& * * .r
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 28. 1887
, i . THE BEE.
PUBliIHHEI ) 1JVBHV MOItN'lNtt.
OK MJIIWIIII'THlX.
bally ( Morning Krilllim ) IIP Imltng tfuiutny
JJt.B. On Yrar , , , , .tin 00
ForHlx Mouth * . ' ' '
ForTJire * Month- . . . S M
Th Omaha Hnnday IlKC , mailed lomij ml-
< lros , One Ycnr. . 200
OMAHA Omen. No. I'll AM > I'H'I'uiNUiSTiiKHT.
Nr.w YoHKOmi r. llonxt.'i. TIIIKI'MK llmi.i *
1WO. WA8HIMITIIN Ol'Ht K. JS'O. A 1.1 I'OUIl
TKJ.MII 8TIIM.T. _
All fommtmlrotloMi iflntlnu IH-WH nnil
Klllorlnl nmttcr Mii.nld Kudili < " - rd to the
KDITOII or Tin ; llr.t : .
All \mt \ lnjix letter * ninl rrmlttmirc * honl < 1 tie
( IdroKurd tl TlIK llhli J'I'III.IHHI.MI COMI'ANV.
OMAHA , Draft * , c hocks mnl postotllcT order * to
be inndo payable to the order of the < ninpuiiy.
The Bco PnlshiiigCipany , Proprietors ,
E. UOSKWATKIt , KniTon.
TlIK QAII'iV I1KK.
Bworn Btntrincnt of rireulntlon.
tatcof Nebratka. I ,
County of DoiiRlm. ( ' '
( leo. 11.Tshilmek. M-cu-lHiy of The HOP t'nb-
llKhlng conipiinv , does M > leiiinlvMu-ar that the
Bctnulcln illation of the Pally lire for the \\eek
Milling Nov. iT > . lt T , wiii as follow-i ? :
Hiituruny. Nov. l .
Huuday , Nov. ai. .
Monday , Nov.il i , . > .i
Tiicwdny , Nov. . ' 14.IM
Wrdnesday. Kov.-M HJ <
'nmrmlay , Nov. 24 I4,7uo
Vrliluy , Nov. as , .14i > M
Average 14.770
( Sfco , It. T/.jniniiiC.
Rworntoand Mjl > scribed In my presence this
Mtlula yet November , A. J > . JW.
( HKAL. Notnry'l'iibllo
Btntnof Nebrackn. I
I'otinty of jy < iiiKl . f '
OFO. II. TzScliuik , brine tlrM duly sworn , do-
and Miys that 1m ii oooietai.\ f > f The
_ company , that the actual iiverngo
dully circulntlon of theDully Dee for
the month of November , 1WT , , H.IH8
copies : for Ikccrubcr. It-Mi , I- ) " copies ;
for .Innnnry , 1W , 1H.3M iople : for 1'eb-
ninry. UW , H.ll copies ; for March. 1W. 14,1(0 (
ropies ; for April , If-f7. IPIrt ropie * : for .May.
ltfc7.14.K7 1 ntilPH : for.linir , lf ) < 7. 14.I4T copies ;
for July. ICH7 , l4 , ; ieopioH : for Anini-t , 1fcH7 , U.-
J51 copies : for September , 1K > 7 , 14y U copies ; for
October , If 87. Hr l.
01:0. : it.T/snitTrK.
Bworn to and Kiibsi-rlbed In mvprej-pnoo this
Oh day of October , A. J ) . IthT. N. I' . KIM I , ,
( HlUl < . ) NutHiv Public.
IT looks very uuicli HH if the Ui.\i > ayers -
ors of Onmliii needed t-omubody in the
council to represent their intorebt .
tfho contractors art.well tjikon care of
l > y life city'fl law-breaking law-makers.
SnxATOK DAVIS , of Minnesota , bays
lui will work for u reduction of the tariff
( luring thin session of cuiijjreao. Minne
fcotii republk'iins have time and a a n
pronounced in favoi-of vadii-al tariff re
form.
SKNATOU VOOUHKIN , of Indiana ,
thinks tlio recent eluclion.s mean that
the democrats will he on tip ( for the next
Iwonty-llve , or perhap-t llfly yonrs. The
senator should rememher that one swal
low doesn't always make Hummer. The
democrats are linhle to he dtuuped out
"at the first turn of popular sentiment.
TUK holl-wether of the council de
clares that he and his eli'M'ii jumping-
jucks propopo to ignore tlu > police com
mission and keep up the anarchist
policy in defiance of the supreme court
docibion. This does not surprise us in
the least. It is in keeping with the
boll-wether's record in former councils ,
when ho and the voniil ' " > { ? of llolly
boodlers dolled the pt-ople and the
courts until their ] MlIlicnl nocks were
wrini } ' : and broken by an outraged com
munity.
_ _
TlIK injustice to the evicted settlers
on railroad lands in Iowa causes much
indignation among Iowa people con
versant with the matter. Many settlers
who would not buy or lease , were re
moved by force and their rrop > given to
speculators. Their buildings were
taken and their block turned into the
highway. The cvicled farmers moved
on the land with the implied assurance
from the government that they would
bo protected , and it certainly does not
seem right that they should bo coin-
polled to endure this hardship without
redress.
THE proposed street railroad regula
tiou ordinance is in the main to bo com
mended. Omaha is no longer a village
und the slow coach system of street car
travel has become intolerable. At the
name time there is very fair prospect
that competition will afford the public
much needed relief from overcrowding
und lack of rapid transit. It is emi
nently proper , howe\or. for the council
to exercise the authority vented in it
by the charter to establish rule * and
regulations for the conveyance of pa > -
ongors on street railways and provide
or their safety and comfort.
