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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1892)
3daw(Ha V ' .. lriiitii wm fii - -"- . .m- .. . . . JMWfiHjflBlJII'flBrVrWWWWSfllKW ?ffl Hi iw. V W&wm n it!u1 V & Kf I. lr - - m m m BIULB ASTRONOMY. Dr. Talmnge Dlscourson Upon an Interesting Subjoct Jt llelleve It Ik Tlnm ti Widen Out nd Heighten Itcllgltiu Tlimurlit-OIJ ItuMMimdd lln Avnlilnd In ClirUtlnn Work. plaint against tho Scriptures when it ' to demonstrate Uio gigantic dlsa. In u Into Hcrmon nt llrooklyn Rev. T. DeWltl Tulmiigo took for his subject "The Astronomy of tho Hlblc, or (Jod Among the.Stnrs," tho text bolng from .Amos.'ix. 0; "It Is Ho Hint buildcth Ills stories tn tho heaven." Preceding the sermon Uio congregation sang Dr. Watt's hymn: Tlio hcnvciii iterlnro Thy lory. Ixird In every slur Thy wisdom shines. Dr. Tnlmugo wild: Thnt Is first rate poetry from At ms, the henlsnmn. While iruurdlng his Hooks ut night he watched the heavens, lie saw stars ubovc stiirs mid tlio uni verse seemed to him liko n great man sion many stories high, silver room nbjiye sliver room, silver pillars bcsldo silver pillars, rend wlndnwsof silver and doors of silver, mid turrets und domes of silver rising Into the Immensities, und the prophet's tmnctlflcd Imagina tion wiillm through that great silver palace of tho universe, through tho first story, through tho second story, 'through tho third story, through tho twentieth story, through tho hundredth story, through tho thousandth story, und realizing that God is the architect and carpenter and mason of all that upheaved splendor, hu cried out hi tho words of the text: "It Is Ho thnt buildcth Ills stories hi tho heaven." My hearers, It Is time that wo widened -out Und heightened our religious thoughts. In our pulpits and Sabbath classes und Christum work of all sorts we ring the changes on u few verses of Scripture until they exclto no Interest At any of tho best parts of tho lllblo have never yet been preached from or indeed oven noticed. Hence I to-day Iwgln a scries of sermons,' not for con secutive Sabbath mornings, but us often as I think It best for variety's sake, on tho Astronomy of tho lliblc, or (I ml among tho Stars; the Geology of the. lllblo, or God among tho 1 looks; tlio Ornithology of the Hlblc, or Hod Union g tho Hints; the Ichthyology of tho lllblo, op God among tho Fishes; the Pomology of tho lllblo, or God among tlio Orchards; tho Precious Stones of tho lllblo, or God among tho Ame thysts; tho Conehofogy of tlio lllblo, or God among the Sholls; tho Kotany of the ltible, or God among tho Flowers; the Chronology of the lllblo, or God among tho Centuries. Tho fact Is that ivi' have all spent too much time on ono story of tho great mansion of God's mil verse. We need occasionally to go up--tn(rs or downstairs In this mansion; downstairs and In tho cellar study the roclts, or upstairs and see God In some of the higher stories, and learn tho meaning of tho text when it says: "It is Hu that bulldoth His stories lu tho heaven." Astronomy was born In Chaldeu. Its mother was astrology or tho science of foretelling ovonts by juxtaposition of stars. The orientals, living much nut of doors and In a very clear atmosphere, through, which tho stars shone especial- x.i-ly lustrous, got tho habit of studying the night heavens. In tho hot seasons caravans journeyed chiefly at night und that gave travelers much oppor tunity of stellar Information. On tho ijrst page of tho lllblo tho sun and iiiioon und stars mil in. The sun, u body uoarly .1,000,000 miles lu circum ference and inoro than 12,01)0 times as large as our earth; the moon, mora than 3,000 miles in diameter. Hut God Is used to doing things on such an omnip otent scale that he tukes only ono verse to tell of this stellar und lunar manu facture. Yen, in three words nil tho other worlds are thrown in. Tho rec ord says: "Tho stars also!" It takes -whole pages for a mnii to oxtol the making of a telescopo or microscope or u magnetic telegraph or a threshing machine, or to describe a Hue painting or statute, but it was so easy for God to '.hang tho celestial upholstery that tho story Is compassed lu ono verse: "3od made two great lights, tho greater light to rule tho day and tho lesser light to rule tho night Tho stars also!" Read on in your lllbles, and after , awhile tholllblu flushes with the aurora boreal Is or northern lights, that strange Illumination, ns mysterious and