10 THE DAILY OMAHA BEE ; S NOVEMBER 10 , 1890-TWENTY PAGES.
LAST CIA ASON ;
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One Hundred Special Drives Offered to Close. In order to Make
Room for Holiday Goods all Surplus Stock will be sold at Half * Price ,
Forty Thousand Dollars' worth of goods Jiave been ordered for our holiday stock , and will soon arrive. We are handicapped for the want of room , Our immense
warerooms are jammed with goods , and these must be disposed of if we are to receive our holiday goods. Last week's sales were immense and helped to lighten our
stock wonderfully , but thousands remain unsold. This shall , however , be our LAST GRAND SPECIAL SALE this season , as during the balance of the year our
attention will be devoted to Holiday trade , Those wishing to purchase should be sure to call this week , as this is the last chance this year to buy good reliable goods at
half-price. Residents of Council Bluffs , South Omaha and Florence , are accorded the same terms.
Carpets Made ; . Laid and Lined Free of Charge.
Chairs Regular Price 650 ; This week 24c
Bedsteads. . Regular price $3.50 ; This week $1.19
Springs Regular price 3.00 ; This week 1.24
Rockers Regular price 3. oo ; This week 1.34
Plush Rockers Regular price 7.50 ; This week 3:90 :
Reed Rockers Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1.42
Elegant Plush Rockers.Regular price 16.00 ; This week 7.9O
Bamboo Easels Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1,25
Center Tables Regular price 4.00 ; This week 1.40
Carpet Rockers Regular price 4.50 ; This week 2.25
Sideboards , Regular price 24.00 ; This week 10.50
I Mattresses Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1.85
Ur ' Wardrobes Regular price 18.00 ; This week 9.50
Hall Racks Regular price 14.00 ; This week 8.50
Hat Racks Regular price 250 ; This week 10c
Heating Stoves Regular price $9.00 ; This week $5.0O
Laundry Stoves Regular price 8.50 ; This week 4.9O
Hard Coal Heaters. . Regular price'14.00 ; This week 8.5O
Oak Heaters Regular price 16.00 ; This week 8.75
. Handsome HaseBurners.Regular price 40.00 ; This week 24.75
Decorated Lamps. . . Regular price 10.00 ; This week 4.9 O
Piano Lamps Regular price 14.00 : This week 7.5O
Secretaries Regular price 40.00 ; This week 24.25
Cook Stoves Regular price 13.00 ; This week 7.40
Cook Stoves Regular price's2.00 ; This week 13.0O
Ranges Regular price 35.00 ; This week 22,5Q
Stoyj2 Pipe Regular price 2oc ; This week 10c
Elbows Regular price 25c ; This week 8c
Office Desks Regular price $7.60 ; This week $4.0O
Ladies' ' Writing Desk.Regular price 10.00 ; This week 4.5O
Ingrain Carpet .Regular price 350 ; This week 14c
Hemp Carpet Regular price 4oc ; This week I7c
Stair Carpet .Regular price 350 ; This week 15c
Window Shades. . . . .Regular price $1.00 ; This week 26c
Rugs , , Regular price $7.50 ; This week $4.OO
Lace Curtains .Regular price $2.50 ; This week 9Oc
Pillows .Regular price $1.00 ; This week 4Oc
Blankets .Regular price $2.50 ; This week 90c
Dining Tables .Regular price $4.00 ; This week § > 1,90
Extension Tables. . . . .Regular price $7.50 ; This week 3.90
Parlor Suits .Regular price $40.00 ; This week 21.OO
Crushed Plush Sets. .Regular price $60.00 ; This week 34.00
Bed Lounges .Regular price $15.00 ; This week 7.85
Book Cases .Regular price $10.00 ; This week 4.90
.Single Lounges .Regular price $8.50 ; This week 4.80
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HEN OF SIGNS ASD CRIPS ,
A Clear Statement of the Modern Woodmen
Troubles.
ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY SPITE.
MoKlmiio Snld to lO 1'iinlihiK the
Cnni'KCH Against Hoot in Order
to Gratify a Personal Spite
Other Societies.