A WAYNK county paper is very in
dignant because Omaha asks to be
placed on an equal footing by the rail
roads with Chicago , St. Louis , Minne
apolis , St. Paul and other jobbing cen
ters. Thi is said to bo an attempt to
build up Omaha at the expense of the
rest of the state.Vo should like to
know in what way the state will bo
benelUted by withholding what is
granted to rival jobbing center.in Illi
nois , MliuiCMitu and Missouri. The dog
in the manger policy , of barking at
your own metropolis because iti& nearer
home , is very narrow minded. Hy the
way , why should Omaha capital be
asked to build a railroad through Wayne
county , ifVayno county has no u o for
Omaha V
TilK election in Atlanta on Saturday
went against prohibition by an cli
mated majority of about eleven hun
dred. Two years ago the license advo
cates were beaten by a little over twelve
hundred majority , so that there hat
been u change unfavorable to prohibi
tion in the two years pf about twenty-
three hundred. This is u very notable
change , and it is fair to assume that il
vras duo to the palpable fact that prohi
bition in Atlanta failed fully to acconv
plibh what was promised , while on tin
other hand the material interests of tin
city were damaged by the attempt t (
enforce the policy. The supporters o
prohibition deny this , but the tin
iniHtulcublo facts are against them
"
"while the fact that liquors wen
continually sold and a largi
quantity consumed during the whoh
period biuco prohibition was inaugur
atcd was so incontcbtably shown tha
the prohibitionibts wore compelled ti
admit It. Atlanta will now have i
license system for two years , and wi
predict that the result will bo so satis
factory that in the next contest pvohi
bltion will bo overwhelmed.
AfllnlnUtrftllnn nd Senate.
The indications point to another con
flict between the administration and the
senate. Although- Very little has been
said by senators as to what may happen
regarding coming events that will call
for the "ntlviro and consent" of the pen-
ate , what lias boon said is mifllcient to
indicate that the republican majority
will be very likely to make issue with
the administration on at least two matters -
tors of very great importance. It is no
longer doubted that there will ho oppo
sition to the conllrmntlon of Mr. Lamar
il he shall bo nominated to fill the va
cancy on the supreme bench , and the
president has undoubtedly booked him
for this position. The judicial honor is
understood to bo keenly desired by Lamar -
mar , and there is reason to believe that
Mr. Cleveland uould not rcfuso him
anything in the gift of the president.
There is evidently a friendship between
them that is fraternal in its warmth.
On the part of the president this very
likely grows out of admiration for the
superior intellectual acquirements of
Mr. Lamar , while on the part of the lat
ter gratitude is probably the fountain
of his reciprocal friendship for the pres
ident. But Mr. Cleveland cannot put
Mr. Lamar in the position lie desires
without the consent of the senate. Most ,
or perhaps all , of the republican & 3iia-
tors are believed to feel that there are
serious objections to his appointment tea
a place on the supreme bench which
may make it their duty to withhold con
sent. Ho would probably not be opposed
for any other position in the govern
ment requiring continuation by the
senate , but the highest judicial tribunal
has thus far had no man on its bench
who had foresworn his allegiance to the
constitution and government and been
identified with thoonomiesof the union.
It is understood to bo an unwritten law
among republican senators that none
such shall sit on the bench of that
tribunal while they have the power to
prevent it. If this were not sulHcicnt
to unite them in opposing the continua
tion of Mr. Lnmnr , there arc added con
siderations derived from his opinions
regarding the war amendments to the
constitution which will strengthen the
grounds of opposition. What ho has
baid in deprecation of thcboamendments
is heirg carefully looked tip , and u good
deal has already boon made public.
Much of this is not calculated to inspire
confidence that Mr. Lamar would bo nn
unprejudiced interpreter of the consti
tution as it is. It is. therefore , much
more than probable that if nominated
to the supreme bench Mr. Lamar will
encounter the united opposition of the
republicans in the senate.
It is believed to be very certain , also ,
that the action of the administration in
creating the fisheries commission will
bo vigorously condemned by most of the
republican senators , and it is thought
not unlikely that they will stand to
gether in refusing to give the advice ,
and consent necessary to make this pro
ceeding elloctive. The New Eng
land senators have practically sig-
nilied their intention to oppose
the commission as being contrary to the
explicit declaration of the senate at the
.last session against such an expedient.
It is to be supposed that they will not
stand alone in this position , since every
member of the majority will feel that
in utterly disregarding the sentiment
of the senate the executive was guilty
of a grave discourtesy which deserves
to bo resented. Consideration for the
good faith of the English government
in the matter may have an influence to
modify the feeling of resentment on the
part of senators whose interest in the
llshories dispute is less active and vital
than that of the New England members ,
but it is to ho expected that if any se
rious opposition is determined upon the
majority will unite in it.
Public opinion regarding a con-
llict between the executive and
senate upon these issifes would of
course bo pretty closely divided on
party lines , though we believe that with
regard to the commission question the
independent opinion of the country
would bo with the administration.
There is nothing irregular in the matter -
tor of creating the commission , and the
object of its creation is within the con
stitutional authority of the executive
branch of the government. If a fair ,
just and satisfactory settlement of the
controversy can bo reached in this way ,
the great majority of the p-joplo would
welcome it. The issue has become a
bugl > ear , discreditable to two enlight
ened nations , and ought to bo disposed
of with the lesist possible delay. The
senate would not have the approval of a
majority of the people if it should de
feat the promise of accomplishing this
by a method In itself entirely proper.
A DlHcoitraKiiin Decision.
