THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
FEBRUARY 4, 1904,
A BROOKLYN BRIDGE CRUIH
A icrcamlng, Roaring. 8thlnr Ball
fltr ag gllnf Mmo(Tdi mt Thousand
of 3In, Womii And Children
Kcw York, Jan. 29, 1904.(Editorial
Correspondence.) The East rivei and
bay were full of floating ice. After a
day of supreme cold, a fog so uense
that one could not see as far as the
length of a car settled down all over
Greater New York, Ferry boats caught
in the middle of the channel dare not
move farther and floated with the
tide. It was at the evening rush hour
and New York's toiling slaves, eager
to reach their home3, rushed for the
Brooklyn bridge. From every direc
tion they came trooping by the tens
of thousands toward the bridge. Huge
policemen stood in the middle of the
street that runs across the front of
the entrance, holding back the street
cars, the trucks, the automobiles, the
cabs, so that the surging crowdsscould
cross over and then, for a short time,
letting the vehicles have the right of
way and again halting them to allow
the crowds to surge forward.
The entrance to the bridge is a
great steel structure, three stories
high, open on all sides, where the chill
winds rush through with cyclonic
force. On the lower floor sixteen lines
of street cars whirl around short
curves, coming in on one side of the
bridge and going out on the other.
On the second story is the entrance
to the foot paths over the bridge and
to the New York elevated trains go
ing north. Above this, are the Brook
lyn elevated trains. At Intervals of
less than two minutes trains of six
cars rush across1 the entrance, stop
for a second or two, and speed on
ward. At right" angles with these
trains, come the Brooklyn elevated
cars, shooting back and forth with
equal rapidity.
On the first floor of the structure, as
fast almost as they can be counted,
the street cars swing in, long lines
of lightning ilashing from the trol
lies, the wheelg gigging and screach
Ing on the short curves, the elevated
trains roaring, crashing overhead and
across the entrance amidst the indis
tinguishable jangling of scores of
warning bells. "-Masses of people lined
up against each street car track. Po
licemen walking up and down the
tracks trying to keep the people off
so that the car with its jangling bells,
screaching wheels and lightning
streaming trollies can move along.
Thousands of people are pressing on.
No regard is paid for women and chll
dren; they are jammed and pushed
and piled on top of each other; they
surge forward, sideways, try to press
back, but going always onwaid as ir
resistible as the waters of a flood.
The passengers in the street cars go
out at the front, and those waiting tQ
get on scramble in at the war. Be
fore the car stops, the more active
and fiercer of the crowd begin to
climb on. In an instant the car fills
and passes on, policemen often pull
ing off those who are clinging un
safely to the steps. .
On the elevated roads as soon as
the gates are thrown open the solid
mass of people press forward toward
the twelve openings In the six cars
and often not only jam the cars full,
but the platforms are so crowded that
the gates which swing inward cannot
be closed. A few seconds only, and
every human being that can be pressed
In fills the cars and the platforms. On
this occasion a woman was pressed
forward with the mass behind, got an
Insecure footing on the platfomi,
swung down by the side ,of the car
and holding on until exhaustpd, she
fell a mangled mass on the iron gird
ers of the elevated track. The con
ductor was standing on the platform,
but the people pressed so hard against
him that he could not raiso his bond
to pull the bci: rope to stop the train.
Bo the cars hut led themselves onwaid
and six trains went by the mangled
form before one was stopped lo pick
it up.
Standing with my back to a great
iron post, I wntehoj the faces of this
struggling mass. Everything human
seemed to have vanished from them.
There was a wild animal look in them
a look of pnln, of d 1st re, mi fo;ir.
It was on the faces of the men, the
vvoiiuu and the c-hlldnn. A lather
fovble looking woman hold up a Utile
Da You Wont employment?
Young man, nre yu inoUiur, for a
Nidation? Yottufc lady, are yon do
Klro'iH of fccttl'ig a position In th . l.'y
where you can pu o Hernial mi Joy.
metit at ft food compensation? U no,
write in. We .ve In a position to fur
nlfch jo'i with v lit Jon want. At
the pit s"i;t tin; thue la a biro de
mand for fom0 hdp at top wn.tin.
l.INCO! N I'Ml'LOYMKN'T AdUM V,
Ml 0 1-1., X.lu-olu, Nth,
girfof eight or ten years of age, m
front of her for more than ten min
utes to keep the child from being
crushed, until anguish was written
on every line of her face and then
the . crowd surged forward and she
passed out of view.
