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2 THE OMAHA DAILY BBgQ MONDAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1880. H r HUNTING FOR A CHAMPION , m m ( Iowa Democrats Want a Worthy H | ' - Opponent for Allison > ' _ 1 HE CANNOT BE A BOURBON H ; B' A Protest Prom tlio Hny Shippers K itcport or ttio Inspector of BS Hunts An * Insurance Bk rrobloin BB Allison Ton St rene Tor Him Bk Dr.s Moines , In , Doc 29.-Spcclol [ to BS Tiir I3r.R. ] lho democrats hnvo about cou- BS eluded ttmt Senator Allison will bo his own BB successor Tlioy It now that ho can never foe BB beaten by n democrat , ns tlioy lack tbo BM , necessary democratic votes , and no rcpub- BB licau would leave his own candidate to vote BB 'or a democrat Bo thov bavo boon boating BB > tlio bush to find some ropublicnn who might BB do Hut the trouble is that nny rcpublicnn BB' ' who would bo likely to rccolvo tlio united BB dcmocritlc Rupport Is not a man whom tlio BB republicans themselves would support They BB talked Governor Larrnbco for n Ions time , BB , but xvlnto ho might bo favored by two or BB thrco republicans it thcro worn n clmnco to BB elect him , thcro nro at least twenty demo BB cratB who would not vote for him under liny KH circumstanros ' 1 hen , when some man lllto H Major Anderson was proposed , who hud | BC been supported heretofore by democrats , no BS republican would touch him 'iho s.imo was a" true of John C. Hills of Davenport , who S used to bo n republican , but hnd loft tlio { told , and become so strong n democrat that Bflv no rcpublicnn could vote for him So tbo wi democrats nro completely lost Senator KS < Allison is so much respected by democrats BS generally that us between htm ana some other BB republican there nro tnuuy democratic mom BB" . * bers who would support lulu Iho lending BB democratic papers in the statonronowsaylng BB that It is no use to think of beating Allison BB with some other republican That they BB would bavo nothing to gain by such n course , BB and that If n ropublicnn is to bu elected it BB should bo Allison Ho has nlwnys treated BB the democrats with great fnlrnoss ana cour- BB tesy , and they appreciate it , and proior him BB to any other republican That makes pretty BB oiosr sailing for him Tboro is a republican BB majority of bix on Joint ballot , and without BB any democratic or Independent vote being BB cast for him ho will bo ro-elcctcd without nny BB trouble Uut should tbo democrats attempt BB ito bring outscmootuor republican thcro arc BB tnoro than a dozen Democrats < n the logis- BB lnturo who would vote for Allison There is BB , uodnngcr of that , however , and no reason BB to bcllevo that nny republican will refuse to BBj enter the caucus or to ubido by its action BBJ 'J'he truth is thntSenntor Allison is the united BB ] and hearty choice of tno republicans of Iowa BBj All this talk about uofcntlng him arises froui BBj men who nro not republicans , and their in- Bj lluenco Bhou'd bo estimated nccordingly The BBj endorsement of such n lending antimonopoly BBj paper as Tin : Hub has done much to disarm BB ] tbo mugwump criticism that Allison was not Bft n true friend of the people Some of his BB ] stroneest supporters mo found among the BB ] farmers In fact , be is tbo man wbo coni- BB ] mands mora votes and a larger following BB ] among Iowa republicans than any competitor BB ] who bus been discussed , BB ] A Question olIniurnnoc B Dns Moixes , la , Doc 29. | Special to Tins BBJ Hei ; . I The nttornoy general has boon asked BB | for au opinion on a question that interests H many insurunco people It is regarding the BB | policy of letting outside insurance companies BBJ do nioro tlinn one hind of business in Iowa K The case involved is the Fidelity and Cnsu- * | ' alty company of Now York For several M _ ycars it was given a cartitlcato by Iowa au- BBt thorlties to insure against accidents to per B sonB and to plate glass But the Now York Hl legislature passed an act forbidding com BBJ panlos from other states doing two kinds of BBflf business in that state , ondas , , Iowa com . B panics were included in this prohibition , BBt ) ' Auditor Lyons thought It right to retaliuto BBy "L * and shut the Now York company out from " BBy | * " " * " doing mora than one kind of business in this BBj ] state Especially was ho inclined to do so BBjV slnco the Iowa law forbids Iowa companies BBi from doing tbo dual business The case I , wont to the supreme court nnd tbo auditors BBjV position was sustained Slnco then , how BBj ] over , New York has modified its law so that BBj ] , . foreign companies can do mora than ono BBjV Jtind of businosi if they wish , and so the BBjV Now York company now asks that it bo BBj ] ' given the same privilege in Iowa , although BBj Iowu companlos themselves can do but BBfv ono kind Tbo attorney general Is asked BBlr for an opinion as to whether with this BBjV changed condition it would bo proper to ox- BBjVtend the privilege If that is done , it is not BBj ] ; unllktly that the Iown law will bo amended BBatt so as to give homo companies the same ad- BB * ' vantage that foreign ones enjoy H liny Shippers Protest H Dks Moines , la , Dec 29. fSpactal to Tub H' . Bee I The rallroaa commissioners arare- H _ coiving many complaints from shippers roj H' ' ' yarding a recent change in the weight of hny ' H' per car Some of the railroads have raised H • the minimum weight of bay per car , making B it 17,000 pounds for SO toot oars , 19,009 H for cars from 80 to 31 foot In length and H S0,000 pounds for cars ever 31 foot long BBV The complaining shippers claim that it is BBS difficult to got tbo weight designated as BBjb minimum into tbo cars , nnd the practical < result Is a raise in the rates Some time BBS ugo the commissioners changed bay from BBjMk class D to class 13 , which was a material BBS lowering of the rate Tbo railroad men soy BBS that thcro is no protit in hnuilng hay now , BBS * nnd that their cars are loaded up nnd kept BBStied up by it when they might be used with - Bomo prolit in hauliug other freights Still 4 tbo hay men think they uro not fairly Bait treated BBB Inspector olltonts H ; Dss Moines , In , Doc 29.Spoclal ( to K. Tun