Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 15, 1889, Part I, Page 3, Image 3
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SBPTEMBEB 15 , 1S89-SIXTEEN PAGES. CUTTINGTMODGIl THE RIDGE onmrkablo Elgin oorlujr of the D. & M.'s Northwestern Extonolon. HEAVIEST WORK IN THE STATE. n Description oftlic HlR TiinnclVtilcli Jinn noon Mndo Through tlio Holld lilmcHlnno nf 1'lno Camp. Tlio H. & 31.-H Ijlno lo Iho HIM" . Pisrf Hums CAMP , Neb. , Sept. IB. ( Special to Tun HER. ] This plnco Is located on the I'lnorlilBC.which surrounds the Utnck Hills , and Issomo ton miles In width. Its height nbovo the son Is 4,600 feet. Five mllci to tlio northwest Is tlio Crow Unite , which Is the highest pcnk of 1'lno rid go. Iho old Sidney and Ulncl : IlilU road pnascd alonR here , and Its broad niul deep ruts tire still visible , though It la no longer traveled. Iho country Is very picturesque. Its hills , which nro two or thrco hundred foot hU'h , nro constantly cut through by canyons ono or two hundred feet In depth , nlong which the young plno timber grows thickly , affording n scene constuntly changing and always plo- turcsquo. Tlicro nro * some ten naw mills In operation around hero which supply the settlers with the lumber which thc.v need. The 13. ft , M. rail road company has cut 80,000 tics on ihcso hills , and all the heavy timber used in the tunnel , about half a million feet , was ob tained hero. Now Unit the laud Is In the hands of settlers , the timber will bo pro- nerved and will bo suDlcioutfor nil the wants of the Inhabitants. For twenty miles throuch Pine Eldo , and nmironcliInR It , the heaviest railroad work in Nebraska Is soon , and ut this point for two or thrco miles It compares with that along the Pennsylvania ami Erie roads , The tun nel which piorccs through the rid go eighty feet below ttio surface ut this point , Is a largo , expensive and handsome pitco of work. It is 094 feet in length , ! U feet wldo und 14 tool hitrh lu tlio cloar. It was cut through the solid limestone. It is covered with layers of stone , and Is neatlv timbered throughout In the form of a pentagon ( llvo equal angles ) the pines being 0110 foot xquarc. On the south side It is approached through a cut In the limestone rock , whoso walls rlso to a height of seventy feet , and which extends continu ously lor half a mile. On the north s'do a similar cut extends for 400 feet , which Is Bcvcnty-llvo foot deep and twenty-two feet wido. Beyond this Is u big till fifty fcot in height which extends for two milesand then another cut Is sien , whoso walla rlso through the solid rock 102 feot. Fur twelve miles through the rldgo , to within thrco mlles of Crawford , a constant succession of dcop cuts through the rock are encountered , Inter spersed with lofty lllls. The road curves to the right and loft Incessantly , and the outlook la every direction Is far-reaching , picturesque , and altogether charming. Dur ing the last ten months work with a very largo force of men has boon In constant progress on this interesting portion of the lino. Work on the tunnel began at the north end on July 8. und on the south end or > July 11) ) , since which dates to August 37 , 8J > 2 foot * have been cut from tbo north and 1112 foot from tha south end. The completion of the track through the tunnel has enabled the company to begin track-laying northward toward Crawford , which will bo completed to that place by the time this appears in prlrt. On reaching Crawford track-laving will bo increased from ono and one-half to two nud one-half miles u day. It is expected that the entlro line will bo completed to Its proposed present terminus west of the black Hills in Wyoming , about 160 miles from hero , by No vember. Among work incidental to the construc tion of the road , trie most important Is tno lay.up of Iron pipes to scent e and protect the drainage. Of this there will be on the llrst eighty miles west of hero , the enormous amount of 80,0(10 ( tons of Iron pipe laid , vary ing from twelve to forvy-six inches in diameter , which will afford egress to the water , and prevent all damage from floods and washouts. . The Ktlpatrlck brothers , whoso camp has been , located hero for the past ton months , are now removing their entire stores and machinery to the western end of the line. The site of tho'camp so long occupied on the hills , near tbo tunnel , is a picturesque ono. To the northwest it couiinands an illimitable scene , embracing the thouands ot bills of tbo Pine ridge , in which Crow , Hod Cloud and other poults are the prominent objects , with the vast stretch of open country beyond. On a clear day the chief peaks of the JJluo hills , some seventy miles away , nro visible. This whole Pine ridge , contrary to my ex pectation , is well settled. I am told , and can well believe from what I have seen , that there nro but few quarter sections of broken country which nro not taken and occupied. Everywhere , in riding through the country , ono sots nestled among the hills and ravines the comfortable ana often the attractive homes of the farmnrs , who generally possess u tow head of slock , and In whoso Holds und yards stacks of wheat , outs and hav are cv- erywhero seen. On the Hunnlng Water ( or Niobrura , as it is known further down ) to tlio southeast are good sized stock ranches , but as a rule throughout the hills ot the Pine ridge , the ground Is occu pied by small stockmen and thrifty farmers. These lulls of the Pine rldgo , which nro separated from the Ulack Hills , are an ex tension nf the rungo which lies to the north ofLuramio. They nro separated thoiofrom only by the vnlloy of the North Platte rlvor. That sticain , after taking its rise in northern Colorado , flows duo north ; Is crossed by tbo line of the Union Pacillo road nt Fort SUolo ! ; 'Stretches around the Laramlo hills eastward to Fort Fottermuii , and from thence runs Boutheastoi l.y to u junction with the southern branch nt North Pluttc , Nob. At Thr Colsouni. | Dcsplto the