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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1890)
I 2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE iSATUEDAY , OAJSTUAKY 18. 1890. 1 M DISASTERS ON THE RAIL , H A Futal Sniashup at C0II030 Hill H Junction In Ohio M FIVE KNOWN TO DE KILLED M Zuo Passcimcr Trnlm OOlllclo nt St M Joseph Snvornl Injured , Two H Initially Proiirlit Der/illoU. M The Utah AVruok H A Itcnr ICnil Collision M Cinx'IN.vati , Jan 17 , AtTslO this evening H at tlio dlendnlo nccommodntloii , bound ( or B Cincinnati , was loavhiR the station near Col- B lego 1IIU Junction the Chicago vcstlbulod H trnln rnn Into the roar of the accommodation H tram , There were throe passenger cars on M the Olcndnlc train , containing nboutsovonty- H ilve pcop ' lo The locoinotlvo of the Chicago M vcstlbulod trainjran halt way through the ronr H car ot the accommodation train , piling the H passenger curs in n. heap and setting thorn on B At the present writing four persons hnro Bb < been tntion out dead from the wreck , Bm J The wounded nro now on their way to this * city , whore tlioy will bo taken to the I103- ] ) ltal Tlio number o' fatalities and injur- . ics , considering the completeness of the wreck nnd the numoor or passengers , is reported - ported to bo comparatively small Several pcrtons were rescued fatally wouuded Hob Stovcnson , bnggagemnstorof the vos- tibulcd train , was badly huit nnd died short ly nfter being placed in the patrol wagon The body of John Wilson , superintendent ! of the Mettopolituti life insurance company of Clnclnimtl hns buon Identified as ono of hm 1 these burned up j The engineer of the vcstlbuled train Is ] seriously hurt < Later Superintendent Kelson , who nr- HBS I 1 rived in the city from the Bcono of the 1 1 wreck at midnight , says John Wilson of Cm- a 1 cinnuti , conductor ; F.V. . Withcrhco and an a j unknown woman wore the only ones klllod outright ' James Stately , the bacgago master , who was torriblv burned , and William Klatnltz , a basscngnr , have dtod ut the hospital since ) being brought to the city , making the uuui- her of fatalities five j The engineer and fireman of No 31 were j terribly injured , as was also a boy , name uu- known , froui Carthngc , O. Tlioy are In the 1 hospital It is claimed that no other persons j were seriously injured BBS I I'nKHCiiKor Trains Col I lite . 1 Sr JosErir , Mo , Jan IT A Hannibal & BBfl St Joe and n llock Island passenger train BBfl collided here this morning Several passen- gors on the latter train were injured , two badly Tbov nro Frank Trimb.UL of Atchl- i on , Knu , and Joseph fialley of lielnnp , la , Both are injured inicrnuLly BBfl Freight Derailed BBB | j RUNBriEi.i ) , Mo , Jan 17. On the Kansas BBfl I City , Fort Scott & Memphis , about three flflflj j miles oust of here , yestcrduy a froieht train flflflj • with fifty loaded cars was derailed The liroman was instantly killed The engineer nud two braltctnon word sorlously lnjuroa ANOTI1I3II WKISC1C ON THE If I * flflflj Flftoon l'coplo Injured in an Acci- flflflj ( lent in Wyoming flflflj t OaucN , Utah , Jan 17. [ Special Telegram flflflj to The BkeJ Train number one , the west flflflj bound passenger , was ditched yesterday nt flflflj 9:20 : at Hampton , n small station on the flflflj' I ' Union Paoilio fifty-llvo miles east of Evans flflflj j ton The cause of tbo accident was a broken flflflj 1 clever on the switch target The train was flflflj' ' j r drawn by two engines , hauling five cars , flflflj The first pngine went over all right , but Iho flflflj tender on the trail ongtao loft the trnck , flflflj throwing live passenger cars and the bag-t | 1 6ago car off the track The sleeper also loft flflflj * the truck , but was not ditched A special * flflflj1 was immediately sent out from Ogden to the flflflj' wreck with a number of railroad mon und flflflj physicians , flflflj The following is a list of the injured : JHH | _ Joux Johnson , Long 1'iue , rfeb , shoulder nud leg badly bruised BBfl' Domi.s-qo Stkinui' .k , lioclc Springs , Wyo , BB , bead bruised John Micuael , Indianapolis , lad , leg Bfl broken BBB Uiiaki.i'h Masiicnfiulu and two children , BB arl anJ Eddie , Kansas City , flesh wouuds BB utiil cut < aD0Ut the face j Mas , Iani ; Kuhn , Dcs Molues , la , should B' or uul breast bruised and cut , BBB' ' Antonio Pu niNaiit , head and shoulder bruised BBB rll3d A"A Coi.idqe , Evanston , cut about the fuuo and limbs BBfl 1 CiiAiiLi : ; ) To 11 in , Now Washington , O. , log ' brokou und hand sprninod BBB ' ' LUNliiiEiia , Oakland , Cul , head cuti BB Mis W11.11EH Gtuns , Grant , Wyo , cut BBB an uru'soi- ' | BBh Mits ' IIaiiiiv Openicami' , Evanston , cut ' nncl internal injuries BBB * * " " Guaiiasi , brakeman , badly bruised HBH about the neck nnd limbs BBH ' Gi' ' - McIntosii conductor , cut nbout the bead and hands and seriously bruised No nno iu the sleeper was injured , but all , were given a close cull , as the front trucks BB ] bnroly hung over u frozen embankment > The relief train returned to Ocdon Just before - fore midnight with the injured , Their J bruises were very painful nnd In ono or two BB ] instances may result fatally The injured I parties are all in a Pullman car HHHJ Struck by llio ljlmitoil iCYproiH flflflj Joiinstow.v , l > n. , Jan 17. The llmitod ox- flflflj * press west bound on the Pennsylvania rail flflflj : road stiuck nnd killed Ed Gallagher , aged flflflj' ' aovontccn ; Michael Gallughor.mged llfteou ; flflflfs ' nnd Mrs Kato Stockhouso , a married ststor , flfljf nt . Morrelbvllle , near hero last night flflflj' Tlie Deaili Iti-onnl. PflH | Qui.vcr , III , Jau 17. Mrs L. Esom , wlfo IflflJI of the Hon Isaac Leacm , died at her homo Bflflji in this city this morning , Mrs Losom has flflflj ] ! been promiuont In charitable work for muny flflflff years flflflj ] ! Lonijon , Jan 17. Christopher Rico Man flflfljS ] hoI Talbot , liberal member of the commons , flflflj ? is dead , Jn point of sorvlca Talbot was the jBHJl oldest member of the bouse , having sat uu- BBBj ] interruptedly for sixty yours , BBBji HooiiBsrEit , N. Y. , Jau 17. AsaT Soulo BBB ] I died