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O’NEILL, . . - NEBRASKA.
It Is a noteworthy circumstance that
All the men elected to the speakership
since the First congress were born in
•one or another of only thirteen states.
The natives of Madagascar formerly
followed the moon in determining
time, but since the influx of missiona
ries the queen issuod an edict that the
Christian year should be followed.
But in comraenoing the year the first
fear the date of tho first day was set
i,! some time in October or November.
The coats mentioned in the bible
r,' were squnro garments of fine lamb’s
wool, worn by every Israelite. Thoro
was a hole in the oenter for the head
to go through, and it hung down be
fore and behind. It was a coat by day,
• covering by night and a shroud in tho
grave. If seized by a creditor it had to
he returned at sunset.
Bohemian children listen anxiously
on Christmas evo for tho chnriot and
white horses of the “Christ-child" as
lie comes flying through the air with
his krlppe full of presents; but tho
Italian children go gravely with their
parents to churches and cathedrals to
see the llarabino, or saint, who pre
sents thorn with their Christmas gifts.
. In selecting strong timber weight
has > ery little consideration Only a
man with experience can cull the good
from the bad timber with almost nn in
fallible judgment, and probably with
out the ability to tell why ho makes
his selection. Color has little to do
with it, weight something, timber
sense more.
The orange crop of California has be
eome so large that it cannot be mar
' keted at paying prices. Thousands of
acres of the land of California are now
ji v bearing young lemon trees. The olive
and fig crops of the state are now
profitable. Experiments in the raising
of Ceylon tea in southern California
will soon be tried.
1 The undergraduates of Cambridge,
England, have taken to drinking tea
after dinner instead of wine. Hut,
though novel at Cambridge, this prac
tice has been^n vogue at Oxford for
seventy years, the Innovation having
beau brought about by Newman and
Froude, even then famous, who in
duced most of the other fellows of
Oriel to give up wine in the common
room after dinner and substitute tea.
It is compute d by leading physiolo
gists that, since one-third of a second
anfflees to produce an impression upon
the brain, a man of 100 years of age
must have collected on or in his brain
matter 0,407,380,000 impressions. Or,
again, take off one-third of the time
for sleep, and we still find 0,311,520,
000. This would give 3,155,700,000
asperate walking impressions on the
man who lives to the age of fifty years
Thomas Townsend, of Seavllle, N.
J-, who was once a prominent sea cap
tain’and who has experienced much
with oil in quelling the force of high
waves, has hit upon the plan of laying
| V pipes along exposed portions of sea
shore resorts and in times of storm fill
ing these pipes with oil, which will
distribute it far enough out on the
|» ocean to prevent the waves- from as
fn naming any great proportions.
The coal industry furnishes employ
- meat to 300,000 persons, to whom
9110.000. 000 is paid in wages, and the
capital invested is estimated at $350,
000,000. The output of different states
is as foHows: Pennsylvania, nearly
83.000. 000 tons; Illinois, 13,000,000;
f Ohio, 10,000,000; West Virginia, 7,000,
000; Iowa, 4,500,000; Alabama, 4,000,
000; Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky and
Missouri. 8,000,000; Tennessee, 3,000,
OOOk
YJkVf.W I mi + m I ,
/lgol. the variable atar in Pereus,
baa long been a mystery. Its light re
l maine constant for two and a half
days It then begins to fade, and in
®:‘' less than four hours diminishes to an
|i Insignificant star, remaining thus for
•bout twenty minutes, when it regains
ita former brlllianey. It has long been
suspected that a dark body revolved
•boat Algol, and whieb, coming be
tween us and that star, intercepted
more or leas cf its light
V»f ‘
Thomas D. Bullinger, of Govanstown,
In the owner of an antique work of
> mechanism. It is the result of years
■of labor of an old cloekmaker of Nurn
berg, Germany. When the clock strikes
the hour two beautiful German airs are
beard in succession, and on a platform
jp: above the dial twelve small figures of
men and women, about five inches
high, dance in couples Musicians are
■. seated in the rear of the figures per
forming on the cornet, drum and clar
et ionet A clown appears, clapping his
hands and moving his mouth. A figure
appears on either side of the platform
and makes a polite bow. The clock
plays twenty-four different German
>; ■ Germany is not making any profit
f.: able use of that portion of the island
of New Guinea which she appropriated
five years ago. She is not getting along
well with the natlvea of that part of
||;S" eaatern Africa which has fallen under
her control. Yet she is desirous of
-i. : ’ getting hold of some of the islands of
the Samoan group and the Marshall
group in the Pacific ocean, and tho
marquis of home has proposed that
she shall establish a protectorate over
the Argentine Bepublie.