unfavorable weather there was another Rrand crowd at the Coliseum last if evening , and the prospects are for-a vcrlta- bio Jam to-night. Tlio exposition has boon an unqualified success , and the management is to bo congratulated. The affair closes to- ulght with a grand sacred concert , the pro- prammo of which is ns follows : Uraud Murcli , "ThoCalvary" Uunod ( From the Hcacmptlon. ) Selection , "Offonbacldnna".Arr. Hoottgor Trombone Solo , "Hoimuico" Uonnct Mr. C. II. Salisbury. Spanish Fantasia , "Thu Pearl of Madrid" , Hachmtin Sacred Songs , "Hernia Angels" Hoyor Iuot for Cornets , "Mollio's Answer" , . . . , , , . . , Guntcrman Messrs. O. Fritz and II. Lotz. Overture , "Fra Diavolo" Aubor Potpourl , "A Night In Uorlln" Hartman ( solo for every Instrument. ) Vulcuu ( wth | anvil effects ) , . . . .Heaves Clarinet Solo , "Serenade" Hlllor Mr , A , Hcnhiut , Selection , "Huguenots" Meyerbeer K' . Liuvrouco Sims ( Solo for Clarinets und Trombones. ) Tlio 1 . 13. O. The A. N , chapter of the P. E. O , mot In secret conclave at the homo of Miss Fitch , at 2420 dt. Mary's , yesterday afternoon. Noth- lug could b"o learned of the mysterious dcllb crutlons of that august body of foimnincs , except that a motion was miulo and carried to purchase a now aulo saddlu lor the initia tion gnat. An Inquisitive roporior who honed to get u glluipso of the members In council wan quickly banished , but l\o \ learned that the organization Is composed of a number of ' .cuchers and other ladles of thn city who met for the purpose of mutual Intellectual im provement. The society Is a scion of tlio col lege norosis of the name iiamo , and the local -haptor was organized by ladies who were -a cm bora of the organization while at school. Any lady who moots the approval of all the J3 embers Is eligible to membership. Kluhlti Want Hupubllcwn Clnli. A meeting of the Klglith ward republican lub will bo hold at Scliroodor's ball , outh- ; c t corner of Cuintncr and Twenty-fourth streets , Friday evening , September 20 , at 8 o'clock , for the nlcctlou of oftlcer& and tbo transaction of other Important business , Siruouu a , WII.COT , U , )3. lUi.cminn , President. Secretary , MOTOR MOVEMENTS. Six Additional Trnlnn The South * Oinnlm Extension. The Motor company has completed the work of stringing the overhead wlro on the Sixteenth street line ns far south as Vlnton street , and intends to put on nt least six trains to-morrow morning. The trains will run from Sixteenth and Vlnton streets north to Loavcnworth , cast to Fifteenth , to Howard , to Fourteenth. At Fourteenth and Howard streets they will strike the loop , and , Instead of running1 around it in the same dlrccslon ns the Council Bluffs , Wal nut Hill and other lines , they will tnko the other track and go around the loop In the op- poslto direction back to the corner of Four teenth nnd Howard , where they branch off on Howard and back to Slxtcrnth in the sumo direction ns nbovo indicated. The company has fifty-two cars on liana nt present , and expects a consignment of twcnty-llvo m n short timo. For the present the cars will bo stored In the car house at the corner of Commorclal and Twenty- second streets , where they have the lurncst frame bmldlnp In the city , It being 00x200 fcot , with n hcluhb of twenty-four foot to the llrst Joists. The Sixteenth street line will bo extended to South Oinnhn As soon as the graders com plete their work on tha streets which are to bo occupied. The line will bo extended from the corner of Sixteenth and Vlnton via the following route ; West on Vlnton to Twenty- fourth , south to Q , west to Thlrtv-slxth , to N , to Twenty-seventh , stopping In front of the depot. All the poles and other material arc on the ground , and will bo put in plaro ns rapidly as possible. It is expected to have the car IIOUBO ut South Omaha completed within a short timo. HKCOND Selected nnd the Heclsirix- tlon Iiaw Tlinroniilily DIsaiiHsed. The Second Ward Republican club mot in Knspar's hall last lilght with William Olstoad nthocnnir. The proceedings opened with n discussion rotative to tha location of the headquarters of the club , and It was decide. ! to meet at the above plnco and in Shell's ' hall , on Twentieth and Pierce streets , on alternate Satnrddy ultrhtD. A communication was received from tbo State Republican league requesting the club to send two representatives to the staio con vention of republican clubs , which meets nt Hastings October 0 , and accordingly. Alder man ICaspornnu George Strykor were elected to represent the ward on that occasion. The following were selected , the same to bd * recommended to tha mayor for appointment on tlio registration board ; First precinct , K. W. Barto and William Olstoad ; second precinct , D.wid O'Connoll nnd A. Swigert. A resolution by William Olstcad was sub mitted nnd adopted In which the club recom mended the nomination of D.ivld O'Connoll , the secretary of the club , for Justice of the peace , nnd pladged its undivided support to him. The secretary submitted a communica tion relative to the numerical standing of the club , showing the membership to bo sixty- three. John McCaffrey , H. T. Ulacic , M. C. Fisher nnd Charles Ilyan were enrolled ns members. During the selection of a regis tration board several persons took advantage of the opportunity to express their opinion on the constitutionality of the registration law , Mr. Swigarl stated that ho did not bollovo that n citizen. In good standing , who was legally entitled to vote , could bo disfranchised simply bacauso ho failed to register , und added that ho. him self , would vote a republican ticket this fall whether ho registered or not , nnd no mortal uower could prevent him. Jerry O'Lcary arose in his usual dignilled manner , and in formed the club that ho hud conversed with a member of tha legislature a day prior , and that the legislator had said that ' 'one of the Judges of the sumcmo court had as good as told him that the supreme tribunal'would declare the