7C THE OMAHA DAILY- BEE : SUNDAi. 31 , 1892-SIXTHKN PAGES. 3 CHILIAN INCIDENT ECHOES How a Pacific dealing Station Would Have Been Secured. GENERAL VIFQUAIN'S ' GOOD SUGGESTION * \\nu1il I'oBftlhly Unto llrcn Tnl < cn of Ilu > I'nmirtfiloim of the 1'nclllr Mtruniftlilp Company In thu I lay of Paimmn. WASIIINOTON BimEAtT or THE QBE , | fiin FouirrnnNTii STIIF.KT , > WASIIIXHTOX. U. ' . , . Jan. 30. ) Hclioes of nn interesting character will bo heard from the Chilian Incident every day , bowing that the United States wiw tn earn est In its demands for reparation and nn apology , nnd that war was not improbable at DUO time. Ono was hoard today. On the Illth Inst. Senator Paddock received a letter from General Victor Vlfquam , a native of Trance , now of Lincoln , Nob. , in which ho made some valuable suggestions to bo fol lowed In the event of moro serious trouble with Chill. General Vlfqualn said In bU letter ! "The Pacific Mail Steamship company have in the buy of Panama , witnln four miles of Pana ma , nn Island called Nasl. They have com plete Jurisdiction of it , nnd It la their base of luppllcs for coal , water and provisions of all kinds. It is fullv ! 1OJO , miles nearer to Intilque , Chill , than any of our Pacific posts , why not crowd coa ! nnd other stuff on that ( bland ostensibly for the use of the Pacific Mail company. Our vessels can call there "on their way uown. If the matter pets to a fighting point don't forgot mo as ono of the brigadiers nf the Into war. " This loiter was referred to Secretary Dlalno , nnd today a reply wai received from Acting Secretary of the Nuvy James H. Soley , to whom the letter was referred by Secretary lilnluo. Uenornl Soloy says : "Tho suggestions of General Vlfquain have boon road with inter est and should circumstances become-such as to render It advisable to sucuro a base for 13 supplies for our vessels In the PaclBo the general's suggestions shall receive dun con sideration. " AVIuit It CoHtM to right'Chilm * . Secretary Poster , In his estimates nf ap propriations to bo made at once by congress in order to complete the service for the llscnl year ending Juno HO next , recommends tbo following appropriations for the defense of cases brought In the court of claims for Indian depredations under the direction of Assistant Attorney General Colby in addition to the former appropria tions : for special attorney and assistants to examine , $ : i,000 ; tbroojtpcclal URCIHS for six months , $ lbUO ; for six months f 1,200 ; ono clerk for six months , SCOO ; for railroad faro for agents nnd attorneys , $4,000 ; for expenses of ngfits nnd attornov.s In the field taking Jopositlons , etc. . fTi.OOl ) ; for furniture nnd stationery , $1,000 ; for fees and expenses of notaries and commissioners taking deposi tions on bohn'.f ' of tbo government , $1,000 : total , fl'.IHX ) , An appropriation of $2,000 to enable General Henry H. Pease , special agent for the ascertainment of damages to settlers on the Crow Crook and Wlnnobago reservations in South Dakota to conclude His work Is recommended ; also $150,000 for tbo support nf Stoux of different trloes , and for talecraphlng and purchasing of Indian sup- plles.flO.OOO. These Items were Inserted upon the recommendation of Senator Pottlgrow. Dividing Ycllo Htonu Turk. It is very probable thut congress will find a now way around the objections which have for she years or moro been urged against a bill permitting the Montana Mineral Hail- way company to enter the jfcllowstonp National park about n dozen miles in ttiO northeast corner to reach Cook City. The iDost serious objections seem to have been hacked by opposition railroad companies who lid , not want to see any ono line bo nblo to * ay that it was the onlv railroad which entered the National park. The senate com mittee on territories has gotten hold of the question and it proposes to report a hill making no mention of the Montana Mineral Railway company or any other corporation , but to restore to the public domain what would bo , were It in rectangular form , a body of land about eight by ten miles in Bize. This would place Cook City in public domain and permit any and all railroads to go to that city without hindrance. It is be lieved that such a mousuro will bo accepted by both houses as it takes railroad favorit ism out of tbo question. This Is tbo solution proposed by Senator Saundors. MlHcrlttiiU'ottg , Miss Jennie E. Rogers of Sioux City is at the .National. Mr. Woolworth loft for Omaha today and Mr. Green for Now York. Leave of absence for twenty-three days Is granted Captain Aaron S. Aijpol , assistant lurgcon , United States army. Mr. and Mrs. Uussoll Harrison will loivo tonight for Now York , und at-the same time Mr. and Mrs. McICce will loavo'for Boston to ipcnd n weok. Mrs. Harrison's pretty little daughter , Mnrthena , bos recovered from n light Indisposition from which she has luffcrod since coining to Washington and is DOW looking wall and rosy again. Senator Paddock was today Informed by tbo weather bureau ortlclals that Instructions Lave been given to haven regulartolegrahplc weather station for the compiling of meteoro logical reports established at Kearney. ThU will make the third station of this character in Nebraska. The preliminary papers have been for warded to General Manager Holdrcgo of the Burlington & Missouri Ulvor railroad for the establishment of a mall service on that 'ino ' between Culberton and Wnunotn , Nob. U. H. Sargent was today appointed post master \Valworth , Custor countv. Nob. , vice T. Smith , resigned , and J. M , Lank ut llalva , Ida county , la. , vice J. V. Savage , re moved , The following postmasters in