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A GunrJlan Spirit Rides with a Locomotive
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THREE MARVELOUS ESCAPES RECORDED
A Unrrr , Uirnlli inil > ! fl 1'enllnir , IrreiUt-
Ilito In 1'nrcPi Hlsniln Onus" Aliend
anil Hunt * Mm ThrolUc Tlirllllnc
ItiKtancct Itclntoil.
"In It premonition or predestination ? Oi
can It bo admonition ur forewarning ! "
There must bo about that dashing , clangor-
Dim llfo of the locomotive engineer some
chirm tlint protects tbcin , for nrnlil tbc
tnnxliiiuiu of risk there Is the minimum of
mortiility. There is reported by them moro
narrow escapes than by mortal man oft the
Held of battle. The man himself who tins
rulilcn the iron horse ninny yoaas and faced
mnn.v dangers generally believes that bo is
guided by n bund of destiny , that an invisi
ble something protects him.
In September. 18'A'I xvns traveling on the
Haltimore& Oblo railroad , between Wash
ington nnd Chicago going to Sioux Falls , S.
i ) . , to the first constitutional convention ,
which proved the preliminary Invitation to
itatebood for that territory. The weather
was cool , crisp , ilry and clear. There was a
late moon. The un set with an autumn
glow blood red , surrounded by a bright yel
low sheen , resembling the goblin placques of
the monk painters at Moscow. I retired to
my berth In the sleeping car late. The
wheels beneath mo rang out clear and steel-
Mice. It was that fast-Hying vcstibulo of
that fast road , and every sixty seconds wo
were at least a mile nearer Chicago.
Unllko many persons who , upon awaking
on the train and finding that they have nar
rowly missed a terrible catastrophe , declare
that they felt n premonition and could not
tloep well , I WHS soon dreaming of the con
vention , the contests over statutory laws In
constitutions , and the struggle which would
follow In congress when tlicsu people asked
for the confirmation of their work. Kinally
1 felt a chill nnd awoke. The train was
Etandlng still. I thought wo must bo at a
station and would soon bo on the way again.
So I turned over , drew the blankets about
me , and would have dropped back into the
reveries ot the abstract self had 1 not heard
a woman in a berth ahead of mo ask in dis
tressful tones :
' I wonder what the matter can be ? We
have been here these two hours ! "
Then men began to appear in the aisles ,
half dressed nnd made , inquiry. It was
uitch dark inside. I raised the . curtain to
my window. It was neither light nor darl :
outside. 1 could sec the tint of the sun just.
peaking out in the cast casting but the
slightest suggestion that the orb of day was
on hand. To the south further thc juoon
was hustling away out of sight , as if trying
to not bo scon by his rival of the day. It
was the dispelling of that darkness before. .
dawn , a contest between tbo monarch of
nlj'ht and the ruler of the day.
Anlinntcil In tcrrogiit lull * .
There wcro voices along the track outside.
and hearing the word "accident , " I hastily
dressed and soon found myself in the throng
nf passengers , moving toward the head of
the train. It was now more light than dark.
The shades of nlcht had passed away. It
was chilly , but not cold. One buttoned his
coat about his neon and shivered. Few
words were spoken by the passengers , of
whom there were 100 out now. No ono
knew what was the matter. There was an
awe over the crowd. We feared some ono
had been killed wo knew not how. But
death is solemn , even wltb ono wo know not ,
and anywhere , under all circumstances.
As wo passed the Jocomotivo and heard
tbo low. threatening escape of steam and
saw the flroman oiling bis great horse I
heard him fw.y :
"This train will have to back to tbo next
station. Yes , we must bo late in Chicago ,
nnd you may miss your afternoon connection
west. But it can't be helped , You ought to
bo glad to get away at any time with your
lifo. "
Two hundred feet farther ahead wo saw
lilting on a rail of the track a man , alone ,
witb his head sunk in bis hands , apparently
asleep. Wo walked toward him. Ho never
moved as wo surrounded him , novcr took
his hands down. Ho was cither nslcop or
weeping , wo thought.
A\'o were now auout an hour and a quarter
east of Chicago , guaging the distance by our
fast running. The track upon which we
itood was probably sixty fcot above the
country Immediately surrounding. Abend
there wns a trestle work of wood 150 yards
In length. At the end of it wo could now see
through tiio light of the d.iv-daxrn n watch'
man's ' shanty , a little building which re
sembled a handcar house. There was no hfo
In view except tbafwhich was brought by
the train. The surroundings were quiet ,
save ttio crowing of the barnfowl around the
distant farm houses. It was a strange sccno ,
an inexplicable wait , solitary In Its gloomi
ness. So far no explanation had been made
of our stop. No ono had said where wo
wcro. why wo had stopped , how long wo
would bo there , when wo would start , or for
what wo were waiting.
Tlio Meaning of It.
Finally the crowd moved { forward * beyond
the high grading to the point whoro" the
trestle work began. When wo had reached
the apex of the earth and stepped upon the
frame work nil was revealed.
In the middle or the Immcnso trestle work
nnd at the bottom of thu dry ravine which
was spanned there was a mass of flro coals.
For a distance of 800 feet In length nnd six
or eight feet in height above the ground nil
had burned awny. The tire had spent Its
force. It could not burn upward nor back
ward nor forward , Iron work above and
masonry upon either sldo had stopped the
progress of the lire. The result was a long
line of llvo coals on the ground far , far be
low the track's surface , mid two threads of
Bteol rails above which sagged probably two
feet. The rails bold together the frame
work below nnd wcro kept from pressing
down the cntlro structure by being bolted
together. A thousand pounds of weight in
the center of the trestle work would have
crushed the whole to tboground far boncaih.
Had the train dashed upon this structure It
woulil have been precipitated in Its entirety
n distance or sixty feet , and It is improbable
that n single lifo upon It would have been
laved ,
i A torrlblo shudder ran through the men
mil women who looked down into the chasm
nut contemplated the dnnjrer from which
they had escaped , Intuitively wo all turned
to the solitary man with his face burled In
hib bands and sitting on the track In front of
the locomotive. Ho seemed to have never
stirred during all of our talk and the time
wo had emerged from thu train , but as wo
approached him ho dropped his hands , and
tooitlng up said "Uood morning , " while his
ghastly face guvo out no expression. Wo
now saw that this man was the engineer.
for ho was drcssod In the regulation over-
nils nnd blue duck jumper. Ho was prob
ably 68 years old , of medium height , and
had seragcly red heard which wns sprinkled
with white , and cnmo half way down his
breast. Ho hud not been asleep. Ho had
not been weeping. The engineer had evi
dently been In deep meditation , a sort of a
trnnco. He was an honest-looking man , ovl-
dontly practical In every act , and full of
human nature.