rocistratio'i law constitutional. " Councilman Kasuor rotortoil. saving that ho had but little confidence In the decision of a Judge handed down on the street. The meet ing wound up with the opinion prevailing that ovcryono should register. Next Saturday night the club will meet in its new quarters on Twentieth and Piorco. streets. x Funeral or Miss IVorttiincton. The funeral service of tha Into Miss Worthmgton , sister of the bishop of this dioccsn of the Episcopal church , took place at Trinity cathedral last evening at 5 o'clock. The auditorium of the church was filled with friends and mourners. The casket rested at the foot of the altar and was almost covered with beautiful flowers. There was a great piofuslon of flowers everywhere. They were baiuted against the roredos and almost completely filled the sanctuary. The services were conducted by the Very Uov. Dean Gardner , assisted by Dr. Doherty. The following ministers wcro also within the chancel : Dr. Zahner , Dr. John Will- lams , Dr. Pearson , Dr. Wltherspoon. Dr. Brady , Dr. Krum , all of Omaha , and Dr. MtCrnckon , of Fremont. Music was rendered by the full choir. The burial anthem was most impressive and \vis executed in a masterly manner. The ca thedral quartette , consisting of Mesdames Cotton and Moellor , and Messrs. U'ilKlns and Lombard , rendered the anthem "O Saviour of the World , " and the "Do Pro- lundls. " After the services the vested choir es corted the mourners from the church , this completing ono of the most beautiful burial services over held in this partof the country. Thu remains laid In state In the cathedral until 7:80 : p , in. , when they were talcen.to the Union Pacillo depot and placed oil the train. Interment will take place in Batavia , N. Y. , the birthplace of the deceased. The pall bearers wera George and Joseph Barker , Herman Kountzo , R. U. Rlngwalt , J. M. Woalworth , H. W. Yates , G. F. Lo- bau'li and S. D. Uarknlow. The casket was of red cedar , covered with royal purple plush , with heavy silver trim mings. On the top was a plate bearing tbo woids "At Rest. " I'orsonnl II. H. Barnes , of Indlanola , is ut the Mil- lurd. lurd.L. L. H. Jowott , of Broken Bow , is at the Arcade. J. L. Robson , of Cbappoll , is at tbo Arcade. K. O. Millar , of Murchiston , Is ut Ino Mlllard. E. T. Stringer , of Grand Island , Is at tbo Mlllard. E. A. Brown , of Nebraska City , is at the Paxton. J. L , Baker , of West Point , is nt the Murray , A. W. Field , C. T , Hoggs and C. A. Atkin son , of Lincoln , are registered at the Murray , W. H. B. Stout , of Lincoln , is at tbo Murray , li P , Chlldo and wife , of Lincoln , nro registered at , the Paxton. Hon. Church Howe und son , Herbert It , of Auburn , are at tbo Puxton. D. 1 * . Waters , a special correspondent of tlio Boston Globe , is at tbo Murray over Sunday , Mr , William C. Swoesy , formerly n strug gling yound Oimihu lud , but who within the past few ycnm tins accumulated nearly a quarter of a million o ( dollars in Cleveland , has just been elected a member of thu city council of that aity. Ho Is BO popular that there was no opposition candidate run. The following Omaha boys leave this week to attend school at ICeutper bull , Davenport , la , Wllkio Edwards. David II. Touzalin ! Nutnan tihelton , Charlie Wilbur , Will and Paul Hoiiglaiul , Hlclmrd Gray , Will Bur- rough , Alf. Donahue , Arthur Putnam , Lionel and Louis Marouy and a sou of CV. . Hayes. A. County Salary Grab. A recent opinion by Attorney General Lceso regarding the new law governing county supervisory to the effect that tuote holding the oftlco mentioned uro entitled to a salary from thu time the law went Into effect , has started a breeze among the members of tha Douglas county board. Loading attor neys furnish the cheerful Information that thccattornoy general's opinion applies to the bill passed two jours ago last winter , pro viding a salary of , f 1U ! ) u month for commis sioners , Instead of M a day and mileage when actively engaged. Under this ruling Mount expects to draw $900 , O'Kceffo 1540 and Timuie f ISO. RAILWAYS AND ELECTRICITY Rapid Growth of the Now. Motor In Popular Favor. DANGER OF OVERHEAD WIRhS. An Addition to tlio IMinnnernnli Whlcli AVI11 Itoproducn Gestures i2lco- trtolty Instead ofSnnd A Mcx- lonn Invention Sprxrlcs. Klrotrln Itnllwnyt. The application of electricity to street railways has bean BO rapid that wo nrc liable to lese sight ot many vnlunblo points In our herculean efforts to supply tlio demand. Those who are engaged In it know that they lot ninny oppor tunities slip by. They cannot help it. The more generally the points nro known , the quicker will bo the reward to some directly , and to thorn Indi rectly. The application of electricity during the past decade has been astonishing. In the face oan industry n Imlf century old , and of enormous wealth and power it has won the lending position. In every direction that honest effort has been inado , it has succeeded. Commer cial barriers have boon broken down and physical obstacles swept aside. When once the reusability was demon strated the end could not be predicted. For the transportation of the people in the streets of our towns and cities the demonstration has boon witnessed , the application muuo and n wonderful luxuriant growth started , says George W. Mansfield in the Eloctro-Mcclianio. There is no industry so fur-reucliing in character , so vital to a community's in terests , nnd yet ono so little known ns the street railroad business. Neither the scientific world , the commercial world nor the people themselves have realized its vast importance. Eliminate the horbo car from every city or town in the union and forecast the result. In 1828 the now great Baltimore & Ohio railroad started and horses wcro used to draw the cars. This mijjht bo called the llrst horse car line in the United States. In 1830 there were 12,850,020 persons ii tlio United States , and not a mile of street railroad , nor scarcely of steam road. As n rule