Nebraska Newspapers

    A RAILROAD HORROR.
FIFTY KILLED AND AS MANY
WOUNDED.
—
A Crowded Excursion Train Run Into by
the K*riIiii| Kipr«M -Thr Kxprr**
Plow* Clear Through the Excursion
Train and Victim* are Strewn In Every
Direction.
A Horrible CollUlon.
A-rr.AWTir Citt, N. J., Aug 1.—A
railroad accident, horrible In it* de
tail* and sickening In it* result*, I
occurred last evening just outside of
this city, and ss a result about 100
persons are either allied or injured.
The Reading railroad express,whloh
left Philadelphia at 5:10 o'clock for
Atlantic City, crashed Into a Pennsyl- ,
vania railroad excursion tram at the
second signal tower, about four miles
out from here. The Pennsylvania 1
train was returning tolirldgelon with
a party of excursionist* from that !
ill ace, Millville and neighboring
towns It wa* loaded with passen- !
gers, and a rough estimate of the
billed aud injured at a late hour places
the number at 100. It in hoped that
this In an exaggeration, but the num
ber is undoubtedly more than fifty.
At the second signal tower the
tracks of the two roads diagonally
croas. The Reading train was given
the signal, hut it either failed to
work or the speed of the exprena was
too great to he checked In time It
caught the excursion train broadside
ian<i riliiiifsthrough. llturailv i
cleaving it in twain. The engine of
the Reading train was shattered to
piece*. Every car was Jammed to ita
ullest capacity.
As toon an the news reached Atlantic
^ City, the utmost consternation pre
vailed, but the authorities were equal
to the emergency. Relief trams were
dispatched to the scene, loaded with
cot* and hearing staff* of surgeons.
As quickly as the bodies were re
covered they were' carried into the
local hospilalsarid undertakers’ shops.
A general fire alarm wan sounded and
the department promptly responded
and aided in the heart rending work
of digging for the victims. Tear grew
Into despair und horror as the vigor
ous work of the relief gangs revealed
the awful extent of the disaster.
The first Reading relief train bore
into this city twenty-seven mangled
corpses, men, women and children.
The next tiain, not an hour later,
carried fifteen of the maimed and
wounded, and two of these died soon
after re robing the city. As train
after train plyed to the scene of the
wreck and came hack with its ghastly
load, the sanitarium which does duty
us the city hospital quickly found
its capacity overtaxed. Meanwhile,
others of the dead and injured were
being carried to the private hoipital
at Ocean and Pacific avenues.
The excursion train was made up of
fifteen cars, the foremost of which
was a baggage car. This anu the
next two coactie* caught the full
force of the crash, and were utterly
demolished. What remained of the
third car was tumbled into a ditch at
the roadside
Superintendent 1 N. Sweigard of
the Philadelphia A Reading Company
places the number dead at thirty
seven and the injured at about the
same number, lie sent a telegram to
Philadelphia which said: "There
were tliirty-s-veii person* killed, as
follows: Twelve women, twenty-one
men, two boy* and two girl*. About
the same number injured.”
Mrs. Edward Farr, wife of the
Reading engineer who was killed,
when informed of her husband’*
tragic end, threw up her hands with
a frantic shriek and fell dead at the
feel of her informant.
William Thurlow, telegraph oper
ator in the tower house, was arrested
and held, pending an inquiry.
It is said tiiat the Reading signal
was displayed, and that the whistle
of the train was sounded. The Read
ing has the right of way at the cross
ing.
The excursion tram bore nve tribes
the Order of Red Men. the Hridetou,
the Niagara, the Ahwantonah and
the Cnhunsick, with their wives and
childre n.
SIMPSON RESENTED.
das Krl'migminua Aroused by • One
■tper'i Talk at lloodtlns.
Wichita, Kan , Aug 1. — Yesterday
afternoon County Attorney John
Davis aud a party of frieud* were coin
ing into Wichita on a train when
Davis said: "1 see Jerry Himpson is
accused of receiving boodle for favor
ing the nomination of Watson at 8t.
