THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , OCTOBER 23 , 1803.
VOICE OF THE GRAND ARMY
Its Committflo on Pensions Against the Un
friendly Hand of ths Government.
MUST RESTORE SUSPENDED PENSIONERS
A Volunteer Itcunlon Side-Tracked Ten-
lion Clflluu Something Abgut
lllc Ilnttlo Mlilpl ot
the Future
INDUNAIW.IS , Ind. , Sept. 7. Your
committee on pensions bop to submit the
following report and resolutions on the
subject of pensions : "To bind up the
nation's wounds ; to care for him who
shall have borne the battle , and for his
widow and orphan. " Thus spoke Lin
coln the great , Lincoln the just , stand
ing reverently , with uncovered head , in
the Immediate- presence of a cruel and
devastating war , that hod already lasted
four years , the end of which , although
BO near , his pronhollc vision was not
able to see ; speaking to. for and by the
authority of the American people , con
cerning ono of the human duties of the
hour and the future , when entering for
the Hocond time upon the discharge of a
trust committed to him by that people.
Within a few short weeks that end so
long hoped for had come ; but his dying
eyes were not privileged to see the full
fruition of his labors , and the work so
well begun and carried on by him fell
into other hands ; and those who had
"borne the battle1' after so many days
"turned their happy feet toward their
long-dcsortcd homos. "
A grateful nation mot and received
them , and gladly showered upon thorn
the plaudits and the honors they had so
well and hardly carnud.
ThcEO "bearers of the battle" were
then , In the main , In the prime and
vigor of young manhood , with all the
honors and possibilities .of life before
them , with all the hopes born of lofty
courage and patriotic and successful
achievement beating high in their
bosoms ; and they little needed , and still
loss cared for material aid from the
' 'and ' made
country they 'had preserved
free , save whore loss of lifo or limb , or
impaired health and broken constitu
tions were presently visible ; and for
such , in the main , ample and prompt
provision was made by that country.
But as the years pns&ed by middle life
too frequently developed into premature
old ago , and youth passed into riper
years with galloping feet ; and alas ! too
BOOH the exultant and hearty soldier
found that in the race of lifo there were
weights upon his foot and burdens upon
his shoulders , us the result of prema
ture and over-heavy draughts upon'his
vitality , that sadly interfered with suc
cessful competition in the crowd and
jostle of the fierce struggle for advance
ment. And still the nation sought to
keep abreast of the necessities of her
heroes , and by additional enactments to
moiisurably "inako provision for the ne
cessities of those who "had borne the
battle. "
A quarter of a century had elapsed ,
the young had become old , the middle-
aged had become feeble , nnd the old had
crossed the river. TimoLwith its ruth
less fingers , had joined hands with the
ravages ot war , and the two combined
had proved a burden upon the aging
soldier greater than ho could bear ; and
the cry went abroad that too many in-
Btunces for the credit , honor or good
name of the nation , many-who had fol
lowed the flag and faced the fiery fur
nace of battle , Had in want fallen by the
wayside , and in the poor houses wore
looicincr longingly for the relief and
comfort of the grivo.
Their sympathizing comrades and a
patriotic people , with ono accord , voiced
the Bontiment that such was not a human
administering of the sac.'ed trust recog-
"
"nized and announced by Lincoln. As to
what the remedy should be , men's minds
differed. Many , possibly a majority of
the survivors of the war , believed that
the time had fully corao when
the name of every honorably dis
charged survivor should bo placed
upon the pension roll. Others , denying
the right that they should receive
aught from their country through the
pension roll , stoutly resisted the de
mand.
It was under such circumstances and
dealing with these contacting opinions
that congress enacted the disability
pension law of Juno , 1890. This act was
accepted by the surviving soldiers and
by the p'eoplo in general us a settlement
of the question. Under the administra
tion of that law the poor house gave up
its veteran ho who had borne thobattlo
was cared for : nnd thus the sacred trust
accepted and loft as a legacy to the
nation was faithfully administered.
Within a few months wo hear with
profound sorrow and regret that all this
must bo changed ; that the construction
of the law has been changed , and the
regulations and ' rules in regard to proof
and ratings'under which moro than"
300,000 claims have been allowed and
paid , have boon revoked and another
construction of the law has been estab
lished , and now regulations for proof
and ratings , less favorable to claimants ,
have been adopted ; that a board of re
vision has been organized in the pension
olllco , charged with the duty of revising
all these adjudicated claims in accord
ance with this now construction , and
such changed ren illations as to proof
and rating * ; that under these changes
thousands of pensions have been sus
pended without notice und thousands of
pensioners huvo been dropped from'tho
rolls. It IB claimed that an adjudication
of a pension nettles nothing ; that the
becrutary of the interior and commis
sioner of pensions arc invested by law
with absolute power ever the pension
roll , and that It is within their legal
authority to reopen and revise pensions
allowed by their prcdoccssorn under
regulations adopted by them , whenever
they see lit to change the rules of evi
dence and the scale of ratings under
which the allowance was made , and this
in a country of law , whore from the very
Infancy of the government of the United
Statcp , by its organic law , Is in terms
denied the right to deprive any portion
of ju'oporty without duo process of law ,
notice und an opportunity to bo heard ,
and where in every other relation and
condition in life fraud is never pre
sumed , but must Iw clearly proved , and
.every person shall have the right to
face his accuser. To omplmzle the
vioioutmoss of the situation and accusa
tion , wo learn that it is said , as though
by authority , that "it is expected that
inuny of th.o pensioners BO Bunnnarily
suspended or dropped will bo able
to prove that they are still en
titled to the pension of which they have
boon deprived , " thus saying in no
uncertain volco that the burden is not
upon the party alleging the fraud , but
that the government which they had
preserved ahull first brand with infamy
by the charge , then sentence , and after
the stigma has been olfcotivo , then con
cede to them , whoso barriers and sup
port of character huvo been thus under
mined , the pitiful privilege of moving
for a now trial upon the ground of
nowly-discovercd evjdenco ; und thip not
upon strangers , aliens or foes , out upon
our own tloah and blood , our oowradea ,
tlio suviourx of the n tie tlios who ,
in the language of Lincoln , the Immor
tal , have "brno the battle. "
Wo clony that the secretary of the in
terior nnd commissioner of pensions
have any such power. Wo insist that
thcradjudicating division1 } of the pension
office , acting under the direction and
supervision of the commissioner of pen
sions and secretary of the interior , are
tribunals established by authority of
law for the settlement of pension claims ,
and that their decisions are entitled to
full faUli and credit , nnd cannot bo
legally Impeached when u change of ad
ministration occurs , except for fraun ,
upon charges preferred and evidence
adduced in support thereof. Wo insist
that where changes are made in the con
struction of tbo law , rules of evidence
and schedule of ratings , unfavor
able to claimants , they must
and should bo limited In their
operation to the future- work of the
olllco , and not the past. An ox post
fnoto regulation is as repugnant to our
sense of justice as an ox post facto law ,
and wo protest ngalnst the adoption and
enforcement of any such regulations In
the matter of pension chums.