It if a matter for profound regret
when the highest judieial trihunal in
the land gives its s-olemn banclion to a
transaction every stage of which fur
nishes evidence of a fraudulent conspir
acy against the government. Of such
character wan the land claim ca o of the
Colorado coal and iron company , re
cently decided in favor of that corpora
tion by the supreme court. In 1870 land
to the amount of 8,282 acre a was taken
up in Las Animas county , Colorado , un
der the pre-emption laws and entered
us agricultural land. The area , how
ever , consisted almost entirely of valu
able mineral lands , for which the gov
ernment received only ono dollar und
twenty-live cents an aero. The names
of the alleged prc-emptors were wholly
fictitious. After a few years the lands
vere convoyed by the alleged pro-cmp-
tors through William S. Jackson to the
Southern Colorado coal and iron com
pany , which was in 1880 consolidated
with the Colorado coal and iron com
pany. Tl.ib latter company mortgaged
the property and issued bonds on it to
the amount of two und u half million
dollars.
Action was brought by the attorney
general of the United btates to test thu
validity of the company's title to the
lund , and in the trial it was proved
that the whole series of transactions by
which tho-company had obtained pos
session of the property \\ttb in pursuance
of u conspiracy , Upon this state ol
diets a doeibioil was rendered by Circuit
Judge MeCrary in favor ol the govern-
incut. Thu case went to Hit ! supreme
court , und the decision pronounced
by Justice Matthews lust week
held that fraud upon the part of the
prc-cmptors would justify the cancella
tion of the patents issued to them , but
that this case did not present such a
fraud as to prevent the passing of the
title. If the pro-emptoM were still in
possession , or could ho found , they could
ho compelled to give up the land , but as
an innocent purchaser the company
held the land by n valid title.
There have been few plainer cases of
fraud than this , as wa shown by the
facts presented before the circuit court ,
and when ouch a case can pass success
fully the ordeal of the supreme court
there is u most discouraging prospect ot
the government being able to recover
any of the lands of which it has been
defrauded by similar processes. The
court has made a precedent that may
servo to protect a multitude of frauds.
TlIK wine makers of California will
ask congress for legislation to stop spur
ious productions und to permit the
growers of that state to fortify their
sweet wines with wine spirits , free from
internal revenue duties. There has
been n great deal of hostility aroused
within the past year or two between the
winegrowers of California and Ohio ,
tUoso of the former state claiming that
the wine product of Ohio is uniformly
impure , being largely "doctored. " The
professed purpose of the Cnliforninns in
seeking legislation to stop spurious
productions is to free the market more
particularly of the doctored Ohio pro
duct , though of course impure wines are
by no means confined to that state , nor
are all Ohio wines spurious. There can
bo no reasonable objection tosuch legis
lation us this , if it can bo shown to bo
neces-ary in order to prevent impo- ilion i-
lion , but the California wine growers
may expect .to encounter no little oppo
sition from the manufacturers of decoc
tions which they call wine. Undoubt
edly the country is Hooded with alleged
wines which analysis would show to con
tain not a drop of the juice of the grape.
All such products are deleterious , ami
legislation that would get rid of them
would certainly bo a good thing. For
this reason the wine growers of Califor
nia are to bo commended for their de
termination to urge legislation against
spurious productions , but they have Bet
themselves n great task that will be ex
tremely ditllcult of accomplishment.
EX-SECRETAKY CiiAxnu-nt threatens
, o make things lively in the senate this
vinter. He intends , it is baid , to over-
laul the navy department. Chandler
vill probably get oven with some of his
ualigners.
STATK AXO TKUlllTOKY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Popular song of the press "Now is
he time to subscribe. "
Tracklaying has commenced on the
Norfolk street railway.
John Bailer dropped two lingers in a
orn sheller near Geneva.
Nebraska City boasts of her business
jlocks planned to go up next season.
Seventy pounds of corn on the cob
irings 80 cents af thu Blair elevators.
Through trains of the Missouri Pacific
ake in Nebraska City on their v.-ay to
Omaha.
Wymore has been afllicted with the
bogus bomb , and her peaceful sleep
rudely shattered for an hour.
Martin Bremer has extracted $500
rom the treasury of Fremont by cares
sing a section of broken sidewalk.
The York Times has struggled put of
the ashes of the recent lire , brighter
u appearance , but subdued in tone.
The people of Beatrice consume
nearly I'.OO.OOO gallons of water a day. It
improves the complexion when exter
nally applied.
A St. Louis firm has plastered a me-
'hanics' ' lien on the water pipes of
Hastings1. It will keep the frost off the
hydrants for a few days.
A number of liberal Grand Island
capitalists have come to the rescue of
the now hotel and wrapped a ScarIT
iiround its financial thorax which will
enable it to open in a few weeks.
The pretty maid milking the cow will
icon bo numbered among the lost
charms. A Nebraska man has invented
iind patented acow-milkeran automatic
extractor , warranted to work in any cli
mate.
David Moflllhns been jugged in Grand
Island for robbing ears. A job lot of
candy , oysters , hams , cigars , boots and
other digestible conveniences fresh
from the card were found stored away in
his house.
Beatrice did not squander her energies
in hunting for bogus booms during the
season nnw at end. She put her faith
and money in brick and mortar and laid
out $1,000,000 in solid growth , and Is
now drawing plans to double it next
year.
The Sioux City Journal is exceedingly
liberal with advice to Omaha on sup
pressing saloons and crime. As the
corned up-river town has an elegant
supply of both , the Journal might pro
fitably work its jawbone at homo and
reduce the surplus. *
Ainsworth and Long Pine are waging
a furious war of wind for the county
seat of Brown county. The former has
possession and charges its opponent
with being fed , fattened and controlled
by the railroad. "Keep the county
records away from the despoiling hands
of monopolies. "
Percy Pepoon retires from the Fall. '
City Journal and W.V. . Abbey take'
full control. The Journal Is a "black
republican sheet" with a mental reser
vation , but it hai punctured several de
cayed politicians in the southeastern
section and played mournful dirges at
funerals precipitated by itself. Tlu
change of owners will not affect its pol
icy.Tho
The Wvmoro Republican perpetrate'
this : " 1'ho constitution of the Unitct
States provides that each state shul
have two senators to represent the stall
in congress. But owing to the fact tha' '
political parasites and monopoly hire
lingd rule Nebraska against the will o
the people , Nebraska has ton senators
1 and 0. "
Dakota's effort to follow the gather
ing statesmen to Washington may hi
successful , but she will certainly fail t (
impress them with a warm and lovabh
nature. Saturday's furious blast prove
that she is unanimously in favor of di
vision and spreading 'herself over UK
northern section of the union.