' Yet there were some remnants of
humanity left in that crowd some of
the tenderness that differentiates the
human from the brute. I saw one
powerful man, who, by exercising the
strength of , a giant,' wedged his way
four or five feet to one side where he
put his arms from behind around a
feeble old woman and literallv car
ried her forward and into a car.
It seems to an old pop, however
discourteous it may be to the presi
dent, that a little race suicide would
be good for this part of the country.
T.
Hew York Nofas
firvan delivered a lecture In Madi
son Square Garden on the evening of
January 26. The audience wab large
end cheered so much that Mr. Bryan
frequently had to repre3 It so that he
might go on. A large numper or min
isters were present, as his subject was
"The Moral Issue." In that address,
in speaking of the money question, he
said: "It is not a question or goia or
silver. These are but incidents."
That has been the position taken by
I S -"""" mm 1 ' t It. A . J.
tne popunsis irom uie ursu
Rockefeller has not abandoned his
old piratical ways. Just as present
he- is trying to crush aji independent
refinery at Richmond, Va., known as
the Dixie Oil company. He has
brought the price of oil down to 7
cents ' in Richmond. His raid on the
works of thfi Dixie Oil company will
be as disastrous as that of an invad-
inc armv. and as far as the property
of that company is concerned, it will
be in a more dilapidated state than
Atlanta was after Sherman marenea
through the town on his way to the
sea. By all means let Rockefeller
build a "temple of worship" on the
campus of the Nebraska state uni
versity; ' - ,
I know that the farmers of Nebras
ka will have sympathy with, the hard
ships of this old pop in his mingling
with the plutocrats where he has to
eat his dinner at 6 o'clock p. m. nad
put on a clean collar and have his
boots blacked every day. Add to that
the dodging of devil wagons, street
cars, trucks, cabs and busses every
time he crosses the street, and they
can imagine what his conflicts and
trials are. But there are some com
pensations. After a rehearsal of Ital
ian opera, he kissed the prima donna.
Now, this is no fake story. It was a
real prima donna. Of Mrs. J. Aljen
Barris, the famous Louisi3 A. Baralt
says: "Her triumph on the platform
may justify one predicting for . her a
brilliant future," and the great Max
Maretzek says: "Mrs. Barris has a
beautiful quality of voice and decided
talent."
Since Senator Burton of Kansas was
indicted on nine counts for receiving
$4,500 in bribes to get non-mailable
matter through the mails and the in
dictment of Senator Dietrich in Ne
braska, the New York dailies have
not talked so much about the republi
cans having "redeemed" Kansas and
Nebraska from the populists.
New York is not all bad. There are
heroes here wlose names in the final
roll of honor will stand near the head
of the list. But these heroes and
heroines are in the ranks of the hum
ble, those who give a whole life of
toll to make others happy. Of one of
these, a housekeeper in New York,
said: "Her name was Mary Gary.
S'he came one morning to do the
washing. Her manner was at first
curt, and seemed to indicate that It
was the washing,, and not me, In
which -she was interested. Later I
found that was only a cloak which
she used to hide her real character
which was Invariably kind. As the
morning wore on I became Impressed
with her conscientious and laborious
attention to details. Nothing was too
trivial to 1m painstakingly and thor
oughly doiie. Her observing eyes paw
all and more than all that was re
quired of her, and she did everything
willingly and almost eaporly. As the
wff!. paused Into months an I the
month Into years, her maimer to vor
t KaiiiM-d. II r Otirt lU-Mie ;o in d to
t to do nomthlns for, others. The
abundant of her lovo manifested It
m!f In the can and U sllns: of n-lp-!.;
anlmat i found In the ttrr-U, mu
thh In npite of t;jo frut that ftd in
her home wan i.ircc nj prices i.ihh.
Her KOfxlnetoi wn fpontiineou. never
reasoned out or argued over. Life for
Mary trr.ply meant work, from 5
oMih'U hi the r.i. rr.) until w f-i
nttut. Yet ho never coniplatncJ.
captains on mm seas
NEVER WITHOUT PE-RU-WiL
"Giye Ife My Compass and
Pe-ru-na and I Will, Steer
Clear of All Wrecks."
u , 'S? JW'tta Jt rvtj,vfN' iff r 'I'iiv i
; r. . yk, fe- -4 . '
Pe-ru-na Known and .S5h' Vf Y&T-' 'J
Praised on Land
. and Sea,
"A sick sailor is
pretty helpless man
have found that Peruna
will do more to restore
one than any other medi
cine I know and I have
carried a couple of bottles on board for
many seasons. Seven years ago Peruna
cured mo of bronchial trouble in a few
weeks and gave me such new life and
nerve force that I certainly believe in
telling you of it.