Montana have been appointed : Frunlc ,1. Nosblttat r liozeman , Henry G , Mains at Hillings , Honrv ' M , Bnrnei ut Castlo. P. S. H. WAHIIINOTOX , D.C.Jan. 3D. [ Special Tele , gram to TUB Diss.J The following list of pensions granted is reported by TUB BKU nnd Bxaminer Huroau of Claims : Nebraska : Original Jacob Moore , Lewis C. Cantor , George U , Darlington , John K. Ploery , Silas V. Fisher , George H. lirooks , John C. Cornhard , Cyronlus Uoodnougb , Daniel D. llyo. Mlcnaol FelthouserVIlllara W , Henry , Michael H. Coons , William GallicK , Charles S. Jackson , William B. Fuller , John D. Gordon , Sam J , GrlOlth , James LiuisiiiL' , William A. Bacon , K. 11. Cannon , Thoman Blakoly. Additional- William Darnell. Widows-Hannah M. Miller , Lydla J. Murphy. Iowa : Original James D , Farny , John II. Baldwin , James J , Henry , Lemuel Black burn , James P. Camp , John Adams , Jesse C. Allen , lilmor ! ' . Clasp , Silos M. Furnv , Ell C. Doarihurff , Alfred C. Gunzoalus. lionja- ii > In A , Hastings. James Grlftln , Ell W , Jack , Henry R. Gill , Henry Horist , Andrew M. Hart , Richard Jones , James w. Johnson , Kobort Gray , Benjamin Garret , David C. ICdwards , Udwurd C , Collins. Oliver C. Ful ton , Leonard Bundle , Samuel Alkoy , llorlnn Carnahnn. James Hamilton , Robert liowncr , Hlchurd Cannot , Additional Stephen Laov , Hlonboii J. ( lard. Increase- Benjamin Bako'r , Leonard H. MoWllllams , K. M. Sbermacuor. Original widows Cutharlno A. Brown , Rachrl A. Davis , Eliza Fumal , minor of Janios Rhodes , Ucttvr Tliun Celluloid. Ail inventor in Vienna has produced n now material that combines boino ol the properties of class and celluloid. It IB made by dissolving four to eight parts of collodion wool ( pun cotton ) in about 100 part * by weight of other or alcohol , adding 2 to 4 per cent of castor oil and -1 to 10 per cent of rosin or Canada balsam. The mixture is then dried on a glues plate at n temperature of 120 degrees , Fnhr. The coni | > ound soon soldltics in to a transparent shoot , having substan tially the properties of glass. It resists the action of salts , iillaulos nnd dilute acids , und ia tloxiblo. The addition of magnesium chorido reduces its liiUuinmivbility nnd zlna white gives it the appearance of ivory. Iy increasing the relative proportions of castor oil nnd resin the toughness anil pliability of lout her is imparted to thu mntorlnl. nnd it may oven bo made into driving belts. vi.r.rr.n snviti The curtain wns down , the house was empty , the last few patrons were strug gling out of the California theater , nnd ill the lights were out , says the Sun I'rancisco Kxiimlnor. Chief Usher \Vil- lams wns coming down the main Blair- case when n figure darted past him in Lho gloom. "Where are you going'i1" lie catlo'l , and grabbed the stranger by the coat-tails. The man struggled madlv , hut never uttered n sound. "Where in thunder are you going to ? " again naked Williams. "Don't ' you mow the show is over and we're lock ing up the housoV" And ho dragged the man down a few stops into the light of the lobby. Meanwhile the in truder gesticulated wildly , his eyes rolled like marbles , and ho hissed it Williams like n snake. Suddenly ho bent over to the usher. "I lost my voice , " said ho in an almost inaudible whisper ; "left it upstairs. Coin' up to II ml ill" Williams gaped in nma/.otnont. let go his grip on the man and followed lilm upstairs. Alter a few moments' rummnnlngamong the seats the stranger stooped down nnd picked un something. "Found votir voice yet ? " called Wil liams. ' ; Yes , I'm all right now ! " The chief usher nearly dropped. The voice less ntranger spoke with all the metal lic resonance of a bassoon. "What the dickens is your voice made of anyhowV" ho asked as ho piloted the stranger downstairs. "Silvorl" replied ho In the same stentorian tone. "Sue , hero it Is , I must have jerked it out with laughing , nnd I never missed It till I got outside. Ho pointed to an orilico at the side of his throat. The metal lips of a cnnuln were gleaming there. Without the metal tube ho wns silent as the mummy of Uiuneses II. ot Egypt. * Senator Squire played a scurvy trick on Senator John 13. Allen ono time , says the Spokane ( Wash. ) Spokesman. They were traveling from Washington , ft night , and the train .stopped at a station in Missouri , whore a Inriro. heavy woman entered the sleeper looking for a berth. Squire poked his head out between the curtains , and seeing the ponderous lady , said : "Madam , the berths are all taken , but if you wish you can occupy the one jus under me , whore my little boy is sloop- in" . " That was satisfactory to the Missouri amazon , who removed her shoes and then swung round into the bunk. Just about this time the disturbed occupant attempted to rise to aeo what the intru sion meant. "With ono fell swoop of her pnlm she clapped it squarely over the gentleman's mouth , uayinir : "There , little boy , don't speak. Your father said t could sloop bore. " Again the "littlo boy" attempted to rise , and this time ho innnaged to say : "Madame , I want to tell you that I'm no boy , " "Whonreyou , thon'i1" "Why. I'm Senator Allen from the state of Washington , " lie exclaimed. "Oh , Lordl" she yelled , and sprang up and Uoshod out of the car , exclaim ing , to the consternation of every one but Squire , "Oh , Lord ! what would Hiram say if ho know ? " "Tho slang phrase 'Ho didn't talk turkey' is ono of the oldest in use in this country , " says Manager Al C'nnby in the Now York Commercial , "and during a recent trip through the west a relic of the forty-niners that I discovered in a small Colorado town gave me the authentic origin of the line. According to his story the captain of ono of the last of the prairie schooners to cross the Great Divide went shooting in partner ship \yilh u friendly redskin , the under standing being that they were to divide the spoils at the end of the clay. "Evening came and all the mutual game bag contained was n turkey and n crow. Under the circumstances a fair division seemed to bo out of the ques tion , but the white man itibistod thut ho know how it could bo done. " ' how do do Hi1" 'Ugh , you queried the tomahawk tosser. " 'Easy , ' , answered the wily scout. 