Therefore , The Grand Army of the Ue-
public , In national encampment assembled ,
spoakinp for that great army of hclovcd
comrades , ninny of them too poor , too
bruised , too broken , to withstand the stronjr
arm of the povormnont when administered
with an unfriendly hand , proud of the good
name ami fair f.itno of the American volun
teer soldier , interested far beyond nny other
person or organization that the pension roll
shall In truth and In fact bo what It Is In
theory a "roll of honor , " and over mindful
of its cardinal principle , "To preserve honor
and purity In public affairs. " scouts and do
mes these Indiscriminate charges of univer
sal fraud and resents the imputation that be
cause some unworthy survivors may ho
found , that discredit shall bo cast upon the
entire roll , nnd this great body of bravo nnd
patriotic citizens shall stand disgraced before
fore the country. Wo demand that there
shall bo no backward stop In pension legisla
tion or administration ; that no pensioner
shall bo deprived of his property without
duo processor law ; that the presumption
shall bo in favor of honesty nnd fair dealing ;
that the poor nnd lowly shall not bo'put to
unnecessary , expensive or oppressive process
to preserve their muapor pittance : that the
sacred trust in favor of these who "havo
borne the battle" shall be sacredly observed
and sacredly administered , and wo do now
solemnly and deliberately
Hesolvo , That the Grand Army of the
Republic looks with solicitude , not to say
alarm , upon the proposition , that after suf
ficient tribunals have been established by
law before wnlch questions have been pre
sented and adjudicated , upon evidence sub
mitted and nxamlnod.'and upon which a
grateful nation has accorded pensions in
this , their hour of need , to these who In its
hour of need stood between It nnd death , the
ofllcors of that nation , administering a pub
lic trust , have arbitrarily deprived , without
notice or an opportunity to bo heard , our
needy and distressed comrades of the rights
thus solemnly adjudged and confined to
them ,
\Vo Declare , That every presumption
shouU bo made In favor of such records so
made ; that no presumption of fraud shall bo
Indulged in aituinst them , and that no change
bo made in the pensions so accented until
after charges have been made and evidence
in support thereof has been produced , of
which charge each pensioner has had full
notice nnd a full and complete opportunity
to bo heard in support of the pension so ac
corded to him : and it is further
Hesolvcd , That as the commissioner of
pensions , by his recent withdrawals of the <
obnoxious rulings which hail boon so gener
ally condemned , has virtually acknowledged
the incorrectness of such rulings , wo deem it
his further duty to nt once restore to the
rolls the thousands of pensioners now stand
ing illegally suspended.
J. N. WAI.KEB.
A. M. WAKNCU ,
J. W. BUHST.
A. R. GllBESE ,
li. E. TAISTOII ,
Committee on Pensions , Twenty-seventh
Annual Encampment Grand Army of the
Republic.
Pension Olllco Dangling.
It is stated at the pension office that
since the passage of the act of March
27 , 1890 , claims for pensions under that
act have been given an unfair preference
in the matter of adjudication over claims
under pi'ior .acts whore disabilities of
service origin are alleged. Thus , it is
said , about 200,000 claims have remained
sidetracked under the Raum regime.
Last month a block of 2,000 of those old
cases was taken from the files and an
examination disclosed the fact that
about 70 per cqnt of them were complete -
ploto , and yet in consequence of the
bureau being engaged in the adjudica
tion of Juno 27 , 1800 cases , no action-had
been taken. With u view to correcting
this injustice Commissioner Lochrcn
has directed the chiefs of the several
divisions to make a thorough search of
the files of the old cases , and when they
nro found complete to promptly forward
them for allowance , and if found incom
plete to made the necessary calls for ad
ditional proof.
The ISiittlo Ship of the Future.
Admiral Colomb of the English navy
may bo said to have led the critics of the
modern war ship in the attack upon mere
bulk and'exponsivenoss , says the Phila
delphia Inquirer , but in his article in
the current number of the North Ameri
can Review ho goes further than anyone
has yet gone in criticism upon the pres
ent typo. Most suggestive is his paper.
Asked , in nil probability for the mod-
era editor scatters his topics as the
sewer does his seed to toll what ho
thinks will bo the battle ship o'f the fu
ture , ho begins by considering the
battleship of the past , and announces his
opinion that the coining battle bhip will
revert to the very broadside typo which
our ancestors fought. It is not only his
conviction that monster guns are n mis
take that leads him to this conclusion ,
nor the fact that the Harvey process
permits of the wider distribution of
armor , but he has a theory of his own to
account for the present condition of
things in their relation to both the past
nnd thefuture.