Tluit SlrmiKO Feeling.
As ho looked about at the anxious crowd
of passengers and saw tholr eagerness for
information , the engineer said :
"You waul to know what wo are doing
here , why wo are waiting , what wo are
going to do nnd how i cnmo to stop this
triUn. don't you ? Well , I have ngalu boon
delivered from death and destruction bv
that strnngo feeling1. Lot mo see , It is now
after o'clock , nearly half-past. Wo hnva
been hero nearly two hours. A short time
nftor the train pulled out of the laststopplug
place that strange fooling , which has saved
more limn ona train for mo. gave warning ,
I felt uneasy , nnd it wns with a benumbed
hand thnt I opened the throttle and made
her bnort along at llf ty-clght seconds n tulle ,
The moon had beclouded or beduuniod the
track ahead of ma so that I could not see a
hundred feet ahead , Probably you men ami
women do not know It , but a headlight on n
moonlight uii'ht dims rather than Clears the
III :
way. The glimmer of the moonlight ngnlnst
the light of the engine confuses the eyesight
till there 1.1 no mo of trying to sco anything
abend.
"When wo had come within tlireo miles of
this cut I was impelled to stop. I could sco
nothing ahead of mo , nor could I hear any
thing ominous , Something told mo I milsr
not run over that trcstlowork. At first I be-
llcvca thnt thctO' might bo n man on the
track. I feared that the , watchman whoso
business It Is to g ever this bridge every
half-hour hnd falien nslcop upon his beat ,
nnd I would knock thu llfo out of him. I
bent my car to tbo ground , but aa the train
rushed along at llf ty-flvo seconds I could hear
nothing except now nnd then the crow of n
rooster as wo passed n farm house. Yes , I
can hour n rooster crow above the din of the
train , for I am used to the rnttlo. A tnllo
from hero t put my head out of the cab and ,
shading my R.VCS , tried to discern whatever
there might bo In thu way. The Impulse to
shut off thu stem now became Irresistible1.
Two or throw times I pushed the
throttle ; then I thought how foolish I
must be , and pulled lion again. There was
nothing ahead , HO tarns I could sue , although
thu shimmer between the moonlight and the
headlight mndu it Impossible for me to sec
any distance ahead. Finally I thought I
sawn man running in thu middle of tlu
track. He appeared to bo waving bis hat ,
nnd 1 shut the throttle off.
"This train will run a long distance on its
own momentum. II seemed to me that for a
half mile the speed noviir Blackened. Then
It began to slow up almost as rapidly as If I
had applied the br.ikes. It suddenly came
to u standstill with : i jerk.
Not Doiiil but Sleeping.
" 'There , we have done it , ' I said to the
fireman. 'Wo bavo run over some one. I
thought as much away back yonder. ' My
heart was In my moutn , for I was certain
that wo had run over the watchman.
"We both'got out of tbo engine and , I
going upon one sulo nnd the fireman upon
the other , wo walked clear back past the
train , looking under the wheels for n body ,
and along the grading , but wo found noth
ing , no trace of any damage.
'It must bo ahead of us,1 , said I , as wo
wnlkcd abend. The cnglno was within sixty
feetof this trestloworKl 'GreatUodl See
the fire'I ! said , almost palsiod. The fire
man was speechless. Wo both stood for
some moments in contemplation. Presently
the llrcman said : 'Well , what are you
going to do about it1 ?
" 'I finally gathered myself together
enough to say , ' ( tun buck n llttlo. ' 1 could
not think of leaving the train so near the
object that might have dashed us to perdi
tion. When the fireman had run the train
back a little I whistled for tbo watchman ,
but there came no response. 1 first thought
I would go down through the ravine and
awaken him. But , Instead , I slt : down hereto
to plan my way out , and have never moved.
By the way , where is the watch mil I" and
suiting the action to the question the engi
neer arose.
Climbing into tbc cab the grimly-bearded
engineer pulled thn rope , and the whistle
KIIVO u fitTco shriek. There wore n few
secouds of solemn quiet. Then : u every eye
looked In tbc direction of the watchman's
hut across the chasm wusaw thn door open
and the old man appear. As be looked about
ami sniffed the crisp Indiana air. not real-
i/Ing the situation , wo saw him throw up his
halum and fairly scream with astonishment
nnd remorse. Ho saw the standing train
and vlowcd the long lines of lire which hud
destroyed the lower structure of the trestlework -
work ! Ho had been asleep !
Fortunately the fireman had been less
shocked than the engineer , as ho had not
been rolled by the mysterious impulse which
bad saved tbc train of human freight from
destruction , and ho had taken thu precau
tion to not only send a llapman to the roar ,
but another back to u tclegranh station ,
where a message had been sent to Chicago
for a transfer train. While wo were waiting
for the train to take us from the lire to Chicago
cage the engineer entered the throng , and
seating himself upon the end of a cross-tie ,
said :
Tlio Unseen Guarillnn.
"I am not surprised at this deliverance.
Twlco have I before felt this power which
guided my hand and saved the lives in my
cure. A few years ago I was running on the
short line between Columbus and Sandusky ,
in Ohio , It was a pitch dark night in the
middle of the summer. That portion of the
state is threaded by many little rivers , .and
streams , which are spanned by the old-
fashioned covered wooden bridges. It was
after midnight. My headlight cut u vista
in the blackness which seemed like a long
golden swath , and I could have seen a man
on the trade a full mile. Wo were speeding
through wheat fields , little bits of woodland
and Hashing through fing stations llko
lightning. I was.hanging out of my cab
window , looking at the pebbles which
toyed around tbo wheels from the
swirl of the drivers , every now
and then furtively glancing ahead.
