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Si Jfcili wjuaB a " y . v ' . , - 1 - ; IK N si PL.ATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKAWEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY (5, 1889. NU3IBER 121 si:com 1mm A DliSI'hKATE FIGHT Hew York Strikers Make a Despesate Or Blaugbt. THEIR LEADER IS KILLED A Doilcr Explodes at the Insane Asylum With Fatal Effect--A Great Female Bandid Meets Her Death- The Car Strikers Fight. Nkw York. Feb. A large crowd of strikers und tli. ir sympathizers attacked u car if tin; Forty-m-cond-st. line at the r.nil vail mid Sixty-Hecond-st. about 1 o'clock y'st-rd:iy afternoon. There are few luil. lins in the neighborhood and no iolic im n were in sight to aid the solitary uiic;r on fne car, Thomas K. Hchin i.it r. There was hut one passenger an old lady, She got out when the car stopped and escaped unhurt. In a mo ment the windows ot the car were shat t"rcd and a shower of stones was falling upon Hi; oilie r, driver ami conductor. Schneider us d his club freely, but could make no headway againt the mob. Till; TIGHT OKOWS WARM. The driver and conductor defended them. Ivi s :is Iwst they could. A rioter got b i.';.:d Schneider und smashed his helm t with a brick. At the same time anot'i r 1mm h-d a stone which struck the oiTieer full in the mouth, knocking out several t'Vth. Schneider took out his re volver ai; I ihvd twice oyer the heads of the limb. A few of the lioter.s ran away t1umi t'.c tiring b.-g in, but must of them stood li.iu and juickly made another rush fur tin- car. As they advanced Fchii'-Mt-r aimed at the leader and fired thr-j t lines in p:ick succession. Tlie driver and conductor also fired. Till: MOB KKIM'I.HKI). Th ; iuti!i wavered and then fled in all direction-. l):ii- wounded n an was left on tlu- .-put, .nd t wo less seriously in jured were h.-lped away by their friends Srhneid- r stood over tlie prostrate and un.,on-'i'io!is m m until a detachment of n s?rv. s cim - up. It was found that the w uud. -d m in was James McGowan. agcl who In I been a hostler in the In It line stabi. s. und was out on a strike. He was tak n to a hospital, where he died, il wa-single. His two brothers arelio-tl -i i f r the Xinth-ave. road. His pirci.ts iive in Ireland, and he had Ikvu 1:1 A n -i ie i tivi yenrs. TlliC FATAL IHOT. 'Iii. bu'l.t which killed him had struck his arm and ranged upward into the brain. S.-hu-.-ider went to police head qu irt- rs and gave himself up. Supt Murr.y a ut an officer with him to tl- I'ssex Market police court where l.i was iirraig'ied before Justice Patter son. II." stated that he had fired several shots in ? d -ffii-ie, but could not tell wheth- r Me owm had been struck by o:v of liis bullets or not. Louis IJn nnaii. a brother of the Char jties t'o:!iini-i !HT Urennan. wa an eye vitn ss f ill - fight, lie describes the nfTair a- a'.ov and he was positive that 3Ie(i ;a:i w .s shot by the conductors who iji- d ia .- If defense. ,S. V' i il nt'ii-r witnesses testified that it w is S. id. -r's bullet that struck Mc Gowan. .-lhnkidk.;: pir.ti roed. Justic ; 1' itt. rs :i discharged Schneider and is-u .1 an order for the arrest of the conductor. Schneider is 23 years old and h is be.-ii a policeman two years and Ins an excellent record. The attack on t!i3 car wa carefully planned. Mr. Doo little, who lives iu a house overlooking the sc- ii a:i I witnessed the whole affair says h s 4W m-n coming from all direction- as if by pre arrangement They concent! -at- 1 and one man took the lead directing th- ir movements. They drew two trucks ovi r the track just in time to rio.y tht c tran I at a signal from the leader every man drew from his coat a brick or stone and bombarded the car. The conductor and driver were arrested 1 t-t fv nmg and locked up at police h -a lpi irt.