. 9. ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.MONDAY : , .JANUARY 28. 1889 ,
DEATH OF RICHARD KIMBALL ,
The Dummy Flncla Another Victim
at the Transfer.
AN OLD RESIDENT OF OMAHA.
Manner In Wlilcli tlio Knil
or n IJiisy Ijlfb Onmo Sorrow
In This City The
The Kntnl Dummy.
Yesterday afternoon at ! o'clock informa
tion was received at TUB UKK ofllco that n
man had been instantly killed at the
transfer in Council Bluffs. It was later an
nounced that the victim had been a resident
of Omaha , and Rtlll later n mcsiago guvc the
name of the unfortunate as Uichurd ICIm-
ball.
ball.The
The news spread to every open plnco in
the town , bocnuso the unfortunate gentleman
ivns known to hundreds of people who , not
withstanding the severity of the wenthur and
the rent which Sunday suggests , were , at
the hour mentioned , upon thu streets or
within easy reach of thu melancholy tidings.
The dummy which loaves this lido nt 5:15 :
o'cloc ( bore to the scene of the accident a
numb ir of the friumlH of the deceased. Ono
of thoui , after arriving in tno Uluffs and as-
rcrtainliif , ' that thu information xvas but too
truu , telegraphed D. T. Mount in this city to
Inform Mra. Klmball of the fate of her hus
band ,
The Omaha friends of Mr. Khnball , on
alighting from tlio train , mot Dr. ,1. CVat -
cruiati and were by him conducted to a small
Union Pacific curirantcr .shop. In which , upon
a hastily Improvised bier , lay the
remains of Mr. Kimball. A gray blanket
covered thorn , though , when temporarily
removed , it revealed a olglit , a description
of which may well bo omitted from these
columns.
A dozen pcoplo , mainly Union P.iclllo mon ,
Tvcrc lulmlttcd to the shop ami Stood around
while the Inquest was held , The Jurors
wore P. P. Spare , loroman of the cleunlnp
ilepartmont of the Union Pacific at tlio trans
fer ; " "H. Morgan and Max Cheney
also in the employ of the same company.
Coroner Waterman had selected the Jury
mul W. B. Hansom , clerk of the superintend
ent of the Nebraska division , acted as clerk ,
and recorded in long hand the evidence of
the witnesses. Of the latter there were but
two.
two.The first of thcso , C. L. Newell , testified
that lie and Mr. Kimball had left Omaha on
the UI5 : dummy , and had gone to the Union
Pncillo ice house near the track , and had ex
amined the same. The witness and de
ceased , as also members of their company ,
wore under contract to supply tlio Union Pa
cific with ice , the amount Of which could
bo stored in the company's house being
about ( Ivo million pounds. After
they hud finished their business they
started to the yards to catch the dummy
going west. They ran out of the yards.
which arc surrounded by n high fence , and
tlusn northwest toward the train.
They wont up the walk , when the witness
said : "Dick , the dummy Is pulling out. I
don't think wo cun catch it. We'll have to
wait for the next train. " Kimball said :
"We'll run and BCO if wo can't catch it.1
"Ho grabbed the rail of the car in the
front part. It was the second car , and
after ho got hold ho lost his
grip and fell under the wheels. "
The witness then testified to several other
features which had little bearing on the case
when the member ot the Jury asked him if
the accident had happened nt a regular stop
ping place for trains. Ho replied Unit It was
just a httlo west of the transfer.
Continuing the witness said that Mr. Kimball -
ball hud fallen on the track and wheels of
two coaches had passed ever him. Witness
Uid not sco anybody on platform.
William Norris , a Pullman porter on the
Union Pacillo road , who resides at 031 avo-
Jiuo D , had como from homo to report for
luty to go to Ogdcn. At the transfer ho got
oft the ! ) : K ! dummy going west and started
for the railroad yards. Ho saw two gentle
men run to cutch the dummy for Omaha.
Ono was a middle ngcd young man , the other
nn old man. The old man endeavored to
catch the forward end of the second coach
but missed his foothold , but bold on to the
rails. The other man was about ten fcot
from him and whun ho got to the older man
that individual lost his hold and foil towards
the tr.iin knocking dowa the younger man as
ho fell. The train dragged the older gentle :
man about ono and a half car lengths.
Several questions were aslccd the witness
by the Jurors , ono of which was as to how
last the train was going. The answer was
1 that ho thought about the rate of six or
eight miles per hour. Witness was also
asked whether Mr. Kimball had fallen or
stumbled over cinders by the traok , and ans-
iwercd "yes. " He wns also asked If
there were anybody upon the
[ atform , nnd to this ho gave u negative
reply.
The Jury returned ana after a short deliberation -
liberation returned a verdict that Mr. Kim-
[ 1)011 had como to his death while attempting
I to board a train while in motion , and they
could find no blame attaching to the Union
Pacific railroad company.
The remains were then turned ever to
Coroner Urexel and brought to this city.
They are now at the undertaking ropins
of Druxel & Maul , Farnam street , whore
they will probably remain until the day of
the funeral , when they may bo taken for a
short time to the late residence of the de
ceased , 700 South Seventeenth street.
Lnst night , after thu and news had boon
convoyed to Mrs. Kimball that her husband
had boon accidentally injured , a number of
sympathetic friends visited the lady
with n view of breaking to her as gently as
possible the dreadful news which had bucn
but Imperfectly convoyed to her by Mr. D.
T. Mount.
Their services , however , were not ap
preciated , because Instinctively tlio bereaved
lady dovinod that her husband had mot with
a fatal accident. With this belief she
wandered through the halls and parlors
of her residence refusing all odera of assist
ance and listening to none of the words of
condolence which her friendo were disposed
to , BDenk to her.