this uvuumg aged sixty-five. Ho waa grestdent of a patent medlclno concern oulo had large interests in western Kansas BH ! Il0 u < aa tlle founder of Soulo oollogo at BB ] ] Dodge City and owner und prosldent of tbo BBBJI First national bunlc thcro Ho ulso owned BBBji more than half of the town of Ingalls , which BBjJ became the county seat ot Gray county nfter BBBJi ° Violent ptrugglo with the residents of Clm- BBl urron , Soulo was worth $ . ' ,0110,000. BBB ] ! Pim.AHEl.vma , Jan 17 , Commodore E , BB1 Josopli llurtino Hull , United States navy , re- flflBH tired , died today , aged elghty-sovea. BBS | An Old Hank 1'reuliti'iit Pylui ; . fli Atchison , Kan , , Jan , 17. [ Special Telo- l ( ( ram to Tub Hee.J Hon William Hethor- HJ ington , president of the Exchunge National BBBji bank of tilts city , is believed to bo fatally flBBi illHo is uoarly soveuty years old uutl has BBB 1 boon rontlnod to his houbo during the greater BBBJ Paft of the winter The recent severe BBH ! wcatlior seemed to affect him very sovorcly BBBtl nnd 10 | ' " s0 'ow ' uow tuat uo " ' " probably BBBl not rally 9 SI10 M'iib Not Invltml Hfl Ottawa , Out , Jan 17. [ Special Telegram 1 : to Tnu Hue | Captain MoMuhon , atd-do- H | . camp ut the govoruuieut house , Is authority H | for the statement that Mrs O. W , Foster , fl the wfo | of the miulstor ot liuauce , was not BBBit invited to iho stuto dlnuer Mrs Fustor is BBflf the I dy who rcceutly procured In Chicago BBBi adlvorco from her former husband , II 11. flflfljKI Cbfsholm , a IugltV'o ( from Canadian Justice , flflfljr ' * flfljfi UoiHl OllorlnwH HH WasiiinotonJun. . 17. [ Soocial Tclosrrain BBflfi 'to ' Tin : Hek | Uonds offered : | 1 S3,000 at BB | v $1,301 $505,000 Ut ttOljf Hfl Drnillv Inlluonza in Mcxlon H | CiTk" ok Mexico , Jan 17 , InUuoiua Is Hj • nreUdlug in Mexico Several deaths from BBVD • tbo disease are reported , STATB NUWS Lor Ilrokon by tlio Cnm WrMonn , Neb , Jan 17. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tub Hee.1 When trnln No 10 pullodiip to the dtoot this afUrnoAn a slxtcon.voarold boy by the name of Harvey Herndon atlomptod to climb the tear plat form of the olinlr car before the train had stoppsd Ho slipped and foil between the car nnd the platform nnd was turned com pletely uvor by the steps nnd Journal box , breaking ono log between tlio anklonnd the Unco Ho was carried into the baggage room , where the broken bones were set by a physician , who had been hnstlly summoned , nnd then sent homo The fracture is a com pound ono and may cripple the boy perma nently Vnlnntilo HnUurncil. . Giuvd Ist.ANM > , Noi Jan 17. tSpeclal Telegram to Tun 13nc. fa-About 12 o'clock ' lust night the largo ba&ot J. Thompson , u fanner living about ilvo miles north of this city , was dlseoycrod to be on llro The flro had nlrendy galued such headway that it was beyond control There was a largo number of horse * nnd cattle In the barn besides a largo amount of hay and grain , but nothing was saved The loss is about $ T > ,000 : Insur ance , $1,500 , It was supposed to bo the work of tramps Jumped tlio Track Uiuun Island , Neb , Jan 17. ISpoclal Telegram to The Hee.1 The southbound train on the St Joe & Grand Island Jumped the track near the boot sugar factory and rnn nbout thrco hundred yards on the tics The nlr hrnko did tiot work , but the train Btoppod before any damage was done ox- cnptlng n hard slinking up received by the passengers in Tin : tieijU of spout Comlskcy Oasts Ills Fortunes Willi the l'lnyrrs' Ijen ie ' Chicago , Jnn , 17. | Special Telegram to ' The Bee ] The Wbllo Stocking team of the Players ' or lirothcrhoodlcagua was com pleted this afternoon by the signing of Cotntskey The ie.iso for the now grounds has also boon signed In pcrsonnol the team is an cxcocalngly stroog ono , as may bo soon from tbo following list ot players , who signed in the order named : James Hyan , contcr Hold ; Fred PfoCtor , second base ; Ed Will iamson , short stop , second or third base ; Walter Latham , third base ; Mark Baldwin , Charles King , John Tenor , Frank Dwyer nnd Charles Uartson , pitchers ; Del Darling , Charles Farrell and J. 3oylo , catchers ; Hugh Huffy , right field ; Gcorgo Vnn Haltron , loft ilcld ; Charles Comiskey , first base Comiskoy will cantaln the team Toners ' contract is conditional upon his concluding to play It is thought bo will do so , but ho has not yet decided Slnvin CiinllunttCH Sullivan New YonK , Jan 17. Frank Slavin cabled from London to the Police Uazctto , challeng ing Sullivan to fight for $12,500 , a side , Lon don prize ring rules , or to fight with small gloves , Police Gazette rules , for $5,000 a side nt the California Athletic club , provided the club will add u $15,000 purse to the stukc Fotiirilt Tlnrty-Fivu Hounds HurrALo , N. Y. , Jan 17. James Konuard , better known us the St Paul Kid , " defeated - feated "Heddy" Strauss of Buffalo in a fight to n finish hero early this morning in the thirty-fifth round Both were budly pounded Defaulter and Fugitive Louisville , Ky , Jnn , 17. Gcorgo Pcnley , u bookkeeper for the Kentucky Lumber company , which does a heavy business with n largo capital , with headquarters at Burn Bule , Ky , is a dofanltcr nnd n fugitive His wife , a relative of Congressman Flnley , Is prostrated The amount of his defalcation is not known { Control * Hotli Papers 1 Minneavolib , Minn , Jau 10. A. J. 1 Blcthen of the Tribune has bought out the " intercut of E. T. Bennett in the Tribune Star , which is the evening edition of the Tribune , and now controls both papers Liverpool Grain i'ortors Strike Liverpool , Jan 17. Five hundroa grain porters on the north and south docks hero huvtf struck for an advance in wages , and as 11 result the craln traffic on these docks is at' u standstill SOUTH OMAHA NKWS Tlio Vlnduct Injunction The potltion of ex-City Attorney Ell H. Doud's injunction to restrain the city from paying the bill amounting to nearly (7,000 to the King Bridge and Iron company of Cleve land , O. , on the Q street viaduct alleges a number of things Among them are fraud on the part of tho-city council in advortlsing for bids and awarding the contract on the saino , and