The~FrontTer! tVBLIMBD 1TUT niUBSDAT BT JAB. A moos. 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