Mr. Kimball was born In Sullivan county ,
Now York , In IbliO. Ho moved with his
father and mother In 18,11 , to what
Is now known as Ottawa , 111 , , where
ho lived for some years on a farm. When
about sixteen years of ago he and his undo
for about two years ran a saw mill , tutor rn-
turning to thu farm and again going back to
the lumber business , this time associating
himself with hU undo George aud remain
ing with him about eighteen months.
Ho afterwards wcat to Ureon iJay
nnd engaged In the logging and
lumbering business , In which ho remained
about fight years , being later Joined b.\ his
uncle , nnd continuing until the year li > 85.
Ho then came to Omulia , engaging in ( ho
livery business on Eleventh Btrt-ut , between
Harnoy and Howard. In 1637 hi > started
a saloon , still remembered by some of
the older settlers as the "Cross
Keys , " In 185'Jho went to Colorado
rado with Captain Moorp. uhd Jiui Alien ,
Who at that time was proprietor of the hotel
nt Uellovjie. in the fall of 1SGO ho returned
to La Platto. The following spring ho and
his brother chartered the furry nUli.it pluce ,
Still later the deceased bought n farm from
Phllundor Cook , which ho worked for six or
sqvon years , thou coining to Omaha ho
traded his furin with William Mills
for an ice and boarding house. Ho after
wards sold those out , and in tlio spring of
1877 went to the Black lllllc , where ho ca-
tabllHlicd a stamp mill. Ills undo here loft
him and Klmbull returned to Omalia In the
fall. In ISTtJ ha went Into partnership with
Martin Dunham in the ice business , Mr.
Kimball , as may bo seen from the
above sketch , was ono of the oldest
citizens of Omaha. Ha leaves
a wife and adopted son who has long aluco
grown to manhood. Ho wan respected and
trusted by all who liacl business and social
relations with him. His death shocked the
community only less than It did the mem
bers of his family. Mis Kiaiball was jircsU
dent of the Crystal Ice Co. , which com
prises the older firms of Kluiball & Hun-
gatp , Kennedy & Ncwall. Hay & Fitch ,
with a capital of NiO.OOO. This company has
ice houses ot the reservoir , Cut Off Lake nn-J
ut the river at all of which about UUO men
ro now employed. Mr. ICItnball's estate Is
Jrarlously estimated at ut from llfty to sixty
thousand dollars.
A short time ago otter liaviuu refuted to
renew his accident Ufa insurance policy ho
made up his mind ujwn solicitation to take
out anoihor policy. The premium wns pnld
only a few dn.vn ape nntl as n consequence
his widow will receive W.OOO.
The announcement , of the funeral will bo
made hereafter. _
A positive cunrnnteo 13 Riven liy tno
manufacturer of Dr. Jones' tied Clover
Tonic that a 60 cent bottle of this rem
edy contains morn curative properties
than any dollar preparation. It promptly
euros nil stomach , kidney and liver
troubles. Goodman Drug Co.
AVI10 STUUOIC ItlUSTOIj ?
A Question Lilkoly to Ka Settled in
I'oifoo Court ,
Lust night J. A. LJristol , II. .T , Westbrook
and John Dlngmtui emerged from a , building
on Fifteenth street nnd were walking nlonR
when HrUtol wns struck n terrific blow on
the head , knocking hint senseless. Ho was
carried Into nn adjoinlnR drug store , where
for about ton minutes ho remained uncon
scious. In the monntlmo an attorney named
Towmond pointed out Ulnpm.iu as the man
who committed the asmiult.niid honntl West-
brook were placed under arrest. AVlion
Urlstol recovered consciousness ho , too. was
takau to the station and a ehariro of lighting
preferred apalnst all throe. Dingmnn , who
Is a detective , claims It to bo a casu of mis
taken identity , nnd says It was someone else
who struck the blow. Ho s.i.vs further that
all three worn friends and had just ended a
quiet giimo of high live when the blow was
struck. All threes won ) allowed out on ball.
Vor a disordered liver try Bcccham's Pills.
Police MiiKlHtrato's Itoport.
The annual report of the police judge for
the year 1813 , which is to bo Incorporated In
the mayor's annual report , has the following
summary of the arrests and lines for the
various months of the year :
An Anarchist Festival.
CHICAGO , Jan. 2" . Three thousand per
sons attended the festival and ball given this
afternoon and evening for the benefit of the
families of the executed and Imprisoned an
archists. The walls wore crowded with
caricatures , such as policemen blown
up by a dynamite bomb , allegorical
( Inures representing Christianity and
Judaism falling dcail , and others of a more
revolting typo. Editor Christensen , of the
Arbeitor Zeitung , delivered a eulogy on the
"Heroes and Sacred Martyrs , " who were
sleeping their dreamless sleep In Waldheim.
The speaker predicted that a cyclone would
yet , sweep over the land nnd wipe the cap
italistic robbers from the faeo of the earth.
The Arabi Jefentcil.
ZA.N7.in\it , Jan. 37. An engagement took
place at Dar-Es-Sal'im on Friday , resulting
in the defeat of the Arabs , many of whom
wore killed. During the fight the first lieu
tenant of the Gorman war ship Sophie was
killed by sunstroke. The defeat of the Arabs
renders the position of the captive mission
aries still more dangerous.
An Alifiolurn Cure.
The ORIGINAL ABIETINK OINTMENT
Is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes ,
and is an absolute cure for old sores , burns ,
wounds , chapped hands , nnd all skin erup
tions. Will positively care all kinds of piles.
Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT-
MEwT. Sold by Goodman Druj ; Co. , at 85
cents per box bv mail SO cents.
.
Arrested for Gmnbliup.
