THE OMAHA PAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGE& 15
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The Burlington takoa the lead ,
. . It was in advance of all linoa in developing NebraokaT
It v/as in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car
eorvice between Missouri river points and Chicago.
It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of
Omaha and the West a fast mail service.
It was in advance of all lines in running its trains from
the East into Omaha proper.
It was in advance of all lines in reducing the time of
passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago.
It was In advance , and is the only line by which you can
foave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the
evening of the same day.
It has been progressive in the past.
It will lead in the future.
Travel and ship via the Burlington. ,
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CUPIDS WEEKLY BULLETINS ,
Haps and Mishaps of the Matrimonial
menial Raffle.
MARRIAGE BY CONTRACT CRAZE.
Bo She KcftiHc'd Him Another Au
thors MnrrlnKO Rowing for a
Ilusliaiid A. Urldc'a IJOIIK
Journey Eto.
So She TCcfiised film.
Button TranKrlvt.
knst night , within the little curtained room ,
Where tlio gny music sounded faintly clear , '
And sllvnr lights ourao stealing- through the
You told the tale ttnit women love to henr ;
You told it well , with firm Hands clasping
mine ,
Auil ( loop eyas jrlowlm ; with : i tender light.
Moro acting ! But your prayer WHS half
ilivinu
Last night , lust night.
All , you had much to-offcr ; wealth enough
To giUl the future , and a path of case
Tor ono whoso way la somewhat dark and
rough ;
New friends life is calm as summer seas ,
Anil something ( was It love ) ) to keep us true
And make us precious In each othcr'n sight
Ah , then indeed my heart's resolve I knew 1
Lost night , last night.
I > t the world go , with all Us dros and pelf !
Only for oao , llko Portia , could I say ,
"I would bo troblnd twenty tiaios myself ; "
Only for ono and ha is far away ;
Ills voice ciimo back to me , distinotaail dear ,
And thrilled mo with the pain of lost delight -
light ,
The present fudeJ , but the punt was elcar ,
Last night , lust night. .
Itothors answered , as I answered then ,
\Vo would hear less , perchance , or blighted
lives ;
Tlicro would lie truer wo.mca , nobler iiieu ,
And fewer dreary homes and faithless
wives.
necauso.l could not glvo you all my best ,
1 gave .vou nothing. Judge me wus I
right I
You may tlmnk lioavon , that I stood 'the test
Last night , last night.
An Author's Murrlngn.
Now York Commercial Advertiser :
And so Miso ICllzuboth Stuart Phelps
decided to "old maid's
forego an para
dise' ' and enter the gate of matrimony
loft temptingly ujur by Cupid ut the in
stance of a persevering and pornimfiivo
lover ! Well , coed luck to "Jack , " who
now has his Jill ; and may they live
happy over nflor. And , possibly , now
that Miss Phelps is Mrs. Ward , she will
find sueh an amount of heaven on 'earth
that her impatience for higher spheres
will be less eager.
Koru HiiHlmiid.
Ixwiston ( Mo. ) Journal : Mrs. Phrebo
Window , of Weutport , Mo. , rowed a
email dory up to Until the other day and
limited up a mlld-niMinored widower in
thut city. A short tune afterward shu
appeared at the city clerk's ollico with
this man , and had their intention of
marriage published in the clerk's book.
Her errand accomplished , she boarded
hordpry und started for home again ,
her oars plashing In the wutor right
morrily. She rowed thirty miles to got
a iuubund. _
\ Urliln'a Doitf ; Journey.
Baltimore Herald : Among the pas-
seniors on the steamer Nova Scolinn ,
which arrived in nultimoro recently
from Liverpool after a stormy voyage of
eighteen days , wus Miss Annie bavago ,
of Oswostey , Wiles. Pour yours ago
eho was betrothed to W. J. Simpso n ,
who ut that time resided in Kngland.
Nearly two years have passed since Mr.
realizing thu. westward the
star of success takes its way , came to
this country. For several months past
ho has been foreman of Humlln &
Brown's pottery , and recently be pur
chased a handsome dwelling on Ridge
place and wrote to his bride-elect to
come oven.