'You kin have your choice : You take the crow and I'll take the turkey , or , if you'd rather , I'll ' take -the turkey and you can take the crow. ' " 'Ugh , ' sighed the Indian after brief reflection , ' you no talk turkey to mo a bit ! ' " * * K A group of merry commercial travel ers were seated in the binoking-room , when suddenly Bodkins volunteered a story of u remarkable find he once had. "When I " commenced was a young man , the irresistible 13 , " 1 was employed in n large house in the city , and , as usual with persons of that ago , I fell in love with a young lady , and in due course of lime was engaged. About two months before our marriage was to In Ice place I was suddently sent to Australia on very important business , occasioned by the deutli of ono of the lirni in that country : I took a nasty and alTecttonnto leave of my intended , with the promise to write to each other often. I was detained somewhat longer than I expected , but just before I sailed for homo I bought n handsome and valuable ring , intending it as a 'coming homo1 present for my sweet heart. As I was nearing the ohoro nnd reading the paper which thn pilot had brought on board , curiously enough mv oyeloll on the 'marriages , ' and there I saw an announcement of her marriage with another a follow I knew very well , too which ho enraged mo that in my passion I throw the ring overboard. A few days afterwards I was dining at this very hotel ; linh wan served up , and in eating it I bit olT something hard , and what do you suppose it was ? " "Tho diamond ring ! " exclaimed several. "No " said the Bodkins , merry , pre serving the same gravity , ' 'it was n fish bone. " * The Washington 1'oat says this is Con pressman O'Neill's latest : Two evicted Hibernian tenants are standing near the roadside , concealed by a thick hcdgo from passers-by. Each has a double- barrelled shotgun , loaded with nn extra charge of buckshot. Tlio weapons are hold in readiness for the tyrannical land lord , who is expected logo by every min ute. Both men crouch there with knit brows and looks of dogged determina tion. Murder is in their liearlsund written - ton in their faces. The minutes creep like snails ; the man they mean to assas sinate fails to appear. The pale moon rlbos slowly and cnsts its beams on the pair , but yet they wait. Hour after hour goes by , and when at lust patience gives out and tiioy decide to wait no longer for their victim , ono of them , heaving deep sigh , observes : "Well. Mike , I hope nothing has hap pened to him. " * A belated story ofCnrdinal Manning tolls of his meeting , when a priest , with nn Irishman whom ho besought to take the pledge. "It's myself would t < ko the pledge , your reverence , if I thought I needed it , " said the son of the Emerald lelo , "but I thoiiKUt the pledge wuu meant for those who took too much' . " "Well , " said the future cardinal , by way oi encouragement , " 1 have taken the pledge mybolf. " "Indeed ! " said the Irishman , "and did your reverence use to take too muchV" Beecham'i pills cures sick hcadaclio. HE WAS ELECTED BY INDIANS Legal Complications in the Eighth Judicial District , SOME VERY SERIOUS CHARGES MADE Tickets Said to Itnto Upon I > prrlnlly MarliPil nnil Pntillcd Near the Tolls In Violation oT the Anstrilllau Itullot LIXCOLX , Hob. , Jan , 80. [ Special to Tun Hun. ] A case of moro than usual Interest and Importance was fllod with the clerk ot the supreme court today. Attorney General Hostlngslied an Information In the nature of quo warrnnto to oust \V. F. Norrls from the district Judgeshlp in thu Eighth 'district , the rclator being J. C. Crawford. At the last election Norrls received a cortlllcato nt oloc- tlon , ho having received on thu tnco of the returns a majority of eighty-two votes. The rclator , Crawford , gives the nnroos of 33'i Indians of the Omaha and \Vlnnobago tribes who voted at the election , an'l ho alleges that their votes nro Illegal and should bo thrown out. out.Tbo Tbo question arising In this cnso Is whether or not the Indians nro citizens within the In tent and meaning of the constitution , The Omuhu and Wlnnobago Indians have neither abandoned their tribal relations. They are still living on government reservations and arc still In charge of the agents appointed by the preslaont of the United Slates. AccordIng - Ing to the Information lllod In thocasu by the attorney general none of tbo Indians woo voted were electors on the 3d day of Novem ber , IS'Jl , and were not entitled to vote. Moro Serious Clmrgrg. Among otbor grounds upon which Judge Crawford rests bis cuso Is his assertion that the judges and clerks of election deliberately disregarded the provisions of the Australian ballot law. Ilo alleges that'ln ono precinct In Cedar county the Judges and clerks of election all belonged to the farmers alliance mid all supported the people's independent ticket , and that on election day they coddled directly from the polls ballots marked as they doslrcd to have them voted. Ilo also alleges that in Thurston county Juago Norrls' name was designated on the siunplo and oOlcial ballots