I The Frontier.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BT
JAB. H. IlIOOM.
O'NEILL, - . - NEBRASKA.
A Ilnrvnrd 210 courses tire offered In
the llberaV nrts and sciences. It would
take a student forty-four years to com
pleto all these courses.
A Raltlniorc man, after a courtship
of fourteen years, undertook to with
draw, when the party of the second
part objected, and a breach of promise
•uit followed.
It is only a few years ago that P. T.
;?y Dubois, now a senator from Idaho
f. with a salary of 8.1,000 a year, wa«
try!nff hard to get a 81,200 clerkship if
Washington.
ASsop’s fables were not written by
their author. They were related and
banded down until the fourteenth
■century, when they were collected and
published by a monk.
In Europe red hair is associated with
deceitfultiess. A German proverb
.printed in 1513 says: “The short in
■stature are naturally proud; the red
baired are untrustworthy."
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A cribo snake is one of the interest
ing pots at the Central Park, New
York, menagerie. It has a taste fot
devouring othor snakes and it is feared
tyr them all, even the poisonous.
The custom of saying' “God blesi
you" when a person sneezes date!
from tho time of Jacob, who ordered
that when a person sneezed sorao one
should make a pious exclamation.
IFive great English war ships are
now declared to have guns which are
% unfit for service. These range from
110 tons to 07 tons. The French 75-ton
guns, however, are said to be satisfac
tory.
t -On the old Boston and New Haven
turnpike, in tho southern part of New
. London county, Conn., is an old mile
stone, notched and moss-grown, that
was set there by Benjamin Franklin.
The "cow-catcher” of the locomotive
which, by the way, has never been
>v; patented, is the invention of D. B.
Davies, of Columbus, Ohio.
(When Rev. M. J. Savage, the Boston
Unitarian, preached in Washington
last Sunday it was necessary to bring
In temporary seats to accommodate
the congregation, so great was the
, rush.
The streot cor conductors of Berlin
receive 02 K cents for a day’s wages ol
eighteen hours, with a halt day holl
day once in every two weeks. Noth
ing but the most absolute economy en
•bles them to live.
Brass rings, sometimes weighing
thirty pounds, are welded around the
neeks of the wives of Upper Congo na
& lives The women are proud of the
ornament, believing that it enhances
their importance and beauty.
The Beat of the coronation chair ol
England is made of a sandstone slat
which was brought from Scono by Ed
ward I. and is Bald to bo the stone
upon which Jacob rested his head
when he saw ills famous vision.
In Washington, recently, among
■specimens of vegetable products ex
hibited were potatoes weighing from
A to 61^ pounds, turnips weighing 25
pounds, and a beet weighing 21 pounds.
The archives of the Borghese family,
comprising 475 manuscripts, have been
bought by the pope for 250,000 francs.
They relate to the popes at Avignon
and to Paul V, who was a Borghese.
The minister of public instruction
meanwhile has warned the impover
ished head of the h<Mise that he cannot
legally send away any work of art in
ibis collection.
An association for the importation ol
-song birds has been formed in Oregon,
and a consignment of linnets, skylarks,
-thrushes and bullfinches has recently
been received from Europe. There a
•every prospect that the experiment
will bo successful, as the climate and
forests of the northwest aro pcc iliarly
adapted to the needs of these deign
ful songsters of the woods.
The latest and rarest arrival at thv
coological gardens, in Regent's park.
London, is what is considered the only
living specimen of the hairy-eared rhi
noceros. There are six species of this
animal now extant, and Mr. Bartlett,
the son of the well-known superintend
ent of the gardens, believes that he ha!
discovered a seventh in the islaud ol
Borneo, in a region comparatively un
known to zoologists.
The ingenious novelist could not in
venat a queerer hiding place for a wil
than one reported from real life by tin
Maine Farmer. The will was tackec
np on the partition of a woodshed, i
piece of brown paper tack'ed over it
and there it remained for years, no oni
but the author surmising its identity
After the testator died, in clearing ou
the shed the brown paper was remove*
and the precious document found.
