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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1895)
THE OMAHA DAILY BI3K : SATUJJ.Y , DlSOftMBJEll ill , 1805. . - 0 J'UTS ' THE COMPANY IN A HOLE I Kuling of Judge Hall tint May Cost the Rock Island 8omo Money. DAVIS1 CONVICTION IS NO DEFENSE Compiinr Mn < Sliorr ( lint Wreck Vic tim * Contributed Their licnlli ! > Their MII XeKllKener Lin coln I.OCIll AfltOMi LINCOLN , Dec. 20. ( Speclal.-Mt ) appears ( hat If. the ruling mule by Judgs Hall In the case of the Morse ertatc against the Hock Inland Railroad company holds good In the miprcmc court the road will have to pay for every one of the wreck victims. The nccl- 'dent occurred August 9 , 1893 , and eleven pas- sennera were killed and a nitmbsr wounded. George \V. Davis , niter thrco trials , was convicted of having wrecked the tr.iln. The company In tli ; late trlnl of the Morw case net up that the wreck occurml through no _ negligence on Its part. U also filed a de murrer , which was overruled , and the case given to the Jury , without any evidence be ing submltUd by the defend. The Jury re turned a verdict for the Morse estate of $2,000. The court Instructed the Jury that to entitle the plaintiff to recover under the statutes of Nebraska It was only necessary to prova that he way a passcngsr nnd that his death was caused by the wreck. The court siyx this Is presumptive negligence on the part of the company , nnd to avoid liabil ity for damages It Is necessary for the com pany to show that his death was due to criminal negligence of the party Injured , or his violation of in mo express rule or regula tion of the company , actually brought to his notice. The case has been pending now for over two years , and excites a great deal of hit rest In railroad circles. Today the American Rxchange National tank dismissed Its replevin suit for that portion tion of the Nlssley stock of goodu covered by chattel mortgages to Clnflln & Co. , Har- graavcs tires , and the State Journal com pany , hut will fight that ot A. U. Nlssley. which covers the largest ar.d b'tt part of the goods. Z. T. Llndsey of Cumin has brought suit In attachment for $422.42 against the firm of Nlwsley & Co. WILL , TiST THE STATUTE. Mrs. M. I. Courtnay , who was recently sued by her mother to compel her to furnish her support , has filed a demurrer , which will bring the IBSUJ of whether the statute pro viding that Indigent persons shall bo sup ported by their next of kin Is a valid one. The demurrer takes the ground that , admit ting the facto to be true , they do not con- Btltuto a cause of action under the laws. T/iero / appears to be no chance for Presi dent Hoggs of the German National bank to settle up the affairs of that Institution In stead of the receiver. The only way In which this could he done Is by his appoint ment as trustee by the rctlver. To become Buch trupteo It would be necessary that all the depositors Joined In a petition to that effect. Evidently this la an Impossibility , Judging by the tone nnd tempr of some of the depositors. It Is now rumored" " among the depositors that certain Interests were given a tip of the bank's financial condition In time to pave them any loss. It Is Intl- mnt'd that the county of Lancaster received warning and drew out $15,000 a short time before the suspension. It Is known that that sum was on deposit In the name of the county , and when the cr fch came it had been withdrawn. Receiver Hayden has com menced work on the books of the bank , In- Htructlons having bsen received from Wash ington to admit him and allow him to fa- mlllarlze himself with Its affalra He has not yet filed his bond. Frank Abies , sentenced recsntly In Cass county to tw'o years for horse * stealing , wan brought up from Plattsmouth today and landed In the psnltentlary. He was In charge of Sheriff J. C. Elkenbary. Abies' homo In In Lincoln , and he has been known to the police here as a hard case for several years. Today A. J. Weaver nnd A. S. White Isft for Iowa , City to represent the Nebraska university at the. meeting of the Intsrstnt * Foot Hall association. They will present the protest of the Nebraska-Kansas City game. Isaac Hytrs , whoso Injury , by being thrown from a wagon was mentioned In Tha Uee , dleJ last night at 9:20. : It was thought at the time that ho had suffered a contusion of the brain. Two days since he was taken with brnln fever. APPEALING FOR WALKER. Governor Holcomb has received a petition of jilnsty-foUr names from Lexington , nuking for a commutation of the sentence of J. n. Wnlker , sentenced to be hanged January 10. The petition recites that Walker Is Ineane. and requests thnt he b : sent to ctates prison for life. The governor will not re turn from Sidney until this evening. lion. J. H. McColl and Oil Inspector Edmlsten are among the signer ? of the petition. OMAHA PEOPLE IN LINCOLN. At the Llnd ll E. A. W. Snsll , Vanca lane. It. II. Grotte. At the Capital I.V. . Carpenter , George- . Urophy. At the Lin coln Adolph Meyer , 0. B. Williams , W. T. Holden. _ LOIIK Ilrollicrx I'lcinl C.'ullty. YORK , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) Frank and Edwin Long , the two brothers who nro charged with assaulting Oliver Crowdcr with Intent to do great bodily Injury a few nights HB9 , while In company with a young lady , had a preliminary hearing yesterday. The defenseplacel'no witnesses on the stand , and after the state had rcateJ , made n motion for the acquittal of the defendants on the ground that iho complaint did not set forth Biilllclent facts to constitute a cause of ac tion. This was overruled and -the prisoners bound over. However , they pleaded guilty to assault nnd were fined $200 and copts. They were required to give n peace bond. Tli business men of this city met In the city hall lost evening and organized a buai- JUBS men's club. The object of the club is to promote the general Interests of York. There was a large number prtrant and olll- cers were elected for the coming year. \ot n BEATRICE. Neb , . Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The Jury In the first of the Hawkins cases returned a verdict last evening acquitting the defendant. Thu work of securing n jury for the trial of one of the forgery cases against the came party was taken up this morning. The first case- tried was the > least serious of any of the three charges against the ex- water commissioner. A committee appointed some time ago by a citizens' meeting to ascertain the cost of putting In an electric light plant In connec tion with the water worlia has submitted Its leport , showing the estimated cost of n tlfty- nra light plant to bo $9,000 , with an additional cost of $0,000 for 1,200 etxteen-candlo power lights. _ Davlil Clly Cltlxrim Are Patriotic. DAVID CITY , Neb. . Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The message on the Venezuela affair has been the theme of conversation for the- past two days here. Citizens generally , without A EVITI-NERVOUS Mil I I-DYSPEPTIC No TOBACCO N8COTINE NEUTRALIZED ftpfct to polltlca ) T fte ! , approve the ac- i'n of Oovcrnor Holcomb and express a willingness to sustain him In his loyal mc > - aeu In the president. Arthur Klchanlson hm received the ap pointment of court reporter for the Fifth district from Judge Sedtvlck. ciitroitv iMtonccnn.s co.vi'nit. \nrtli I.otip Cltlrrii * Will lltivc mi lurronKPilcrenR'1 * NORTH t.OUP , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) IMrtles here are still dosply Interested In the chicory prslilim and correspondence Is b'lng Industriously carrl d on with a view of planting a large area to that product the cotnlrg fcison. The quest en of eatsb'hh- Ing a chicory factory here Is receiving seri ous altntlon. . Wholesale dealers In coffee and kindred beverages ad via ? the corre spondence committee of the gentlemen who arc actively Interested that there Is no doubt that a gcod demand will exlpt for all of the product thit Is likely to be offered , and , It the consensus of correspondence appars * to justify the movement , steps will no dcubt I D taken In this direction at an early day. day.Kcr Kcr three weeks a movement has been on fort , headed by some of the most suc- c'tsful and Innucntlal farmers , to form an Irrigation district , In accordance with the state Irrigation law , of the territory now covered by the North I oitp Irrigation and Improvement company's ditch , with a view of cTlfndlng the same down the valley Into Orfeley county , nnd a petition to Hint cud which now has the requisite number of f'gners , will scon presented to the Valley county Hoard of Supervisors prajlng that an election be called authorizing a vote on the satin. It Is not expect- 1 that the movement will meet with any serious opposition at the polls , rlnce It Is generally conceded that water can bs tuppllel under the district law much more economically than any privateer or corporate enterprise can furnish II , and It Is also thought that tha benefits growing out of Its more general uee will also beef of Immediate and much greater benefit to the communlty-at-large. After an unusually successful fall term tin lor the supsrlntendency of Prof. Illrfins of narly , la. , the North Loup schools close today for a two necks' vacation. The attendance has been good and little or no Interruption from epidemics or other causes has occurred during the tmn and rapid progress has been made In all departments. \olirnxkii Knrmcr Hurt. ASIlbAND , Neb. . Dec. 20. ( Special. ) Andrew Wilson , a farmer living about eight miles north of Ashland , had quite a se rious runaway accident yesterday. lie , with another pertrjn , was riding on the running gears , of a lumber wagon , when the team become unmanageable. Wilson was thrown violently to the ground and badly brtilbctl. He was rendered unconscious for a time , but his Injuries will not u ; at all berlous. Uev. Peter Lansing of Union precinct , the pioneer preacher of Saunders county , has been In town this week visiting his son. thu old man Is In his S7Ui yera. Hr Is still halo and hearty , and can lay out many men of half his age at any sort of hard work. He has put up sixteen cords of wood > M3 fall , and would have made It twenty cords had he had not had the misfortune to break l'is ' nxo handle. s Mrs. Lydla Ilolman , who was well nnd favorably known In Ashland nnd vicinity during the years 18S4-6 , after a lingering Illness of nearly five years died In her horns at London , England , December 2. York lliiMliu-KH Men Support Cleveland YORK. Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special Telegram. ) At the business men's meeting last night the followins resolution was adopted : "Without" regard to political affiliations' , the members of the Commercial club of York- lieieby endorse and recommend the views ex pressed by President Cleveland In his recent special message to congress relative c to the Venezuelan controversy , as wise , Just and patriotic ; that if Great Britain persists In her refusal to arbitrate the questions In die- puto such refusal must b ? accepted by all just and Intelligent people that her claims arc not founded on justice , nnd could not there fore be defended before an impartial tribunal. ' Wo hercb'y request the senators and members of congress from this state to support the president In the patriotic position which he has taken. " - \ CUNotcM. . HENDLEY , Neb. , Dc. 20. ( Special. ) Mrs. Mack Marst , accompanied by her brother , Dan Donahue , left for Ohloyva the first of the week , for a visit with their pa rents. Rev. J. II. Roberts has gone on a visit to his brother in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Austin and family and Mrs. G. P. Shoemaker attended the Johnson- Auslln wedding at Wllsonvllle Wednesday evening. About forty men and teams joined In the work at the park dam Tuesday and rushed the work through. They we're treated to a free oyster dinner at the hotel by the bui- iness men of die town. l.oulHVlIUI'crxoiinl Moiitlou. LOUISVILLE , Neb. , Dec. 20 , ( Sppcial. ) J. M. Robertson , county clerk-elect , moved his family to Plattsmouth this week. The Methodists are preparing a cantata for ChrUtmas. The public schools closed today for a vaca tion of two weeks. The teachers will all attend the state association at Lincoln. Messrs. Richie & Dlckran are cribbing considerable corn for speculative purposes. They pay 17 cents per bushel. J. P. Wood , who has been In Missouri during the past summer In the interests of the Modern Woodmen , returned home last week on a visit to his family. Small lllnrc at Wnlioo. WAHOO , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The county tieasurer's office at the court houoa was the scene of a small blaze yesterday evening. A lamp was overturned and a large quantity of stationery was destroyed to gether with nearly nil the ofllca furniture and fixtures. A number of window lights were broken In order to put the firs out. The promptness of the lire company baved tl > o building. The Ilasya murder case went to the jury this aitcrnoon. 1'orucr lloiiuil Over. OSCEOLA , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The raso of Swan Bcnt-on , who was arrested last Saturday charged with forgery , came up before Judge Hurst for preliminary exam ination today , und ho was bound over to the district court In the sum of { 500. U Is al leged that lie forged checks against J , K Fowler to the amount of $70. Ho Is In Jail. Oiiinliu ( > lrl 1C tit [ i I o FREMONT , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) The school board held Its regular meeting lust evening. The bills , Including the monthly pay roll , were allowed. The cchools closed today with appioprlute exercises. Miss Marian Adams resigned on account of 111 health and Miss Holllday of Omaha was appointed In her place. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ toii'Niv .Sellout HARTINGTON , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special Telegram. ) At a special meeting of the cit izens of Hartlngton this afternoon It was decided to erect an eight-room brick school building , with all modern equipment ! . The building will cost about $15,000 and will be built on the file occupied by the High school building , recently destroyed by fire. Iiiilliiiiolu .Men-hunt Iloliheil. INDIANOLA. Neb , , Dec. 20. ( Special Tel- egram. ) Q. W. Short's store wps robbed last night , coffee , tmgar , tobacco , etc. , being taken. The city council has taken stpa to prose cute M. G. Shackslton. druggli't ' , for alleged lllcr.'il liquor selling. .Mueli Corn Hold at Jiinlntii. JUNIATA , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. ) .More ear corn , 1s being bought and cribbed hero now than ever before. Now cribs are being erected to hold the crop. Oats , wheat and rye are coming- slowly , owing to the pre vailing low pMces. _ UrntliH of it Day. CHICAGO , Dec. 20. Charles n. Atwood , one of America's foremost architects and de signer , and until quite recently a member of the well knswn firm of D. H , Durnham & Co. , architects Is dead. He conceived borne of the World's fair buildings , Wo often hear people say there la only one good cough medicine- and that ls Dr. Mull's Cough Syrup , the specific lor coll. \ \TIMIi\ off in PIIM rni t UTii o NliBRASKAS HELD BEAUIIES Prof , Bcssey's Third