town, destroyed the newspaper plant, and then proceeded to burn the Jail when Smith himself came on the scene. VIGILANTES PREPARING. The vigilance committee, meantime, armed and gathered in n log afore room, about, fifty yards away. They then opened fire upon the mob of halfarmed and many unarmed men. and killed nineteen outright. Eight afterward died from the effects of their wounds. The dastardly sacrifice of practically defenseless companions and friends roused Smith' to fury. He rushed forward, ran to the very front of tho store and emptied both his revolvers into the barricaded vigilantes fortunately killing no ene. Despite several fearful wounds, he coally marched off to a friend's house, a block or ao away, where for a time hia life hung in the balance. Troops from Fort Bridger were summoned, and the town itself was soon abandoned. Smith always asserted that he Joined the men, hoping to keep them from vent, in daredevil retaliation, which going too far. But when the massacre, as he termed it, began, hia rage found rent In daredevil retaliation, which also served to draw the vigilantes, fire upon his helpless companions. No truer heroism was ever displayed. That 8miths motives and conduct in the premises were generally Justified is evidenced hy the fact that quickly upon his recovery he was chosen marshal of the next town, and ao on continuously ns towns were successively located and abandoned, as the Union Pacific progressed, until it was completed the following year. For those Smith deemed accountable, he cherished deep enmity to the last. May not that tragedy have Inspired the determined enforcement of the law safeguarding life which characterized Tom Smith's .career thereafter? Perhaps, too. it deepened the aubetrain of melancholy in hia temperment, sobered hia moral poise and affected his patient ways and engaging personality. No one Imagined that Tom Smlta ever gave mercenary heed to hla or. that tha thought of glory or fame wae In bis heart. The impulse that urged you. veterans, to respond to your country'a call prompted him In hla line of duty. Grant's modest and unobtrusive proffer of service to the union cause suggest Tom Smith's quiet assurance that cowboy turbulence could be quelled. Ulterior s, ed, - ser-vic- te considerations were thoughts of either. ur Iro LIBERTY AND world today is azn3TA tracted by opposed foLn,1, "4 ' moral forces, contesting til .!1 Tha Idosym rasy of the nine, some one has Mid 5 a1t.11 the idiosyncrasy of the Ywti, lkeily: 7' markets. The unmlsiak.b!? ,'?? our activities Is lntelfotu.S1"1 ' trial. Generally. ourntriln'1''-an- d achievements are potential ,l, men- tal and- TODcrflPly vtiHTPrinl t tonal, religious and ."T poii,.,i w, tiona are all Impelled l are awtrled almost helpiewij an unmeasured open. Unleti "4 science, sentiment, nior.ls-.nu- 7f, vPUbic4 private reassert their ... r iiuuiu, will be numbered in list recorded by history wh h bLT?1 en. flourished and decayed h Y these forces be enthroned' Foremost ly; At the tha schoolroom should flre.i,i. tue. of truth, integrity aadfsSS be cultivated and teratively enjoinwh! mental attainm. The province f r,M! should more and more widelv the fleld of ethii-s- . Profound Biblfo! scholarship tor a term of m,. well suspend higher search, and try to evolve a Wai.,.7; p,icf v.-a- ,37.1eum4?'8,em of 1,re n'1 ilujugu ta sermon on the mount .L.i furnish the inspiration. The reHglons. with their often mffij n! theologies, should he revitalized m s! end that the gulden rule shall gauze th! standards among men. A nation 1, ganie evolutional, if 1he commoB hearthstone virtues are planted lad then nouriahed by the simple attribute, of our better nature, this republic wit! endure. If to these be added dvte ideals, racehood pride, lore uf countn and Christian bearing loward other peoples and toward nations, then wui It become a true world power, and earn the glad homage of earth, all the sen. eratlona to come. WILD BILL HICKOCK. The life and character of Tom Smith typify the virtues near at hand. Hie courage possessed the moral element He largely. instinctively trust, ed that It le doubtful in the presets If hla of danger thought turned to kit weapons. Indeed, I never saw then while he waa on duty. "Wild Bill," hi, successor, on the contrary, never that he was armed end could shoot first His bearing and