At about 1 o'clock this morning two men
giving the names of J. N. Stratford and J. '
A. Rush , were arrested in rooms at the cor
ner of Twenty-eighth and Parnain , charged
with gambling. In the haul was included
two poker tables and a lot of chips ,
A CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER ,
It Quaintly Chronicles the Events oF
Ante-Revolutionary Dayn.
A family in this city says the Hartford
Courunt have in their possession u ro-
innrkably well preserved copy of the first
number of the Uostou News-Lottor ,
"Numb. 1 ; " printed by B. Green. It
is dated Monday , April 17 to Monday ,
April 124 , 1704. It has news by London
Flying Post up to December , 1703 ,
The queen made her spuooli Denom-
bor 17 : "Her Majesty came this day to
the House of ljeors attended with much
solemnity , and , being Seated on n
Throne in her Royal Robes , Sir David
Mitchell , Gentleman , Usher of the
Black Rod , was sent witli a message to
the House of Commons requiring1 their
attendance in the House ol Peers. "
In the foreign news it is said that the
Paptists design to do mischief in Ire
land. They killed one , Green , a Protest
ant , for appearing as witness in the
llrst court of claims against one , Tarty
O'Quin , tin Irish Paptist , which , as the
narrative says , "put the Protobtants in
a mighty consternation. "
A piece of homo news is the arrival in
Boston of a sloop from Virginia , which
reports being followed on Block Island
l y a topsail schooner , which was judged
to bo a French privateer. An English
war veiiaol was sent at once to capture
hoi1 , but found not a privateer , but u
Fronch-built iishmg vessel , owned by
loyal English ,
Hero isa brief report , which seems to
give us the Tolstoi notion of "what tg
do" considerably in advance of hiu
preaching :
"Tho ilOth fl'd Mr. Pemberton
prone-hod an excellent sermon on 1
Thob. 4 , 11. And do your own busi
ness : Exhorting all rnnks and degrees
of persons to do their own work in order
to u reformation , which his excellency
has ordered to bo printed. ' ?
A glass fuotory in tl.o state of New Jersey
is said to bo engaged in little else but the
manufucttiro of bottles for Dr. Uull'A Cough
Syrup. Price US coins.
1 uuvo bcrn suffering the past three months
with rheumatism. One bottle of Salvation
Oil gave entire relief.
Fn.sxi ; O'llr.uBaltimore , Md.
A Wili-WH I.OVM.
A Man Asks Ills .Motlior-lii-Luw to
I > y $100,000 Kor It.
A peculiar suit wns rorontly begun in
the common pleas court of ( Jluvolnnd ,
O. , by J. J ) . Critchllcld.a well known
lawyer of Mount Vernon , O , Ho sued
his mother-in-law , Air * . Caroline fl.
Henderson , of Krio , Pa , , for 3100,000 ,
alloying that she with onoV. . W.
Howell deliberately and maliciously
weaned Ills wlfo's ulTuutioim from him ,
Mrs , Henderson is u widow , and worth
$ iMOW. ) Before the separation of wife
and husband Mrs , Critchlleld wits Hick ,
and while in this condition her mother ,
it is claimed , influenced the separation.
Some live yearn ago the widow Houder-
son's husband dlod and left the bulk of
his largo estate to the city for charitable
purposes. Mrs. ilcndor&on would not
stand this , and by a vigorous light com-
l > clloil the city to mittluntugimiU figure.
Ilavo uBeil Dr. Blffolow's Positive
Cure in my family us a general cough
medlcino. Ono of my children win
quickly relieved of a severe nttuuk of
croup by it. I ehoorfully recommend it.
II. L. Oovoll , Grand Itupdtf , Miuhi.
Goinidmun Drug : Co.
IOWA'S ' PACKING INTERESTS ,
All Organized Effort Doing Made
For Their Protection.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS ,
Capacity and Output of Sonic oftlie
House * of the State
For the Imftt
Vonr.
The I'.ickei-fi O
DBS MOINKI , In. , Ian. 27. [ Special to Tun
Hen. | The pork packers of Iowa are pretty
thoroughly arousad by the attempt of Chicago
cage packers to break up their business.
Their meeting In this city last week was the
beginning of thuir organized oilort to pro
tect themselves. In this work they have the
co operation of the railroad commissioners ,
and to-morrow Commissioner Doy and the
attorney for the packers will meet the repre
sentatives of the railroads in Chicago to plan
for a defense before the Inter-stale commerce
commission. This Industry has grown to
considerable size In Iowa ; BO large , in fact ,
that the Chicago puckers feel keenly the
competition of the Iowa packers. The secre
tary of the railroad commission has been col
lecting statistics from the low.i packers con
cerning this business , nnd they show n vol-
umoofno inconsiderable amount. Among
others were the lollowiugshowlng the 'capac
ity of some Iowa packing houses , and In
some cases the amount of business done in
1S38.
John T. Stewart , Council Ulufts , reports a
capacity of 1,000 hogs per day , which can
bo Increased to 1,501) per day. lie packed
18,000 hogs during 18S3. Brittain &
Co. , of Marshalltown , have a capao-
ity of 110,000 hogs per year.
Last year they packed 53,594. James E.
lloogo & Sous , of Sioux City , have a capac
ity of U.003 hogs a day. They killed H'3,000
during 1833 , and shipped 750 cirs of packed
product. J. H. Windsor , of Des Molnos , has a
capacity of 3,000 hogs per duy. He packed
but 10,000 last year , owing to a lire which de
stroyed his packing houses early in tlio sea
son. U. D. Fowler ft Co.of Sioux Citylmvoa
capacity of U.500 hogs aud 'MO cattle per day.