All was still , not a leaf rus-
tllnp. The warm summer air fanned
my face , and made mo drowsy. Suddenly
something seized mu with action , and I
dropped bade into the seat and clutched the
throttle viciounly. Something said to mo
that there was trouble ahead , that I must
stop. 1 looked far in the distance , but saw
nothing. Tbo fireman was craning his neck
forward and peering ahead. I know I never
guided my hand , but It pushed to close the
throttle. There wns a feeling throughout
my body akin to the mild thrill which fol
lows the application of a battery. Mv heart
fluttered and I felt a weakness at my
throat. The fireman looked at mo sharply
as the train slowcn.
"I could not speak for the moment as tbo
train ran into the entrance of a long , covered
bridge. It spanned a very deep llttlo river
and stood upon masonry tbirty-llvo fcot in
height. As the tram stopped I sprang to
the ground and walked ahead. The fireman
stepped out on the approach to the cab , and
cried : 'What Is the matter ? ' 'I saw a
ghost. ' was my reply , us I walked through
the brldgo. examining the track and the
framework for the cause of my warning. At
tbo further end 1 found a rail from which the
Boiltcr had been drawn fully twulvu or fif
teen feet. The end of thu rail had been
deftly drawn aside six inches , and stones
woUguii In to hold it firmly out of place. The
embankment , an the side was over lift/foet
in height , and had I not stopped the train
wo would have all boon dashed to destruc
tion. Ono could not have seen the work
of the villain an hundred fcot distant in
broad daylight , even If ho had been looking
for It.
Another Instance.
"Another time this impulse has seized mo
and savca my human freight , " continued
the grl/zly old engineer. "It was n few
venrs afterward , i was running Into
1'olcdn , nnd had the nl ht express. I bad
fust spent a brief New Year , holiday with
ny family , and my alfcctlons wcro wrought
up. It was n terribly stormy night. Twelve
nches of snow covered the earth , and moro
ot It was falling. The wind howled through
the trees and fairly shook the train. Great
tlakcs of snow filled the air nnd Iced the
window panes. It wns a dangerous night on
the rail. But It was that kind of night when
steam came ) easy and irrcat speud is possi
ble for a locomotive. Thu blinding snow
made itdifllcuit to see any distancu ahead.
I never stopped that tram except on orders ,
i ml wo dashed through minuets and villages
witb lightning speed. As 1 strained my
eyes uselessly endeavoring to penetrate the
glonni ahead my mind ran back to my family ,
ind 1 meditated un thu responsibility which
i locomotion engineer carries , bomchow I
foil that on this night 1 wmild bo dashed to
iloeos. It Is not truu that a man gets used
.o danger and becomes oblivious of It. The
moro a thinking in ; < sees of danger the
moro he thinlisof it.
I hud been ordered to not stop at ono of
tbo lame towns where I had been used tu
ecclvlng orders , and It made a strnngo
'ooling coma ever mo us 1 approached it ,
wltb thu knowledge that I could not stop
.hero. A mlle from thu place I blow thu
whistle , nnd as its uvbccs died away It
seemed to ma that nn invisible- person en
tered the c.ib nnd whispered in my ear thv
simple words , 'Stop ! there is danger ahead.1
I shook off thn spoil with n shrug of the
shoulders. As I approached the station It
seized mo again , I felt that there musi
lave been BOIUQ mistake in my last orders ,
and that thu Intention was for mo to receive
orders hero. With u hump nnd n jerk I
brought thu train to a full stop , but ft was
seine distance ahuud of the station. .lust i > s
I opened the throttle to move down to the
station the Impulse closed It , I sprang from
: ho cnglno and started to walk nhcnd and
tound that wthln | sixty feet there stood half
upon ( he main track n box car loaded with
stool rails ! U had blown from tbo siding.
Had I not stopped the moment 1 did thu loss
of Ufa could not have beou estimated.
" 1 have often wondered , " said the engi
neer In conclusion , "Is It premonition or pro-
lestinutlont Or can U bo admonition or
f re warning I" PEUHY S , HEATU.
CALIFORNIA'S ' GREAT SHOW
Informal Opening of the Midwinter Fair at
Baa Francisco.
THOUSANDS OVERRUN THE GROUNDS
Itrllllnnl nml Aiuplclou * ItmiiROrnllon of
the Imposition Workmen Still Ittinjr I'rc-
parliij ; for tbo Vidtor * Tlio Ticket
Tnlccr * Ucro Worried.
SAX FRANCISCO , Jan. 1. After a Christ
mas week of cold , cloudy w'-ather , which
closed with u slight rainfall last night , Now
Year's day opened clear and pleasant In San
Francisco. It Is n double holiday here owing
to the fact that the California Mldwlntct
International exposition opened this morn
ing , though the opening Is purely Informal
the dedicatory exercises having been post
poned until the main buildings are com
plated uml the exhibits are In placo. There
were no formal exercises today , nnd the only
special features were concerts by the Mid
winter Fair baud and tbo unveiling of Kir
Francis Ur.tko's monument , the "Prayer-
book Cross. "
Besides tbo music nnd the monument ded
ication , visitors today had 100 acres to
wander over nnd about seventy bulldliv.1)
and camps to Inspect. There wcro thousands
ot people at the exposition grounds yester
day , and they saw for themselves how neat
completion the great enterprise is. The ex
hibitors wcro moving their displays Into the
main building. Booths nnd sections were
being tilled up in the great structures , and
car after car was on the ground waiting to
bo relieved of its freieht. Workmen were
busy in different places putting finishing
touches bore nnd there or decorating the
buildings which had already been completed.
On tbo grand court several hundred mon
wcro working , and in n very few days It will
be transformed into u splendid semi-tropical
garden , with wide leaved palms and flowers
of countless colors. Scores of wagons were
depositing material which will form macad
amized roads , and everywhere was the sound
of the bustling activity , which moans the
rapid completion of the exposition.
The people who visited the exposition
grounds today were numbered by thousands.
From ar. early hour every car golnc to
Golden Gate park was crowded , and ticket
takers at tbc grounds hnd difficulty In ad
mitting every person promptly. Much en
thusiasm was displayed , and there was
every indication that the fair had opened
auspiciously under thn circumstances. Many
fiags and standards of the various nations
of the world floated from the various build
ings. The visitors were eager to see every
thing that was to bo seen and the crowds re
mained on the grounds all day.