Louis "
0 Simpson sat a seat in front of the ,
party, but his hair was cut and lie
wore a new straw hat. aud they did !
nut reeognuc him He jumped to his
feet ami confronting the speakei, de- '
mended to kaow who made such au !
accusation
Davis ssid that the litobe-Democrat
did so directly aud the Wlchtta Hea
eoa indirectly aud retorted that he
wouldn't "pul it past him "
"If you were outside uf this ear yuti
uever would say that," wss Jsiry's
hut aaswer
Atteeuey rtks's Msissys
hr. Josh h, Mo., Aug I — Attorney
Vtaioa Tibe yesterduy brought suit
lur damages agaiast De Mar
toa Tuts The suit grows out of the
ssuault made by the futlsr oa Mr
Ttbe lu hts office o« July IT Tire at
luraeys unpear in pouttua as oeswi
fur the plaintiff The case will be op
the docket fur the September term uf
•wurl 1 be criminal eases agaiast the
doctor, fur wateh be Is aow under
b**ud, will rums up at tbs November
term uf the ertmiasl court
t tsusSav >«s» i el •I.Ssns
Tortile, Kau . Aug (,*"The He*
Juba tuasteatiae, aa Arateu>ea
pisseber who is rats ng leads ta thin
eouatry for bis people, was held up
by twu colored msu end e emsts le
bm-iey h e « tough uuerlvr .1 ibis
city at a -ate buur last aigai. aud
rubbed of |i km la gold t •nslsmiae
bad beesi to a misslsmary meeting sad
wss ua bis way to bis bsaerdipg bouse
wb*u tbe rubbery was commuted lie
be- vise gteeily eaeited sad log »t bts
hag!tab sad the rubbers bad time lu
yet •>tl of ISe m uatry befoic be *mui4
webs tbe pul me uadersteel bis pee
flea mu V
i
CARLISLE’S OPINION.
•*7* th« GoTnrniDMit Would *ot Si
Bark of lllftf I miff Ffff (olnayi.
Litti.b Kotk, Ark . Aug L A state* i
mrtit was widely pnbl eliail by the'
press a few days ago tliut !'• sident f
Ij. 1» lirer i of the l onneelicut Life
Insurance Company of Hartford, had 1
issued a circular letter to policy hold* 1
ers notifying them that Irf the
event that the government adopted
the free coinage of silver the com
pany would be compelled to pay alt
claims In depreciated sliver coin. Mr,
F, VV. Alsop of this city sent a dip
ping of tills statement to Secretary of
the Treasury Carlisle, with s request
for an expression on ths subject. Its
liss received a reply from Mr. Car.
lisle, which is, in nsrt, a* follows:
"In case free coinage of silver should
be established in this country, I pre
turns insurance companies and all
other institutions would continue to
make their payments by checks and
draft* on bank* a* heretofore; but in
my opinion the whole volume of our
currency would sink ut once to the
•liver basis, and those checks and
drafts would be paid in silver dollar*
or their equivalent, instead of gold or
its equivslant, as is pow ths cuse.
"1 presume no one suppose* for
a moment that it would be the
duty of the government to attempt
to keep the standard silver dollar,
coined free for private Individuals
and ocrporstioDs equal in value
to a gold dollar; or. In other
words, that It would be the duty
of the government to attempt, under
a system of free coinage, to main
tain the parity of the two metal* The
dollars would be coined on private
account and delivered to private indi
viduals and corporation* as their own
property, the government having no
interest whatever in ihrm, and being,
therefore, under no obligation to sus
tain them by guaranteeing their
value.
“Under our existing system, all sil
ver dollars are coined on account of
the government and are Issued by the
government in psyment of it* expend
iture* and other obligations, and it
woula be an act of bad faitb, there
fore, to nermit them to depreciate.
Very truly, Joh* O, Cahi.isi.x-’’
CLOUDBURST IN OHIO
Two Hundred Person* Rendered Home
lea* hj a Torrent of Water.
HtUXHKN VII-I-E, Ohio, Aug J.—A
severe storm, like a cloud hurst, oc
curred west of thi* city yesterday
afternoon about 4 o’clock and within
a period of thirty minute* a mighty
torrent of water had spread desola
tion uiong both i'armar’a and Kisher'a
runs in the lower part of thia city.
No live* were lost, a* there wero per
son* along the creeks who saw the
water coming down the valley, and
ran from house to house warning the
people. Everybody fled, many wad
ing knee deep in water from their
house to tiie hills which line both
sides, Two hundred people are home
less as a result of the flood. The
damage will aggregate all of gUW.OOO.
Mr. Hawaii Will Mot Resign.