Unci It may bo nowa to some that K Iowa , a prairie state , has a state officer whoso * -f , business is that of inspector of boats Uut ; < there is such an individual , Mr Joseph C. H' BUb > of Couucil Bluffs Ho has recently • . filed his annual report with the governor BBBly It doesn't indlcato that buslncs is very BBBte pressing in bis line , for his report only fills BBBBj two pages Still bo has something to show BBEoT for bis work Ho colleotod fees as follows : BBBBLfY Cor steamers licensed , 150 ; for pilots , { 15 : v lor engineers * 31j total of expenses of BBBBk > j making tests , fO.75. Leaving a balance for BBBBjr the treasury of $79.23. BBBfi * * Notes BBBji | Pes Moines , la a , Doc 29. [ Special Tola- K gram to Tn Ueb.J Captain Shipley , the Br " ' representative-cloct from Guthrlo county , Kit bos recovered from tils wounds and his slok- BBBL ; . ' ness and will bo on band at the opening of Bt' the leglslaturo all right BBB * * * Senator Finn of Taylor county is the first BBBk * member ot the legislature to arrive prepared BBB , to stay Ho has taken up his residence hero BBBe tor tbo winter B , Governor Larrnbco was recently Inter HF * viewed at Dubuque and bo stntud that he BBBs baa no doubt that Allison would bo re- BBBf * elected , BBBJIt turns out that there are only forty-ilvo BBj ) clemocrats in the next Iowu house The other BBB ] Hvo that have been claimed as democrats re- BBB | turn themselves as independents That will BBB | < * , tnako thorn independent of n damooratlo eau BBj ] * cus Thcro are fitly icpubllcan members of BBBjlci the house , and with the uecossury help BBC * which they are going to rooolvo they will or- BBBjf < gatiltu it nnd elect the pouker BBBC There will bo a gathering of coal minors at BBBV Oaualooaa Jauuury 20 to urejiaro bills for Br ' some desired legislation in their iutorost BBBV1 f "Xhey will recommend a law compelling pay BBBjm inont ot wages every two weeks BBS , , ' The State Teachers association and tbo BBB * ; . : ' ' Etato Music Teachers association both meet BBC tore tbU coming week It is exneotod that BBBR' , tM * wln brl"H I.000 attendants H | Sirs Hobert Trier Dond B - • MoNToougnr , Ala , Doa 89. Mr * . Robert Hji Syler died this morning , aged seventy-four. K Mrs , Tyler was the daughter of tbo trage- • r < lan , Thomas Cooper , and Mary Falrlio , a BBBkV celebrated belle of Kew York In 1B10 bUo i BBBS : • inarrled Robert Tylar , the oldoit son ot BBS ' tTvildoat Tyler , aud upon the apeciul re quest of Iho president nnd his wife , who was an invalid , she presided ns the lady of the white house during the first thrco years of 1'resldent Tyler's administration IJostoh , Ilea 29. QforeoV. . Sawln , nn instructor in matbomallcs at Harvard college - lego , died this morning nt the Massachusetts general hospital aged 29 years Ho wai seized with nn ncuto ottuck ot peritonitis Tuosdnv nnd on Wednesday was tnken down with La Urlpno ATLtsTA , On Dec 29. James F. Wood ward , n prominent business man , died this evening , Thursday night bo was walking out on Marietta street , when somebody ' slopped in front of him , pushed a pistol to his breast nnd Qrcd Woodward wnlkod to his sisters bouso n inllo or moro nway nnd told the story Ho trentcd the ranttor lightly nnd thought that ho would get well , but a rolapsu today brought denth , * AN ABhAhBI.N'S FAIIiUniS He Itnd I'lnnneil the Murder or n Now VorR Pniuilj * , Nnw Yohk , Dee 29. ICarly this morning the gns In the sleeping room of Fredorlck W. Stodlfcr , proprietor of n bakery nt 801 Floyd street , Brooklyn , was extinguished hud Stodifar wont down into tbo collar to find out the cause Hd saw n man there whoflrod a shot at him The bullet wounded him In the neck nnd partially dnrod him , when the burglar effected bis escape This afternoon the police nrrostod Albert Malscr n former cmplojo of Stedlfcr who confessed that It was ho who did the shoot ing Ho said ho hnd hid hlniBOlf in the col lar nnd turned off the gas thinking Stediror would como down to see what was the matter - tor , when Mnlser would shoot him If Stcd- Iferfnlled to como down Mnlser intended to turn the gut on ngulti nnd suffpento the family Mnlser acknowledged ho ontcr- talncd a bitter hatred against Stodlfcr on account of derogatory • statements niado against him whllo In his employ m POISONED STEAK A Whole Fnmlly in Dcontur , III , In TorrUdo Agony Chicago , Dec 29. | Special Telegram to Tub Bke.1 Mrs Asa Clothier of Decatur , this state , it she recovers from her present serious illness , will probably hereafter bo suspicious ot provisions which she may Hnd Yesterday morning she plckod up In front of her door a beofstonk wrapped in brown paper She supposed It had been accidentally dropped by the rightful owner , but not wishing it to go to waste , took it In and cooked It for breakfast Shortly nfter the meal Mrs Clothier and five members of the family who had partaken of the steak were tnlton violently ill A doctor who was hastily summoned discovered marked evidence - denco of arsenical poisoning Ho worked vigorously ever the victims and today says that all will probably recover His Double Moaning Lokdok , Dec 29. A remark by Sexton at tbo farewell banquet in Dublin last night has caused some comment in political circles In toasting the queen a necessary cere mony which is generally gene over with as little grace as posslblo by the nationalists on such occasions Sexton said tbo national ists will vote for royal grants so long ns her majesty does not roiuso to sign measures on- nctcd by the pcoplo This may bo taken in u double sense , ns indicating loyaltyao.tho crown , and ns hinting nt a fear that the queen may aomo day abuse her prorogatlvo by negativing the will of the people ns ox- prcssod through parliamentary enactment in favor of IrUh rule Twlcn Escaped Donth UitAZlL , Ind , Dec 29. James Dahlgron , wbo was Jailed hero a few days ago on the charge of forgery , had a narrow cscapo from death twice yesterday It was believed ho was Uic man wbo assaulted Miss Clara Wnrnor several weeks ago and yesterday her father brought her to Jail to sea him She promptly identified Dahlgron as the miscreant Her angry fnthor drew a 4rovolvor