by lnferenco , a tonspirauy bctweei ) tbo representatives of the bridco company ' nnd city ofllcinls ; a fraud on und robbery of taxpayers because the change in tlio viaduct made the cost less rather than mure than the price ot the Btrueturo accoraing to the orig inal plans ; a violation of law and n misap propriation of fpnds uccauso the officials purpose paying and have con tracted to pay the briugo company more money than was noted by the people for that purpose , nnd nlso chnrges of gross irregu larities and misdolugs nnd direct violations of tbo law and the sworn duty of the mayor and the members of the city council A restraining order was issuou bv Judge Clarkson returnable Saturday morning , the 18th at 10 oclock _ On the other hand it is charged that Mr Doud has takOR this course to eompol the King bridge company to pay for certain woik done for subcontractors on their viaduct contract , which claims Mr Doud holds for collection Mr Doud admitted having a batch of small claims but said positively that the payment of them would not bo an in- tlucomout to abandon the injunction proceedings But regarding these claims , " continued Mr , Doud , "tho.v nro for work on the viaduct structure and approaches which the King Bridge company are ulti mately liable for und bctoro these proceed ings were commenced I proposed to adjust them either bv an amicable arbitration or nmicublo suits entered hero but the company declined Buying thut Its pond to the city was EUlllciont As between the city and the bridge comoany thut is true but It iu uo way protects the laborois on the viaduct nor gives thorn tbo benellt of their loins To have prosecuted these llttlo suits as that company Insisted I should , would have cost more Mum they were worth " * THE HEIGHT 0 F SEA WAVES Measurement * Show 1111 ISIovutlon of Forty I'Vet From llntn to Croat The height of sou wtwos hnb long boon the subject of controversy Eminent liydroKnilierti ) liuvo Insisted that Htorni waves were usually not moro than ton foot liljjli , and rarely over twenty when the conditions ol the sou were most favorable for wayo development Many a traveler , rocliniug en a cabin transom , hus looked up through the sUyllpht to see the waves roaring : their frosty crests , and wondci-od how eyeii a twonty-footoi' could show t > o High above 11 great ships dock Many a Bailer dowbodbyati up-di-iving > wivo while lying out on a toji-galluiit yard has , doubtless , shaken his head incredu lously when told that the highest waves were uot above twouty loot , the rest being heel of ship and dip of yard Now , however , comes oxuert testi mony to prove that storm waves nro often forty foot and sometimes from sixty to seventy foot iu height In iho recent Uritish solontillo expedition some instructive data were guthorod by u sensitive aneroid baromctor capable ) of recording its extreme rise nud full by nn automatic register With a sea not subjected to an ut- moaphhoro oi unusual violence , it indi cated an elevation of forty foot from the waves hnsa to the orost ' ' Admiral Jj'tyzroyi ajjor a long sortoa of careful nioasurotnonts from the miilu- top of his ship , en tnu to a slinilur con clusion , CONGRESSIONALPROCEEDINGS A Bill Providing For Free Trade With Moxloo EX-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS reunions Asked For Tlioso luanpablo of Alnnital Labor Worlds Fair • JInttcrs Town Site Untrlos in Oklahoma , House WASttlXQTOtf , Jan 17. In the house today - day Mr Grosvcnor of Ohio introduced a bill granting pensions to ox-soldiers nnd sailors incapacitated for the performance of manual labor , lloforrcd , Mr Mills ot Texas Introduced n bill to extend the trade nnd commerce ot the United States and to provldo for full reci procity between the United States and Mox- ieo Kofcrrcd Air McKlnloy called up his motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house yesterday refused to substitute the resolutions reported by the ootnmlttoo nn rules ( as amended by the adoption ot the Cannon resolution ) for the original resolu tion roforrcd to the committee The motion to table the motion to rooousidor was agreed to yeas H4 , nays H2. The question then recurred to the adoption ot the origiual rosolutton , us follows : Resolved , That a select committee of nlno members , to bo called the worlds fair committee , " shall be appointed to which shall bo roforrcd all matters rolut- ing to the proposed oolobration of tbo 400th anniversary of the discovery of Amorioa or the worlds fair of 1802. The resolution was adopted yeas 141 , nays 188 Springer ot Illinois changing his vote from the nogutlvo to the affirmative In order to outer a motjon to roconsldor Mr Sprlngor said ho only desired that the committco should bo instructed to report next week to the house the plan by which the location might bo scloctoa As it now stood , the committee would bo authorized to select the location Ho withdrew his motion to reconsider , stating that ho would trust to the fairness ot the couimltteo and of the house Mr Flower of NowYorlc introduced the Now ork worlds ' fair bill , and it will bo rctorrod to a special cotnmlttoe whou ap pointed Mr Raines of New York offered a resolu tion Increasing the membership of that com mittco from nine to thirteen Referred to-tho committee on rules The house then went Into committee of the whole on a bill to provide for town Blto entries in Oklahoma The , first section of the bill authorizes the secretary of the in terior to appoint thrco commissioners for each portion of the publio lands settled upon nnu occupied us a town slto ( uo moro than two of them shall 00 members of the saino political organization ) , whoso dutv it shall bo whenever called ou by any ot the occunants of such town sites , and the money for entrance - trance of such town site is furnished , to enter at the pi opor land office , at the min imum price , the land so settled und occupied , not oxcecdlng one-half of a section for each town site , in trust for the several use and benellt of tlio occupauts thereof according to their respective interests Mr Baker of Now York offered an amend ment providing for the appolntmont iusload of an indcliulto