NEBRASKA.
Baccarat la played at David City.
Betva Lockwood will lecture at Ord Jan*
uary 23.
The Beatrice public aehoola have 1,027
puplla enrolled.
There are twenty-five aecrat aoeletlea at
North Platte.
Beatrlce’a Keeley Inatltute will be ready
for business Feb. uary 1.
The Merna Valley bank baa euipended
operation hecauaa a lack of fund*.
A lodge of the Pythian nieterhood will
probably be organized at Columbus.
The 8-year-old child of Mra. Wm. Potta
Waa aeverely burned at Harvard.
A stock cor.pany haa rained the money
to build an opera house at Valley.
Fire at Orleans destroyed six buildings
end caused damages amounting to $40,000.
J. E, Hontz, of Lincoln, was shot In the
eye while hunting and may lose his sight
The Evening Bun Is a new daily p<»per
that will shine in Lincoln about Febru
ary 1.
John Beels was arrested at Blue
Spring* on the charge of forging a check
for $;6.
John McNally, a Fremont saloon man.
accidentally shot himself in the leg with a
revolver.
A barrel of cement fell on the leg of
Newton Broyles, at Douglas, and broke
the thigh bone.
An Ogalaila justice fined W. H. Shire
man $1 and costs for shootingOrant Old
dings In the arm.
The Wells-Fargo ezpress office at Blair
was broken open by burglars and $'15 in
cash taken.
Blue Hill seems to be thinking of mak
ing a leap year proposal for the Webster
county capital.
Axel (. arson, tne forger, broUe jail twice
at Oakland because the jailor (lid not keep
it wnrm enough for him.
Material for the construction of the new
Missouri Pactfio bridge over the Platte at
Oreupolts has begun to arrive.
N. W. Jones, who recently broke jail at
York and was recaptured, Is developing
great dexterity as a lock pioker.
A man driving home from Columbus lost
his mitten and froze his hand to the wrist.
Whisky was partly responsible.
The G. A. R. and 8. of V. Gazette will
be issued semi-monthly at Norfolk by
Clyde Elsely and Fred* Miller.
A 10-montbs-old child of Doo Petts at
Harvard set her elething on fire from the
stovo and will probably die.
A Weeping Water merchant gives a six
months1 subscription to the Republican
with every 890 worth of goods sold.
R. R. Mahan, of Pawnee City, while
driving cattle struck himself with a whip
and may lose the sight of his left eye.
The lat. st Sarpy oounty scheme is to
vote bonds for a plank road from the west
ern county boundary to South Omaha.
The number of “senior proprietors of
this paper" that announce themselves as
“subject to frequent colds" is alarming.
The Fremont foundry found it necessary
to Increase its capital stock to 900,000.
Nebraska's industries arc on the grow.
The board of supervisors of Platte
county has taken steps for an exhibit of
agricultural products at the world's fair.
While herding cattle near Hardy,
A ugust Finted had a leg broken and an
ankle dislocated by his horse falling with
him.
R. B Barker, of Gordon, elalms to be
the champion checker player of the north
west. and is willing to meet any profes
sional.
Dodge county'a fair will be held Septem
ber 19 to 119. J. H Robinson has been j
eleoted president of the Agricultural so
ciety.
