THE NORFOLK NWWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST20.1005.
DOWNPOUR OF AN HOUR BRINGS
QUANTITIES OF WATER ,
ATMOSPHERE DARK A3 NIQHT
No HAll Here Dut There Was to the
North and West of Norfolk Corporation -
ration Gulch Mnkes Rivers of Resi
dence Streets of the City.
During n terrific ruin Htorm which
burnt over Norfolk last evening nt
4:30 : nml conlliiuoil for nn hour , 1.72
of nn Inch of water foil. Tlio Blnrm
minent the close of n hot , mil try af
ternoon , with the tliorinniuolcr up to
01. For nn hour lioforo It broke , lilnclc
ugly looking clouds conhl lie neon
banking up nliovo tlio northern horl-
roil , nml then when the Rlonn cmuo II
was with n whirl nml u fury. The water -
tor cnnio down In great quantities nml
WIIH blown across the country In
Bbcotn , the force of the wind vapor I/-
Ing the , niolHturo until It looked like
snow. Whllo the Btorm WIIH raging
the ntimiBphc-ro was HO dnrk ( lint It
wns necessary to linvo lights Inside
biillilltigB to sec nt nil , while out doors
It was Illto twilight.
Whllo the oncoming cloudft hnd ov-
cry nppcnrnnco of currying hull , none
foil In the vicinity of Norfolk , al
though other polnlB report hull lu
greater or loss quantities. Sharp
Btrealcn of lightning with heavy thun
der claps kept up during the Htorm.
Very little damage waH done to grow
ing crops In the Immediate vicinity of
Norfolk. The corn stood up through
the storm remarkably well , the Htnlks
now being so strong and Hturdy that
very llltlo of It was oven bent over.
During the night there was another
Bhower , making the total rnlnfall 1.75.
Corporation Gulch.
An hour and a half nftor the ntorm
had passed , n tiny stream poked IIH
iioso down from Corporation gulch ,
pushed on by a heavier body of water
In the rear , and soon the gulch , Thir
teenth street , Norfolk and Madison av
enues wore raging streams of water
This not unusual , but wrath-provoking
episode , brought forth a large number
of residents of the west side , who
viewed the roaring Hoods and made
bad remarks about n condition that
would allow some of the prlclpal resi
dence streets of the city to be cut and
torn In such a shameful manner every
time there Is a little rain. A quartette
of west-alders wandered up the street
to view the wreck that the water was
making , consisting of 0. S. Hrldge ,
John 11. Hays , Dr. Hear and old man
lluse. It Is said that the remarks
made by the llrst two were not overly
complimentary while the street Is
oven yet said to be lined with brim
stone where It settled under the trees
after the passage of the last two. Hut
It Is like the railroad proposition. Kor
many years west slders have begged ,
cajoled and threatened In their efforts
to have something done that would
take care of the waters of the gulch ,
but today the situation Is worse than
It has over been. Hut what are you
going to do about It ?
The Storm Elsewhere.
A telephone message from Crolgh-
ton this morning says that the storm
was very severe In that locality.
There was considerable hall there and
south of town the leaves of the corn
wcro cut somewhat , but It Is not
thought much damage resulted. The
storm wns accompanied by thunder
and lightning.
At Hattlo Creek there was hall and
a heavy shower. Lightning struck and
burned one barn In that locality.
Between Emerson and Wakellcld the
storm assumed cyclonic proportions.
The wind was fierce , hall and rain
fell In abundance. Considerable dam-
ngo wns done to corn fields , and In
Emerson window panes were broken
on the north sldo of buildings.
Western Union wires to the east 01
Norfolk were badly down this morning
and It was almost Impossible to get
anything through , Indicating that the
storm was qulto extensive in that dl
rectlon. Telephone wires are working
badly but It was possible to get somt
reports through that way.
A United States Wall Map ,
well adapted tor use In office , library
or school , substantially mounted , edg
es bound In cloth , printed In full col
ors , showing the United States , Alas
ha , Cuba and our Island possessions
The original thirteen states , the Louis
Inna purchase , the Oregon territory
etc. , nro shown In outline , with dates
when territory was acquired , and ether
or valuable Information.