Bath, Me., Aug 1.—Arthur Kewall,
Democratic nominee for Vice Presi
dent, was interviewed as to the story
that he intended to resign in favor of
Mr. Watson, lie said: “Any man
who for a moment entertains such an
idea i* not worthy of an answer. I do
not know whether Hyran will retain
a place on the Populist, ticket, lie
will come to Bath with Mrs. Bryan di
rectly aftei the notification, which
will take place in New York. They
will make their headquarters at my
house while in Maine.”
A liurglsr Shot at Emporia. Ran
Emporia, Kan., Aug l.—A score of
burglaries have been committed here
the last fortnight. Tuesday night
two of the perpetrators entered the
bedroom of Captain J. D. Morris, who
shot the first. “Oh. God, Jack, I'm
shot,” said the burglar to his com
panion, and they retreated, Captain
Morris shooting at them as they want.
Yesterday morning their course was
traced several blocks by blood and
than lost. _
Top*ks to Have Another Hally,
Topkka, Kan., Aug I.—It is not
unlikely that Topcku will lia.ve an
other afternoon Republican paper.
The State Journal is not supporting
the National Republican ticket, aud a
delegation of local Republicans,
headed by Oscar Swuy/.e, are circulat
ing u petition to Arthur Capper, editor
of the Mail and Breeze, an orthodox
Republican weekly, to get out a daily,
the signers pledging their support.
|ju»n virions Mmj hviir*.
Domdom, July 31.—The rumor that
Queen Victoria Intends to retire In
fa vor of the Prince of Wales Is cur
rent sgsin to-day and it la added that
court circles ait troubled about the
queen's health. Thv qneeu has de
cided, It is said, to spend her time
Jiersafter at Balmoral or Oaboruc aud
to give the Prince aud Princess of
Waies the use of Buckingham palace
aud Windsor castle.
Sites mi* Slum *et*iS
Lini.a Rim h Ark . July II.-Umi
Johnson and his wife, colored, while
on tka public road near Augusta.
Ark . were bred U|eia from ernuusk.
Ike women being insteetiy killed eed
Ike inee fatally wuuaded Another
aegro. with whom Jokeeoa had bed
pteiu* ____
4 k««M *«mw itnitiv
t'»«i Hhiji, kt», Aug l-Joba
**>«>ua, «I|U 4«llb*r*Uljr wuxlarad
Jah» Mmttb *l Yai*. K*a i about a
>*»> «gu, «*** aaugltt to 4a* at VVar>
r»o Ala , lad Mb*n* ls>«u at traw
•>•*4 ouuatjr laft (of tail plaaa ta gat
btaa
•Maawl kt«*iM |N| ka«t«
fot-aaa Kaa , Aug I J J. tvf,
gaaaral uaaaagar at tka Aublaoa. To
I**»• A Nat* ta railfai i|tu«. a
uta loag Ikaatoaaat. baa boit*4 Iba
t b"rago t.akat aa t will tola two tka
g*44 madaid tb>» tail IU **t4 to
4*g ' I ba»a »u baatlaaay |« *a;lag
tbal t aw* »o4 ta la»»*o at tka (•««
*ar Ha* I *1* t tbtab It taoa!4 ka
boat tu* tba taaatii I b*»# boa* a
l»a*»"*«*• ait my t t» %«*-• b«#a *i**r*
»»*|*4 tba lk*.wi«ll« liabat a«4 I aai
***♦*» I • au t atay with tba |art) ibta
•ait Tbia a»oat4 b* imtowaikla, bom
•»w btai4iag tba 144*a Ida4
AS TO THE REVENUE.
INCRF AS F D RECEIPTS THE LAST
FISCAL YEAR
an InrrrMf of $.'I.AN4.AiW Otar Th«w
of th#» PrioriIlDff V#»r—Ltr* '
|Mt Iof Inrrraip Wm In Frail
Apfrllx—Olro Tax lx
Vntrrnal Krrrnar Krrrlpta.
WaamiKorox, July 31.—The com
missioner of internal revenue hae sub
mitted to .Secretary Carlisle a prelim
inary report of the operations of hi*
bureau during the fiscal year ended
June 30. It show* that the reoelpla
aggregated *146,830.611, an inornate of
81.1o4/iJ7 over those of the preceding
fiscal year. The expenses approx
imated *4,044,34)1 and the percentage
of cost of collection wee about 84.70, a
reduction of eighteen cents as com
pared with the preceding fiscal year.
From spirits the receipts were *80,.