During 18S8 they killed lG4a-ir hogs. Cooy
& Co. , of Kcokuk , have a capacity of about
8,000 hogs a week. They paclt usually about
110,000 a year. L , . 11. Doud & Co. . of At
lantic , have a capacity of 5UO per day la
winter , and 'JOO in summer. During 1SSS
they killed -13-ir.O. The Silborhorn company ,
of Sioux City , have a capacity of Il.O O hogs
and 500 cattle per day. Last ye.ir 'they
slaughtered 109 , u2 hogs , 10,301 cattle and
It.OOO sheep. John Morrell & Co. , of Ot-
tuniwa , have n capacity of 1'JOO per day.
During ISbS they cut up 170,270 hogs. William
ilyan & Son , of Dubuntio , cut up 05,803 ho s
during 18SS. W. S. Ellsworth , of lcs Monies ,
killed 04,101 hogs during 1S88. T. M. Sin
clair , of Cedar Kaplds , killed Iii , ! i00 hogs
during 1SS8 , over 200,000 of which were
shipped in by rail.
Th''so houses and they are not all there
ere hi Iowa packed in round numbers 1,1S5-
000 hogs last year. That amount of business
was actually done , and under favorable cir
cumstances the number can easily bo in
creased to a million nnd a half or two
million hogs. A few years ago nearly all this
business was done in Chicago. In addition
to what is packed in Iowa , then , must be
reckoned the amount packed at Omaha ,
St. Joe and Kansas City , to fully appreciate
how surely Chicago is losing her grip as the
packing center of the country. It is not sur
prising , therefore , that the Chicago packers
are getting alarmed at the outlook , and want
the inter-state commerce commission to in
terfere in their behalf , to compel Iowa farm
ers and stockmen to snip their products to
Chicago and thus break up what is growing
to bo a great Iowa industry. The Iowa pack
ers insist that there is good reason why the
railroads should furnish a bottler
rate for the packed products to
Chicago than for the live hogs.
The rcporticcolved ; by the commtssoncrs
shows that the average weight carried per
car of live nogs is from 15,000 to 10,000
pounds , mid of the packed product fromiiO.OOU
to 40,000 pounds. The cost of transportation
is about the same In cither case with the ad
vantage , if anything , in favor of the packed
product. There Is always more care required
and more risk assumed In carrying live hogs
than in carrying packed meats. Railroad
managers say they pay out largo sums an
nually for live hogs killed in transit. Then
they have always to furnisti free transporta
tion for one person to take care of the live
hogs or other stock to the market. They
have also to provide fast trains for stock at
an additional expense. So that all tilings
considered , Iowa packers think they can
prove to the satisfaction of the inter-state
commission that the railroads are deeply jus
tified in making a lower rate for the dressed
product to Chicago than for the live stock.
Town's Puullo School System.
DBS MOISES , la. , Jan. 27. [ Special to TUB
HEn. ] Iowa's high standing la educational
matters makes the subject of school statis
tics very interesting to Iowa people. The
superintendent of instruction has made n
comparative table showing the growth of the
school system in Iowa by decades from 184S
to 18S8. The progress of the state in this re
spect is remarkable. Forty years ago there
wore but l"l teachers employed in Iowa. Now
there is an army of 25,000. The assessed
valuation of school property in Iowa' then
was but $14,000. , Now it is over half a mil
lion dollars. During the llrst ten years , or
from ISIS to 1853 , the number of teachers In
creased from 124 to 2,800. The next decade
showed 10,0(59. ( The next decade had raised
this number to 20,531 , and the last report
hhowed 25,113. In 18J3 there were 105 schools
in Iowa. Ten years laterthe number had in
creased to 2,200. During the next ton years
it was trebled , reaching 0,051. In 13 78 it
amounted to 10,701 , and last year had reached
a total of 15,405. There is no record of the
entire amount paid for all school purposes in
1848. Hut in 1858 it amounted to W9r174.
Jn 1883 the state of Iowa expended for all
purposes connected with the schools , the
grand total of $100.5110. Perhaps these dif-
llcult figure * explain in part why Iowa has
been so reliably and strongly republican.
Orcstoii [ ( ODIN.
CUKSTOV , la , , Jan. 27 , [ Special to THE
DUB. ] The town Is considerably agitated
over u report in circulation hero aud at I3ur-
linglon to the uffcct that the Chicago , Uur-
llngtoii & Qulnoy railroad company has
mu ile all preliminary arrangements for
building one of the largest anil most com
plete railroad shops in tlio United States , It
ic rumored that in these shops they will
manufacture everything required on either
its main line or brandies , from a locomotive
down to a railroad Bpiko , and that tlio com
pany Is at present looking up the most do-
xlrnblo locution for auch shops , which , they
riaim , will payout over $1 ,000,000 a year In
running expenses. Creston claims to have
the best site in Iowa , and will doubtless make
application for their erection hero.
The town Is also exceedingly agitated over
yesterday's ' report In Tun Itiiii relative to
the "liquor joints" in operation here. Every
body , from u clergyman to a school boy , U
talking about It. That Tin : Bui : representa
tive did some effective work , both in Dos
Molncs and hero , is a conceded fact. Au yet
the local papers have little to say , but tlio po
lice wear an agitated look and seemingly
have more business than they can attend to.
Smooth SwImllerH ,
DJ : * MOIMS : , la. , Jan. 27. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Hue. ] Too gang of swindlers
who have been victimizing towns In northwestern -
western Iowa , by pretending to bo surveyors
for a new railroad , did their work very
smoothly. Late particulars show that they
collared several hundred dollars from people
ple who thought that they were buying the
location of a road. These swindlers would
go to a small town and represent that they
were going to build a road which might pass
within a mile or two of town , but If paid for
the trouble of changing the route , a depot
mlgnt bo located right In town. Usually
f.Vl , or giuowouljl bo enough
to secure the rhano of rmito. The good
cltlrcns wo'uld thltlk that they had secured anew
now road , and the swindlers would think
that the fools word not nil dead , as they
silently stole away willi the money. A good
many people witty yrould't llko to admit it
have been taken iti lly these bogus surveyors
and railroad bulldcf '
. i
A TRAGEDYIN ; BRONZE.