-is to he arraigned tomorrow inoruing. A LINCOL- DISASTER. Explosion of the Boiler at the In sans Asylum with Fatal Results. Three Men Killed. Lincoln, Feb. .". At 2:-10 o'clock this afttruoon on unaccountable accident occurred a. th insane asylum, nearly three miles southwest of the city that is one of the most terrible tragedies ever known in the bUtosy of the 6tate. The.boih r house at the asylum is a mass of ruin, the result of the explosion of the boiler therein, and three human lives paid the penalty; two of whom were patients of the asylum. .The excitement at the hospital was intense, and the con dition ot the paitents there was not enviable, with the coldest night of the year staring them in the face and no means of any kind at hand to provide heat for the rooms. T. K. Saunders, a patient from Pawnee count v, and W. II. Huntly, a patient from Saline county, were scalded instant lv to death. The former was 41 years of age and was committed to the asj.um in 1S8:5. lluntly was 31 and came to the asylum in 182. John Norrin, chie engineer, at his post was fatally scalded and suffered intense pain till 9 o'clock tonight when ho died. He was thrown clear throug the building by the force of the explosion but no bones were broken. John C. II all.a patient from Omaha, was slightly injured. George Davis, the second cngineer.had his head badly cut and his arm broken He states that thev had iust blown of engine No. 2, and started fires under the other boilers, and everything seemed to be working all right, when he heard noise in the dome of engine No. 2, and spranc to the door to call the chief engineer, and a moment later everything was in ruins. The asylum suffered but little damage, A few window lights were shattered, but this was all. Forty heating stoves have been taken to the asylum since nightfall, Evervthini? possible has been done for - - j o a the comfort of the patients of the insti tution. The damage is estimated at $2,000. It is said that a terrible state of ex citement exists at the asylum. Some of the patients are fairly frenzied. A num ber of the citizens of the city have gone to the scere within the past hour. The humanity of the city is manifest on every hand. Th Greatest Female Bandit In History at Last Wiped Out. Ft. Smith, Ark., Feb. 6. Information was received here yesterday from Eufaula, I. T., to the effect that Belle btarr was killed there Sunday night, but full par ticulars of the kilhnz could not be obtained. Belle Starr was one of the most noted characters of the day, and for twenty-five years or more has led a life of daring ad venture acd lawlessness that has made her name as familiar in the Southwest as the James and Younger boys were a few years ago. Belle Starr was the wife of Cole Younger, and figured with him in many of his daring adventures and hairbreadth escapes. When Cole l ounger s career a ended she went to the Indian territory, and became associated with the notorious John Middleton. to whom it is said she was married. Middltton was an outlaw with big rewards upon his bead from three states, With Belle's assistance, however, he managed to elude capture, but about five years ago while attempting to swim the Poltean river, twenty miles from here. Middleton anJiis horse were both drowned. Belle Starr then made up with Sam Starr, her former husband, and with him was soon arrested for horse stealing and was sentenced to the house of correction at Detroit, Mich. Aftei serving her sentence he returned to her home in the wilds of the Indian territory, and her house has been a refuge for some of the worst outlaws of the land. Joe will surprise you on his grand opening of spring and summer goods. Nothing in his line that Joe won't be able to show you goods that his cora peditors won't dare offer to the public. Joe's low prices wdl make his competi tors wondar how he can sell so low. COAL! COAL! Must have this coal burned up, so hear goes The Best Missouri Coal $4 50 Iowa Lump 4 00 Iowa Soft Nut 3 50 Plenty of hard coal on hand; also Canon City and Illinois Coal at reasonable prices. Stove Wood prepared. Office South 3rd st. Telephone No. 13. Orders taken at M. B. Murphy's store and Central Telephone Office. 1 w TlMOTIIV CLAtK. Joe the One Price Clothier is connected with four of the largest retail clothing houses in Illinois and Missouri, which enables him to buy cheaper than any of his competitors. 