Three of the Union Padfio engines
stabled at North Platte were disabled In
one day through accidents caused by the
intense cold.
A debate on Mormonlam is iu progress
at Elmwood between an elder of the Lat
ter Day Saints and ,ropresentatives of
other churches.
The work on the new cereal mill at
Eddyvllle has been pushed well along,
but is temporarily suspended on account
of the extreme cold.
A “Jack the Peeper" is making himself
numerous around the bedroom windows of
Liberty ladles, and if he keeps it up a
shooting may be looked for.
Company C, of Beatrice, gave a largely
attended bean supper commemorative of
the anniversary of the Wounded Knee In
dian campaign of a year ago.
Madison county's Agricultural society
will have a four days' fair this year, Sep
tember 90 to 39. There is 9(9.08 left in the
treasury from last fall’s exhibit.
H. a. Berry, of Tecuinseh, waa leading
u cow when aha ran and he' became en-J
tangled in the rope. Hie leg waa brokeim
and he waa otherwiaa badly ferulaed.
Her. Cbarlea W. garage haa withdrawn
from the Methodiat eonferenee at Ne
braaka City and will devote hlmeelf to
evangelletlo work among the poor and
John D. Gormley haa realgaed hta office
aa poatmaater at Butte City, eapltal of
Boyd county. John C. Santee, editor of
the Free Lauce, la after the vacant place.
Four hundred farmera attended the Box
Butte county augar beet convention. A
permanent organlaatloa waa effeeted, and
boeta will be ralaed experimentally the
coming season.
Two young fellowa near Edgar were
after a rabbit under a corn crib. One ahot
at It when the other waa oppoaite, and tht
latter haa a ahot back of hla eyeball that
tbc doctor can’t And.
It haa been decidod to hold the
Fillmore county fair September IF to 1&
Fifty new etalle will be bulla by the
county Agricultural aodety and the apeed
track will be repaired.
A backing train atruck a wagon at Wil
aonvllle. The young man driviug the
team jumped out and liberated the horses,
but the wagon waa cruahed and the coach
nearly thrown from the track.
That 100,000-pound cannon that went
west the other day cauacd quite a eenaa
tion In Nebraska towna, and aome asplr
ing patrlota concluded they did not care
to go to war with that kind of ahootlng
irons.
Kearney dtlxent are making prepara
tlons for the celebration of the opening of
the cotton mill, the second largest Indue,
try in the state. A public dinner January
33 will be made the occasion to formulate
plana The mill will make the cloth not
later than AprlL
The three trampe arrested in Sioux City
charged with robbing the Klkhorn ticket
office safe at Norfolk were arraigned be
fore Justice Gerecke and were committed
to await their trial in the district court
afterward being taken to Madison, where
they are la the eountv lail.
X PRIEST OF THE PEOPLE
Cardinal Manning’s Quiet Work
For the K. of L.
The English Prelate Journeyed to Rome
nnd Through HU Oreat Influ
ence flared the Order From
the Papal Ban.
Chicaoo, Jan. S3.—More or leu com
ment hae been occasioned in labor cir
cles throughout the country by the
published statement that immediately
upon the death of Cardinal Manning
being made known in this country a
lengthy menage expressive of sorrow
and regret was cabled to London from
Philadelphia by the executive board of
the Knights of Labor.-*
Back of this cablegram there is a
piece of hitherto unpublished history
the facts of which have, so far, been
known to leu than a dozen people on
this side of the Atlantic. There are
papers today in secret archives, which
could they be made public, would prove
oey ona question mat naa it not been lor
the personal efforts of the late cardinal
and his influence with the Vatican the
Knights of Labor would today be un
der the ban of the Catholic church as
an obnoxious and dangerous secret so
ciety. The order was, in fact, outside
of the pale of the church for several
years, and its members were refused
the sacraments, the right of making
confession, and the last rites of the
church. The late cardinal, as is well
known, was a great believer in organ
ized labor and for many years prior to
his death he championed the cause of
many branches of the laboring classes
of England and other trades
unions Over * five years ago
his attention was attracted by the
work which .was being done in this
country by the Knights of Labor and
as a result communication was
opened up between himself and Car
dinal Uibbons, and then between the
latter and Ueneral Master Workman
Powaerly, with the result that the
late cardinal was furnished with a
copy of the rules and objects of the or
ganization and a report of the work
that it had so far accomplished. After
considering the matter for some time
the cardinal became convinced that the
order was one upon which the papal
see should look with favor,
instead of disfavor, and upon
the occasion of his next visit
to Rome he expressed his convictions
with considerable force , and energy.