Brlelly , Admiral Colomb asserts that-
the present turret und barbette systems
are the result of a failure to perceive
that the Introduction of steam , by in
creasing the maneuvering power of the
vessel , did away with the necessity for
{ net-casing the arcs which the guns
should cover. On the other hand , it
was the paddlq wheel which first led to
the mounting of guns fore and aft. . So
that steam worked the wrong way acbut
and led to the Invention of monster
Krunps and Armstrong when they were
really not needed for either offense or
defense. But now that the 110 guns are
found unsorvlueablo , now that nickel
stool armor may bo spread ever a ship's
bide and give no greutor displacement ,
, and particularly now that the building
of fast cruisers like the Hhike and the
Now York has started the fashion of
broudrildcs on what are practically bat
tle ships , the accident which gave tur
rets to the modern man-of-war is likely
to have spent its force , and we shall HCO
u. reversion to the older" typo wo shall
have the old line ot buttle ship , with
heavy guns and stout sides , but without
aiasls or Bulls. It may bo noted that
oven the sixty-seven' ton gun IB fur too
big for Admiral Colomb's acquiescence.
All this is , as has been already said ,
most BUggoitivd. There is much to bo
buid on the ether side. For one thing
the invention of turrets by Coles and
Ericcbon had much more to do with the
destruction of the broadside system
than hud the paddle-wheel. And oven
at that the very first effort was to ur-
range the turrets sons to secure abroad-
side fire und tlio old Royal Sovereign
has successors in our own Maine nnd
Texas.
_ PI"8 t"at euro sick hoaUaoae : UoWltt's
LUtU Kitriy UUcn.
THE BURGLAR UP TO DATE
Safe Oraikere Keep WelJ Abreast of the
Snfo Makers.
MODERN TOOLS ' OF THE TRADE
Implement * of Those Who Work In the
Dark , anil Some ot the Men Whoso In
genuity lln Ilocti Uied to the
Detriment ol Tholr rellcmi <
The aristocratic cracksman of the
east are just now engaged in laughing
nt the clumsy but wall monnt olTorts ot
their loss skillful brethren in the wild
and woolly west , who have been distin
guishing themselves by spending much
time mid largo quantities of dyniunlto in
endeavors to get at the contents of safes
aboard Aduius express curs , to the rilling
of which the cream of the profession
would have devoted about ten noiseless
minutes. Burglary is a delicate art and
to do a job In an artistic manner is not
the privilege of every gang of novices
in crooked deeds. Many qualifications
are necessary , but above all proper tools ,
convenient und powerful , must bo at
hand , for few men can open a locked
steel fireproof safe with nothing but their
fingers , although this lias been accom
plished.
To the eye of an honest man no tool is
a burglar's tool , says the Philadelphia
Times. Were ho to llnd a most ap
proved kit ho would merely think that , a
mechanic had lost his stock in trade.
Drills , punches , bits and ordinary jim
mies have each almost a counterpart in
open daylight work , and only to the
sophisticated would it appear that the
bits of stool were implements of crime.
To those who know , the two distinctive
burglars' tools are the fecctional jimmy
and nippers , the first being a stool bar
so arranged that it can bo unscrewed
into sovc'ral pieces for convenience in
carrying. The other is like a pair of
curling tongs , the clutching end being
armed , with little teeth , and is used in
turning keys in doors from the outside.
The manufacture of these tools is not ,
as has been supposed , con I ! nod exclu
sively to any sot of men. A burglar , de
sirous of obtaining a kit , will go toji
hardware store and purchase drills ,
brace and bits , nunches and wedges ,
these latter being in a series , from tboso
the thinness of a knife blade to others
the thickness of one's hand. This as
sortment of seemingly innocent tools he
takes to a mechanic with instructions to
temper them to a curtain hardness. To
another blacksmith ho goes , and draw
ing u diagram has a piece of iron made
in accordance. Still another makes
him a second part , and finally
the thief has a "drag , " the
most powerful and perhaps the
most useful tool , from his standpoint ,
that can bo urcd in opening a safc It
consists of a long screw , with simple
iron braces to bo attached by a link to
the knob of the door. A hole is bored
through the front of the safe by moans
of a bit , a block is adjusted on the in
side , and on this is placed the point of
the screw , which is turned by a crank.
As the screw revolves it penetrates
further and further until the back is
reached. Then , as tho. tremendous
pressure continues , something has to
give , the front generally being ripped
out. Tills apparatus , iii addition to its
simplicity and quick work , has the ad
vantage of being noiseless.
A now and efficient safe-drilling
appliance is ono which takes its
name from the inventor , ' , 'Llttlo
Dave" Cummings , a western crook , in
whose possession it was captured in Now
York about a year ago. The middle
drill is sunk into the front of the safe
and by means of a ratchet the diamond-
pointed smaller ones out a hole through
the door , sullieicntly largo to permit of
the burglar throwing back the bolts.
Cummings , in company with "Dago
Prank" and Moso Nogel , has committed
numerous big robberies , chief among
which is a $400,000 ono at Quincy , 111. ,
and a still larger ono at Louisville.
Ho is now serving five years at Sing
Sing.
Probably thn most skillful of crooked
in this is ' '
toolmnkers country 'French
Gus" Lo Roy , alias Kindt , now serving a
five-year sentence in the Eastern peni-
tont'ury ' for forgery. Le Roy has long
been regarded as ono of the foremost
burglars and toolmakers In the country.
Histalonts , had they been directed in
another path , would have made him in
dependent. He is the man who invented
the lover system of locking cells , by
which ono man , throwing back a bar ,
locks every cell in a prison. In 1800 LeRoy
Roy was arrested for a robbery com
mitted near Sing Sing. Ho was sen
tenced to ten years' imprisonment , but
two years later effected his escape.