the New York & Harlem railroad , incor porated in 18I1 ! , is spoken of as the lirst street railroad in th'o country. Tlio llrst car was run in November , 18i2 ! , from Pi inco street to Harlem bridge. In 18,57 It temporarily suecumbea to steam cars , but resumed n 1815. The census of 18oO gives our country a population of 23,191,870 , and pub lished history but one street railroad. The child had boon born , however , and in ton .years the street railroad was in almost every city of any magnitude in this country. To what has this child grown ? In 1880 our population was 50,103,783. Estimating on nn ii- crease of 33J per cent in 1890 , or six months bonce , the peculation will bo 0(1,874,854. ( For the transportation of this number of people in the street cars of our cities nnd towns , the , most accu rate figures it is possible to obtain show perating The capital estimated is variously esti mated from. $175,000,000 to $200,000,000. The number of paosongors carried is so enormous that it is impossible to ob tain figures of any great- degree of ac curacy. As a result of moat careful and estimates it 'is ' ' compilations , rba- sonably sure that at least 1,500,000,000 passengers are transported. Still more striking is the importance of the street railroad business when compared with the magnituho and ex tent of the steam railroads of the United States. The figures of 1887 show a tabulation of 147.098.CO miles of railroad and 10,582 passenger cars , and passengers carried but 428,225,513. With nearly an equal number of cars and forty-two times as much road , only one-fourth as many passengers wcro carried. Behold the yet more amazing figures. The horse cars of the city of New York earry 109- , 401,735 passengers , almost half as many as are carried by all the steam roads in the United States. If to this number nro added to those carried by the ele vated roads , wo have the total of 371- 021,524 , or almost as many passengers are carried in Now York city alone as as nro annually by all the steam roads in the whole United Slates. The street railroads of the state of Massachusetts carry 44,000,000 more people than the steam roads in that stato. Ono road alone , the West End of Boston , carries nearly 10,000,000 more than all the steam roads combined. KJeosrlolty In Powder Mills. The Gorman technical journals re cently published some instructions as to the precautions which ought to bo observed in powder mills to avoid explosions - plosions from electrical causes. The necessity for some such precautions is clearly shown by recent explosions , sev eral of which arc attributable to elec tricity. In a largo powder mill in Ger many , nn explosion occurred in the press room. A workman engaged in pressing powder into cakes between shoots of ebonite , loft his worlc during a thunder storm. When the storm was over ho loosened the urcss , and on putting out his hand to remove the powder , a spark four inches long wont to earth through his body , igniting the powder and kill- inc : the man. The employment of in sulating unbalances. mich as guta poreha , ebonite , etc. , is therefore considered likely to lend to accidents. In the pow der mill of Uurr W. Gutlur the sulphur crushing machines are all put to earth , and since this precaution has boon taken thnrohas boon no trouble from mysteri ous explosions which had previously proven so troublesome. Electric An electrical writer has calculated that the tiring ot u small pistol sots free about COO pounds of energy , while a watch consumes about ono fifty-fourth millionth of ahorse power , the energy of the bullet being Bulliciont to keep the time for two years. An Edison tele phone transmitter requires about a thousandth of the energy in n watch ; it would therefore bo worked for 2,000 years on the energy exerted in the pis tol. A lightning Hash of 3,500,000 volts nnd 1 1,000,000 amperes lasting one twenty-thousandth of a second would run a 100-liorso power engine for ten hours. _ An Kleolrlo Klinnl Indicator , An electric shoal water indicator has been devised by two Mexican inventors. It consists of a strong cylinder filled with shot , so thai when hung from a huge cable from a ship it will remain perfectly upright in the water , Em bedded in its center is n glass or vul canite tube half full of mercury , the two ends being closed by metallic plates , which are in communication , by insulated wires carried by the cable , with nn electric battery and hell on the deck of the ship. The notion of the ap paratus la as follows : When the vessel approaches shallow water the cylinder drags on the ground below , und in con sequently no longer upright , but is thrown over on its ellloT1 This causes the mercury in the tuku to touch both tlio metallic plates ntUibnqd to the tube ns nbovo explained the electric circuit thus becomes complete- , and the warn ing boll on tlio ship in Uy tly rings. -n > ? Kloctrlu Hondsjn Hostnn. Boston appears to Ijo , on the whole , very well satisfied witT 'Ulo ' outlook for papid transit presented by the adoption of electricity on the West End roans , in Bpito of the fact that the service is to bo given by means of | pvprhcad wires. The Boston experiment fl an interest ing ono , nnd will , without doubt , bo carried through successfully , says the Electrical World. But hero in Now York wo have other qorjdjUens which may ho improved , but cannot ho disre garded or abolished. In short , wo have to consider the rapid transit problem with respect to the elevated roads , whoso service with steam has been iv great boon but remains very unsatisfac tory. It is now assorted and believed by many that the substitution of elec tricity "for steam will "moot nearly nil the existing dilllculttos ; and the trials that have taken place on the elevated road go to prove that electricity should bo employed. Kcjirodiiclng dentures nnd Spoccti. At a recent meeting of the French Academy M. Llppmann presented a note by M. U. Guoroult , in which it is suggested that by the combined use