The Wood Uivor Gazette notes tin
fact tbat the Chicago fe Northwester !
now runs freight into Omaha , and tnil ;
says : uAs the Northwestern is a pow
erful corporation and" hius long di&crim
iiuitod against Nebraska's chief city
its sudden offer to shake hands with tin
Omahogs is regarded bv thorn , with in
small amount of delight.1
Two youthful inventors of Dial
plugged up a section of a pipe , atUu-liei
It to a stock , loaded it with , powder am
fired it. . The breach struck
I
the forehead of Will to Innos. The
chances ate in favor ofihls' ultimate re
covery , The pun hWrrbt been patented ,
and boys anxious to explore the "echo-
less shore" am weluont to the model.
A farmers' institute opens in the
court house at Twumsoh to-morrow.
President M. V. EnhlArduy announces
that "thepo meeting * ) tire designed to bo
educational and slnjitltl bo attended by
every fanner in the , county who desires
any information in regard to the best
methods in tiny agricultural pursuits ,
and the presence of those who have had
experience leading to profitable success
in any branch of farmliig is most earn
estly solicited. Essays upon block-rais
ing , grain growing , vegetable and fruit
culture , etc. , will bo rend by prominent
farmers of the county. "
The state press enthusiastically np-
plaud the enterprise of Omaha in putting
up the cash to bid for the national
republican convention. Tjo | Broken
Bow Times says : "The main object in
view in this enterprise is to advertise
Omaha. One would suppose that the
metropolis of the state was HUlllclently
advertised without such an outlay in
this direction , but the men who nave
made Omaha and they have made n
great city think otherwise. Omaha
and its rustlers have not been asleep for
the iNust thirty years , and if their ex
ample was more persistently followed
there would not be so many dead and
stinking booms laying around in Ne
braska. "
The Wayne Tlorald reports the follow
ing specimen of railroad liberality :
"The Omaha BKK has boon received
here for the past two weokson the after
noon freight about four hours ahead of
the mail train. The new arrangement
cut oil a portion of the sales of thu news
boy on the train and he complained to
the general manager , and the conduc
tor of the freight received orders from
headquarters not to bring them up any
more. To enable a newsboy to sell a
half-dozen more papers a day the rail
road managers are willing to interfere
and discommode forty subsuribrrs of the
BKI : at this office. Great scheme !
Great , newsboy * ! Accommodating rail
way ! "
Iowa Items.
DCS Moines has put up a new cage for
high flying "burds. " '
The erection of a new Catholic church ,
to cost $1,200 , has been begun at Harlim.
The people of Sheldon are praying for
the extermination of the Salvation
army.
The bed of the Mississippi is said to
bo piotruding above the water at Bur
lington.
The Illinois Central railroad is said to
hold a controlling interest in Dttbuquo'd
high bridge.
Iowa surveyors will drive their stakes
in DCS Moines December 1 ! ! , for a few
days' mental exorcise.
The Northwestern Insurance com
pany , capital $ ! ) O.UOO ( has been incor
porated in DCS Moines. ,
Articles of incorx | > rntionof the North
ern Construction company , having a
capital stock of $100,000'have been tiled
at Cedar Rapids. '
James Green , an old settler of Iowa ,
died at Nevada last wetik at the ago of
seventy-six years. He has acted as vil
lage sexton at that place for the last
' 4
.
twenty-six years.
Dakota.
Mitchell claims a 'population of 4,700.
Brookings reports a modest vein of
coal at a dci > th of MO feet.
The artesian well at Plankinton flows
at the rate of J'.IK ) gallons a minute.
Over $100,000 wa.s disbursed among
the miners at Dcadwood on pay-day last
week.
White Lake has obtained a flow of
water in its artesian well at a depth of
8)0 feet.
Indiana parties are contemplating the
erection of an extensive grist mill at
Mitchell
Mrs. E. O. Parker , of Highmore , was
knocked down and severely sealcdcd by
putting two spoonfuls of gasoline in a
boiler of hot uater.
Dakota was not so unanimously in
favor of division as wa-s first announced.
The official count gives a bare majority
of ; ' . ,000 out of 75.000 votes cast.
Watertown is noted as the only largo
town in Dakota which gave a majority
against the sale of liquor in the recent
election. It was rightly named.
A cannon used in 187 ( > for protection
against the Indians was excavated from
a bed of eight feet of gravel at Deadwood -
wood Tuesday. It is said to hnvo disap
peared during the Dakota flood and this
is the first that has been known of it
since.
During the four months ending with
October , tlio output of the Homcstako
mine was $ ; WO,9ol ! and of the Dead wood-
Terra $242,900. Meanwhile , the Home-
stake lias paid its shareholders divi
dends amounting to nearly $100,000 , or
, ' \\k \ \ per cent of the output , and has a
cash balance of about $185.000 in the
treasury , and the Deaduood-Terra
stockholders , also , have received $80,000 ,
or about ! Kt3 pr > r cent of the output. Ictiv-
ixg a cash balance of about $128,000.
Cylindrical.Steel Cars.