In 1872 ho was again arrested for a
series of remarkable robberies. A big
jewelry manufactory-was being regularly
plundered in a most mysterious fashion.
The safe had been unlocked and gold
taken out. There wore no marks of violence
lence , and the detectives were in a
quandary. It happened , however , that
Lo Roy was seen near the places and ar
rested us a fugitive. When his room
was fcearchcd the stolen gold was found
thoro. Ho finally told how ho nffected
the robbery. By boring a hole through
a partition in an out of the way place ho
had bcnn able to BOO the safe. Ho se
creted himself , and when in the morn
ing the custodian of the gold wont to the
bafo to take it out ho watched him
through a pair of field glasses and in
that way got the combination. The rest
was easy.
For this job Lo Roy was sent to prison
and while there invented the lever look
system , now in almost universal use.
Ho communicated with the governor
and offered to turn over his invention if
he "should bo pardoned. This was re
fused and so Lo Rfiy sot himself at work
to cscapo , which ho did not long after
wards. On ono occasion , to demon
strate his mechanical ability , he hoi-
lowed out a needle , put a screw thread
in the two parts and nlaced a smaller
needle in th iiisido. Ho was arrested
in this city in 181)2 ) for forgery , and Is
now serving out Ma bontcnco ,
Some ten years ago the police all
over the country were startled
by numoroub .burglaries. That they
were the work of professionals there
was no doubt. .But how they did
it was u mystery , for BO expeditious and
neat wore the criminals that it seemed
UH though they had only to look at the
safe for it to fall apart. Finally u col
lection of'strange tools , totally unlike
anything the police had handled before ,
fell into their hands. The kit was the
property of John Walsh , alias Warren ,
alias Whitney ; James Dollard , alias
Murray , and Milky McDonald , all of
them notorious thieves. They wore ,
nearly captured in Denver and left
thoir'tools behind. Then the police un
derstood , There had been a complete
change In burglars' tools , and the mod
ern methods were immeasurably bu-
porior.
'either of these three men was the In
ventor of the now way to force a safe ,
the doubtful honor'lying between a Goiv
*
man burglar who was located near
Buffalo , and "French Gus" Le Roy.
Whoever ho was ho made a few gets and
parted with the surplus ones to his
truaty oroulos. Quo of those was cup
lured from Walsh's "mob. " This man
and Dollard } vpnl to England in 1883j hd
"fell , " that' litfi word caught at w'ork.
They were sentenced to five years each
and on being rr.lpnscd returned to this
country , whdrrlMey committed a $30,000
robbery at Norfolk. For tnls they were
sent to prisons &lnco their release they
have committedpcvornl big robberies.
The evolution- burglars' tools was
talked of by D&lcctivo William Hen
derson ,
"Tho modofln'ljurglar is like love In
ono particular , " said ho , "Inasmuch as
ho laughs at lObksnilths. Hlssoomingly
simple tools inulcato that the attempts
made to bar his AVogress are not difficult
to overcome , and yet not many years ago
they were possessed of a very different
idea , and in . ola man Hope's prlmo ,
brute force was In a measure the leading
idea in forcing a safo. In those days ono
crook was selected to go with the gang ,
not because of his brains , but on account
of ills muscle , and his duty was to carry
the heavy tools. Big crowbars , huge
logs , and strong men were then the or
der of things. Safes were literally
dragged apart.
"In a few years things went to the
other extreme. Men intending to rob a
eafo would take hardly any tools , but
would break into a convenient black
smith's shop , got a crowbar and a slcdgo ,
and then go to the pluco to bo
robbed. As eafos were then constructed
a few blows with the slcdtre would knock
off the hinges of ono door , and then a pry
with the bar would wrench the door
away. But safe manufacturers soon
caught on , and when the handle of the
safe was turned by the owner bolts shot
both ways , removing the responsibility
from the hinges.
"Then came the' era of powder. A
safe would have the crack running
around the doors plugged with oakum ,
but two little spaces being left. From
ono all the air would bo drawn by a
pump , and through the other powder
would bo allowed to sift in. "When they
touched It off the safe would bo ripped
apart. But this moans , despite all pre
cautions , was noisy , and then came the
modern tools. In the case of an ordi
nary safe , the knob is knocked off , a
punch removes the combination and a
piece of wire throws back the tumblers.
In bettor safes the drag is used. If I
had a safe , no matter how good , with
many valuables in it , I would not trust
a burglar alone with it over ten minutes
at the outside. So far the burglars are
abreast of the makers of safes , and no
improvement is made by the latter -that
the former in a short time do not learn
to circumvent. "
HURLED LIKE GANNON BALLS.
Houses ltninbir : < led by Flying ; Fragments
of a Txronty-Toii Fly Wheol.
People were grouped by hundreds in
the vicinity of Third avenue and Second
street , "Brooklyn , says the Eagle , gazing
upon the destruction wrought by the
explosion of ono of the big fly wheels in
the Atlantic avenue railroad power
house. The sight was ono not soon to
be forgotten. That not oven one ,
but scores of' people were not
killed is little , short of miracu
lous. A wall ofr the brick building
in which the who el was located is out
completely in twoAH over the neigh
borhood the dwelling houses , mostly of
the'poorer class , n'ro riddled with holes
made by the Iron , missiles. A hole the
size of u door wast bored through a ono
story and a half frame structure on Car
roll street , wrecking the place , but by
the greatest of good luck injuring not
ono of : he mauy inmates. The power
house , which has a seventy-five foot
frontage on Third avenue and extends
back 200 foot to Gowanus canal , is a two-
story building , erected a year ago.
There are hotOj'eight dynamos driven by
the same number of fly. wheels.
These wheels are twenty foot in
diameter , and weigh each ono of them
not less than twenty tons. They carry
each a fourtoori-inch bolt. The wheel
which burst was known as No. 2 , and
was in the rear section of the building.