670,070, an Increase of *407,*43. The
largest item of increase was from
fruit spirit*, the receipts of *1,564,879
being *488,86-1 in excess of last year's
Ketail liquor taxes were Increased
•'441,100, rectifier*' taxes, *49,458, and
the wholesale liquor dealers' spcatsl
taxes, *46,748. The only decreases
noted were trifling.
Tobacco brought in a revenue of
•30,711,639 or »l,0C6,72l more than In
the preceeding year. There was a
rrenapel (n/ivausa In all 4ka llama .in/laa
this head, the largest being In cigar*
•ties under three pounds per 1,000 of
which the receipts were #2,021,19) or
•3)7,493 more than in the preceedlng
year. Chewing and smoking tobacco
brought In •15,220,028, •323,849 more
than in the proceeding year; cigars ami
cheroots over three pounds per 1,000 i
•12,713,267, an increase of #221,800,
snuff, #7)2,916, an increase of #103,027.
From fermented liquors there was
derived taxes aggregating #33,784,23),
or #2,1*3,617 more than during the
preceding year. Ale, beers and aim*
liar liquors brought in #33,135,141, an
increase of #2,094,828.
There was a failing off of #189,77H
in the taxes realized from oleomarga
rine, the revenue from which amount
ed to #1,219,482. The decrease was
general in all the Items under this
head, the largest item being #112,817
in the direct tax on oleomargarine,
while retail dealers' taxes shrunk
#57,21) and wholesale dealers' taxea
•28,620.
The miscellaneous receipts de
creased • 182,000 during the year, the
largest item being #122,6*8 in the re
ceipts from playing cards, which were
only #269,883.
During the past year 67,089,910 gal
lons of spirits distilled from other
materials than fruit were withdrawn
for consumption, a decrease of 7,148,
179 gallons as compared with the pre
ceding year. Cigarettes to the num
ber of 4,012,391,640 wero drawn out,
714,937,860 more than we consumed
during the preceding year. The num
ber of cigars and cheroots withdrawn
K'ere 4,287,766.943, an increase of 73,
783,638. Chewing and smoking to
bacco was taken out to the amount of
261.667,137 pounds, an increase of
5,397,499 pounds.
Illinois returned more internal rev
enue taxes than any other state, the
total collections there being #31,973,
133. New Yurie came next ’.vith #21, -
620.470, Kentucky third with #14.903,
10, Ohio and Pennsylvania close
together with #11,947,721 and #11,14),
54S respectively. Indiana had #7,6y3,
161, Missouri #6,9)9,915 Maryland
#5,968,59). and Wisconsin #6,122,077.
None of the remaining states reached
the 6 million mark_
WATSON VS SEWALL.
The Populist Vice Presidential Nominee
Declare# Himself In Ills Paper.
Atlanta, Ua., July 31.—The Hon.
Thomas K Watson is out in a strong
editorial in his paper stating his
grounds for accepting the nomination
for vice president from the Populist
national convention He refers to
Mr. Sewall as a"n inf'vidusl ol stand
ing and a free silver Democrat, but
' adopts the argument elaborated on at
i St, Louis, that the nomination of a
Populist for second place was neces
sary to preserve the autonomy of the
Populist organization, especially in
the south.
The editorial is accepted not only
as a letter of acceptance, but also an
official ultimatum that propositions
for withdrawal will not lie considered
by Mr. Walsou or the Populists, and
that the case now rests with Mr.
! Sewall,
It virtually demaudathe withdrawal
of the Democratic candidate for Vice
, President. Throughout the editorial
| iusinus ons are made, and where it
seems to analyze the situation it de
[ velous the fact that Mr. Watson is
making a strong demand for his Imme
diate recognition as llryan'a ruuuiug
mate._'
ELOPEO Wlill AN INUIAN
Scseeleau leer-old Missouri lilrl Huns
A war Milk a Hulfkreed.
WAkkkSski *i, Mo , July 31 —Kiltie
njlitt, int i7*year*ow tiaugnier m
Jarnee hykee. a prominent farmer llv>
lug north of W errenaburg, eloiwd laat
night with Wlee Want, n heiihreed
Chiebeeaw tndtuu Home weeha ago
a family named Ward, eouaialleg of
huehaud aad wife, daughter aud three
eone arrived In tt'arrenahurg aud
eninned jail north of town *fhe old
Indy la n fuli>M»<>4 Ihlekaaaw, aud
elalnted to he n fortune teller and
Indian doctor rthe filled her trade
ww*MUIIf, hnl the real ol the letai
ly were worthier*. Wla* Ward, one
ol the young men, made love to Kittle
Wyhee, with aueh ao**’eaa. that he
dually ladweed her to leave a guud
home aad go with him.