The head camp of tbo Modern Woodmen of
America met at Springfield , I1J. , last Tues
day In bloiinlnl Session for the plcctlou of ofll-
ccrs and the transaction of business. In
view of this meeting the statement of lion.
II. M. Ireland , counsel for the defense iu certain -
tain suits affecting the order which arc now
pending In the Illinois courts , will bo ot in
terest. Mr. Ireland's statement Is as fol
lows :
"Tho troubles in this order have attracted
wide attention and this meeting will bo
watched with some interest. A suit is pend
ing against the order brought by the state au
thorities In which It would bo competent , If
the charges preferred should bo established ,
to dissolve the order or remove its officers.
Tha prosecution have stated that the latter
object is the only true ono In view. If tills
Is true , the re-election of ofllccrs at the com
ing convention should make such decree of
removal of no practical off cot.
"Tho prosecution in the lengthy state suit
Irnvo recently completed the taking of testi
mony , and the defense have begun and devoted -
voted several days to the taking of their evi
dence. A representative ! of the defense in
forms us that the articles iccontly published
in Chicago papers ot a damaging tone to Head
Consul Hoot were altogether misleading , as
veil as highly sensational. They were
founded on certain testimony , showing that
Mr , Hoot had gene to Chicago and procured
some papers supposed to implicate him in the
so-called Bcrnum fraud , and also procured
the notarial seal with which the proofs wcro
stamped.
"In the aiHoles which it is claimed wore
Inspired or dictated by P. L. McKinnlo , who
lias been the Instigator of the troubles and
who was present at the taking of this part of
the testimony , it was made to appear that
certain papers were In the bauds of u. Mrs.
Owens , implicating Mr. Hoot , and among
them ono instructing hc > - husband how to
make the death proofs and where to put the
seal.
seal."Tho
"Tho defense has shown that Owens was at
that time printing the Echo , the oftlclnl organ
of the order ; that the supposed letters of In
struction were simply copies of the death
proofs In the Bcrnum case , consisting of aftl-
Uavlts , etc. , which Hoot , had jntcndcdcd to
print In full in the November Echo , but
which , on account of the length of the arti
cle It would make , were llually not used , hu1
t\u article was printed in moro condensed
form. AH papers obtained' of Mrs. Owens
wcro produced In evidence uud nothing ap
peared to Implicate Sir. Koot.
"Tho papers and seal had been In posses
sion of Owens , who had forged Root's narao
to several notes , and , upon discovery , huvltu
lied to South America , loft the papers ntu
seal with his wife , in order to extort monoj
from Uoot , and the latter thought In getting
them ho was petting a clew to the porpctrat
ors of the fraud. It was not shown In ovl
iloxco when ttio scul thus procured was made
and Ifenco It Is not known whether or no
Owens caused the same to bo made for the
purpose of blackmail long after the dcatl
iii-oofs wore made , or whether It may have
been the original seal and Owens been iinpll
catcd In the fraud.
"Much has been said against Mr. Root In
relation to the Bcrnum claim , but It has beei
conclusively established by the testimony o
four reputable witnesses that ho paid thi
money to the alleged bcnollciarv.
'Tho statement that Hoot defrauded the
nrcler ottt of $40,000 , is made of whole cloth
Jt Is malicious and wholly unwarranted bj
ny evidence In the case. Thoio were cer-
aln charges that ho had obtained monov by
ncnns of iktitious bills , and the purchase
nd sale of supplies. If nil wcro proved In
,1ns , regard that was attempted , the amount
vould lie smallbut the truth is tiicso charges
ire not warranted by the evidence at nil , and
nro nil satisfactorily explained. Mareunnd.
ilso. the accountant who examined the head
clerk's ofltco for the state audit or , recently
> y icqucst examined Mr. Root's books from
bs2 until the present time , jmd found nil
noiicys in his department properly accounted
or.