Boston Ilerold : 1 the sanguine anti
cipations of certain gentlemen are real-
i/ed , there is soon to be a complete
revolution in the matter of car construc
tion , and , instead of the present form of
wooden cars , both passengers and
freight will be transported in cylin
drical ears made entirely ol steel. For
some months there hno been in course
of construction in East Boston a pas
senger ear of the new type , but from
lack of funds in the hands of gentlemen
interested in the invention the progress
lias been very slow. A few month
since a gentleman from the west came
to Boston to interest capitalist- the
construction of the P.-icillc & Great
Eastern railroad. ltiring his stay a
friend invited him to' visit East Boston
and inspect the steel car building there.
Ho inquired into the thing very closely ,
and was so much impressed by what he
learned that ho took'hold ' of the enter
prise with true western spirit , and IH
pushing forward the completion of the
'
car , which was invented , and
patented by Messrs. Charles IF. and
Charles M. Smith , of thin city , though
many improvements rtro now being in
corporated. On Saturdily afternoon , a
visit was made to tho'whop where the
car ib building. The Tramo is com
pleted , und work unoii thu Interior has
negun. It is proposed to-inako the car
the most magnifidont , und complete in
every detail. It is to'bo ' used us u pri-
vuto car , and is therefore to be provided
with every improvement and conveni
ence for comfort. At ono end is u
smoking-room , with toilet facilities ad
u joining ; then there in toboubulfol ,
with a complete cooking outfit. A parlor
with comfortable chairs und lounge-- ,
and an upright piano occupies the cen
ter of the car. On ono bide of the hall
there will be two btate rooms , with all
the improvements , including bath
y room. At the other end of the car there
will ho an observation room , with long
windows each side of thetontsido door.
Tiio ear Is bixtv-two feet long over all ,
and on each aide nre eleven windows of
unusually large si/.o , each lllled with a
single iKine of heavy glass. The cylin
drical form of the car gives a very wide
appearance to' the interior , although it
is reully the suiad width of Pullman
car- . , ' . . . .
A LEAP FROM A BALLOON ,
The Latest Development in Aerla
Gymnastics Described.
THE PARACHUTE AND ITS USES.
A Voting Man Wlio Fnlls a SI lie
Through Space Unharmed The
Startling Performances of
XlionuiH 8. llnldxvln ,
Philadelphia Times : A novelty has
been supplied to the lovers of excite
ment. Whether it fulls under the head
of foronnutlcs , gymnastics , or simply
during , docs not seem easy to determine.
It certainly involves nil three , although
the man who supplies the novelty is as
cool as if he were folding a napkin. A
young fellow , twenty-seven years of age ,
ascends by means of a balloon some
times as high as5,000 / , feet , throws him
self over from the basket and drops to
the ground. Happily ho is assisted by
a parachute , or else lie would not have
dropped but once , and that once would
: iave been too often.
Thomas S. Baldwin , of Quincy , 111. , is
he name of the young man. Ho trav
eled for several years with a circus as a
) rofosionnl gymnast , then took to
, ight-ropo walking , and finally to bul-
ooning. His first jump from a balloon
ivas made in January of this year at San
Francisco. Ho jumped from a height
of 1,000 feet. This was enough to thrill
125.000 pcoile ] ; but it was only the mod
est beginning. At Syracuse in Septem
ber last ho had attained an olcyation of
5,000 feet before he switched oil1on the
parachute route.
"What led you into this hazardous
kind of featV" was asked Mr. Baldwin a
'ew days ago.
"Woll , I am fond of things that nre
[ hiring. I have been a gymnast per
former for some time , and also a tight
rope walker. 1 was verv much inter
ested in ballooning , and ac
counts which I read of several descents
'rom them by means of parachutes took
ny fancy. A Frenchman did it all
ight. but an Englishman tried and
came to grief. Ho was killed. The
parachute collapsed. J. gave the mat
ter a good deal of thought , trying to
work out the thing. Then I practiced
before attempting the very high jump.
There is scientific principle enough in
the feat to see what the effect ought to
bo of such an experiment. But there is
enough uncertainty about it to make it
a little dangerous. There is always the
possibility of the parachutes collapsing ,
and if it does that at any bight , why it
would be a miracle if a fellow escaped
death. Ho would get crushed to pieces
when hestruck the ground. "
"What sort of a parachute do vou
use ? "
"I have used several kinds. I have
them made of Wumsuttii muslin and
without any rib.s. Sometimes they have
seven or eight ribs. It is about six
teen or eighteen feet in diameter. The
cords which arc attached to it come
down and fasten to an iron ring. The
ring is what I hold to when I drop. The
parachute is fastened by the lop to the
side of the balloon , so that the ring
hangs somewhat below the top of the
car. It is tied to that the weight of
my body , when it bears.on the fasten
ings , breaks them loose , and the para
chute is free of the balloon. Then I
have to let go , and two or three times I
have nearly lost it and the poor old
thing shows the wounds that it has re
ceived where it is patched up. But it
is a trusty old ship , though 1 mean to
get a nc\\ one for next season. "
' Well tell me just how you make
your arrangements. ' .
"I got a good hold of the iron ring.
That is pretty important , you can bet.
It isn't easy to make any change on the
way down , and if you let go , why then
you won't make any more jumps , that
is all. But I am not afraid ot losing my
hold because I have not good enough
grip. My hands are pretty strong and
1 can hold qn well enough. The dan
gerous part of this holding on is that
my arms get strained so through the
wrenching they get from the swaying
motion , the oscillations , that sometimes
the strain is very great and they be
come completely exhausted. After I
have gripped on to the ring I get care
fully over the rim of the basket and
then drop. There is no need to spring
out. It is not so good , because the
straighter down one goes the easier it
is for the parachute to fill out und be
sustained by the air. " .