Sent to any address on receipt o
fifteen cents to cover postage , by B
W. Knlskorn , P. T. M. , C. & N-W. R'y. .
Chicago.
IS JOHN D. SEEKING POVERTY ?
Rockefeller May be Trying to Emulnt
Carnegie's Example and Die Poor.
Is John D. Rockefeller trying to en
ulate the example of Andrew Carnegl
In trying to avoid dying rich ?
The Standard Oil company declare
n dividend of $0 a share yostenla >
says a New York report. Th
amounts to a distribution of $0.000.00
of which Mr. Rockefeller's portion wl
be a miserly $2,400,000.
In the past three months bo ha
given away nt least $11,500,000 , or $9
000,000 more than bo will receive fron
Standard Oil. He Is also conslderln
n $50,000,000 gift to the Chicago un
verslty If he has not already decide
upon the gift.
In all , Mr. Rockefeller will probably
ecelvo $10,000.000 thin year an his
hare of Standard Oil. If bin other In-
estmentn yield him $10,000,000 bin teal -
al will ho $20,000.000.
Within three months ho ban given
wny $11,500,000. In the preceding
vo months ho gave away about $2-
00.000. or a total of $ H,000,000 no far
n 1J105. If ho makes the $50.000,000
Ift to the University of Chicago , the
otal will bo $01,000,000 at leant , for
ho year , or about two-and-a-half Union
IR ( Income.
Should thin como to pann , Mr. Hock-
feller for the nrnt tlmo In bin life
vlll ho poorer at the year'fl end than
10 was nt Itn beginning ,
Saloon nt Junction ,
Henry HaHoiipdug In arranging to
pen a million at the Junction IIH HOOII
H hlH application for llcomio In grant-
d by the city council. Ho nays ho
uoposes to hoop a place that will be
trlctly up to date In every particular.
LOVE MAY DE DOWNFALL OF ES
CAPED CONVICT.
MAY LOCATE HIM AT CRAWFORD
William Henderson , n Colored Convict
Who Escaped From the Nebraska
Penitentiary , IB Being Looked for by
Means of Sweetheart.
Crawford , Nob. , Aug. in. The Cupid
f Dnrktown IH being employed by do-
octlvoH from the Nebraska state pen-
out lary In an effort to locate William
lendoi-Kon , the darky who recently OH-
aped from the prison and nil trace of
horn has been utterly lost. A llttlo
olored sweetheart who belongs all
o Henderson , lives In thin town , and
t Is by moans of the love thnt exists
etween them thnt the prison author-
los hope to finally locate Henderson.
Henderson , whoso prison number
an1181 , Is a colored lad of twenty-
wo yenrs. lie bnd boon HO faithful
round the penitentiary that ho bo-
nine endowed with the privileges of
trusty and It wns In thin capacity
int ho gained the opportunity to es-
ipo.
Acting na a waiter In ( bo dining
) om of Warden Heomer , himself ,
[ enderson was sent to the kitchen ,
bleb Is In the basement , for n pie.
'be dining room Is on the second
oor. The family of Warden Heomer
red of waiting for the waiter and be
an Investigating. They found that
o bad gono. Two beautiful diamond
Ings , belonging to Miss Marie Room-
r , daughter of the warden , together
1th a panania bnt , were gono. One
lerk In the ollleo missed n watch and
pair of trousers. Turnkey Dnuinan
est his watch.
Trains out of Lincoln a half hour
ater wore searched fruitlessly. No
race has been found of the negro. It
s hoped that he may write or nttcmpt
0 visit his sweothcnrt , Miss Gordon ,
1 Crawford.
WILL PASS THROUGH NORFOLK
BEFORE SUNDAY NIGHT.
ARE 1,000 CAR LOADS IN ALL
The Northwestern Railroad Secured
the Contract by Bidding to Make
But One Feed Enroute The Milwau
kee Wanted the Haul.
One thousand carloads of cattle will
> ass through Norfolk between no\\
mil Sunday night over the Northwest
ern , bound for Chicago. They will
nako forty trains , probably.
After a contest , the Northwestern
secured the haul. The Milwaukee
igreed to haul the stock with two
feedings. The Northwestern , which
ind tlrst thought three wouldb o nec
essary , made a bid to haul nhe trains
with but one feed. They got the con
tract on thnt account.