number of commissions , of four boards to consist of thrco commissioners each , three boaids for the eastern and ono tor the western land distrlots Mr Perkins belicvod that at least flvo boards should be provided for Mr Piokler of South Dakota doubted whether five boards would bo enough Mr Payson of Illinois , while he was m favor of naviug the question settled , said the people In the towns of Oklahoma had remote to some sort of agreement which would greatly reduce the worlc of the commission ers While ho would err on the Bide of generosity , lid did not think that the house should bo prodigal , Mr Holroan of Indiana offered a substitute tuto for the first sootion devolving upon tbo local land officers , under the rules and regu lations prescribed by the secretary ot the in terior , duties proposed to bo performed by tbo commissioners Mr Barker modified the amendment so as to provldo for the appointment of not moro than five boards to consist of three commis sioners each , and as modified it was agreed to * Mr Holland's substitute was rojectcd The second Bection of the bill authorizes the commissioners to do whatever may be necessary to execute In good faith nnd Jus tice the provision of this act Section throe authorizes the secretary of the Interior to presenbo rules and regulations to govern the commissioners and to make it the duty of the oimmissioncrs to dotormtne all contro- voi > i.\s arising between claimants Mr Culbertson named an amendment providing that the claim 01 any porsou for uny town aitoorlot shall be deemed invalid if such person entered the territory or took possession of the town site or lot in aavance ot the date fixed by the presidents procla mation Mr Tarsncy nfforod ns n substitute for this amendment an amendment providing that when It shall uo shown by satisfactory evldonco that the claimant was at noon on the > d of April , 1860 , a United States marshal , deputy inarshul , or United States olllcer or ugent , or was prior to thut date Jn Oklahoma representing hlmsolf as such olllcer , or it it Is shown that the claimant entered the territory in violation ' ot the presidents proclamation , such claimant shall not have the right to prove up or purchase - chase any town slto or lot , Pending nctlon the committco rose and the house adjourned until 1 o'olock tomorrow , onabllng the members to attend the funornl of Walker Blalno One or the Iterated WAsnixoTOjf , Jan 17. Commissioner of Pensions Kuum has sent a letter to Secretary tary Noble requesting the removal from cfilice of Henry A. Phillips of New York , chlqt ot the middle division of the pension bureau , on the ground that the efficiency ot the bureau would bo promoted thereby On April S3 lust , during Corporal Tanners ad ministration , Phillips pension was rcrated nnd incronsod , For this reason Secretary Noble some weeks later asked hhn to re sign This , bowovcr , ho dcelinod to do , and no further action hus slncejjeen taken uptil today , owing , it is said , to the prcssuro broucht to bear In Phillips behalf by members - bors of congress and others It is bollovod Phillips dismissal will be soon followed by others whose pensions were roratod und that several others will ba reduced in rank nnd pay A-wnlllntr iho Decision WAsniNQTOK , Jan 17. At a special meet ing of the senate committee on territories today Chairman Plutt was Instructed to re port recommending a passage of bills to make the stuto of Wyoming and to orgaulzo n territorial forni of government for Okla homa The committee decided that inas much as there is a case now nendini ; before the supreme court Involving the constitution nlitv of such test oath as Is roqulrod by the constitution adopted by the people of Iduho nffcctiug Mormons the hill for the admission of Idaho as a st.ito should pot bo noted upon definitely until the supreme court rules upon the question m A Convener IturttP Ciiovoo ) , Jan , 17. The but sting of a con rovertor iu the Illinois steel company's works ibis evening killed ono man und badly In > Jurcd four pthers All the rage Hod Cross Cough Drops , 5 cents pur box , bold every where Jlrowulnc'H rifsli-.iml-lllooil Women , Hubert Browning , the great poet , whom many think tlio greutost of his time , is of 110 less unique fume in that lie married a great woman who won lirulse in his own urt und that ho made nor happy , says the London Nmvs Browning's women , ho creations of his verso , show the high esteem iuylilch ho held the pox of which his own wlfo was so brilliant tin ornumont Womou to Browning are uot feeble , character less things , but iloali and blood , with wills and pnsspus | ; and his sympathy with thnro was truly Uo efi | ol gonitis , TWO i'AT/Vyij CHAUOLS Tlioy Hob BldnPj-'DIJIon or McArdlo Prcrijjn ' ot nf Life Sldnoy Dillon , rffcldW four nnd one-halt miles from Irvingttm'nml four miles south of McArdlo sclfpbf house , was acci dentally shot and uUcd | yesterday morning nbout 11:80 : whiloVunttng with a tonont of his named James Ftampton The shooting lobk place on the farm of Hugh Doherty , nd bjtilng that of Dillons Frnmpton was several foot behind Dillon and watching the Inttor's ' dog , which ho thought had started bouio rabbits Ho hoard tCyo * Bhots la rapid ' succession , and * turning \ nround In the direction of Dillon snw that the latter was bonding forward ns it In pain Ho ran to him and Dlllonasltcdhlm to loosen the bclt'arouud his waistfrom which n couple of rabbits were suspondoa Framplon did ns was requested , and then rnn to Doherty's house to got n wagon to carry the wounded man heme Doherty nccoinpanied Frampton and the body was found at the bottom of a small rnvlno , the victim having staggered about fifteen feet . \ftor Frampton hud lett htm and fallen down the embankment Dillon's gun was found nt the rldgo of the bank partially burlodln the snow Dillon was placed in the vchlclo , nud on his way to his home , oiod Last night Coroner Herrigan held nn in- Suost , nnd the verdict returned was of nccl- ontal death fiom shooting , There nro some doubts entertained that this was really the manner 111 which Dillon met his futo The contents of both Bholls of his double barreled gun