nnd would have shot him had It not boon for Sheriffs interference The Btory got abroad in town and Inst night an angry mob gathered with the purpose of lynching him The sheriff got wind of the intention , however , aad placed such a guard at the Jail that the mob gave up tha schoino Shaken I'usi-iurors. Pim.ADEi.riiu , Dee 29 Eight persons were sorlously bruised and shaken up by the derailing of a passcngor car on the Phila delphia & Reading road in this city lost night The train was moving very slowly wnen the car was dorallod and thrown on Its siilo Two Killed Wuebmxo , W. Va , Dec 29. Another wreck occurred today on the Chospoaku & Ohio road at Fort Gay , Green Brier county A freight train was derailed , Firomau Loichton was killed and Engineer Murray seriously injured A Serious lllaz ? . New Westminster B. C , Dee 29. The Woodor buildings , occupied by Columbian Printing company , loyal & Co , alntlonors , and Woldendcn Uros , grocers , burned yesterday - torday , together with Cunningham's steve depot Losses aggregate 104,000 ; insurance tsuooo Macon , Mo , Dec 29. A block of six buildings was destroyed by tiru today , entail ing a loss ot $15,000. Newcastle Wnntu Coal Londos , Dec , 29. There Is a sorlous shortage of coal in Belgium owing to the labor troubles iu the mining regions Man ufacturing Interests are beginning to suffer and even the government is unable to obtain its usual supply ot fuel Tbe singular spec tacle is likely to bo witnessed of the government - mont of a coal producing country sending abroad for its coal Bupply Sotni-Utllcially Explained Bciimn , Doc 29. It 1b somi-ofllclally ex plained that the Emperor Williams remis sion of the line ot Editor Uachlor was the logical sequence of tbo Emperor Frederick's press amnesty This measure applied to pending as well as completed cases ot the kind Fear * tlio Somalia Bkumx , Dee 29. Dr Peters , the African explorer , in a letter dated IConla , October 8 , recently received by his brother , after stat ing bo had killed a native chieftain , says ho bad defeated the Gallao's and captured their harvest He expresses fears ot conflicts with the Somalia It Was M\ Talk McFali Mo , Dec 29. Tno reports of the attempt that was made last night to lynch Press Howard , the murderer of Fallis , nro greatly exaggerated There was some talk during the day of an attempt to lynch How ard , but bettor counsel provullod * A Littlp llnvolulloii ClTr or Mexico , Dec 29. Telegrams from the rcpubllo of San Salvador received today state that the revolutionists in the depart ment of Cuscatolan are retreating before the government troops soot against them and tbo revolution is ot no importance , Only Pirteou Jnfeote.1. Chicago , Dee 29. Only fifteen of the herd ot 109 alleged lumpy Jaw cattle under sus picion at the stock yards yesterday Droved to be infected The tittoen condemned car casses were destroyed by order ot the state oDlcials i All Quiet At Barnwell CHAULK3TOX. S. C , Dee 89. There are no ncwdovolopmonts in the Barnwell lynching , Tbo town is quiet tonight and there are no fears ot negro retaliation IluslnoHD Troul > 1 on PniUDSLviiii , Dee 29. Alexander Beck & Son , carpet manufacturers , made an as signment yesterday for tbe beucfit of credit ors Liabilities f lilu.OOu ; assets $100,003. New Aincrioaii Hltthopi Roue , Dee 29. At tomorrows consistory thopopd will appoint the bishops of the live new Amoricuu sees niAniiO itnnFiBtiij'B " 30. " It Comes to Hint After Years or I'ntlpnt Snfr rlnir Charles E. Jledflclddiod Saturday night at 9 oclock The deceased bed lived In Omaha for twonty-thrco years , and was known to mnny of Iho early settlers , whllo to ttis Iato comers ho was n compnrntivo stranger Ho was born lit Vermont , February 7 , 1631. nnd was descended from nn old Now England family.to which Judge Rcdllold of Vermont belonged , and of which Redilcld Proctor , the present secretary ot war , Is also n member His family moved to Michigan at nn early dnv locating nt Ann Arbor , where the boy worked in the offlco of the Signal of Liberty , an nbolitlonlst paper printed by Rev Guy Bcekloy , nn uncle on his mothers sldo , by the yonr Ho there learned the printing business About 1S55 ho went to Woup.ipu , Wis , nnd published In conjunction with his brothers , n paper called tbo Spirit Ho boenmo influential in poll tic , and wni n recognized leader during the tuna ho remained there When the Kansas troubles about the Blav'ory question occurred , Mr Redilcld wont with n company of Wisconsin militia to assist In preserving order The perils of lifo in Kims as nt the time nro familiar to nil students ot history nnd th ? Bubjcct'of tins sketch Is said to hnvodlsplnvcd romnrknblo courage and sagacity and to have been nn nblo assistant to the immortal John Brown In keeping Kansas out ot the slave otomont When the war broke out Mr Hod Held enlisted - listed as a private in company A , Eighth Wisconsin volunteers , which wns the com pany that grow famous because of its asso ciation with the Amoricnn onglo , Old Abe " This regiment , whoso brlgado coramaudor wns General Joe Mower , saw hard servlco in mnnv of the western battles On July 29 , lblH , the deceased , for bravery , wns promoted meted to second lioutonnnt nnd transferred to tbo Forty-second Wisconsin , where ho was Bonn advnticod to the position ot adju tant of the rcglmont In this latter capacity ho served ns escort to General Phil Sheri dan on ( ho occasion of a banquet ivon to tbo latter , and the § cccused related tbo cxtremo bashtulnoss of the general when en route to tha place of entertainment In requesting tha adjutant to excuse him before thn guests from mnmng a speech Mr Rodflold served in the Forty-second until the regiment was mustorcd out , when ho returned to Wisconsin In I860 ho came to Omuha , nnd , up to within a few years , ho hnd been associated with his brothers , Joe nnd Luke , in tbo printing business Ho leaves nn cstato valued at from $15,000 to $ . ' 0,000 , and a family consisting ot a widow and four children The c.ircor of the deceased as a soldier was creditable , and his record as a citizen was upright and honorable As a young man no was ambitious and hopeful , and mingled