*
STATISX1C3OF CRIME.
Record ol IHD.'lvlih Homo Comparisons
null llfllectlom.
The record of embezzlements nnd other
forms of defalcation in the United States re
ported during the year now closing foots up
n total of $ l'J'J'J'.l,0'J2 im sums of $1.000 and
upwards , says the Chicago ' 'Mbune. ' It docs
not Include a large number In each of which
the abstraction was less than 51,000. This
Is two and a quarter times thu correspond
ing aggregate of ? SS3T,54r for ISW , but little
moro than that for IS'Jl ' , the record of which
year was swelled by several unusually im
portant cases , prominent among them being
the affairs of the Maverick bank of
Boston. The total for 18'JO ' was nearly
the same as for 1SDJ , and that
of this year has been exceeded only
once since 1878 namely , in 1SS4 , the total
for which was a little over $22,000,000. These
statistics do not Include commercial failures
in the ordinary sense of the term , many of
which arc not necessarily the consequences
of moral wrong. The list Is limited to the
cases in which money belonging to others
has been appropriated under conditions
which imply moral obliqdlty , If they do not
prove it. Hence the record of embezzlements
Is ono of the pecuniary measures
of crime. It gives an average of
UO cents per capita , or about $1.50 for each
family , , on the supposition that the popula
tion of the United States is 07,000.000 , and if
it were divided up into domestic bunches of
flvo persons.
Tno statistics of 1803 taico account of about
fifteen cases of heavy bank wreckings.
Among the defalcations there were two forever
over $1,0011,000 each , three for ever $800,000
and less than $1,000,000 , one four over * 700-
000 and less than $800,000 , ono four over
$000,000 and less than $700,000. two for ovor.
$500,000 and less than $000,000 , three ov jr
5400,000 nnd less than JoOO.OOO , two ever
8:100,000 : and loss than $100,000 , four over
$200,000 , and less than $300,000. mid seven
teen ever $100,000 but less than $230,000.
New York contributed $3SUJI G to the total ,
that being the maximum , and Rhode
Island $ lt,820 ! , the minimum. No defalca
tions amounting Ions much as SI,000 each
are reported to have occurred In Florida ,
Idaho , Nevada , North Dakota , South Carolina
lina , Oklahoma , or the District of Columbia.
The figures coricspond with the changing
business conditions of the y ar. Thus the
total for March was the smallest monthly
record , being only $510,441. There was then
some apprehension , but little real embar
rassment , fears for the integrity of tbo cur
rency not being actively felt till April. The
largest monthly total was the $4'J , ' > 8,783 for
August , that being the time when the gen
eral shrinkage in values hud become so pro
nounced that it was Impossible longer to
conceal the facts of losses Incurred
through speculation with funds that
IK d not belonged to the person using them
for that purpose. Doubtless if the facts
were traced out It would bo found that most
of the defalcations resulted from that
course of .action. The -subssqucntly
known ns'nii embezzler lost his own money
in speculation or the ono step beyond that ,
which is gambling , and then took the inonoy
of others confided to his care , hoping
to "make " his
thereby good" previous losses.
Probably in the great majority of cases
there wns what was supposed to bo an
honest intention to return thu money , and
when this was Impoaslhlu because the ap
propriated funds wci.t the same way as the
others , "detection followed as u matter of
course. The disgraceful end wns all the
moroHUro and speedy , owing to the fact that
excitement incited to dissipation , which not
only cosl money , but unsettled the judgment
and rendered the culprit less ablu to steer
clear of the rocks on which bo ultimately
suffered moral shipwreck.
If this deplorable aggregate of vice bo re
garded as a parasitic growth on our modern
civilization it should bo remembered that
the same modern conditions render pojsiblu
the record of bcnovolencos to public objects ,
in which respect the present fur outstrips
the past.
In what may bo called the world's moral
departments borne of tlio statistics have a
hopeful look , so far as this country Is con
cerned. The number of murders and homi
cides of various kinds , amounting toU15 ( ! ,
shows a slight falling off as compared with
ISU2 , when there were 0,701 , whereas for ton
years previously they showed n steady in-
crease. The record of suicides on the other
hand Is not so encouraging , as it numbers
4-KHiaa against Il.blXJ in IbllJ. For the lust
fifteen years indeed suicides in thu United
States have increased steadily and out of
propoillon to the increase ot population.
The enormous disproportion between males
an females Is shown by the fact that while
U5S of thu latter took their own lives there
wore ! lfi7d of the former , whlcl\ \ opens up the
question whether women are not braver thuu
men in bearing the burdens ot llfo , A curious
feature of this record Is the large number of
physicians who have committed self-murder
as compared with clunrymon nnd lawyers.
During l tt : no less than fifty-throe physi
cians have uhufilcd off their mortal cells by
tholr own hands , while the number of clergy
men and lawyers combined is only fifteen , and
the record of physicians Incrc.incs each year.
Perhaps some one In the profession may state
the cause and suggest u remedy. As thu out
come of murders and other crimes TJU per
sons have been executed legally , as against
107 in 18U2 , nnd 200 have been lynched , us
against ' 'UO In 1HIU. The increase in legal
and the decrease In illegal hangings would
indicate healthier conditions in the opera
tions of justice , for It Is the first tlmo In fif
teen yearn that the record of lynching bus
shown a decrease. The statistics , ns usual ,
tu the bouth as the favorite locality of
Soint
udgo Lynch and mob law. While seventeen
bcuu lynched lu the northern 183 have
been lynched In the soiiMicrn states , nnd of
these 18IJ no leis than 1" I wcro colored men.
Notwithstanding tkeM suggestive compari
sons there Is room tor hope that respect foi
law Is IncrcnMif mnU thnt the popular nniitl *
incut of the country , joined to tlio efforts of
some of the soutWtfn governors In securing
legislation nnd pfeiiultlcs against mob Inw , Is
beginning to have some tnlluenco.
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CllUllt. MKltniiKHIl AHUKSTKH'
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1'Oiiln Snj-dcr Tiikop _ lnto Cimtody l > y tlio
IiidLiiiupnlli I'ollcp.