His position was strongly reinforced
by Cardinal Oibbons, and the Vatican
was influenced to give its countenance
to the order. In other words to re
move the ban.
The delegates who were in attend
ance on the general assembly held in
Minneapolis in the fall of 188? will re
member the elaborate report on the
relations of the order to the church of
Rome which was presented by the gen
eral master workman. This document,
which contained important let
ters from Cardinals Manning and
Oibbons, had been revised by
Archbishop Ireland prior to its
presentation and it was in com
pliance with the expressed desires of
Cardinal Manning that no precise men
tion was made of the large share that
the latter had had in bringing about
the much desired consummation. Dp
to the last weeks of his life much of
his time, and often much of the con
tents of his purse, was given to the
cause of trades unionism in England,
but few there have been who knew
that his sympathy with such move
ments was so wide spread and his in
terest so international as to induce the
venerable prelate, pressed as he was
with the cares of a great denomina
tion, to take to this heart the welfare
of the toilers beyond the seas, and the
use of all his powerful influence with
the pope to the end that the American
Knights of Labor might no longer be
regarded in the eyes of the Catholie
church as a dangerous and unlawful
organization and its membership fit
subjects only for the pains and penal
ties of excommunication.
MONTT IGNORED.
Bmlneu With Chile Transacted Thron|h
MlnUtcr Epn. ,
Nkw York, Jan. 23.—The Recorder’*
Washington special says: The admin
istration awaits a report from Minis
■ ter Egan as to the intention of the
Chilean government The minister has
been instructed to call upon the cabi
net at Santiago for an immediate cate
gorical answer to tbe question whether
Chile has any intention of making a
favorable response to the demands of
the United States cither now or at
some future time. A a answer to the
demand is expected hourly, but up to
last evening nothing had been re
ceived. Dispatches have come from
Minister Egan, but none of them has
conveyed any information of a nature
to change the conditions of the contro
versy.
A definite declaration of the Chilean
government that, if given time to allay
the feeling at home, it will withdraw
the offensive Matta note and will
make an appology to the United States
for the Valparaiso outrage, will be ac
cepted by our government in good
' faith, and every opportunity be af
forded the distracted republic to make
good its pledge.
Refusal to answer Egan’s request
one way or the other will have but one
meaning.
In sending to Minister Egan its de
mand for a categorical answer from
Chile the administration has deliber
ately ignored the presence of Minister
Montt as the representative of the
Santiago government. The question
is one of so much delicacy and the
answer of the Chilean government will
be so momentous in its consequences
that President Harrison has thought it
wise not to complicate the situation by
bringing the Chilean representative at
Washington into the negotiations The
situation is more critical than at any
previous period of the controversy.
The cabinet would not be surprised if
Minister Montt, finding himself set
aside in the negotiations, should con
clude to withdraw from the country.
The action of the administration was
taken with this poesibility fully in
.1
▼lew. The time for diploma tie subter
fuge has passed and there will be no
more delay for any cause unless the
Chilean government states definitely
and at once its intention to satisfy fully
the demands of the United States It is
known that President Montt is har
rassed by factions and is being hounded
by discontented politicians The
strength of the congressionalists lies
entirely in the large cities like Val
paraiso and Santiago. The country
districts are loyal to llalmaceda and
would welcome an opportunity to incite
a revolt, and President Harrison has
been ready from the beginning to make
allowances for these conditions if the
Santiago government would intimate
in the most private way possible that
internal dissensions were entirely re
sponsible for the delay, but no such in
timation has been received at any
stage.