much in the affairs of tbo world For eighteen years , however , be has boon afflicted with a tumor , which sapped his vitality nnd finally destroyed his life Ho was always n reader of books and a profound student of human nature His con duct in the face of death furnishes an index to his character , because bo met it with tha same complacency with which he faced the cares nnd responsibilities of lifo Ho know that he was going to die , yet with Socratic composure ho regarded it as an incident of existence If ho nwoko again In n better laud , well and good ; if not , death were better thau the transitory sleep of a night , so long ns ho had done his duty in lifo , nnd the time had come for him to die His logic know no passion There was no effect without a cause , nnd bad matters wore never mended by bluster nnd bravado A facetious remark always suited his temper better than inventive , and his irony was sel dom misdirected His love and sacrifice for his children partook of the supernatural , and these who knew him best feel that on this account , as well ns for his mnny virtues , whatever justice may have been donled him Mi this world will bo vouchsafed when be awakes on the eternal morning The funeral will take place at 2 p. m. today from the rostdonce , 1420 South Seventeenth street IlEAJtTijESS IAHISNTS They Abandon Their Infant Child to the Cnro of Strangers About C o'clock last evening a Sister of Mercy responded to a long and persistent ringing of the door boll of their institution at Fifteenth and Castellar streets , only to find a bundle which , when opened , disclosed a babe whose eyes had scarcely as yet socn the light of this world The watt was warmly wrapped in flannel baby clothes , outside of which was a handsome wrap richly embroid ered in silk There was nothing whatever about tha find to give the least ciuo as to the parcntago of the child As the Sisters lifted the little bundle from tbo stops the only per son noticed upon the street was a woman plainly attired in black walking slowly by on the opposite side A moments thought showed there was no sufficient rcascn for mnking inquiries of this strange ' woman , though they thought it very probable there was some connection between the fact ot her being there and the finding ot the child Tbo police were immediately notified that a babe had been found and were requested to take charge of it , but replied that it would have to remain at tbo institution until morning The Sisters nro qulto indignant that they should bo im posed upon in this manner , slnco it is n fact which thov have made known moro widely than almost any other that they have no facilities for caring for children under two years of ago When Inquiry was made regarding tbo box of the child the Sisters demurely replied that they didn't know About 0 o'clock yesterday morning a tall , well dressed , dark complcxioncd man with a mustache called at tbo institution and in quired whether the SIsters would take a throe weeks old baby under their care , asa "a friend of his had such a ono nnd she was unable to support it The caller was told the rule of the institution , ns given above , and ho wont awuy evidently very much disappointed TIIRY Wllih JiK VAGGED What People May Expect Who Apply For I.oflslngH nt the Station , "Ho makes the thirteenth tonight and tbo 103d so far this month that wo have been kind enough to give a nights lodging , " re marked PatBy Havey , Jailor at tbo control police Btatlon , last night , as ho gave a half frozen , gray haired old bum sleeping space in the warm but atonch-curaod corridor Yes , " commented Captain Cormack , with Bpoclal vim , and wo will Just aboutshut right down on this thing of running a hotel bore After tonight we will vag every mua or woman who tackles us Lore for a nights lodging Wo were run over , trampoil on , and stark slok all last winter by this lodger business nnd its been going on for years It will prove something of a change and a sur prise to the vermio covered devils , but it will bo ono of the healthiest little reforms that could bo instituted , according to my notion , nnd I think everybody will ugreo with mo Yes , air , Patnoy , huroaftor wo will locic these poonlo up and trot 'em be fore tbo Judge next morning and get a little work , if no money , out of them , " A KATE WAIt PROMISED Tlio Milwaukee Preparing to Meet tlio ilurlincton Cat Slnco tbo Chicago , Burllugton & Northern road has given notice of Its intention to re duce the passenger rates between St Paul and Chicago some lively work has boon in augurated in other soctlous of the couutry This cut , which is to go Into effect January 1 , promises a war among tbo western roads , The Milwaukee gave notice yesterday that it proposed to meet the reduction by tailing $ ir > 0 off the first class and $2 off tbe second class tickets from Omaha and Couucil Bluffs to Chicago This will make the faros $10.25 and $ d,2a. The other roads will bo compelled to como down No cause Is given for tbo Chicago , Burlington St , Northern's action Other than that it is uo longer bound by any association rules and takes this means of gtttlng business Dunlli in the Kns Losuo.v , Dec S9. During a foe 6n tbo river Clydo the steamer Ovlngtou came into collision with the steamer Queen Victoria aud the former sank Five person * were drowned ' ACROSS Tjn& , 0GEAN IN A DAY li > X ill V • The RomnrtottWo Sohomoof a Youoff CoWiJok Enfflnoor ! rfjf f RUSSIA r § " FAITH IN HIM He Has nceul < Sent on n Tliroo Years Lonvo or.Almeiico to Prosccmto Ilia Itdsettrchcs The Spl- T nllrlnolple A Twontj-Four-Hour Trip Lconltlo Apostoloff , n young Cossack engineer , whoso niuno is hardly known outside his owii country , claims to have mudo tiuiscovory fttitt patautod nn in- vontiOu destined tochnngo the fnco of tlio maritime world , says the Pall Mall Gazotlo Wild as his claim may sound for ho assorts that his itivoiillon will enable us to cross the Alluutio In twonty-four Lours thcro is enough sul > 3tutico lu his , dream to have sccurod him tliroo yours lenvo of absence by the Russian govorninont In order that ho mny prosecute his scloullflc rc- 6oarchos. M. Apostoloff elected to study at Marseilles M. Apostoloff is