entered the breast Immediately nbovo the heart , making a most ghastly wound AN OREGON CAVE Another Hivnt of Kentucky's Wonder Driven Out by Huts The following is an account of the discovery of a wonderful cave in Doug lus county , about four milo3 from the farm of M. C. Hucklcs , on the line of the Southern Puellic railroad , and is told as nearly as possible in the lan guage of one of the discoverers , says the Hosoburg ( Ore ) Plnindoalor "A few days ago , while out hunting , ono of our dogs scented a track nnd followed it to what looked like a coyote den The dog wont in und remained quito a while Thinking ho might have been Killed by some wild animal in the cave wo went up to the hole and while looking around the mouth of the cave heard the dog banting vigorously in what sounded like a largo chamber or room in the mountain Wo at lougth called the dog out , but ho immediately stnrtod hack and again began to bark Being of an exploring turn of mind , wo ventured incrawliiiEr through the aper ture , which was hardly lnr o enough to admit thq body of a human being What was our surprise , after preceding about twenty foot , to liud that wo were iu a largo room It being very dark , wo lit what matches we , had , and could then see that the room jvns decorated with numerous largo crystals hanging from the roof , which , , from the reflection ol the light , looked like a moss of dia mends While taking in all this splen dor in silent admiration ' , wo could hear the sound of ruh iiing water , but not having anything J tit hand to explore - ploro farther , wo crawled back to daylight and went homo Provided with lanterns , wo returned next day and proceeded to investigate After leaving the first room wo wont through a narrow'passagoway which led to a largo body'6f * water , which ap peared to como tljrough the top of the cave and fall into iBnother cave below Taking up a stonb- which lay near by we threw * it 1 down the passageway where the water Wfltflfalling , and when it reached the detftb of about 25 or-80 feet if struck against , what appeared to be the Side of the cave , making a uoiso like the report of a cannon When on the verge of retracting our stops wo saw a small hole in the fttco of the cave , which on clpsor inspection , proved to bo a continuation of the passage wiv Wo were now in , and ventured on After proceeding ( or nbout fifty feet we came to some stone stops After reaching the top of the Btops wo were , in what appeared to bo a sacred hall , for on the walls wo could discern hicro- gliphics of the sun , and nlso people who all appeared to bo traveling in one direction Some were on foot , while others were mounted on what looked like camels Right under the sun was a book which lay as if open , and , hardly discernable , wore some characters or writings of some extinct race Hear these there were twelve persons in a group , while a little way in the load was another per son , who , from the position of his extended - tended arms , looked aB if ho was urging them on After looking around wo were led to believe that the people who inhabited this cave at some past ago were sun-worshipers. On the floor was some pottery , also some spears and durts They looked asl \ the wood work had been destroyed by age As wo were starting on in soarnh of further knowl edge we were all at once surrounded by huts , who made it so unpleasant for us that wo were forced to boat a hasty retreat - treat and leave all further researches to a future day Playing it on the Police The night was cold and dreary , says the Minneapolis Tribune , and no ono was about the streets except policemen and police reporters , with occasionally a man who hud been out attending lodge At the central police station all was quiet Inside was Licutonant Tom Coskrnu , who was talking in a low tone to Olllcor Tom Garvin , who had just arrested - rested a man for twining his arm around a lnmp post and than raising a disturb ance because his friend would not como homo with him Jailor Peter Bradley had just told a tramp toj'g odown Btairs , turn to the right , tnko hold of the lower knob , close the door behind you and tuko the first vacant feather bed , the ono directly urldor the ohnndolior , " when the door opanbtl liud in came two police reporters who ' ) after Blinking the snow off their coats and caps , pro flooded to mukoatbeusolvcs comfort able , itv Its a dirty night / ! ' said ono What do ynu know tonight ) ! " Nothing ; two drunks , ono disorderly , nnd four vugs ; nothing Important , " was the answer , , , , ' Just than the iiopr ) ' opened and ) ot in the chilly wind land a great deal of snow That was all Alint was noticed at first , but finally a , 'Uttlo tou-yeur-old boy was discovered • ' • " ' Hello ' , ' ' said LhSutonant C oskran , what is thisV \ J ojt do you want , my little many"i i .il Please , sir , " was , the answer , "my papa is iu a saloon drunk Mamma is nt homo sick 111 bod'nnil there is no fire and nothing to oat in the Iiquso Wont you como and make my papa go liomoV" he wont on in a childish accent Hero , Tom , go with this boy , " ordered - dored the lloutonuntaddressing Olllcer Garvin , All right , " roplicd the olllcer Say , sonny , what's your fathers pamoV" "McGintyl" suronmod , the child , as ho flow out of the door The two aforesaid police ropnrtors had hired a newsboy for a dime to play his part of the prbgrnpitna ( pvcrniiitMit liiiiilpyrM | | There are liS.OOO pursons employed in the postal sorvlco pf the government und UlJ.OOU others m the legislative , ju dicial and miscellaneous divislnus of tlio govern incut , DUNS ' REVIEW OF THE WEEK , Improved Buainosa Where Colder Weather Una Provatlod LARGEST CLEARINGS ON RECORD An lncrcnuo in tlio Output nt Pig Iron Anthracite Coal Prices De moralized Activity ltoportcd From tlic South , The Wentlier Afreets Uiislucns New Vonic , Jan IV fSpcolal Telegram to Tun Br.E.1 R. ( J. Dun & Cos weekly ro- vlnw ot trade says : Improvement lu business is noted where cvor the recent change to colder weather has been felt , Elsowhcro unseasonable weather Is stilt the complaint Outbound shipments from Chicago last week were 131,703 , tons , much the largest