Nothing daunted by the long journey
and the perils of the doup , Miss Savage
left her parents' pleasant , home , Os-
westry , went to Liverpool and took pas
sage on tlio Nova Sootinn. Her liunco
mot her upon tlio arrival of the steamer ,
and at the residence of Kov. Dr. D.
T. Phillips , of the Broadway Baptist
church , that divine performed the mar
riage ceremony.
O -by-Coiitrao t Cr.izo.
San Francisco Chronicle : Marriti go
by contract in Santa Cruz is becoming
the ruga , not only by young lovers in
Santa. . Cruz , but in all parts of Cal
ifornia. Justice of the Pouoe' Skirm
hits married by contract three couples
this month. Following on the hoolf > of
ono from Monterey another and more
romuntU : couple came from Stanislaus.
Arrangements had been made , und
.fudge Skirm of Santa Crux , took tha
train for Monterey , mot the couple from
Stanislaus , and all got on the east
.steamship Eureka at 3 o'clock the other.
morning and started for Santa Crux. .
When half way across the bay : Tudgo
Skirm united the eloping lovers on the
high seas. On their arrival here , BO us
to leave no question as to their being
legally murriod.thoy each signed u con
tract 'of > murriugo drawn by , ludg
Skirm , which is said to bo perfectly
legal , though ono of the partio. " is under
ago. They are John W. Green , aged
thirty , and Miss Annie Gebr , aged six
teen , both of Stanislaus. Her parents
objected to the marriage. Both are said
to bo highly connected in families well
fixed llnunciall y.
HtntlstlOH of t lie Divorced.
Chicago Tribune : What become * of
divorced women ? A vast Hold of unex
plored territory is opened by the ques
tion. .Fust as mules are supposed to
sock for their death boino spot wjioro
no eye can behold them , so divorced
women , once divorced , tire believed to
.withdraw to some mysterious limbo in
which the rest of their lives is spent un
observed. But the Tribune has boon at
the pains of collecting statistics about
them , and it Hnds that they can accur
ately bo divided into the four following
classes :
Class 1 , remarried within n year , 7(3 (
pe i' cent ; class U , waiting for an offer ,
10 per cent ; class 3 , fallen into ovll
ways , 10 per cent ; class -I , devoted to
celibacy , 5 per cent.
These figures have been compiled
from a comparison of the divorce Hats
with the marriage registers ; from the
statement of judges , justices of the
pence , clergymen , lawyers und court
ollloials , nnd from personal inquiry
among those who have been divorced.
T'ijy can bo accepted us fairly nnd sub-
st.Tiitiully corront.
Thr International Bluloti ,
Springfield Republican : The inur-
rittgo between Joseph Chamberlain , the
member from Birmingham , and the
daughter of Secretary KndlcaU , which
has just taken place , possesses unusual
interest. This international matco is
quite unlike those we tire accustomed
to read about thbsu days. The rule wo
believe is that the American heiress
marries an English title. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill , the duke of Murlbor-
oiiffh and dozens of others liuvo followed
this fashion , und many will doubtless
follow their example. American fathers
und mothers would be quite as well
pleased , however , to scu the fashion die
out. Thu Chumborluin-Endicott falli-
unco In of another sort. TJio Kygllah-
mun is of u family which cuuio to the
Has obtained n reputation wherever in
troduced for "COKUKCl " "
STYLK"Pj3r.-
KKCT FIT , " "COMFORT AND Dl'UAlllL-
ITY. " Thov have no superiors in Tlund
Turns , Hand Welts , Goodycur Woltb ,
and Machine Sowed. Ludioa , ask for the
"Lt mxnv" Snoi : . Try thorn , and you
will buy no other.
surface through success In trade. Ho
first attracted public notice us a radical
who resented the homage paid to
aristocracy and gentle blood. Our
American democracy does not recog ;
ni'/.e the unalterable distinctions of
class in the English sense : but if there
is anything in blood and hereditary
quality , certainly the Eudicotts have it.