The whisky made by moonshiner
eeldom becomes a week old and ver;
often it is drank warm from the still
■having the effect of broken glass oi
the palate. It is frequently adultei
ated, tobacco being added to make i
bite and rattleweed to make it bead
In the moonshine districts almoi
everybody drinks—men and womei
old and young—and the mountain bo
on pleasure bent carries a quart bottl
of the stuff, a package of snuff and
elx-shooter.
NEBRASKA,
Methodists at Elsie will build a new
church.
Diphtheria has made Its appearance at
Central City.
North Platte want* a twine and rope
factory.
A Knights of Pythian lodge has been In
stituted at Callaway.
Work has been begun on a new hotel at
Wayne to coat $ 19,000.
Fremont banka have deposits to tbo
amount of $<174,000.
A camp of Sons of Veterans is soon to be
mustered in at Stromburg.
Charles Mortcr, IX) years old, is the old
est man living in Hurt county.
The Burlington ami Missouri eating
house at Hastings burned Monday.
Gothenburg's new Methodist church has
been dedicated free from debt.
The solo occupant of the Merrick county
jail, a female, escaped Thursday night
II. Ilemingston, of Cedar Rapids, will
exhibit his 4-year-old boy, who weighs 100
pounds.
Rev. J. H. Reyard, of Central City, has
been tendered and accepted u. call at Ta
coma, Wash.
A new German Evangelical church was
dedicated in Cottonwood township, neu*
Hastings, Sunday.
A Blair man is accused of visiting v
house of ill repute and passing himself oft
as another renutnble citizen.
Peter Miller anil Carl Welch, of Fre
mont, quarreled over a cow trade and the
former was badly cut In the face.
A brakemnn named Wilkins was killed
at Valley Monday night while eoupliug
cars. Ills home was at Pairticld, la.
Lincoln hns captured a beet sugar fac
tory. It will be built by Dyer Bros , and
American machinery will be used.
Keubcn P. Wissler, a grain buyer of
Brady Island, has been arrested for sell
ing liquor without n government permit
The marshal of Ohlowa has been dis
charged because he refused to care fur
the street lamps, without extra compensa
tion.
Ueorgo Kleley. an employe in the Blair
Pilot office, had his arm badly lacerated
by gotting it caught in the machinery of a
job press.
Chnuucey Orton and James Sector col
lided in a game of foot ball at Weeping
Willow, resulting in a broken leg for the
former.
Flora Van Buren, an Omaha servant
girl, became insane on religion and took
poison, but will not die.
Nemaha county fourth class postmasters
held a meeting and decided to ask for an
increase of salary.
Farmers of Knox county report a larger
proportion of soft corn this year than the
average of other years.
Charles Thotyer was held up by footpad*
at York, stabbed in the face and breast
with a knife and relieved of til.
Captain Peter Mann, an old and well
known resident of Plattsmouth, died Mon
day. Ho was a pilot on Missouri river
steamboats for many years.
'Hie Presbyterian and Congregational
churches of Fuirmont will not be joiued
together. A vote was taken on the ques
tion and the proposition rejected.
A Columbus man dropped a tack in his
ear, but before it could do any damage an
accommodating citizen removed the in
truder with the aid of a pair of tongs.
The Fairfield Herald, independent, lias
been purchased by Hon. W. S. Kandall,
who has published tho Falrview news for
several years and lost his entire plant by
Are twice in tho past fifteen mouths.
The Rip Saw, an independent paper pub
lished at Crete, has given up the ghost,
Mr. Morrison, the editor, not deeming it
worth while to rnoukey with it any longer.
Fifty Sioux Indian recruits, enlisted in
the regular army at Pine Ridge,have beW
sent to Fort Omaha. The squaws and a
number of papooses are included in the
party.