"Give me my compass and Peruna
and I will steer clear of wrecks of all
kinds and land in port safe and well
witn vessel and men." Capt. L. T.
Carter, 123 10th Avenue, Pensacola,
Florida.
Capt. E. A. Watson, M. E., 48 Elizabeth
treet, Ottawa, Ont., writes ;
" Peruna has my heartiest endorse
ment. If there Is any place that vou
are helpless when ill it is on board a
steamer, at sea, miles away from any
assistance. Sometimes two or three of
my men would bo 6ick at one time and
6eriously cripple the force, but since we
have learned of the value of Peruna, by
taking a few doses they recuperate very
'ekly. We use it for eo!d?. it-no-
trouble and kidney diseases, and hav
also found it very fine for la grippe.
" Peruna is always one of the most im
portant supplies of my steamer." E. A
Watson.
With a bottle of Peruna aboard 6ailori
have a remedy on which they can rely.
Commodore U. S. Navy.
Commodore ?merville Nicholson, of
the United States Navy, in a letter from
1837. It St., N. W., Washington, D. C,
says: .
7 unhesitatingly recommend Pe
runa to all persons suffering from ca
tarrh."S. Nicholson.
It you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
"Address Dr. Hartman,-President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
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mmiA i mum
A Superb Dairy Country mt
- Ths linrrtwood tlmbor cntmtr Li
t rn vei-VMl bytho "Koo" r.lnn In Wlst on.ln and
M IchlRnn In ark nowleld hy ex pon i to be I h
bTM. nniry region In lii.i ITnllnl Klflle. Tlie
Innct In gently rolllnu, (ho loll Is n rlcli limni
with rlay iuhll, wn(nr(l hv t renins mid
Uke-i of pure water. Ornlns, vegetables and
gnusiies grow wonderfully. A great clovor
cimntry. Oho lee Innrt ran hn nnnght on easy
pnymenlsnt from x.lin lo I K.flO nn hlto.
a.sh lor upeninu" ror llusy People."
fur IiIuki tniti fuldrrs, etc aiklmu
'.! J 'Vt'1 " ,or ''l'"ninu ror tiusy rcopie." yv-? ry-' ' . .
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i
" t- r. i-
She never said that she was weary ot
that sho was poor, but gave 'all taat
she had her time and her labor, un
grudgingly and theerfiilly. I have
learned from 'one of the last of
these,' promptness, steadfast n. and
unsclflshness." Those. are Cod's h.
roes. .The heroei of Mammon are
Jlockefeller, Morgan and frhwab.
Aftr the repoi-tera had nai vfd Mr) -an
inotx'rHitt'ntly (of tvvo day, ttt
finally pit a iUUo rlkd." WI.en a
I.t of them tnhl hliu Hint It wn-ild ho
the proper thlrj; for him to Ui If he
toA pny "h" or "SVi" t tho crea
tion whether h' would t'olt In ihe Yt.
I,ouh eonvf-ntlou If th ICiiri:i City
pldtfntm wn r,rt hiNm'I.!, Mr, Hiyn
turr.l ain-rtly and nK qu!-Kty : 'it
!t nn Impertinent cjinUt.i n nI re.
rv that it 1.1 f;on i t ouf hu -n .
No cub has a n,-.!it to a?U mo that.
TIFFANY'S Sur Death f
Lk (Powder) kprtnkiml
tn th r?t k"-j!i your
fowto fre from He. pBl(lrt
henftiid tb Pttl rhltkii will
t'.uo no How. Tiniiy'liiroa
Lltjultl" kUn m!it lntauUjr.
npriukln bil ror hop, roostj
for fow l- Hot io',vlrforltt
tl turkey am. thick pnt
yta 10". V nr AifrntK,
liii;uiHM at.,
Ubt'ulu. rb.
How can I tell tn advanccc what they
will do, vr wti!t I liall ftd fruprU.il
to do? S;y IhlM, that I iUn't think
any ono u ialitlon to answer a
hypothRtlr.nl q'l.-sthm of that Kind."
T!ip li!T4l demount in Now York,
who have o'?i tlorjarun th ihfy
oiild bolt th nitloiKil ilunorratlo
rciivintlon f t wttii bark on the
Kar.9!) City platform, now f-rl pretty
tha they -jrUJ havci llryan Ut a
b t r. Th7 , m tlat if ho, alter