unde fined now as when, In tho book of Job, it was written: "Man acq not tho bright Ulirht which Is in the clouds. Fair weather cometh out of the north." While all tho nations supposed that the earth was built on a foundation of some ;, sort, and many supposed that it stood ou a huge turtle, or somo great marine creature, Job know enough of ustron . otuy to say It had no foundation, but was . suspended on tho Invisible arm of tho Almighty, declaring that "Ho hangoth .tho earth upon nothing." While all na tions thought the earth was level, the sky spread over it like a tent over u flat surface, isulan declared tno worm to bo globular, saying of God: "Ho Blt teth upon tho elrole of the earth." Wldlo running your lingers through tho leaves of your Hlblo with tho as tronomical thought in your mind you 300 two worlds stop tho sun ami tho moon. ' Hut what does thut Christian know about that miracle who does not understand something of thosu two 'luminaries? Unless you watch modern astronomy, put those two worlds in its .steelyards nml weigh them, you lire as Ignorant as a Hottentot nbout tho stu pendousness of that sceno in tho life ' jf Joshua. Hut 1 can easily be lieve it What confounds mo is not thut Ho could stop and start ugain those two worlds in Joshua's time, but that He could have mado tho wheel of worlds v , of which tho Bun and moon uro only .cogs, and keep that whoel rolling for thousands of years tho fly-wheel of all eternity. If an ongluoer Can start tu long train, it is not surprising that .ho can stop it If God -could make and ;iuorti tho universe, which' is au express train drawn by an omnipotent engine, , I am not surprised that for a part of u day ho could put down tho brakes on " - two pieces of tho rotating machinery finds fault with thnt cessation of stel iar and lunar travel. Here Is my watch. I could not maho a watch If I tried, but I can stop and start It again. O the stars! Those vestal fires kept burning on infinite ulturs. Thosu light houses on the coast of eternity. Tho hands and .weights und pendulum of tho irrcnt clock of tho universe. Accord ing to Hcrschcl tho M-culled fixed stars are not fixed at till, but each ono a sun with b mighty system of worlds rolling round it and this whole system with nil the other systems rolling on around some other grent center. Hat what gladdens mo, and nt tho same time overwhelms mo, is that'thosc worlds arc inhabited. Tlio Hlblo says so, and what a small Idea you must have of God and Ills dominion if you think it only extends across this chip of a world which you and I now inhabit Have you taken this Idea of till tho other worlds being Inhabited ns human guess work? Head Isaiah, xlv., 10: "Thus salth the Lord that created tho heavens, God Himself thnt formed the earth and mado It; Ho hnth established it Ho created It not in vain, Ho formed It to bo inhabited." Now, if Ho Inhab ited tho eurth so that it would not bo created in vain, would Ha make worlds hundreds und thousands of times larger and not have them Inhabited? Speak ing of the inhabitants of this world, Ha nays: "Tho nations are as a drop of a bucket" If all tho inhabitants of this world are ns a drop of a bucket, where uro tho other drops of tho bucket? Again and again the Hlblo speaks of the host of Heaven, and tho word "host" means living creatures, not inert musses, and tho expression "hosts of Heaven" must mean inhabit ants of other worlds. Tho psalmist cries out: "Thy inorcy Is great above tho heavens." If there were no inhab itants above the heavens, what uso of any mercy? Again, the lllblo exclaims: "Thy goodness Is grent above tho heav ens." What could 1)0 the uso of His goodness above the heavens if there wore no inhabitants toenjoy It? Again, tho Uiblo says: "He hath set thy glory nbovc the heavens." And hero my text comes in with its idea of a mansion ot many stories: "It is lie thut bulldoth His stories In the heaven." Is it pos sible that wo who live on the ground floor of this many storied building are the only tenants mid that tho larger rooms and tho more gorgeously up holstered rooms and tho more brilliant ly chandellcrcd-rooms above it are un inhabited? Hcsldcs this wo are positively told In tho Hlblo that two other worlds lire in habited tho world angelic and the world diubollc. Those two worlds add ed to our own maku it positive that three worlds uro inhabited. Why, then, stop with three, worlds of living beings when there are not only millions, but