The Uemnrknlifo Clook Owned Dy a
l'liltn bifililn | Man.
The most uniq'i'av nnd one of the moH
valuable olocks.-iwobablvi in tins city ,
Buys the Philadelphia Hccord , is owned
by Dr. .1. NowU > u [ Walker. Tlio time
piece originally cost $1,000 , and was
purchased in IVaJioo. by the grandfather
of the present ownu'r ever ono hundred
years ago , It is a production of the
latter purl of the Louis XVI. period.
The peculiarity of the style of its finish ,
together with the subject portraved in
its decoration , forms a representative
tvpo of tlio art of that ago when every
thing that contained the slightest sem
blance to classicism was fashionable ,
As a work of art it is invaluable as
showing the growth of rich designs
during the ago following the
plainer and sterner handicraft of the
ages of Louis XIV. and Louis XV.
The clock weighs nearly 160 pounds ,
nnd is eighteen Inches in height and
iiftoon inches in breadth. It is made of
Parian marble and bron.o , with sev
eral brass figures and gilt mounting.
This work of art stands on four lion's
paws of brass. The clock proper rests
beneath a marble pcdiuiont , having a
dial of scarce six inches in diameter , on
which two gilt-mounted brass hands
rotate. Near the base of the dial are
two smaller dials to mark the days of
the week and month , and also the time
of tides according to the full , half and
quarter moons. The 'clock-work is
partially embedded in the marble pedi-
inont above. The latter is an ingenious
piece of artistic workmanship. It is a
frio/.o-liko affair , with representations
of the principal deities of Grecian
mythology.
Most interesting , however , is tlio
superstructure of bronze , copper nnd
brass , which contains nn historical
scene from the last stage of tlio French
Revolution , during the Reign of Terror.
The scene is n subterranean prison
beautifully worked in bronze and cop
per. A Girondist of bronze has boon
imprisoned to die by starvation. His
foot are chained by two lingo stones
represented in brass , while on each of
his wrists are attached light chains
fastened to several weights. Seated
near him is a bronze figure of a beauti
ful girl , his daughter , who is allowed
to see him once a day during his im
prisonment.
Her position is such as to infer that
ho had Just received nourishment from
her. Lizards and serpents in brass
are represented as creeping and crawl
ing among the crevices of the rocks ,
out of which the prison is cut. At the
far end of the prison , beyond the bars
of a small window , is tlio face of the
spy appointed by the prison keepers to
ascertain how it wa the prisoner was
able to prolong his lifo so long beyond
the time usually" allowed to death by
starvation. As , thp story thus illus
trated relates , the daughter gave suste
nance to her father , to which was added
the nourishment obtained from reptiles
and lizards that ho killed from time to
time. Death by the guillotine followed
the revelation portrayed in this scone.
Scripture On , Iqaumiral Halls.
The inaugural ball given in honor of
the inauguration of' ' Governor Ilovoy at
Indianapolis brought out a great deal
of comment front- the church people.
It was the first' inaugural ball over
given in the history of the state , and
'
the ministers geno'rally opposed it.
Among others the Kev. ll. A. Kemp , of
the Worthington Methodist church , re
ceived an invitation. lie thought it
audacious to invite him to a ball , so ho
took the beautiful lithographed bauble
and on its margin cited Daniel 3 , xviii ,
for the consideration of those who had
sent the invitation. The quotation is :
But if not , bo It known unto thee , O , King ,
that wo will not serve thy Gods nor worship
the golden imago which thou hast set up.
Mr. Kemp then returned the invita
tion in the first mail to Dr. Hayes , the
secretary of the committee on invita
tions.
o
A Baker's Kcvenno.
For some time past the residents of
isorth Twelfth street , from Montgomery
avenue to Diamond btroot , says the
Philadelphia Record , have boon an
noyed by finding their front doorstops
disfigured copiously with tobacco juice.
Early yesterday morning Special dfilcer
Whitcomb caught John P. Berg in the
act at No. 2007 North Twelfth street ,
and locked him up in the Twenty-sec
end distrietstation. Councilman W. U.
James was ono of Berg's victims.
Berg is a Gorman , not long in this
country , and a man of vindictive np-
pcurunco. Ho is a baker and has been
supplying the people in the neighbor
hood named with bread. It is supposed
that Berg acted out of revenge because
Councilman James and others had with
drawn their custom from him , being
dissatisfied with his bread.
Dr. Hamilton Warren , magnetic phy
sician and surgeon , room I ! , Crounso
block , cor. 10th and Capitol avenue.
Chronic and nervous diseases a spec
ialty. Telephone i4. )
It Dent OoiiHiinir.
A green country youth was induced
to attach a hand-sleigh to an express
train on the Kingston & Pembroke
railway at Kingston , Out. . , and ho was
soon holding on for dear life as the
train sped along at the rale of forty-live
miles an hour. Ho dared not relin
quish his hold , and passengers say that
nothing could bo soon of him for the
clouds of snow thrown up by the sleigh
an it cut through the drifts at the tiiJo
of the track. Ho laid fiat on the sled
and was half sulTncatcd when taken off.
Tim Importance of purifying the blood can ,
not bo overestimated , for without pure
blood you cannot enjoy good health.
At thU season nearly every ono needs a
Good medicine to purify , vitalize , and enrich
tlio Mood , and Hood's BarsajiarllU U wor.Iiy
your confidence. It Is peculiar In that It
strengthens anil builds up the system , create !
nn appetite , and tones the digestion , while
U eradicates dUcasc. Give it a trial.