The wheels are supposed to make about
COO revolutions per minute. How fast
the one which exploded was revolving
no ono seems able to toll. The cen
trifugal force of such a wheel is im
mense , and renders it peculiarly
liable to accident. Whether it was
running at a speed too great
for resistance , or whether a flaw in the
iron hitherto unsuspected was the cause
of the explosion , are points upon which
no opinion is advanced by the railroad
people. The accident occurred about
7:20 : o'clock , just as the night men were
preparing to relieve those who had been
on duty there during the day. Most of
the firemen and oilers were at the Third
avenue end of the house. John Capolis ,
50 years old , of No. 'J79 Seventh street ,
the niglit engineer , was the nearest to
the wheel. Ho was the only person in
the building who was wounded. He was
not ton feet away , when with a report
like that of half a dozen cannon , the
wheel burst into a thousand pieces.
The mass of iron wont upward and out
through the roof as though that part of
the structure was made of cardboard in
stead of iron. Part of the wheel , com
prising ono of the mighty spokes and a
big section of the rim , knocked
out the wall toward Second street ,
and , falling on the vacant lot be- '
twcon Second and Third streets , buried
itself in the ground. This piece weighed
at least two tons. Another fragment ,
which weighed half us much , fell 200
foot away. Through the side of the
building toward First street several immense -
monso fragments were hurled , ono
striking and twisting out of shape the
cables which convoyed the electric cur
rent to the Atlantic avenue railroad
system.
A piece of the wheel , which weighed
at least a ton and a half , went over a
three-story building on Carroll street
and sunk almost out of sight in the yard
of 401. In the rear of 472 , the three
one-story buildings were more or loss
shattered. Mrs. Keogun , who was
struck by fajllng plaster , received cuts
about the head and a possible fracture
of the skull. MJoseph D.'unobO , aged 31) ) ,
of 458 Carroll street , was looking
out of the window of his house. A
fragment struck1 and broke Ills right
arm. Engineer Oapolis , who was hit by
falling bricks , ' * received severe scalp
wounds. The damage to the building is
estimated at $2,500 , , as about thirty foot
of the roof and 'sides of the building are
knocked out. Bohroodcr & Horstman's
coal olllco at Third avenue und Third
street was struck land damaged to the
amount of $50. John Henry , the watch
man , was In -building , but escaped
injury , the iron Cropping upon the lloor
at his side. Several boards were torn
from the sldo'of ' the building at Third
avenue and President street , occupied
as a saloon byDiilnls McNamara , but no
ono was hurt. " ' '
Mukc * AlljJity Much lie.
The coal 'breaker which the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Oo , has erected at Ruby is
the largest in the United States and
is larger than the Equitable building of
Denver , It is b'Ullt on u slope of a moun
tain at the entrance to the mine and
stands 100 feet high at the highest point.
It is 850 feet in length and 72 feet in
width , It is a solid mass of sawed tim
bers and filled with machinery for
screening coal. The cost of the struc
ture was * 5OiX ) . The company sawed all
of the lumber at its own mill and the
bolts and nulls were made at the work *
ut Bessemer ,
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
Nothing Helped the Whoit Market Yester
day and Last Prices Were Down.
SOME OF THE WEAKENING FEATURES
Cables Were So Indifferent ni to no Poit-
tlvoly Hem-lull Norr York
Were UliconraglnR About
Freud Ilcporti.
CHICAGO , Oct. 21. Nothing helped the
wheat market toclny and lixst prices were
l } c lower thnn liist night's figures. Corn
Is J e and outs j c to > c off. Provisions
nro about unchanged.
Everything wns at hand to make a weak
market In wheat. Cables were so Indiffer
ent as to bo positively bearish. Now York
messages were discouraging about fresh" expert -
port sales. Washington news was no bol
ter and reports us to the movement of wheat
were the most bearish of the season.
There was nothing In sight except a
jirosncct of nu enormous Increase in the visi
ble supply for Monday. Tlioloeal receipts of
cars were up from 113 Friday to 15'J. Minne
apolis sold a Hood of wheat and reported
over 1H)0 ! ) rars at the two points for the day.
Dispatches also said the demand for cars
was moro than doubled. The opening was
about 9&c lower thnn yesterday's closing
and with some slight fluctuations prices
further fell ort from % c to ? 4'c , closing com-
"parativoly steady.
In corn the line weather for drying the
now crop , the ( ] ill to good receipts ami the
cashless in other gram markets were the
main features governing the trmlo. Ixjcal
speculators us u ruto sold freely , whllo the
outsiders were ch lolly on the long nldo. The
market opened rather easy nt from ? c to
Jfo decline aim gradually receded from ? ate
to J e. Toward the close a llttlo more steadi
ness prevailed and prices rallied from > 8'c
to L'c.
Tlicro was a moderate trade In outs , with
prices receding J/c to | c. and closing with
about the iiiuom. The depression in wheat
ami the light cash demand caused the de
cline.
The business In provisions wns scarcely
worth reporting. There was a change of
but 2l c In any product for Jnnmlry. The
October price wns marited un In all products ,
but this was to represent the cash business.
At the close October pork was quoted Soc
up. lard Mc up and ribs 10c up.
Estimated receipts for Monday : Wheat ,
1ft ) cars ; corn , CSO cars : oais , t00 ! cars ; hogs ,
125,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows :
Articles. Open. High. J.uw. Cluso.
WHEAT
Oct 02 02
Dec , tilU
71M 70 , ' <
COIIN
Oct
Nov 38f
Dec IIS
May
OATS
oot 27U 27U 27H
Nov 27H
Dec 28H asr
May 31M
MKSS 1'onit
Oct
Jan 14 : )0 ) 14 y-J (
LA ni-
Oct 0 80 0 80
Nov
Jan 8 40 8 40 B S7H
SHOUT BIBS-
'Oct 8 go n oo 8 on
Jan 7t''hi 7 42W 7 40
OMAHA. F.lVi : STOCK MARKETS.