HYDE IS VILLAGE CUT-UP.
From the Equitable Life to the "Sim
ple" Life of Newport Society.
James Hazcii Hyde has assumed the
part of the village cutup and hns been
loader of a band of hilarious spirits
at Newport. R. I. , who , for the last
few nights , have been serenading so
ciety men and women.
In tnio modern minstrel style Hyde
and his llttlo band have appeared In
burnt cork with red swallow-tall coats ,
largo pointed collars and largo glitter
ing stones blazing from multi-colored
shirt bosoms.
Late into the night they have
roamed in this garish makeup propell
ing themselves from place to place In
their automobiles and as their voices
were wafted on gentle summer breez
es to the accompaniment of guitars
and mandolins , society realized thntn
now genius hnd been found to dispel
the monotony of existence.
Miss Cynthia Roche , Miss Gertrude
Pell , Miss Deacon and Miss Gilbert
are among the most recent objects of
the serenaders. The young women
had retired for the night when the
procession drew up In front of their
homes.
"I'd Leave My Happy Home for
Yon , ' seemed to bo n favorite tune ,
and before anyone could discover who
had done the singing tbo serenaders
had gono.
MARSHALL FIELD OF CHICAGO IS
IMMENSELY RICH.
HEAVIEST TAX PAYER IN CITY
He Is Variously Estimated to be Worth
Between One and Two Hundred Mil
lions Fair and Square In Taxation.
News of Merchant Prince.
Marshall Mold's assessment , made
public In Chicago by the board of re
view , Is on $3,000,000 worth of real es
tate and $10.000,000 worth of personal
property. Ho will pay over $500,000
Into the county treasury. This sum
far exceeds that pnld by nny other Individual -
dividual taxpayer In Chicago , and Is
larger than any Mr. Field has over
boon assosod before. Besides his tax
es In Chicago , the merchant prince ev
ery year pays millions of dollars on
railroad and Industrial holdings In
other states and on property In all
parts of the world.
Never In the memory of the men on
the board of review hns Mr. Field
asked to have the assescd value of
his property reduced Promptly anil
quietly ho hns paid millions of dollars
Into the public treasury.
Marshall Field himself , It IB said ,
cannot count his wealth. Ono hun
dred million dollars Is the most con
servative estimate placed mien his
riches , while many declare $200,000-
000 Is a moro correct figure.
"It Is n pleasure to deal with Mar-
sbnll Field , " said one of the county
officials today. "His complaints arc
few , and when ho does utter one It Is
just. Ho Is fair and square and does
Ills full duty to the people. "
FRIDAY FACTS.
Sheriff Clements was In the city last
evening.
Fred Powell of Brunswick Is In the
city today.
M. O. Joldor of Scrlbner was In town
over night.
Clmrllo Pohfcldt of Alton , Iowa , was
in tbo city this morning.
Goo. D. Huttorfiold returned last
ovonlng from a business trip to Crolgb-
ton.
Miss Ololla Pllger left this morning
for Ma'dlKon to participate In the Snen-
gerfcst.
Rev. Mr. Roberts , who was visiting
friends in Norfolk , left for his homo
In St Paul yesterday.
D. Bnuin leaves for New York to
morrow to purchase winter goods for
tbo Bnum Bros , storo.
Miss Margaret Barnes , Miss Edith
Sterner and Miss Edith Estabrook
went to Madison yesterday.
P. II. Simons of the firm of Cnspary
& Simons lumber company , Butte ,
Nob. , wns In the city this morning.
Miss Cora Lulkart went to ISanton
this morning , where she will take the
examination as a teacher. She will
teach In that county this coming win
ter.
Mrs. 13. O. Mount and daughter Ger
trude loft today for Lake Mtnnotonka ,
whore they will join Misses Laura Dur-
land and Nina Walker.
Mrs. Clark of Wcstbrook , Minn. , ar
rived nt the homo of Mrs. Pllgor yes
terday , and today went to Madison to
attend tbo snengorfest.
Max Asinus and Will Ahlman re
turned yesterday from Kearney ,
whore they bad been playing with the
First regiment band at the encamp
ment.
Manager Sprecber and Lineman An-
dcrson wont to Brunswick yesterday
to change the location of the central
office , but were unable to secure an
other location more suitable than the
present one.