as being the "republican and Inde pendent" candidate , whereas Norris was not in any manner whatever a candidate of the ropuollcan party. The same charge Is marto In regard to tickets In Cumlng county. Tbo evident Intention was to deceive the voter and mislead him. Can the Indians Vote ? The question as to the right ot an Indian to veto Is an Interesting ono , and has Deon Eassod upon by the Nebraska supreme court. D the case of the state ox rel I1'air against Frazier ' .tho supreme court held that in order to establish an Indian's right to citizenship , and hence his right to vote at an election in Nebraska , that it must bo proven that such Indian was born within the territorial limits of the United States and that an allotment of land In fact has boon made to such Indian by the government of tbo United Stales. In this case , which was very similar to the Crawford-Norrls case , Chief Justice Cobb held , the other I u dees concurring , that none of the Indians on the Wlnnobago reservation were entitled to vote under the laws of this stato. Itluilo n Break for Liberty. Milton Hooker is a oiir , burly bad man , and bo has given the police- enough trouble In the past two days to entitle them to a well earned rest. Milton was arrested ono evening - ing early in the week for creating a disturb ance in a questionable resort In this city. The Norfolk authorities sent word that they wanted him , and bo was hold hero accord ingly , yesterday afternoon ho was taken before Judge- Lansing on a writ of habeas corpus. A contin uance cf the case was taken until this morning , when the man was released. Ho was at once rearrested on another warrant. Atrer being placed under arrest bo made a bold dash for liberty and only stopped run ning when several bullets had been fired after him. At noon tbo city marshal of Nor folk arrived with a warrant. While walking along the street between two officers bo knocked thorn both down and again at tempted to escape. After a vigorous chase for several blocks ho was again recaptured and triumphantly marched to jail. Ho was taken to Norfolk this afternoon. < JC H | | > at the State House. Articles of Incorporation of the Seller But ter company , with n capital of 120,000 , wore lllod today by Thomas A. Hoaley and twelve others. Tbo Domstor Mill Manufacturing company of Beatrice lllod amended articles of incor poration today increasing the capital stock to $200,000. E. Uosowator , editor of THE BEE , was a state bouso visitor today. Lloutcnant Governor Majors returned to his homo In Nomaha county today. A. lu. Strang , ono of Nebraska's World's fair commissioners , was a Lincoln visitor today. Governor Thayerthij afternoon returned Louis Hoimrod's as oil report inspector un opened. A largo majority of the county treasurers of the state- have in ado their annual settle ments with tbo state auditor. Treasurer Hill is still unable to perform bis usual duties on account of sickness. State Superintendent Gaudy is still ton sick to bo at his ollice. The duties of the ofllco nro well taken care of by DoputyStov- ons and Cblof Clerk Glllosplc. Kscuucil from the Home. Jesse Smith , Leo Barrow and Harvey Stull , throe young boys who oscancd from the State Uomo for the Friendless last Thursday , worn brought back today by Olllcer Atwnter of Crete. Ilo states that ho found the boys on thu streets of that city tired , hungry one * homesick. They told him that tboy had become tired of living at the Homo for the Friendless and had dotorminnd to go west. They were about 12 years old and were glad enough to get back to their comfortable quarters. Hint Ills liana Hurt. D. P. Mlllikon , a resident of Lincoln and a brakeman on tbo B. & M. freight train , returned - turned todav from a trip to Pad lie Junction , la. , minus the thumb and two lingers of bis loft bantl. His train loft Lincoln last night , and whllo counting cars at Paultlo Junction at 5 o'clock this morning his loft hand was caught between tbo bumpers with tbo result as stated. Ho was brought to his homo In this city this forenoon. Kiirly Moraine riro. The large barn and greenhouse belonging to C. D. Mosher at Twenty-fourth and D streets was burned at 1 o'clock this morning , It Is believed that the lire- originated in tbo boating apparatus used for maintaining tbo temperature of the greenhouse. Both build ings were totally destroyed. Tbo lira de partment was unnblo to cope with the tlatnos as tbo tire had gained too much beadwuy be fore they anlved. The loss will foot up to over f 1,000 , partially covered by Insurance. To Jl Tcntoil Monday , Water Commissioner liullock reports that tbo new South street wall is completed and will bo tested next Monday. Trie well Is located about $00 foot south of Sixth street and is 11 fly-so von foot deep. Tbo water now stands In the well to a depth of tiftv-ono feet and is practically inexhaustible. It Is esti mated trmt It will furnish SOO.OOO gallons of water every twenty-lour hours and It Is bo- lluved that Its commotion will go u long way toward solving the problem of Lincoln's water supply. From Ilia Court Itoom * . The February term of tbo district court begins Monday wlltvovor 1,000 cases on the docket , of which fifteen are criminal and sixty-ono divorce. Judge Lansmir.todiiv pave Charles Hoy- inond a judgment of $53. SO against Charles Sovereign. In a petition filed with the clerk of the district court todav F. W. Little asks that the case against him brought Uy Dave Howe and three other mombori of Lincoln's do- fund base ball organization bo dismissed. Ho oases bis request on tbo grounds that tbo plaintiff bad given no security for the costs In the suit. A transcript of tbo