over known The exports of provisions nro heavy , the lard movement last week ronchlng U,1S2S02 pounds The clearings of banks last wcok were not only the largest on record for that part of the year , but showed nn increase over last year of 113 per cout outsldo of Now Votk The weekly output of pig Iron January 1 was 174.03S tons , ngnlnst 109,051 Dcceiiibcr 1 uud 154 , 603 a year ago Iuipilrlcs indlcnto thai there is 111 the nggrogato soma accumula tion of stocks It also appears that the market for bar Iron is somewhat unsettled , with a teudonoy toward conces sions , and plato Iron is loss firm Structurnl and shcot Iron nnd nails nro steady Unless the consumption of flnlshod products is not ouly sustained but expanded , the output of pig iron can hardly continuo at the present rate The stagnation In authracito coal is aggra vated Prices nro demoralized , and bitum inous coal , though active , Is oaslor Dry goods have slightly improved Sta ples and prints are firm and print cloths 8 > { cents for 01s. The wool and woolen trades show distinct signs of a di vision hotwoon the light eoods ana worsteds and the heavier goods ot nearly all kinds The latter nro seriously depressed by the un seasonable weather lat thcro is a marked revival in thn trade for domestic worsteds and light gooas , bcliovea to bo duo to the chungos last year In the treasury ruliugs , now for the first time felt Tbo shipments ot boots and shoos from Boston in 1SS9 were | 2,309OSO cash , nn incrcaso of 4 per cent over 1S8S and 60 per cent since 1830. Reports from various qunrtcrs nro on the whole more favorable Collections nro Quito generally Blow because of the retarded distribution , but uneasiness Is reported nt only a few points , lioston notes that South American hides have sold at the lowest paint over reached , but leather Is in fair demand and groceries selling well Pnlladclphin observes the arug trade quiet nnd tobacco fair , but numerous failures In the clothing trade and a fair hardware trade , with slow collections At Chicago business exceeds last yoar'B In dry goods , coots nnd shoes , with much recent - cent improvement , very largely In gruin und provisions , but clothing is dull nnd out of season At St Louis the weather haB checked distribution , butothorwiso trade is Btoady Manufactures at Cleveland are actlvo but nearly all trade is dull and at Dotrott much affected by the mild weather , but improvement in the weather nud trade is seen at Omaha , St Paul and Milwaukee All southern reports nolo an aotlvo trade The exports of coUon , provisions , oil , brendstuffs nnd cattle iu Deccmner were 574,449.027 , against W7,045,345 in 1833 , which points to an aggregate of exports oxcocding J94,000,000 for the month and again surpass ing itnoor.ts by 820,000.000. , Foreign exchange has weakened to $4.SO nnd the treasury hus taken In for the week only W.lOO.OOOjnore thatfit has paid out But the money markets show on the whole rather moro pressure , which the heavy business In progress und the tardy collections explain The stock market has been depressed Tho'spcculativo marketsfor , products nro irregular , but not very active Wheat Is nearly a cent higher , with Bales of only 12,000,000 bushels for the week , corn 1 cent lower with sales nearly as large , and pork a Bhade wenkor Coffee is Btoady , oil \\i cenU higher on light dealings and sugar is again advanced a shade , though the estimate of the European boot crop is,3,445,000 tons , against 2,701,457 for the previous year The general level of prices is a shade lower than a week ago The failures number 330 , as compared with 373 last week For the corresponding wcok of last year the figures wore 330. 9 Pears Is the best and purest soapovor made ODD WANDERING ROCKS Curiously Carved Stonns Near the Loftiest Lakn In the World Near the village of San .Toso , Peru , on the shores of the great Lake Titi- caca the loftiest lake in the whole world , uro thrco largo pillars of stone Tliov are of unequal height , and the condors that porch on the ton ol thorn , odd by their gaunt figures and dnrk plumage to the wolrd olloct of the soli tude On ono of these hugo blocks the fea tures of a human face are cut , and the ethers are covered with designs of va rious kinds ; and they all have some reference to sun-worship. The plllurs were probably engraved by the original natives pf the land , who are now known only l' .v th6so and other rollcs in this quarter of Peru They are supposed to have been a highly civilized race It is not boliovcd that the pcoplo brought these Btonos to the present position The rocks are those called "erratio" or wandering stones and were probably loft by a glacier EUROPE'S FUTURE KNGS ( Most of Thnm are Very Young ; , hut Will Yield the Hcoutr * . Who are to bo the emperors , kings and queens of th ° future Who nro the persons iu the several countries who are destined , in the ordinary cnurso of events , to sit on the thrones and to rule with lessor or greater authority ( It is a striking fact that many of the heirs to kipgshlp are young people ; some indeed , are very young The heir apparent , for Instance , of the great Gorman empire and the Prussian kingdom Is the little Prince Fredoriuk William , who is onh'BOVon yoarsof ago , says the Youths Companion , Should ho dlo before reaching maturity his younger brother , Prince William , now ' aged six , would become tlio heir , The holr to the Portuguese throne , to which Dora Carloslms ju&tsueceodod , is Louis Philippe , Prince of Bolrn , who is only two years old Tlio future ciuoon of Holland , Princess Wilholinina , has recently completed her ninth year , and is likely to succeed her aged and do- crupll father ere long The pro3ont klpg of Spain , Alfonso XIII , is not four years old , and came to the throne ut his birth , his father buy ing died before the little king came Into the world , Should ho dlo before marrying , his oldest sister , the Infanta Dona Maria do lus Mercedes , now nine years of ago , would suceeod to the Spanish throne Some holrs to Kuropoan thrones have just arrived at young munhood The Grand Duke Nicholas of Hussia and the duke of Sparta in Greece , have recently