On Otoe county applicant for a* certifi
cate to teach school, on being required to
name some of the liquids containing alco
hol, wrote “beer, wine and campaign.’*
Evidently he is something of a democratic
politician, if not much of a chemist,
ad dakotas
& M. Goshorn, of Santa Fe, formerly
editor of the Wayne He-aid, has been
appointed clerk of the United states and
territorial courts of the First district of
New Mexico, with a salary of $5,200 a
year.
Thirty head of eattle on the Rankins
ranch in Blaine county have died recently
from some mysterious causte. The owners
believed the animals were maliciously pois
oned, but a veterinarian who made a post
mortem declared that some poisonous
weed caused the mortality.
Tno Tecumseh Chieftain says that the
newly elected judges of the First district,
Babcock and Bush, are probably the tall
est men on the Nebraska beuch. Mr.
Babcock measures 6 feet 5 inches and Mr.
Bush is nearly up to the same notch.
The bench will have to be raised for them
to get their legs under.
From eight acres of wheat raised by
Leroy Loghry on land rented of J. T.
Platt, in Fillmore county, the latter gen
tleman received $59.81) for his one-third as
rent. This will make the value of the
crop from the eight acres $179.40, which is
not bad.
A. L. Ferguson and his wife were killed
Saturday at a crossing west of Violet, on
the Burlington and Missouri road. Two
sections of a freight train a short distance
apart were bound eastward, and when one
section had passed, Ferguson, accompa
nied by his wife and baby in an open vehi
cle, thinking the road clear, attempted tc
cross, when the second section caught
them and threw the whole party out on
the cowcatcher, where the fireman caught
hohl of them and held them until thejj
reached Violet. The man's neck wras bro
ken, the wife lived a short time after leav
ing Violet, and the baby has died since
There was no mark except a scratch or
the woman’s face. Ferguson was a well
to-do farmer residing near Violet, a statiox
five miles west of Pawnee City.
Lincoln hopes to be represented at the
world’s fair by a girl prodigy if all goes
well. The young lady’s name is Lena
Shaffer. Although but 14 years old, sh<
i grown to a height of six teet; weighed
. she tipped the scales at 199 pounds. He
t father says she will weigh 200 pounds tc
day and is still growing. Lena’s parent
’ parents have had some very good offers t
permit her to enter the musae circuit, bu
• have declined, as they wish her to con
P tinue in school. Mr. Shaffer aays, how
e ever, that if she keeps on growing unti
l her size justifies it he will take her to tb
world’s fair.
IT IS A SICKENING SIGHT
The Scene of the Wreck on the
New York Central.
Great Blotches of Blood Dried and Clotted
Between the Tracks—Thieves Add
to the Horrors—List of Killed
and Injured*
New Your, Dec. 20.—The scene of
the wreck on the New York Central
Christmas eve is a sickening sight
Hero and there between the tracks are
great blotches of blood dried and
clotted, two and three feet in diam
eter. All else that remains today to
tel'l the story of the frightful disaster
is the tin roof of the Wagner sleeping
car, Gibraltar. This is still lying in a
smouldering mass at the side of the
track where the disaster occurred.
The rest of the car was burned. The
trucks of the car and all the other
movable wreckage, as well as the
damaged cars, have been renored by
the wrecking trains on the New York
Central.
Among the passengers on the Gib
raltar was J. C. Gcnild, traveling en
gineer of the New York Central. He
was one of the three men who escaped
unhurt. He said that no one in the
Gibraltar had any idea of their danger
until they heard the roar of the St.
Louis express right behind them.
The next instant the crash came. In
less time than it takes to tell it the
locomotive had crashed into the
sleeper and the escaping steam was
scalding the passsngers to death. For
a moment there was almost absolute
silence and then the most awful shrieks
and groans were heard from the pass
enger car. Mr. Gould does not know
how he got out of the car.
The dead and injured:
MRS. A. N. BALDWIN, New York.