proceedings In the case of the State against Herberts , was filed in the district court today. Herberts was ar rested and tried at Hlckman , this county , hut December for iollinij mortgaged prop- erty , nnd was bound ovof.j.'r/ the district court. : , The CMCof the State Rftuttst Champ was tried bofora Judge Borgcltthls forenoon , Champ was accused of solltng.ltquor on Sun day contrary to the laws. Mftpr listening to the evidence the judge dlsuxUncd the cnsu. The witnesses rolled upon. \ > f , the prosecu tion to establish the case did . not give the testimony ox pee ted of tbcirL1v StilK ; llllhrrolly. Nltr . Seventy visitors roglstoVe'd' ' during the month representing elgnt cljff6rent states. The Microscopic club rltU"beon fully or ganized xvlth I'rof. llartloy'tti. ' president and Koacoo Pound as secretary. ' Monthly meet ings will bo held In the lobriuory of the de partment of botany. ' Chancellor Canllcld has arranged n scries of public band concerts to bo given on the government square by the university band. February 15 Is char.or day-and will bo ob served by the faculty and students ns a gen eral holiday. Washington Gladden will deliver tbo annual address at the Lanslnc theater In the evening. The ninth annual Chase & Wheeler orator ical contest took place at university chapel this evening. The contestants were ns fol lows : C. hi. Flfor , "Ualtnacodn : " Vesta Gray , "Women Will Vote ; " C. C. Marlay , "The Destiny of the Jaw ; " Euircnla Gotwor , "Tho Education of the Masses ; " Minnie Do Puo , "An English Poet. " The judges were Chancellor Cnulleld and Profs. Bates nnd Fling. f > dil nnd KmK Prof. Hunt of the State university had his valuable beaver overcoat stolen last night. The electric elevator In the now Lansing theater was put Ih place and thoroughly tested today. Colonel Hoaclnnd ' , the "newsboy's friend , " will deliver n'leciuroat Hod Ribbon hall to morrow evening , entitled "Ton Years Among the Newsboys. " Miss Mlnnlo Buzzoll , n young lady of Junlata , Neb. , who has been a missionary nt Swaton , China , for several years past. Is in the city , and will speak nt the Flr t Baptist church tomorrow morning. Miss Buzzoll is ono of the party of missionaries , who were victims of the Chinese riots and has hadsomo very thrilling experience. Lincoln's batitf clearings for tbo last week show an Increase of 51.0 per cent over the corresponding week n year ago. KINDNESS REPAID. Generous' Iinpulso Develops Taking In stincts. Cincinnati Commercial : "Go away , beggar boy , you have no right to look at our flowers , shouted the gentleman's son from the garden. The poor boy's face llusliod with an ger , and ho was about to invite the young aristocrat , to como out into the alloy and have his fnco broken , when a sweet little girl in n. dainly muslin gown and a wealth of golden hair sprung liUo a young fawn out of the arbor and cried indignantly , "How could you speak so rudely to the poor liitlo boy , Harold ? His looking at the flowers will not hurt them.1' Then turning to the touched lad' she said tenderly. "Littlo boy , I will pluck you a nosegay , " an immedi ately gathering all of n r mother'a most cherished flowers , she 'passed them through the railings. ' ' Twenty-five years later the kind littl girl had reached the ngo-of 17 , nnd had become tv woman. She had also man aged to scoop up a husband somewhere along the inarch. OiiOjbrjght afternoon while they wore walkftjg in the garden when ho ought to have ioon tending to business , she noticed a , ' man in humble attire , neat but not 'gaudy , loaning against the railing , and looking intently at the flowers and herself. A thought struck hqrbut recovering quickly from that surprise , she approached preached the stranger and said : "Sir , some years since , upon'this spot , I gave a little beggar-boy some flowers with a kind word , which , according , to all the story books , must hayo ; changed the course of his whole life and inado him an honest and upright man through the influence of that , little deed of charity. I presume you are that boy ? " Choking with suppressed emotion ho replied : ' 'I am dor bloedm' hucklo- borrv. Is der anyting in it ? " With tears of pi-ido in her eyes she turned to her husband.saying : "Seo how great a reward a little deed of kindness has brought. Sir , " said she , turning again , "wo shall be pleased to have you partake- a slight collation with us. " "Feed ? " said ho , with inexpressible emotion "I'll . " , go yor ono. Ton minutes later , after making two pounds of cold hum and a dozen light rolls look debilitated from overwork , ho departed , picking his teeth with a pin , and saying , with a strange gleam in his determined gray eyes : "So long , birdy , I'll not forgit wnat I've seed this aft. in this 'ore 'tippy 'onfol" And he was true to his word. That night ho ro-ontored the house by the kitchen window , and , having already gained a complete kowlodgo of the in terior , gutted the residence of all its valuables inside half an hour , got away undetected , and has never boon seen since. Three Weather Hujs. St. Paul's dny , the 25th of January , is the flrst "weather day" of the year the day by which the character of the whole year was formerly predicted , says the Now York Tribune. If St. Paul's day bo fair and clear Then will betide a happy year. But if it chance to snow or rain , Then will bo dear all kinds of grain , ClouJs on this day foretold mortality among farm stock , nnd winds were fore runners of war. The day was a festival , at which a fat buck and dee , dokcd with roses , were yearly presented to the clergy , especially those of St. Paul's cathedral , and loaves of bread were