billions of worlds? Are they all stand ing liko expensively furnished houses in time of financial panic marked "To lict" and no .one to tnko them? All around as in this world wo sco economy of omnipotence. If Christ was going to feed tho hungry 7,000 In the wilderness, He mado uso of tho boy's live loaves unu two tishes, expending no more ot creative power than was needed. "Waste not" Uod hath written ail ovor this world. And do you sup pose thut God would wnste world mate rial in our solar system to the amount of what has been estimated as seven hundred trillion miles of solid contents and that only n small part us compared with other systems which go to make up this many-storied mansion of the text, where it says: "It is Ho that buildcth Ills stories in tho heaven." Judging from tho extent of tho uni verse, do you think God would put till hla family on such limits ns this world marks? If a king have a palace ot one hundred rooms, will ho put nil his princes and princesses in ono compara tively small room? As the highest hap piness is in making others huppy, is it not certain that God would occupy larger places than our small earth with beings capable ot happiness? llesldes this, wby all tho worlds furthest on and furthest up covered with light? What is the use of light if there are no eyes of inhabitants to enjoy und em ploy that light? I admit that scientific exploration has discovered that around many worlds there Is an atmosphere in which lungs like ours could not breathe, and there uro heats or colds that physique liko ours could not en dure. But do you suppose 'that wo havo tho only kind of lungs that God can make? Do our bodies exhaust Divino ingenuity und must ho make all intelligent creatures with our respira tion or pulsation or mastication or di gestion or habitude or not make them ut all? Because organisms liko ours cannot live in Mercury or Saturn or Jupiter or tho sun, wo have no right to conclude that those globes uro lifeless. Without any observatory and without any astronomical calculation, I know thut tho other worlds uro Inhabited be cause my Hlblo and my common sense toll mo so. It has been estimated that in tho worlds bclonglug to our solar system there Is room for ut least 115,000, 000,000 ot population. And I believe It Is all occupied or will bo occupied by in telligent bclugs. God will not (111 them with brutes. What a monstrosity ot ignoruneo that tho majority of Christian peoplo listen not to tlio voices of other worlds, al though the Hook says: "The heavens declare tho glory of God,"nnd, again: "The works ot tho Lord are great and to bo sought out" Ypu havo been satis fying yourself with somo things about Christ, but havo you noticed that Paul calls you to consider Christ us tho Crea tor of other worlds "by whom also Ho made the worlds." It Is time you Christians start on a world hunt Thut is tho chief reason why God makes tho night, that you may see other worlds. Furthermore, I got now from all this and answer to tho question which every intelligent man and woman since the earth lias stood has asked and received; no answer, Why did God lot sin and borrow come into tho world when ho could havo prevented them from coin ing? I wish reverently to say i tninK i lni- (lint. tvnnlil pome tinnn nntf ' world that allowed sin to enter. Which world should it hi? Well, tho smaller tho world the better, for ,less numbers would suffer, so our world was selected. The stugo was plenty large enough for the enactment of the tragedy. Enter on the stage Sin, followed byMurler, I'aln, Theft, Fraud, Imparity, False hood, Massacre, War und nil tin abom inations und horrors nnd ugonles of centuries. Although wo know compar atively little about tho other worlds lest we become completely dissatisfied with our own, no doubt the other worlds have heard nnd uro now hearing all about this world In the uwful experiment of sin which tho human rnco has been making. In some way Interstellar communication Is open und nil worlds, either by wing or flying spirits, or by direct communication from God, are learning that disloyalty and disobedience doom and damn every thing they touch, und the spectacle practically says to nil other worlds: "Obey God, keep holy und stay In the orbit where you were Intended to swing, or you will suffer that which that re creant world out yonder has been suf fering for thousands of years." Hut notice that us other worlds rolled Into the first book of the lllblo, tho