"What are your sensations on the
' "
way down':1"
The first 100 feet are the worst. The
parachute-docs not fill at once , and so it
is like falling sheer through that much
space , And that is one reason why the
drop lias to bo made a little carefully ;
otherwise I might get turned over , and ,
though , of course , it I hold on 'twill
come out all right , vet the wrench on
my arm would be violent and the thing
would shako more. It shakes quite
enough , I nssuro you , although I have
improved a little on it in that respect.
You can fancy what a fall of 100 feel
might be , though it is pretty hard to
imagine it if you have never boon
through the thing. The sensation is
not altogether pleasant. It is a giddy
sinking through the air. The condensa
tion of the atmosphere under the para
chute , which is shaped like an umbrella
so as to catch the air more readily ,
brings mo up suddenly. It is almost
like a jerk , and to people looking at mu
1 seem to stop for a moment. After that
the descent is more gradual , though it
is quito fast enough for ordinary pur
poses. The rate of descent is about on. )
ihou.-nnd , two hundred feet a minute. I
have given a good deal of study to the
point of resistance which the parachute
offers with n certain weight , and when
it is of a certain diameter. The sensa
tion is pleasant enough in .summer.
Floating down through the air in that
way is cool. It is somewhat like coming
down a rapidly-running elevator. But
your legs are free and you feel your
body with nothing around it. The os
cillations begin , however and I am
swayed from side to side like n pendu
lum. Sometimes 1 have been swung out
at an angle of fifty or sixty feet. The
top part of the parachute , the umbrella
part , does not sway in this manner. II
it fills out all right there is nothing to
fear there. But sometimes it does not and
then matters are ticklish. "
"How do you land ; lightly , or is it
hard to escape getting bruised1'
"Generally 1 have landed without
doing myself any harm. When I see
I am within six or huvon feet of the
ground I drop. I can land pretty well
on my toes , and if I feel a momentum
which would bo likely to brow mo violently
lently down 1 try to fall ton my right
sidoiind sometimes I turn throe or four
somersets. This breaks the force. Ol
course , I can exorcise no control over
my&olf while I am in the air. I have to
land wherever chance brings mo. If it
is a good height from whiuh 1 drop and
there is a strong wind 1 can easily come
down at a spoj , a milo or more fi oin the
place on the earth underneath the spot
1 jumped from. 1 am curried by the
wind , so that I do not feel It blowing on
mo very mueli. When 1 make an ascqn-
aion nuur the witter , like that at liock-
nwny beach this summer , I take np u
llf preserver with me , so if 1 fall into
the water nt too great a distance from
the shore to swim I need not drown. "
"What is the greatest height from
which you have jumped1
"I have jumped from 6,000 feet. I
think , however , that u parachute could
ho made so that a descent from u intu-li
higher altitude would bo possible.
Whether u man can he Invented to
stand the strain on hi.s urms for the
length of time which would be required
to descend in t do not know. "
BAKER PASHA IS DEAD.
The Sensational Scandal that I.eil to
llln ll Kriue and Kxlle.
LONDON . Nov. 17. Colonel Valentino
Baker died to-day of fever , at Tel-el-
Kobir ,
Brilliant , handsome , gifted , clover ,
Colonel Baker wa.s once a favorite with
men and a pot among women. Married ,
with nearly grown children , streaks of
white were appearing in his drooping
moustache , when scandal dragged him
down. He was a great friend of the
prince of Wales or rather , more prop
erly speaking , the prince of Wales was
a great friend of his. The prince was
the colonel of the Tonthjllussars ( an hon
orary position which gives pay and uni
form without requiring any duty in re-
turnnnd ) , his being so ofcour.se gave an
extra eclat to the corps and its officers-
In June , 1875 , the 10th was quartered
at Aldershot , and on the afternoon of
the 17th day of that month Col. Baker
loft North Camp station by the South
western train for London , occupying a
first-class compartment all by himself.
At Woklng station , just as the bell \\as
rung to start the train on again , a
wagonette and pair dashed Into the sta
tion yard. In it were Mr. Dickinson ( a
gentleman residing in the vicinit\uho )
was driving , his wife , daughte'r and
groom. With barely time to eateh the
train , the first compartment Mr. Dickin
son reached ho put his daughter into. It
happened to bo Col. Baker's. Miss
Dickinson wa.s known as a great beauty
at this time. Itas the period when
blondes were all the rage , and she was
regarded as a sample to swear by. Her
brother was an officer in the Koyal En
gineers , and she herself was' by no
means unknown at garrison balls ; and
her golden hair and n/ureeyes were set
oil' by a form and figure that
might have been a model of a
sculptor. Nor was her dress Hie.
least _ of her attractions. On this
occasion she was dressed in nslmrttrnx-
eling costume of blue serge , which fitted
her like a glove , and displayed beneath
her scant draperies it being the yen it h
of the "pull-back1' period a pair of
fairy-like feet in patent-leather boots-
and golden-clocked Jilue silk stockings.
A jaunty blue-velvet round Imtuith a
wihte gull's feather in it crowned her
head , while a narrow strip of black lace
served as an excuse for a mask veil.
Everything .seemed all right until the
train stopped at Clapham Junction.