of a phonograph and an apparatus for In stantaneous photography and reproduc tion of the pictures obtained it would'bo possible to reproduce at any future time not only the speech of a person , but also bring before thoaUdiencoa vivid picture of the person's gestures and facial expression , The procedure would bo somewhat ns follows ; A person speaking or singing into the phonograph would bo photo graphed by an automatic apparatus geared with the barrel of the phone graph. The pictures would bo instan taneous , and taken at the rate of , bay , ten pictures per second. They would then bo developed and arranged In a special lantern for reproduction on a screen isoohronously with the phonograph graph , when the latter is reproducing the spjoch. An audience might thus bo enabled not only to hear the utter ances of , say , a famous actor , but also BOO himself and his actions represented on a screen. About a year and it half ago M. A. Bandscpt , of Brussels , expe rimented with a similar apparatus. KloctHcity Instcad of Sand. A series of experiments with a now electrical appliance for increasing tho. tractive power of locomotive engines has just been successfully concluded by Ellis E. Rics , ot Baltimore , an the Phil adelphia & Rending railroad west of of this citysays a Reading , Pa. , dis patch to the Now York Times. The trials were made on the Frnckvillo grade , ono of the steepest on the Read ing system , \\oroprdnounced emi nently'1 Satisfactory in otfory respect1. The apparatus consists of a small dynamo and engine mounted upon the locomotive and furnishing an electric current , which is passed forward to the roar driving wheels , through that portion tion of the track rails lying between them. ' ' ' The passage of the current into the wheels and back causes un increased friction between the wheels and the rails , which is claimed to bo far supe rior to that obtained by sanding the tracks , and onuDlos thoilocomotive to draw a much hcavioritrain , without re gard to the condition ] of the track , than is at present possible. The Frackvillo grade averages 185 foot toth&i" milo , and ' with the dyn- ' nmo running and " 'a train of forty-five ears attached to the locomo tive' the ascent was made in twenty- eight minutes , while without the cur rent a trip over the same ground with the same train behind required fifty- live mines. The current used iswh at is termed a low-tension current , and the increased traction obtained is under complete control by the engineer. The invention is regarded as an important one bylailroad men hero. ' Sparks. Cincinnati people came within a hair's breadth of a fearful accident the other day through the insecure stop of the electric railway. The car stopped a little short of the propper point , and the gripman undertook to move it ahead a trillo , but ho gave the motor a little too much power. The block was broken and the car pitched through the iron gateway , and down a distance of ten or fifteen feet , where it stood on its head and rested. Two boys and the gripmnn , who wore the only persons on board , were but slightly injured. The business men who are members of the Jersey City Athletic club , and whoso only opportunity to make a pleas urable use of the club grounds are after the Close of business hours * in the city , have succeeded in getting the govern ing committee to arrange for lighting up the grounds with electric lamps. The work will bo started at once and rapidly pushed to completion. A novel use is made of the electric light on the St. Lawrence river , near the Thousand Island resorts. Ono of the lights has been placed at the end of a yardarm on the steamer St. Law rence , which has a dynamo aboard. The light stands in front of a powerful re flector , and as the boat steams about nt night among the islands the search i ght is cast upon them , revealing with startlinir distinctness their beauty , and the beauty of the landscape. The Chicago telephone companv has discontinued the ordinary service to Milwaukee. Hereafter the service will bo given through the Long Distance telephone company's line , which will , of course , bo a decided improvement on the former eorvlco. The Long Dist ance telephone company has completed its line to Milwaukee , and has live me tallic circuits in operation. The poles of this company are cupabjo of carrying forty wires. n The Prince of Wales ran up the river a few days ago in Messrs. ImraiBch < fc CO.'B electric launch , the Viscountess Bury. Starting at Kow bridge for Sun- bury , a visit WHS paid. to.Plait's . Eyot , where the above mentioned firm has a charging station. An eloctrio torpedo boat in course of completion attracted some attention , and atcr > a trip in sev eral of the smaller launches , tlu > party proceeded down the river , landing at ( Jhelsoa. At a recent sitting of the Paris Mu nicipal council it was stUtod that the electric lighting now being tried on the boulevards , was onl.v'partially sat isfactory. From the long discussion which took plnco before the council , Biiysu Parisian contemporary , it ap pears that the concessionary companies have done next to nothing. According to the Portland Orogoninn , the fact that the western people are not blow in taking advantage of modern improvements Is shown by the state ment that one company alone during the last four months has put in nearly ton thousand electric lights in Oregon and Washington. English electricians claim they nro ahead of Americans in their knowledge of the scion o of eleotrotechnicH , but behind in the practical applications of electricity. A STUDIED CRIMR Translated from the French ot Lor- mi n a , by E. C. Wnggcnor : I have suc ceeded moreover , it was very onsy to succeed. My object was this : To commit a crime , to profit by it , and to remain un punished , a clear nnd concise pro gramme which I have carried out in every particular. HowV Well , I am going to toll you , for I bollovo , with nil duo modesty , that I have displayed some ingenuity. 