book of Genesis, they nlso appear in the lust book of tho lllble, tho book of ltevelntlon. They will tnko part In tho scenes ot that occasion which shall be tho enrth's winding up und u tremen dous occnslon for you and mo person ally. My father was on the turnplko roud between Trenton and Hound Hrook, N. J. It was tho night of tho lUth und tho morning of tho l'lth ot November, ISM. Tho sky wns cloudless and the air clear. Suddenly the wholo heavens became a scene never to be for gotten. From the constellation Leo meteors begun to shoot out in till direc tion. For the two hours between I and (i lu tho morning it was estimated that 1,000 meteor.) u minute flashed und ex pired. It grew lighter than noonday. Arrows of lire. Halls of lire. Trails of lire. Showers of fire. Somo of tho np pcarauces were larger than the full moon. All around tho heavens explosion followed explosion. Sounds us well ns sights. Tho air filled with uproar. All tho lumi naries of the sky seemed to have received inarching orders. 'Many a brain that night gave way. It was tin uwful strain on strongest nerves. Millions of people fell on their knees In prayer. Wns the world ending, or was there some great event for which till heaven was Illuminated'.' For eight momentous hours thu phenomenon lasted. Hast, west, north, south, it looked us though the heavens were In m initio disorder. The spectacle censed not until tho rlslug sun of the November morning eclipsed It und the wholo American na tion sat down exhausted with tho agl tatlous of a night to bo mumorablu un til tho eurth itself shall become a fall lug star. Thu Hlblo closes with such a sceno ot falling lights, not only fidgety meteors, but grave old stars. St John saw it in prospect and wrote: "Tho stars of heaven fell unto tho eurth, oven tis a fig tree castoth her un timely figs when sho is shaken ot a mighty wind." What u tlmo that will be when worlds drop. Haiti of planets. Gravitation lotting loose her grip on tho worls. Constella tions flying apart Galaxies dissolved. Tho great orchard of the universe swept by the last hurricane letting down tho stars like ripened fruit Our old eurth f will go with the rest and let It go, for it will have existed long enough to complete its tremendous experiment Hut there will lie enough worlds left to maku u heaven out of, If tiny more heaven needs to be built That day finding us lu Christ our nature regen erated, and our sins pardoned, and our hope triumphant, wo will foel no more alarm than when in Sep tember passing through an orchard, you hear the apples thump to the ground, or through a conservatory and you hear an untimely fig drop on tho flour. You will only go upstairs into THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. Thfi Totsl Vote of the Coa-itry on the Three reading Presidential Can ill date. Tho returns from tho various states at the Into presidential election show n total voto of 11,823,00(1, not including tho prohibition vote, which will swell the total to over 12,000,000 'votes. In tho tabulated returns below Mr. Clcvalnnd apparently hud no supporters in Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon nnd Wyoming, but this was tho result of political maneuvering by which tho domocrntio votes of thoso states were cast for tho people's arty ticket In Nebraska the Clevoland.voto appears very small, but this was duo to tho fact that requests were sent out to tho dem ocrats to voto for Weaver and over (10, 000 of them undoubtedly obeyed tho instructions. Tho votes of tho states named which cost presidential ballots for Cleveland in 1883 were ns follows: Colorado, 37,507; Kansas, 102,715; Ne vada, 5,320, and Oregon, 20,522. In 1800 tl'.o democratic votes in Idaho were 8,020 nnd In Wyoming 0,210. Tha popular vote in tho election of 18S8 was divided as follows: Cleveland, 5,53S,2:i3; Harrison, 5,410,210; Stricter (Union Labor), 210,007. In tho electoral college of 1SS8, Mr. Harrison had 233 nnd Mr. Cleveland 109 votes. In tho college of 1884, Mr. Cleve land hud 210 und Mr. Hlnino 155 votes. Tho voto of Mr. Cleveland tn tho pres ent alectoral college has been exceeded but ouco since tlio war. Thnt was in 1872 when Gen. Grunt secured 280 votes. Mr. Harrison's electoral vote Is smaller than any defeated candidate hns re ceived si n co 1872. Tho combined democratic and popu .list votc-0,570,735 Is 1,187,437 lurger than that of 18U0, while tho total re publican voto is 004,410 larger than for congressmen