Then the passengers were thrown inton
great state of excitement by the intelli
gence that when the train had come
dashing up to the platform the door of
Colonel Baker's compartment was wide
OIKJII and the colonel holding fast with
ono hand to Miss Dickinson , who stood
hatless upon the .step outside. A great
commotion followed. With many tears
and sobs the golden-haired beauty told
'
her story , the gallant Baker was'taken
into custody , the young lady's relations
telegraphed for , and the train went on
its way again. Briefly , Miss Dickinson's
story was that she did not know Colonel
Baker even by sight ; that the train had
hardly left Woking when he entered
into conversation with her ; that her
short replies had no ellect. but that in
spite of her coldness his manner became
more familiar and his language im
proper , his offensive actions culminat
ing in Ins stooping down and grasping
her by one of her ankles that there
upon she jumped up and tried to sot the
alarm in motion , but being intercepted
bv Colonel Baker and not knowing what
else to do , she sprang to the door , burst
it open , and swung herself out upon the
stop.s , the train going at the time at the
rate of forty miles an hour ; that Colonel
Baker sprung after her. and , tumble to
draw her kick into the compartment ,
held her firmly from falling , as she
might otherwise have done. In reply
Colonel Baker had not a word to sayex
cept to give an absolute denial to the
whole story , or at least Miss Dickinson's
Torsion of it. The ntYnir happening dur
ing the height of the London season ,
and Colonel linker being so prominent
n member pf society , the consternation
it created in all quarters can bo im
agined. Many people simply wouldn't
believe it , and Miss Dickinson was
sharply criticised , by\\omen especially.
Nooung lady over travels by train
alone in England at least no' parent
who has his daughter's safety at heart
would permit her to do so and that was
advanced as excuse enough for what
ever happened.
But at length at the Croydon Assiyes ,
before Justice Tush , of the Queen's
bench , Colonel Baker was tried for
criminal assault and Miss Dickinson re
peated her talc under oath. Naturally
in a case of this kind a woman , if she
be a lady , and especially if she bo very
pretty , lias it all nor own way. In Eng
land , too , a man can't testify in hi.s own
behalf , and the stunning Iwnuty of Miss
Dickinson captured every head. What
wore a man's past services to his coun
try , or future career , put iu the balance
willi nn injured woman like that , oven
though her storv lacked a tenable cor
roborative circumstance to boar out her
unsupported statement. Colonel Baker
wa.s defended by Mr. Hawkins , Q. ( ' . ,
the leading criminal lawyer at the time
who has since become a judge of the
high court of justice , and his defense
was thought to have been far from an
able one. Among many points missed
by him was failing to lay any stress on
the fact of Baker holding Miss Dickin
son from falling. Had he been the
scoundrel she described him , or had lie
any reason to expert she would accuse
him of anything , ho would not have
been so anxious to save from injur.\ the
only witness against him ,
Ilowovor , C'ol. Baker was convicted
and sentenced to n year's imprisonment
in Maids-toni ; jail and a line of .r > 00. Tn-
til then public opinion was in a meas
ure , suspended ; but ujxm his conviction
there wasn't any punishment severe
enough for him ; no degradation suffi
cient to show publio detestation of his
conduct. Ho was cashiered from the
army , losing his commission the same
being the modest sum of I'fiOO ; ho was
expelled from all his clubs and dis
graced in every way. The queen , to
show her special resentment , sent for
Miss Dickinson to come and see her at
Bnckingjiain palace , and commiserated
with her. Jn fact , she tried to make a
heroine of her. But she couldn't make
that go. If people wore down upon
Baker , they had a lingering admiration
for him that made thorn dislike the
cause of his downfall. And. besides ,
there were people who know Miss Dick
inson pretty well , and though Colonel
Baker , neithet fit the trial nor in any
public manner , over said a word to injure
juro her , it somehow got whispered
ulwut that she had given more encour
agement to his advances than were in
keeping with modesty. The prince of
Wales stood his friend through the
whole trouble , but when It was over ho
could do no more. Ho went to Baker's
cell Iwfore his term of confinement be
gan and bade him good-by , and that wiu
the last of him as a gentleman.
Baker underwent his sentence like n
stole , and upon its termination lull Eng
land and offered lit * services to Turkey.
The war of 1870 , with Itus-da , was just
on , mid ( lie sultan was only too glad to
get such a man. Ho was 'made a pa.sluv
and given the command of the cavalry ,
and from then until the day of his death
Valentine Baker had been in the mil-
tan's sorvli'o. Ho introduced various
reforms anil Improved the Turkish army
in a way and with a rapidity that luus
excited the admiration of Europe.
When Suleiman Pnshn was defeated he
covered his retreat in a masterly man
ner , and with ,6K ( men kept HO.OOO Hus-
shuis In check. Since then his ndvieit
upon eastern subjects has been eagerly
sought by the British government.
Water l-'or n Thirsty ( JlioM.
Clifford Brvton Baumgrass , the sub
ject of the following thrilling incident
narrated by a Saulte Sto. Marie paper ,
was a son of Prof. P. and Mary Bauin-
gras-s , the well known Chicago artists.
Ho wa.s born in Washington , I ) . C. , and
eamu to Chicago two years ago to bo
ho with his parents. He was a young
man of unusual promise and high gifts.
Contrasting strong principles of virtue
with marked gentleness of character ,
ho was admired by all and beloved by
'
those who knew h'im well. His woril
could be rolled upon. He wa.s rapidly
progressing in his studies in tholiopo
of becoming a sculptor. Young liuuni-
graxs left Chicago in August for the
Sault St. Marie , where he spent a part
of last summer. He lingered longer
than was exacted , knowing that there
wa.s no necessity for his immediate re
turn. His parents had , however , looked
anxiously for him many days , when at
last they received word that he was to
leave on the ill-fated steamer Vermin.
Letters and dispatches failed to reach
him to stay him from hi.s purpose , and
the aching hearts of parentsaml friends
have only this cold fact to cling to
that fathoms deep beneath the wavisof
Lake Michigan lies the beloved form in
the cold arms of death. The stor.to'.d .
bj the Sault Ste. Marie paper is this :
"A startling story , full.\ authenti
cated , comes to us from the Middle Nee-
bish and vieinit.v which in its details
and realistic incidents would furnish a
chapter for a volume on spooks and gob
lins. As the story is told so it is given ,
but while we can vouch for the relin-
bilit.of . the report each reader is left to
draw his own conclusions as to the
causes.