baked having upon them the imago of St. Paul. There nro two other "weather days' which have acquired celebrity ono Candlemas day , the 2d of February , which is still romotnborod by the col ored people of the south , though no longer as the festival of the Virgin , Jjoing known solely as "Ground-hog day. " Candlemas day , contrary to St. Paul's dav , must bodark , and lowery to bring lucic in weather1. ' A German prov erb says : "A shepherd would rather see a wolf enter his stable , than see the sun on Candlemas day."Tho badger , " says another European proverb , "peers out of hit * hole on Cailujcmas day , If ho finds snow and cloudsho ; walks abroad ; if the sun is shining , he goes hack into his hole , and expoctu'llmt half the winter - tor i to como , nnd more , " The nogros nt the south toll tliosinnP old story about the ground-hog. lie uouies out of his hole invariably on the 2d of' February ; if lie sees his shadow ho remains , hut if the sun is shining bright , /x'pd / he sees no shadow , ho goes hack into his hole for a long winter's snooze. iBt. Switliin's day , the 16th of July , is probably the best Iniown of the three principal "weather- days" of the year , andthe , familiar story of the good saint's democracy , and his deiro to bo buried among the common people in the churchyard rather than with the illustrious in the cathedral nave lias been often repeated. There nro many good old ladies still who firmly boliovn that if rain falls on this day there will bo wet weather for forty days thereafter , * Origin of nil Oild rimtso. Harper's" Kazan Phrases and slang tormsiiro frequently horn of interesting episodes , us witness the following : Putor the Great , while off driving in the neighborhood of Moscow , on ono occasion , was boizcd with the pangs of hunger : "What have we in the ham per ? " he asked of his aide. "Thoro is but one candle loft , your majesty , " replied the aid , "hut I think I can exchange it for a fowl ut the next faria-house , if you wish. " WHY MORROW WAS MURDERED Said to Have Been the Result of nn Old lend. SECRET OF A HIDDEN FORTUNE Ten ThoiKnnil Dollnrx In ( lovrrninrnt lloml * ANVro llurlcil by the VJcllm and the Wrnltli Him Not Vet llccn Unrnrl licit. Oiu > , Nob. , Jan. 30. ( Special to THE John C. Morrow , the victim of the assault on the evening ot December 30 , ' died yester day morning. As was stated at the time of the occurrence , ho was found in his barn suf fering from severe bruises on the head nnd his , throat partly cut across. The medical examination nftsrwardj made shows a com minuted fracture ot two ribs over the heart , supposed to have boon caused by the hooli of his assailant. To the citizens In general it scorned at first a case of assault for moro plunder , but the rumors that began to circu late put another phase on the affair. Many different stories bavo boon told to account for the strange affair as the rumors grow. but few people It any are satisfied that the truth has all boon told. A few days after ho was hurt Morrow made a statement to the county attorney. It his not been made public , but his friends say It Is In substance that n man by the name of Thorpe who worked for a farmer living near Ord , was accommodated with a small loan by Morrow , ho leaving his valise as security. The loan was paid and the vallso returned In duo timo. Un the occasion of his father's sickness , some time in the winter of 1SSK ) , Morrow went to Illinois to see him , and when com ing back tie mot Thorpe on the train at Galesburg , 111. Thorpe recalled his former kindness and said ho wns hard up and needed a loan again , but could glvo much bettor security. After some talk Morrow made him n loan on $10,000 worth o { Uuitod States bonds. On his return homo ho burled the bonds forsafo Keeping. Thorpe mot him on the ovonlntr of November 1 and de manded the bonds. On Morrow's declining to deliver them until the amount ho bad loaned him was returned , ho was violently assaulted knocked down and roubod of-l ( > r > . Ho reached homo , not sorlou-ily hurt , but violently shaken in his nervous system. Ho was told at that time If ho did not deliver vp the bonds In thirty days ho , Thorpe , would return and * lll him. Morrow says there wni another person with Thorpe whom ho failed to recognize. ' Shortly after this ho pur chased a revolver , and on the ovonltie of the fatal encounter ho had arranged for Mccso nnd George McDonougb to go with him and unearth the bonds. A pick and shovel were laying outside tbo door of the ' barn when tho'tragody took place , ready for use that night. Those , his friends clMm , nro the facts In the affair , but the mystery is deepened by their evident doslro to keep the maitor quiet and their seeming disinclination to insist on the apprehension of his assailant. At their request the Ord papers have refrained from any special comments on the caso. A motion to offer a reward for the capture nnd convic tion of his assailant wns made , but voted down , at the mooting of the county super visors on January , largely , it is said , be cause of tholr knowledge of those facts and a doubt whether they coulil depend on secur ing a conviction if the would-bo murderer was caught. The county coroner has impanelled a jury : nd an Inquest is In progress. It is rumored that a day or two before his death ho tnld the watchers by bis bedside the Hiding place of the burled bonds and informed them that ho loft a sealed envelope with a full state ment of the affair. His mind wandered to ward the last and bis last efforts at speech were some uncertain utterances as to the bonds nnd their hiding placo. It is said Thorpe was seen nnd recognized in Ord on