Hood's Sarsaparllla U told by all druggists ,
Prepared by 0.1. Hood & Co. , Lowell , Mass.
IOO Doses Ono Dollar
PEERLESS AllH T1IK II1'.3T.
DYES Bold by Urut UU.
NEW YORK GUT'S ' THEATERS
Mra. Latiprtry nnd Mra. Potter Elo-
the Stago.
LILY'S NEW VIEW OF MACBETH.
Cmialdcr.ihlc Comment nnd
Sonic IVnlso Hut Sirs. Potter
BlioM-A Nakctl Iilnilis Tlirouf li
IMeecy ( Jaure.
Mri. IjniiRtry In T.atly Mnoliotli.
Nnw YORK , Jan. 112. [ Special to Tun
BKK. ] Oothatn at tlio present niomont
is undergoing a thrill or rather several
thrills of theatrical excitement , What
with the arrival of the great Gorman
contralto , Ljll Lehman , and the simul
taneous production of Macbeth by Mrs.
Langlry , and Antony nnd Cleopatra by
Mrs. Potter , the talk of the town U
nothing if not theatrical. The quid
nuncs of the c hi hi arc discussing the
.lorsoy Lily's rendition with considerable
enthusiasm , for she has astonished
everybody by presenting a new view of
Lady Macbeth. She takes the ground
tluil though Liuly Macbeth imagines
herself to bo cast In a tragic mould , she
is the victim of nolt-dei-option , and that
in reality her hold upon her husband is
entirely duo to his apprecia
tion of her charms. This view was
taken by a dramatic critic
in Ilurlbort's time , apropos of Janu-
sohok's assumption of the part , He
greatly tuiimred the Bohemian queen
of tragedy , but took the ground that
Lady Maobolh wns really the role of a
young and lovely woman , and there
fore unsuited to hor. Ever since the
time of Mrs. Slddons It has boon the
fashion to accept Lady Macbeth as a
grand , gloomy and peculiar woman
whoso keener intellect spurred her dull
husband on to nets of crime. But anyone
ono who roads the play very
carefully will discover that
Mncboth's language is. remarkable and
ia only pnrnlollod by the language of
Antony for poetry , high philosophy and
a peculiar humor. Lady Maoboth's in
telligence is in comparason what a
moonlight is to an electric light , and
next It will become plain that Maoboth's
love for his wife is purely sensuous ,
"When told that she is dead , he merely
remarks that she should have died hereafter -
after ; in other words he docs not regret
her , but thinks ho did not got sufllcienl
pay for yielding to her wishes , and
plunging into a sea of crimeQhaving
boon , as Milton put it , "notof hisbottoi
sense beguiled but fondly overcome by
female clinrm. "
THE I'AJll I'OTTISIl SCOHNKD.
Club men , critics and first nightors
generally archill ngrocd that Mrs. James
Brown Potter's Antony and Cleopatra
1ms nothing it in that is worthy of praise
aavo the dresses , but every ono is } * oing
to Palmer's to see what Mrs , Potter
wears as the "Worm of Nilus. " It is
past my ability if it were in my
inclination to describe them , but it is
certain that they reveal as much
genius of creation in that direction as
the world has ever soon. They are a
most suhlio mingling of TIellonia robes
with the lighter and more oriental at
tire of the Egyptians according to the
monuments arountl the ancient Mem
phis , and this is in accordance with
history , because Cleopatra was a Greek
and at the sumo time an Egyptian. It
gives the unsophisticated , however ,
quite a shock to discern the glimmering
of snowy limbs through most gauzy
robes. And ic is to bo understood that
the glimmering is by no means as re
stricted as some might fancy ftom ono
or two notices that I fear were paid for.
Mrs. Potter's devotion to art has led
her too , revolution ol her form beyond
precedent in the annals of the stage.
She became a professional avowedly to
elevate the stage , nnd she has done it
with a vengeance.
ALWAYS JANOLmO IN NHW yOUIC.
One of the things most imperatively
needed is a new custom house building ,
for the present one , which is oituntod
about tno center of Wall street , is
ludicriously and painfully insulllciont
for the commerce of to-day. But there
is such a jarring of opposing interests ,
and such open undisguised selfislinos
expressed that it begins to look as if
the now building will bo postponed to
the Greek Kalends. The great major
ity of business men , and of men who
are not in business , but who
are interested in the improvement
of the chy , favor in the strongest
way the location of the proposed struc
ture upon that block of houses which
faces towards the north upon the Bow
ling Green , and towards the west upon
the Battery Park. It would then boone
ono of a group of magnificent cdillocs ,
and would occupy the central position ,
having upon its right hand the great
Produce Exchange , and upon its loft
Mr. Cyrus Field's splendid structure ,
No. 1 Broadway. But tlio dry goods
mon , the grocery mon , and the steam
ship companies insist that the ap
praiser's dopnrtment of the cus
tom house shall bo up town at
some point to be selected in the
future. It has boon in vain to point out
to thorn that tlio custom house in Now
YorK transacts all tlio custom'biiblnobs
of Brooklyn nn ) Jersey City and Hoboken -
ken , where three largo steamer lines
have tholr docks. They uro dolor-
minepto have their way. President Orr
of tlio Produce exchange staggered
thorn for the moment .it the mooting by
the statement that ( SO percent of the
duties levied by the Now York custom
house was on merchandise discharged
at the Brooklyn docks and stored in the
Brooklyn stores. But they rallied in a
moment and said that in that ease it
would bo ndvisablo to make a movement
in favor of a separate custom nouse for
Brooklyn , and not to paralyze tlio heav
iest importers of Now York by building
at a locality that suited Brooklyn and
did not Mill thorn. The upshot will bo
that Ihora will bo no outturn house at
all , for the dry goods.men when united
nro a phalanx of the most iormidnt > la >
character.