riayanai toe kamaa foeellea*
Anti ana, ha*. Ju<y *1 A large
waiehouae haa haea rem.rdeled a* a
wig a ana lor the TupetMt Hale yon*
ventlua aeat week It Will real • uua
Cfla meaning ervaagemeala here
a me le for k.tuo and > buiuket will
hred tkeerowda A large a««her ol j
delegatee are animated to e**me ta I
wag one and eamn -*ot la grorea aear ,
the tarwa » *1 I'alie* eon of l »|o
rad» will hw the ftrlaeifml orator ol t
the uweaaioa The Tree uitver patty ,
ta arrangiag lor a demoaatratloa the
sight he lore the ewaeeaitoa ta the la* I
I treat ol U Kittle'a randidaay lor
toagreaama* Ut large
THE ALABAMA ELFCTION.
E*opallat« Vt*a«tlnf the (Clot Act to th
Oemoeratn.
Ill mi ix<; iiam, Ala.. July 3*.—General
lomes H. W.-aver of Iowa wit a in con- 1
ereuce line ti of yesterday with tli»
l’opulisl lenders with reference to the
i ale election to be held next Mon
lay. It was agreed that if a fair elrc
too ia bad, tiie l’opulisl Republican
usion Htate ticket will win, and It
vaa decided to give the Democratic
uanager* to und»r*'and that unless
in absolutely fair election is had the
’opuliels in this (Slate will not support
Iryan in November, but will fuse with
lie Republican* and cast their
/allots for McKinley In order to
ebuke, a* they say, dishonest elec
ion methods. General Weaver tele
'lapiied National I iislrman Jones of
lie Democratic committee to coins here
it i/uce and use his efforts to see fair
day for the Uoi/dwm ticket, In order
o hold the Alabama I’opuliats in line
or Itryan. l'opulisl leader* con
ldently expect that Senator Jones
will coine. They assert that while 1
he eucces* of silver ia greatly to r/e
leslred, honest elections must first l/e
tad. In the event that the I'opulista
ir# satisfied with the result Monday,
hay will then demand the removal
’rorn the atate Democratic elector
Iciest of the several gold standard
ilectora as the further price of I’opu
1st support of that ticket. Mean
while General Weawer says he will
ilao direct his efforts to directing the
ilection of eilwer men, in order to tn
mre the choice of • silver senator,
tome very interesting developments
tre looked for during the next few
laye, and the outcome ia bound to
isve an important bearing upon the
I'opulista in the state toward the
liryan ticket
COLORADO REPUBLICANS
lists Central Committee Declares for
ths Mspabllesn Nominees.
Dcnvkb, Col, Jnly 31.— liy a vot# of
13 to 33 ths Republican atate cen
.ral committee adopted tne lottowiug
resolution:
"Resolved, That It la the sense of
this meeting that this committee ahull
Mice auch steps aa are necessary to
>tace before the people of the state of
Colorado for their suffrages in No*
re ruber a straight Republican ticket,
needed by Republican electors who
will cant their voice, if opportunity
offers, for McKinley and Hobart.”
The meeting of the committee was
n many respects the most exciting
Unit body baa ever held.
The committee at a night session
iecided to hold the state convention
it Colorado Spring* on September 30.
After the meeting of the gommittee,
the liryan faction circulated a peti
tion for a call for another meeting.
1 bey claim that a majority of the ac
tual members of the state central
Eommittee are with them and that the
meeting was packed, alleging that of
the 84 delegates represented 14 were
by proxy in the hands of Denver and
Colorado Springs politicians. The
liryan men further allege that It is
the plan of the McKinley men to
nominate Senator Wolcott for gov
ernor. _
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Thirty Utteovorth Prisoner* Attempt
to Keeape and Three Are Shot.
Ljcavx.v.vokth. Kan , July 30.—
While a gang of thirty prisoners from
the United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth were being worked on
the prison farm lust evening, a mutiny
broke out among them. At a signal
from George Fast, an Indian Territory
desperado, the men broke for a corn
field. The guards commenced firing
with shotguns, and all the prisoners
but three surrendered. Fast was shot
six times before be gave up. He was
ffttallv woundqd. Sam Mills and 8.
Dove were also badly, but not fatally,
wounded before they were run down.