5-1 w Plentv of feed, flour, graham and meal at Heisel's mill, tf Be wise and buy your overshoes of Marges. tf The man who has not seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is considered more of a curiosity itself. If voa consult your own interests you will buy your foot-wearof Merges. tf A NOVEL SIGNAL ROCKET. It Does Not Need Stick, mad BU' KrpW lon Cm Be Heard Twelre Mil. A new signal has recently been brought out by the Cotton Powder company, of Oueen Victoria street, London. The distinguishing features of thU invention are that no stick is required and there is no back fire. The rocket takes the form of a metal cylin der, in the base of which is the pro pelling charge. Above this is a charge of tonite and above this again a star composition. The rocket is placed in Ehosphor bronze socket, which may o screwed or let into the rail of the ship. When it is required to fire it a firing tube is placed in the center of the rocket, anu to me top oi mis lanyard is hooked. The propelling charge is fired by simply pulling the lanyard, and the signal is propelled upward at one impulse. The wire fuse by which the detonating charge is exploded is ut the samo time ignited and this burns until the rocket has reached tho maximum height, which is C00 feet The stai-s are thrown out, giving a brilliant illumination, and the tonite chartro then explodes. The noise of tho explosion is equal to the firing of a six pound gun; but being high, is Jiearu at a great uisiance; inuceu in one instance a disabled vessel brought another to her assistance from a dis tance of twelve miles. These rockets are so ixjrtuble und easy to fire no match or jiort lire being required that they are verv suitable for boats, and doubtless many lives would have boon saved had they been in uso in cases where shipwrecked crews have iiaJ to take to the Ixxits. Tho board of trade has authorized its surveyors to pass these rockets distress signals in lieu of both iruns und rockets, so that many lines of steamships have landed their guns and uso theso signals in stead. Tho National Lifeboat institution is also introducing them with red stars. which is tho distinctive signal to sum nion a lifeboat crew. A further ad- vantacre in this form of rocket is that a combination of colors and number of stars can bo so arranged as to form a code on tho principle of the Morse alphabet, A feature which, may nrovo of freat imnortance in naval maneuver and for torpedo boat opera tions. 1 he full sized rocKets aro seven inches long and two inches in diam eter. A smaller size, which is called the "rocket light signal, is also made. This has no explosive charge. An other modification of the idea consists rf o eMinrl citmnl tvbinb bna tirt Kjira This takes the place of a gun. En gineering. Gamblers Homage to Joss. I he rites of pagan worship were celebrated in Chinatown until a late hour last evening, and formed an in teresting spectacle. lhe Celestial gamblers were paying hopiageto their joss to secure iuck in me games. Small paper bonfires were started at intervals all up and down both sides of Second street, each of wliicn was tended by two Mongolians. Tho bonfires were made of a certain kind of prepared paper, which is sup posed to possess a peculiar quality of sac roan ess. lietore each lire a bundle of joss sticks and several red and white wax candles were lighted. A large salver of edibles was brought out and placed beside each fire for the supply of the gastronomic wants of the god. The salvers contained dishes of nuts, plates of prepared meats, bowls of cooked rice, apples, and several empty cups. One of tho attendants poured tea from a i)ot into each of the cups, and then lifted each plate- and dish separately. 'giving them all reveren tial swings in the direction of the bon fires. The food was then taken back into tho houses to complete tho feasts al ready begun. Theso rites are gone through with on two nights of each mouth, and are supposed to be ex tremely efficacious in tho procuring of luck for tho manipulators of cards. dice, and fan-tan paraphernalia. Portland Oregonian. Engines in the Lamp Posts. 