Miss Minnie Maas , Mrs. Maas and
Miss Lena Kern , daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kern , have returned
from a visit to Mount Clements , Mich. ,
and Chicago. Miss Minnie Maas has
now gone to Bloomfleld for a visit ol
two weeks.
II. M. Olmstead made a business
trip to Pllger. Ho says that some of
the crops between hero and Stnnton
along the railroad track , looked prctt >
i badly beaten out and that cattle bad
i been turned Into some of the fields
Beyond Stnnton the crops looked verj
tine.
tine.The
The city council did not meet lasl
night on account of a lack of a quo
rum.
rum.Hugo
Hugo Paul , wagon maker with Hen
ry King , has a badly mashed finger as
the result of some work ho was doing
yesterday.
The now Krug building which Is be
Ing built on the site where that dos
stroycd by flro formerly stood , will bo
completed , according to Contractor
John Hermann , about October 1. The
front wall Is now within four feet o
the top.
The heavy rain of Inst evening hns
softened up the rnco track consider
nbly and It will take some work to pu
It in condition again. There is plentj
of tlmo to do this , bnt the committee
may bo assisted materially if people
who own driving horses will use the
track freely during the next few days
Tbreo carloads of brick arrived yes
terday for use on the new west wing
at the Nebraska hospital for the In
sane , which Is to bo rebuilt by John
Hermann of this city. Mr. Hermann
hnd planned to have the brick banlet
to the hospital grounds yesterday al
tornoon but deferred on account o
the storm. The material was hanlci
out today and work has been begun.
Jack Schrlder , a machinist In the
Northwestern shops at South Norfolk
and Jack nines , a fireman on a loco
motive , Ho at their homes with badly
scalded faces and necks as the result
of an accident that occurred at mld-i
night. The two men wore on an en-1
glno which was starting out with n
Hpc.clal stock train when the lubricator
burstcd and spread boiling water over
tholr faces , scalding them badly. Dr.
Snltor , the company surgeon , dressed
the wounds and the men are resting ns
comfortably as could bo expected.
Dr. .1. M. Aldcn , superintendent of
the Norfolk hospital for the Insane ,
wont to Lincoln this morning. He
will return tomorrow noon and will
bring with him thirty-five women pn-
tlonts , transferred from the Lincoln
hospital , whoso home will hereafter
by the Norfolk Institution. OthoY pa
tients will bo tarnsferrcd ns rapidly as
the cottngcs can bo got ready for oc
cupancy.
Many of the larger places of the
Htato arc enacting anti-spitting laws ,
which exnct n penalty from anyone
arrested for spitting on tbo sidewalks ,
and n person so doing Is ordered ar
rested If the policeman happens to see
him oxpcctorato unlawfully. A view
of some of the sidewalks of Norfolk
would Indicate thnt such n law could
) o worked bore to very good effect.
The filth thnt accumulates upon the
sidewalks from the tobacco habit Is
llBgustlng and shameful and measures
hould bo taken to have It stopped.
Olllcers and policy holders In the
Olkhorn Life Insurance company of
Norfolk have reason to fool proud of
ho record that tbo company has made
luring Its first year of existence ,
'here has been but one death thus
ar , that of Joseph Sovora of Battle
Crook. There have been three acci-
lent losses. The state examiner of
nsiiranco companies , who recently ox-
imlned the company's condition here ,
eported that tbo company was in the
icst shape of any tlrst year company
hat bo had yet examined. The com-
> any has now $5,000 on hand and a
urpltis of nearly $2,000.
Pierce Lender : Whllo hauling bun-
lies for Frank McWhortor last week
Vnlt Brown discovered a rnttlo snnke
n one of the shocks , just In tlmo prob
ably to save him from being bitten.
The old rattler had nine young ones
ml when they were found the mother
opened her mouth and the children
an down her throat , which they al-
vays do when In danger. Acting can-
lously , Walt put nn end to the life
of the snakes and found that the old
nako hnd five rattles and a button ,
vhlch indicates she was five nnd n
inlf yenrs old.
There are differences of opinion
omet lines even among horsemen ,
'hursday W. B. Vail bad a heavy float
er built which ho Intended to use on
ho race track yesterday morning for
he purpose of smoothing it down.