THOMAS W. POLLEY, New York, of
the firm of George H. Polley & Co., Boston.
ABRAHAM KNIGHT, conductor.
MISS VAN ARSDALE, New York.
MISS SLOCUM, Lock port, N. Y.
MISS MOORE, Medina.
LIZZIE FORD, Brooklyn:
J W. WHITE, porter.
MISS LILLIAN BALDWIN. New York.
DR. 8. E. BEST, dentist, New York.
EDWIN S. WILCOX, of the law firm of
Wilcox & Johnes, of New York.
The burned and injured were as fol
lows:
Mm. Homer Baldwin, New York,
burned about the face and arms and in
lured internally.
Annie Ford, Brooklyn, slightly burned.
D. B. Murphy, lawyer, New York, leg
and collar bone broken, face and arms
badly burned; may die.
Harry A. Jacobson, New York, slightly
burned.
J. R. Bagnelle, Poughkeepsie, badly
burned about the face and injured inter
nally.
The uninjured passengers are: J. C.
Gould, traveling engineer New York
Central; Mr. McCormick; Miss Fryer,
Poughkeepsie; Homer R. Baldwin,
New York; Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose 11.
Tremain, Brooklyn.
The terrible disaster was due to the
carelessness of Brakeman Albert S.
Herrick of the Buffalo express, which
was lying still below Hastings. Her
rick lied and has not yet been found.
He left his uniform in the train and
nut on his citizens' clothes.
To add to the horror of the occasion
thieves got to work and began to rob
the injured passengers. How much
they secured is not known. It was not
known that thieves were among the
injured at the time of the accident, and
the fact was not discovered until this
morning. A number of volunteers
worked among the injured passengers
and it is probable that tUta was made
a cloak for stealing by some.
COTTON CROPS ARE TOO BIG
Southern Factory Owners, Fearing Ruin,
Will Reduce Advances to l’lautere.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 26.—Cotton
factors here and elsewhere in the
south have practically determined to
reduce advances to planters in the
coming spring, and in this way force
down the production of cotton. They
regard it as absolutely ruinous for the
south to have another such enormous
crop as those of this and last year.
Concerted action may be taken to this
end.
A SEVERE BLIZZARD.
Wind at Duluth Worse Than Any Memories
of the Oldest Inhabitant.
Duluth, Dec. 26.—The storm of yes
terday and last night was one of the
severest blizzards ever known here.
The wind has been known to blow
here about as hard as it did in last
night’s storm, but the oldest inhabi
tant could not remember when it blew
so hard and continuously as it did last
night. Many fears are entertained for
the tug Edward Friske. which put out
for Two Harbors Thursday night This
morning the weather is less severe, but
the mercury continues its downward
course, ranging now at 5 above.
STILL STARVING.
Edward M. Field I’erslat* In Refusing tn
Take Food.
New York, Deo. 26.—Edward M.
Field still persists in starving himself.
He has greatly alarmed his physicians,
and Warden Fallon was instructed
yesterday to give him whisky. The
warden says Field seems to be in a
dazed state and that the only time his
face shows any expression of interest
Is when the family physician, Dr. Lind
ley, calls.
Associated Banks Statement.
New York, Dec. 26.—The weeklj
statement of the associated bank;
shows the following changes: Reserve,
increase $318,525; loans, increase
i $6,415,200; specie, increase $1,952,200
legal tender, increase $558,400; depot
, its, increase $8,768,300; circulation, in
crease $15,100. The banks now hole
1 $10,483,025 in excess of the require1
^ nents of the 25 per cent. rule.
i The Eight-Hour Day Rejected.
' London, Dec. 26.—The N’orthumbcr
t .and miners have rejected by a vote oi
173 against 2,889, the proposition tc
I advocate the passage of a measure
, providing for a legal day’s work 01
tight hours per day for boys.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A PRIEST.
Archbishop Kaiser's Anniversary Cels'
bratlon at Hartford, Win.