or."Tbo malignity with wulch Mr. Root has
jccn pursued by his cnomy In this matter is
rarely equaled. Of course if ho bad boon
guilty of n quarter of tbo charges laid to his
door , ho could have boon indicted and con
victed. Indeed it would have been better for
iltn if ho could have boon indicted. A speedy
rial could have boon had. at which ho would
iavo been acquitted. Three different at-
cmpts , however , huvo been made to indict
itm , but sufficient evidence could not bo pro
duced even to show probable guilt , or upon
which to found an indictment , and tbo bill
was each time thrown out. Consequently
.ho only ease in which he has Hud au
opportunity to defend himself is In
n lengthy chancery suit , in which
, ho prosecution , Intentionally or otherwise ,
iavo consumed all the summer , or four and a
inlf months , In putting In their ovlilcnccnnd ,
ils opportunity to defend himself , has only
lust begun. Furthermore , technical vlola-
.ions of statute , which might bo unwittingly
made , and which would Involve no moral
.urpltudo , nro charged also and pushed so
that if any of thorn should bo established
Uoot's enemies would strive to make it appear
that ho was found guilty generally.
"The board of directors of the order are
charged with ccitaln olleuscs , but as such
charges are not sensational they nra seldom
noticed. This board , as much us it has bcun
abused , deserves unlimited credit , in that , in
splto of foes within und foes without , tnoy
will turn tho" order over to their successors
sound and substantially out of debt. They
took It with a membership of 24,000 ; they
leave. It with a membership o ! 47,000. They
took it Involved in debt ; they leave it sub
stantially free from debt. Among them are
such men as ex-Senator Erwin of Tonmh ,
Wts. ; P. F. Hooso of Lihcoln , Nob. : Prof.
Scudder of South Kvanston , 111. ; C. C. Far
mer of Mount Carroll , 111. , and others of like
character. Their standing in their respective
communities simply , corroborates the fact of
the Integrity and euro which they have shown
in the management of the order in a trying
time. "
The head camp elected and Installed the
following onlcors tor the ensuing year : Head
consul , William A. Northcott , Greenville ;
head clerk , C. W. Huwos , Hock Island ) bend
advisor , H. C. Hedges , Lnnslng , Mien. ; head
banker , D. C. Xlnk , Grand Island , Neb. ; head
physician , Frank Swallow , Valley Falls ,
Wls. ; head escort. "NV. H. D.iwson , Clayton ,
Minn. : head watchman , 1 { . II. Ilnssc , Hamp
shire , IU. ; head sentry , 13. L. Mentch , Carey ,
111. A bourn of directors was also elected.
The Scottish Kite in Iowa ,
The Masonic grand lodge of Iowa at Its ses
sion last Juno adopted by a small majority n
In w requiring members of the Scottish rite of
the United States jurisdiction , to withdraw
from that order or to withdraw from the blue
lodge , under penalty of being disciplined.
The now law provided that the rlgbt of trial
In such cases should betaken away from the
blue ledges and should bo placed In the
hands of the grand lodge. Stnco the adjourn
ment of the grand ledge the peculiarities of
the new law and the evident Injustice
which Is liable to result from Its at
tempted enforcement have begun to
appear plain to many Masons , who at first
did not renluo what the law really meant.
The prediction is made that the next grand
ledge will rescind this law. and that this will
end the controversy. The time fixed by the
law for members to withdraw was August 1 ,
tboso remaining after that date to bo liable
to discipline. There are In Iowa 700 or 800
of these Scottish rite Masons , many of them
prominent as Masons and as citizens. They
have refused to withdraw from the Scottish
rlto , mid also retain their membership1 in
blue lodgos. Their claim Is that the grand
loego has no right to dictate as to what other
societies they may belong , If they observe
their obligations to the blue todgo.
In the latter p.u-t of August the grand
master sent notices to about fifteen members
of the Scottish rite , located In different parts
) f the state , Informing them that charges had
icon made against them and citing thorn to
ippcar or file an answer by November f at
, ho giand master's office In ICuoxvllle , la.
Most of these thus cited sent formal answers ,
jiving their objections to this procccduro.