Mils process of treating the track did
lot meet with the approvnl of the rest
of the horsemen who nro Interested in
t. As a result , when Mr. Vail started
out to do bis floating yesterday morn-
ng the "floater" was nowhere to be
seen , and could not bo located until
ate In the day , when it was found In
bo river. Not one of those other
lorsomen could Imagine how the thing
got in the river not they.
Dnkota City Kaglo : A law , the en
forcement of which should bo looked
after about this tlmo of the year. Is
the one requiring land owners to cut
lown the weeds along the highway ad-
lolnlng their Innd. The law requires
: bnt the weeds shall bo cut to the mid
dle of the road , between the 15th of
Tuly nnd the 15th of August , and If not
attended to by the land owner , the
road overseer shall go on and do the
work , the expense of which shall bo
assessed against the land , and paid the
same as taxes. A strict enforcement
of this law would greatly enhance the
general appearance of the country. Doyen
yon catch on ?
Lincoln Journal : If the building of
the Great Northern Into Lincoln does
nothing else for Lincoln than force a
hotter and more satisfactory train ser
vice on tbo Northwestern , that much
will be regarded ns clear gain. Lin
coln Is demanding of the Northwestern
a through evening service to the east
with Pullman accommodations , nnr
tbo visit of n pnrty of officials to Lin
coin n few days ago , making a specla
trip over the Lincoln line , may be
taken as evidence that the demand has
been heard and that something maybe
bo granted. The Great Northern Is In
vadlng rich territory of the Northwest
orn nnd n fight for business may re
suit In which better train service wll
bo gained by the public.
Tbo body of Charles II. von Mans
feldo is reported to have been fount
In tbo Platte river near Ashland , seven
miles from the spot where he wns last
seen on Tuesday , when he was
drowned. Mr. von Mansfeldo was n
nephew of Mrs. .T. H. HulfC of Norfolk
Dr. von Mansfelde of Ashland being
her brother. Ever since the news o
the affair wns received hero , efforts
hnvo been made to ronch the fnmll )
nt Ashland by telephone or telegraph
but without success. Mrs. Bushnell
of the state federation of woman's
clubs , who Is a guest of Mrs. A. .T
Durland , was for many years a neigh
bor to the von Mansfeldo family nn <
was deeply affected by the news o
the sudden death of the young mm
who hnd spent part of his boyhooc
playing In her yard. Charles von
Mansfeldo wns one of the most popn
Inr students In the Nebraska unlver
sity. Tall , handsome and clean cut
ho wns a fnvorlto all over Lincoln. Ho
was a member of the Phi Delta Theta
academic fraternity , and was n mem
her of the Phi Delta Phi legal frater
nlty. Among the party camping n
Ashland were Miss Tthel Tukey o
Omaha , Miss Fannie Cole of Omaha
and Miss Margaret Honeywell of Lin
coin. Four sisters of the von Mans
fclde family mourn the loss of thel
only brother.
DAUGHTER RESTORED TO MIKE
SCHEINOST AT GROSS.
AFTER EIGHTEEN LONG YEARS
MRS. HERMAN WIPPERN ARRIVED
IN BUTTE SATURDAY NIGHT.
TRAVELED WITH CIRCUS WOMAN
Until Five Years Ago She Believed
Her Mother Was Mrs. Beard , a Cir
cus Performer With Whom She Had
Traveled Since Childhood ,
Unite , Neb. , Aug. 21. Special to
The News : Mrs. Herman Wlppernof
St. Louis arrived hero Saturday night
ind proved to be , as had been be
loved , tbo daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Scholnost of Gross , Neb. , from whom
sbo hnd been kidnapped eighteen
years ago , when n child two years of
ige. She left bore Sunday morning
or Gross and arrived there yesterday
loforo noon , where shb met the moth
er and father from whom she had been
stolen so long ago nud who were , see
o speak , perfect strangers to her
vhen sbo arrived.
Mrs. Wlppern Is a niece of Anton
Schelnuost instead of Mlku who wns
icr father. She remained hero over
tight and started in the morning for
Gross.
Two Others Were Kidnapped.