The lirbfcof the family in this country ,
and indeed the first governor of Mass
achusetts , cut out the rod cross of St.
George from the king's colors because
it was a relic of popery. In our curly
Puritan history Governor John Undi-
cott figures with the will of a Paul , and
even his mistakes are remembered as
the excess of xonl born ot principle
and anchored to a doup religious faith.
The traditions and family spiritr.of the
Ktidicotts , like many other families in
Now England , are considered u , theme *
to bo cherished at thu heurthstonc.
Thus tlio present alliance is emphatic
ally out of the common. Joseph Chamberlain -
berlain recently refused a title at the
hands of the queen. Ho now visits this
republic to claim thu hund of one of its
daughters.
A Ifuslmndluss Younc Wife.
Chicago Times : Mrs. Alice Priest ,
married , yet not a wife , asked to be sep
arated , but not divorced from her hus
band , in Judge Collins3 courtnt Chicago
the other day. Mrs. Priest Is pretty ,
well-rounded in form , und nineteen
yours old. She married Mr. Priest in
Kentucky three years ngOj and has
never scon him since. She was then
but sixteen , and the marriage was de
vised to render her of legal ago that
shu might bo freed from the authority
"of her father , who sought to put her Iu
a convent. Her story , as told with the
assistance of her attorney , General I.
N. Stiles , had about it a flavor of ro
mance.
Owing to a domestic trouble about
four years ngo between her father ,
Patrick Cunningbnmand his wife , Mrs.
Priest's stepmother , the family was
broken up , und the two children pre
ferred to go with their stepmother
ruthor thun with their father.
lie begun habeas corpus proceedings
to recover his children , and secured
from Judge Tuloy an order committing
them to his charge and directing him
to place thorn in thu Academy of tlio
Sacred Heart. Alice went with her
stopmothsr to Kentucky , und while
there she was visited by her father's at
torney. She became frightened , and
frienus advised that pho become mar
ried , as that would render her legally
of ago. Mr. Priest , u neighbor , kindly
lont'his service ns groom , and the mnr-
riugo was performed in a justice's court.
" \Vhut became of your husbandV"
asked General Stile * .
"Ho wont to Henderson , Kentucky ,
the next day. "
"Did ho claim tiny of the rights of a
husband thut is , did you ever live
with him ? "
"No sir. "
A letter from Priest wnS read , show
ing thut ho was uwiiro of the present
suit being entered. General Stiles said
Mrs. Priest wus u Catholic , und there
fore did not want a divorce , but u de
cree declaring the marriage void ab
inito.
"You may prepare your decree ac
cordingly,1'said the Judge.
Married u Condemned Man.
A few nights ngo in the county jail of
Sun Franuibuo , the condemned murder ,
John McNulty , wlio-is to bo hanged in
throe weeks , wus miu'ried to Kute
Keuno , tlio woman with whom ho was
living ut the time of his crime , andwho
has been devoted to him during bis
jail life , She hud u child by him , und
was thought to bo murried. McNulty ,
while a sailor , fell iu with her. Jlcr
Hist h sbund , Ilubor , deserted her ,
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McNulty deserted his ship , nnd became
H longshoreman , living with her in this
city. Recently she obtained a divorce
from Huber , und the result was the
wedding hint night , almost iu the
shadow of the gallowp. *
The bride , neatly dressed , wont to
the jail last evening nnd gave a small
pa'cknge of clothes to MeNnJI.y. He
dressed himself , and ) then talcing the
bride's arm walked down to the cleric's
ofllce whore a magistrate was waiting.
There were none there but know the
fate that awaits the bridegroom three
weeks hence , and moat had seen the
tragedy which closed the career of
Goldenson less than two months ago ,
and when in answer to the query which
ends with the words , "For all your nat
ural life until death do you part , " the
dreadful significance ( if that part of the
ceremony was overpowering.