Nothing bos .been heard about the matter
slnco then until last week , when one of the
accused received a notice that a committee ,
nppointcU by tbo grand master , would bo in
Cedar Kaplds November 11 ! to take testimony
and report findings. The committee consisted
of L. C. Blancbard , T. H. Erkcnbraok and
3eorgo W. Ball. The accused declined to
ippcar before the committee , and the result
s not known. These tust cases will bo
ivatched with much Interest , not only by the
Masons of Iowa but by these of other juris
dictions.
Ono of the chief objections raised by the
defendants is that the grand ledge has no
jurisdiction over the matter , a Mason having
the right to join any society or church so
long as ho docs not disregard his obligations ,
and In Joining the Scottish rite there certain
ly is no such violation ; that the law Is S'oid
because it is contrary to the ancient land
marks , and against the constitution , which
provides that any ono charged with a
Masonic offcnso shall have a fair and im
partial trial in tbo subordinate ledge ;
that It Is unjust because it provides for a
trial by a committee % selected by the prosecu
tion and in the choice of which the defendant
has no choice ; that it is unfair to cite a de
fendant to appearnt a distance from bis own
homo and without the jurisdiction of the
ledge to which ho belongs ; that the law Is ox
post facto , many having joined the Scottish
rite before any law was passed making It an
offense.
Masonic.
Alexander Atkinson , 83 = , has been np-
nointcd deputy for the Scottish right bodies
of the United States Jurisdiction for the state
of Nebraska.
Missouri has fifty-five commanderlcs of
Knights Templar and ! i,25i ; members ; ! ! 05
wcro knighted during the last templar year
and sevonty-sovcn afllllatcd , showing an In
crease of IJS'J.
A semi-annual reunion of Scottish rite
bodes of Valley of Wichita wll ) bo held on
November 18 , 1'J and ! ! 0 , nt Wichita , Kan. A.
large class is now ready and will receive nil
degrees from the third to thirty-second.
North Carolina has eight cominnnderies
with n membership of S31 , an increase over
the last templar year of fourteen , and In all
the southern jurisdictions the templar order
seems to bo growing rapidly during the last
few years.
In India some lodges hnvo four different
books of the sacred law In use the Bible ,
the Koran , the Zend-Avesta , and the Mohob-
rahta , in companionship with Europeans ,
Hindoos , Mahomcdans and Parsccs , Thus
does Freemasonry unite these who might
otherwise huvo remained at a perpetual dis
tance.
All the Scottish rlto bodies of Denver ,
Col. , will hold a convocation iu their consist
ory chambers , Masonic temple , on November
'M. 21 and t2. ! All the degrees from fourth to
thirty-second will bo conferred upon u class
of about ono hundred and sixty candidates.
Brother D. D. Adams of Detroit , Mich. , wjll
bo In charge of all degrees conferred ,
Hiram Bassett , who died last week at his
homo In Kentucky at a ripe old age , was a
long und earnest worker In the craft. Ho
was past grand master of the grand ledge ol
Kentucky , past grand high priest of the
grand chapter , past grand commander oi
Knights Templar of that jurisdiction , and a <
the time of his death was grand master ol
the third veil in the general grand chapter ol
tbo United States. Ho was pet-hups best
known among the craft through the country
ns the author of the reports ou foreign corre
spondence of most of , the Masonic bodies in
the state for several years.
A statesman of our busy times of necessity
finds it Incumbent upon him to play u ROOI
many parts , but a wholly now oxpoilonco Is
in store for Mr. Arthur Balfour , says an
English paper. Before the year IKout his
will , If society does not gossip vaguely , have
been initiated Into the mysteries of Freema
sonry. The honor of enrolling the Irish sec
retary a member Is. to fall to the single
Scotch Musonlo ledge that wo have in Lon
don , and the duke of Fife it Is anticipated
will preside at the Initiation. Mr. Balfour
Is not married to a Scotch lady , hut perhaps
ho does as well In being himself a Scotci- |
man by birth , Anyhow ho has been dcclurcc
qualified to bo ono of the Scotch Freemasons
of London , and although ho may not bo
anxlons to enter the mysterious world of
Masonry , the chances arc that in duo time ho
will tnko his degree. Our voyil princes nro
icarly nil Frcoirasons , but it is only now
that the brotherhood is beginning to include
our big politicians.