"A voting sculptor from Chicago ,
ClillorA BMOII Baumgrass | > _ \ name , has
been spending the summer in the vicin
ity of the Sailors1 encampment , making
hfs home with a family on St. Joseph
island. He spends his time in hunting
and fishing. tr.ing to regain lost health
and strength. About ten dnvs ago he
was hunting on Middle Neebish , near
the old Cadotte homestead , whereon is
the old dilapidated , long sine deserted
log house in which old. Jean Bnptiste
Cadolte died several years ago. It has
been unoccupied for years and is nearly
a mile distant from any other house on
the island and practically uninhabited.
While strolling near the hut ho was
almost parnly/.cd with fear by hearing
groans issuing from the chamber or
garret of the building. His first incli
nation to fly being overcome and sup
posing that some sulYering fisherman or
litinter had taken refuge there , he en
tered the house and asked who was
there and what be wanted.
" 'For God's sike get me a drink. I'm
dying for a drink'replied the voice of d
person in the greatest apparent agony ,
" "What will I gel it in ? " inquired
Baumgrass , after mi ineffectual search
fora ( IrniKing utensil.
' "There is a pail just outside the door
in the entry ; get it in that,1 came from
above , 'and in heaven's name liurrj ,
I'm choking.1
" 'TheyoungNimrod quickly procured
the water from the river near by , re
turned to the hovel , went upstairs , and
looked for the dj ing man. He could see
no one.
' "Where are you ? ' he asked.
'
" 'liight here' in the next ivom , ' wai
the word.
"Kiitering the adjoining apartment
he saw nothing whatever. The rays of
the setting sun dimly ligliti d up the
room , plainly showing that it was untenanted -
tenanted , and had not been occupied
for months. Dropping the pail on the
floor lie fled , made his way to bis board
ing place , told the story and expressed
an intention to take the first boat to his
home. His friends laughed at him and
finally the next day they accompanied
him to the old house but nothing was
seen or heard that threw the faintest ,
light on the mystery.
"Several days1 afterwards his courage
having revived , he repeated his visit at
mid-day , this tlmealone. Tlio incidents
of the previoussoii allen were repeated.
The cries and groans were heard ,
coupled with a demand for water , and a
search revealed nothing and no one. as
before. It is still a mystery. Docs the
ghost of old C'adotte er.x out for water to
quench a iic'yor ending thirsty1'
Sneezing Catarrh.
The dlstrpsHlnx mu'tv.f , Micmsnooze , thn
ncild , uatuiy tll.idiuiKC from the i-yes ami nose ,
the painful intliimmntlon cxtciulliiK to thu
tlnnat.tliPHYirlllng ot the mmousUnliiB , runs-
IIIK chokliiK Kt-ns.itloiiK , ( otigh , HiiKliiK nolso * in
the lir.nl und siilltlliifj homlui-hos , how tumlllar
those symptoms uio to thoiimnilH who sntlur
pcilcxlluilly Irom head colds or Inllueu/.a , anil
tthollvt'InlKiiorancfof the fart that slnul"
apiillratfon of fU.sHWii'tt IIiiii u. t'rilK mie
t'ATAlllill will iiiroid tnta > ititnc i < * iillff.
Hut this tri'iitmiMit til casort of hlinpl" tatairh
RlvoH hut a faint Idea of what this iom dj will
do In thiMhrniili1 fount * , where the lirfnthlngls
olntuictod liviliokliiK , imtrld IIIIKOIM iucumu
lation * , the lieailiiK iiifectid , hini'll mill tatd
K"nc , thinat nlcorutod mid ImcKinu uinuh Kiud-
inillj fnstrnlin ; ItM-lf mum the di'lijllt.itod syn-
toin. Then It Is that thn inanellnns cmiitivi )
jiowerof HtNrimu'H HUHI-M. IVIIK muulfrxti
itself In lustimtiin MIIIH ninl L'ritctnli < < llof. ( 'urn
liPKlux from the tint application. It It iiiplil ,
radical , permum lit , rcuiioinlciil , nafe.
HVXHHIIl'S II Mill U , 1'ITIIK ' COIIHlhtrt of OHO
bottle ( if HIM It Mill \l. t'l IIK. one IH > \ C'Ullllll -
u tjoi.vh.vruml n lMi'W vii : > IMMI.HI ; 1 rlco
i\ \ .
Darn A. CIM.MICU. Co. , HOSION.
I CAN'T BREATHE.
Chest I'ftln" , HoroiicfK
llucklnc CoilKli , Ailhmii. 1'lenrUy
'and Inlluiiiinutl IIKMI.VII ; > is OSB
MiM'TB uiiil in-listed to n Hpetily euro
iij niKi.uilCDIll ANTI'I'VIN ri.AHTKII. Allow ,
InstantanroiiH and Infallible antidote to pain.
Inflammation mid woakm-s * ot thn ( heM anil
I.tuiKK. The tlr > .t and only paln-klllhiK plaster
All iliilKKlMfx , y."i lentH ! IIv for II W ; or , tmstiiKn
rn-o , I'o-rrm Unu'o AMI CHEMICAL Co. , no .ton ,
.Muss.
I
i
Proprietor Omaha Buslnest College ,
IN WHICH 13 TAUOMT
Book-Keeping , Penmanship ,
CommorcUl Law , Shorthand , Tclcgraphlna
and Typewriting.
Send tor C&lltgo Journal.
S. K. Cor. inth and Capital Avo.
Mention tbu Omaha llco
TIIOS I'.HIMIWJ.V , Waihln *
PATENTS tun , II. C. No pur uikHd lot
puluiili uutll otuinuj. WrtM
or luvuntor UulJ * .