It was little else than mockery to wish
the couple "many happy days"but thiit
expression was uttered ny the first per
son who grasped McNulty's hund after
the words were pronounced which made
the couple man and wife.
The bride was happy. She believed
her husband insane when he killed Col
lins , and has never lost hope for his life.
She really has been devoted to him
since his arrest , and said after the wed
ding that her marriage realized the
dearest hope of her life.
"Johnny will bo a free man yet , nnd
wo shall be very happy some day , after
all our troubles , " she said.
The jailor permitted the newly wed
ded pair to remain seated in the corri
dor for a short time , and they snout the
minuses in conversation , which was
carried on in whispers. When their
talk wsib ended Mrs. McNulty walked to
the cell door and saw her husband
locked in. She gave him the last kit > s
through the wicket and then loft the
jail.It .
It is understood Governor Waterman
has been asked to commute McNulty's
sentence to lifo imprisonment , and has
given encouragement. Thaappeal has
not yet been taken to the supreme
court , McNuKy's ' attorney preferring to
have the governor act in the matter before -
fore the legal light ja.jnado.
llor Face Cuiiturcil a Title ,
Mllo. Soucnrot , wjio capturc-d the
prb.c of * 2tKM , > nt tlie recent butiuty
show hold at Spa , the pretty Belgium
watering place , ha'Since ' her retire
ment from the public gaze , played for
higher game , and hun , it is reported ,
won. A young English lord , who o ex
ploit * have inoro thun once brought him
before the bur of justice , has proposed
marriage to the fair Creole , anil she has
accepted him. ' ! '
While the bcautjiMiow was in progress -
gross the titled Britisher was a con
stant attendant , nnd-his attentions to
Mllo. Soilcurot worcn so nmrkod that
M. Kmile Uhurmontv ( lie director ol the
CoHino. was forced . to inform him
that ho would haVe to be moro
circumspoot or ho would ha excluded
from the theater. As the young Lord
has spout hlu largo fortune in * dissipa
tion , and as his betrothed him only the
prixc which she won at the show to
maintain her , the mutch is not thor
oughly understood here where monov
inlluenccs and shapes all marriages 10 u
great o.\tont. *
Mllo. Souuaret wus born atCJuada-
loupu , hut she lias spent * .oine time tit
( ' 'loroncu educating herself. HuHlguro
is petite and well rounded , her features
exquisitely chUcled , and her hair is of
that lustrous , golden brown Titian has
given hia Venus. Her chief competi
tor , MurgtioVlto Uoulogno , n French
woman who lias appeared before the
footlights in the provincial theaters ,
has been engaged by u theater manngor
in the United States to inako a tour of
that cuunlry the coming whiter.
THE TRAIL OF THE IRON HORSE ,
Notes and Comments of Railroads
and Railroading-
6HIEF ARTHUR ON ACCIDENTS
Stcniu llcatrd Trains on the Now York
Central Master Car-BitlUler '
Standards Less Liability
to Accidents.
Blaster C < ir-Tiildorn' ! Standards.
. A circular issued by M. N. Forney ,
( secretary of the Master Car-Buildorrj'
association , announces the results of a
letter ballot relating to proposed
changes , of standards. The changes
which commanded a suftlcient vote to
secure their adoption relate to running
boards , steps and brake-shafts. The
propositions approved are as follows :
1. To substitute the following for the
present standard specification for run
ning boards.
The ends of the running boards of
box ears to bo made to project over the
ends of the cars , so that the minimum
distance between the ends of lliose on
adjoining cars will not be over twelve
inches , and that the running boards bo
made not less thun two fcot wide and
made or three bdards 7x1 inch. The
projecting ends to bo supported on two
brackets , at each end of the car , made
of Sxi-iiu'h iron , with a. hard-wood cleat
3x1 inch on upper ends , fastened with
ono one-half inch holt and nut in each
bracket. The lower end of each bracket
to be fastened to the end of the car
with two one-half inch bolts and nuts.
It. To substitute the following for the
present spcuitlcation for standard
STKl's.