3L G. A. Tabourin proposes to the Paris municipal council to fit each lamp pot with ara light dynamo and 3ynamo of minute parts and a gas engine ten inches in diameter for coupling up with it, and would put a dynamo and gas engine in the post rrn a onmnA Ma hn trT ? TM vwl a under each of the gas lamps, as used at present in that city, utilizing the gas supply Tor feeding the gas engine. Ho shows by tables of cost and quan tity, which he says are correct, that far more hffbt, in the form of elec tricity, can oe had by the use of this product of coal applied to the dynamo than when the gas is directly used for light. 1 hen he sets out to snow that the cost of apparatus would not be as large as. at the first blush, it would seem, and, considering the price paid per arc light per year, not costly; far less so than the Jablochkoff candle in stallation in I'A venue de 1 'Opera some years ago. Should his scheme prove practicable, we might be enabled to give up the discussion or burying wires, so far as high tension currents are concerned, for it would not require any. Scientific American. An Old Man's Wooing. Perry J. Chace. a retired Providence merchant, the owner of many houses and variQus other buildings, a widower and a man of 82 winters, recently de cided that he wanted a wife, and so he asked a lady friend of his if she knew cms itow.. Wj-Qiaa acovji iua-& Oiom no mlgnt marry, one said that Mrs. Sarah Ann Til ton, of Boston, was certainly good, was 83 years old, and might possibly wish to marry. "I'll see if she'll let you call on her," said tho friend, "anu if so will take you there and introduce you." When she saw Mrs. Til ton the widow laughed at the idea, but said Mr. Chace might call. At his second call he proosed, at the third arrangements for the wed ding wcro made, and within three weeks from tho first call the venerable couple were married, and are now living happily in Irovideiice. Boston (ilobo. TIit iucumprebeusittle. Science can trace an epidemic to a germ so small that a thousand might find lodgment on tho point of a cam brie needle. But no science has yet been able to assign the faintest reason for epidemics of another form, such as so often spread sudden death and swift destruction. The most learned, in this respect, are no wiser than the most ignorant The colored roustabout is the peer of the scicniu-l Ui knowing that when, after a long cessation of such horrors, a noble steamer is sud denly wrecked by a boiler explosion, or burned to the water's edge, that an other such disaster is almost certain to occur before many days have passed. So with fires that cause lamentable loss of life. These so seldom occur save in an epidemic form, that tho exception proves the rule. Before the question, 'Why is this so?" tho wisest man that ever won a formidable succession of big letters as a following to his name, is as dumb as a iuollu.sk. It may be that some day or generation will bring forth a mind capable of a solution oi this mystery, and that the germs of a disaster epidemic will bo discovered, and, being discovered, be also studied, pursued and destroyed. In the light of what has been accomplished bv science, who can say confidently tha; the now occult causes of disaster epi demies shall not be discovered bytuiiu savant of the future? Pittsburg Bui letin. . Small Timber Urtter Than Lare. The statement that a 12 by 12 inch beam built up of 2 by 12 planks spiked together is stronger than a 12 by 12 inch solid timber will strike a novice as exceedingly absurd, says The Mis sissippi Valley Lumberman. Every millwright and carpenter knows it also, whether he ever tested it by actual experience or not. The in experienced will fail to see why a timber will be stronger simply because the adjacent vertical longi tudinal portions of the wood have been separated by a saw ; and if this were the only thing about it, it would not be stronger, but the old principle that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link comes into consideration. Most timbers have knots in them or are sawed at an angle to the grain, so that they will split diagonally under a comparatively light load. In a built up timber no large knots can weaken the beam, except so much of it as is composed or one plank, and planks whose grain runs diagonally will be strengthened by the other pieces spiked to iu