The party of Masonic Knights Templar who
hade the pilgrimage throughout Europe clur-
.tig the summer and fall of 1S71 , and who nro
iinowu as "Tho Crusaders' association of Al-
[ eglumy commandcry , No. ii.1) , 1C. T. , " have
over since kept up'their orgnni/ation , and
with each year hold their annual reunions in
different parts of the country. Out of the
party of forty-two sir knights who made the
pilgrimage fourteen have sluco died. The as
sociation meets with closed doors , and has re
solved Itself into a "last man's club , " which
Is kept up by the wealthy members. Thurs
day last the sixteenth annual reunion was
held at Luray , Vn. , which was largely at-
tondccl. At the meeting Michael Hlloy was
elected president and A. M. Uamby bccrc-
tary , both of Philadelphia. Dr. Joseph L.
Acomb of Tidioute , Pa. , was made vice presi
dent and John Heath of New York city treas
urer. Tbo next meeting of the association
will tnko. place at Wiitklns Glen iu October ,
Ib'Jl.
I. O. O. F.
The grand master visited the ledge at
Brock early in the week and found every
thing there in a nourishing condition.
Grand Master Evans instituted a now
Hoboknh degree lodge , to bo known as Grace
ledge No. 54 , nt Crete last weekwith twenty-
four charter members.
The Illinois grand ledge of Oddfellows will
convene in annual session at Springlleld
November 21. About ono thousand members
of the order will bo iu attendance.
Omaha ledge No. 2 conferred the first de
gree on foity-seven members of Vasa ledge
No. IS ) on Friday night. This Is the now
Scandinavian lodge recently organized. The
following officers , have been elected and will
bo installed as soon as the members huvo
taken the degrees : John A. Johnson , N. U. ;
Swan Anderson , V. U. ; Frank Burman , sec *
rotary ; John Hudd , treasurer. Tholcdgo
will meet in Koynl Arcanum ball on Douglas
street Friday nights. '
A. O. U. XV.
Omaha ledge No , 18 has sot aside the third
Thursday night in each month as a time for
social enjoyment mid the wives and daughters
of the members have been given charge of
the arrangements. Next Thursday evening
on entertainment wllLbo given , to which all
members of the order are invited us well as
those who aio lutoniliiig to unite with the
oruer.
Notes.
Creston , la. , has-just organized a council of
Hoyal Arcanum , thojch&rter members num
bering over thirty.
There Is being organl/cd a council of the
Hoyal Arcanum ut > Hcd Oak , la. , which
promises to bo very-strong.
Wednesday night'a number of the Council
iluffs ) brothers woat to Underwood , and
there instituted a ledge of Knights of
Pythias , the charter members numbering
twenty.
Tbo Scottish rite ; ot the United States
jurisdiction , will meet next Friday evening
In Its beautiful halldn Council Bluffs , for the
purpose of conferring degrees ou a number of
new members.
The Oddfellows nw preparing to build in
Council Bluffs ono of tbo best society halls in
the west. They have organized a stock com
pany for this purpose , and last week com
pleted the purchase of the site , which Is on
Broadway , In the very heart of the city. It
has a frontage of forty-five feet. The work
on the building will not commence until
spring. It will bo four stories In height , and
will , with the ground , Involve the expendi
ture of $75,1)00. ) AH the stock has been sub
scribed , and the enterprise is being pushed
forward with a good deal of enthusiasm.
Dr. Birnov cures catarrh , Bee bldg.
Ladles' flro brigades have been organized
ntGlrtou coUego , St. Michael's house and
other largo institutions for women In Eng
land. They are said to understand und pur-
form their duties well and to find their greatest -
est difficulties come from a lack of suitable
dress.
Pleasure seelters should road the advertise
ment of Excelsior Springs , Mo. , today.