two years ugo. Tho votes of tho various states for tho three candidates who names will ilguro In the electoral college are as follows: THE GOLD RESERVE. WICHITA'S SCANDAL. Alabama Arlftitis.i California Colorado Connecticut .. Doluwiiro Florida (luorjtU ldiho Illinois Indliuia IllWH Kansas Kentucky .... I.ouWIiina .... Maine Maryland .... M.is-tncliu-ioUs,. nnctili.'uu Minnesota .. Mli-HiSHltipl ,,, Missouri Montana Nclmi-dta Ncvudi. ..... Now Hampshire isuw jurncv .... Now Vorlt North Carolina. North Dulcota... Ohio Orcron Pennsylvania.... lihode Inland..., South Carolina., south Dakota... Tennesaecl.... Texas Vermont Virginia WnxhltiKtnn West Virginia,., Wisconsin Wyoming 1M.13.V 87.IV7 117,711 hi,3M 10,173 :m.i:i4 liHUitf "4Mi 161.7J0 iD,itM "i!iii sj.v;. 4P.OII U.V0O 1 7,tt i;i W7.3SI lW,f7& 4II.S47 ais.o.'s 17.M.1! OU'1,013 a 8 u Totals. 42,078 171.013 053,9JD 411,115 'VsiMI Ul.tM) M.O'JS Ul'HI 130,177 U0.M8 larwi 1(3,077 SV.K 81,407 177,331 H3.7I 4..IY dll7,.'(U S'.tfH 77.01V 18(I'3J 4.813 48,3 rt S.IBi 39,',IIJI tl.UJ 2ll,3r3 ltt.or? 13.li) tl.'O.AUl tl.'.Viil ti;,7ja 10J.8U c2ii73tl I."-',731 2.U.70! IVM B.,f itUli 4(M 151.078 COiV-M 10.1,314 17,491 4UJ.IB. 3.1,10! S10.UII 21,313 13.181 3I,&18 P9.U7J 77,475 37.IW 113i 3G.4UI 80,203 17U17U1 8,371! R.635W0S) B,!S,338 The 8rretrjr ot tlin Trrmtui'jr Determined That It Shall Not tin Impaired. Wasiiinoto.v, Dec. HI Secretary of the Treasury Foster, has expressed himself frccVy to' a reporter for the United Press. He said ho loohed upon tho situation not simply ns u spectator. "I am secretary of the treasury,", paid he, "and will be until relicved.on March 4 next My duty will be performed in the interest of tho public welfare as vigorously nn If my term was not soon to end. Every resource nt my command will bo availed of to preserve the parity of gold und silver.' .' , "lIowvnbout tha reserve in tho iroav, ury?" ; ..- "No ono .cnn obtain gold from" the truusury without paying money for if,' and with thu money thus received 1 can recoup tho gold. There. Is also tho right vested In the secretary of the trcusury tosclllionds If necessary to maintain the gold reserve. Tho treas ury situation ns to the cash bnlanco Is such ns to permit tho free use of cash received for gold to tiguln obtain the gold." "Will the gold reserve be main tained?" "It will bo." This was stated with the utmost emphasis. "I firmly be lieve that with tlio. resources at the command of the department I hhall not .be seriously embarrassed In maintaining It I recommended lo con gress in my annual report that the' re serve be increased frou 1100,000,000 to $rj5,000,000." As tho secretary's report wns pre pared before the present abnormal drain of gold to Europe started. Secre tary Foster reasonably claimed credit for fully anticipating the present pres sure and taking till precautious to meet it FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. 83.123 11,831 S.V2M OS.'.IHI 817 n: 7,0iM 4J.039 all), 109 2I.K15 22A8 2.11118 ftli,223 21,601 "'"iliiV 2,1X1 Mid s:.ujo "IMVf 10,250 41.I8J 8.U-.7 8 .,781 7,2I0 1,227 ueo 3,711 4UU.1 Ol7,fiW 14,818 3iOOO 8.057 tW 4,1122 20C3 ,! W,I88 742 V!fi33 19,201 4.2IU 0,85i n7.iBJ I,03.',2I0 another story, u better lighted story, a better furnished story, a better ventil ated story, a better pictured story and into a story where ulready mauy ot your Ulndred uro waiting for you, and where prophets und aposfles and mar tyrs will pay you celestial visitation, und where, with rapture beyond tho mast radiant anticipation, you shall lxw before Him that "bulldoth Ills stories In tho heaven." Cleveland's plurality over IlarrUon, 2'0,I57. Combined opposition majority ovor tho repub lican vote, 1,318,397. Combined oppoilt Ion ma jority ovor the deuiocrutlo voto, 740,074. a Fusion. No democratic doctoral UckoL b-Kopubllcans and populists (used, o Elect ors chosen by dlitrlcts, 5 democrats. it-Average, ono elector a republican, o Partial ruslou. A Frululit lluidir Into u Work TrnUt In MlniiiHotn le-pint; Men Criinlied- und Horned. Ai.cx'AMiitlA, Minn., Dee. 10; A wreck occurred on thu Great Northern at Nolson, about six miles oast of here at 1 o'clock this morning. Tin? wreck ers stationed nt this place were clearing up a small wreck that occurred the night before, und after finishing the work about 0 o'clock, the men went in to tho caboose and soon fell usleep, ex pecting the wrecker to pull out for St. Cloud ut tiny time. About 1 o'clock tin