I.vmiXAi'Ou ? , Jnn71. Ixsuls Snydcr , who
so brutally mujyqml Mrs. Olive Cloud , a
widow , who had boon receiving his atten
tions for tome time. Saturday night , and
who escaped , was Uhls morning , nt lli-ITi
nrrfistcd nt the homo of his sister , Mrs. Me-
Naught , on Mist. .Ohio . street. Detective
Wilson had bceni wntchlnc the McNaught
house for several hours , nnd ho wns con
vinced that Snyder wns there In hiding , lie
wont to tlio door nnd demanded Snyder's
surrender. Snyder snld that bo wns just
going to the station house to give himself up
Wnon the prisoner with the detective rcnchci
the station. U.OOO People were massed In front
of It , and Chief Powell of the police force
asked Sheriff KinmeU to place Snyder in
the county Jail , which the sheriff did , as It
was feared that the crowd would take pos
session of the prisoner. Snyder says that bo
was drunk when ho killed the Cloud woman.
Foiunl Krrorn in tlin ImlU'tinniiln.
Is'iitANAi'Di.is , Jan. I. The United States
grand Jury will probably be cn'lfld together
again In a few days to correct the errors In
the Indictments ngnlnst Cashier Ucxford
and Director Pierce of the Indianapolis Na
tional bank. The errors In the Hoxford In
dictment , It Is thought , are not material.but
the errors In the Pierce Indictment nre of
sufficient importance to vitiate the counts
on which the government hoped to rest its
stronecst case. Frank M. Hayes , the rep
resentative of tbo comptroller of the cur
rency , who read the Indictment , has been
Informed of the errors , lie is nt Auburn. N.
Y. , and Is expected to return here in a few
aays.
CouiitoiTrlturiT TIMI | UiHcovoroil.
ST. .losr.rn , , lan. 1. A woman this morn
ing found part of a counterfeiting outfit in
the storage yards of the Fullcrton Lumber
company. The articles found consisted of a
complete sot or plaster of naris molds for
making coin of tbo denomination of a dollar ,
half-dollar and nickels. The outfit was
turned over toofllecm , who think it belonged
to a gang which became alarmed by the ar
rest of Chirlcs MaynnU his wife forcounter-
feiting same time ago. During the last
twelve months this p.irtof the state hat
been Hooded with counterfeit money , and
about a dozen persons have been arrested.
Howard CIOHCH lilt * Argument.
JACKSON. Tcnn. , Jan. 1. Kev. Dr. Howard
closed his argument this morning , ho having
consumed thirteen hours and a half In plead
ing in his own bohalf. District Attorney
Hawkins beiran speaking immediately upon
the close of Dr. Howard's speech , and he
will consume the remained of today's ' ses
sion. The case will be given to the Jury to
morrow. Thu court room wns crowded , nnd
the arguments were given the closest atten
tion.
Muclily Mtirriud.
New YOHK , Jan. 1. 'William II. Prlmm ,
who was quite popular with tbo members
of the Young Peoplp > society of Plymouth
church , has arrived.in Jail. He was brought
from Fort Wayne , Ind. , to stand trial on tin
indictment for bigamy. Ho bus been three
times married and can show but ono divorce.
Slystorlmis uo.uli 01 Family.
KANSAS City , Jau. 1. The Star's Inde
pendence , Kan.Tspecial saya : G. W. Heed
of the Long-Boll 'Lumber company was
found dead in bed'this morning , and Ins wife
and children urerm ii'dying condition. The
servant girl was also dead. The affair Is a
mystery. . . , , , .
mixic miSK.\I > is xc.in
.Michigan Adve'ntlsts rroparlnc Tor the
rinnl Judgement of the World.
BATTLE CmsniiMich' . , Jan. 1. [ Special
Telegram to Tne' B'EB.J The AdventIsts -
Ists hero firmly believe that the last
days have conic , and that in u
short time this ' wdrld will be no moro.
They believe that the prophecy is daily being
filled. A watch meeting was held last night
to raise money to educate the heathen and
convert the unsaved. Over 3,000 people at
tended the meeting. The elders called upon
those present to donate what they could of
their worldly goods to assist in
the conversion of the unsaved. Seventy-
nine gold watches were given , over
100 rings and other jewelry. Ono man cave
house and lot valued at $3,000. In all over
825,000 was raised for the cause. 'I ho ciders
have -advised those of the members that
can , to sell out and go into the world to
preach the Adventist doctrine. Some twenty
adherents ot the faith sold their homes at n
sacrifice and have left for different parts of
the country to preach the doctrine of the
Seventh Day Adventlsts.
I'AHHKl ) OUT UAltT.V.
Kotiirn of n American from 11 Prospecting
Trli [ Tlirousli Alrio.i.
NEW YOHK , Jan. 1. August Lalou , whoso
homo is at San Francisco , arrived yesterday
on the French liner La Uoureanot from a
prospecting trip on the Xambesl river in
Mashonaland and the Matabulo country.
Lalou says his journey proved unsuccessful ,
uul that ho has had an uncomfortable time
in South Africa. Ho found on bis arrival
that bo had to obtain permission from the
British South African company before pros
pecting , and that if successful ho would
tiavo to pay over largo amounts of money as
royalties. The nativoi , ho said , are very
nntiigoiifstlc , nnd are lighting continually.
I'hoy fear no power and no authority beyond
the South African company ; They take
constant pleasure in menacing the white
people within their reach.
Tramp of it Hoy.
WASIIIKOTON , Ind. , Jan. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to Tuts Buit. ] Koubcn Owens , n 13-
year-old boy , nrrivcd hero this morning ,
mving walked all the way from Texas. Ho
is on his way to Petersburg , this state.
3omo tlmo last summer , ho says , a Kip Van-
Wlnklo show struck that town and ho was
employed to work the drop curtain , Tlio
show turned him adrift in Texas three
months ago , since which lime he has been
Lrnmplng bis way homeward. Ho reached
Petersburg tonight.