IavendlarUm In New York. A fire underwriter is quoted in The Tribune as saying that one-half the . -.1 T . . - i ures reporieu are luieuuuuauy tuiricu by the owners of the properly in which they take place. That is seen to be an important item, when one considers that the fire josses in this city amount ed to $120,000,000 last year. The un derwriter says that iu the long run tho companies will raise their rates until they are able to pay both the honest and dishonest policy holders, but that will fall heavily on the hon est ones. He says that it is not in the power of the insurance companies to prevent arson, but it is in the power of the government. --Nv: York Sun. Humming IIIrl a I'ets. A young lad' of New York amuses herself with humming birds as pets They build their nests in the lace cur tains and have raised little I amines m the parlor. There are plants for them to fly about in, and every day the fior ist sends a basket of llowers for them ' to extract the honey from. They are like little rainbows Hying about the room, and they light on the head of their daintv mistress with perfect free dom. She has an especial affinity for the feathered race, and pigeons, ca naries and bullfinches are included among htvr household favorites. Bos ton Budget. ILarge Kailtrtfjr Station. The largest railway station in the world is the one at i rankfort-on-the-Main. It covers a superficies of 335,- 91 G square feet. Hitherto, the largest stations have been the Saint Pancras at London (ICG, 625 square feet) and the Silesia station at Berlin (130,000 square feet). lhat of Irankfort is double the size of the first named. La Semaine des Constructeurs. A mammoth sweet potato was taken home by Lewis Smith, of May's Land ing, N. J., who gave it to his wife to be roasted. She placed it in the oven of the stove without breaking the skin. Shortly afterward the family was startled by a ternno explosion, lhe potato had burst, blowing off both oven doors and stirring things up generally in the kitchen. Mme. Carlotta Patti de Munck says that 4 "to manv American irirls who come to Paris for study the attractions of the great dry goods stores are more absorbing than the selection of a good singing professor, JJ(DS THE OWE -PRICE CLOTHIER Has left lor the East to buy the Finest, Largest and Cheatiffit Stock of Spring and Summer Clothing Ever Brought to Cass county. Kemember JOE will Buy LITiinLer Clotii.i:rxgr, aF"VTLXm-lsIfcLlXg: Q-OOCa.Sy lEEats SLaQ-ca. Caps, Than You Ever Saw in Plattsinoutli. LOOK OUT GRAND SPRING OPENING 'o3T CO IEE' Has not got one dollar's worth of Spring Goods, or old Shelf Worn Goods. Everything 3-011 will nee in his store will be 13 ran Nev, of the LATEST STYLES A2TD PATTERNS At Such Low Prices it Will Astonish You. $30,000 of STAPLE DRY GOODS sold at Cost. Speciol Sale commencing on Monday, February 4, and will continue until April 15th, all ot which I will keep you posted, from day to day, what new goods are offered and opened, and especially about the Low Prices. I am drill Eil Dull at Cost. My Winter Goods, such as Blankets, Flannels and Cantons, will be sold regardless of First Cost. Flannels lrom 12lc per yard to 33c, former price 20 to f0c. lilankets in proportion. It is getting to be about the time ot the year when 3-011 need or buy these goods tor spring, and we save 3011 money on every 3-ard you purchase from us. Y0 CAN BUY Fine Dress-Ginghams at 8Jc, other brands ot Ginghams and Rem nants at 5, G and 7 cents per yard, and 20 yards of Pest Stoddard Brands Calico for $1.00; other Brands at 3 Ac. peryard; Hope Muslins 7 cents per 3ard, Lawnsdale Sic, Fruits'" 0c, Wancessatto 10c. Half and unbleached brands equally low. Off brands, half and un bleached Muslins at the same rates. Shirtings, good Styles at 7c; best styles 10c per 3ard. Indigo Blue Muslin and Red Seal B. lie, and common widths 7c. a yard. Ninety Different Patterns in Carpets, trom 15 to CO cents per yard, 2 ply, all wool. Three ply at 85 cents. See our Special Adds on Dress Goods. We guarantee to save you moiury on Omaha prices. We BOOTS and SHOES that are offered on the same terms. cJJOSo POPULAR FOU JOE'S WORTH have a Full Line of 1 Stock