bravery were o( a far lower type. He wore hla hair long and dressed immaculately ig the frontier bravado style. His entile ensemble comported with the selbcon ecloue posing he habitually displhjed. Hla manner and expression were repugnant to hla betters, and Invited Nsaot-meand attack from the associates he Hie expert proven classed with. gained him nearly a score of victims, whoae scalps he hung, metaphorically, to hia belt like a Cheyenne brave. Hid be poeeeased Tom Smlthi quality, of course, such a sanguinary exhibit would never have been made. Friends and fellow citizens, if my portrayal haa succeeded you know what simple, human but potent qusH-tiprompt our homage today, ut why that unique and imperishable atone on yonder hilltop, we hope, the neme of Tom 8mltk, The history of K ansae la filled with Illustrious names, already rlawkil, whose lame will grow brighter u4 brighter as their deeds are recounted, The essential story of this nation li infold; Its Illlad unsung, which does not glorify Kansas and her renowned aa But yours le the proud distinction lm to rear a public testimonial to a Hums hero; not for deeds of war; not for feats of atateamanahlp; not aa a tributary to cratory or learning, to scieoce or philanthropy, but more fundamental than any because he established tha supremacy of law! Wild Bills regime the year succeeretrogression. A ding was a distinct carnival of crime, disorder and sham and prevailed. The cause of decencychambold the under citizenship good pionship of V. P. Wilson, editor snd founder of the Abilene Chronicle, was aggressively advocated, and finally cryatailxed into a determined purpose to resist the continuation of the cattle traffle. Early in February, 1872, the following circular, indited by myself, of the citizens iwzae signed by four-fifthand sent out broadcast over Texas snd the West: "We. the undersigned, members of the Fanners Protective association, and officers and citixena of Dlrslnsoa recounty. Kansas, moat respectfully drivquest all who have contemplated ing Texas cattle to Abilene the coming season to seek some other point for shipment, as the Inhabitants of Dickinson will no longer submit to the evils of the trade. Not another herd was driven Into the county. Abilene became quiet pain was fully quiet- - Ite mortuary fame innearly as celebrated as its "life were famy had been before. There some unforeseen and cheering compensations other than the main one, however. The growing generation to which Mr. Stambaugh, In those days mined "the general," belonged, under such Ideal and Immaculate condltlons.turned Its thoughts to auhjeotlve culture and morals. The general, for instance, meditated the pathos of Grays exquisite and "Elegy and defected hie mundane secular thoughts to the study of law. What atranaformation of these broaa prairies and fertile plains since then. What an empire already one generation of men has built here! Wliat grand ininstitutions have been reared! The numerable churches and school house are evidence that this magnificent development has been more than merely Industrial and material. The monu forces have played a prominent pan. And you are a homogeneous people the way to the Rio Grande. Change taken raiment and the Texan might beKansas for a Kansan now. Texae la the of the South; and Kansas typifies the loftiest Americanism. h The social and political force wrhic republic the of make for the undoing are fastened upon our munlcipallUM-Thebreed and strengthen In tne wretched, wicked filth of our gn1 nir cities, where the contests betwera sobrlctT between and illMerscy eracy and intemperance, between orderwh are disorder, wsged. There, too. m money 'standards are high and standards low, clash the of incorporated capital and doim labor, struggling for power and ation. To the plain people, termed 'them, dwelling upon theor Fj tranquil optimistic prairiesof our West, the true conservators dal and national welfare. mu conteatants appeal; to them the final arbitration. If you h,m after you emulate the example of whose name this dedication .n annals of Kansas, practice hi (g virtues and answer like wisely duty, you may worthily and to assert supremacy and overpo restrain every auch threatening dangerous force, to the endW government of the people. pie. for the people, shall otl ever and forever Denver News -- tor-g- ot nt es s y . ' |