eastbound freight came down thu long gradu west of Nel son und ran Into the rear end of the wrecker ut almost full speed. All the men in the caboose were killed except two who jumped through tho window before the train caught fire. Three men were taken from the burning caboose, but were dead, nnd the rest of tho bodies were burned. Four of the men were found, but nil but ono was s badly burned that nothing but the bones remained. Six other men, who were In n box car, were badly injured and one fireman was also badly hurt, having tin arm broken. It Is pretty hard to lay tho blame ou any one person In this case, us tho con ductor had orders tn run in on tho side track ut Nelson und tho engineer claims ho tried to slaelc up so tliey could open the switch, but there was not a brake man on u car und being loaded und coming down u grade It was impossible for him to do so. The braketnun had no orders from tho conductor that they were to stop ut Nelson und therefore did not apply the brakes. Tho coroner und a jury will hold an Inquest to-day. PANAMA CANAL AFFAIRS. MONTANA CONTESTS. f I.eeoli, lCcpulillcan, Wins In thu Huproinn Court iu tho lliixelilnr l'reelnct cane. Hklkna, Mont, Dec. 10 Tlio su premo court yesterday handed down its second decision in the lloxoldor pre- ninct. mihp. invnlvincr the control ot tho next legislature. Like the first It was pear against the democrats, Tho decision asked that tho was on tno uernurrer suumiucu oy mo democrats to tho writ of mandate. Tho demurrer was overruled. Tho court set next Friday as the dato when tho Chotcau county canvassing board must appear in court to show causo why they should not bo compelled to give a certificate of election to Leech, tho republican candldute. Tho state canvassing board meets on Monday, the 10th. Tho democrats are not averse to having the contest drag along in the courts until utter this board' lias fin ished Its work. havo found tho' reason. To koop tho universe loyal to a holy God it was A Quaint Old Watch. "What sort of it watch Is this?" asked Du.cnbury, picking up a curious old tlmu-ptece from til I uric in watchmaker's show case. "That," replied tho watchmaker, "is a real curiosity. It Is u watch that be longed to Alexander tho Great when ho died on the barren island of St Hole- nu." "The mlshief you say. Why, man alive, In tho days ot Alexander tho Great they didn't havo any watches." "Tha.t's just what innkcs It such a rnrlty." "And Alexander the Great did notdlo at St Helena." "Ho didn't, eh? Well, that makes it a still greater curiosity," and taking tho rare rolio from tho hands ot Duron bury, ho locked It up lu his burglur- proof safe. Texas hit tings. Dull.lJymt NclontUt. Mrs. Hayseed Who are thoso gentle men runnln' into our barn to got out o th' ruin? Daughter They ore u party of scien tists who uro staying ut the hotcL They've been out on some expedition or other, Mrs. Iluyhecd I don't sen whero their oyes was las' night Anyone might 'a known from th' now moon it was goln' to rain. It was tipped up so it couldn't hold water if it tried N. Y. Weekly. Alice, when very small, was en couruged by her father to bo brave, and, instead ot erylngtwhcnsho fell, to get tip und say "IJool" Tho lesson was thoroughly impressed on her mind; and bolng asked to repeat a stanza of Ury- tint's which her father had taught her, she modified it thus: "Truth crushed. iw MlnntMl itifldolfty is hunl. up for ground of com-1 important in somo world somewhere to doath.'gata up and says 'JlooV A Fnrmer Square tllinaelf. LiNCor.x, Neb., Dec 10. Tho Union I'nclfle ltullroud Co. was mulcted In tho district court for $3,800 in an unique suit Tho statutes provide a penalty of 150 for each failure to whistle before a locomotive reaches a crossing, nnd Fariner nale, across whoso domain tho railroad insisted on running despite his vigorous protests, kept tab on tho en gineers until seventy-six omissions had been uotcd. Tho caso was hotly con tested, but Halo won. As tho Informer gets one-half, Farmer Halo considers himself square with tho railroad. (treat tlrlva of Hhren. llnimt City, Idaho, Dec. 10. Early in Moy Frank Fordyco, u young stock barnu of Idaho will attempt to drive from tho center of this state to Ogallula, Nob, ilock ot 45,000 sheep. Tho dis tance to bo traveled by tho animals is more tnan l,uuu mues, ami voruycu Ibpes to accomplish tha trip in about itx months. .The sheep will havo to orcss tho Kooky mountains in tho wildest-part and