When the bloody prisonpp Wjgje pvuj
into the pen yard, where 2O0 convicts
were breaking rock, there was an
ugly demonstration and a second at
tempt at mutiny. The guards were
about to fire into the convicts, when
Ward'jn French appeured, and, by
coolness and firmness, quieted every
thing down. The wounded men were
placed in the Fort Leavenworth hos
pital. _
COLONEL BURNES DEAD.
« ^
8t. Joseph's Well-Known Financier
Passe* Away -111 lor Neveral Weeks.
St. Joskpii, Mo., July 31.—Colonel
Calvin Fletcher Ruruas, president of
the National llauk of SL Joseph, and
one of the leading financier* of the
slate, died at his suburban home, Ayr
l.awo. at 4:10 yesterday afternoon
after an illness of three weeks. He
was stricken with dysentery at that
time, aud a few days ago was aide to
be about, but a relapse occurred which
terminated faintly.
( o'onet Humes leaves a wife and
one daughter. 1‘rior to the death of
his brother, D. D Hurues, he and
James N. Iluruet formed a compact
whereby ail property was to lie held
in common ami all chi drea >f the
brol her* were to be provided for
equally. At preseut the Hume* es
tate, a* It is known, 1* worth
•A, (00.0011 ___
A htslhae AS ... a
Maa I'UAUuato, July ll —H. |i Won
dan, ika railroad ilnkrr atiaryril wtlk
wreafeia* Ika railway bridge near Man
rautauiu Iwu yeara a*u and thereby
caaalaat Iba tlaalb ul Kaytaaar I'lark
and tkraa Culled MlaUra ailillart, laual
baag, Tka layrrMt whiiI yaatarday
kaadad duwu a deaialoa la wklak It
ailriur.l tka Judduraat ul ika teyerlur
nart, wbara VI ordaa *eeeu«*t«led ul
aartlrr la Ika Ural degree aad aaa<
la a aad lu baud
Ue>aw> am liMw iaaaa r ffet.tr
WttNiiaiMi, July l! -Meualor U«w
aaau ha« ad*aad l« glee b> Hau*tor
J»aaa Iba kaaatt ul kia auaaaal aad
ad alee Ha dura auk bow. ter, It la
awderatuud dewra auy «*. tai e*»a<
aaallou wltk Iba cuatvillaa, but ll Iba
b»ad«|ueftett «ra lutMlad bar* ka Witt
ka aoatiaaUf ‘a atoaa tuaek wttk Ika
• o*a aa It y»e-»****
ritUMUU a«.le Wtoe*
diuiMM ialy ll,- Tka Creel
deal baa la*aad a prualaaaaltwa dated
«laty If a«a a auatataadlwj eiiiaa— ka
ubaar >a aaatraiily lower U dab*
PEST OF THE STATE.
t
VORACIOUS MOTH IS STUB
BORNLY TENACIOUSOP LIFE. g
_ P
foaght *1 Kip'nia of SBOO.OOO, Ye* 1
still Ilviiroping—Work of K*i*>rmlne- ^
lion Will Bo Kocalorlr and \ Igoruaply (
luoganlt4 „
—— - o
UK committee ap- b
pointed by the h
Massachusetts state •
hoard of agrlcul- 0
ture to carry on a V
war of extermlna- t
tion against the t
gypsy moth has b
submitted an In- ®
terestlng report of c
Its operations for b
the laat two years, t
says the New York Journal. The work *
Is In two parts, the first prepared by *
Kdward H. Furbush, and the second by t
Charles H. Fernald. Mr. Furbush Is t
the field director In charge of the work '
of destroying the moths and their °
caterpillars and eggs, and Mr. Fernald v
Is the professor of zoology in the *
Massachusetts Agricultural college, *
and entomologist of the state board of "
agriculture and tbs Hatch experl- J
mental station.
In Kurope the gypsy moth and Its
destructiveness are well known over a f
considerable area, but fortunately for
this country It never has obtained a
foothold here outside of a limited dls- (
trlct In Massacbunetts, and there at an (
expense of hundreds of thousands of j
dollars bids fair soon to exterminate It
on this side or the ocean. u» intro {
ductlon Into this country la believed to (
have been due to the accidental escape |
of Insects which were brought here for f
experiments by a naturalist in 1868 or (
1869.