Lecture in the Y , M , 0 , A , Course , ORIGINALS AUGMENTED BY IMPORTATIONS lloiv ItiNcdn llnvr A third to the llrll- Ilancj- neil Vnrlfljor the Prnlrlo < i I'rlNoiiM for I'rojiaunlloii. "There arc over 1,500 species of Indigen ous ( lowers In Nebraska , " Bald Prof. Bessey In his lecture last night on "Flowers nnd Inwcts of Nebraska. " "No state In the union Is blessed to a greater extent with the bEnUtlflcrs of nature than our onn , " Prof. Bessey elated that this number was greatly augmented by n lirgs number of plants Imported Intq the state from other localities. The utility of a Rowir doss not consist In UP merely being a beauty spot In the landscape , but Its primary object waste to generate RCE > ! S for reproduction. The different methods were strange and curious , but the greatest propagating agent were Iho Insects which carried the pollen from one flower to another , thu ? fertilizing tin se dft Ths- flowers of the state were dlvdd ! Into twelve classes' . First , the wind Ilowcrs or those producing pcllen which was carried ubroad by the nlr currents. They Incluied the different varieties of pines end grnsces. Instances were known whsre this fertll r.er of the flowery kingdom had been carried for 1,000 milts nnd the lecturer had found pollen In the ponds of Iowa wafted from the btuH of Missouri. The primary pollen flowers , such as bu3s of the cottcnwood ITSCS , oiks and walnuts , were visited by Insects , but the largest part of fertilization was accom- pi shed by wind drift. Spiked flowers such as the common plantains nnd verbenas , head flowtra. Including asters , sunflowers and golden redp , flat flowers as the butter cup , strawberry nnd cherry , and bsll-shapjd flowers , Including morning glories and pe tunias , owed their process ! of reproduction .to the untiring activity of the bo nnd other Insects. These busy little mltss cf crea tion passed from one blossom to nnothor In thslr ssarch fcr honey and food , nnd In so doing carried the requisite for fecundation which accldently adhered to their wings and bodlep. The * curious Dagger Weed and OJd Iris were dwelled upon at length nnd their means of reproducing through the wanderings of a moth described. . Flower cages which Imprison insects for the purpose of propagation , euch as the In dian tulip and lady slipper , wer : described at length , and the minute tentncics which held the Insect n prisoner when one : InslJc the sheaf \\-ert cited ne being cno of the strangest rcsrrts of nature to accomplish a given end. end.The The professor closed his lecture by a brief allusion to the deadly effects of the milk weed upon insects and the beauties of the bsll-shapid species of flowers which com prised violets , pansles , orchids , foxgloves end sagas. Th ? entire lecture was Illustrated by ine-ins of a powerful stercopticjn. Prcf. Beftey addrisbed the Woman's club on dif ferent subjects of botany yesterday with suggestions on the b'.st methods of interest ing children in Its L'.udy. THIUTV-KOUH HOUIES IlKCOVKItliU. Some I'nCPrlKlniy UK to WlirMii-r It WII.H DIIII ] > or DyiiuuiKiUxiilodtil. . RALEIGH , N. C. , Dec. 20. The Assiclated press correspondent has just returned frm Cumnock , the scene of the terrible explosion In the Egypt coal rains. The work of rsscue began late yesterday afternoon. All the bodies discovered were brought to the bottom of the mine shaft , but none v.u-3 brought to the surface until early this mrnlnB , waeq tv.-snty-four bodies wera brought up by the rescuers. Eight bodies were found after ward nhd are lying at the foot of the sluft. Two more bodies have been discovered , but are almost entirely burled. They ere- being dug out. The foreman of ths > dynamite room has not yet been found. Reports aa to the amount of dynamite In the mine conflict. Some of the miners say therj wcie flva c-ses cf 2CO pounds In the- mine , whlls the supcrr Inteiident thinks there was only fifty patmds of the explosive there. The thzory of the cause of the catastrophe generally held Is that the first explosion v.as of cral gas , tlut then the dynamite exploueJ , and that It wcs "afterdamp"that suffocated all that remained alive. . FLOODS STILL 1JULAY THE THAIXS. MlHNOiirl ItomlK'ot Vet In fiooil Itiiu- 111 UK Orilcr. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 20. Floods throughout the state are Interfering1 "greatly with rail road tralllc , and Thursday night and this morning mort trains from the west \vcro from five minutes to several hours 1st ? . The Missouri , Kansas & Texas passenger tra'n from Galvcbton , due at 7:28 : , was abandoned on account of landslides on the St. Louis division. The most serious trouble today was on the St. Louis , Keokuk & Northwest ern branch of the Burlington route. A be- rlous washout at Old Monroj compelled ell "K" line tralnu to St. Louis to como In by way of Alton , and they wsre more than three hours late. The Chicago & Alton Kansas City night express , duo at 7:08 : a. in. , and the Chlcaco midnight special arrived at 8:53 : o'clock. Similarly the Cairo snort l.lno , duo at 7:41 : a. m. , which arrived nt 9 o'clock , had been