Mrs. WIpperu Is not tbo only child
stolen by tbo party who kidnapped
icr. At least two others are known
of nud there may bo more. At the
line Mrs. Wlppern was kidnapped ,
icr parents live ou a farm in Brown
county , Neb. , not far from Alnsworth.
A neighbor named Ormsby was much
nttnched to the child and when the
baby a tot of two years disappeared
ono night , followed by the sudden dc-
mrtiiro within n few days of the
anchman Ormsby , It was supposed
hat be bad taken bor away. All trace
of her was lost until a few days ago
vhen a newspaper story of the efforts
of tbo St. Louis woman to find her pa-
cuts In a small Nebraska town , from
vboni she was stolen , attracted the
attention of the Scheinost family nnd ,
localise It resembled their case so
nuch , it wns Investigated. Pictures
vero exchanged and In the photograph
of Mrs. Wlppern , the Schoinosts saw
a likeness of their child.
Traveled With Circus Woman.
Until five years ago Mrs. Wlppern
jcllovcd her mother was Mrs. Beard ,
a circus performer with whom she hnd
: raveletl since she was a small child.
Mrs. Beard , on her death bed , told Mrs.
Wlppern that her true name was Lelah
Franklin and that she hnd been stolen
from her parents in a smnll Nebraska
own. It wns then that Mrs. Wlppern
jegan a search for her parents In Ne-
jraska and a letter that she wrote tea
a state paper reached the home In
Gross.
Cousin of Roosevelt on Stage.
Miss Gertrude Roosevelt , who says
she Is a cousin of President Roosevelt
velt , will make her vaudeville debut
In New York on September 1 In a
short sketch called "Kitty Clive. "
Miss Roosevelt is a woman of oxcep
tlonal beauty and refinement. She
lives in Boston , with her mother , who
is said to be averse to her daughter
appearing on the vaudeville stage. It
Is understood that members of the
Roosevelt family deny thnt any rela
tionship exists , but when the young
woman was appearing In "Why Smith
Left Home , ' she was generally known
as a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt.
There was no denial at thnt time.
Want to Kick the Dog.
Becnnse the heavy rain of Thurs
day night wasn't predicted the wcatb
or bureau folks will be put on tbo spit
by their loving friends nnd roasted tea
a deep rich brown for several days to
come. As the forecasters explain it ,
they were looking for the storm but
didn't think It would come so soon. A
storm nrea wns loafing out west , am ]
In the ordinary course of events would
have arrived hero on Wednesday
Showers were predicted , but didn't
come that day because the "low" wns
struck somewhere out in Cherry coun
ty. When these storm areas become
stationary they often remain anchored
for two or three days hence all the
forecasters figured on another day ol
fair weather. Then the "low" was
jarred loose by some mysterious influence
once and It rained moro than three
Inches in Lincoln on a fair prediction
These are the things that make the
weather man want to go out and kick
tbo dog. Lincoln Journal.
CALLS ROCKEFELLER INSANE.
Bishop Fallows Says He Is Morally
Color Blind.
Princeton , 111. , Aug 71. Preaching
yesterday before the Chautauqua here
on "Judge Not , " Bishop Samuel Fol
lows , of Chicago , referred to tbo op
portunlty of .T. D. Rockefeller to win
the respect of the American people.
"Gov. La Folletto. my fellow nnlver
slty student , has declared according
to report , Rockefeller Is the gieatesl
criminal of the age , " said the bishop
"Miss Tarbell has said bo Is 'money
mad. ' Taking It for granted that his
conduct has been correctly Btate < 3
there Is not a doubt that money mad
ness has seized him through and
through.
"In that madness ho has bitten tens JL | l
of thousands of youth and grownup | | I
mon. I cannot help believing thnt the Jj
graft madness so widely prevailing ,
hns nn Intimate relationship to the
baleful Influence ho has so widely ex
erted.
"Thero are Insane persons nnd crim
inally Insane characters. We make a
fundamental distinction between the
two. To which class of money mad
people does Mr. Rockefeller belong ?
The ordinary Insane person hns lost
the faculty of Judgment. He cannot
discern correctly. He cannot dis
tinguish between right and wrong.
"I believe him to bo morally defec
tive and color-blind In his makeup.