Hartford, Wis., Dec. 20. — The
twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordina
tion of Archbishop Katzer to the priest
hood is being celebrated here today
with considerable pomp and ceremony.
This is the old home of the recently
consecrated prelate, and when he ar
rived here yesterday he received an
ovation at the hands of the residents
witnout religious distinctions. He
was met at the depot by an immense
crowd and escorted to the clergy house
by a procession of the various Catholic
societies. At 5 o'clock this morning
masses were celebrated by priests from
neighboring dioceses, and were at
tended by a throng of worshippers.
The celebration of pontifical high
mass began at 10 o’clock in tho
old church of St Kilians, where the
present archbishop said his first mass a
quarter of a century ago. While cele
brating the mass the prelate wo.e the
pallium, which is done only on special
occasions Two sermons were preached,
one in English by Father Pitt, of Sta
pleton, and the other in German by
Father Heller, of Neosho. Father
Schnaiger, of St Lawrtnce, officiated
as archdeacon, an office that he also
filled upon the day that the young
priest was ordained. The sacred edk
lice was packed to the doors during
the service, and over a hundred priests
in full vestments were within the chan
cel rails. This afternoon the arch
bishop and the visiting priests were en
tertained at a banquet in the parish
school house.
REFUSED TO TESTIFY,
Unexpected Action of Civilian Witnesses In
the Throohmorton Case.
Nkw York, Dec. 20.—The court-mar
tlaA of Major Throckmorton, charged
with duplicating his accounts and
drawing checks on banks where he
had no deposit, was continued this
morning. Major Powell, of the Sixth
infantry, had been regularly ap
pointed by the war department to sit
in the court as a substitute for Colonel
Cieorge V. Henry. The defense had no
objection, but Colonel Burns declared
that law and precedent showed that
an officer could not be admitted as a
member of a court-martial when he
had neither seen nor heard important
witnesses. The court sustained the
protest, Samuel Westervelt, a clerk
in a dry goods house, was called, but
refused to answer any of the questions
put to him on the ground that he was
a civilian. He was told to stand down.
Henry Tompkins, attorney for the
same firm, refused to testify on the
same ground. The judge-advocate
severely scored the witnesses and the
court held that both were guilty of
contempt but could not be punished.
The trial then proceeded, no sensa
tional testimony being offered.
THE BARBAROUS D. K. E.
.1 Secret Society Whose Methods Are an
Abomination to <iood People.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 28.—William
Lloyd Garrison has published an open
letter to the president and faculty of
Harvard college in which he says:
“The secret society known as the D.
K. E., has long been a source of scan
dal and private indignation. Aside
from the witless penalties attending
the iniation of members, a cruelty has
been superadded. As a culmination ol
the ceremonies, and as an indication of
pluck and endurance, the victim's arm
is bared for branding. In the case
which has just come under my observa
tion six deep and savage burns, from
the shoulder to the elbow, were inflic
ted with a lighted cigar. In common
with other secrets which flourish in
your sight, a bar providing intoxica
ting liquors is here maintained, con
trary to law and decent morals. If
you have the power or the influence to
abate these evils the responsibility
resting upon your shoulders is a heavy
one.”
TO PROTEST AGAINST WOODS.
Patent Lawyers Meet In Chicago to Adopt
a Memorial to the Senate.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—If any of the pat
ent lawyers from Cincinnati, St Louis,
Kansas City, Milwaukee, St Paul, Min
neapolis, Louisville, and other pointr
that have been invited to attend the
meeting at the University elnb this
afternoon to protest agaiust the ap
pointment of Judge Woods, of Indian
; apolis, as federal judge, are in the city
; they have so far managed to keep the
i fact a close secret None of them have
i so far made their presence known to
| those most directly interested in the
| gathering. Its promoters say, however,
I that there will be a large and repre
1 sentative attendance, and that a for
midable opposition to the confirmation
| of the Indiana judge will be developed.