UNCLE SAM'S FINANCES
Assistant Secretary of the Treasure Before
Ways and Means Committee.
Washington, Jan. 23 —The way«
and means committee held a special
meeting' this morning to hear Assistant
Secretary Spaulding, of the treasury
department, who appeared by request,
to inform the committee concerning
the financial condition of the
government. Chairman Sprlngei
in calling the meeting to
order said that Assistant Secretary
Spaulding appeared in place of Secre
tary Foster, who was ill The assist
ant secretary said that he had prepared
a statement giving the receipts for the
first half of the fiscal year und also foi
twenty days in January.
For the six months ending December
; 31, 1801, the customs receipts were
*85,722,000; for the twenty days in
January, 1892, 111,996,000, making a
total for the six months and twenty
days of 897,718,000.
The internal revenue receipts for tho
six months ending December 31, 1891,
were 877,057,000; for the first
twenty days in January, 1892, $7,508,
! 000; total for the six months and
twenty days, $84,565,000; total for the
year 1892 as estimated, $152,000,000.
The miscellaneous receipts for the
above period were $12,697,000.
The total receipts from six months
of the current fiscal year were $174,
131,000, against $192,897,000 for the
first six months two years ago. The
first twenty days of the present month,
$20,839,000, against 821,756,000 two
years ago.
lotal revenue estimated for the cur*
rent fiscal year, 9362,000,000, against
9403,070,000 two years ago.
The aetual receipts of 9174,151,000
for the first six months of the current
fiscal year were about 97,000,000 more
than the expenditures *or the corres
ponding six months, the expenditures
being 9167,074.00a
The expenditures estimated for the
current fiscal year were 9338,000,000, or
about 934,000,000 less than the esti
mate receipts of 9303,000,000.
In answer to Mr. Springer, Mr.
Spaulding stated that postal re
ceipts and expenditures were
not Included in his statement,
but that the deficit in the postal
department had been included
in the expenditures, so that
the surplus shown was not
affected. Mr. Spaulding, in answer to
a question, said that the figures did not
include the sinking fund.
Mr. Spaulding said, in answer to
questions by members of the commit
tee, that in order to make up the re
quirements of the sinking fund that
the treasury would be obliged
to pay 910,000,000 out of the total
total surplus He considered as avail
able for the expenses of government
the 9100,000,000 gold reserve held for
redemption of greenbacks If that
amount was paid he thought the green
backs could be redeemed.
Mr. Spaulding said he did not con
sider the bonds extended by the treas
ury current liabilities of the govern
ment, because it was optional
with the government when they
should be redeemed. In response to
Mr. Turner, of Georgia, a member of
the committee, Mr. Spaulding, said
that if the fractional silver fund and
the gold fund were taken out, there
would be neither a surplus nor a de
ficit; the receipts and expenditures
would just about balance.
Incidentally, Mr. Spaulding stated
that the estimate for river and harbor
improvements next year was 946,000,
000. He also stated that at the close
of last month the treasury had paid
upward of 91,000,000 in silver bonds
Mr. Spaulding said he believed the
treasury would come out about 96,000,
000 ahead, that is it would have that
amount of silver at the end of 1893.
MONUMENT TO BELKNAP.
An Address Aiktaf for Contributions far •
Memorial.
Lincoln, Nth, Jan. 23.—The special
committee of Crocker’s Iowa brigade,
which was appointed at the reunion in
Dee Moinea last summer to secure
funds for the erection of a monument
in Arlington cemetery, at Washington,
to the memory of the late Secretary of
War W. W. Belknap, has issued an
address over the signatures of Presi
dent H. C. McArthur, of this city, and
Secretary W. H. Oeodrell, of Dea
Moines, asking for a liberal contribu
tion of funds for the object indicated.