THE "DEAD" CAME TO LIFE ,
And Saved the Neck of a Suspected Mur
derer from the Noose.
A CASE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The Fiction of the Careful Kiijiiiccr
and tlio Kindly Appearing Old
Gentleman "Who Had
Uccn n Witness.
Some intensely interesting criminal law
cases have been related to a representative
of Tin : Bir during the past week.
Judge Baldwin , with a career of more than
forty years at the bar , proved to bo ono of
tbo most valuable contributors.
"Ono of the most remarkable cases that
has ever came to my notice , " said Judge
Baldwin , "was that of the two Booms , who
wcro convicted years ago in the supreme
court of Vermont , in Bennington county , of
the murder of Hussell Colvln. It appears
that Calvin , who was a brother-in-law of the
prisoners , was a person of weak mind ,
and was considered burdensome to the
family' of the prisoners , who were
obliged to support him , that at the timoof his
disaspcarnnce , ho was in a distant field where
the prisoners wcro atwoik ; that a violent
quarrel bad broken * out between them , and
that ono of thorn had struck him a severe
blow on thd back of the head with a club ,
which felled him to the ground. Some suspi
cious arose nt the time that ho was imirdcicd
and these suspicions were increased by the
finding of his bat iu the sumo field a few
months afterwards. These suspicions in pro
cess of time subsided , but later , ono of the
neighbors having i-epcatcdly dreamed of the
murder with great minuteness of circum
stance , both in regard to tha missing man's
death and the concealment of Ids remains ,
the Boorns were vehemently accused and
generally believed guilty of the murder. Af
ter a close search , the pocket knlfo of Colviu
and a button of his clothes were found in an
old open cellar la the same field in which ho
had last been been , and in n hollow stump not
many rods from it , wcro discovered two nails
and a number of bones believed to bo these
of a man.
"Just prior to their trial friends of the
Dooms far about thorn said that { he evidence
against them was too unmistakably plain for
them to longer hold out and urged them to
make n clean breast of the cntlro matter ,
holding that if they did so they would un
doubtedly got their sentence of death which
was sure to bo the result of their trial com
muted to Imprisonment for life.
"Tho men were tried and sentenced to bo
hung. Their friends renewed their request
that they make u full confession. Ono of
them finally complied with the request , de
tailing a long story as to just how the murder
had been committed. Tbo other confessed ,
hut with great reluctance and doggedness ,
and would not go into details.
"Tho ono who had made the full confession
had tbo sentence of death commuted , whllo
the sentence of the penalty of the law was
ordered parried out in the case of the other
"As the day of execution approached the
doomed man made a declaration that ho and
his brother had lied lied outrageously and
that for his part ho would not risk facing his
Maker with so awful a llo upon tils soul.
The declaration was received simply as nn
act of suprcuno cowardice in the 'focoof
death , and caused all but two or three of the
most intimate friends of the maker of It to
turn against him , so plain to their minds
and to the mind of the entire cpmmunlty
was It that both men were guilty beyond all
possible doubt.
"Tbo last sunrise but one , for the doomed
man , was just Hooding his Vermont homo
when who should appear nt the uoor but Hus
sell Calvin the man for the murder of whom
Boorn was upon the morrow to bo executed.
"Tho explanation of the whole matter , "
atldod Judge Baldwin , "Is simple In Its chur-
actor.
"Tho two Booms hnu lumped upon Colviu
in the field and beaten him. Ho hud escaped
irom them , leaving his hat behind , and bo
overpowered was ho with fear that ho con
tinued his flight until ho found , himself in
Now Jersey. At the last moment , ho had
learned that one of his persecutors was about
to bo hanged ns his murderer , and although
ho had suffered great brutality afrhis hands ,
Colviu immediately hastened back to sdvo the
unlucky fellow's neck. As for the confes
sions which the Boorns mode paiticulorly
the full and very explicit ono they wcro
made simply for ono purpose that of trying
to snvo their necUs.