' MAYOIl ( WANT SHOWS VI' frlCLli.
In his report Mayor Grant dwelt upon
the necessity ot a now municipal-build -
ItiEr ; but few were aware that old Jlowitt
hud con Mil ted an architect for that pur
pose , and had expressed approval of the
dcHlKii. Fortunately his approbation
did not conclude the matter , for it in
volved what many Now Yorkons con
sider u dobumitlon. Tlio idea was to
add enormous wings to the old city hall ,
and to carry thc o back to the court
house which fronts on Chambers street ,
bo that tlio whole would form u building
of a hollow , square form. Hut the v/ingb
proposed were colossal In height and
bulkiness , wlilUt tlio city hull is broad
and low. It is , however , a very perfect
speolmoii of Pnlmdlun architecture , and
if tundorly beloved by till the old
bUienrrf , who regard it as tlio finest
building in Now York. Mayor Grant
lias como out very forcibly against this
plan , and propones that tno now build
ing shall bo on Center street , wluoli
moot * with ovoryono'fi approval. Somu
care will have to bo taken with tlm
foundations , however , for C'ontvr btreo'
was originally u pond culled the Collect ,
upon whifch there were sailing boats in
the old Knickerbocker days. It was
never very well drained , and in hot
summers the mortality among the chil
dren is shocking. If the politicians who
are to reign in the now municipal quar
ters value their lives , they had bolter
got Egbert L. N'lclo to do some scien
tific draining for them.
TllK Mt KfM IN M'CK.
Henry G. Mtirqtuuid , who ii the pre
siding spirit , though not the president
of the Metropolitan Art museum , hits
presontcd to that institution his small
but excellent collection of old masters ,
including the portrait of the Duke of
Richmond , by \ andyko , several pictures
by RubcMis , two portraits by Rembrandt ,
anil some pictures by Dutch ar
tists of celebrity. The widow of the
kindly , gentle , friendly .loi-oph W.
Drexel , who was also deeply interested
in the museum , has given to it his largo
and valuable collection of coins and
curios. Exports value it at $75,000 , but
it probably greatly exceeds this amount
In good times. At prosunt the value of
everytlntr is down to the lowest notch ,
and nothing can prevent values continually
uallysinkingsave the roinonoti'/ntion of
silver. SIUM.V Tnuit.
YOUNG MI3X IN .
Mtiuh Uluro CoiiiiiKiu Th.in JournalIsm -
Ism In Young Men.
In his address before the recent con
vention ot the Wisconsin Press associa
tion , Mural Hnlstod said :
Once wo did not htivo journalists. Wo
were editors and reporters. Journalist
is a word that came Into use in Now
York city along with the managing ,
and assistant managing , night , nnd
and local , nnd chief , and other editors ,
and the elaborate organization of th *
press that exalts machinery and re
duccs individuality. Wo had able oil-
itors long ago , but not great journalists
until in modern clays. The journal
means the daily newspaper , and wo
shouldn't in discussing the press leave
out of consideration the tons of thous
ands who are occupied on the weekly ,
and semi-weekly , and monthly issues
of the newspapers of this oountry.
Uonco the propriety of the larger
phrase the newspaper man.
Wo need to guard ngainst ways of ox-
clusivcnoss against the assumption
that for some mysterious reason tlie
press has rights that the people have
not ; that there are privileges of the
press in which the imisscs and the
classes do not participate. The claim
of privilege is a hcrious error. One
neither gains nor loses rights in a pro
fession. Wo have the same authority
to speak as editors as wo have us citi
zens. If wo ii&o a longer "polo toknock
the persimmons , " because wo have a
larger constituency for our conversa
tional ability , that doesn't iilfcot rights.
It simply increases responsibility. One
can say of a meritorious man or enter
prise or of a rascally schemer or scheme
as an editor the same that ho could say
as a citiy.on , a taxpayer , a lawyer , min
ister , farmer or blacksmith. It con
duces to the bolter understanding of
our business to know that wo are like
other folks , and not sot apart , baptized ,
annointcd or otherwise sanclillod for an
appointed and exclusive and unique
borvicc.
Counmiiucations from young gentle
men in or fresh from coliogo or active
in otnor shops who propose to go into
journalism or newspapardom and want
to Know how to do it are a common ex-
pericr.co , for there is : i popular fascina-
natlon about our employment. There
is nothing ono could know neither ine-
ulty to perform nor ability to endure
perfection of recollection , thoroughness
in history , capacity to apply the les
sons of philosophy , comprehension of
the law , or cultivated intuition ot the
gospel that would not bo of service
going inty noivspapordoni. But it is
beyond me to prescribe it course of study.
It is easir , when you have the knack , to
do than to tell.
Who can toll the young man how to
grasp the magic clew of the globe spins
with us1 ; There is no turnpiKe or rail
road that loads into journalism. There
are no vacancies for didactic nmaturos.
Nobody is wanted. And yet wo are al
ways loolcing out for Somebody , and
once in awhile ho comes. IIo does not
ask for a place , but takes that which is
his. Do not say to the young man
there are no possibilities. There cer
tainly uro more than ever before.
Young , if you want to got into journal
ism break in. Don't ask how. ] t is
the finding of it out that will educate
you to do the essential thing. Tins
young man must outer the newspaper
olllce by main strength and awkward
ness ana make a place for hinuolf.