colobrutoa the completion of their twontyflrst your Young Victor Km- innnuel , prince of Nuples , the heir to the throne of Italy , was twenty years old last Novomhor Thus it appears that with the ox- reptloiiB of Great Britain and Austria Hungary the heir to every Buropoau throne is younger than the constitution of the United Stated rociulros n member of congress to ho ; nnd Prince Otto , tlio holr prosumptlvo to the Austrlnn throne , is only twenty-six years old Moreover , the succosslon in Knglnml bolonps to the Prince of Wales , wlio is forty-eight yours old Uutlt is said that the Prince of Wales health is precar ious , and it is not improbable that his mother , Queen Victoria , although alio is seventy years old , may outllvo him In that case , the heir to the throne would bo Albert Victor , the Prince of Wnlo'8 oldest son , who is now twenty ilvo yours old , A few years ohlor is Gustaf , Duke of Worraland , who is their holr to the throne ot Swcdon nnd Norway , nnd who is thirty-oiio. There uro , of course , several heirs to thrones who nro past middle life , but the largo proportion of young people at this time is remarkable HOW WOMEN ACT IN PRISON Queer Dovloeq byWilch Thr-y Seek to < ; rntlfr Nntlvo Vnnity Compulsion is the woman convicts drop of bitterness , says the San Fran cisco Argonimt Tlio complete mortill- catton of that harmless sorL of vanity which lllls so much of a woman's llfo makes her durance doubly vile All her line feathers uro sacrificed ruth lessly Her hair , which she has apostolic tolic authority for regarding as an ornament , is shorn of her last lock as soon as her cull has boon allotted to her ; and the face which has gazed with porfeot passiveness , ulmost to reuse a country's admiration , and the touguo that has boon mute under the finding of jury and sentence of judge , are raised to plead pathetically with the holder of the scissors , while tlio corridors some times ring again to the piercing cries for ti sparing pity 11s the inexorable shears gather their harvest of curls But spring returns and the hair renews itself , and before the next shearing day the girls grutnblo that a thoughtless ad ministration provides them with 110 hairpins Ono woman , whoso huir continued to bo suspiciously resplendent , as of ma cassar , after weeks of incarceration was an object of some wonderment , oven to the chaplain , until she explained to him in con lido 11 co that she allowed her broth togrowcool and then skimmed off the fat to glitter in horerowuof glory Another girl certainly rouged , and rouge tolls cllootually on the pallor of prison confinement Great was the indignation of her sisters in sorviludo against a frivolity so unattainable , but greater still , perhaps , was the curiosity to discover how the accomplishment , of such frivolity could bo nttalncd At lougth it was discovered that the red thronds woven among the blue shirts which she had to sow would , when drawn out and chewed , yield the bloom yenrnnd after oy the oheokof beauty The maniior in which nearly every womau finds it possible to disarrange and doubio one of her underskirts and present the fabciuations ot a crlnolotto 18 60 comic that it has be-ou known to wring a smile from the gravest among men a prison chaplain And a woman without a , looking glassl Only the austercst and severest orders of nuns renounce that And perhaps it is the female Dr.isoner's most oppressive pen ance , for , the rolicf of which she is even willing to risk the imposition of extra punishment a task the more , a meal the less By accident , which she de clares she will regret for a lifetime , she has broken a window The hole is there sure enough , but whore is the do- tuchsd glassV Days after this it is found concealed in a corner of her cell , and behind a strip of black cloth , her substitute for rjulcltsilvor And all for what ? There are 110 male hearts to break and few male eyes to see only these of governor , chaplain and doctor HORSEWHIPPED A PANTHER Curious Adventure of a Ponusyl- vanian Who Was Out Drlvinir While driving through Iho Stony Creek ravine lust Saturday , says a Skiunor's Crook ( Pa ) letter to the Now York Sun , n. M. ITanor , who lives in the Elk Crook valley , four miles from hero , had a romarknblo experience Mr Hanor had a single horse attached to a buggy with a-canopy top , and ho was alone The horse wus.on a slow wnlk , wlion suddenly it shied to the right , and Mr Hanor saw a quick moyomont nmong the bushes to the left What the Hash-like movement was ho didn't know , ho saidbecaubo his whole attention was directed to the skittish horse at the instant , nud when ho roiucd the horse , back into the road ho saw a long-bodied animal creeping through the copse toward the carriage Before ho had time to make up his mind what kind of a boast it was the animal crouched and then sprung at the buggy It lauded in the roadway oppoilto a point between the wheels , having sooui- mgly checked its leap on account of the canopy , the frlngo of which iluttored The horbo snorted and plunged uliead and the strange animal crept along and made several moves as if it meant to spring into the carriage It constantly eyed the fluttering top and buumodto bo afraid to muko the spring , buurliug a little as it koptalong side of the wagon Sooiug that the beast was bent on fol lowing him Mr Hanor picked up his whip and dealt it two cuts with the lash , thinking that it would thou clear out out.When When the lash cut it on the head the second time the animal gave vent to thrco oar-pior ' clng screams , and Mr then reamed that ho-was dealing with a panther He had the liorso wull under control , with the lines in his loft hand , and as the panther followed and kept screaming ho lushed it again , and itdnrtodto tun rear of tlio buggy and leaped to the right side , where Mr Ifuuor lushed it half a do/.un times Again it acted us if it would spring on him if the top wuso't there , nnd fearing that It would do so bofpre long , Mr Hanor throw down his whip , pulled oil his right mitten , unbuttoned his over coat , nulled out his six shooter.nnd fired four times at the panther Kabh outlet took elfcct and the beast rolled into