will havo to ford scores ot small streams. Nenntor (llbnon Head. Hot Si'itiNOs, Ark., Dec. 10. After a lingering, but apparently painless, ill- nesk Senator It. L. Gibson died ut 8:15 vesifcrdav afternoon. At tho time ot nis itieain no was Burroiwucu uy uiu wc.ttbers of his family und several close frlctds, who wept blttorly when U was that tho noblo-ncartcd statesman dead. Senator Gibson passed away ough ho had merely go no to sleep, ad boon confined to his bed hero tho 19th of November, since which his death has been expected dally. ccordatfce with His wishes, his re- s will bo burled in Lexington, Kyi I)t I.emepi Very Slek An I'.fTurt tit Mivn tlio Kuti-rprUe. I'AitlH, Dec. 10. Ferdinand do Los sep's Chateau Lauchenayo will bo for mally sold on January 1 In order to es tablish the usufruct of tho estate which will uccruo to his wife after his death. It transpires that desplto the fact that ho was confined to his bed Do Lcsscps was summoned to up- before a tnairlstrate. lie cross of the Legion of Honor to be placed on his breast, and when this had been douo ho asked to havo tho attendants dress him. Almost Immediately hu sunk hack upon, the bed and became delirious. Since then he has thought the serving of the summons wub only a dream. Ho is very feeble, both mentally and physically, i There is a strong sentiment among certain financiers, headed by. Christo pher Lee, governor ot the credit fonder, thut the government should, maku an other attenint to save the canal enter prise. It is suid thnt more than 500,000 shareholders uro ready to lnako a. Inst strong efTort to save tho money tnoy have ulready placed In Uio undurtuk- iutf. (Jerrymander Overt lirowu. iNiiiANAroi.iH, lnd., Dec. 111. Tho In diana supremo court to-day decided un constitutional tho npportionmunt uct passed by tho democratic luglslaturu two years ugo, under the puovlslous- of which tho legislature, whle.li.wUl meet next month, wus chosen. Tho finding is thut the upportlonment,hiWB.oi! 1S01, 1835 and 1870 are all unconstitutional by reason of the matters alleged In the complaint, but tho court also finds that there is a' do facto legislature elected, quallllcd to enact a, law which may tako tho place of the law sot aside. Kurnaklni; tlin Fultlv. Ci.ncinxati, Dec 10. Dr. Henry 1 Smith, tho suspended. LHnesbyU'rluu preacher, has been asked to-start an in dependent church. LLo declines, but says it tho system is- sustained ho will not remain In. tho I'resbytcrlan church as a layman, but consider calls from other denominations, intimating n preference! for tho Uuptis.fc church. n Affidavit Thnt Crested a Himaatkra How n 1'rtTlnjr Contractor Tut III Montry WHer It Would Do tlin Most (loud. WieiliTA, Kan., Dee. 15. In tho Unit ed States district court tho deposition of dohn V. Moflltt, formerly of Wlchttn arid a politician of state repute, now :rrltoriul agent of tho Hock Island Lund Co., lutlte jnsporlto paving caso Whs filed aud created a profound sensa tion. Moflltt testifies that Itobert F. Wil son, of Chicago, the jnsporlto contract or, ti sited his aid to secure tho con tract for paving Douglas avenue. He told Wijsoii that it would cost him about' StO.OOa Wilson said ho would seo" thoso, connected with him, and while hu . was away It ChlcdgoMo ingtls Moilltt should sea some of the enunclllnen tnd find oat ,',the lowest price for which" tho contract could bo secured. Mollltt saw Councilman Downing and asked itm how much money u mujorlty of tho council could be bought for nnd Downing told him that seven members already hud an offer of $000 each from nnother paving company, but thought that $700' each would secure them for tho jasperlte people. When Wilson rerurned Mofllt swears thuf, he Informed him that ho though, ha; could got tho '.'(uitruct thrjuuch" for nn attorney's fee o?f,000atid'$l;000'for seven councilman and Wilson author ized him to say that ho would pay that itmount Mofllt then told Downing that tho timoilut agreed on would: be paid to tho different members of. tho council lntheolllccof Wllsou's attorney on thu evening of March 10, beforetho council met to let tho contract, und Downing replied that that would bo satisfactory. March Moflltt swears that ho tolll Downing that the money was ready, and they went together to tho attorney's otllccand Downing got his money., Tljo money for Couucllmon FrUi Schnltzler and John Herrlg wns also there, tho other, four having already taken '(heirs. About tho same period