The address says that in response to a
very general request the fund is not to
be confined to the members of the
brigade, but that veterans of all de
partments as well as civilians will be
enabled to participate in the tribute to
General Belknap's memory.
BIG FIRE IN BOSTON.
Ferdinand Street Klectrlc Station a Total
JLom.
Boston, Jan. 23.—The Ferdinand
street station of the Boston Electric
Light company, a three-story building,
was burned at 4 o'clock this morning
involving a loss of upwards of $50,000.
The building was Ailed with the most
approved and costly electric light
machinery, all of which is a total loss,
the engine room being the only por
tion which was not totally destroyed.
At the time of the discovery of the fire
six men were at work in the building,
only one of whom is known to have
escaped. This man states, that like as
flash, the entire building seemed to be
enveloped in flames fie' escaped to
the street and searched in vain for his
fellow workmen in the crowd. He
thinks they must have perished. This
electric station supplied power for
near'.y the entire southern section • ot
the city, besides hotels and private'
residences.
NINETEEN WERE CREMATED
Surgical Institute at Indianapolis
Destroyed.
tkt Fir* Started About Midnight—Terrible
Scene* and Wild Shriek* for Help
Several Iowa People Among
the Victim*.
Isdiafapoms, Ind., Jan. 23.—One of
the most appalling fires in the history
of Indianapolis occurred last night
The National Surgical institutue, one
of the most' famous institutions of its
sharaoter in the United States, burned
to the ground.
The fire started at midnight in the
office building, and above the offices
were the wards for babes and mothers
and known as the A. B. C. department.
At 3:30 nine bodies had been taken
from the ruins of the building. They
were all recovered from. the upper
floor of the main building. The first
bodies recovered were those of a man
and a woman, and the third was so
badly charred that it was impossible
to tell the sex. It is also stated that
at least six children were suffocated
in one of the rooms
Dr. Allen, the proprietor df the in
stitute, says he is certain there are
more bodies in the main building and
that there are a still greater number in
the annex, where the fire originated.
The fatalities all occurred in the upper
stories
The injured are:
xiueden, jennie, AiempQiB, Dacny burned
about the chest and arms,
Hugun, Katie, city, burned about the
feet
Kxowlei, Leora, Independence, la.,
back hurt.
Mansfield. WiLL,01scgo, Mich., jumped
from third story, foot out.
Marox, Nellie, Warmouth county, Wis
consin, jumped out of third story window,
bruised.
Mbad, Clarence Cbesnet. leg hurt.
Scourlock, John,burned hands and feet.
Tiiomas, Miss, city, burned about the
.imbs and back.
Van Hoesen, Athens, New York, hand
and arm burned.
Wtdner, M. W., Troy, O., jumped from
third story window; seriously hurt.
It is thoughtMrs. Ur.. A. Button has per
ished in the flames.
At 10 o'clock this morning' there are
nineteen dead bodies, eleven of which
are identified and a number are re
ported missing.
From all that can be ascertained it
is probable that the fire originated
in the room where the printed
matter, circulars, etc., were kept.
This is on the ground floor
in tKe rear of the main building.
Mra Copeland, one of the rescued at
tendants, said that an hour before the
alarm of fire was turned in the night
watchman came to her room and asked
her if she was burning paper. She
told him she was not and in a few
minutes he again asked her. This
proves that the Are had been smoulder
ing for some time.