detained at Holly Springs , Mlw. , by the delayed Jacksonville sleeper. The conductor reported heavy floods In southern Illinois , although the water had not reached the rail road tracks. nn.WHii scouciinn nv A. FIHIJ. Kivu lIUNliK-NN FlrniH Ilnriioil Out Hiirly Thin Morning. DENVER , Dec. 20. Flro broke cut at 3 o'clock this morning In the RIche block , at SlxUenth and Curtly streets , The fire spread with great rapidity and as It was In tli he ait of the busln-ess district a general alarm \VJS turned In. By C a. m. the fl.nmea were under cjnlrol , having been confined to the RIche block. The Btcres of th ? Kites 'Shoe com pany , Babcock Bros. , hatters und furrier ? , and Tucker Bros. , furnishing goods , WOM gutted. Losses and Insurance are nn follows : Lotia on building , $20.000 , Insured ; Estes Shoe com pany , losa $40,000 , partly Insured ; Babcock Bros. , lOBy $65,000 , Insurance $40,000 ; Tucker Ilros , , loss $10,000 , Insurance ; Sctuiltz Drug company , loss 0:1 : clock $1,000 , covered by In surance ; C. H. Talsey , tailors , loss $7,000 , In surance $0.000. Killed IIU Ulvorvfil Wife. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 20. The body of Irene W. Mosher , aged 27 , who was about to become a mother , was found on the street tonight. She had been stabbed to the heart and In- ttanyjkilled. . The woman worked In a to bacco factory , Euportlng hersilf and three children , from whoso father nho was divorced a few mouths ago. She wan divorced be cause of his cruelty. He had made several attempts to kill her and had threatened that when ho was released from the workhouse where Gho had him Incarcerated he would end her life. Th ; police are now looking for Charles Mother , the husband. Very Popular lit Mliinenoln. We have a good trade on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ; In fact Bill a * much of it as of all other cough medicines combined , and we baudle more than a dozen dlfffrint kinds. Rae & Petcrsen , Druggists , Pelecan Rapids , Minn. This renidy IB popular because It can al ways be depended upon. Its promptness in curing bad colds , crcup and whooping cough makes It a favorite everywhere. Mlnliiu Lllliratlou D ST. PAUL. Dsc. 20. Judge Nelson has de cided the rase ot Hartman against Wcrreu , the Bishop Iron company and ftliera In favor of the latter , sustaining demurrers Inter posed by ilia defendants , and dismissing the bill. The litigation Is over the famous "sec tion 30" In th Vermllllon range , one of the moit valuable tracts la the country. m One Minute Cough Cure ii harmless1 , pro * ducea Immediate result * . * HAH A > ivrnnisTi\ : < sViitmM'i ( { : } } ! : . Cnrler llnrrl on' Son Temporarily Kit jit ) n .SitvnKe Life. SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. S n\yilllam Pres ton Harrison , son of the late Mayor Harri son of Chicago , and who has Just returned from a year's cruise among the South Sea le-lands , has many Interesting stories to tell of his voyage. Besides riatrortly escaping death at tha hands of cannibals In the Solo mon Islands he had numewu startllng ex periences. ' . "A native may take you Inlo hlsi housei at night and trial you the best 'Ulft'd , " ho said. "He will never molest you Jherarm the score cf hospitality , nnd you can remain therennd be perfectly snfe. Nomtheless , ths next day , after you rtart away , he Is Just as liable an not to overtake you nnd knock you on the head with Ms club. The social ethics are then off. If It may b considered tb t being boiled In the head-taker's pot Is not a s.xMnl affair. "I saw In same places as many as wventy- five skulls In a place , all idles of the head- hunters. There were many pheJS where such lots of skulls. ' could bo seen. The more head * a bravo had taken the higher he was es teemed. They hold the heads 111 the t'.mt estimation an an Indlnn does his scalps The heal hunter Is known according to the num ber of heads he has takea. " 1 went down to the Pacific Ishnds largely for pleai'Jte. ' but Intending to do s me llt.rary work whlb absent. I had workoJ very lurd whlla In Chicago and wnntesJ n good rest. The Ip'.and llfo Is so peculiar thai I fell In with Island ways and did not work at all. I dlsca-dod all clothes except a nntlv ? garment about my lolnu and let my beard grow long till I got back to Sydney. While going naked ths sun burned my back till It bacamc' cx- c2-dlngly acre and thS : ; ' . | tc-.led ct ( In patches. Finally it got well and became BE hard and Impervious to the sun's rays as that of any native. "I went tibout as much ED I dared on thf Island and much more than I would do a aln. It U down therz as II occe was on th : western plains nud mountains with the Indians. You ret accustomed to the danger nnd don't nl- wa > n think so much about It as you ought to. I woJld not po through ap lii what I have his time for anything In the wcrlJ. "I also ypent considerable thus during my ahscncs In Ihe li.lerlor of Samoa. 