"While addressing the Jury in a criminal
case a few years ago , " continued the Judge ,
"I found myself nt a loss for n suitable story
with which to illustrate the great and su
preme need existing for calm Judgment and a
complete investigation , particuhnly when
human life is at stake , and so I manufactured
this one :
"A passenger train was pulling into the
station of a little Now England town. The
engineer had seen many years of continuous
sorvlco on that particular run and was known
and honored as n reliable man , and it was
known to nn inch where ho would stop his
engine upon reaching the town.
"A great celebration was hclu in the town ,
ono day , and when the train came In the track
for fifty feet ahead of the point where the
old-timo engineer had always stopped his
train was crowded with men , women and
children , so great a confidence did all have in
the power and rule of the old engineer lo al
ways stop his engine at the ono particular
spot.
"But on this festal day , when the train
came In horrors of all horrors I Instead of
stopping at the usual spot , It plowed on
through the dense mass of humanity ,
grinding the life from out a score of
human beings , and stopping only when Its
wheels tad found no moro of human blood to
drink.
"Curses deep and bluolc ns over were ut
tered , were rained down upon the engineer.
Then c.imo cries of 'Lynch him 1 Lynch him I1
"A rope was procured but before It could
bo wound about his neck some of the cooler
heads in the maddened mob counseled less
hosto advised that the 'fiend of an engineer'
bo given a moment or two to explain.
"With his face as white as n spectre the
engineer stepped to the platform of his cab ,
and looked the turbulent sea of infuriated
humanity full in the face. But ho was
speechless.
" 'Enough- ' hissed the crowd. 'His crime
has stricken him dumb 1 Put the rope about
his neck the bloody monster I1
" 'NeverI For God's ' sake , never ! ' shouted
the fireman , whoso trained eyes had been
eagerly scanning the moro important mech
anism of the locomotive.
11 'HeroI' ' ho continued , holding aloft n little
broken bolt not an inch and a half in length ,
'Hero is the caubo of tbo accident a broken
bolt at the throttle I1
"And so it proved to bo , when these who
had counseled discretion in the wreaking of
vengeance upon the engineer , had made an
examination ,
"I believe , " concluded the Judge , " that I
won OHO of the greatest cases of my llfo * m
that little bit of fiction , and what do you
think ! After court had adjourned , a lino-
appearing , gray-haired old gentlemen came
forward and grasping my hand exclaimed :
" 'You told the story \\ell , judgcyou told It
well ! I was right in that crowd at the time
of that accident and saw the whole thing ! ' "
noxct : roil THE j.Aitii : .
A colored girl Is said'by the Now York
artists to bo their finest shaped model.
Ladles set all typo on the Hustan ( La. )
Progressive. The "devil" Is on "angel. "
Trained nurses do not average S-VX ) a year.
Wages vary from f 15 to Sil a week , but
engagements are not as prevalent ns illness.
Ono'of the most vulgar and unbecoming
things in the world is this dovotlon to dices ,
which , In many minds , grows Into a form of
Insanity una leads to the worship of dry
goods and dressmakers.
There Is , as a general thing , no excuse for
attlro which is not neat and ordcly at any
limo during the day. A thoroughly neat and
orderly voting woman Is prcscniublo at any
hour , whether tmo bo in the kitchen or the
parlor.
The woman doctors of India , constituting
the Woman's Soeioty of Medicine , of which
Mrs. N. M. Munsoll Is president , have ap
pealed to the Victory to enact a incasuro for
bidding the marriage of girls under llftcon
years of ago.
Mi-s , Kcmial paid a most glorious tribute to
American 111111 nud customs when she told u
newspaper reporter in London that she \ ou'd '
rather her daughter should go alone ir in
Now York to Snn Francisco iu America , ti an
walk dowir Bond' street in London un
attended.
Germany employs 5,500,000 women in In-
dustriul pursuits ; England , 4OJO,000 ; Fraud' , d
. ' ! ,75'.000 ) , and Austro-IIungary about the V *
same number , and still women are the wo.ikoi1 f '
sox , the lesser half , the clinging pensioner ? &
on man's ' beneficence. * T
Tiicro nro ' . ' 00,000 women In the \ \ Oman's
Christian Temperance union , liLVOOO In the
King's Daughters , 100,000 In the Woman's
Hellcf corps and 35,000 In the Eastern Star.