Cattle Coining to tlio Vnriln In Numbers
that Are Kecoril llrciiklnea.
SATUHDAV , Oct. 01.
Receipts of all kinds of stock have been
fairly liberal the past week , and the pros
pects are that October cattle receipts will
bo the heaviest on record , whllo all kinds of
supplies will show an increase over October ,
last year. The week's receipts , with com
parisons , are given below :
Cattlo. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts this woolt. . . . 28,021 26,053 0,410
Receipts last week , 23,371 21,343 7.251
Same wcok last venr. . 10,010 28,355 1,372
On account of the excessive supplies of
cattle both here and at other markets ,
prices have ruled weak and. lower on most
all grades of beef cattlo. The really deslr-
nbl-i beef grades have not suffered so much ,
as the proportion nf such has been compara
tively small ; in fact the number of strictly
beef cattle has never been smaller at this sea
son of the year. Buyers simply had'so many
cattle to make their selections Irom that
they were enabled to pound out n lOc and 15c
decline on the less desirable prades. The
slump here , however , was comparatively in-
signlfixmt and shippers who thought to
bettor their condition by going to Chicago
found this out to their cost. . It is a fact
worthy of note that less than 2 per cent of
the uiR cattle receipts of the p.ist two weeks
have boon sent through to Chicago , either In
first lianas or by speculators" . The ! 2 per cent
that went to Chicago lost big money. On
last Tuesday there were some choice western
cattle hero from Sheridan , Wyo. Ix > cal
buyers bid $4.25 for the cntlro seven loads
nnd the commission man wanted to sell , but
the owner thought it was not enough and
.went on to Chicago. They sold there Thurs
day for $4 , a loss to the owner of over fiOc per
cwt. On the same day there was another
bunuh of Wyoming cattle hero on which
buyers bid J8.85 for the steers and $ i.r > 0 for
the cows. The commission man bcggod the
owner to sell , but he , too , tried Chicago with
the result that the steers sold tlicro Thurs
day for $3.05 and the cows for $2.00.
Trading Steady to Strung. '
There were , perhaos , 1,000 moro cattle
hero today than were hero on last Saturday.
So far this mouth about 74,000 cattle have
been received. With avoratro supplies for
the next 10 days , the month's receipts will
run up considerably over 100,000 head , which
will make this the banner month for cattle
receipts In the yard's history. Last October
U0,0)7 : ) head were received , which was the
heaviest on record , The mnrUet today was
slow , but compared with Friday's ' trade ,
there was no material change. Offerings
were liberal and very common as n rule and
this added to the general dullness. Some
heavy natives , not extra good , brought $1.05
and there were no western cattle hero that
would grade better than fair. Common
stud , especially , was slow > sale nndIn many
cases easier , and the general run of range
cattle changed hands at from W to fU.40.
Whllo the movement wns slow it wns con
tinuous and the close found little of any consequence -
sequence in Jlrst hands.
Thu cow market was steady. Some culled
it fill-one. At any rate the liberal offerings
changed hands freely at full Friday's ' figures.
Common to very good cows nnd heifers gold
at from f 1.50 to r..45. butchers' stock largely
at from $1.8T > to $2.10. Common Inrgo to
choice veal calves sold ut fully steady prices
fromfl to t4 , mid rough stock nt from $1.50
to $2.50 showed nu particular change. During
the early and mldulo part of the week the
excessive offerings caused a drop In values ,
but this has been very nearly regained and
the fooling at the close of the week \viis
Probably the heaviest week for feeders in
the history of the yards closed today. Ship
ments averaged ever 1,500 , a day , and on ono
or two days ever 2,000 cattle were shipped
out to bo fed , The demand has kept up well
from all sources , but as the hulk of tlio offer
ings from day to day have been feeders ,
prices have very naturally weakened a little ,
hut this has been largely , if not entirely , on
the common grades. Really toppy feeders
have been scarce , and there has always been
n demand for them at good stilt figures.
Trade today was quiet , but n good business
was done and prices were not far from
steady , Uood to choice feeders are quoted
at { 3 to 13.50 j fair to good nt * ' 2.tW to * 3. with
common and Inferior stud at around fto
. ' .50.
ilog * Are Still Scarce.
The comparntlvely light receipts of hojs
and the generally common character of the
offerings continuo to puzzle dealers , who a
few weeks ago were predicting heavy sup
plies and good lioirs for the fall and early
winter months. The Cincinnati Price , Cur
rent explains it thus ; "Tho present moder
ate number of hogs being marketed is moro
or less duo to the relatively free movement
some weeks ago , when there was more con
fidence among farmers in values of corn.
The crop having resulted somewhat belter
What is
Cnstoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infant *
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic .substance. It is n harmless substitutes
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , ami Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' so by
Millions of Mothers. Cnstoria destroys AVorms and allays
fcverislincss. Casloria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. Castoria relieve.1)
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency.
Cnstoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cns
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria. Castoria. .
"CnstorH Is an excellent medicine for chil " Cnstorlft Is BO \ \ ell adopted to children that
dren. Mothers hax o repeatedly told mo of Us I recommend It as superior to any prescription
effect their children.1' "
good upon know u to inc.
Da. Q , C. OsaooD , n , A. Anciir.n , M. D. ,
Lowell , Mass. Ill So. Oxford St. , Hrooklyn , N. Y.