tall mid dark Ills face bespeaks on orgy and determination Ho is twenty-eight. "Ib It true ' ho was aBkcd that you expect to perform the voyage from here to Algiers in four hours ? " Certainly , "ropllodM , Apostoloff "My boat will travel 100 knots an hour that is to say , flvo tlmos quicker than the fastest stcamor I have applied to nav igation the spiral principal , that is all " But what is the spiral principle ? " "It is somewhat difllcut to put into words You knbw it takes longer to hammer a nail into the wall than to sct'otr H in Again ( In old days the ball from a gun wont thus straight at its object , and hit perhaps at 100 yards Now the ball is twisted out and goes immensely quicker and much fnrthor Still auothor illustration Why does a man swim ? Because ho ugitates his arms and logs , you reply Very go od But why does a serpent swim ? " and M. Apostoloff smiled triumphantly You do not know ? Perhaps you did not even know that ho who tempted our llrst mother swam at all Yet a serpent - pont , once in the water , goes quicker ulong than the/astest fish " What suggested this idea to you ? " When I wasquito ayoung follow my regiment was ordered to Samara , where a bridge was being built ever the river The district istjsingularly bereft of stones , and as j.thoy were absolutely necessary in making the foundation of of the bridge , the raoujiks extracted the in froittfi the bed of the current itself * And how ? By means of an mgonious' invention of their own A rope ( , was coiled several times round a jir o tree trunk One end of the ropodiad boon made fast ; to the other dangled an iron claw named kosvhka , whichsignifies ) little cats ' daw At a ) touuh from the hand the beam turned round in the water , the rope , unwinding jitself with the rapid ity of lightninffj descended and the claw clutched , riold of anything it' ' found in thor/bed of the river , and at a reverse Joftctyj Jtho beam brought it up to the , eurfaco , , Sometimes very largo stones were brought up in this manner This struck mo greatly How intelligent of those poor peasants to have discovered the spiral principal for themsolvosl Simply dropping the rope into the water would not have been of any croodl If you doubt this trv it for yourself with a pencil and bit of thread " Then I-supposo you began trying ex periments ? " Just so I tried many experiments , wishing to discover some now motor to drive my boat along * But the great principle of the thing lay in the spiral idea " But how can you apply the ponci- ) and-throad plan to a boat ? " Thus : My boat , to look at it , is not unlike a long , rather pointed egg in shape , an egg round ' which has been twisted a piece of string It will revolve rapidly ; In fact , thodiffcrooco between the speed of my boat and the modern Bteamor will bo , to quote myself again , the difference between a blunt nail driven into the wall and a nail screwed in You are wondering where the passen gers will go Well , inside , for this ogg-shaped form is only un outside shell Inside , fustouod securely to the beam running through it , is an inner shell , cabin , etc . which roinains abso lutely steady as if on land You will note that the rudder i3 both porpondio- ulnr nnd horizontal This enables the steerer to direct the boat up or down under the water , a thing the usual tor- podo-boat cun not do This is , rpuuhly speaking , a torpedo-boat half in ana half out of the water My bateau plongeur will remain habitually under water " "Of what material will-your plongeur bo made ? " "Of the strongest steel , to ennblo it to resist the great pressure of the water above it , On the other hand the boat will bo very lierht , so licrht , in deed , that in case of any injury to tlio machinery , etc , tnore will bo no danger , for It will of itself rise to the surface ot tlio water " How will the inhabitants of your little craft breathe ? " ' "Kvory thirtv- eight hours it must como up for a long , deep breath , " answered M. Apostoloff , smiling "Praotically the only danger wo have to fear is the outer shell , or corps tournnnt , getting smashed either by running onto a rock or encountering a whale Still ' , .affoworfulelectric light will shine through the bolt of thick glass running orqund the boat und will llluininuto the water depths above , below , and for 100 yards nil around us " And will tho'plongour always remain under water5 ' MNo , not necessarily so ; but if it is hftl'f' p out of the water the speed of the cofps , ; tournant will to ro- duued by nearly half , the boat will pro ceed at a rate t > A eighty knots un hour iusteud nt scuttling along at 120 knots an hour " Your invention will bo chiefly useful for the purposoa of maritime wnrfuro ? " "I wish moro to utilize my discovery for the purposes of commerce , but of course as n torpedo boat it will bo irresistible " Have you ovornnctually tried it your self in water ? " ol Yes ; gome time ago in Russia on the Volga I was not rich , bo I built my bout of tin rattier a fool hurdy proceeding A etoainer contain ing a party of my friends started to race me Iu a few mlnutos I had rushed fur beyond it , and in fact disappeared entirely from their sight 'Alnsl' cried they , poor Apostoloff has gene to the bottpm ' But utter some time they came up to mo I was resting comfortably on the bunk , Great , iu you may suppose , was their Joy and relief , But the extreme rapidity with which my boat had gone caused the tin , of which it was com po od , to smash in " And when will ypu linvo your craft in working order ? " "B.V January It will bo twonty-oight motors long and ubout'threonnd one-half motors through in the thickest part There will bo ' oem for twenty-nvo persons My llrst voyage will bo to Toulon and back in fifty mlnutos ; my next trip will bo an attempt to go to Alglora nnd back in eight hours I now have ever fifty ap plications from people anxious to go the trial trip " few , M. Apostoloff , wo como to what is ot course nn important Horn Whora does your motive force come from ? " "Ah , Hint is mv secret I have discovered n now electric motor which enn not , unluckily , bo patented ; that is why I am kcoulng it to myself us long as I can Soon it will bocoino