The chief ground of complaint against
him seems to be that he knows little
or nothing of the patent branch of the
law, that he cannot grasp the intricate
questions presented in patent cases,
and that on more than one occasion he
tias expressed and manifested hostility
toward patentees. This afternoon's
meeting will frame and adopt a memo
rial of protest against the confirma
tion and arrange for its presentation
to the senate without delay.
A WOMAN CREMATED.
Ure. ■ Annie Kelley Incinerated tn Her
Grocery Store.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 28.— Mrs. Annie
Kelley, a widow aged 45 years, was
burned to death this morning in her
grocery store. A kerosene lamp that
was standing on a barrel in the store
exploded and, egress being cut off by
the flames, she was suffocated and
burned before assistance could arrive.
The woman weighed 280 pounds and it
is supposed that she could not get the
bars removed from the door in time to
escape.
SICK CELEBRITIES.
Whitman Has Little Chance for Recovery
—Field's Condition.
Camden, N. J., Dec. 26.—Walt Whit
man's condition this mooning is not
such as to give his attendants any sub
stantial hope of his recovery. He ral
lied slightly yesterday and partook oi
milk toast and orange juice.
Cyras Field’s Condition Unchanged.
New York, Dee. 26.—The condition
of Cyrus W. Field waa reported as un
changed this morning.
THE MILLS MAY STOP.
The Railroads Cannot Haul the Mlane*
apolis Floor Output.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 28. — In
two or three weeks, perhaps sooner,
the Minneapolis flour mills will have
to shut down on account of the scarcity
of freight cars and the inability of the
trunk lines east of Chicago to handle
seaboard business, The situation here
has not been as serious as it is now
since the four new roads —the Kansas
City, Burlington, Soo and Wisconsin
Central—were built about eight years
ago. Before that time the local millers
had such times occasionally as they
are having now, but it was only occa
sionally. The worst part of it all is
that there seems to be no immediate
prospects of a better state of affairs.
Up to this time the corn crop, south
and east, has not begun to move, and
when it does, and the cars that
already are too few divided again,
there will be a worse condition of af
fairs for the wheat men than exists
today. The cause for all trcfuble is
that the unusual crops have called for
more cars than the roads have on hand.
Of course, there may be a relieving of
the pressure somewhat before the two
or three weeks aro up, but if there is it
will come unexpectedly.
HOMELESS EXECUTIVES.
Ohio Governor* Placed at tho Mercy ol
Grasping Landlords.
Columbus, O., Deo. 28.—Is the great
Buckeye state ever to have an execu
tive mansion? This query comes into
prominence at this time as a result of
the fact that Governor-elect McKin
ley, after having put in several weary
days a house hunting, has been com
pelled to engage a suite of rooms at
one of the hotels for his gubenatoriai
term. When Governor Campbell as
sumed the reins of office it took him
nearly two months to secure a suitable
residence, and although the question
of building an executive mansion
was agitated at that time, noth
ing ever came of it, with
the result that the new executive
and his invalid wife are compel ed to
rely upon the tender mercies of an
hotel management. The widespread
comment that this condition of affairs
has evoked among people of all parties
will, it is hoped, result in an appro
priation being made by the next gen
eral assembly for the erection of a
suitable structure.
A BOTTOMLESS FAD.
Second-Bate Professionals Cannot Gall
American Audiences.
Chicago, Dec. 28.—The bottom has
fallen out of the Kendal fad, and
thereat the members of the various
American companies are inclined to be
exceedingly glad. During the present
engagement of these cockney dollar
grabbers at Hooleys their business has
not averaged more than 30 per cent, of
that of previous engagements, while
the other bouses of the city playing
strictly American combinations have
been doing a large business. The
lvendnls have announced tho present
as their closing tour, and the impress
ion generally obtains in professional
circles that the announcement is the
result, not so much of choice, as of ne
cessity. It is said upon unquestionable
authority that each of the Kendals’
I seasons in mis country nas nettea
them lorger financial returns than has
ever fallen to their share for three
years’ work in their own country,
where they are regarded as but second
rate professionals.