" Castorlrv li the best remedy for children of " Our physicians In the children's depart
which I am acquainted. I hope the day li not ment have spoken highly or their experi
far distant w hen mothers \ \ 111 consider the real ence In their outslJo practice t1th Castorl.i ,
Interest of thulr children , nnd nso CuRtorln In , aud although \\a only have nmoiif * our
stead cf the various quack nostrums which are medical supplies what la known as regular
destroying their loved ones , by forclngoplmn , products , yet wo are frco to confess &
morphine , soothing Byrnp and other hurtful merits of Castoria has vorta look with
apenU down their throats , thereby sending favor upon It. "
thorn to premature graves. " UNITED ItosriTi.li ir.B Dui'itiaAnv ,
Da. J. F. KiscncLOE , lioston. MASS.
Conway , Ark. ALLEN C. SMITH ,
Tlio Contnnr Company , 77 Murray Street , Now York City.
OMAHA
U Itaifactats lofcis Dinctoiy.
than was apprehended , has cncouraped the ;
relation of stock and stimulated the interior
demand for feeding animals , BO that there Is
an apparent scarcity at this time , and it is
doubtful If a free movement of hogs will bo
shown for snmo weeks to come. "
Koceipts have been slightly in excess of
last week , but fall sharply short of the run
n year URO. Nothing of unusual note has ou-
curred , and the general situation is practi
cally the same as it was a wooic ago , the ex
ception being that prices are on an average
So to lOo lower. Tlicro has bcon a very ac-
tlvo demand for the fresh meat trade and a
good inquiry from shippers for eastern
butchers. The inferiority of the offerings ,
however , has curtailed shipments to the
smallest ilguro m months. Packers
both hero nnd elsewhere have
been moving heaven and earth to
break the market down below $0
before the opening of the .regular winter
packing season , November 1. In this effort
they have been very seriously hamllcapcd ,
having to contend against light receipts and
a very urgent demand for fresh meat capa
ble of absorbing the greater part of the sup
plies of hogs. With almost no stocks of pro
visions on hand and receipts lighter than a
year ago , it is doubtful It packers will ho
able to buy many very cheap hogs , espe
cially during the early uart of the season.
Jumped 1'rlccs Uj > .
The week closed with a moderate run and
a strong notlvo market. Sellers had the
best of it from start to llnlsh and ex
perienced no dlfllfiilty In gettlii''prleos from
fie to lOc hotter than Friday for their hold
ings. There was a very vigorous demand
from fresh meat men ; several ship
pers wore ir. the Held and ono packer was n
good free buyer. The good to
choice butchers weight and heavy
hogs sold mostly nt'JU.25 ' and fO.HO ,
whllo common light and mixed packing
grades went largely at from (0.15 to (11.25.
Business was llvoly from the opening and
loss than two hours trading cleared the
pens. Fair to good hogs , regardless of
weight , sold largely at ffl.'JO and * u.25as
agoljyit $0.10 to $0.20 Friday and $0.25 to
$0.85 ono week ago today.
Tronblo In Hie Sheep Trade.
The Bheop market has boon very unevenly
supplied this week , hut pi-Ices have lluctu-
ntt-d very llttlo. They aru so low , they can't
go much lower , and the heavy receipts prevent -
vent any advance. The run today was the
heaviest of the year , but one-half of them
were billed through to Illinois for feeding.
All that were offered , nlno double decks of
fairish UMh. Wyoming sheep , sold'rcadily for
* U.B5 , ii good , steady ilgure. Tlio market
Live Stock Murket.
OiiiOAOO.Oot. a I. Today there were ( inly 1,300
cuttle , of which 00 oie TOXUIIH. The market -
kot was iiiuinly nominal and prli-ou were not
nuotalily ( lliruicnlfroiii rrlday. Uocolpts for
tlio week ueroHa.OOOho.id. hulmt 0,000 hourt
mot o than the previous week , 4,000 , morn than
the coiiespoirllni ? week last your , mid tlio
luigoHt of the your , but not v ry close
to the rucord breaking of hiinlaiiihur
10. IH'Jl , wliuii 05,024 head arrived. Thu last
wuolc's receipts Included 01.000 range cattle ,
divided as follows : 10,000 Texans and In-
illunh and 32,000 wcsttnn raiiKoiH , against 22-
000 Toxaim nml 21,000 wostuiiik tbo lurjrost
week of the HPUMHI for thn latter the coiro-
bnondlng wiok lust yoar. Thu murlcot for tbo
week closed htroiiB. 20e lower on medium
buuvos. from 20o to 30o lower on wobteni
ruiiKoroand IBcloworon TexaiH. wtli | btock-
emundfoederrt In Rood deniuiid und fcliow-
Intf Illtlo clmiiBe , in liilfui. Niitlvo
hooves sold ut from * 3.2B to IO.HO. fancy call lo
nttbo luttor prlco uvuruxlnjc only I.J70 Ion. ,
while Kood 1,000-lb. eattlasold at | 5.20.
Western rung" IWOTI-H wilil at from 13 to 4,00 :
mainly below 13.00 , with feeders ia from 12.70
to 13.80 ! canuuru and cows at from 12.25 to
(2.UO ; Tuxus htvum , at from t2.30 to { 2.80.
Very few good natlvo puttlu are now Kolng
forward to any of tbo wujlt-rn markets , und
the urcauut uicuialvu rucolpU mo nmuu up
SQETT1 *
Union Stock Yards Company ,
South Ornaliai
eettCattla Ho and Shoup luarkut In tht will.
i _ _ (
COMMISSIO'I HOUSZJt.
_ _
Wood Brothers.
Lire Stock Commission MeraUknt * .
? 01th Umths Telephone IIU UhlOM )
JOHN D. DADIvM AX , I . _ . . ,
WAUTKIl K. WOOD. f D 'rr
Market reports liy mull and nlro cheerful
arnlsbod upon application.
chiefly of rangers , but , too , largely of unlln-
Islied natives.