common property , but no ono can steal from mo my corps tournnnt , " ho uddod , cheer fuliy "aud without that they can uovor liopo to attain ono-third of my speed " And what will bo the rolatlvo cost of your bateau"plougour in comparison to the ordinary torpedo-boat ? " Forty per cent ohoapar , as far as the cost of construction is concerned and VI uor cent chonpor lu actual working ox- ponso Tints the 100 francs worth of coal which goes to supply the torpedo boat will bu rcplacod by ( I francs worth of my now motive force , in fact , thcro will bo practically uo working expenses alter the llrst installation " You can at least toll mo ono thing about your now motive power Wilt it also supnly the light ? " "Ycs.it will " Have you ever thought of seriously adapting your bateau plongeur to pas senger trnfllc ? " Certainly Think whut it will bo to a man of business to got to Now York in twonty-six hours These who do not like the idea of being inside tlio shell will have to have a kind of platform attached to the ex tremities of two of my bateau . . " And do ploiigouri you propose to soil the patent to nny country ? " "Cor- talnly not ; or , rather , if I did I should ol course keep it for Russia , my own country " MRS , UAKUKTI'S VAGAIUHS Her IVholo Family Tainted With In sanity New Yohk , Doc 29. A cablegram was printed tbls morning to the effect that the wife ot Judge Barrett of the Now York su preme court bad been conflnod in an insane asylum at Dresden by order of her husband and that she is clnlmod to bo sane Judge Barrett on being " shown the dispatch sald.tho facts were these : Ho marrlod his wlfotwonty years ago Some years afterward she began to show mental peculiarities Ho then learned for the first time that insanity was herodltnry in her family Her mother died of Bortoning of tha brain Her fnthor , Mr Fulrfiold , was known as the crazy man , " her grandfather dlod in sane , her sister had boon for twonty-llve years in the Georgetown insane asylum , both of her brothers dlod Insane Mrs Barrett's ' Insane actions caused her husband much trouble for a numborof years Her chief delusion was that people wore trying to poison her Bho finally went to Europe to escape the poisoners , Her condition has steadily grown worse , The Judge hcsltatod as long us duty required him to do Finally Mrs Barrett's actions attracted the attention of the authorities and the United States consul On the nd- vice of a physician it was deemed best to send the lndy to a retreat for the insane , where she is receiving the best of care Judge Barrett has nlways tried to induce ills wife to return and live with him , but she would not do bo , and soeuicd happy only when flitting from place to place in Europe She bad tried to get a divorce , ono of her delusions taking the shnpo of baseless Jeal ousy , but the Judge would not consent to a divorce , regarding it as his duty to her and his daughters to care for her as bis wlfo as long as she lived TI1K NOVICE KNOCKED ODT lie Was Game but Too Ijlfjhi for the Professional tik Fatetie , Iud , Dec 29. A prize flgnt occurred this morning near hero between Hichard Keating , a pugilist ot some note in this section , and Edward Corey of Crawfordsvlllo , a novice The men were evenly matched and weighed about 1S5 pounds each.ICoating had trained but little ana was ever confident Corey played a very cautious gaino in the first part of tbo fight and nltnough receiving several heavy blows mannged to Inflict serious damage on his opponent and soon got tbe upper hand In the fifteenth round Keating was knocked down three times Cautious sparring fol lowed In the twenty-third round Keating touohed Corey lightly on tbo nose with his loft and swung his right just below Coroy's ' ear It was the decisive blow and Corey , tbo game novice , was knocked out , o Asphixlatcd San Fbancisco , Dec 29. In an Oakland boarding honso this morning Mrs Jane Krwin and bor two daughters , Mary and Bcsslo , aged 10 and 12 respectively , were found dead In bed , having been nsphixiatod by gas They had Just arrived here from Missouri on route to Ventura county , this state , whore the husband of Mrs Erwin has a ranch * Tlio Troubled Czar St , PETEitsnuno , Doa 29 , The czar is again reported indisposed Many army officers suspected of revolu tionary sympathies have boon arrested , General Vnnnovski , the minister of war , proposes that nobles only should bo allowed to become army officers , but the czar re fuses to ontertnln tbe suggestion I'ort OmiWia Notes Private William Shorrad , who was recently contly tried oy a court-martial on the charge of desertion , and who sot up the defense thnt ho was not legally in the sorvtco of the United States , having enlisted on Sunday , has boon found guilty ana sentenced to thrco years confinement at Fort Leaven worth Tbo Juveniles at Fort Omaha ontertulncd their friends on tbo evening of December 20 with a Christmas tree nnd dance Among those who enjoyed this hospitality were General and Mrs Wheaton , Major Butler , Captain and Mrs Mills , Captain Amos , Cap tain nnd Mrs Miller Captain and Mrs Ulio , Dr and Mrs Hartsuff , Dr , aud Mrs Ilnlli- day , Ur and Mrs Hradloy , Captain Keller , Quartermaster and Mrs Benson , Captain and Mrs Churst , Lieutenant and Mrs Waing , Lioutonnnt and Mrs Tunes , Lieutenant - ant Kinzlo , Lioutonnnt Arrosmith , Lieuten ant Chrisman , Lieutenant nnd Mcsdamoa Aborcromboi , Lioutonnnt and Mrs Howell , Misses Wuinig , Ilalliday , Hartsuff , Whea ton , Mills , Kuaro , M. Turner , A. Keller , M. Uowoll , M. Hartsuff Messrs W. Turner , Ullo , Keller , O. Holhday , M. Ilalliday , Mills , B. Butler T. Butler , J. Miller , F , Knare , F , Boivell and O. Uowoll Burprfsod Celestials Man Len and Mun Chow are the names ot two very swell Cblncso merchants from San Francisco who were pulled out of a house of prostitution last night by tbo police , They were thoroughbreds , were diamonds aud gold watches and bad plenty of uionoy Both said It was mighty funny that the Omaha police did what never was lionrd of in San Francisco , nnd Interferrod with gentlemen out on a little lurk , A Truly Item rkabln Knot One frequently hears ol killing two birds with one shot , " but it