LA GRIPPE IS INFECTIOUS.
Professor Kothnagel Lectures on Its Pre
vention and Cure.
Berlin, Dec. 28.—The epidemic of in
fluenza still prevails in Galicia, eastern
Prussia and Berlin. An address re
cently delivered by Professor Nothna
gel, of Vienna, upon the origin and
treatment of the disease is the talk ol
the hour among medical men. Pro
fessor Kothnagel in his address de
clared the malady is distinctly mias
matic in character and certainly infec
tious and possibly contagious. He alsc
stated that persons having cardiac af
fections and those suffering from tuber
culosis have the most cause to fear fa
tal results, as there is no specific means
of cure. The professor says that treat
ment by anti-pyrine, anti-febrine and
phenacetine is unadvisable where the
disease is accompanied by any form of
congestion of the lungs or weakness oi
the heart. Such cases should be treat
ed with stimulants like digitalis oi
brandy, or by sub-cutaneous injection
of camphor.
BULGARIAN TROUBLES.
They Are Still I'naettled—The Cause of Sit
s Arthur White’s l>eath.
Berlin, Dec. 23.—Sir William Arthur
White is said to have contracted the
disease from which he died while in
Sofia on Friday last. The British Am
bassador was then on his way home,
where he met the premier of Bulgaria
in regard to the strained relations ex
isting between France and Bulgaria.
During an interview with Stain buloff,
Sir Henry White is said to hare advised
theliulgarian movement to do its utmost
to satisfy France. M. Stambuloff, in
reply, is said to have threatened to re
sign unless the unstinted support of
England was accorded to him.
LiGrippn tlui C huh ft.
London, Doc. 28.—A dispatch from
Berlin announces the death of Sir
William Arthur White, British ambas
sador to Turkey. Influenza is given as
the cause of death.
Shipping Powder.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The navy de
partment has ordered the shipment of
12.000 pounds of prismatic powder and
11.000 6-inch shells from League Is
land, Pa., to San Francisco. The de
partment has also ordered the new 12
inch gun made at the Washington navy
yard to be sent to San Francisco. The
gun will be placed on a large flat car
and taken to the Pacific coast as soon
as possible.
Murderer Jones Hanged.
Oliver Springs, Tenn.. Deo. 23.—
Lem Jones, was hanged hero this
morning for murdering his wife and
children on June 26. 1300.
UNHAPPY SUBSCRIBERsT
Suffering Remit* From Trrln* t- - .
World'. Fair Sab.crlp'io^*0'0^
Chicago, Dec. 28.—There has been
good deal of unfavorable comment ov '
the action of the world's fair author?
ties in placing in the hands of const?
bles on Christmas eve some 200 distre"
warrants directed against the person?
property of delinquent subscribers to
fair stock. The constables were l?
structed to accept no excuses, but to
get the money or levy immediately and
without mercy. As a result of this
Shy lock measure many a poor wife and
child failed to receive a visit from Sant.
Claus on Friday, although such a littu
thing as that did not interfere with
Treasurer Seeberger’s enjoyment of hi.
own Christmas When the subscription
books for world's fair stock were firn
opened a systematic canvass wai
made of stores, manufactories and
workshops of all kinds throughout
the city, and hundreds of artisans and
mechanics and laborers in all branchei
of labor, animated by a spirit of local
patriotism, hastened to put down theit
names for from 810 to $100 worth oi
stock. In many of these branches ol
business trade has not been as good oi
late as it was at that time, and the
earnings of the wage workers have de
creased in proportion. - But theii
names were down on the stock sheeti
in black and white, and so the fiat
went forth that no excuses of poverty
or what not were to be accepted by the
Hint-faced constables, but that levy,
no matter what on, whether it was the
tools of trade or a baby’s cradle, must
be made to satisfy the judgment. And
that is how it came about that in many
a humble home in this city on Friday
the stockings of the wife and little one
were found empty at break of day.