At that time Leopold Trouvelot, an
artist and naturalist and astronomer, j
from Paris, was living near Olenwood, |
Medford, Just outside Boston. He was |
experimenting in raising silk from (
America’s native silk worms, and he (
Introduced a member of European spe- (
eles of silk-spinning worms "Iso. ,
Among these were some gypsy moth ,
eggs. Mr. Trouvelot, being aware of |
the dangerous nature of the moth, gave
notice of the escape, but it was not |
until 20 years after that the people of ,
Medford realized what a pest was ,
among them. Its ravages had been ,
noticed before in Isolated spots, but
had been attributed to some kind of (
native Insect. <
In 1889 the caterpillars appeared in
such numbers In Olenwood and In i
parts of Medford that they stripped the
trees of foliage, and armies of them i
were seen marching together to new
fields for food. In June and July of
that year they were so numerous that
boys slid on the sidewalks over their
crushed bodies, and nobody could ven- i
ture outdoors without getting covered i
with the worms, which dropped from
tbe trees. After public attention bad
been directed to them thus they were
recognized. It was found that they had
spread into thirty townships. In each
place they were found in Isolated col
onies. The spreading of the pest Is
supposed to have been accomplished
mostly through the agency of man, the
worms or eggs being carried from
place to place on fruit and along tbe
lines of railroads ot carriage roads.
Wherever the worms appeared In
numbers they ate everything that was
green except the leaves of the horse
| chestnut trees and grass. A lgrge part
of the population of Medford turned
out to fight the plague, and In th§
evenings, when the men came home
from work, bonfires could be seen In
many parts of the town where cater
pillars were being burned. The people
of Medford set men to work at the
town’s expense to destroy the moth,
and finally they appealed to the state
legislature for help. The state appro
priated ^25,000 in 1890j and a conne
xion was appointed to do The work.
They sprayed Infested trees with Boris
green, ent and burned trees and bushes
In other places, and killed the clus
tered worms on other trees with kero
sene torches, but their efforts were
romparatively puny, for It was soon
learned that fifty square miles of land
had been Infested.
In f Mfil I Km n/nrk ivag nut in rt i Km !
hand# of the atate hoard of agriculture
and $50,000 waa appropriated In 1K»3.
$75,000 waa appropriated and the work
waa carried on over a more agtoadad j
area. The appropriation waa lncr««aed
to $100,000 In 1x03, and the total aunt
which had b**ou expended In lighting
thla Intact up to January 1, list, waa
nearly $150,000
Another fluo.ooo waa appropriated In 1
1**1, and $lft0.ooo m UN. «o that up
to the beginning of Ihla year the gypey
moth had coot the elate half a million
dollar* directly, bealdee alt lh« damage
It had doae la lnfre>d dietrleta. la
laaklng al the picture# of the gypey (
muth In Ita varloue etaaee of like and
at epeclmeaa of both eeaea, nobody
would euapeet that they had aoy rale
would euepeci that aay ratallooehlp
at dated between them
•ve*ll Vela.
“Deal you love. Him Everyday, to
all la the homm oo a at or my night and
hoar the dreamy pel taring of the rein |
ow the roof r
"Yea, Indeed I do. Mr Mueb It lo
eo meeh ploooaater than to alt untold#
Ig H" New Verb World
The eye of a cal, llbe that of the
her** la provided with a faleo eyelid,
which may he moved todepeedeatly af
the eetor w true Hi It ta wftoa *m
ployed by a -at whea obliged to faee a
my bright light, ut la believed to act
aa a abode.
INVENTIONS BY WOMEN.
k«tr !<!•«• Remarkable for Their Prae
tlcal C ha racier.
Forty-five hundred patents have been
ranted to women up to date, says the
ew York Journal. One of the most
otable of women's Inventions Is a
eep-sea telescope. With Its aid the
or torn 6f the ocean may be examined.
has a lamp attachment which lights
p the depths so that wrecks and other
bstructlons may be plainly seen. It
i also very useful to divers. Women
ave invented Innumerable devices to
nharite beauty. The most ambitious
I all these patents Is one that Is sup*
osed to restore general facial symrae
■y. Mrs. B„ whose Idea this Is, says
lat the device Is Intended to be used
y persons whose fsces are misshapen
r who have not pretty m'ouths. It
nnslsts of a spr ing or springs that can
e attached to or connected with ths
reth. Each spring should press against
tie part of the face that Is out of
hape. It can easily be seen that if
tils were used habitually, the part of
tie lips or cheek pressed In would In
nurse of time assume the shape of the
bject pressing It. Another beautlfler,
'hlch owes Its origin to Mrs. B,, Is ths
ar bolder. This device Is Intended to
old the ears which lop forward or
land out close to the side of the head,
t consists merely of two pieces of thin,
at steel, reaching from the tip of on*
ar over the fiend to the tip of ths
ther ear. These are held together by
loop and are arranged so that they
an be lengthened or shortened to suit
he bead of the wearer. They are at*
ached to the ears by spring clasps.