An aggregate of neaily 500,000 banded to- j- *
gctlier under various names for lovnl service j *
to nil manner of human need. " * . *
The use of tobacco among women is on tha
increase In Franco , and oven In London It is
not unusual to see a lady produce her MlveU
or enameled card ease In the drawing room.
Cigarettes are giving plaeo to cigars In Pails ,
and some fears nro entertained ot the .smok
ing habit among women becoming uncon
trollable.
. Berlin rejoices In a dancing saloon whoso
great attraction is the presence of two ical
princesses , ono of whom arranges the dance
and the other devotes herself to the manage
ment of the band. They are the Pilnccbscs
Pignnttolll and Dolgoroukl. who arc obliged
to tnko these places owing to reduced circum
stances In their respective families.
Miss Ada Webb , a well-figured young
woman who gives a graceful performance in
n largo tank , has been presented bv the
Hoyal Iliiiiiane society , in London , with a
testimonial for plunging Into the deepest
water at the Brumloy swimming baths In
full walking drcssf and rescuing Unco
women struggling In the water in a combina
tion of cramp , panic and Indiscretion.
The duchess of Fife has allowoj hetsclf to
become president , by proxy , of tbo Edin
burgh school n ! medicine for women , the first
institution in" Scotland whore ills possible
fora woman to obtain a medical education.
Just how thousuof the numo of the tick - \
young duchess Is going to help the .school V
docs not appear , and yet there was rejoicing
when her. acceptance was received.
The queen regent of Spain is n very devoted
inothor and lives Just now ns quietly as any .
of her most humblosubjects at .San Scnastinn ; '
bathing with the llt'.lo king and princc sc * in
the morning , nnd driving or sailing with them
In the afternoon. The onby king asscits his
prerogative full royally oven now , to the do-
bp.iir of his governess , who cannot ptrsumlo
him to conform to the conventionalities of
llfo , or to address his titled subjects by other
than their Christian names.
Tunisians have u rather unpleasant custom
of "fattening un" their girls for niiur nge.
A girl after she is botiothed Is cooped up In a
small room. Shackles of silver or gold are
put upon her ankles and wrists nn a plcco ot
dress. If she Is to bo married to a man who
has discharged or lost ids former wife , the
shackles which the former wlfo worn nro i ut
upon the now bride's limbs , and she Is fed
until they nro filled up to the proper thickness.
The fcmnlo bookmaKcr is the latest depart
ure , She made bur first appearance at Kemp-
ton park , clad In n ( lash costume , and guvo or
took the odds as nonchalantly ns a man ,
shouting in musical tones what her pr'coj
wcro , nnd ensiling up promptly when each
race was over. The next in order will h' , no
doubt , the woman horse Jockey , and witli
them in the pool room und on the horse , rac
ing will have moro fascination than over.
Women doctors in Kussln , according to
recent decree , may practice In all parts of the
empire , nnd will wear a certain decoration
denoting their profession. They bnvo a
special right to practice In all Institution ? ,
gymnasia und schools for women , in lie pltnlu ,
dispensaries and ambulances belonging toilm
Xemstvo ? , and are exempt from nbllgalloil
Imposed by law upon their male colleagues ot
attending as experts upon criminal trials.
Mr , John L. White , heat ! master of the
Berkeley school , Is authority for the > tate <
nu.'iit that Iu our cities almost every American
girl of ( rood parentage of the ugo of sixteen
or seventeen , is taller than her mother , with
larger waist , hotter physical development ,
and moro "staying power. " This gain ho
thinks largely duo to the present day love ot
open-air games nnd exorcise , Indeed , so
heartily dooi ho believe In the efficacy ot
physical training , that ho would put an oxer-
clso rqom In every school house , sure thij
forty minutes dnflv drill and instruction in
hygienic Inwi would , In the coming guni'ra-
tlon. icduco the number of the criminal pop >
ulattou one-halt.