1 lpl night after night with Mallstoa , Tamasese and other chieftains' . They told me a great deal about their trouble. My opinion Is there will b-i ancther war there , and It may com ? won. When I Icfl the King and different chiefs I was fairly loadei c'.ovn with rriscnts. U was ho fasclmtlng there that 1 would like to go back , but I don't ca.ro to see any more ot the Solomon liUudera" T13XAS AVII.T XKKIJ SOMH CHAMGES. Ship Unlit on I3nnllhli 1'luisn Xitl t"l > to the Amrrlcim Slaiulurd. NEW YORK , Dec. 20. Oacc mors the official trial of battleship . Texas has bcwi postponed , this time after she had i'-iccess- fully accomplished thrcs-quarters of His test allotted lo her. The cause of th ? post- poncmcnt was In no way attnbutublo lethe the contraclors or thecnglius , but to struc tural defects. The ship has returned to her anchoiage off TompMnsvllls , S. I. , and will await Instrucllons from ths Wash ington authorities to Captain Gla-j3 &s to his further movement. o At the beginning of Ihe spfed trial nt pea the > Texas easily attalucdl a speed of fourteen knots an hour. This was grad ually lncrsasd until , when th3 four hours' Irlal under forced draught was begun , the ship was making a fraction , ovcr seventeen knots , her enp lies bsing r-U-Oe.l to their utmost capac ty. Under this hsavj striln there was scaic3'.y any .vibration on the upper decks. For three Jiours , the vessel was kept under heavy prcssurp. The gen eral aversco tpsed frr that tlpis was 17.8 knots. Tu ) maximum speed attained waa IS.fi knoty. , . . , At the end of Ihe thlrd , hour th ? ship wan brought around and hcade.1 back fcr Ne-w York. It had beccihc apparent that thcrj was too much vibratlsn of ti3 ! floor plates In the engine room , . which was caused by ctructural weakneB * . This sub- stanllatcs the claim made Ih'll the ship \vll ! have to b&i'lrenglh2ned byf'cliann : ! plates or olhcr shipbuilding device"n.cra was still other trouble"ln In ? engine"r6Dm and 'firs ' rooms. L'Sr'ge quantities , of cold water was being used 'to keep ths journals coal. Tli3 water ran Into ths crank pits and wan then sent to q main plpi which cxtsnd ? through tha engins rooms. The water tally IjHo cisterns In the fir ? roorti , where big punips ara used to carry-'lt away. The pumps were totally Inadequate for this. In consequence the i-lice , became flooded and work had to be Moppo < l."Ths ! uame difficulty was fouriJ In preliminary trials' , and therefore WRS not duo to any accidental choking or strain ing. The circulation pump afsa bscame use less fcr the Urns being. 'Th ; ship will HUsly bo pent back to the Erooklyn navy ysrJ ta have changes nude which will obviate the trouble which stopped the trial. LAST STOIIY HIS aiASTEFi'IKCFS. that Hurry Hnyivnr < lViin n I'rliic-f of Liir . MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 20. The Impression Ic drawing lhat Harry Hayward , the prince of liars , left hip mast'rplccp falsehood to follow after his death In his remarkable anU- mcrtcm statement. Not only are there many internal evidences that he told msny eonsa- tlorml tales simply from a duCre to posi SB a great criminal and to give h'a "Cousin Goodsell" a good thing , but It now trans pires that Harry to nl leat't Ihrca persons characterized the statement us a pack cf Kes. W. W. Hayward. his fithsr. published a statement. In which Ii9 declares that Harry told hi ! parents hfore the confession that they need net worry about what he said ; It was to be a tissue of Hew , to bo con- utructe.l to meet the damajid for sensation. He arsnroil thorn that he had told them , and thorn clone , the whole truth. . After making the Etitemcnt , ho told his attorney , John Day Smith , that h3 had taken certain well known facts aad woven around ( hm plenty of lies. "The public wants lies , " said he , "and I will give them lei ! > . " To the specialists who examined his skull ind brain at the autopsy and pronounced bin' a dcgenerat ? . tli ? statement lo prlnclpillj Interesting frcm a psychological point cf view , as lending weight and evidence to their theory. The demand for the confes sion In pamphlet form Is phenomenal , and tlio first option of 120,030 has already been exhausted. r Never Killed a I'liiniileiia ( ilrl. LOS ANGELES , Dec. 20 , The Htory told by Harry T. Hayward , recently cxecutsd at Mlmisapol'.s for the murder of Miss Glng , re garding the murder of a Pasadena woman flvo years ago by him Is thought to .b ; entirely false. Old citizens here fal ( to recall any mysterious disappearance or , suspicious cir cumstances surrounding the , qcpjrture of any Pasadena girl from the cltiat'my , time and think tlut Hayward deliberately falsified. There are those who dgcla.r.0' that It Is brrely possible that such murder might have ben committed amlalre-rrlctlm been a winter tourist here , but Investigation falls to unearth even , a suspicious fffmnstance that would connect Hayward with a murder here. Rheumatism Is caused brittle acid In the blood. Hood's SarsaparlllftSteutrallies this acid and cures rheumatism * .ViMV York Cattlu MALONI3 , N. Y. , Dec. 20 , On Wednesday last a representative of the. State Board of Health was summoned to M atone to examine oneof the largest herds ofVftiMcy cattle In the country , belonging to Jt S , Amsden. Out of thirty-five head e'xamVnedv thirty were found lo be Infected wlthj ( eh/rculoslg and they will be killed at once. It IB rumored that other herds In the county are Infected. As the milk from the Amgden herd has been sold here , the community Is greatly excited over the dUcoverv. Arnlcn Salve , The ijejt salve In the world lor cuU.brulses , sore ? , ulcers , salt rlicuni , fever cores , tetter , chapped hands , chilblains , corns , and all ekln eruptions , and positively curej pile ? , or no pay required. U Is guaranteed to give per fect atlactlon or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Kuan & Co. I nun m- Fill he KIllH IIU Olillt ] , BROOKLYN , N. y. ( Dec , 20. William Supleben , 29ran old , a blind toap peddler , tonight , while temporarily Insane , killed Ills only child , a little clrl 4 years old , by cut ting her throat and then sh.ot hlmeelf dead. Will m-fciul llrlUifeiiurt lliirbor. BRIDGEPORT , Conn. , Dec. 20.-M call to veterans of the late- war to enllat for the defense ot Bridgeport harbor in the event of ONLY 3 MORE DAYS -AND TURN THE GREAT BANKRUPT SALE ° J ] ? S , P. MORSE DRV GOODS (0. ( WILL BE A flllXG OF Ilia PAST. sorts prices nnd secure bottur poods Show Cases , q p OTSOMCO OUl Stand , Boys' Clothing Department , This I * ttie "Inrt call" tn this ic | > nrt- ment. Hero Is tne chnnce to give the IIOJB Ills cheap. Boys' "Kine ; " Waists All white or light ami tlirU c 1- ois , .inly C5 left , lrfs S'.i , nnd 3- Boyo' Heavy 2-Piecs Suits llcn\y dark ROO < K double crata nnd iloitlile l < nee , .Mnr-e's M75 , CI.OS1NC1 OL'T ONI A" Hoys' Chinchilla Reefers Klzco 3 to 13 years , heavy , croil j / -v p" * mitorlhl worth J5.00 , Tl OSlNO g . SJ J * * * * Ot'T I'UICU - Boys' He vy ITiatora All flzpi , MotJf'n price J8.CO , JJ KQ CLOSING OUT 1'lllCn * JJJ Umbrellas. Ladies' ITsnbrellas Fancy handle * , dorli f Ilk , steel 4 , Moree B $1.75 Kocds. CLO38 Jl . JNO Ol'T 1'UlCn ONLY . Ladies' All Silk Umbrellas Sleel rojs. DieBdcn and pearl hnmVcs , cleKnnt BC ijx , M.ite' Q JTrl price } 5 M line ) $00) , CLOS1NC5 O.ClU OL'T I'lUCi : ONLY . Gents' Umbrellas Mn-ce's $1.73 proda , CLOSING 4 4 Q 1'UICK . l.it/ Jin-re's J5.00 Rood' , CLOSING mici : . Fancy Goods. Saotiet Bags AFJOited colois , nnc fntln Roods , Ilor'e'n price 35c. CLOSING Satin Fin Nlcelv cmbioldered , good Kitln. Satin Pin Cushions As-orled lor . hnna Palntei C ? lluloid Baskets 7.c Rt'Oda , CLOSING IT.1CL' Jl.OORoods , CLOSING puicn $1.75 Eoods , CLOSING 1-HICC . Satin Handkerchief Cases Assorted colors , good satin , hand palnletl. nicely Bcontcd. wortj si. so , CLOSING OUT nucn ONLY . A LAHGJ3 ASSOIITMCNT ot Toilet Hexes , Unndterchlrf Hoxes. G'.o\a lioxes , Worlt llox's , Shu Ing Sets , Albums , etc. , etc. . In 'celluloid , plush , wood nnd leather , all going at cloning out prices. Jewelry Dept. Breast nnd Lace Tins A big lot , ntso-.ted etjletf. wrath We to iSc , CLOSING OUT I'HICE. UACH. ] Inlr Ornaments Sterling silver mounted , clegunt rinjl goods , ' ' ' Ilicatt I'Ins Assorted handeomc goods. Moise's price $1.0 ? in ! $1.25. CLOSING 1'ltICi : . ONLY OPKHA GLASHUS Peail nnd leather goods , the best I'rencli make , nt kus t.ian h.ilf price. f The t enty.nlnth year of II AKPCR'S 11AZAU , beginning In January , if9S , finds It niaintaln- Ins Us deserved reputation both a * H fashion Journal and a uccUy periodical for home reading , No other HOIIUU'I journal coniiaici with It \aricillntcrcst and in tlie number of populai writers ttho contribute lo its colunr.ii. \Ve lia\e suili a ( cast to offer you for the coining year Hut we ha\c difficulty in giilng even * small portion of it litre. ' 1 here are 4ft OUR PARIS LETTER , by KATIIAKINB Du POKESTT llie LATENT PARISIAN FASHIONS , a Illustrated by SM.IWZ , CllArui , and UAUUU. Then there aic umivallcd departments on NEW YORK FASHIONS Embroidery and The Out-door Women's ' Music Art Needlework Woman Colleges Weekly Articles TWO GREAT SERIALS HARPER'S M. L. TOOL nud M. E. WII.KINS HARPER'S MAGAZINE WEEKLY Answers to Correspondents $4 a year f4 a year i All this and a great deal more In , , . AZAR Subsoitt now fcr yourself cr mate a C//J/STMIS fKESENT of a \ \ ttikscriftion ti > jetir friendi , 4 oo n year , i < > " " HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , NEW YORK < > war with England lias been Issued by James II. Smith , past commander of the local Grand Army of the Republic post , He was a member of tlie Korty-tlilrd New York vol unteers. He Eald that tills call was not In tended especially for Qrand Army of the He- public men , but for all who fought for Uncle Same In the civil \\ar and were honorably dis charged , Pozzanl'i Complexion 1'ouder .produces a soft and beautiful ekln ; It combines every element of beauty and purity. Trollf- Cum Collide lu 11 PATBU80N , N , J. , Dec. 20. Thomas Mur phy of this city waa Instantly killed and ten liercnns seriously injured , one of them per haps fatally , In u collision of two trolley earn on tliu Hoboken , I'atcmm & Pansalc trolley line near Clifton yesterday. Fred Seeker was badly Injured Internally and Is expected to Silk Department