Ho Is a religious man. Ho Is a mem
ber In good standing In the Baptist *
church. But he has put religion In M
ono compartment of his being nnd
business In nnother. Ho hns seen no
moral connection between them. "
BEATS HIS WIFE.
Brutal Outrage Committed by a Spen
cer Husband.
On Sunday morning the people of
Spencer were shocked to hear of a
most brutnl outrnge committed by Joe
Hnmllng on the person of bis wife the
pervious night. Hnmllng returned
liomo , from all accounts , nnd was pre
paring to go out again , notwithstand
ing It was then quite late , and his
wife questioned him as to where bo
was colnc. Ho renlied. savlne that it
was none of her d n business , and
when she remonstrated with him he
brutally assaulted her with his fist ,
the first blow being sufficient to ren
der her unconscious. Not satisfied
with this ho continued striking nnd
[ ticking her in her unconscious and
lielpless condition , then taking her by
the hair , forcibly pulling her out of
the bed and stamping her on the
breast. The blow on the breast was
the most severe and painful , and her
cries were heard at midnight by Ed-
tor Coombs at his homo three blocks
away. In our estimation , nothing
could be any more dastardly than an
assault of this kind , especially to one's
own wife , besides being almost an In
valid nnd quite helpless. The cow-
nrdly cur didn't have the manhood to
face her brothers In open day , but re
mained all night nnd Sunday at the
Irug store pleading sickness. Messrs.
Skelton Mothersead promptly dis
charged him on Monday and he Is
ildlng a fugitive from the outraged
relatives and from tlio law. The whip-
[ ilng post law of Massachusetts would
1)0 just punishment for such brutality ,
nit equally as severe will be the scorn
of all who have known him and be
friended him in the past In Spencer ,
and the haunting sense of bis own
lowness and contemptible meanness.
Mrs. Hamllng is still reported quite 111
from the severity of the punishment
and from nervousness. The people of
Spencer are unanimous in their sym
pathy with her. Spencer Reporter.
SECRET ROOMS OF S. J. TILDEN.
V
Workmen Find Strange Places While
Remodelling Old Home.
Subterranean passages , leading from
a secret staircase to stone vaulted
chambers beneath the old Tilden man
sion in Gramercy park , have been
brought to light by contractors en
gaged In tearing out and remodelling
the structure , which Is now under
course of transformation Into a homo
for the National Arts club. Many oth
er peculiarities exist In the mansion
which must have been the conception
of Samuel J. Tilden himself and which v
have remained undiscovered up to / -
this day , although the famous old
dwelling has boused many .tenants
since his removal to Graystone In
1879 , where he died in August , 1880.
There Is a legend among the old-
time residents of the neighborhood
that Tilden , who aroused a host of en
emies by the part he took In the Tweed
ring , had a fear of secret assassina
tion and built bis house accordingly.
The interior of the mansion wns a
work of art in its day and is scarcely
equaled In some respects oven now by
the palaces of upper Fifth avenue. In
the work of remodeling , now under
wny , the secret staircases and under
ground passages were discovered. As
the builders , like Mr. Tilden. long
since Joined their fathers , no explana
tion can be given for the mysterious
passages other than that mentioned by
old neighbors.
It was found thnt the building had
three roofs Instead of one , and that a
tiny staircase led to a secret passage
from the second floor. Entrance to It
was Dallied by pressing a knob on a
beautifully carved walnut panel. f
In the cellar a puzzling labyrinth of ' " \
vaults and passages was found leading
to a bricked tunnel , the walls of which
was otherwise perfectly dry. The tunnel -
nel , so far as It could bo explored , led
straight south from the mansion , but
Its terminus evidently had been closed
for many years and the air was found
so bad that the wreckers have not
ventured moro than twenty-flvo feet
Into the passage.
.Sudden Attack of Dysentery Cured. .
A prominent lady of Brooklyn , N.
Y. , writes to inquire where slio can
obtain Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
nnd Diarrhoea Remedy. She says :
" '
"While stopping at a ranch In South'
Dakota I was taken 111 of what seemed
to be cholera.
They gave me some of
this medicine nnd it cured me ' I
brought a bottle homo and have
used the last of It today. Mother was
taken suddenly 111 Of dysentery and
t helped her "
Immediately. For sale
by Leonard the Druggist.