>ne fair Inventor has designed a nos*
mprover. This device consists of a
netal shell the exact site and shape of
he nose desired. The nose to bs
rented should be well bulbed and then
ubbed with olive oil or glycerine until
oft. The Improver Is then fastened on
ind the wearer goes to bed. In tbs
nornlng It Is taken off and tbe nose Is
tell bathed In warm water. It will
irobably make the organ very sots,
tut then what will one not stand for
he sake of beauty. It Is claimed by
he inventor that in this way a nos#
nay bs made to assume any shape that
utts the owner. Women have naturally
levoted a large share of their Ideas to
ontrlvances for saving trouble In the
lousehold. Among these are a smooth
ng-lron that heats Itself, a trap for
ledbugs, a flsh-scaler, a step-ladder
hat Is an Ironing board In disguise, s
tofa that can be turned Into a bath
ub, a pair of scissors and tape-meas
ire combined, a perspiration-proof
iklrt and a folding soap dish. Innum
erable patents have been granted for
nechanical dish-washers. The best at
hese contrivances was Invented by a
roman In Bbelbyvllle, 111. The dishes
ire put Into a crate of wire and hot
water supplied by a boiler Is made
« pour upon them from a perforated
>lpe. Tbe crate Is arranged with racks
’or the dishes, koivss, torkm end
ipoons, so that they cannot Jostls
ibout, although kept oscillating all tbs
Ime, The water Is so hot that It
washes the dishes clean and Anally
soes off In vapor, leaving the dishes
Iry. women have devised many Im
irovements for sewing machines,
rhese Include a needle that does not
tave to be threaded and a device which
renders it possible to thread tbe needle
while tbe machine la running. One
woman Inventor has devised a motor
tor running sewing machines. A wom
in has devised a pocket spittoon. This
Interesting article Is designed to pre
vent the objectionable habit of Indis
criminate expectoration. Another
woman’s Invention Is a mustache
spoon. This Is intended to keep that
masculine ornament, so dear to the
heart of Its possessor, out of the soup.
A "pantaloon tree” for keeping trou
sers In shape was originated by a wom
an. A new sort of dinner pall, which Is
also a dark lantern for the use of
laboring men who are detained after
dark at their work, Is a feminine In
vention.
- - ~ Ti F~- *r1'
Haw Mummifrlag PriwM. "•
The London Lancet reports the in
vention by Big. Carlo Vercellonl of a
process by which a dead body Is her
metically sealed In a coffin from the
walls of which certain chemical ex
halations are slowly and continuously
liberated. The gases and moisture
given off as the result of decomposition
are thereby counteracted and absorbed
>n,l (I.,. ts uv.l.lua Mu .n.sil
Into tb* immiiniflt-il mat*, being per
fectly dry and retaining every feature
aa In Ilf*. The dead body of a child re
duced to thin condition la on view in
Milan Th* head, body and I lube of
the child are admirably preserved In
th*lr natural relief, the hair la blonde
aa la life aud a look of repoee charac
ter I ie« the ensemble, though the com
plexion of the body la ef that yellow
I ah copper color peculiar to mummies,
CURIOUS RAOTR.
The mole la not blind, aa many per*
anna tupptme Ita eye le hardly larger
than a pinhead, and le carefully pro
tected from dual and dirt by meant
of enclosing halra
No parental «nie ever falls la the
M of n tingle member of tho Insect
tribe. In general, the egge ef eg in
eect are doatlned to ho batched long
after me pa rente are deed
The elephant le commonly euppoeod
be e alee clumsy fellow, hut when en
died or frtghlenod can ntuin n epeed
ef twenty mtiee an hoar end van heap
It up naif n day
R»«pt* eho ere noerepitMe le the
cold Should make a point of eeertof
loo** eloming in «udd eamher UcuM
gnrmeeta ere eleeye earner then
tight tiling eeee, not only because
• hey nllaw room for circulation, hut
also haoeuee they permit n layer of mr
hetweeg the ahlg and tin eutetds cold