the afternoon of the day the assault was committed ; also that a hand car was hoard leaving Ord over the Union Pocilic railway track between the hours of 10 and 1 o'clock that same ulrfht. It is said Morrow received an anonymous letter threatening him if cer tain conditions were not complied with ana that tne letter Is In tbo possession of his family. It is said that he was not expecting danger so soon and tbat bo entered his barn that fatal night with hU mittens on. Some say bo was found with ono mitten on , the other lying on the barn floor some distance from where bo was knocked down. His going to tbo barn nt that hour and his reticence on the occasion of the first nttacic and silence during his illness provoke * much doubt as to the truth of his story. Norfolk's Now Industry Nonrouc , Neb. , Jan. 3D. ( Special Tele gram ! to TUB Bii-.l A bichloride of gold stock company has been organized in this city with an authorized capital of $50,000 , $ T > ,000 of which is paid up. The ofllcori are P. A. Sutphen , secretary ; O. A. Mast , treasurer , and Dr.V. . H. H. liugoy , physician and manager. The com pany will bo known as the Norfolk Institute , with headquarters on the second lloor of tno Citizens National bank building , which is being fitted with all the modern conveniences for the comfort of the natlonts. Tbo Insti tute will bo In operation by February 5. The treatment will be.vlrtually the same as tbat used In tbo-Kceloy institute , and starts out under the most favorable nusplcns. The or ganizers are among Norfolk's best citizens , Dr. Hagoy being ono ot the most prominent physicians in northern Nebraska. .llcntriqo 1'rlxonor Ksciincx. BRATUICE , Nob. , Jan. 3D. [ Special Telegram - gram to THE BBE.J Sheriff Kyd nnd his deputies vroro atnrtlod today at noon whan they wont to feed .tbo prisoners confined in the county Jail to discover that Richard Dawson , recently bound over for burglary , was missing. DJWSOU'S nb once was puz zling bccauto of the fact that ho appeared at breakfast time as usual. An examination of the Jail foiled to reveal any place of conceal ment or place of escape , and the conclusion was reached that Dawson's escape was made in the forenoon when the Jail was being cleaned , possibly by hiding behind a door until a favorable opportunity was affordud for escape without bolng observed. Dawson is about ! U years old , dark complexion , heavy black mustache , wears black clothes and a soft black hat. Arizona ImlhuiH , Coi.UMiiL's , Nob. Jan. 30. ( Special Tele gram to Tin : BBC. ] Superintendent Dachus of the Grant Indian schools at Genoa arrived on the 1:30 : afternoon train with lOtl Indian boys nnd girls of all ages whom ho picked up in Arizona. There were Apaches , Yuums , Pantos , Navnjos and Arapahoos In the lot. The two coaches which carried them were transferred to tbo Albion branch and started foj' Genoa at 2:30 : , A thousand people mot the Indians at the depot hero. Hu ( ! liiiiiniin. ] BKOKISX Bow , Neb , , Jan. 30. Will O. Chanman , editor ot the Crete Chronicle , and Miss Desslo House , daughter of John Heoso , p V DELICIOUS Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla - Of perfect purity. L monI Of great strength. Almwid If Economy In tholr u.o Ros .etc-J Flavor as delicately And deliclout\v \ aa the troth irulU register of the United States land ofttco. were united In marriage bv Hov , I * T. Guild , pastor ot the Methodist church of Crete , at this nlaco yesterday. Mr. Chapman was formerly editor of the Ouster Leader nt this placo. Miss Keoso was n loadof In society circles hero. Numerous costly presents were presented to the couple. Oror fifty friends nnd relatives worn present at the'marrlago ceremony. They will make their homo nt Crete. AIIAMS COtlNTVVAUIIANTS. . Hotr Some KntcrirlliiK | llrnkrr * l < > Scrum Cim lilcntltli > Wr. llli < HASTING * , Nob. , Jan. 30. [ special Telegram - gram to THE Iltn.j It has oeon for several years the custom for tlio county c'.crh , upon the order of the Hoard of Supervisors , to mono out warrants in the blank warrant book nnd to Icavo them there until called for by the parties to whom drawn , when the warrant is torn out. l''or several yearn past many of those warrants roprosontiiiK thou sands ot dollars.have not boon called for. Many other persons who supposed that money was awaiting them were surprised on Investigating to llnd that there were no war * rants standing 10 tholr credit. It seems now that sonio person as yet unknown , removed those old uncalled for warrants , ranging from $1 to $ JO tn vnlun from the proper boon , tied tlio in up nnd ulacnd them In Indexed nnd initialed envelopes. Thoio were laics' found in n pllo of old chock stubs , pnpor , etc. , by nn attnuhoof the ofllco. In some way n man In business hero obtalnoO nn abstract of those hidden warrants of tlio persons to whom payable- and ot the nmoniiU. This person then sent letters to the owners of the warrants stating that bo understood that the recipient of the loiter had n claim pending against tbo county nnd that ho was willing to buy that claim for an amount which gen erally ranged from 20 to 40 per cent of the fnco. If the recipient wished to accept the proffer ho was to sign nnd return nn inclosed receipt and assignment. Nine out of ten letters were answered nnd the warrarts assigned to the broker who Immediately wulltod over to the court house , presented his proper assignment and received the voucher which was promptly cashed. Tbo questions naturally nrlso how did these warrants happen to bo in that pllo of waste paper and how did an outside party got nn abstract of these mysterious papers ) Could the secretion of those