The machines upon which wo impress
the sheets we produce for the market
and we all know how costly they are in
their in 11 nito variety of improvements ,
for tlio oarningb of the editor are swept
away by the incessant , insatiable re
quirements of the prossmakor "this
facile mechanism is not more change
able than tlio Press itself , in its larger
sense and the ono thing needful , tlrst
and last , is man. With all the changes ,
the intelligence of the printer and the
personal force of the editor are indih-
pansiblu.Each accomplishment , every
achievement , whether rude or relined ,
wrought in clny , copper , or gold must
bear tlio incirnceablo stamp of manhood.
Brains will toll , ami aspiring , enduring
labor construct and command.
How far shall a Journal boa newsp.tpor
rather than the organ of a party or the
oxpynont of a principle ; ' what is the
great thin to do , advocrnte a policy or
print the raw truth as it is In history ?
How much play can tlio wheel have on
the nxlotroo without wabbling ? Will
iam Cullen Hrvant , speaking of the
Now York Herald , said that It wns n
paper that started up whlla ho was in
Europe , and when ho came homo , after
an nhspiico of a venr , he found It
in full possession of the olty and
Mr. Bennett had a great reputa
tion a * an editor. "But , " said Mr. Bry
ant , "I don't consider him tin editor.
Ho is a news vendor. " Mr. Bryant wa *
exactly about this. Mr. Bennett had a
larger understanding of the duties iiiul
a greater capability for the business of
a newspaper than Mr. Bnant , whoso
chief work was not that of an editor ,
however excellent his editorial labors ,
for he will live in the literature- the
land , and the glory of his pootrv shines
forever about his name , while editorial
glory is transient as a vajKir.
Perhaps It Is to early to compare the
influence which the older Bennett , the
newsman , exerted with that of Horace
Greoloy , who dealt rather In Ideas than
in reports. It would 1m easy to duserlbo
the ilestinolion of the two. hut difficult
to decide which wns the more inlluon-
titil upon the press or the country. It
might bo said of either , in Disraeli's
words , un veiling the statue of Lord
Derby at Westminster : "I have n-
voilotl the statue of a m-Mi who for forty
years largely Inllucncod the public opin
ion of his country. "
What is the olllco. what IH the dignity
of the press ? What is authority ? Wlia'l
shall be its rilling motives. its
higher aoi'omplislimuiits ? The pres
does not form , it rellects public opinion.
It does not make , it partakes of thu
character of the people. The real plat
form of a political party coming before
the country and a-sking tlio confidence
of the majority is not found In the
formal phrases that politicians prepare
to biiit the occasion. It Is the character
of the party that should bo taken into
account when its merits arc measured
and its destinies balanced. It ia not
the lotlor of iiuceplaucu of a candidate
nominated for tin olllco with the broad
est responsibilities , grasping the grav
est public trusts , that is to assure us of
his fitness or the contrary , but it is the
character of the man.
If wo have n mission greater than another -
ether it is the broad cultivation of the
popular character.
No\y venders , recorders , reporters ,
historians , missionaries , we are by occu
pation and clli/.ens with tlio equal , in
nleinable rights ol our fellow citi/ons
and none have broader opportunities or
brighter encouragement In industrious
usefulness than wo. What moro and
better wo may become than writers and
printers and salesmen of currontovonls ;
what happy deeds we may join to tht
words that wo weave in the fashions
that are our familiar modes ; what parl
may bo ours in the acts that , however
told , are of impurishablo good report ,
dopuml upon the tusks that our hendH
and hearts and hands find to do the
lamps that guido our footsteps , and the
stars under \\hoso light we uamo into the
world.
SIX DOIjljAUS A MONTH.
Tlio SalaricH I'lihl to Iniboi'cr.s Ninety
1'onrH Atio.
McMsuster's History tolls the wages
received in 1SOO. On the Pennsylvania
canals the diggers ate the coarsest diet ,
were houbcd in I ho rudest sheds , and
paid $ ( u month from Mny to Novombur
and So a month from Novetnwr to May.
Hod-carriers , morttir-mixors , diggers
and choppers , who from 17Kt ! to 1-SOO la
bored od the public buildings and cut
the streets and avenues of Washington
City , received $70 a year , or , if they
wished , $00 for all the work they could
purform from March 1 to December
iiO. Tlie hours of work were
invariably f.tom sunrise to sun-
sot. Wages at Albany and New
York were it shillings , or , as money then
went , -10 cents a dny ; at Lancaster , $3 to
SU ) a month ; olbowhoro in Pennsylvania
workmen were content with $ ( > in summer
mor and $5 in winter. At Baltimore
men were glad to bo hired at 18 ponce a
day. None by the month asked more than
$0. At Fredericksburg the price of la
bor was from S" > to $7. In Virginia
white men employed by the your won ?
given JC1G currency ; slaves when hired
were clothed and their masters paid XI
a month. A pound Virginia money was
in Federal money ftl.iW. The average
rate of wages the land over was , there
fore , $05 a year , with food and perhaps
lodgin Out of she small sum the
workman must , with his wife's help ,
maintain his family.
The sixth annual masquerade ball ( if
U. P. band will take place Friday , Feb
ruary 16 , at Exposition hall.
A I'rinuusR oil the KoMriuii.
Princess Martha Engolitehon" a
paper in New York recently on Russia ,
before ti largo company of women , who
manifested the greatest reverence for
the tilled roiulor. The princess con
fessed very frankly that she ga-vu the
reading chiolly for revenue. The paper
that she road was the introductory one
ufa series of five which she bin pre
pared on the domuitio , o > lucatlon.il , ar
tistic and musical phases of Hussian
life. She osc.howod politics because the
position of her family , slu said would
not warrant , her treating that Mibjnut
In uersonal npi > nar.iino : tin ; prlncccs Is
tall , matronly and handsome. SIiu
speaks with a marked accent , but roads
with precision and distinctness and uis-
ulose.s unusu.il inlulligunco as well an
nir.ibility. _
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