isn't often that onp Hears of killing a wild goose , on the wing and a dog on terra flrma all at oue shot , says the Brooklyn Times But that is preolsoly what Captain Si Mott of Par Rockaway did yesterday Ho was strolling along the shore at Wave Crest when a iloo lc ol wild goose passed ever him , flying very low Ho pulled out bis 82-caliber revolver und shot at the Hock , bringiug to the ground a largo , line goose When the ball descended it struck a dog u short distance away , owned by Mrs Duncan , with such forqe upon its head that the unlmal oxplrod after two or three kicks It is pronouuood the shot of the season , and the captain is now the here of the hour in gunning circlet ; HE LOOKED ROUGH , Uut Ho W -WtUlnR to loll About Mfintntm Now York Sun 1 'Trolly cold in tlio far west , 1 tfoo ? " wai queried to the man in the seat ahond who was enveloped in a bearskin overcoat nnd cap , and whoso fnco was hidden by a heavy growth o ( whiskers "I should remark ! " ho answered You from Montana ? " Exactly " How cold hns it boon this winter ? " "Klghty below , but that was off the trail nnd not included iu the wcnlhor bulletin " "That's awful Hews the state of so ciety out there ? " Improving nil the time I dent linvo to kill over one man a week now " Then " you you "I have to do it I'm ' a sheriff , you sco , nnd I have to keep the boys in sub jection " Indians about ? " "Oh , yes , but they nro very tnmo and humble I have my boots blacked by a cliiof , and another does my cooking " Lots of game ? " Well , I killed two grizzlies Inst week " Toll mo about a blizzard how it starts and what It la lllto , You mubt have endured a number of them " Over two hundred , sir As to what ono of our Moulniina blizzards Is , just imaglno u million wildcats " A quiet , well dressed man on the seat opposlto , who hnd been attentively list ening to every word , now rose * tip and touched the Montana man on the shoulder nnd nskodt You from Montana , sir ? " "Y-yos , sir " "Shorlff ? " Yes " What district , aud what's your name ? ' ' "I I I " stammered Bearskin in great confusion Say , " whispered the ether , as his ova had an ominous Hash , you uro from Wisconslnl" "Y-osl" Never sawMbntana in your lifo ? " Not You are a drover or laud-looker ? " Yes , " Thought bo Now shut uplAnd And ho resumed his scat und took "up a paper , und the way old Bearskin kept his mouth lishut for tlio next two hours would have made a deaf and dumb mun tired A HANDKERCHIEF SPECIALIST Flvo Shillings Worth oTSentiment on an ICngliHh StoatiiHhlp Doolc The other morning ns a departing Cunurd stcamar was casting off its lines and swinging out into the stream at Liverpool , an elderly-looking business man hastily embraced a lady who was ono of the passengers and rushed down the irung-plnnk to the wharf , says the Munchestor Gunrdian Going up to a melancholy loafer who was watehiug the busy crowd the gontlomnn drew him behind a pile of freight and said : "Wunt to euro flvo shillings ? " Rather * ' You see that old lady in blacken the farward deck , there ? " said the geutle- man Yob " Well " , that's my wife going to Now York Now , of course , shell expect mete to stand hero for the next twenty min utes while the stoaraor is backing mid filling so as to wave my handkerchief and watch her out of sight See ? " "I understand " Well , I'm tco busy tofoolnbouthore Stock to buy ; business to nttend to She's a little nearsighted , bo Ill just liiro you to wave this handkerchief in stead Its a big ono , with a red border , and so long us she sees it shell think its mo Come up to No 202 Lime street , when they nro well off , nnd Ill pay you " "Sposin' she looks through a telescope or suthin' ? " "In that case you'll have to bury your face in the handkerchief and look as though you were weeping " • 'That'll bo two shillingsandsixponco extra " All right Time is money , fcook sharp now You can kiss your hands a few times ; say , throopence for a , kiss , " and , snapping hi3 watch , the over driven business man was oft We print this affecting little incldont to cnll attention to tha fact that the man thus employed has gone into the business regularly Ho iB now a pro foBslonul farowellor , and business men and others can Bavo valuable time and yet give their departing rolatiyos an enthusiastic sendoff by applying to the above specialist nny Bteamor day Go early to avoid the rush Tim Winter Sunrise Some the finest effects of brilliant colors at sunrise are socn iu our north ern winter , Bays the Hartford Times At loabt they are wituossod by moro people for the Juno sunrise comes along nt such "an unreasonably early hour that'only these who have fullon into the practice of rising with the sun , if not before it , ever Bee that exhibi tion But in these winter dnyB , when the sun gets into his most lag gard habit of late ' rising , ono may study at his leisure ( pro vided his vie k is not cut oil by cluster ing intervening roofs and towora ) the gorgeous cloud ecouory that heralds the coming ljiminary Of course ho must have a bedroom window which , like the prophet Daniel's , looks towurd Jorusa- iom ; no side squint nor half view will do any justice to the BUbjoet Such a suiinso as Turner would have joyed to pulnt may frequently bo soon tills pres ent winter Mixed a little with the abounding dark and wet mornings , these brilliant day-oponors nro all the morn delightful , There was such a sur- . priBo this morning , not , perhaps , o. epocially noteworthy color display , coin pared with eomo of the others , but a splendid exhibition nevertheless It was pleasant to note the growing Ilium- inatlon tosoo it # Startle the dull night From his watchtower in tbo sttios Till the dappled duwii doth mo und to note the unfolding glory in one particular locality , a brilliant region crowning the indigo lulls Itigbt against the eastern gate , Whore tbo great sun begins his state There were just enough clouds iu that quarter to catch the coming blaze , und spread it out in great splashes of glow ing color Sun-smitton gems , nor bu tu rn or meadow globes of duo , ever Hash forth moro brilliant touches than some of these lhuninir elfoets of the Oocom- bor sunrise clouds What vulutllo , oluslvo ethereal , but most uplifting tjpirit is that , which so fills ono with it sort oi triumphant joy in the Hooding glory of a passing spectacle - taclo lilco a fine sunrise ? If it may still charm the beholder , in tutor life us in curliest childhood , it must have u dcopor meaning than wo have thought ; it must bo a proclama tion of good and it may embody , in the splendid illuininutiou'of these moro niassos of cold gray vupor a universal assurance that tlio winged cherub Uopo is nut after all the fabler we have ull supposed However that may bo , it is a joy to see our northern winter broken , hero and thoru , by such supernal mornings I Tlrocl Out rom m depressing effects ot ' * B the clinngtng season , or by linrd uork nnd K uorry you need the toning , building up , ncrvo- H strengthening elTcvt of Howls Sarsaparllla to ' H plvoyoitiiffcllngof health and strength nnnln ' B It purines the blood , cures bllllousnese , dypcp- H tin , liciidni'he etc B Hoods SnrBnpnrllln Is sold by all drujt M glstx 1'iop.ircn by V. I. Iloo.l A ; Co , Lowell H - • i M to see , ns the shipwrecked Knock ' | Arden saw , from his tropic island ' | The sunlight brolsoa Iato scnrlus shafts , r H nnd the dnrknoss beaten into Unices of i H llro - ' It is the glory-crown of the days H best hour H Thn Car Stoves Dostlny H Tlio report that the Pennsylvania H railroad hits decided to try no further H to ilnd a substitute for the car stove may ' | bo true , but wo liopo aud believe it is H not , says the Pittsburg Dispatch The H authority for the statement which n H cotemporary prints is anonymous , and ' H this fact encourages us to hope that the H Pennsylvania's olllcurs are not so blind B to their own interests und so cnreloss of H public safety as the report would have H us believe M It is said that the Pennsylvania rail H road lias spent 475,000 in experiments H with stoain car heaters A full test of H various systems ol heating wo know fl has boon made by this railroad Now H it isulloged that the car stove , has no H poor and it is not to bo disturbed or H supplauted Tno prominent railroad H ollicial who Is quoted on the subject H lightly indicates the dreadful sulToring H travelers ondtire where thn curs are M houtod by steam Bufferings from which H the travelers , btruugo to say , never B complain and playfully winds up with H the cheerful chum ; of truth that the cat H steve never hurt anybody , anyhow , H This would bo all right from some rail H road men's point of view this weft ol H polite fiction and if there were no court H ol appeal to which the mibliocould npplj H we fear it would bo all the comfort tlm H railroads would grudgingly grant tothf H people But there is a court of appeal , H the legislature of the state In othct J M states , notably Now York , the legislature - H lature has abolished the cur stove The B same thing can bo done hero It would M be much bettor for the railroads to do B tlio work themselves in their own way and with deliberation , than to have to ( make a radical change at short notice , and , possibly , according to some parflBa ticular plan SH The Pennsylvania railroad is manVBv aged in-such a capable and enlightened * Hfl fashion that wo believe that the stortr " H will bo hurled from the cars before IonOne / ; . H Ono thing is ccrtn-in , the car steve hai B too bloody a record to ho tolerated much m longer In plain English , the car steve K must be abolished ; H 1 lie Street Car Bonr H I am not bloodthirsty , but if there is M unyono at whose taking oil I could assist - H sist with satisfaction H is the churlish ' H boor who persists in wnlkiug ever ones j H feet in the street car , says the Chicago M Journal It is no small task to keep a M pair of boots in presentable shape in this H sort of weather The mud is hard M enough on them , but the boor is worse M I start from home iu the morning with H my boots neatly polished , the result of H fully llvo minutes brisk labor If ,1 H have to ride on the platform someone H is sure to drag their muddy feet ever B the shiny surfuco of my boots BHl before 1 got down town Riding inside HJ the car , even when I gut u seat , doesn't H keep the boor away lieis always on H hand und always manugos by some H awkward lurch to precipitate himself B square on my feet and send rau to my HBl business with at least ono disgracefully HJ airty boot • That means a shine before M going home at night , at the outlay of a M dime Somehow the boor doesn't H usually show uo ontho , homeward trip , ] t and barring having to fight my way M through the crowd of his cousins who 1 | persist iu crowding the platform mid ; ' | steps when there is plenty of room inside - M side , I gut homo in tolerably doccnt ri H condition I prcsumo he stays down ' H town with a crowa of congenial com ' H pan ions romparing notes on the dam J H ago ho lias wrought I l Chewing Gum Statistics M Superintendent of the Census Porter , ' | recently received a letter suggesting H that statistics bo gathered relative to H tlio chewing gum habit , says the Now M York Sun A visitor at ono of the uptown - H town hotels last week is the proprietor M of a chewing gum factory in Elkhart , H Ind Speaking of his factory , which is H one of the smullost und least important H iu the country , ho said ; l Thus fur tliisyear wo have made and > I H sold $400,000 worth of the stuff Wo am- > M ploy ICO men and girls , and wo ship to j H jobbing houses iu every largo city iu j H the country There are in the United H Btatos nlono fully u dozen lurgo factories - H rios employing as many people as wo do , H and in most ensos more The annual . H output of these factories will average H $450,000 per year , making a total pro H puction of moro than $3,000,000 , and H there are enough smaller confectionery H establishments to Increase the annuul H production to at least 80,000,000. " H " H RpYAl I * $ mc I POWDER I Absolutely Pure ThiiiumdarnereryarUt A mnr r.u ( v./mr , Llienglh uul wliolesumoiieu More euonouil ; ( cut thun tha ordinary Kinds , aud cannot do sola ' In competition with the multitude , of low teit short weight alum or nlio.i > hnt powders Set ! H OHluincam .Uovan Uakimo Powukh Co , VA trail St , N. If