IluoumineiidiMl 111.4
SAN FiiAXt'isco , Jan. 1. The Call an
nounces what purports to be n decision in
the court marlla { at Mure Island In the case
of Passed Assistant Surgeon Asbbrldgu. It
was charged that1' tile young surtrcon had
forged thu signature of Secretary of the
Navy Herbert to itplographio messages of
Instruction to Oipt'Mti ' Howison. It is said
that the court martial sustains thu charges
nud findings forwarded to Washington and
recommended the dismissal of Ashbrldgo
from the service. " ' !
Krcollnollon * . Youth.
Indianapolis Jpurnnl : "Dis , " said Dismal
Dawsou , after iiilona drink at the farmer's
well , "remtnda muqf , when I was a little
feller. " . , i
"Oh , you was raised on a farm , ohf" said
; ho good womaqV
"Nnw , I wasn't' ' raised on a farm. But
what 1 moan Is , aat it was do water 1 was
t'lnkin' of. I used to drink the stuff regular
when 1 was a kid. " ,
'i , '
CIllcucoM 'Y. JH. f. A. Ilillldlllt.
Ciucuno , Jan , 1. The now Young Men's
Christian association building , thirteen
stories high mid costing $300,000 , was for
mally opened today. The building Is lo
cated on La Sallustroot , just south of Madi
son street , and is the finest occupied by any
Young Men's Christian association In Amer
ica. The properly Is' valued at f 1,600,000.
.
< a
llroko it I. Du
ll V a fall on the sidewalk lu front of 1040
Georgia avenue , John Towns , who Is oni-
iloycd at that number sustained a fracture
of the loft leg. Ho wits taken to the Presb.v-
.orlitn . hospital. _ _
Leaves from experience uro useful at the
turning point.
nn i IT * i HIP nTni'ir it i inf PTO
OMAHA LIVliSlOlK MARMilS
Opening Dny of n New Year Fiutls a Light
Supply on Ilnud ,
INTEREST SEEMED GREATLY LACKING
Quality nf tlio OnurliiRii So Tour M to Nut
Ho Ahlo to Ovoroomo tlio Inilinvreiico
ul Hiiyeri , mid n liull Trude
Wits the Itciutt.
MONDAY , Jan. 1.
The now week , month and year open on
ns the old closed with light receipts. There
was very little change in the markets. No
over 1,400 n.ittlo were received , but the
offerings averaged up fair ns to qunllty
The market wns not fnr from steady will
the linn close last week , but trading was
slow , with prices Inclined to wcauness 01
all but the best grades. Buyers for loca
houses expect n pretty good run this week
and , as their wants at present are not vcr >
urging , they took their own time aboil
buying. What struck their fancy thej
bought nt full Saturday's prices , but sellers
experienced some difficulty In getting stead >
figures for thu ordinary and inferior grades
Dealers wore all desirous of getting t'nrougl
early , and although business was rather dul
throughout , by noon It was practically over
The market for cows was rather uneven ,
but in thu main prices averaged up abou
the same ns on Saturday. Offerings were
somewhat limited , but the demand was fail
and the movement tolerably free. Calves
and yearlings sold about like they did at the
close of last week , and rough stock of nil
kinds was quotably unchanged.
Business In feeders wns rather quiet.
Neither fresh receipts nor regular diMlont
supplies wcro very extensive , nnd but low
country buyers put In an appearance. As
far ns it went the market was firm , with de
sirable Ilesby stock n shade stronger. Good to
choice feeders nroquoied at from ) to ttt.iX ) ;
fair to good at from $ -.70 to t , nud lighter
common grades nt from f'J.TO down.
JCcprrsentiitlvo SultH.
N.it iiiollli : Hogs Tor li Mil fleet.
There was n very light supply of hogs
nere today , hardly enough in fact to make a
market. As n rule the quality of thu otter-
Ings was very fair , liasteru markets were
reported stronger , but as there were too few
hogs here to supply the entire local demand
and as prices here wcro too high Saturday ,
buyers started in biddlncr 5.05 and $5.10 or n
shade to 5c lower than Saturday. Very few
hogs , however , sold at under ? . " > . 10. The ar
rival of n good shipping order from Armour
of Chicago soon braced the market tp nnd
the later trading was at full Saturday's
prices , from $3.10 to $5.13 for fair to good
hogs of all weights. The pens
were practically cleared by 9 o'clock ,
nearly everything , good , bad and Indifferent
going at ffi. 10 and 55.15. On Saturday the
big bulk of thu trading was also at $ .5.10 and
f. > .15. Last Monday was Christmas and no
business was transacted. Ucprosuntatlve
Slicop 111 Dnmiind.
There were no fresh receipts of shcon. All
local houses want , seine and desirable mut
tons and lambs will brim ; good linn
prices. Quotations are as follows :
Fair to ( 'ooiJ natives. ? J.7. > ( < ! : " . ! > 0 ; fair to
peed westerns , ? . ' . ! . ' . " > ( 'W. ' 10 ; common and
stock sheep , $ l.fiUiJ.iii ( ! gooJ to choice 40 to
100-lb. lambs , $ 'J.50 ( , I.50.
ItrciuplH and I > IH ] > IMIUOII < u .Stock.
Official rJtfalpU-in I illi ultlri of Mto".k ni
bliownliy tlio hK : > : cof tin Union-H > : 'c Vardi
company for thn fiirly-ol bt lumn undine ul
iOJKp. in. , January 1 , 18U3 :
IIECKII'l' . * .
ht. I.OIIIH l.lvii IS I ci r \Iiirkut. .
ST. T.ouis , Jan 1. OATTI.I : lloeolnti , 1.000
load ; Hhliuuunts , none ; market stuudy : fair to
'ood mitlvn Minors , $ l.lOtt5.lu ( ) ; cows and
lulfur.s , tl.75&2Gil ; oxira huuvy , ( a ; fud
1'oxns stL'tirn , ti.00i'o.i.r ; : ) > ; irruss Texas stoora ,
J'J.'J&aa.LHlj cowa , ll.TSff.M.'S.
lions KeculpU. U.'JiKI huadi shipments ,
none ; nmruol slio'iKi top price , $5.'J5 ; bulk of
biilos , $3.UOSi0.1& .
Hiicui' ItccolplB , 100 bund ; slilpmonlH , nonet
innrkcl llrm , but siiluH ll bt uu meaner Kiip-
idlvb ; mixed natives are worth $ J.'J53.U ( ) |
muttons would Iirlnitt3.noita.OO.