Kowor lioxs arrived thnn tlio tnulo oxpnflca
and tlio nmrliot wns higher nnd uctivo. I'rlcet
nvomged 10 < : lilj-'hur , tlieru liulii ! ? BOIIIH Miles
only DC hlulior and ether sales fully IDc ulmvo
yesterday's miotatloiis , Coniiiutlllon was
( juito hrlslt. Tlio 111:11 : Lot closi-d nil if it MI wl" '
very few unsold , Unlit Brnilrn tire exactly
the mime as 11 week aft ) , ml.\od from Oc to lUa
lower and heavy from 20c to 2Bo Inwor than
Haturdny of IIIH ! wi-olc. lloiivy so'd totluy at
from JO.HO to JG.OO ; hulk , from W.10 to JG.3B ;
mixed , from SO.1(1 ( to to.7,0 ; hulk , from J0.30 to
Sli.OB ; llKht. from JG.17 to tG.ySj hulk , from
JU.OO to S ( > .7G. , .
Today's arilvalof Rhrop wuro small , boInK
ostlmatcd at only 1,000 head. The maikot
was active anil values were steady ut yester
day' * prices. Iti-ci-luls fur tliu week were
iiwiily 14.000IHOIO than Ilio piuvloux Hunks
Inriio receipts. Halus toniiy ITU nt from
tl.60 to HMft fornliooii and from i'J.HO to * J. HI
for lambs. Only 1,00(1 ( huud of hlit'tip airlved
todny , hut onoiiKli 01 n held over from yostur-
dtiy lo ki'iMiHitlosiiien busy. Tin ) ( lumunil , as
usual wan of an Inillirurunt chtirnclcr.
Ktlll u millibar of Hiilo were mtido at
Hluiidy prlcus. I'oodnrH took a few
and u Koutl cloariincn was maili1. CoiisltUir-
liiK that 83,01)0 ) heiul nnUuil ( ItirliiK Hi" wnok ,
tliu miirkut has hold up runmikuhly well ,
tiuod sheep und Iambs mui with a nmily oiilloo
and values bliuui'd no Inipoitant HliiliiKiiKo
ilurlliK tlioMiuk. . Koiluiiiitoly llm fcedliie
ilimiuiKl was Mitlk-lrnt , to nlisiirh 10.000 bond
of tliu half fat i-liiss , and they bold iinarly
steady. Tlio medium Mirup woio tlm Intruosti
tohdl and mo about -Tic lower ( bail last weuk.
Native ) Mii'ui ) Mill at from * 1 to4 , moslly ut
from $ 'J.70to ta.OO : uesloiiin , from J'J.OO tu
ja.40 ; hinibs , from * 2.40 to M.UB.
Kwoliith ; Calllo , 1,81)0 ) hondj calveH , 100
head ; hoKb. 8,000 huntl ! hlii-un , 1,00(1 ( hnail.
rililtiiiu-ntii : Cattle , l.ouo head ; IIO H , 4,000
heiul ; sliiTii , 1,000hiiiid.
The Uu'iiliiK Join-mil ii'iiortHi .
( 'AHI.B Hecoliils , iiHKi : ( head , of wlijrh
0,000 Toxiins ; iii usUiiiisRlciiilyiovuiyllinf : |
sold ; shlpinuiits. 1,000 , bund ; topMi'ow.M.WJffl
O.HO inedliini , J5.IOTiO.iDi ( : uooil , I.HlitWjj ( )
otliorn , * l'Joa4.70 ; Tuxuns , * 2.0iK2.bO | wcst-
ons-ueoolpts. 3.000 head ; bhlpimmttf ,
4,00(1 ( bead ! maikut uollvu ; niuuh ' " ' .C.V
moil , fO.Uoao.JO ; mixed and jiiicki'M , * i''i > '
1,40 ! prlmo biitivy und bulibuiwolKhtu , U.OO
ili.70 ! nrlnio Ibjht. $0.7011(1.70. (
KHBKP AMI fMMIWHWMllptS , 10.000 .OB.1 . 5
Kblpmuiitij. iionoi iiilmu natlviH , ( M.OlK/ll.O
Kooil to oholro3.70ai.OO : mixed li'ml'V1.1 ' ' '
nuth rn , l3lXft3.20j ) ( prlmu lambn4.70ii&,70 ;
City I.lvn hliirk .Murki't.
KANBAH OITV , Oct. si.-UATii.n-Itecolut * .
0,200 bead ! HhlniiiuntHMOO head ] murket
hteudy to lOu ( hlxhuri ; uxas and fchlpplnif kUiciH ;
D.OWtO.OO ; TDXIIH anil natlvo cows , 11.0045
a.lfj ; btiluhor slock , * 2.0U' < j4.05j blouUois unit
fuedors , H.UO33.00.
liiUH-Uccult ) | ) , 3.400 head ; Hhlpmonts.
1,500 bead ; iiiuikotbtoady to lOulilnlien bulk ,
tO.KKTtU.itO ; houvy , packlnu and mlxuil , Iti.ooa
0.35llnbls , Yorkura mill | ) ip. IO.OO < ! fU.40.
KiiKKi' Itfct'ipu , I.'IOO hiiud ; blilniiuut | i
1,100 head ; innrkumtuady.
St. I.ouu l.lvo Stock Marltot.
HT. I.ODI8. Got. 2 . - ATT.K Kucepl | . 1 , 00
head ; Mblpmoilts , 4,100head ; inarketkluuily :
top for Texan mcura , ! ! top for natives , 4,70. ,
IIM38 Kecolpl , aotl head ; khlpmenU ,
l.Olii ) heutl ; market utroni ! ; choice lin'1 ' * *
IO.4ta6.COj mixed , | O.OO'j0.40i ( heuVl' C. O < .
0.00.
HIIKKIHuculpts. . 700 head ; fchlpmonti ,
200 Iiuad ; uiurkot bluudy ; -
12.70.