Passengers in a Panic.
Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 28. — The
steamer City of Bridgeport left New
York Saturday afternoon as usual.
When the boat reached a point oil
Norwalk the passengers observed
flames bursting from the floor of the
women’s cabin. In a second the wild
est excitement prevailed. The passen
gers, mostly women and children re
turning from a shopping tour in New
York, were panic stricken. There was
a rush for the life peservers
and women fainted. Many men
on board lost their presence
of mind and thought only of them
selves, some securing three life pre
servers, while helpless women and
children had none. The officers of the
boat were unsuccessful in their efforts
to restrain the passengers. The crew
was ordered to the pumps, but the lat
ter could not be made to work for sev
eral minutes. In the meantime the
flames, which started at the bottom of
the smokestack, gained considerable
headway. The captain ordered the
pilot to head for the Connecticut shore
and to keep within three minutes' run
of land and the engineer to proceed
at full steam. The crew worked at the
pumps for half an hour and succeeded
in extinguishing the flames. The pas
sengers could not be prevailed upon to
remove this life preservers fastened
about their bodies until the boat
reached her wharf in this city, when
the flames again burst out anew, but
for the second time were extinguished.
As quickly as possible the passengers
were landed.
Bouton Firemen Injured.
Boston', Dec. 28.—The most disas
trous fire which has visited this city
since Thanksgiving in 1889 occurred
last night, burning the brick building
at 133-141 Federal street and damaging
it to the extent of $125,000. The build
ing was occupied by Parker, Holmes &
Co., and Hosmer, Codding & Co.,
whose combined losses are estimated
at 9225,000.
A number of firemen were injured at
last night’s fire. The following being
the list:
Chief Enqineiir Web eh, hurt in the leg
and hurt internally.
District Chief Egan.
Daniel Stevens.
Lieutenant Joseph Smith, of chemical
No. 2.
Edward Sparrow, overcome by smoke.
J. T. Gillbride, ladder r,o. 8, cut in
thigh.
Mellen R. Jot, ladder No. 17, dislocated
ankle.
George W. Thompson, of No. 1, cut with
glass.
John B. Ellert, of engine No. 6.
John Maheoan, engine No. 26, taken
with hemorrhage.
An ambulance with a corps of doc
tors from the Emergency hospital were
at the scene of the fire and the lives of
three firemen were probably saved by
the prompt treatment they received.
Activity at the Navy Yards.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The Post
this morning asserts positively that
despite the denials of the navy yard
officers, an unusual activity exists at
that important gun factory. Some of
the employes were at work yesterday
and gasfitters have been employed for
a week or more arranging gas fixtures
so that work may be carried on at
night. The men have been instructed
to work twelve hours per day. Com
modore O’Neill, inspector of ordnance,
who is in charge of the yard, said yes
terday that they were always busy at
the yard when a new ship was ordered
and the ordnance in the department
kept ahead of the construction so that
when the ships would be completed
the armament could be i'eady.
In Honor of Creswell.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The p°s ‘
office department was closed at noon to
day in respect to the memory
of ex-Postmaster-General Creswe ■
whose funeral took place t is
afternoon at Elkton. Md. Thir
Assistant Postmaster _ *,en. .
haze, James Meynard, chief clerk
the mail depredations bureau, an ■
F. McDonald, superintendent ot
money order division, left the city ,
morning to be present at the fu
ceremonies, as representatives oi
department.
MeCalla's Sentence Remitted.
Washington, Dec. 28.—An order
been issued by the navy depart® ^
remitting the unexecuted .P,,rt'° j o0
the sentence of suspension >mP jcr
Commander B. H. McCalla. Com
McCalla was sentenced to thre y
suspension for cruelty to subordinate