1. The crime ; behold it. I wna young nnd I was married , the husband of a beautiful but pure girl , nnd only a simple employe , on a salary of 2,200 francs a year. Not nn exalted position , but ono with which I was reasonably content , for I had always possessed modest tastes. My wife was an orphan , with one sister. Marie and Blanche , both pretty girls and pretty names , I had married Marie , and Blanche lived with us. Everything wont well with us ilrst n son , then a daughter , and then they raised my salary to it.OOOf n year. I had nothing to complain of. And then a notary wrote to mo. I was greatlv astonished , for I had had but little to do with those honoriblo ministerial olll- cors. My surprise increased when this worthy Tabollion apprised mo that a certain Calcutta merchant , brother to my wife's and sister-in-law's father , had died nnd left them heirs to millions. That is to say , 50,000 francs to each. TicnsI to my wife a whole half million 1 The succession was promptly regu lated , and Iuis in receipt of 23,000 livros of income. I sent in my resigna tion as promptly , nnd organiyed anew my life. Five hundred thousand francs was a goodly sum ; and my wife's sister had its counterpart. It put the house on an excellent footing with servants , horses , carriages , etc. Always fond of art. I purchased some pictures of good style , and had myself clothed for the lirst time by a tailor of renown , Decidedly my stvlc was ns good as my plct.iro's style , and with my well-shaped feet , Himill hands and line hair , I was what is generally termed a handsome man. Only us time were on I began to fool profoundly vexed that my wife's sister had taken the full half of thu million loft. I should have experi enced a very real satisfaction in possess ing the entire sum. Iliad expenses , n wife nnd two children , nnd this old maid , for Blanche had long since "eoiffed Saint Catherine , " hud no one but herself to think of. It was then the idea cnmo to mo to kill her ! My wife was her only heir , and if she , Blanche , were out of the way , the million would remain intact , and I ' 'could make good use of it."This Is what I told myself ono evoking while talking with tlio two sistsrs. My crime , then , or rather my contemplated crime , as yet , was the assassination of Blanche , and , as I was shrewd and in- tollig'ent , I applied mybelf at once to finding a way to commit this crime without danger. To this end I sought and studied all the accounts of causes eelebres I could lay my hands on , and very speedily ac quired the convidtion that assassins betrayed themselves by the very care they look to dissimulate their criminal intentions. So much learned was so much gained. Then L took to reading scientific treatises hearing upon mental subjects Boismont's "Manual of Hallucina tions , " Morel's "La Folie and Mauds- ley's "Crime ot Folio. " It was in the latter work that I found the outline of a plan well fitted for the present con junction. It was wonderfully easy to bo' criminal in deed when crim inal in purpose : now , see you how I went about it : A simple , , visit to the house of a certain specialist Dr. Lausedat , we will call him and the the most eminent alionisto of modern times. "I have come , " I said to him , "I have come , doctor , to make you a terrible confession , il am uhappy _ man. 1 am neh , I adore my wife and children and I have no cause for hate or anger against a soul that lives ; nevertheless , at times I am in a frightful situation. " In speaking thus I alTccted a dull , uneven - > oven , tone , widened my eyes and per mitted my lips to twitch and contract spasmodically. I had not devoted my self , you see , to medical lore without conquering all the symptoms. The doe- tor regarded me attentively. "Continue , " ho said to mo. I bowed my head sorrowfully and re sumed. "Yes , n frightful situation , a sudden desire that seizes upon me , when alone in the bosom of my family , to kill some thing. A fearful combat goes on within mo , and I fool yes , absolutely feel it my hand invincibly drawn toward the knife on the table beside mo. "Whom do I wish to kin ? My wife , my children , my sister-in-lawr I do not know. In that hideous nightmare I have no choiceand I seem to remain in it I know not how long fooling every instant that they will road in jny eye's the horrible secret that torments mo , The first time or times , physical move ments , physical impressions , were suf ficient lo dissipate the possession. A dash of cold water upon the brow brought back my calmness , the specter disappeared and I returned to my family ut ease agai n. "Now , however , the trouble is be coming more frequent , and 1 feel it , I know it the resistance- my will and reason weakens with every attack. I begin to bo afraid that I shall throw myself upon those I love and do them a fatal harm. * * "My confession is made , doctor ; I fear myself. Can you save moV" M , Laubsodat had listened with the deepest attention , and now questioned mo closely. What symptoms , if any , preceded these crises11" ! etc. I had studied them well ; I had them all ut my tongue's end , and ran them oil with the glibness of a scholar not to bo tripped in his lesson. "A weight in tlio head at least it seemed so as if the brain wore too heavy and rolled in its bony box ; of late a constriction of the breast , pressure upon tlio sides and certain accidents " "Enough ! " cried M. Laufisedivt. "I know all about it ; the ease is curable entirely HO. Simply pursue scrupulously the treatment I direct and I'll ' an&wor for the rest. " And ho wrote it out , n long proscrip tion , nnd accompanying regimen for mo to follow , and J wont away smiling hopefully ; not. however , for precisely the reason the doct'ir supposed , Punctiliously and apparently , I fol lowed the doctors instructions. My cab inet was incumbored with boxes und vials till my wife became uneasy , and questioned mo as closely as the doctor hud done. I responded always that I was well , else evaded the questions , but bent upon her from time to time a hollow regard , which I saw worried her more than over. For three months I thus played my role , Wion I returned to tlio house of the doctor. "I is use less , " I assured him , "useless and all in "niii. Doctor , 1 am u victim of fatality , < .nd fur from being cured , am worse than over a prey lo this possession more nud more frequently. 