KuiiRim City l.ivn ntn K Market.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. I. OATTI.K Itucolnti ,
2.UOO bond : Hhlpiunnts , 3,700 huadi market
stroiiKor ; TIIXIIH Mmirs. 4'J.OOttj.50 : ; TD.XHH
cdwn.il.90 ® .t > 0slilpp-Jl-s.l-I.OOtiO.C : > Oi natives.
! l,5U4 3.40i butchers , i'J.'J5Q14bi ktocki'uuud
feeders , tMKXi : 3.50i bulls and mixed , ll.COil
"lions lci'oln ! ( , 1,1100 brads shipment" ,
BOO hi nili market slcndy to 5 < - hlKhiT ! bulk ,
J5.KXii5.lfi ; lieiivy , tmfklnjj and inlwI.M.UOtt
O.JOi IlKlit. VorkiTM amllilK-.J-I.OOan.m
SUBKi'-Ucct'int ! ! . 000 luMiitt shlpmmit' . nonoi
market Mronjf ami active.
.Stock In Mlftlit.
Uccelpls of llvo slock ut tno four iirluolp.il
western markets Monday , January li
Unttlo. Iliinv Shoop.
FouthOniaha l.Ub'J . 1,300 ,
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' "
KnnsiK'buV..1. ! ! ! 8'io'o i'.abo "mjo
at. i-ouis. 1,000 J.auu. 100
Total "iT82 % ,800 , "l.OOO
xinr.it or ; ; ro/.6"r/o.v.
StntomonU n * to Why Itomlura * Hn * DC-
chirril Xlur on MriiriiK'iii. '
SAN FUAXCISCO. .Ian. 1. Clenernl F. M.
AKU.IITO of Honduras was among the ar
rivals here on Saturday's steamer from Cen
tral America. General Aculrre jjoes from
here \Vasblncton , thenoe to Now Orleans ,
where , bi-sld ea dlriTtlnp bis largo business
Interests on the north coast of Honduras , he
will remain us the in-credited consul of Hon
duras , Costa Kioa and Guatemala.
The general Btii.s , while war between
Honduras and Nicaragua Is imminent ,
diplomats from different Central Amorifan
governments are now malting a patch-up
between the two republics. Ho says , however -
over , that just prior to his leaving the con
gress of Honduras hnd passed an act
nulhoi'I/.lng President Vasqucto cipilp
troops and declare war against Nlca-
rr.gun in his. , dl.tcretlon. Thu cause
of this , as explained by ( Jcneral
Apulrro , Is that the Nlcaragiian government
has permitted the revolutionary party of
Honduras to ccinp | Itself In Nicaragua and
march Into Honduras. This has occurred
live or six times during tlio past two years.
The Honduran government has spent &I.OOU-
000 ana has lost the lives of at least 1.000
men In ( inciting these revolutions. Besides
this loss of money and lifo the republic lias
been Injured because the frequent revolu
tions have prevented tbo development of Its
resources.
President Vasqucz has decided this condi
tion of aTairs ( must cease and If necessary to
effpct the desired end he will march his
troops to the very capital of Nicaragua.
The president has sent diplomatic agents to
the heads of the Central American govern
ments announcing the facts , unit further
statements that ho will equip an army and
march into Nicaragua thu llrsttiiuo lie hears
of Nicaragua ! ! troops marching into his
territory.
Situation III uml Outlook for Hire.
The following is taken from the monthly
Rico circular , Messrs. Uan Taliuage's Sous ,
New York , December HO :
Wo bavo to report extreme dullness , inci
dent to the holidays and stock-taking period ,
and while wo look for more active conditions
In the coming month , wo have no great ex
pectation that the trade will purchase to
any largo extent , as mlvices from friends in
every quarter of the United States Indicate
that tbo policy of extreme conservatism will
maintain until the financial , .conimcrcialjand
legislative conditions arc more encourag
ing.Thero
There Is a great lack of confidence in the
minds of many regarding tbo future course
of the market , bccauso of guucral conditions
and because of depressing factors pertain
ing to our own article. The "general con
ditions" are unduly low prices in other food
products which compote to n greater or less
extent with rice , especially in hard times
when tbo pennies count , such as potatoes ,
beans , wheat , corn , oats and the products
thereof : canned goods , beef , pork , etc. , all
of which are from 10 per cent to HO per cent
lower than at equal date last year. Address
ing ourselves to the features peculiar to rice ,
we note the advance which occurred be
tween August aim latter October of HO per
cent to GO par cent , and which advance has
been barely maintained until the present
time. It was justillcdt on the ground
that the cyclone on tbo Atlantic
coast bad destroyed most of its
crop , and contrary conditions in
Louisiana indicated t > careo one-half , with
probability of only one-third the amount
grown the preceding-year. The loi'incr has
proven true , but it is beginning to bo man
ifest that the crop of Louisiana will turn out
equal that of 1SU1-02 , and this , together with
the amount carried over , furnishes a supply
for the current season nearly equal to that
consumed last year. In so far as quotations
are concerned , they are about one-fourth
cer.t per pound lower than nt the cloao of
October , and all things considered , wo can
but feel that they are fully up to , if not
aboveirorninl value.
There may bo fluctuations of prices and n
temporary hardening Immediately ufter the
1st prox. , but wo are of opinion that the
trade will servo their best interests through
out the season by mirsuing tlio hand-to
mouth policy : (1) ( ) As tiio forward supply of
domestic is ample for all requirements. ( )
Smdwicli Island rice now obttinriblo at
equal pricn with the domestic. (11) ( ) Japan
duo by the middle of February , Patna in
March , and ( Haucoon ) .lava In April. All of
the foreign will bo of now crop , superior
quality , and owing to the monetary depres
sion in tbo fur cast , styles suitable for tbo
requirements of the United States securable
as the season progresses on equal or better
terms than now offered In the domestic.
AllkoVu *
As the result of an altercation and exces
sive drinking Red Mike , as ho styles him
self , received a severe blow in the abdomen
at the bands of an Italian on South Thir
teenth street yesterday afternoon. Ho also
received several bruises iipon bis head and
face , with a small gash on his noso. Mike
says that the Italian used a brick as a
weapon. The injured party was taken to
the Presbyterian hospital ,
.