warrants have bcnn made to rcduco the shortage In the treasury or wns It simply a money making scheme I If thn latter It certainly has succeeded. Last night the county clerk was kept busy over two hours delivering warrants on these orders which were obtained for a moro song. U is est mated that enough margin will go to the en terprising broker or brokers to make thorn independently rich , hut still it is possible that this latest ot Adams county1 * mysteries is n most peculiar combination of circnm- > tnn cos of which lomo ono has taken mlvnn- tago. Sclinjlcr fire. 8cntiTi.cn , Nob. , Jnn. 80 , ( Special Tolo- grnm to TIIR BEE. ] The hay barn of Jatno * Undsdon burned tonight , about 11 o'clock. The contents belonged to the tlrm of Stewart As Palmer , who lost tholr entire stock of hayIng - Ing nnd baling machinery and nbout forty tons ot bar. The loss will bo nbout Jl , WO , There was no Insurance oxcont on the hay. I'UI .Secure ) ! Unit , HASTINOS Nob. , Jan. 00. [ Special Tcl gram to Tun UKR.J Kmanuol l-'ist last night obtained bull In the sum or (10,000 , Dr. John Cooke , I ) . S. Cole and Mrs. Klst becoming his sureties. The ball is as largo ns any ovct given in this county. Itrinmril tn Intrn. Vr.SANoo , Nob. , Jan. JW. ( Special to Tun DKIV : ] , N. Jordan sold his tncrcanlllo stock to J. M. Simpson nnd Krnest Wclshant yesterday. Mr. Jordan goes to Baxter , la. , to engage in the banking business. An Ancient Kino Until , The oldest rose bush in tlio world isi\t Illhlcrdiolm , in Hnnovor. It wua plnutoil moro tlmn 1,000 yonrs nfjo by Clmrlomngno in commemoration of a visit miulo to him by the nmbixssailor of the Cullpli Ilnroun til Unclad. After it luul become n flourishing vine , a ontlio- ilral was built over it. it is known , however over , tlmt n colHn-Bhnpeil vault was built around its snored roots in the year 818 , the vault and bush surviving a lira which destroyed the cathedral in 1140. The bush ia now twenty-six foot hiph and covers thirty-two foot of the wall. The stem , after 1,000 yours' growth , is only two inches in diameler. Unlumiitul by rtiiinri , The value ot terra cotta for the cou atructlon of Urn proof buildings was blriklngly shown by experiments re cently conducted on u Inrpo scale in Lnmbolh , London. A building the slzo of a room of un ordinary house wus con structed with brlelc walls and terra cotta roof or floor. The building was lillod to the colling with wood , tar bar * rein and auraw , a piirty assembled on the upper flour or roof and the matoriiila withia were lirod. Although tlio interior rior of the building was ono mass of white boat , the floor above waa nora foelly cool under foot and apparently quite unaiieetod by the intense lieat. . Begs Leave to Announce that its Twenty-Year Tontine Policies , Is sued in 1872 , are now Maturing , with the Following. Results : i. 1. Ordinary Life Policies are returning from 20 to o- per cent tn o ocs. of th < ; ir cash cost , according to ago of Insured. ( See example below. ) 2. Twenty-Year Endowment Policies arc returning from 58 to 71 per cent in excess of their cash cost , according to ago of insured. ( See example below. ) 3. Limited Payment Lifo Policies are returning from -111 to 141 per cent in oxeoss of'their cash cost , according o age of'insured. ( Svjo example below. ) EXAMPLES OF MATURING POLICIES. L 1. Policy taken at Age 43 , $2OOO ; Cost , $1,402 ; Cash Value , $1,757.76 2. Policy taken at Age 3O , $5OOO ; Cost , $4,853 ; Cash Value , $8,238,45 3. Policy taken at Age 37 , $1OOOO ; Cost , $7,166 ; Cash Value , $10,338.40 These returns are made to members after the company has carried the insurance on the respective polices for 20 years , II. 1. Persons insured under Ordinary Life Policies may , in lieu of tbo ab vo cash vpluop , continue tho'r in&uranccat original rates , nnd receive CASH DIVIDENDS of from 71 to 115 percent , of all premiums that have been paid , and annual dividends hereafter as they accrue. ( See example below. ) 2. Persons Insured under Limited Payment Lifo Policies may , in liouoftho above cash valu ° s , continue their insurance , wit lout f Jrtlior payments - monts , and receive CASH DIVIDENDS of from 07 to 103 per cent , of all premiums that have been paid , nnd annual dividends horouftor as they accrue. [ See example below. ] EXAMPLES OF DIVIDENDS. 1. Policy [ see abovol may bo continued for the original amount , at original rates with annual dividends , and the accumulated dividends , amounting to $980.02 , may bo withdrawn in cash. 2. Policy [ see nbovjil may bo continued without further payments , receiving an nual dividend's , nnd the accumul ited dividends , amounting to $1,820.'iO may bo withdrawn in cash. Ill . Tlio Management of the Company further announce thtit : / . The Company's New Business for 1891 exceeded $150,000,000 2. Its Income Exceeded that of fSoo. 3. Its Assets and Insurance in Force were Both Largely In- creased. 4. Its Mortality Rats was J\Inch \ Below that Called for the Afar * tality Table. 5. A Detailed Statement of the Years Business will be published after the annual report is completed. WILLIAM H. BEERS , President. HENR'V TUCK , Vice President. ARCHIBALD II. WELCH , sd Vice President. RUFUS W. WEEKS , Actuary. . . . \ rl OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION , Si $180,710,690 COMPAQ'S ' REPORT , . | $115,947,809 L Nebraska Branch Office Now York Lifo Dr. George L Miller , Manager. II. S. Ford , Cashier , Omaha General Hgency : M , L Colin , I ) . Silberstein , Ira B. Manes , P. A , Jackson , Manager Term lepartmnt ) For further iiiformaUon regarding Insurance or nn agency , mldrn s Nebraska Branch Office. Omaha , Neb ,