1 am actually forced to lly the house , to take long nimblea through the city und wear mybolf out with fatigue to regain con trol of myself , it ia like a wave that ovormountsnnd mounts. And , M. lo Dootour , " I cried at last , "I am como to demand n favor ot you- shut mo up , now , immediately , in your mahon do santo. " "Shut.vou up nowVenldhoastoundcd. "But but to what ontlV" "Because I know 1 know it , t toll you that I am on the verge of n torrlblo crisis , the symptoms I hnvo enumerated to you are more violent than they have over been ; to-morrow it may bo too late 1 may have brought about some torrl blo misfortune ! Shut tno up. I beseech you , cnro for mo by your methods ns n specialist , the douche , tlio dunicontho straight-jacket , anything , anything on earth that will aid nnd save mol" And I sobbed aloud. The doctor was moved nnd deeply in terested by so novel a physiological sub ject I stipulated but , for one thing- thai my family should not bo disquieted. "No,111 said , "tho truth must not bo told them , I wish them to bo ignorant of the horrible extremity to which I now resign myself , I shall pretext n voyage on business for one , two , three months , as necessity demands. I shall disappear , in short , for that period of timeand write to thorn only under your direction. Thenwhen , the morbid state of mind or body yields to treatment , onorgotio ns you choose , nnd I nin cured then can I return to my own ( Irosido with the certainty of no bloody tragedy dogging my heels. Stirred by such eloquence , the doctor thumped , counted nnd listened to the play of my organ , nnd finally declared that I was right , though I had no lesion ; that my case was simple , a ner vous trouble , nnd absolutely curable. Ho consented to lend himself lo the de ceit I meditated merely upon the prin ciple of humoring n patient. Ho would place mo in his own establishment , and n few weeks' care would completely re habilitate my cerebral equilibrium. My wife was equally easy to convince of the necessity of the voyage. She had herself noticed that I was not well. The change would help mo. The next day I entered the maison do santo. a luxurious plneo , superbly ap pointed , that would cost me a round sum. No in the end I'd mailer ; square ac counts , for the road was open at last to my crime. My crime ! winch , in the fashion of all story-tellers , is a capital heading for this Chapter I. CJIArTKK II Till ! 11KSULT. Aji equally clover bog inn ing for the second installment ' of my story , pre pared with tho'adroitncss of a profes sional raconteur. But to continue : I remained two months in tlio maison do santo a week , perhaps , after my en trance continuing the farce a simu lated access of frenzy , in which I nought to strangle my attendant , and which necessitated a well applied douche to quell it. Then I had n fairly well-done convulsion , and after that be gan , little by little , to return to my normal slate. It is really very little trouble lo enact the madman if you have studied the part well. Thev guarded mo carctlilly for six weeks' time , and M. Lnussedat paid mo a daily visit , daily finding in mo } as I meant ho should , n , sensible modifica tion of my symptoms , and daily felicita ting mo upon strength of mind. Yo godsl Strength of mind , when I was in a lunatic asylum ! I showed myself , however a docile and exemplary patient , Ihoutrh I laughed in my sleeve when I got a chance , so well did I know how greatly the doctor was flattered. My case , you see , tallied oxaclly with the theories and fctatomonts BO many times advanced by him in his dealings with the deranged. Itiwas an exercise of nerve and memory to keep the run of these imaginary symptoms ; still 1 did il , nnd did them well , particularly those which proved my case progressive and definite ; the disappearance , for in stance , of cephalic trouble , restricted respiration and the accompanying do- rangmont of normal functions. But when the day came , and the doc tor announced mo cured and ready to return lo my family , I objected. "Not yet , " I urged ; "another month , doctor , if only for observation ; then only shall I feel that I can go in peace. " A precaution - caution to which tlio doctor assented , at the sumo time declaring it useless. In short , when I did resume my lib- ortv and my home , wife , sister-in-law and friends positively feted mo ; for had finally consented to write them that 1 was suffering a liltlo with lung trou ble ; was under trealment , though rap idly improving , and had not spoken of it before leaving them , for fear of alarming them. I was well now , an as sertion with which my appearance agreed , rppoao of mind , good living and the certainty of coming success having greatly fattened mo. Yes , I was really very well. WollV Exactly ; never was I bettor , and pveryono saw it , but four months precisely from the day when I resumed my place at the family table I plunged Iho carving knife into my sister-in-law's heart ns she sat beside mo in her ac customed placo. Then I turned it in ttio wound ( there should bo no mistake if I could help it ) with frightful and maddened howls , succeeded by maudlin tears. They arrested mo , of course. I had counted upon that ; also upon the fact , and so timed it , that Dr. Laussedat was out of town. In pursuance lo my plan , you sea , I desired , and il was necessary , that I should bo otHcially arrested. I desired also to boofllciully investigated , and thai the investigation should pur sue the usual lino. To call upon the doctor too soon would inteifero with tills. Bali I how well ono can calculate upon the events