Two good , substantial stops , to bo
made of wrought iron of { : ; ! { inches
'bcction , to bo fastened ono to each side *
sill , next to the corner of the cur to
which the ladder is attached. The
htcps to bo not less than 12 inches long ,
measured horl/.ontally between the
shies , and the tread to bo not less than
K inches below the 'noltotn of the sill.
The hide of the slop next to the corner
of the car to bo as near tot the end of
the car tin In practicable , -Kach side of
the step to ho fastened to the sill with
two one-half-inch bolts and nuts.
A hand-hold to bo attached to thesldo
of the car above each stop to bo placed
horizontally a foot above the bottom of
the sills. The hand-hold to bo-made of
livu-oighthb-inch round iron , 2 foot long
in the clear botwcon the ends ; to have
iif inches clour upuce between it and
the sides of the car ; to be fastened with
ono oiio-half-inch lug screw in otiuh
end , boruwcd not loss than 2 inches into
the framing. Another bundle of the
same si/.u , and fastened in the name
way , to bo attached horiv.ontally to the
end of thu car the name dihlunco tibovo
the sills , nnd on the opposite side of thu
ladder.
4. To htibstituto the following for the
present spcclllLMillon for standard.
JlltAKK MIAITri.
The brake hhuft to bo placed on what
ib the loft bund comer of the car when
a poison is standing on the track facing'
the end of the car. The ratchet wheel
and break-pawl to bo fastened to a suit
able cabling attached to the roof , A
railing or guard to bo attached to the
end of the roof of the cur around tha
brake shaft. The center of the brake
shaft to bo twenty inches from the mid
dle of the cur. TUu uutb on the ends of
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the brake-shafts to bo secured by split
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Steam Healed Trniiin.
Now York Post ; The stoves us a moans
of beating cars on the Now York Cen :
tral & Hudson River railroad will boon
be abolished :
During the past year the official of
the Now York Central in charge of its
passenger equipment have been actively
employed in testing various devices for
heating cars by mearre of stoum ob
tained dirpi't fro'm the locomotive , and
have decided on a system combining
simplicity with satidfaetory results. A
two-inch steam pipe runs under
ouch of the curd , connection be
tween the cars being made with
a metallic joint and a sleeve. This
main pipe connects with a system
of pipes _ nisido each cur , one running
lengthwise of the car. with branch
pipes extending under the seats. At
the center of each of the interior pipes
in a key by which the steam from the
main pipes can be cut off , thus reducing
the temperature of a single cur without
interfering with that of cars inorp din-
taut from the locomotive , which is the
source of the steam supply.
Since the advent of the cold weather ,
all the care composing the trains known
as the Now York , Chicago & St. Louis
Vestibule Limited , and the Now York ,
Chicago , Cincinnuti & St. Louis fast
bosidcH a largo number of the local
trains running on various parts of the
road , have been successfully heated by
this means.
In a short titno all the cars in service
on the line will be fully equippqd with
tlio appliance.
Chief Arthur on AccldcntH.