UIII ltesl'-11 111 * I'onlllnii.
KANSAS CITY , .Ian. 1. Judge James Gibson
of the circuit court of Jackson county is in
Jefferson City today for the purpose of pre
senting his resignation to Governor Stone ,
to take affect January U , 18'JI. ' The judge
considers the salary of fll.riOO paid circuit
judges inadequate , and will become a mem
ber of a law linn of this city.
Wool ( iruwurn to .Hoot.
I'n. , Jan. 1. The annual
meeting of the National Delalno Merino
Sheep Breeders association will bo held in
the opera house , this place , January IT , Ib'.il.
In connection with tbo meeting it Is proposed
to have ft wool Rrowern' ' convention to dis
cuss the dutv of wool growers in vlolv of the
present depressed condition of the wool
growing Industry.
JndL'o William I.awrenro. president of thd
Mitlonnl Wool Growers nssonlallon ; Mnjoe
Ploklor , member of congress from hoiitli 1).1 )
Kotn. nnd other speakers are expected. 'J liq
wool growers of Washington and ndjouiluff
counties wilt also bo present.
Kaimn r.Mlcrutlnn ur I.nuor.
I.GAVENWOHTH , Kan. , .Inn. 1. A two day *
session of the State Federation of Labor Wai
called to order nt the Knights of P.Uhln
hall In this city by the president Only
business of n routine nature came before tin
body dtirlne the afternoon. Tonight thor
was . \ ball for the delegates nnd members oi
tbo local trade union at Odd Follows halL
Tbo convention la the largest yet hoi I by
the state federation.
Which imturnls constantly giving In the olinpo
, of bolN , pimples eruptions , nicer * , etc. 'Ilicso
Minw that the blood N contaminated ; and * mna
must bo given In rrllota tlio trouble.
Is the remedy to force out these jioU
nous , and tn.iblo you to
GET WELL. !
111 have had for years n humor In my blood ,
which made tun dread to shave , as final ! bolls ot
pimples woulil l > oiMittliiisraii iiif : thofiliavlugtu
IK ) n great nmmyanco. After taking tbrco bottles
my fnco li all clear nml smooth n It
Miouldbe--appctlto .oplciidl : ) , Mr-op
WPj | , ami levl llko running a foot
nP from the USD ot H. H. H.
CIIAS. HHATOV,73 I.aurclst , I'lilh.
Treatise on blond nnd skin ill onses mailed frco
HH11\C SVKCIKIO CO. . Atmva , Oft-
RCCISTCRCD.
Made a well
Man of
Me1 ;
IHDAPO
TIIK CRK1T
HINDOO REMEDY
roi.nrcrs TUB ABOVK
llIX'l.IH In 80 IIAVR
Nrrvjils UlM'nfi'i' , Fulling Memory ,
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rfiiiipU > yiii > tal > urannilfulcklv | hutcnri'lv i
l.a l .I.Tinliaiiil Iniililnrjiiiiiiir. foully carrfpil lii vrtt
pocket. I'l Irufl.llOn | mi'Uni' . HU luril.VIHI ullli u
wrlttciicunrniilcclofiirror inonrjrrfiiit pd. Doll'c
buy an tinttattoti but limlftt on having INIIAI'O. It
yoiirctiiiil ( > t linsnot Rot It < ulll uMiillt mi'imlil.
Orlcnlul .Mrillrill t'o. , ClliriliO , ILL. , ur Ihrlr > ; pol > .
SO.IlvKnhn < t Co..Cor. 15th nml loiiBlHiisKti. ) mm
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bratcdNoii-
changoiiblu
Spectacle s '
and Eye
Glasses for
sale in
Omaha , by
MAX MKYKK & 1MO. CO. , ONLY ,
QflTTCMT ITIiomiiil > .SIiujwii.Wii hliiton ;
rM I t.ia ! GlX O. No attornuy's fco unc
patent obtained Wrltn for Inventor's ( laid
Man Dovolopail
RENEWED
'PHK OllKAT r.'FIJ
I ulvi'r , CUl'lUINi : il !
ruHtoro all tlio tt-'ii IM'-VU
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posHlblnlt CUI'IIHSK H
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Union Stool Yards
South
BtltCdttle Ho nnJ i mnrinu tia wj
CfJHMIS _ ! il HOJ3 ! : .
Wood
Mvn Ftook Cornmliilnn
hii Telephone llir.
JOHN I ) . IAI ! ) < MAM ,
W.M.TKK U. W HJI ) .
Market reports by mall and nlro cheerful
iilshoil upon application. . * -
.n. A
rectory
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Morsc-Coe Shoj Company.
Silairoom au4 Olllca11471131 - till Ho i.ir I Jt
F clor/-lllMI3l-lll ! Howanl St.
W urn the ofl.v MAnufa tureri of llooli * nJ
Btiouiln tlimtaioot Notir.-xs1 * .
A xenornl livlutlun ijoitondaJ to all tu liupjcl
ournuirructorjr.
DRY GOODS.
IIAKDWA.TIE.
Rector & Wilhelaiy Lobeck & Una ,
COMPANY.
fit
Corner Iltli anil Jnclcion
Mrooti. nil i : Un > v
HATS , ETO. [
W. A. L , Clbboif& Co
Wlioloanlo
Until. cni ( , HIT iw Kooitt ,
Klovor inlilcin. l.tb
ud Humor Strojts.
Branch & Co.
Imports ! , American I'urt *
Produce , fruit * of all land cuiiiunt , Mlln4ii >
koucamonl and Vluiuvy
klnili , oyilon. whlt'j lima.
LIQUORS.
Trick & HcrbMt , Omaiu Stove Renaij
\70IIKH , t-tnrn ruu'ilr *
Wlioleialo liquor doalori < 1 watorntUoliiuonU
lor iiiir kln.mr ui/
ItUI Furnain HI. Ill ll. I ill IIDU4II
PAPER. OILS.
Carpenter Paper Co Standard Oil Co.
1'arrr H full ituolc nf
prlnllnvl wrnppliu anil llofloxl and lut > rlo ttuf
via. OUJ , tzl g ( a > 4 , |