that follow a crime , the questions of the judge and the re sponses , my responses avovo all : "That I had acted without consciousness of Iho act , and under the impulsion of a force I could not control , " adding to the statement , and as if bowed down by shnmo , a passing , and as if by chance , reference to Dr. Laussodat. Tlio bait look. Dr. LauBsedat. recalled in haste , tes tified willingly in my favor. Ho told everything , and most pathollcally ; Iho frankness with which I appealed to him , the tests to which I had submit * ted myself , the struggle I had inndo to control the evil , and my patient , Volun tary soiolirn in the maison do santo. The "homicidal mania" was plain to the most skeptical minds , and well known nnd repeatedly encountered by the members of the faculty , nnd the two great specialists , Eenuiros and Plnol , both recalled observations identical la every particular with my case , oto. Wliloh I knew as well as the doctor himself know , since it was these identi cal observations that had enabled me to construct my plan , Briefly , thifigs wont as t wished and had counted upon. I was too rich nnd ton well known to have the matter dropped with merely the preliminary magisterial inmilry they feared to bo accused of partiallly. Tlio court of ns- sl/cs , therefore took mo in hand , nnd as was bound to bo the case , unanimously acquitted mo , only adding to the vindi cation the condition that 1 should bo re turned to tlio asylum for such n period of time ns the doctors bbould deem es sential , "For the very emotional ex plosion of which I had boon guilty , " as M. Laussedat assured the Tribunal , "permitted the strongest hopes of n permanent euro. " I am again in the mansion do Panto for another torm. It is why I laugh , when unobserved , nnd say that I have succeeded , and accomplished my end to commit a crime , to profit by it , nnd to remain unpunished ; for they will kcop mo hero only a year ; possibly , ac cording to 'my progress , loss than a year. One year , ut most , for 500,000 franca in solid money. That frog of n doctor would swallow anything. Yes , I have undoubtedly succeeded , nnd ono your , twelve brief montbsllfty- Iwo brief weeks , 805 brief dnvs , will go fast enough with safety anil the certainty - tainty of a million in current coin at the end of Ihom. _ Ho Iliitnnlnod , Detroit Free Press : At midnight the other night a patrolman found n man \ingonthegrass under u tree in the Randolph street Ipark' and ho aroused him with : "Como , mister , no ono is allowed to sleep hero. " "But I have a good excuse , " replied the man. "What is it ? " "See that house over there ? Well , please do mo the favor to go nnd ring the bell and ask if William Dockoy is nt homo. " Tlio officer ascended the stops and rang the boll. A head was thrust out of an open chamber window and a fe male voice demanded : "Now , who is IhereV" "Madam , " replied the ofilcor , "is William Dockoy at homer1" "No , sir , and I don't expect him until daylight , " snapped the woman , nnd at the same moment a bowlful of water descended - . sconded on the officer's head and half drowned him. "Well , " bnid the man on the grass , na the dripping officer .came up , "you see how it is , don't you ? I'm Dockoy. That's Mrs. Dockov. " "I think I see , " replied the olllcor. 'You can remain right where you are. " Bui : * Thar Ijiiu li nt II oat. A few days ago Frank Woodward , of Albany , N.'Y. , who was "isiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Smith in Fair Haven , reeoived a peculiar present from California , says the Now Haven Palladium. It was sent to him by Leland - land Stanford , the millionaire senator , whoso wife is an aunt of Woodward , and also of Mrs. Smith. Mr. Woodward opened the box and found three salam anders packed in cotton. These bugs are more often road about than gazed upon. They were found in caverns by I some of Mr. Stanford's employes , and Mr. Stanford sent them oust. The three bugs traveled the 8,000 miles without "visible of ' " means support' un- lesss it was the cotton , but on arriving they were frisky and evidently in good spirits. They are chunky little fellows about two inches long , and resemble nothing as much as they do u piece of steel. They look like raw steel and ncl like it that is , they seem to bo metallic und invulnerable. They are I alike itibonsible to heat and cold nnd can bo toasted on n rod-hot stove or seated upon an ice cake without their t composure being in the least disturbed. A IVrJurpd Cover's Heavy Sentence. Women sobbed and men wiped their ! eyes in court yesterday , savs a Somerville - ville despatch , at Now Albany , Ind. , 1 when Joseph Henry Stultza prominent young man about town , was sentenced to ton years in the penitentiary for sub ornation of perjury. Stultz-olopedfroin this city to New Albany , Inn. , with Carrie Ashby , a girl of fifteen years , whom Stult/ swore wes eighteen , and thereby procured a license , nnd then they were married. The girl's father had his son-in-ldw arrested and prose cuted for perjury , and the ton-year sen tence is the result. This is the first case of this kind over decided in south ern Indiana. StulU's heart-broken wife refuses to rolurn U ) her father's lionso , declaring thai she will earn her own living a'nd palionlly wait till her hus band is released from prison. Tlio Slinh'H Bed. Nossr-ed-Din never sleeps on any other bedding than what lie takes about with him ( and it is not voluminoussayu ) London Truth. The four-poster had a denuded air , albeit covered with u richly embroidered Persian quilt of many colors. I saw it before the shnh arrived. There was a squad of Persian men-servants standing around it who had como on before hitn with the bed ding. The mattress was not much thicker than u rug and smelt o aro- inaticH. If an iiibcct disturbed the slumbers of the shnh. disgrace and other penalties await the bed-makers. Their care in'brushing , shaking and airing all that belongs to the couch is scrupulous. 10