Mof--flit was In Contractor Wllson's rooms nt the Carey house 'when Councilman William Johnson ap peared, and then Mofllt went out for. nbout ten minutes. When hu returned Wilson told him Johnson would vote for jasperlte, thut ho had paid him his price. Wilson tiftcrivurds told him that ,tho jasperlte contract had cost him 810,000 in attorney fees, besldo to conticllmcti and drinks. On cross examination, Moflltt deposed that he had seen Councilman Fritz Sehnltzler come out of tho attorney's office with ono of the envelopes contain ing money left there for the council man by L. C. Jackson, who nided Wil son to secure the contract, and that Schnitzler had opened tho package and counted out u roll of greenbacks in his presence. ENGLISH COLLIERY HORROR. The Undid nfTwnutr Head Mlnnr Iterov- el cd -lliirrllilu Scene tn the I'lt. , Loxno-V. Dec 15. Great efforts wcro made to rescue tho eighty miners iniy prisoned uj- tin explosion m u conieiy nt Wigau. Despite tho efforts to extinguish tho fire, the Humes spread to tho engine house nt the tunnel. ' This stopped tho pumping of air into tho mine und added greatly to thu peril of those who were In tho pit Tho ilro was not subdued until 4 o'clock In tho afternoon. Some! little time ufter the bodies of twenty of tho miners, who hud been suffocated by thu noxious gasses gener ated in the ininu after the explosion, wore brought to the surface by tho rescuing party. Tho rescuing parties report horrible scenes in tho mine. In the main roads the bodies He in twos nnd threes, ns tho men fell, face downward and heads to wanl the entrance of tho shaft Largo sections of roof nnd galleries have col lapsed. Amid the ruins were found mangled bodies und half burned limbs., The ruins have blocked many parts of the mine and therefore the men search inpr for bodies uro unublu to give any, definite Idea ot the number lost I Several miners who were just allvo (when found died on tho way to thesnr I face or shortly after being taken frotui ithe car. . r4)Jrr LAty -.'.' see i was as t Hot sino tlrol In 1 mall Typhus Fever lu Mexico. Gai.vkstox, Tox.. Dec. 10. A re sponsible gentleman who arrived j'es terday irotn tho interior of Mexico re ports rwi epidemic of typhus fever pre vailing in several Mexican cities in cluding Aguas, Calicnles, Zucutccus and tho City ot Mexico At Zacatccas thoruvutros of tho dlsoaso have been terrible, and while ho could not learn tlio number of deaths which had oc curred It was ascertained that seven physicians had suucutnboi to tho epl demle, which Is attributed to tho pov erty and destitution caused by tliQ drought THE INTER-STATE Another KRurt to .Mnk Hoinetliluir Ofttt i or it. Washi.notos, Dec. 15. Another tnmi was taken ut the Inter-state commerce, law hi u bill Introduced in the senate by Mr. McMillan, of Michigan, In which f It is sought to amend thu low byiuuk- ing It unlawinl lor any common carrier l subject to the provision of tho existing law to enter into any contract, agreement, etc:, wlthi any other carrier for tho division of the freight of tho different competing roads, ortodlvldo between theiui tho nggregnto or net proceeds of tho earn ings, except ns provided in thu bill. Knuli day of tho continuance of sucht ugrecment Is1 deemed abeparutoolTunfe.. Agreements such as tiro proh,lbitcdl above may, however, bo made,, provided they are in writing duly executed, nnd shall not cnnlllut? with any other provision of tho luw. Thoy may becomo operative) onlg after having been flletll with tho-Inter-state commerce commission and approved by it Af tor such, approval each party is required to deposit suf ficient security to guuruntoo tliufi tha terms of tho agreement wlih bo carried out Tho other S&ctlon of tho bllltdcalsi with tlio elulms of tho method ci con viction und punishment One Apiroi.'iiiilu ilul l'M)d, Wahiiinoton.Doc. ir In Uio house-to-day Mr. Coib, of MlsiourV report cd from tho tommit(0 on war cloliua for. reference to tho private cnl endar a bill for tho roMnl of the heirs ot Mary Attn Randolph Curtis IiW, of Virginia, tho amount Involved, bolng MlT.000. After several minor bills hud been passed -In the- mora Ing hour tho army upproprUtloa bill was taken up in comtuUtea of the whole, when Mr. Anthony, ot Texas, offered tin umortdmcmt thut no person pensioned liy tuo govorpmont uliouia bo permitted to veco'.vo any pay undoi w . tho pending act. It was rejected u4 VW the bill pasted. - 1 1 ..I ,i i nn FVe J A X- Jw. , ' . s