All silk colored craiics , ere- pans and novelties , uhilTons , evening thiidu3 , price $1.00 to JI.7B. NO OUrPRIL'H brocaded and plain sutin , peed designs , this Hpiiaon styles , Mora's iirlcj 75o. OI.OS1.NU OUT IMUt'K Colored novottits , ivll silk lulTo'as , small doflptis nnd htripOB , blntik grounds , ' . ' ' . Mortn's price1 Jl.'i'i. OI.OS1NH OL'T PRIOR Bluek AIH3llir Armure , Black All Silk Satin Dueliosso , Black All Silk Gros Grain , Blank Crvbtul Bou ulino , Black All Silk Peau do Solo , Morso's price Sl.ii and $1.50 , CLOSING OUT PRI013 . . Cliristmas FURS Children's Fur Sets nt76c , 98c , Sl-25 , $1.50 , $2.98. Ladies' Muffs At 50c. OSe , $1.50 , $2.93 , $3.50 , $5.00 and up to $10.00. We have made atiotor reduction on Liidies' Fur Garments. $22.0J Astraehun Capos reduced to SK1.CO. $35.00 and 8-10.00 Electric Seal Capes reduced to Sl'J.OO. $12-3.00 and S135.00 Beaver , Otter and Mink Capes reduced to $72.00. Latest style Jackets and Capes at $3.50 , So.OU , $0.75 , 67.fiO and $10.00 ; worth more than double the price. Dress Goods At 17c All wo < jl serge , 36 inches . _ wide , in s.11 colors and black , 4 I Morse's 33o fjosids , to close I I f1 them out quick , only , per I I B. i w yard At 24c ChMot Suiting-5 , beautiful _ . . olTcets , and all wool Series 1 R and Henriettas , sold by //j P Morse at 50o ; wo will close L Bu them out at , per yard * * At 3Sc Imperial Twills and Imported Silk Finished Henriettas , in navyu , blncks and lighter tints , for wrappers and ten gowns ; Mo so hid : them all marked 35c 76c to $1.00 : to close thorn out , only , per yard Pure Food : Mf.1Buckwheat ? , WRIGHT'S MILLS , Borlln , Wis. die. Murphy was a motorman on one of tlie cam. The accident woo due to a thick fog that prevailed. ili Cook IN SrrloiiHlIII , NILES , Mich. , Dec. 20. S. T , Searle of this city has received a letter from his daughter , whu Is a mUnIonary stationed at Kobe , Japan , In which she Bays Joseph Cook , the noted divine , has arrived there recently from Australia , bioken In mind and body. He had to give up his lecturing tour and the proba bilities are he never will regain his health or mental vigor. DeWltt's Little Early Ill8ri cure Indlgei- ( ton and bad tireatU Gents' Furnishing Department. Silk Suspenders I.lKlit nnJ dark colou , pretty J.I0.1S. MOIKP'S mien f,0o. CIX3S- I.VO OUT I'UICU ONLY . . . . . . Gont3 Mufflers Oooil colors , light nnil ilnik shades. Mcrro'H price 5Sc tn tOc , CI.OS1NO OUT IMtlCi : ONLY . Gouts Silk Mufflers I.'K t nnd dnilc rolorK , , Ftlli. < Kuoda , Montr' . in , Ire sir ONLY In 11.33 , CLOS1NO OUT iMiiri : 69c 75c nnd 31.00 Ties IVcKs , Four-ln-hnnds and Do Jolmlllo ntjle , llRht ntnl iluk Murse'B 7."o nnd 11.00 KIHKIK , ' CI.OSINO OUT IMUCi : ON1A' . . Gents' White All Wool Underwear iicK.int. Foft cooilB , line iunllty | iiiul nicely miule. ull plies , Mnrso'n rilcc > 2.00 , I'l.O. lNO 98c OPT I'UICi : ONLY , EACH Hosiery and Underwear. I.AniKS1 NATUHAIVOOI. . VKSTS , vrry lint * K < > n < 1a , nlcfly made , resu'nr ' JI.C5 pnoJi , only. . LAIiiS' : WOOL COMBINA TION St'ITSery fine quallly nlcelv made nnd trimmed , regu lar ? 2.M Fllll , now LA liK' : OIIAY WOOL COS ! 1I1NAT1ONS. nc\er Mi i98c than 11.50 , now ODD LOT Ol < - LADIES' a HAY WOOL VESTS , rrcular J1.25 nnd J1.50 Roods , now LATJIHS' IIKAVV DLACIC COT TON IIOSK , with double h l ISc nnd toe , Kc K cdi > , only LADllIS' 11 LACK WOOL HI11- linl ) IIOSB , Uh double heel 19c nnd 130 , 3Jc goods , only CHILOniCN'S HBAVY 1U11UKIJ 1ILAI-K COTTON HOSII , with cnly double heel nnd toe , See Komls , 15c 'Books. 25c Paper Covered Novels 8c Closlne out price only , each , . . . 50c Paper Covered Novels 12c Closlns out price , each 50c Cloth Bound Books 19c Clofilne out price , each Sir Walter Scott's Complete Works 13olumes , cloth hound , worth JC.OO. CI.OSINO OUT I'UICK , 2.98 SHT Macanley's Essay3 and Poems \olumCH , cloth bound , ri-RUliir fillet J8.75 , Ct-OHINO OUT 89c I'llICE , PKIl BUT Macanley's History of England C volume ? , cloth bound , worll J3.00 , CLOSINU OUT TOIC13. . . Pi'escott's Conquest of Peru 2 volumes , cloth bound , recuiur I'ltiCH lirlrc Jl.OO , CLOSING OUT 63c A "Lot of Prayer Books and Hymnals In fill a line bindings , nt about 25o on the dollar. Tse in Town , Honey I" Flour A combination of the great staffs of life WHEAT , CORN mid RICE. A grocer who offers you any other color ed package than Red when you osk for the Genuine Aunt Jemima is trying to deceive you , and if he deceives you in this matter he may in your accounts. Remember the Red package. Bcv/are of counterfeits. HERE'S OUR GUARANTEE. Iliiranackneeuf Ucnulno Aunt Jemima's Half. HMuu I'ancuka Flour , and lr rim do not flndlb mutes the licit cakes jrou urerino , return the emp ty box to yuiir Krnuor * loayu > our numtfUDUtuo vrocer will refund the ; uonoy and cliariio K to ui. Scientifically I'repured and Manufoctuied only by ( H , T , Davis Mill Go , , St , Joseph , Mo , December Specials . . . ODD DIVANS 37 niffiirontHt/UsL FriooH ; 810 811 815 820 S25 8UO 84O 150 875 Clins.Shiverick & Co , I'ur nlture auil Urapcrlcu 12IU and Ditifli