When the department arrived and
turned in on Georgia street the scene
that was presented beggared descrip
tion. From the second, third and fourth
story windows, women clad in their
night robes, were clinging, crying
out in their horror and desperation at
the prospeet of death either from the
roaring, crackling flames or from a
jump to the ground below. The
scene as it appeared to
those who first reached the place of de
struction is one that will never be for
gotten. Its like was never seen in this
city before. The flames as they burst
from the Georgia street annex and
gradually encroached on the
main building shed a lurid
light over the surrounding build
ings and cast a dark shadow below,
and above the furious roar of the
flames as they licked up everything in
their pathway could be heard the
awful screams and agonizing groans
of the poor, tortured women and girls
who clung to the window sills with
their bare fingers. Strong arms
were soon to the rescue and
words of encouragement were
spoken to those above. Ladders were !
raised to the windows and the work of
rescuing those in the rear end of the
building began. It was here that the
flames raged most furiously and it was
necessary to get the endangered in
mates down without delay. In a very
few minutes all those who had been
seen at the window* when the depart
ment first arrived had been rescued,
but while the work was going on one
or two women, driven to desperation
by the fierce heat and the thought of a
horrible death, leaped to the ground
possibly to receive injuries from which
they cannot recover.
mm were volunteers by the hund
red, brave men who risked their lives
time snd time igiin in the brief pe
riod of fifteen minutes to save the lives
of poor crippled children who would
arouse pity in the human breast
at any time, but the sight
of whom in the midst of
last night's fearful holocaust caused
men to shudder and grow sick at heart.
Tenderly the rescued were carried to
some temporary refuge and placed un
der the care of kind hands where the
best physicians of the city were ready
to lend their aid. ^
The list of the dead and injured,
identified, at 11 o'clock is as follows:
The dead are —
PAYNE, age 18, Dexter, Mo.
^MIANIE ARNOLD, age 17, Lancaster,
^WILIdAM RAMSTAK, age 17, Mll
MRS. K BEAR and child.
MRS. LAZERUS, Chicago.
STELLA SPIERCLE
G M. ELLIS, aged 40.
KATE L STBAUGHN, relatives at 184
aasiachusetta avenue.
C. H. GORMAN, McDonald, Mich.
HANNAI! BROCK, Taylonivuie lll.
dfnnA K BOCKENDOBF, Stillwater,
rfich^NIK Mc®ONALD, Negaunee,
Minn8 end nephew, of St. Paul,
MRS. McKLUMP.
ARTHUR BAYLESS.
minnie McDonald.
FRED D. TICKENDOBF.
The injured are:
e»«d 7, leg broken.
and son,both severely
Mh* Thomas 184 Massachusetts avenue,
kurnec^about the face and body; |Q ter’
Mi Rum Bbirdir,
burned in a dozen placet. ^ ^
Mrs. J, R Guild, Medarlvliu t j
t*r?.alKr^^.n3,^red,b5, a ,aU
probabably fatal. ttdder)
Mary Stearns. Warren r. ,
CRtKT VanHoesen, Athens, N. Y l....
and arms Durned. ’ "**«
.i^r;NhcurtM,ATB' Athe«- *■ v.,,.,
slightly1 burned. ^L>aCK’ »«*»*, N. Y.,
Leora Kn.wies, Independent. , ,
w^dow^ by 1Ump,ng °utof
WUconaln.^fumped Sut
window of the front part of the build?'1'
and will die from her Injuries ull<U"«
. M. W. Wm.«, Troy, O., internally |„
Jured by falling: out of a window whil.M?
log to escape.
Will Mansfield, Otaego. N Y
hurt while jumping from roof to roof S
he reached the ground. 1111
Mks. John & Stakes, Danville, m.
sprained ankle. ’ “•
Mm. C. J. Simpson and little girl
carried out by the firemen and they
seriously burned by the fire.
- P user fell from the second to the
first floor and received serious, if not iZ
tal internal injuries. **'
W. M. Widener, Miama county, Ohio
terrib y crushed and fatally injured. #
^ Ray Harris, New Orleans, not seriously
TORPEDOES FOR DEFENSE.
In Cue ol War New York Would Not Be at
Chile's Mercy.