Globe-Democrat : Chief Arthur , of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers , was asked : Are railroad accidents
more frequent at this time than they
wore twenty-live years ago , all things
considered':1
"No , decidedly not , " ho said. "When
we take into consideration the number
of miles of railway in operation , the
number of trains running and the num
ber of passengers , and the amount of till
kinds of freight convoyed , the number
of accidents is smaller in proportion
than it was in the curly days of
railroading , When wo consider
the number of pus&onger and freight
trains running nnd at the speed at
which this pushing , go-ahead ago do-
mundri , nucidunts uro fur less frequent
thun they wore munj' years ngo. .The
proportion of passengers killed or in
jured in comparison to the number con
veyed is small , and in a majority of
cases the cause is the mistake of some
one. As far us providing safety , com
bined with speed , the railroads of the
country are fust ranching the hjghost
point. 1 believe that , us years roll by ,
iicehlonlH will bo still less frequent , but
homo will occur ns long as the world
Htnnds. The block system in use on the
Pennsylvania lines is ono of the .host
buftigiiurda against accidents. Under
this no train can leave ono station until
the next ono has been heard from , This
is almost perfect , und will no doubt bo
gonornlly udopted. Nothing but a
blunder on the part of the operator can
cause tin accident by this method , as thu
track is always clour for Incoming and
outgoing trains. "
anil Coupling ,
New York Tlmos : There was a
largely attended mooting of rail
road representatives , agents and
patentees ol aloum pipe couplers for
railroad cars before the rullrogd com
missioners of New York last week. This
was in pursuance of a request by the
commission looking to the adoption of a
uniform coupler by railroads. The
dozen or more rouds .represented are
' . qul ] > poJ witU uuarly as many ditto rout
patent couplers. Some of those roads '
change cars with a half n do/.en others , I
and to them the adoption of a uniform
coupler is most urgent. Butihnving got
in shape to comply with the law provid
ing for steam boating , they do not oara
to go to the expense or trouble of chang
ing the system attached. The only way
' '
to obviate diiliculty and to use cii'ra o't
other roads is to have inturmediato
Cieces containing both kinds of coup-
) rs. These , it was suggested , would
get lost , and the unattiiclicd cars bo loft
without hnai.
Superintendent J. M. Toucoy said the
New York Central recognized the nc-
ctfHsity of adopting steam beating for
cars eight years ago , nnd equipped ( ivo
trains then with llcxiblu rubber hobo.
Great diiliculty was experienced and
the experiment was given up. They
had been trying various systems since
nnd had at last found ono composed en
tirely of metal and known as the metal
system , which had been placed on nil
Vanderbilt roads. This system could
not be changed now for another. Thig
road uses only its own cars. Mr. Toucoy
did not believe the New York < fe Now
Haven in tended doing any thing relative
to complying- with the law. The com
pany owns only thirty miles of road in
No w York stale.
.Fobeph A. Shinn , of the Now York &
Now England , said his company was
still experimenting with throe sysloin
The Northern Central road , Sami'u ' ,
Porohor slated , had decided upon no
system , but was willing to adopt ono
when the ino.it satisfactory plan was
singled out.
J. W. Martin , of the Pltchburg , ex
pressed the views of others when ho
said too short a lime was given in which
to comply with the law. Jt precluded
the selection of the best system. Ho
stated that the Master Cur-Builders had
discussed the matter of couplers , and
then named a committee to recommend
the bunt ono for universal use in the
United States.
A. Dllbccr , of the Rochester and
Plttsburg , said the metallic coupler
used on his road broke in going round
a bend.
The Pullman Car company won will
ing to adopt any coupler that was generally
orally , satisfactory.
.1. W. Cloud reported that the law
would bo complied with by the Erlo , but
under embarrassment ,
s The mooting adjourned without result.
A Hcorut Marriage Suntnlncd.
Now York Herald : A case involving
the validity of a secret marriage ha- )
Just boon dooidod by the Nebraska uu-
promo court.
The suit was brought by the wife.
She alleged that she and her husband
had been secretly married in Chicago.
The ceremony was performed by a mini
who , us she supposed , was u niln istor ,
but she hud never seen him bo ( ore und
did not know his name. Them was no
witnesses present. The marriage wag
kept a secret for more than two years.
The husband duniod thutfthoro ovm >
hud been a marriage or that any cere
mony hud been performed. Ffo admitted
that ho had on more tlittn ono occasion
acknowledged thn plaintiff as his wife ,
and had known of her lolling her family
that they hud been married , but ho ex
plained that this was done as a tnoro
cloak to avoid scandal.
The court decides the ease , which
was a auit to have the wife's marital
statue .iml rights established , in favor
of tha complainant. It accepts her
story , which wus corroborated by other
lirect and circumstantial evidence , anil
holds that the marriage , though con
tracted in secret and long kept a secret ]
was valid in law.
IlorHftml'fl Aold
Kcllcvca Mental and I'liyilCAl I2xbaiU
lion.