the ditch uud died It was a female piuthcr , nearly bovon foot in length , and it is supposed that it was the mute of a huge maju panther which a parly of Wilkosbarro deer hiintors ran down and klllod lu I load Pine mountain in November , after they had followed its trucks in the snow for more than eight miles , Mr Hanor said ho fole * certain the panther would SICK HEADMME1 - - --3rn0ltlT1''Curca''yl ' ARTrKX these Little 1'ilU. MfjUl hllU Theyol orolleroDr j | VUljfu Indigestion and Tool IB IVER Hearty Eating Aper-B H Dll Lt feet remedy for DIztlJB H r • • * ness , Nausea , Drowsl 9 H J Had Taste In the ! fdln lath * Side , TOtt-1 riD LITER , 4a They regulate tbo Boneli.1 nnd prevent Constipation anl Files ThfeB smallest and easiest to take Only ono pill a | dose iOlnavlal Purely Vegetable 1'rlccQ 33 cents B 0&UTiRWEDIOIHECO.Prop'MNewyorl.B ; 'mmmmmmamasmmmmsam Do Not Dolny taking Hood'sSiusapnriUM * jou have that feeling or innEUor or OKhimstlon which li often thovnrnliiRsymplouof nppionch * iirI sickness U'hli modlolno expels nil Imparl- ics from the blood , euros scrofula nnd all humors , cicatossn nppottto , assists digestion , strcnRthnuans the nerves and Imparts health to every orRnn of the body Hoods Snrunporllln li sold by wl drus- 1 lsts l'reparod by U 1. Hood&Uo , Io ctIMas < have killed him if tlioru had boon no top on the buggy * , ] , „ O'ER THE SEA BV KiTE POWER Ati Adventure In Which Cuj.ld I'lnyrd a Prominent Inrt The here of this story , Colon ol S. , ' has huen at a hostelry here for a week or two , hut at present is iu Dolnnd , says a Luke Holcn ( Phi ) letter to the St Louis Globo-Domoorat. Ho is just now the central figure of an adventure undone ono in which the god of love played a very conspicuous part Colouol S. , it uppoars , speat most of the last winter at the Caicos , a little group of islands north of Cuba His hotel was built 011 a porpoiiuiculur hi nit overlooking the ocean , and the morning before ho waste to sail for Havana ho was tak ing his usual stroll alter breakfast ou the bonuh , gazing out on the groeu waters , and across the neighboring islands , when , without any warning whntovor , a strong cord wound itself about his logs , ami something , which proved to bo a largo kitopartly dragged and partly lifted him into the boa The wind was blowing briskly from the land , and away ho went over the bvcakors to the smoother waters beyond Ho caught hold of the cord with his left hand , and with the other he kopl his head above wtitor , ho being a good swimmer Ho was about tin hour going to the next island , where a large crowd awaited liim with surgeons and restora tives , but ho needed very little atten tion in that direction , his ouly hurt being when ? the cord had cut through his clothing and into the fleshy part of his log The young lady who was ( lying the kite , with ethers , launched boats and put out for his rescue , but did not reach him until ho had nenrly reached the v solid earth Of cour&o the pnril ho hud \ boon in from her carelessness caulcd her much nervous ngitation , and with her sympathy there was mixed a stronger attachment at least so the result proved The boat ho hud engaged - gaged passage in stopped for him the next day , and his business at Havana being so pressing ho wns , with reluctance , obliged to lcavo his now made friends Last summer ho came to Now York , but his legs con tinued to trouble him and grow worse , the doctors said caused by poisoning hi * blood with the coloring of his pants In Pennsylvania ho heard bf Mrs Dr Leggett , who cntu here every winter through sbrm of her patients , but whether from the name or not , your correspond ent cannot say , ho task a notion thulsho could help him , and so followed her to Lake Holcn , and in the few days ho litis received troatmontfrom her his trouble has nearly loft him , or , as ho expressed it , has put him on his foot again " But the strangest part of the story is yet to bo told , Ono day recently , after taking a bath lnnsanitarium , and while on his way to his hotel ho saw a carriage approaching , which proved • to bo from Holand , and judge of his as tonishment and delight when ho recog nized the young lady , with her father and mother , who How the kite that caught his logs that caused the pain that brought him here They all wont back to the hotel , and in the hour spent there the day was Bet for their wed dl'ig- ' Absolutely Pure This povdoraevoi' varies , A marvel ol uurlt ) tstrmiylh und wholesnmunasj ' Mora uconomt cut than tha or.lln.irKindt * , nnd cannot Us Bold in competition with the multitude , ot low teat short weUht alum or nhoipliat * powders 80UI only f 11 cam ItovAti IIakiso row/inn / Co , 101 WullKt , N , V , MEN'S Furnishing Goods N oTT u7a. no lB PiiiTroriAi.a ioii l-'LOIf It Headquarters Hept.of thel'lrmo , OIIIlo of Chief Commissary of biilmlstence Uin.iha , Neb , Jauntily 16 , ISO Beslcd propo sals In triplicate , subjeu to tnu imiml o at- lions , wlllbb rec-lyed ut this olllco unit ut tlio oflli-e or the a. ting commUsary of 8iiblsteuco ut I ort Omaha , Neb , until 12 o lioek Mcentral Btandaia time nd also nt tlm otllres of the acllim cummlbsary of subdiitencu at Torts Hid * noy , hiolirura una Koblnson , Wdb.i Vorls ! r , l . , ! Bors MSl1" " - ' { • A. 1 M .CauiD Pilot ilntto llock Sirln , ; 3 , Wyoming , uud Kort Xloug- Us Utah , until II o'clock 11.111 , mountalustand- urd time , on Monday , the 17th day of February If ! ) 1 , at which limn und places they will B opened In the pretence ot bidders , fur tun fur * nlshlnt ; iimi Utllvery thereat re9puctivoly. ot Hour , fnr Usuo Preference Mill 00 glvim l articles of domestic production or luanufaw . , tine , conditions "f quality und price ttncludlnf " * lathe price of foretell producllouii ut inaiuj fucturo the duty hereon ! IicIiik e uul The 1 lulil l reserved to reject , any or til bld , liIaiiK proposals opdapeclllcallrnH thnwlnu in detail the articles anil ( | uaniltle required nn Kit loir full Information as to condition of contracts , will be furnished on application tn any nt tiwj above mentioned nlilpit w , II URIL Moior nud C , b. U. t . A , , Chief O. B. JlWUtioSl ' - i 4 !