New Yobk, Jan. 23.—In case of a
war with Chile how would this cits be
defended? This question is bothering
i the war talkers now. In case an ap
peal to arms were made the first move
I ment would be to prepare to defend
the seaports of the country. First, the
available warships would be ordered
off to Chile. One or two torpedo boats
and probably one cruiser would be de
tailed along1 the coast to watch for the
approach of Chilean war vessels. Ocean
steamships would be chartered by con
gress to transport an army of 100,000
men to Chile, and the corps of en
gineers would go to work and lay lines
of torpedoes about ten miles out from
shore. The man who knows about as
much of harbor defenses and improve
ments as anybody else in this city is
General C. It. Comstock, president of
the Mississippi river commission. Gen
eral Comstock has been in the business
a great many years and ha\hsd more
than a theoretical experience. In talk
ing about torpedoes he said:
“There are two kinds of torpedoes
Some of them are oblong, some round.
England uses the former, we would
probably use the round ones borne
are anchored just below the surface of
the water, others are placed on the
bottom. The former explode when
struck by a vessel, the latter are ex
ploded by electricity.”
“How would they go about -htjing
the torpedoes tomorrow in cose.' war
were declared today?”
“ The torpedoes would be loaded on
a tug-boat, taken out to sea and placed
where the war department thought
best. Dynamite, or gun cottbn, which
is an explosive about as terrible in its
work of destruction as dynamite, is
used in such torpedoes The torpedoes
will hold from 500 to 1,000 pounds of
dynamite or gun cotton. The air in
the torpedoes keeps them afloat, so
that it is necessary to anchor them with
piers of iron. The torpedoes would be
placed in a line, at about 100 to 300
feet apart, just below the surface of
the water."
“How many lines would be laid?"
“Sometimes one, sometimes two,
sometimes three. It all depends upon
the importance of the port they are in
tended to protect. I suppose that the
engineers would put three lines of
them off the harbor of New York and
probably off all the other seaports "
“How far out would they lay them?"
“Ten miles about, at the most. The
Chilean boats can not throw their shot
so far as everybody seems to think.
On shipboard you can elevate the gun
only about fifteen degrees, and at that
elevation it takes a powerful gun to
throw a shot seven or eight miles”
"What has New York most to fear—
an invasion or a bombardment from
Long Island or from the entrance to
the bay?"
“Undoubtedly from the latter or
from the entrance to the river up at
Willet's Point and Port Schuyler. We
have but little to fear from Long
Island. A few guns mounted down
there conld defend us from the Chilean
vessels They are not so well armored,
those Chilean vessels but that some of
our guns could penetrate them.
have the,most to fear from the Nar
rows Of course we hsve forts down
there snd they would help protect us
We also have forts up at the other en
trance to the river. ”
JUSTICE BRADLEY DEAD
The Distinguished Jurist Passed A wsy si
•:1S This Morning.
Washington-, Jan. 28.—Joseph P
Bradley, associate justice of the *»•
preme couit of the United States,
died at 6:15 this morning of general
debility. He was 79 years old.
Court Adjourns TUI Tuesday.
Washington, Jan. 23.—The supreme
court room was draped in black at the
hour of opening today. Chief Justice
Fuller at noon called the court to order
and in sad tones announced the
death of Justice Braoley
that the court would ad
journ until Tuesday, when motions
would come up whieh are noticed for
Monday. The crier at once udjourne
the court
Justice Bradley had been i.l for .
eral months from general b
down. On Monday ho g^' W w
and has since failed ’ i? . ^
though apparently not suffering
pain. Though conscious when ar
he was so feeble that he talked b
tie and took no notice of those
him. He was derotedly attended by
his aged wife, two daughters ani
He was born in Berne. Albany
lounty. New York, March l*. j
le graduated from Kutger s edW,
t836°'and after thirty/year^pra^
.flaw in Newark, N.'J.; "Mapp?‘tice
n 1870 by President Grant as a 1
if the supreme court ,an, _mhers
me of its most distinguished® d
The funeral services wriU idcnce
lunday afternoon at his late r
nthia city and the body will*"eDt.
lunday night to Newark f°rl t wjii
'he justices of the supreme «■
Vnwarlr Hv IMcIaI W*1® ®
ro to' Newark by specie^ trsin^^
o attena the:
